Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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at the Po-tofflce at Sumter. , M fcoennd t u*m Matter. it JM ? personal. Ml?? i Claudia Fr?ser ami Marx Brunsen, return I this morning from New Orleans where th? \ attended tlu Cbrletlan Endeavor Convention of the South. lire, Harry Green and children are OtMt^nc Mr? ftreen pa'cntH in Flor? ence, 8. C. MIM Abbn Hin,?n has returned from ? vlatl to Mis*,-y Ijouht and Ida Socy at Luke Junaluaaa. While "e ahe attended the training school Sunday School \N orker?, gffft? Per la Htrauee of Clio anC aIIss Ha rah Wolf? of Cnmden are visiting Mr and Mra, lease Strauss. Mise Hue Knffletd has gone to Bre vard N ?' . to spend a month. Mm e.i T. Morris ami daughter of Charleston are visiting her son, Mr. .Tease L Morris, or North Church Stentes Weinberg and William Mo ran. Jr . have gone to Hamp/ou Koads, va.. to attend the Summer N'aval Training School Mise Ttotalte Heribert of Paliell, fa visiting Mis* Elisabeth Jennings on ChurCh str< et ( Mr. and Mm C. M Thirer after amending a few days In the city have continued tnetr trip Vorth where they will visit Wnshh.gto I. New York and Atlantic <"t> Kr turning they will spend sometime In Winston-Salem. ^Irs. Phifer * form? r home. Mra, Agnes Williams of Charleston is visiting Mr*. K. P DUTant. Mine Fannie Whit, has gone to Sa foda* N. C . to spend several weeks. Mr. and Mrs R. I?. Blanchard and Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Sober have gone 00 a two weeks' visit to Washington. P. C. Atlantie Cito and New York. Tp'ey aje makmr: th? trip by nut*.mo? bile and will return via the Shenan doah Valley. Mr. Sidney White has accepted a position wlt"b. the People's Grocery Cc, and will be with them from now on. Mr 11. W? Cuttlno has accepted the poattton of deputy clerk of court and will he associated win that office from new on. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Levl are hav? ing today for Chiraco. The many frlendu of Major L. S. Carson, who is statu ned at Fort Ogte thorpo will be pleas*d to learn that he has l?eeo promoted to the rank of Lieut-Colone*. Griffin ^hearer Miss Knills T Grtffln and Mr. Harry J Shearer were married at 4.00 o elaes Wednesday afternoon at the par? sonage of the Firs* 1 tap 11st Church. The ceremony wai performed by the ftev. W. E. Th i> I ? ittor of the First Baptist Chuieh The bride and^groom are from Au gueta. (la . Mrs. si eater having re elded her ? only f<r the past few month* Nevertheless she has a large aifniber of friends 11 Sumter who re? gret that her merlaj'e takes her away from this city. Mr. Shearer hold? a responsible po? sition with the Augusta Herald In Au? gusta, where they will make their fu? ture home The underlying cause o* poor fcchool houses, tho leek of proper equipment Inadequate salaries for teachers been and ccntinues to be the Call 3of state ceaallao diet rots to levy flctent achooi tu:cc* to provide the facilities that are needed. Until very recently the people haw beer, unabb to pay the heavy taxes that would have >een neoeenry to re se sufficient funds It, boild model school houses, furnish them properly ami \< ly high salaries to teachers. Any criticism of existing condition*, to be fair, must t ike thene circumstance* Into consideration. In the recent past there ha* been gn awakening in reaped! lo sduoattonal requirements ..nd many school dis? tricts h*v?? built new School homes, erhlle still m?re nave Irvid extra levies fcr school |iiiri>" id obtain a correct perspective, of the school eondlttons In Sncdci county one sou * base knowledge of renditions as they W0n a few yen re ago And make compariso \ with eonditionaas tlt^y are today. There haw been progress and improvement year by year, und the outlook for stld greater advance? ment within the ne?r future was never mere encouraging It must tie re saeenbeied toat development ot the public 1 che. ii system under condi? tions that aatSI in the South, must necessarily Ik> a process of evolution and growth, not by a radical revoto tlon. nor l?v hhs creation of a COm pletr Mud pel i ?-, ?. ,I sv jt' in by * he, eirptte of a pen* or a command of one who see* a vision of things as they should be. "Birmingham, July 13?Senator Vnderwood. addressing (he rainbow gMerans. declared that Ihr govern? ment has b.-come tooth ill of the partisan ami th< d< iin ot the ptun etve loader* as wi II OS Hgi ho Ii m a I ex become leaders In the fight again fSB dungein w*huh he said threat ened tae life of the republic Column u July Ii.- win Uethune, negro, who was serving a life sentence f'?r murder, and who escapad frodl the state farm on July If, had not been captured up until IteSt night. SOCOCd? log 'o penlbnih <i \ < th I II llethillie Win poiivlri?-.! ,,f inm il>T in l.e? 1 iimity and bad onl) h? i . .1 , ompttratlvely Short time of hi- ? ? iilenri' ?isms Nightmare on Demon. In some portions of the continent of Knrope nightmare Is believed to lie a epectrol creature hat cornea nnd takes a sest on the brenit of the unconscious sleeper, half unio hiring him and not permitting hltn to mr \ As those who have suffered therefrom say they cannot an much ail bend th * little finger during those moments of snguleh, It IS net surprising hat the superstitious explained the condition as a malicious giaaaae) ?ens*>tn* 01? eie4iie> LEFT RECORD AS INVENTOR Iftf llth Marqule, Three Centuries Age, Hid ideas for Projeote at That Turn Undreamed ef. One of the most mrlons bonks In Flngllah literature la that Which boars the tlth\ **A Oentury of Invent ions," and whose anther is Kdward, marqula or Worcester, who died April 3, l?f?7. The book appeare to have been writ? ten 12 years before hla death, and con? sists ox hundreds of descriptions of projects, none of them, however, so explicitly treated as to enable a mod? ern adventurer to carry them out In practice. In this boo* are to bo found meth-v ivls for secret writing, by cipher or Inks of a peculiar natnre; telegraphs or semaphores, explosive projectiles thut would sink nny ship, ahlps that would r*?sl|t any explosive projectiles, floating Rardens, a method of fixing shifting sands, a way to make a boat work against avlud and tide, and many other curious contrivances. Nothing came amiss to the mechan? ical marquis; neither were his projects mere dreams, for he bed worked out In hla own mind a clear conception of a steam engine, and Is believed to have made a working model of one. His es? tate was filled with all sorts of ma? chines for raising water to the top of the great tower by hydraulic power, and during the war he frightened away a troop of Roundheads by a display of these unknown powers. The marquis Impoverished himself hy hie adherence to the cause of Charles I., and when Charles II. came on the throne he was neither recom? pensed, for his losses nor rewarded for hfl fidelity. Kings' memories are often very short. Metals That Call fcr Use. Of the metals now known, more then Vi In number. Dr. R. E. Slossons notes that not one-half have come Into common use. The so-celled rire ehe? rn ears are rehlly abundant enough, considering the earth's crust as a whole, though they are, so thinly seat tered that they are usually over? looked and herd to extract. But when? ever one of them proves* valuable it la soon found available. A systematic search generally reveals it somewhere in sufficient quantity to be worked. Who. then, It la asked will be the first to discover a use for indium, germa? nium, terbium, thulium, lanthacium. neodvmlum, scandium, samarium and others as mnch unknown to ns of to? day as tungsten was to our fathers. Unperturbed. ?Ha,w exclaimed the client. "You predicted the world was coming to an end a week ago." "Did If" replied the soothsayer, dreamily. "Ton certainly did. But we are still Here. Nothing has happened. What have you got to any for yourself?" "Juat fhla," said |he soothsayer. "I'm as glad It didn't happen as yon are. Mustapha," he continued, mo thmlng languidly to his darlt skinned assistant, "show the gentleman out end admit the negt seeker after truth." -Birmingham Age-Herald. MATING ARRANGED BY ELDERS Young People of Java Have Little to 3ay In Selection of Husband or Wife. Marriages in Java are typical of people In all tropical climates, In that the couples wed when they are very young. When a girl reaches h*r elev snth e? twelfth year, her parents be gin to lock out for s suitable husband, and after the selection has been made they start long preliminary discussions with the parents of the boy. The fa? ther of the girl then consults the "wlss mnn" of the village, usually the only 'iterate person In the community, fur? ther action being taken solely on his sdvlce. The wise man takes the fl>st letters of the names of the prospective bride and groom and draws them together In various shapes, tli*?n meditating over the combination which If to de? cide whether the hoy and girl are go. Ing to be happy In their marriage. If the drawing suggests In the Imagine-, tlon of the wise man a tree with many hrsnches. he warmly recommends the alliance between the boy and girl as j tbo drawing Is supposed to promise them prosperity and, above all, a large family. When the selection Is made to (die satisfaction of all concerned, the par- I cuts begin to discuss the dowry which, I In the case < f the Javanese, Is sup4- ; piled by the groom, consisting of! dresses, food, household goods and ; other similar articles.?Detroit Newa. A Manor House Find. The story of the find of 1,000 apsde guineas In the press of on old Hert? fordshire (Kng.) manor house Is told In nie Bookman's Journal. The house changed owners, and the new pro? prietor, a few weeks after taking pos? session, examined the attics systemat? ically, in one of the pfeggea there he found a number of tattered and stained books, among them Doctor Crnly'g 'Malathlel." which he opened In casual curiosity. On a pegs he came serosa a penciled note, fadlcgb lug where valuables had heel bidden In tie* house during the ?rlsls of the *Vt rebellion. Forthwith ho had Ihe flooring of a cupboard taken up. and there In a cavity lay some thousand spade guineas, a quantity of rare china and silver, and first editions of f'ongreve, Wycherley, Dryden and cer? tain of the la?e Kll;'rhethnnH--all fine fully wrapped In silken dresses of that ?Vud*, Movement for "Mixed Clubs" in City of London. ' i t Method Has Been Suggested to Cneok Decline in Miirrfmge Rate, Which la Viewed With Consid arable Alarm. Social reformers, bishops, clergymen and physicians are continually remind? ing us that In England we need ''more marriage and earlier marriage." The postponement of the age of inarrlag* among men until thirty or the begin? ning of middle age la not a healthy aoclal sign. Tn the middle class this deferment of wedlock Is attributed chiefly to the Increased difficulty In earning a suffi? cient Income to support the family. The same factor comes Into play among the sklllcu craftsmen who wish to at? tain a fair financial position before | they undertake the responsibilities of parentage. We find, therefore, that early marriage la the custom chiefly of the unskilled workers, casual laborers and the very poor. The economic question Is not the only barrier to early marriage and more marriage In the great middle class. Strange as It may appear, a vast num? ber of men and women who wish to marry cannot find mates. Even In these, days there are a multitude of men who -have very few women ac? quaintances, and a still larger host of 1 women who rarely enjoy the society of men. We are apt to forget that a large proportion of the Inhabitants of J the big cities are practically 'Vrtrungcrs ' In Hie gates." Their "homes" are a bedroom in the suburbs, a boarding J house or a little lock up flat. They are 1 country immigrants to the large towns, j and In many Instances they have not a I single acquaintance in the place. If we ore really In earnest about the decline of the marriage rate and the deferment of mntrlmony, we should sm - about facilitating social intercourse be? tween the se.xgn. The first practical step Is the provision of "mixed clubs" under municipal control. Clubs, as they, exist now, are strnply internment camp? for men or women, and there is no j doubt that they tend to a further seg- i regatlon of the sexes. * IS Is true that there are clubs In Lon ibn where men and women can meet. But we require a very much larger number in the metropolis and In all ports of the provinces. My own experience of mixed clubs I Is that they undoubtedly promote mat- I rlmony. They are a pleasant meeting place for young men and women after j the days' work. It is appalling that ! thousands of youths and maidens should have nowhere to foregather In the evenings and no choice between the lonely lodging and the streets. I would suggest also that every mu? nicipality should establish a marriage bureau and provide candidates for wed? lock with Introductions.?From Conti? nental Edition of TiOndon Mall. Where Soft Drinks Originated. A Philadelphia writer says that there Is not much inspiration for po- j etry in soda water. Let it he remembered that another , "first" to be credited to Philadelphia j Is for the manufacture of soda water I ?that Is to say, the commonly accept- j ed beverage with fault sirups. It was made by Eugene Roussel, who conducted a perfumery establishment here about a century ago. Moreover, the Philadelphia centen? nial Anally confirmed the important place of the Industry and the popular? ity of the beverage In the United States. Robert M. Green began to build soda fountains In *74, showed one at the centennial, and at the Franklin Institute exposition, held not long thereafter, dispensed his new In? vention, "lee cream Roda," to an In? creasing throng that presently was j paying $200 a day over the cottbter ; for the seductive new "soft drinks." | With the present soda wafer and i soda fountain business approximating one billion dollars a year, this Phil- ! adelphia horn industry Is still in its : Infancy. But what * prodigious Infant It 111?Philadelphia Public Vllger? Nickel Coins Again. An Innovation in currency hits been made by the Indian government,: which has coined and issued nickel 8 auna and 4-anna pieces. Two-anna and 1-anna pieces have been in clrcu lattog in India for many years, hut hitherto no nickel coins of a value equal to the new Issue have been in use in any country?In fa< t, the 8 anna piece is credited with being the highest valued coin struck In base metal In the world, Its recent sterling exchange value being 1 shining 2 pence, or 28 cents, at normal values. The Indian government was influenced in its decision to Issue the uew coins by the high price of silver, and It 1s probtblfl tlin.t one result of the Inno? vation will be to cause the 8-anna sli? ver coins to disappear.?Brooklyn Eagle. New SmokeleSe Fuel. Coalite, I new Ilrltlsh imoketeej fmd. is claimed to ho a natural briquet general Ing as much heat per unit as coat By I process of low tempera? ture carbonization, a ton of bitumin? ous coal Is made to yield %4 hundred weigh! of inftdkeleas fuel, 7,?mh> ruble feet of gay, 111 gallons of od similar to cnidc petroleum, '\ gallons ot rctined mot<?r spirit ami 20 pounds of sulphate of ai'.uiordu for fertilizer. Besides nski'dC fat! smokeless, this proceed supplies by products of enormous uu put tunce.. . Letter From Mr. Dabbs Tryon. X. C, July 12, 1920. In m\ last letter I u;is BO taken UP with other matters of Interest, that 1 did not have time to comment on the difference of climate nor mention some other nuatten that may !>?? of Interest to some of your read< i On ni} recent trip home, I wai mort than ever Impressed with the heal ?Iowa there, and the salubrity of the climatic up here! Saturday the 3d, the trip down was very pleasant, and Monday "was not a hot day as hot daya go in Salem, hut the other days of our .day made us long for the mountains. Also the props ar?> so much more ad? vanced from Congaree and Eastover on east that up country cotton looks very unpromising to me. The com rop outlook up here ig better than from Union down. There is a larger acreage* the cultivation i= well nigh perfect and the color jmt right. Friday, I took Ifo&ride to Bpartah burg to stand the entrance exami? a tiona for the University of South Caro? lina After transacting some other j business, T went down to Reidvillc. 13 miles w< ll of Spartanburg, to see my old friend, Rev. CUttlnO Smith who was the Mayesville supply when 1 lived at .Mrs. vTitherspoons, about i8'.?o. i found him and Mrs. Bmlth and their son, Cuttino. In a comfortahe home noted for its hospitality now as 1 knew it no years ago, Some of his old friends may not have kept up wtih ] the changes in the Smith family and for these l will state that Miss Eu? nice is still the faithful "standby" of Dr. Jonson in his office at Winthrop. Manning is happily married and lives in Houston. Texas, linker, the young* est son, is in Fitzgerald. Ca., and the family ore looking forward to a de? lightful trip th" last of this month when mi the 2>rh Mr Smith is to Of? ficials at Baker's marriage. ? Cut'n o runs a small farm and is the et ad by ot his mother and father, very domestic in his tasten and a very companionable young man whom I ex- | pect soon to hear sonn* good girt has , captured. Of course all young Pres byteriahs know that Maxy is one of our ( consecreted missionaries in China. Not many know that he is the great grand? son of the distinguished Baptist preacher of a century igo and the first president of the South Carolina Collet-. After dinner they took me to see some cf the good farming around Reidville among which the little farm of Mr. Smith on which he doe3 most, of the work, the ugh S3? years old. is among the most intensively cultivated %nd most productive, like it was when he farmed at the Brick Church par? sonage. They took me to see one of their l>ig farmers, Mr. Caston, who on a 20h acre farm had to pay an Income tax on more than $10.000 per a minis for the past three years. Ten yeu/a ago he ] aid $70 per acre for this la/id and today could probably sell for toOO oer acre. He said hq expected to make 1 I*] hales of c^ttrtn per acre on a crop jttSt now large enough to cover the land. Found Frof. Wilson Gee of the I'ni aity of South Carolina at Mr. Claston's w liere he is making a study of ten? antry and its relation to rural sociol? ogy, for USS in his class room, and gen 11.?I Lecture work n connection with the exh aslun wors of the university next session. Mr. mid Mrs. Smith own a tine lot of four acres in I h< in ?'\\ '11 i'< idvllle jttst across the Btreel from flic campus of tin "hi Keulviih Female . ? nuiiaiy, named iiV honor ol the father of the late J. Whltner Held, lor many yean secretary and treasurer of the farm? er's Alliance and Cnion. They both are well preserved and active and gootf/for many more years of life. I4 do not know when I have spent a mere pleanant day talking of old times and inquiring about old ac? quaintances. * Another matter of interest to num? erous trien is is that lira. Louisa War? ren Fraeer will break up her home in Hartsvtlte to bd a matron at Thorn weii Orphanage, while her .younger Son pursues his studies at the Presby? terian College at Clinton, and Miss Vardctle takes the full course at Win .. i thro p. From here to Bcidvile via Spartan burg is 16 miles i doom if there is anything like th acreage of good corn In the same distance on any road in the lower part of the state. When T say good corn. I mean it?40 bush? els or more to the acre if I am any judge of culture, color and distance. But with the cool nights. T am sk< n tlcal of cotton with not even a sliape on it in the middle of July. So much rain Saturday night and Sunday morning we were weather bound. Thermometer 65 Sunday ! until noon time. ft. w. balms, i Dentti. BeaufOft, July 16.?The .many; friends of Qap|? Sam. Sparks were, g] a ed to learn of his sudden death at. his |ate home ham OH June l#th. Ht* had boon In declining health for sev? eral years but was thought to have been at well as Beuge* up to within a few minutes of his death. Apoplexy was the immediat" cause. Capt. Sparks had lived in our sec? tion for less than two years big had in that time won the admiration and es tem of all who knew him. He was born at Blenheim, S. C. May 22, 1850, and reaped in Marlboro county. At the age of 22 he married Miss gallic IfC?ae EklenS, daughter of Capt. Henry Rdens of Marlbono, who with the rotiosvfaag children survive him: J. C. Sparks. Mrs G. t>. Estill. Mrs. F. EL Smith of Beaufort, and Mrs. TM ward F. MoCjelia.n of Charleston. Rural Carrier lixnmlnatlon The l/nited States Civil Service Commission has announced an exam? ination tor the county of Sumter. S. C tobe held at Sumter on August 14, 1020. to till the position of rural car? rier at Dalsell and Tindal and vacan? cies thai may later occur on rural routes from other post offices* in the above mentioned county. ('iiimaiugs-Be Mi I in p r essri v e We/fJ d\n$l Haee in < chimbta < olurabia Statt , July 14 * The marriage ol Misa Mary, ED Cummings, daughter of Joseph' Cummings, to Wilian Gordon Bell or tin Wading members of Columbia bar. was solemnized at n< yesterday at the hone of the brit father In shandon ai neg with a pie but Impressive ceremony perfoi cd by thje Rev. H. C. Grier of the Bociate Reformed Presbyterian cht in the presence of the near relatti of the two families. The bride given iti marriage by her father was attended by her only sister, Ml Xan Elliott Cumminirs and the ben) groom had as his best rnan his Rlcmard ftetsei <>f St mter . The hr.ie were a lovely whttt lejdL, gown and ;i picture hat of pale pihV1 georc< ' t?? mid i.r.iKi rimmed in snigtl3 lowers and carried a bouqtlet of bride ] roses. 4 * < The maid ol boner was gowrartl tp white net wom with a pale blue tUs hat trimmed with p nk roses and l*Jr flowers were pink loees of matching -had* . The ceremony was performed tn tree rear section of tbe double living room, where Inrgt panel wlndof/s whtCh overlooked the nearby woodji and which were trimmed with praldM, ferns and ba?*kets nf Shasta daisies, formed an artistic setting for the war? ding paity. rtaisien arranged in pro? fusion ndoi*ned the two rooms aWi S were the only now era used. IAfter ihe cerencny wedding cSlfe ?) h pe of bride rewes i.i d rilfes were served. Miss Cummings being assisted by y iss Caroline^ Re*k Ward and Miss Janie D. Heath IMr. and Mrs. Beb er left on the Car-:' olina Special for an extended trip 'lo>. California, the latter 'wearing a smart coat suit of Mux? cloth, a small tn?hnU colored h*t of crepe and braid, artft blouse and hat of tie henna ?bade. Upon their return-in the early fsfjl they veil live in !\ r. Helser's hsnj some new "suburban home .hist beyoP'J Shandon. I I toll Weevils hi Lee Mr. Press Lyles brought to ouir of? fice lav. Thursday c a tot of cettep forms or squares lie had picked up in his field. Fie also 1 ad a weevil ^ound in one ot ihe squares, which c\ :? r \ ro poun.r'1' i genuine weevil by the fs^lh demonstration agert lor Lee cofrnl Mr. Lylcs fays that-tbey are only spots in the held, but are gradtia . spreading, but are worse In Mr. Trfck Atkinson's cotton. If they are spreading during tltftd hot dry weather svhat will they do when r.nn sets in It is alarming to think that they ht.ve starredso earr>*. The effecta of their ravages will As felt by al of u^--Bishopvllle Vindi cator. . i- HiiimiiKiiiuiii.il iiiiMMiniuaiiiiiiiiMiinniuiiiiriiiHiiii Now for Still Lower Prices It's time for our summer clearance sale; and that mean s lower prices t) lan ever. We've grot a lot of fine merchandise here; and we're going to dispose of it now to get the decks cleared for the fall action. ^ you care to get special values for your morray in things to wear, you'll come co see us now. All Palm Beach and Mo? hair Suits reduced one fourth. All Children's Wash Suits reduced one-fourth All Silk Shirts reduced one fourth. Nothing Charged All Low Quarter Shoe;* re? duced one-third Han an Shofes, Oxfords, in Russian Calf, Gun Metal and Glased Kid, regular $18.00. now $12.5ft, including tax. Bostonian Shoes, in all styles, reduced one-third. Nothing Charged Everything marked in ploin figures?you just deduct the disronn . These ate all seasonable, aumtaar goods, thai you will need en yon - vaca? tion; just ftS well I ave on pur-chan1?* and have more (.?> upend <>r. your trip.. The D. J. ChanSler Qotbin Home of Hart Schattier and Marx Clothes 11 N. Main St. Sumter, S. C.