Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PI SH a?jpas M 3 Guljpri jjfcWig SS t?*ft P0?O?c* ** Sumter, & C> M fcieuCHM! ClJuw Malier PERSONAL. Mrs. J. B. Richardson received a telegram announcing the arrival of her son, Norris, at Camp Merritt, New Jersey. Mr. O. L. Yates, cashier of the Fitst Natonal Bank, is attending the meet ing of the Bankers' Convention at Tybee Island, Ga. Miss Harriet Rawlins, of .Washing ton, "N. .' C, is visiting her uncle, Mr. M. B. Randle. ; Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Joye left Tues day for a stay of several weeks m Baltimore and Virginia. Mr. Claude E. Gillespie of Colum "bia.has come to Sumter to assist his brother at the U. S. Woolen Mills Co., and expects to make this i city his home, ? Mrs. Walter Folsom and family left th& morning to spend the summer in Aaheville, N. C. N , Mrs. W. Ellis Beejter, Mra T. E. Fpse and Miss Nannie Fose, of Latta, j visited the family of J. G. Crawford on Bartlett Street recently. Mrs. Altamont Moses and Miss Kate Moses have returned from Sullivan's Island. Mrs. Henry P. Moses and children and Mrs. Markley Lee have gone to Saluda, where they will spend the summer. Miss Virginia Thomas is visiting relatives in the city. . Maurice Randle and Mimms Pitts are at home from Clemson College. Miss Marian RaftTeld left today for Bock Hill to attend the Winthrop Summer School. Mrs. E. C. *Haynsworth of Sumter is expected in Columbia this week to I visft at the home of her brother, Tazewell T. TaHey, on Pendleton Street. She will also be the guest dur ing a part of hex stay of her sister. Mrs. Henry L. Elliott, on Gregg Street.?The State. 3?SB Qnattiehauin's Gues:. Miss Iva Belle Hughson of Sumter is visiting Miss Julia Q?attlebaum in North Columbia.?The State. |S?r. Bartow Walsh has gone to . ^eaufort, S. C, on " a fishing trip. Dr.' E. P. BuRant left this morning ' for Columbia to attend a three-day ? session of the South Carolina State . Dental Association. ? Dr. G. R. Baringer is in Columbia ? attending the sessions of the South ? Carohha State Dental Association. i Mr. and Mrs. Jno. T. Green have as \ their guests at their home on Broad ? street their nieces, Misses Beth Green . of Spartanburg, and Elizabeth Lu- , cius of Elliott, and -their nephew, \ E?gh Green, also of EUiott, Miss Mary Bland is visiting friends in YorVr; Mr. Preston Manning left yester- . day for Camp Zachery Taylor, Ky., , where he will enter a training camp : for six weeks. Mrs. Reed, of Charleston, is the Suest of Mrs. F. Finnant on Bread st: "- - . ; , s Miss Claudia Fraser, who has bee. visiting in North Carolina has r turned home, ?** Dr. &. H. Edmunds is attending a , meeting of the State Board of Educa- , tion in .Columbia. , Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Rarby and fam ily left this morning for Pawle3T'3 Is land where they will spend the sum mer. Mr. Harmon, who recently under went an operation, is improving rap Idly. Miss Lois Richardson, of George town, is visiting Mrs. M. H. Fiaum on Cathoun St. The race track is being put into condition for the Fourth of July Races. A large force of hands, under the direction of Engineer Joseph Palmer, is at work leveling and grad ing the track and banking the curves, so that the cars may make the turns at high speed. When this work has been completed the track will be giv en a coating of road oil, a car load having been ordered for that purpose. The grandstand is being enlarged and The "whole grounds enclosed with a high and substantial fence. It is the ?purpose of the Race Track Associa tion to make this the best track in the State and they are sparing no ex pense in the effort to carry out this I plan. The races on the Fourth wili be the event of the day in this sec tion of the State and a big crowd is expected. The big race of the uay will be the fifty mile event, in which there will be a large number of cars. The City Council has under consid eration several bids for the Opera House property, which were submit ted in response to the advertisement recently issued by Council. No state ment has been made by Council in reference to the plans it has in the event that the Opera House is sold. '? Various rumors are afloat. One is that a part of the funds derived from the sale will be used to pur chase a suitable lot and erect thereon &' building for city offices and a city jail. Another is that it is planned to use the funds and as much more as may be necessary tc build a new and modern opera house that will be a credit to the city. The first propo sition is in the line of economy, the second will cost the city a great deal more money than can possibly be de rived from the sale of the present building. The present Opera House ha snever paid anything like fair in terest on the money invested, and it gees without saving that the erection [ *0f a new building at this time, the cost of material and labor taken into ?^onsider^Tion. will cost a great deal n.ore than the old building. Cons1-' Quently the city will have a large in vestment in a property that will be non-productive?more so than the old. If it is the plan to provide a modern Opera House for Sumter it might be less expensive to re-model the old building, placing the Opera House on the ground floor, and mak ing some other provision for the city offices and jail. Before any definite action is taken it would be well for City Council to take the taxpayers of the city fully into their confidence and have the matter discussed fully at a mass meeting or otherwise. Injured at Races Allist er Wheeter Knocked Down By Racing Car at Darlington and Severely Injured D?ring- the automobile races at Darlington Monday Ahister Wheel er, a seventeen-year-old boy of this city was seriously injured by being knocked down by one of the racing cars. One leg was broken In two places and badly mangled and he re ceived other painful bruises. He was taken to Dr. MoLecd's infirmary at Florence as quickly as possible aftei the accident, it was stated tnat it was possible that it would be necessary tc amputate the injured leg, but as to this no decision was arrived at last night. I The accident occurred when Wheel-1 er attempted to cross the race track.] He was standing behind a car on the side of the traeK and started to crosj the track to another car. He did not see the approaching car that wa.^ tuning up., and almost as he stepped cut on the track was' struck and knocked down. WAR RISK INSURANCE. News for Discharged Soldiers, Sailors 3farines and Other Personnel, Bene ficaries of the Bureau of War Risfc Insurance and United States Public Health Service. Ail persons N discharged from the military or naval forces residing irr and about this city, can now receive medical attention and medical exami nation for the filing of application? for compensation. The United State: Public Health Service, the medical adviscJrs to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, have established offices in Sumter, and Di*. H. L?. Shaw, whose address is 240 Church Street, has beer appointed as local government exam iner. All persons desiring to obtain insurance or filing application for compensation under the Bureau of War Risk act, must furnish a medi cal certificate of their physical condi <:on. These persons, by applying tc Dr. H. L. Shaw at his office may be jxamined and all necessary papers filled out free of charge. Such per sons will also receive, at the expense >f the government, medical relief, or ye sent to a got*ernrnent hospital or nstttution, should this be necessary. The headquarters for the 5th Dis rict, which comprises the States of S?rth and South Carolina, Georgia riorida and Tennessee, have been es ablished in Atlanta. Persons desir ng further information should write o Dr. J. A. Watkins. 5th Floor Cham ber of Commerce Building, Atlanta ?a. Porch Party for Miss Parrott. Miss Mabel Booth gave a delight hi porch party Saturday morning ir lonor^f Miss Hassie Parrott. Each ruest was given a towel to embroider Ln ice course was served, and on each date was an attractive hand painted :ard with a bride and groom in ar eroplane. Miss Parrott was presented' with the owels and a coilar and cuff set. Th< fuests present were Misses Parrott. [Vatiace, Taylor, Boyd, Haynsworth. 3oyle, and Mesdames Forester, Boyle Marren, Moore, Del^orme, Boykin. Moses, and Phillips. Mrs. Phillips Entertains for Ml?s Parrott. Another charming entertainmen1 ?iven in honor of Miss Parrott was an nformal luncheon given by Mrs. W. R. Phillips at her home on Church Street on Friday morning. Dish towels were hemmed and presented to the bride-elect, then the guests were invited into the dining room where a tabie beautifully dec rated with a chain of daisies was sei for twelve. A delicious fruit ice and sal id course was served. In business circles the appointment of Assistant Postmaster T. S. Doar, as Acting Postmaster, has given general satisfaction and a majority of those with whom the matter has been dis cussed have expressed the opinion that Mr. Doar is the logical man to be named as the successor of Dr. Dick His long and efficient service as As sistant Postmaster has peculiarly fitted him for the position and if it were left to the majority of the business men of Sumter he would be selected as the first choice. If the selection of a postmaster could be entirely di vorced from politics, in practice, as well as in theory, the promotion of Assistant Postmaster Doar would be certain and the thing to be expected but unless the usual procedure is abandoned there will be more poli tics than business involved in the se lection, unless the patrons of the of fice take a hand in the matter ami make known their wishes in .an em phatic manner to the authorities and the office holders who have a finger ir the distribution of federal offices There is neither good business nor srood sense in making the postofnee the hub of a political machine that is expected to operate for the benefit of office holders and office seekers The way to keep politics out of the postoffice is to put a man in charge who is not politician, but a man train ed in the busine?* that be is to direct ?that is to say a man who is familiar with the details and routine of the postoffice business, and gives his time and ability to carrying on the office | so as to give the public the best pos- j sible service. If the many people of \ this city who have said That they hoped that Mr. Doar would be named as postmaster for the full term really) want their wish to comf true they can materially assist in hrinting ii to pass by sittine down today and writing let ters to Donators Smith and Dial and to Reprf?putative I.ever stating ih^* wishes in plain and unmistakable terms. Paris, May lfi.?When a deput" speaking in the Chamber last night said tha* France's war casualties ii ieluded 30.000 men who had lost their sight, the Under Secretary of th-> Army Medical Department at once challem ? ed the figure. Later in the same s:f ting he announced that the number of blinded men does not exceed 1,500. Adjusting Excursion Rates IChamber of Commerce Protests Against Discrimination Against Sumter Complaints being made to the Sum ter Chamber or Commerce that the Sunday Excursion fares to Charles con from Columbia were $1.50 and from Sumter to Charleston $2.b'J; he former via the Southern Railway, rht latter via the Atlantic Coast Line Raii Road Company, Secretary Rear ion took the matter up "with Mr. T. C. White, general passenger agent of :he A. C. L. R. R. Company for ex planation as to "wiry the fare from Columbia to Chariestcn should be so ranch less than from Sumter to Char eston when Sumter is about thirty five miles nearer to Charleston than Columbia is. The Atlantic Coast Line has been requested to make the time of departure from Charleston j:ot variier than 8.35 Sunday night. The following letter from Mr. T. C. White j to Secretary Reardon admits that I :here is a slight discrimination against Sumter which wiii be corrected doubt ess by next Sunday, but the differ ence in .the fares as reported at first ;vas decidedly erroneous to say the 'east. If Sumter peopie wiii go on ex cursions on Sunday, and do, it is ar gued that they shouid get the same ?.ccommcdations as people from Col ombia and other points. Mr. White writes as follows: Tour letter of June 10th, address-1 ?d to Mr. Player, Ticket Agent, Sum-1 :er. has been referred to the writer. J I note you state the Sunday excur sion fare Columbia to Charleston and return via the Southern Railroad is j 51.50, and the tickers sold at this fare j are good leaving Charleston at 101 o. m. Evidently you have not been j correctly informed in as much as the i 'are Columbia to Charleston and re turn via the Southern Railroad, is $2.00, with war.tax of 3 per centj a.??ed, or a total ot $2.16. Then igain ?il such tickets are good re turning not later than the departure >f the 8.30 p. m. train from Charles ton. The rate from Sumter to Charles -on and return, via the Atlantic Coast! Line is $2.10, with war tax added, I "52.27, 'and. I am frank to admit that Lhe fare from Sumter should be no higher than from Columbia. This office has no authority to make ! ?he reduction, but we are to day ask- J mg for permision to make the rate j ?2.00 from Sumter to Charleston and i i-eturn, plus war tax of 8 per cent, ef- ' Toctive Sunday, June 22nd, and I hope , .ve maj- be able to so arrange. It may not be amiss to advise you hat in publication of our Sunday ex cursion, summer tariffs, etc., we were directed to place in effect the same fares, etc., that were in effect during .he summer season 1917, plus !20 oer cent and the fare $2.10 from j Sumter is the result of the application j )f this basis. We do not sell from ; Columbia to Charleston and therefore had no knowledge of what fare the Southern Raihoad would use, how- ? rverv had we known in the beginning j *hat the fare from Columbia via th:- ; Southern would be ,$2.00 our fare; vouid not have exceeded this sum. \s above stated. I hope to have the j fare from Sumter not exceed the fare 'rom Columbia not later than June ?22nd. Yours very truly, ' Signed T. C. White General Passenger Agent 4 Adjustment of passenger and j freight rates, as far as possible is a j aart of a Chamber of Commerce du- ! res, and where rates for passen gr- j :>r freight service to and from Sumter j >r to and from any point in Sumter i County are net based on as equitable I ? basis as it is possible to make them, the Chamber of Commerce entertains | ittempts to adjust any discrimination j tgainst Sumter or any point in Sum- ( er county. - Auto Races at Darlington. Following are the results of the j four events: Orre Mile?1st, Hudson, driver Mo- j i-eno. I Five Mile?1st, Chalmers, driver J. ? D. Bethea: 2nd. Hudson, driver Mo-j ?eno. Fifteen Mile?1st, Chalmers, J. D. j 3ethea; 2nd, Chalmers, driver Grist, i Twenty-five Mile?1st, Chalmers. Iriver, Grist; 2nd, Oakland, driver Bradhsm. Vagrants Run In. The police have renewed their ac tivity against the vagrants and with-i m the past few days have arrested I fifteen who had neither jobs nor -isible means of support. Monday 'he police made a round of the usna'| haunts of the vagrants and found net > single loafer. Ail of the idle gen try h2d secured a job or had left fc* a more congenial clime. Policeman Chandler arrested James McCrary, a hackman, and two com panions?Ernest Ford and Isaac Wright?who were on the way from Mayesville Monday afternoon with a large quantity of Jamaica ginger. The -.ringer was in the usual commercial size bottles, but they had attempted to camouflage the cargo by removing the bottles from the cartons and pack ing them in an ice cream churn. When arrested McCrary and the two other men stated that the ginger was the property of Cephas Ford and than hey weer hired by him to bring it from Mayesville to this city. Ce phas Ford was arrested about the -ome time on East Calhoun street by Policemen Owens and Carrigan. as he was making a detour to get into touch wirb McCrary before he reach ed th; city on the Mayesville road. ti is stated that Ford had informali< ? !hat Policeman Chandler was waiting on the road to arrest the ging r sp< cial and he was making a forced march to beat him to it and turn il back. Cephas Ford is the sr.me ne gro who was recently arrested on tlv ehnrge of offering a bribe to two 'he police officers to indu^" them to permit him to carry on his ginger bootlegging business without inter ference. ! ! Tobacco Market Boosting j Chamber of Commerce Opens j Up Free Advertising Cam i paign V The development of the tobacco producing industry and the building up of the Sumter tobacco market j means the expenditure of hundreds of I thousands of doiiard with Sumter's : business estd-Ldishmentts during the dull summer months, and the paying j up in advance of debts incurred dur i ing the year prior to the opening of I the tobacco market. . Judging from what is said by those j who ought to know, and from the un precedented amount of tobacco seed I distributed through the Chamber of j Commerce, and by observing the in crease in the numbers of tobacco beds, j and new tobacoc barns throughout ev j ery portion of the county, it is evi dem.. that with good seasons there will be, by far, the biggest crop of to bacco ever harvested and offered for sale in this county, during July, Au igust and September, ISIS. I Sumter has just invested about 'twenty thousand dollars in another to I baeco warehouse to add '? to the fa ; cilities of the Sumter market for handling tobacco. But other and ! competitive places are also building one and two additional tobaccb ware houses, new markets are being opene 5 up, and Sumter's tobacco market wvl have rto walkover in securing its share of the tobacco offered for sale. The merchants. manufacturers, banks, bfenkers, and professional men of Sumter can do a lot towards prop erly advertising-the Sumter tobacco market and causing much tobacco to be sold in umter that would pos sibly not be sold here, provided th^ Sumter business establishments wilt back up the Sumter warehousemen and the buyers on this market this summer. Sumter's business establishments should write and should talk to their Tobacco growing customers about Sumter's tobacco market, and spread the newsr far and wide that Sumter is no longer a one warehouse tobacco market, . but that Sumter's market j will be one' of the keenest of compe tition in high prices this summer. And last but not least, when the Sumter tobacco market and trade drawing booster trips are put on early j nest month, every business and pro- j t'essional establishment should have a j ar iii the procession with plenty of advertising matter, and rep/esenia- j ? '/es to tell about their own and Sam j ter's unexcelled tobacco market, trad- J ing and banking facilities. ???? j Bombers Busy in Chicago! ?,? Many Houses Damaged in North-1 side Residence Section - Chicago, June 17.?A bomb explod-1 $d near the residence of Wm. D. Austin, in the exclusive northside res idence district last night, broke win dows for blocks around and caused j minor property damage. The explo- ? sioh is believed to have been the se- j ?vug! to a telephone warning to Austin | to get rid of negro tenants in the j property he owns on the southslde. In j that section repeated bomb explosions I have occurred in buildings occupied j by negroes. Socialists Plan Strike ?' Meeting in Paris to Organize Movement to Tie Up In dustry * Paris, June 17.?The executive com-; minee of the French Socialist party: tnd a delegation of Italian Socialists; ind labor leaders met today to dis- j cuss the organization of a simultan-1 nous general strike by labor organiza- i ions and Socialists in Great Britai. , I France, Italy and Belgium. Ml<MHMMHBHHnHMr^?Bil wrmrr." ----- . v ;?.} 'SUlXrs AMD SUPPLIES?1 havt l.tely received a few Georgia mad-?.- j hives and fxjomes?S and 10 frame j size. Also on hand sections and j foundation for comb honey. N. G. j Osteen, 320 W. Hampton Ave._ tEESWAX WANTED?Any quantity! large or small Am paying besi cash price. See me if you have5 j ?nr. N. G. Osteen. _? Boll Weevil in Jasper About 60 Per Cent of Cotton Crop Now Infested year none' expected that mach, age would be done until, the last of July or the first of August, ?l^fftere fore They planted their crop *ax\iit than usual, trusting to make;.;ft>-b'f Jfore the. weevil got starte?'. |ri its deadly work of destruction! It.ja thought that the excesive humidity has caused the w~e^v}Tsto start, so ob er than usual, as for the past two weeks. It has famed almost .SiiyTe^y day. Under the present .ouito^ it now appears that the cotton Nni?n^y rdl be curtailed from sixty to seventy* Congress For Strict Prohibition Ridgeiand, June 14.?Jasper county j today is facing, one of the most seroua problems that ha^ ever pre sented itself?u\e boll weevil. Within thV last fewdays some of the largest farmers in the county have estimated j crop planted Jn Jasper county, that at least sixty per cent of the cot ton pieanted is at this time infested j five per cent, with the weerii. In some instances cot ton about two feet high being totally consumed. The owners stating that1 they are unable to find any s?;ja In their fields that liave not been ( punctured. Some of the farmers a: j _ _.-? even plowing up their cotton and | ?OUSe Committee . KeiUSfiS * putting in corn -and peas, with, the j hope of making nt least a crop -?t \ hay on what always had been before their best cotton land. Other farm ers are preparing to fight the weevil. ? and are making preparations to put Washington, Jiine t7.:=^By;:^ja'-ta' a poison solution on the cotton stalks j three vote the heuee -j?(K<^ryCc?i|i under the direction of the county j mittee today refuse^ to adept -thelftio farm agent. . v,Jtioh of. Representative .fepe;"Efem^itt^ ' While most of the farmers expect- | of Missouri, to recommend, the X4&i&* ed that the boll weevil would put in j of war "time prohibition .insoffcr: i?l \& j its. apeparance in large numbers this i relates 'to Hght wines' - ssa^.-pit^^^t. ' Recommend 'BajsalM Time Ban on Boys! There's a Btracb of live Wires' Who Sell 'Green Flag' Motor Oil u This C< at They're right aup-io-tie-minute*' in everything they do, and that's why they're agent* for "GREEW FLAG" MOTOR CIL. I have been using "GREEK*1 FLAG" MOTOR OIL for more than a year, ??} J nothing else, and more than that, l*?*?_ drive ten miles out of my way if it7* -M necessary, to get it. ,1 found their ad vertising honest. Now Pm doing lomo "honest advertising" for "GREEN FLAG* myself, by telling you Jboy? where you can "get if*?; 3^ Clarement FiEing Station Hew* F T0BB?C0 We Have Just Received a Big Shipment Arsenate Lead cf a specially good quality?vsry light and fluffy*??rill | spread well. We nave it in 1 lb., 5 lb., and 25 lb. pack ages. Iff* ? ft f\\\ m m ^????^??ttyf ff y^f yyyyy?^vvirvvyvv'y'yTVT-'r.'r^-y-r-r-> ^ ^ ^-T ?-._._ COUNTRY PLUMBING C?TR?CTS All kinds of Plumbing for Country Homes. We Install Bath Rooms, Cepiic Tanks lifihffftri i%fifc Fair fmirstrv Hampf Estimates Furnisned on Work Anywhere in the Country Free of Charge King Plumbing Co. Sumter, South Carolina