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?UiMiufl a* the Postofflc* a? Kumtcr, & Q* ?a Seeowd Ota M?:tw. ^' 1.1 ?. PERSONAL. & - Mr. Hugh Dick is visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dick. Mrs. S. R. Smoak. Mrs. A. M. Broughton and Mrs. Frank Lynam left this morning: for Lake Junaluska "where they will spend two weeks at tending the Sunday .School Institute heing held there. Miss Lucile Smoak is visiting friends in Florence. Miss Lola Kirkley is the guest of Mrs. Martha Smith. Miss Creel Durrance, who has been visiting Miss Ellen Virgina Stuckey. left this morning for her home in Jacksonville, Fla. R. F. James, of Fort Scott. San Francisco, Cal.. is at home on a 30 day furlough. He was in the Argonne drive, and has been in overseas ser vici: for the past tnree years. Miss Sara Edmunds has returned from a visit of several weeks to friends in Charleston. Mr. W. D. Eperson, of Pinewood, was in the city today on business. Marriage. Wednesday evening at S.15 o'clock at Presbyterian Manse, Mr. James T. Stogner and Miss Cola Elizabeth Heckel, both of this city, were mar ried. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. P. Marion. Sims-Odom. On Saturday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock, July 19th. at the Salem Bap tist parsonage. Miss Teresia Sims and Mr. Earnest Odom were united in ?marriage. Rev. E. W. Reynolds per forming the ceremony. Only a few friends and relatives of the contract ing parties were present to witness the ceremony. May life be generous in the bestowaL of her choicest bless ings upon these young people. Mr. and Mrs. Odom will make their home near Sumter where Mr. Odom is engaged in farming. City Council Meeting. At a regular meeting of Council! held this evening Mayor Jennings and Councilmen Booth and McCallum were present. The minutes of July 7th and 8th were read and approved. City Manager Brown, and Supt. McKagen recommended that in view of the number of residences now be ing built on West Calhoun and Mc Qeeen streets, that the 2 inch water Vm^ns on Calhoun and Hampton ? streets from Purdy to McQueen be replaced with 6 inch pipes. This work was authorized. 1 Council instructed the City Man- - ager to purchase a mule from? Booth-Boyle Live Stock Co. for the i health department at a price of $250, these figures representing cost to the '? dealers. ( City Manager repor:ed that the hose destroyed by fire at "the Penn- '? Sumter Lumber Co.. was due to lack - of help to the few firemen who were 1 present. The men attending being ] unable to move the hose to a place of safety when threatened by the ! flames. 1 Council requested Manager Brown to formulate plans looking to a re organization of the fire department, and report back as early as practical to a special meeting. A report was heard from City Man ager regarding service given by the incinerator installed at Columbia, which was not entirely satisfactory. The clerk was instructed to corre spond with the manufacturers of these outfits for the purpose of getting prices and general information on the subject. The city manager reported that work of cleaning septic tank for eastern part of city was progressing satisfactorily. Manager Brown was instructed to investigate trucks with the view of trading Fordsfor heavier machine. City Clerk was instructed to notify property owners by advertisement that connections with sewer must be j made immediately. Penalty will be enforced October 1st. Mr. E. H. Moses was employed by City Council to serve as manager of the City Lighting plant in the same capacity as heretofore under private ownership, at a salary of 50.000 a year. It was decided to recommend Mr. H. G. Hill for eletcion as public cot ton weigher. The applicants were: H. G. Hill, W. M. Wolfe. J. H. Seale. S. S. Richardson. H. W. Mitchum. G. J. Myers. Jno. R. Lawson and L. R. Jennings. Old C. S. & X. fr'-isht depot, form erly used by J. W. McKiever, was or-1 dered repaired for prospective tenant. Marriage Uceuses. White?P. B. Harom of Sumter to Susan M. Jones of Due \Wst. S. C. Jas. S. Sro^;i<>;- of Sumter to Cola [ E&za Heckel of Sumter, S . C. Colored?William Vaughn ?of Oswe-i go to Eliza Washington of Sumter. i General Lee Res - of Sumter to Era | Mot tin. Charters Issued. Columbia July 22. Th" Rowland, Wright Cotton Company, of Sumter.'] was commissioned with ;? proposed capital stock of $7.500. The company proposes to deal in cotton cotton seed. Petitioners are W. VV. Rowland,] E. E. Wright and H. M. Rowland. The Bishdpville Clothing Company of Bishopville was chartered with a capital stock of $15.060. The officers are: W. A. Bryan, president; W. E. Stafford, vice president: L. S. Col clough, secretary; s. R. Smoak. treas urer. Th<> o:>f]i season for shooting doves in South Carolina will begin Sep tember 16 rhis year in accordance with State and federal law. The fed eral migratory bird treaty act says Th?- shooting of doves is nol permis sible until after September and this law has been declared the .cn premejlfiw for South Carolina by the general assembly of 1:?!'.'. The sea son runs fropt?September 16 until De cember 31, j Shot From Ambush Brutal and Determined Effort to Commit Murder at DuBose's Cross Roads Saul McDaniel. colored, of DuBose's j Cross Roads is in the Tuorney Hos j pital suffering from a serious, if not ! a mortal, wound in the abdomen (which was mflicted, McDaniel alleges, by Jake But'-.- colon-d, Tuesday af j t^rnoon. McDaniel was brought to j the hospital yesterday and it was {stated at first that his wound was probably mortal and that he did not j have one chance in a thousand of re covery. MeDaniei. however, was more hopeful of the outcome and insisted that he hoped to get well, when Sher iff Hurst went to the hospital to ob 'tain an ante mortem statement. As I McDaniel still believed that he would recover it was impossible to take a formal ante mortem statement, but Sheriff Hurst took down a statement of the circumstances of the shooting. McDaniel stated that 1 uesday af ternoon about 5,30 o'clock he went into a wood lot on his land for the purpose of selecting and marking a number of pine trees which he intend ed to cut and have sawed into lumber to build an addition to his house. While in this wood lot on his own property, some one shot him from ambush with a shot gun. the shot striking him in the abdomen and in flicting a serious wound, but not dis abling him immediately. As soon as i he was shot McDaniel ran deeper into the woods and after going a short! distance fell in a thicket. While lying there he heard some one calling him by name and he recognized the voice as that of Jake Butler, a neighbor with whom he had been on bad terms for several years and with whom he had had a difficulty about three years apo. at which time Butler waylaid him on the public road and icavo him a severe beating with a club. Hearing Butler call, he lay hidden and did not reply for he was in fear of his life. Butler searched the woods in the vicinity of the place at which Daniel was standing when shot and at one time came within a short dis tance of where McDaniel was'hidden. McDaniel saw Butler plainly and rec ognized him Butler had a shot gun in his hand at the time. Butler re mained in the woods searching Tor his victim for several hours. McDan iel asserts, and it was not until about midnight that he left. Then Mc Daniel. believing that it was safe to make an attempt to get cut of the woods, began crawling on his hands and knees toward the nearest house. He says that he was unable to walk at all and only by the greatest effort} was he ab'e to make any progress.! having to stop at frequent intervals! on account of pain and weakness. About six o'clock the next morning? Wednesday?he arrived at the house of Hazel Windhain, colored, more than a mile from the scene of the shooting. He aroused Windham by calling for help. Windham came out and carried him into his house and sent a message to McDaniel's family. as soon as possible assistance was ob :ained and he was brought to the hos pital. At 2 o'clock Friday M<"I.'aniel was still living and his condition was gen- j erally better than yesterday. It is! thought thai tin- charice of recovery is somewhat better than at the first; diagnosi. At last report Jake Butler, who is, accused by MeDaniei of shooting him. J had not been arrested. i Death of Colored Woman. The friends of Aunt Mollie McCoy! will regret to hear of her death, on j Saturday night last, at the age of sev-j enty years. She leaves a husband, four sons and four daughters. Marriage Licenses. White?Mr. P. B. Harvin of Sumter j to Miss Susan M. Jones of Due West, ,' S. C. Colored?Jessie Sims of Oswego to Nancy Bradley of Oswego. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Strickland 1 and Miss Liliie Gordon left Sunday j night for New York. Mr. Strick land and Miss Gordon will spend their time while there buying fall goods for j Shaw & McCollum Mercantile Co. __-? A telegram has b*-en received say ing that Lieut William Brooks Stuckey] has landed in New York and will be i home* in a few days. I Hon. Thomas G. McLeod, of Bishop ville. spent Monday in the city on professional business. While here In stated positively to several of Iiis friends that he had no intention of be coming a candidate for congress. There had been a report current that he would seek election to succeed Congressman Lever who has announc ed bis intention of resigning as soon as the senate confirms bis appoint ment as a. member of the farm loan board. While it is practically assur ed that the nomination of Mr. Lever will be confirmed by the senate, with out opposition, still Mr. Lever is tak ing no chances and will not p i loose . },.? job in tin- House until he has jafelv landed in the farm loan board. pinckney Bradford, colored, was shot boi not seriously injured Tuesday afternoon by Policeman Chan dler. The shooting occurred while ibe ball game was in progress at tin- Fab Grounds between tin- Sumter and Charleston colored ball teams. Offi cer Chandler was on duty on the Lin coln School lot adjoining tin- rear fence ?f tno l';(I'k- Pinckney Bradford and several other u<t;rO'-s w?-n- on the fence; and when ordered to ^'-t down Bradford refused to no so. < ?filter Chandler pulled him <>>' the fence and Bradford attacked him. Chandler drew bis pistol >" use it as (dub and Bradford seized it and <>< tempted to wrest it. from tin- officers hand. Chandler warned him Mrs! ': he did not release bis hold on the pis tol h". Chandler, would shoot. Brad ford refused to release <')?? pistol whi<-h he was holding with both hau 1 by the barr d. < officer < 'ha ndier sired once, the ball striking Bradford in fleshy part of the leg. Bradford wh? taken to the hospital where th< wound was dressed. Cotton Growers Freedom American Association Will Blaze Pathway.?Many in Op position The American Cotton Association is I sues the following statement, prepare*.] 1 by one who has observed its work: j If the American Cotton Association j should meet an untimely end and die in its youth, just now, it should cer tainly be interred with pomp and ceremony and its grave should be marked with one of the biggest tomb stones in the land. For it wil already have earned the South enough money to pay for a costly funeral and for lasting remembrance. Upon a conser vative estimate, it will have saved to the business interests of the South? mainly to the farmers?the sum of $500.(?00,000. If the force of inertia inherent in all human beings should prevail against this youthful giant and ?.ay him low. there should certainly be extracted from his estate a sum suf-j ficent to give him a monument. Thpre are said to be certain persons' I who would like to see the young giant \ depart this life. There have always been persons who desired the very opposite of the things for which this champion of the cotton interests of the South has arisen?certain persons who made fortunes out of the losses of the Southern farmer. Should these persons succeed in poisoning the champion, they should, at least, build him a monument. Perhaps, i?i that < vcnt, there might be inscribed on his monument this legend: "Here lies the body of A. C. A., champion of economic freedom, pro- j lector of the women and children of ?he South. Slain by the bear manipu lators of the cotton market in the interest of the cotton spinners and of their own pockets." But there is not going to be a fun eral. The American Cotton Associa tion is in no mood to be slain in the interest of any one. On the contrary the saving of $500,000,000 to the cot ton interests of the South is only a preface to the achievements that this' association intends to perform in the j future. Everybody believes that farmers j ire The most difficult people to bring J together for cooperative activity, butj the American Cotton Association is ~oing to bring together the cotton ! producers of the South. The diflicul-1 ty is not so much in the farmers as! hi their situation. All people are hard to unite when they are separated from i each other by great 'distances and can: net exchange views readily. All that] the Southern farmer needs to bring' - i him to cooperate with his fellows is] to talk matters over with them. This! is what the farmers are going to do; through their association. The work; of publicity that is being carried out ! by the president and directors of the! cotton association is so transparent in its motive for the good of the farm ers of the South, and is so convincing: in the facts which it lays before them that the farmers are not going to be deceived easily* by persons naturally | opposed to their interests. The farm-' er desires to "be shown" and this: campaign of publicity is showing him. j Those who attempt a counter cam-; paign will have a hard tas' in "show-j ing" the farmer eontravywise. The first big achievement of the as sociation then, is to show the farmer] how outside influences have Ions con-J trolled his affairs, and how he may thwart these influences. The cotton association proposes that there shall be available for the, farmer in future just the sort of in- i formation required by any business; man?for tin- farmer must he a busi- i ness man also?in order to conduct! I his business profitably. The farmer I "hal! have definite periodical inform?,- | tion as to the world supply ?nd de- j mand in the cotton market. This in- j formation is to be obtained and vouch- j ed for by his own. cotton association.] Ife will plant and will sell in the light j of this information and not in the j dark as he has often been compelled j to do in the past. Bui this information is not enough.! and h ? shall have, besides, informa-] tion periodically as to the acreage act- j ually planted in cotton and as to the j state of the crop and probable yield, j Ue will handle his produce according! ;o this detailed information; Moreover, when he calculates whal j his cotton ought to bring, he will | judge, m>i on the basis of the prob able crop am! the world supply and] demand, but also on the equally im- I portant basis of the profit which the ! manufacturer has been, making from the manufactured cotton. The prin ciple of profit sharing is to be broughl into play in the cotton business. The American Cotton Association proposes to see to it 111:11 the farmer shall be periodically informed as to what ii [costs to manufacture cotton into the j staple fabrics, and what price *hese j fabrics are bringing. FTe can then de j cide what the mills shall oe willing ; to pay for the raw cotton. Does that seem the least unreasonable? j But will the cotton producer have ; won ec onomic freedom even when j correct tnfo'rmation as to world dc j mand enables him to plant only enough cotton to be assured of a pro j fi table price, and when the knowl edge of the cost of manufacture en ables him to calculate scientifically the price he should obtain for his cotton? By m> means, lb- may know j these things and stil! tied hand and j foot as he his been in the past . Knowledge is power only when is |;.*.eoom panted by the opportunity to act according to knowledge. A com 1 pi etc knowledge of tin- law of earth quakes will not even save a ni.nt's j life, if he can not escape from a [ loomed building. j Therefore, tie- cotton association I proposes to x<> much further and i<> j provide the cotton producer the ")>? I portunity to act according to the : knowledge he is to obtain. This op portunity to practice whal he knows is Jo be won for the farmer by sev eral organizations growing out of The cutton association. The farmer imist be enabled to hold his cotton. "\ hi^ requires warehouses to save the ?;d ton from country damage and it re quires certain financial arrangements which enable the farmer to get money I j for his requirements while still hold ; ing his cotton. The cotton associa ! tion is moving rapidly towards the ' realization of these things. It is act I i'vely engaged in the endeavor to se j cure legislation that will bring into j existence adequate uniform warehous ! ing systems in all the cotton States. As a practical organization, it will on j courage the use of all available ware j houses of every description already in I existence, but it will seek strenously j to improve the existing system, and it j will rush legislation required to facili tate in every possible way the farm | ens' anility to get money on his cot I ton. The warehouses will not sullice without certain corporations. There must be a corporation to fin ance about one-fourth of the crop of cotton. %so that this portion may be held off the market, and thus abolish forever the bane of the farmer and the joy of the bear manipulator?dis tress cotton. Distress cotton has made Xew England wealthy and the South poor. It is to be abolished as an in stitution of economic servitude. Ar rangements are to be brought into ex istence whereby through trade ac ceptance operations cotton shall be come as nearly as possible legal ten der?or rather a sort of gold reserve on which the Southern farmer shall be enabit;d to issue paper. So long as conservative judgment controls the amount of paper to be issued, the practicable indestructibility of cotton adequately protected and insured will make this sort of arrangement entire ly safe and sane. It is obvious that one of the results of these achievements of the cotton association, when they come to pass, will be to stabilize the cotton market. The time may even/ eome when the quotations on the Xew York Cotton lOxehange will probably actually rep resent the exponent of the whims of ihe manipulator. Veterans' Reunion Closed Memorial Services to Confed erate Dead Impressive Fea ture of Last Session ? Greenwood. July 23.?Major Gen. YV. A. Clark, of Columbia, was re elected commander-in-chief of the South Carolina Division. United Con federate Veterans, at the final session of their reunion here today. David Cardwell, of Columbia, was reelect-d adjutant general and chief of staff. Other oflicers of the division were also reelecied. Sumter was selected as the place for holding the next reunion. The gathering of the heroes of the Sixties came to a formal end tonight with the annual reunion ball for vet erans and their friends. The closing day of the reunion was marked by two inspiring addresses by Col. Daniel S. Henderson, of Aiken, and Miss Mildred Rutherford, of Athens, Ga.. historian general of the United Daughters of the. Confederacy. Rain interfered with the parade scheduled for this morning, but the weather did not dampen the spirits of che Veterans, and the morning exer cises were attended by a large and en thusiastic audienee which rep atedly cheered the ringing words of Col. Henderson and Miss Rutherford. A most impressive feature today were memorial s?*rviees to the Con federate dead.. Gen. Claris reading the inscriptions on the monument in Co lumbia, erected by the Daughters of 'he Confederacy, and Gen. Lyon re sponding with the audience. "They died for their country." When the great part the women played for the "onfederacy was read the expression was uGod Bless Tin- Women of the f'onfederacy." The audience sroou during the ceremony. During the business session this af ternoon the names for the war were discussed, the Veterans having before hem a resolution to call it "War of Secession." It was not decided to do his but "Civil War" was barred. The text of the resolution, which was introduced by Gen. C. Irvine Walker, is as follows: "VYhereas the term "Civil War" as ?u.w most generally applied to the War Between the Confederate States and the TJnited States 1863 to 1S65. is '?rnproper. in that it reflects unjustly upon the legal and constitutional ac tion of the confederacy: And whereas. "Civil war" menus a contest between two or more portions of the people of the same country: And whereas, the sovereign States, subsequently united into "Confederate States." had legally, constitutionally a.nd peacefully seeeded from the other States of the Union and were not. dur-| ing the said war. a part of the Union] and not of the same country, there fore the term "Civil War" is abso lutely incorrect and gives a mistak en conception of the legal action of the Confederates: A od whereas the use of the word? ??('ivil War" as applied to the war of 1861-5 can only mean#that it was a war between two parts of * the same country, and be correct only, if the sovereign States, so seceding, did not ionstitutionail y leave the o'd Union; And whereas this term is used by many, innocently, and without due consideration <>f its legitimate and in_ ferential meaning, such will surely coincide with us. when it is brough! ?o their attention, nod realize that it really implies thai their patriotic an cestors were traitors the Union and not ;is they really were, defenders of the great American principle, as de fined by President Wood row Wilson ? that all governments should r- st upon tie- consent of the governed. Therefore be it resolved: i Th.-it the South Carolina Divis ion. United Confederate Veterans, con demn tin- use of i he term "Civil War' when applied i" the war between the Confederate and Cnited States, and prohibit hs use or during any of our official reunions, or other meetings of veterans of this division. ::. That this war be known as the "War of Secession." ?j Thai 'a.amestly urge all the people of this country to cease using the term "Civil War" for the -War of Secession." Wc ask this of out friends ami our descendants because of its [nit'Tstice and of our enemies-* because of the grand loyalty of the Confeder ates and their descendants to this Bought at Bankrupt Sale A LARGE LOT CANVASS SHOES Colors including White, Cream and Champagne. High grade Shoes and exceptional Values. Your Choice At PAIR $1.50 GOLDBERG'S our, now. common country, in every 'langer which has threatened it since 1265. 4. That copies of this preamble :;rel these resolutions be sent by the ?djutant general of this division to rhe general commanding the United Confederate Veterans and to- each of ! the division commanders, the presi- I dent genera', United Daughters of the I Confederacy, the president of the Southern Memorial Association and to the commanding officers of the Sons of Veterans. I Late this afternoon the paymaster general paid the veterans one month's ; salary in Confederate bills. Germany's Taxes Very High Eerlin. July 23. (By the Associated Press.)?Germany's financial program ?ailing' for the raising of 25.000.000.- \ 00 marks annually was published to day by .The North German Gazette. Eijrht billion marks will be obtain ed by war tax^s. acordingly to The Gazette's summary. The remaining 17.000.000.000 must be raised from new sources. The first of th^se will- be i heavy increase in the tax on busi ness turnovers. The second is called | "the imperial sacrifice to needs." The [ third wiil be on the necessaries of life, j Profits for invested captial will be j taxed from 25 to 30 per cent, acord- j ing to a newly evolved system that is j intended to eliminate inequalities and j protect small capitalists from being j overburdened. The new income taxes I Dignified Eyegla ?[ A quiet dignity chart highly becoming to som individual who comes tc only those that serve th as service axe considere ?[[ Our deeply curved T< range of vision and sn< Glasses of just the right are the glasses you will D.L.^ Formerly W Office at ING PLUMBING \ & fewr^ga '?' - 1 EU i? ^ Modern Bath ] V. &. K. Pun Plumbing and Lighting Estimates On All Work KING PLU 7 \Y. Hampton Si (are expected to be in operation by (April 1, 1920. ! Minister Erzberger told experts that, j Germany must pay the afties 20,^00^ I 000.000 marks gold by May ? lS20.1fte ! said this could be done, as the amounts j already credited to GermanyJ by.-" the"* I allies for various accounts forin an j important part of the required 'total. I An unusually comprehensive set of* j measures to prevent tax evasions were presented by Herr Erzberger. German properties abroad wiil be brought under control and some*means ' found to bring under taxation such j property not declared by its. oifrfi j ers. [ Minister Erzberger, it was . said, j agreed that the measures proposed j were nothing less than brutat but j that he was afraid there was no other" way to bring forth hidden money, and to present fraud except by imposing heavy penalties. . ;. " School Attendance Officer Hutchin^- -" son is at present engaged in making a census of children of school -age: in this city. When he completes thjis work he will complete the census of the country districts, in some .of which he has already done some'-worfe. Beginning frith the opening of Sphvc?s - this fall the compulsory attendance* . law will be strictly enforced jthrough-^ out tiie county, and parents wha naveV'' been in the habit of keeping *^eir, children out of school altogether ,pr allowing them to attend for phlfy'7a" part of the session will be'i;requlred-" to comply with the law or buffer tfi?:' penalties prescribed by the- act.. m V' LSSCS fjtfih Tone Lenses ?icterizes these Oxfords that is e personalities. We study each > us for glasses and recommend e best purpose. Looks as well. d. - : f oric Lenses give yon that-wide appy appearance so desirable, size and shape, perfectly ntted, be proud to wear. WILLIAMS V itii W. A. Tliompson t City Drug Store CO j. 1 CD ~ "t?~ ~?T ~ \ v x Rooms Installed ipins Systems ; For The Country Home Furnished Free of Charge ING CO. Hinter. S. C. Phone T02