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PERSONAL.
' Miss Dorothy Allen, of Savannah,
G?., is visiting Mrs. R. S. Fowler,
i * Mrs. Philip Schlamp and Mrs. E. M.
Huicheaon, who have been visiting
Ml*/ H. M. Stuckey, left last night
for their home in Henderson, Ky.
;, Miss Vermelle Pitts is visiting on
Pawley's Island.
! r'Mr. T. H. Auld, of Eastover, wat in
the city today.
vAfier spending several weeks in Co
lombia with relatives. Mrs. P. P.
Finn has-returned to Sumter, accom
panied by her sister, Mrs. E. A.
Teunginer, also her nephew and nieee
Mi-.' and Mrs. Frank Younginer, who
.spend several days ..with her.
Finn's mother, Mrs Dora Brun
and tittle grandaughter, Dora
Thomas, are also spending, a few days
with her and will leave Thursday for
?shev?le, N. C.
' $';-iit&sr?. Brice and Chalmers Wa
. and. Rev. R. A. Leummuf, of Ches
are spending a few days with Mr.
r7c O. . Berwick on W. Liberty St.
^ - Mrs.' J. M. Skinner and son, Ker
sliaw, went to Charleston yesterday for
a-'few days.
* Miss Edith Cummings of Oswego is
spending, the week wish her sist er in
.Miss Bernie Ramsey left for Green
ville this morning where she will be
the guest of Miss Ruby7 Ragsd ale.
<Mr. *nd Mrs. O. H. Folley and Miss
Moneta Osteen left this morning for
Murcell's Inlet.
\ Miss Elizabeth China is spending
the. week- on Pawley's Island.
- i^jb?. Archie China, after a delight
ful visit; to - her husband's relatives in
2sew Yor_k and other points north, has
returned home. .
^pr. Frank N. Parker, of Emery
T^yerst^r," who has the distinction .of
having declined the ??ce of bishop in
tite^M. R Church, South, passed
through Summer yesterday on his way
to iHeath Springs. :Be .will. deliver a
f^rle?of addresses tq;the District Con
ference in session there. On his re
turn he will occupy the pulpit at Trin
ity Methodist church next Sunday
morning.
?Miss, Margaret James, of Sweet
Btiar^College, Virginia, has returned
to " her home in Darlington, after a
delightful visit to her relatives and
friends in Sumter and Hagood.
First Lieut, la. DeSatissure Boy
klar arrived in the city this morning
fr%n Newport News, Va; He has been
with tfae 3rd Division, Army of Occu
pations'stationed- at Coblenz, Germany.
ttesemtag Business With Germany.
'^?te?lin> June 17.?A. special tele
gram from Chemnitz reports the arri
val, there of the first American buyers
w^Ov^e' placing orders for artificial
flowers. A report from Vienna state*
that-.the fashion specialty shops laere
are'placing liberal orders' with English
aad French firms who are flooding the
Atistrian market with offers,
ri ii iimiim
Death.
j On Tuesday. July 2. Mrs. Louise
i Dwight, wife of Mr. J. S. Dwight, de
? parted this life, after a few weeks' ill
jness in her G3d year.
The funeral services were held at
iCain's burying: grounds, conducted by
Rev TVm. Haynsworth. Mrs. Dwight
was a? faithful member of the Baptist
ichurch and a Christian who lived her
J religion every day, and her example
and influence for good will be greatly]
missed in the community. A devoted
wife and mother, a faithful friend,
companionable in all the social rela
tions of life, her familiar face will be
sadly missed by both colored and
white who were the recipients of her
many acts of kindness.
Edward Mims Pitts.
From The Daily Item, July 9.
j The many friends of Mims Pitts
and of Ms family were greatly shock
ed on yesterday to learn that Mims
was desperately ill. He had worked
very diligently on Monday and had
left his place of business in his usual
ly happy frame of mind, seeming to
be in particularly good spirits. After
?leaving. the office he ate something
that made him very sick and this
acute sickness caused a blood vessel
to be broken which threw him into a
deep coma from which he never ral
lied. He died at 9 o'clock last night.
Mims Pitts was a young man of
about twenty years of age. He was
graduated from the Sumter High
sehool in the class of 1917. He went
to Clemson College in the fail of 1917,
subsequently joining the S. A. T. C.
unit at. the University of South Caro
lina. He had a bright future before
him. He had unusually good mechan
ical skill and talent and this accom
panied with a very attractive person
ality and with unlimited energy gave
promise of a very successful career.
Mims was the son of a widow, Mrs.
A, <K. Pitts, and she and the other
members of the family and a large
family connection have. the sincere
sympathy of a host of friends.
! The funeral services wiii be held
at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at St.
'Anne's Catholic Church.
Embarcation Instructions No. 14
from Base Section No. 1, St. Nazaire
France, "Designated Lieut Col. W. C.
Stoil, Inf., and Captain Robert TV.
McKay, Inf., commanding officer and
adjutant respectively, of United States
troops on board the U. S. S. Mercury.
The Mercury sailed from St. Nazaire
on June 24th and a wire from Capt.
McKay to his father announced the
safe arrival of ehe transport at New
port News on July 5th. Capt. Mc
Kay entered the service in August, j
1917 and was with the 60th regiment,!
infantry, regulars, through its stren
uous campaigns: - A warm, welcome
from friends awaits him.
Messrs. Hugh Witherspoon and R.
a. Pierson of Mayesville brought two
loads of tobacco to town today and
had same stored in the new ware
house of Knott & Newton. The first
sale is scheduled to take place on the
15 th at this warehouse.
Bountiful Crops
Tobacco, Sweet Potatoes and Rice
Expected to Make New
Records
.Washington, July 9.?Bountiful
farm ;crops this year were indicated
today in the department of agricul
ture's July forecasts based on condi
tions existing the first of the month.
Winter wheat and rye nowbejng har
vested showed the largest production
ever attained. Record crops of sweet
potatoes, tobacco and rice also were
predicted and the production of spring
wheat, corn, oats, barley, Irish poto
toes and hay is expected to be larger
than the average of the five years,
1913-17. Value of wheat, corn and
oats crops combined amounts to $8,
340,622,000, based on July 1 farm
price*. The value of corn is $4,768,
475,000; wheat, $2,577,420,000, and
oats, $994,727,000.
Plant diseases and other conditions,
however, made heavy inroads during
June on prospective wheat and oats
production. The forecast shows a
loss of 75,000,000 bushels of wheat
since the June estimate and a reduc
tion of 43,000,000 bushels in the pros
pective oat crop. High temperatures
caused deterioration in the conditions
of winter wheat in some sections,
whiie plant diseases increased it in
central districts. The heat also af
fected spring wheat in some parts of
the belt where black rust has ap
peared and somewhat damaged tne
crop.
The area planted in corn, white
potatoes, flax and rice is smaller than
last year, while the acreage of sweet
potatoes and tobacco is larger.
Production forecasts of the coun
try's principal farm crops, estimated
on the condition of the crops July 1,
were announced todav by the depart
ment of agriculture as follows (fig
ures in mililons of bushels).
Winter wheat, 839; spring wheat,
322; ail wheat, 1,161; corn, 2,815;
oats, 1,403, barley, 231; rye, 103:
white potatoes, 391; sweet potatoes,
102; tobacco. 1,453 pounds; flax, 13.2:
rice, 42.5; hay, 11,6: apples (total)
156; apples (commercial) 24.5 barrels;
peaches, 50 bushels.
Condition of the crops on July 1
and crop acreages not previously an
nounced follow:
Winter wheat, 89. per cent, of a
normal; spring wheat, 80.9 per cent.;
corn, 86.7 and 102.977,000 acres; oats,
87 per cent.; barley, 87.4 per cent.;
rye, 85^.7 per cent; white potatoes, 8,7?6
per cent., and 4,003.000 acres; sweet
potatoes, 90.1 per cent, and 1.023,000
acres; tobacco, 83.6 per cent, and
1,774.300 acres; flax, 73.5 per cent-,
and 1.851.000 acres; rye. 89.5 per cent
and-1.091.300 acres; hay, 91.1 per
per cent., apples. 56.6 per cent.:
peaches. 69. per cent.
Wheat of last year's crop remain
ing on farms July . 1 amounted to
19.644,000,000 bushels, compared
with 8,063.000 last year and. 37,413;,
000 the average July 1 stocks for the
five years, 1913-17.
Condition and production forecast
(in thousands of bushels) of corn in
I principal .Southern States follow:
j Virginia, 91 pr-r c*mt. of a normal
fand 51,870 bushels.
j North Carolina, .X'j per cent, and
j 03,989 bushels.
Georgia, 83 per cent, and 6*1,063
bushels.
Tennessee, 83 per cent, and $>0,5di>
bushels.
Alabama, 76 per cent, and 66,fi46
bushels.
Mississippi, 70 per cent, and 58,-'58
bushels.
Louisiana, 75 per cent, and 33,994
bushels.
Base Hospital Defeated
In a slow and uninteresting game of
tall yesterday afternoon the Sumter
team defeated a team representing!
the base hospital from Camp Jack
son by the score of 10 to 6.: Skinner
hurler for the home team, had the
I Columbia team guessing until the last
two innings when he let up consider
ably. Brittenstein, an old Sally
leaguer, pitched fair ball for the visi
tors, but faulty support coupled .vith
opportune hitting on,the part of the
locals ran the score up. Flowers and
Burns featured for Sumter with their
! heavy and timely hitting. Miller at
second for Columbia made a sensa-1
tional stop of a ground ball.
The Sumter boys meet the Colum
bia T. M. C. A. team tomorrow in i
what promises to be a splendid game.
Next week Georgetown with a hired
team invades Sumter for two games.
Several new faces will appear for the
Gamecocks in these games. j
Score of yesterday's game' follows:
R. H -E. i
Sumter.201 060 010 10 10 3]
Columbia .. ..u00 000 024 6 10 7j
Batteries: Skinner and Burns;
Brittenstein and Dertrich.
The Summer School in Progress.
Clemsorr College, July 7.?What
promises to be the most successful
Summer School ever conducted by the
Agricultural Department of Clemson
College began on scheduled time last
Tuesday with a good attendance,
which will be increased today by the
arrival of the club boys.
For the first time a number of li
lies are taking courses, and there are
also a good many married ladies and
children here as visitors, to be with
husbands and fathers who are at
tending the Summer School. Pro
vision was made for this in advance,
and the institution is glad Nto have
these visitors.
The club boys begin their two weeks
course on the Sth. The two prize win
ners from each county are entitled to
ittend with free tuition, and other
club members attend by paying a
smail fee. Mr. L. L, Baker. Supervis
ing Agent of Club Workt wil Ibe in
charge of the boys. ? - --
The big Farmers' TVeek.r July 21 to
26, will be the climax of the Summer
School. A strong program is just
ibout completed, and Clemson College
expects to welcome a large host of
Carolina farmers to their agricultural
college that week. Fuller announce
?rMts will be rnnrip within .a. ff-w ^av?
Exception is Made
For Camp Jackson
Columbia Cantonment in List of
Favored in Orders From War
Department
Washing! -a. July I).?Complying
with the terms of the : tmy bill await
ing the president's signature, Secre
tary Baker today issued instructions
for the discontinuation of fitl con
struction wni K and the purchase of
Jreal estate for aviati -n fields, balloon
fields and air service schools. Where
j condemnation proceedings have been
instituted to acquire real estate they
will be continued until specific author
ity has been .obtained in each ease
to drop the proceedings. The only ex
ceptions under the bill ar<: in the cases
ot Camps Jackson. Gordon. Taylor.
Lee, Custer, Devens, Dix, Dodge.
Grant, Meade, Pike, Sherman, Travis
and Upton.
Marriage Licenses.
White?Frank Freemon of Sumter
to Marsella Persighia of Sumter.
Colored?Chester Woods of Sumter
to Stella Williams of Sumter.
Mosquitoes Bad in England.
Correspondence of Associated Press.
London, June 17.?Moso.uitoes, or
midges as they are called here, are
proving a pest this summer in various
parts of England. As a rule they are
harmless insects in this country, but
Miss Mary Ashley of Seven Kings,
aged 21, was ,so severely poisoned after
being stung on the nose by a mos
quito that she died,.four da3'S later.
Only Small Crowd U
Paid to Se^f^tt
Less Than Twenty Thousand*
cording to Figures lha^%
Compiled at Tofecfo
Toledo, Ohio, July 9.?Eiactlyv r
650 persons paid their way into, the .
Bayview Park arena on July 4 ta.:see '
ihe heavyweight championship, htfult
between VVillard and Dempsey. O?-'
cial figures as to attendance"?&dI t^-".
ceipts were announced today by-Fr?n?
?. Flc -Trnoy,. Tex Rickar^^?fk^
in the venture. !
The. receipts, after the government
tax of -$41,759.94' had heen dedr? '
were $410,732.16.- The 1 > per
charity fund -for the city of"
was slightly under ??' \i
There were 292 policemen in tie.;
stadium. 75 . firemen, $00 u^er?y ^0
ticket takers, 20 ticket sellers and
! 4 54 press representatives. -
j The principal expenses of the PjHK
I meters weer as follows: ' " "ti-?
! VvTUard, $100,000; Dempsey,
j 500; arena construction, $15:0,000"; l?-}
' ledo charity fund $30,000?total' $302?-'
|5oo. ? " 'M
J Other charges probably will make.
I the cost approximately $325.0tf?, fe^s^:
i ing the promoters profit somewhat Be?.'
I low $100,000, Mr. Flpurhoy sai?u :
I . The arena was constructed^'to seaf.'
j 90,000. Flournoy announced tfcisfc.4i
ternoon that it had been so^' tfcfm
j American House Wrecking Company
! of Chicago for $2?,?00y'being disposed
{of- to the highest''bidder. . >-/T
I There is .nearly 2,000,000: feist ja&\
j lumber in the plant. . Work of. te^gj
jing it down will begin at once, it^^h\
I said. "' ' / " ;
There!--That's
MANY of our parents fie bo&
surprised and pjeased a! f&?
results of our si3f mfit&flA|jl
with glasses that give: them *
vision than they have ever
Are You in
About Your Eyes?
Defective vision is often hard to detect
by the persons themselyet A
many never realize the condition
eyes are in until an examination
their plight We demonstrate your
beyond doubt before prescrifew h^Jii Jtm i
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'We Guarantee Go od Rcsutla*
Optometrist^
Office at Cfty-^W'StfW?
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Hop the first train, aeroplane, automobile, horse, street car, kivered wagon, or take shank's ponies and get here as fast as
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We Must Sell $25,000 Worth of Merchandise in 10 Days, Are we going
to do it? You Can Bet Your Socks We Will!
ALEX AVERBUCK, Proprietor
38 South Main Street, Sumter, S. C.