MASKQUA NEWS NOTES.
The Prosperous Farmers Rejoice-Five
Deaths in a Week.
Magnolia, Oct. 22.-The farmers in
this section, as is the case elsewhere,
no doubt, have cause to rejoice and
be exceeding thankful for the fine
crop of cotton and fair prices this sea?
son. The seasons have been nearly per?
fect, for cultivating and harvesting
crops of all kinds. The bulk of the
cotton crop has been gathered and ship?
per without a drop of rain cn it.
There will be no forcasting of agricul?
tural liens or mortgages, as all will
pay np this years indebtedness and have
a surplus. It has been a feast for the
cotton pickers. One old colored man
in this place, who is 87 years old,
picked on an average, this season over
a hundred pounds a dav. One day be
picked 122 pounds. His name is*Ed
mund Woods-was a slave of the late
James McIntosh.
There have been eight deaths in and
around this p?acre, among white and
colored within the past five days.
Mr. D. P. Dennis' little boy, aged
about three years, died very suddenly
and most unexpectedly, on the 2Cth
inst. He had just gotten up from a
spell cf continued fever, and was as
lively and bright as usual five min?
utes before ?e breathed his last. The
burial services were conducted by
Bev. T. M. Dents yesterday after?
noon, at the ^Lynchbnrg cemetery.
The bereaved family have the sympa?
thies of the entire community.
"Old nncte Billy" Smith, colored,
died this week after a long and pain?
ful illness. He was born In Septem?
ber, 1800, making him over 104 years
old.
Bob Thomas died this week. Bob
was respected by ali who knew him,
and was an honest upright colored
man. He was abont 50 years old
and leaves a large family of well be?
haved children to mourn his loss.
There will soon be a steam saw mill
about three miles north of this place,
owned and operated by colored people.
Sam Solomons is the purchaser. It is
presumed that he or they will have a
ginnery attached next ginning season.
Our graded school is progressing
nicely. We have 95 pupils enrolled,
and a considerable increase will fol?
low, as soon as the cotton is pretty
well out. The scarcity of hands has
forced numberrs of the children into
the cotton fields.
Cur graded school building with its
i up-to-date outfit, does credit to this
?community, and especially to our
efficient trustees whp never tire work?
ing for the best interest of the chil?
dren.
Mr. J. C Stokes has fully complet?
ed and furnished his large hall, which
will comfortably seat a large number
of people. Occasional.
The Festival Ball.
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Arrangements for the Festival Ball
are progressing nicely, and it is the
desire of the committee to have a very
large attendance. Any one desiring
to have out-of-town friends- invited
can do so by leaving the names with
?Ir. J. H. Levy,- Jr. Only a limited
number of invitations will be issued,
and. they will be sent out in the order
of the names as they appear upon the
list
The Floral Parade.
e committee in charge of the flor?
al parade desires it announced that
automobiles and bicycles are to be in?
cluded in the li?t of entries for the
various prizes. This will be one of
the most : spectacular features of the
Festival; the Second Regiment
Band will head the parade followed
v the Queen in the handsomest float
that can be designed in Sumter,
and a number of beautifully decorated
vehicles. The automobiles and bicy
5 cles would add much to its attractive?
ness, and it is hoped that a number
cf them will appear in the parade.
Letter :o W. D. Colclough,
Sumter, S. C.
Dear Sir: Two years ago the es?
tate ot the late Congressman Scott,
of Erie, Pa, painted 24 Roiling-Mill
houses one coat Devceat a saving of ll
percent for paint (lead-and-oil was
after the job).
That's how the tale reads. We in?
fer what really happened.
The buyer, as usual, went by the
cost of pa:nt; got bids Lead-and-oil
bid low and guessed the quantity low:
the saving was only ll per cent.
Nobody seems to have thought ol
this: the painting costs two cr three
times as mach as the paint. How
much did we save cn the painting;
Don't know.
Tiie tale ends with this: We often
refer inquirers to those house?, foi
wear of De voe.
That's a good-enough story ; hat no?
body knows what it is. Out only
difficulty is want of paint-intelligence.
Yours truly
70 . -FW Devoe & Co
P. S.-L. B. Durant sells our paint.
Fire in the State's Office.
Columbia,. Oct. 22.-At 1L30 to?
night firs was discovered in the cellai
of The State newpaper ofccp, Mair
street between Lady and Gervais.
The blaze had evidently smouldered
for several hours in a large stock of
paper stored there before being dis?
covered. There was considerable dif?
ficulty in reaching the seat of the
trouble. Some damage was done the
office fixtures by the firemen.
Mr. A. E. Gonzales, president pi
The Stat* Company, estimated thal
be had stored about $8/000 worth ol
paper in the cellar and the water will
ruin what has not already been burn?
ed. The machines and press were not
damaged.
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 22.-A drunker
negro, named John Job, shot and
killed another negro and wounded ttti
brakeman on the.outgoing railway foi
Columbia tonight! Owing to tbe pre
renee of a circus in Augusta today the
train was crowded with negroes, sev
eral of whom were badly intoxicated.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 22. - In a fight
in a barber shop of a well known hore!
in this city, W. E. Hopen was killed
by Sam F. Ring, by being stabbed
through the heart wiib a pair of scis?
sors today. Both men were barbers.
Ring asserts the killing was done in
self-defence. He lias surrendered ta
the sheriff.
DR. VAN TcLBURG-HOFMAN DfES BY
HIS OWN HAND.
Ke Would Not Face Disgrace Following
Exposure of Brutal Treatment of His
Wife-Sad and Tragic Ending of
a Talented Foreigner.
From the Daily Item, Oct. 24.
This city was shocked and horrified
about 9 o'clock a. m. Monday by a most
horrible and grewsome tragedy that
has occurred here in many years. Dr.
Yan Telberg-Hofman, the division sur?
geon of the Atlantic Coast Line relief
department committed suicide in the
sitting room of his home on South
Main street, a double barrel shot gun
being the weapon with which he took
his life. He placed the muzzle of
the gun against the left side of his
head just above the corner of the eye j
and when the gun was discharged the
whole side and top of his head was
blown off. The brains and blood were
spattered over the walls and ceiling
of the room and pieces of the skull
were scattered over the floor. Death
was instantaneous and when the first
person reached him a few moments af?
ter the discharge of the gun he was
lying stretched on his back on the
floor of the room just within the
door connecting that room with the
hall, with his head near the wall in a
great pool of blood and tbe^ gun was
lying across his body.
An inquest was held at 10.30 o'clock
by Coroner Flowers:
The following testimony was taken :
Dr. J. A. Mood: About half past
sine o'clock this morning I was hur
ridly called to see Mrs. Van Telberg
Hofman and was told that Dr. Hof mau,
who was at'.his home next door was
probably hurt. On going into the
room I found the Doctor lying on his
back with a double barrel shot gan
lyng across hts body. The entire
upper part of the skull was torn away
by the discharge of the gun which
had evidently been held close to his
head. From the statement made by
his wife to me I am satisfied that his
death was an act of self destruction.
H. J. Seymour, policeman : Just as
the bell struck 9 o'clock I was going
to the depot and as I was passing the
house I was called into Mrs. ,Duckers.
When 1 got in I found Mrs. Hofman
there. She was very bloody. She
seemed to have a wound over her riebt
eye. I telephoned for Chief of Police
Bradford to come there' at once. At
the same time Dr. Mood was telephon?
ed for and he got th?re before Chief
Bradford did. He went in to see
Mrs. Hofman. Then Dr. Mood and
I went over to Dr, Hofman's house
and found the body lying just as it is
now. I heardt no words or anything
did not hear the gun shoot. There
was no one in the house when I went
in.
Rebecca Spann, cook for Dr. Hof?
man: They (Dr. and Mrs. Hofman)
were quarreling at the breakbast table,
but what they were quarling' about I
don't know. I did not hear any
threats made. I did not find out that
the Doctor was shot until after the
Chief of Police came in.
Mrs. Ella Hewson, who boarded
with Dr.* and Mrs. Hofman: "All,
that I know about it is that when I j
went to eat my breakfast I heard some
screaming and thought it was ?orne
children. I did not know that they
(Dr. and Mrs. Holman) had quar-j
relied, never heard any threats made
any way. I knew that they were not
on good terms yesterday.
James Felder, a driver and hoase
boy for Dr. Hofman : I was in the
kitchen by the stove during breakfast.
I heard Dr. Hofman say tbat she
(Mrs. Hofman) would have to leave
or he would. 1 went out to catch the
horse. When I came back Mrs.
Hewson told me that-she thought Dr.
Hofman had killed himself. Mrs.
Hofman left the dining room first.
They have been quarreling ever since
they came back from Charleston on
Wednesday, or Thursday of last week
I did not know the cause of the
quarrel.
. The jory of which Mr. R. F. Hayns?
worth . was foreman rendered a verdict
that the deceased Dr. Van Telberg
Hofman came to his death from a
gun shot wound inflicted by ?is own
hand.
That is the official side of this
shocking tragedy, but it is not all
; of it nor the saddest part. The col?
lateral facts as they have been gather?
ed from trustworthy sources of infor
marion are about as follows :
, Dr. Hofman and bis wife have not
lived happily together for several
; years and on more than one occasion
he had beat her severely. On one oe
j casion at least she was so brutally
beaten that she called in another pby
? sician to see her a day or two later
? during Dr. Hofman's absence from
the city. This physician saw Dr.
! Hofman personally as soon as be re
. turned and told him plainly that if
be ever abused his wife again that
. he would expose him and see that he
. was severely punished. That such
conduct might pass in Holland but
tee people or this community would
not stand it and he would be made to
feel the weight of their displeasure
if they found out that be abused his
wife. Dr. Hofman promised tbat it
should never occur again. Still he
and his wife did not live pleasnntly
. together, but so far as is'known he
'. has not beaten her until this morn
i iiig. As stated by the servants and
Mrs. Hewson they have been on un
[ usually bad terms for several days.
I Last night Mrs. Hofman went to
- church with a lady friend and this
. made Dr. Hofman furiously angry.
> At the breakfast table he renewed
) the quarrel and when Mrs. Hofman
left the table and went into tho parlor,
? Dr. Hofman followed her and con
; tinned the quarrel. Mrs. "ofman
f j finally told him that she would leave
U him and would go on the next train
. j and he would not be bothered with
S ? her any more. He thereupon grabbed
j her by the shoulders and began beat
I ing her head against the door facing
? ! with savage violence. Her face and
I j head were bruised and cut before she
. ; could escape from his clutches. She
. j then ran screaming from the house
? : out into tl ie street and took refuge
. i with Mrs. Ducker the next door
? j neighbor.
I Dr. Hofman evidently then realiz
; ed that his game was up, that expos
; ure bad come, that he was disgraced
I and ruined professionally and socially
I in this community. So be Took the
[ Portes way out of the delemma. Ile
got bis sbot gun, put the rnu zie
agaicst his head, pressed tlip. trigger
t and was a dead man instantly. Dr.
i Van Telberg-Hofman, who has been a
resident of Sumter for only a few
years came here from Norfolk, Va , to j
take charge of the relief department \
of this division of the Atlantic Coast
Line. He was a native of Holland
and a man of superior education, j
He was a graduate of a university of
his native country, of the Bellevien ;
Medical College, New York and of tho
Medical College of Richmond, Va. j
In addition to taking the regular
courses in these medical schools he j
had had extended hospital practice f
and experience. He was a man of
abont 36 to 38 years of age.
His wife was Miss Nora Russell, of
Newberry and is a niece of State
Treasurer Jennings. She met Dr.
Hofman in this city and married him
after an acquaintance of only a few
weeks.
BIG FERTILIZER FACTORY FOR SUMTER j
The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. Has
Purchased Land for the Location of
a Plant Here.
A deal in real estate was closed
Friday that means a great deal
more for Sumter and this section of
the State than any transfer of land
that has been made here for several
years.
MrR. L Manning, acting for the Vir?
ginia-Carolina Chemical Co., pur?
chased from Mr. E. A. Bultman his
dairy farm, fronting on the Mayesville
iroad and the Atlantic Coats Line, for
a site for a bg fertilizer plant. This
farm contains 86 acres and is amply
large for a big plant and is advan .
tageously situated for that purpose.
Mr. Manning, who has represented
the Virginia-Carolina-Chemical Co.
in this matter, when seen
last night, stated that the
deal had been consummated
and the titles to the land lodged with
! the Clerk of Court for record. He
also authorized the announcement
that work on the construction of the
big fertilizer mill will begin January
1st and will be completed as quickly as
possible as it is the purpose of the V.
C. Company to manufacture fetilizer
here for the next crop. The plant
will be of the most modern equipment
and will be the most up-to-date in the
State. Mr. Manning was not au?
thorized to give out any figures in
reference to. the capacity of the fac?
tory, but it will be on? of the largest
in the State and it is understood that
the output will be sufficient to sup?
ply the fertilizer needs of the patrons
of the V.-C. company in his section
of the State.
The Virginia-Carolina Co. bas fer
tiliz?r plants in Charleston and An?
derson in this State, and at several
points in Virginia, North Carolina,
?Georiga and Alabama. The Charles?
ton plants have heretofore supplied
the trade in lower and eastern and mid?
dle and South Carolina while the An?
derson plant has made the fertilizers
for that part of the up country. The
Sumter plant will now supply the
middle eastern sections of the State,
which can be done more economically,
owing to the central location of this
city and the fine shipping facilities
that this city possesses.
The selection of Sumter for the lo?
cation of this new plant was a cold
business proposition with the V.-C.
people ; they had no interest in Sum?
ter and were offered no inducements
to come, but cam6 because they were
convincedt that it was to their ad?
vantage to do so. This decision is the
most striking and substantial tribute
to the growing importance of Sumter
as a trade centre and distributing
point that we have had, and the same
consideration that influenced theV.
C. Company to locate here will like?
wise influence ethers who seek a loca?
tion for business enterprises. Sum?
ter is the coming business centre of
this section of the state and 'the next
year will see many additions to the
list of industrial enterprises put down
to Sumter's credit.
The Virginia-Carolina plant will
bring a number of desirble residents
to this city, fer the superintendents
and heads of departments must all be
men of intelligence and skill, but a
much larger number of unskilled la?
borers will be given employment, and
the pay roll, which will be quite large,
will go to swell the retail trade of the
city, and all lines of business will be
benefitted by the esablishment of the
plant.
This is the best piece of news the
Item has had for publication in many
a long day and it is the sort of news
that is published with pleasure and
gratfication. One such item of news
is worth far more than all the long
list of murders, lynchings and other
horrois that have been published in
the past year: it is news that spells
progress and growth and prosperity
and that is the sort of news that tho
Item delights in disseminating.
AN ENJOYABLE SOCIAL EVENT.
Miss Marie Moise Entertains in Honer of
Miss Williams, of Aiken.
Thursday evening marked the ad?
vent of one of the most enjoyable so?
cial functions of the season. The oc?
casion was a whist party given by
Miss Marie Moise, complimentary to
her friend. Miss Carrie William*, of
Aiken. Six tables were occupied by
enthusiastic whist players, and the
games were contested with great zeal.
Later in the evening a delightful
cold course with St. Agnes Punch
was served, and during this time rhe
guests were treated to some happy se?
lections by a large phonograph.
The la*.'prize, a beautiful sofa
pillow cov , on which was designed
a fae si ne of Gibson's celebrated
drawing, "The Eternal Question,"
was won by Miss Armida Moses.
A stick pin. the genleman's prize,
was awarded to Mr. J. H. Levy, Jr.
The boobies were presented tn Miss
Alberta Schwerin and Mr. B. F. Mc?
Leod.
Those present were:
Misses Carrie Williams. Gussie
Harby, Virginia Harby, Armida
Moses, Minnie Moses, Alberta
Schwerin, Edith Duvall, Theo.
Lopez, Jessie Moi?e. Rosie Mr.?*js,
Battie Auld. Graham Moses. Julian
Levy. Alex Broughton, Walter Har?
ris, B. F. McLeod, W. R. SI;elor,
Harby Mose^, Gilland Fivhbnrne,
Horace Harby, Jr., Geo. D. Levy,
Clifton Moise, and Warren Moise.
? ??rp- . ? ? . ~n?-- - . .
Yes: you ?-an probably rent your
house by US?IIL' a placard, jost as you
tran probably ride across the State in a
mule-cart But in the. one ease a
.vant ad. would be quicker, and in the
other an express train.
TALK TO STUDENTS.
Superintendent Edmunds to Lecture ir
Columbia.
Columbia, Oct. 22.-Tomorrow at 12
o'clock in the chapel of the South
Carolina College, Superintendent S.
H. Edmunds, of the Sumter graded
school, will speak to the normal stu?
nden ts of the College on some phase of
the educational work in the State.
This is the second of the series of pub?
lic lectures by school men, the first
having been given by Superintendent
Dreher, of Columbia. Superintendent
Edmunds is recognized as one of the
foremost school men of tbe State,
and has built up in the progressive
city of Sumter a system of schools sec?
ond to none in efficiency. In fact,
the Sumter public school pay their
teachers higher salaries than any
other schools in the State, except the
Charleston city schools. For years
the students from the Sumter schools
have taken fine stands in the South
Carolina College, and usually have
won honors in oratory, which is
taught in the Sumter schools.-News
and Courier.
Hagood's Reflections.
Hagood, Oct 25.-Where are we? I
mean as a common weatlh, with the
courts a fake, a means by which the
guitly are pronounced innocent and
clothed in its livery. Suspend our
courts? By no meanns, for tims you
cut off from the lawyer the means of
gain. Keep up the show ; let socie?
ty, let the state be taxed, aye burdened,
of need be, that the halls of justice be
open night and day with all the pomp
attendant. Let us make the impres?
sion, however false it may be that
this is a noble generation, who hate
evil, love . righteousness, cleaving tc
the good. Keep up the show, what?
ever it may cost, but be sure it wil]
revert to you with tremendous conse?
quences. The very agencies, believe
me, inaugurated to suppress lawless?
ness, occasion it. You ask how? In
more ways than one. Here is a nerv?
ous, excitable fellow, a good mon, and
life is sweet to him, who never would
have carried a gun but for its preva?
lence, and that because he, knowing
himself to be impulsive, feared that
at some unlucky moment he might dc
that he would regret afterward. Self
preservation, self-defense, safety make
powerful appeals to one, and these to?
gether with the fact that so many gc
armed, have made the custom almost
universal. This nervous man shoots
another. He would never have done
it had he not been armed at the time
provoked. He would not have beer
armed had it not been so prevalent.
He argued thus "If I do not shoot
him he will shoot me. I must get the
drop on him. If he kills me he wil
go unhung. I can't bear the thoughi
that my.murderer should escape."
There are other than nervous peoph
who have such thoughts, which an
net without their influence.
Here is a fellow, a cut-throat, wh<
has a quarrel, a grudge, to settle, an(
proceeds to do so in cold blood because
he says, "I will escape. They do no
hang people now-a-days, if good coan
sel can be obtained to plead you
cause. Revenge is sweet, I will pu
that fellow out of the way;?' H
does, and escapes, although it was a
plain a case of murder as could be
The news is flashed over the cpuntr
and some other, inspired by what th
court has done, without just provoca
tion takes his brother's life, and thu
the bloody work goes on.
Here is a man supposed to be guilt;
of a crime, circumstantial evidenc
points to him. The people are wrong!:
up. In the heat of passion they saj
"He is the man; lets string him be
fore the sheriff gets here and th
courts defeat Justice.'' The court
defeat justice! That is a plea nc
without ground, nor influence. Wher
is law and order? Who is responsibl
for this state of tilings. Veril
our courts. Alas alas! alas! that
man, found guilty after thc most care
ful investigation, condemned to die,
man adjudged of all worthy of deat
should escape through th? pardonin
pewder of the executive. Who ai
responsible? The courts? Who coi
stitute the courts? Others are then
but the lawyers are the court. Yo
a9k where tbe jury is? The ordin?.:
jury is an easy, a convenient tool fe
the shrewd lawyer. With all respec
for them 1 assert what all admit ?
least of others. I dp wonder, and as
the question, what would these crin
inal lawyers do if some one was to ki]
two or three of them? Would they pei
suade themselves, and would they tr
to make others believe, be was i
the right. God forbid that we tam
per with justice. Let tiie law, her
as in all things else, have its way, an
thus avert the direful consequences
Don't postone tte case that pudi
(sentiment it is called; convictio;
may die. Don't seek a change o
venue ; our people are honest.
Hagood.
- lam- ? ? ? ? - -
Unless you own a Ii ttl? ground ii
this city you lack something of th
full stature of citizenship. It wont
require a great deal of money to begii
-jost watch the real estate ads.
That judicious storn-advertising i
simply an investment of money, not ?
waste of it, is well put in one of th
oldest poverbs in the language: "Wh<
shuts bis hand hath lost his gold
who opens it hath found two-fold. *'
Manchester, England, Oct. '2L
Tbe Guardian learns that America]
Ambassador Joseph Choate will rosig]
bis post fn March, 4 next, whet ?iv
Roosevelt is elected or not. The pa
ppr mentions Whitelaw Reid as Mr
Choate's probable successor.
TILLMAN ON DISPENSARY SYSTEM.
Ke Says Changes in Methods of
Administration are Necessary
to Save lt.
Spartanburg, Oct. 22.-If the dis?
pensary law cannot be lifted out of
the fog of suspicion which hangs over
it I am in for killing it." This was
the expression of Senator Tillman to?
day at Gaffney. The General Assem?
bly, he claimed, was respe sible for
this clouded condition by taking the
purchasing and controlling power ont
of the hands of State officers who are
elected by the people and who are
above suspicion. The tongue of
calumny and slander has been exceed?
ingly busy and it will continue to be,
lie insisted, until the control of the
system be changed.
To the charges that those connected
with the dispensary were getting rich
quick and that they received rebates,
he gave no credence, because he
claimed for himself honesty and he
charged no man with dishonesty until
he could prove it. But charges of
taking rebates and getting rich quick,
directed against the dead as well as
the living, he urged, would continue
as long as the present system of pur?
chasing liquor and management of the
system continued. The simple fact
was that the people thought things
were not straight at the dispensary.
He would not say that there was
foundation for the rumors? but the
dispensary, he urged, could not stand
this battery of insinuation, innuendo
and slander, and a change ought to be
made. He urged that the best and
only thing to do was to have aF a pur?
chasing board men absolutely above
suspicion, men accountable directly to
the people. He suggested a board
composed of the Governor, Attorney
General and Comptroller General and,
if deemed best, to add to it members
of the Supreme or Circuit Bench, but
to make such a board above suspicion
it must be selected from such mate?
rial, he argued, and be taken out of
legislature or pretty politics. The
State board ought to make one annual
purchase of all cf its liquors. He
urged that it ought to buy its entire
supplies from one responsible distiller
and not "piddle along" with month?
ly purchases from dealers far smaller
than the dispensary itself.
THE CASE GOODS BUSINESS.
Then Senator Tillman vigorously
"pitched" into the purchase of case
goods by the State board and urged
that this policy was responsible for so
much talk and such large stocks of
unsalable goods. The board ought to
make one annual purchase from bid?
ders under bond and with competitive
prices and it ought to buy certain
grades from one, up to four, and nei?
ther buy nor encourage the sale of
case goods.
The self-confessed father of the dis?
pensary system, on being asked the
question, insisted that the beer dis?
pensaries were wrong in principle and
law and that there wa3 no authority of
law for a dispensary to sell only beer.
He alluded to the failure to use re?
quest books as the law .required, and
insisted that among other ideas the
request books were a safe check on the
dispensers refilling empty bottles with
liquor and s?lling for their own per?
sonal gain. The county dispensers,
he had heard, in many places were be?
ing offered fifty cents for each case of
a given brand of liquor. He did rot
know what truth there was in this.
It may be all alie, but the sale of
State liquor under its own labels from :
one to four X would provide as good
or better liquor as is now being sold
and remove all possible incentive to
push certain brands. If there is no
opportunity to get commissions for
pushing the sale of any given brand
of liquor there could be no corruption
through local dispensers. He placed
especial stress on a State board mak?
ing annual purchases under bids and
argued that by selling four grades of
liquor to be known by X's and for
these to be from one distillery, there
would be no incentive to pushing cer?
tain brands. He would have the board
keep the grades up to standard by
chemical exmination and bond, and
let the State's brand be all that is
given.
Tiie screws on the dispensary, he
was afraid, were getting very k yse,
and unless they were tightened up
the whole machinery would go to rack
and ruin. The screws had to bo
tightened up and if need be new
engineers must be put in charge.
Senator Tillman, alluding to the in?
crease of the salary of the commission?
er which was made, said it was use?
less if bis work was to be largely
clerical and he have nothing to do
with the buying or ordering of liquors.
THE LEADING POINTS.
There should be a newly organized
State board of control elected by the
people.
Annual purchases from first hands
and nor from jobbers or retailers.
The State should sell its own brands
to stop attempts to corrupt dispensers.
The State should refuse to 5-ell spe?
cial or case goods brands, which give
the chance for pickings.
There should be strict examination
of the bulk liquors bought and sold
by the State under its graduation
from one to four X.
The State should screw up the loose
taps of the system so that there
should be no authority of law for beer
dispensaries.
These were the leading points of the
dispensary speech of Senator Tillman
today at Gaffney.
San Juan, Porto Rico, Oct. 25.
The schooner Cordelia Hays, which
arrived here today brought to port
the passengers and crew of the Brit?
ish steamer Kelvi, which was swamp?
ed and abandoned October 7. Those
! rescued numbered twenty-two, they
I lett the ship October 7th, wheu two
I davs out from New York bound for
i Montevideo. They took to open boats
and spent seventeen days of awful
torture in open boats at sea until the
Hays yesterday picked them np.
Latta, Oct. 22.-This morning
about seven miles west of this place
Jce Byrd was shot and instantly killed
by Kendall Huggins, the lS-year-oid
adopted sun c: Lewis Hayes. Both
parties are white farmers. Young
Huggins, who made no effort to
escape, was promptly arrested and
was carried to Marion this afternoon
where he was lodged m jail. It
seems that the trouble arose over a
horse trade.
Stateburg Items.
' Stateburg, Oct. 25.-The long-look?
ed for rain came on Thursday and now
the gathering in of the pea crop and
planting oats are the order of the day.
In ?orne fields one- still sees a good
deal of cotton. The gins are running
from early morning until late at
night.
Statebarg will be well represented
at the great circus on Wednesday.
On every side, one hears both chil?
dren and grown people talking er"
citedly about going. Some few of our
people will "take in" the Fair alsc.
Mr. A. M. Lee, of Charleston is up
for a few days.
Mrs. W. L. Saunders is on a visit
to friends in the City by the Sea.
Mr. Harry Bull spent Sunday at
home.
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Eamsey spent
Sunday with relatives in Privateer.
Eev. W. H. Barnwell spent last
week in Winnsboro
Mr. P. . C. Kirk, of Trial, Berkeley
county is visiting the. family of Mr.
George M. Murray.
Mr. Frank P. Burgess of Bishop
ville, spent Sunda; at hpme
Those who are "ap with the lark"
report frost for the last few mornings.
There is certainly a "breath of win?
ter in, the air"!
At a meeting : heldMoncay af tec
noon Mr. J. Ai Schwerin introduced
a resolution which was adopted by
the Eexecutive Committee of the
Sumter Fall Festival requesting City
Council to issue an order forbidding
the throwing of any kind of confetti,
rubber balls, torpedoes or anything
which s will be a nuisance or interfere
in any way with the pleasure and
comfort of the citizens and visitors.
This action has been taken in Colum?
bia, or one similar to it, by an ordi?
nance passed by City Council, and isv
being adopted in nearly all places
where festivals and carnivals are held.
The Secretary of the Fall Festival
was requested to urge City Council to
instruct Chief of Police Bradford to
enforce the rule. .
Warren Nelson, the young negro
who was serving a sentence on the
chain gang for breaking into O'Don?
nell & Co.?s store, escaped Frida'
and has not yet been captured.
Meet Me At the State Fair in Columbi:,
South Carolina.
The Atlantic Coast Line Will seil
round trip tickets, Oct. 24th, to Oct.
27tb, inclusive, limited to return un?
til Oct. 30th.
Fare from Sumter, $2.00, includes
one admission to grounds. Special
trains will be run on Oct. 26th and
27th, leaving Nichols, S. C., at 5.45 a.
m., Leaves Sumter 9.10 a. m., ar?
rive in Columbia, 10.40 a. m., return?
ing, leaves Columbia 7.55 p. m.,. ar?
rives Sumter 9.30 p. m.
W. J. Craig, G. P. A., Wilmington,
N. C.
T. V. Walsh, Agent, Sumter, & C.
Oct. 20-31.
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Is Cotton
If you think so, have it
stored and insured and bring;
your warehouse receipts to us.
aud we will lend you money/
on them.
THE SUMTER SiliS BANK.
Octl2-4t
?le Laust S S Complete
Qm. S. Backer & Son,
- MANUFACTURERS OF
ODORS) SASH, BLINDS)
Moulding & Building
Material
office an.1 VT arerooos, King, wi-pc-nte Car
oon Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
J3BS" PnrcSase oar osike, whicb we quarante
superior to any aold Soitb, aud
thereby .?ave ooney.
Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty
October 16-o
GUN ?ND LOCKSMITH.
I take pleasure in giving no?
tice to my friends and the pub?
lic generally, that, having re?
gained my health, I have re?
opened my shop, and am ready
to do any work in the
line of Guns, Locks, Sewing
Machines, Sec. Prices reasona?
ble, work done promptly and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop removed to No. 22
West Liberty street, two doors
from Osteen's Book Store.
R. S. BRAD WELL.