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CIRCUS STARS FROM EVERY MAY W1RTH Coming with KiBglin^, Bros. Every ousrter of the globe has con tributed its quota to this season's program of Ringling Brothers' circus. From the mammoth * spectacle of knighthood and chivalry. "In Days of Old,." which opens the program, to the final hippodrome races, ihere is little that is not absolutely new and novel. There is May Wirth. Australia's royal rider, and everywhere hailed as the greatest woman equestrian who ever lived. M:ss Wirth is assisted by the famous Wirth family. There is Lily Lietzel, the world's greatest aerial gymnast. From Iceland comes Johannes and his stalwart company ^f wrestlers in exhibitions of *'glima," the Norseman's method of self-de fense. Among* the scores of daring riding acts none contains more thrills than that introduced by Tan Mac Pherson and his band of Scots. The entire clan pitches camp in the great main tent and gives exhibitions of tha most startling nature. Hillary Long, who skates on his head in mid-air, ap pears in the^ same number with the Melnot^es and the Ortons. slaek-wire marvels* who perform?not r.ear the ground, but at the very tent top. Aside from men and women artists there will be Alf. LoyaTs wonderful dogs, including "Tooue." a canin<> who leaps like a man. catches knives in his mouth while riding a gallop-j ing horse and said to be the most wonderful dog in the world. There! will be troupes of marvelously trained seals, dogs and cats, rabbits and doves in a remarkable exhibition of dumb brute intelligence, bears and monkeys that skate and play upon musical in struments, and whole bands of know ing Shetland ponies especially trained for the benefit of the youngsters. These are but a few of the wonders that will be exhibited when Ringling Brothers- come here Thursday, Octob er 3.?Acvt. Farmers Can Exelia-nge*Soed for Meal Columbia. Sept. lr.-^ho food ad ministration has issued the following bulletin: Concerning the exchange of seed, for meal, the following has been agreed upon by the advisory commit tee of farmers and crushers: --5. farmer can exchange meal for seed and get the amount or meal con tained in the seed delivered. This is 940 pounds of meal to the ton of seed. The balance to be paid in mon ey by the mill. The mills will deliv er pro rata additional meal as they may have. _ * * * * * * * i We Grind Lenses, examine the eyes scientifically and fit eye glasses perfectly. Let us work for you. We havo all prescriptions on file. Broken lenses replac ed promptly. \ Graduate Opto metrist and Optician in charge. W. A. Thompson, JEWRf.R. & X>PTOMl "TRYST. LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN. j To Begin With Mass Meeting on Sep tember 27?Committees Named. i To the Citizens of Sumter County: Under directions of the federal government we are instructed to open the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign on Friday, September 27th, and to J continue same through Saturday, Oc ; tober 19th. The amount to be raised ?j this time is heavily in excess of our last assessment and while the defi nite allotment has not yet been made it is probable that the amount will be around $700,000.0') for Sumter coun ty and the duration of the campaign has been limited to the a,bove period of time. It is therefore a mutter of the ut most importance that we lose no time and in consequence it has been de cided to open the campaign here with a large mass meeting at 11 o'clock on the morning of the 27th instant, at the opera house, at which time it is earnestly requested that every man, woman and child, white and colored, in Sumter county, be present and subscribe to the maximum ability for these bonds. It would save the loy al soliciting committees a world of work if the total , amount could be raised on the first day of the cam paign. The allotment must be sub scribed; there is no way over it, nor under it, norraround it, and we had just as well do it cheerfully and promptly at once instead of delaying the matter. * Subscriptions will be received un der identically the same conditions as in the preceding campaign for the Third Liberty loan, viz: the banks will carry 90 per cent, of the amount of your subscription at the interest rate of 6 per cent, per annum until .April 1st. 1019, upon payment by the subscriber of the remaining 10 per cent cash. It is especially desired that the farmers of Sumter county subscribe liberally to these bonds. This is ex pected by the federal government. .If you want to buy lands there is no bet ter collateral for you to put up than Liberty Loan bonds, so that you can kill .two birds with one stone. Buy the bonds and use them as collateral for the money with which to nego tiate your real estate purchases. In the event that any individual is unable to get to the mass meeting at the county seat on the 27th instant you are earnestly requested to com municate with the chairman or any member of his committee in your township or precinct and hand him your subscription to be announced at the above meeting.. For the purpose of expediting this work I have ap pointed the following committees to date. Additional, committees will be appointed in the immediate future. Publicity Committee?P. G. Bow man, chairman; Raymond Schwartz, A. S. Harby, E. L Reardon. Soliciting Committees. City of Sumter?H. Harby, chaiJ: man; L A.. Ryttenburg, vice chair man and secretary. Ward 1?R. S. Hood, Captain; D. R. McCallum, J. J. Brennan, R. L. McLeod, R. D. Epps. R. J. Bland. Ward 2?W. A. Bryan, Captain; P. "Moses, Geo. G. Tweed, F. E. Hinnant. H. P. Moses, Hi -Lf Tisdale. Ward 3?S. R. Chandler, Captain; Julian A. Raffield, J W. Jackson, E. E. Austin, Raymon Schwartz, F. M. Moise. Ward 4?Bartow. Walsh, Captain; Jos. M. Chandler.'^V. L/ Boyle, R. K. Wilder, T. D. Forbes, S. K. Rowland. Oswego SectiOre'-'of Sumter Town-' ship?E. C. Brown, Chairman; J. W. McCoy, M. H. Andrews, M. M. Brown, B. M. Oliver. Mayesville Township, White Com mittee?C. E. Mayes, Chairman; Rob er Muldrow, J. H. Wilson, J. W. Spencer, Rev. R. L. Grier. M. C. Mayes, J. F. Bland, L. C. Tisdale. Colored Committee M. E. Church ?Rev. A. R. Howard, Chairman; Alex Stuckey, A. T. Wilson/ Colored Committee, Baptist Church ?M. J. Sumter, Chairman; Ernest Wilson, Eddy McCutchen, S. J. Price. Rafting Creek Township?C M. Emanuel, Chairman: R. M. HiUiej brand,.J. L. Irby, J. A. Reames, Peter James. Dr. M. S. Kirk, It. E. Atkin son. P. B. Emanuel. Middleton Township?Dr. M. L. Parier, Chairman; J. J. Geddings. Sam Weinberg, W. T. Brown. E. E. Aycock, H. M. McLaurin. Manchester Township?B. T. Kolb Chairman; L. E. Avin, Robert Christ mas. F. M. Coulter. Shiloh Township?W. W. Ounnbig ham. Chairman; J. C McElveen, W.j W. Green. I. M. Truluck, T. J. Keels. S. J. Wilson. Concord Township?J. P. Brittom Chairman: Clarence Brunson, J. C. Brogdon, Joel Davis. J. L. Brogdon. Stateburg Township.. White Com mittee?C. J. Jackson. Chairman; W. FL Freeman. J. Frank Williams, W. L. Saunders. Geo. Mabry. Colored Commitee?Rev. R. B ('urry. Chairman; T. B. Wright. Privateer Township?J. M. Kolb, Chairman: T. K. Hodge, J. T. Brog don, H. D. Tindal, FL "H. "Wells, S. A. Harvin, J. P. Osteen, L. M. Jackson, s. D: Ca in. C. A. Nettles. Providence Township?Dr. Bush McLaughlin. Chairman; S. I\ <lad lard. M. L. Moore. E. E. Doby, Henry Renenhaley, J. C. Dunbar, A. C. Thompson, whit<- Committee. Colored Committee?Rev. I. W ! i\en. Chairman; Rev. M. J. Jackson. Seymour Howard. Note the above committees careful ly and if you cannot be present in person at the mass meeting on the 27th instant do not fail to send in your subscription by some member of lie- committee. An attractive pro gramme for the meeting has been ar ranged, da*- notice of which will ap pear, in this papei in the next day or t wo. H. J. M'LAURTN, JR., County Chairman. Dublin, Aug. 25 (Correspondence) ---The number of unemployed in this city during the winter months has in creased during the period of the war, according i<> a i'i-\?>vt of the National Relief Fund. Instead of ameliorating seasonal I.-?T?or conditions in urban dis tricts the war b.-is accentuated 'them Jim report .says. In rural district: there is virtually no unemployment. I HOW SPECTACI/ES v ARK EE HEARSED. Producing Circus Extravaganzas is Gigantic Task Requiring Whole Corps of Stage Managers?-Ring lings Present Big Pantomime. Keeping track of a cast of more than a thousand actors and several hundred horses is far from an easy task and people frequently ask how this feat is accomplished by those who direct Ringling Brothers' gi gantic production of "In Days of Old." Like all other things in con nection with a circus, it is purely a matter of system. Let it he supposed that the reader is attending a rehearsal of the big pantomime. On an elevated pint form, placed in front of the stage stands tho director general surround ! cd by his assistants. These assistants include the master of th? ballot, the superintendent of vehicles, director of foot and mounted guards, master of the horse, chief electrician, mas ter and mistress of wardrobe, mas ter of properties and trappings, the stage director, ana a number of oth er lieutenants. While the director general is per sonally acquainted with some mem bers of the gigantic cast, he for the most part knows the players solely j by groups and visions. He thinks in j l>ig numbers. He may say ''Bring on | the king's guards." And since he must at all times keep the entire pro- I duction in mind this, to him, means : merely a company of plumed and j beited men mounted on coal black j chargers. But the master of tho i mounted guards, who has personally ? trained this division, knows' every guard by name; yes and every hors?. I He has drilled them individually. The j director general rehearses them sole- j ly as a single unit in a great ensem- j ble. "Give us the amber flood lights."' calls the director. He knows the ef fect that he wants, but it is the chief electrician who is alone famil?ar with every switch and lamp which must be operated to produce the result re quired. "There should be four more sets of girls in that waltz of flowers," comes from the director general. Imme diately there is a consultation be tween the master of the ballet and i the mistress of the wardotr, and by | the time the rehearsal again calls j for the young ladies who appear in ! this particular portion of the spec- i tacle, the "four more sets" are there,! dressed in just the right costumes. The director general of this sea-I son's spectacle, which will opert the! main tent program when the1'circus exhibits here Thursday, October 3 is Charles Ringling. ., i. ? _._' t Colored Teachers* Institute. Through the kindness of the Coun ty Board, after a petition from some' of the teachers led by Rev. W. J. Gregg. Prof C. A. Lawsori anS'i con- j ducted an institute of.ten days',-which j proved very successful. About 30 j teachers were regular in atteriaance. An outline of the work is -j?^8?rt^ws. < all oral work and made very, practi cal. The higher branches reviewed by Principal Lawson were. Algebra, Ad vanced Arithmetic, Civil Government. Advanced,-Orammac? - We took up in a very simple )and prwactical way: r Ch'tVd Study?The parent, the teach er, the child. Psychology?The intellect, feeling, will. Nature Studies?God, earth, plants. History?Settlement, wars, govern ment. Geography?Mathematics, political, commercial. Agriculture?The beginning, ad vancement, results. Spelling?Diaeriticals, v rules, pro- , nunciation. Reading?Oral, silent, concert, tone, manner. Language?How to begin, parts^oi" speech. sentc nee building. Number work?How to begin, j Through fractions. School Management ? Discipline,] cooperation, love. Programme?As to equally divid ing, neglect of primary work. Current News?The kind, and source. Physiology?The body, organs and functions. Hygiene?Care of the body and or- j gans. Sanitation?The premises and pub lie places. From Oct. 13th 191."3 Winter Work. We also gave 'a summary of ths work of the county, both winter and summer. Space will not allow us to be elaborate and make special men tion of aid from lrionds. We can only, in this, give figures. Number of school visited." ISO. Number of visits paid, 2S4. Enrollment, 7,222. . Sewing bags, garments and other articles, J.G'.C!. Number of schools extending term. A O O ?> . Number of pupils to finish the 3 years' industrial course, G. Number of teachers to finish the S j years' course, .'}. Money raised for winter work ?2. 49r?.40. Summer Work Crom 1?J6 to 1?18. Enrollment, G$7. Visits made. 4 7. Articles and bags. 1.740. .Money raised, $1SG,00. Total garments and articles, sum mer and winter. 6.442. Total amount of money raised, $2^-! <;si.4 0,.'. Vegetables and fruits canned. 1. G44 quarts. We thank- all who have helped to bring about these results. Not more ih.tti half of tli<- teachers are work ing. If we can <l<> this with half at work, what splendid results we would have if we could but persuade all to do their duty? We pray, and earnestly look for ward to the time when all will be in terested in doing their duty whether the par is little or much. L. Bragg Anthony. M. D.. Co. Supervisor of Color Schools. Misses Prances DeLorme, Mary Ada Booth. Marian Bafllcld and Dorothy Burns left yesterday morn ing for Winthrop Co'lege. FARMER'S SPEC?AL FARMINGDALE, LONG ISLAND. "AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK" ?cd* Gas eaeaasagasaag That one feature gives the FULTON a mileage lecord hitherto unheard of in a ton and a half truck. Twelve to fourteen miles per gallon! And that's only a conservative AVERAGE! / This "triple-heating"1 translates the 3as"t iota of gas energy into useful driving power. And that means LESS WASTE ? GREATER MILEAGE - LOWER OPERATING COST. The Truck for the Former -The Truck for the Merchant. FULTON gas is first heated at the car buretor?as is the case in most trucks. It gets a second heating by being ]ed through the cylinder-block between the hot firing cylinders. Then---already double-healed-?it is sent into the cylinders through a subdivision of the "Exhaust-Contact Manifold. " Thee dealings! Each at an increased temperature! And the longer the motor runs the less gas it uses in proportion. William Fulton Melhuish, known among motor truck men the country over, has built the FULTON to handle the greatest amount of business in the most economi cal Trav. , The Standard Oil Company, the Texas Oil Company and other large fleet opera tors are buying FULTOXS in preference to other makes alrecdy in iheir service. We are the largest exclusive manufac turers of one and a half ton trucks in the country. Our entire organization is devoted to building all that is best in a truck of this .' particular size. Investigatcthe FULTON point by point. Chassis price, $1620 f. o. b. Farmingdale. Although the FULTON has a one luflF5 one half ton capacity, this truck made a remarkable two week?s run from Sumter to Or?ngeburg and then up through the Piedmont section, loaded with a concrete test block weighing 4260 lbs.?1260 lbs. over weight of the FULTOX'S capacity. Send for booklet "Triple-Heated Gas ANCHOR AUTO & TRUCK CO., STATE DISTRIBUTORS 37 WEST LIBERTY STREET SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA MEETIXG OF COCXTY SUNDAY SCHOOL. Discussion as to [laving the State Con vention Here in ."May. At a meeting of the officers of the Sumter County Sunday School Asso ciation yesterday at the Chamber of Commerce rooms, the following plans wore made: 'i. To raise ?i7"? for the State and county associations. il. Tu obtain a full report from every Sunday school in the county. To have a county convention Ihe last "i .June. ?I. To have the six districts; have their district convention as follows: a. District 1 ? Mr. W. G. Moore, president, at Sumter on October 1 !. b. District 11?Air. W. M. Free man, president, at Horeb on Oct. S. c. District Hi ? Mr. R. .1. Kolb. president, at Reid School on Oct. L5. d. District IV Mr. \V. 10. Mc McLeod, president, at Mayesville, on 'October D District V?Mr. W. M. Davis. I 'resident. on < ?ctober Distrikt \l -M'. .1. IT. Wilson, pres ident, on < ?ctobei 1 Mr. Webb, tin- Sfcr e secretary, v..'.s present and helped a greal deal in making p'ans for the year. At a meeting of tin- business men and several ministers at Chamber of Ccmmerce of Sumter at <;.l"'. the question oi' bringing tin- State conven tion here in M iy was discussed; All agreed that we wanted tie- conven tion; inj: thai tb<- housekeepers had so little liclf now. it was decided to wait until ihe pastors <?!' the various churches could find out if the mom lx rs of the churches were willing to undertake it. Tie- Sumter Chamber of i"oi?iavert>? \\:\y : '?.juested to vrrit?? tbe pastors of the'S?mter churches requesting them to have this matter discussed and voted on by their congregation: rext Sun.lay. and to report next Mon day to the secretary ot* the Chamber of Commerce what the attitude of the i tembers of the several congregations is toward the advisability and prac ticability of the citizens of Sumter undertaking ;<> entertain this conven Ixion during the war when sleeping accommodations are limited, and the [servant problem is such as to cause fserious inconvenience in entertain j mem or visitors. I Mr. v\vi>i> explained*that the South Carolina Sunday School convention delegates do not ask Tor free enter tainment, but come prepared to pay their way. If the thousands of church mem bers of Sumter feel that they rro in a position. Or will In* next May to cuter tain about five or six hundred dele-j gates, and vole to invite the conven-j tion to Sumter, then they must make up their minds to ;;o into the enter-; lainnient in a whole hearted manner.1 and work for homes for the visitors] as well as entertaining them in their i own homes. U will be necessary tor: tho business men <n* Sumter to as-! some the responsibility of raising net less than seven hundred and five dol lars for expenses of publicity", paying j ihe expenses of out-of-town speakers. ::n<] other necessary mils. Those who] desire to entertain delegates free are at liberty of course, lo do so. but the | Sotith Carolina Sunday School Con- J vetu jon adopt, d ??. sein:ions last year! t>i so thai all visiting delegations j Should pay their way. Miss Elizabeth Lesesne lefl this morning Cor Lyn eh burg. S'a.. where will attend 'landolph Macon Wo ruan'.s College ibis winter. 5 ROUT IX MACEDONIA. Serbian and French Troops Pushing; Bulgarians Day and Night. London, Sept. 19.?The Bulgarians in flight in Macedonia are burning military stores and also villages, ac cording to a Serbian official state ment received here. Allied troops have now advanced more than twelve miles. In their progress so far they are unable to count prisoners and booty. The Bul garians are defeated completely. The Serbian troops are pushing them day and night. Serbian-French troops have taken the towns of Topolets, Potsheishta, Messishta Melynitsa, Vitolishta, Uasimbey. and also the heights of K uchkov Kanamem. Married. Last night. Sept. IS. at S o'clock at the Presbyterian Manse. Miss Marene l-Iinson of Alcolu and Mr. C. B. Splnks, Jr., of Charleston, were married. Subscribe to The Daily Item. Only 10c per week, delivered. 0 Undertaker and Embaimer . H. Hurst, i Prompt Aittntin to Day antf \ Night Calls At j. 0. CRAIG Old Stand. N. Main I'lmnpc. OaVG39 > UUli^. Might 201