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fjtf ?it|??tmt ano ?3?!|? WEDNESDAY. JUNE 5. 1907. Entered at the Postoffice at Sumter, S. C., as Second Class Matter. XE VT ADVERTISEMENTS. ll ?*?'? ll R. B. Belser-A Bargain. Co. Board of Education-Summer School: O'Donnell & Co.-Special June Of? ferings. / The Sumter Dry Goods Co.-A Big Cut Price June Sale. PERSONAL. Mr. Sam Bradford, of Florence, spent Sunday at heme. Mr. Harry Dixon, of St. Charles, was in the city Saturday. Miss Lessie Jones, of Brogdon, is visiting relatives in town. Miss Nannie Moore has gone to Statebarg to visit relatives. Miss Millie Simmons^ left Saturday for her home in Newberry. Miss Rosie Price, of Marion, is the I guest of Miss Yirgisia Barby. Miss Hattie Sanders is in the city on a visit to Mies Lernte Bowman. Miss Essie Spann, of Greeleyville, is visiting relatives in the city. Mrs. H. B. McIntyre, of McColl, is the guest of Mrs. Harr-y Spann. Miss Alexina Evans left Saturday ( morning for her home in Cheraw. ?* Miss Ruth Richardson left Friday af? ternoon for her home in Hartsvilie. Miss Olive Burrows, of Columbia, is visiting Mrs. Walter M. Folsom. Mr. E. B. Patton, of Columbia, spent Sunday in the city with rela? tives. --^ The Misses Solomons have gone to r East Stroadsburg, Pa., to spend the Stimmer. Mrs. J. L. Jordan, of Bennettsville, is visitin? her daughter, Mrs. T. W. McCoilurn. Ufr. W. L. McCutebeu and Mr. Jas. McCutchen, of Wat-eree, spent Sunday in the city. Mr. Epps, cf Cokesbury. the father of Mr. R. D. Epps, has been ia the .city several days. Mrs. Emma Langford, of Blythe- ; wood, j5. C., is visiting her sister, ? Mrs. Eugene Hogan. Mrs. Converse Reid and son, John | .Converse, have gone to Charleston j to sperd the summer. Miss Minnie E. Rivers, of Charles? ton, is ia the city cn a visit to Mrs. Wm. H. Patterson. Dr. Walter Cheyne has gone to Atlantic City to attead a meeting of the Medical Association. Miss Lula Cooke Boykni. of the Sumter Hospital, has gone to Camden to spend a vacation of two weeks. Mr. C. X$. Joyner has returned to j ?ameer from Minneola, Fla., and has; -2L position with the Betts Lumber j Coopat'v. Mr. James Henry Rice, Jr, of the' State Ar.dr.boa Society, is in the city, t Mr. Rice# has succeeded in enrolling j a large membership in bis human nu- j dertaking all over the State. Supervisor Seale returned from j Scott's Lake Friday night. The Ma jor made a good record as a fisherman, . but was better as a swimmer, although ? handicapped by hat and clothes. A telegram-was received Monday after? noon by "Dr. Geo. W. Dick, from his son, Hasell. stating that he had passed all examinations successfully, j and will embark for cruise on next j Friday. Attention is' directed to the adver? tisement of O'Donnell & Co.. in which special prices are quoted on summer goods. The macadam on Main Street needs | attention an I just as soon as the sew- j er pipes bava been laid on that street; the portion in the b'-einess district \ should be given a thorough overhaul- : .inS- i There s?ems to be a shortage in the ? chicken crop this spring. There is a ! ready market for ten times as many j chickens as are brought here for sale.g ? ? i i Tbe Couti ty Board cf Education de- j cided at a recent meeting to held a j County Surnm-r Schcol for teacbe.sj this summ-r, beginning Joly 5 andi continuing for four week?. There are j no funds available this year for a State I Summer Schcol and none will be held. There are no fnnd* at the dis- j position of the State Superintendent j of Education to aid t^?' counties in j paying the ?xpensps of the Conn ty j Summer Schools, and the entire ex- ? pense of the County Summer School : will be paid by the County Board out of the funds in its hands. For this reason the County Board is unable to j ir.ake an allowance for expenses to j teachers attending the school as there if not money enough available to pay the expenses ot' the school and to ' make the nsna!. allowance ro the teachers also. In the judgment of tl e members of the County Board it s more important ro have a County School this summer than heretofore in riew of tbe fact that there will b? no State School. lu this position they are upheld by trV numero::,- icqu'-ri s already received from reachers by j County Superintendent ot Education Cain. Tho decision of Judge Brawiey to th? effect thar the labor contract law is unconstiturionp.i is not expected to result in serious loss to the farmers of Sumter County, as a majority of them hace never found ir necessary ro j enforce the contract law ro rhe lert:;r. There will be trouble here and there, I of course, as a certain percentage of j farm laborers will jump their jo:.- . tracts, if they have been permitted to ; get ahead of their wases, bi t the total number will not he s:reaf. Those who pay fair wages and treat rh.ir .hand well have never had trouble and will not now, while those who bav< h-.u: trouhle in obtaining ;d keej.. . farm laborprs in the past, even wi ti the labor contract law, will ha trouble in the future. MARRIED BY GOVERNOR. Miss Nellie Epperson and Mr. Guy ll. Gilmore Wedded Today. I Miss Nellie D. Epperson, youngest ; daughter of Sheriff TV. H. Epperson, i and Mr. Guy Gilmore, were married ; at noon Saturday at the Governor's I Mansion, Columbia. Gov. Ansel per I forming the ceremony. The bride is ; u member of the Catholic church and j the groom an Episcopalian, and it ; was therefore decided to have the ; marriage ceremony performed by a j civil officer, and Gov. Ansel willingly : consented to act when requested to j do so. The bridal party went to Co ! lumbla on the morning train and will i - j return this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. j Gilmore will then go on an extended j bridal trip through Canada, stopping j en route at Jamestown, Boston and other points Among those who at? tended the arriage were Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Epperson, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Mccormack and Mr. Sam Gil? more. DEATH. Mrs. George W. Loring died last j night at 10 o'clock after an illness of I only a few days. The death was un { expected and was a great shock to j her many friends, few of whom knew j of her illness. Mrs. Loring is surviv? ed by her husband and one son. The funeral services will be held at 5.30 o'clock this afternoon at the family residence on Reardon avenue. Quarterly Conference. The second quarterly conference of the Magnolia Street charge will be held next Sunday, the 9th. at 4 p. i ' . m. at Jordan M. E. Church. ! Dr. Bays, the presiding elder, will preach at Magnolia Street Church at i ll o'clock a. m., and at Jordan at 4 j j o'clock p. m., and after preaching he ; will hold the quarterly conference, j The public is invited. S. D. Bailey. Pastor. Sumter, S. C., June 4, 1907. -j-j TESTIMONI AL TO COL. LEE. The Congregation of the First Bap? tist Church Make Handsome Gift to Their Attorney. Rev. C. C. Brown and Mr. TV. M. Graham, a committee representing the congregation of the First Baptist Church, on Tuesday presented to R. B. Lee. Esq.. six handsome silver goblets as a token of appreciation of Col. Lee's sendees as attorney for the church. Col. Lee has represented the church in the litigation with D. G. Zeigler and Contractor Evans that grew out of the construction of the new First Baptist Church. The last f the cases was brought to a successful conclusion at the last term of court. Col. L?e having won fach of the three cases in turn. When he was asked for his bill he informed Dr. Brown that he made no charge for his services to the church and de? clined to present a bill. As he had de? voted a great deal of time and ardu? ous labor to the preparation of the several cases, requiring the inspection of hundreds of bills and accounts rep? resenting the expenditure of nearly $20,000 on the new church and par I r j sonage, the congregation felt the j keenest appreciation of Col. Lee's j generosity and liberality in giving so i freely of his time and talent in this j service. It was, therefore, decided to I present a testimonial to CM. Lee, and ; S100 was placed in Dr. Brown's hands j to purchase a suitable gift. With the j sum. six beautiful silver goblets were 1 purchased. The goblets being made to order, and appropriately engraved, constitute a testimonial that Col. Lee appreciate^ in the highest degree. Ladies, don't forget the special sales I am offering in myMillinery in the rear of Wells Dry Goods Stor?, 14 South Main street. New goods to please your eye. Very respectfully. Miss S. A. M urra v. 5-29-2!* Four murder cases will be tried at j the sessions court of Cherokee conn- j ty. which convenes on June 24. Judge" R. O. Purdy presiding. Conductor Wounds Negro. Aiken, May 30.-Last night Con? ductor Robinson shot and perhaps fatally wounded John Brown, a ne? gro; on a trolley car. The negro, it is alleged, attempted to draw a pistol on , ! the conductor, whereupon he shot the negr<"', the ball striking him in the j face and ranging around lodged in j his neck Marion; June 1.-Major Ca' mi-j chael, the negro charged with at- j t< mpting criminal assault on the j 11-year-old daughter of J"hn H. Sawyer, near Mullins. <>n May Gth. j and thought to have been killed while j trying to escape, was brought to Ma? rion today and lodged in jail by Mr. ] Lynwood for a deputy magistrate o? j the Oak Gr ?ve section. ? W. H. BROWN & 3R0S. / Pocevhonis.s Perfume fashionable folks. ForSalt . .DRGW DSU3 COMPANY. THE STATE LEAGUE. Review cf Two Weeks' Playing Clubs More Eevcnly Matched Than at First. The State. ; The State league has closed its sec I end week, and very successfully; too. ' The large attendances which charac [ tcrized the first week ii the league j have "held up" during the second j week, and in fact, it is thought that j there were more people ar the games j last week than the week previous. During the first week the teams ; played a kind of "frazzled edge'' ball, ; but the second week has given the j fans a nicer article. Bad plays were ; much fewer last week than the first j week, and though the teams made a ! lot of errors in the last games, yet j the .averages show up better than the week before. The teams are still hit? ting the ball, especially Orangeburg, Sumter, Greenville and Darlington. In fact, the hitting department is the feature part of the games in the minor league. This demonstrates that the league is sorely in need of pitch? ers, and realizing this fact several clubs are now after good twirlers. Anyway, the league is working very smoothly. The teams seem more evenly matched than they were at the beginning cf the season. Anderson haying strengthened materially and Spartanburg tightened up in places, and there are no more "foregone con? clusions" of the result of any game. Last week Orangeburg nguiu led the league in batting, while Spartan burg took the honors in fielding. The percentages for the week are as fol? lows: Batting Fielding P. C P. C i jOrangeburg.2 9 S 9 5 3 Sumter. 241 901 Greenville.'..235 915 Darlington.224 90S Anderson.193 920 Spartanburg.1S9 957 Up to date the batting averages of the teams are as follows: AB H P. C. Orangebu rg.327 107 331 G reen vile.39S 90 226 Sumter.351 7? 220, Darlington. 373 S2 217 Spartanburg. 400 SI 202 A riderson. 353 70 19$ Though fielding eseems to be no team's long suit. Darlington heads the list for the tmo weeks of play with a percentage of &53, which is not so bad. The aerages are given below: PO A E P. C. Darlington .. .291 120 43 953 Orangeburg . .279 120 32 927 Greenville. . .314 120 39 91S Sumter.269 119 3$ 911 Spartanburg .300 151 44 911 Anderson. . ..260 12S 39 909 The time allowed by the board of directors for clubs to cut down their playing capacity to 12 men closed Sat? urday, and there were a number of men cut loose, no doubt, as several clubs have been carrying as high a. 16 men. Beginning today President Smith will also start to enforcing the sus? pension rule In addition to fining players for misconduct. This was no done during the beginning of the season as President Smith said he wished to allow the managers to be t'tc-e in using players during the first two weeks so that they might get a line ?rn who were the best men they had on the clubs, who should be re? tained at the expiration of the two weeks time limit. Fines have been quite numerous, however, and if the present rate keeps up. together with men being suspend? ed for three days, some clubs may find it hard to have t^r. uniformed men on the field. But the old leaguers who have found berths in the league are fast coming to learn that they have to observe the strict rules of the association, even if it is a small league, for the board decided .ha* first of all there should be good '.. bavior on the diamond. NEGRO KILLED NEAR TRENTON. Vii Had Entered a House and At tacked a Xegxo and \\\< Wife. Trenton. June 3.-George Hudson, a notorious negro living near here, en? tered the house of one Will Mickens. colored. Sunday morning about - o'clock and inflicted what was evi? dently intended to be fatal wounds upon Mickens and his wife. Mick ns was rendered unconscious by a blow on the head with some heavy instru? ment, but his wife awakened in time to ward off a blow from her head with her arm. Her arm was broken by the blow and she was otherwise rn ju red.. After the woman had aroused the neighbors by her cries: Hudson fled. A crowd of negroes and a few of the white men of the community or? ganized themselves int'? searching ! parties and about 9 o'clock Hudson ? v as located in a nearby swamp and .ir. the effort to capture him he was killed and his body left lying in the swamp until today. Magistrate Wal? lace W. Wi-/, held an inquest over the body today, but was unable to s?-cu:v evidence sufficient to implicate any one; so the jury rendered tho usual verdict. ; EXCITING HAID IN GREEN VILLE. Greenville. May 28.-The capture of three men and the destruction of a . large illicit distillery was the result of ! an exciting raid by Deputy Collector j Merrick. Deputy Gosnell and Consta ' bles Cooley and Goldsmith in the ex the extreme upper portion of Green : ville County, about two miles from Tryon, N. C.. at an early hour this i nterning. The odie.-rs returned ? :he : city this afternoon with their prison? ers. George Moss ard Joe Fowler and a negro, named Tow Adams, who were committed to jail in default of The raid was made a short distance ! from the site of the distillery, which [was captured cn May 4.- when two 1 moonshiners, who had been captured j by revenue men. were rescued by a j reinforced party or" moonshiners, who ! got the drop on the officers. The ne- ; gro. who was arrested today was one j ! cf the prisoners who was was ?ber- j j ated on the former raid, and the two j white men are identified as being j members of the party of blockaders who effected the rescue. The capture this morning was a i daring act on the part of the officers, 1 as the moonshiners were heavily arm . ec. ar.d they had sent out word that I they would die before being captured. ; The officers concealed themselves i near the still and waited until day ; light for the distillers to arrive and j ! begin work. The men entered the ? ! still shortly after break of day. The j \ officers swooped down on them with- j ! cut giving them a showing of fight. The still destroyed was one of the j j largest that has ever been seen in a j I blockade camp in this part of the ' ; country, and two thousand gallons of I be er were poured'out. The capture to- ?. ! dav is considered one of the most im- I I I . p. rtant that has been made by the ! ! . . ? ! revenue men m some time. _ i ' Curious Phenomenon in a Dickens I 1 Countv Grav eva rd. ! Picken*. Mav 21.-In the old ! : churchyard at Lioerty there is a ? j tombstone erected t.? the memory of ; G. W. F.-aas. Mrs. Foggs, and bear-j i : mg simplv the dates of their birtn ! I . i and death. Mr. Foggs was buried in j ; Bremerton churchyard. Williamsburg, j j Va.; the fourth of May. 1S62. Mrs. 1 Beggs on the 6th of March. 1883, and j i j J. P. Eoggs. March 14. ISSb. Some j i time ago there apr-.-area on the st me j the resemblance of the face of a man. It is doubtless a phenomenon that I depends in a great measure on the I diffusion of color in the marble. Its j cit arness to the observer depends, ? oth upon the light and the imagina-J tion of the :o> observing. The better! i the one is posted on the environment i the s:ronger -.viii be the suggestion to j his mind and the more distinct the j picture to his eye. It is ?.-plained ? away by a story which Juiius E. ! Foggs tells of a storm at sea and an- ? other about the ghosts of the mind.-! - News and Courier. ; A BIG 8 I 8 CUT PRICE JUNE SALE OF I 8 S Shirt Waists, Lawn Suits AND I Muslin Underwear Is now being held at our Store. The following are some of the attractions: All of our $ 1.00 Shirt Waists are 80c " 1.50 " " " $1.10 " 1.75 and 2.00 Shirt Waists - ... - $1.40 All of our 2.50 and 3.00 Shirt Waists.$2.20 All of our 3.00 Lawn Suits are $2.20 " 5.00 " " " $3.75 " 5.50 " " " $4.00 ? r I k iii th These Suits are amply full in the Skirt and every de? tail in Style and Make-up is correct We handle a brand of Sanitary, Non-Sweat-shop Un dermuslins. The cut prices brings the cost down to-well-about the same as the unmade material, hence the attractiveness of this chance. They are on exhibition. Call in and see for yourself. HE sm m m t?. Jv WM Ederheimer, Stein & Ca MAKERS r 3 6 wilr ^R? you on the lookout for Summer Comfort? It's here galore! We've two and three piece suits of all suitable and stylish Summer fabrics. Thin Coats, Thin Trousers, Negligee Shirts, Thin Underwear, Hosiery, and all sorts of Thin Toggery for Summer Wear. And the best of the story is the fact that our prices are also thin enough for your satisfaction and comfort. Summer Suits $10, $15 to $25 Summer Trousers at $2, S3 to $7.50 Summer Hats 50 cents to $7.50 Hardly think you I can mention an article of Clctiling 'or Toggery that would add to your Sum? mer comfort that we cannot show in a style to please you. Come, see.1 rt / ?fa, Q ara umter, South Carolina.