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ASfSKd ?S tfee POffDOiBc* At Soxstrr. 8. G? ?s Second CtutH? Miitw-j PERSONAL. Capt. and Mrs. it. W. Peatros arc the, rguescs of-his brother, Mr. Garnett Peatros at the Claremont Hotel. Capt. trrVd' Mrs. Peatross are from Dallas, Texas. Mr. Bak.er Spann, who is with the Southern Railway at Columbia, is spending a week at home recuperat ing' from a recent illness. Lieut. LouiirC. Bryan, military ob server with the aviation corps in France, 'who landed in-New York last week, arrived in the city -Mon day. He has not y*rt received his for mal discharge from the army, but will -i^o*bam~y "do so in the near future. Lieut. Bryan spent six months in France ? ami was at the front when the arma:t:ce was signed. -2*Jr. and Mrs. ?bejftytteriberg have ?returned from a. "visit "to New York and Atlantic- :City. " Private William "Brogdon, who has! been in service in France for the past I twelve months has received his dis-1 jcttacrge and has returned to his home! at^Brbgdon. He is a son of Mr. W.'T. j Srofdbn. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ryttenberg ofj tNew York are visiting/ Mr. and Mrs. j Abe Ryttenberg, 10 South Washington j street. '" Mr. W. "H.'Strickland of Shaw &: McCoIlum Mercantile Co. leaves to- J jjtght for New York on business. Mrs. J. j. Myers of Congaree is visiting her daughter. Mrs. J. H. Johnson, on Broad street. /."?'.^?sses Lila Brown. Reha Spann, May Blanding and Blanche Spann . this morning . to .model for the annual fashion show which is to take place in Darlington Thursday even ing. Mrs. Richard Wilder accom .panied ,the'm as "chaperon. SeTzed Jamaica Ginger. Policeman' islanding ^DuRant ?r * rented Blandjhg Heriot. colored, /^e?nesday morning and seized for t/bottles of Jamaica ginger. ' ^Pftb arrest and seizure followed im ^?^la^ately upon the delivery of the ^j&tid&ge of ^ginger to Heriot by the rl?rbifess wagon. S . ~> ->il i ? I_ - I .... ? 1 I Fatal Auto Accideflt7 i _ ? I Little Bov Knocked Down Bv Car on West Liberty Street Skull Crushed and Death Oc j curs Within a Few Hours. ?? I Sidney Smith", aged six and half ; years, a son of Mr. S. A. Smith, who j lives on West Eartlette street, was fa J tally injured yesterday afternoon i about four o'clock, when he was i knocked down and run over by a car I driven by Dayton Wilson, coolred, of j PineWood. The accident occurred on ; West Liberty -street near Trinity j Church. According to statements ! made by eye-witnesses, the little boy 'was riding or the back of a wagon j which was being driven west along J ; Liberty strert and just as the car driv- j en by Wilson, which was going in the same direction, approached and' was | ; in the act of passing the wagon, the ? boy jumped off the rear of the wagon j and ran in front of the car. The j fender struck him on the side of 'the I head, knocking him down and the car I passed over his body. He was taken 'at once to the hospital and everything i possible Was done for him, but his I skull was seriously fractured and he ! died about 7 o'clock without regain l, ing consciousness. When the boy was taken to the hospital no one knew who he was and considerable difficul ty was experienced in having him identified. An inquest was held today by Cor oner Scale and a verdict was found that tho child came to his death as the result of a fracture of the slfll. Dayton Wilson, the driver of the car was arrested last night and is being held in jail. The*body of the little boy was tak en to Conway, the former home of the family, where the funeral services were held today. Paris, Feb. 20.?The Question is being asked if the attempt upon Pre mier Clemencau's life was of Bolshe vik origin. The Matin today recalls that a few days ago a Geneva news paper" announced that the. Bolsheviki in Lusanne, Switzerland, were plot ting against M. Clemenceau's life and that two Bolsheviki had crossed the frontier to carry out the plan. The Paris police, says The Petit Parisien, were warned recently that a plot was brewing against the pre mier's life._., ... Good Tires Speed Deliveries No car is better titan its tires. And time lost through tire troubles cannot be replaced. Good tires are the best practical guarantee of ^o?r car's continuous and economical service. United States Tires are good tires?the best tires our 76 years of experience in the rubber business have taught us to fiiake. You have your choice of ;five different types for passenger car or light delivery use? 'Nofcby', 'Chain', 'Uscq% 'Plain', and the famous 'Royal Cord'. There is also the 'Nobby Cord' for heavy duty vehicles, as well as the Solid Truck Tire. Among these good tires you will find exactly the treads best suited to your car and your driving conditions. Our nearest Sales and Service Depot dealer will gladly point them out to you. United States Tires are Good Tires White Man Fifty-Seven Years I Old Shot te Death by His Nephew at Atlantic Coast Line Station This Morning. j A homicide f an- unusual charac ter occurred . the Atlantic Coast Line passenger station Wednesday about ."?.30 A. M. Irby Israel Baker, white', used "57 years was shot by his rnephew, William .Morgan Baker, who used'a single barrel shot gun at such -close ran?o that the entire load of NO. % shot passed entirely through the body. Death resulted from the 'effects ..- of thex wound within iwd hours. The wounded -man. was tak en to' the Tuomey Hospital, but he was beyond human help and he died Without-making a statement. He told Officer Carrfgan that he wanted to tell him all about the trouble, but he lapsed into unconsciousness before he could do so. The story of the killing is told in the testimony of Officer Carrigan bo fore the Coroner's inquest, and be yond r.hese facts little or nothing is known of the circumstances of the tragedy. The dead mar. was an uncle of Wil liam Morgan Baker and the girl with whom he. Irby-1. Galt er was eloping was the daughter of William Morgan Baker. All of the persons concerned in the tragedy are residents of Lee county, in the vicinity of St. Charles. According to reports Israel Baker and the girl walked to this city last night and :the father of the girl learning of their intention to board the 5 o'clock train-for Augusta drove through the-country and waited for, the eloping couple at the stetion. j Then* seems to have been ho words j passed between the two men when they m^t at the station?they met and the shooting followed intsantly. : 'Wrlilahi Morgan Baker and his J brother Mack Newell Baker are- ip j jail and will be held;- ponding a pre- i iiminary. . ' The testimony taken at the Coron- ; er's'inquest and the verdict of the ; jury follow : A. C. Carragan. sworn, says: 1 am j i policeman of the city of SUniter. On , February 19, about 5.-30 a. m. 1 met! Mack Newell Baker (brother of the, man vt ' ?. > did the shooting) at the gate of'the A. C. L. Station. I saw he had a doublebarrel shotgun' behind his back. He seemed to be looking for some one. I asked what was the trouble and who he was lookins for. He said he was looking for a couple who was going off on that train. His brother's daughter and his uncle were the. couple. He wanted-to take them off, or have them! arrested. About that" time I heard a gun fire about 20 feet down- the track and-I'turned in time tor'see.trby Israel Baker, deceas ed, fall. I rushed to the man that had been shot. I saw Wm. Morgan Ba ker about ten feet across the track From the'-man that had been shot. I arrested Baker and took a singiobnrre* breech loading gun from him. I ask ed Why he killed that man. He said TSecause" he was'going off with my daughter." I turned the :gun- over-'to. Policeman J. D. Chandler. The, -laughter of the man that did the -hooting came up and gave me .32] Colt pistol. I also gave this to Mr. Chandler. I don't know where she j ?ot the pistol.. She was kneeling by the wounded man and when she got :p slie handed me the pistol. Ai^out hat time Mack Newell Baker, the irst man I' saw with a gun, came up ind I had a Mr. Strange (with the^ 3u!f Refining Co.) take the gun fromj him. He unloaded the gun, took out| two u'iffircd shells and gave them to; me. I also turned this gun and si i el Is" over to "Mr. Chandler. Later we took? \ pistol off of Mack Newell Baker. Mr. Chandler also has that pistol. I *:ook the wounded man to the Tourney Hospital and phoned for Dr. Leminon. I asked Wm. Morgan Baker why he shot the man. He said "because he was runnng off with my daugher." Lewis Hamflfon, sworn, says: This morning about 5 o'clock I saw Wm Morgan Baker at entrance to the "adies' room. I went to mail some let ters on train and when I started Pack met Irby I Baker, accompanied by lit tle girl that looked to be about 15 vears old. They were" going to train I saw W. Morgan Baker pass fhem and ho looked back as he passed, tin ned and fired his gun directly at Trby Israel Rs.ker. I don't know what <ind of gun. only know it was a shot gun and not a pistol. I didn't see the man that was shot pull a pistol or fire arm of any kind. All of this hapened at passenger station of A. C. L. R. II. in the city of Sumter. S. C J. D. Chandler, sworn, says: 1 am a policeman of the city of Sumter. About 5.20 a. m. 1 got a phone oies-J sapre to come to A. C. L. depot. Ii went. Mr. Carrigan was at the gate I With two shot guns in his hands, one1 hand on Wm. Baker and M. X. Ba ker was standing off some distance. I arrested M. N. Baker. Went down to Mr. Carrigan and took charge of a j single barnd shotgun and a double barrel shot gun and one .32 Colt Owl head pistol which Miss Edith May Ba ker had turned over to him. which she claimed she got from dead man's pocket. 1 took charge of all and came to city hall. There was a recently tired shell in single barrel gun. The double barrel gun was empty. W. M Baker said he was looking for his daughter; said he was walking down track, saw Irby I. Baker. lie had his hand on his pistol and I fired. After T got to city hall I found on W. X. Ba ?4?r a .3S calibre Bull Dopr pistol. i That w<- the coroner's jury find that ion Wednesday. February 10th. 1010. ja. m. at the Atlantic Coast Line Bftil road ? .?Station in the city of Sumter, county of Sumter. State of South Car olina, one Irby Israel Baker came' to his death by a prunshot wound at the hands of William Morgan Baker and that Mack r ewell Baker was acces sory to the shooting of the deceased. There is no doubt .bout, a curtail ment in the use of fertili7.fr this year The financial si.nation will pr< vent the usual lavish expenditure of mon ey for this purpose. It is up loathe .farmers to reduce the acreage .is"r,>e ommended by the cotton cpnfyiejice. Igte? 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Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Sale?^ N.-C k I Situation Grows Serious to Farmers and Railroads. i Thn;t the fertilizer mvement has been slow this year and that conges-1 tion of traffic is probable unless farm- j ers put in their orders at once, is the i burden of a statement issued yester- } day by Regional Railroad Director i Winchell, which Is as follows: "Please let me say a word to our farmer patrons. "The normal yearly movement of fertilZers'in this region runs from three- rtfillion? tb five million tons; This means,' in round figures, ifiO.f'OQ car loads to be handled. ?. ? "Ordinarily most of 'his very large item of traffic is thrown on the rail roads in the months of January." Feb ruary and March. Great- activity on their part is necessary to handle the same well. "By February 10 at .least 40 per Cent Of the whole fertilizer' tonnage has usually been shipped, but this iyear less than 5 per cent has mov [ed'so-far; that is to say,: the move :.ment up to date is about .50,000 ears short of what it should have been. "It is easy for you to see what 1 fear. "A flood of business at the last mo ment cannot be moved to the satis faction of our patrons and complaints will surely follow. We are anxious to avod complaints, but it is obvious that we cannot move all of this ton nage at one time. In order to do the job right it is necessary "that it be well distributed throughout the whole three months. "During the . past . four or five weeks ear conditions and weather have been favorable, but the fer tilizers have not moved freely and immediate activity is now necessary to avoid a condition which will be serious alike to the farmers and the railroads.'* He Acted Like A Drunken Man His Liver Was Sluggish and Dizzy Spells Often Attacked Him; Other Troubles Also Re lieved by Dreco. There are hundreds of people right here in this state who suffer from a sluggish liver, weak kidneys, derang ed stomachs, thick. slow flowing blood, with weary eyes nn< 1 sallow skins, who arc nervous, weak, run- ! down, and victims of constipation. ;\"o remedy ha.- reached the popu larity in removing these human ail-j ments, as has Dreco. the greai her-1 bal remedy, eompounded from Xa-J ture's own roots, herbs, barks and I berries, as is being proven by the signed testimonials of responsible parties. For instance, Mr. .f. I;. | Chllders, of Route l. [nraan, S. C. i {says: j j "My kidneys were weak, stomach I J did noi assimilate my food: gas j 'bloated mo tin; I was full of rh^uma- 1 tism; my ton?aie was coated; breath] 'fold, and sometimes I would get so j dizzy, I would go around like a, drunken man. "I've always had faith in herb : remedies, so when Dreco was adver :':..<!. I ; <>! a boirle, .-nnl it sure has done me worlds of good: in fact, it! has just knocked out all my troubles j and I'm well now as ever in my life." | Dreco. the medicine which did so i much for this man can how be bough! ' at all good <lruK Stores and is hi hiy, recommend^ in Suniter by Sibert's Drug S,pre.--->.dv'. A Plea For Cotton Wants Removal of Export Re strictions. Washington, Feb. 19.?Removal of restrictions on the expori.aiion o" American . goods to neut- a. countries was urged in the house taday by Rep ? resentatwt s Won;!, Indiana, Ropubli Ican. and Heflin. Alabama. Democrat, j If the war trade board's rulings on i trade with neutrals were "continued [another three, months s -if? Repres^n tative Wood, foreign manufacturers [would have a lead which American firms could never overtake. Repre sentative Heflin asked especially that restrictions on the exportation of cot ton and cotton goods be removed and reiterated his demand for an investi gation of the New York cotton ex change. . Under the rulings of the war trade board said Mr. Wood, exporters of Norway, Sweden, Holland or oiher European neutrals must obtain a per mit before a license could be grant ed. "Exporters find it impossible to obtain such permits." he continued "because the Netherlands overseas trust, which is dominated by British influence, and officers see to it that they are net given. England natural- , ly does not want our manufacturers; to compete with hers. You cannot j blame England but you can blame i the administration which should have j seen to it long ago that the restric- j tiohs were removed." Representative Heflin said cotton producers are being forced to accept an abnormally low price for their cotton while the foreign demand was greater than at any other time in history. Referring to the Caraway resolution for investigation of the New York exchange he declared) that "nothing but a conspiracy and j concerted act;on on the part of the | exchange could have driven the price j of cotton futures below the price of: spot cotton." RED CROSS NOTES. The Home Service Department. Men may be the best soldiers in the world, hut if things are not well I with their families at home they lose j efficiency through worry, and the J morale of the army cannot help but begin to fail. So it was that the I Kfd Cross took over home service work, a work that was devoted a' most entirely to the home folk of the j soldier. J :l ha: taken oy-j tie- easv ?.-f the se dier h?. seif. '???, ? '-earning s. ofei: . .s is the :.> :??? servici department 'he same wh<?le h arted ass stance hat the Red Cr; -?. gave him during the days of fighting There are countless ways in which this depart ment helps. XoL only may the sol dier appeal for his family and for allotments for them, hut for employ ment for himself. The disabled sol - ?iier. through home service workers, is put in cmeh w th -ocat er?al schools No request s t ?o ' ]: er too little, tha the soldier or his family might make. Summer Pas had a home service de partment since the first days of the var. bat not until lately his the interest become so great. Miss Ma-' mio Chandler is uow at Atlanta headquarters taking a course that will enable h?r t<? be secretary of his department. .Miss Lang and Miss Lockeridgc. both from head lUarters. have made a great success in getting this d^partm^nt firmly ?"fejabTishcd. it now remains for the keer ihis ins: it et io^. ?= successr ...aV Fo* thai iv'-i).' two workers fronY. Atlanwu? Miss '?.Vci?;f.'iik and ;M1sfe* Thbre?iiftt.tJi'-?.-(.v? been graphed, for,;: Th ? rv-rd ..- : and classes' must-. L't-ji'h.i at < a ?? . .These ladies, both, sk i:ed * ? ? : - wiil offer a two--' we? i s ; ^s-n.-ivv training in home ser-' vice. T'ue t?ni> conditions' of. enroll^ mom which meed bv laid ?? di)&n* are; seri a.?.??.<> of purpos? . and a willing ness 'v d<> I he work involved;; -Trie lectures in the,, course take up. all bran^nes of- s?-c:?.d 'Ifane >yrviee, and so must prove doubl} intere?tf?g* Co anyone who h-: a desire for such'-" st> wledge. At'-th? same time, these ectuns combined w'th the theoreti cal work, will fit one to be an assist ant to the sec.-etary of the Home Ser vice Department. The first of these c'asses Trill be: held Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock? at the Y. M. C. A. Everyone that is . the least bit interested is urged fb come, and we can assure you* that' your interest will become a porma*--. nent one. The work is so interesting,; besides doing so much good, thai, one cannot fail to be enthusiastic. If any further information is de-r sired, phone Miss Lockeridge at or Miss Purdy at 32$, and don't for-, ret that upon the first nieet|ng de pends much of the success that Our Home Service Departmn: must at tain. LOCAL. p. ?;. bowman. Cotton Buyen ' . (Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock No?n)i :cod Middling 25. ? Strict Middling 24 1-2. Middling 24. Strict Low Middling 22. . XFTT YORK COTTON MA URFTS Tes't'd'ys " ?- Open High :'.?";v.- Close" C?0S9 M^h . 23 10 23 3 ? 2" AT, . ? V2 i i May . . 21.90 22.50 21.97 22 Si July . . 21..s.5 21.68 21.13 :1. :: 20:(tf To Arrive Sunday Dost?n Fell 20. -The transport ?, i. Washington, bringing Presi .* Wilson from France wiP . reach I'ost--.- Monday, according :.o a wire less from the steamer today. The message did not indicate the hour tii* may be expected. Th? Oee.r?re Wash hgton u : reach ?he harbor at 1 o'clock Monday? af ternoon, according to a radio'mos s?re today SiKrlilfFV ii?NPS?Bought and sold. i( >?< buwi'.e bonds that* you can ea> for or have to sell. s-*e us. ?Vi;I pay cash for them or seil them for you. Guthrie vv < "osnpany. DeLorme's i'.->-ug Store. t. OTT X SF.FD- I sell ear lots, ar. tn nr'cs. subject bity ,,e?- e.->t:ditio?j on brokerase basis. List tout seed with ny, ? C? . J.' Dwver, Sumte r.* S. C. : ki swax wanted An.\ ruantity large oi s' ?11 : ? ;" ?<--'' be*c cash price. Se? nie if you have "v V -.-. Osteel. FOR SALE?F. O. B. cars. Camp Jackson, stable manure; very little straw Car load lots only. ? Chemi eal and Fertilizer value rat?d xjpef bieh by Clemson college. A. A. u auss, Sumfcer, S. C. -