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8?btered *t the Vostumc* at Suniter, V?J8? M eW>*d r1??a Matter sMB1 ? IsSlLgU UL.. .H-.i-L ... ? ANAL. Mis* KaPs Most-ley, wh?? hnn hcen Co? an ted with the local Western Volon Te'erraph Office for the past three years, hrfs accepted a position with the Western I'nine Telegraph of Ac* at Kock*Mount. N C Mr. an?) Mr*, t B. ftush and son, A Us of Camden. S C spent Monday -aIth M and Mia H ft. J. Smith of cm Mr* * H l Smith left Tuesday Oakley. 8.. c . where she will spend eeveral <ld>n with her son, Mr. C ?? Smith Jeff Wilhams e^ttettaiwed lu> fn honor of Mrs. Barle I. a repent bride, liaises were ?W*d In profusion in decorating the .-COin* and addo?l a touch of color to ?sw Beantlfut? moms. There \were shite table* m bridge and the llrst a hani^tuM-ntefl hon Imn dish, awarded Mr* .MaJ-ton Vlatt. Mrs. Jvowtamt was preseirted with a hand painted rii>h. uul th* consolation, a ?tit glass hud *MSr was wen by Mrs. ?fhhp Rtley A salad and ice courfce ?>8S eetved the guests during the hearting Mrs. K M Spann left this morning lit Bultlvna's iMand where she will Spend twv? weVks Mr. Charles Molae. of New York, as rlsltlng relatives In the city. Mr L H : .1.1. and family who hr.v? liMen visiting-airs A .1. Ude have re? turned to their borne m North. 8. C. Cel. William Bank a of Columbia, hs the city yesterday. Col. Banks; led thsm?seilng at Bethel yee as th% repre?frt tnttva of the Car*)im? Norton Association. Messrs. Wairren A. Smith and Claud B. Hurst left Wffvneartsy mnrnini 'or tThieaso After spending svvcr*! days there, they 1H|?? take in other Urge ewJos of Interest and then lol#tho tpsnvsritmn ports ??f the Southern Ufr geVd V. ust Company, at Niagara Fa Is. is July 14tht The convention pmty rill visit Quelle. Toronto. Montreal, nd other citlee tn Canada, then come hack by I ;.m**,, an 1 New York. Messrs. Hurst und Smith will be gone several week " Mr. and ?M "J. H Johnson and tittle daurhtge"?!nii1y left for Brun* Wiek. Oa., trTls* incYnlna; to visit rel? atives. Mr. Charles"AftVIke of New York Who has becn,4hn'Vt short Wsit to his family on L'tf V i-cri > ban re 't>irnM to New York. Agnes M Begin leaves on Frl sft*rn*on for a short trip to York aftn^ltrmdeiphta. and will ha hack In Ihe city In Shout two Mr. H D. ka+Wett and family left sm Thursday <br.Atlantic Cilty. Mr. tt wtli return In a few days tout Barnett ,wiU spend the remain wee et the summer there. Mrs. If. J. Lawrence has returned from Oreenvtlfe, S. C, accompanied by war daughter, Mr a. f>. W. CoAcld Mr William K. M. Ilwalne Joined S> patty of up-couu*ry friends and left * Ite tClagatree Thursday morning to at? tend a hoMSa'party., Mr. ami Mrs. J. F. Lyndon and little daughter. Marjorle Louise. Lit this morning for Lnke Junaluska, N. C Mr. and Mr* W. B. Cost In and hm lly have retlsstwd from a two week:* tgdng trip^tQ Mvrtle flrove Sound ir Wilmington. N. C. Mrs. Louisa'Williamson, entertain J th# bruise club rrotuy morning. After the game a most delicious S? lSd course wmt n?rea<l The hi*'i ? t Store was mads by Mrs. I'retto <>?. \ Who Wa* presented Witt? a beautifii hOS Of powder The < unHOiation, a handsome ImWf station.u y. W;i ; iM br Mrs. Johhofliley Mrs William? son's guests <sxri' Mcsdainus Hull man. K < . u llllam , l?rctto Otey, J ?ha ltlle\ \- . IP idh im f-.hn ; ? f . MLgWIll:. r...v^ln M i h Kills Of Cc lumua Mrs J C /ovdan and family, who hevs been vIsAUck Mrs A. j. Lids.] have returned in their home in Con WA) Hr. Usaiv 1?helor has gone f.. Camp f IrecnllAei, AUleiman. W. Va.. gor ?ix weeK^'stsy. Mr. and Mrs Samuel s.mders have |Sturn?d fruidTfheir wetlldng trip ami ? re now at Tthetr home on Brood Street * Mrs, J. Fr|i\k Hodges and children S>f Macon. Osi. are spending the ?um me fa Sumtei with Mis. C. K. Whlt seeV Messrs lohn ft and Charles Hayna Worth and Ohas W, and Clinton Mc t.rcw are spending a lew day* jgl fjstssWsag trip at Pawley*a iMhmd kKsAf? H Scale and C. VI MtCfts left Sundny aft'-rooon for New York then lo Niagara Kails on u Conventi"n p \> of al>out one week gtV?>n b> Foiithern Lit* \ Trust Com ptutf of (}reenN>ro N C. Mbbb sHereitee Walker of Jnohndh Ohio, is visiting Mr und Mrs. S. W. hValker. Mrs S. It .1. Smith rt lui ned home Wrtday afte^ spendins several dayq With Mr Hml Mi < >' M :hnl? h. of Oak - ?sy. I Mr I? vi MeCaafcltl of Camden WSJ 8 week *?nd vfbltoi ?f the home ?.f Mr 8nd Mrs S |( .1 Smith MISS Berlin llullinan left last week far Wayneatdv V ? fur a slay of Istvera! * ? -ks Mrs. I. I? f:\ui.ind little m?n. 1 H.. Jr . have renn ned home after vis? iting relative* m l: .. k Mill l?r C. H. Jjooth returned Sunday teem a tour ef the Pacific coast States. Wbils on the roast he attended ttu 8brtns meeting in I'or (land, ore. and ? the Dsniocra^c rational i onvention In Ban Francis*o Dr. D L. Wlliains left Sunday foi Columbia In fhe interest of the BtSh Optical AeasViatlon. While he r there. h? wiH attend ?In Mt.it.' (Mini, which is to h. held in Columbia ih< first of the week. -1 The law permits the aale on Sunday of articles of necessity, such as milk tnedtclne. et# The question N. cai g i?H-lm I'tsmfiod a n?.'<eiiv? Lamar Defeats Sumter -? VisiUmi Take vSlow But Inter esting Game From Locals The game Wedncsdav between I.a HUMP and dlllgfltOf legal somewhat of a d> .appointment 10 the local fgntl us Ihcy had hoped that the new team would he fthle to lake revenge on the Lfl.mar team for the had defeat they suffered at their hand some time ago.^ A good crowd was out to sec the game, hut It lacked the usual pep and th?> pla.vns let their pep die down too, so the game drifted along for the first let innings with nothing especially thrilling. In the lifth inning, with a i unncr on second. Hatchclor threw wild to tust. Harnes ^??t the hall and threw th?" in in out at home, hut Murin; in an effort to catch the man going to second, threw the hall Into center field and the runner scored from second. In the last half of the fifth, though, it looked as though the tide had turned when Humter got three .men on 00000 and none out. Perritt succeeded in striking two men arid Burns const up and laid down a pretty single Which netted a run. Th* next man fanned and the flooring was over for that in? ning. In the sixth. Swan for Darling' ion singled and was followed by Per ritt. who brought him in with a three Mgjger. Wo further aooroi w'ere made and the game ended. 2 to 1. Both Barnes and Perritt pitched pretty gggagg hut the rest of the team for some reason could not get their pep up nml get enough drive into then playing. letter from Mr. Bothea A while ugo 1 hOOgat a preacher af tlnn thai peoph could serve th*- devil so faithfully that finally they come to look like him and 1 half bolicvo it. Years ago I took occasion to remark ahoill |aOla] expressions. Some exprej iu s *c art born with buMh'Te a'*' Others 'hid ?irr acquired. All children have Innocegioe in their eyes and can stare you steadily in the face hut Komc roWn ups have un unsteady, stealthy gase, the look of the sneaking log. Others a Itsrce. high, self-Important browbeating nt ire and others an hon? est -open whole hearted look, full of the miik of human kindness and good cheer. There afe various expressions of the mouth, the most contemptible of which are the sag down at tire corners as though a bad dose hud just been taken. And the turned up at the cor? ners, as though about to disgorge. Ev? eryone can abide the mouth like a poor man's wages from "year to year," because it never snaps and bites, but if nece?j-?ary swallows you whole, the almost Infallible index of the wit. Another mouth we love, 'tis, a dangerous one particularly if the lips art a bit thtck, is that whose lips.are cupfd's bows. Thin lips, nervous ex? citable temperaments, fevery, pathetic, eloquent. The jowl of a monkey indicates fool bmneas, levity, littleness; the jowl of a bull dog always Indicates tenacity, es? pecially when the lips arc compressed All sorts of pec.de* make up the world but it would be better off. hap? pier in every way could we be rid of some of them. One is impressed, as he moves around that men and Women arc grown up Children. All have their ?Imi? tations which with the wlwst are ?pule restrict ed. / The chief pursuit of man la happi 1 noes but their Moni OH to its character j and attainments are muH it u dine US? | Come to think of it. the really saivc. coo), level-headed are vastly in the minority. We grown ups laugh at the antieH and pranks of the simple and of children, but do the same thing* on a bigejer scale. Tew people/inow they make the world they live in. ami won? der why It is so hard ami cruel. Our actions are boomerangs that al? ways come back to us. if thrown with foul intent they hit the thrower foul who wonder why "I am so unhappv " I asked a woman for a simple flower, much as a geuttOV of courtesy as iOti?erwise but she enarled bark,'do yon always get your wants?" One day a \ouiig man. in a morning walk encountered ?n old one, a vet? eran of the war between the states stranger in a si run re laud all ahme, w d? id and ktOfOtkfl gone. In Ot n sOgejgtlon he learned th* old gentle? man the night before slept in I black smith shop hud had gom* without bn kfeat. He turned about I0d the strang'-i to his home, gave him break fast, mad* a pallet fat him 00 ? large swinging Olli where th?? old man war. Soon wrapped in sleep. i The young man passing saw this and fearing the old soldier might lal.e cold, ureei m another way, got a quilt which he ajentty iron oeoi the steepei loit gsj t as ),< <!i <.pp.-d || t h" Old IMII .I 1)0, :.iw the kind tol and breathed "Ood hies* yon/' The other night there was a log meeting here of the aOnged and goig ers. Yes they actually came together for a conference on the subject of In.use rent with representatives from cities .is far away ns Savannah. Was ?ich a meeting necessar.v " Due stafmerit : a certain landlord in At I'r't rWQtfl an npattnunt I.Sf ftg tt?n Uaauaa?d doilara i year laves, tfgation showed that property valued at nlmde? n thou : nd dollars. There are some great peophc In At lanta A certain MothodW tub weribed lib* rally to the Baptist Taber nacle. sent Dr. Ham and family to MO Win tOf home In I'lorlda, which they ipied free <u ehargo. Another gaes him a Uno automobile tmil a $*?.aoo paid up life insurance policy Thh; hist adverthfug a newly finished apartment, stipulated thnt only peoj le with children need apply I could give tne name! of those gen tlenven. hut prefer not to. "Haggod" Bethea. Hotel Aragon, Atlanta, <ia. .1 itiv 4. Istd Hollywood Comp. Woodmen pf the World, will give a basket picnic at Po? tain Wednesday. All "Woodmen nrfl urged to come and bring a friend Mr M W. Bo ho, ol Spartauburg. Will h. preaont and win make an nddt. WAR WAT ATPEK1NG tDiplomatic Corps Finds it Nec? essary to Issue Warning to Chinese Government NO FIGHTING TO BE ALLOWED United States Has Only Small , Legation Guard of Marines in Peking and One Regiment at Ticnstih Peking. July 10.?Warning has been ;;iv?n MM government by the diplo? matic corps that there must he no tight ing bjlra it' there ii an uprising, and f'eKioK must hot he bombarded. Tin- t'<?ro<s lonmiiimlol hy Tuamhi Jul are nflrrounding 1'eking, J ill's fit titude is the result of ihi government's dismissal of the Inner Mongolian com? missioner. Hartsville Defeats Sumter Come Back With Victory in a Poor Game Friday The tnl log wvre turned and turned rattier badly for Humtor Friday When Harlsvilh c;ini? bade from their de? feat Thur-dny und piled up a ti to 0 victory against the locals. Tho score came as a surprise to the fans as th?y thought that Suniter would have an ^asy time repeating their vlctorp of t te previous day. Hartsville scored u runn in th" Hccond Inning, repeated the deed In (he lifth. and added insult tu injury by running in 2 More in the ; seventh. Sumter could not More and i the gam-^ ended n to 0. Barn-a pitched a very poor game for tho lo? cals. He did not hcem to have Hpeell, curve or control and did not scorn o care. Burress was rent in to relieve him in the eighth inning gut it was too late to do any good. Hardeman. who has ben going good on short was up In the air m sU riiay and muffed every? thing that came his way and cou d j do nothing' at hat. Rumrer had a ehnnee to score in 1h.- fourth ar,d fifth Inning*) win n she got men en , lui^es, onq lime th^ hhses crowded with none out. Hits failed to appear where they should however, and noth- . ing run WftS put across the home ptaio Barnes left last night with the Harts- . VlHe team to seek greener fields while Hardoman has ben released. The fans will hate to see Hardeman go as he . started out like a wonder* bu-e he seems to have lost pep and the local j management did not feel able to keep him. Sumter wil play Wilmington , Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday. t Wilmington, as usual, wil bring u fast team and there will tx sotAe good baseball bore next week Four new players will dor tlw* Sutntcr uniform I and their actions will be watc hed with interest by the local fane, Remem? ber the thive g;.nies next week and come out. SI N < 11 il S T A JI Y??G fclUMN <rS (m Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock July ,11th Mlgg Kennte Singh dar.-, -f l.\nehhurg. and Mr. Q. U. Geddings, of Wedge field wer? united in mar? riage at the Salem Baptist Parson? age. Rev. to. W. Reynold! performing |hc ceremony. There was quite a concourse of relatives and friends of the contracting parties to witness the event. Mr. and Mrs. Geddings will make tluir future home in Co? lumbia, where Mr. Geddings holds a position In reterence to the repairs needed at ^nx-eral places oiv the paved streets, City Manager Stlllwi II elktee thnt he has .al? ready notiiied ihe several contractors who hO|Ve hvtd lhe pavements thar have proven defective of the defects th;it Imvi? developed ami has called upon them to make the necessary re? pairs at IhSJ earliest possible da It. The contractors are all under bond to maintain Hie "tree! paving In good condition tor term of yearn And in the rUlH thai Ho y do not make ncewsary rgpsiva foi which they are liable un ddr the bond, the city can have the work done und colled coal of same from the surely company. Manager Btllwell states thut the bond requires thai the < rty give the contractor per mal notlt ? of the defects In the paving, Specifying in detail (he nature Of the defects and miking demand that re pairs be nuido. Manager Bt 111 well has made a careful Inspection pt the pav? ing and has written each of the con tractork giving complete detailed spec itications of the defects and the na? ture of repalri required to put th* paving in good condition. He has liad replies from several of the contractors in th<' cans of one Arm an adjustment of the claim of the oily ha ? bei n ef tsctt d s t'b ? i ? pr? whtatl ? ol th< (urn wlm came to Sumter to Inspect the paving and to make o settlement with the city. The defects Srere of a minor < Iii i at der o nd it was agreed thai the < ity could make the repairs as satisfactory as the contractors ami more cheaply lhau they could .is they would have In send a <n\v of WOfkmen here to do it. The ? online tors paid ihn city, in cash. |ho eStti tnalcd cost of the work' and the re? pairs will be matte al once. The other repairs will be mad" in the neu fu? ture, epicr by tin- contractor! or b> th-e city, at the expense Of tho contrac? tors, th" bills being paid by the bond I lug companies I Judgsj John s Wilson has granted bail in the sum of *!.<><?(> for Willis Jones, who is now in the county jail on th<> charge of murder, it is thought that the ball will be secured and Junes will be free until his trial, which is on the do. Ltt of the not session of court, BOWERS MEET IN CHICAGO Committee of Forty-Eight Framing Up To Put Candi? date tor President in Filled SINGLE TAXEUS IN THE CONFERENCE _ Han is to Agree on Platform and Candidate Who is Ac? ceptable to Disgruntled Re? publicans and Single Taxers i Chicago. July 10.?-The delegated summoned to Chicago by the commit" I?"' Of Wrty-lOiabt ahd single tax rep rooontalHvea met today in the prelhn Inariee ot an attempt to nominate e fusion Wvtrd parity presidential candi? date to r>m on r platform satisfactory to both elements. Thfe first work was the election of n committee on plat form .and political procedure. Allen MoCurdy, secretary Ot the committee of Fort.v-iCiKht. woB selected as tem poi?;.i y chairman. ?* It i.'! currntly reported, and not de? nied,, that Mayor Jennings and Coun? cilman Haffield will* seek reelection; and there is, also, considerable talk of opposition candidate! entering the lists agOilYst both of them. I'p to date, however, there has been no definite announcement, nor even a rumor hav? ing the appearance of authenticity. A email lire was started at the home Of Dr. K. S. Booth on Hampton ave- | nue, about 3.?0 Thursday afternoon by ; on electric iron that had been left on a boa id. ( ^nm eted to the cm rent. \'o , oiw wa>; In the houefe at the tithe ex- ' cepL the ftOgTb I want who was down slaps. A; soon as the bla'/e was dis? covered the alarm WOS given and the* tire department wae eoon on the job : and succeeded hi extinguishing the RhmOS bet?re much damage was done. It is common talk in Sumtcr that anyone who wants whiskey and is willing and able to pay the price can |Ot it promptly. Current quotations for Canadian Club in case lots are said Lo be $U0 a case of twelve bottles. Orders arc taken and the goods deliv? ered with ax much indifference to the law as if the commodity was Sour Or ddV moat i'< seems gtnttige that the Officers o: the law who have nothing to do bur search out law breakers), canhOt apprehend a few more boot > loggers than they do. The pr- spect of a good corn crop !vaa been materially inrproved by the rains of the^past few days. Cotton is in excellent condition, hut some farm? ers say that it is growing too rapidly o pur on a full crop of bolls. BOLL WEEVIL IN CALHOUN Pest Has Boen Found All Over County FEAR MUCH DAMAGE More Infection Found in North? ern Part of County St. Matthews, July 11.?That the boll weevil is generously prevalent in this county is now no matter of question. While in certain communi? ties of the lower portion of the coun? ty large areas are yet apparently free from Infection, yet on the northern BidQ of the bounty In many it Is abundant. County Supervisor Wise was in town one day this week with a large handful of the forms; They were picked up at random on his farm and practically everyone ex hlbited contauud a full sized healthy wet\jI. Mr. W ise's farm is only one of many in this section Reckoning Dom (a!-illations and data given by those with experience, and with Con? ditions favorable to its propagation, many parti o? this county will feel his weight with appreciate force in marking the yield for this year. Dr. Smith Lectures At Winthrop Several Good Speakers For This Week of Summer School During the past week the'outstand? ing Mature at the Winthrop Summer SchOol was a scries of leeturec by Of Charles Atpi.onso Smith, professor of laiKlish at the United, States Naval Academy. Among the subjects treat? ed hv Df. Smith were the letter as a type of literature, the new words thai have chOws into the EBnglteh languawe as a rcahl! of the world war. and the prediction of Dr. Philip Glbbs that ?America is on the verge of a renais? sance of literature similar to that in, England In the days of Elizabeth. On Friday night Miss Emma D. Kandie, reader and impersonator, ggve a pleasing entertainment in the auditorium. The speakers for this week will be Dr. A. M. Harding of the University of Ai l aie 1?. on popular science, and i IV. Edwin Minis, professor of English) at Vanderbllt University. The clfy of Sumter has disposed of the Lighting Plant bonds to the sev? eral bank., of this city, which consider? ably relieves the financial Stringency of the municipality. The details of the tr?te action and the terms on which the bonds were purchased by the hanks have not been officially an? nounced. Many Cases Up For Trial lore Court of General . Sessions JUDGE WILSON PRES. Murder Cases Attract Much AT tention This Week Th? summer term of the Court General Sessions opered in the Co House this morning with Judge Joh S. Wilson of Manning presiding. The greater part of .he morning taken up hy Solicitor WcLaeod i swearing the witnesses to la- examined h> the grand jury, which is to pass oh igte lulls of indictment before the court'" thiH term. A f u r being ehsrged hy Judge Wilson, the grand jury retired tO their room and are now considering ili< \aii>i'is ra<ics I et ore them. Solicitor McLeod hss a groat many ? sea that were left over from th$ last term of Court, snd some new bitts thai have been presented by the grand jury. The court will try these in order. Only 27 petit Jurors answered to then? names this morning. It was learned that the. others who had not been summoned could not be notified for one reason or another. Court will convene e^ery morning at '.?.;;<?. adjourning at .30 for a two hour recess. It will reconvene at 3.36 in the afternoon. Time are a good many cases to be tried, among them several murder cases that ere at tiacting much attention. .-1,. Harding Has Busy Day e _ Will Go Into Seclumon to Writ e Acceptance Speech Marion. July 12?^Preparatory to go? ing into seclusion to complete *ils Sc ? ptahce speech. Senator Harding harf a busy day with his en?agementa. He conferred with Senator Cummins, the/ c tairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee. Judge Wann maker, con testant to succeed Harding in the sen? ate and Raymond Rofcbins, beginning tomorrow Harding intends to d'ehy himseil to all visitors intii his speech is complbfed. Th^ tobacco markets of Eastern Carolina open on Tuesday, July 20^, Floth warehouses m this city will open on that day and will hold the first reg? ular sale:. H m state! that the. coop in Bumter county and adjacent sec? tions will not be more, than 60 to 60 ! per oent. as large as last year, but the indications are that it will be of much, better quality, with correspondingly I igher prices. H vjnvi! THE D. I CHANDLER CLOTHING CO The Oldest and Largest Clothing' Establishment in Eastern Caro? lina, Offers You Un equaled Opportunity For Satisfaction in the Sete<v tion of EVERYTHING FOR WEN Afltf BOYS. For more than a gene ration the D. J. CHANDLER CLOTHttfG CO. SERVICE has been known to this section o?f the State; and each year has add? ed to our experience and futili? ties for serving you better. Wo know that you will take pleasure in viewing thc^ finest as? sortment of clothing that it has ever been our privilege fo hantffe, and that prices are right?you know our rule, SATISFACTION OR MONEt BACK. i You know our lines the best to be had in ? 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