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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Jackson-Lady Wanted.
The Chbmpion Stamp Palier.
Estate of Edward J, Rembert-Final
Discharge.
The D. J. Chandler^Clothing Co.
Tffo Piece Snits.
E. W. Dabbs, Cq. Chm-County
Committee Meeting.
PERSONAL.
Mr. F. M. Beckham is in the city.
Col. John M. Knight sperii Sunday
in Florence.
Dr. T. D. Foxw?rtb, of ?pring
[iii, is in the city.
Er. B. E. Chandler, of Bethlehem,
Vr?? in the city last week.
Miss Minnie Sims is visiting- Miss
Edith Walker, ot Colombia.
Mr. D. A, Minor has returned if rom j
a business trip to New York.'
Mrs. R. 3. Hood returned a few j
<?ays ago from Glenn Springs. ]
.'JRev. H. H, Covington spent Satnr-j
day and Sunday in Newberry. :
Col. and Mrs. D. P. Duncan, of Co?
lumbia spent Friday in the city.
Miss Emma Arial? of McCall, S. C.,
is visiting Mrs. W. S. Reynolds.
Miss Edith Duvall left on Saturday
morningfor her home in Cheraw.* .
Mr. John Fishburne, of? Florence,
spent Sunday and Monday in the city.
Mrs. D...W, Cunningham, of Dar?
lington, visited relatives in th? city
Saturday.
Mr. D. \I. Chandler bas gone to In
diantown, Williamsburg county, to
spend two weeks. ?
Miss Octavia Dove, cf Dovesville,
was in the city last week visiting rela?
tives and friends. t
>lr. Harry Yates* who has been at?
tending college in Columbus, Ga.,
has returned home.
Miss Jane Purdy, who has been at?
tending the Columbia Female'College, J
came home last week.
F. F. Herndou, Jfeq., and B. Frank
Kelley, Esq., of ?isbopville were in
the city Saturday on professional busi
' ; ness.
Misses Bessie and Celeste Hughson,
after a visit of several weeks to Co?
lumbia, returned home last Thursday
afternoon.
Mrs. Juo. W. Meems and Mrs. Cilf- ;
ton Beaumont, of Baltimore, are vis--j
iting their brother, Mr. Geo. E.T |
Beaumont.
Mr. L. A. H. Koetb, cf Wimintgon, -j
N. C., is in the city on business.
Mr. Koetb is a member of the leading ?
firm of architects in Wilmington.
Rsv. Jas. McDowell returned last
Wednesday night from Mobile, Ala.,
where he went to attend the meeting
of the 'Presbyterian General Assembly.
Mr. W. J. Ardis, cf Manchester, was
in" town Friday and attended the meet
ing.of the Daughters of the Confede?
racy at which-Crosses cf Honor were
bestowed upon veterans.
Messrs. L. E. White and J. D. Shirar
returned from ? fishing trip ou the
San tee. below Lone Star, Orangeburg
county, on Saturday. They caught
.more fish than they knew what to do
with.
Capt J. P. Russell, who formerly
resided in Florence, has been trans?
ferred from Wilmington to Richmond
to take charge of that division of the
A. C. L. His family will remain in
Wilmington through the snmmt r.
Florence Times.
Miss May Barrett, of Athens, Ga.,
is visiting Hiss Beulah Rhame.
Mrs. D. M. Campbell and little
daughter Colene have returned" from
a pleasant weeks stay in the np
country. /
An effort is being made to establish
a blanch postoffice at Dr. Kings
core's Drag Store.
Oat cutting is well under way and
the usual report is that the crOp is
fine.
See and read the D. J. Chandler
Clothing Co. advertisement. It is
good hot weather reading.
It begins to appear as if there will
be no contest over any of the county
offices save that of Sheriff and Super?
visor.
Sumter county will have a vacant
beneficiary scholarship in the Citadel
next session for which a competative
examination must be held this sum?
mer.
Recorder Hurst bad a crowd of negro
women before him Monday for fighting
on Divine street and resisting Officer
Pierson when he attempted to arrest
them* It was the sort of disturbance
.for which Divine street is noted, and
Itbe testimony at the trial was of
[the usua] character-99 per cent fic?
tion. Four of the women were given
the option or So or 10 days.
2 There is nothing like the interest in
the St Louis Exposition in this sec?
tion that there was in the Chicago
World's Fair elevea years ago. Ev?
erybody who could went to Chicago,
and many who really could not well
afford the trip managed somehow to
raise the needful funds ; but now com?
paratively few are talking of visiting
St. Louis and there will be no
scrimping and saving to get enough
money to make the trip.
\ A meeting of the stockholders of
the Sumter Telephone Manufacturing
Co. was held Wednesday afternoon in
the offices of the company with a
large majority of the stockholders
present in person or represented by
proxies. The resolution of the Board
of Directors that the capital stock be
increased to $100,OOO by the issue of
850,000 in new stock, which the meet?
ing was called to consider, W83 taken
up and after a discussion of the
reasons actuating the directors in
making the recommendation, the
question was put to a vote and it wss
cecided unanimously to increase the
capital stock to $100,000 as recom?
mended. The new stock will be
issued to the stockholders and none of
it Will be on the market.
MARRIED.
Mr. A. E. Chandler and Miss Min?
nie Cannon were married at the burne
of Mr. and Mrs. Jo?. D. Joje, at 9
o'clock last Wednesday night. Rv. H.
FL Covington, penorming tae ceremo?
ny.
Dr. Z. F. Higbsmith and Miss
Annie .Lizzie Joye were married at
9.30 o'clock last Wednesday night at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. D. Joye,
the bride's parents, Rev. E. H. Cov?
ington officiating.
Mr. Charles R. McCathren, and
Mrs. Mag Caughman, of Spring Hill,
were married on Sunday, May 29th
i by Mr. W. S. Smith, notary public.
Mr. Arthur Scarborough and Miss
Teresa James were married at 5
o'clock Thursday afternoon1 at the
home of the birde's father, Mr. B.
M. James, pf Hagood.
?DEATH.
Miss Mary Scott Du Bose, eldest
daughter ofy Mr. T. .Scott DuBose of
l;he Mechanicsville neighborhood, died
Thursday after an illness of only a few
weeks. The funeral services were
i held at Hebron church this morning
at U o'clock.
Mrs. Mabel* Beckham Gresham,
wife of Rev. G. T. Gresham; of Al
colu died Thursday morning'of typhoid
fever after an illness of moro than a
month, aged 27 years... Mrs. Gresh?
am was th? daughter of the late Dr.
F. M. Beckham, of Privateer, and a
sister of Mrsj. W. M. DeLorme, of this
city.' She leaves three small children.
The funeral was held at Bethel
Church, Privateer, on Sunday at 12
o,'clock.
First Day in the Tabernacle.
The click of the hammers could be
heard at eleven o'clock Saturday night,
f putting the finishing touch on the
beautiful temporary building, corner
Washington and Calhoun streets, in
which, to continne the .?Iartin meet?
ing. - Much is due to the carpenters
that worked so faithfully during the
hot weather fer t?voand one half days.
The building was taxed to its capacity
Sunday night, and many had to stand
on the outside, But the structure has
been so arranged that additions cap
be made to seat 1,000 people. One of
the features of the evening was the
beautiful and touching cornet solo,
by Mr. Hart, entitled, "The Boiy
[.City." Mrs. Britton has charge of
the organ, and will also sing each
night. The great audience Fang the
songs with a deep spirit of devotiou.
The subject of the evening address was
"Straight and curved lines in Charac?
ter budding.?'
The nine thousand Bible schools of
the Churches of Christ throughout
the world, were to raise $60,COO yes?
terday for world wide missions. The
f?bristian Church supports 407 mis?
sionaries in foriegn lands.
The increase in the capital stock of
the Sumter Telephone Mfg! Co. from
$50,000 to $100,000 insures the further
enlargement of tbe. factory to: meet the
rapidly growing demand for the tele?
phones and switchboards made by this
concern.
* A little negro boy r?d/inz a bicycle
OD Liberty street this morning col?
lided with Mr H. J. Barby's buggy
in front of A. D. Barby's stables.
The wheel was a total wreck, the boy
received a painful cut on one leg, the
buggy shafts were broken and the
horse's legs were cnt. For a few mo?
ments the boy, borse and wheel were
so mixed up that it was feared that
there would be serious results for the
boy. ' j
Mr. Geo. W. Reardon has about five
I acres of cotton tbat is said to be the
most advanced of any in this section
of Sumter county. It averages from
t we Ivie to fourteen inches in height
and is full of forms already. He
brought to this office yesterday a stalk
fourteen and one half inches in height
that contains four forms. Mr. Rear?
don plants Peeler's Long Staple, a va?
riety of cotton that is very prolific
and that sells for 4 to 6 cents more
|vper pound than the ordinary upland
cotton.
John Willis, John Witherspoon and 1
Gusta J. Milchers, three white boys,
ranging in age from 14 to 19 years, j
were arrested in the Atlantic Coast
Line 'yard Thursday afternoon for
breaking into a box car and concealing
themselves therein for the purpose of
stealing a ride. They were before toe
Recorder this morning and were sen?
tenced to pay a fine of $5 each or to
serve 10 days each on the chain gang.
The boys sta!ced that their homes were
in New York city and that they left
borne a few months ago to take a trip
South and worked their way to Char?
leston on the Clyde Line. Since
their arrival in Charleston they have
been tramping around the country
and were making their way borne
when arrested.
Mr. D. A. Minor, manager of the
{Minor Store, has leased the -store
formerly occupied by the Horn Dry
Goods Co., and will about August 1st
open therein a first class shoe store.
In the meantime the store is to be
thoroughly remodeled and refitted in
handsome style. Mrs. Tuomey, who
owns tbe building, having determined
to make it one of the handsomest and
best appointed business houses in the
city.^ This shoe store will be connect?
ed with the Minor Store next door,
and while it will be devoted exclusive?
ly to shoes it will in reality be a de?
partment of the Minor establishment,
for the rapidly increasing business o'
which more room was already a neces?
sity. Mr. Minor was fortunate in
being able to secure a store so conve?
niently situated, for it obviates the
necessity of separating his business.
The shoe department will carry a $15,
000 stock of shoes and it will be a
complete and well assorted stock, all
grades from the cb ea pest to the finest,
grade ever sold in this market havinc
been purchased During the summer
the Minor St<?r- will be reott* d, ?nd it
vLl be in ali its appointment ts in
keeping with the bands me stioe de?
partment and the two scores, taken to
pether will iu SIZH and all other re
sp3CtF, rrmpare favorably ^th any re
tail eMabiisbment in this sfecti: n.
TWO CUTTING SCRAPES.
Richard Holmes and Frank Holmes
Badly Wounded.
Saturday waa an unlucky day for
negroes named Holmes. Two of them
-brothers-were seriously cut by oth?
er negroes.
Frank Holmes was cut and painfully
wounded Saturday morning in front
of the dispersary by Clifton Durant,
who got mad with Frank because he
refused to go into the dispensary and
buy a bottle of whiskey when ordered
to do so by Durant. He slashed
Frank in thc side with a keen knife,
inflicting an ugly wound that required
a dozen stitches. Holmes lost a good
deal of blood, but as no vital organ was
reached he in in'no danger of death.
Durant wai? tried in the Recorder's
court Monday, and, being convicted,
waa sentenced to pay a fine of $50 or
serve 30 days on the chain gang.
Saturday, night a crowd of negro
gamblers assembled at the bouse of
[William Vaughan on Purdy street and
/played skin until a late hour. Some
j time after midnight several of them
j got into a row and created so much
! racket that the others, fearing the
police, stopp ?d the fracss and told the
gang that tiiey bad better go out of
town if they wanted to continue the
row. The game was then adjourned,
the i whole crowd going out on West
Liberty street, towards the Richardson
place which is said to be a common
and much frequented resort of the
negro gamblers. However before they
reached the place frequented bv them
the row was renewed and Walter
Peterson cul; Richard Holmes with a
razor inflicting a horrible wound
across the throat. The wind pipe was
exposed and the big arteries and veins
were missed by a hair's breadth. All
but two of tiie negroes ran off, leaving
Holmes lying in the road bleeding
profusely ?md apparently dying.
Holmes was cut about 2 o'clock Sun?
day morning, and it was nearly 4
o'clock before he received medical, at?
tention. He is very seriously wounded
and while his recovery is probable he
may yet succumb to his injuries.'
Peterson was pursued and after a
long chase was captured by George
Richardson, one of the negroes in the
crowd who was a friend of Holmes.
Peterson w as sent to jail Monday by
Magistrate Wells to await trial at the
next term oi court
Richard Efolmep, the negro who was
so seriously cut Sunday morning, is
practically out cf danger and is in a
fair way to get .well.
-Inspector Nichols was in the city
Thursday for the purpose/ of inspect?
ing the county dispensary and check- ?
ing over the stock and accounts of
Dispenser Windham. He completed ?
the inspection that day and stated at j
the conclusion of his task that be i
found everything in first class shape ; !
stock well kept and all the books!
neatly and correctly kept. Dispenser j
Windham is one of/ the best dispensers |
in the Stale, handling more money
than any other dispenser, and his steck
and books are aiways found in the
most satisfactory condition.
"Booze" Brightness.
When Governor Joseph K. Toole Of
Montana* was >n New York a few
weeks ago he told a story illustrative
of the faculty of a well known lawyer
iii his state to say the right thing at
the right ;ime. This lawyer friend
is an old timer in. Montana and has
long held a leading place at the Mon?
tana bar, "Dnt he is inclined at times
tc linger too long over the flowing
bowl. At usch times he loses all idea
of location and though he bas lived
in one neighborhood for twenty years
and has a general idea of the location
of his hon.9. to reach it he always has
to have assistance, not in walking,
but to givs the direction.
One evening the governor's lawyer
friend started home, a little the worse
for wear, with his tongue thick and
his ideas of location hazy. By acci?
dent he took the right street, but when
he 70t within a block of his home
he was nuable to tell where he was.
A bright idea came into his befuddled
brain. He would inquire at the near?
est house.
He rang the bell and the daughter
of the house-appeared. She knew
him, and when he asked her in as
clear tones as he was capable of to
tell him where his house was she
pointed i;o it. The governor's friend
thanked her effusively and many times.
In order to cut short the conversation
the young woman said: 'Don't men?
tion it; don't mention it."
"I never will if you won't," was
the reply of the lawyer.
A COMPETENT Lady to take
ch a rere of Pantry in Hotel. Apply
to "The Jackson," Sumter, S. C.
June 8 -*
COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETING.
ALL MEMBERS of the County Ex?
ecutive Committee for Sumter county,
are hereby required to meet at Sumter,
C. H., S. C., on Tuesday, Jane 2lst,
at 10 a. m. A full meeting is re?
quested, ?as assessments and county
meetings will have to be arranged for.
E. W. DA BBS,
County Chairman.
H. L. B. WELLS,
Sec. and Treas. June 6.
Freeman and Herald please copy.
THE CHAMPION
STUMP PULLER
The Strongest, the Simplest and most
econ?mica] of all Stump Bullers.
Try it lu-fort* you pay ior it. Guaran?
teed to pull your st umps or no pa}- asked.
?Wrii?for Kree Booklet g'ving terms
and prices.
! Ths lhampion Stump Fiiilsr Co,
j 0-S-x COLUMBIA, a C.
MARTIAL LAW IS COLORADO.
No Serious Outbreak at Crippie
Creek Yesterday-The Tension
Remains Severe.
Assassin Responsible for Explosion has
so Far Eluded Capture-Military
Companies and Deputies Control.
_
j Cripple Creek, Coi., Jane 7.-Apart
from a few small fights in connection
with the rounding ap and arresting
of anion miners no oatbreak has oc?
curred in this district today. Two
local military companies and a small
army of armed deputies under Sher?
iff Edward Bell are in full control of
the camp. Though there has been no
turbulence today there is an undercur?
rent of feeling which bodes ill!
Secretary Clarence Hamlin of the
Mineownezsr association declared to?
day that 200 prisoners now held in the
armory in Victor woould be taken
over the hills and warned never to re?
turn. There is a minority element
that wants to hang N. W. O'Connell,
former marshal of Victor, who is sus?
pended and also under arrest, and also
Alfred Miller, charged with having
started the riot which resulted in the
killing of Roxie McGee and several
others at the mass meeting in Victor
yesterday. No hanging will take place,
however, in all probability, unless
resistance is offered by word or action
of the prisoners, lt would require
but little to have a wholesale hang?
ing.
Virgil King, a union leader, and 15
others arrested in Cripple Creek today
have been taken to Victor for deport?
ation. A well grounded rumor is to
the effect that a large number of union
miners working in Portland will be
arrested. The building owned and
occupied by Miners' union, No. 40, in
Cripple Creek, is in charge of the
militia. The front windows cave
been demolished and the big sign of
the W. F. O. M. torn down.
City Marshal W. J. Graham was
forced to resign by the citizens' com?
mittee headed by E. C. Newcomb,
cashier of the thirst National bank,
and Charles N. Crowder was appoint?
ed as his successor by the city council
which convened at once to confirm
him. Justice o? the Peace C. M.
Harrington, said to be a union sym?
pathizer, . heard that the committee
was to wait ,on him and he tendered
his resignation before the committee
could ask him. County Judge Albert
S. Frost is out of the city but it is
said he will be asked to resign as
soon as he arrives here and so will
Frank P. Marnix, county cleik and
recorder. Both are attending the
Democratic convention at Pueblo.
Ic istfurther reported that Assistant
District Attorney J. C. . Cole will be
compelled to relinquish his office.
All office holders whose resignations
have been demanded have furnished
them w^ien threatened with hanging.
Photographs of Charles McCormack
and Melvin Beck, who were killed by
an infernal machine in the Vindicator
mine November 21, 1903, and of other
Vindicator miners were found in pos?
session of Frank Cochrane, secretary
of one of the miners' onions of Victor.
This discovery greatly agitated offi?
cials of the Mineowners' association,
who declared that Cochrane shall be
strung up until he discloses all tha
he knows concerning the outrage.
They believe he has information that
will lead to the arrest of the perpe?
trators of the crime.
ONE THOUSAND DEPUTIES.
? I
It was estimated this afternoon that
1,000 deputies had been sworn in by
Sheriff Bell. The Victor Record was
censored by a special committee ap?
pointed by the sheriff before publica?
tion was permitted today.
Boys playing in the, neighborhood of
the hole made by the explosion in In?
dependence today found a portion of a
cheaply made British Bulldog revolv?
er. The weapon contained one shell
and was taken to the office of the Cit?
izens' alliance as it was conclusive
proof that the dynamite was set off
in the fashion similar to the explo?
sion of giant powder in the Vindi?
cator mine.
The bloodhounds, in charge of ringo
Palmer of Trinidad, today trailed the
assassin who killed the Findlay
miners to a mile beyond Clyde sta?
tion, a distance of three miles. There
the scent was completely lost. It is
believed by the detectives working on
the case that the assassin took a bug?
gy at the place where the scent was
lost and proceded along the old stage
road to Colorado Springo. ,
The coroner's jury visited the scene
of the explosion today, after which an
adjournment was taken until tomorrow
afternoon, when the taking of evi?
dence will begin.
TWO MORE DEAD.
Cripple Creek, Colo., June 7.
Two more names were added today to
the list of those killed by the Inde?
pendence dynamiting, making the
total 1">. They are: George S. Hen?
derson and Fred Beckley. J
It is beliveed that the bodies of sev?
eral others were blown to atoms and j
tl.e remains are in the mass of flesh
and bones at the bottom of the hole
mide by the tremendous explosion.
Two Piece Suits
A vest is very uncom?
fortable on hot summer
days. Our two piece
suits are designed to fur?
nish a valid excuse for not
wearing one.
Splendidly adapted for
out-of-town wear ; and
quite proper for hot city
streets.
Made of thinnest,) cool?
est wool crashes and trop?
ical worsteds.
The suits are splendidly
cut and, though light, are
tailored to keep their
shape. Good broad shoul?
ders ; lined and unlined,
$5 to $15. (,
Two piece linen and crash Suits
$2.50, $3.50 and $4. Linen and
crash extra Pants $1 and $1.50.
If you want solid, comfort try a
Two Piece Suit.
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The D. J. Chandler
Clothing Co.,
Phone 166
Sumter, Si C.
ENN SPRINGS
ineral Water
?s unsurpassed, and invalids find sure and speedy relief by
its use. It will cure dyspepsia, liver complaint chronic hep?
atitis, jaundice, torpor of liver and general debility, following
upon malarial disease, dropsy, diarrhoea, dysentery, constipa?
tion, heraorroid, uterine, renal and cystic disease?, homaturia,
rheumatism, catamenal derangements and other female cont?
raints. Highly recommended by the medical profession.
Glenn Springs Ginger Ale.
Delightful Beverage, Invigorating, Healthful,
Containing the mineral ingredients of Glenn Springs Min?
eral Water
Glenn Springs Carbonated Mineral Water-a delightful ta?
ble water, and positive cure for dyspepsia Gives immediate
relief from indigestion.
For sale by J. F. W. DeLorme, The Sumter Drug Co., A. J.
China and The Caf h Giocery Store.
I beg to announce that I have
just received a car load of ex?
tra nice Horses and Mules, and
want you and the public gen?
erally to understand that they
are
FOR SALE.
The Horses are largely nice drivers for
spring use ; also a few good farm Horses.
The Mules are eztra well broke with weight
enough tor mill purposes.
A tull line of Vehicles and Harness of every
description always on hand.
A. D. HARBY,