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O, ?e Second CSm? Maoct. PERSONAL. Mrs. Luid H. Fowler and her daughter, Mrs. James Jennings, left Monday morning for a stay of one month at Asheville, N. C. Mrs. V. H. Phelps and little daugh ter, Golda, have gone to Charl%stbn; where Mrs. Phelps will visit her sis ter, Mrs. F. R. Howard. Mr. T. E. Deas has returned from an extended trip through New York sand Canada. -Mr. Deas"is with the Atlantic Coast Line railroad of Sum ter and his many friends will be ?glad to see him back. Mr. Dan J. MeKeiyer spent" the t-end at/home. 'He is working the gcn-ernment at Charleston. Er. W." B. Burns, ;Sr., left last 5?dght -for Saluda, N. <X? to see his wife. His many frinds regret to hear of Mrs. Burns' ilness. V rMr. Bonneau Murray, one of Sum mer's former boys, now ".ving in Montgomery, Ala., for a number of years,, is visiting in the city, his old home. . Relatives of George McLeod have ^ceive? -notice of his safe arrival -overseas. '.'V Messrs. X C. Hujger and F. A. Buit maB came down from BTendersonvirie, ?.,4?vote. "Mn Snepard Nash is at home from the. Offic?tt^1 Training^-Cawp at Camp rGfoVdoiv'Ga^ having completed the training course. -. Mir. John B. Duffie is .at home for a few days from Charleston. ?'; Mrs; S?. "?/".Cantey has " received a letter, from her brother Lieut Perry M^-^mn:' who is n^ihttng with the *B isfish, stating ?that *1xe/' Ifed' recently' Wj?ppromofeo^to Wtta^ion scout o2( *fie?r with the' r?hkf of First Lieuten '^'?MBw Louise !McCUlhragfc, of "Dar ImgtDn; Is visSfeg "Miss Emmie Osteen. ~<?r. 3. H. "JEorse has returned from yearnstawaala aYter a stay of seve-al weeks. ? F.1 and Mrs. Wash Ben-bow have the cit^ after spending at ^ndeTsonVille, N. C. i Lirtie Folsom has gone to Ma -Tion;N. C; to spend a few weeks. 3u5a E. Gruber, of Savannah, ?Qa^ Sias 4>een visiting her sister, ! ?*L W. M. Sk4sbm 3eft Monday'for Marion, N. C. '"f.' Rape, . of Birmingham, Ala- j feama, has been visiting his sister, Mrs". J. B. Britton. ? ^eentd' lie^ C E. DesChampsj teis been promoted to First Lieuten Y stationed at Camp Taylor, KyV, as battery com Tsa. anner. ?T. ana Tttrs. O. H. Folley have rgvne "'toMiirrell's inlet. KILLED IN ACTOpN. War Department Has Definite News] -gr^ta J>. ?haw Was j Wjni.T>. C. Shaw received on Tues rnoon the 'following t^e^ram ife' i^arV ^p^ttmenC" deBnite?r Hat iieut. Eryu|* I>: Shaw was r^ia ^cj??J?- on' JjOy ftth: Shaw, 27 Broad Street, er,#.C. : Deeply regret to inform you Lieut. Si; J3f. Shaw, air service, previously reported missing in action July 9-th, ipoxr reported killed in action, same HARRIS, Acting the Adjutant General. .Washington, Aug. 27. j3%e same afternoon she also receiv ed'the following telegram reporting the loss of Lieut. Ba?Sery, who was Krvin Shaw's tent mate and com rade^in the aviation service. It will; he ^rememberM that Lieut Battery wjcpte Mrs. Sja?w the day after Eryin w^'rep^rted: inissmg.' J?rs. IX C. Shaw, 27. Broad Street, iter, S." C. ....8** I4f9J**??t Bryan M. Battery Reported missing in action July 21st. Home~ad~dress' TOO West 17 9 th Street NefepYor* <5ty. . Je HARRIS, Washington, Aug. 27. 0 A ?te preserver that has been in vented in E?rope is in tended to kee p a - perron ?dry. and fairly w?rm for i severs! -days as he floats about wait EARLY CLOSING AGREEMENT. Merchants of Sumter Will Close Stores at 6 P. M., Saturday Excepted. Feeling it a patriotic duty, not only to our cuntry for the conservation of fuel in heating and lighting, but to the scores of women who are filling the places of our sons, who have been called to the colors, we the un dersigned merchants of the city of Sumter agree to close our stores at six o'clock p. m. every evening, except ^Saturday, on which day nine o'clock - shall be the closing hour, for at least during the duration of the war. Shorter hours have been and are still being adopted everywhere. The earnest cooperation of all of the mer chants can mean loss to none. We endorse the above and earnestly request its adoption: A. C. Phelps, President Sumter Chamber of Commerce. A. C. Phelps, Chairman County Council of Defense. I?. D. Jennings, Chairman Red Cross. L C. Strauss of State Advisory Com - mittee, F^ael Administration. S. H. Edmunds, State Director, U. S. Boys' Working Reserve. G. A. Lemmon, County Food Ad ministrator. We the undersigned merchants agree to close as above stated: Schwartz Bros, . Levi Bros. D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. V H. Phelps, Stubbs Bros. (If all close). Levy & Moses, McCplhini JBros. Buitman Shoe Co. Shaw & McCollum Mer. Co. Cash Dry Goods Co. Sumter "Dry Goods Co. W. B. Burns & Son, Sumter Railway & Mill Supply Co. B. W. Hurst, Mclnvail & Zeagler Fur. Co. L. W. Folsom, TL 5. Woolen Mills Co. Boston Furnishing Co. - W. M. Folsom Co. Ducker & Buitman, DuRant Hardware Co Columbia Tailoring Co. Moses Green, M. Goldberg, L. Alpert, Ladies' Shop, McLellan .Stores Co. Joseph M .Chandler, J. Denemark, BenSlOYas, Alex an ?er Nofal, Alex Averbuck, S. H. Kress & Co. Wm. H. Cobh Co.. j The Battery, 0,'Donnel>& Co. Inc. Dixie Grocery, Ralph HilL Nathan Averbuck, V. Gazes, O'Donnell Dry Goods Co. Carolina Grocery Cc. Jennings-Gainey Furn. Co. Wreck Store, s W. H. Shelley & SoiV Geo. ?F. Hurst, Knight's Book Store, , W. A. Thompson, " W. L. laester, E. Schiadaressi, W.'/B. Hair, N. Y. Bargain House, Mikell-Sneeden-Phares Co. H. A. Hoyt, The Misses Wilkcs, Sumter Corset Shop, B. R. Taylor, ? H. L. Tisdale, - Spann's Cash Grocery. Bradford Bros. L. E. LeGrand, S. E. Miller, B. J. Barnett, Krystal Optical Co. Singer Sewing Machine Co. McCallum Realty Co. Barby & Co. Inc. Sumter Clothing Co. (If others close.) Moran & Co. M. H Flaum, Sumter Hat Shop. . The above to ta*ke effect Monday. September 2nd. Uniforms for Reserves. Captain Phelps has just J*een no tified by the Chief of 0 rdnance, U. S. army, Washington, that the new rifles for the Sumter Light Infantry Reserves have been shipped. The Company wiH be armed with tLc lew Russian rifles, 1917 model, 7.62 cali | fcre. Additional O. D. shirts, khaki trous i ers and O. D. uniforms will be issued j by the State in the next week or I two. _* BmanaynnaMKBHianBMHMi Millinery Announcement the Millinery Department at Mc ? ri ri * i nt t >* I? n i ti i i^iuimmimimiiiikmimm - - . .... I 'JpHE MISSES WADE have leased Collum Bros., as successors to Miss Lou Bennett, and will conduct an up to-date Millinery business. iit44#t?tit?-i mn:nfvii?! im I it i m m m i i i i mm t m i X Miss Bertha Chandler Has Charge and Will be $lad to Serve Her Friends and the Public Generally EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS The County Democratic Executive Committee Tabulates Returns?Re suits Not Declared as Returns From One Box Was" Lacking. The County 'Democratic Executive Committee met at noon today to tab ulate the returns from the primary election with a quorum present. Re turns from all the clubs, except Reids, were in the hands of the Coun ty Chairman and the committee pro ceeded to tabulate the returns. Or motion of Mr. Richardson it was de cided not to declare the result until noon tomorrow, August 30th so thai the vote of Reids club may be in cluded in the totals, if the returns from that club are received by that time. Chairman Clifton and Sec retary Osteen were directed to add the returns from Reids club, if receiv ed before noon tomorrow, and to de clare the result; but if the returns from Reids are not received to de clare the result as tabulated. There were no protests or contests before the committee. The only mat ter that came up for consideration was the disposition of certain ballots from Taylors club that had been sent up to the committe by the man agers. These ballots were irregular, in that they had not been properly scratched as to some of the offices, but were regular as to other offices. On motion it was decided that the ballots should be counted for the can didates for which the ballots were properly made out. Two ballots from Ward 2, voted in envelopes by sol diers wiho were at home on furlough on election day, were ordered count ed, i The returns from Reids cannot al ter the result, except to increase the totals. There will a second race betwen T. E. Richardson and A. G. Warren for Judge of Probate and be twen C. L. Cuttino and M. J. Moore for Magistrate in -the Third district: t Reiser/Jackson and "Moise are ! nominated for the House of Repre sentatives; Burkett is nominated for magistrate at Dalzell and McElveen for Magistrate at Shiloh. The other candidates for Magistrate were un opposed. WAR BREAD ORDER. Washington, Aug. 28.?Universal war bread for all the nations ar rayed against the central powers is provided for in new regulations an nounced by Food Administrator Hover yesterday under which wheat Jour restrictions in the Unfe&ji State: are relaxed and the allies giver, bread containing more wheat than they have had since the early days ot the war. The regulations are effec tive September 1-?nd wheatless days and wheatless meals will be discon tinued on that date. Under an international bread pol icy formulated by the interallied food council in London, all bread made after September 1 for France England, Italy, the United States and the other allies will be made o:' mixed flour containing 80 per cent, wheat flour and 20. per cent, subce reals. Ail present baking regulations in conflict with fhe "new plan are rescinded, deluding the half-and half controlling flour householder.* and that forcing bakers to use only 70 per cent, of their normal sup ply of wheat flour. All rationing o bread among the allied nations wil be discontinued and plenty of the new "victory bread" is assured at a time when the wheat situation ir Germany and Austria is anything but promising. Ready mixed flour in the propor tions allowed by the food administra tion in accordance with its milling standards will be available for pur chases by householders, although thh is not compulsory. They are urged, however, to buy ready mixed victon flour, but when; pure wheat flour if purchased the regulations require re tailers to sell 20 per cent, of substi tutes at the same time to each pur chaser. The food administration re lies on householders voluntarily tc mix their bread in the same propor tion required for bakers. All so called "victory "flours" may be sold without substitutes, the regulations; provi !j, but at no greater price fron; the miller, wholesaler or retailer than in the case of standard wheat flour. Whole wheat or graham flcur may be used without Substitutes, but i\ must'contain at least 95 per cent, o? the wheat berry. Manufacturers of alimentary paste: and wheat breakfast foods are limit ed to their normal consumption ol wheat or wheat flour with the under standing that they are not to unduly t expand their ordinary" consumption and the rules prohibiting the starting of new plants ready for operation prior to July 1. 1918 are rescinded. Ability to provide the allies with the new bread and relaxation of the restrictions on wheat in America of ficials of the food administration de clared was made possible by the sacrifices of the American people ir observing the conser* ition prograr: of the administration last your and the bumper wheat crop raised by the farmers. Red Cross Notes. Mr. Forbes, of the Penn Sumter Lumber Company, has donated to the surgical dressing department boxes in which surgical dressings may be sent to Atlanta headquarters. This is quite an item, as each of thes^ boxes have previously cost the Red Cross $4.f.0. In addition, Mr. Forbes has very kindly offered to supply in the future all of these boxes needed. The Red Cross, especially the surgical dressing department wish to thank Mr. Forbes very deeply for giving sc I generously to them. On August 24th. two boxes wer< sent to Atlanta headquarters from th< surgical dressings department. On* of these boxes contained the specia1 rush order that w;-s given the de partment, while the other consist er j of part of the July allotment. i l>o not forget th:it you are slil asked to carry your own packages thus necessitating the purchasing o Red Cross stickers by the merchant;: See our advertisement in this issue Misses Wade.?Advt. 50 HEAD 50 HEAD OUR FIFTH CAR FOR SEASON They are in excellent condition. In this lot you will find anything yon are looking for in Horse flesh, with prices right and terms reasonable. They are going fast, so come quick and get what you want, for they will be higher later on. Your neigh bors are buying them, why not you ? Americas Casualty List. ? Washington, Aug. 28.?The arm: jcasu?lty list contains ?29 names as i follows: Killed in action, 74; miss ling, 189: wounded severely, 248; died of wounds, 25; died from accident and other causes, <6; died of aeroplane ac cident, 1; wounded, degree undeter mined, 7-4; died of disease, 12. Henry M. Gerald, Loris, S. C., was killed in action and Hamilton Walker Bowen. Easley, S. C, was wounded severely. Marine Casualty List. Washington; Aug. 28.?The marine casualty list totals 23. Killed in ac tion, 4; died of wounds, 7; wounded severely, 2; wounded, degree unde termined, 4; in hands of enemy, 3. Washington, Aug. 29.?The army casualty list today contains 46? names, as follows: Killed in action. 52.; missing, 46; wounded severely. 172; died of wounds, 33; died from accident and other causes, 4;" wound ed, degree undetermined, 147; died of, disease, 9; prisoners. 2. Malvin O Broome, of Greenwood, S. C, and Stephen L. King, of Greenville, S. C. are reported severely wounded. John James and Simon E. Phillies of Xewry, S.,C.f were wounded, degree undetermined. Misses Wade have an up-to-date millinery store at McCollum Bros.? Advt. LOST?Black a % white setter. Bob tailed, one bad eye; answers to name of Joe. Reward. Phon? 627-J. Horace Emerson, Church Street._ FOR SALE?One mare and three moTiths*old colt; also cow an t young calf, one work^ mule, on-. cane mill and evaporator in good condition. R. M. Edens. Sumte-, R. 3._ FOR SALE?In settlement McBrido estate I offer 1,000 acres Jaqm lands, tracts 4 7 to 16 acres, well located in famous Puddmg Swam; tobacco section. The lour 1!<1. prize -corn clubs boys of Sumte] and Clarendon counties live one t< eight miles away and grow TO t< 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. Truste* ? Mayesville. S. C._ BEESWAX WANTED?Any quantity large or small. Am paying bes! cash price. See me if you have any. N". G. Osteen._ FOR SALE?F. O. B. care, Camp Jackson, stable manure; very little straw. Car load lots only. Chemi cal and Fertili?. r value rated very high by Clemson college. A A Strauss. Sumter. S. C. MILLERS' CERTIFICATES?Can Iv obtained at Item OiTiee at reasor. able prices in lots of 100 or more. Kegistration Notice. Registration Notice, j The County Board of ^egistraiioaj the Boarc ; vm be in their office ;art the Court ; House, continuously from July 1st to j August 31st, excepting July 4th, Jtot the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the county of Sumter, as the law requires. T. D. D?B03E, , J. M. N. WILDER, / J. A- RE AM ES, Supervisors of Registration. On the following dates of Registration will visit these sever al townships of Sumter county, for! the purpose of registering all quali- j lied electors who have not already reg- | isiered: Providence, September 3rd. Siateburg, September 4th. Middleton, September 5th. ! Manchester, September 6th. Privateer, September 9th. I Concord, September 10th. Shiloh, September 11th. Mayesville, September 12th. j Rafting Creek. September 13th. The books of registration will be j opened according to the above sched- j j????^^mM?? ule. from nine o'clock in the morning, j ? until six o'clock in the afternoon, i Sy?-*0 f-f ril!f*q,fr the usual voting places in the town- IVIW? aa* aauia^m ships herein designated. T. D. DUBOSE, J. M. X. WILDER, J. A. REAMES. Supervisors of Registration Undertaker and Enbalmer Be sure to visit Misses Wade mil- j lineny parlors at McCollum Bros.? i Advt. I Prompt Attentin to Day and Night Cans At J. 0. CR A16 Old Stand. N. Wain Phones: Sj?, DELCO-LIGHT ' / Increases Farm EfffcieHjcy X. Saves time and labor?WoT' 'ormerly done under peer light and by hand can be done better and in less tirac with the aid of f .ctric light and power. 2. Labor & attracted to the farm?The "back to the farm" movement is made practical when the conveniences afforded by cle trie light and power can be had in the / country. 3. Keeps the boys and girls on the farm?Electric service on the farm offsets city attractions. "Valuable labor and valuable young manhood" and womanhood are saved to the country community. 4? Solves the retired farmer problem?Electric light and power make the farm home so attractive and comfortable that the farmer and his wife remain on the farm wh^re their advice, experience, and immediate interests arc of great practical value. 5. Lightens burden of the housewife?Increased farm work in war times means increased labor for the hous; wife. Electricity offers the only practical means of taking the drudgery of household tasks fro ~ Vr shoulders* .} Delco-Light is a compact electric pi ?< farms or ?" country homes. Self-cranking. Air-cooled. Thick plate, long-lived battery. Ball bearings. No belts. RUNS ON KEROSENE THE DOMESTIC ENGINEERING CO., DAYTON, OHIO, U.S.A. T. M. BRADLEY, SUMTER, S. C. Over 50,000 Satisfied Users throughout the World.