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*imrv& mi t*& PuaU>ttti?^* burnt**, &. PERSONAL. Mr W. B. Costin and family have returned from Myrtle Grove and Wrightsville Beach, N. C., after two weeks stay. Mrs. Laura Neal and Mrs. C. L. Odell and son, of Richmond, Va., are visiting Mrs. P. R. Maye on Corbett fit. Mrs. E. W. Kreame/and Mrs. T. J. Brjghtwell and Miss Lottie Living stone spent Tuesday in Columbia. Mrs. J. M. Chauvin, after a visit to her nephew, Mr. T. Li. Yarborough, has returned to her home in Deland, Fla. Leland Edwards and Richard Baker have gonfe to Fawley's Island. Miss Minnie Moses is spending sometime in Canton, N. C. Mrs. Marion Moise and Miss Alice Moses have gone to Waynesville, N. C, for the month. Lieut. James McB. Dabbs has ar rived safely overseas. Mrs. W. M. McCall, Ella Berry, Mary ITarvin and Mrs. C. B. Bagn?l, of Al colu, spent the day wih Mrs. G. C. Adams. Mrs. Shuford Sandel and daughter, of Lone Star, are visiting Mr. and ??rs. D: F. Stoudehmire. Mr. and Mrs. O'Neill Sanded, of Lone Star, are spending sometime wiihr Mr. and Mrs. L>. F. Stbudenrnire. Mr. Jienry Sandel, of Lone Star, spent the night in the city on his way from North Carolina. Mr. D. R. MeCaRum has gone to Aberdeen, N. C, to see his sister, Mrs. V, R. Gaston. Miss Coleeh Mcltagen, now with the ??v?rly Ruskin Furniture Co., Co lumbia, arrived in the city Thursday wenihg ami will spend a few days wit? her parents; Mr. artd" Mrs. W. W. Mc&?g??. Rfe*. Richard Gillespte is' visiting Mrsi: Rdaar Jeiikinfe Dr. Tom Keli; of Fdrt Lawn, S. C, ^pending a feV days with Mrs. Rose Jenkins: - ^ Mfef Ttfelma Turner and M'r. Wen d*et' Turner have gone to Henderson ville, N. C. Misses' Vetmelle Pitts, Julia Riser a?? Elizabeth Ost'een have returned frbm Murreirs Inlet. Mrs. H. C. DesChamps, Minnie Des Chariips and Rosalie DesChamps left Jbr Hendersonville, N. C, for re mainder" of summer. ?Mrs. P. S. Dick, of Savannah, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. O. ?. KYmbail, has returned home. W. 12. Brunsen, Jr., left Saturday for A'?b?rh, Ala., where he has ac cepted a position with the Auburn 'O?lieg?. Re v. H*. M. Gilbert, of St. Louis, Mb., has been in the city for a week -?Isltiri? relatives. Mr. Gilbert is a son of the IateVRev. A. A. Gilbert', of SUm *=3?^H?^ris-ren^^ the oTder residents of the city. _Dr. Wilfred Shaw, who" has been taking a special coitrse in surgery at Beflvtre Hospital, New York, is at home Oil a visit tb his parent's. MfesesTrene and Helen Plbwden, of Cl^tfendon county, are visiting Misses' Jane and Eugenia Miller. Mr. Davis D. Moise has returned frbni a trip through the middle west, during which he visited Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Detroit and other places. Mr. Moise spent a week in the midst of the torrid wave and learned from experience that South Carolinians do not' know what real hot weather is like. He says that the corn crop in that .section of country has been se riously damaged by the intense heat and protracted drouth. Married. Of interest to their many friends is the marriage of Miss" Nancy G. miHTord-, of RoCk Hill, and Mr. Chas. .fc. Williamson of?this city, "which event took place in Ashevflle, N. C, on tfce 10th inst, the Rev. E. K. Har din oftlciatrng. Mr. and Mrs. Williamson are with Mts: S. A. Williamson on Calhoun St., rbr a few days, after which they will make their home in Norfolk, Va., where Mr. Williamson is in the aviation branch of the United States navy. Celebration at Stateburg. Next Wednesday, August 14th, will be- a big day at General Sumter Me morial School in the historic State burg- township of Sumter county. There will be held on that day, un der the auspices of the General Sum ter Memorial Association the annual all-day county picnic and exercises / incidental to the celebration of the birthday of the "Revolutionary Game cock." General Thomas Sumter, whose remains are at rest within sight of the General Sumter Memorial school. The entire county is invited to at tend this affair, and to bring basket*, j This will be a democratic event | throughout. There will be some good short talks, and by selected speakers. In addition to the regular exercises of these annual occasions Dr. M. L. Parier of Wejlgeneld, and Mr. P. G. Bowman, of Sumter will make short talks regarding the organization of the rural districts for increasing in terest in the improvement of the pub lic health in the rural districts. (Corrected dally at 1? o'e?odr Noo* s P. a. BOWMAN. Cotton B*V4t. Good Middling 30 1-2. Strict Middling 30 1-4. Middling 30. NfiW tO&K CX>TTON MARKET. Yes'dys Open High Low Close Close Oct. . 30.45 30.70 29.35 29..'.:? 30.^^ Pec . .29.85 29.85 2S.S7 29.10 :i9.9! Jan. . 29.80 29.90 28.86 29.00 29.83 Hurry to the Sumter Dry Goods Co. for your knitting wools.?Advt. Love does not laugh at the smith whc repairs automobiles. HEARST ENTERTAINED BOLD. STATE'S attorney accuses NEW YORK PUBLISHER. French Traitor and Notorious Ger man Frequent Visitors at Editor's Home, Says Official. New York, Aug. 11.?Merton E. Lewis, State's attorney general, de clared in a statement tonight that he could show by a series of affidavits that William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper publisher, had received at his home, at the same time, on two or more occasions, Bolo Pasha, who was recently executed by France for treason, and Count von Bernstorff, the former German ambassador to the United States. Moreover, Mr. Lewis assert:d, he was prepared to show, b* nany affi davits, that Count von l^rnstorff was a frequent visitor at the Hearst home at about the time of Bolo's visit to New York in the spring of 1916, when j Bolo obtained- $1,683,000 from von Bernstorff with which to carry on the same German peace propaganda in France that Hearst was then conduct ing in America. Mr. Lewis claimed that it had been shown "by the testimony of Hearst's Paris correspondent, Bertelli, given on the trial of Bolo for treason, that, in stead of Hearst meeting Bolo only once, he met him three times." These meetings, according to Mr. Lewis, oc curred when "Hearst entertained Bolo at luncheon; Bolo entertained Hearst at the ^Sherry dinner and Hearst en tertained Bolo at a theater party and supper." Included in the statement Were cop ies of nine affidavits regarding visits to the Hearst apartment house alleged to have been made by Bernstorff and Bolo. Sortie of these affidavits were made by chauffeurs who said they had driven Bernsto-ff, Bolo, or both, to the Hearst home at 137 Riverside Drive, on one or more occasions, while others included those by the Uoor man, superintendent and eleva tor boy at the apartment house. An affidavit by Harry Block, a form er taxi driver, now employed at the Brooklyn navy yard, said: "On one and possibly two occasions I remem ber distinctly driving Count von Bern storff to No. 13 7 Riverside Drive in company with a stranger whose photo graphs are shown annexed," and "waited for them about 40 minutes." (These exhibits were said by Mr. Lewis to be photographed of Bolo.) Carl J. Fredriksen, another chauf feur, deposed that he could identify, photographs of Bernstorff and Bolo as those of two men he had driven together to the Hearst home "during 1916." They remained there ' two hours, according to the affidavit. Alexander P. Gazollo, now a private in the National Army at Camp Dev ens, in his affidavit said he was an elevator boy at 137 Riverside Drive, asserted he took Bernstorff to the Hearst apart meat five or six times and Bolo three or iour -times, and recalls distinctly "taking Bolo to the Hearst apartment once When Bernstorff Was still there." Averting that employees of the house had nicknamed Bernstorff "Duke de la Brew" and Bolo "Duke de la Car," the Gazollo affidavit added that the testator remembered seeing an invitation to Bolo for a costume party given in the Hearst home, but that he did not know whether he at tended the party for the guests ar rived in "fancy dress." Charles H. Jerome,, superintend ent of the apartment house, stated in his affidavit he recognized "the man shown in the' photograph as a gentle man who called upon Mr. Hearst on at least two occasions to my knowl edge, and was known as "The Pasha." HEARST TAKES NOTE OF LEWIS' CHARGES. New York, Aug. 11.?Mr. Hearst late tonight issued a statement in which he declared: "The intimation that Count von Bernstorff and Polo Pasha met at my house is a character istic falsification by Mr. Lewis," he declared. "The obvious object has been to endeavor to weaken the ef fect of my opposition to the liquor in terest and the corrupt financial inter ests," which he asserted Mr. Lewis represents in the present gubernatorial campaign. Mr. l4earst added that Bolo had brought excellent credentials, that he was courteous to him. just as he had been courteous to I^ord Northcliffe or any other visiting journalist of any importance, and that he did not know that Rolo Pasha would turn out later to be a spy. "I had met Bernstorff several times and I had also met Jusserand, Spring Rice, the French and British ambas sadors." said Mr. Hearst. "So did in | numerable good Americans, including the president of the United States. 1 do not recall ever having von Bern storff at my house and I think that the only time he called there was at an afternoon tea when I was away. "But all of this occurred before the entrance of the United States into the war and I had a perfect right to meet the German ambassador then or the French ambassador or the Eng lish ambassador or any other ambas sador. There was no secrecy about any of those matters as Mr. Lewis' own affidavits prove. "If Mr. Lewis has the slightest scintilla of pertinent or competent evidence against me reflecting directly or indirectly upon me or upon my pa pers, let him produce it and let him act upon it in his official capacity as attorney general of New York. "I charge definitely and directly that Mr. Lewis is using the prestige which [ should, under any other occupancy, j attach to his high office for the I gratification of his personal enmities j and for the satisfaction of the finan ! cial interests and the liquor inter i ests that own him and operate him." There is no objection to a body's j having a great command of language j if he or she knows when not to use I it. Chemists have found that fish can ! be kept in a frozen condition for j twenty-seven months-without any sig nificant change. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. Sumter Comity Association Will HoM Annual M??tirf<i in (Jraee Baptist Church August 13-14. The annual convention of the Sum ter County Sunday School Association will be held in Grace Baptist Church, in Sumter, on Tuesday and Wednes day, August 13-14. For a number of years the Sunday School workers from the schools of all denominations have come together in an annual j meeting to discuss better methods of Sunday School work. The program as arranged by the County Officers will present practical help to workers in all departments of the Sunday Sciicol. Especial emphasis will be laid on the part the Sunday School has in winning the war and making democracy safe for the world through religious education. To assist in the convention work. R. D Webb. State General Secretary, and Miss Mil wee Davis, State Rural and Elementary Superintendent, have been secured for both days. They are both well known in this county, hav ing assisted in county and district 'meetings during the last year or so. All Sunday Schools in the county are invited to send delegates to this convention. The County officers wWi them to select their best workers and send them to the convention for bpth days, in order that all the schools may receive the benefit of the con vention. The following are the officers ef the Sumter County Association: President, R. T. Kolb, Sumter. Vice-President. Judge T. B. Fraser, Sumter. Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. Moultric DeLorme, Sumter. Division Superintendents: Elementary, Mrs. R. L. Edmunds, Sumter. Secondary, Dr. J. H. Haynsworth, Sumter. Adult, C. M. Hurst, Sumter. District Officers: . No. 11?President, B. P. Cuttino Sumter. No. 2?President, W. H. Freeman Rembert: Secretary, Rev. T. E. Der rick, Wedgefield. No. 3?President. E. E. Aycocb, Wedgefield; Secretary, Rev. T. E Derrick, Wedgefield. No. 4.?President, Sumter Richard son, Tindal. No. 5.?President J. H. Wilson Mayesville. No. 6?President, H. W. Beall. Mayesville. Increase of Crime in Germany. New York, Aug. 5.?(Correspond ence of The Associated Press) War has caused an increase of crime anc depravity among the German people, according to an analysis published by the Berlin Vorwaerts. The paper re calls that at the beginning of the wai prophets spoke of a "steel bath" in the waters of which the morals of the German people would recuperate. "Since August 4; 1914," says The Vorwaerts, "we have allowed the blessings of this bath to act on us with steadily increasing vigor and the re sult is a . moral condition of health of the German people of which the compilations of criminal statistics give convincing reports. These tell us ot the steadily increasing number ot crimes of brutality, and seriou:i crimes against property and a glance at any newspaper confirms the hor ribly increasing number of robberie and burglaries in the cities and as well as in rural districts. System atically organized and methodically operating bands of robbers menace continually life and property of 're spectable' citizens. "Also honesty of the latter has suf fered a perceptible "crack" and here the influence of the steel bath is di rectly proved. We do not fear that we are disclosing any state-endanger ing secret when we announce the fact that at present there probably are few German subjects left who have not in some more or less serious man ner violated the existing government decrees and laws and nfade them selves liable to punishment." The Vorwaerts then cites the in stances of the citizen, who on Sun days goes to the country to buy food for hoarding purposes, of the proud wife of the owner of a large estate, whose chickens "lay" eggs only for a mark apiece, of the wife of the first lieutenant who sells the food ar ticles received from I.cv husband at the front at 'T?y prices and the army of usurers, secret traders and forgers. The Vorwaerts then dwells on the effects of the steel bath on the grow ing generaion and cites complaints by the clergy and teachers to show that depravity is one of its results. The paper calls attention to what it describes as the "fruits of the best education as shown during the Ra deck-Bernstorff libel case." It adds: "When refined cavaliers of the most prominent society apply the most common names to each other and box each other's ears, then no one has the right to claim for one certain class, decency and well-behavior. "The ste*d bath exerts its effects on everyone and splashes over the home of the proletariat as well as over the playroom in the family of the count," concludes the Berlin publication. Like Many Others. Baltimore American. That soldier and his bride who were married by telegraph, like many another young couple, began life on tick. Such is KuRur. Chicago Tribune. "Everybody in Germany cheats, steals, grabs," declares a Prussian So cialise. Why not? The Kaiser set the example. The Reason. Albany Journal. The reason why some men never reach the top of the ladder is that they are always willing to stop to held it steady for some one above. NOTICE. Primary Election m Bo Held Tuesday, August 27th, 1918. Notice is hereby given that a Dem ocratic Primary Election will he held in the several clubs, established by or der of the Democratic Executive Com mittee for Sumter county, at the fol lowing places on Tuesday, August 27th for nominating candidates for United States Senate, Congressman, State and county officers, pursuant to the Constitution and Rules of the partf and in accordance with the Acts of the General Assembly of the State, regulating Primary Elections, and that the second primary, if one shall be necessary, will be held on Septem ber 10th. The following named persons have been designated and appointed as managers and clerks of the primary elections to be held by the Democratic party for Sumter county, August 27th and September 10th: - Ward 1?R. C. Richardson. A. S. Rowell, L. W. Jenkins; J. M. Fogle, clerk. Ward 2?HoracW Harby, E. W.I Witherspoon, J. B. Baker; A. S. Mer rimon, clerk. Ward 2?J. A. Raffield, John S. Kennedy, P. P. Finn; H. A. Moses, clerk. Ward 4?H. L. Witherspoon. A. H. Wilder; J. P. Commander; Chas. W McGraw, clerk. ! Borden?G. W. Hatfield, P. B. Emanuel, Luther Wilson; C. M. Emanuel, clerk. Concord?C. W. Brunson, -E. M. Fulton, B. W. Brogdon; D. L. Smith, clerk. Dalzell?E. P. Scarborough, A. P. Virtson, J^ S. Folk; S. F. Moore, clerk. D?B?se?R. J. Yates, DuBose Fr? ser, St?nyarne Burrows; M. R. Rivers, clerk. Earle?J. H. Broadway, Harry Hbdge, D. L. McDaniel; William E. Moore, clerk. Farmers?R. B. Dinkins, W. O. Bradford, A. L. Ardis; Marion Mc Levd, clerk. Jt?good?B. F. Myers, W. H. Free man, C. E. Sanders; L W. Myers, clerk. i Manchester?F. M. Coulter, E. R. Williams, D. W. Allsbrooks; Robert Christmas, clerk. Mayesville?J. W. Spencer, Robert Muldrow. W. B. Cooper; R. J. Mayes. Sr.. clerk. Oswego?W. -D. McLeod; M. H. An irews, C. W. Gates; F. W. Andrews, derk. Pisgah?J. E. DuPre, G. W. El Elmore, Lern Baker; Leon Stuckey, clerk. 'Pleasant Grove?J. L Kirby. Jesse McElveen, Wiley Baker, Hovey Keels, clerk. Privateer?R. B. Cain, A. P. Hin son, P. B. Harvin; H. H. Wells, clerk. Rafting Creek?J. M. Hawkins, Sv W. Young, T. J. Brown; J. H. Mc Leod, clerk. Reids?Roben Ardis, Jr., B; T. K#ib; J. H. McLeod, clerk. ^teni?Duncan Jones, O. B. Tis dale, As J. Pringle; H. D. Warren, clerk: Stateburg?Nelson B. Murray, G. V. Nelson, John L. Frierson; Jas. G. Simons, clerk. Sihloh?W. W. Green, J. W. Play sr, J. F. Player; H. O. Player, clerk. Taylors?A. H. Truluck, N. McNeill, %V. G. Moore; I. M. Truluck, clerk. .Trinity?T. J. Keels, G. W. John son, J. A. Mims; J. T. Dennis, clerk. Wedgefield?H. D. Cain. J. G. Strange, R. Wade Brice; W. H. Ram iey, clerk. Z'oar?J. A. Blackwell, Jake I. Brogdon, W. J. Lawrence, Jr.; S. J SVhite, clerk. One of the managers for each club will call upon the undersigned for the box for his club, tickets, etc., and will Qualify on or before August 26th. 1918. The secretaries of the several clubs will call for the original club book of enrollment and deliver the same to the managers of the election. The polls will open at 8 o'clock A. M. and remain open until 4 P. M. August 27th, 1918, whereupon the ?nanagers will proceed to count the votes and after tabulating the result -hall certify the same and forward the ballot boxes containing the poll list, ballots, and all other papers, ex cept the club book, by one of their number to the County Chairman, within thirty-six hours after the close of the polls. The managers shall re turn the original roll book to the sec retary of the club immediately after the declaration of the result of the balloting, or as soon thereafter as pos sible. The managers shall adminis ter to all persons offering to vote the vote required by the party rules, and >hall arrange a table, desk, or other place upon which the ballot boxer shall be placed, so as to enable each .vo*er to deposit his ballot without interference, hindrance, crowding or confusion. The ballot boxes must be marked in a suitable manner so as to designate in which box the respec tive tickets are to be placed. The County Committee will meet at twelve o'clock noon on August 29th, 1918 ,to tabulate the returns, declare the resut of the primary, and tor such other business as may come before the committee. Candidates are again reminded that they must file with the Clerk of Court of Sumter county, at the end of the campaign and before the elec tion an itemized, verified statement of all campaign expenses. Under the law the County Chair-] :nan is directed to send to each enlist ed man who is absent from the coun I ty a county and a State ticket with in structions for- same to be prepared jand returned to the County Chairman' and same to be counted by the County Democartic Executive Committee, and added to the results of the primary election to be held August 27th. It has been impossible to ascertain the present address of a number of the enlisted men from Sumter county, which renders it impossible to for ward tickets :is prescribed by law. !t friends or relatives promptly semi th? address of soldiers or sailors in ser vice eligible to vote in any of the clubs of Sumter county the County Chairman will be able to forward j tickets to them as provided. JOHN H. CLIFTON, County Chairman Draftsmen Called. Xi.st of men to report for physical examination on August 12th, at 10 A. M.? at the Court House: Whites? John Madden Barrett, Chalmers Ingram, Johnnie Ardis. Colored? Ivory White, John Glover, Din wood Chatman, ? Willie Roach, Richard Rembert, Barton White, Willis Wilson, Charles Carolina, McKinley Lewis, Harmon Sinkler, John olden, Bennit Dinkins, Francis Vaughn, Cye Brunson, Marion Withers, James Swinton, Bowman Pack, Doc Cato. Newton Dowry, Willie L?de, William Jones, Charley Mack, Edward Nixon, Freddie Kennedy, Murray Nelson, Frank James, Ernest Ford, James *H. Davis, Richard Roach, Abrain Tomlin, Joseph Johnson, Harvey James, Sammie Smith, Charles Muldrow, Calhoun Pinckney, Alex Wilson, Amon Peter Hastie, Jervey Rembert, Ollie Lowder, ? Richard Mitchell, Joseph Burroughs, Richard Preston, Willie Johnson, Stephen Evans-, Preston Willis, Wallace Steadman, Hubert Atkins, Joe Benjamin, Pinckney Thompson, Jack Nixon, Solomon Spencer, Clarence McDaniel, William Holliday, Willie Nelson, Moses Prince, David Samuels, Elliot Tindall, Billie Froniberger, William McBride, Harry Wells, Thomas Wright, Abie Brailsford, Augustus Wright, John Henry Evans, Eric Brown, Robert. James, Henry Dickey, i Julius Singleton, Robert Malette, Charlie McKnight, Theo Ford, Vanderbilt Jones, Sink Blair, Major James, Thomas Moody, List of names of colored men call ed toifill call 841. These men will en train for Camp Wadsworth, S. C, on Tuesday, Aug. 13th. They will as semble at the Court House promptly at 8.30 a. m. Jesse Reed, Council street, Sumter, Frank Cantey, Dalzell. Emanuel C. Jan:?s, Jervey street, Columbia. Talmage Tindal, Harvin street, 3umter. Sidney Bryant, Harvin street, Sum ter. William Benjamin, Manning ave nue, Sumter. Jackson E. Rogers, R. F. D. No. 4, Sumter. Davis McFadden, R. F. D. No. 3, .Vumter. Fred Clarkson, Ashley street, Tain i>a. Fla. Pickney Bradley, Stateburg, Sumter. Marion Clarkson, care Mr. Fred Murray, Crsston. Jim Mataews, Lynchburg, Sumte.-. Curley Miller, W. Oakland Ave., >umter. Simon Flemming, Shiloh, Sumter. David Jackson, Dalzell. Ransom Pea, Hagood. Mark Richardson, Rose St. Pitts burg, Pa. Hammie Charles, S. Purdy St., Sumter. Registration Notice. On the following dates, the Board of Registration will visit these sever al townships of Sumter county, for he purpose of registering all quali-1 tied electors who have not already reg istered: Providence, September 3rd. S't3teburg, September 4th. Middleton, September 5th. Manchester. September 6th. Privateer, September 9th. Concord, September 10th. Shiloh, September 11th. Mayesville, September 12th. Rafting Creek, September 13th. The books of registration will be opened according to the above sched ule, from nine o'clock in the morning, until six o'clock in the afternoon, at the usual voting places in the town ships herein designated. T. D. DUBOSE, J. M. N. WILDER, J. A. REAMES, Supervisors of Registration. The first sigh of love is the last of i.sdom. Geo. H. Hurst, Undertaker nj Egtottm Prompt Attentin to Day and Night Calls At '. 0 OPA!? Otd'Stand, N. Main i nones. ^?1201 The New Calomel a Perfect Success. Calotabs, the newly perfected cal omel, is absolutely purified from all of the unpleasant, sickening and dan gerous qualities of the old-style calo mel. The new Calotabs are rapidly taking the place of the old-style calo mel tablets, as they are much more effective as a liver cleanser and sys tem purifier, yet are entirely free from all objectionable qualities. The new Calotabs are sold only in original, sealed packages; price, thirty-five cents. Your druggist rec ommends and guarantees them.? Advt. Wisconsin Ladies (Help in Pea Can neries. Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 8.?Wives and daughters of wealthy citizens in the Wisconsin pea canning districts have entered the canneries to aid the labor situation. On Saturday they line up for their pay envelopes and receive a minimum wage for their ten hours work. Forty per cent of the peas canned in the United States are put up in Wis consin plants. Earlier in the season pea packers expressed grave fears of a seroius la bor shortage and pointed to the Food Administration's request for all the peas possible. George P. Hambrecht, labor com missioner, after a conference with Food Administrator Hoover, sent la bor commission employes into all homes and obtained pledges from wo men in all walks of life to work in the canneries if called upon. Then a conference was arranged with the packers, who were informed that they would be provided' with help if they paid the women a mini^ mum wage, established a ten-hour working day except in an emergency and then not more than twelve hours, and made proper sanitary arrange ments. The packers signed an- agreement, the women who had pledged- their services were called on, the response was most satisfactory and the can neries now are operating with a full force. GEORGE BELL TTMMERMAN, Lexington, S. C. CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS. FOR SALE?In settlement McBride estate I offer 1,000 acres Jaque lands, tracts 47 to 16 acres, well located in famous Pudding Swamp tobacco section. The four 1917 prize corn clubs boys of Sumter and Clarendon counties live one to eight miles away and grow 70 to 90 bushels on same type soil. A nearby tract of similar unimproved land was paid for out of last year's crop. Prices right and terms rea sonable E. W. Dabbs, Trustee, Mayesville, S. C._ / BEESWAX WANTEBv?Any Quantity large or small. Am paying beat cash price. See me if you have any. N. G. Osteen._ FOR SAltE^?F. O. B. cars; Camp Jackson, stable manure; very little straw. Car load lots only. Chemi cal and Fertilizer value rated v?ry high by Clemson college. A. A Strauss, Sumter, S. C. MILLERS' CERTIFICATES?Can be obtained at Item Office at reason able prices in lots of 100 or more* .????n??.iiMiim iii! .m Candidate's Cards. For Congress. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for re-election to Congress .'rom the 7th Congressional District, .ubject to the rules and regulations of he Democratic party. A. F. LEVER. THOS. G. M'LEOD BishopviLle, S. C. Candidate for Member* of CONGRESS SEVENTH DISTRICT House* of Representatives. We the friends of C. J. Jackson hereby place his name in nomination for membership in the House of Rep resentatives. S. A. HARVIN, STANYARNE BURROUGHS; E. C. BROWN, J. FRANK WILLIAMS, T. S. DUBOSE. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for re-election to the House -of Representatives, subject to the action of the Democratic Primary. DAVIS D. MOISE. For Solicitor. I hereby announce that I am a candidate for the office of Solicitor for the Third Circuit, subject to the ac tion of the Democratic Primary. FRANK A. M'LEOD. For Probate Judge. Thos. E.-Richardson is hereby nom inated for re-election to the office of Judge of Probate for Sumter county, subject, however, to the wishes of his fellow Democrats. At the solicitation of many of my friends, I have decided to enter the race for the office of Probate Judge for Sumter county, subject to the rules of the Democratic party: If elected I would discharge the duties of the office faithfully and to the i.est of my ability. All who enter the office, if I am elected, will be m?t with a smile and hearty shake of the hand. ; i JOSEPH R. SINGLETON. Sumter, S. C, Route No. 2.