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WEDNESDAY, MARCH I, 1905.
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PERSONAL.
Mr. E. D. Smith, of Magnolia, is
in town.
Miss Daisy Weeks is visiting friends
in Jordan.
Mr. lienry^Spann is at home for a
few days,
Mr. W. P. Friar, of Florence, is
in tba ai ty.
Mr. W. M. Marens, of Florence, was
hero yesterday.
Mr. J. E. DuPre, of Pisgah spent
Friday in town
Mr. B. B. King, of Rimini, spent
the day in town.
Mr. J. W. Josey, of Orangebarg, is
in the city today.
Mr. W. C. Davis, of Manning, is in
the city on business.
Mr. Ni S. McLeod, of Oswego. was
A in the city Friday.
"A Mr. A. K. Sanders of Hagood,
. spent the day in town.
Mrs. John fi. Clifton has gone to
Elliott on a short visit*
Mr. W. L. Saunders, of Statebnrg
was in the city today.
L. D. Jennings, Esq, has returned
.from his trip to Bishopvitie.
^ Mr. J. H. Lesesne, of Manning,
spent Monday in the city.
Mr. W. W. Sumter of Statebnrg,
was in the city Thursday.
Mr. , J. D. Evans of Spring Hill,
was in the city Thursday.
Mr. W. W. Taylor, of Orangeburg,
is stopping at the Jackson.
Mr. L. I. Parrott, went to Bishop
^ville on Monday morning.
Miss Nina Dove spent Sunday with
her parents in Dovesville.
Mr. Pat Broughton of Pinewood:
spent Monday in town .
Mr. H. C. McLeod, of Kember ts-,
was in the city Monday.
Mr. A. T. Cooper, of Wisacky was
in the city Monday on business.
.Miss Daisy Singleton, of Acton,
is visiting Miss Tasie Manning.
Mrs. J. Ne vela nd Brand and son
are visiting-relatives in the city.
Mr. W. Elliott McElveen, of
Shiloh .spent Thursday in the city.
T Miss Edith Du vail went to Ch era w
Friday morning to spend a few days. ?j
Dr. N. W. Edmunds *has improved
slowly but steadily, for several days.
M. J. D. Sollins, of Kershaw, is
visiting his aunt, .Miss ?. C. Weeks.
Mr. "and Mrs. E. B^ Colclough, of
Heriots, spent Wednesday in the city.
?k Mr and Mrs. G. H. Burbage, of
^ St. Pan!, visited in the city Wednes
^ day.
Mr. D. Singleton sud Miss Single?
ton, of Alcolu, spent the day in the
- -city.
Rev. J. .J. Monaghan of Wilmington,
Delaware,is visiting relatives in the
.'; Mr. Leo .Miller is back in the city
? n again, after an absence of several
months.
Mrs. Parler, of Wedgefield, and
Miss Parker, of Parler, spent Monday
in town.
Mr. Thomas J. Towney,, of New
York City is visiting Mrs. Ella
Toomey.
Hr. Isaac Schwartz left last week
for New York to buy goods for
Schwartz Bros,
Messrs. W. J. and J. F. McLeod,
Jr., of Magnolia, spent the day in
the city Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Yearancs of New
A. York, are on a short visit to Dr. and
^Mrs. A. J. China.
Mr. Harry Spann, of Livingstone^
Orangeburg county, spent Saturday
and Sunday in the city. -
Judge Charles G. Dantzler, of
Orangeburg, was in the city7 for a
short while Monday morning. <? '
?jjk Mrs. C. W. McGrew and children
have returned from a two .weeks' visit
to relatives in Orangeburg county.
Messrs. Wm. Burrows, R. L. Bur?
kett W. S. Boykin and E. W. Carter
of Providence, spent the day in the
city Friday. .
Mrs. E.^ C. Welling and children
fa who have been visiting in the city
W returned to their home in Charleston
last week.
Rev. N. W. Edmunds was slightly
better yesterday and today, and it is
sow hoped that he will rally from the
present attack.
Mr. R. S. Bradwell, who was quite
sick recently has regained his health
and is again at work in his shop on
West Liberty street.
G. A. Lemmon and J. L. Hayes
worth, of the Sumter Dry Goods Co.
have gone to New York where they
will spend two weeks.
Messrs. John H. Clifton and L. D.
Jennings, went to Bi shop vi Ile Monday
to attend the courtsof general sessions,
which is now being held in that
place.
Mr. R. D Cnttino left on Monday
for a trip of several weeks to the
West. He will, visit his brother in
Houston, Texas, before returning to
Sumter.
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Mrs. C. T. Price arrived in the city
Saturday to join Mr Price who is in
the employ of Mr. R. H. Bigham and
they are now stopping at 108 S. Sum?
ter street.
Magistrate L. R. Wiliamson, of
Providence, was in the city Friday
attending the hearing of a case, which
was moved from his jurisdiction on a
motion for a change of venue.
Messrs. A. B. Stuckey, R. I. Man?
ning, A. G. Durant and J. M. Wood
ley represeted * Sumter county in the
Cotton Growers Convention in Colum?
bia last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Bearman and
Mrs. M. C. Martin, formerly of Mul?
lins, after spendiug a week in the city
as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Thames have goce to Oklahoma City,
which will be their future home.
Mr. E. E. Wells, of St. Charles,
was in the city a short while Thursday
morning on his way home, from the
meeting of the State, Cotton Growers1
2t Convention which was held in Colum
Wednesday. jg^
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DEATH.
Dr. W. J. Pringle died yesterday
morniag at haif-past seven o'clock.
The funeral and burial service took
place at Concord Presbyterian
Church, at 12 m., today. The pro?
cession left bis former residence, on
Kendrick street, at 10 a. m.
The following gentlemen were re?
quested to act as pallbearers: E.
H. Rhame, Bartow Walsh, W. M.
Graham, Wm. Yeadon, B. P. Es
tridge, B. P. Cuttino, D. W. Cut
tino, R. K. Wilder, and H. C.
Haynsworth.
GROCERY ROBBED.
Barglars Entered the Stare of Henry W.
Waties Friday Night.
The grocery store of Henry W.
Waties, colored, ar* 24 West Liberty
street was entered by robbers Friday
night and an assorted lot of groceries,
; consisting of flour, bacon, bologna
sausage, canned goods, etc, stolen.
Entrance was effected by breaking
the 'Fastening on the shutter of the
rear window and breaking the glass
and cross bars of the sash, which was
fastened down. At what hour the rob?
bery occurred has not been ascertain?
ed and there is no clue that points
to the identity of the robbers.
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ANOTHER SALARY.
Mr. Ravene! Bradwelfs Repair Shop
Robbed.
Sunday night, wn?le Mr. Bradwell
was at Church, his bicycle and gnn
repair shop was broken open, and ?
three pistols were stolen. The thief j
was evidently very familiar with the
interior ,of the shop, for he went i
directly to the secret draw in which
^ir. Bradwell keeps pistols that are
Drocght to him for repair, and took
away the three that he found there.
Mr. Bradwell is almost certain that
he can put his finger on the thief,
and he expects to swear out a warrant
for his arrest at once.
Revival at First Baptist Church.
We clip the following from the
Johnstown, (Pa.) Democrat:
Ebensburg, Feb. 21.-Revival ser?
vices were begun in the Ebensburg
Presbyterian church Sunday evening
and the attendance was a record
breaker. The Rev. Dr. Wharton, a
notad evangelist, conducted the meet?
ing and his ability as a speaker and
his winning personality captivated
everybody who heard . him. Last I
night services were again conducted j
in the Presbyterian church and the
attendance was even larger than on
the preceding occasion and it became j
evident that a larger place of worship
wo aid have to be selected in order to
accommodate the overwhelming at?
tendance. Consequently the Congre?
gational church, the largest house of
j worship in the county seat, was sel?
ected as the place for holding tonigt's
meeting. The church was crowded to
its doors and passage ways and the
evident interest taken in the revival
at sue h [an early stage cause its promo?
ters to feel that the meetings will be
profitable. , All the churches have
taken a deep int?r?ts in arranging for
the meetings and are now doing their
utmost to make them successful.
Dr. Wharton will begin a meeting
with the First Baptist Church of this
place, on March 29th. He was Mr.
Moody's right band man in all the
great Chicago meetings, and is very
magnetic as a speaker and charming
as a singer.
The fire this morning was at the
residence of Z. E. Walker, but did
li ttle damage.
Mr. L. W. Folsom, the popular
Jeweler, recently presented the Jew?
ish congregation with a very hand?
some clock for the Synagogue, lt has
been placed in the bnilding.
At a meeting of the gentlemen of
the congregation last Sunday, Rabbi
Jacob Klein was reelected for an in?
definite time.
The machinery of the Darlington
Steam Lanndry recently purchased by
2dessrs., W. E. Brunson and D. D. i
Moise has arrived and the Sumter
Steam Laundry will be in operation
ina short time.
The urgent need of a sewerage sys?
tem crops out in all sorts of unexpect?
ed places. For instance note the ap?
plication of the Sumter Shearn Laun
dry Co. for permission to discharge
the waste water from the laundry into
one of the city drains. Note," also,
ishe refusal of the city council to grant
:he petition and the satisfactory rea?
sons fer the refusal, r
We learn from the health officer
that there are two cases of smallpox
j in Epperson row opposite county jail.
? The two cases are in one room and
! quarantine and wholesale vaccination
has been applied in that vicinity so
that an epiemic is not possiblle. This
may be of interest to families whose
washing is done in this section.
! It is uncsnal for cotton ginneries to
be in operatin at this season of the
year, but the Farmer's Gin has been
as busy recently as if it were the
height of the cotton season. For the
past week there have been numbers
of cotton laden wagons waiting their
turu at the gin every aay and the eud
of the ginning season is not yet in
sight.
Mr. Edmunds, superintendant of the
city schools, has received from the
president of ?Vashintgon and Lee Uni?
versity the announcement of the
award of a scholarship in that insti?
tution. The scholarship is worth $50
and exempts its holder from payment
of tnitiou fees in the academic and
engineering departments of the Uni?
versity. Dr. Denny the president of
the University says in making the
award:-"It is understood that the
scholarship will be awarded to one
of the best of your most advanced stu
dents prepared to enter the Univer?
sity.' '
The Sumter Commercial and Real
Estate Co., which is composed of col?
ored people, has completed its organi?
zation by the election of the following
officers: Z E. Walker, president, C.
C. Jacobs secretary; Alston West
berry, treasurer. This company has
purchased from the estate of Mrs. O.
H. Moses, the property on the corner
of N. Main and Bampton avenue for
$15,250. This property-rill| be im?
proved and a block of first class busi?
ness houses erected io the near fu?
ture.
A SERIAL STORY.
In the issue of March 8th we shall
begin the publication of "The Wings
of the Morning" an intensely interest?
ing and dramatic serial. It is a story
of love and adventucre and it is told
with the artistic force that can be
done only by an adept in literary
handicraft. This story alone if pur?
chased, in book form costs just what a
year's subscription to the Watchman
and Sonthron does SI.50. The Wings
of the Morning is the first of several
that will be published during the year.
Work on the machine shops and
foundry of the Sumter Machinery Co.
will begin within the next week or
two, the weather permitting. The
lumber is being hauled and a large
part of it is already on the lot. It is
expected that the plant will be in
operation abont the middle of April
or first of May.
Mr. H. J. Herby has decided to
erect a large office building in the
rear of the office of Harby & Co., to
front on the Court House square.
This building will be built of brick
and stone and will be fitted np with
all modern conveniences-water, light
and heat. Work will begin in the
near fnture and it is expected that
the building will be completed by
early fall.
It was reported on the street
about 4 o'clock today that the
Pocotalego trestle on the C. S.
& N railroad was on fire. An in?
quiry at the A. C. L. depot elicit?
ed the response that the report
was not true-that the train had
just gone down onthat road.
John Windham, the porter of
the Sumter and Gibson passen?
ger train, w?s painfully hurt
this morning by being hit on the
head by a billet of cord wood
while assisting in throwing
wood on the tender. He was ren?
dered unconscious for a time,
but his injuries were not serious.
In the Recorder's Court
For the second time Major
Thompson was before Recorder
Hurst Tuesday morning charged
with dsorderly conduct and dis?
turbing the peace. The case to?
day was almost identical in ev?
ery respect to the previous one,
and consequently the fine was
doubled, because tre recorder
had warned* him against a repe?
tition of the offense charged.
This time, Thompson will either
pay a fine of $10.00 or serve on
the county chain gang for 20
days.
Haily Market Ueport.
Special by Ware & Leland's Private
Wire.
NEW YORK COTTON.
Open " High Low Close.
March 7 20 7 22' 711 7 21
April 7 27
May 7 29 7 32 7 18 7 31
Jane 7 31
Jnly 733 7 33 7 20 7 32
Aug. 7 25 7 36
Sept. 7 41
Oct. 7 54 7 46 7 33 7 45
Spots-middling 7.60.
Sales 2,700.
Total port receipts todiy 42,000
vs. 23,978 last week, vs. 9,773
last year.
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Opening. Closing.
WHEAT
May, 115 3-4 113 5 8
Jnly, 1C0 1-4 98 5-8
CORN
May, 48 3-8 47 1 2
July, 48 1-2 47 7-8
OATS- '
May, 31 i-4 31 -
July, 31 1-8 31 -
PORK
Mav, 12.70 12.52
July, 12.85 12.65
LARD
May, 7.05 6.95
July, 7.17 7.07
RIBS
May, 6.77 6.75
July, 6.92 6.90
J. T. Weston, of Richland
county, died at Clemson College
on Monday.
Jeff Prince, colored, was found
dead in a ditch near Spartanburg
Monday. The coroner's jury said
he got drunk and died.
Will Wilburn accidentally kill?
ed himself at Haile Gold Mine
last Thursday with his shot gun.
The Art o? Eating.
Eating is the first thing we learn to
io and the last thing we learn to do
right. Some never learn it at all and
end their lives and their happiness
through the neglect. As it consumes
much of our time and must always
do so it is a duty to make it an ade?
quate source of pleasure. It is some?
thing which all may appreciate, and so
has much to do with democratizing
pleasure. As long as pleasure is con?
fined to the higher-to music, litera?
ture or contemplation-it' must be lim?
ited and be the privilege of a few who
can have the required culture. It is
important to secure enjoyments which
all men may have and not depreciate
the capacity of the poor or low. That
there may he much happiness it must
be in the many, and these can have
only a simple happiness. The good
things of life must be found in the
common acts in the elementary things
which are necessary to life itself or
which every one will occasionally
have. To disparage "physical" enjoy?
ments- though all enjoyments arc such
-is to try to limit enjoyment to the
rich or t:>e educated.-Boston Cooking
School Magazt-^i.
YOUNG MAN GONE WRONG.
Warrant issued for the Arrest of P. R.
Felder. Book Keeper of Sizer Lum?
ber Co.-Charged With Lar?
ceny.
Monday afternoon Mr. John H.
Sizer, of the Sizer Lamber Co., went
before Magistrate Harby and procured
the issuance of a warrant for the ar?
rest of P. R. Felder, on affidavit
charging him with larceny in that he
took, stole and carried away the sum
of $325 belonging to the Sizer Lumber
Co.
The young man for wt om the war?
rant was issued is well known in this
city where he has residec for several
years. He was the bookkeeper for
the Sizer Lamber Co., and had the
confidence of his employers to such an
extent that he had charge of the
moneys of firm, made np the payroll
received money due the company and
drew money from the bank as needed
for the conduct of the bcsiness.
Some days ago he told some of bis
friends that he was going to Colorado
and others that he was going to Ari?
zona and still others that he was going
to Cuba.
Mr. Sizer in checking up the bank
book and comparing it with the
stubs in the check book discovered
a discrepancy of $120 and called Mr.
Felder's attention to it. He admitted
the discrepancy and paid over to Mr.
Sizer that amount. Mr. Felder -left
here Sunday night on the 9 30 train
for Columbia, and his present where?
abouts are not knowu.
Yesterday Mr. Sizer continued his
investigations and in a short time dis?
covered an additional shortage of
$325. Then he decided to have a war?
rant issued and to make a determined
effort to bring abont the arrest of Fel?
der. It is surmised bnt not known I
with any degree of certainty that
Felder went direct to Florida Snnday
night, and by this time may be in
Cuba. It is reported but not confirm?
ed that he had a ticket to Cuba in
his possession when he left the city.
His method of misappropriating his
employer's funds was simple but effec?
tive. When he would make out the
payroll, of which he had full charge,
he would fill out a check for an
amount greater than the payroll and
put the difference in bis own pocket.
To keep the cash book straight he j
would enter on the stub of the check
book the correct amount of the pay- j
roll. Then to make bis balance at
the bank tally with the footing of the
check book stubs, he would, in bring?
ing down the additions on the stubs,
add in the amounts appropriated to
his own use. A comparison of the
check with the corresponding stubs,
when made, immediately revealed the
discrepancies.
The books have not yet been
thoroughly checked up and it is possi?
ble that the shortage may exceed the
amount charged ic the warrant
The young mau had many friends in
the city and his downfall is'not only
a shock to them all but causes keen
regret. .
THE NEW RAILROAD.
The Enterprise Takes On New Life
, Bishopville Extends a Helping
Hand.
Mr. W. H. Ingram, wbo has just re?
turned from a visit to Bishopville,
where he went at the invitation of
the citizens and city officials of that
town for the purpose of conferring
with them in reference to the Sumter
& Northern Railroad, stated today
that he had a pleasant and satisfac?
tory interview and that the outlook
for the sn cc es s of tho enterprise is
now brighter than it has been for
some time.
At the conference and in personal
interviews with the town officers, pro?
perty owners whose lands the road i
will traverse and citizens generally
the most cordial interest was express?
ed in the new railroad and he was con?
vinced that the enterprise will be ac
corded liberal treatment.
The town as a corporation is dis- ;
posed to grant the railroad a liberal
cash bonus to be expended for termi?
nals and to do what ever is possible
to make the acquisition of a right of
way through the town easy of accom?
plishment. A committee of citizens of
Bishopville and vicinity will tske up
the matter of securing the right of
way for the road from the point,
where the obstacles that caused the
calling in of the surveyors, were en?
countered, to 3nd through the town of
Bishopville.
Mr. Ingram is satisned that the
present attitude of the people of the
Bishopville section insures that the
rights of way will be obtained on
terms that will make it possible for
the road to be carried through to suc?
cess. As soon as the right of way
matter shall have been settled satis?
factorily the surveyors will take up
the work of locating the permaneut
line at the point where they left off.
Mr. Ingram is naturally very much
encouraged over the outcome of his
conference with the citizens of Bish?
opville. He feels that the success of
the enterprise in which be is so
thoroughly interested and which
means so much to Sumter and Bishop?
ville and this section of the state as a
whole is almost assured.
Of Interest to Knights of Agriculture.
There is a clause in the certificate
of the Knights of Agriculture that is
apt to be misleading though it is not
so intended by the contractors. In
the total disability or death benefit
the certificate only provides five per
cent of the face of the pollicy for each
year that the same has been in force.
In other words if insured carries one
thousand dollars and becomes totally
disabled or dies at the end of two
years, he or 1 is beneficiaries only
receive $100.
The writer knows that there are
some unscrupulous agents ol this con?
cern that purposely allow this clause
to be over looked making the induce?
ments appear more attractive than
they reallly are. This warning is
given against any probable misrepre?
sentation or oversight and bas nothing
to say against the concern. On the
contrary the protection it gives is a
good one and especially for young un?
married men.
Smithville, Feb. 25. tl.
When Lee Resigned.
In "Recollections and Letters of Gen?
eral Lee." by his son. Captain Ii. E.
Lee, a new light is thrown on the great
commander at the time of his resigna?
tion from the United States army. In
a letter to his sister he says:
"With all my devotion to the Union
and the feeling of loyalty and duty of
an American citizen, I have not been
able to make up my mind to raise my
hand against my relatives, my children,
my home. I have therefore resigned
my commission in the army, and. save
in defense of my native state, with the
sincere hope that my poor services may
never be needed, I hope I may never
be called on to draw my sword. I
know you will blame me, but you
must think as kindly of me as you can
and believe that I have endeavored to
do what I thought right."
That he really did not expect to fight
is shown by the following extract from
a letter to his wife: "I do not know
what my. position will be. I should
like to retire to private life if I could
be with you and the children, but if I
can be of any service to the state or
her cause I must continue."
Circumstantial Evidence.
Sir Henry Hawkins, a brilliant advo?
cate and one of England's greatest
criminal judges, expressed the follow?
ing opinion in his ''Reminiscences."
"Let me say a word about circum?
stantial evidence. Some writers have
spoken of it as a kind of 'dangerous
innovation' in our criminal procedure.
It is almost the only evidence that is
obtainable in all great crimes and it is
the best and most reliable. I have wit?
nessed many great trials for murder,
but do not remember one where there
was an eyewitness to the deed. How
is it possible, then, to bring home the
charge to the culprit unless you rely on
circumstantial evidence?
"Circumstantial evidence is the evi?
dence of circumstances-facts that
speak for themselves and that cannot
be contradicted. Circumstances have
no motive to deceive, while human tes?
timony is too often the product of ev?
ery kind of motive."
Fish That Chance Color.
Anglers have noticed that fish of the
same species caught in the same
stream often differ completely in color
and take protective hues that match
the prevailing local coloring of their
homes. Herr Otto Gotthilf found by a.
course of experiments with turbots
that this faculty of changing color in
accordance with the surroundings is
primarily due to the action of light
upon the optic nerve. The light does
not act directly upon the eye, but is re?
flected from such substances as are
around and affects the coloring cells
through the nerve centers of the fish.
Proof of this was obtained by severing
the optic nerve of the turbot, when it
was found that it no longer possessed
the power of changing color.-Pear?
son's.
The Misase of "Quite."
"Quite" strictly means "completely"
and is rightly used in such sentences
as "The/flower is quite faded." Its
secondary meaning, "very," "to a great
extent," has the authority of good writ?
ers, though such expressions as "quite
young" and "quite hot" have a collo?
quial ring about them. There is, how?
ever, springing up of late the slovenly
practice of employing the adverb
"quite" with a noun-e. g., "quite a.
panic ensued." If an adverb can mod?
ify a noun, where is the distinction be?
tween adverb and adjective? As a
matter of fact, the functions of the ad?
verb seem to be encroaching on those
of the adjective.-London Review.
Spain's Orange Groves.
The Spanish orange region extends
over eastern and southern Catalonia,
Valencia, Alicante, Murcia, Malaga and
Seville, and in parts of Valencia and
Murcia the trees now grow in forests,
the soil of the famous Valencian "huer?
ta," lavishly manured with guano, be?
ing the richest in Europe. Here a sin?
gle full grown tree will yield 1,500 and
at times as many as l,SO0 oranges in a
season, fruit bearing beginning when
the trees reach their sixth year and in?
creasing until they are twenty, when
degeneration usually sets in. J
Do Your Share.
A little thought will show you how
vastly your own happiness depends on
the wa}' other people bear themselves
toward you. Turn the idea around and
remember that just so much are you
adding to the pleasure or the misery of
other people's days. And this is the
half of the matter which you can con?
trol.-George S. Merriam.
Disquieting Suspicion.
"Do you enjoy your wife's teas and
receptions?"
"No," answered Mr. Cumrox. "to be
candid. I do not. I can't help harbor?
ing a suspicion that if I didn't happen
to be her husband Mrs. Cumrox
wouldn't consider me of sufficient so?
cial consequence to be invited."-Wash?
ington Star.
Tact.
George (nervously)-I'd like ever so
much to marry you. Kitty, but I don't
know how to propose. Kitty (promptly
and practically) - That's all right.
George. You've finished with me; now
go to papa.
Expected.
Landlady-The coffee. I am sorry to
say, is exhausted. Mr. Smith. Mr.
Smith-Ah, yes. poor thing, I was ex?
pecting that. I've noticed that for some
time it hasn't been strong.
Arms and the Man.
Winkle-Count Duello is a daring
swordsman. Twinkle-Yes; he ran
through a cool million without any
trouble.
One Way.
Cholly - I can't live without your
daughter! Mr. Cashbag-Oh, yes, you
can. Work never killed anybody yet.
WRECK AT JUNCTION.
North Western Special Runs Into Atlantic
Coast Line Freight No. 85 at Junc?
tion Near Cotton Miii.
Monday night about IO
o'clock there was a serious acci?
dent at the junction of the
Northwestern railroad with the
Atlantic Coast Line near the
Sumter Cotton Mill.
Fortunately, however, there
was no loss of life and none of
the crew of either train were in?
jured.
The accident occurred just as
A. C. L. freight train No. 85 was
pulling out of the yards for Co?
lumbia and an extra on the
Northwestern was coming
in from Camden. The engineer
of the Northwestern train com?
ing around the curve did not see
the A. C. L. freight and his en?
gine struck the freight as it was
passing the junction point.
Three "ox cars loaded with cot?
ton seed were knocked from the
track and two of them almost
completely demolished. The
trucks from one of the derailed
cars were thorwn up in the air
and landed in the cab of the
Northwestern engine, narrowly
missing Engineer Lide. The en?
gine of the Northwestern train
was only slightly damaged by
the collision.
The wrrecking train has been
at work all the morning remov?
ing the debris, but the track was
not blocked long enough to pre?
vent the regular morning trains
going out on schedule time.
LEVY VS TELEPHONE COMPANY.
Suit to Recover Damages to be Heard in
Magistrate's Court.
The above style cause will
come for trial before Magistrate
Harby at 3 : SO o'clock this after?
noon.
The plaintiff, Mr. J. H.\Levy,
is suing the Sumter Telephone
Company for damages sustained
by him, caused by the falling
of a pole, alleged to be the
property of the defendant, upon
his buggy. The occupants of the
vehicle had a very narrow es?
cape, the shafts were broken and
the horse became so entangled in
the wires that it became neces?
sary to cut the harness so that it
was afterwards unfit for use, in
order to extricate the excited
animal. The trial will be by jury
in the office of the magistrate, 18
Court Square.
The accident out of which th?
suit grows occurred on the night
of the trades display parade dur?
ing the Fall Festival week.
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