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.fettered as tike Foeta&c* as &amter, 6. C *s Second Class Matter. PERSONAL. Mr.' E. W. Vogel, ? who has been ^. spending awhile in Hendersonville, X. C, has relumed. Mrs. F. E. Renfrow has returned to the city after an absence of sev eral weeks. ? * Misjs Elise Smith, of Marion, who has been visiting Miss Sara Edmunds has returned to her home, rg;: Mr. R. T. Crawford, of Charleston, ?V:; was a visitor in Sumter on Thurs day. Mr. E. H. Gaines. of Gaffney, spent Thursday here with friends. . Mii and Mrs. T. J. Mauny, of :. Madison, Ga.. are the guests of friends in the city for a few days. Mr. W. W. Arthur, of Columbia, ; was a recent visitor in Sumter and the ?punty. Misses Brown and Reid, of Charles ton, are the attractive guests of Mrs. Manning Brown at her home on X. ?5* Church St. Mr. Lewis Pitts left today to re sume his duties at Clemson College. Mr. H. H. Booth ?of Marion, is in the city today on a business trip. * Mr.'G. H. Robinson, of Charlotte, was Tin Sumter Thursday on business. M(r. J. L. Seal, of Clemson College, is tjio guest of friends in Sumter for a few days. / Mr. H. ,M. James, Jr., of Summer ton, was the guest oi" college friends here Thursday. Mr. Alwin Eurns left today for Da vidson College where he may stay the L> : remainder of the present session. Mr. D. L. Pierce leaves today for a fishing trip on Black. River. He was j accompanied by Capt, Whitted. Hon. Ed. C .Mann, of St. Mat thews, . is in the city in the- interest of his campaign for _ congress. Mr. Maaii is making the second race. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Budsie, of Xorth Carolina are visiting in Sumter for a few days. Mr. Ernest Walker, of Summerton, spent Thursday in Sumter with friends on Harvin St. Mr. C: "W. Spears, or Florence, has returned to his home after a trip to Sumter. Mr. A. R. Rugheimer, of Charles ton, is a business visitor in the city 'for a few days. Dr. Archie China and daughter, Miss Louise, have gone to the Xorth for an extended trp to visit relatives and friends. Messrs. Mannush, / Campbell and i Johnson of the Sumter baseball team, left today for Lake City, where they v will play a series. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Williams, of Co lumbia, are spending a few days here rwith friends. Mr. Harold James has returned to ] 'his' home .in Union, after a visit to Sumter. Mr. T. J. Mcl^am of Mooresviilo. < X. C-, spent a short while in Sumter im Thursday. Mi*. W. A. Blizzard, or Dillon, was ? . "in. Sumter on Thursday with friends ] and relatives. Miss Roberta Carlisle, of I i ] j "Beach, Fla., who has been vsiting at!] the home of Mrs. Ralph Hill, has gone to Columbia where she will spend a ] week. j Mr. "Major" Thro wee has returned to his home in Cheraw after playing ] ball in Sumter. , Mr. William Grcssette, of St. Mat thews, has returned home after visit- , j ing and playing ball here for several days. - Mr .Henry Spann, Sr., left on Wed- 1i nesday for a business trip through! Xorth Carolina. ; Mr. W. J. Hill, of Jonesville. at- j tended the ball^game here on Thurs day. \ Mrs. C. P. Exum has returned .to her home in Sumter *rom Saluda. Mr. Hiiliard Folsom has returned to Sumter after an extended visit to the mountains. Mrs. G. A. Lemmon returned to her , home in the city after a trip to Saluda Mr. J. E. Bradford spent a few days the past week hYMarion with his s:sl? r. Mrs. Herbert Monroe. Mr. D. L. Sloan has returned to his home in' Charlotte after a short! visit to friends here. Miss Mary Belle P.urgoss is visiting! relatives in Kingstree for a few days, j Dr. R. T. Rahkin spent several days j with Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Smith in Ma- j rion. ' Mr. W. P. Walker, of Cheraw, is in the city today. Mr. E. M. Jones has returned to his home in Charleston, after visiting in Sumter for a short while. Mr. J. P. Mallard has returned to! his duties in Greeleyville, after a day j in Sumter. Mr. Torn, Boyle is visiting relatives J in Gxeeleyuille for a few days. Messrs. Felix Goudelock and Claude] Jolly have returned to Union after a ' short while spent in Sumter with! friends. Mr. E. T. Flanders, of Macon, has jt- urned to his home after visiting! ixere. , Miss Mary Gibbs h;?s returned to h-r home in Columbia after a short stay in the city. i Mr. Eugene McSweeney, editor oft Latta', S. C, Observer, was in the city, today. Mr. and Mrs. Smith and little son, and Mr. and Mrs. Meyer, of Charles ton, are visiting Mrs. Bradford, Mrs.: Meyer's mother, on Levi St. Mr. L. P. Duncan, of Raleigh, X. C, is in the city today on business, j Mr. T>. B. Wilson, of Orangeburg, j stopped over in Sumter en route to his home. Mr. J. II. Ryan, of Wedgefieid. spent Friday in the city with friends. Mr. C. C. Thompson, of Cheraw, is the guest of friends in Sumter for a few days. Mr. John J. Murray, of Charles ton, is a visitor here today. Mr. T>. M. Turbcville. of Turbeville, was in the city on Friday. Mrs. L. M. Nelson, of Summerton, is the gu<-st of friends on S. Main St Mr. .7. T. Lax hajs returned to his home in Greenville after a short visit to friends in the city. Mr. John Birch, of Florence, was in the city on Friday to attend the dance! Mr. John . Clyburn has returned to Columbia after a visit to Sumter. Mr. ueo. D. Levy has returned to the city after a business trip to Flor ence. Mr. Fant Kelly, of Union, will ar rive in the city today to visit, friends on X. Church St. Mrs. C. H. Xelson, of Hartsville. is visiting- in the city for a few days. Miss Ix)is Williams, of Camden. was in the city Friday to attend the dance. Mr. C. X. Crai^r has returned to his home in Chester after a trip to j Sumter and other points in this sec | tion of the State. I Mrs. I. M. Morgan has returned to j her home in Manning after visiting on Harvih St. Mr. F .B. Stanley, of Florence, is the guest of friends in Sumter, for a few days. \ Mr. J. L. Powers, of Bonnettsvill-e. is visiting in the city for a few days. Mr. A. L. Weinberg, of Richmond, Va., is visiting relatives in Sumter. Mr. D. C. Flatman, of Charleston, was a recent visitor in Sumter. ' Mr. Simeon Hyde, Jr., of Charleston, is visiting in Stjmtcr today. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Drevenstedt, of Xiagara Falls, N. Y., are visiting at the home of Mr. and M^s. E. C. Haynswerth. Mr. B. NR. Avent. of Bishopville, is a business visitor here today. Mr. Will Goodale, of Camden, was in the city visiting friends on Friday and attended the dance on last even ing. Mr. Alfred'Huger, of Charleston,* is in Sumter today on business. Mrs. B. B. Tryer and son, of Gaines ville, Florida, are the guests of Mrs. J. D. Blanding of this city. Mr. and Mrs. H. J- Williams have returned to their home in Columbia after a short visit here. / Mr. Edward T. Myers, of Philadel phia, is visiting Mr. Wendell M. Levi of this city". Mrs. W. G. Cleapor and daughter, Kattie, left this morning for Char leston, where they will spend a few days. , Mr. Fritz Hanson, the famous wrestler, is in the city today arrang ing for bouts to take place here in I the middle and latter part of Sep tember. Mr. E. W. Middleton, of Charles ton, is the guest of friends in the city today. Mr. . H. Gain es has returned to his home in Gaffney after a short visit to Sumtcr. Mr. G. E. McWhirter left on Friday for a few days' fishing on Black River. He expects to return to the city on Saturday night. Miss Sarah Santos has returned to rier home in Charleston after a weeks' T?sit to friends on Liberty St. Mrs. Ashlin, of Charleston is visit ing friends on S. Sumter Street for i few days. Miss Mabel Lawson has returned from a short visit to friends in Co umbia. Mr. E. E. Brown, of Darlington. nil] arrive today to visit friends on j :hurch St. Misses Lida and Maude 'Sprott, ?f | Manning, are the house guests of Misses Reha Spann and Eva Chand er."' Mr. J. W. Jones, county engineer, s in Washington for a few days on business. Mr. W. W. Arthur has returned to lis home in Columbia after a short itay in Sumter. Mr. Sam Byevrs has returned to his tome in Anderson after a, few days spent in the city Mr. T. F. James, of Spartanburg, vas a recent visitor in the city. ? Mr. W. H. Singleton has returned o Atlanta afte ra short stay in Sum er with friends. Rev. J. B. Walker and daughter, Vliss Mary, have returned from Phil adelphia after a months stay. Mrs. W. D. Boykin has returned from a months' stay at Saluda. Miss Henrietta Boykin has return ad frum a months' visit to Beaufort md Washington, D. C. Miss Blackman of Kershaw has re turned home after spending a few Says with her sister. Mrs. O. II. Mc Kagen on Harvin St. Mr. W. P.. McLeod of Hartsville is fisiting in Sumter for a few flays. Mr. E. II. Gibbes of Columbia was| ri recent visitor in Sumter. Colon' !. O. .1. Bond. Superintendent of the Citadel; Charleston, S. <\. spent j Sunday in th^ city with friends. Mr. Harry Lewinscn of Bishopville ! spent Saturday in the city. Mr. Quay Williford of Hartsville is visiting friends on X. Church St. Mr. V.". K. Glass of Baltimore is a business visitor in Sumter today. .Mr. Ernest Rawls has returned home after spending several days in the upper part of the State. Mr. .1. E. Terry and sister. Miss Ada ? Terry have returned to their; home in Greeleyvilie. S. C, after nding the week-end "at the home of ?vliss .Mine Stewart on Harvin St. Mrs. T. P. Craig has returned to her hohre in Columbia after spend ing several days with Mrs. 1). Stewart on Harvin Street. Messrs. Henry Mein tosh and J. It. Stewart sps ht Saturday and Sunday in Coiumbia. the guests of friends. Mr. F. .1. Piper of Florence was in the city Saturday on business. Mr. C. E. Harris of Congaree is visiting friends in Sumter for a few days. Mrs. George Perrin and children of Union have returned home after a visit to Dr. and Mrs. T. R. Littlejohn on X. ?'hurch Si. Mr. T. <"ook Ccvington of Bennetts ville was :i visitor here on Saturday. Mr. Hal Clarke lef? today to resume his studies at the Presbyterian Col lege in ('baton. Capt. C. F. Whittec and Messrs 1?. L. Pierce and G. E. McWhirter have returned from a fishing trip on [Black River. They report that the fish were not there. Messrs. 11. R. Love and .1. E. Love I of Manning spent Saturday in Sum jter. Mr. R. Burst Jarvis of Charleston spent the week-end in the city. .Mr. .1. C. Chapman of Hartsville was in'the city Saturday on business. The Camp Fire Girls have return ed from ??-!! outing at Lake Junaalus ka ? Mr. T. P. Duncan has returned tr, bis home in Raleigh, x. C p i Mr: and Mrs. E. D. Brilles of Char^ leston are visiting friends in the city i for a few days. Mr. W. K. Phillips. Jr.. has return ed to his homo on X. Church Street after a visit to Leesville, S. (J. ;[ Mr. Roger S. Siddail. who is attend ing the Johns Hopkins Medical School, ; Baltimore. Md.. is at home to spend a few weeks' vacation. Miss Ethel Bouchelle of DeLand, Fla., is visiting friends in the city for ai few days. Mr. John Roy Stewart who has been overseas for two and one-half years is at home again with his mother, Mrs. B. X. Stewart Mr. Jesse Humphries of Darlington passed through Sumter today en route to Columbia where he goes for. early football practice at the University of South Carolina. Mr. Belaud Edmunds left today to enter the Presbyterian college at Clinton. Miss Marion Satterwhite has been spending several days with Mrs. Louis Rhame. Mrs. ? Irving Ryttehberg has re turned to her home from Lake Juanaluska. where she was in camp with/the Camp Fire Girls of this city. Mr. Adolphus Jones of Walterboro has been . spending several days in Sumter as the guest of Mr. J. A. Stubbs. / Mrs. E. R. Rawls and Mrs. B. X. Stewart are leaving for a ten day visit to relatives in Florence county! Mr. C. A. Bruner left today for Marion and Bennettsville on a busi ness trip. Miss Maym.e Edwards has return ed ,to her duties in Hartsville after spending her vacation here. Mr. Kershaw Skinner left Sunday to spend several days in Columbia. Miss Lois Williams has returned to' her home in Camd.cn after a. short visit here. Mr. J. J. Mu>rra.y has returned to his home in Charleston after a short visit to Sumter. Mss Anna Louise Phelps has return ed to her home in the city after visit ing in Charleston. Mrs. T. R. Howard and daughter. Miss Naomi of Charleston are the j guests of Mrs. V. PL Phelps. - The following young men of Sura-1 tor left today for the ? Presbyterian College to resume their studies: Rob ert Edmunds, John Planding, James Dick. Marion DuRant. Henry Ed munds, James Raffield. John Shaw, I Wiley Sholar and Dove Cunningham. Miss Dorothy Schilling left today for Charleston to spend some time with friends. watts-flowers A Quiet Wedding at Dr. Brown's Residence Yesterday A wedding in which a number of Sumter people will take great inter est was solemnized yesterday after noon at 5.SO o'clock, when Mr. Wade Hampton Flowers and Miss Carrie Watts were united in marriage by the Rev. Dr. C. C. Frown. The ceremony was a very impressive but a very quiet one, only the immeditaely families of The contracting parties being present^ Mr. Flowrrs is very prominently known in Sumter. having been born and raised here, and has a host of friends. He has been employed as an engineer with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company for a number of years, and is identified with several secret orders. . His beautiful tenor voice has been a source of great pleasure to his friends and acquaint ances, whom he is always pleased to favor with the rendition of sweet ballads for which he is so well known. The bride was formerly one of Georgetown's attractive young ladies, and during her stay in Sumter has been in training at the Tuomey Hos pital, where she has made numerous friends both among the nurses and the patients. / Mr. and Mrs. Flowers left on the northbound train yesterday afternoon Cor Washington, New York and Nia gara Fails, and after a trip of two sleeks will be at home at No. 32 Ilarby Avenue. kills negro IN self defense Laurcns, Sept. 7.?Another homi-} cidc in which a magisterial officer of the county is involved, has occurred near Mount Bethel, Sullivan town ship. Magistrate x. B. Wood, acting as a peace officer, in order to protect ? his own life, as he believed at the time, fatally shot a young negro man. Otto Garrett on the grounds of a colored church near his home Fri day night. The man was shot in the abdomen, the wound causing his death yesterday afternoon. |fire~on battle ship at sea _ Three Men Reported Dead on New Mexico .?, i San Francisco. Sept. 8.?Three men I ! are reported dead as the result of i j fire aboard the battleship Xew Mcx-1 I ico. the flag shin of the Pacific fleet i The men are reported to have been j [drowned when the compartment inj j which they were fighting the lire was! Hooded tp quench the flames. Ifrance ready to | ratify treaty j - Chamber of Deputies Will Act On September 10th Paris. Sept S.?The chamber of i deputies will ratify !h<- peace Treaty Ion September 10 and the senate on September 20th, according to The I Echo De Paris. : Jacksonville. Sept. S.?-The city is i quiet again after the double lynching of Bowman Cool; and .lehr. Mbrine. [ negroes accused of beating George DuBose. an insurance man. i<> death. Sheriff Bowling has removed another negro, charged with attacking a white I girl, from jnil and look him to St. Augustine. MINERS RETURN j TO THEIR HOMES Coal Miners Abandon Plan to Attack Non-Union Miners Charleston. W. Va.. Sept. 7.?The several thousand miners who took up a march across country yesterday .? with the avowed purpose of forcing \ non-union miners in Logan County to I j organize were prevailed upon today j j to desist in their effort after almost; j hourly telephonic conferences! ! throughout the greater part of the I j day between Governor Cornwell in ! ! this city and Frank Keeny, president i of District 17, United Mine Workers,! the men were started back to their homes late this afternoon from Dan- j ville and Clothier at which points! they had camped overnight. They j were brought back in special trains j sent to the rendezvous by the govern- i or and the union officials said that all j will return to work tomorrow morn ing. The men had taken up the j march without instructions or coun-! sei with President Keeny. Rumors' and reports that are said to be false i and misleading inflamed the miners! and with one section of the little ! army it was the determination to ! remedy the reported conditions inj Logar. county. Some of the reports! that reached the miners in i&ie Kana- j wha field were that women and j children were being murdered by mine > guards in Logan county and it was] their determination to put a stop to I it. Saturday morning President' Keeny was called upon by the govern or to go to the men ' who were at Danville. Leone County, and urge; them to disperse and return to their j homes President Keeny notified the j governor that the men had voted to j return and upon that notification | three special trains were sent to j brin gtfre men back. It was expect ed that the aen would come back at | once as the trains were on the scene j at 1.30. It was 3.55 before the first | train started lawny. In the meantime on the governor's desk was a tele- { gram to General Wood at. Chicago. 1 who has had two regiments of troops i under waiting orders at Camp Sher- j man for 24 hours. These troops ? were held under orders to move at a moment's notice and just when j the governor was about to give up j hope of a peaceful dispersing of the j men President Keeny telephoned that the men were boarding the trains and ! would move out at once. Three hundred men, who are ^at ( Clothier, nearby, refused to board the ? trains and said they would return as : they came. _1 THE TOUR OF ! PRESIDENT WILSON j -. i Aboard the President's Special. Train. Sept. S.?President Wilson to- j day began a week of travel into the j* heart of the Northwest, which will j take him over the Rockies and the j Pacific Coast. The program today in- j eluded speeches at Omaha and Sioux j Falls, S. D. ' PRESIDENT WEL- i COMES PERSHING j New York, Sept. S.?Secretary Ba-i ker read a message from President! Wilson expressing regret at not being; able to attend in person and extend- j ing thanks in behalf of the nation to j Gen. Pershing for his great services; during the war. Gen. Pershing paid j a tribute to his fallen comrades in re- j KowMuchisr IfeiirlarmWbithf South Carolina farms can be sold to better advantage now than ever before. Crop values in 1918 increased Ninety Mil lion Dollars. Money is plen tiful. There is a demand for small farms. By subdividing your farm or idle land we can sell it at auction for you quick ly and profitably. Note the prices brought by these South Carolina Farms sold through Date of Sale Aug. 31, 1918 . Sept. 10, 1918 _ Sept. 11, 1918. Sept. 13, 1918. Sept. 14, 1918. Oct. 1, !918___. Oct. 9, 191S_ Nov. 19, 1918. May 7, 1919_ Owner .C. O. Dixon, Esq .H. N. Singletary, Esq._ .Durant, Horton & Floyd .Mrs. Mary J. Harrell.. J. D. Coker, Esq F. L. & John Wilcox.. W. T. Wilkins, Esq... York Real Estate Co. Catawba Real Estate Co. us. Location Near Mullins, S. C._ " Lake City, S C.-.. " Manning, S. C " Darlington, S. C.. " Hartsville S. C... " Timmonsville,S.C. " Kingstree, S. C._. York, S. C.._._. Rock Hill, S. C. Amt Sold For ..$42,999.16 66,723.66 .35*294.62 25,134.56 . 10,116.20 . 71,589.85 _ 19,206.72 - 11,331.25 . 17,500.00 If we can sell-property satisfactorily for the other fellow, and hundreds of en dorsement letters testify to that fact, dosen't it stand to reason that we can sell your land to advantage? In 1918 our total sales of Ninety-Seven Thous and Six Hundred and Eighty-Eight Acres of Farm Land amounted to Ok Five Million Dollars We axe completely equipped with an efficient corps of publicity experts, accurate surveyers, energetic auctioneers and sales force. Write today for booklet explaining" our" methods. Farm Lands Our Specialty ?Territory Unlimited Atlantic Coast Realty Co. "The Name That Justifies Your Confidence*' Petersburg, Va.-Greenville, N. C. Reference: Any bank in Petersburg, Va. or Greenville, N.C. IHBBBESHsBBBHBBSBBBbbB % ALBANIANS DE MAND AUTONOMY Knoxville and Race Rioting. (From the Brooklyn Eagle). Knoxville, Tennesse, where race nu~? Tj _ j _ _ j T+^i- d~~~~+ j rioting and the use of machine guns iTiree Hundred Italians Report- in the street with many casuati?St lsr > ed Killed in Battle reported, is a historic town. It was' th* center of "Unionism in the Civil War. Paris. Sept. S.?Albanians who arejEast Tennesee was loyal. 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