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???rag] ei Ott Po*to*c? gl Bounter, 0. c. ? 8e*und Class Maiter. ??? PCKSONAL. M.mh Julia Riser, ol Mi mim;li.ini, Ala. .! visiting Miss Vi miellc Pitts. Mr. .iml' tffB, ??. II. Pulley ami lain tl> Mfl l iila> im tin u sum nur home ni Murr* TVs Inlet. Tin v were ao comp.um .1 l.\ \| rs Mars Fitzpatrick, und Mrs. HlSOV an?) Mrs. Abholt ai d >f i. ?dm Riser, or I :ir niinnha in, Als. Mr. F.lvln Whit*- left Tuesday for Jacksonville, Kla., to spend a few days. He will return home Saturday Bight. Mr J. V. M.miis. who has been an employe of the Sinnier Has & Power, Co., tor several years, hdt last niuht for Charleston when he has ac? cepted a position with Mason ?Sr llan i? i ? outiactoi ? /Mr. ft. W. Stuhhs. after spemling two weeks in the city has returned to his summer home ut Lake Junulusku, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Miller Roykin. or Po).Uiih. and Mrs. F. C I Hi Hose, of Cumden, mid visiting Dr. and Mis. J. C. Spann Mr. I J. M IteaseleN spent yesteidav In town. Mr. A. O. Fishbuine and family have gone t<? iiemh-ionviiie, n. for several weeks' stay. Mrs. Ar, hie china'. 11111.- niece, An? nie Doiay?. uho his been vnating her lor the p e I t. n .1 i 1 ? l hel home m Columhta this afternoon. Mr. s. A. Morels god i sjnily hevi gone to denn Springs. M i It U W i n;ht has ret urned l rom Battle i "reek, Mu h., where he went shoot three weeks ago. Dr. G H COOrteaj and fandlv hOVS gone to Kit. hens Mill \., . ,, eounty. to spend a week ot MSI days. Mrs. W. Percival Smith has gone to Ashevllle for the rest of the summer. Mrs. Lul i M Ti inter. ol Austin, Texss. Is visiting her sister, Mrs. AI ston Brown. I Mr. J. J. Loach, d ist Hot monogi i of the Hell Telephone Co , with head quarters at Alken, spent Sunday whh he ggBjgfi Mrs I: \ In.on. Miss Irene Dixon is visiting relative; In Columbia. Lieut I i in;> M Cain, of Camp i ; onion, S/hO MOO a visit to his fat m r, Mr w i? i am. ot f*\ rootoofi OTOS .n the elty today. Mi an I. F.. A uld, of Colum gOh spent goods] in the SMJ with fei? st Hen. Mr. W. J. TronhleiieM left last Sjghl for s week's visit to New York. Wash ington and 11 i It imm I Mrs. M. W. LilHngtOn, or Winston fwhm. N. C. and her daughter, Mrs. M. <}. Tates, of Louisville, Kv. are v-lting Mis C. M. Phiter on West Oakland Ave Mr. and Mrs Kehl Aid w ut to Florence yesterday. Col. It. C, Hlchardson received I card toduv a.h. i a.??? him of the safe arrival overseas of his son. Lieut. Deai M Rieh i rd ??n. Miss S.lie N Slreadwiek, or Tryon. N. C. In Vinning Mr. and Mis F W issei ?? 144 ? ii M \ iu st CCti cures by removing the cm Advt Hhsnm ThomaM |*,o\le and John Omen leave this evening for dm Hattaburg Training Camp, N00 York. ICC COree Ldious Fever ? Advt I iikland Hal-dor. I ..od in Ilm Paihv i undun, July LMI The rood prodgc lion department estimates that there I? under cultivation In Creat Mithin more than :imi.oimi a< res in allotments Home oi tins land under cultivation |.y Individuals i in tin great parks ol Ixindon. even Hyde Park not being, spared. In the city tin- individuals V?y about lOTOnt) live c uts for plots from thlrtv to fOftf feet m length to fifteen or twents reet In width. Food officials sav there are more than 1,4?o,iniii allotments and that Shout |a0,(Hill acres of potatoes ale giowlnr In stlotod mound. CCS contains no alcohol, arsenic, nor o her poisonous drill's. Advt. Mease could not elect himself when he had the ItqOOf eonsttlhleOj tin game Wai.leiis ami whole blineh ot other Slit. DOld employees workinc for him. and he cannot ami will not gO elected this \ear. tainted as he r With <h lovall' and rank with lonl stsndlng opposition to Pft Idem wd son and the dot.ratic adndtiistru ti<?n Domini, k. PeepleS arid e\erv other othce seeker who endorses HI. as. 'l Con,aria, Filhcit and York speeches should be defeated A vote for a man who i ndorses this dislnval pliitroim b, a disloyal vote 11 ,? t I leid ich. - , I'a I ban n. - Lohn id Appetite, or that tired tub ing fueling, due to Malaria 01 Colds fins Tonic.?Ad.t M \i;m t|N(. ASSOC IATION OR (. \m/.i:i>. s.Hilter (niiilv Inimcis Arc at Last netting Tilings Down In a Business Boats. Rlghty-flve farmers attended the meeting nt Bumter Chamber of Com-1 meree Monday, and organised n co? operative marketing association with five Ihom und dol lai i on pltM stock to sell grains, vegetables, hogs; and any other farm produce, and also to arrange for purchasing ot fertilise i ? through th<"? association's selling and porehaalni agent, At the same time one thousand dollnrs Were guaran teed bj signed agreements to pay foi a government eotton grader on the Bumter eotton markt t this fall, the government paying ti?" rest of the sal? ary, it was agreed that no one Individ ual should hold more than two share a the cooperative marketing asaociu lion's stock, and fifty-three per ei n 4?t the stock eras oheerfully taken during ih<- meeting, at titty dollars pei bare, it was decided to llmli the number Of share". oi stOCH taken by Ihe ? t tin- meetIng in ordei to have stockholders representing every sec lion ol this county and t?? give Lee and i ? ndon ? ounttee oppoi tunity to i o 11 ilclpote, \u es pei t pm chat Inj and selling ii nt will be employed to handle the marketing ot tin- produce, and an ex? pert ootton marl etlng man to soil cot? ton in bulk for the gaeoclatlon in ad? dition to tin- government cotton sampler( gradei. ami recorder, i >i. \v. Wi Long, director of exten slon, of Clemoon College was unavoid hly al sent as his automohile broke down and geloxed train connection at merry, the rlemson foil.-, station, hut Assistant Marketing Acent of Clornaon College, John P. Blanche, honed at the Orangeburg Coopers live Marketing AaOOClatlon, 11 present d Dr, lamg. Mr. .i.ji. illgginaboth am, government cotton grading expert from tin- Btate Warehouse Commls oner's otUce attended the meeting i dni Mr. Knight alao of tin bureau of marketing of tin- department of agriculture. Mr. hiam in- gave oome Interesting facts ami figures about tic necessity >? cooperative marketing of grain and other produce tueh as vegetables ami fruits, hogs, et?*. ,aml Interestingly told >}' the value of putting up pro [luce in marketable and merchantable mil attractive shape to bring the highest market prices, told of the value of farmers growing ootton ol ufflci? nt st iple length to suit ihr cot ton mill ., ami told how pee Doe sec? tion Short staple cotton was at lie merry of the export eotton buyers be rause South Carolina cotton mills can not use Pee Dee section cotton, owing to shortness of the staple, and Pee Dee cotton producers base to sell to cotton exporters on purely speculative prices, whereas Piedmont counties can HI their e. tton ??n tin- basis of supply .mil demand. Conned ami preserved fruits ami vegetables ot home production will he aid bj the Bumter cooperative mar el as Nictation. at r, Blanche emphasised I he im portance of selecting a competent manager for the cooperative market IHK association to sell grain, VOgO .bit loo-, .etc., ami said he advo? cated selecting a home m in for tin |ob If possible as home or local men ? ii tili the position Just as well ami :,?? nevoi was in favor oi sending ofl Ol men to nil johs when tin re are plant] ot local men who do just as roll if not bettor. i h- ad\ |i ed sgalnst loo mm h Intel ?. i ence on the po rt of t in- ? h ectoi ? With the selling agent, who i: !?s per . . nt of i in- whole business, if In- tin derntanda'hhi nalness, ami tie man iger should not be hampered with no much sup< rvlslon er bossing by the direct ore, ??f course the manager or selling igent should he subject to tin- super i ion of the hoard of dll ? ? tor- and hooks ami accounts regular!) ? lucked up. ami the directors mu t ? ? that the manager attends to in business and deals honestly by tie farmers ami the association. \ temporary board of director kits elected to see about completion the organisation, selecting a managet ami purchasing ami selling agent, ami lectlng the a^Ocesoar) officers such as pre Ident, vice presidents, sec re tan 111. l treasurer, Tin- Tri County Farmers' Cotton \ soclntltm with henduunrters in Sum ici. organised one year ago will oc cupy its same quarters ami will have iir. force oi clerks to seal t the grad Tim Bumter Chnmber of Commerce md Farm |)emonstrator ?I. Prank Wll Mams hnve iin n trying tor years to nrimnlse this produce cooperative in; rketlnp asaoclatlon, hi t there \va not sufficient mirplus prmluee to wat rnnt stu b a marketing isnocintion .Messrs f .1 .lack-on. I! ft. Pel er, i ii Myers, i B. Britten, O. \ lisgnmon, .1 M Kolb, J Prank Wil? li in wore elected temporary dlrec torfl, and R, U Uelser, C. L c'uttino 1 ..ml J, ii. Myers, board of eoopera lors to secure tho necessary charter, tlumter will be the chief business headquarters of both the cotton and ,h<i produce associations. Farm I ><*in - nustrntnr J, 1\ Williams presided at he meeting. Mr. Blanche oatlmnted thai govern? ment cotton grading In Bum tor and i ?ran: ? inn ., hud saved cotton pro ducera who had their cotton gradi I not i?:.-: than |F>.00 per hah-, ami gave good reasons for his estimates. 4.<11 s o\ in THE TOP. Lieut. Pcrrj Brown Writes of K*? pel leitces lu Pronee, I >. W. I h ow n, a la mn-l at M< \ i | i .I'll, has two hoy: in France ami one a ISnglnnd with tin flj log corps\ 11e i\ in- i. \ti\ proud "i them ami i proud that they are trying t<> do theii ?art to win tin- war. Il<- has three acre boys in ihe draft age, ami when hey are needed, tiny will answer th* ?aii. He sends two n i ters from one of his sons in France, Pen:,. h writing of Iiis in,) over, "When ir< "i Into the submarine /.one. w< an. ot eourse, absolutely dark. ISach night the deck was closed ami no ven smoking was allowed except In* ilde. To makt mat: ?rs more tense, in- ocean was terrlblj spooky thon ill hi., hut the old hip continued tt. ilough along in tin- dark, ami aftei i ? ii ly two w< sks, landed us happy end sate in a most oharmlngly quaint city, enjoyed the ? ntlre trip, just as i hav< mpjoyod each day over lu re. Nevei store ha \ e i been ha ppler. "if lust ;i intie that i can: do. bui 1 am dour; that little, and hence an >eellng happy, despite damp weather trans ? people, ami a strange lan lUOgO. We have a big Job in front or II hut if the people of tile States will ? ut up tin- money and leave the n io US, we can do it. That's all tin Imerlean soldiers ask Tor. Qive them food enough to live on, and a little money to spendlnow ami then, tin ...ii always he content ami happy. I'hank God, America is in it. a great drams is this, ami the curtain is al raya up. it la our tight, just as much is it la England's or Prance's fight. M y French vocabulary consists oi ihoul :i deren words, With the e i tuna go to order a meal now ami then Sometimes l do not know what i hav< ordered to "at. ami sometimes I do no. now what i am eating when I g< t it But that makes small difference. Anj iy, thousand:-, oi people over here ?an speak ISngllsh, so even if i cat not parleyvoo I can pa t along." from another letter to the sann ? me time later; "Got back from tin front line trenchCS last night, Had a rreai time up there. Went 'over th< top' with a raiding partj once, I u< ?ounted for live Llermuns during th aid. Only brought one ol them had. with me, however, He had a photo in his poi kel and told no- that 1 had shot his other two pals shown in the ph uro, Five ol them were operating a mat hlno gun when I suddenly came upon them. I shot those nearest tin ,un in rttpld BUCCesslon and as tin last one was hi t ween me ami the grin yid h id his hands up I spared hin. ami took him hack with me. The rain w i a i real nuc< ?? aWe didn't losi a single man Tin- Germans are not in h line fighters as i expected then lo he. Thing the 'Sammies' will shov them a thing, oi two about ihe samt i efore very long, w in n we get or . nized a mi start in foi good, I am ure they will be tenor Btrlcken, foi "in- men are in the best of fighting hops ami spirit. <>m men have al? ready won tin- name of being vor i t t and that is what counts We have put over a few tricks they can'l unit' nndei its ml ami ha \ i n't played bui Irumpa yet, I want excitement ami helleve me going 'over the top' I where one can lind it. it is great ipoi t " W l rivv; v \st ALTV LIST. Depart meito Iteporls Ovorscas Casual tics. Wusnlngtou, .Ittlj :'l -Casualtle in arm.\ ami marine corp oversea: increased !?s : during tin- week com pared with 64 "J the previous Week sal iki?1 ??? ated 12,71 >? ? -ih the Inclusion ? I today's list of i'1'' ami tho marin** ? ia p Hsl of 26, While tllO w eek's lo ?al casualties were tin- largest an nouueed lor an-, we,-;, since American IroopH have been on Ihe battle fron 11 ii i unlikely thai ltn> ol tIn- casualtb i which have ri ulted rront Ihe heavj Ught in ! In Which th< Ainet leans hav? been pari Iclpnl In?? since la t Mond r an- included in t he totals. The pi o i osh ol Irani milting ihe names by cable front the headquarters of th< Vmerlcan sxpcdltionnr> forces In l-'ra UC0 ami then notifying Ihe rehl 1 i? ? ? in this country after n earefui I'llCck im-. Up Ol till I - eoi ?I ; Is slow i n tin- i 2 , I casual! i<-s. lota i death-.. InclUdlll] " ? I men I OS i at SC i Ilten killed III action, dead ol WOtlll'l lissase, .and other causes, number. ! 1,100?army men 1.4-1, mamma 67'. The wounded aggregated 6,941?army inen -"..sit; marines 1,124, Those missing Including prisoners, total 675 army men :,:?::; marines <)i the week's increase 7sl wer? army men ami 202 marines. Killed in m tion ami other deaths numbered 125, compared with the previous week, Hi,, wounded numbered 465*, coibpared with :!"7 the previous week, and Ihe missing and prisoners 91 com pared with HI the previous week, The army casualties nummary a officially announced follows: K llled In uction < Including 1 at Men), 1,801, i ?i< d of w ounds, 670. i Hed of dh ease, 1,399. i >i?? <l of accident and other causes - is. Wounded In action, 5,817. Missing in action (including prison ?rs). 59S. Total to date, 10,831. The marine corps casualties sum aais as officially announced follows: Deaths, 679. Wounded, 1,124. i n hands of em my, l Missing, 7s. Total to date, 1,886. Officers included in the marine corps summary were: Deaths ?0 VOUnded 29, missing 1. Tin army summary does not not 1 he faumber of* officers. ?'GIVING BOCHES HELL." drs. r. E, Rinnan! Receives Letter From Brother Who Is Fighting With Marine-. The following Is a portion of .1 lei er received by Mrs. p. b. Hlnnant rom her brother, J. Otey Reed, who b now with the marines in Prance dr. Reed . as not subject to draft, but 'hen the United States declared wai ie enlisted. When tin- first detach neu of marines were preparing to go rver, in- w? nt to see Senator Tillman 11 person ami asked to be transft rred 0 it. His request was granted and e- has m?w seen a year's active Ber ice in Prance: "For three weeks we have had out lands full and we have given the loch es hell, taken prisoners, ami left he ii, id covered with dead. Have ..st heavily ourselves, loo, hut will lay tin ? it's finished. 1 w ish i could ? ii you all ah,?ut the happenings of he la 1 1. w weeks, hut have no time IOW, um We ale si ill on the battle field. ? ur licht was a glorious and victor ? us ore hut of COUI'Se we had to mal < Baerltice, Thank God, i am still in he land of the living. No tune to ? iii' more. Wil try to Bend detail iter." This letter was dated June 20th. l i t TONIC si:i:\ 1111 \ . den in Uniform Obeyed Without Question. Amsterdam, June LT, Correspond nee of Tin- Associated rarest > - An <? raordinary instance of Teutonic set lllty where uniforms are concerned tas occurred at Essen. A party oi hree urmed individuals, two in sol Hern ami one In a policeman's urn orm. made a round of all th chools of the town. represent iii; heiflselves to he authorized to collect he children's satchels, They paid a 1 die in each CO 86 for th" leathei trapn attached to them, ami carried way their booty Atter a tew days, he whole affair was discovered to bi . swindle. ? How ii is possible that this could iave been carried on fot days with ?ut anyone having1 the courage to hullenge their authority remains one ?f the mysteries of this war." say: Ft he nil h w. 11 pha llan t lasette, ioidlci'h Mu l Sot Buy f ood in I n laud. With the American Army in Eng md, June ;; (Correspondence ol Tie ?.: oi iated Press) American officer! iiii\in". at rest camps have been re luested by the officers in command iot to purchase meals or any supplle ,t food in the nearby town.-; it hat >, en explained t?? them that a BUfll ?lent on intItj ol food Is d their dl ,i ;,i ramp and that it would not die fa Ir to the resident population foi h ni to buy food that England is si arnestly endeavoring to conserve. The cnllstc l men v. ho arrh e at tin i ? t camps are subjected to no such temptation because on their brie! ta> at ihe ct.mps they ai? not yrant ?ii any leave of absence. German \rl. \ He lord im, -i uii' i " < i 'orrespond . ii, ni Th.' Associated Press? Tie Itoj 11 Museum oi Wuerttemherp i iermany, h issued a protest again itie "ugl> looking ileslgn ol German ii v> hieh now adoi ns I lerman pOf la In nips oi pi o i ically all denomlno lions " The museum has asked German or ists lo t ike part in a n itional com petition for a new design. CAPT. ROHKRT M KAV IN BAT? TLE. Was in ( ominaml of Compaii) of Itog ular Army mid t in Hin Was liui Aller lleing Sum..nihil b\ I.im in;.. The following paragraph, taken from tho Now JTork Timea ol the ; th, refers to Capt. Robert McKay, o! this city, it is said, although the name Is ;i*<n as Mackey. Capt. Mc Kay uttunded th<' second, officers' training camp al ft. Ogtethorpe and received a commission ai captain. He went tn Prance In March and In the recenl fighting on the Main?' was, in command of a company In active set vice. The special correspondent of the Mew fork Times says: ?'The stuff thai American soldiers ; re made of is shown In the cess of a company led by Capt. Mackey. in the fighting in tin- Cans de ('nude, thi company of 250 men was surrounded bj the enemy and reported captured Three hours later Capt, Ifacke) show? ed up with thlrty-eighl men. Tin had refused to !??' captured, although surrounded, and bad fought theli was back against great odds." HUMTKR OOVTON MAItfcfMr. (Corrected daby at It o'eloeh Mooo t>* n ROWsfAR Cotton rniyar. Good Middling 80 3-4,. Strict Middling 10 1-2. Middling SO 1-4. MAV VQRK < <>TTO\ MAHKI T. VenVlye Open High Cms does < lose July . .28.70 20.78 28.02 2S.05 88.56 tut . . :>5.20 ^r,.st 25.20 2r?.:2 25.2.. Dec . . 24.60 25.15 24.00 25.01 24.57 Jan . . 24.48 25.00 24.4s 24.81 24.11 School for Tractor Instruction. There will be a school at Orangi hurg for three days for the hem-tit ol farmers who own tractors or are con tern plating owning them. July 24th, ? tin- day set for the farmers ol i'umter county. The school s/ill be onducted by engineers of the exten? lon department of Clemson College ind tin- Department of Agricultbre. tt is very important for a man to he informed concerning a machine which he is io operate ami some instructions ?oncerning weak points ami how to et the (greatest efficiency may save iveral days ul very valuable won, at . linn- wln-n tin work is moot ne. d d. There are some farmers in Sum er count} who are not convinced thai i tractor i,; thoroughly practical.' .\ Lrlp to"9ringeburg ami a study of the uachines in operation with experts t i ? plain might convince some of the louhting Thomases, a great mans ' hingu that have not keen practical ?i the past may be loo! ed Upon with avor with the high price for labor hat is Bure to obtain in the next year ir two. Hoping t<> meet i large number o' farmers on ihe twenty-fourth, next, i m \ ery truly ours, , J. Prank Williams, Count) Agent. I'p to noon yesterday less than si" lundred cltisens of Sumter count) ? ad applied to tin Supervisors of Re ? -itration tor certificates, There an tpproxlmately fourtthousand electoi registered on tin- old books und there hi- not less than thai number pel haps several handled more eligible or registration at tin- present time ["ho books Will he open and the ,Sn ?ervisors will be in their office in the Court Rouse every day until Amu' ? :t to Issue certificates of registration o those ?\ lo applv ami how tin m ehes duly uuttlitied foi suffrage Ev? tv tine ami loyal Democrat should egistcr, 'or there may he another boll tin tail, similar to that attempt .1 two years ugo by Blease ami ieard, in which event the vote <?'.' eerj Democrat will he needed. There ire men in the; Si it,- w ho call theni ii ives Democrats for tin- sake of gel im: otiiee. who w Ml sell out the party iolate their oaths and betray th I tiate ai tin- flrst favorable opportun I ity. There are men in Rumfor who minted their primary oath two rean ? o ami \ oted t he i(Ii aae i Ieard t Iclt i a mi the) w ill do Ho- same thli ? ? sain if t hey Sat tin < hm. e. 666 cures ?Mull and i'e\or. Advt hl iHKd. Ill It- TIMMKRMAN, I cxim-.ton. S. C. CANDID M l POR CONtiltKKS. I Gert. H. Hurst, Undertaker and Emta'.nn hrenst stteatlato ua* sat OlSjM Call? At j. t? craio nid Bliss, n Male Phones: Ift?, \\ ILL SPIAR 100,000, South < nrutiiuVs share ni OofOtaV incnl Health Pud. Im. j. \ Kay no, State health officer, has returned from Washington where i < interviewed the surgeon general of ' nited Bl ? , . Public Health Serv ice /ii regard to ihe distribution of funds i?? venereal disease recently appropriated I? ?-onvrcs.s. This sum is about $306,000,000 and it! allotment Will he based on census ..i the population taken in ItlO. South Carolins will probably get about $50, 006 Which Will he spent by the State board of health under the rules and r< gulations of the United State? Pub? lic Health Service. This money will he used lor the control of venereal diseases. Tin- Hoard of Health is now pi tting mit circular letters to all physicians urging them to report all cases of such disease cornlvig under their notice or ccurring in th< Ir practice. Free sal arsan n i ? I he futwbfhed. Dr. A V. akin of the United States Public Health Service has charge of ibis work and Will he glad to attend to Mich matt is as may he brought to htm m conm tion with this work. Hts thee la .\o is 13 in tlie Palmetto build? ing. The department of agriculture is risely bt ginning the campaign for a greater grail crop this fall nlready. Heretofore the campaign has not been Inaugurated until it w!Ts time for the wheat and out--- ami rye to be in the ground, it would bea great hing for the South if congress would enact a law eojotring one-half of the total arable land to he planted in rood crops next year. In the South aot lees than two acres of wheat hould he planted to the plow. Registration Notice. The County Hoard of Registration will be in their office at the Court House, continuously from July 1st to \u a t 31st, excepting July 4th, for he purpose of registering all qualified oters of tli" county of Sumter, as the 'aw -ei^uires. T. T>. j^IjBO.SE. J. If. N. WIL.DER, * J. A. RE AM ES, Supervisors of Registration. Auto Signals. Rev. VY. at. Cahlwcll. Sumter. S. <l, uis Invented a system of automobilo ends tor use of automobile drivers. Fe lue- tin- copyright on it for the nlted State- and the international i ights have been applied for. The sys ?lo combines safety, convenience and deasure. It is a means by which one : 'leer ?an salute, call or stop another river by the use of Iiis horn as far as i can be heard. It is a simple inven on ami yet it is destined to revolu ionise automobile driving. Already rders for a thousand copies have , een placed with Knight Bros. The ?lice 25c post paid.?Advt. >VE HAVE IN STOCK In our wa.C houses In Sumter Nitrate of Soda, Mixed OOO?S, Meal, Aeid and Lime. Kindly call or write us for prices. Southern Brokerage Co. 'Ott SAME P. O. R. cars. Camp i- arn, stehle manure; very little straw. Car load lots only. Chemi? cal and Pertllisser value rated very high by Clemson college. A. A. Strauss. SumterT"ft C. MILLERS' CERTIFICATES?-Can be Obtained at Item Cilice at r^ason able prices in lots of 106 or more. Candidate's Cards. Cor Congress. 1 hereby announce myseli as a ran didate for re election to Congress rom tic 7th Congressional District, Ubjecl to the rules and regulations of .le Demociatlc pal ty. A. F. hKVER. Titos. <.. M l ioi? Itlatiopvllle, s. C Candidate for Member of CONGRESS sl \l\lil DISTtttt I tor Solicitor. 1 hereby announce that 1 am a andidate for the office of Solicitor for the Third Circuit, subject to the so ion of the Democratic Primary. PRANK A M'LBOlf l or Probate Jiplgc, \t He- solicitation of many of my tri* nds, i have deeid< ?i to eattat the , , t,,, He office of Probet? .lud.:? tor sumter county, nut led to the i ub :. of tie- I temoccatte party it elected I would dl? barge the du? lea ,,r the offi< e fatthfull) ?*?< in tn" ... st of my nblllt) Ml UThO tnter the office, if i am elected, anal i>?* met willi a smile and hearts shake of the ha lid II >SI PH Ii S1NCI.ETCX Sumter, S. C, Route No 2.