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THE BRAND LODGE. _ \ 33?E PYTfflAXS HAVE DISPOSED OF ATT, BUSINESS FOR THIS SESSION. The Castle Hall Matter Postponed TJntil Next Session-Anderson and Charleston Invited Grand Lodge liest Year--Anderson Won. IVom the Daily Item May 23. The only contest in the election of officers at the afternoon session yester day was over the office of Grand Pre s late. There were three candidates, L. S. ?Iattison of Columbia, Douglas Mc? Intyre, ei Marion and J. A. Berry of Orangeburg. On the second ballot Mr. Mattison was elected. * Night Session. JU "8.30 o'clock last night the dele? gates to the Grand Lodge, visiting 3?night& and members of the local .lodge met in Armory Hall to again witness the exemplification of the xank of Knight by the rank team of ijame Cock Lodge. There were more Knights in attend? ance at this meeting that at any pre? vious time during the session of the? Grand Lodge. The regnlar order of husiness was dispensed with and prep? arations were immediately made for the conferring of the rank of Knight iirpontwo Esquires. , The strictest attention was given to the entire ceremony, and so perfect .*as the character of the team's work that applause was frequent and ex? pressions of admiration were every -where to be heard. Governor Heyward was given a .splendid ovation when he entered the liall, and it was several minutes before ?riler could be restored. After the ex? ercises had been concluded, he was called upon to address the lodge, which he did in his characteristic, ?happy and graceful manner. Sumter avants no better friend than Governor Seyward^ Tn? remarks about .the Game Cock city and her lodge of Py? thian Knights were of the most ap? preciative nature, and the sincerity of 2ds remarks was evidenced , by every inflection of his voice and every word that he uttered. Sumter is always for Governor Heyward and th? governor always for Sumter. At the conclusion of his-^remarks a Vocial session was enjoyed for about as hour,- during which time cigars and lemonade were served. Work Completed. The Grand Lodge, Knights of Py? thias completed its business today and practically adjourned at the dinner ionr. One of the most interesting -features of the meeting was the in? stallation of the newly elected officers -stt the close of the session ?nd their ringing speeches. When one hears Rutledge Rivers of Charleston ' and M. L. Smith, of Camden, they are prepared to hear something good and they are never disappointed. The matter of the location of the Grand Lodge Castle Hall, which was probably the most interesting matter to the State at large, was postponed. ^Che temper of the Grand Lodge was clearly to vote it down and hardly to consider it, so general was the desire to continue the annual visits to the <fifferent parts of the State. On motion of Mr. Ayre, of Florence, however, tte matter was postponed for consid? eration until the next meeting of the Gajand Lodge and the lodges and dis? trict deputies especially were urged to take the debate of the matter, up in their lodges. The Grand Lodge also determined to look into the matter of the neces ' ?tty for the establishment of a home tor Pythian orphans. . It was determined to hold the next session of the Grand Lodge at Ander? son. The invitation were from An? derson and Charleston and both were cordially received and well supported, 'trat Editor Carpenter of the Daily aiail very probably saved Ander? son from defeat by a telegram in "which he assured the lodge that the sheriff, chief of police, board of health ?nd W. C. T. U., of Anderson had all ^iven their consent and that if the .delegates from Chiquola Lodge did not DTing -the Grand Lodge back home Tvith them they need come home at all. Resolutions of thanks were very heartily passed for the good treatment that the body and its members had re? ceived in Sumter. Professor Rembert of Spartanburg made a most interesting and eloquent appeal for the establishment of libra? ries in connection with the lodges of the State as a means of augmenting the hold that Pythianism had on the young men of the State and the saving of them from the temptations that assailed them in the towns and cities now and which were growing. A spe? cial committee is to take charge of this matter with the district deputies and try to make it successful. An afternoon session was ordered for the exemplification of the unwrit? ten work. All the members will go lo the fish try, they having been assured that j they would not miss their trains. Pythian Notes. Gov. D. C. Hey ward, whose popular? ity as a Pythian is second only to that as a public official, arrived in the city yesterday afternoon and was given a j cordial welcome by his many friends, both among the delegates and the peo? ple of Sumter. Col. E. H. Aull, the well known president of the State Press Associa? tion, arrived this morning. Mr. W. P. Pollock, who has repre? sented Chesterfield county in the leg? islature for a number of years, is one of the representatives of Cheraw lodge. Col. J. H. Wharton, chairman of the Railroad Commission, came in yester day afternoon. He is said to have a hand-shaking acquaintance with more people than any other man in South Carolina. Senator Thomas G. McLeod of Bishopville, who is always a welcome visitor in Sumter, arrived this morn? ing. Col. J. A. Rhame of Lynchburg is attending the Grand Lodge. "VENGEANCE IS DEATH."' Anonymous Letter to Officer Albert Weeks Tlireatening Him With Death. From the Daily Item May 23. Officer Weeks today received through the regular mail a letter sign "Guess Who," which contains threats against his life and the lives of Deputy Sheriff Raffield, Officer Boykin and Mr. J. Alden Brown. The author warns these gentlemen to beware, that their end will be a violent one, and that the days of their existence are numbered. The letter was written evidently by a negro,'and one of some education. It will be a pretty come to pass if any of these threats are attempted to be carried out. It will surely give the, botanist a new plant to ponder o'er a negro -tree with boughs bent double with a prolific yield of fruit. It is ab? surd to think that one would seek to wreak h's vengeance in such manner, and then advise his otherwise unsus? pecting victim. That is che way a fa ratic desires to pay his debt of grati? tude. In mo:-t tny other county in the State and most any other State in this Union, Stukes would never have seen the inside of a court house, nor been given the advantage of an appeal to the highest judicial tribunal in the State. Most anywhere else Stukes would, under the terrible excitement of a .most brutal murder, have been strung up on the limb of the tree, his body riddled with bullets and his car? cas left to feed the vultures. Sum tonians, bowed to the majesty of the' law, and a fair and impartial trial in open court was allowed the murderer. The letter is as follows: ; Sumter, S. C., May 22, 1906. Mr. Weeks: Since you have tried to act so dirty last week you and your friends by hanging and treating the victim, in? nocent though he was, we have de? cided to treat you in the same way at an early date. So bear in mind your days are numbered and in order for you to escape such treatments you and the rest of your friends will have to get away from here and that as rapidly as possible. You may not meet it as you expect, you are liable to drop i off any day by the wayside by un known hands. You are not the only one, Brown, Bokin and also Rafield are now liable to be our victims. . Make all the prayers you all possi? bly can for I will say as I first did, my men have our hands on you four and could have already put you out of existence. You have caused our blood to run high in our veins and our vengeance is death to you all and at a more severe rate than your vic? time was. You and Boykin especially are the ones we are hot after. Kiss yourself good-bye. Guess Who. Ice Cream Festival. An ice cream festival will be given at the St. James School house Friday evening, June 1, by the ladies of the St- James M. E. church. The public is cordially invited. War Against Consumption. ?All nations are endeavoring to check the ravages of consumption, the "white plague" that cl?ims so many victims each year. 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Guaranteed by Si bert's Drug .Store. 50c. and $1. Trial j bottle free. PYTHIAN FISH FRY. MOST SUCCESSFUL- FEATURE OF ENTERTAINMENT OF GRAND LODGE. Pocotaligo Grounds-Twelve Hundred Pounds of Fish-Six Hundred Knights in Attendance. From the Daily Item May 24. Thee mammoth fish fry given by the ri embers of Game Coc?: Lodge, No. 17, Knights of Pythias tu the delegates to the Grand Lodge and the visiting brothers, was the most thoroughly en? joyable and the most successful fea? ture of the entertainment of the ? Grand Lodge. Xever before in the i State has a fish fry of such enormous proportions been given, and it is seldom that so large a crowd is served with such a marked degree of order and dispatch Pocotaligo, the most beautiful pic? nic grounds in the county, was select? ed ft?r the occasion. Ic is the garden spot of the Game Cock county, cov? ered with majestic oaks, high in ele? vation, far cooler than the surround? ing country and with an abundant sup? ply of pure water it afforded an ideal spot for an afternoon' outing. The great majority of the 600 Knights left cn a special train at 4.30 o'clock, but a large number drove through the country in vehicle and in automobiles. The grounds presented an attractive sight. A tabie in the shape of a hollow square was ready for the feast that was to follow, and in the middle of the square was a place arranged for the Second Regi? ment Band. The first place visited by most of the Knights was the cooking department, where jolly, good natured Brother L. L Parrott, expert cook, presided over the frying pans and pots of stew. What a sight it was to see 1,200 pounds of fish for one picnic. Four enormous pots containing fifty gallons of stew, each one seasoned differently so as to satisfy every taste, sent forth most tantalizing odors. A large quantity of frying pans were doing their share of the work towards provid? ing for the sumptuous feast, and Stoney, the old reliable, had' barrels of his celebrated corn muffins ready to be served with the fish. Coffee was boiling in great vessels, and the broad smile upon face of Mr. Parrott assured all that the work had been well done. 5 To Mr. Parrott should be accorded all the praise for the success of the outing. His untiring efforts made the picnic vyhat it was, and made for him stauch friends of every Knight' of Pythias present. He was cheered and cheered again; his praises will be1 sung to the children's children of the Knights present, and his name will be inscribed in the minutes of the Grand Lodge as the premier cook of the grand domain of South Carolina. The dinner was served in a quiet, orderly manner. Everyone had more than enough, and rumor has it that some Knights, in recognition of the excellence of the cooking, were caught, after the meal was served, with fried fish in their pockets. How about it. Hallie? Besides the fried fish, stewed fish, coffee and corn cakes, already mentioned, there were pickles, ginger ale, root beer and other refreshmnts j served, and when dinner had been con? cluded cigars were passed around. All during the meal Professor Schumacher and the Second Regiment Band rendered the most beautiful mu? sic, which received the highest praise from all of the visitors, and the Sum? ter Knights as well, who never tire of or fail to enjoy the music of the finest amateur band in the South. Those who had to catch early trains left on the first section of the special, and between that time and the hour for the second train to leave, the fun of the afternoon was had. The days of youth were again recall? ed by every Knight present, and al! kinds of pranks were played. A fine chorus of voices was assembled, and better singing is seldom heard. A few prominent citizens were put on a stand to speak, notably Gov. D. C. Heyward, Dr. Breeden and Dug China, j but the band interfered and 'rowned out all that was said, except one ex? pression that could be heard even above the blowing of the tuba and the ] beating of the bass drum, and that was when Dug exclaimed: "Getting right." Officers Bradford and Weeks ar? rested Brother C. F. McFaddin for stealing bread, and brought him be? fore Recorder Hurst for trial. In an? swer to the charge he interposed the plea that it was only light bread, so the case was dismissed. It was a jolly good crowd that re? turned to Sumter yesterday afternoon, and it would have been absurd to ask if they had a good time. Their faces reflected the pleasures that they had experienced. At the depot, headed by the Second Regiment Band, they formed in line and marched to the in? tersection of Main and Liberty streets, where, after giving three more cheers for Mr. Parrott, the happy throng dis? persed. Xever before, the visiting brothers declare, have they enjoyed an event so much as the Game Cock Lodge fish fry. Mr. Manning's Platform. Consider the county of Cherokee. Mark in connection with it this lan? guage from the announcement of Can? didate Richard I. Manning, who has entered the race for governor: "I ad? mit" that there has been a growing "tendency to curtail drink and the "time may come when prohibition may 'be made effective in South Carolina. "But in my judgment that time has "not come and this question must be met "in a practical way." Has "drink" not been "curtailed" in Cherokee? Is prohibition not effective in the Chero? kee part of South Carolina? Or in Pickens, where the pending term of the criminal court will fail for the want of criminals to try? Is the time not come in Marion, Lancaster, York, Spartanburg, Horry, Greenville, New? berry,- Edgefield, Saluda, Anderson, Oconee, Greenwood, Union, Darling? ton and Marlboro when prohibition is effective? Some sort of prohibition has prevailed in Marlboro upward of fifty years, and the Marlboro people seem addicted to the habit. These counties, not including Laurens, Wil? liamsburg, which also voted out the dispensaries, contain more than half the Democratic vote of the State Must the State continue to be the whiskey dealer for the sake of the others? Or must the whiskey traffic be re-enthroned in the "Brice Law" counties? Mr. Manning does not make clear, at least not to us, his position as to the Brice Law, and that omission is fa? tal to his card as a satisfactory decla? ration of his views. The fight must centre about the "Brice Law." That law is deadly to the State dispensary and we suppose Mr. Manning will fa? vor its repeal, but we do not know that he will. We do know that he will not have the support of the State dispen? sary advocates unless he does favor its repeal or its paralysis by amendments, and it sems to follow inexorably that to favor the State dispensary is to op? pose prohibition anywhere in the State. Any other view is to concede the-rightness of local option. Another candidate favoring the dis? pensary, but not the State dispensary, is Mr. M. F. Ansel, of Greenville. Un? der Mr. Ansel's plan, Cherokee would remain a prohibition county as long as' it chose. Barnwell could remain a dispensary county as long as it chose. But Barnwell could not buy from the State. The State, under the Ansel plan, would no longer be a wholesale whiskey dealer. Barnwell or Charleston would run their own dispensaries and they could be com I pelled to operate under all the restric? tions safe-guarding honesty that the Raysor-Manning bill contains. The Raysor-Manning bill, for Sumter coun? ty, "faithfully, honestly and firmly en? forced, would do for S*umter county all that it would do for South Carolina, and if restricted to Sumter, it would not interfere with Marlboro's prohibi? tion. We do not like Mr. Ansel's plat? form, but it, is vastly better than Mr. Manning's. Mr. Ansel's platform does abolish the State dispensary; Mr. Man? ning's does not. So far as we know there te no citi? zen of South Carolina who stands higher and more deservedly high in public respect than Richard 1. Man? ning. His advocacy ol' in?- State whis? key concern is Dictated by his own conscience and he is an h?rest man, every inch honest. -And yet this State j whiskey concern, we speak of the con? cern, not of individualys in its employ, is a convicted thief- Nobouy denies it. The m&n who begot i: trends it. Why a man of intelligence eager on? ly to "curtail drink" through the re? strictive regulations of the dispensary should seek to preserve and hope to reform the State concern, in which the evil inheres when all the good may be retained in county dispensaries, which at most can be dangerous only to the counties which ?r>vite them, is a problem in politics that completely baffles us. We say it sincerely and with the utmost, but sorrowful, re? spect that the candidacy of Mr. Man? ning on a State Dispensary platform is a waste of citizenship, capable of great usefulness. Events may develop that will take from the dispensary issue its para mountcy, and what we have said is not to be interpreted as committing The News and Courier for or against any candidates.-News and Courier. *A torpid, inactive liver can produce more bodily ills than almost anything else. It is good to clean the system out occasionally. Stir the liver up, j and get into shape generally. 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