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C'ijt ?fc?ioa? at? So#cos. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1907. " Bettered at the Postoffice at Sumter, S. C., as Second Class Matter. NEW ADVEKTI&ELMENTS. Skinner's Machine Shop. O'Donnell & Co.-Groceries. s The Bank of Sumter-Two Rea? sons. Charleston Biscuit Works-Milk Lunch Biscuits. PERSOXAli. Mr. B. Inman, of Ycrkville, is here for a few days. Mrs. Angy Wilson, of Orangeburg, is visiting in the city. Mr. R. M. Cooper, of Wisacky, spent Thursday in town. Mr. John C. Durant, cf Durant's, was in the city Saturday. Mr. D. P. Kelly left for Timmons ville Monday on basiness. Mr. J. IL Crosswell spent Monday in Columbia on business. Mr. Eugene Forshee, of Wilming? ton, N. J5., is in the city. Mr. T. O. Sanders, of Hagood, was in the city Thursday on business. Mr. W. B. Murray has returned from a business trip to New York. Mr. S. T. Covington and family, of Summerton, was in town Saturday. Miss Annie McMahan, of Columbia, is visiting Miss Fannie Baynsworth. Mr. F. R. Howaid, a well known Charleston ian, spent Saturday in Sum? ter. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. DesChamps left Monday morning for Charlotte, li. C. Mr. J. L. Poag. the well-known real estate man of Bock Hill, is here on business. j Miss Hinda Manheim left on Mon- j day for Columbia to visit relatives for j several days. Mrs. R. S. Hood and Mrs. H. W. | Bennett have gone to Columbia to visit friends. Mrs. Lucy Rogers has accepted a po? sition with Witherspoon Bros. & Co. >as stenographer. ,.Mr. C. W. Evans, of the Summer? ton Furniture Company, is in the city visiting relatives. Mr. M. F. Heller, who is one of the leading business mei of Kings tree, ?pent Friday in the cit -, Mr. Wm. Sinton a sister, tourist of Richmond, are in voe city for a few ' days, guests of the Hotel Sumter. Miss Villene Sanford, of Montgom? ery, Ala., who has been visiting Miss Mon?ta Osteen, left Saturday for har home. Mr. Jim Cunningham, who returned from a business trip to Petersburg "Wednesday night, has been quite sick since his arrival. Mr. R. M. Bateman, who has been with Crosswell & Co. for some time, Jhas left Sumter and is now in busi? ness at Davis' Station. . Mr&C H. Foster, of Sumter,-is in Gaffney visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Littlejohn, on Limestone Street.-Gaffney (S. C.) News. Mr. J. D. Shirer left on Monday for Bishopvilles where ne will estab? lish a branch business similar to the one conducted here by the firm of Von Ohsen & Shirer. Miss /Ida McLauchlin, of Raeford, N. C., is located at the Hotel Sumter for a visit to her brother, Mr. W. B. McLauchlin, of the Linton Lumber Company. Mr. J. C. Dove and family of Dovee I ville, Darlington County, arrived in ! the city Thursday and will occupy ! the house on West Hampton Avenue recently purchased and remodeled by 3ir. Dove. Misses Minnie Farrabow and Estelle Cmmpton, who have been attending the Sumter Training School for Kurses, have completed the course ?and have received their diplomas. They . will remain in Sumter for the practice of their profession. Mr. Tl. L. Shaw, of Sumter, is as? sisting in the installation of a new 300 line equipped swatch board for Colleton County Telephone company at Walterboro. The tax levy for Sumter county has been fixed at 2 1-2 mills for ordinary purposes and 3-4 mill for interest on j bonds and to repay loan; toal, 3 1-2 j mills. j At the request of the Chamber of j Commerce Watch Inspector Folsom is ! placing a clock in the sitting- room ' of the Atlantic Coast Line depot, j This has been a long- needed conveni- ! ence to the traveling public. The English sparrows are making it more and more difficult each year to make gardening a success. The lit? tle feathered pests destroy all garden plants as rapidly as they appear above gronud. The special election for Judge of Probate will be held on next Tuesday. As this is a regular election and not a primary, only qualified and regis? tered electors will be permitted to vote. Dr. Henry Louis Smith, President of Davidson Colege, will lecture in the Opera Kouse next Monday night. Dr. Smith has a reputation through? out the south as an eloquent plat? form speaker and is in great demand as a lecturer. The removing of the slush from Main street during the recent rainy spell and placing it along Hampton avenue has gievn rise to considerable complaint from the citizens livmg on this street. It is claimed that this mud, besides reeking with filth a:iu i possibly disease germs, will never make a firm roadway and after thc slightest rain becomes almost impass? able for teams, to say nothing of the inconvenience of pedestrians. MARRIED. Miss Lilian Moses, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Moses, was married to Mr. Montefiore J. Moses, of Creedc, Col., Sunday, February 10. The cere T&GKy took place at the bride's home and was attended by the immediate family. Rabbi 5. Klein oflBciated. Dea til of Mrs. L. R. Walker. Prof. W. S. Schumacher received a telegram this morning announcing the death of. Mrs. R. L. Walker in a j hospital at St Louis on Tuesday af? ternoon at 4.10 o'clock. Mrs. Walker, wife of Mr. R. L. Walker, brother of the president of the Life Insurance Company of Vir? ginia, was well, known in the city, having spent many winters in Sumter. I The news of her death will fill with sorrow the hearts of those who knew ! this estimable lady while living hore. ? Funeral and interment will take place at. Kane, 111., on Thursday. Magnolia Street Church. I The Magnolia Street Methodist Church has been on a boom recently and the growth in interest and mem bership gathers strength each week. Since conference there have been about 25 additions to the church membership, there are now more than 70 children in the Sunday School and still they come. Every service is euthusiastic and spiritual and those who attend alway receive a hearty j welcome. . * Mayor Boyle has appointed a com? mitted, consisting of Aldermen J. H. Chandler, R. F. Haynsworth, H. C. Haynsworth and Health Officer Rear? don to meet with the Board of Coun? ty commissioners tomorrow to try and arrange for the . widening and deepening of Turkey creek and the drainage of Saratoga branch. George Howe Wilson, formerly of this city and pleasantly remembered here, has recently secured through Hapgoods of Philadelphia, a respon? sible position on the sales force of the Van Dusen & Stokes company of that city. Mr. Wilson is a native of Florence, S. C., and while in this city was in the employ of the Sumter Tel? ephone company. Constable J. C. Nunnery, of Wedge? field, brought to the city on Sunday Joe Cowan, colored, and committed him to the county jail here on a charge of assault and battery with in? tent to kill. On Dec. 25, last, Cowan shot and wounded Preston O'Gwynn, also colored, since which time he has been a fugitive. However, he was lo? cated on last Saturday and his arrest was soon effected. Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Pittman, who were married at Bishopville on Jan. 29th, were registered at the Hotel Sumter Thursday night, en route from their bridal trip to points in North Carolina back to Bishopville, where the young people will make their future home. Mr. Pittman is the popular agent and operator for the At? lantic Coast Line at Bishopville, and is originally from Tarboro, N. C. His wife was Miss Margaret lonee Steph? ens, a popular young lady of the place in which the new home will be set up. This office is now equipped with electric power and all the machinery is operated by electric motors. Each machine has its own motor and ev? erything is arranged for the rapid and convenient handling of work. An? other press has been added to the equipment of the job department, and also a large lot of new type. This es? tablishment is, therefore, better equipped than ever before to turn out first class printing at short notice. We are prepared to do the printing for Sumter and there is no need to send a single job out of the city. Mr. Edgar A. Brown has resigned his position as stenographer with Witherspoon Bros & Co., of this city, where he has been for the past two years and a half, to accept a similar position with Messrs. Henderson, at Aiken, one of the leading law firms j if this State; and which position j Court Stenographer Wood held prior to his appointment to this circuit. While Mr. Brown's friends deeply re? gret his leaving Sumter, they congrat 1 ulate him on this step forward and wish him continued success in his chosen line. For several reasons the meeting of the State league of baseball clubs, which was to have taken place in the club rooms of the Elks last night, "was deferred to some near future date. Telegrams from Florence and Camden were received yesterday ap? pointing proxies to represent these places, but as the other towns inter? ested could not send delegations to j be present at this meeting it was de? cided to postpone same and to take steps at once to set a date agreeable to all concerned. Great investment, absolutely safe, brings returns, giving surplus earning power of youth till old age, securing comfort and health in your declining years. That's what Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea does. Chnia's Drug Store. Lent. Today marks the beginning of Lent. The word is derived from an old English word which meant to lengthen , and was applied to the spring season when the days begin to lengthen. Then it came to signify the ecclesiastical feast, which occurs in that season. So completely has the word become identified with the feast that its primary meaning is altogether lost and Lent is now uni? versally recognized as the name of the penitential season which precedes the Easter festival. Its observance dates from the ear? liest days of Christianity, though it has not always been a "forty days fast." The present season is said to have originated with Gregory the Great, who established the forty day period, and, in order to make up the number of days, began the season on Ash Wednesday. It is forty-six days from Ash Wednesday to Easter day, but as Sunday is not considered a fast day, the six intervening Sun? days are subtracted, and we have "the forty days of Lent." In primitive times the custom prevailed for peni? tents to express their humiliation, on the first day of Lent, by lying in sack cloth and ashes. At a later pe? riod, ashes made from the palms dis? tributed on Palm Sunday of the pre? ceding year, were blessed and with these ashes the sign of the cross was made on the foreheads of those who knelt before the officiating minister, while he repeated the words, "Re? member, man, that thou art dust, and unto-dust shalt thou return." It is easy to seen how the name Ash Wednesday was derived from these customs. Lent is now observed with more or less strictness by Episcopalians, Ro man Catholics , Lutherans, and per- | haps some other bodies of Christians, j By society folk it is observed as a j rest from the whirl of social life, j Among those who give a religious significance to the season, it is re-, garded as a period when they aban- J don as far as possible their usual course of life, and devote themselves to self-examination, prayer, fasting asd deeds of charity, not with the idea of squaring off the year's ac? count, but to better equip themselves to live up to their religious profes? sion. SMALLPOX IX SUMTER. There is Only One Case and That is Strictly Quarantined. Owing to fase reports being circu? lated, within and without the city of Sumter, in regard to the number of cases of smallpox here, some persons even going so far as to say that they heard there were 40 cases in Sumter, a reporter of the Daily Item investi? gated and is officially informed that there is only one case in the city. This case is an insurance agent who selicits sick benefit insurance from house to house, mostly among ne groes, and who goes out in the coun? try soliciting business. It has been proven beyond doubt, by official in- ; vestigation, that he contracted the disease outside of Sumter. This case is closely quarantined, and there is no fear of any other cases from the one now under quarantine. j The police and sanitary committee of city council, the city recorder, health officer and the police force, are going to rigidly enforce the State and city compulsory vaccination laws. Transient soliciting agents, insurance agents, peddlers, book agents and all other people who are going around the State unvaccinated, and are liable to come in contact with smallpox in the country, or in other tcwns, and who, if they contract this disease are j always taken down in a hotel or boarding house, ??re going to be ar- j rested if caught in Sumter unvacci? nated. One "hundred dollars, or 30 days, is the least fine and imprison? ment, if convicted before a magis? trate under the State laws, and $20 or 30 days imprisonment is the least penalty under the city ordinance, if convicted. All ? citizens of South Car? olina, whether in incorporated towns or in the rural districts, are required by law to e eucessfully vaccinated every s;: rs, and parents, guard? ians, or ; .es a~e held responsible for unvaccinated minors under their care or pr^i , 'ion. Messrs. Pat. Gallagher and Carl Gentry, Thursday at 4 o'clock, re? turning from the country, met a sus? picious negro coming out West Lib? erty street. The negro had a sack on his shoulder and investigation proved that it contained chickens. The ne? gro was relieved of the bag and an effort was made to bring him to "the city hall, but he broke lose and out? ran the young men. The chickens were brought in and are now held at the city hall for identification. Since you have requoted the exam? ple of incorrect punctuations, "It was 'and' I said, n-u 'Of/ " it would bc as well to give that even better example. '.That that is is that that is not is not that it it is." And to avoid nightmares we immediately punctuate thus: That that is. is; that that is not, is not that it? It is.-Correspondence London Chronicle. ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. A Young Man Feigns the Intent to Elicit Sympathy, But There Was None. j A few days ago a young man, well I known in Sumter, after a day of ca? rousing, returned to his home in a very much inebriated condition. Of course the fond mother was stricken with grief to see the pride of her life in this hell-ward flight, therefore she wept bitterly over her son. It was too much for the young man and he, too, began to spill tears as copious as they were disgusting-and as only a drunken man can shed. Later his father came in and took his wayward son to his room. The father's patience was soon exhausted and when the young man grabbed a bottle contain? ing over an ounce of laudanum and guggled it down the father left his room, saying: "Die; you'll be better off." When the father reflected a few moments, he returned to his son to find him with his arm half way down his throat trying to relieve his stom? ach of the deadly draught. The much desired end on the part of the young? ster was accomplished, and within a few minutes he soberly remarked, "I'll never try lt again!" There is a moral in this story, and doubtless many young men will pro? fit thereby. i RECORDER'S COURT. A Miscellaneous Assortment of Drunks and Petty Thieves- On the Mourner's Bench. Businesss in police circles has been somewhat affected by the weather for the past 10 days but things are thaw? ing out and today's session of the Re? corder's Court was tolerably warm considering all things. F. A. Berry had gauged his drinks by the'thermometer, but the jump up of mercury caught him napping and His Honor felt justified in collecting from Berry $5 for the city or else give him a chance to sober up on the gang during the next ten days. Tom Parrott was charged with cursing and disturbing the peace. The trouble exciting the anger of Par? rott was, it appears, the outgrowth of an insinuation on his part that his room-mate, Harry Keeth, scratched too much and disturbed his peaceful repose and then too there was a 50 cent pair of shoes mixed up in the melee There was nothing in the case and Judge Hurst dismissed the case with a slight admonition to both par? ties to the affair.' Nehemiah Johnson, colored, was not as close an adherent to the Ten Commandments as his name would seem to indicate and had broken the 8th Commandment and had swiped $16 worth of cuff buttons from Mr. W. A. Thompson. Nehemiah was sent to the gang for 30 days. Bob Hooks who had hooked a pistol from Wm. Skipper and skipped out with the gun was the next case on the docket. Hooks was a hookey looking negro, and could not show that he had been doing anything for some time but he was well dressed and wore loud socks. The case was continued and Hooks was locked up ; in default of $10 bond. Recorder's court opened yesterday at high noon as usual, but not cus? tomary manner. Judge Hurst has many roles to play and is called upon to settle many little questions not clearly defined by law. Clinton Sadler was up before his honor on many charges, or rather, a charge of many colors, and his bet? ter half was also present to state to the court that Clint had not been a model husband and that though her love for him was great and her pa? tience greater, she preferred his ab? sence to his abuse. Both the man and wife bore signs of being industri? ous negroes, therefore Judge Hurst gave them some good counsel and with a promise from both man and wife that each would try as they had before to live for each other, the case was' dismissed. Henry Evans was charged with a plain drunk. Henry had been in ap? pearance at the Recorder's matinee on a previous occasion, but it was long ago, and since which time he had not left the path of sobriety until last night. The judge listed him as a backslider, and gave him the bene? fit of the new beginner's fine-$2. Shadrach Moore was up for so many things incident to a cocaine drunk that he was remanded to jail awaiting further developments. Judge Wells Again. Magistrate H. L. B. Wells will take charge of the office Monday morning, having received his commission from Governor Ansel. His office will be in the Court House, and his hours will be 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.; 3 to 6 p. m. The soil survey of Sumter county, under the direction of the United States department of agriculture, has been in progress since January 15th. At present there is but a single corps of surveyors at work, but a second corps has been assigned to the work and will avive in a short time. A man of very few words usually has a wife who d->es most of the talk? ing. , ^ i&jJiSSEH SUMTER'S RACE I U EL First Meet to Take Plac^ Earlx La March-Grounds are Practically in Readiness. The work on the new race track has been prosecuted with remarkable despatch. The enterprise first as? sumed definite proportions about 60 days ago, when the promoters of the project, which means much to Sum? ter in attracting attention of the country to the Came Cock City and its unparalleled advantages, incepted the actual work of constructing a race track that would compare favorably with the best and most modern courses known to the turf, and with? in the next few days the undertaking will have been completed. The organization furthering tire project will be chartered under the name of the Sumter Turf Exchange, and the personnel of the exchange is composed <ot the following well known gentlemen: Col. R. C. Richardson-President. Mr. A. K. Sanders-Vice President Mr. "Wm. Bultman-Manager. Mr. C. F. McFaddin-Assistant Manager. W. R. Burgess-Secretary and Treasurer. These gentlemen are conversant in detail with the requirements of an up-to-date track, and besides making a study of the most advantageous construction of a race track and con? forming their plans strictly thereto, have been indeed fortunate in securing natural advantages not easily found, and the tracks of the Sumter Turf Exchange will stand second to none in the south. The stables connected with the race track will be under the management of Mr. W. C. Wise, lately of Colum? bia. Mr. Wise is one cf the best known race horse trainers in the country and boasts a career and ce? lebrity of a long and successful ca? reer in training a number of Ameri? ca's most famous race horses. Mr. Wise at one time had charge of the stables of the millionaire turfman, R. J. Lucas, of St. Louis. He has train? ed and developed many noted win? ners, such as "Kitty Platt," Bull Finch," "Invasion," the sensational performer and half-sister to "Plater." "Plater" holds the record of the world for a five and a half furloungs, and many others of equal celebrity. At these stables a regular training business will be conducted and many "notables" are already located here, a list of which with pedigrees will be furnished later. The climatic conditions Iiere are especially suited for horses in train? ing, while the soil upon which the track is located is easy on the ani? mals undergoing preliminary work. The first meet of the Sumter Turf Exchange will occur early in March. Already many famous racers have been booked and even in its infancy it is confidently expected by those in direct management that the first meet will compare favorably with old established race tracks. COUNTY BOARD MEETLXG. Bids for Furniture for New Court House-Drainage of Turkey Creek Considered. The Board of County Commission? ers held a meeting Thursday for the purpose of considering, among other things, the purchase of furniture for the new Court House. Mr. C. D. Parham, representing the Art Metal Construction company of A?anta, ap? peared before the board and present? ed specimens of furniture and metal files for records, etc. The specimens exhibited, as to convenience and safe? ty, were of the most modern mechan? ism. The matter was thoroughly dis? cussed and the board left for Colum Friday for the purpose of confer? ring with the delegation before tak? ing definite steps in the matter. At this meeting the board received as information for further considera? tion a proposition from the city of Sumter looking to deepening and widening of Turkey creek for drain? age purposes. This proposition was submitted by a committee composed of Messrs. J. H. Chandler, R. F. Haynsworth, H. C. Haynsworth and Health Officer Reardon, and was in the main that the county assist the city in defraying the expenses of this proposed improvement, basing the claim to this on the grounds that a large portion of the county drainage depended upon the Turkey creek ca? nal, from Dingle's mill to the city limits, a distance of four miles; into which the water draining from the Mayesville, Bishopville and Man? ning roads emptied. The matter will be acted upon at a later meeting. Xew York, Feb. 12.-An intense cold wove swept down on the city yesterday afternoon. It has caused great suffering and inconvenience. Tho temperature was clown to zero at S o'clock this morning. You'd better paddle your own canoe, For that's what you'll have to do, F<>r when you are in hard luck And warn to borrow a "Saw-Buck," AH you'll get is sym-pa-thee, Unless you lake Rocky Mountain Tea.-China's Drug Store. A Ei33 rOi'iS ERCM i]OM. rolicexaan Barwiel- Pulled Oft : Drunken Man's Arm Near the OM Catholic Church Last Night. Policeman Barwick 'located drunken man Friday night on W. Lib? erty street, near the old Catholic church, and w ent out to bring him in. Upon reaching the place he saw an elderly man and stranger in the city laying in" a heap on the pavement and made an effort to arouse him Failing in this he caught the man's arm and gave it a pull. The arm w^s completely severed from the body. However, the operation aroused the. man from his drunken stupor and soon Mr. Barwick appeared at the baracks leading the unfortunate man and holding in his hand the ghastly dismembered arm. The brave o nicer was pale and trembling, while cold pers? piration stood out on his haggard face. "It is one of the worst experi? ences I have had," he remarked, and even after he discovered that the sev? ered member was only a life-like cork limb, it was same time before h^. fully recovered from the experience. It is early for the baseball fever to break out an dthe fans are finding some difficulty in innoculating the public. But just wait until the sap be? gins to rise and then everybody wiii catch the fever. o The choir of the First Baptist church, und er the leadership of Mr. Oscar M. Watson, purpose to render i a sacred oratorio, to which admission shall be free. It will be given on some night in the week, of which due> notice shall be given in the papers? -o Dr. H. M. Wharton, the evangelist who won so good a place in the es? teem of the Sumter people, two years ago, is to return to Sumter to hold a meeting with the First Baptist church, beginning on May 1st. As speaker and singer, Dr. Wharton is a combination which one meets only now and then. He is now in Lake City, Fla., in charge a great Chau? tauqua meeting. During the early part of April, he is to hold meetings, in. Atlanta, in which all the Baptist ehurces are to take part. "Hello Girls." How to be healthy and happy and be a phone girl. Ring . us up ipr a package of Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with full partic? ulars. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Chi? na's Drug Store. SHOOTING TS LAURENS. . Laurens, Feb. 8.-Jesse V. Fuller,, a well-to-do farmer, living five miles east of the city, shot and probably fa? tally wounded a negro, who had ap? plied a vile epithet and had his gun. levelled on Fuller when the latter shot him down. REVOLUTION IN VENEZUELA Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 12.-Gen? eral Antonio Paredes, who has beeru. inciting a rebellion against President Castro, has succeeded in getting to? gether the nucleus of a revolutionary army. His force has grown from 20. to several hundred. Congressman Rixley Dead. Washington, Feb. ll.-John F. Rixley, representative from the eighth district of Virginia, died Sat? urday at his home near Alexandria of consumption. He was a democrat, a lawyer and a farmer, and had serv ed continuously in congress since 1899. TO ENJOY A GOOD DINNER. How to Avoid Distress and Indiges? tion After Eating. Let us show you how to enjoy & good dinner, how to regain the appe? tite of your childhood, and to relish your food. There is no need of any self-de? nying: diet list, no call for nasty and. disagreeable medicine, no list of hard exercises; simply a Mi-o-na stomach tablet before each emal, and one be? fore going to bed, and it will so strengthen the stomach that a good dinner will given you pleasure and comfort without the least fear of distress. The best proof of the value of our advice is the fact that J. F. W.De Lorme gives a positive guarantee (ap? plying to two 50c boxes of Mi-o-na) that your money will be refunded un? less the remedy cures. A guarantee like this must give you confidence In Mi-o-na stomach tablets. Mi-o-na is not a mere digestive with only temporary relief, but a specific for all disorders of the stom? ach, strengthening the digestive or? gans and making a permanent cure. Arthus F. Stater, who has just been sworn in as assistant secretary of the treasury, was born in Carlisle. Eng? land, in the carly eighties. Ke was brought to America when one year old. and has lived all his life until re? cently in Iowa. Three months ago he became edi.tr of the Walla Walla Daily Union. J