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WM?m at? 3t?pK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1907. ? ^Entered at the Postoffice at Sumter, S. C., as Second Class Matter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Estate of D. E. Wells-Final Dis? charge. The Bank of Sumter-Money is ?Stored Labor. PERSONAL. 34r. J. W. Rees, of Stateburg, spent Jdonday in the city. x Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hamilton, of Columbia, are in the city. Mr. M. Richardson, of Summerton, was ic the city Thursday. Rev. S. O. Can tey, of Lynchburg, .was in tbe city Thursday. Mrs. Robinson, of Crede, Col, is visiting Mrs. Marion Moise. Mr. O. C. Scarborough, of Summer? ton, was in the city Monday. Mr. W. D. Scarborough, of Dalzell, -was here Monday on business. Hon. D. H. Traxler, of Timmons ville, spent Monday iu the city. Dr. and Mrs.' C. C. Bro*n have re? turned from their pleasure trip to Beaufort. Hon. T. B. Fraser, member of the House, spent Mo?day in the city with tis family. .Mr. VV. P. Smith has retnrned from the Concord section, where he had been on business. Mr. Mont. Moses, f Crede, Coi., is -spending a few days in the city as the .guest of Mrs. R. H. Moise. Miss Lucia Archer, of Anderson, is visiting in the city,, the guest cf Mrs. BillieArcher on Calhoun Street. Mr. Charles Matheson, a well known lamuef ?lian, and who has many Irk nos here, is in the city. Hon. Kurtz P. Smith, member of th? H on se from Anderson, spent the day in Sumter, the geest of Dr. Geo. W. Dick. Mr. and Mrs Eugene Forshee, of Wilmington, N. C., are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs A. J. Moses, on Church Street Miss Blanche Allen, of St. Louis, who has been visiting her father, Mr. W. lt. Allen, at New Sumter,, has re? turned to her home. Mr. D P. Kelly left for St Mat? thews Frica 7 for the parpase of en? tering a bid for the construction of a large factory building. Mr. E. D. Smith, president of the ?South .Carolina Cotton Growers' As? sociation, was registered at the Hotel Sumter Monday night. Miss Fannie Chandler, of Mayes <ville, spent Saturday in Sumter, the ?nest of her relative, Mrs. J. H. -Spann, on Calhoun Street Mr. W. B. Mnrray is sow in the ZEastern markets purchasing the stock Of "The Notick Novelty Co. h soon to be. open for business at No.' 16 West .Liberty Street Mr. E. W. Moise, secretary and treasurer of the Sumter Iron Works, returned Friday night from Johnston, where he. closed sales for two large ?aw mill plants. "M*.*C. W.: Krugman, former Sum tei? lte, but who has been living in Balti? more^ bas returned to Sumter and will make his future home here. His fam- j ly will arrive shortly. Tile work on the new Court House lias gone forward steadily and with fewer delays than in the case of any other large building erected in this city in recent years. A new sign, gracefully lettered, ?covering the entire side'of the build? ing occupied by Abbott's cigar store, adds considerably to the appearance of the -corner of Main and Liberty ?tree ts. Mr. W. E. Wise, the well known race horse trainer, has been secured to accept the management of the sta? bles at the new race track. Mr. Wise bas entered upon his duties and he ?peaks eacouragingly of the outlook for the S-miter Turf association. Saturday morning a 38-calibre pistol ball, fired from the direction of Lib? erty street, entered the house of Sep Johnson on Hampton avenue, strik? ing his 8-year-old girl, inflicting a painful flesh wound on her neck and passing on through the building. From whence the ball came or who fired the 'pistol has not been learned. Turkey Creek, is out of its banks again, and if it continues to rise the residents of the eastern section of the county may be prevented from reach? ing the city. It is time to put through that drainage movement that has been agitated and get the depth and width that is desired. If it is not done at once some of the land own? ers along the banks of the Creek will lose four or five acres of very promising oa'ts. * *" Leonidas Kennedy, the boy who ran away from home last week and land? ed in the guard house in Columbia, bas been brought home by his fath? er, R. L. Kennedy, who went to Co- ' lumbia for him. He says that the ex- ? perience of Leonidas should be a warning to other bad boys who run away from homo. Leonidas walked nearly all the way to Columbia only to spend almost a week locked up in a cell. Sumter's turf enthusiasts will doubtless be interested to know that Alexander J. Cassatt, late president of the great Pennsylvania railway sys? tem, under an assumed name, was one of the oldest as well as one of the best known turfmen of America in latex life. Mr. Cassatt for years un? der the name c*. "Mr. Kelso," raced an extensive stable, including many good horses, such as The Bard, Heel and Toe (sire and dame of that good horse Gold He??) w?tcr LHr, Strut egy, etc. A Coming Marriage. Announcement has been made of the approaching wedding of Miss Katherine Rees, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Sebastian Sumter, to Dr. Joseph Herbert Haynsworth. <The marriage will be celebrated on Feb? ruary 12th, at 7.30 p. m., at the Church of the Holy Comforter. DEATH. Mr. George L. Tracey, of Helena, Montana, the only brother of Mrs. O. C. Vaughan, who has made her winter home in Sumter for a number of years, died in Chicago on Tuesday evening. A Social Event. Miss Gussie Harby entertained in? formally a few friends on Monday evening. Duplicate whist was played and the game was thoroughly en? joyable. The party was made up of the fol? lowing popular young people: Misses Rosie Moses, Alyne Bonita and Miss Moise; Messrs. H. Harby, J. H. Clark, Henry Richardson and Julian Levy STRICKEN OX THE STREET. Mr. Billie Partin, an aged and well known character in the city, was peculiarly stricken . Saturday afternoon while walking down Main street. By? standers' who' witnessed the occur? rence, say that the old man was walking perfectly upright, when he suddenly extended his arms as though groping his way in darkness, his steps becoming unsteady and be? fore assistance could be rendered he fell, face downward, helplessly to the pavement A cab was summoned by the police, and Mr. Partin, bleeding freely from the nose and wounds about the face, was sent home in an unconscious condition. It is believed that the direct cause of the attack is attributable to senility and that it is the beginning of the final dissolution. AVERAGE STATE LEGISLATURE. A Lot of Bungling, Goodhearted Am j ateurs, With a Leavening of Crooks. The legislature couldn't make one good law in three months, let alone three thousand, without turning in some direction for aid and counsel. Our well-meaning farmers, and grocerymen, and manufacturers, are probably endowed with that profound ignorance of basic problems which comes out in the form of a loud con? tempt for "science" and "theory.'-' But now they are, in the language of the committee room, up against it. They have got to make three thousand laws in three months, without much of an, idea, in some cases, of what the blessed things are all about A good many of our farming and manufac? turing friends would really like to make good laws; but probably not one of them is competent to draw a bill that will hold together. To make it worse, these laws, good or bad, will i come down forcibly on every man, j woman and child in the State. I In view of this fact-that the leg? islature, made up of bungling, good? hearted amateurs, with a leavening of crooks, is bound to turn out just about so many laws anyway-do we citi? zens, the real "interests" most vitally affected by the mass of legislation, take any adequate measures either to put in able men, or to supply accurate and thorough-going information as a basis for the legislation? Not at all. We send our legislators down to the capital, and go on, serenely vague, about what we like to call "our busi? ness." The snail*-; on the thorn, God's in His Heaven, all's right with the world! And meanwhile the at? torneys for the railroad and the "pub? lic service" company, .and the big brewers and manufacturers are draw? ing up bills which our farming friends don't understand, and are crowding them through with doubtful statistics and specious reasoning which our farming friends may question, but which they have neither time nor the I resources to dispute.-Samuel Mer? win in Success Magazine. Bishop Candler Asserts That Taffs i Policy in Cuba Incites Disturbances as Profitable Business, i Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 4.-Bishop War I ren G. Candler, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, has returned from Cuba. He says that some steps of Taft in his efforts to pacify the situa? tion in Cuba put a premium on the disturbances and gave to insurrection, in the minds of some, appearances of profitable business; for example, he ! gave oach insurrector the horse he had stolen when he went out against the gov?. rnm<Trt: and proposing to reim? burse tho owner for animals thus taken. "A gentleman in Ciefuegos told me." said the Bishop, "that he had a fine stallion on the stock fain:, for which hr pai?l $500. A n<-gro took his horse, rode it away and now this animal is in the possession of the nrgro, and the original owner cannot recover the property or g*-t adequate payment for the loss. He sccs his horse every day but cannot touch the animal." The Bishop says this is HOLDING COMPANY AT MANNING Organized Monday by President E. D. Smith of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Association. i Mr. E. D. Smith, president of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' as? sociation, passed through the city on Monday night, en route from Man? ning to Columbia. Mr. Smith was 9een by the Item man a few .minutes before departure of the train for his home. He gave a glowing account of the enthusiasm of the people of Man? ning and of the successful organiza? tion at that place on Monday of a holding company; and said: "You may say to the people of Sumter and Sumter county that I will be over here shortly to organize a holding company for this county." The plan upon which these holding companies are proposed is the effect? ing of county organizations under a charter secured by the Southern Cot? ton association; open books of sub? scription ofr the purpose of raising, if possible, at least $5 per bale on all cotton grown in that county; to elect a board of directors and president, who shall select some man, either from among their number^ or other? wise, who shall become the buying and selling agen for that organization, who shall have supervision of all warehousing, and to whom can be given the power of attorney to dis? pose of the cotton placed under his supervision. In other words, he is,to become the agent of that disvision to receive cotton, to supervise the buy? ing of what cotton the organization buys, to procure adequate warehouse room and, with the national officers and local officers of similar county divisions throughout the south to ne? gotiate loans on whatever cotton is held by him upon which loans are requested. Under this plan a member of ?the Southern States association can carry his cotton to his local company, turn it over into their hands, receive a cer? tificate of ownership, and give to this company the power to sell that cot? ton, provided it is not sold below a price agreed upon by the national or? ganization. This price, if enough counties in the south enter into it, shall be made net to the grower. THE MCCARTHY IDEA. A Reform Work That is of Immense Help to the Legislature of Wiscon? sin. In speaking of the McCarthy legis? lative bureau in connection with the State of Wisconsin State legislature, Samuel. Merwin says in "Success Mag? azine:" Any legislator can now have a bill drawn "upstairs." But no matter who draws a bill, every legislator, be? fore he is called upon to vote for or against it, or to amend it, will find at his elbow the. entire history of the principle involved; first, its treatment by legislative bodies in this and all other civilized countries; second, the entire mass of court decisions on the subject; and third, its social or econ? omical effect. If he doesn't care to bother about digesting it all himself, McCarthy will, digest it for him, hand? ing him in tabloid form precisely what he wants to know. The scheme works in Wisconsin, because every? body, legislator, Governor, lobbyist, knows that McCarthy is mora than efficient, he is square. I have talked with legislators in other States who said, "We can't do anything in our fight without a more complete knowledge of the facts. So we're fighting now to make our legis? lature employ one of McCarthy's men and work up a system like his in our State." In some cases they are suc? ceeding. The States of California, Washington, Nebraska, Indiana, New York, and the city of Baltimore, are now employing men trained by Mc? Carthy to establish and work out the McCarthy idea; and Virginia, Con? necticut and Ohio have estblished it on their own hook. The Wisconsin legislature could hardly get on today without Mc? Carthy. Every morning during the session, he appears on the floor of each house. Senator Smith, of Smith county, beckons to him. "Mac" he says, "such-and-such a bill is coming up next week. The railroads make this claim. Are they right? "When do you want it. Senator?" a:;ks the man from the attic. "Monday." "All right." A memorandum is jot? ted down, slipped into a side pocket, and McCarthy moves on to Senator Brown, of Brown County. "Mac" observes that statesman, "Jones claims that a Texas law to the same effect as our Senate Bill 19422 is confiscatory and was declared un? constitutional by the Texas Supreme Court in 1S74. How about it?" "When d<> you want it, Senator ?" "To-morrow." "All right." Give me the girl with ravishing eyes, And sweet, red lips; She is better than mansions of stone, Or temples of brick. For joy rind pleasure there will be, if che takes Rooky Mountain Tea. -China's Drug Store. JUDGE PURDY HONORED. Laurens County Bar Association Pays Graceful Compliment to the Retir ? ing Jurist. j Laurens, Jan. 27.-At che conclu? sion of the court which adjourned sine die on Saturday the Laurens County Bar association, desiring to show their appreciation of Judge R. ! O. Purdy, who recen cly resigned as ! judge from this place, appointed Col. H. T. Simpson to make the expression i in the absence of Col. Ferguson, who ? is president. Col. Simpson paid an eloquent tri? bute to Judge Purdy, both as a jurist and as a man. He stated that it was here that Judge Purdy began his I career as judge, having held his first court here after his election, though by special appointment, and it is here that he resigned, chough he will hold severol courts elsewhere before his term expires. Mr. F. B. Grier, of Greenwood, and Col. George Johnstone were present, and both made interesting talks. Judge Purdy responded in eloquent and feeling terms. RECORDER'S COURT. The first day cf February opened the Recorder's court with an unus ually heavy docket. From a labor and financial standpoint the session was a profitable one. Len McKnight, who had been sen? tenced to 30 days on the gang, for larceny of poultry from Mr. A. J. Moses and was held on the charge of larceny of a bicycle from Officer Clyde, was before the Recorder again today for two similar offences on Nov. 20 and Dec. 20. He confessed his guilt in both cases. In the prelimi? nary hearing on the charge of steal? ing the bicycle he also made a clean confession. An aggregation o:! 90 days on the gang for the three first offences was the sentence of the court, the judge remarking that it would save him unnecessary trouble in trying to se? cure bond for his appearance at the April term of court- McKnight still has another charge pending against him-that of housebreaking. Henry Raford was up for disturb? ing the peace. It appears that Henry and hi? better half had not lived to? gether so peacefully and his wife had left his home, three or four miles from town, and moved into the city. On several previous occasions Henry in consequence of his domestic trou? bles had come to town and caused the police some trouble. Last night he repeated his visit and went to the house of his wife. Being refused ad? mittance he became angry and made use of some loud and ugly words. He evaded the officers then, but on hid way home this morning he was thirsty and stopped by the dispensary to make a purchase when the police overhauled him. He told the truth to the judge, but went too far back into the history of his marital infelic? ity, and explained that he had mild chastised his wife with a board and that when his mother-in-law inter? fered had knocked her in a heap, across a log. The judge gave him $20 or 30 days. Archie Boyd was up on two charges -for cruelty to animals and using live stock without the consent of the owner. On Monday evening Dr. H. J. McLaurin had sent his team to the Atlantic Coast Line to meet a train, which was delayed. In waiting the driver had hitched the horse and was waiting in a near-by store when Archie, who was on his way to a country frolic, "ame along and decid? ed to use the team. Four o'clock next morning the horse returned home alone, lathered with sweat and cover? ed with welts from a whip. It de? veloped that Archie, after securing the team, had called by for his girl and took her to the dance. She was in court and testified to tho fast driv? ing of her beau and his unmerciful treatment, of the horse. For cruelty to the animal the extent of the law $15 or 15 da^s, a?d fixed his bond for his appearance at the April term of court on the second. Nathan Avcrbuck had violated the health law and was fined $2 or four days. Arthur Jennings, who lives at Me chanicsville, and who had bought from Len McKnight Officer Clyde's bicycle, was arraigned for receiving stolen goods. The wheel was found in his possession. The case was con? tinued. The usual number of Saturday night and Sunday wrong-doers ap? peared before his honor today and were greeted with the usual smile and cordial welcome from the bench. One was up for painting the town red on Saturday night, but ns he was an amateur in the business the judge let him down. light. The young man passed over $2, and left the court room wiser by tho experience. Calvin Jacobs and Osborne Porter on Saturday had a few rounds with? out gloves and incidentally disturbed the peace. $5 or 10 days each was the sentence imposed by the court. John Mi ore was arraigned for pre? liminary hearing on the charge of larceny of a bicycle from H. A. Rose. Moore was committed to jail. THAW'S TRIAL FRAUGHT WITH SURPRISES INSANITY, NOT UNWRHTEN LAW, | THE PLEA OF DEFENSE. New York, Feb. 5.-Following As? sistant Attorney General Garvin, who . presented to the jury Monday . the State's case against Harry Kendall Thaw for the murder of Stanford White, Thaw's counsel outlined his case to the jury Monday afternoon, after the prosecution had occupied less than two hours of the morning sitting of the court, in relating by eye-witnesses the narrative of the tragedy. By the defense it was asserted that Thaw in slaying Stanford White be? lieved he was acting as an agent of Providence, that real or fancied wrongs committed against him by the architect ar " former friend of his j wife had boiled and bubbled in his j brain until at last there came the j explosive impulse to kill. When the I deed was done Thaw made no move ! to escape its consequences, but hold? ing thc fatal revolver aloft stood as i if mute, proclaiming to the world, "The deed is done; it was right: it I was not wrong." "You will hear the story cf this man's insanity," Attorney John B. Gleason for the defense, promised the jury, "from his mother, from his j wife, from his relatives, and from his physicians. You will judge him by I h:"s acts, by the heredity and stress which entered into his mildness, and when you come to judge him you will say to yourself that his act may have been one of insanity, but it was not one of crime." That Thaw's wife was to be one of the most important witnesses has long been known; that his mother, Mrs. William Thaw of Pittsburg, was to take the stand only became known positively today when the court en? forced the rule excluding from the court room al! witnesses save experts. Thaw's mother, at the command, left the room after a moment's hesitation. She seemed unwilling to be parted from her son in the hour of his need. His wife, too, reluctantly left the room, bestowing a last radiant emile of courage and hope upon her pris- j oner husband. May MacKenzie was third of the women who have been daJly included in the Thaw party to leave the court room. Thaw seemed dejected. Many times last week dur? ing the dull days of jury selection he turned to his wife for comfort and found her ever ready with ^a quick responsive smile. Now that the se irous work of the trial was tegun he wai; to be denied her presence. Thaw's counsel told the story of the prisoner's love for the girl he was: to make his wife. He met Eve? lyn Nesbit in 1901 and there then be? gan in him an honorable love and regard for the girl. He told her mother of his love. The girl was in a precarious condition following a se? rious operation in a sanitarium and Thaw suggested to the mother that I she take Evelyn abroad to recuperate. It was arranged that Thaw should ac? company the two as the open and' avowed suitor of the daughter. In 19O?: he asked her to marry him and she refused. "The reason for this refusal you will hear from her cwn lips," an? nounced Mr. Gleason. "Suffice it to say the reason had to do with an in? cident in her life with reference to Stanford White." Thus layin the ground work for the plea of insanity, the defendant's lawyer declared that brain disease laid hold of Thaw some three or four years ago. It was claimed there have been many cases where a person had been pronounced insane upon one subject and that alone. Mr. Gleason cited instances of temporary insanity, based upon a single act. "We will not base our plea, how? ever, upon a single act," he added. "It will be shown that there was in? sanity on both sides of this defend? ant's family. Hereditary has made us what we are, hereditary has made the living world. Our case is far re? moved from the much discussed de? fense of emotional insanity. You must disabuse your minds of all you have read in the newspapers and especially of the idea that has gone forth that we are relying upon some higher or unwritten law. We rely upon the constitution and the laws of the imperial State of New York and upon them alone. You will under? stand this man's insanity. It will not j require experts to tell you of it. It is within you lo judge him and you will say from the evidence that when he killed Stanford White he was an in? sane man." The witnesses testifying at yester? day's court merely substantiated ad? mitted facts connected with the ac tual tragedy by eye-witnesses to the shooting. After the defense had interposed its pica and outlined its case an ad? journment was taken until today, when ^he tirst witnesses in Thaw's behalf were heard. When the court opened this norn? ing Josiah Thaw was the only mem? ber of the Thaw family present. The Thaw family physician, Dr. Wiley, was also present and was the first witness placed upon the stand by tb? defense. Dr. Wiley testified that he was a specialist of irsanity . at Bixmount asylum, Philadelphia. He related th? incident, in 1905, when Harry Thxwr acted in such a manner on a street car as to lead to the impression that he was insane. Witness said that Thaw's manner was vague, semi-de? fiant and impertinent. The doctor declared that in his opinion a man acting as Thaw did after shooting white, was insane. Dr. Wiley said he did not think Thaw knew the act of shooting was criminal at the time of the tragedy. Attorney Genereal Jerome asked Dr. Wiley if it occurred to him that. i?i forming an opinion that Thaw firetL three shots into the body of his vic? tim, then, in order to avert a panie, held up the revolver to show that the job was done? Witness replied: "Yes, he had considered that." Je? rome asked if the doctor believed that jealousy was a form of insanity. Wiley said he did not "Now I want to ask you what element of insanity you find in a man shooting another, then walking away saying, 'He ruined my wife.' " Dr. Wiley replied: "Noth? ing," and in attempting to qualify his answer, was shut off by prosecutor. Dr. Wiley said that the circumstances, of the shooting indicated that Thaw was '"cine. y MILLION DOLLAR LOAN. House Concurs in the Senate Amend? ments io the Urgent Deficiency BUL Washington, Feb. 4.-By a vote ot 110 to 85 the house today concurred in the senate amendments to the ur? gent deficiency bill granting a loan of $1,000,000 to the Jamestown exposi? tion and appropriating $65,000 for dredging necessary to complete the channel of approach to the exposition, grounds and for dredging Bush creek to accommodate the needs of the hie saving exhibit. Representative May? nard of Virginia led the fight against the amendment recommended by the committee on appropriations, re? ducing the apropriation to $800,000? and that a lien on the real estate, buildings and appurtenances he given. : v Mr. Maynard said that the proper thing to do was to vote down all the amendments and concur in the senate amendments, which was done not only in committee of the whole, hut in the house. Builds up waste tissue, promotes appetite, Improves digestion, induces refreshing sleep, giving renewed sterength and health. That's what Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea w?l. do. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. China'* Drug Store. ? . >\jv MORE RAILWAY FRAUDS. 3<? Seeking to Secure Valuable Coal Lands hy Shady Methods. Washingon, Feb. 5.-Certain rail? roads, seeking to secure valuable coal lands in Wyoming, hired cab drivers* barkeepers and barbers, living in New York, Long Island and New Jersey to enter these lands, and then turn them, over to the railroad interests, accord? ing to the statement of officials ot the interior department made this morning. Secretary Hitchcock is re? ported as having secured confessions from a number of men who acted for the railway people. The entire has been laid before the attoreny general for prosecution. CATARRH GROWING LESS. Due to the Use of Kyomei-Cures Without Stomach Dosing. Inquiry at the local drug stores shows that the sale of remedies for catarrh has decreased very much in. the last year. Some medicines which were formerly bought a gross at & time are now purchased in half dozen lots, and are rarely called for. There is one notable exception to this decrease in sale, and that is Kyomei. This remedy is, in fact, re? sponsible for the decrease in sale of catarrh medicines, as it has made sa man?.- cures of catarrhal troubles that naturally there is much less demand for remedies fior that disease. People who have been trying dif? ferent medicines for catarrh during many years were induced to begin the use of Hyomei by J. F. W. DeLorme's guarantee, thai the remedy would cost nothing unless cured. Much to their surprise, they found that Myo mei did what it claimed (.if it did not J. F. W. DeLorme could not sell it under this guarantee) and they soon become ardent advocates of the use of Hyomei. There is no disagreeable stomach dosing with Hyomei; it is used by being breathed through a neat pocket inhaler. The complete outfit costs but one dollar, extra bottles, if needed* fifty cents. With every Hyomei outfit J. F. W. DeLorme gives his personal guaran? tee that the money will be refunded unless the treatment cures, so that you run no risk at all in buying thia reliable remedy.