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rwvn sTfHTi disfasi:
rlooasnsi (?liege Hegiii* Cuinpnluu
to Eliminate Bovine Tuberculosis
?ad Hog Cholera.
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Columbia. March 15.?The science
?t the agricultural departments
which was once used to fight the oat
tie tick UHU in tr.e Immediate future
be turn? ) to the elimination of bo?
vine tuberculosis and hog cholera, an
office for that purpose having been
opened in this elty. Five thousand
dollars was appropriated ut the last
session of the general assembly for
this purpose.
The extension division of (Memsen
? '?lieg* has entered readily into the
wurk. and the serum for the pre?
vention of cholera among hogs and
lor bovine tuberculosis cases will be
bandied under the direction of Dr.
ft. o. Feely of the college, through
Dr W ft Barre, director In charge
of the office to ???? opened In this city
at room 1(01, Cnlon National Hank
building
HB k> II Ol HD IN Till AI..
Munter 1 rial at Florence I mU in Ac
qulttul.
Florence, March 1 I.?On motion of
the attorney fox ihn defense, Judge
Hies In tn* court of general sessions
here this sfternoon directed a verdict
of not guilty in the case of J. W.
Hlckg and Ueddings llderton, on trial
fo rthe killing of Dr. William llder?
ton In tha Florence county court
bouss some weeks ago. Dr. llderton
was the father of Ueddings llderton.
In directing the Verdict for the ac?
quittal nf ihe defend., atv Judge Rita
stet** that the evidence wus clear
that Hicks had shot llderton in self
defense and that young llderton had
gone to th? rescue of the attorney af?
ter Dr. llderton had shot him down
and eras attempting to beat him over
the bead ?'Ith h pistol. Judge Rice
further stated that Ueddings II.h i
tOO'a SOtt00 was not born of malice
toward his father, according to the
?Vtdenee, btit that he was Impelled by
hJO eastre o rsecus hla friend. Ko?
tierter Maaqu* then gave notice that
sie would nM pros the count in the In?
dictment charging Hicks and young
Jldrrlon with carrying concealed
weapon*
The eass was tried before a jury of
sins men. The ?rate completed its
easel at, tht dinner hour, when J.
Monfo? fhjtiutrs, for the defense, made
$ motion for a dirscted verdict,
pleading self-defense on the purt of
the defendant* In opposing the mo?
tion for a directed verdict Solicitor
Oaeoue submitted that it had not
been clearly sbbwn that Dr llderton
fired? the first shot, and that if he had
not iHloks Mas not entitled to a plea
sf telf-defi nse. As to Ueddings
lldegton. IfcVs solicitor contended that
tha jury ehoild decide whether or not
young llderton shot In defense of his
friend Hlcki, or whether he did so
tbroach malice toward his father, T>r.
llderton Judge Blee, after hearing
the srguments, promptly directed a
verdu t of not guilty as to both Hicks
snd Gsddings llderton. The court
room was crowded, msny Indies being
la attendance.
The shooting In which Dr. llder?
ton loot his life took place on Feb?
ruary i.'laat. in the hallway of the
Florenee CoUntv couit house and was
?he reautt of ill feeling on the part
of Dr. llderton toward Mr. Hicks, who
represented Mrs. llderton In a suit for
alimony which she had filed against
her husband In the pistol duel In
which Mr. Hicks. Dr llderton und the
letters aon, Uedding* llderton, par?
ticipated. Dr llderton was killed and
Mr. Hicks wounded.
M?feriN<'1T1N AT POHTFR At AD
Penitell or Fairfax suffering
Prom Disease?Institution Coder
Qua rast I nr.
Charleston. March 14. ?The Illness
of Cadet Fennell of Fairfax at the
Porter Military Academy from menin?
gitis has resulted in a rigid quaran
tlna ut that well known preparator)
sehool Cadet Fennell has been re?
moved to the Isolation ward at I loper
Hospital sod Is getting along well
Cuttu res of ull the other cadets and
day students, as well as of the faculty
have been taken to locate carrier.1
and the situation is well In h ind. It
le believed that no other cases will
develop
*CRIM, Ol I |<> Its KIM.I D
Talt Nplii Kranit* Fittally OSJ fates
Aviation Field.
Houston, Tex. Marti 14, Llevtl
Harms due Karl of LOOJlOtUirg Pa.
and Nile Uelwtek Of l inl iv. I ?hlo
ware killed nt Rlllngton FtoM Thais
dsy snd ( ivdnla Instructot KlgOf sjaj
ssrlously Injured Interna My from
tmlhm In airplane*, resulting from UM
Ull spin.
Mediator Ktepte o-.o maid.
MHrtnatte. WIs , March II.?Form?
er United Itstes Senator Isaac IJte<
eeeasea died here early today,
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Buy Them And
Help Win The War
FOR SALI EVERYWHERE
"Do you keep thrift stamps?"
"Have you bought your thrift stamp
today?"
These are the slogans suggested by
Mrs. C. L. Stubbs for the shoppers and
the salesmen and salesladies, and the
suggestion was adopted immediately
by the War Savings Committee.
The committee met yesterday after?
noon, nearly every member beinfc
present. On the discussion how best
to keep the stamps always before the
peoples' eyes it was agreed thut the
merchants and their clerks could best
tccomplish this. The question was
uskSd would not perhaps some mer?
chants object to his clerks asking cus?
tomers to buy Thrift stamps, but it
was the opinion of the committee that
if there was any such merchant in
Sumter, he was In such a lonesom?
minority that he need not be wor?
ried about. Also It was agreed, , ll
there wus a customer who objected to
having slumps culled to his attention
that he was such a slacker that no
attention need be paid to his Ill-will.
Having agreed that the merchants
and their clerks were the best pub?
licity agents Htumps could have it
was decided to ask them to meet in
committee of the whole for a short
discussion of how best to bring them
to the notice of the buyers. All mer?
chants and all clerks are nsked to
meet at the Chamber of Commerce at
??.10 Wednesday afternoon. It Is es?
pecially aHked that the proprietors
themselves be present, and that they
request all their clerks to attend. A
short experience discussion will be
beneficial all round.
The committee heard reports from
ill tho vice chairmen and directors.
Wur Having work is well under way in
ihis county now. The committee is
working hard to keep the stamps be
"ore the public. To buy and so heir
? he nation, to save and so help them
elves is the duty of the people.
Thrift Day is March 26th. Exer
clses are planned for every school
house in the county. In the city th?
various agencies are osked to make
special efforts to see that every cus?
tomer that day is a h.tamp holder. At
?'.'tu there will be a mass meeting with
ipproprtate exercises at the (Jirls"
High school auditorium. Uno fcutur?,
of that meeting will be reading pas?
sages from letters from Sumter boy*
In France. Kuch school will report
how many Htamps eich class In that
sichool has bought. A good musical
program including good choruses are
i?elng worked out. The evening will
nut he dry, hut will be interesting.
THRlfr DAT, MAIU'll 2?.
Tentative Program for Thrill Day in
City.
Have a mass meeting at the Qtrls'
High School, or other place. The 8.
'. War Savings Committee has prom?
ised a first class orator for the oc
tsion.
Head reports from Hales of all sules
igencies in the city, and reports from
each of the city schools?in total by
?lasses. Head reports from each tcaiu
showing the number of agencies
I'ornied. the amount of stamps placed
?vith them and number of houses in
?ity in which Thrift cards were start
Hi. Huve reports on all savings so?
cieties formed, showing the organiz?
er, officers, etc.
.Musical program is being worked
on under direction of Miss Kthel
'? reen.
Have read news from the front"
?that Is ex? er|its from letters of Sum
ter boyi abroad.
For tin- dny ask each arent to
muke a special sales effort and to re
port at five o'clock the total sales oi
War Saving and Thrift stamps from
the time the agency commenced to
that hour.
You are expected to do your part to
l ull,?- Thrill Day a success anil to
c.i rry, out this program.
hltlTlsli BECOMING KORKU.
?>nly One-third LtfjOOf Now Consum?
ed in I upland
I.<>n.Ion, Wednesday March 13
The consumption Of intoxication li
muoim in Qrenl Britain Is now only
one-third of ffhOl it VU four yean
ego, rremiei Lloyd fleorg* declared
In an add i ess to | n Churchmen 10
? las whcfi challenged about the ilrinh
traflto No splrlto ore now helni
inanufac tin ed in the country, In- aid
Mr. W. T. Ilrogdon, of Drogdon, re
I treod I ? iMiftl Ml or,e day this week
informing him of the safe arrival In
Franc* of his ten, W. C, Brofdon.
HALMY FRANCE.
American Troops to I i ml a More
Agreeabel Climate Than Their Own.
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Washington, March 16.?American
soldiers on the battle fronts in France
will probably escape our American
torrid hot spells of summer and our
blizzardy winters, extremes of heat
and cold in France being less severe.
They may expect however periods Of
sustained cold in ihe trenches, cold of
the moist, penetrating character pe?
culiar to the continental climate of
northern Europe, hut in general no
startling change from weather condi?
tions at home.
An exhaustive study of the subject
by Preston C. Day, chief of the cli
matological division, of the weather
bureau, shows that winter in northern
France is not so severe from the
standpoint of low temperatures, but
there is a constancy of moderately
cold weather which is not usually ex?
perienced in the United States, Rath?
er low temperatures sometimes occur
there, but such extremity of cold
weather as has been experienced
this winter, in the United States, Is
unknown. The "coldest weather of
record in Northern France ranges
from about zero, Fahrenheit, to 10 de?
crees below.
Summer In northern France Is
cool, as compared with most of the
United States, the average tempera?
ture for July and August, the warmest
months, .being (13 to 65 degrees, even
lower than ulong our northern bor?
der. Moderately hot weather some
times occurs, but extremely high tem?
peratures, such as occasionally are
experienced in much of the United
States, are unknown in France. Tem?
perature as high as 100 never has
been reported In France, while in the
United States 100 to 110 degrees have
occurred gener'? Uy.
With the transition from winter to
spring the rapid warming up, famil?
iar to residents In most sections of
the United States, is not so notice?
able In France, the average temper?
ature for March being only 2 to 4 de
gress higher than for February. April
and May are moderately cool and not
unpleasant, the length of the day in?
creases much more rapidly than In
most roctions of the United States,
and there,, is a correspondingly large
increase In the amount of sunshine,
[While rainfall is comparatively light,
although occurring rather frequently.
The summers are pleasant as com?
pared with much of th United States,
the day temperatures being mostly
moderate and the nights cool. Occa
slonally hot weather Is experienced,
but the heat Is not so excessive and
the heated periods are usually of short
duration.
Fall also is usuully pleasant, es?
pecially In September and October.
The rainfall usuully becomes heavier,
however.
The battlefronts of France lie in a
latitude north of the United States.
Paris is farther north than any point
in the United States, being 500 miles
nearer the North Pole than Chicago.
Along the northern coasts of France
temperatures are very similar to
those of our northern Paclllc coast,
the monthly average at Dunkirk,
France, and Seattle, Washington, be?
ing identical for nearly half the
months of the year and differing only
slightly for other months.
Not considering the higher moun?
tains, rainfall In the eastern half of
IhO United States, especially in the
south, is much greater than in France.
Compared with Paris, the average
rainfall at Chicago is one and one
half times as large; at New York,
more than twice as large and at New
Orleans, nearly three times as large.
Over the lowlands of Northern
France snow is fairly frequent and
may be expected from November to
April, Inclusive, although it rarely at?
tains any considerable depth on the
ground. At the higher elevations of
eastern and southern France, parti?
cularly in the mountains bordering on
Germany when- the winters are long
and cold, snowfall Is more frequent
and much heavier.
DAYLIGHT RAVING RILL.
Changed by House, Measure Returns
to Senate?
Washington, March 15.?The day?
light saving bill, under which the na
llon'l docks would ho turned for?
ward an hour every spring and back
again In the fall, was passed today by
IhC bouse 159 to 40. It passed the
?enate laat June, but as the house
added two months to the period in?
volved, furth?r action by the senate
will be necessary before the mens ire
gOCI to the president. Under the b u?
Ste bill, the clocks would be chanced
ihe last Sunday in April and the list
Sunday in September. Tim house
made It the last Sunday in March i ml
the InHt Sunday in I ntoher.
Family Ruined to Denth.
Truro, Novla Bootla, March If..?
Word reached here today that twen?
ty persons were burned to death In a
lumber camp at Albln last night. The
dead Include the wife and six chil?
dren of one lumberman.
TAFT WANTS F1VK MILLION MEN.
Former President Would Have Draft
Law Amended to Provide for Great"
er Post.
Washington, March 15.?Amend-J
rnent of the draft law to authorize
the president to increase the army 5,
000,000 men or more was advocated
by Formei- President Tuft in a speech
here today before the National Qeo
graphic Society.
"Wo must make ample provisions
to strengthen our allies," the form?
er president said. "We can raise a.s
line an army, as large an army, as
there is on European soil and, if we
can transport it as rapidly as we may,
we can have it all In Europe within
two or three years."
San Francisco, March 15.?Maj.
Gen. Arthur Murray, commanding the
Western Army Department, announc?
ed tonight that he had ordered troops
dispatched to St. Maries, Idaho, where
rioting wag reported between citizens
and members of the I. W. W.
Gen. Murray declined to say how
many troops were being sent or from
what point.
REED ATTACKS HOOVER.
Again Assails Pood Administrator in
Senate.
Washington, March l?.?Senator
Heed of Missouri, Democrat, n ade an?
other attack on Food Administrator
Hoover and the food and fuel admin?
istrations generally in the SOttntO to?
day during debate on an amendment
to the agriculture appropriation hill
requiring clerks in the department of I
agriculture to work eight hours a day
instead of seven as at present. The
amendment Anally was adopted 29 to
UN, hut it Is to be effective only during
the war.
Senator Heed said that while giving
attention to service clerks who have
grown old In the service "congress is
overlooking the necessarily high sala?
ries" paid in the food adminhtration.
He assailed the pay of the vice presi?
dents and assistants in the grain cor?
poration, which he said ranged from
$2,100 to $0,000 a year.
"Now let us go to the payroll of tho
national headquarters," said the Mis?
souri senator, reading a list of em*
ployeors. "Ben S. Allen. $4,S0<\ Now
who is Hen S. Allen? He is a repre*
??-??-?? ' ? I
tentative of tht Associated Press at
London? Eng.
He became tlM private secretary to \
Mr. Hoover ?? ?I accompanied Mr. ?
Hoover to the United States and is
I now drawing $4,800 a year. I do
not know what is duties are?whether .
he is still representing the Associated
Press, or whether he is just Mr.
Hoover's private secretary, but his aal?
ary is $4,800 a year."
(Mr. Allen oes not now represent
the Associated Press and has not been
connected with it for nearly three
years).
Turning to the fuel administration,
the senator re; i a long: i)Kt of names
of employees and their salaries, which
ranged from $3.600 to $5,000 a year.
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? HUB HI VESSELS LAUNCHED.
Oakland, Ca! , March 14.?The first
triple launchirj;: on the Pacific coast
took place today when three 9,400
ton steel merchantmen slid Into the
waters of Oakland harbor. In less
than an hour there was thus added
28,200 tons to the nation's merchant
marine. The \ ssels were the steam?
ships Shintaka, Aniwa end Oakland,
each 4 25 feet long, 53 feet beam and
26 1-2 feet in epth of hold.
A BEAUTIFUL SHOWING
OF
Georgette Crepe,
Crepe De Chene and
Taffeta Dresses.
We were indeed fortunate in picking up this
fine lot of Dresses, right in the heart of the Season,
and we know you will be deligh ted with the styles,
and the way they fit, and the prices at which we
are selling them.
These Dresses are the pick of this Season's
newest creations, some of them in pretty combina?
tions of Georgette Crepe and Taffeta, most of them
have beautiful Embroidery and Beaded effects, and
there are no two alike.
The colors are: v
ROSE, CHAMPAGNE, LIBERTY BLUE, NAVY BLUE.
BUFF TAN, GREY, GREEN, ALICE BLUE, BLACK.
All Sizes, Price $10, $12.98, $15
$17.50, $19.98, up to $27.50.
Beautiful Silk Waists, $2.50 to $5.98
Messalincs, Georgette Crepes, Crepe De Chenes, Tub Silks,
Embroidery Trimmed and Beaded Efferts, and Plain Tailored,
the colors are Beige, Flesh, White, Champugne, Maize, Bi que.
Tea Rose and Black. Price, $2,50, S3.EG, $4.98, and $5.98.
JUST RECEIVED: Another shipment of those
Pretty Gingham house and street Dresses.
Some new styles in this lot at $3.25.
We have all sizes now. but we do not know
how long they will last, so COME NOW.
The Wreck Store,
Phone 601. Sumter, S. C.