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*$|R*iL W t&eFoetoSE?e utt Summer? Is *? Second Cisfc? Mftieer. PERSONAL, .' . '/ Mr. and. Mrs. W. G. Stubbs, of Greenville, spent Thanksgiving in the city with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Stubbs. Miss Kittie Stubbs, of Converse Col lege, is on a visit to her parents. . Cap^t. JEi. Boney spent several days up Sforth" recently. Mis. Alexander Reynolds and Mother, Mrs. Lura Register, of Savan nah,, are spending sometime with Mrs. R: 22. Wilder on W. Libetry St H. J. Haynsworth, Esq., of Green yiile* has been in the city this week attendi ng court. Re is one of coun sel In tfbe B?wman-Harby case, Mr. J. E. Stuckey, of Bishopville, was in the city today. - Lieut James D. Graham is in the city for a few days. Lieut and Mrs. J. D. Pendleton are spending a few days in the city as the 4^este of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Pitta td.e?t Pendleton has been stacioned for tKe past several months at .Lonoke, Aric.v"as an Instructor in the aviation ?ervSee. ' Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burpee left la^n^gfct for Newark, N. J. Mr.'i Burpee has been connected with the) Sumter Electrical Works for the past - two:; years. ? Friday afternoon, Frank Chan dler received: a cablegram from his brother. Captain Joseph S. Chandler, wfco K in France, stating that he was well. ' Dr. H. A. Mood leaves fonight<for ISoston; Mass., to take a special course. Mr. Thos. R. Harney. of Washing ton; D. C., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. , JNettl O'Donnell. Dr. L. George Corbett, of Green ville; is. visiting the family of Mr. C. G. Rowland. Dr. C. J. Lemmpn, Dr. Ashley Mooc? Miss! Antonio Gibson and Miss Lila - .^Davis, all. 'left Saturday night for Bos tQJV- ^e.re they expect to take special courses. Miss,Eleanor Pefchell, who has been voting/Mis. Walter E. Minis for sev eral, moriths has returned, to her home at EastOrange, N. J. * Sturgeon-Rowland. Miss Olive' Sturgeon and Lieut Robert. L. Rowland, U. S. 'A., were married Saturday ' evening at 8.30 o'clock at th& home of Mrs. T. s Joye, the bride's aunt, on Church street, Rev. R. S. Truesdale perform ing ffie ceremony. The marriage was attended by only a fexV of the relative. ai?.d; intimate friends of the bride and groom/ but was withal a beautir ful and impressive ceremony. The house was artistically decorated witl: palzns. and- roses, and smilax and wa> 9i lovely setting -for- the happy eveat. Thfe only attendants were, little Ster- ; ling Stoudenmire, the ring bearer and j lieges Jacqueline Stoudenmire and Mstry Glaire^ MjeKnight ] .The wedding march was played by M?as. Christine: Sturgeon, of lake i C^ty*. a cousin ot the bride. After the ceremony refreshment? ; were served for the wedding party, before the bride and groom left for : Asheyile, N. C, for. a brief honey moon. A NATIVE OF SUMTER. Mr. Bichard a Myers Dies in Ander ? son at Advanced Age. The following notice of the death of Mr. Richard C. Myers will recall to tlfca memory of the older citizens of .Sumter a boyhood friend who spent hii> early life in this city: ILaurens, Nov.. 25.?Richard C. Myers, formerly one of the best known foundrymen in this section and until about three years ago a citizen o! Laurena,, died at his home in Anderson Friday night, aged 75 years. The fu neral and burial services were held at Anderson Saturday afternoon. .'SSTiea the. War Between the States came on. he enlisted with the Second S?ujk, Carolina Regiment, Kershaw's Brigade,, and he was with h:is com mfiqd. through to Appomattox. He was a good citizen, a member of the F4i5Bt Baptist Church, having, been received into this church by the Rev. John D.. Pitts, D. D. Mr. Myers mar ried Miss Susan Mitchell, of Maul din, Greenville county, and she sur vi3?es, together with the following soas and daughters: W. B. Myers, en gineer on the Greenville and Lauren. Rtiilroad; Joe Myers, of Anderson: Lcuis Myers, on the battleship Ore gon; "Mrs. Susan Dill, of Anderson; ?Mrs. Percy Robertson, of Nashville Tehri., rzid Mrs. Mallie Boyter, of Whitm.re. Marriage. Mr. James Reames and Miss Carrie James ware married at Pisgah churc;. Thursday afternoon at 6 o'clock, tlu Rsv. D. M. McLeod performing the ceremony. .The church was elaborately decor ated with trailing greens and flowers, ax d. tiie ceremony was performed un der a heart-shaped arch. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. James, of Rembert and the groom is the son of Mrs. Matth Reames, also of. Rembert. The wed ding was, attended by a large crowc of frjends and relatives. The bride wore a traveling suit of gray, with r large black hat, and carried a bou qttet Of carnations. Immediately af ter the ceremony' a reception wa? held at the home of the groom's moth er. Friday's Stamp Sale. The Sumter postoffice Friday sole" $2,258.00 worth of War Saving and thrift Stamps. At first glanct this might look like good busi ness, but Sumter county has to buy at the rate of $6,000.00 a day for ev ery day of the year yet remaining tc come out on Its pledge. Death. Euleta Jennings, the 13-year-olo daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Jen nings. died Friday afternoon of pneu monia after a brief illness. The fu neral services were held this morning from the residence on Corbett street and the interment was at D&lzell. Sumter Loses First Florence High Beats The High School Team By One . Touchdown. The Sumter High School team tast ed defeat Thursday afternoon* for the first time this season in a hard fought game with Florence, the Flor ence boys making one touchdown in the third quarter. . The game was an exciting one with no contested points The all-day rains made a very mud dy field but did not prevent a good crowd from coming out to witness the game between these two evenlj matched teams. Sumter's whole team played a fine .game. ' The stars for Florence wa? Jones at fullback and Waters at quar terback. The next game of the season foi Sumter will be played here with Dar lington, this win probably decide the Pee Dee championship. ? The | game will be played in Sumter, De I cember 6, at the Fair Grounds, B?wman-Harby Yerdicf Plaintiff In Big Suit Receives Verdict of $103,00G. The third trial of the Bowman Harby case was concluded Satur day when the verdict of the jury was announced in open court The jury arrived at a decision Friday night after the adjournment of court and a seal ed verdict was rendered. The jury found for the plaintiff, W. A. Bow man, in the sum of $103,800. ,' Notice of appeal was given by at torneys for the defendant, H. J I Harby, and the motion will be heard next Friday. This was the third trial of this case wh ch involved a larger sum of mon ey than any other case ever on tria1 in the local court. The first trial re sulted in a mistrial, the second in ? verdict for. the defendant H. J. Harby which was taken on appeal to the su preme court and then remanded t lower court 'for a new trial. Unti' the motion for appeal has been dis posed of the end of the litigation cannot be forecasted. The suit grew out of a special par tnership in the cotton ? business be tween H. J. Harby, W. A. Bowman and F. C. Hubbell, from which W. A P.owman alle/ared he was wrongful!;, ejected and denied hu joint ?h:iri<. b* the profits of the business. The suit was for an accounting and the paying over to him of his share of the profits alleged to approximate $345,000. COUNTY FAIR PRIZES. Premiums Awarded in The Flora> Department, Miss Isadore Teicher. Superintendent. Maiden Hair Fern?First prize, 50c Miss Cora Miller; second prize, reo ribbon, Mrs. Jesse. China. Boston Sword Fern?First prize, 50c Mrs. D. J. McKiever. Ostrich Plume Fern?First prize 50c, Mrs. D. J. McKiever. Asparagus Fern?First prize, 50c, Mrs. I. A. Ryttenberg. Best Collection Ferns?$1.00, Mrs D. J. McKiever. Best Begonia?First prize, 50c, Mrs W. B. Lynam. Best Collection of Begonias?First prize, $.1.00, Mrs. W. B. Lynam. Coleus?First prize, 50c Mrs. Joe White. Japonicas?First prize, 50c, Mrs. C. L. Tisdale. Vase of Roses?First prize, 50c Mrs. W. S. Reynolds. Vase of Roses?Blue Ribbon, Mrs. C. L. Tisdale; red ribbon, Mrs. J. W. Helms. Best Single Rose?First prize, 50c, Mrs. D. F. Stoudenmire. Geranium?First prize, 50c, Mrs. W. B. Lynam. Best collection Geraniums, $1.00, Mrs. W. B. Lynam. Best collection Chrysanthemums First prize, $1.00, Mrs. C. A. Murphy. Best Lemon?First prize, 50c, Mr. E. J. Hodge. BRUNSON-PIJTXAM. Marriage of Iterest Solemnized in Laurens. Laurens, Nov. 2S.?A marriage oi cordial interest to many friends ana acquaintances throughout the State was solemnized in Laurens Monday evening when Miss Lois Catnerim Putnam, of Greenville, and Alexander Kell Brunson, of Sumter, were united in marriage, the c*"" mony being per formed at the home of the officiating minister, the" Rev. Samuel H. Temple man, pastor of the First Baptist church. Miss Putnam, who has foi the past several months been a stu dent nurse at the Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, was on a visit here to her brother, A. D. Putnam, and the an nouncement of her marriage came a. a surprise to all her friends. -Th bridal couple was accompanied to th* home of the minister by a party o< friends and relatives who witnessed the ceremony. The bride is a native of the county but has resided in Greenville for sev eral years. She is a very attractive young woman and has a large circle of friends. The bridegroom is a pro gressive young business man of Sum ter and is connected with the Cherry Company of that city. KILLED JN ACTION. Davidson Heriot of Lee County Lose: Life in France. Mrs. LaRush Heriot has just re ceived word from the war departmen that her son, Davidson Heriot. wa killed in action in France, October 10 No particulars have been received. 11 * was about 25 years of age and war prominently connected in Sumter anr Lee counties. His home was neai Woodrow in Lee county. A Thank Offering. At the sunrise prayer meeting a' the Presbyterian church Thursday morning, a large offering of fruit vegetables and groceries was made and these wore afterwards distrlbut ed to the poor of the city under the supervision of Miss Antonio Gibson At the 11 o'clock service an offerinf of $113.00 was made for the Thorn well Orphanage. Sumter Boy .Woimded Carl Pack Writes His Mother From Hospital at Brighton England. The following: letters will be of in terest to the friends of Private Car. Pack of Company M, 118th Infantry. My Dear Mrs. Pack: It is a great pleasure to m? tc have the enclosed letter from France to forward to you as it carries such good news of your son Carl of Co. M 118th Infantry. Yours sincerely, Wm. R. Castle, Jr. Washington, Nov. 25, 1918. Rouen, October 15, 1918. To Mrs. Jease Pack, 26 Kendrick St. Sumter, S. C. My Dear Mrs. Pack: On making a visit to the hospita today, I had the pleasure of meeting your son Carl, M. Co., il8th Inf. i am glad to say I found him in excel lent spirits though suffering from a wound on the face. He is having the best of care, and he wants me to as sure you that all is going very wel with him. ' Should there be any other way ir I which the American Red Cross coule be of service to you, will you kindly communicate with the nearest chap ter. i In conclusion may I say a word o' cheer - in admiration of your brav* son. Respectfully .yours, Li,sut. M. A. Meyer, A. R. C. Brighton, Eng., Oct. 20, 1918. Dear Mother: Writing you a few lines to. let yoi know that" I have a slight wound, anc I am in a hospital in England and ex pect to be out in a few days. About my wound, it is a shrapnel wound; i went in my jaw a very small piece. Well mother, I expect the war t' be over very shortly now. The boy. are beating the head off of them. Give my regards to all and toll ih rest of the ,f?mily I am secairig' ra; love. I remain your loving son, Carl. Brighton Sussy, Eng., Nov. 2, 19U My Dear Mother: Just, a few. lines to let you knov. that I am getting along pretty ?u< now. My wound" is healing up ver> r.icely. so well that 1 expect to be u< lowed to get cut of bed in a day p two. The only thing that is giving ni? any trouble is my teeth, the piece shrapnel seemingly has broken som of my teeth. Yesterday I pulled ou another tooth, this being the second Very pleased to say that I am gettir.' first class treatment and coo'-l no wish for better. By the way thing.- iook at pres ? looks as if the war will soon !??? over anyway I hope so, for the sooner it ? over the sooner I will get home agah and this would please you. Writ; soon, giving me all the home news. ; Your loving son,' Carl. FROM THE FRONT. Sergt. Motte Lawrence With TJic i ort That Broke Hindenburg Line. Mrs. H. J. Lawrence has receive the following letter from her son Sergt. Motte Lawrence: Somewhere in France, Oct. 28. As the British say, "we have beer carrying, on in our own time for th' past month. I have slept for th-c nights where the Huns said could no be taken and that is the famous Hin denburg line. They had that placi fixed up like they were going to make it their future home. But there is nothing doing when these. Sammie get behind the^m. I know you. have read in the pa pers about so many German dead be ihg left behind. Well I had an occa sion to witness that sometime ago The road over which I traveled wa full of them, and you could see then lying in the fields. They are pushing them so fast that they don't have time to bury their dead. During e push the road is always crowded witl prisoners, some of them are mere boy and the rest old men. And I thin'* they are the happiest people wher they are captured. They brough about 200 by our camp the othe night and they all were singing anc talking to beat the band. I am glad that the handkerchie*' reached you all ff\ K. I was wonder ing for a long t:me whether you ai! ?would ever get them or not. Guess Mrs. King has heard fron Joe and knew that he got a sligh' touch of gas. I received a letter fron him the other day and said that h-r was improving fast. E. I. is getting along fine. He is not quite as fat zu he was, owing to the hiking that br has done in the past month. For th. past month T have been living in Lh< saddle most of the time day am night. Etit now I am having a good rest and getting cleaned up again. Well there is no news only wha* you can get in the papers, and by the way I am receiving' the paper regu lar that you send me and I en jo* reading them so much. I got a bip bunch of them this afternoon. < iv my love to all. As ever. Motte. Somewhere in France. Nov. 7. Just a word to let you all knov that I am still well and enjoying goo< health during all of this rainy weath er. I know for a fact that it has bee raining for the p-st two days with out stopping for I have had to go ou in it. You see when you have transport to fool with you have i? go rain or shine. Besides being Snj.< ply Sergeant 1 am also in charge ol the tranport and believe me if yo: want some job just get about thirt: horse's and men to look after and kee everything clean so it will pnss in spection at any time, and I will sa: that you are some man. I have not had any mail from yo now for more than a week. Lookin* for a good mail tomorrow or nox< day. I have written you all severa" times in the past week and hope yoi will get all of them. We are having very good weather over here now. What I mean that it is not cold yet And from the; looks of the papers they*are' carrying J on at the front just the same as when j we were up there. The news con-j tinues to be good, don't you think. Motte. I GOING OVER THE TOP. I Corporal Alfred W. Thames Writes of Experiences With the Signal Corps. France, Nov. 6, 1918. My Defcr Mama: Received several nice letters from! you yesterday. Sure did enjoy read ing them. Of course you had some of then, addressed wrong and they were delayed. Some were written last August. You follow the instructions in my last letter and all of my mail from home will reach me O. K. I am getting along good and in a very nice convalescent camp. A very beautiful place. T look across that Atlantic some time and wish so much that I was on the other side. Might notibe many more "years" before I will oe there. You asked me how long did we stay in the trenches at one time. The exact days will not do to tell but any how we do not stay in too long. I would like to know what sort of an idea the people over there have about going over the top in the war zone in France. It is far different from what I thought it was. You sure need all of your good luck with you. No tiling but a. gamp of chance. I have been over once, following the infantry, lay ing lines of communication, such as telephone wires, etc. I was not in that branch of the signal corps, but any signal man is subject to any sort of work in his line. When you get near enough to Jerry's line to hear him talking, it puts my wind up a little. When you get back to your own lines unhurt you wonder where all of the nerve came from. Another thing that happened to mr one night up at the. front I was in re serve and about 10 o'clock I began to look about for a place to sleep. All of the "hotels" being filled up. I cair:: upon a very nice shell hole,-so I dees ? ed and went to bed. My heel fellow that night was: :i dead Jerry, whteh .most assuredly l did not know until daylight in the morning. You see ihi difference in France and the UmieV states instead of undressing to go to bed, you just dress. Put on yow overcoat and the job is finished. Ju?r let a few of those over there wh. are wondering when his No. will be drawn, experience some of this.- Then he can say that he is a real main. no< j morally thpuglt. It is sr; very hard u think at times about what a fellov; hould not do. As a whole. I thm!. every soldier over here does his best I will write you real often for J know that you are one of the many anxious mothers. Do not worry aboui me. for I am here for vour ?a??*: and don't mind doing for thai ??*U5f* ? Have tried to ?hake this letter i ?>!??:???:-'. ing with- the little ! can tell you. it i an awful lask at times, but manage o write some sort of 'etter. ?^ach one my love and for yours-P", ii Your loving son, Alfred. ZACH DARR IN FRANCE. Letter From Member of SOh Divisio; JtCCflUvcd :>V Ct'.'.ri i>i" Police Sliiii ter. Somewhere in Europe, Nov. -. Dear Chief: Guess you will be .surprised to hear from me, but thought I would drop you ? few lines. Well Chief, I have been getting along just fine, even if j we do play a little rough. Guess yon j know we are from the gr.me cock city j and we have got the nerv*? and stuff j to give old "Fritz" we keep him wel j supplied with iron rations all the lime. You heard a*bout the good work the old 30th division has done I guess, or you have at least read it in some of the papers- ; Chief I am telling you the truth 1 could sit down here tonight and at least write a book to you explaining my experience over here, but as it is. don't think it would be a wisd thing to go into further details, but-when l get home know I can interest you all. Well all the Sumter boys over here are getting along fine and don't be lieve we have had a single casualty, but I am knocking on wood for that Motte Lawrence is still putting the clothes to us; he is a fine supply ser geant, and he is on the job. Our nes -orgeant. Eli Parker, is still slinging the "slum goulian" to us, and <r:e you all know the Game Cock boys are doing well. Well hope all your folks are well and getting along fine. Guess that in fluenza is something else, eh? We had a few cases of it in our company. Well, guess I had better close thi time. Give Mr. Harwick, Mr. Owens and Mr. Ward my best regards, and you all write soon. Your friend, Sergeant Zach K. Darr. American E. Forces. France. My address is: Sgt. Zach K. Darr. Headquarters Co., 118th Inf. Ameri ~:n E. Forces, France. LETTER FROM FRANCE. Private Harry Jackson Writes to Hie Mother, Mr*. F. T. Javksou. '& ?"' '? France, Oct. 1 ' Dear Mother: Will with great pleas ure write you a few lines to let you know I'm in good health, hoping you are the same. I have been assigned to a regiment at last and begun do ing my bit for Uncle Sam. When we first arrived here we ex nP.r,>n<-ed a lot of rain and cold weather mod0 ns kindTy fe^l bTu*? Geo. H. Hurst UndertaKsr aid Embalmer Prompt Attentlnto 0: and Night Calir At f. 0 CRAIG Old v M*in The sun is shining beautifully now, j study by congress, and ;< and news in the papers ? 'is"" lobbing: stood r ek'dy: ,io' release" 1 good, so we are looking forward to a from, government.. QqnXr?^^ successful victory soon. . -satisfactory plan of feadjufitment is ? Have experienced a few days near worked out. the front and heard the whistling of the enemy's shells and the buzzing of the aeroplanes. Tire Yanks are press ing on to Berlin. If the Kaiser don't stay on his guard we will have him canned before Xmas. Mother, write me soon and often. Send all the good news. Tell the family and friends I'm enjoying good health and happiness. Hope to be with them soon. Your soldier boy, Harry. He declared he hoped to-see % al declaration, of peace by treaty the time spring comes." He said he had no "prlyaSQ or purpose" in going, to Europe, regarded it as his highest doty. President's Address ? Washington, Dec. 2.?In his ad dress to congress today President Wilson formally announced his inten tion of going to Paris for the peace conference, saying that the allied gov ernments have accepted the princi ples enunciated by him for peace and it is his paramount duty to be pres ent. President Wilson said he would, be in touch by cable and wireless, that congress will know all he does on the other side. He said he had taken over the American cable sys tems on expert advice to make a uni fied system available. Much of his address was devoted, to railroad problems-, for which the pres ident said he now had no solution to offer. He recommended a careful 7 PER CENT. SEW prompt shipment;' also blood, grade tankage, potash, ground phos. rock and ground, stone. Call or write us for"" Sou hern Brokerage Co., Sumj S. C. -.-?-... 1 .. y HOGS FOR SALE?Eightor ten Duroc Jersey- gilts, to farriflifc "v?* short time for sale at 20 pound. Can be seen at faim.. ^ town. C. P. Osteen or A. GvB^OWSU Phone 5503. )0t, ?- , - BEESWAX WANTE??Any quat$# large or small' Am paying: cash price. See me it :yttttr any. N. G. Gsteett. FOR SALE?F; O. B. Jackson, stabla manure| straw. Car load lots p: cal and Fertilizer valu* high by Clemson ceUe&L Strauss, Sumter, S. C. Building Material and Rough and Dressed Lumber, Lime, Cemeni, Brick, Shingles, Mouldings, Etc All kinds of Feed for Horses, Covs, We solicit your patronage. Booth McLeod, Inc. n*on?io#?si BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS Our Total Resources in 1917 Were $900,000. OUR RESOURCES NOW ARE #1 AN INCREASE OF $*6?i<HMfc Oor haziness is gro-ving rapidly, as our one desire is to give our cusioraers prompt and com*: teoas rre,a>^^2it at &U times. We would be glad to have yoa give us > our banking business, feel sure we can please :;on in every wajk I ae National The "Old Reliable" Since 1889 J. P. BOOTH, President W. J. CROWSON, Jr., Cashier ^4^4^^-!^?^3^M"i"i^??!'* >??frp?<"i'?*??i> jfry * ws?Q? l?tt? Stsz&ggg^^ -?? ? - - - - Plant More Grain and Lick the Hun] We have helped to putgaU Liberty Loans over. ?To make all Crops. ?And are still at your service^ WH$k THE GOODS. C. G. ROWLAND, President F E. rUALNAKT, Casbter. ? 9 BANK JSra US anci you c; n \ Tto First Nationalmm SUMTERi S; C.