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/^*^??^ ^e6jacaS&j and Saturday OSfcSEX / PUBUSllIXG COMPAX X SU3CTKR, S. C. _ Terms: ' ?*.50 per aitoimi?in advance. ': r' --. "?*? Advertisements. ' One Square first insertion .. .. $1.00 ; "Byery subsequent insertion.. .. .50 Ocmtracts- for three months, or ;^>?4s^ wi? l>e ui?&e s:t reduced fates. All commuuicatiojia ~ which sao u Wrve/pritate interests will be charged _ t?r:r?1aradvertisements* ?tetuarles, and tributes of- respeo: v#21 be Charta for. The Sumter Watchman was found w :5n 1S50 and the- True Southron ir< iSfJfe.r' The Watchman, and SoutL.-o. ?tow' Has the combined circulation am in?iiettce of, both of the old papers ?ifid is. inanifesQy the. best advert ism "fiKtiin in Sumter. Ebb JilBERTY LOANT MASS MEETING. Krom The Daily Item, Sept. 26. /The Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign wiiL-open tomorrow with a patriotic crass meeting in the Opera House. This meeting will sound the key note of the Game Cock. County's pa triotic sentiment and will show how ^substantial is our devotion to the cause of liberty for the oppressed . peoples of the world?for the Liberty .Loan is the foundation upon which *' acests aSX hopes and all aerations of ?e world for freedom and democ racy.; If the people of America do not iuiitedly cooperate in laying.this . foundation of .dollars broad an-5 "\eep and building it strong and im pregnable the war -cannot be .prose cuted with the fullest power of which; " America: is capable and this netior cannot make good , the solemn pledge ? of President Wilson to prosecute it to a victorious termination by using force, without stint or limit. "Sumter county is a small part of America,but-.if is a part of the great y viioie," and we have a duty to dis 'dbarge .that is just as imperative a? th_L which rests upon greater an? ficiier places. If we do our full dut' each individv.al will invest /to the. limit of his or h?r ability in Xiberty bbhds and will give of his time, with out selfish considerations, to carry th ? campaign to a complete, and success ful <H>ncIusion. The only thing tha. airy one. can give in a "Liberty loan ^fUTtpaign is' his time, labor "and per sonal influence?when he buys a bond ^he gives, nothing, but is obtaining th best investment to be had in ' th; world-today. The man who believes or 3ays, he is giving to the govern ment when he buys' a -bond, is C slacker at heart; and we have grown ??S: veary of hearing many men, here vand .elsewhere, say that they have "contributed*' this or- that amount to winning the war when they have In vested some of their money in Libert bonds. A man cannot be a rea American \untilvhe'' gets out . of his r ^ of t per cent: interest and ^the hope e ' *'iJii^pD6^ of th?. thing t? "bear in. mind is that - liberty bond is neither a gift" to th.e goVerixtnent n of a speculation, but ar, | investment to aid the government in its tnne of need and that he who buy.-; a bond is doing no more than hi plain/duty. The mass meeting tomorrow will v: be the/outward and visible sign; ?:| . >?the quality of patriotism that per ||&neates this community, and no mat; who has the spirit and the willing ness to do his duty will stay awsry ^pCrom the meeting. The presence nr.C ? the personal influence of every loya Citizen is neded to inaugurate the Liberty loan campaign and the,whole hearted co-operation of all is neces sary to make the drive a complete success?the full quota may be rais ed; but it will notbeva full and com plete success, unless every man, wo man arid child in tHe county meas . ures up to his or her responsibility. '! LIBERTY LOAN XOTiCK. To The Public: Af/^E meeting of-Xhe Executive Com mittee of the Fourth Liberty Loa* Campaign, held today, they commit tee being composed of the following: C.. G. Rowland, Chairman; Neill ?O'Donnell, A. C. Phelps, J. P. Booth 'JSti X Bland and G. A. Lemmon, the following resolution was adopted af ter a full discussion of the conditions .attending thj Fourth Lihei-ty, loan campaign: "That it is the sense of the commit tee who are familiar with* the. finan -cial standing of the citizens of this county. tr*at the names of all who do not subscribe to Liberty bonds in pro portion to, their means, or who do not subscribe at all, be published in the newspapers and regarded as slack ers." In accordance with the above reso lution it is therefore my duty as chairman of the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign for Sumter county to notify oar citizens that they are expected to make sacrifices on their part and sub scribe to the limit of their ability to the: new issue of Liberty bonds. Ton .are no doubt familiar with the fact that the allotment for Sumter county is heavily ir. excess of the Third loan. From information I havn been able to obtain up to the present time it will probably be around $S 50,000.00 and the time for raising this amount has been curtailed fron? five. weeks to three weeks. The task imposed upon the patriotic commit tees who are willingly sacrificing thci valuable time and ability is, there fore, a heavy one and I earnestly ask the citizens of Sumter county to bea: this fact carefully in mind and sub scribe promptly so that our allotment can.be raised at the earliest possible moment. It must be done and It i? going to be done. H. J. M'LAURIN. JR.. County Chairman Waycross, Ga.. Sept: 24.?And:. Reaves, a seventeen-year-old negr charged with assaulting a three-yem old white girl near Black Shear, wa taken from officers who were bringin: hinr. to. Wayerqss and lynched earl\ today. The body was found hangiir r*n r> frp^on Wayer?s*:-Blackshea| road, near the railroad shop. j THE THIIVD PRXMAKY. ! Election Was Held at Only Ten of The Twenty-six Ol'ibs in Simiiei j Comity and Vote at These Was Very Light. Fxom The Daily Item, Sept. 26. The County Democratic Executive Committee met today to tabulate the ? returns-of the third primary, held to ?J nominate a candidate for the office j of ^Comptroller General. There was I so little interest in this election that ! I the polls were opened at only ten of the twenty-six clubs in the county and . at these precincts less than ten pei i cent of the normal vote was polled j The total vote for the c, dnty was 129, j of which Elm ore received 11 and j J Osborne 11?. The vote by clubs was \ (as-follows: Elmore Osborne Sumter, Ward 1.. . .1 14 Sumter, Ward 2 .. ..2 71 Sumter, Ward 4. 21 Concord. 18 Earle'. "9 Oswego.3 ' 9 Pisgah :..4 3 Privateer .. ...... 1G Rafting Creek <. 11 Wedgefield .. .. ..1 ' 23 Total...IT* 118 PETTY JURY LIST. JuiTOrs Drawn to Serve First Week ot Oorrt Which Convenes October 7. W.-.-G- Bestick, . J. T. Green, A. J. Ard. j Alva Meileit, W. T. Goodman, R. K. Wilder, I: R. W. Green,' . - ?? T. W. McColl, W. E, Mims, ? B. O'. HoIIiday, . John J. Geddings, " .'T.- L. Kahn,. . . J. B. Tisdale, ' B. S. Moore, Joel Benbow, . J, L. Brown, W. M. DeLorme, Jr.. J. A. Baker, J. C. Rogers, ~ J. L. Brogdon, L. W. Scott, . A- T. Tisdale, v T. D. Kinny, J. D. Blanding, J. F. Jeakins, W. H. Srickland, * A. J. Moses, - T. S. Ross, W,. M. Broadway, M. M. Huggins. . , W. ?f- Brazial, * V'Leopold Strauss, J. C. Cooper, ^ ^t,. n. white, J. H. Strong, .c ? ^feE'^ Stoudenmire. \* G COUNTY BOARD MEETINfc. vi j Bje*dgi*aticm of Clerk C. M- ^ffhrs: I Accepted and E. W. Wilson Efcet [ ed. v ; County >:' Board of- Oomnii^fem. j, T. . .^.hetin -specIaT* - session- Tuesd-iy?4 ^v/ith all members present, excep ! Commissioner Mims. The object c themeeting was to take action dzjt ?ic resignation of C. M. Hurst, clerk' o the Board, recently appointed sheriff and to' elect} his successor. The resignation o/ Mr. Hurst" wa; accepted and ah expression of tl^e-ap preciation .of the Board for his em citnt and faithful services and of re ?Tet at the .severance of his cormec fion with the Board was placed or i record. Mr. Ernest W. Wilson was electei clerk of the Poard and entered a 'ronce^ upon ?the discharge of h. duties. Mr. Wilson has been con nected with the National Bank o Sumter for the past year. Mr. A. vi. Warren was elected cot ?bn weigher on the recommendatio: of the. City Council, and his bond n ..ne sum of $3(>y, was approved. The bond of Mr. C. M. Hurst, a I heriff. in the sum of $lo\000, was ap proved. The Board ordered the construe Co** of a concrete bridge at the oi Fox'worth Mill, the present bridg oemg in a dipladidated condition. ?American Casualty List. Washington, Sept. 24?The fol lowing casualties are reported by th Commanding General of the Ameri can Expeditionary forces: Killed in action, 121; missing in ac tion, 24:; wounded severely, 63 died from wounds, 21; died from ac cident and other causes. 4; died o disease, 5; wounded, degree undeter mined, 'i; wounded slight!}', 2; pris oners, 5; Total, 23'j. Summary of Marine Corps casual ties to date: Officers: deaths^ 39 "wounded, (">"?, missing, 1 Total, !0". Enlisted men: deaths ',000; wound ed, 1946; in hands of enemy, 15 missing. 1g8. Total, 3,129. ? The following casualties are report ed by the Commanding General oi the American Expeditionary Force? (included in above totai): Killed i action, 1; died of wounds received in action, 1; wounded in action (severe ly% 7; wounded in action (degree un determined, 1; missrhg in action, 10; in hands of enemy, 1. Total, 21. The following casualties are re i ported by the Commanding Genera", j of the American Expeditionary i forces: ! Killed in action 15, missing inS&c j tion 161, wounded severely 184, die.! ; from wounds 7, died of disease 5. j wounded degree undetermined 1, die<! i of accident and other causes 2, total 375. j- Luke Rohletter. Battle Creek, S. : C, is reported killed in action anri : Grady L. Howard, Greenville, S. C. and Henry T Waters. Liberty, S. missing in action. Washington. Sept. 24 ?The police and fire officials are investigating r fire that occurred early this morning in the New" Wilbid Hotel. whV caused damage estimated at one hun - dred thousand dollars and sent bun dreds of guests, including Vice Pres ident Marshal and several diplomat ' scurrying to the lobbies and safety The bla^e originated in th^ pantry o''"' the palm room, but. was checked be fore it spread far. STAMP SAXES AKEf IMPROVING. Amount Sold Was Much Larger, Dot County Lofet a PoirE?The Street Tables. J The report for the sales of War Savings Stamps for . the week ending September fourteenth Was a great improvement in one waV for it show ed that the county had sold during that week $5,337.50 against $981.25 the week before. At jtne end of the week however, Sumter had lost yet another.point in standing ' for she had slipped from the '25th to 26th place. Other counties .. had bought more heavily than, wje had, is the ex planation. . For example, in the two weeks ending September 14th, little Horry county' had bought ot" stamps to the extent of $32,^65.25 and during that same period Siimter's output was $6,318.75, less than a fifth of Horry's yet Sumter could put the whole of Horry into-a. corner pocket. If Sumter ever wants to make a? creditable showing-in the matter of helping the country through the buy ing of War Savings stamps the peo ple as a whole must simply wake up and buy. To stay near the bottom of the column mpnth after month is not the usual Sumter way, but it seems to be the way .developed lately. Some of the Sumter people are doing their full duty. Some are doing no. duty at all. j ?-.: Every Tuesday and every Saturday stamps may be- bought on the street. There are four tables out these days. On Tuesdays the Mitchell. table is managed by Mrs. R. M. Hapner, the j City National corner table by Mrs. J. j R. Sumter, tbe Zemp table by Mrs. E. P. Pitts, and the DeLorme table by Mrs. M. IL Flaum. On Saturdays these same tables are -' managed by Miss Isadore Teicher, Miss Ma be: Bowman, Mrs. C. D. McKnight and i ?Mrs. J. P. Maurer. The managers of j the tables have, complete charge of them, either presiding themselves or having friends to take" charge. The tables are' doing good work. For in stance Mrs. Maurer "followed up her first score of nearly nine hundred dol lars two weeks ago by a sale of $640. 75 last Saturday. . High water mark, however, has been set by . Mrs. Hapner j whose table sold ' Tuesday - $1.069.75 \ worth of stamps. Mrs. W. B. Lyn an: j was Mrs. Hapner's partner in the I work. Red Cross Xotcs. ?-' \ This is mr week-to -show the Bei | ?ian peor e hew much we are going i to help with our. gifts of clothing i.oj their Relief Commission. But these* gifts are coming 'imt?n slowly. Surely ; everyone must have "some clothes j :Vom last winter, or the-winter before ; that are not' heeded: Why let them stay where they do-mo good? Or perhaps you might think that it will be possible to wear' them once o." twice. Is that going to keep you fron j g-iving them to the men and women' tnd children / of you ?* allies who are i In such dire need, of clothing? Let] Lhe gifts come'in-'.*f^&t.er, citizens of } /urr.tcr.-. ?Rcmembp?v|^jp.t.. vrntr-^oUot^ \ Is" S'.ojS-'pouhds," and wf^twe-arei v a long way yet from reaching it, aiio we must not fall short. At the vacant-'store-^ under Mayor Jennings' rinicer ? committee' will be waiting to receive your gift to sota* poor Belgian. It is up to you. no make that gift 2s large as you can. On next Monday, September 30th the Surgical Dressings workroom wil. be reopened. Mrs. Boykin " urg; that as many helpers-as possible n. present. German Prisoners *at Work in I ranee. .With the American Forces in France, Sept.- 24 (3y the Associate Press) Thousands of tierman prison ers, many of them taken by the Americans ft: the drive north of ih Marne and southwest ?.?f Soissons, hav. been working inx the .grain fields oi France duringjthe last tew weeks. In some instances a single French tidier guards fifty or si.sty Germans as they la>>or in the fre'-d. One Frencr. s-cldier said he had 7-^een guardinr prisoners all summer and that not on of them had endeavored to escape All ;of the Germans working as har vesters still clung to their gas mask? many of them carrying them on a strap over their shouhier as they toil ed in the field.. . ? At night the German farmers' heir* ers were taken to quarters in the dir' ferent farming districts where tern porary buildfngs, surrounded by : high barbed wire fence had beer, erected. ' - Subscribe to The Daily Item. On' 10c per week, delivered. FERTILIZER FOR SALE?We ar, going to sell all the Meal, Acid Lime and mired goods in stoci here for immediate shipment, a' bargain prices. Please call us be fore stock sold ou:. Southern Bir*. kerage Co. Phone No. 89._ FOR SALE?In settlement McBridt estate I offer 1,000 acres Jaque Ia,nds, tracts 47 to 16 acres, wei: located in famous Pudding Swamp ' tobacco section. The four 1917 prize corn clubs boys of Sumteu and Clarendon counties live one to eight miles away and grow 70 to 90 bushels on sa?ne type soil. A nearby tract of similar unin;proved land was paid for out of last year's crop. Prices right^and terms rea sonable. E. W. Dabbs. Trustee M iyesville. S. C. BEESWA X \V A XTED -- A n y qua nt r large or smell. Am payimr I cash P'-icf. S?f- me if you hav* r?ny. N G. 0?teen. FOR SALE--F O H 'Nt" .l:trkf.i?u st.-tl.).. owthiTT": v?rv Jr..1 Ktraw ?*ni '?;!?< I?*!*1 fi'v Chen-.' ?-.?.! '?"??>; i \yoi ? hi.- -.-.iKd fiiah h\ Pi^MtHon t*??li"*re A. Sfr-ii-j? Sumte?*. S C. MTLLFRS? CERTIFICATES?Can h< obtained at Ttem Office at reaso* able prices in lots of 100 or more. BORNEO 11 y STOMACH," SMS WELL KNOWN MERCHANT OF IX MAN TELLS OF TERRIBLE SUF FERING AND HOW HE FINAL LY ELIMINATED IT. Itfvice for Stom?oh li mi ??tmat uour In the There arc but very few medicines that have any -.permanently-beneficial : effect upon real nervous ' dyspepsia, because most medicines are made* to ;engest yoar food artificialy instead of ! your stomach doing it This treat ment is wrong. It helps but for th?^ j time being and as long as you take it. I Nervous dyspepsia and gas is of ner vous origin, which inhabits the diges tive process, and not a lack of gas tric .i-?ce. Upon this true medical fact very few-medicines are prepar ; ed, and one of~these few is Dreco, j the new herb-and-root medicine, j Why Dreco helps nervous dyspep j sia is easily understood when you re j member that the digesive glands in j the stomach are operated by nerve j force, and Dreco contains natural :n | gredients which urge these stomach j neves to action. This feature makes' (Dreco an unusually successful rem-! I edy for the permanent relief of gas m We have hundreds of inquiries for farms of ail ? sizes; locations wanted in every section. List youi property with us and assure quick sale and the best price. Write us today and let us include your place in our big fall advertising bulletin sent to thousands - of farm buyers everywhere. Our up-to-date meth- ' ods bring results. Write today. DeLoach Realty Co., Inc. 4iThc Big Central Real Estate Agency" '?Honest Dealing*?Qnick Service" CLARK BUILDING COLUMBIA, Real Americanization. "Make the United States I For the purpose of arousing inter-; One ^ Cst in the Fourtl1 Liberty Loan cam-" '1 paign, and also to stimulate the pufc>-' the stomach and nervous dyspepsia, language Nation" :-: the watchword! ' ,,7 7**T v ^ where ordinary dyspepsia medianes of the League's Committee on For- \ ? ^^i^th^r^*?^ a o-gn Press" .This committee is con- 1 th? "*Pon*bxlity tnat rests uponeae^ give' but temporary relief after meal. dixting a crusade'to obtain the elinv j individual American, citizen tc do, j part in putting the Fourth Qberty^ "Dreco did me lots of good and I'm ination of the teaching of German in, , , , going to take more of it." declare, W; the public/school* el the country ana j ? ??r.^op. a senes of sjh* p.- Blackwell, the well known rncr- thP dlscopUnnnncn of newspapers! ^?r.. S"*^ chant of R. F, D. 3, Inman, S. C.. Jn printe<l in German. The thought back ja signed statement. "Food burned in my stomach and I'd have to vomit. j Dreco eliminated all this and I'm bet ter all around. I am .recommending this excellent medicine to all my friends." * Dreco -is harmless. It is easy to ! under the authorization of ti:,e j erty Loan Committee, .which adver>' oi this effort of the League, however,!.' . vw???~ ^ ? , , ? ? , , t . - . a tisements the newspapers hare been as set forth by Colonel Lydecr.er .m n , . . * * ? ? ? _A _ _ r~ u~..~?.vj requested to print as generally as jjpbssible, through the cooperate i merchants and business inft:i ., j Daily Item has purchased ^the, Know tne English tongue, says CoL] ^ Lydecker. "To refuse to learn it is .. 3 a recent interview, goes far enemy alien considerations. beyond ring the continuance of the cam get, Pleasant to take and its effects to fling d^nce at the nation Toj^ m f these' advertisements, arc sure and permanent. All good neglect to learn it is voluntarily to fcusin<JSS men ofSumter ^^ drug stores in this section dispose remain unfit-for the duties of Amer-- ~?ij T-v j, . * , , . , . i tribute to the good of the cause. The~ Dreco and it is particularly recom- ican citizenship. We are justified in ? mended in Sumter by Sibert*s Drug expecting open'and loyal conduct. Store, where the Dreco Man is male- and we claim the right to insist up | ing his heado,uarters and explaining or. this. Americanization really meanr the medicine to all interested.?Advt. "\vbat makes you think this sttrt) vould be particularly interesting *e Jhe readers of a woman's magazine?' 'Well, itl all about raen.,r?Ju?lge. education. If we educate our people properly we shall make, true Ameri cans of our citizen* of whatever blood Americans wise in knowledge of th< principles of democracy and true in heart for fairness and generosity be tween men. Great patience has beer exorcised in our efforts to convinc the foreigners. In the case of those act new convinced, justice to lh~ . cause for whl^h wc tight demands ; strenrer measures., They must be compelled to convince themselves. of the value and the justice of America i ideas.' r.nd this' requires a knowl Licorice Root in Demand. Licorice root is found in various parts of the province of Cape of Good Hope. After its introduction there a number of farmers planfed it and then. probably on account of the lack of a market neglected it Later It so spread in'-csrtain localities as to be come a pest difficult to eradicate. Now, Its usef ulness has been recognized, and j^.d|jBgOT'Bftyl-'twjc>^t^te-a pound for its "the pjflvltesexrf Egging it^ ? l^ague^uHetmr.rvr edge of the English language." A'.l the arguments on-that so fro j qncrtly nebulous term "Americaniza- j tion" wou'd seem to b<^ -summed up here. What could be simpler or more j common-sensible than that a man to first of the advertisements ..^efej^ printed yesterday, and more. w?l" f oK:' ?ow each day. Our subscribers \are? advised to read them aH. These ad'-^ vertisements were prepared , by jthe" best talent in America., such xien- a^ George Ade, Senator Lodge. ; Crane and many other distinguish^^: men having written the messages.fhaj? he government wishes to get before^ the people by means of ? newspapeti| publicity. The government de'pe upon the newspapers arid the pt spifit of the business men to out its Liberty Lorn publicity paign. - The series of advertiser that appear in T^e Daily Ite be a directory of the business n^en;^| S?mter who nre willing;-to as:?t^t.^^H government in this manner. The Burglar's Visit. ?Don't iiont dear. He's token txitb^H Vdt^l \ ^ ^ Fes>nts^^^i languageJ^^NatiOTal at Styles For q- All the new styles and colors in Hats are now on display. II We are handling the Rnox, Schoeble and Mallory Cravenetted Hats. (j[ These lines are an insurance to the ' wearer of the greatest satisfaction. q PRICES?$3.00 to $10.00. Ohe ? 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