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1>LD SCOIT DIES GAME TO FINISH Buffalo Bill, Idol of Young America, Passes?Famous on Frontier. Denver. Col., .;?u 10.?Col William Frederick Codv (Buffalo BL1) diej here .today at noon after having fought death as he often did on the plains when the West was young. Col. Cody was brought here to the home of his sister on January f>. del iberately ill, and since then had b ei: "hovering between life and death. '.All during hi* illnoss the i'lol of juvenile America accept *. his fate I2K0 a stoic, laugnmg and play..*? fards with Irs family as long as h3 was conscious. Cel. Cody returned from his sea son's show work last fall much ex hausted He went to his ranch at lody. Wyo., to re-t and on his return to Denv. r, about four weeks ago. con tracted a severe cold. This was fol lowed by complications so serious tha^ the colonel's wife and daughter were called to his bedside. Col. Cody soon show d improve ment and on January 3 went to Glen wood Springs, ("ol.. to recuperate. On January 5 he suffered a nervous col lapse and his physicians hurried him back to Denver. For vears ne has "been an inveterate smoker. His physi cians ?ai<l tobacco ha<l affected his "heart seriously. Funeral service for the noted scout will be held Sunday afternoon when the body will be placed in a receiving vault in a Denver cemetery, but the "burial will not take place until next spring, probably Decoration day. Then the body of one of the nation's most picturesque characters will be interred In a tomb hewn of solid rock at the top of Lookout mountain, near this city. To add to her appreciation of wnai tne west owed mm, trie state of Cororado will receive the body into the capitol Sunday, there to lie in state for four hours. Plans already are on foot for the erection of a suit able monument at the final resting place. Federal troops will escort the body from the capitol to the Elks' homo for services Sunday and other federal troops will march in the cortege. Telegrams of condolence have been pouring into the home of Col. Cody's sister toaay. mey mciuae messages from friends throughout the country, one from President Wilson and others from Gen. Hugh Iv. Scott, chief of staff, and Gen. Nelson A. Miles. Col. William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill"), hunter sofciier, 6cout and showman, was for many years known to nearly ev-ery man, woman, boy and girl in America through his Wild West show with which he toured this coun try and Europe. He was a pictur esque type of the pioneer frontiers men and lived to see large cities built ^here be once hunted the buffalo and fought Indians. CoL William P. Cody was born in -soott county, Iowa, February 26, 1846. His ancestral stock was Span ish, English and Irish. His parents moved West and took up a claim near Leavenworth, Kan., then a frontier Indian post, when Cody was five years old. At ten years of age he found himself the head of th<* family owing to the death of his father who was killed in an encounter growing out of a dispute ov?r the negro slave question. Young Cody's first employ ment was as a courier between the frpicht u"a?nn t ra in a rvnor'o + orl X*. tween the Missouri river and the Hooky mountains. In turn he became wagon master, trapper, hunter, pon\ express rider and stage coach driver, all giving a varied experience in a school the graduation from which left the scholar an adept in every possible ltne of frontier activity. An exciting experience in the Union army as a soldier and subsequently as a confidant and scout of his com manders in the desultory and guerilla warfare of the Southwest left him at ith finish well known as an all around frontiersman, competent to advise, to guide and to lead. Thrse qualities soon brought him to the at tention of such distinguished com manders as Gens. W. T. Sherman Phil SQenaan, urooK, busier, i?er ritt, Carr, Royal, Miles, Dodge nn1 others and secured his appointment as chief of scouts in the United States -army during its numerous Indian campaigns in the West. His career in this line identified him with the great fighting epoch be tween the red man and the white man waged by Gen. Sheridan after the War of Secession that temporarily ended in 1876, but was effectively finished in the Gaost Dance war in the decisive battle of Wounded Knee in 1890-91 campaign with the Xorfli ern Sioux. During the construction of the Union Pacific railroad young Cody at tached himself to a camp of United States troops protecting the laborers and" won his sobriquet of "Buffalo Bill" by taking a contract to supply the entire force with fresh buffalo meat for a certain period, killing un der one contract 4,280 buffaloes. He killed the noted Cheyenne chief, Yellow Hand, in the presence of In dians and troops. He became known to juvenile America in the stories of Western adventure written by E." C. Z. Judson, who ?ruie uuucr uic uuiu uc jjiumc of Ned Buntline. With the advance of civilization, finding his occupation on the West ern plains gone, he w^nt on the stage where he remained several years play ing leading parts in dramas depicting life on the frontier. Later in asso ciation with-Nate Salisbury, he organ ized his 'Wild West show with which hp tnur.d this mimtrv for manv vears and on one occasion visited the prin cipal cities of Europe, "where h? was warmly received and entertained by royalty. He was elected to* the Nebraska egislature in 1872.' Col. Cody in 1S66 was married to Miss Louisa Frederiei. (EMOTE SUITES IDEAS OF RIGHT .May Include Further Steps in Direc lion oi bringing- Peace to War ii*ckeil Knrope. { Washington, Jan. 11.?The entent re;vy to President Wilson's peac< note is regarded in all quarters her* as putting an early peace practieall; out o! the question but still leavin: an o;en door for the president u I'.-rtii.r efforts. The ofiicial view on first consider ' " : 'Ji-f ii m com pleie answer to the present's note German diplomats regard the re ;Iy as veil more severe than thej ; expected. They declared it evi ! ier:ce that the enemies of German; :re waging a war on conquest t< crush and dis.'mber her. The Ger ! manic allies, they declare.], neve; , would agree to any such terms, j President Wilson's next move now i bccoLues the ct.litre of attention. I J will not be decided upon until t I careful and detailed study of th< replies of both the central power1 and the entente has been made. { Several courses are open to tin ! president. He may inform each ?id< i nf nthpr'* reulv and in doinc: s< ; may forward the documents withou ' comment, or with some expression t< j advance the situation to the point o 1 another exchange, he may begin < I series of confidential negotiation | either through the ambassadori 1 here or through the ambassadors a 1 the foreign capitals. Also he maj j base his next step not upon the notes j alone but upon an estimate of th< ! situation in the belligerent countries j Nothing has been decided an( j nothing will be decided without th< most deliberate and mature consider ation. The situation has advanced b I a stage jwhere progress may deman< j absolute secrecy. For Farther Aenon. The entente statement of terms regarded as presenting a *?gitimat( opportunity for the presides to taki another step if he so chooses. Bj forwarding the replies of each set o belligerents to the other with or with out suggestion of the views of th< United States the president may ac without incurring exception from an: of them. : MTiile the German diplomats de nounced th.e terms laid down in th; entente reply, American officials madi no attempt to estimate their real fee* ing. Naturally they expected the en tente would state the limit of it expectations. At any rate they re gard such as assessment of the waj situation as a valuable stepping ston* Whether the president still hopes t< get from the central powers a siraila statement of terms 13 not known. Germany's reply, while holding t< the idea of a conference to line: * starting point, was not regarded a< making other means impossible. It is possible that the United Statei might state to the central powers tha as the entente has refused a confer ence and has made a general state ment of terms this government wot?H be glad if Germany could see its wa] to make a similar statement. This point and all others will no and can not be decided quickly. ROSD ISSUE CABBIES. Snmter Almost Unanimous Oh <?n?# tfoa. Tbe State. Sumter, Jan. 11.?Tbe election Tues day on the issue of $7o.-000 pavinj bends resulted, as -seas expected, in ai overwhelming majority in favor of thi bond issue. the vote being 81 for an< 6 against the issue of th* bonds. Th< city clerk was authorized by conn^i to take the necessary preliminar stens toward sellinsr the bonds. Mftrrelens. * T hear Starr has won great honor for research work. Yes. he'g foun< an article of food which has not gom up in price.?Puck. A Proposition, You said you'd go through fire an< water for mo. Show me a combina tion of the two and I will marry yoa ?Puck. Don't Rub It On Bruises or Sore Muscle: loan's Liniment quickly pene trates aud soothes <withoa , rubbing. Cleaner than muss] plasters or ointments, does no stain the skin. Have a bottle handv for emergency ' rheumatic aches and pains, neuralgia, lum bago, gout, strains, sprains and lame back yield to Sloan's Liniment. At all druggists, 25c. 50c. and $1.00. KVLLS PAlTj .10H\ WILLIAMS PLEADS GCILTY Hastened to Columbia After Brief i ridj to Sor\e Forty Years in Penitentiary. e p, The State. uraiigt'uiii j,, ?iuu. ii. ouiiii ii w iiams, a young white man of the .\etvt\s section of Orangeburg county, unlay, i:y arrangement of counsel, > ... i guilty to a charge of crimi-j .iiH a.sauit, with recommendation to mercy of the court. Such a consent I verdict uas written and signed by th*; { foreman of a jury empaneled for that j Tl-io r\ ofdn rl u n t una I , pui pi/rc. I liU V ? ?V ? 7! tenced to eerve a term of 40 years in " "'the State penitentiary. V ! [ 5j The crime was committed about | two weeks ago upon a prominent * j young mairied woman in the Neeses 1 | section. Feeling grew intense and at* r! soon as Williams was aYrtsted. upon - ' | his own susgeition, he was taken to 1 '{the State penitentiary for safekeep- c 1 ing Unaware he was brought to r a I J Orangeburg today and no large c crowd was in attendance upon court wh n he was placed in the doeK. t ^Immediately after sentence, he w*as t "1 hastened to Columbia to enter upon j a 51 his term. Williams is a member of a t prominent family of the Weses sec- I 11 tion. ^ ii o f| - * C l| P0T3LASTER HILL 3 HAS THE BLANKS * 3 r i * Postmaster W. A. Hill has received j a circular letter from the commls u sioner of internal revenue at Wash ington with instructions as to" the j preparation of income tax returns. 1 Prom Commissioner Osburn's full fn- ( structions we reproduce several very D important paragraphs, as follows: 1 "Every citizen of the United States * and every alien residing within the United States having for the year , 1916 a net income of $3,000 or over, , 3 including dividends and income on ( 5 which the tax has been withheld at ? 3 the source, is required on or before i f March 1, 1917, to make a return on t Form 1040, revised. Such re'turn is reauired regardless of the fact that ? - in some instances the net income c amounte to less than the personal ex f emption to which the individual,is entitled. "Every individual of lawful age is ? required to render his return in per 3 son where practicable, or through an " agent where illness, absence, or non " residence makes a personal rendering 3 of the return impossible. "Every individual who during the r yrar 1916 pays salary, interest, ren tal, etc., to another person in excess 5 of $3,000 is required to withhold ' r per cent from the entire amount paid unless an exemption certificate is 5 filed, in which case the tax should 1 be withheld only on the amount paid 8 in excess of the exemption claimed. Return of the amount withheld should De maae on rorm w<*z: All taxable income should be re-: ported gross except Income from partnerships or fiduciaries, which should be reported net. "Write legibly, using the typewriter when possible." For fuller instructions see Postmas ter Hill. / PROGRAM FOR THE ISACGOLVnOX CEREMONIES Joint Committed After Consultation Wttb Governor and Lleoten&nt Goveraor-Eleet, Hare Arranged All Details. Columbia, Jan. 12.?The joint com mittee on the inauguration ceremonies of governor and lieutenant governor this afternoon submitted the following report: "That, after consultation with the governor and lieutenant governor elect, they have arranged the follow ing program for the inaugural cere monies: "The house of representatives, be ing in session ~t noon, January lb, 1917, will be joined by the senate. As soon as the joint assembly shall have been organized and seated, the gov ernor-elect and lieutenant governor elect, the senators and representa tive s in congress from this State, who may be in Columbia, the chief jus tice and associate justices of the su preme court, the circuit judges of the State, and the United States judges who may be present in Columbia, and 1 the State officers, incumbent and elect, the trustees and faculty of the University of South Carolina and stu dents of said university, said univer sity being a Sfate institution located at the capital, will be escortcd by the committee on arrangements from the t governor's office to the hall of the j hose of representatives. "As they approach the rostrum, the. } sergeant-at-arms of the house of rep-1 i resentatives will announce: His ex J cellency, the governor-elect, and lieu-1 I tenant governor-elect, and their es corts.' The joint assembly, at the ! order of the president pro tempore of j the senate will arise and receive them, standing until they are seated. The governor-elect, lieutenant g<p7 ernor-elect and the chitf justice and i 5 the associate justices will be seated on the rostrum at the speaker's desk; - the escort accompanying them will t be seated to the right and left of the j speaker's desk. ' The assembly having bem called to order, the president pro tempore o! the senate will announce that the "proceedings will b<^ opened with pray er and after the prayer by the Her Kirkland G. Finlav. rector of Trinity churc-h, Columbia. S v'., the president pro tempore of the. senate will an nounce that the Hon. Richard I. .Man ? ning, governor-elect. is preeent and | readv to qualify: thereupon the gov prnor_<-j?v*t- win advance to the desk nri the riTht of the speaker. the T7nn Furr'Tie "R. Oarr, chief justice, '- '11 n.'lv?nce to the desk on the left of the speaker. The oath of office will then be administered by the chief justice of the supreme court of Soutu Carolina. "The president pro tempore of the 3enate will then announce that th?; Hon. A. J. Bethea, lieutenant gov ernor-ehct. is present and ready to | nualifv: whereuoon the lieutenant governor-elect and the Hon. Eugene J. Gary, chief justice, will advance, as n th*. case of the governor-elect, and :he chief justice of the supreme court, )f the State of South Carolina will ' idminister the oath of office to the | ieutenant governor-eltct. "The president pro tempore of the senate will then announce that tao governor will d-liver his anaugural :ddress. "Upon the conclusion of the address >y the governor, the president pro empore of the senate will declare he point assembly dissolved. "The governor and lieutenant gov irnor and their escort will then re ire in the same order in which they ntered the hall of the house of rep esintatives, and proceed to the office if the governor." Senator George K. Laney. of Ches erfleld, is chairman of the commit ee. The other members are: Sen tors I). Reece Williams, of Lancas er; Senator Huger, of Charleston: ). D. Moise, of Sumter; L. M. Rogers, (I union, aim rj. r. rasaana^uc, ui 'harleston. Free Flower Seed Hastings' Catalogue Tells You About It No matter whether you farm on a arge scale or only plant vegetables >r flowers in a small way, you need Hastings' 1917 Seed Catalog. It's eady now and we have a copy for rou absolutely free, if you ask for it. nentioning the name of this paper. In addition to showing you about all :he varieties of vegetables, farm jrass, clover and flower seeds, this catalog tells how you can get free five jplendid varieties of easily grown, yet . jeautiful flowers, with which to beau- | :ify your home surroundings. Good seeds of almost every kind j ire scarce this season, and you can't i ifford to take chances in your seed supply. Hastings' Seeds are depend ible seeds, the kind you can always i iepend on having "good luck" with, j Vnn aw p-nine- to earden or farm ! ;his spring. Why not insure success j f ;o far as possible by starting with ) the right seed? Don't take chances f Jiat you do not have to. Write today for Hastings' 1917 i 1 Catalog. It's free and will both inter- j c sst and help you to succeed in 1917. I t ?H. G. HA8TING8 CO., Seedsmen, . t Atlanta, Ga.?Advt. 1 f JCEXSE FOR THE SALE : OF SOFT DBIXKS " T - -- -t n -i*.. T n Loiunroa, Jan. i?i.?jir, u. u, iuvi?, >f Aiken, has introduced in the hous;; >f representatives a bill requiring a icense for the sale of certain "soft [rinks." Drinks or beverages con fining caffeine "or other narcotic' ire aimed at by the measure. One lalf of the revenue to be derived vould go to the schools of the res >ective counties, and the other half the maitenance of road? and jridges. The bill, which is of general inter est, affecting most of the concerns in :his State selling "soft drinks," is, n T>art. aR follows: "That it shall be unlawful to sell j >r offer for eale in this State Coca-' -ola, Chero- ola, soda water, ginger | lie, root beer or any other dr'nk of ^ whatsoever name called which i<* use?l f as a beverage and known as soft!' irinks by any person, firm or corpora- | :ion without first having a stamp put} 3n ea<;h bottle sold or offered for sale' Df one-fourth cent on each ->ottle of said beverage containing caffeine or 3ther beverage a tax of one-eighth - - ->J -- .W.v.A.1 :ent on eacn nouie som or uucicu ?w. sale. "That -when any of saUi drinks 3re at a four', or by th drirj^ or glass lha person, firm or corporation so jelling or offering for sale paid drinks jr beverages sbsi; pay a 1 teen Re or RE The Colu tion repres Rural Rout I For Men, Wo time. If intf low at once The Coiumt Colum 1 am inte to know the lumbia Reco i\ame A( 12 3 4 9 tax of five c.'-iits on each doilar- woith (>t the said drinks or oeveragi s con raining caffeiri'i or ojhf.f narcotic &r.vl two and one nuU' cents on each dol lars worth Oi any ol the o:her 3f said beverages sold, tne said license or t ix to be paid at the end of each month to the county treasurer of tno county in which said drinks or beverages ar JUiVl. . \ "That the stamps herein provided ; for shall be supplied by the commts- : s sioner of agriculture, commerce and J 1 iiiUu.stry, through the various counly j \ ireasur-rs. I< "Aii moneys collected v..* received 1 from tne payment of the fcaid taxe-> or licenses as set forth in the preced- ? ing sections under this act shall be divided as follows: One-half thereof i . u ^ * i v, ^ 4.^ 4V?rx wi;^ j n oiici11 uu appweu iv cue yuuii^ &vuuui fund of the county in whifh same is \ collected and onehalf thereof t-Iiall he ; t applied to the maintenance of the. roads and bridges of the said county, j s "It shall be the duty of the sheriff, j s lit puty and constable of each county | 1 m this State to see that the provis- ^ ions of this act are complied with and *" either of said officers are hereby d. rected to seize any of the said drinks - sr beverages found in the county ahich has not thereon the stamp hereinabove referred to when the *ame is offered for saie. The said j officer shall advertise the goods sol seized according to law and shall :;11 the same to the highest bidder it public sale and pay the proceeds oL' ?aid sale to the county treasurer, who-, >hal 1 apply the same as other funds j lereinabove referred to are applied, i "Any person, firm or corporation or | heir agents violating any of the pro- i isions of this, act shall be punished ;y a fine not less than $25 nor more nan $100 or by imprisonment on the j :ounty chaingang of such coifety for ! i period of not less than ten days or j nore than thirty days. ' "This act shall go into effect on the _ a. _ c .. 1 m t > si uay oi xviav, i?i<. 0 OFFEB BILLS FOB SPARTANBURG Iighway Bond Issue, County Health Board and County. Hospital Proposed. TI-ip SnartAnbure nountv deleeatiOQ I '. ill next week propose several im >ortant measures. The bill providing or a bond issue of $1,000,000 "will >e introduced in the hoase and sen ate on Tuesday. 9^nator Rogers "will ntroduce a bill providing for a 'ounty board of health. 'Another bill o be introduced provides for a coua v hospital, to be erected at a cost'of 60 000. Tli is amount will be raised u the rate of Jjs-O.OOO a year for three '" ears. "An Man." "AH Man," a strikingly convincing story of the real worth of an apparent idler. Jim Blake as played by David Warwick is a character you will like pven -when he 19 toollsftfy wastms ms ; youth in harmful pleasure. When i he is shown the real opinion his fath -' or and other decent men hold of him, j 1 he is big enough to admit the error [ of his actions. He immediately pro-! ceeds to undertake the management j of a poor-pajing ranch his father I owns in Wyoming, and amid nature'-* j wonders, all the great strength of his j character is brought out, and he is ! enabled to return in less than a year, 1 < even more successful than his father j had dared to hope. A beautiful little f?. love story runs through the play, and . the lovers are brought together in a j ^ new and novel manner. FOR INAUGURATION TUESDAY AT >*00\ Joint. fomnjfcston Arrays Vre- , graraise?M&nnine and BefJ>*a to 8iH*eed Tbemfrelfes. Arrangement? for the inauguration of Richard I. Manning as ?o^rnor and Andrew J. Betbea as lieutenant governor next Tnefiday trer? com pleted vesterdav by the joint commit tee from the house and senate; The WANTED RELIABLE PRFSFNTATIV A AVJUU^Jl 1 JL n AIT mbia Record wants a liv< entative in every Town, \ ;e in South Carolina. JNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY men, Boys or Girls durinj ?rested fill out and mail )in RprnrH bia, S. C rested in your proposition and terms upon which I may represe; rd. idress 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Z 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 36 26 37 38 39 40 U 42 43 44 45 46 47 naugural commission of which Su itor Laney or Chesterfield is chair nan, is composed also of Senators D. Reece -Williame of Lancastei and hlr.ger Sink>cr of Charleston 2ad Etepresentati /-s Moise of Sumter, PassailaLgue cf Charleston and Rog ers of Dillon. The eserciaoj v. ill begin ar noon, vi.en the t*vc houses will meet in ->int ass-nt-iy in :he house of repre ieutatives. The governor-elect and ieutenant governor-elect and pi*-7 vill he esc-prted by the inaugural oii.mittee. Th.> '-eremonies will b<? 11 regular form. The oath will be a lciii.:>it re:l by Chief Justice Hu rene H. Gary. After the exercises in the house, t'.cludmg address-s by the governor tn.l lieutenant governor, the party vill return to the governor's o;F.ce in h? same order in which it entered. ['I e president pro tempore of the enate, LeGrand G. Walker, will pre luc ui tut; mau^uiai CACitisrs .iuu he prayer will be made by the Rer. Cirkman G. Pirlay, rector of Trimtr episcopal church, Columbia. WOOD'S Seed Catalog for 1917, tells about the best r i l diin diiu Garden Seeds and gi ves special information as to the best crops to grow, both for profit and home use. The large ir crease in our busi ness which v, e have again experi enced during the past year is the best of evidence as to the high quality of WOOD'S SLLDS. Write for catalog and priccs of Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Potatoes, Seed Cats or any r arm oeetw rcquucu. Catalog mailed free on request. T.W.WOOD & SONS, SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va. [f You Need Glas ses Read This With all glasses nttea Dy us we rive a written guarautee of entire satisfaction for 12 months or we vill refurxi yon the full amount jaid foi the glasses. Fitting artificial eyes a specialty. P P loartQ &r Pn. 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