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?? ff ? :> : | ?? " ? ? - O- <m feeoued CS**,- Hann PERSONAL. T. H. Tatum, Esq., of Bishopville, was in the city Friday on business. Hon. A. K. Sanders, of Columbia, was--a -wsitor. in the city Friday. Mr*." Ar C." Howard, gas engineer for the local , gas company, spent two days in "the city this week figuring on additional equipment to improve the service of the company. Mr.^F. B. Burgess of Manning was itf*Town today on business. ' . Mb. E. M, Wilson of Columbia spent the- day in town. ? Mr. LeRoy Colclough has returned to the city- after ah absence of several months and is again, with the D. J. Chandler Clothing Company. ^Judge-vT.. B. Fr?ser delivered an address before the Railroad Y. M. C. Av~nf Florence Sunday. ._ .Ms. T. H. Clarke is spending two weelcs;. ip. Xew; Yxrk' in the interest of-ettte, Sumter. Dry Goods. Co. He was accompanied by Miss Esther Clarke wfe&Cia "visiting friends in New York Mrs? Q. T. Dotson, of Tippecanoe Cl^O. . is . visiting Mrs. J. G. Craw ford'on. Bartlette street. vMt; and Mrs. C. N. Douglas, of Darlington, were the gruests for the week--end of Mrs. W. C. Wolfe on S. Sumter St.- - ._.... ?????? ; The hold that Dr. H. N. Snyder has on .the Sumter public and his drawing power as a platform speaker was nev ermore forcibly illustrated than yes terday afternoon when he spoke to an audience that completely filled the Ib^en. 3ioor of the Opera House at the same hour that, several thousand peopled were gathered at the avia tion landing field on Mr. C. T. Ma son's: place to witness the departure ?frthe squadron of airplanes on their rettfrn'-trip >to Columbia. To those w3fo *i?ore at the Opera House it se^m&d that nearly everybody in the ctty?wfco would be interested in the a'ddres cn the relationship that should obtain between father and son was present, while those at the aviation field imagined that the whole popu alfion; was interested in airplanes to tne' exclusion of all other matters. Dr:' Snvder had a large and an appre ciative f'Udlence and, as usual, he de livered a message that entertained and instructed and gave each of his hearers something to" carry away with hffn as tOOd for thought and medi tation: - - < ?v^af? "v,. wo. - ? , ... j *A.iis<pistdrofr of four scout airplanes 1 fr^^lCa'mp" Jacfeson, under the com meSSd^o? Major Peal:, Hew over Sun- ' d^^i??rntng to spend 'the day. Three & tifffr"*planes made-a quick- flight, 1 the leading plane arriving at the 1 land|ng field at Mr!- C. T. Mason's 3 ^mi^S^Hd^d^ "s?n?rbs ~ in twenty-one ? niitttn^^fr?m the- -trme it left the 3 campv^-Twb other planes arrived in a ' few miht?tes later and landed success ful^ T^re" fourth machine lost its1 w?Sy somewhere near the river, turning south and* after several hours' flight, ' djiririg which it had a sight of the j o^ean. *it' turned about and landed at CSmnerVin~prangeburg county. From tftat place a quick flight was made to tWff'-cfty','' arriving between two and tXree o'clock. In landing on Mason field " the machine struck ?* soft spot and turned completely over, but the two aviators escaped without a afcrktch. The only damage to the ntachfne was broken propeller. The thVee uninjured planes left on the re turn flight to Camp Jackson about ^o'clock.-the machines rising one af ter the other at intervals of a few mtnuies. On their arrival in the the city before proceeding to the morning the" three planes circled over the; city and their coming being thus advertised, a big crowd quickly gathered at the field. In the after noon there was a crowd of at least X&p thousand people to witness the departure; of the airplanes. All of tKe" machines were of the scout type USed. fcr _training purposes, equipped with Hispano-Suiza engines of ISO hT p. and Dixie magnetos, and each carries two men. The machine that was damaged in landing'Sunday was left on the field under guard during the night and when new parts were received this morning was repaired for the return flight to Columbia. During the morn ing two of the airplanes returned fr^om the camp to Mason field. This ff^Td'will .be a regular landing place fCtr the airplanes from Camp aackson aftd the aviators will make regular and frequent flights to this city, therefore in future our people will bexprnp so accustomed to the air planes, that the sound of one circling o$er'the city will, probably not be the cause of so much interest and excite ment. Notice. A serbs of meetings will com mence at the Salem Baptist church Tuesday night, continuing ea"h night throughout the week. There will be no day services. Prof. John Landrura will preside at the piano. The pub he & cordially invited to attend these j?e'rvices. and the Christian commun ity is especially urged to join with us in an earnest effort for a great reviv al. Pray for us and participate with ; ns. Services will begin at 7.-10. E. W. Reynolds. Pastor. Bees For Sale. I have several colonies of bees that I will sell for $8.50 per colony. They are in Doretail Hives in good condi tion. This is a good time to move them, and it will'be to the advantage of those who raise fruit, to have the bees in time to work on the blossom-?, as a' better crop of fruit is secured when the bloom is fertilized by the bees. X. G. OSTEEX. 220 \v. Hahmpton Ave. /The National Bank of South Caro lina has purchased and installed a new" burglar proof safe that weighs nearly ten tons. It is the largest safe ever brought to Sumter. SANITARY CAMPAIGN. County Health Survey and Rural Nurse? Fund Paid in to Suniter Chamber of Commerce. Previously published from white citizens.$1,020.35 County Board of Education. 250.00 Colored citizens. 410.70 New collections from col ored citizens by R. W. West berry from four churches, as follows: Queen's Chapel, Rev. S. A. Robinson, pastor.... 5.00 High Hills Baptist church. Rev. Jones, pastor. 5.00 Harkless Gaines. 1.00 Amy Boldeh. 1.00 Plummer Kendrick. 1.00 T. J. Brooks.. .. 1. 1.00 Ruben Bolden... 1.00 Ruben Curtis:. .-. 1.00 Rev. William Jones. 1.00 Thomas Capers. 1.00 Warren Bolden. . 1.00 James Dinkins... 1.00 Robert Ballard.? 1.00 Bethel Baptist church. Rev. J. P. Garrick, pastor: N. J. Nethaniel. 1.00 Rev. J. P. Garrick. 1.00 S. B. Bracey. 1.00 B. Burns. 1.00 L. Dwyer.. '.. 1.00 Edward Washington.. .. .. 3.00 D. W. Walters.. 1.00 Xathan Amos.? .. .. 1.00 Henry Burroughs. . .. 1.00 James Andrews. .. 1.00 Jim Wilson. 1.00 Charley McBride. 1.00 Edward Rose. 1.00 Charley Kennedy... 1.00 Willia Blair. 1.00 "Mulberry Baptist church. Rev. I. W. Williams, pas tor: Phillip Ford. 1.00 Edward Spann.. ,. .50 Warren Davis. 1.00 John Fullard. 1.00 Robert Stewart. 1.00 Lawson Kibbler. 1.00 Rebecca James. 1.0? Cyrus Scott. 1.00 Martha Gordon. 1.00 Charles Peebles. 1.00 E. J. Nelson. 1.00 $4 5.50 Total from all sources, paid into Chamber of Com merce.$1,732.55 The colored citizens of the rural districts have taken a keen interest in the rural health survey and rural visiting nurse, and numbers of aealth meetings have been held after jervices at colored churches to raise noney for these two purposes.- Sum :er city colored citizens have ?been.; leaders- in going out to the country :o make talks and to raise fu xls, and nany Sumter city colored men and vomen have subscribed. There is practically no interest among the vhite rural citizens, (with a compara Ively few exceptions in a few com- < minifies.) and as far as is known, mthing is being done, among the vhite rural citizens to raise any mon- . ?y for either the health survey or ;he rural visiting nurse, at present. >r for weeks past. Just why the vhite rural citizens are so disinterest id, and in a number of instances >pposing this educational campaign :o Increase interest in civic improve ment, and in conservation of health md life is a mystery to the leaders of these two movements. ! . One dollar per person among the white citizens of each rural com munity would "easily raise the balance of the necessary three thousand and three hundred dollars, but there does not seem to be any one among the white rural citizens who is in the least bit interested in doing anything for thi=? educational campaign which is being- put on' exclusively for the rural districts. Most of the money so far sent in from white rural citizens has been in $50. $25. $10 and $5 individual subscriptions from a few of the pub lic spirited men and women of se\' eral communities, showing that the majority of the white rural citizens are not interested at all nor are they contributing. The Sumter Civic League ladies and a number of the city and country ladies of the Wo man's Council of Defense, and of the men's Council of Defense have worked hard to stir up rural interest but ap parently in vain, in all but a few communities. More than one hun dred white male citizens, averaging ten to each township, members of the Sumter County Council of De fense, and more than two hundred and fifty white rural ladies have been written to, each of them at least twice, and many of them three times, ladies :n every community and every township and every school district, requesting them to cooperate and to organize and try to raise money. Only a few have ever replied, or attempted to do anything so far as is known in Sumter. So it '-annot be said that there is any lack of leadership in the city of Sumter. or that the rural white peo ple have not had the matter brought to their attention and explained to them fally in this way besides hun dreds of columns of publicity about the health survey in the past few months and the rural nurse funds, and hundreds of speeches made' by the Civic League, and rural ladies, home demonstration agents. State! board of health doctors, and Cham-] ber of Commerce committees and j officers throughout the rural sections of this county. Reception for Teachers. On Friday afternoon at the home of .Mrs. Oo. D. Shore, the teachers of the Sunster city schools were de lightfully and informally entertained by Mrs. Shore and her sister. Miss Jennie Doar. Assisting these were a few special friends, Mrs. S. H. Ed munds. Mrs. Rees, Mrs. Percy Smith. Mrs. Benj. Hodges. Mrs. Herbert Haynsworth and Mrs. F. A. McLeorl. The parlors were beautifully dec orated with spring flowers, while the tiny red paper hearts everywhere on curtains and draperies were sugges tive of the day?St. Valentines. In the dining room a delicious s\v"et course was served, after which the guests enjoyed a musical program Riven by Mrs. Riley and Miss Naylor. Safety and Service National Bank of South Caroiina I Increases Equipment to Care For Growing Busi ness. .The fact that the National Bank of South Carolina, cf this city, found it necessary to add to its safety deposit facilities by putting- in another and, the latest improved burglar and fire-' proof Mosler Corless safe which weighs about twenty thousand pounds, shows that Sumter's banking businesses steadily on the increase, i A special and large concrete foun dation had to be put down to hold this modern and most unique piece of scientific mechanism and steel struc ture which has been added princi pally far the purpose of holding safe ly against burglars or fire, the hun dreds of thousands of dollars of Lib erty Loan bonds. War Savings stamps, and other high class securities of this fast growing bank and its hundreds of customers. The National Bank of South Caro lina is'the largest holder of Liberty Loan bonds in this section of South Carolina, owning in the name and ti tle of this' bank $60,000 worth of these, bonds, besides carrying for its 'us tomers something like $200,000 worth of the same kind of bonds. This bank also has loaned heavily to the government through carrying about $40,000 worth of Certificates of Indebtedness of the federal treasury. About $300,000 is being carried for the farmer customers of this popular financial institution in the shape of loans on cotton and cotton seed. The unprecedented growth of this bank in a few years, from a small beginning to the largest bank in East Carolina, and the continued increase of its customers, deposits, and Ic< ins, shows that Sumter, as a banking center is something to be very p oud of. The National Bank of South Caro lina occupies one of the largest handsomest, and most substantial buildings in the South, and has the pleasure of occupying its own he met and owi s other very valuable real estate and improved realty nex: to the bank itself. It has the largest force of men and women employed of any bank in Eastern Carolina. Sumter's seven banking institutions make Sumter the best place for financial accommodations and for selling or borrowing on cotton, and other iarm products in this Slate. Safety and conservativism, coupled up with business-like but courteous and prompt service make the Nal on al Bank of South Carolina and its six sister Sumter banks the ideal corners for finance, commerce, and agricul ture. The bank's slogan is "Service with Courtesy." BENSON- NE WLANDS. Columbia Trained Nurse Marries Sol dier From Ohio. Miss Martha Benson of Sumter, who h'a>'becn practicing her profes sion of trained nursing in Columbia for the last year, making her home at the nurses' registry on Rich-and street, was married yesterday after noon to Private Stephen Xewland of the military police. Camp Jack?on. The ceremony was performed .at f o'clock at the 'parsonage 'of the Main Street Methodist Church by the cas tor, the Rev. R. S. Truesdale. in the presence of a very few intimate fri-nds of the bride. An informal dinner., followed at the nurses' registry, after which the young couple left for a short wedding trip. The bride, who received her train ing in Sumter, has- been most cor dially received both personally and professionally In Columbia. She was for a' few months in' Red Cross ser vice at Camp Jackson. Mr. Newland hopes - to receive his discharge from the army within the next few weeks and he will then leave with his bride for his home in Dayton - and will' resume his automo bile truck business.?The State, Feb. 16. Fire Saturday Night. Fire was "'discovered about 11.30 Saturday" night in the store of the Carolina Grocery Company. Sv uth Main Street, and'the fire department was called out. After a hard fight the flames were sotten under control and the lire was confined to the build ins. The storeroom was considerably dam aged and the loss on the stock of goods and office fixtures was quite neavy. The fire originated in the office and practically all the office furniture was a total loss. The origin of the fire has not been determined. The ios-5 is largely covered by insur ance. Special Notice. We are pleased to announce the arrival of liutterick's special a-cent who will take subscriptions to :hat indispensable fashion magazine "The Delineator." She will be in our pat tern department during the coming week, are! subscriptions will be tak en at a special offer during her stay in the city. See her promptly if you desire this saving. The Sumter Dry Goods <'o.?Advt. Secretary Reardon is still receiving applications for tobacco seed. His records show that more than 6,000 acres of tobacco will be planted in Sumter county this year if the farm ers plant as much as they have plan ned. Cotton Market LOCAL. P. G. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer. {Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon). Good Middling 2.". Strict Middling 2 1 1-2. Middling' 24. Strict Low Middling 22. NKu YORK COTTON MARK TOT. Yes'td'ys Open High Low Close Close Men . . 23.00 23.80 22.91 23.7o 22.99 German Cannon As Liberty Loan Trophies If a resolution.now before Congress is adopted, two hundred and fifty captured German cannon wjjil be dis tributed as permanent prizes to cities, making the best showing in the Vic tory Liberty Loan campaign. A request has been made by Secre tary of the Treasury Glass that Con gress, make this distribution possible, and liberty Loan worker are hoping to get it through to give the cam paign an added impetus. CITY SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT. _ I Eleven Hundred Ninety-one White ; Pupils. The reports of the superintendent just 'submitted show that in the white schools of the city, there are in the primary and elementary schools 4 51 boys and 4 46 girls; in the High schools,' there are 151 boys and 14 3 girls; making a total in the white schools of the. city of 602 boys and 5S9 girls; a grand total of 1,191 pu pils. The first monthly report issued by the present superintendent in 1895 showed a' total enrollment of the j white school of 282 pupils. There are today 12 more pupils in the High school than there were in the whole schob] at that time and 909 more pu pils in the white schools! In the graduating class of this "year there are 23 boys and 24 girls. COLUMBIA HIGH WINS. Sumter Loses Good Basketball Game. In a last and interesting game of basketabll here Friday night, the un defeated Columbia. High school 5 de feated the Sumter boys, 33 to 24. The game was exciting throughout, both teams playing*"jam-up ball. Sum ter. had the advantage over the visi tors the first half but the capital city j boys came back with a rush during! the last half and forged ahead with a comfortable margin. For Columbia Langley, Watkins and Monteith were j the stars. Henry also played a J splendid defensive game for the visi- j tors. For Sumter Pitts was the ^ut- ) standing star, being ably assisted by Denniston. Sholar, at guard, played j cne of the finest defensive games ev-1 er witnessed on the local floor, keep ing the Columbia star, Scott, to one lone goal. The game was cleanly play ed and very few fouls were called. -? Death. Mr. W. A. Cooper, of Greenwood, j formerly of this county, a son of the late Mr. Frank P. Cooper, died in Ashcvillei N. C. Friday night. He was buried at Brick church Sunday at 9.30. Pretty Draperies! The Sumter Dry Goods Co.. have J just placed on display a most attrac- , tive line of novelty draperies. The] ladies are invited to see the new" pat-j terns in Terry- ',e'rothr*Dundee- "crash', j" Rochelle cretonne, Belfast linenette, j silkoliries. etc.??6*vf. """ Ambassador to France Seattle Man to Succeed Wm. Graves. Sharpe. On Board the U. S. H. George: Washington, Feb. 15.?k(By.Wireless to the Associated . Press).??President Wilson has nominated Hugh C. Wal lace, . of Seattle, ambassador to France, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Graves Sharp. . . ...... ThJ" was the first official act of the pre: <mt on his homeward journey. The president also dispatched tele grams arranging for brief cere-, i monies in connection with the speech which he expects to make at Boston on February 24. - ..... President Wilson spent : the day resting from the strenuous exertions which marked his last few days in Paris. The steamer is heading for the souther.! route in fair weather. The J escorting French warships signalled i farewell soon after leaving Brest, I and the United States dreadnaught New Mexico and several destroyers will be the escort of the George Washington until the Azores are reached. At the Azores the. ship will be met by numerous American de stroyers and convoyed home. Despite the hard work which he will engage in during his brief stay in the United States, the president is al ready planning to begin his return journey to France immediately after the adjournment of congress. It is expected .he will select a suc cessor to Thomas W. Gregory in the attorney generalship of the T nited States, before the ship reaches home waters. United Front in Peace Frenchman's Comment on the League ol Nations. Paris. Feb. 15.?"The fundamental point of the covenant which President Wilson submitted to the conference yesterday." writes Jean Herbette, po litical editor of The Temps, "is that the nations which united in the fight for the right will remain as united tq maintain peace as they were to win the war. Before the peace pre liminaries and before the bond form ed by the fraternity of arms has,dis appeared, a new bond appears. "For this great boon most of the credit is due to President Wilson, whose departure France salutes to day and whose return she awaits. President Wilson is not only the sow er of generous ideals, but he has been a skilifui tactician. ' Sometimes pa tient, spmetimes pressing, he is al ways tenacious. He "was hot willing to return to Washington without car rying with him the plan of the cove nant. We congratulate him and we congratulate ourselves. " ' i-1?-?Z?L?* .-tv,. Something Every Lady Admires." Pretty draperies for home decora tions appeal to the cultivated taste of every -lady, and the-r Sumter Dry Goods "CO.-are showing "a beautiful line which they invite every home keeper to-call and see.?Advt: 1 Jarred His Whole Body This Sumter? S. C. Man's Nerves Were So Bad That Every Step Jarred His Whole Body. Had to Wear Rubber-Heels. Dreco Came to His Aid. "My nerves became so unstrung, that every time my foot touched the ground I could feel-ar jar go - through:, my whole body?it got so bad that-I had to wear rubber heels to make my walking easy," declared Mr. J. H. Gardner of 21S W. Libety St., Sum ter, S. C. "Some time ago my stomach went back on me. I had terrible pains and' gas; was constipated; my liver wouldn't act. and I'd frequently suf- j fer from dizzy spells; my kidneys, began to trouble me and : then> my nerves went all to pieces. "I began the Dreco treatment and before I had. finished one bottle I* wa. iike a different person. The pains and i;as left m.*; bowels acted regular ev-.ry day; the dizzy spells stopped and my nerves eaimed down. I now sjeep line, and my appetite is huge. To say that { am pleased with Dreco does not begin to express my feel ings." Dreco acts on the stomach, liver, kidneys,, bowels and the blood and assists those organs in performing their duties, as nature intended.?that is why Dreco is so successful. All go>?d drug stores now sell Dreco and it is highly recommended in Sum tcr by Sibert's Drug Store.?Advt. Germany Must Disarm Allies Persist in Demand for Complete Demobilization. Basel, Feb. 15.?The German for eign Secretary von Brockdorf Rrant zau in discussing Germany's foreign policy ir. the national assembly at Weimar yesterday declared that there is a persistent aliied effort to make Germany demobilize all her military forces. lilBERTY BONDS?Bought and sold. If you have bonds that you can not pay for or have to sell, see us. Will pay cash for them or sell them for you. Guthrie & Company. Office over DeLorme's Drug Store. WE SELL?Fertilizer and fertilizer materials of all kinds. Write us for prices. We can save you money. Southern Brokerage Co., Sumter; S. c._ BEESWAX WANT JOD?A n y quantity large cr small Am paying best cash price. See me if you have.. any. N. G. Osteen._, FOR SALE?F. O. B. cars. Camp Jackson, stable manure; very littl? straw. Car load lots only. Chemi' cai _and Fer^hzer ya tue rated very high by Clemson * college. A. A. Strauss. Sumter. S. C. For the father or for the son, we can always furnish the cor rect wearing apparel. r The new Suits for Spring are coming in rapidly, the new style Hats and low-quarter Shoes are already here. We are prepared now better than ever before to fill your wants. Buy where you get the best and remember the largest stock in Eastern Carolina to select from. I \ ?I?Wi I?????I'T iTr wininwrii?f ??w? ? ?i i in in' ? - - THE ? - Home of Hart Schaffner and Marx Clothes?y**^^