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% dt 0 Ol ataman ano ?outbron. SATURDAY. JULY 24, 1909. Eatertxl at Uh* r?iH|nfli.v at Suinter, S. C, mm Sccoml Cluss Matter. PERBONAU Mr. Lern King; returned Tuesday from m business tri > to Orungeburg Mr. and Mrs. ' B. F. Estrtdgo kit Tuesday morning for Riehmond, and Washington. Thiy wlll#vls!t NlaK tia Falls before returning. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. McOrnv left Tuesday morning for Peretsbunt. Richmond and W uhlngton. Mra D. T. Meads and chlldrc t ha\e gone*' to Wrtghtsvllle Beach. Mine Moneta Osteen returned Mon? day from Oreenvllle and Wllllam eton 8. Ci where the has been visit? ing snra I. Brown and daughters, Edra and Lucille, are the guests of Mr. and Mra V. H. Phelp< Mr. and Mrs. V H. Phelps are ?pet.dlng the day In Columbia. Miss Ethel Brunson and little sis? ter. Luclle. left Tuesday for an ex? tended visit to relatives at Summer ton. Pinewood and Paxvllle. Mr. Bartow Walsh went to Oreen vill? this morning to attend th<j Bap? tist Sunday school convention. B Mr. D. W. Cuidno and family have Sou.- to Horse Shoe. N. C. Miss Susie Brown, student nurse, of Roper Hospital. Charleston, is spend? ing her annual vacation with her pa? rents on Calhouu street. Miss Jennie Vee Brown. Messrs. E W. Swentman and Lern King return? ed Tuesday from a house party at Brooksdale Farm. Orangeburg. glv?n by he Misses Holidays of that place. M r. J. F. Powell formerly connect? ed a ith the Belvedere Hotel has ac eep1 ed the day clerkship with the Ho? tel Humter. t Miss Florence Coleman. of \\^ter? ? npent Tuesday In the city. Mr. J. N Harden, of Eloree, Is In Sumter. J. T. MeEachan. of Florence, Is on a visit to our loa n. Mrs. Oeo. F. Epperson and daugh? ter. Miss Pauline, are spending sor.io la Hendemonv Kb . N. C. Mrs. Walter O, Htubbs has gone to the Tsle <->f Pnlrr. ? to ?pend the sum rn i is, llsssrs. Julian Hradford and Turn de White have gm* to Washing'ou. Miss Mam'? N><al ha.< return* 1 tie after a vlait to Miss Rosa Wood at Camden Crossing, where a delight? ful plenlc and tsh-fry were given In her honor on Mondsy. Mrs. M. A. Flowers Is visiting rela? tives In Washington. Mr and Mrs. B M. Lebby, of Ot? ter Creek. Fla., are visiting, relatives In the eetl Mr. J. J. Brltton. who has be?n spending some time at Wrtghtsvllle Beach, returiu I Wednsday Mra E. H. Meeeg has gone to Hen dereoavllle, N. C? to epend the rest of the summer. Mr. 8. W. ( I rider, of Fayettevllle. N. C. has be?n transferred by Swift & . of that city to Sumter. where lie will make his home. The Misses Surah. Frances. Martha and Reheeca M ? ? * *i *?. of Stateburg, are visiting their aunt, Mrs. Charles Pluckney. Miss Kate Furman has gone to Caesar's Head for a month's visit. Mls? Emma Senwarts has gone on a visit to New York City. ~ Mrs. It L. Hlblebrand, of Hagood. Is visiting her ?Ister Mrs. A. L. Jack son. at the Bagel Sumter. Prof. John C. Daniel, prinelpal of the Manning graded school, was in the city Thursday. Mi* J. ? DsMUel, ?>f Dumber, spent Thursday In the ? | Mr. A. J. Btabba left today for New York and Boston. Mien Hertha War.n.imaker left fhh. morning for (orangeburg. t<? ipcnd I f.-W I.I \ M Mm h red Howe, of HennettsvlUe, Is vlwitlng \\\ l?r Hi eeden. on Wash? ington *t ! ? SJgfl ?Uli. |>elgar and Llxale Din kins base K<oo- P> U'.oti. s\ille to sp? I Mrs. D. B. Kelly, of Augusta, is visiting her aunt. ND? f. K May on E. Ut?ert\ at* MISS tilt 111? |y?u .hoe . tin gone to Riehburg to take charge of her sehool there. The manv fr ? n-h .,f Mr Petit ar ? glad to know that he Is about well again Mrs. C. M. Petit who has been visit? ing her son, Mr. K K Petit h is re turned to her home In Charleston Miss Laurel Carr is visiting filemD and relatives In Florence. Prof s. H. Edmunds has return? ed from Wofford College, Spar tanburg, where he has been teaching In the summer school. LETTER FROM I>H. DROWN. Is Swing Switzerland and Germany. And Will TtuMi Go to Parin find London. To the Editor of The Daily Item: I am prompted, by the experiences of the day, as well as by the impulses Of my heart, to send my regards to my steamed and esteemed friends In Sumter. I am writing Ol I P- rn. At 6 p. m. I returned from a visit to the Jungfrau. I went up to the Isemeer. far towards the summit of the Jung? frau, and have been walking half shoe deep in snow all day. The ther? mometer hangs around 45 degrees, and an overcoat Is now my most eh r ish'Hl possession. I had the good for? tune to arrive at Scheldegg, opposite to the crest ol the Jungfrau, Just in time to hear and see a great avalanche of snow. Itl W8.S a full half mile away from us, acrous \ deep and angry looking gorge, bat the noise was alarming, and suggested the fall of a thousand ' great trees in a forest, lather than the crumbling down of acres of snow. Wo took our luncheon upon the mountain, Just on the border of the sea of Ice. The American tour? ist was all around us, and the sound of our native tongue gave us a home? like feeling. But since June 1, the Alps country has been greatly afflict? ed with rain and snow. There have been but six day* In which It neither rained nor snowed. Last year at this time, Lucerne was entertaining 46,000 tourists. The paper ot yesterday said there are now but 21,000 there. We expect to add a few more to the*| number on Monday by fcolng there ourselves. Pray, let my friends and constit? uents know that I am making my Journey pleasantly, and have had no sort of accident up to date. Three or four days ago. Just as I was coming away frfjara Montreux and the Castle ot Chlllon?made famous by Lord By ron?I had the good fortune to run up wltft my fellow-townsman, John Cms <w ell. He is fat and flourishing, and told me he had already selected five places on Lake Leman at which he would pend his honey-moon. Five places! His moon must have more changes than the average moon. May be John has found a new kind. ? Next week, we'll take our ride down the Hhine, said by Germans to be the most beautiful stream in all the world. After spending a day or two at Cologne, we'll turn our faces to? wards Paris, where we hope to spend ?^vo weeks before going to linden. C. C. BROWN. Interlaken. Switzerland. July 10. 0?. In the Magistrate's Court. Cash Epps, a white man, was ar? raigned in Magistrate Harhy's court Tuesday on the charge of obtain Ing money under false pretenses from Mr. Will Costln, and was found Kullty and fined $35 or 20 days' hard labor. Immediately after the trial he was it arrested on a charge preferred by Mr. J. R. Mercer, and Is now In Jail awaiting another trial. It will be remembered that Epps hurrowed a watch a good while ago. and went to Columbia where he pawned the watch for money enough to get married on. Fire on Pine and Chestnut. A cottage on Pine and Chestnut streets, occpied by Jake White and John Haflng, colored, and belonging t<? Caroline T/'wis, colored, was al? most totally consumed by fire Wed* nesday about 3 o'clock. All of the household effects were saved. The exact estimate of the loss has not been ascertained. No Insurance. The Cherokee Indian baseball team will play the town team here on An Must 3. afternoon and nk'ht. The In? dians will brlnn with them a pow ? i l ul lighting plant to use at night. The name will be a novel feature In has. I all fot Sumter. All boys wishing to try for the ' rwa team are rOOjaOOtOd to report to Willie Jones. Attention is ealled to the ohange ol managen of eleotlon for Raftlnii Creek. Mr. John T. Watson is .still one manager, as was published in I he last issue, hut Messts. S. 1'.. Hat Held. Jr.. and Ci e\ Jones, are planed by joi>n w. Young and b. c. I MllTe. A change lias also been made In th? BlOOm Hill manauers. F. m. Coulter. T D Wooka and w. j. Ardla, having, been substituted for j. m. Kolh, D, P. Bmadwai ami It. M. Harwick. Mr. Chtta, Plnekney handed the Item a aarl whleh hi reeelved tins I morning from Mr. .win O'Donnell, ' which states that he Is In Potsdam, <;.,many. and lias Just visited the fa moui Sehloss (Castle) Sans Soucl. It Is Interesting to note that the IMnck gey place at gtatOOUrg was named Sans Soucl hy Mr. Samuel Bradley. who it lotted Germany several yean agOi and was so much impressed by the famous old castle. DR. BOOTH'S REPLY. I>FA IKS MR. LIGON'S STATEMENT IN REGARD TO DETAILED HEALTH OFFICERS. Says Mr. Konrdo,, Was Absent Only 20 or 21 Days?Newspaper Contro? versy Unfortunate. Editor Dally Item:?In reference t?> Mr. Ltfon'l letter in Monday's Item to Mayor Boyle with affidavit from Chief of Pllce Bradford stating that he had never been detailed to look after the duties of Health Of? ficer during the recent absence of the regular Health Officer, I will state that I do not know exactly what pro? cedure must be gone through with before an officer Is considered detailed to do any extra fluty, but I do know that on Mr. Reardon's going away I requested of Mr. Hurst and Mr. Bradford and later requested Mr1 Ligon over telephone to let the health department have a Police Officer to act as Health Officer dur? ing Mr. Reardon's absence, and that Mr. Bradford and Mr. H. G. McKagen did perform these duties until Mr. Reardon's return to the city, Mr. Mc? Kagen regularly reporting to me ev? ery few days how he was getting on, and I understood all along that they had been detailed to do this work; It seems now, however, that they were discharging this duty with? out any authority whatever. Mr. LigDn's statement that Mr. Reardon's vacation commenced May 29th and ended July 12 Is Incorrect, for Mr. Reardon was away from the city only about twenty or twenty-one days, and his stating that he had ta? ken two vacations in one year is cor? rect only inasmuch as his last year's vacation may have been taken In August and this one In June and July, but as a matter of fact It Is on? ly one vacation jn each year. I think it very unfortunate that this newspaper controversy which can do no possible good, and must do harm, should have been brought about by a resolution passed In City Council by Mr. Ligon as Chairman of Police and Sanitary Committee, which resolution Mr. Ligon says was unintentionally misquoted, but was not corrected the ? lay after it was published. Had it been corrected there would have beer, no necessity for all of this contfo versy. For my part I have said about as much as I care to say regarJiUi; this matter, and I assure Mr. Ligon and all other parties interested thai so long as I am president of the Poard of Health I will endeavor to discharge the duties thereof as I see them without fear, favor, or dicta? tion. * . Respectfully, E. S. BOOTH, Pres. Board of Health. DR. MITCHELL'S ADDRESS. Deliberate. Conservative*?Appealed to to Reason and Not Sentiment?Re ferred to Progress ot State in Many Directions. Thursday night at the First Baptist < lunch, Rev. Dr. Mitchell, president of the University of South Carolina, made a straightforward logical ad s on the subject of temperance. His speech was free from exciting sentiment; and was intended as an appeal to reason and conscience rather than to sentiment. In his address Dr. Mitchell referred to the rapid growth of the State In material wealth and in educational and social improvements. He called attention to the large number of high schools now being estahlished. He said that the foes of prohibition Were fanatics and men that were In? terested In their own purse. In comparing the barroom and Alapenaaryi he says that the dispensary is preferrable to the barroom. be lauae the barroom gives a chance of drink to the very poor element of the people, which is denied them partial? ly In the disp.-nsary. He says that the removing of the dispensary helps I he reapeetal le classes He made special refer.nee to the effect Of rink 00 students. He says thai educator! knows its effects bet? ter than most people know them. Dr. Mitchell says that local option If the beat solution of tlie temperance question at present, because prohibi? tion must be reached gradually through local option. He does not believe III dispensaries. He says they render torpid the oonaclenoe of the community. it renders the com? munity cowardly for the most part. in speaking of courage needed to wipe out the dispensary, he said that courage is the mother of virtue, and the test of virtue is responsibility. The reeponalblllty Is on the people of sumter What will be the result of the test ? The Item is In receipt <>f a com? munication from Lionel Lawrence an? nouncing that he. as "Jack Diamond," and his company Will play Fred Bry ton's production of "Forgiven" in Bumter this oomlng season. Mr. Law? rence appealed here last season In the character of "The Devil." Ill EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN. 'Ilie PrOinlM Of Success is Bright Indeed. From The Stute, July 20. The educational campaign to be conducted dm ing the month of Au? gust promises to be a great success. Reports indicate that interest- is be? ing aroused from one end of the State to the other. Meetings will be held in each of the counties and no doubt hundreds of patrons, school trustees. 0nd teachers will be in attendance. Over 125 of the most prominent men in South Carolina have notified the State Superintendent of Education. Hon. J. E. Swearingpn, that they will be able to make .addresses in the different counties. Great good is expected to come out of this campa gn and interest in ed? ucation is expected to be aroused as it has never been before. It is the purpose of the committee to present the needs of education in this Stave with respect to better school build? ings, more competent teachers, long? er school terms, consolidation of ru? ral schools, more high schools, better pay for teachers, better courses of study, summe:- schools and especially the desirabil ty of an educational commission. Each county superintendent has been asked to suggest the peculiar needs of his county and to invite thr^e representative citizens of his county to assist in their presentation. It is especially desired to secure frm the school trustees a clear presentation of school needs and school problems. To interest the 6,000 school trustees of the State well be one of the main objects of the August campaign. One of the matters to which much attention will be given in the cam? paign is that of the appointing of an educational commission. Should the commission be appointed it would have in charge the work of go? ing over and codifying the school laws of the State and making such recommendations as would place them on a more systematic basis. Mr. Swearlngen says that a condi? tion now existing in Greenville coun? ty could In all probability be reme? died in the future should a commis? sion be appointed. The facts taken from one of the Greenville papers gives some Idea of the State of affairs. There Is no money In the treasury for the expenses of the school manage? ment for next year. This Is quite a startling fact that will have to be faced immed ately. Taxes will not be collected before about December or at least the money from the taxes will ,not be [lable until the first of Decemb. P. And in the meanwhile it is going i i puzzle the authorities to find wh re to funds to meet the running exp of the schools during the fall. For the teachers must be paid and other expenses defrayed. Formerly there was a provision that the county treasurer could borrow money for school expenses, the amount borrowed not to exceed the amount of the levy of the taxes. It. 1902, however, there was a provision made that the treasurer could, not borrow exceeding $5.000, owing to the fact that there was always in the treasury a considerable amount of dispensary funds which could be used Tor the running of the, schools. Now. however, there is no dispensary and consequently no fund to fall back up? on, and there is a problem which it will take several wise heads to soivo. County Superintendent of Educa? tion Davis intends to call a meeting f the delegateon of the county with in the next week or two and discuss the matter. The schools must open at the regular time and to pay thi running expenses there must be funds, here these funds are to come from is a question which must be ettled by wise men. However, it is safe to say that these men will make some provision for the present state of affairs and that they will fix things so that the teachers tmay have no fear of not being able to draw i ;<**r pay before the first of Decem? ber. Dally New York Cotton Market. New York, July 22 Op^n High Jnn 11 81 11 Oil July 11 8<? 11 90 Oct 1183 119:1 Dec 11 82 11 93 Tone?Steady. To a depraved taste, sweet Is bit? ter.?Spanish. All is soon ready in an orderly house. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Low Close 11 74 11 78 11 77 11 78 11 71 11 77 11 74 11 81 rWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS?Reward for the return of gold watch, chain and locket, and no questions asked, Adress P. O. Box 279 Sumter. S. C. 7-21-lt The Kind Ton Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per* frf-f - . ?onal supervision since its infancy* ?CcteJU&i Allow no one to deceive you in this* All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are hut Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment? What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare? goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant* It contains neither Opium* Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep* The Children's Panacea?The Mother's Friend* CENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. TM? ?INTAUR COMPANY. TT MURRAY RYRECT. NEW YOUR CITY. Birnie's Drug Store, 5 W. Liberty St. Sumtee, S. 0. Dealer In Pure Drugs and Medicines, CHOICE PERFUMES 'AND FINE TOILET ARTICLES, COMBS AND BRUSHES, PATENT MEDICINES AND DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES. A FULL LINE OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO. :: :: :: :: :: OUR MOTTO:, PURE AND RELIABLE GOODS. IK Our stock is complete and we cheerfully solicit your patronage. :: :: :: Pickling Season \V E have just received our shipment of FRUIT *~ JARS. And to assist the housekeeper we purchased the best quality of Pickling Spices, Vine? gar, Extra Rubbers, Etc. You make no mistake in purchasing our goods. Have you some old jars that you have lost the tops ? Probably you have some that leak at the top. Then we suggest the AMC Come down and look our stock over. Oi.r attention is polite. A. A. Strauss ? Co. ?'Where Quality R^eigns." A STRONG ARGUMENT In favor of our building materials is that our house is the favorite purchasing place for builders who have the reputation of putting up the best residences, public buildings and stores in Sumter. You get nothing but the best lu re, whether It he lumber or sash and doom, and out prices are beyond competition. The Sumter Door, Sash & 3lind Factory, J. \v. IfcKelver. Proprietor. N. G. OSTEEN, JR., Dentist. 18 West Liberty Street-Up Stairs. Hours:-8.30 to 1-P. M?2 to 6. Office Phone?N o. 30 - - - House Phone 382