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WE ARE UNLOADING A SOLID CAR OF Also Harrows of All Descriptions, Stalk Cutters, Etc. Just received a full line of repair parts for these plows, which we will carry in stok at all times. We also have about 40 head of good Mules and Horses to select from1. We are expecting- a car of Buggies tomorrow, also a car of Old Hackney Wagons. Full line of Work and Driving Harness... When in need of anything in our line, see us, for we can save you money. 9 ? { ? 9 Pierson's Old Stand, 115-119 Hampton Avenue ntuug mt she PovtoBc* as Sumter, R ' 0-, m SectKBd Ci?86 Matte*. PERSONAL. ?~_;&ev. Harry D. Bull, of Charleston, spent Thursday in the city. Mr- E. M. Wilson, of Columbia, was i "In -town today Mrs. Lucian W. McLemore has re ? turned' from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Irving' Alexander, at Augusta, -'Mrs. Eb Wells and son, of "Oakland, CaL, axe spending sometime with her :i3^ents,.Capt. and Mrs. E. Scott Car " aon. ~ . /Mr.. S. L. Roddey, who has been v attending" the Officers* Training Camp at,Camp Zachery Taylor, Louisville, KyCwas honorably discharged last jweek..and has returned to the city. * ^pS?ss Mary Bland is at home from ^Conyerse Colege which has been .j^Mfed. until* after the holidays on ac-i ' count of the influenza epidemic in /-Spartanburg. Mrs. ? R. Smoak has returned from "fi^jartanburg where she visited rela * tJveS last week. Dorothy Daves, of Athens, is) the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Joseph; M. Chandler. . . . . . ._ ^ DAKUXGTQX LADS WIN. Snmter High School Team Defeated. ~ './In a hotly contested game Friday, ; -the Darlington High school team de tested the Sumter High School team 'by a lone touch 'down without the ' accompanying goal, the final score be- . ing 6 to 0. The game was hard fought from start to finish despite the fumbles in the first quarter. In the second quar jter Darlington carried the ball to Sumter's 30 yard line but failed to Tcarry the ball over the goal line. In this same quarter Darlington inter cepted one of Sumter's forward pass and, ran from their forty yard line for *a touch down, this was the only scor . ing done, during the whole game. In. the third quarter Sumter carried .jitie ball to Darlington's 5 yard line! hut failed to carry the ball over for a j touch down. For Sumter the whole j ?^e?m played a fine game and theyj . outplayed the Darlington lads through | jhe whole game, but fate seemed to oe with them. Sumter's line was a strong one and her back field never ?failed-to gain. JThis was the last game of the sea-j -son for football but the boys have; gotten together for a basketball! team and will furnish Sumter with some good games this year. ".* ^The lirie up f or the game Friday! was: Right End?Donnie Kirven. Right Tackle?Clifford Crawford. - Right Guard?DuPre Rhame. Center?Archie Phelps (Mgr.) Left Guard?James Burns. Left Tackle?Celclough Dick. Left vEnd?Eugene Lewis. Quarterback?Henry Edmunds. Right Halfback?Wiley Sholar. Left Halfback?Leslie Denniston, i (Capt.) Fullback?Harold DeLorme. ____________________ COTXTY HEALTH SURVEY. - Salem School Improvement Associa- j tton Subscribes Liberally. Mayesville. Dec. 7.?At a meeting of the Salem School Improvement j Association held Friday night a sub- , scription of $25 was made to the fund ; "-being raised for the County Health j Purvey. Other subscriptions added to the' sum heretofore raised in this com munity were: Mrs; E. W. Dabbs. j Jr., $10; Miss Gertrude Mellichamps. $1; Miss Pearl McElveen, $1. Others have promised to contribute to the fund. This neighbornood has already raised nearly $100. Red Cross Notes. Do not forget to attend the annual ?meeting of your Red Cross chapter at the Girls* High school, Tuesday, De cember 10th at S p. m. Your pres ence is of vital importance. Another matter that should stay in the minds and hearts of the "adios of Sumter is that, even though there are no surgical dressings to be made, there are still hundreds of refugee garments that must be sent overseas 'to. those who have suffered so griev ously for the past few years. The Red Cross workroom is still open and strll asking for your aid. The trial of the case of Ergle vs Sumtar Lighting1 Co., was concluded Friday, the jury returning a verdict S&ffliWSt tor. tlx plaintiff._, The Great Ty Cobb Batted .372 During Big Leagre Career. Ty Cobb, who said goodby to ma jor league baseball at the close! of the American league race this >jar, has left the following extraordinary record for future generations to com bat: Fourteen years in baseball, played in 1.797 games; at bat 6.770 times; made 1,315 runs, 2.508 hits; stole 726 bases and had a batting average of .372 for his fourteen years. His record marks him as the grea. est ball player that ever trod the diamond. Even the most prejudiced old-timer will admit that much. After fourteen years on major league battlefields Ty still leads and by a good margin. Pm*rle handed he virtually made the Detroit team. Without him Jennings' team would ' have been weak indeed through the years which Ty served with the clan from Michigan. He led the American league in batting on eleven different occasions, nine seasons in succession. He hit' more than .400 twice. In 1911 he batted .420 and made 248 hits, scor ed 147 runs and stole S3 bases. Ty tracked out more than 200 hits in seven different seasons. He has scored more than 100 runs in seven I ?ifferent seasons. Cobb led the j eague in singles five times, two-bag gers four times, home runs once, stolen bases six times. Hard to Understand ? j England Wonders at America's Attitude. Liverpool, Dec. C.?The Liverpool j Post, one of the most important pro- j vincial newspapers in England, in dis- j cussing the visit Of President Wilson j to Europe, says: "It is difficult for us on this side.; to understand the extraordinary sus- | picion entertained by many in Amer ica over President Wilson's attend-1 ance at the peace conference. It was; once suggested that a senate commit tee would accompany the president, j presumably to watch over his pro- i ceedings. It now is stated that labor delegates will follow him, headed by. Samuel Gompers. "At this distance the whole busi-i ncss wears a parochial air. The at- j titude of the senate and labor gives j the impression that too many Ameri cans are not alive to the fact that the war has transformed internation-; al relations. i "President Wilson would be lacking' in an understanding of the new era if 1 he remained-outside the circle which is to shape the peace settlement." AMERICANS OCCUPY COBLEXZ. j German Officials Request That Garri son be Sent Immediately to Keep Order. American Army of Occupation, Dec. | 8 ("By the Associated Press).?A bat-j tali on of the Thirty-ninth Infantry left j Treves by train today for Coblenz, a ; four hours' run. The premature oc- | cupation of Coblenz is due to the re-: quest of the German authorities, who j are apprehensive of the conditions that might prevail there at the with drawal of the German forces. This is the first time the Americans have utilized railway trains for their j advance into the territory from which j the Germans have withdrawn. The main army continues itr; ad-, vancc in the usual manner and last night had reached the general line of : Gelsdorau, Mayen, Kloeng and Schad- j den. Al! reports continued to indi- j cate that the Germans were with- , drawing in an orderly manner and \ that the inhabiants of the villages oc- j cupied by the Americans were re-1 framing from any antagonistic acts. It; was not expected that there would be j any trouble at Coblenz and the ap- i pi-al by the burgomaster to send i troops was denied until it was sun- ? plemented in writing by the retiring military commanaers. j NOTICE To Stockholders of Snmter County Fair Association. Th? annual meeting of the stock- j ! holders of the Sunvter County Fair . ;Assocation will be he](] .-it the Cham ber of Commerce Thursday, Decent Iber 12 at 11 o'clock A. M. for the j jItrarjpaction of such business as may [properly come before the meeting. G. A. LEMMON, Pres. H. L. Tisdale, Secty. Campaign in State Against Ignorance ! - Supt. Swearingen Tells of Work in Night Schools. - j Columbia. Dec. 8.?Nearly 2,000 il j literates were taught to read and j write during the year, according' lo j the report of John E. Swearingen. j State superintendent of education. ! Concerning this work Mr. Swearingen \ says: j "In 1916 the legislature appropriat ed $5,000 to carry on this work; in 1917, $2,500; and in 1918, $10,000. The last appropriation did not become available until March. It was then too late to conduct a vigorous night school campaign and to organize night school activities. The limited funds the preceding year had not met the expenses of many workers. Nev ertheless seme fine work was done in many sections of the State. Approxi- : mately 2.000 illiterates were taught to read and write. If the appropriation is continued as it should bo. much needed work will be undertaken. "The ^ experience or illiterate sol diers in camps has set the seal of condemnation on any system of in struction that permits any man to grow up-without the rudiments of an education. Reading, writing, arith metic, the elements of the m"'ierJ tongue, a fair knowledge of our . an- ? try's history and government, and the ; fundamentals of the laws of health ' are the minimum birthright of every American child. South Carolina has lagged in this work. <>nr present status would bring a blush of sham ? to the checks of believers in genuine democracy, it has been a pleasure to note the aroused public sentiment on this question. The work is hard, but it is worth doing and should be done." Mobile Strike Ended Boilermakers Returned to Work This Morning. j -? < Mobile, Dec. 9.?Twelve hundred * boiler makers who walked out "last . Friday at the plant of the Alabama ': Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., re turned to work chis morning. No , statement was given out by either j side. ? i' Montgomery Schools Are Closed Again Second Epidemic Breaks Out in ; Alabama City. j< _ i Montgomery, Dec. 9.?The public ' schools closed today, following ihe 1 recommendation of the board of 'v health, because of the prevailing in- 1 Uuonza epidemic. The disease is of a much milder type than during Oc tober. Riots In Cologne British Treojps Rushed There to Suppress Disorders. i ; Aixlachappelle. Friday. Dec. 6.?By | the Associated Press.?British troops j have been hurried to Cologne to,' maintain order, but what is the na-; ture of the trouble thei r or how seri- ; ?us it is was not statec. in the brief ' unofficial announcement. It is re ported that ' he Red Forces and their | opponents have been rioting and that! tho situation demands an armed force j to restore order. In the meantime ;j 'the British infantry has been pushed \\ as far up as D?ren, which was enter-j| ed tonight. ij Prepare for More Hogs. Clemsdn College. Dec. 0.?Farmers i throughout the South who intend-go-!; ing into hog raising should begin j now, says the department of agricul- | ture. to locate good brood sows and \ make plans for buying wire to put up jj hog fences around the fields which ? J 'hey expect to piant to hog crops,,]! The hog is a grazing animal, and. to^j be grown economically, must be pro-Jj vided with pasture crops. Among the valuable pasture crops jj for hogs arc eats, rye, wheat, fcar-i] ley. rape, soy beans, cow peas, I-j muda grass, lespedeza, red clover, | and alfalfa. Plan row to have a fj succession of grazing crops for th< ij hogs throughout tin year. > Washington. Dec. 7.?With the ap- ;i pj .va! of President Wilson. Secretary]] Lansing h;*s asked congress to raise-, the American legation al Lima. Peru.j] i.o the rank of an embassy; Peru has I signified ^ desire to appoint an ambas-jj sador to the United States. A Untermeyer t? Explain Objects to References of Bielas ki Before Senate Commit tee Investigating Propaganda. New York, Dec. 8.?Samuel Unter meyer, who was mentioned by A. Bruce Bielaski of the department of justice in the testimony before the senate committee investigating Ger man propaganda in this country, sent a telegram to Senator Overman, chair man of the committee, saying he would be in Washington Tuesday and asking permission to appear as a wit ness or at a later date or that he be permitted to submit a statement for the committee record. "I request that . meantime," the message said, "there be noted my re spectful protest against the use of your records as a medium for public ly pillorying and misrepresenting loyal ahrl public spirited citizens for having in 1915 joined a movement supported by the authorities for furnishing milk to starving German babies." "1 did net know of the circum stances." th" telegram continued, "but it now appears that in 1915 Mrs. Un termeyer committed the heinous crime of not only permitting but officially abetting a meeting at her home to devise ways and means of urging up on our state and! 'postoffice depart ments that they secure the consent of Great Britain to the lifting of its blockade in so far as to permit dried milk t?v he sent to the starving babies of Germany. "'< ?ur government was then insist ing that the blockade was contrary to international law and a personal ap peal was made to President Wilson. . . .As soon as Mrs. Unt^rmeyer found that our government was unable to do anything to get the milk to Germany she reluctantly resigned." Going After Trade Southern Commercial Congress to Consider World Trade After the War. Baltimore. Dec. 9.?"World trade after the war" is to be theme of the j Southern Commercial congress which met here today for a week's session. ; The development of trade with South j and Central America will be given ; .special consideration. _j Amsterdam. Dec. 7.?Five Ameri-j ?an officers arrived at Coblenz Th?rs- j day and confered with the burgo master, the local German Commander' ind the railway authorities, according j to the Cologne Gazette. The paper1 states that the last of the German | troops will leave Coblenz on Saturday, i As soon as the labor and building j material situation begins to approach j the normal steps shodld be taken to j supply the demand for more houses j in Sumter. A modern apartment j house is the great need in Sumter j just new. American Peace Mission i - Organization of Delegation to Conference Has Been Com pleted. Paris, Dec. 8.?The plan of organ ; ziation of the United States peace i mission which is now tentatively ar ! ranged but which in its essentials un doubtedly will stand unchanged, shows the body which will look out for America's interests when the world's I delegates gather at Versailles as com plete in every detail. The chart of the organization which has been prepared here shows the larger American organization headed by the members of the peace j commission itself, with the chart lines! running .from this group to that of I the first secretary, John C. Grew, to I the second of liaison and diplomatic: intelligence group, and the third, the group of advisers, principally technir j cal, with large staffs of assistants. Under th liaison and diplomatic! intelligence group are military and naval officers, including the com-1 mander of the American expeditionary I forces, naval and military attaches and foreign representatives. Under some of these heads are officers dealing with the peace commission, delegates of organizations, diplomats and cere monial officers whose duties will ne aiong such lines as the making of for mal calls and attending to similar, matters. . 1 One of the assistant secretaries will have within his secretarial duties the printing of communications, the dis tribution of press information, tiling of reports, coding matter of transmis sion to the signal corps and wire ter minals. A sub-branch of the liaison and; diplomatic intelligence office is the, bur<j*u in which American civilian ac- j tivities will be represented, such asj those cf Herbert C. Hoover, the food; administrator, the Red Cross, the Y. j Ml C. A., the Knights of Columbus,' the Knights of Pythias, the Salvation i Army and the war trade board. j There are vast staffs of coding | clerks, stenographers, translators,! confidential secretaries, cartographers, j paraphrasers, message transmitters j and receivers. There are special car- j tographers for Western Europe, j Southeast Africa, Africa in general,,' Poland and Turkey, which go to show j the scope of American interest in the ! coming discussion. j Watch on the Rhine American Forces Expected to; Reach Coblenz To-Day. j Amsterdam. Sunday. Dec. 8.?The; American forces are advancing toward j the Rhine and will reach Coblenz .Monday, according to a message from : Berlin, quoting a representtaive of the ! German foreign office who had just returned from Treves. The automobilists could afford to ! build a State-wide system of good j roads if the landowners would main- : tain them in first class condition. More Barges Wanted v.. Use of Waterways in Alabama Proves Popular. Washington, Dec. 9.?-A; delegation ! of commercial representatives from Mobile, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and' other Alabama cities today asked Di rector General McAdoo-to buy $li 750,000 worth of additional barges and tugs for the Black Warrior RiverV A letter has been received by h|s; parents from E. I. Reardon, Jr., of: the Sumter Light Infantry, H3th Ir? fantry, thirtieth division, of thV American expeditionary forces i^u which he states that he has practical^, ly recovered from a severe gassing/ '& portion of his 'letter reads: "Just a. note to let you know I am geting on, all right. I haven't been at all weft/ for the past month on account of be^ ing badly gassed. I thought at ohe^ time that I would never speak albov^ a whisper again, but as luck would, have :.t I am now practically welt-* Some of the fellows who were on thk same front with me at that time,; lo?* their lives from the same gas. ? Joe& King was with me but he was pullecj:': through I think, although he is stiH^ in the hospital." . - 5 Good roads are the most important, matter that can engage the attention^ of the people, now that the war- ief< over. ' W TAX RETURN NOTICE. 1 -- I 1 I will apDear in person or by deputy;^ at the following named places, andj on the dates given below, for th'e pur^> pose of receiving tax returns for yearV 1919. Return should be made on, persj: sonal property, poll, road and dogsjV?' Privateer Station?Wednesday, Jai?: 8. Levi Siding?Thursday, Jan. 9. Wedgefield?Friday, Jan. 10. Claremont?Wednesday, Jan. 15. Hagood?Thursday, Jan. 16. Rembert?Friday, Jan. 17.. Dalzell?Wednesday, Jan. 22. Brogdon?Thursday, Jan. 23. ? , Mayesville?Friday, Jan. 24?.. Pleasant Grove?Tuesday, . Jan. 2S. Shiloh?Wednesday, Jan. 29. Norwood Cross Roads?Thursday; Jan. 30. ?| R. E. WILDER,^ Auditor, v. Geo. H. Hurst, Undertaker and Embateer Prompt Attentin to Dr and Night Calls \ At J. 0. CRAIG Old Stand, N. 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