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Tfce Watdim?n and So?thron . h mxred at the Postoniee at Sum ter, ?. C ?s Second Claas Matter? Mr?. J. H, Siefifens of Charleston who has been visiting her. sister, Mrs. E. I. Reardon, has returned . home. Mr. and Mrs. Neil] C'Donnell left for Hazeltoh. Pa., last evening on account of the serious illness of Mrs. McHugh, Mr. O'Donnell's sis ter. ? Mrs. Led M. Wachtel of Savan rah, Ga? is visiting her sister. Mrs. Abe Ryyttenberg. * ."Miss Hallie T*esesne left Thurs day night for Cincinnati, where she will make an extended visit iq her sister, Mrs. P. E. Bruce. * ; Mr^ Victor Hayes of Freemont. X. C, is spending the. week-end with Mr. Hughson Green on Broad St. Mr. Hughson Green is at home for the week-end from Columbia where he is attending' Bowen's Business.' College. Mrs. B S. Middleton. of- Golds boro. N. .C, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. WrP: Middieion on Oakland Ave. Mr. Frank Joye leaves this week to accept a position with a firm ar New Bern, X. C. Mr. Joye has iivecV id Sumter for several years, and has a: large number of friends who wilt regret to' see him leave the city. Mr. Jfntmy Bryan, of Marion, spent Sunday in the city i?s the guest of Mr. William J. BIackwell on Magnolia, street. ^ Mr. and-.Mrs. Henry P. Moses have returned from Hot Springs, Ark., where. Mr.. Moses attended a meeting of. insurance agents. Mr. Ransom S. Richardson - of Pinewood was in town today. Wi&?utop .Daughters, Attention! On Wedanesday afternoon. " Oc tober 11 t?,, at half, past four o'clock, the Winthrop. Daughters will give an informal reception at the T. M.. C A. in honor of the Winthrop girls, who are teaching in the schools of the city and county. An attractve program has been ar ranged for the entertainment of the Soests, and dainty refreshments will be served. E\rery member will please consider thi's notice an invi tation to attend and bring with yot . a^.Winthrop girl who is teaching either in The city or- county. The ^farmers of Sumter count should organize township school district committees to put a drive to cut down andv turn un der all- the cotton stalks as quickly as. possible/ This -is the first and most important item in- the pro^ gratn to vfight. the boll weevil and make a cotton crpp^next year. Most people becpaae excited'and enthus iastic over a political campaign and will go to; any expense of time-; j money and energy to win a-victory Ht the polls, but few seem to be able i to beeosae thoroughly aroused to] rilMJ Jiesefcattty . ofc Kooperation - in an * determined fight cn the boll weevil. 1 '- + * m Everything i? set fpr the Style Show willed will be put on by . rbe "fainter post. American Legion, in the Opera House Thursday night. All of the leading 'merchants .will' participate in. the show and correct Apparel for both men and women .?will be shown in the most attrac tive settings. The drought is broken and the; -.chronic grouches are already-kick-1 *ing about, the. wet and gloomy j weather. . You just can't please! them. ','... ? Brogdon- Love. j Harvin. Oct. S.?Miss Lillian j Eudora Brogdon of Harvin and Mr. {Hai IVmberton .Love, formerly of iWinston-Saleai. ? X. C, but now of ! Sumter. vrere married Tuosdsv af jzernoon at 5 o'clock at the home of j the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. j.John-B. Brogdon of Harvi.i. Rev. ? Sidney Cobb. pastor of the Grs jhatit and Harvin Baptist churches, j officiating. The maid of honor was jMiss Alice Brogdon of Savannah, tGa.. wearing green chiffon velvet jand carrying a bouquet of .pink j roses with. Mr. Bart Low of W;n j ston-Salem. X. C. The bridesmaidp i'were Miss Frances Harvin of ?. hi jcora College and Miss Alice i?rog I'dou of .Wayeross. Ga-.. .gowned in Prose colored taffeta as twins : The . bride was lovely in a gown of white satin lace and pearls, and ; carried, a flower bouquet of bride's, i roses and valley lillies. Miss Geor jgia Sauls of Manning, played soft {piano solas while the guests as jsembTed. To the strains of Lohen grin s Weddiag March also rend ! ered by Miss: Georgia . Sauls the [wedding party gathered in .the cere [mony room., decorated in mahog ?any colored begonias and appro I priate colors, where the ceremony j was performed, j The hall was in white and green, jthe stair ease covered with' white ?and ivy made a beautiful setting !j*or the appearance of the bride. ?The ceremony room was" in pure j white." with an improvised altar of j ;ivey and" ferns,'", with showers ofj jtuUe and ribbon, while candles {added-a soft glow to the scene. 1 In the living room decorated in [mahogany colored begonias, Miss j.jLois Kirkj>atrick "of Bascomville, j Chester.county, served punch. * Refreshments of cream,, cake and ( mints were s;erved in the dining j room* which - was decorated in j pink ^and white, by Misses Mattie [and Myrtle Hodge of Harvin. and Misses'Jennie Alderman and Pau jline Merritt of "Alcolu and Miss }Esteile Paimer of McCormick. [ The bride and groom were the! recipients - of many handsome and costly, presents, and aft er. tile cere-J meny Mr. and Mrs. Love left by automobile, for Asheville. The bride- is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Brogdon. of Harvin and the groom is a very j successful, business man. of Sumter. j having charge o.f the Enrd Stores ?at that' place. A large number of relatives and friends of Sumter, . Florence, Co lumbia, Savannah, TVayeross, Ga., and Manning were present at the ceremony. Death. j: Carl Hudson, Ahe infam son of Mr. Henry Hudson, of 528 West Oakland avenue,, died Saturday morning. The' interment was. at [Bethel church -~Su id ay ar*ernoon. Mrs. Sirrah McHugh, tine only Isister of Mr. Xeill O'Donnell, died i Saturday afternoon at her home in jHazelton, Pa... at an advanced age. [The funeral services Tver'e held on jMqnday morning. 1 Notice to Delinquent Taxpayers, Executions for. unpaid taxes of 19*1 are in nry hands for collec tion. These executions will be \ held -until 20tb...inst. Parties mak-l ins payment before that day will j save costs for mileage, and levy. C M, HURST. j Sheriff.! An automobile was burned on the Mayesville road Sunday after noon. The cause of the fire has not been determined. : I AVIATORS DROP IN \ I :? ._? ? ^ ! I Two Long Distance Aviators Spend the Night, in i Sumter , ? Sunday afterno/m about 6 o'clock an airship piloted by Messrs. Cor nell and Holdeman. passed over the city, en route from Fayetteville, X. C. to Jacksonville. Fla., and landed on the Country Club golf i course. Messrs. Cornell and Holde j man are now on their return to (Seattle, via. the southern route, j They started their coast to coast ! flying from Toledo, Ohiq. going due i northwest to Seattle, back to New I York: south to Newport News. J Fayetteville. Sumter and Jackson i ville. The actual trying time from j Seattle to New York was thirty - | eight hours. + + myt i The court of general sessions con-; j vened Monday morning, Judge J. i W... DeVore presiding, for a.; two j weeks term, . There.is a well filled] jdocket, ."but it is believed that I practically all the cases can. be dis-j posed of during the two weeks. j . ; g ... Mr. Angle Chicoia, proprietor of j the Imperial Cafe, who has been j a resident of Sumter for a number I of years,, is tbe "proud possessor of | naturalization tpapers which he ob tained in Charleston last week. Mr. Chicoia is well and favorably known throughout the eity where he has made many friends and there is no doubt he will make a good citizen [ for Uncle Sam. .... -.?. ? ? *' ' The fire department was called: out Saturday night to box 2G, I which proved to be a false alarm, j On Thursday night of last week \ ithey were called to box 23 alsoi without cause. Whether done in \ f ?n or. f or some other reason, send-! ing in false fire alarms is a dan- i gerous business and the parties] who are doing this are warned that j if caught will be severely dealt with i by the authorities. ? * ? The effort of the Sumter Cream- ! ery Company to promote the dairy- j financing the purchase of dairy; ing .industry in Sumter county by i cows for farmers who htffe the j land and feed but lack cash capital1 to purchase cows, should receive ? the support and cooperation of all the business men and banks. There is a tremendous crop of peavine j hay and velvet beans in the coun- j ty this year and it should all be j used at home. Every ton that is j shipped out of the county will be a j loss. Sumter county needs a suf-i ffcient number of dairy cows to i turn the peavine hay and velvet j beans into butter. The whole! community should get in behind j the creamery proposition and give! it the support essential to its de- j yelopment and success. The pres- j ept moment is the time the dairy- i ing industry needs financial sup-! pport and cooperation, and $109.-1 000 invested in good cows now will J do more for. the restoration otj prosperity than it would in any'! other, way. ' The Powell _ Paving Company j planned to start, this morning put- j tin? down the asphalt on the first section of the Second Mill road, j The concrete foundation has been; laid almost to Swift on Siding on the Atlantic Coast Line. ? * * ? , i Card , of Thanks. Editor Watchman and Southron: j -The people of Rembert wish to ; thank Dr. Epps through your pa- j per for, Iiis kind and generous at- j tention to. the little boy recently j under his care. They also wish to j extend thanks to Dr. Weinberg foM kindness shown. . I - CHieag?. Oct. 6.?A hearing ? of i the government's application fo^ a permanent injunction againsf the strike of the railroad shop crafts will get tinder way e.trly in No vember. Judge Wilkerson indicated when attorneys for the shopmen filed an answer to Attorney Gener al Dougherty's injunction bill. Cork. Oct. 5 (By the Associated Press)?Twenty-three' Irregulars were killed and thirty taken prison ers in the 30-hour battle on Mond a 7/ and Tuesday at Killorglin, near Kiltorney, according to an official report published here today. The Free State casualties were slight. White Plains. N. Y.. Oct. 6.?Su preme Court Justice Morseohauoer has confinrmed the referee's re port in the Stillman divorce case 1 and allowed Mrs. Anne Stillman,j defendant, against her banker hits-1 band the costs in the case. Columbia. Oct. 5.?Frank.' P. McGowan. Laurens. and Mendel L. Smith, Camden, were today4 ap> pointed special judges by Governor Harvey to hold court at Sumter. the former from October 23 to October 30, and the latter from October 30 to November 1. * New York, Oct. 6.?Giants and Yankees, having attempted to ap pease the thousands of fans who j were not satisfied when the second world's series game was called at the end of the tenth inning with the ; score tied 3-3, by giving the entire j day's receipts to disabled soldiers and charity, returned to the bus iness of settling the championship 1 Richmond, Oct. 6.?Gov. Trinkle today pardoned Sidna Edwards and j Friel Allen, convicted of murder in the second degree in connection with shooting up the court house in Hilisvitle. Va.. in 1912. -? Chicago, Oct. 6.?The* railroad ! labor board is considering the ap peal of the maintenance of. way workers for an increase in wages. Indications are that the discus sion might come up tomorrow.. Cobalt. Ont., Oct. 6.?\ heavy rain this morning virtually riueneh ed the forest fires about this. c.'/y. which took a toll of possibly sixty lives, and wiped out the :owu,..jQf Haileybury and several small set tlement:-*. Several * bod:es have been recovered, but many arc .still missing. .... j New York, Oct. 6.?Directors-of the Standard Oil company of New York have declared a stock divi dend of two hundred per cent, .in creasing the capital from seven ty-five million to two hundred and j twenty-five million dollars, and.re-j ducing the par value of stock from] one hundred to twenty-five dollars. San Diego. ; Calif., Oct. 6.?-AH aviation endurance records were smashed by Lieutenants MacRepdy and-Kelly, who at eight o'clock < had been in the air twenty.-six hours and thirty-four minutes, and was flying: over the city, he having yesterday abandoned his nonstop flight to New York. El >Paso. Oct. 7.?Loyal Megtfdfcn j troops overtook a rebel column* in I the mountains of Durango and in j the battle that followed completely routed the insurgents, killing Col. Salinas and twenty-two other feb MEN'S FURNISHINGS of the Newest Styles in Mens' Fall Suits Now Await You at This Store NEVER BEFORE have we had a more complete or better showing of Men's Suits and Overcoats. In this immense stock are presented a wide range of colorings and mixtures, smartly styled and finely tailored, all the favored models, lively or conservative, single, double breasted and sport styles, and at most moderate prices. Don't forget our furnishing department. Along with the other shipments we have received just loads of new shirts in attractive patterns, the latest in neckwear and other furnishings. Mallory and Young's hats* We have your size and the style you iike. ARNOLD'S GLOVE GRIP SHOES We are featuring this season, the ARNOLD Glove Grip (Arch Support) shoe as the best shoe value on the market. You don't know what shoe comfort is until you have worn the Arnold. Made in all the fine leathers and the newest lasts, they give both styles and long wear. ? Other good makes from $6.00 up. DJ. ? IN BRIEF I els, and eapt?rmg one general ?r.d two colonels, according to the an nouncement by the federal com mander. Mineola. N. Y., Oct. 7.?William Creasy.' of Fori Thomas. Ky., con victed last Tuesday of the murder of bis former fiancee, Edith Lnvoy. a Freeport school teacher, was to { day sentenced to death in the elec j trie chair at Sing Sing prison the week of November 6th. London, Oct. 7.?A sensation has been caused by a letter from An drew Bonar Law upholding the British government's attitude in the Xear Eastern crisis. The pro nouncement is widely held a* equivalent to a direct Threat to bring the British troops home from Rhine and completely terminate the -entente unless France- comes into line with British policy in the Xear East. Xew Brunswick. X- J.. Oct. 9.? Clifford Hayes, the 19-year-old ad mirer of Pearl Bahmer, who found the bodies of Rev. Edward Hall and Mrs. Mills was arrested today and (formally charged with first degree murder in connection with the slay ing. Raymond Schneider, who .was with the Bahmer girl when the bodies were found and held as . a ! material witness, declared the double slaying a result of mistaken identity, that Hayes was trailing the man who accompanied the Bahmer girl and seeing the couple under, a crabapple tree, opened fire. London, Oct. 9.?The prohibition liquor vessels within American wa- j ters win give rise to international complications, according to the viexr of the British foreign office. Officials say that the matter is one in which the United States has a perfect right to take any action it sees fit. Constantinople,. Oct. 9.?(By the Associated Press.)?Turkish Na tionalist troops yesterday resumed their advance in the Dardanelles area in.the direction of Chanak, the British stronghold according to. a j Mudania dispatch to local news- j papers.. London, Oct. 9.?The British j cabinet met today to consider the! detailed report of Marquis Curzon, j foreign secretary, .on his confer-1 ence in Paris with Premier Poin-j care, at which the position of the j allies on the Turkish situation was ' again consolidated. Vladivostok.. Oct. 9?Desperate ! ! fighting between the "Red" and ! j "White" armies is in progress on the Shassk front. The battle is re t ported to be the severest recorded [since the Japanese evacuation be-; jgnn. The Soviet forces are report- ! ed to be rushing troops, airplanes, and tanks toward Vladivostok. The defenders - are offering furious re sistance. Havana, Oct. 9.?Fighting which arose during the heated political j campaign that is being- waged pre- | liminary to the coming partial elec- j tfens resulted in the death of two persons and the wounding of eight | others at Guanajay. near here. The I contending factions were members! of the liberal party. Florence. Oct. 7.-rJ. R. Williams and W. C. Cash, the latter a negro, broke out of the Florence county j jail here, it was learned today, j Other prisoners were prevented I from escaping by the timely arri- { val on the. scene of the county jail-. er. - New Brunswick, X. J., Oet. 9? Widespread reports that two arrests' have been made in connection with ! the mysterious murders of Rev. { Edward Hall, and his choir leader,.! Mrs. Eleanor Mills, on September | 4th. stirred the "city today. Offi- j cials refused to deny or confirm j the report. CAMDEN ROAD TO COLUMBIA! i _i \ :;' \ ? ? (Camden Chronicle), j A representative number of i members of the Chamber of Com jmeree met in the offices of the - j chamber Monday morning to dis icuss the proposed building of a hard ! surface roadway to connect with j the road soon to be under con j truction from the Richland county ? j line to Columbia. j Members of the newly elected {delegation in the general assembly ! were present and the matter was I favorably discussed. All seem to , be in favor of the hard surfaced ? road, but the main question was j how the money was to be raised, lit is estimated that the project will icost around $325,000.00 and it is ' said that the United States gov ernment will give $150,000.00 of ! ; this yum. It is thought the mon ey can be raised from the toll J fares over the Wateree bridge at jj j Camden. ; ft is a well known fact that then jsand clay or top soil roads will not! :stand up under heavy and con-ij ? tinuous traffic, as is evidenced byJ| the condition of the roads from j .hero to Columbia at present. Cam-;; i den being the gateway to the south H from the entire Atlantic coast, we : [hope this important road will be \ constructed, else much of the travel i through C?mden will be lost when i : the bridge over the Wateree in f :Snmter county is opened r.p. Messrs. [ ?Thos. J. Kirk land. L. C. Shaw and j L. O. Funderburk were named as la committee to look into the prop- j; osition and another meeting will k : be held on Monday morning, Oc- >j tober 9th. at 11 o'clock at which j:; jtime the chamber will outline plans [j jfor putting the project over. Correct this sentence: "Harold | is a pretty child," said the young [ I mother; "but I'm afraid he isn't ; as bright as other children."1 i UNUSUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS Entire Country Suffering From 111 Effects of Long Drought Washington, Oct. 4 (By the As sociated Press).?The weather ele ments just arn't acting right. That is the only explanation the United States weather bureau c tn make Sop the protracted drought, "which grips a great portion of the eo.-n ti*y." Meteorologically sptvkin^ the winds and the barometric pressures are acting contrary to nature. The air is sluggish and thert is little movement, in high or low strata, consequently, the moisture bearing air can nor journey over the coun try. ? With the exceptions of Califor nia and the northern Pacific coast Florida and the East Gulf coast, there have been few areas where any rain to speak of has fallen for four or five weeks. There is a "low" extending from Washington, P- C, to south of Knoxville, Tenn.. which is hardly moving and which forms a barrier to moisture bearing winds. When that moves away, says the weather bureau, there will be some chance of a change, for the better. Although' the present dry spell is making somewhat a record for territory covered and length of time, agriculturalists declare it has been marked by an- exceedingly small amount of crop damage. The preceding warm weeks rapidly ma tured corn and other crops, cotton and truck stuff and the harvest, generally is, practically over. Some little damage may result to late corn, it is said, by agriculture de partment officials but this probab ly will not be extensive. The main trouble from the farmers' point of view is that sowing of winter wheat is being retarded by inability to get the ground in condition. Cotton in Texas and Oklahoma was slightly damaged several weeks ago in the early stages of the dry spell. Truckers in the south have been saved from loss by recent showers from the Gulf of Mexico but most late truckers' crops in the northern section .have reached the stage where dry weather does little damage. While farmers have not bothered greatly over crop damages, great loss has been done by forest fires in driest sections and grave fears have: been expressed in this country and Canada for inhabitants of forested areas. In northern Ontario 5,000 per sons have b?en rendered homeless, an undetermined number are fear ed to have perished, three towns have been wiped out and at least four others partially destroyed. Tentative estimates of- the property loss mounts into millions. With no prospect of rain held out by forecasters it is said the forest fires will have to burn themselves out. - In northern-Minnesota an area of about 100 square miles is burn ing in many places, over 100 fires having been reported. Several towns have been reported destroy ed- and others damaged by the en croaching fire3; . Because of. the danger of fires, Governor Baxter of Elaine has or dered the hunting season closed, and persons are prohibited from carrying firearms into the woods. At Penobscot bay tests of a new destroyer of the United States navy were abandoned because smoke from the fires obscured the course. The drying of streams and res ervoirs in many sections of coun try has been reported. Wells have failed and farmers and small town residents were forced to haul water long distances. At Pittsburgh, where the drought is in its 25th day. only emergency supplies of water are reported to remain in the western sections of the state. At Cumberland, Md., it is reported that wells have gone dry, which have not been known to cease run ning for 60 years. The Potomac DOINGS OF THE DUFFS TOM, \ THINK YOU DtO A VERV CLEVER THINS WHEM YOU SECURED THE SERVICES OF THAT DETECTIVE To 5TRA1GHTEW THIS MATTER L OUT FOR DORIS Aftt> WILBUR-fc I'LL BST THEY GOT UP WITH HAPPY HE?RT5TTHS iii. MORWHG* ? 'JE*. ONE FOR YOO AMD OKE FOR ME, TOM THAT'S ALU river, which supplies Washington's j water, is very low. Weather bureau officials ean see no relief from drought and also I from the general attending high I temperatures in any section of . the j country except where local show- j ers are reported. From nine cities j throughout the Middle West have j come reports of temperatures high er than any over before recorded ] for this time of the year. For at ? least 24 hours, which is about the j limit of time the forecasters will : prognosticate for. fair and gener- i all:/ warmer weather is predicted, j T'ntil changes appear in the Pa- j cific off the .northwestern coast lit- | tie relief can be expected from the j Northern and Western states and j until storm clouds appear in the] Gulf of Mexico, the Central and j Eastern states can expect a con- j tinuation of the dry spell, the.fore- j casters report. Linter Stock Sold Large Volume Shipped Into) Germany Charleston.. Oct. 5.?Of the 215, 000 bales of linters stored at the port terminals three years ago by the war1 department only 954 re maiij, and it is likely that these will-; soon be shipped off. About *;alfj of this large volume of linters has been shipped abroad, the bulk of j it going to Germany, and the rest j has been distributed ithrougn this j country to. interior points. A num ber of uses- are found for linters in manufacturing. The . Internation-} al Unters-company bought the lin ters-from the government and.. are much pleased . with the servi.ee found here, and'-will, in all prob ability, continue to use the port terminals and this port for handling this, business. We fear at times, that dispatches i from the Near East give a very liberal interpretation of the word j "Christians.". EVERETT TRUE r lUSAYVtoi/RE CJ.EVER! OH, \ J?ST IriOPGHT THAT fAS THE BEST/j PH1MG TO PO / J. ( I KNO fll^k ! f I'LL < \ A U NK VW lEV'ftE BOTH F GOOV WHO 15 IT CAN THE BOLL WEEVH/gE BEAT? Aiken Results Obtained by Cotton Farmer Indicate That It is. Possible Williston. Oct. 5.?J. D. Prothrp 'of Aiken county, who owns the Heyward Stansell place, one of the finest farms in this part of the state, is proving that cotton can be grown despite the .boll weevil. He has. 150 acres-. planted- to cotton this year and has picked 65.jbales and had not a severe hail storm swept a part of the farm, he wouu have made 100 to 125 bales... In? part of the place not visited the hail storm, a thorough test poisoning was made. On ten the syrup.-method, was used- ai six bales was niade. On an ad joining ten. acres, under-.the condition of land and - work, using two application's of dusting |? arsenate in addition, to the two ap plications of syrup used oh the other tract, nine-bales were made'. This cotton' is well, fruited to> t\ top though the top crop was destroyed by the weevil, in soi bolls there only being one to tx locks. The cost of the poisoning these tracts was- 67 cents per ac| for the syrup method and $2.17 acre for the syrup and dust Arthur R. Still, superintendent-3f this farm, is wide awake in .evei way. Through good managemei the cost of this farm was kept to' minimum and it is understood ? .50 bales will easily carry ihjst ex penses for this year, and under noC m?i conditions, eyen with the boil weevil, this place should make lw) to 150 bales of cotton. Mr. Prpthnp has a still larger place in Aiken county near Montmorenci where lives, on which he-has already ed 200 hales of cotton. The Puritans Jiad ?. their . little faults, but. they didn't put i masks while lynching witches. |TRue, Such a nATi&ti |5h0u^1> have de^n THe FROM 5* ITS A'&JLi FROM CAPTAIM-?UMBOOrll FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - TWO f