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* l> %NK Ol Con wt tin largest capital and surplus of Au ibc combined capital and sur] CAPITAL STOCK.. .. SURPLUS LIABILITIES OF STOC SECURITY OF DBPOSI DIRE %Amtt B. Scarborough, #i*rgg J. Ho I i da/, Jjj&'e etfer our customers every act j will juitifjr, and we y-v- . ; MWI *ChMMOfLOVQB, I Fukbidktt. We continue to pay 5 pe jilyyyyyyyyyyTO |FIRST NATI( S OOVWA W CAPITAL STOCK iBURPUJS PROFITS CifOTALi ASSISTS DIRHC J. A. MjcDermott, John ( B. G. Collins, H. L. I W. Burroughs, C. P. Qa* Successor to the Bank of J&orry County, and a pioneer >y allied with the recent dev &epal>l!c. Backed by the < V7uited States Bonds, we are p towers any reaaoaable accooax if, a spim, Ciiabier. i - - " ' ' ? ?- - rikOPfiSNONiL CABDi. ??? 4{ B. H. WOODWARD JllUmy ,Md Ooancalor At Li?, /, xooNWAr, s. <x a wuuuncoi ?o?rw*i, a c. < i p; , AttSMMJf 4* 14*. ? ULJIL injmoDoift -JUii . iiT , (X)NW4Y, & a ic - u. JB. WOfFOBl) VA1I, -' v ' - Attorn p# ?t L? S U ttmik a4f Horn RaUdlng. ; , 4JONWAY, 9. a ,./ ' V" |? WORLDS 6REATESTSEWIN6 MACHIi RUNN|^^ (froawijit<41n> ?f\ \ I M-,itin Mtiiittto,Tt-ntn. WvuUJnor a HinRl? Thread [Chain Hewing Maohlue writo to /ffl. UW HOME SIWINO MACHINE COMPAI Orange, Mass, aoaefng machine* ?re mndc to tell rerrmfleaa vIhii. U?<e Kt.w Home i* made to we.-w Otir euaranty never run9 out A Af andioriacd dealer* If *0* RAX.C mX HOKKOIIGKS ^ IXMilJNH CXI. Ooiiwi*y. H. IX (Ikmjut ros'mi", Kor tlirt os:? bllehmont of oue c letter post t Mil hUrotliK (b tl?e Ho ise WodiMsdaj b> liojj #eot#:tfvo Shvi?:?ar?l. of Texas youlrt t;?ko off err Imy 1 15)11 proj>oso.'? that the r?ito for left tfb.t'.l be one cent ,vi ?uncf? Instead Cwo ?vm?'? <M xn I ? 'lio firr>?<?rn < Dtvoiw in Georgia. At Savannah, on MiotM furtfo W titer T Charlton, In ?up<vr!or couri charging tho grf fury* referred at length to the gr pre v alone-.: or divorce In Georgia. ; 0Bi'l 'bo law ahonlii be changed It harder to <ret ? divorce ate K HURRY, ly. S, C. any bank in HdOrry county. More plus oi all other banks in the county. $60,000 12,600 KHOLDERS .. . . 60,000 TORS 112,60# C10RS D. V. Rickabd&ON, W. A. VKTMI A " ^mmodatioa which their accounts solicit your business. ). V. Richardsoh, wax A. rusiA? V icc fkwiDurr. Cuvin r cent on yearly deposits. J1 P' P P ^ i^Ul 5NAL BANK | rf sk c. ^ $25,000.0# ^ 2,&oe.oo 125,000.00 ^ TORS: T J. Splvey, D. T. McNeill, ^ luck, VV. R. LewLb, O. A ittlebaum, D. A. Spirey. ^ ' Conway, the oldest Bank t? Z In Baefcem Carolina. Close* jL elopment of the Independent W Jovernmeut and secured Ijr ,/E re pa red to extend to our cu*? nodatloan. W 8. G. COGLRIXS. A President* J zzS TBXAS IS A GREAT STATE. ; v the Now Ranks Fifth in Population* Among the States. , The population of the State oT ferae la 3,896,642, according to ?ta,<sties of the thirteenth census Issued tonight. This it an increase of* *47,83 2, or 27.8 per cent, over 3,-J <148,710 in 1900. The increase from: 1890 to 1900 was 813,187, or 36.1; ;>er cent. j Population of the Texas count! -containing the principal cities I*; ' Bexar, 119,676; Dallas, 135,748; Rl Paao, 52,699; Galveston, 44,479; ? ? **? ?-????o 1 a y . i Harris, II&,?!>?>, jcuurnvu, *>o,xo*., I Hof/Ciman, 73,250; Tarrant, 108,-!, >72; Travla, 55,620; Webb, 22,603. No city population statistics for Taxas wore Issued. Texas, the largest State in tb*> '/ halted Slates In point of area, made greater progress In Its Increase to population during the last ten years than any of the Stat?ei which exceeded It In the number of inhabitants, and now takes rank as fifth 3tate in population, passing Missouri, which in 1900 held that place. Census statistics show that only j New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and jOhio surpass Texas in population, " i while Missouri drops back to seventh ? olaco, having been passed by Massachusetts during the last ten years. I Texas population Increase would I <ive her four Representatives ?n Con <ress if the prevsent ratio of appor! tionment is retained when Congress * enacts the new apportionment law. Only thirty of the 24 5 Texas co'untiea ' -l In nnnnlaf Inn uiwt 1 K1UWCU Utxiciiocn IU ' theso were slight, TOOK PROMINENT PART, - { i North Carolina Farmer# at the Core | Exposition, [ i North Carolina played an impor jtant part in the first Southern corr I exposition which opened In Columbia on Tuesday. An exhibit which at I traded much attention vsas that o ' ! Jerry It. Moore, the 15-year-old bo; j of North Carolina birth who wit! I North Carolina seed In combinatloi 2 1 with South Carolina soil rained a j Winona In Florence county 228 3,l bushels of corn to the acre. One o the North Carolina exhibitors la th I II son of the late Rutherford B. Haye> (President of the TTnlted States. Thl of 'planter, Mr. Rutherford B. Hayes c ' Ashevllle, has a collection of cor fthat Is superb. He Is from Bur > : combo county but Director William 'of the North Carolina experimer jatatlon says there is no Runcornl about his pretences as a corn groa ?- or. enf Ovation For Clark. cd lost at. the completion of tl re prayer in the house Monday, j H Washington, Representative Chan: [i Clark of Missouri entered the chau era her and the Democratic side bur of into prolonged cheering, hailing hi \w as the next speaker. Mr. Clark ae n;?wledged the ovation merely 1 b^wlnur ay, Drops Dead in Court. ind At Gulfport, Miss., James Tunn" oat | v native of Haltimore and for so md eral years past a wealthy reside to >f that city, dropped dead In t in ttarrlson county court was 4?*of??or PITIABLE STORY" Toe Murder tf Langford Was Dvt to Most " ' ' I Extraordinary Causes. r PATHOS WITH TRAGEDY < ooditioae Jtorrounding the Herrfe Girl !e Meet Hwrtwnding end the Coroner** Jwrj Verdict Um the Approval of Alt Familiar With the Kvideaco AMtcal at Hearing. A correepooflent fit The State, writing from Bmoaoii. M?y? distasteful as is the tasfr it Is best that the tory of the killing of J. K. I^angford h? told and necessarily is the telling of it there must he related the too tragic story of Mary Harris, the voung white girl who is in- the penitentiary at Columbia, an eye-witness of the killing and the occasion of it. There is no charge against her. it is possible there may be one brought?for by her own admission ?h? was accessory after the fact to the murder of Mr. Langford. After hearing of the life and environment of this poor child, one can but recall what was traced in the dust by the fingers of Him who came lo save sinners: "He chat is without sin among ye, let him cast the first atone." With hardly an exception the peo - * _ _ j i _ j a ? 11 pie or tQiR piace ana, murou, on who have heard the details of the . case, think the coroner'a- Jury which fl\ed the killing of Mr Laogford upon Richard WilliamB, the negro now in the penitentiary, were right in their hnding. Two other negroee have been arreeted and released under bond to appear as witnesses when the trial is held. They are Bd Rouse and Jake Brown. The evidence adduced at the inquest in brief is: On Tuesday morning Mr. Langford, who ran a hotel at Orunson and also operated a sawmill, left his home in a buggy, about 8 r'clock. He drove by the telegraph office and sent a message which was file* at 8:10. This ftaces the time essentially. From there he drove toward his sawmill at Bopeep, but stopped a short way from the corporate limits and the house of Bob Harris, where he talked to Mary Harris* who was cutting wood in the yard. He drove off a abort distance, turned out of the road; tied his home and got out of the buggy. The girl halving made a fire, crossed the field und met Mr. Langford in the woods. On her way she saw a buggy coming up the road and reeognized the occupants as Ed. Rouse and Richard """* -# n/Knm 0V10 I w una inn, ihsktwc, uvm vi ?f ..vw , knew. 8b? did not know she web | Collowed by Williams, and did not! see him again ant*! ne web standing over Mr. Langfard' with a stick or chib upraised. The blow fell and Langford's head cft-opped. He groaned tut did not spo&k, though she called I to him. The negro upbraided her with being unfaithful. She was frightened and ran home. The negro did not follow. She wanted to tell ot' the crome hut wan afraid. The girl talked freely when she did tell. Her story was straightforward and despite traps that were laid her evld^uce was never Bhaken in the leant. The ntory of the search for Mr. Langford and the finding of his body on a buggy road in the woods ha* b?rn told. i Suspicion fell on Williams before , Mary Harris told of the par* she had played in the tragedy. While th< search was being made for Mr. Lang ford, Williams volunteered the In formation that he had seen him 01 the new Fairfax road at an hou 1 when, it was shown by the evident of the other negro, corroboratini that of Mary Harris, that he couI< - not have been in sight of the road i He did cross the road later in th * day. Ed. Rouse testified that he wa f driving to Hrunson and ovortoo y Williams, taking hiin in his bugg h with him. When they got wlthl n sight of the Harris home, Wiliann t who is a turpentine scraper, got on 4 saying he had left some of his tool ?f in the woods and had to get then o Rouse did not. see Mr. Langford i. horse and buggy nor did he see th is girl. It Is supposed that Williair >f saw both. Ho described accurate! n Mr. Langford's dress. i-1 On this evidence the negro w? ih charged by the coroner's jury wit it the crime. >e There is pathos immeasurable I V' the story of Mary Harris and thouv the mind revolts from degradatic fuch as she has confessed to yet must bo said that she is nor all bf it- and is the result of an environmc %t v hich Is deplorable, and a poverty ip the direst. QOne should "Impute the fault To a soul i' the fud, so starved I ^ Stinted of warmth, it will not bl?j this year Nor recognize tho orh which aprln flowers know." Dwelling in a house so open tb; >y, as it was described by a reside v- here, the birds can ily through nt Mary Harris, herself only 18 or ho years old now, the eldest of a faml a of four girls, has had to work like togru and with negroes Her mot or died two years ago, and her father,. a simple half-witted unfortuuate, t-avt? eloquent testimony that there Is a gfeat deal of good in the girl. "Don't keep Mary long/' said the poor man the night she was taken f'ora home. "She has been daddy ami mammy bntb to these girls. /?' venteen years I ha' worked for Poy Tuten for wages and I are Worn oat. Mary's a good daughter." That this is true there is abundant testimony in Brunnon, Bob Harris in described not' as half-witted but an less than that. His wife In naid to hare been not much ?bore her husband b intelU|9Ao?. The children ere Intelligent, eree bright. They ere itttif. In Brasuon it ie nid thet Mary F-arris. Ie ell piobtbllityv g*f * herfit from I; c poverty ?nd not fr.w ? aywardnees. She had iobi echo *> Ing, can reed end write end *< "** yearn bach the children came t > Sunday school in Brunaon. Mlary has worked herd for Mr. Tut cm, who owns much of the lend around here and 98 seres wfthfn the corporate limits; Since she has grown to 09 large enough she- has labored <2 the cotton fields with the negroes, be?n hauled from one field to another with fieri in the same wagon, and for some years negroes have been al most her only associates. Jafco Hrown's wife has been good to her she said pathetically when asked ulrv she wont to the negro's* house. With the care of Iter young sisters forced upon her without the association of sr.y white woman, is it any wonder this wretched and forsaken chiln urned to this negro woman who had known her from her infancy? "She was the only one I could go to for advice; when she told me not to do things I followed her directions," said the girl. "She was goo i to me." Battling against such odds, no mother, no friends, a partly helpleess father who never was of full Intelligence and who had been whipped in at battle with poverty, herself ind fc "r ethers .to food and clothe, can one greatly wonder that tikis child strayed from the right path? u And when she had strayed where was there one to direct her to* Him who paid to another erring woman: "Go and sin no more; Thy sins* are forriVen thee?" There be some "blind mouths" who condemn utterly and talk extravagantly, but. let it be said that It was not due to fear of any violence be.*tig ofTered that the girl was taken to Columbia. She was as safe in l&mpton jail as she ia behind -the walls of the penitentiary, bast to prevent her being talked to by. the morbidly curious the sheriff thought it] '^est to Bend her away. Meantime the three little sisters and the father who has worked 17 jearu for wages are without the girl who "wan a good daughter and both marnmy and? daddy" to her mother's children. C1AILKD FOR HKK MOTllllk Child Baypowd to Be Dead tesrW the Undertaker. In the city of New York recent 1> just aa the undertaker put hta hand* to lift the body of 3-year-old LUIIol Viand to prepare her for burial, th< child eat bold upright in her wind ing sheet, opened her eyes aud cried "Mamma! 1 want my mamma! 1 am cold. * The undertaker fell back In i chair nearly fainting, I Kit regaining presence of mind, snatched up blAnk ' eta. wrapped the child In them ane 1 rushed downstairs with her to Uu parents. * The little girl had been 111 flr< 1 days with convulsions. One evenini ' she stiffened, her eyes glased am * none of the familiar teats showiai * any signs of life, the undertaker* 1 assistant was just tying white crep r on the street door when the fathe 0 bolted out for the doctor. * m m ' Prouchor Suspended. At the South Carolina conferenc e of the Methodist. church Saturday a Charleston, the committee on the it * \estimation Into the domestic affaii * of Rev. R. H. Mills of Rock Hi ' made its report, finding that the ev n d? nee sustained the specifications an the recommendation of the com mi tee that Mr. Mills bo suspended f? a period of one year was adoptt ?' tj an unanimous vote. s J ; FOR SALE 1000 acres, 4 miles Thoma u ton, Ga., Splendid land ar in good improvements. Go< :h renting property; $25.00 p >n - acre. Easy terms. it J ^ 507 acres, 4 miles Cuthbei ^ Ga.; 6 tenant houses, I re dence; high grade land. Rer 15 bales, capable of doing mu< I)y better. Our price to Decei ,w ber 1st, 1910, is $6500.00. k- Several fine, profit maki farms in Sumter Gmnty^Ga. \['t Write for list. ny Southern Land Co ) a Ainertcua, (la., Cuthbeat, G ;h- or Thomaaton, Ua 1 n ? inA Househo Which Work. CHEf [(Chert C Will Refcve Quickly Croup. Coug Iwth/ttt of Chr Ill *>!> ? tef hMB IMfOffcl yj tkm Uff? nilir ef m?ilOfi i ura uil tUi rwdy. Use Freely ancFF j Now solely all medicine deale 25c Evei CLASSIFIED COLUMN Wanted?Four cohsmd berbera. Ap;i ply at once. R. l#i Wicfcsr, Wades' borOf, M. C. >hip your calvee. bops* sheep, lam be, i etc., t? tbe Parlor Shark at, Augosta, Gr?., 1018 Broad Street. Wanted?"-Man to take fifteen da>? practical cotton coarse, aocept food positions during the fait Charlotte Cotton Company. Char lotte, N. C. Orauiied oyster Hbeils fee i'ouuy/? j One hundred pound*, sixty con's, (Its hundrsd pounds, $8.60. 9rse lauer, Laehicott* & Co., Wnearly Mills, 8. C. Agent* to- handle a propers* Mon that sslls: two to six,* most ertr-y home. Particulars free. Kentland Norelty Co,, Boa 24, Otill Pood, Maryland. Illce Floor, 100 tone frsah. Rloe Flour, Hay. Grain, Bran, Chop* C. 8. Msel and etc., Albert Bischoff and Co., 81 Kllsabetb Street, - Charleston, 8. C. Wanted?January 1st, faintly to dodairy work; two milksrs, on? of whom to deliver milk; woman to wash dairy utensils. Woodland Dairy, Hurtsvllle, 8. O. Agents In every elty and town; best uoiling automobile specialty; Largedemand' for goods; nucaees assured; ?tart at onee. Address Desk C, Box 4?2, Sumter, S. C. $10,000 Yearly.?No agency, legitimate. 8mall capital. We start you for 26c. Honest company. This la your chance. Snmmerlln Co., Nevada, Texan. lteflned educated lady wiBben a position as companion or travelling companion for lady, or as housekeeper. Addrefw Miss M. R. J. P. O. Box 206, Darlington, 8. C. , Engraved Visiting Capds.?Neatest and best. Made on ideal Xmac gift. 100 engraved in scrip. $1.60, All orders filled promptly. 8im? \t Book Store, Orangeburg. S. C. j ?????__ Women, sell guaranteed boss. 7( ( per cent, profit. Make $20 dally , Full or part time. Beginners In T vesttgate. Strong Hosiery. B01 4029, West Philadelphia, Pa. i-'iiifl lOvtmtiMi Honey?Several torn extracted honey?thoroughly rip ened. thick and rich. Guaranteed t< 1 'please?-or money hack. Sen* J" stamp for sample. William Null * PrairievlUe, Ala. Wanted.?Samoa young people Intel 1 eatod in Business Colleges. Sen l" list to Southern Comiuerch School, Charleston, and receive n many visiting cards written h their expert penman. The High Point Infective Agency < Columbia does a genera) d?teeth business White and colored d< tectivea at your conveniene |?j Writ* us. W. S. Taylor, Menace Columbia, 8. .C ft Dobbe* Mingle Comb Hhoda I si at keda and "Crystal" White Orplni tons win and lay when oth* ft fail, stock and eggs for sale, ser for mating list. G. A. Dobbe, lb B. 24.. Gainesville, Ga. Itf ch Carolina Detective Agency, Kendf Building. Columbia. B. C., w; II*' furnish reliable detectives au where; rates reasonable. Collet 1nK evidence for olvil sultf specialty. (Jeo K. Chief. North State Ufe Insure nee <.Y>? KInston, N. C., operates only the two Carolina*} and hat u&o Carolina livet Insured than *i K) other Carolina company. Ajpm la, wanted where the company It a now rwprweoated. Id Remedy *13 From Outside ^ LTOL fit. Colds, Pneumonia and all at- I at and Throat 1 IF atiMtHil am# HMftvai ****** | tatfaostoto itvts ay Uiom ta tUB! RUB! RUBf *t. Should be in evcey Home | rywhere. ] -? -? - * UJIaa iA ?m. M W BWU?fllCB MIV i?u rwm wm w ioaths Practical course. torpor* management. Htfch aslajfeJ p tloDv luarsntted. Wr'te tor *mf*-* ioiuv aow. Chariott# TeHsrraps* School. Charlotte. N. C. SMted.?htB to take thirty dim practical court* la oar ranch fine* shops Md loara autOKSbtlebart* ass. Positions secured irtdnMar Ml.tl perr week and up Chaw lotto Aito School. Charlotte. N. G - " - \ dealt Wanted Make Mrvensf idh ins photo pillow tops, the; Mo mldee, 25c; portraits. B5e; oOltt?, Stc. We produce wSoMk of art, guaranteed, lowest pnees. largest ,, studio, prompt Berries, credit flls en; samples; portrait assl fracas catalogue free. Ritter'e Art So die. TIM MKfWo*. uniNXf. in, i ! In order to introihwo my Succession Plot Dutch ABd'Wako field Cabbage Plant* to thoee vW have net need them btfOrc I > wtfi ft?? with each firet erder fee a thousand plant* at a fl.ti. a'daftlir'i worth of TAffrtnhh and fin em seed absolutely free. W. R. Hirt Plant Grower, Enterprise P. ? [ 8. C. 1 ""1 11 ' i'Wanted?Every man. woman and* child tn South Carolina te knew that the "Alco" brand of fiaehc Doors and Blinds are the left and are made only by the AegmdeX,timber Company, whe maaafn* ture everything In Lunbcr and Mill work and whoee watchwordfti "Quality.'* Write Aegaete- Ua ber Company. Augusta, Qeerfik* for prices on any order, large ftt small. Stock Owners ' The best remedy for Sweeney, ) Strained Tendons, Wind Paflra, . tapped Hock, Shoe Boil, Galls, - Solds, Distemper, Shipping i Fever, all forma of Rheumatism, Thrush, Corns, Nail Wounds, Spa rin, etc., is NOAH'S LINIMENT. B We do not claim that NOAH'S " LINIMENT will cure every cans n | )f Spavin; the heat authorities a i tell us that only a small percent- \ j ' ige of such cauies are curable. We *0^ ire positive, however, that., if " reated with NOAH'S UNIMKNT d n the early stage, that a core ce* i j >o effected. ' PROOFPOSrnVE "We hove never uned a liniment wn sonstder the tia.1 to Noah's Liniment ? 'or bruises, sprains, strained H ind to use on throat, sides ami oheat 'or distemper, colds, etc.. Rlahsaopd pi Transfer Co., Richmond, Va. > I y^m I | Bfttrr Than |S.OO ItnoMtfca t 'Wo cheerfully recommend all sthhl# T, T i ncn to Rive Noali's I.lnfinent a trial { tnrt bo convinced of Its wonderful curaj lvc properties. We have obtained aa ** rood. If not better, result** from Its us* i It ;han wo did from remedies costing $5.0? >or hottlo. Norfolk and Portsassuth I* , Transfer Co., Norfolk, "Va.** ? MB * | >/ id ( lx>t me send you our pamphlet Wfth ) ictual endoreements reproduced, or bet* * er Htm. mud you by express prepaid ! i $i .00 bottle or u *allnn tin at $6.00, 1 : ind If you are not "1 it Is the I^Vft bvv i >n :>ck t remedy you VaI I ... >vor used I will Vvlffvf I 111 rladW return your ?*I v_ ; nonoy. F. I t h o r -vjfrrj^Mfi.nfi I ?i>nt or r cool p? of TC*/fT^r Jt 5 l3ttJl it.- >rtce. You run no a a -Ink 1n e I r i n g ITfVw^^^J I s'onh's I.ii.Imont u l< [ITilaL^l rtixl. N o n li L. H 1 L. # ?l I 1 .1 n r t 1 n , Noah ti-UT >iy Co., Inc., i Eg i ' B 3 TI I '<lohmond, Va. ts^UULUaAAIUUB i? Teddy J* soon to make a speech im 1 it ?rhlcb he will tell us what brought 1 it* >n the IMmocratlc landslide. Sara I i*? four hot air. Teddy We kaow whai I tauaed U already. x 1 # IMiiH ??