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BIG CASE TO BE TRIED. Seminole Charges to be Probed at Columbia.-"Graft" Cases Wil Hardly be Reached. Columbia, Jan. 2.-Unsual inter est attaches to the term of Court op ening here tomorrow because there is a probability of several big cases .coming up. Judge Prince wil preside. The dispensary "graft" ea;es are on the docket, but there is some loubt about whether they will be rea&,ed at this time. AttorneY Gen eral Lyon said some time ago that he would try some of them at thiz rerm and the solicitor of this circuit inti mated *at the eases would come up, hut matters that have come up with inihe past few deys seem to indicate that very probably the ease will not come up. If any aese is. tried, it will most probably be that against John Blak, in which a mistrial was orler ed at,the last sessiOD of the Cdurt, when. a coPy of the loeal mong newspaper was discovered as having found its way into the jury room. There has been some diseussion as to whether or not former jeopardy could be pleaded in this case. The law is very plain as to when a Judge or ders a mistriW, but very probably the point wM be raised. The first, eoont of the inditment under which Mr. Black would be tr,J is the most important and is as "The jurors of and for the county afoesid, in the State aforesaid, upon their oath present e "That John Black, late of the ,oty and State aforesaid, on the 29th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1906, with force and arms, at '*6 3ibia, in the onty and State foresaid, then and there being a Ste oMcer, to wit, a member of the of &reetors of the State dis did corruptly accept from Jan T. Earley, ste of the edun a State aoresaid, a gift and eity, to wit, the sum of 2500, eat and with am un am stanfg then and there had be Veen the aforesaid John -Black, as a d ff&r of the board of direttors of he State dispensary, and the said T. arlY tat the vote, opinion -n . .ng e l o ff h i , , .h aid JoIrn ~Ba samnbe of the bard o dee~LOrs of the State .dispensary. shuld be given in favor of any ad lbids of the Fleischmafna Compa ra,a00pItionl . eisting under telws ofteS ate o(hio whose business wm s the sale admnfc tueof deohoilie liquors, fore.r a t e liur,whiskeys nd wines made .at emade, in aeeordance~ with thhlw of this State la mOlaY k wn as the dispetsary la,reat in.to and preseribing the rules and reg ulatiols for ther pua l se o in] 3eo hol liquorsfo wfluei tb aoresaid State, and any offr tbemebythe said Fleisehmfann to beae y tosl to the directors of 4be dispensary all aforesaCi SaOe, for lawful use in the afrs the hi iih bid or bids and offrs san bide -.dte~sdf1 of the conltractt to sadtt e 'best~5osie biidder was a thejeestO1an rsoesediD -whih would esden aihnb a be rought before ad m iJh b lac - .hi aid a 4%psaity aoh a ember of the board of pdertytas of th State dispens~ry, Aireet rr o the talte in such ease d ade pro.~~cvided, and against the peceand dignity of th itten" eeher side has ,,~f ishn any ~nymanner on the fu turib g osaeths ermcanO be foretold. gend7 WO Smtle Cases. stated that two of the "S s - gone s n. .Y. Garlington and a on aseooY1U the defends~, add e charge ise breach of trust with frauddlent in 4tpntioimand -acn. and second 4a hrges ".obsrman4M i*g m.y and oither prpety by )oangg, . H bean rd . O . gun, C..J, cooper adB .Lc Herbert has not yet be ruh back here, and as 'far as has be ou ot tere is no ehange in the - utOLia othe refusdl of the overnor r of Tennessee to orth .&e.Hretcnot, bebogh here unless the requisitionl 1 honO Five Murder Trials. Fivee murder . tria'ls are on the I& xterst in these centers in *e~aantWash Medlin, for e ekkillingof Mrs. Victori Gifn Medniwawaseonicted of manslaught er at the last term of ourt,e an Judge Mem minger setth vedt e eeidn aslrgely aeri mStanl S. dlin was found dea #1w.I-1 .2 yardea one iorurg during the past fall. Her throat was cut from ear to ear, and there was a dent in' her head as if made by an axe. The bloody axe and razor were found in the kit-ehen. The murder was most mysterious. Al her children were asleep in the house, yet noae say that they heard 'the noise that must have been made during the killing. The bloody razor was said to have been the property of Medlin, who was a frequent visitor to the home of Mrs. Griffin. It is stated that the new trial of the ease will be very sensationall in itis nature. SAID "DAMN" AT BREAKFAST Inmate of Confederate Home at Columbia Suspended. Columbia, Jan. 2.-F. Douglas Walker, one of the most widely known soldiers at the Confederate Home, was yesterday suspended from the Home for 60 days. Mr. Walker has no living relatives' and the Confederate Home was his only home, so he yesterday afternoon ap plied for admittance at the county alms house, and was given a - bed there. Mr. Walker says that because he said ''damn" at breakfast he was noti6ed by the aommandant that he would be given, a furlough of 60 days. Mr. Walker's aceonnt of his trouble is that Mrs. W. D. Starling, wife of the commandant, asked one of the men at breakfast if he had heard the whisties blow for the New .Yeax the night before. The man addressed was deaf and the question was re peated, whereupon Mr. Walker said, "Mrs. Starling, he is so damn deaf that he can't hear any whistles." After the nieal was eoneluded Mr. Walker says Capt. Starling said *to him: "Walker, I have a New .Year's present for you. You are suspended for 60 days for swearng in the pres ence of my wife. Mr. Walker expects to stay at thi county alms house until his en forced furlough is ended. Mr. Walker is a native of Char ton, , was amember of Hamp ton's Legion, and . after the war went to New York, where men of weaith became in-terested .in him and assisted him until he -was a well to-do business man. But his bene factor died -and he lost what he had accumulated in the erash that fol lowed. Finally he could find no work and was starving on the streets when he went to a police station and told them 'that he was a Confederate soldier who could get no work and had nothing to eat. and requested that they send him to an alms house. MRS. J. P. &ICHARDSON. Widow of a r'ormer Governor of the State Dies in Colmbia. Columbia State, 3rd. Mrs. J. P. Richardson, reliet of the late John Peter Riehardson, died at 2:30 -this morning at the Columbia hotel, where she had been making *her home for a number of years. The funeral arrangements will be an nounced later. Mrs. Richardson was Miss Julia Manning Richardson, before her marriage to her cousin, who served the State for four years as governor. She was .born in Sumter coun'ty on t'he 12th of July, 1836. It is probabe that her remains rjiD be taken to Camden to be iterred in the fap ily burying ground by the side of her distinguished husband. NOTIGI. The regular annual~ meeting of the stockholders of T.he Peoples Nation-. a! Bank of Prosperity, S. (C., will be heldi in the banking house on Tues day, January 11th, 1910, at 2 p. m. for the election of a board of dire. tors anid the traneaetica of any oth er business 'that may come before 3. Y. Pugh, STOOKHOLDES mETING. The annual meeting of the stoek holders of The Commercial Bank, of Newberry, S. C., will be held at their banking house on Wednesday 12th January, 1910, at 12 o'elock in.. At wieih time direetors will be eeted for ensuing year ain'd any business brought before the meting will be *J. Y. Xe?a!I, Dec. 28, 1909. Smyrna Farmers Union. We will hold our quarterly meet ing Friday afternoon at 3 o'cloek. Election of officers for the ensuing year. We will also plaee orders for all fertilizers, so eene prepared. Alea. D. Hudson, President. NEWI Hardwe I WE HAVE A CO Guns, Arr Sportin, of every Come and see bu The Best al Newber H ardw9 Compai ASS SII ALL GOODS ON II To Pay WI WE MUST I Goods Must into "Your Money Ser vice Anfywh 0. KLE Our Loss i C You pambook-bring it in Burrugh Adding Mac e IERRY re oompany MPLETE LINE OF mrunition ND Goods description. our line beforE ying. Goods :the lest Prices. ry ire [AND ARE iat We Owe. IAVE MONEY! be. Converted Cash. Will Do Better Here Than are Else." TTNER~ s Your Gain. lin a Day ir ae sev neery depart ,~.admake our firt deposit.it's Commercial Bank TH E F R L Apples, Grapes, Candie, Raisins, Pt Dates. Citri +. Lemon and + Cr. Tartar, B 0 . + Extracts ; * All kinds tab] + Pickles, Coffee, Tea Fancy land St We have a few *0 old stock.that will * of price. JJOES' ON~E P. DINNEl CkiINESE METHC Not On Are you taking che We will sterilize yo not crack. Learn t] WHITE ST YOUNG & ST MONU I amrepg CHARL( In this. section, and prices on anything Ir Tablets, Monuments, my prices before plac and work guaranteed I R. BH IL LE R I BESTI ITSj Oranges Bananas Ne sDNuts -unes, Figs :>n, Currants + Orange Peel aking Powder ind Spices le condiments Etc., Etc. and All Kinds: aple Groceries 0 Toysl6ftfrom our be.sold regard less a roms D OF PRINLING~ CLTEB,S,ropietre MENTS-' unn nn nn,ne reenig7h /ing ou orerVMteia -ERYS C