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mm ?tf fti lite Jc*?^Mutttw as emuier, e. PERSONAL. * "Mrs. S. R Smoak has returned to the city from Lake Junaiuska Miss Mary Knigrht has returned from a delightful visit to Rock Hill. Miss Mary Stuckey has returned to her home after a visit to friends in the. county. Mts. A. M. Broughton returned .i*?ia Lake Junaiuska. n Miss Marion Knight has returned fxv>m Hartsville and Darlington. - Rev. J. P. Marion has returned to the city, after spending ten days in Society Kill, where he has been con -'-dueling a meetings & Mr. and Mrs. Philip F Finn and lit tle daughter are spending, some time in. Columbia. ;iMrs. Walter Davis and two daugh ters- of Lancaster, who have been vis iting Mrs. J. P. Marion, returned to their home today. Mr. Kershaw Skinner, of Sumter, is in Florence, visitng friends. >v^Mr/ "Kid" Smith, of Bennettsville ? ferived in the city yesterday with the Reamer, which he intends to put in today's races. ? G. Owen Riley of Barnwell is a visitor' in the city. Mr. J. C. Cooper and family left today to spend *a while in the moun tains of North Carolina, "j:;' Mr. Da vender Bethea, of Barnwell, arrived today to take part in the auto i races. Mr. Bethea is driving a Mar mon. v Misses Margaret and*. Ethel Felder j have returned to their home in E? loree after visiting here. Mrs. M.^L. Bedingfield has gone to Atlanta to sn?nd some time. -Mr. J. P. Matthews of Barnwell, is in. Sumter for the races. Mr. Alex T. Gibson, who will pitch for McColl today, arrived in the city this morning. Mr.^and Mrs. Jno. Booth of Marion are visiting in the city. Mr. W. R. Phillips, Jr.. is spending some weeks on- Pawley's Inland. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Witherspoon have gone to Waynesville for a short stay. . Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Lockwood of Bennettsville are visiting in Sumter. . Miss Mary Green, from Columbia, is visiting her sisters, Mrs. E. L. Cashion on Washington street, and Mrs. T. C McKnight on Chestnut street. ??Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Blanchard and children left yesterday for Atlanta and Thompson,' Ga, where they will spend a few weeks with relatives.' Mr. Clare Booth of Bennettsville iSr in the city on business. Mr.A0. H. Green well of Atlanta ar rived in the city this morning to con duct a meeting at the Church of Christ While here he will be the i guest of Mrs. A. T. Heath on N. Main | street Mrs. Riser and Mr. Olin Riser of Birmingham spent a day and night in the city enroute to Murrell's Inlet. They "were accompanied by Miss Julia i^tiser who has been the guest of Miss |< ^ermelle Pitts, of this city. Mr. Wilton Barrett returned to his I home in Conway this morning after spending a few days with relatives in fown. Misses Emily Platt, Laura Mucken fuss and Elizabeth Osteen left last jdight for Cedar Mountain, N. C, where they will be guests at a house party for ten days. '"'Mr. John Duffle went to Henderson ville last night on business. ''?Mr. Hubert Osteen is spending a week at Murre?'s Inlet. Mrs. A. A. Cohen of Florence is vis iting her daughter Mrs. Harry Green on Church street. Mr. W. R. Mood of Bishopville was a visitor in Sumter on Friday. Mr. William Goodaie of Camden Spent Friday in the city. . Messrs. Hugh James and O. C. Mood of Summertor/ are visiting friends in the city. - Mr. J. O. Patterson, Jr., of Barn well, was in Sumter yesterday. ~ Messrs. Nettles Lindsay and Teddie DeLoach of Camden are visiting friends here. M*r. Evander E. Brown of Darling ton, is in the city for some time. Miss Harriett Patterson returned to her home in Barnwell thisv morning. Mr. Clifford Harrison of Columbia was a visitor in the city yesterday. Miss Jennie Humphries is spending her vacation in North Carolina. ? Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Nettles, Messrs. Tom and "Buck" Humphries, Eugene Ifearce and Misses Lorena Humphries *aztd Sallie Pearce were among the vis itors from Camden that attended the races yesterday. Mr. Percy Wise has returned to the city after spending several days ? with his parents in Bennettsville. Mrs. Willie Mosley has returned 1o her home in Columbia after visit ing her sitter, Mrs. B. Catoe, on Cjr b;'te ?*. Mrs. J. C. Humphries is \isiring relatives in* Camden. Dr. G. P. Barringer and family left cif-Friday by automobile for Concord, "?N C, and other points of interest. Mrs. L. W. FwIsom, Sr., has goat % Atlanta to spend some time with 54b? . tu W. Folscss. jfo. Miss Lois Richardson of George town is expected to arrivs In the ctt$ today to visit Mrs. M. H. Flaiun on Calhoun street. Mr. Stiles Marshall left the city to -day on business. Mr. William Mcllwaine left this morning to visit frienda in other parts of the jstate. Mrs. J. Grenville DeLorme and children returned last night from Mur rell's Inlet - Mr. and Mrs. Ferd. Levi left last evening for Murrell's inlet to visit Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Mood. Mr. .and ?Jrs. W. S. Benton and children wh? have been visiting Mrs. Henry Spann have returned to Salis bury. N. C. Mr. Jack Phillips, of Barnwell has returned to his home aftr-r visiting friends in the city for a few days. Mr. Frank Thorn is spending his vacation with friends at Rocky Mount. N,C. Mr- Stanley Weinberg left Satur day for New York. jIf. Defcsrry, who has been pitch ing groat basebaii for Sumter, has re Mr. Raymond Fowler left the city today for Manning on business. Mr. Jno. T. Langston has returned to Darlington after a few days spent in Sumter. Mr. Clinton McGrew has returned j from a two weeks' visit in Charleston. : .Miss Lois Hichardson returned t" her home In Georgetown after a couple of days spent with friends here. Mr. W. K. Phillips has returned to : his home from Pawley's Island. j Mr. Paul Furguson is spending his vacation .with relatives at Sharon. j Miss Margaret Chandler, of Texas. ; is visiting friends in the city. j Mr. Byander E. Brown has returnee"' j to his home in Darlington after visit ; ing friends near Sumter. j Mr. Owen Riley left yesterday for I Columbia, after visiting friends hen j Messrs. Clarence Phillips and C. D. j Pew of Georgetown, were in the city ? on yesterday, returning to George town on Monday. Hon. Ed. C. Mann, who is making the race for congress, was in the city on Saturday. "Mr. "Rube" Skinner left Sumter yes terday to visit friends near Darling ton. i Mr. D. C. Shaw left the city this morning on a business trip. Mr. "Weedie" Purdy left today for other parts of the state to visit friends. ? Miss Helen Fowler, of Atlanta, is the attractive guest of Miss Eleanor Wallace at her home on Haskeli Sr. Mr. Aaron Green has returned to his home from Atlanta. Mr. Davender Bethea has returned to Barnwell. Mr? Bethea rwon thret first prizes in the auto races Friday. Mr. James Brower is at home after being in the army for some time. Miss Rhetta Heath returned to hev home in Camden after attending the auto races and dance here. Mr. Harry Green left Sunday nigh* for Charleston to take the steamer fo; Xe* York where hecwill spend a week or ten days. . Mr. L. D. Jennings and famil3r are spending some time at Glenn Springs Mrs. W. C. Chandler and Miss Eva Chandler have returned from Waynes ville. N. C. Rev. J." G. Ferguson left this morn ing for a month's visit to relatives in Chester. Mrs. McKnight of Blythewood is visitir^ relatives in town. M' Moneta Osteen and Miss Lois McK. i* it left Sunday night for Hax turn, Colorado. Mrs. H. G. Osteen and Anne Os teen are visiting in Chera*w. Mrs. J. D. Rurham and children left Sunday morning to visit relatives in North Carolina. Mrs. W. T. Muller left S/inday morn-1 ing to visit friends in North Carolina. I joe wells shoots j fritz behre Probably Fatal Alfray Between Two White Men On Saturday night, about eleven >'clock Joe Wells, white, shot and se riously wounded Fritz Behre, white. The shooting occurred on Harvin St., near the Pickwick Hotel. At the time of the shooting Behre was with a young lady and was spoken to by Wells. A few words passed and Wells handed Behre a paper, and while j Behre was reading it Weils shot j Behre once in the stomach. When he (Behre) ran, he was then shot in the j back. He was immediately rushed to I the hospital. Conflicting reports are afloat con-1 ceming the cause of the shooting. Behre was out on bail for the kill ing of T. J. Weils, a brother of Joe Weeks, some time ago. Deputy Sheriff McKagen arrested Wells immediately after the shooting. This morning Joe Wells was out on bail and was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. Behre is in a very critical condi tion at the hospital and it is very doubtful if he can recover. offer?d?c?tion ! to soldiers; Nearly Two Hundred Students at; Georgia Tech There is such a thing as a man being "kicked upstairs"?achieving an edu- j cation and a better job than he ever! csuld have had otherwise by the sim- j pie process of getting into the great war for Uncle Sam and being wound- > ed or disabled by illness, and receiv- j ing special education from the gov-1 ernmeiu. It is a sad fact that the percentage! of illiteracy among soldiers enlisted j from the Southern States was the highest of any section of the country, but it is also a fact that, aided by the 1 Home Service^ Department of the Red j Cross, great numbers of these boys, disabled in the military service, now 1 are being educated free by the gov-' ernment, and are being fitted for use ful work of a higher character than i they ever -would have attained if left j to their own devices At the Georgia School of Technol-j ogy in Atlanta, there are upwards of j 200 of Uncle Sam's students?there; will be fully that many by August 1. They are taking specialized courses. All over the Division boys are getting elementary educations?learning to read and write, many of them. Any Red Cross office can supply the information needed to apply for free [education for disabled men discharg ed from the service. And a dozen Red cross field representatives are traveling over the division ;i'l the time?when one of theni is in your town you have only to see him and get all the information at first hand, and not from a pamphlet. MBS. CORNELIA WHITE GIVES PARTY Miss Cornelia White gave a delight ful "Watermelon Party" Thursday evening at her home about six miles from town on the Manning road. About forty of the "younger set" went out in cars at eight o'clock and after playing games were invited out on the lawn where an unlimited number of beautiful melons were cut and served. I A GREAT GAME i In a game ful] of thrills and ex I citement, Sumter defeated McColi 2 I to 1 here Thursday. There was not a dull moment during the entire game. I The crowd la-came so excited that j they refused to stay in tlfe" grand stand. The game yesterday showed : the real strength of ? the Sumter team. \ MeColl's defeat may be summed up in one peculiar little word?Mannush. This boy played a game different from J any seen on the local lot this season, j He was the individual star of the [game, hitting the ball frequently and ! running wild on the bases. He was j the man of the moment, being direct | ly responsible for two of Sumter's j runs. On one occasion he stole home while Hems wound up preparatory to delivering a speedy ball. 'Twas well he stole home, for on the next ball Nunnamaker struck out and ended the inning. Xot only did The boy from Wilmington play great at the bat and en the bases, but he did equally as well in his position on second base. Both pitchers worked like veterans, causing the honors to be about equal-' ly divided, with Du Berry having a very slight advantage. Heins yielded seven hits to Sumter's swatters, while DuBerry only gave McCoil's batters five. Both had all sorts of curves, steam and control. It looked like a McColi victory at first when a hot ball to right tield caused them to score first in the j ! third inning. Sumter was unable to secure a tally until the sixth. Had it not been for Sumter's good j work in the infield the visitors would have won and but for the superb work exhibited by the infield from ! McColi, the score would have been j worse. The outfields absolutely refused to make an error. A drive to the field,i| almost without exception, meant a | sure out. The longest drive of the game was; Martin's to center for uro bases. It must be said that the better team was at the big end of the score, i Score by innings: R. H. E. j McColi 001000000 1 5 3: Sumter OOOOOlllx 37-j Batteries?Heins and McKeath. Duberry and Burns. Umpire?Jackson. Scorer?Winn. j Buck Burns Stars I or Sumter? j Score 4-0. I In a well played game, Sumter again ! defeated MeColl's fast baseball club by the score of 4 to 0 here Friday, i McColi had their best bet in the box j in the form of Alex Gibson, and took I the field with a world of confidence] that the series would be evened up. Sumter realized that they would have ! to exert themselves, so they went j after Gibson in the first inning. Ryan i Chandler, first man up fop the home i hopes grounded out, Crawford hit a long one for three bases. Campbell I grounded to second and Crawford wasj thrown out at the plate. Campbell was! safe at first. Mannush cracked a long; double to ceniei*. With two men on_ bases and two outs ?"Buck" Burns, hero of the game caught one of! Gibson's sx^eedy balis and landed it over center field fence for a home run, sewing up the game and causing j Gibson's record to be broken. Sumter j succeeded in getting more hits off of; Gibson in one inning than two prom- ; inent neighboring teams got in their entire games. However, after one bad inning Gib-: son succeeded in his efforts at the i '"come back" and entered into a pitch- j er's battle with DeBerry. DeBerry j won from McColi on Thursday by 4 j to 1. Yesterday he succeeded in elim- \ ination MeColl's only score, which was j made on an error. While Gibson pitch- j ed great ball after the first inning it! must be admitted that DeBerry had j the McColi team eating out of his hand. This boy has the stuff and will make good in the leagues should he choose that profession. Sumter's infield played up to form which is enough said.?Crawford, \ .Mannush, Ryan, Chandler and Camp-; bell compose an infield that has no | equal in either Carolina. If a ball can j be fielded they can do it regardless"' of rime cr place. "Buck" Burns makes all catchers; that have ever visited Sumter asham- ! ed of..themselves in comparison. This boy was the hero of yesterday's game . and well does he deserve the credit. McColi has a good, fast and clean j baseball team. They are good losers: and thoroughbred gentleman, when j they depart from Sumter the local fans; will pull for them against all comers, j The manager appreciates the sup- i port given him by the fans and says he will endeavor to give them high j class baseball for the remainder of i the season. Wilmington will probably invade: Sumter's diamond again next week,: thus insuring fast, clean games. Nnunna maker is slated as Manager.! Washington's choice for the mound to day, and will be opposed by Heins for McColi. The game will be- called at 4 p. m. Score by innings: e Total McColi 0 ii 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 <'? Sumter S 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3G 4 Batteries: Gibson and McKeath. DeBerry and Burns. Umpire?Jackson. Scorer Winfi. Serious Cutting Scrape Sunday. In a cutting scrape Sunday night near Camden railroad or. W. Liberty St.. Son China was seriously cut in the stomach by William Gadsden. All parties concerned were negroes. The Gadsden boy. is s?li wt large. His fa ther states that he has not been home in two weeks. The cause of the cutting Is un known as yet. The Chin* boy is in a very serious condition with little hope for recover.'.'. The magistrate early this morning issued a warrant for the arrest of Gadsden and it is believed he Will soon be in jail. New Fork, Aug. 8.?Wheat Direc tor Barnes b as issued an order restricting profit-": on fio.ur wUich is to be fcuid at ten dollars a barrel by ths Grain Corporation. [tobacco prices running high I Both Warehouses Well Patron I ized by Farmers Thursday, the Moore Brothers Warehouse sold 75,094 pounds of to bacco for a rota] ..-f $19,535.71. This i was an increase of about ten thous and pounds over Wednesday's sale jand twenty-five Thousand over Tuts j day's sale. The Panner warehouse had a total ? sale of 38,590 pounds yesterday, and jan average of 24 cents. The highest j price was 66 cents. Sumter is getting to be a great to ! bacco market, as these sales prove. Over 113,000 pounds being soid for approximately twenty-nine thousand j dollars. - I ALUMNI MEETING j ?i j Last evening at nine o'clock in the I auditorium of the Girs' High School [building there was pr.^ent a gratify - | ingly large number of the maie alumni ! of the Sumter High School who had ! assembled for the purpose of organiz [ ing an alumni association of the male graduates of this institution. The men seemed to enter into the spirit of the occasion at once and were glad ! to be back together again, j Committees were appointed to nom inate officers and to deciare the pur ! pose and plans of the association. The committee on nominations is composed of the following: Chairman, lit. Dozier Lee; Dr.F. K. Holman, O. L. Yates, Dr. S. B. Mitchell, Harold Mc Coy. The following gentlemen compose the committee on the declaration of ,the plans and purposes of the asso ciation: Geo. D. Levy, chairman; H C. Hayns worth. L. C. Bryan, W. J. Crowson, Jr., Wendell Levi. These two committees will meet at the call of the chairmen and will sub+ mit their reports on next Tuesday j evening. j The> alumni decided last night to j have the next meeting on next Tues- j day evening at 9 o'clock and appoint- j ed a representative from each class j to see that every alumnus in the city j is present on that occasion. i The classes of 1909 and 1912 did j not have a representative last even ing. Mr. John Duffie will act for 'Of and Mr. Moultrie DeLorme for "12 tc see to it that these two classes are well represented next Tuesday even ing. There were several other classes not represented, but these with one j .exception, have no living male alum nus in the city. The meeting last evening givf? promise of a large attendance next Tuesday evening. DEATH., Mrs. Leonora Elizabeth Bannister died at her home, L'02 W. Liberty street at 8:15 a. m. Saturday. Mrs. Bannister had been in poor health for several weeks. She was born in Sum ter August 31st, IS49 and was the el der child of Richard S. Wilder and Mary Elizabeth Chandler. Immediate ly after the war between the states, she married Lieut. S B. Russell, of Berkeley county. Later in life she was married to Dr. S. D. Bannister. Mrs. Bannister is survived by two i daughters. Mrs. W. L. Rose, of Sum ter and Mrs. A. C McGowari of Cam- j ercn. and one son, Lieut. A. D. Rus sell. U. S. A. The funeral services were held at the former home of the deceased j St. Stephens. Sunday. Mr. A. N. Sparr ?f 446 Magnolia Street, Jacksonville, Fla., -saya: "The *Fiu* left me ia a very weak,. run den condition. I was so. nervoua that my ban?s shook like an old man with the palsy. My kidneys were ia bad shape, and my-liver sluggish. My food digested Very poorly, and I often had cramps in my stomach, and was bloated with uu*. "I took a bottle of DRECO, and it went right after my troubles quick. Aly nerves are now-steady and'my .slef'p sound. Pains all gone over my kidneys and stomach,' and liver ^ct injr fine.'' , - ? ? DRECO is made from juices and extracts of many medicinal herbal plants which act on the* vital organs In a pleasant and prompt manner. Droco is highly recommend ed in Snmter by/SIBERTS DRUG STORE DRECO IP1"*" . ttm bam B The National Bank of South Oaroim? oi Su inter A "Roll of Honor Bank" Is one, with surplus and profits in excess id capital, thus giving tangible evidence of Strength and Security. of the 25.000 banks in the U.-S., only one in ten occupies the proud position. We Are Among the Number C. G. ROWLAND, Preside \i. F,[ ?. HiNNANT. Cash;er: t NEELL G'DONSEIX, President SI , ... . ^ j Thr FIRST NATIONAL BATIK O. L. YATES, Cashier CHINESE WALL Our large surplus as shown by the recent statement of this institution is the best gu?ran-^ tee that our friends could have as to the safety of their deposk.-:' its and they seem to realize \%M judging from the daily addi tion, to our list. 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