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fewwd a* tito PottoAc* ? Sumter, 6 G? m Secoad C3m~m?u?*. PERSONAL. Mr. Chas F. Kreamer, of Philadel phia, Pa., while , on ia business trip through Virginia and other Southern Spates, in the interest of several large lumber "plants, stopped over on a ^ort visit to his brother, Mr. and 3Crs. E; W. Kreamer on S. Harvin St. Mr. Kreamer seemed to think we " *haye;-a pretty little town and express 1 his desire to come again. Lieut. Ransom Richardson, who has - "been stationed at Little Rock, Ark., for several nonths, is in the city on furlough. ' Cadet Pilot C. H. Haynsworth, who has been at home for several days, wiH leave for Dallas,. Texas this even iag. Cadet Haynsworth has com pleted training in army aviation school at Austin, Texas, and will now be assigned to Camp Dick at Dallas. J Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Sibert have returned home from McCormick, S. O, where they went to attend the funeral of Dr. Sibert's father. Miss Genevieve Boyd, of' Holly Hill, is visiting friends in the city. The Message. Many people think that of all the reams of poetry brought forth by the war there has been nothing to com pare in thought and erpression with '-Ixt Flanders' Fields," by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, of the Canadian Army Medical Corps, since dead at the front: "Ln. Flanders* fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly, Scare heard amid the guns below. "We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow. Loved and were loved; and now we lie In Flanders' fields. "Take up our quarrel with the foe' To you, from failing hands, we throw The torch. Be yours to lift it high! if ye T>reak faith with us who die, We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders' fields." However beautiful may be the ex pression in this poem, it seems sub ordinate to the thought, and need not detain us here. The dead speak in these lines, and we who live must heed. There can be no question as to the outcome of this war. The spiritually and intellectually civilised part of the i world, has resolved that the portion intellectually civilized only must be ' sufej?ped. if this portion had kept ; the peace it would have been left to breed and barter in its own material- < ism; but it broke the peace and came ravening out of its jungle. i N..^Tbe Germans know that they are : going to* be beaten, as well as the Al- ' lies .know it. For months, however, . Germany has hoped, and she still . hopes, that by some chance she may - make a p/*ace which will favor her ' -ie* -iugreafer or less degree. Germany "knows that the spiritually civilized 1 "world did not want war and long ago ?Cime to hate this war forced upon ":M*'.. Ifc. is here that we must heed the voice of those who lie in Flanders' . fields. "If ye break faith?"! The creatures called, for want of a more precise term, "pacifists." have < grown constantly less numerous. Noise rather than numbers distinguished them even from the first. But. to < millions of our people there comes i j^?metimes the temptation to long for i peace, even though it falls short of victory. Has not the torch been car ried almost far enough? Even if : taken up, may it not be held a little : less high ? ^ - :Theso "millions of our people" are made up of the ^fathers and mothers i of the soldiers ^rho have gone to the ^Jfropi; we are thinking particularly of the mothers. ^ You are the mother of the son with our forces overseas. A whisper comes to you that the Germans are ready for a. just peace. This whisper may come from a. neighbor, "or it may ceme in print, or in some other wa3*. The "neighbor, or the author of the lines in print, may be only foolish, or he may be a sympathizer with Germany. Tour son is., beyond the Flanders crosses, row on row, aldng the dan ger line, facing the exploding shells and poison gas of the unpitying ene my. Other men in his company have been killed. Perhaps you would be more than human if you did not at least listen to these whispers. Per haps it is not strange if you are tempted to believe, and to say, "We must make the just peace the Ger mans are willing to accept." Xot strange!?with peace your boy comes home, without it he stays to face the exploding shells and the poison. But what of the son of another mother, who . sleeps in Flanders' fields?- "We are the dead." If he could -speak, would be say, "Let them have their peace"? The answer has been made by one now himself of their company: "If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppie> grow In Flanders' fields." That your son may know imme diate safety it must not be that those other women's sons died in vain. The; have given the "last full measure of devotion," and they, more than we who ha\*e given almost nothing, are entiCed to speak. "Take up our quarrel with the foe." It must no; be that their deah was fruitless, not must the son of your son be forced to go through this same ordeal a quarter-century from now. For of course the point is here: The Germans do not want a jusi peace. A just peace means the wipin? out of their whole military machine | and most of their dangerous feuda1 System of government. A just peace means the hanging of a considerable number of Germans of high rank who have ordered the violation of all the rules of civilized warfare. A just peace means that the Germans must pay for all the unlawful damage they have done. The Germans do not want a just peace. This job must be finished. We shall not break faith. These dead in Flan ders did not die in vain. While the larks still bravely sing, our guns must bravely speak below till a peace is won of which both the dead and the sons of our sons can say: > "They ! kept faith." I (From the October Woman's Home I Companion.) Death. Mrs. Margaret Thames died at her home on the Manning road a few miles south of this city Friday aged about 65 years. The funeral services will be held at Calvary Church, Clarendon county, tomor row. A telegram was received Friday by Mrs. Henry Spann advising her of the death of her father, Gen. R. X. Richbourg, after a protracted ill ness. Gen. Richbourg was a former resident of Columbia, but in recent years has made his home in Louis ville, Ky., at which place the funer al services will be held. He is sur vived by his wife, four sons and three daughters, Mrs. Henry Spann of Sum ter, Mrs. John Caldwell, and Miss Natalia Richbourg. Harvin. S. C.,' Oct. 9.?Mr. Roben A. Hodge, a very substantial citizen and farmer, died last' Friday morn ing at 6 o'clock after a brief illness from the French La Grippe. His wife died two years ago. He is sur vived by the following children: Mary Sue, age 3 years; Roy, age ? ye?.rs; Cathrine, age 7 years; Sara age 9 years; Samuel, age 11 years: Martha, age 13 years; Laura, .age 15 years; Callie, age 17 years, and John Gilbert, age 20 years, a private in Battery B, 118th Field Artillery, Camp Mills, N. Y. -? As Mr. Hodge supported his large family solely by farming on his littk place near Harvin, and the only vis able means of support and care is their eldest brother, John Gilbert Hodge, now with the army, promin ent citizens here are making an ef fort through the Local Board at Man ning, S. C, who have requested his discharge in order that he may re turn, support and help educate his younger sisters and brothers. Rev. W. H. Ariail, of Lamar. S C, a well known minister of thi Methodist Church in this State, who has been in an infirmary at this pla-je for many weeks, died last night. Mr. Ariail was sixty-seven years old1, and was one of the oldest and most honored members of the South Carolina conference, having served that conference as a minister of God for nearly forty-seven years. He. had served charges all over the State and had served them faithfully. His last service was on the Lamar cir cuit and made Lamar his home. Mr. Ariail was twice married. His first wife was a Miss Yeargin. of Laurens, and by his union there sur vive him three children, two "sons and one daughter, as follows: Mr. W. C. Ariail, of Moresville; Mr. D. M. Ariail, of Aiken, and Mrs. R. .S. Truesdale, of Sumter. By his present wife, who was Miss C. M. Spears, of Lamar. there survive four daughters, Mrs. W. H. Kinard. of Greenville; Miss Kathleen Ariail, Mrs. C. L. Baxter and Miss Virginia1 Ariail, of Lamar. The funeral services were held at the open grave in Mount Hope Cem etery in this city, at 4 o'clock this af ternoon, and was conducted by the Rev. Peter Stokes. D. D., presiding elder of the Florence district, assist ed by the Rev S. B Harper, of the Central Methodist Cnurch. Mrs. James McCutchen died in Co lumbia Friday night, after severa months illness. Before marriage she made her home in Sumter and is well remembered as Miss Birdie Owens. She is survived by her husband and five children. The funeral services were held from the residence of Mr. W. D. Owens, corner Chestnut and Hazel streets, at 11 o'clock Sun day morning. Melvin. the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Kin*?, aged twenty months. was drowned about noon Saturday by falling into a large tub that was par tially filled with water. When the lit tle fellow was found, head foremost in the tub, life was extinct. The funeral services were held from the residence of Mr. L. M. King, corner of Hampton Avenue and Har- < vin Street, at 5 o'clock Sunday af- j ternoon. Mrs. A. H. Knight died at the res dence of her daughter. Mrs. ,C. C. Cooper on Broad St.. at 9.30 Saturday morning, in her 83rd year, of heart failure. The funeral services were held Sunday morning at 1" o'clock from the residence of Mr. C. C. Cooper, and the interment was at the cemetery. She leaves besides Mrs. Cooper, three sons. Mr. A. W. Knight, of Bamberg, Messrs. F. D. and A. J. Knight of .Sumter. After an illness of about ten days with influenza followed by pneu monia, ('arson Jenkins died in the j Marine Hospital. Wilmington, N. C, at 3 o'clock Sunday morning. His mother. Mrs. Kose Jenkins, was at his bedside at the end. He was the son of the late Thomas V. Jenkins oi\ this city and was about twenty-four years old. He enlisted in the nav> several months ago and after being stationed at Charleston for a time was transferred to Wilmington, X. C The body arrived from Wilmington on the 11 o'clock train this morning The funeral was held from the hom< of Mrs. Rose Jenkins, Warren Street at 3.3^ o'clock this afternoon. Ser vices at the cemetery. ? ? ?? Agreed. Mistress?"In the time It takes me to tell you how to do the work I could do it myself." Housempjd?"Yes'm and in the time it takes me to listen to you, so could II" SPINNING BLOW TO PEACE. Sinking of tlie Steamer Leinster Shoofc.s England. London, Oct. I'd.?The sinking ot i the steamer Leinster gave a stunning j blow to whatever feeling existed in j England for a peac^ of reconciliation. The affair caused more indignation than any submarine exploit since the sinking of the Lusitania. The contrast between Prince Max's benevolent ut terances and Germany's day by day military and naval policies is the text of most of the newspapers on the situation. Not only the slaughter of women and children on the Leinster and the i j Ilirano Maru. nut the Germans' re-j fusal to exchange prisoners and the' 1 stories coming from the front of the needless devastation in Belgium and Northern France, are working to gether to put a damper on any semi ment of leniency towards the Cen- j tral powers. It appears plain that the German j peace proposals are regarded with; more disfavor here today than they j were a week ago. Even some promi- j nezit papers with pacifist leanings are ! demanding punishment for the vtola- j ".ion of civilzed warfare its a necessary j Part of any peace terms. The words expressed by Arthur J. ! Balfour, the secretary of State for j foreign affairs, were symptomatic of j the public feeling. Mr. 3alfour is j usually most scrupulous in his ob servance of the traditions of diplo- j macy for polite phrases under all cir- j cumstances. The public interprets ? his remarks as a sign that the gov enrment does not carry any leanings j toward a compromise with Germany, i A Plea for The School Children and j Their Mothers. Inasmuch as the senate has passed a i bill, and no doubt but that the house ? will concur in the same, to let the ! present fast time remain as it is, in- j stead of it being set back one hour on the 27th of October for the winter I months, I am appealing through youi i paper to Mr. Edmunds and the Sister- ; of Mercy of the St. Joseph Academy j that if the bill above mentioned pass- i es and becomes a law, will you be i kind enough to set your time for ? scholars to report to school one hour j oack. For the days are so short dur ing the winter months that with the j present fast time continued through ' the winter months, it will be a great; hardship on the little children having to go to school so soon these cold mornings, and their mothers will have- ? to get up before daylight in order to j get their breakfast for them and get; them oft in time. Not only will it be j a hardship on both mothers and chil- < dren. but it will necessitate the burn-'. ing of more lights and many tons of; coal or cords of wood, having to get; up so much sooner. The change by I the schools, as requested, will not in ! any way interfere with the original j objects of the law, but will be in con- I formity with the object of saving fuel: and lights, and render a great favor! to the school children and their i mothers. I appeal to other parents! in the city to come out through The Item and express their views on th?; subject. J. F. Kirkland. i 9 Keep the Altar Fires Burning. Editor Daily Item. I come again asking the privilege of a little space in your generous col umns. On account of the* raging epi demic of influenza the State Board of Health has closed down all places of public gatherings, including th<_ churches. This means that all relig ious services in the city will, for the time being, be suspended. To my mind this presents a very serious sit uation. I never remember having ever seen the time in the history of my ministry when it was necessary to close the churches for religious services. Verily, we have fallen on unusual times indeed. The abnormal ity of the situation looms larger and larger every day. But what I start e ! out to say was this: that by vir tues of the suspension of religious! services on account of closing the! churches the people of the commun-j ity are very likely to become neg lectful cf religious devotions and duties. Therefore, . 1 am asking the privilege of space in your columns to remind the Christian constituency of the community to not be idle in their religious devotion because there will be no public services on. tomorrow, and maybe, for some days to come. While we are requested not to gath er in a public way to exercise our religious devotions we are not denied the privilege of spending a quiet hour in our homes or in our closets in holy communion with God. It seems to me that if there is a crying need of this very crucial hcur it is to keep intact .the line of communication with God. So. if we cannot gather in our dif ferent places of worship on tomor row, and during the period of sus pension, let us who profess the name of Christians keep the altar fires burn ing by employing the means of pri vate devotion and worship open to us. Oh. what an opportunity pre senting itself to Christian people ev erywhere to show their faith in God and the fruits of their faith in the exercise of their religious privileges of prayer and worship, and the wonder ful results that might accrue there from. Then Christian people of Sumter, let us spend a portion of to morrow, and every day in sacred, se rious communion with God to the end that He might intervene in our be half and lead us through "the valley of the shadow*' out again into the sunshine of health, hope and happi ness. The passing days are dreary now, Death's stalking through the land. On battlefields, in camp, in home, He's seen on every hand. Then let's betake ourselves to prayer. And in ardent, humble cry, Beseech our God to stem the tide That's rolling wild and high. Let's beg Him, if it be His will, To sweep the clouds away, And usher in to all the world, A brighter better day. Rev. E. W. Reynolds. , ? October 12th. 1918. Sumter Building Coiiuuittce. The recenly appointed local Build ing- Committee of the South Caro lina State Council of Defense repre senting the War Industries Board met and formally organized at the Sum j ter Chamber of Commerce yesterday. I A number of applications for build ing purposes were acted upon. The committee thought it advisable to no tify all owners and contractors of buildings that no building of any de scription whatsoever may be con structed, without danger of being penalized, unless the following amended rule of the War Industries Board is complied with. The follow ing ruling regarding the plan of pro- i cedure is published for information: 1. All new buildings except for j farm purposes only involving in the j aggregate a cost not exceeding $1,-1 ??? does not have to be passed on. j I 2. New construction for farm pur poses only involving in the aggre gate a cost not exceeding $1,000.00 Moes not have to be passed on. S. .Repairs of or extensions to ex { isting buildings involving in the ag ? gregate a cost not exceeding $2,500 j I need not be passed on. I In order to obtain a permit to con- j struct any new buildings whatever be their cost, or new construction for j farm purposes only involving in the j i aggregate a cost exceeding $1,000. or i j repairs or extensions to existing j I buildings involving in the aggregate j 'of cost exceeding $2,500, application! must be first made to the appropriate j local representatives of the State Council of Defense, E. I. Reardon. j Secretary, Sumter. who will refer! said application for a permit to the \ appropriate Building Committee rep- j resenting the South Carolina State j Council of Defense, for consideration : as follows: A. C. Phelps, Chairman; j R. O. Purdy. O. H. Folley, R. I). ; Epps and E. I. Reardon. . Be Practica!. Be doers rather than critics of th? j deeds that others do. Stand stoutly i for your ideals; but keep In m!nd that they can only be realized, even par tially, by practical methods of achieve raent- -Theodore Roosevelt 7 PER CENT NEW MEAL?For prompt shipment; also blood, high \ grade tankage, potash, acid phos, ground phes. rock and ground lime stone. Call or write us for prices. Souhern Brokerage Co., Sumter, J S. C._ ; FOR SALE?Guernsey bull, register ed. C. M. Boykin, Mayesville, R. 3 BEESWAX.- WANTED?Any quantity large or small. Am'- paying best cash price. See me if you have any. N. G. Osteen. '__ FOR SALE:?F. O. B. cars, Camp Jackson, stable manure; very little straw. Car load lots only. Chemi cal and Fertilizer value rated very high by Clemson college. A. A. Strauss, Sumter, S. C. ! m 1 Cotton Market .Corrected dahy at 12 o'clock Noon.; P. G. BOWMAN. Cotton Bny?r. Good Middling- 30 1-4. Strict Middling 30. ' Middling 29 3-4. \ ' ' . ^ .: Strict Low Middling 28 1-4. Ji i NEW YORK COTTON market. 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A splendid line of Shoes for Misses, Boys, Men and Children on popular lasts. SUMTER'S SMARTEST SHOR Telephone No. <63 ercantile Co., No. 11 South Main Street :| ?: