Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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:.:3?r. G. H.'Burgess, Miss Mary Belle Burgess and Miss Maud Waddell have !oe^-visiting Mrs. Hamilton Garland, ??t Sardinktr .'Miss. Margaret ^Garland, of Sardin f^j^r^'^j^ttsg relatives in this city. ; * './>. "fc F^an Herl>ert, who spent day or so of jiis furlough in the city, fe?: returned to Norfolk, where he ;is *3?M3&fc Thomas E. Flowers and her^ ^otJ^r,->J.rs. M. J*. Johnson, of Turtle-1 TOfe,v; hat? -returned from Subelle, where they spent .the holidays viih Mr. and Mrs: J. B. Orreil. ?'1K3Gbb Minnie?oar, of Georgetown, Tthis mftwaingr to .- attend tjiejj _ J^??o^/ of -Flat Kock,: iaS#J*r&H#ajm^ Preutt,; j^tmsr,Mr.s., Fjank ^gtjbq&an West liiberiy Streets \ r*^?^r^S??^ j^owjerj? mas returned^ *A- ^;;Tech .afte^rsBsading the f &I.:H?n;lyv;Owens Jias retail a^ is in-the city ?nu| -^feSfir.^Wf- plough... He saw service .? -sg^vthj?: ..^i)^h. Division in Flanders: and: was gassed, from .the effects jpfj which The iiaa-riot yet.fully recover-; ?4L.- ' ? t>: .i - Cadet Richard Wells -returned jto ?jg?bson 'this moring after spending; ?3ir?3tmas at horned "He was acco$n-: &|ed by ,his guest, Cadet JSenrifltjez is*---' ' ? ? ? r.i? ? " . ? ? ? - ? " i Shaw, .who has spetit Sat home, hap . returned jtoj Kirk of EutawvHlejisj hjer sister, 3?rs. Frank A. Mc-; ..Air A: Brearley of St. Charles ^&^:-citjr^iy. ?;^|^^^:^haw>; formerly .of Foub-; ^gjf?.:,- purchased'the TepH "Mr^ fe- S; Dc^Champs bn, f*J55^?c^^^t:tod\'will' bring his fam :^r^h'(jre wtthin-a few days. t^?^--^./-'E.;;i^n'inon Of Ljynchbujrgl died; t Tuesdjayj ?^egg*egt|ay at ? ^cfpek jafj lce^-. Mr.j-Stubbs was Xorty ^ej^,sj3EC?iwd ?yj -liis^^??fe and three children, Mrv.jju* J^^^Jkltce^^ Miss Katheripe] V^^^-^ai^^Ma4^..^U^an ?tubbs." a Mason^ITnight of, Pythias] ?^iWoodman .cf the World.; , j pvnfe-.Jjan; ?Mr.- Aioazo W. ; a well known and ^h^hiy ie m d citi?e]n,ntf this place, died fat ? ^y^?P?. Iiifirmary in Florence Mqn :-j&?Ttifat aJt,.l.&o'&ockr. Mr. Kelfey ^Mg^aken 3u3d?H3y ill about ra. week fSgSfeeodwa^rjofeed to.Florence ^or pti^fctjnent, ten^^tlt?e hope ^ was - held his irjfeCtfvsrj^ . C ^^Befcleave^icwi^eJand nine.children. i<jff^^rka t\mcef married. . Of. .nis ^st Ji?PlP?i to iMtsV Dannie Cothraa, jof '^Eeatii Springs, .seven children survive. <1jp^,<tf his ?joqad'union, to Miss Fajn-l j?Jd v. E&rge, . of Darlington, two chil-' .^tftn. .and his vwif e auryiye. v.- ??? v iSitrder la 0rangebui!g Jeff coat Shot to Death by ??<?'? jf^angeburr, Jan.jl?Belton D. Jeff a we^l known farther., of the .'^qBtb section of? Orang^eburg County, ?.w^3 shot and killed last night , by a xrggm named Esau Colter., It appears :?^t the gun Colter used was char, g t^J^With buck shot. It is alleged that Mr.- Jeff coat -went to the -house jof, I^Qlte* last night and fired a load {of ;i^5^jto5hot intoJLthe house. Colter came ^jjj^fend. retarnedr; &e fire, , mstanily . jelling Mr. Jeff coat. It is-further al .^eged. that Colter was shot in the leg ?:SOCie. time ago at night, when-he v/fcs. ^-'his lot. Mr. Jeff coat was a. suocess ; farmer ,and- had accumulatjed jgeaRh_He aaas-about 46 years of age ^Sfafejleaj^es ?c family. ? Sheriff R. jF. Dukes-went to the scene of the shoot ing and brought Goiter tq the O range burg jail, where he is now being held. This is the-third -killing in Orange buitr; County in; :the past ? ten days, all parties.tbeng we^known... W. Preston MoASraney o^-'Branehviile' - and Fuller Sani9?rd.of the .Norway section being theiother ,two w*H known white farpn er^.kiiled. McAIhaney was killed by a^negro, wio was also killed by Mc ; :3??3?in^;aftej^heJ' was shot, and Mr. sganf?rd. was killed by . Elisha and Jf?s&c i>ougla^ nrhite-. fwaer*. :?&&Ui.i,z\lJi>.L?-?hrr,-~*: *^Ehe JCOSjdS'OC-.Sumter county are in . .urgent; .need jbf the -split log- drag reg- j jx^dfly: and systematHally used. There, is no gainsaying ?hat the ? roads are now in a horrible xawidition?the worst In.-years?nor can.it be successfully disputed that Gie regular and intelli gent use of the split-log drag im iro^ej r?a,ds while plows and scrapes, l^ular^/u8ed,"d,o far more damage 'O&tr'gOOd. . In building roads plows and scrapes are .useful tools, but to hSK.ihenx as .substitutes for the drag( ;i?j<ar questionable practice, to say the J ..least? -r.-rrra-? , Copncil Jhas about eleven ttcin^hs in which to-arrive at a decis :i^? in uespect to the lighting plant J^;:the city is to either purchase the qpa e^fent plant or build a .new plant the [ ?UQoferi? .short and a definite policy should be decided on .at-the earliest possible date. ' - -Jri '?rrt?: 'it ^ere .is ? more ? moving about in ? jQlimter qounty- tiis year than ever ^iO!wn,\as the result of the great acr *ti<^My in re%Sr,estate during the fall. A 'jgysiit meny farms- have changed 3u?nds and-owners and hands are this : 3^k; moving into* their new homes. *-?-' '<7ji*>n&oxt. fJ?ec-.- 31.?-The release of ^jal^W^e.-Siixtb Feiaers interned in Eng .JNS*^81*^^^^^ virtually at once. Count Plunkett, one fit the Sinn Fein ere ?efected to Parliament in the re cent ballotting, already has been re leased. I the cotton seed situation. Mr. E. W. Dabbs Reports Result o$ Washington Trip. To the Farmers of Sumter County, and the State: .1 The prices , of cotton seed and cot- i ton seed products will be sustained to the end of the season. I do not think any farmer or seed dealer need fear any change of price. In fact the government agents, the ciushers, the] growers have all come together forj this .express purpose, and this result] is as .certain as anything can be, hu I manly speaking. I have jus*'returned from Washing Ion where I r.ttended all the hearings before the War Ordnance Board, and] the Food Administration on the cot ton jseed .linter question. You are not so much interested in how the settle ment was? made as an" results, and. it would make this article too long to re port, all .of the very interesting pro ceedings. When I left the meeting ii> Sumter I called up" Colonel Claffy, ^president of the State Farmers': Un ion. He spent one and a-half days with me: . I am srure that his and my strong .representations of the farmers who have not sold their seed, am* of the dealers vrho have not been ab! to sell the seed they have bought contribut ed not a little to the success of the mission. In fact was the determin ing factor. The crushers were thereof some thirty odd -strong from every1] State, with two high priced paid at-} torneys. When I left yesterday these attorneys were drawing up the con tracts. - The crushers from each State were called upon hy Mr. . Cassels at the close of the hearings to state his un derstanding of the agreement. They each stated, in substance, 'we are not satisfied but we wHl accept the ar arrangements rather than go into the; court of claims,- :?r break faith with the farmers in the payment of the* prices for seed that we have agreed to pay." When called upon by Mr. Cassels to answer for-, the farmers, I stated that with the assurances that prices would be maintained we would be sat-; isfied. That speaking for myself 11 appreciated .the difficulties under which we all labored, the agents of j the- government to protect it, of the crushers to protect their industry, and. of ourselves to" protect the growers. And that' I was glad to see the spirit manifested by the-agents of the gov srnment, and by the crushers to se cure us from further loss. < Signed) E. W. Dabbs. Mr. Dabbs went to Washington last Saturday night by request of the Sum mer County ^Council of Defense at its neeting in Sumter last Saturday. De cember the 28th. Upon his return to iay he called at Sumter Chamber of Commerce and gave out the above jigned statement for- publication. The] Sumter County Council is more than lehghted with, the result of Mr. Dabbs' "isit to Washington. h County Health Survey. Report of Cash Contributions Reoeiv ? to 4)ate. Previously published cash col lected from the .colored cit izens of Sumter county ?through Dec. 31..$257.45 STew collections: clev. D. P. Pendergrass.' 5.00 Rev. Zury Holms. 3.00 :-'? $265.45 Previously published: ZJash collected from the white citizens of Sumter county 'through Dec. 31.$447.35 ? New collections: ?earon*s>Pharmacy. 25.00 Mrs. Jeannie Baker for Es tate S. C. Baker.. .. .... 25,00 Collected by Mr. E. W. JDabbs from Mayesville township and town of Hayesville: J. F. Bland, .... 5.0.00 R. J. Mayes, Jr... 25.00 C. E. Mayes. 5.00 E. G. Spencer .... .... 2;50 U. V. Weinberg .. ... . 5.^0 S. M. Rhodes. 2.00 W. B. Cooper ... . 1.00 B. c. Chandler. 1.00 T. H. Newman. 5.00 P. M. Tiller. 1.00 J. W. Saucer. 5,00 W. L. Currie. 1.00 * ' 600:85 .Total cash from, all sour.ces$866.30 Poles Mobilize Army Germans Admit Tfiajt Large Part of Province of Posen Has Been Lost. Copenhagen,- Jan. . 2.?Events in Posen are assuming ^ grave charac ter.- According to Berlin advices a large qpart of the province is in the hands of the Poles. It is also report ed that the Polish government at War saw has ordered the mobilization' of all Poles. Detroit, Jan. 2.?a two' hundred'} p*r cent dividend was decla. ed by the d.rectors of the Ford Motor. Co., at their annual meeting. This represents the disbursement of $4,000,000 among seven stockholders. New York. Jan. 2.?The announce ment was made at 12.30 o'clock by Gen. McManus that both the wounded and well soldiers aboard the strand ed troop ship Northern Pacific are be ing transferred to the shore and res cuing vessels in sm*.il boats. Washington. Jan. 2.? ontracts were signed today by Directo. Gener al McAdoo, providing for $88,000 gov renment annual compensation for the Georgia-Florida railway and $28.000 for te Augusta Southern railway. ?Berne. Tup'-day, Dec. 31.?Thej American legation announced today! that President Wilson regrets that he i will- be unable to visit Switzerland. Tokio. Dec. 21.?The totnl tonnacre of new vessels launch**! in Japan since January is 600.000 tons includ ing those to be completed by the end of this year. Compared with last year this shows an increase of 200, 000 tons. I ...? Chamber of Commerce Notes Announcement Respecting the New Tobacco Warehouse. About three months ago Messrs. G. A. Lemmon, L. D. Jennings and E. I. Reardon - met at the Sumter Chamber of Commerce with a couple of experienced and reliable, tobacco i warehousemen of North Carolina who wanted to.lease a tobacco warehouse in Sumter. As the only warehouse Sumter has is leased to Moore Bros, for two more years the only way to lease another warehouse was to build one. The two North .Carolina men made a very .satisfactory financial offer for, a warehouse and it was decided that the Chamber of Commerce would try to finance the proposition. V Knowing that if Mayor L. D. Jen nings could be induced to take the bit in his teeth the building of a second warehouse would be practically all over but "the hollerin" the" Chamber of Commerce representatives talked Mr. Jennings into guaranteeing $20, 000.00 for the second ? warehouse. In less than twenty-four hours af ter the conference the- capital stock was authorized. No one was sur prised as they knew Mayor Jennings' high gear, rapid transit style of mo- j tion. ? *Mrl Jennings informed the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce yester- ;j day that he could publish the fact .' that another tobacco warehouse for Sumter is an assured fact for 1919, the new warehouse has been leased to warehousemen-of . the most ex perienced and reliable character, and that'the -Sumter .tobacco market will oe second to none hereafter in com petitive prices; andV facilities for the oandling of leaf tobacco. Farmers will do well to plant tobacco during 1919 as the . prices are certain to be as aigh as during 1918, and tobacco is aow bringing as high as $46.00 a hun dred in North Carolina. . The lessees of the new warehouse tviil.be announced shortly when they irrive in Sum ter ,to visit the tobacco jrowers and distribute plenty of to bacco seed free of cost to the farm iVS. In the meantime Moore Brothers, essees of the present tobacco ware louse had shipped to the Sumter Chamber of Commerce on December JOtfr a quantity of tobacco seed for !ree distribution to their old or pros pective customers, but the shipment las been delayed or lost in the mails. Another order has been placed for seed which will reach here in a few lays. ? The Sumter Chamber of Commerce s preparing to take steps to make he Sumer tobacco market second to lone in quantity of tobacco sold on :he market and in the highest market >rices paid anywhere in this section rf the State. With two big wartiiouses and sev ;ral prize warehouses, and the keen st of competition between the ware lousemeri and a hig corps of tobacco ?uyers, Sumter tohacfco market, witlr himter's splendid and unexcelled nercaritfle and banking accommoda ions, there is no reason why Sumter hould not be the leading tobacco narket -6f Sou th Carolina. Merchants and bankers should use heir influence, with customers, and so hould large land owners with their enants and share croppers to plant obacco as a cash crop next year Lgainst the coming of the boll weevil. Plenty of food and feed stuffs, pea auts, hogs, poultry, corn, oats,, wheat tnd tobacco as a side crop for paying fertilizer bills and other expenses vill keep the farmers in good shape jven though the boll weevil hits us sooner than 19 20. ?? APPRECIATE SUMTER HOSPITAL f -STY. People Are Tlianked for Having En tertained Soldiers on Christmas Day. The boys at Camp Jackson have al ways been appreciative of Sumter and the way Sumter people have treated them. This does not seem to have been altered by the fact, that these are now peace times, for the boys ap-* pear to still .be glad to come to Sum ter on occasion. The following letter from Mr. Carrington Howard of the Community Service .to Mr. Herbert Moses voices this sentiment of the boys: "The War Camp Community Ser vice of Columbia wishes to express their appreciation of the manner in which you assisted them in securing entertainment for the-soldier boys on Christmas, . ? \?_< "We wish through .you to thank the. Sumter people, cftjr :the very happy Christmas tha;t;they gave these hoys. We have hearci expressions from -many of the< boys>a:id ,they are unanimous in the opinion that the people of Sumter gave them a taste of real Southern hospitality." Thanks Secretary Reardon. On niotion.of Dr. J. H. Haynsworth, seconded by Mrl E. W. Dabbs, the fol lowing resolutions v^ere unanimously passed by the Council of Defense: Resolved, That it is the desire of the Sumter County Council o: Defense to express to Mr. E. I. Reardon, its faithful secretary, appreciation for his untiring service, realizing that the routine work of the Council was done by him, througrh the efficient service of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce. Resolved Further, That we. the members of the Sumter County Coun cil of Defense wish to commend Mr. Reardon for his spirit of patriotism and loyalty, for the public spirit gen erally manifested by him. and for the efforts put forth by him to promote the general good. Be It Further Resolved, That we take this means of expressing to Mr. Reardon our sincere thanks for all courtesies shown us. Finally, Be it Resolved, That these! resolutions be placed on our minutes,; published in the newspapers, and that a copy l>e properly engrossed and j framed and presented to Mr. Reardon. j Secretory Reardon snys that he has'j had already nearly two hundred apr- i plications for tobacoo seed. Tobacco: planters are about the only farmers'; who are regularly furnished with f:-ee seed. Farm Loan Board I Makes Its Report Success of Banks Has Been Shown. Washington, Dec. 31.?Increase in the lending power of federal land banks and the grant of authority "or them to write fire insurance on farm property were advocated by the farm loan board in its annual report sub mitted today to congress. Modifica tion of the federal farm loan act so as to make the minimum loan $500 instead of $100 and maximum loans of $25,000 instead of $10,000 also was urged. The report was de^crired as cover ing "the first year of operation" of the farm loan system, the first year of the board being spent in organiza tion. "The year was one of very evident progress," declared the report, which contained a table showing that farm loan associations increased from 1,839 to 3,439 during the year; that the cap ital of the 12 federal land banks in creased from $10,488,230 to $16,250, 285; that loans in force increased from $29,816,305 to $149,004,439; that joint stock land banks increased from four to nine and that their loans now amount to $7,380,734; and that inter est rates of the land banks was 5 or 5 1-2 per cent, and that of stock land banks was 6 per cent. Interesting in formation as to the application by borrowers of loans from the land banks was siven in a detailed state ment dealing with about one-third of all the loans closed by the banks. This statement showed-that 8 per cent of the proceeds of the loans were used to buy land; 10 per cent for buildings and improvements; 60 per cent to pay off existing- mortgages; 10 oer cent for payment of other debts; 5 per cent, for purchase of bank stock; i per cent, for purchase of live stock, and 3 per cent for implements and equipment The loaning of over $150,000,000 has been of distinct and direct benefit to more than 64,000 borrowers, declared the report, and has been of indirect benefit to every applicant for a farm loan through private agencies. "A distinct reduction, not only of the rate, of interest on such loans, but also in the accompanying I charges, was manifest immediately after the passage of the act. When general con ditions made necessary in December, 1917, an advance of one-half to 1 per cent in the rate charged by federal fand banks there was a proportionate increase in the rates charged by most t>f the private agencies, but these rates, even in these days of strin gencies and stress, are little, if any, higher than they were in the normal times of easy money, prior to the Establishment of the federal farm loan system and in many localities sven lower. There could be no more conclusive proof of the regulatory ef fect of the system. "While the loans made by federal 'and banks in the last year probably represent only about one-eighth of the total loan made by all agencies :hey are far greater than any other jingle agency." Despite the large production and ligh price??, net returns of agriculture n the 1918 crop year "was much less :han is popularly supposed," declared :he report which explained that big profits were eliminated by the scarcity >f farm labor, its high cost, as also hat of fertilizers, implements and nachinery. Death. Mrs. Luther Lee died Wednesday ? morning after an illness of only six ] iays, 'of pneumonia, aged thirty-five i pears. The body was taken to Odin, [11., Mrs. Lee's former home, for in terment Mrs. Lee is survived hy her husband, who was with her during ! ler last illness and accompanied the aody to Illinois. Letter From Lieut. Branson. Mrs. B. W. Brogdon, Jr., has re ceived the following letter from her brother, Lieut Pringle Brunson, who is still in France: December 10, 1918. , I got so far behind with my corre spondence while I was on the - front and -hike that I am trying to catch up by writing short letters and this is Dne of them. I think when I wrote you last I was up in the Vosges. Well, since that time . I have had a rest, a long hike up on another front between Verdun and Metz, a battle and the end of the war^ and .then another hike of 150 miles to this, our present location whexe we rested a week and are now drilling in preparation for a trip to Germany. My first trip up was a very quiet one but the second was quite different and all I can say is that I was lucky that I am here to tell the tale. We are now billited in a small town called Antricourt, don't know if you can find it on a map, but it is about fifty or sixty miles from Paris. I was on the firing line when the end came and stayed there for seven days in the rain and cold, and that's what we were doing while back in the U. S. A., they were celebrating what j we had done on this side. Maybe I will get back by spring. Will write you again sometime when I am not so busy. Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and happy New Year. As ever, Pringle. ONE KILLED; TWO WOUNDED. Boiler Room of Victor Cotton Mill Collapses. Greenville. Jan. 1.?Tom Mills, fire man, was killed, and James Casey and ; J>ee Suddeth, the last named a white j man. were severely injured when the j boiler room of the Victor Cotton Mill, at Greer. collapsed this morning. The j ? -?cy <> the fireman was recovered late (his afternoon from beneath a mass of brick and ronl. The collapse is be-! lieved to have been due to a large j amount of <oal banked against th?> wall of the building. Lee Suddeth.! who sustained n fractured shoulder.. was taken to the Steedley Hospital, at, Spartanburg. ; TAFT* ENDORSES WILSON. Former President Approves of Trip to Europe and Plan for League of Na tions. I New York Dec. 29.?Approval of President Wilson's trip and liis plan for a league of nations was expressed by William Howard Taft in an address today under the auspices of the Brooklyn Institute of Art and Sciences. He asserted the president had more influence with the common people .of England and the other allies "than their own princes" and attributed this to his enunciation of principles for which the United States entered the war and to the league of nations proposal. "You will notice," he said of the proposed league, "that Lloyd George and Clemenceau have come out for it. Of course, I don't want to suggest any ulterior political motives but there are politicians in Europe as well as in the United States." ? Declaring no single nation could untangle the situation in Russia, Mr. Taft added that the problem required the maintenance of combined force to support Russia and enable the peo ple to shake off the grip of the Bol sheviki. The international police force he described as an international "spanking agency, the background of power whose very existence would obviate the necessity for exercising it." , ' HILLIARD AMAN DEAD. Well Known Bishopville Citizen Suc cumbs to Pneumonia. Bishopville, Dec. 30.?Bishopville as well as Lee county was shocked and grieved Sunday morning to learn .of the death of Hilliard Aman at the Sumter Hospital. Four days ago he was taken desperately ill with pneu monia and though of fine physique a promising life was taken,in the prime of young manhood. He will be miss ed from the streets, where he has long been a popular and familiar figure. His death is peculiarly sad in that : i father died less than three weeks ago. Besides his wife, who was Miss Lyla Barnett, he leaves a brother, Claude M. Aman of Beaufort, four sisters, Mrs. Blanche A. Harrel son of Mullins, Mrs. Harriet A. Wy man of Aiken and Misses Maude E. and Pearl Aman of -this county; also his step mother, Mrs. Francis B. Aman. The funeral services will be con ducted Monday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock and the body laid to rest in the fam?v plot in Old Rembert Cem etery, ny friends throughout the State will be pained to know of Mr. Aman's death. ?'. Marion L. McLeod. Marion L. McLeod of the 118th [nf?'ntrv Supply Co, with the Ameri can Expeditionary Force in France, succubed to heart failure on Dec. ? 8. Another of Sumter county's boys has answered the roll call to join that rast army beyond the great divide. When the United States entered the war on the side of the allies, and the call came for volunteers, Marion, though only Is years of age, was one among the first that heard and ans wered the call. Enlisting in the :>ld Sumter Light Infantry under Capt. Robert Brown in the Summer of 1917. His country had taken the first place in his life: and though he did not die on the battle field, he is num bered among our heroic dead. A brave and noble young man is no more. A pall of sadness has been cast over the lives of his friends, and his rela tives are crushed. There is no way to comfort them: Time alone can tem per their grief. After helping to lead our army to victor, "The soldier fell asleep, the sleep of peace. Life's war is ended and eternity Lends to his gallant soul its sweet surcease." A Friend. New Night Message Rates. Postmaster General Burleson has announced a scale of greatly reduced rates for short over-night messages, as distinguished from the longer night letters. The new rates go into effect on January 1st and should prove to be of great value in conjunction with short communications which should not suffer the delays inherent in physical transportation by the rail way mail service but which are not of sufficient urgency or importance to warrant the payment of the minimum charges heretofore in effect for tele graphic transmission. Under the new schedule short overnight messages may be sent a considerable distance for as low as 20c, while the maxi mum rate is only 50c as against a dol lar maximum which has prevailed. Manager Murphy of the local Western Union office advises that his new night message service does not interfere in any way with the popular night letter service, but is intended, to sup plement it in conjunction with short er communications which have been going by mail but which should de sirably go by telegraph. Now that the telegraphs are operated as an in tegral part of the postoffice service it is understood to be -the policy of Post master Genera! Burleson to give the public an opportunity to make the widest use of the telegraph service in the elimination of delays to communi cations due to separation by distance, at the lowest rates which the actual cost of performing the service on a standardized basis, will permit. Christmas Bills. You will receive some, but don't forget your pledge to the United War Work Campaign. The soldiers in camp and in France would have had no Christmas at all if the various welfare organizations had not been there. They need the'money you promised. Put your pledged amount at the head of your list of bills, and send your chock to the Sumter Trust Co. Every person who has acquired the thrift stamp habit should keep it up. Thrift is the foundation of prosperity and wealth. Tobacco is :i luxury and there is al ways money for luxuries, even though some people go hungry or naked, consequently farmers who plant tobacco are certain to find a sale for it. All My Troubles Were Overcome TiffQUgh Dreco! Seaboard Air lane Foreman Could Not Attend - Business on Account of Dizzy Spells Caused Sy Stomach Disorder, NOW, HE'S WELL ??flDf HAPPY. Nowadays people with any com mon sense refuse to believe that in digestion and other .forms, of stomach trouble are incurable, -There are so many instances, right here in thiaT section, where every" day men and wo men willingly come foward to testify , that, they have found .grateful ^relief even in the most stubborn cases that it would really be hard to doubt their word. \ :l Then one stops to consider that stomach trouble, no matter how slight, is apt to develop into other and. more serious organic disorders, such as kidney and bladder, disorders/liyer complaints, acute constipation,' etc. it is not strange that ? hundreds, are taking advantage of the grateful help and curative powers which they find in .the famous root-and-herb medicine ?DRECO. Here is what J. H. Raboh, the well known foreman for the Seaboard Air '. Line, who resides at Blaney, S. C.,h?s to say: "I suffered from gastritis, head aches and liver complaint. I .often had to stop my work on account .of the>dizzy speils. I seemed to.feel mis erable most of the time and. didn't have enougrh energy or laaaahrtion.* to work-hard. 'All my trouble? have been .over come through Dreco. I took just..ohe ^ . bottle Qf Dreco and am glad .to ..tell my friends that it was'just th>3 thing I needed. I am better in every way and am grateful for this wonderful, medicine." Dreco is purely an herbial medicine for constitutional ailments arising from the digestive tract. It has -won considerable praise in this section ^or its prompt and efficient action in con stipation, -rheumatism, catarrh, and similar ills. Dreco is disDensed by modern drug stores everywhere and is particularly recomended in ? Sumter by Sibert's Drug Store. GAYETY AT HAGOOD. The Younger Set Spend the Holiday in Merrymaking. Hagood, Dec. 31.?Misses Mary and Susie Kirk entertained a number of their friends on Christmas nkght at ^n informal party. Games were played, the prize being won by Miss Sarah Sanders and Thomas -Ellerbe. After delicious refreshments had been served by Mrs. L." K. Couturier, danc ing was indulged in until a Tafcerhour by the young guests. Misses Florence and Ellen Ellerbe mtertained the younger set at a very delightful party on Thursday after noon. Many of the college boys and girls enjoyed a most pleasant evening with Mrs. J. I. Lenoir on Monday. Heart Dice was played, the highest score^be '.ng made by Miss Susie Kirk. Delic ious egg-nog and orange, fruit and jelly cake was served by the hostess, assisted by her mother, Mrs. L. G. Ellerbe. Misses Sarah and Ida Sanders were hostesses at a very informal Japa nese tea on Saturday evening, given in honor of their cousin, Miss Janet Sanders of New York City., Thomas Ellerbe of Greenwood, who" has been visiting relatives here has returned home. / ': Miss Margaret LeNoir, who ^has been at home for the holidays, ^has returned to Winthrop College. Mr. Robert Sanders has returned to Camp Jackson. I. Li. Sanders is visiting relatives in Alledale. Mrs. L. K. Couturier is visiting her son, i. K. Courturier in Charleston. Miss Sarah Sanders is visiting Miss Hannah Blair in Monroe, N. C. Paris, Jan. 2.?The number-of-"del egates representing each of the 'great nations at the coming peace confer ence is likely to be increased beyond five, by the inclusion of several dele gates who may exchange places with others, taking part in the conferences only when special subjects1, upon which they are authorities, are being considered. -v I H We Grind Lenses, examine the eyes scientifically ard ,fit eye* J* glasses perfectly. Let us work '* for you. o " ? ?1: * We have all prescriptions 4, on file. Broken lenses repla'c* 4? J. ed promptly. Graduate Opto ?5. metrist and Optician in charge. I W. A. Thompson, f JEWTGCB * OFKHfflSSRISr.