Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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9$ -^MissesRe.ba.rSpann,and Eva Chan * r are spading ~^the -week-end in jtn'ning with Miss Lida Sprotx. "Client. -BeugSs~Pfa?er. son of Rev. %S&^a?t Staunton, Va., was ^fipfeixjKyitGiswweek visiting- relatives. \ S^^^^heen^tationed on Paris Island '?^?^ftiia^tef.------? /Mr. aiaJ>Mrs. A. S. Mclver, of Dar Jihgton, are visaing "Miss Eliza Coop r Mr:- lesser-' Young, of California, is in^ornter ^ be-. J^e- ret?rii^^onie from -camp. / r; 34r, arid. Mrs.. Fred...J, Black.. and four childx.en^0? Chariest on,: are -visit tog Mr. ami Mrs. K. T. Reardon. ^ry^s^AajgaeuKeels is - spending the hoi^a^ with, her sister, Mrs. Phil Mil : l?^?^ isi.spending_ the fw4th -her t parents, at - Simp-, j i -wjU-Tgo from there - to ^^^^Cole^e-to take the thirty ^ifi::Home demonstration ?v ????_??-- v.-: _ '? :Mxst Paul Garber and -children of urg^ar*visitfcag, |4r3. L. Strauss. w has returned ut^Elloree. Mr. Charles Ch2rtj?t>: *SsL: the navy, WhPJ.hae feeesvspejidmg; the. holMays .?^^t&t^v^med- to Charles V ? !?} - ' . Hv. Duncan, a former j P^^ca^dire$tor cof the-. Y. M.. C. A., is spending a few-days^n the.city. > ^-^^.^Ban,-^: Betts?.,ofc Smrtanburg ?1??awRl^^^^?.3^:? *-M?8;-after Sfiejtjg&fc <^3ffi^as. in Sumto. 'T^fc; C3yde-_Brooks? of. -Fountain Inn, tob:?S^?Jiig3cs^m*tme. in . .the city -. - a&ss,-}I?ih> Fplsom has returned to ^ rl^mf^ :spending Christmas m M^rSSa^Pavis^ of. Bishopyille, is pending, the day. in the city.- . iA??iL^pending-. cthe holidays witii Jb? ?femt&Mr. George Hurst, has re .-'ton^^to^^Baaii^.-jSevier,. -where he is atatkme&^n.Lthe-Jjoflpital. ry J^Edmundsvlaft; this afin 3fi*cfe^:e?? Columbia, io. aifend the an ?anai .meeting.-of the Association of School.; Superintendents?tonight and Wv Dick.'of-Hartsville, who ?gejit.y^e/?ay in.town went to Co Mrs. A. Wright and Missj i Sop^~Wrightrof Atlanta, are the i&s&sfs of^Jfir-^land Mrs; Joseph M.jj Cftandler> S?!^ ? ? ? sdale and wa-jj . of Columbia, Sjtoy ffie, day2 with -Mr. and " ler;-" '^S^B^fne^ps %>ent the Chrismas i ^jarjfh:Ms -parents. Jca&^i^:t*:: R^ Howard and bry Na^m^varer' speridihg some. ^'^fi^V.-H.-Phelps. - Rock Hill, _ ...^^IL-Mce?lhiitt.- J ^L^^^Ja?BS is visiting herl " ' Mrs. jr;:T.-Hatfleiar f MissGaynell Hatfieid is spending] a re^vesat~Spring Hill. B?ir^'IJgcjrie^xjf Chester; and *" -:^rTeakle, ofBaitimoije, ^^?atta?-the^atter*s. sister, Mrs. R. SS?? Joye. on ;Bartletit St. : went to Char 'lcfi^^S^iu^y^^'sp^hd^ ^several days. .-^I?t^fiBss Robbie-Jean ^Ti-?esiftale I&egQndiBg i>few tiays.with- Mr.: ahd Mcs. Joseph M. Chandler... ^^^.J5?0h^ ^ Md^m^ . w ho has be^^witji- ther Mqtor, Corps of Ne|w Y^|e..atr:her-own expense, is at honie ^^-hter parents: at. Alcolu^ for the holidays. She stopped over in. Sum t^tpK wsit-her sister, Mrs. -JO. Ct r.- ^e.-.will return to. New York *..the :hoJ.idays. ; ^frtends^ef -Mr^ W. N. Idetch wjll ^e?et- to Jtearn -of his critical illness at hjs^home in Eastman. Ga. Mrs. ILeitch ^j^rfpter- of fMrs, H. P. Scott of thjis <^f?r - nv ' -. ;". I - :. Miss vEuf aula B lac km on and Mr. Joh?^ Black mo n. of Kershaw, v ajre vlfBtfe?gTMr..5wnd Mrs. O. H.--McKagebr. ^^^^aud-.Mrs. H. R. VanDeventer, ^?rKejpafk^-N - J.. have been the,, gu:ests;;5>^i^r-- .and Mrs- William Mor^n. for'several days< f ySeatbres'.of. Mr. Harry . A. Davis rt ceived- a..telegram Saturday announc ing his: arrival in-^vew YorJc He. hp bj^en^servingr . with the. naval big gun b?tSiion in ,France for the. last f?lw Wr iH- Strickland has received from her brother, mV. Joe^E. Auid^ who is with the Y. M. jL1. ^ overseasr organiaztion, announciug ^h^;to^^afrival at Paris. . ; 'eJOaeZ,C3jari^s. Kerrison, of Varnville, is '.guest of Mrs.. M. S. Nelson for a^fe??( d&ys- . . /r.. . I ? ^?."^^.}M9Uzon and . Miss Har> ti^<^eapc^"^uaye ^returned. - from Char leston .where, they^-spent. the holidays. ., ?sh', ;-Geo*f .W. .Dick received a cablje grany" Safi)irday from. his son,. Sergt Dick,, with the American Army i^feuace.' stating, that he was_wejll. .'^isjs^Emma Eruner, of Orangeburg, jni^the .Christmas holidays with her ier arid, sister, Mr. and Mrs H. P. iier oh West Liberty St. .?^iissh. Emily.-^ Culler^ of Washington, and^'Miss . Emmy Meynier, of ^i.'Francisco,.. Cab, visited at the Ja^nev!?f.'.Mr. and, Mrs. H. P. Br?nier ?jK-W?st Liherty street during hoji ?daysi-' .Lieut. Louis. Bradham. of Canip GneisnJleaf, Ga., ha3 received his dis charge, -and returned to the city. j ...Mbs., S. A. Murray and Miss Louise Mujrray, who have been visiting Mr. Edmund Murray's family, left today i!c^polumbia-r British Fine Germans jGe?eyari Dec. 28.?(Havas)?The British troops have made arrests at Cologne because the population did ofiijP^y orders to be in their homes at:.9-^.-m? according, to reports receiv ed hersi 'Fines had proved ineffective. ,^00^x11^, . Dec. 28.?Dr. Gordon ?eveF.ly Moore, former professor of phjloSjO^hy and political economy at t^ct^y^esHy^-of South-. Carolina and regarded ajvone of the leading schol ars of the State, died at his h.,m*? here tonight. Married. From The. Daily Item, Dec. 27. .Miss Julia je. Lawrence and Mr. j. L. Pellam- were quietly married yes terday at 3 r. m.by the, Rev. Jno. a. Brunsen at the parsonage of Grace Bapist ;Cnurch. Death. Mrs. J. L. Nunnamaker received a telegram Friday .bringing the sad news news of the-"death at her home in Garnsey, Alabama, of her youngest sister, Mrs! X J. Liles. Besides her basband .she, leaves .two little boys, Jno. Just .and Howard, age three and one year old,- two-sisters, Mrs. J. L. Nunnamaker, Miss Alberta Brown and /^3&>*^ all of Sumter. The two latter were with her when she* died, having been sum moned to her several days ago. Mrs. Liles-will he-, pleasantly re memberd by her former patients, as Miss Susie Brown. She was a grad uate norse of Roper Hospital and practicedt^ere before her marriage. | RED CROSS NOTES. .u'y,'; ' Have Service- Department. Much of the attention of Red Cross Chapters all over the country is being given to their Home Service Departments. The need of this can easily De seen?the homecoming sol diers must have an institution to look after him. ? The- obligation of the Red Cross to families of. soldiers and sailors does not cease upon honorable dis charge from the service. During the period of readjustment to civil life, a duty is .owed-these men-and their fa milies, - a; duty particularly imperative in-^the -case, of discharged men .physi cally impaired. The Red- Cross will furnish aid in helping them., adjust themselves to existing social - and.; .-economic - sur roundings hi-- the best, manner pos-^ sihle' The family of a man honorably ?ischarged wilL be given informa tional and.other service, during at least a. year after discharge, and r be yond that period applications for as sistance, may^ be dealt with . individ aallyr at the discretion of . the Home Service Sections. .. The JSome Service .will continue to4 ook after the discharged..-soldiers and* jailors, whether abler-bodied or . dis ibled, and. .their families; to the. fam 3ies,.of men and women attached to lospital units as nurses, doctors, or lerlies or ambulance drivers; to fami ies.of. soldiers and sailors of any of he allied-forces, living, in this, coun ry;. and. to the families of civilians, vho. have been-wounded or killed as he direct result of war activities. Missionary Centenary Methodists Planning Great Cel ebration of Work in Foreign Lands. Columbus, O., Dec. 27.?Plans al- < eady are being completed for what ; s expected to be "the greatest relig ous gathering in the history of 3 Unerica, to be held here early next : ummer in celebration of 100 years of oreign. missionary work by the Meth- j idist Episcopal Church. i Directors of the big centenary cele- < ?ration, which will mark the end of ; he ^church's campaign to raise $115,- : ?00,000 for foreign misionary work,' ; leclare that besides the thousands of isitors from the United States and Canada, there will be 100,000 accred- I ted delegates. Scores of natives in costumes from 2hina, India,'the South Sea Islands, Africa. and . Asia and exhibits from jyery missionary field in the world sill be "brought here for the purpose >f . Vividly, portraying native life in he coutries receiving missionary aid. Pageants will depict the work of the :hurch at home and abroad. A choir >f 10.0 'trombones will lead congre gational singing in,the open air. Seven cars of exhibits from foreign and? have already arrived here. 'ia> drive tq Make Democracies Safe,",is the slogan for the exposition. The celebrtaion will be conducted by aymen of the church with the coop eration of the general conference, the Methodist Church South, the Board of Bishops and allied church organ izationsj . To care for the army of visitors ex iates of . the celebration, a tented 3ity will be erected and. residents ask sd to throw open their homes. S. Earl Taylor of New York, is di rector general of the huge undertak ing, and H. B. Dickson, Philadelphia, is "organizing secretary in direct charge of the Columbus exposition.. Old Expresman Dead. Charlie Howard, colored, - who was with the Southern Express Company for more than fifteen years, died on December 23rd and was buried^ the pext day. He was well known to ev ery patron of the local express office. He was a faithful, accommodating and polite public servant anc. will be missed, especially by those connected with express office. London, ec. 30.?Vilna has been captured by the Bolshevist forces, ac cording to a Copenhagen dispatch to The Mail, quoting. Petrograd reports. People learn only by experience and Sumter county farmers, as a rule, are planning to make one more big crop of cotton before the boll weevil ar rives. It is possible, perhaps prob able that boll weevil will not reach here next }ear in time to do much damage. If weather conditions are unfavorable to the spread of the pest none may reach here in 1919. but, the delay will be but brief and those who keep on trying to make one more big crop of cotton without making prep arations to conform their farriiincr practices to boll weevil conditions will rsuffer great loss as did the one more cotton farmers of Georgia. Alabama, and Mississippi. The all cotton farm er will be wiped out; A card, with New Year greeting to The Daily Item from Lieut. Jack H. Forbes received this morning says: "The Sumter Daily Item made many a dreary hour more cheerful while up on the Verdun front." DEATH. Mr. Henry McKay McCollum Passed Away at tiie Infirmary in Florence Friday. From The Daily Item, Dec. 27. Mr.- Henry McK. McCollum died at the McLeod Infirmary in Florence at 6.30 this morning after an illness of nearly five" weeks. During that time he underwent two operations, the first one seemingly successful un til yesterday, when a second one was found"' necessary, from ' which he did not rally. The funeral services were held "at his home in Olanta at 11 o'clock this morning. Mr. McCollum was a son of the late J. H. ..McCollum and was a native of Bennettsville. ... Moving from there with his father's family when a small lad, they settled near Summerton in Clarendon county. From there he went to Olanta where he settled, about 25 years ago, and married Miss Ida Thompson of that town, who alone survives him, and who is now quite ill at the infirmary in Florence. He is also survived by six brothers, Messrs.-J. Hugh, H. W., Eugene, Row land and T. W. McCollum all of this city, and Mr. An?rus McCollum, of Olanta. For many years he has been in the ginnery and sawmill business. He has also for many years been a consistent member of the Methodist church and has always taken great interest in its welfare. He has many friends both in Sumter and Clarendon counties who deeply deplore his de mise. Death. From The Daily Item, Dec. 27. Mrs. A. P. Vinson died in Charles ton, this .morning at 2 o'clock, after a short illness, aged seventy years. Mrs. Vinson was a former resident of Sum- j cer, but had made her home in Char leston for several years. _ Reebirder's Court. - From The. Daily Item, Dec. 27. ~ Only ; three cases were heard this morning by Recorder Harby in the city -court Mr. Geo. F. Epperson paid a fine of $3.00 for leaving his car on the street at night without a light. Due to his absence from the court I room this morning, James Young for feited his bond of $25. He was charg sd with carrying concealed weapons. Isom Hall, white, was held as a sus picious character and questioned again this morning. It seems that he was i member of a carnival troupe which iias been spending, some time in Pax ville. He had become lost from the others, but promised to' join them im mediately if he were allowed his liber ty. This was agreed to and he was id vised to leave town by night. Fatal Auto Accident. As the result of an automobile ac cident which occurred Thursday ibout.l o'clock near McBride's Cross Roads, Mr, H. H. King, of Kingstree. net his death, when his skull was srtished beneath the overturned car. j Vir. King, accompanied. by his wife md three children were returning' lome from Bethune where they had pent Christmas. No very accurate account of the iccident can be obtained, but it seems i hat, on account of the very muddy { :ondition of the road, the car skidded ind turned completely over, regaining in upright position, though spilling j ill the occupants. In some manner, he head of Mr. King was caught be- j leath the car and so badly crushed j hat death followed within a few min- j ites. The only damage done to the \ jar was a broken windshield, from' which Mrs. King received a very j painful, though not serious cut. j Neither of the three children was j iurt in the least " Mr. King was a brother of Mr. J. j E. King of this city. The funeral sex- j /ices were held Friday at noon at Be-: thune. 1 * BOLSHEVISM IN RUSSIA. Declared 'hy a Late Traveler to be Un- j ]3opnlar With a Large Majority of j l;he-Population. .' 'j London, Dec. 1 1.?(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)?Russian } workmen and peasants are by no j means united in a movement to per- ] petuate a dictatorship, of the prole-} tariat, according to a traveler who I recently arrived here from Russia. Pretense that such is the situation in j Russia is one of the efforts of the j Bolsheviki propaijandists. ? -For many months, he says, the Mos- i cow government has been almost whol-1 ly without peasant support for the j peasants have learned - that. Bolshev- j ism in theory and-Bolshevism in prac- * tice are" as unlike as day and. night.! The people of the Russian villages and : country districts" are declared to be so j bitter against the Bolsheviki that; workmen-who are forced to return to j their native villages for food dare not voice Bolsheviki doctrine for fear of; being killed by their relatives or form- i er friends. To. the countrymen in Rusisa Bol-' shevism now means nothing but food j requisitions. To him.- a Bolshevik is j an outsider, armed with a rifle, who takes grain at prices far below the; market rate. | The peasant's ear is no longer open to Maximalist theories. He cares nothing for skilful Maximalist argu-. merits setting forth beautiful social and economic doctrines. He has tried Bolshevism for a year. He had hau much of his grain and other food stuffs wrested from him by Bolshevik grain crusaders. He knows that the only remaining peasant Bolsheviki ajre shiftless ne'er-do-wells and will hnye nothing to do with them. As the peasants make up 85 per cont of Russia's population their at titude eventually may shape Russian policy, says the informant. They con trol food production, and bread is the basis of the present struggle. Came Warden Frank L Brunsen has received instructions from State Game Warden Gibbes to enforce the Hunters' License Law with unrelaxed vigilance. The opinion of the Attor ney General that the law is unconsti tutional does not "repeal the law. nor can it be set aside by anything save n court decision. Real Estate Transfers. The following: real estate transfers in Providence, township have been re corded by Mr. R. E. "Wilder, County Auditor: j The Master to W. E. Roberson. \ one tract of land containing 108 acres ; for $2,800. J. C. .ni dwell to Robert Ramsey, one tract of 4 acres for $100. The Master to Henry Benenhaley. one tract of 67 acres for $4,020. R. D. Lee, et at, executors to Vir ginia Du Rant, et ah, one tract of 41 acres for $2,475. May E. Dtfughrity to W. J. Staf ford,"12 acres for $1,200. H. E. and T. H. Parker to D. R. McCallum ,one tract of 50 acres for $900. Geo. W. Dick to Barcus Pope, 25 acres for $630. H. J. Harby to Sam & Julia Alston, one tract of 48 acres for $2.413. H. J'. Harby to H. E. Ellington, 22 j acres of land for $750. ? Mary J. DuBose to M. R. Rivers, 2 1 acres -of land for $1,200. Thomas J. DuBose to M. R. Riv-1 srs. 32-100 acres of land for $500. Mary J. DuBose to T. Scott DuBose. ! Tr., 143 acres for $13.225. Thomas J. DuBose to T. Scott Du- j Bose, Jr., one tract of 49 acres for! ?3,675. Ellen Swinton to London Swinton, interest conveyed in 5 acres of land. j McCallum Realty Co., to Jno. A. I Stuckey, one tract of 117 acres for U 1,700. Joshua Ballard to A. B. Stuckey, j ntere3t conveyed in 25 acres of land i for $300. Carolina Jackson, et al, to Jake j Jackson, one tract of four acres for i >3. J. Elvin Rembert to B. Frank Mickens, 21 acres of land for $415 md other considerations. , Margaret S. McColl to William Wheeler, 61 acres for $6,500. B. F. Myers to B. McLaughlin, 25 acres for -$1,880. J. J.? Britton to Moultrie McCrae, 24 acres for $1,000. B. McLaughlin to Thomas S. Ross, >ne tract of 25 acres for $2,500. , W. B. Colclough to Stephen Cab oagestalk, one tract containing 123 icres for $12,000. W. T. Ball to Eva R. Burkett, 2 ots for $225. F. O. Folk, et al to Willie Frierson, >7 acres for $3,600. D. C. Stuckey to J. W. Scarborough, one tract containing 85 acres for 56,425. W. E. Brunson to Jack Josey, one icre of land for $20. Jack Josey to R. W. Westbery, one; acre of land for $20. S. J. T. Young to R. L. Burkett, j one tract of land containing 156 acres for $14,500. ?Washington, Dec. 28.?America's] xrmy of women knitters who did not| :ease work with the signing of the I irmistice today were ordered by the i Red Cross to "stack needles," their j *ask .^accomplished. An inventory of articles in reserve shows sufficient on : land to meet the needs of fighting i .nen" in this country and abroad and ? of the Red Cross relief commission. ???i ? ummmmmummmmmmmmmmmmx ? CLEMENCEAU ES WILSON Tells Deputies That Eis Attitude i Is Approved By President Wilson. CHAMBER GIVES HIM VOTE OF CONFIDENCE ... ... i - ? i An Indirect Evidence of Wood-j row Wilson's Remarkable In-! fluence in Europe. - Paris, Dec. 30.?In addressing the j Chamber of Deputies last night, Pre-1 mier Clemenceau made it' plain that it was his intention to support Great ?Britain in the peace- negotiations on the question of the freedom of the seas. He declared his attitude in this matter has been approved by PresI- i dent Wilson. The premier told the chamber now was the time to tchange pilots, but the deputies gave him a vote of con fidence of three hundred and eighty to one hundred and"thirty-four. The premier stated his conversations with President Wilson were profitable, al though he added, they were not al ways in agreement on all points. He had earlier expressed a belief in the efficiency of the old system of alli ances, called the "balance of pow er." but indicated that he is not op posed to a league of nations. Battle Over Old Glory Germans Fire on the American I i Flag at Posen and Fight With Poles Follow. London, Dec. ? 29.?Firing by Ger-! man officers on. an allied automobile | carrying an American flag was the j -;ause of street fighting in Posen last j "riday, says a dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph from . Copenhagen. The Germans were defeated in the ighting. About 138 persons, includ ng a number of women and children, cvere killed during the rioting. The dispatch says: "There was severe fighting between :he Poles and Germans in Posen Fri-j Hay which resulted in 38 women and children and about 100 Germans and | Polanders being killed. The affray! >riginated as a result of a German j )fncer firing on an allied automobile | vhich was proceeding to Warsaw car-j ?ying the American flag. ? j [ "The Germans insulted the flag and!; .he Polish guard was called out. The | - Ighting lasted several hours and the S * Germans were defeated. A delegation from the British mis- : ;ion to Posen protested to the Ger- j nan commander in the town. General ] ;chimmelfeng, but the German officer j: leclared that he had no control over |: he soldiers. B. Pf?mineiiit Wom?it of lllahnit Grove Hfe lped By Dreco Husband Tells of Quick Relief After 16 Years of Suffering. "Dreco Has Brought Joy to Our Fam?y^ ifr^Says.v Here is a story told by A. A^Boy^ the prominent jeweler cf .' .^alaitf Grove. He has consented to give/it to the public-through this^jfewspaper in order that other sufferers who might think -their?cases hopeless may read and act accordingly. Hereis/his signed statement;;.', . ?"My wife broke down in health $0; years ago. She was a victimi cf stom-T ach and liver trouble, c^nstipatiori: and severe pains - in the hack* and. limbs. She has "been freateirby best doctors and has taken many different kinds of medicines;- ? " ^" ' '"She read of Dreco- and - I bought two bottles for her, and what -rhfe, medicine has done for her has brought joy to our family. - ' ? "She had a heavy pairr in-her side that eventually worker around to her back. Her liver was sluggish and" she couldn't eat much. She. couldn't sleep enough to d? her any'goo<57 But now she eats hearty meals,'sleeps-all night and the pains have, gone;-from. her side and back. She is .now able to do all her household'duties." This is but one case out- of hun dreds. Men and women who have suffered and tried everything with out permanent relief are. coming for ward to tell of the good they-are'-get cing out of this wonderful herb -med icine, Dreco. ; Dreco is riot an expensive, treat ment. It is pleasant to take and-its; effects are felt almost instantly. __ ; Anybody can try Dreco wtihoat In terference wi?h^ their work or 'other , duties. It is soikd at almost all mbd-?: ern drug stores and is particularly recommended in Sumt^r-. by Sibert'Sff;' Drugstore.?Advt. ?% ? ?-*-?;?:? Cotton Market ! P. G. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer. (Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon)* Good Middling 28 1-4. .r, ... Strict Middling 28. Middling 27 3-4. Strict Low Middling 26 1-4.- - NEW YORK COTTOX MARKET. Yes'?ys Open High Low Closet Close ran- ? 30.35 30.45 29.35 29.35 2?M^ vlch . . 2S.80 28.93 27.87 27.87 28.55 tfay . 27.94 2*r08 26.92 26:9,2 2^65 ruly . . 27.35 27.46 2'6.0? 26.0>"27.0? Pres. Wilson's Refurii % Paris, Dec. 30.?The present..-indi :ations are that President Wilson witf >tart on his return to . fae-?&ii%ted: states February 10th. :-7 r: . : vi each and every one broke and ready to work. In this lot are . Mules ranging in size from nine hundred to eleven hundred pounds. If you are in need of a Mule it will pay you to take a look at this bunch. Also have on hand full stock of Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Stalk Cutters, Harrows, Syracuse and John Deere Plows. Be sure and see us and we will save you money.