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?tfDEICE-?F THE PRISONER. Strong Evidence for the Prisoner Directly Contradicts Evidence o?tbi ?tate. ?? Manning, July 7.-Simeon M. Yon mans, magistrate at Manning, ?was -today arraigned for killing John R. ~Kee% lawyer. No trial?n tbiB oonn ty has ever attracted BO mach interest The position of the? parties and the widespread popularity of the defend? ant have lent special interest to this case. The case was called at 10 o'clock bat .'long -before that time the court room was crowded and-scores of men lined the ^ aisle and porch. The tron?le had its origin ia ? horse tracie between Yoemans and Mrs; Keels. Keels-demanded the retara of "hie wife's monet which Yoemans refused. This refusal precipitated the difficulty, which culminated in a killing. When the case- was called, Capt. W. C. Davis of counsel for d?fense stated that owing to the absence of three witnesses and bis own physical weak? ness ho would li ks fo? the trial to be postponed -but the subsequent- arrival of the witnesses removed '?he canse for j <oelay. Considerable trouble ^as had in selecting the trial jory. Twenty four jurors w?e drawn, 12 tyt w&om j were rejected. Eighteen of the jurors were put upon their voir dires and examined by the judge ?nd solH THE TRIAL JUB^. The following constitute the trial jury:-W. T. Lesesne, foreman: J. C. JBryan ; E. B. Felder, George A. Cock? ran, Joel Benbow, Harry A. Hodge, H. Broughton, Geo. A. Bidgill, A. S. Corbett, E. B. Hodge and J. N. R?ggs. The defendant, a tall and sien-1 r man, entered the docket, perfect? ly composed. After the arraignment he took a seat by his attorneys, Capt W. C. Davis and Hon. J. H. Lesesne. The first witness for the prosecution Was Dr. W. M. Broc kin ton. He made .an examination of the body and found jive wonnds in front Fcnr passed through body. Tbs wonnds were necessarily fatal. The clothing of the deceased w?? wet with, blood and stack to the body. W. 3V P. Sprott was in town on business on the day of the shooting. He knew the deceased and knew the " defendant He was standing about 30 yards in front of the court house and his attention was attracted bj "the ?Sting. He saw Yoemans fire three times in rapid succession. He saw no weapon about Keels. He heard it ted that Keels would have billed oemans if Yoemans hadn't fired first shot. He had heard of Keels for ten years ; his reputation was that of a violent and dangerous man. J. E. Tobias : Witness reached Keels j almost immediately after he fell and was directed' by the sheriff to keep 1 others from the body. The witness assisted in searching Keels and saw no weapon, only a' key, watch and handkerchief were found. K^els made no effort to draw a weapon. James E. Keely : Witness said that Keels had no pistol and made no movement as though to draw a weap? on. He declared thal; if Keels had had pa weapon he would have known it 1 He didn't see any attack on Yoemans. He changed his position between the fourth and fifth shots and Fays that when Yoemans fired the fifth shot Keels was about third down. s W#Theodore Kelly: At the time of the killing witness was walkt ug with Mr. Rance Logan, A's be walked un? der the porch of the court hcu?a he heard Keels say, "It's got to be set tied." Saw Yoemans fire the three shots in .quick succession. Keels th?ew his hands over his face. Hansom L. Logan : He heard a p's - j toi shot and saw Yoemans holding a pistol Hs saw Keels grasp the column and at the fourth shot release his grip. He ?saw Sumana reload. He walked np and said, "Sim, yon are satisfied* I suppose,7' Yen m an s said, "Yon are the cause ,of it" I said, "Yon are a ?-d Har." He saw no weapons on Keels though he may have had a weapon in his "?pocket He hadn't been with Keels that day. He thought Keels was drunk. Witness didn't have a pistol, bat had a small knife. - He denied that he picked up a pistol dropped by Keels. Me didn't hear Yoemans appeal to the sheriff for protection on witness's approach. He taocght Ycnmans was trying to shoot him. W. H. Baker was present on day of killing. While in the judge of pro? bate's office he heard shots and going ont he saw Keels falling. No one picked ap a pitsol. He heard some one say, "Look for a pistol." The reply was, "Mr. Logan bad got his pistol." Keels asked witness to attend court " because we are going to raise b-ll over there." Court then adjourned. Manning, Joly 8.-The trial of 3. M. Yoemans, charged with the mur? der of Keels, was resumed this morn? ing and after hearing the testimony of four or five witnesses to the same effect as the evidence brought out yes? terday the State closed its case and the prisoner took the stand. . YOUMANS ON THE STAND. Magistrate S. M. Yoemans, the de? fendant, having given an account of the male trade and other facts leading np to the day of the killing said : He met Auditor E. C. Dickson, who warned him that Keels was 'making threats. Coming to the court house he saw Keels, who glared at him. Yoemans stopped. Keels contineed to glare at him. Yoemans started off toward the bank and stayed off some time. On his retara he stood in the door looking for a lawyer. Keels came to the door and then made a move? ment toward him and a motion and said something he didn't hear. He asked a bystander what Keels had said. The bystander replied that Keels said, "Yoemans is a G- d-d ? thief." He walked out and spoke to one or two and leaned against the court honse door, -looking for Mr. j Weinberg, an attorney. Something! down the path attracted his attention. He then saw Keels coming rapidly down the path and glaring at him. He paid no attention to Keels. Keels rushed at bim, striking out, and shuting "G- d- yoe." K^els struck twice and called, "Shoot me now if you can, I am armed," and* threw h s L&isJt to his hip pocket. Yoemans ?then shot. When he S red the last shot he'said, "Lord belp bim." Be had no intention to kill Keels. He expected np to the fifth shot for Keels to draw a dirk and stab bim. He iol? io wed Keels around the column to see what be was doins. He aid BOC shoot Keels on the ground or while L? was falling. He anbreaohed his pistol and gave it to the sheriff who came up. Logan thou came up and stooped over Keels and as be stooped Yoemans saw Logan with a pistol. He got behind the sheriff and asked for bis pistol for [protection. Yoninans accused Logan of being the cause of the trouble. "Great God Almighty take that man off from here," said Logan. Logan didn't curse him until he was in the sheriff's office. He fired because be feared death. He fired one, two three and four shots because he-feared Keels would clutch him by the throat and stab bim. He fired the fifth shot because- he saw Keels* pistol. He didn** see Keels clutching at the post As Keels went around the column Yoemans saw - Keels', pistol. Logan was the first man on the scene. The pistol dropped after the fifth shot. Court adjourned for dinner. Deputy Sherie R B. Gamble, at the instance of John R. Keels, bad served papers in a mule case on You mans. Keels was in the sheriff's office when he left. Keels told, witness that the trouble between bim and Yoemans would not be settled in the court but on the ground. Shelby L. Davis testified that be was a clerk in a hardware store and that Keels asked to examine a certain dirk about three inches long that aft? ernoon. Jake Plowden purchased the dirk. Ed. Rhodes, witness, keeps a res taurant in town. Near the restaurant Keels bad a fruit stand, in which he employed Jake Plowden. Keels said to him, "Youmans bas. stolen my money and by G-, I recken I'll have to kill bim yet." Keels frequently drank liquor at Rhodes' restaurant and wben drinking bis one subject for discussion was Youmans. II. M. Mims was in town as grand juror on day of-the shooting. At the time of the shooting the witness was in the grand jary room. His attention was attracted by a quick movement, and looking he saw Mr. Johnson run? ning from the scene of the shooting. Witness went to the door and saw Mr. Weaver with a dirk in bis band. He saw Loagn stooping, but quickly straightening be moved off\ a short wav and witness saw a pistol' in Lo ean'i lard. .When witness firstjsaw Keels he was ia a shooting' affair with Bowman. Jake Plowden was in town on the day of the killing and a few days be? fore the killing witness was sent by nar. Keels to purchase a dirk. He did so. -Sherff Scarborough of Sumer county knew-? Keels for a number of years. Keels' reputation for vintiictiveness was very bad. Et B. Plowden, witness, knew Keels. Knew Keels reputation for treachery and revengefulness to be very bad. .G? S. Ogg, a State detective, was in Manning shortly before the shooting and heard a conversation between Logan and Berry. He heard Logan reply . to a question asked by Berry. "Yes, I picked upa pistol, but the question is whose pistol was it?" S. W. McIntosh : Just as Keels fell j be heard some one say: "Don't pick that thing up, leave it there." He does not know what was referred to. He beard Keels say, "G- d- you" before the first shot As Keels fell his hands were in or near his hip pockets. He knew Keels' reputation was very bad. W. H. Woods was in town on the day of the snooting as a delegate to the county conventin. At the time ot the first shot he was across the street. He reached Keels jest as he fell. He beard the question, " Wbere is Keels' pistol? Sr me one has picked it up. " Court adjourned on tbe account of the illness of Capt Davis. . mmm mm 'm^mmm,* A Queer Story Told by an Escaped Prisoner. Branchville, JnJy 9.-J. A. Steph? ens, who escaped jail at Waiterboro some time ago with B. A. Adams, was arrested near her today. He claims to have been forced to leave jail at the point of a pistol and was returning to jail when arrested. Stephens claims to have left Adams soon after they left Waiterboro end thinks that Adams is now in the neighborhood of bis home. Few jr gallons; wears longer; Devoe. -MM? ? ? --? Safeguard the Children. Notwithstanding all that is done by boards' of health and charitably inclined persons, the death rate among small chil? dren is very high during the hot weather of the sommer in the large cities. There is not probably one ca*e of bowel com? plaint in a hundred, however, that could not be cured by the timely use of Cham? berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sile by China's Drug Store. Washington, July ?-A cable re? port' from Minister Allen, at Seoul, points to the existent? of great danger to both belligerent armies in Man? churia. He says that he has learned from a missionary surgeon that cholera bas crossed Manchuria and appeared at Antung. . . -rn -4B? Wasting Coughs. Lingering, wasting coughs may end in consumption. Rydale's Cough Elixir will stop the cough and heal the diseased mem? brane of the throat and lungs. Ry dale's Elixir is the most efficacious remedy ever discovered for all chronic throat and lung trouble and those debilitating, "ran down" conditions of the system, which so stub? bornly resist treatment and which, if neg? lected, may end in fatal disease. Trial size, 25c. Large size, 50c. All dealers, ?i- i ? ii-ii Quick servico lunch rjoms are a feature of tbe World's Fair. Checks are bought before one enters and then one helpps himself to what he wants. Weak Hearts Are caused by indigestion. I yon eat a little too much, or if yon are subj f?t to attacks of indigestion, the stomacti ex- j pands-swells, and puffs up against tbe j heart. This crowds the heart and sheri eu- ! the breath. Rapid heart bea's ano heurt i dieease is the final result. K?MU#? Dys- ; pepsia Cure digests what y u e. t. -ak** \ the strum off the heart, cure . ?udi^e-??n, dyspepsia, sour stomach, an i c cinbmtis nourishment, strength and health to ev^ry rgan of the body. Sold by ' i. ft Da /i*. Trying to Make the Trip Healthy Actual Digging Not to Begin for Some Time Yet. Washington, July 7.-The headquar? ters of the isthmian canal commission are the seem* of busy activity. With the exception of the seven members of the commission, of whom Rear Admiral John G. Walksr, U. S. N., retired, is chairman, D. I. Murphy, the newly e'.ected secretary of tbecom mision, and Chief Clerk Redfern, there are about a dozen employees on duty at the commission headquarters. It will pxobaoly be some time before the actual work constructing the canal will be pushed. The most important problem now being considered by the commission is that of sanitation. When this is satisfactorily settled and the works a re established on a sanitary basis, the actual work of digging the canal will proceed. This lack of proper sanitary precautions is said to have been one of the most important factors in the failure of the French company, which resulted not only in the death of thousands of men but in a loss of hundreds of thousands of dol? lars. The force of sanitary experts which is now on the isthmus working out the problem of ftanitation numbers among its members some of the most eminent and, celebrated sanitarians in the world. This force is under the com? mand of CoL W. C. Gorgas, U. S. A., chief imnitary officer of the com? mission, w?io bas for his assistant medical dirsctor John W. Ross of the navy. Aside from the corps of sanitarians there are but cmparatively few people now stationed on the isthmus in the employ of the commission. Mr. John F. Wallace,' who was formerly general manager of the Illinois Central 'Rail? road Compimy, nowj?be chief engineer of the canal commission, and who is considered one of the best engineers in the country, is on the isthmus with a force of assistants gen gaged in the preliminar]' engineer work. The only force working on the canal proper is composed of about 900 Ja? maica negroes who were in the employ of the Freo ch company when the canal was turned over to the isthmian com? mission. These men are working on what is known as Culebra cut, one of the most difficult and tedious pieces of work along the route of the canal, it being necessary tJ cut through an extremely 3 ocky formaci?n. ? There hjp been some discussion by various cor tractors as to whether or not the commission would undertake the constru ction of the canaL by em? ploying its own labor, or whether it would give the work ont by contract. Mr. Murphy, secretary of the com- , mission, ir. speaking ot the progress of the work, said that there would probably be but little development until after the members of the com? mission had returned from Panama in the early fall. "The question of the employment of contract W3rk in the construction of , the canal," baid Mrs/Murphy, "has not yet beim determined, and will pro? bably not come np for consideration until the commissioners again visit the isthmus atid go over the ground thor? oughly. It will then be determined whether the work will be done by the commission itself or given out by con? tract. - ..The report recently circulated that the commission desired the services of 300 additional physicians for service on the ist hm is,?' said Secretary Murphy, ('is entirBly without foundation, as the medical corps now in the employ of the commission ts ali that will be needed for some time to come; in fact, there is small probability of any appointments of moment being made until the work of the commission de? velops some time in the future" One Lady's Recommendation, Sold Fifty Boxes of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. I have, I believe, sold fifty boxes of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets on the recommendation of one lady here, who first taught a box of them about a year ago. Sfce never tires of telling her neighbors and friends about the good qualities of these tablets. P. M. Shore, Druggist, Rochester, Ind. The pleasant purgative effect of these Tablets make them a favorite with ladies everywhere. For sale by China's Drug store. St. I Louis, July 5-Worlds Fair Grounds -Gen. Piet Cronje of Boer war fami) was married today to Mrs. Stertzel, the widow of a Boer soldier. The ceremony was performed in the Boer camp on the grounds and was private. A public reception was held after the days' performance. Brutally Tortured. A case came to light that for persistent -and unmerciful torture has perhaps never been equaled. Joe Golobick of Coinda, Calif, writes. **For 15 years I endured insufferable pain from Rheumatism and nothing relieved me though I tried every? thing ino wu. I came across Electric Bitters s.nd it's the greatest medioine on earth for that trouble. A few bottles of it completely relieved and cured me." Just as good, for Liver and Kidney troubles end general debility. Only 50c. Satis? faction guaranteed by J. F. W. DeLorme. London, July 7.--The government has decided to drop the alien immi? gration bill for the present session of parliament. ULETT?? < k ??CAL CURE FOR MA?IJ.HZA. It has recently been discovered thal the germs Mat produce Malaria, breed and multip:v in the intestines and from there spre*?? throughout the system by means t: -he blood. This fact ex? plains why Malaria is hard to cure by the old melhod of treatment. Quinine. Iron, etc., stimulate the nerves and build up the blood, but do not destroy the germ? that cause the disease. Rydale's Ionic has a specific effect upon the intestines and bowels, freeing them from Ml disease breeding mi rrobes. It mso kills the germs that infest the veins and < -teries. lt drives rrom the blood all poisonous mattel ind makes rich am! healthv. RYDALE'S TONIC is " a blood builder, a nerve restorer, and a Malaria destroyer. Try it, it will not r?isap? x?at you. / Water Supply ?sa?squaie. Advices received here about the shortage of water at "Camp Colum? bia" on Tuesday, shortly after the arrival of the Third regiment puts a different view of the matter from that eiveii in the press dispatches from Columbia. It was stated today that the trouble was that the tank was too small and it was not a case of the soldiers letting out all the water as a joke. The tank is said to contain less than a thousand gallons, which is not mach bf a sup? ply for 600 men, arriving in camp after several hours' travel, and a long march, and the exhaustion of the wa? ter supply un dei the circumstances is not surprising. The reports state that there is no truth in the story that the militiamen opened the faucets and pur? posely emptied the tank. A3 a matter of fact, the faucets are all automatic self-closing spouts, and the water could only have been emptied by the men holding them open, The militia? men were tired and thirsty, and after the march there was naturally a great demand for water for drinking as well as cleansing purposes, and the supply gave ont because the tank was not large enough for the number of men who were in camp. The pill that will, will fill the bill, Without a gripe. To cleanse the liver, without a quiver, Take one at night. Dewitt's Little Early Sisers are small to take, easy and gentle in effect, yet they are so certain in results that no one who uses then is disappointed. For quick relief from biliousness sick headache, torpid liver, jaundice, dizziness and all troubles arising from an inactive, sluggish liver, Early Sisers are unequaled. Sold by 0. B. Davis. The Baltimore Sun of July 4th says : 11 All the children who prefer reading the Declaration of Independence to dis? charging fire-crcckers will please hold np their hands." Poor little things, many of those who handled the fire? crackers now have no hands to hold np.-Wilmington Star. A HAPPY HOME Is one where health abounds'. With impure blood there cannot be good health. With a disordered LIVER there cannot be good blood. revivify the torpid LIVER and restore its natural action. A healthy LIVER means pure blood.-- i Pure blood means healths Health means happiness. Take no Substitute. All Druggists. alena Springs E&ilroad Schedule. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. EFFECTIVE JUNE I, 1904. Lv Glenn Spgs. 9 00 am'Lv Spartanb'g 410 pm Ar Roebuck 9 35 amlAr Boebuck 4 25 pm Lv Roebuck 9 45 amjLv Roebuck 3 35 pm Ar Spartanb'g 10 00 amjAr Glenn Spgs. 5 25 pm H. S. SIMPSON. President. am\ CH!C??ST?R'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS ? ^ Ort?1 Rmi an d Only dca nine. SAFE. Alway? r-:i*Ma. 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THE Comptroller of the Currency hav? ing approved the increase of the Capital of this Bank to $100,000.00, depositors now have aa security for their deposit? : Capital, - - $100,000 00 Stockholders* Individual Lia? bility, - - - \00,000 00 Surplus and Undivided Prof it?, ... 25,000 00 Total Security for Depositors, $225,000 00 ONLY NATI0N5.A BANK Ih CITY OF SUMTER. Largest Capital of any Bank in this section of South Carolina. Strongest Bank in Eastern part of this State. Interest allowed on deposits to a limited amount. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. A. J. CHINA, President. NEILL O'DONNELL, Vice President. H. D. BARNETT, R. D. LEE, G. A. LEMMON, JOHN REID,' E. P. RICKER. R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier. R. D. LEK, Solicitor. BOOKKEEPERS. .1. L. McCiOlum, D. J. Winn, Jr., Oliver L. Yates. The Kind Yon Have Always Bought, and wMck has beem in use foy over 30 years, has horne the signature of and has he?n made Tinder his per? sonal supervision since its infancy., Allow nd one to deceive yon in this? All Counterfeits, Imitations and f* Just-as-ijood'^are bufc Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment? What is CASTOR!A Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil? Pare? goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups? It is Pleasant? It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance? Its age is its guarantee? It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness? It cures Diarrhoea, and Wind Colic It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation %nd Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep? The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend? GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signatare of The Kind You Me Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THC CENTAUR COMPANY, TT MURRAY STRICT. NEW YORK COT. Southeastern Lime & Cement COMPANY. CHAULESTON S C Building Material of all kinds. High Grads Roofing "RUBEBOID." w?r Feb 2 o WHISKEY I MORPHINE | CIGARETTE I ALL DRUC AND TOBACCO HABIT, j HABIT. i HABIT. | HABITS. ! Cured by Keeley Institute of S. C. 1329 Lady St^ (or P.O. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspondence solicited JOB PRINTING First class work and good material. I do good work as cheap as possible, but do not make a spe? cial* v of cheap work . ' 1ST. O, QfiT^TO*. Effective June 5, 1904. Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter.. Traiu 35 Flcrenoe to Augusta Arrives 5 15 am tt 54 Columbia to Wilmington . : w 8 10 am w *57 Gibson to Sumter M 9 20 arr tt 52 Charleston to Columbia and Greenville ZD Leaves 9 21 an> * 46 Orangeburg to Charleston (Tuesd'y,Thursd'y, Saturday) w 9 25 am 44 53 Greenville and Columbia to Charleston " 6 20 pm ** 32 Augusta to Florene* w 6 30 pm " *56 Sumter to Gibson . u 6 50 pm u 47 Charleston to Orangeburg (Tuesd'yjThursd^Saturd'y) w 8 15 pm. " 55 Wilmington to Columbia M 9 25 pm Freight Trains carrying Passengers. rrain *24 Sumter to Hartsville leaves 10 00 am " *19 Florence to Robbins . Leaves 1 00 .pir u *20 Bobbins to Florence leaves 4 30 pt? " *25 Hartsville to Sumter . Arrives 7 40 px?. Northwestern Railway Train *70 Camdon to Sumter Arrives 9 00 aid M *71 Sumter to Camden ^ Leaves 9 36 am " *08 Camden to Sumter " 5 45 pm " *72 Wilson Mill to Sumter "Arrives 12 30 pm " *73 Sumter to WilsonMill Leaves 3 00 pro u *G3 Sumter to Camden " 6 25 pm Vraiu* marted * daily except Sunday ; all other trains daily. For fr.rther information, apply to J. T. CHINA, Ticket Agent A. C. L. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SCHEDULE Effective Apr. 17, 1904. Read down Read np No 142 No 140 No 141 No 14S 2 15 pm 7 00 am Lv Sumter Ar 9 15 am 5 45 pm ?ll 40 am Ar Charleston Lv 3 20 am 7 10 ant 11 40 am Ar Columbia Lv 7 20 am 310 pm 12 30 pm Ar Augusta Lv 6 55 ana 6 10 am 10 55 pm Ar Atlanta 1055 Lv 10 55 ll 45 pa 11 45 am 5 30 am Ar Birmingham Lv 5 20 4 10 ps? 8 30 pm ll 10 am Ar New Orleans Lv 9 20 am 12 35 am 3 30 pm Ar Spartanburg Lv 3 30 10 35 am 1 30 am 4 55 pm Ar Greenville Lv 4 55 9 40 air 7 15 pm Ar Asheville Lv 7 05 aar 8 15 pm Ar Louisville Lv 7 40 am 7 30 pm Ar Cincinnati Lv 8 30 an; 6 00 pm Ar Camden Lv 2 00 pm 8 35 pm Ar Rock Hill Lv 9 25 air 9 40 am Ar Charlotte Lv 8 10 a?? 9 45 am Ar Washington Lv 9 50 psx 4 15 pm Ar New York Lv 3 25 pia Trains 142 and 143 make dose connection at Samter Junction with 117 going Ncicn. via Camden and Rock Hill, and No. 118 for Charleston and Atlanta via Augusta or Co? lumbia. Trains 140 and 141 make close connection at Ringville for Charleston and Comm bia, and at Columbiawith solid Pullman trains composed of elegant Dining Cars, Ptdl man^Compartment, Club Library, Observation and Drawing-room Sleeping Car? to and from Northern and Western points. For full information or reservations apply to any agent or address S. H. Hardwick, CH. Acxart, General Passenger Agent, J. R. Claok, General Manager, Washington, D. 0. Agent, Washington, D. O. W. H. Tayloe, Sumter, S. O. R. W. Hunt, Assistant Gen. Pass. Agent, Division Passenger Agent Atlanta, Ga. Charleston.S. C.