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MMld ?4 UM l*o*4uSKe St huuit*r, h ? .. SO >< < on.l d*M M?ti?-r 1 ? J nitsovAi,. Lieut. Louis C. Hryan, of ('ami Juckaon. spent the day In the city Me is en route tu Port Sill, ok la ho MA. to attend the school of Aerial ? d> Servatlon. Mrs. Klma P. I/each, who has brer the guest uf Mrs. Kb/abeth Thoina at the Imperial for the past lw< months left last evening fur her homt in Pustun. / Mis. lallv DOTS lias returned from i < ?r?nge, N J, after a stay ui IWS months . .Mr. and Mrs Henry J. ' (arby re tinned rsstsrda] from Washington, J. \N Harper, who has been ein ployed us assistant superintendent over construction work at Sullivnn'i ad. is spending a couple of day? at home. He with his son. J. 1). Jr. will leave In a few days for New York Sftty, where he will accept a similar position. Mrs. J. Prank Duffy, nf Chicago, srho has spent the winter in the city, is In Charleston this week to visit Magnollu Gardens. , Mr. J. A. M( Knight was called to Itidgcway this morning by the ill neas of his father. ? P Seeherg. of Fresno, Cal., arrived this morning to spend some? time with her pit en* i, < 'apt. and Mrs. I S Carson. ?tally for the Young Men's Christian Association. mm <?n m \t Sunday afternoon at 1'..10 in the opera house there will be a rai? ls in behalf of the local Young Men's Christian Association. On that oc? casion Dr. Slkes will be the speaker. This in Itself |s sufficient to induce a large crowd to he present at this mg. for overyonc will wish to l Sil.es In addition tu this. h..\ve\n. lb i . I of Directors 'no M SflggV I in gi true; tor that oecu sion Shawmut's M ile Quartet, an or |.ini/.ition that In sent out by the Al > >b um Ibireau of Atlanta. This quartet will give a sacied v< cal concert, which should prove alto? gether enjoyable. On ne\t Sunday afternoon, th? t ???? . the opera house should bo etowdcd to its doors by those who fee| an interest in Ihc local Young Men's Christian Association and at the ?ame time appreciate good speaking and good music IU id ??? Tournament The Patriotic Club gave a P.rldgi and Hearts Dice Tournament on Thuisd.iy afternoon at Del.orme's I Garden lor the benefit of the Ked Cross and realized $f?2.9<>. All ptflgjlg ejgfl material for punch were ? bunted by the leadln business houses of, Sumter. Several donations m ole by l.idies who were unable to attend. IM affair was quite a success, and the ladies of this club will take great pleasure in giving the local chapter of the Ped Cross the results of theb effort. IVridgc Tournament. I of tin undertakings that b is teen ton ed on the American peo? ple by the war. Is caring for the Kin rh peasants' whose homes have been utterly destroyed and their means of livelihood taken away by the Invading Germans, in some ot thcne regions the women. children ami old men are living in barns ur among the ruins of their former hol ies, subsisting on a mere pittance Caring fur these destitute ones, re stoi ng their homes, and providing igsplOSSents by which th??y may again gthfee a living is g special work of the 11 A. It. all ov*?r the country. To help with this fund, the local stsePtOf will give a Prldpe Tourna? ment on the evening of April 17th for which a small admittance fee will be eh.11 ged. Arrangements have lieen perfect ed for a rally for the local Y. M. C A. on SUnda> afternoon at ::.:??! at tin i?pera House. Dr. SH.es will speak und a strong mule quartet from the AlkuheMt Lyceum of Atlanta grill k.i\e ii mi !? ii voc.ii sejieert, luash or llose atliaelions should draw a large crowd ami together they should pack Ilm opera house. The tune is nesl Sunday afternoon at 3 S?; tie I ' i e. the opera time e. Vis .1 A. Schwerin. .Ii . has accept ed i place on the io ISlcSl progiain Which Will be ggjdei the direction Ol The Misses Ten ber. at the Pros blenei i Privateer township! school, patrlo III ei.i. i tainment at l.lt Fnday even Ing. April l.'th. Wiih Ihe Misses I'elcher in charge and Mi< S hwciii SSSSSlnagJ g gpleSSlId musical program ? s assured, in addition to the wel Known local talent of PrlVStSOl lerg m hip Subscribe to The Daily Item. Onlj lue pttr week, delivered. MORE WAR swings CLUBS forming. Tfcssg ( hilis arc Formed of IVop.li Who ggg Going to l?ut Sumter Wn> up in riic Running. Here'i urhers the Tip Top Club B011 in. Htri arc a plenty n i ore in. i,il>cr.s tor it. Some are coming in fron here ami some are coming in from there, hut they are eoming. ami Then more will he coming, ami ev 'iv time one oOmM in that mean more money gOeS up to Washington to help Secretary of tin' Treasury McAdoo pay the hills that the I tv.a ii mailt is running up. Did you hear the Secretary? Did you notice what a slender bod> he had.' He keeps it thin working so hard to help win the war, is what Savin; Hamnry sayA And did you notun how large his head was? Saving SammJ1 says |t'l chocked full ol bralna Guess so. Quaal hi hai bralM in his head; hut he has \\ a Bavinga stamps In his inside pocket too. Are you like the Secretary? There are some brains in you? hi i Um them. Take the fruits ol tfeolf use and buy War Saving.1 Stamps with them. Then you wil be helping the boy in France. Now for thSM soeieties thai an helping out the Tip Top Club. Th< North church soeic'ty reads cs fol lows: President, Mrs. W. D. Boykin secretary, Mrs. I. A. Kyttenberg. and Mesdames A. Weinberg, it. O. Can tey. D. H Sewell, l>. C. Shaw. J. C lalney, h .1. MoLeurln, w. B. -urns d i; Huff. B. w. MaOallum, c. k ?tub be, lira a 1st mi Btttbbs, 0 P Fxum. W. k. DuP.ant. K. S. Des Champs. Tisdale, Hicks, Hugh Mc Collum A. Hyttenberg, Zeak Haff ner, B, S. Shuler, W. D. Shupe, R Honey, P. G. Bowman, W. W. Reese and Misses Henrietta Boykin, lib. Bogkln, Gladis Turner. Irma smith Dorlta Moise, BthOl Green, Ivlinni? I'danding, Bsafli Hcual, Km ma Mood v W. Mdjcan, Alice Martin, Anni Keels. Teresa Chandler, and F.li/a ?eth Lemmon. Thomas l.emn or, Bit inor Lemmon, Thornton Weinberg. Forty-tour members in that. club. Here are some more Tip Toppers orming the Fast Liberty Street Wir Savings Society with Mrs. J. I*. Man er. president and Miss Ruby Koos aeeae, aeoretary, Mrs. it. c. Huit man. Mrs. Iteid Aril. Mrs. Willlan Moran, Miss Annie Moran, Mrs. K H. Moses, Mis. J. J. Brennan, Mrs Mary Mahoney, Mrs. Henrietta Ebert Mrs. J. D. Bradford, Mrs. C. P. (?s teen, Mis. Blanche Cox, Mrs. L. M Allen, Jr., Mis. L M. Allen, Sr., Mrs It W. Waddell. and Misses Annie L Farwick, Louise Bultman. Berth: Bultman, Nellie Monaghan, BVS Kel Sir, and Aletha Keardon. Twenty two they tire. Stateburg School, No. C, has form ed a society with Miss Olive Hogg; Newton as president and Miss Rosa lie Neyle secretary. They have 1C members so far, and when they hav completed their list the names will b published. In that society you d? not get your name on the list unti von have started off your Thrift card A mighty good rule that is. Bring: the money right out and starts it up to Mr. McAdoo. On the 9th State burg No. 6 had started $38.25 t Washington, end mote is going Watch for their report on the lath. All school societies Will have tin a. reoordl rend out at the patriotic eg : eises on the I nth; unless, of course the) are toe lasy to semi in a report or are ashamed of their record, am Uteri is not a society that will not I rove that that is not so. The repor will be thrOUgh tin' tlth and shouln. be mailed to Chairman Moses noi kai r than the 16th, ai it will t;.,. sasne time to tabulate them ail. Tin report! should read: Blank Society, so many members stamps owned by members, so mueh War Savings stamps are counted as sash, if a member had i Thrift ..tamps, ami turned in If o Ahem for a War Savings ?tamp, thei he would report that he had on haim " worth. What you have bough as an agent for someone eis*', or a bat yon have bought and sold again ire not counted. What yon own ai a aairlng is what oouata, in the elty aohoola each class is to i sport as a unit. In these times a person either helps or he hinders. The American who does not h? ip America to the limit of his means and ability auto Statically helps Germans to the limit ol hll imam; and ability." This QIC ins YOU, American boyi are dying every da) lighting tin- desperat?? foe to Im ; inanity. Will you furnish the money with ; which lo buy these lighting boys food i and bullets? i Saving Sammy says: ! When the school War Havnm HO nettes parade in tin- patriotic pro ceeston on county school dtiy He lone tie s wall atop lo s\ in b? \ Stamp, stamp, siainp. thf In s.; an marching, PASSED BY SENATE WITHOUT RECORD VOTE, Penalties of imprisonment for Twen? ty Years and Ten Thousand Dol? lar Pino Provided* Washington, April i<>.?The ?edi? tion bill, prohibiting under penalties of go years' Imprisonment and $n?, 000 line, language Or acts of disloy? alty or obstruction of the army draft and Liberty loans, was passed today by the senate without a record vole. It now gOSS to conference between Ihe liou.se and senate and tinal enact? ment is expected soon. Protracted and bitter debate mark? ed consideration ot the measure, the passage of which has been strongly urged by administration otticials to permit the government itself to deal With disloyal agitators and check the growing dangers of mob violence. Although modified to meet the ob? jections of scnatois who claimed the original draft would curb legitimst? li t edOm of speech, the bill retains tin broad inhibition of words or act* which "support or favor the cause of the German empire, or Its alllei . . . . or opposes the cause of tin United States." It ailso would punish wilful and "disloyal, profane, BCUr rilous, COntemptUjpUS or abusive lan? guage about the American form 01 government, constitution,* military 01 naval forces, Hag or uniform" and wilful utterances designed to curtai production of essential war materials The .senate adopted an nmondmen by Senator Jones of New Mexico pro vtding for dismissal of . . doral execu tive> employees maklr.c disloyal state merits. This was a substitute for one mtroduced by Senator Penrose o Pennsylvania, several days ago, afte attacks had been made upon Georg? Creel, chairn an of the committee or public information. LIBERTY LOAN ALLOTMENT. ( hairman ifcLaurin .Makes Import ant Announcement to Liberty Loai Committees. 1 have just been advised that tie illotnunt for Sumter county is $il >, if00.00, 1 am not allowed, under th? rubs of the Federal Reserve Board 10 make any announcement of sub criptions previously made, but i\*in state that we are quite Oy Ion ways from the amount required o luntter county and I cannot impres upon the soliciting committees, botl ?ity and county, too strongly, the im porlance of putting new vigor int .he work and hastening same in ever, way possible. 1 also wish to imprest lipon them the importance of collect ing all deposits due on all subscrip tions heretofore made, both in cit. Shd county, in order that all of sann nay be checked Up to date and prop IK reports made to the Federal Rc icrve Hank by the ('hairman. Thi. is important and needs attentio NOW. Hustle this for all you sr worth ami mske a drive to complel the balance due on our allotment no later than the l ?th instant. Do not forget that Charlie Chaplin the world-famous movie actor, wil DC with us on Monday night, th loth instant and wdl deliver one o his incomparable lectures on the Lin rty Loan to US. This la I he onl irlglnal Charlie Chaplin, the million dollar comedian who la absolute mas er of his profession. Ample pro v ision will I e made so that every Oil attending can both sec him and hea him. Ii. J, IfcLaurin, Jr., Sumter, April 1 I. < 'hairman ('apt. Richmond Pearson Hobsoi was greeted last night by an ami IsnCS that Idled Trinity Church l' capacity, one of the largest and mos appreciative andiene >g that any lee turer who ha a recently visited Sum ter has had the pleasure of address ilig. AS forecast ill the aihance no Hees, he spoke of America In War and, as the leading" spokesman of tin Prohibitionists, much of bis lectur* was devoted to the liquor evil, both morally and politically. He made many startling1 statements, supported bj convincing facts and arguments that Indicate thai the German secrc! agents 111 this country arc making wat upon our government and our Instl* tut ions, through the agency of tin great liquor machine, that is controlled b\ tln> German brewers and whiskey distillers, The lecture was Interesting ami at times dramatic, and after du allowances have been made for Ihe over-accentuation of certain phases Ol the I d JCCt, ?lue to the /.eal of tic speaker, 11 was a remarkably stronr; and appealing argument for Nation ai bone dry prohibition ami the u hi del iu< lion of the liquor t Pf lb ami tin* political machine that hi 1)1 en used to deba UCh the la ws all morals of this country. The coming ol Charlie ? di i niln i > 'ISumter Monday night wdl be u grea 'event to all movie laus. J<j>HN DAUfSIIERITY SHOT. seriously Wounded While Attempting to Captine Burglara at McCaJl. Mr. John Daugherity, formerly ot Sumter, fHit for tin- past four or liv< yours a resident of McCall, Marlboro county, was seriously shot early last Thursday morning while trying to arrest three burglara who had brok? en into a store in McCall. He was taken to the hospital at Hamlet and at last reports was doing as well as could be expected, although not OUl Of danger, as his wounds are of a most serious nature. 4 Mr. Daugherity was shot by anoth? er man who was also trying to cap? ture the burglara, the load of shot in? tended for the burglara striking him in the neck, arm and chest. Tin stove had been robbed several times recently and the proprietor asked Mr. Daugherity, who has charge of the electric light station, and is on duty nearly all night to keep an eye on the store for him. Whan the power sta? tion was shut down between three and four o'clock Thursday morning Mr. Daugherity went'to the store and hid himself in a stable in the back lot where he had a view of the hack door of the store. A little later he saw three men go to the back door, remove the bar and enter. He start ed toward the store to capture tin burglars, but at the same moment they ran out of the store, pursued In two or three men who had been watching in the store. The burglara ran past Mr. Daugherity just as the men from the store tired on then, v. ith a shot gun. loaded with Xo. < shot. Mr. Daugherity received tin load in his neck, cheat ami arm, a number of the shot penetrating the left lung. The robbers escaped, but one of them was recognized by Mr. Daugherity and all of them have since been arrested. At first it was thought that Mr. DaUghtflty wa/S fatally injured, but hope is now entertained that he will recover. HOITESS HOUSE BURNED. Mrs. N. G. Gonzales of Columbia Member of Secretarial Force, bones Personal Effecte. Charlotte, N. (\, April 10..Fir* believed to have been caused b; spontaneous combustion in the base .uent completely destroyed the beau? tiful Y. M. C. A. Hostess House a I amp Greene, dedicated a few WOekl ago.j^his morning about 1.30 o'clock ?ntaiting a loss placed at approxi nately $30.000, said to be fully cov ?red by insurance. Three women secretaries, sleeping up stairs, were awakened by the fir? ing of a pistol by a sentry, who, see mg the llames within the house, use 'his method of spreading an alarm The secretaries made a valiant at tempt to extinguish the Names will ire extinguishers, which were said t< have flailed to work. All the furnitun In the building and the personal el i'ects oi? the three secretarlea, Mrs Cinkham, Mrs. Green and Mrs. Turn ey, and also of Mrs. N. G. Conzah> of'Columbia and Mrs. Gilbert, mem? bers of the secretarial force at tin house, who were visiting in Columbia were destroyed. Groceries, costing about $2,000 stores of the cafeteria, were destroy? ed, including 500 pounds Of SUgUT. A few hours before the lire be tween 200 and S?0 soldiers had beer guests of the Hostess House. Tuts day night, having been the biggest occasion at the building since it WSI erected. GERMAN LOSES ARMV COMBOS. SI ON . (charged Fr? Service. Uen. Rosche Discharged From Fedci al Washington. April 10, I tischarg< from the federal service of Brig. Gen Frederick BS. Resohe of Minnesota, i German born officer commanding u brigade of the Thirty-fourth Nation ai Guard division at Camp Cody, N. m.. was announced today la army orders. Failure to maintain his command on an efficient tooting Is the cause ot fieUUly announced for raving the of? ficer an honorab|e discharge. Cer tain remarks attributed <<> him, how ever, have drawn attention to the question of his loyalty and while m overt act'of disloyalty baa been charged his utterances arc being in veal Igated. Geo. H. Hurst, t I iMirtibt lid Eitelwet Preset Attentin to 0a> and Night Calls At J 0. CRAIG Old-Stand. N. Wain Phones: SSJ?" I i NEGROES BUY BONOS. Meeting at st. Phillips Church, Provi? dence Township Subscribes for $mou of Libert) Bonds. At a meeting held Tuesday after? noon at st. Phillips M, ]?;. Church, Providence township, under the lead ership of Prank M. Mat tin. township chairman of 111?- Colored Council ot Defense, subscriptions were made for $800 worth of Liberty bonds. The meeting was not a large one in point of numbers, but it was a big meeting in patriotism ami loyalty ami the amount of bond taken was, in propor? tion to the means of the subscribers remarkable. The meeting was ad? dressed by Capt. A. C. Phelps, Chair? man of tiie Sumter County Council of I lefense. The following subscribed for bonds P. M. Martin.$100.00 Daniel Jenkins. ne on A. I). McFaddin. 50.00 Sam Stephens. 50.00 Amos McDonald. 50.00 Joseph Brown. rat,no : Aleck Brown. 50.00 Gabriel cook. co.oo Titus Capers. 50.00 Spenser Mickens. CO.Ou Lum Franklin . 50.00 May Murray. 50.00 Sentry McMillan. 50:00 Ca Hie Deas. 50.00 William McDonald . 50.00 - / II At.oon BUYS BONDS. Small Crowd Attended Meeting But These Present Bnbsi lils'd Loyally. A small but enthusiastic crowd of people assembled at HagOOd Tuesday o attend the Liberty Loan meeting. Eight thousand dollars were sub? scribed in a short time for Libert: Loan bonds. Mrs. Nina Solomons Mr. P. G. Bowman and Jim rfennis Lon and Alex Tisdale of the Sumtei High School boys, delivered short talks: List of Subscribers: Et m. Hildebrand.$200.00 Mrs. J L. Jackson. 600.no loe Kvatirnik. 100.00 hlleka Kvatirnik. IM! B. EC iiembert. 1,000.Ott Mrs. B. B. Rembert. 200.00 vV. A. Alston. 100.00 Mrs. YV. A. Alston. 100.00 Mrs.. B. R. Alston. 100.00 h. f. Myers. r.oo.oo Charles VV. Sanders. 000.# U W. Myers. 1,000.0( Robert Moody. 100.00 }. V. Keels.2,000.00 B, Bnrfield. 50.0' \ P. Myers. 100.Of I. H. Sanders. 100.00 [saac col?ns .! .. 100 no if re. T. P. Sanders. 500.00 M. Kirk Sanders. 50.00 hrayton M. Sanders. 5M0 Svelina Kvatirnik. 250.(?0 Sumter county Is called on to fur lish 4S men for the next draft, April 16th. Of this number 11 arc white md 37 negroes. Death. Mi. LAW enca U Fr?ser died this morning at his home near Du Boss Croaa RoadH, alter a long illness. The funeral aar iees will he held at He lit on Chun i at 11 O'clock tomorrow. Mr. Fraser was about tifty-live years old and a son of the late Capt. Is. D. Fraser, of In- Meehanicsville section of Bumter county. He is survived by his wife and four children, Mr. Du Done Fraser, Mrs. Henry llembert, Mrs. I). .1. Reinheit, Jr., and Miss Ja nie Fraser; two brothers, Messrs. \v. D. and J. M. Fraser, throe sisters, Mrs. W. It. DuBose, Mrs, J. P. Booth, and Mrs. IT. J. Kirve . WE ll.Wi:?In stock in Sumter the following goods: S-3-3, S-21 2-1, 8-3-0. Ground Phos. Hock ? and Ground Limestone. Write or calt us for prices. Southern llrokerage Co., Sum r, S. C. 1'OR BALE?ir.u bushels blight proof Toole cotton seed a $2.00 per bush? el. Apply to H. iL Winkles, Sum? ter, R 4 or Schwartz Bros., Sumter, S. C. FOR BALE?P. O. B. cars, Camp Jackson, .'table manure; very little straw. Car load lots only. Chemi? cal and Fertilizer value rated very high by Clemson college. A. A* Strauss, Sumter, S. C. Ill KB. A few cents spent now for Water Glats will bring Ug returns next winter when eggs are high in price, and hard to get A any price. April and May eggs keep best. Start Now. We have Water Glass in one quart packages with f?ll directions fef1 prepari ng. V, HEARON'S PHARMACY PHONE 36 GET IT QUICK zers We have in stock, or can make prompt shipment from Charleston: 16 per cent. Acid Phosphate. MIXED GOODS 8-3-0 8-3-3 TOP DRESSER 4-7^-0 4-7*-2* 4-8-1 5-10-0 We advise you to place your orders at once for Top Dresser, as goods will be hard to buy later. A ? ., Inc U. S. Fertilizer License No. J-474,