Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CRIMINALS OF DEEPEST DYE. Such Were the Parties Lynche:! by Keb at Watldnville. Mr. S. W. Bailey, of Athens, Ga., tells *a thrilling story that throws light on the character of some of the -parties that went to their death a few days go at the hands of the Wat kihsvi?le mob. The story as told by -Mr. Bailey indicates that these parties must have at the time of its occur ' renee been planning just such a mur? der as in the case of Mr. and Mrs. Holbrooks. Mr. Bailey kept a store on the Scull Shoals road, a few miles from Wat kmsvil?e, and near the scone of the Holbrook tragedy. He moved from there to Athens last January. One night about four years ago Mr. Bailey says that four negroes came to -his store about 10 o'clock and in the number were Rich and Lewis Robin? son, two of the negros who killed the Holbrooks couple. His wife was in the store, and they attempted in many ways to find out where she kept her money, by asking her to change a twenty dollar bili. She suspected danger and called to her hxisband. The negroes went out. pMr. Batley got his, pistol and sat down in the rear of the store. They came back again and saw him there and then left Last December, just before Christ? mas, negro named Wiley Durham, came to the store about midnight and wanted Mr. Bailey to get up and go f*5tnto the store to sell him some arti? cles. He was told that it was too late to open the store and that he could not get what he wanted. He was ac? commodated by another man, and when Mr. Bailey went to the windon and looked out he recognized that ff man as Lon J. Ay cock, the white man who was shot to death by the mob a few nights since in Watknsville. Mr. Bailey had just sold his farm and was getting ready to go to Ath? ens, and at that time he had the mon? key realized from the sale of his farm "in his-house. ,| The negro who was with Aycock at that time was one of the negroes at one time suspected of the Holbrook murder, btu later on released. Mr. Bailey is satisfied that he would have had trouble had he opened his store at that; time.-Exchange. Buy lt Now. .Now is the time to buy Chamber ain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is certain to be needed sooner or later and when that time comes you will need It badly-you 1 need it quickly. Buy it now. It may sive life. For sale by all drug? gists. The anti-dispensary people of Ma? rion, through tneir committee, have ? succeeeded in having an election call (?ed on September 8th to vote on the question. So Tired it may be from overwork, bot > the chances are its from an in? active UVER._ With a well conducted LIVER one can do mountains cf labor without fatigue. It adds a hundred per cent to ? ones earning capacity, it cac be kept in healthful action by, and only by TAKE MO SUBSTITUTS. Uw-a.?..,fc,'r. liefest : j ^?,'"^'1' i?o*?t**?!? s wad Jvi?ta 1 / ?f tW*- ?*' V> ' - : . . 4c. . -Y p Jura v ri ?-..-? , -- J?: *?a?:c>n ??rH . . " WeaK Hearts Are due to indigestion. Ninety-nine cf every one hundred people who have heart trouble can remember when it was simple indiges? tion. It is a scientific fact that all cases of heart disease, not organic, are not only traceable to, but are the direct result of indi w ^sstibn. AU food taken into the stomach which fails of perfect digestion ferments and swells the stomach, puffing it up against the heart. This interferes the action of the heart, and in the couwe of time that delicate but vital organ becomes diseased. Mr. D. Kauble. of Nevada. O , says: I had stomach trouble and was in a bad state as I had heart trouble ?with it. I took Kodo! Dyspepcia Cure fer about four \ months and it cured me. Kodol Digests What You Eat and relieves the stomach of all nervous strain and the heart of ali pressure. Bottles only. S1 .CO Sire holding 2 4 times the trial size, which sells for 50c. Prepared by E. C. De WITT Sc CC, CHICAGO. For Sale by all Druggists. Land Surveying I will give prompt attention to ail calls for surveying, platting, terracing hill side. draining bottoms, drawing Mortgage? Titles, Prcbatin?r, <fcc. BANKS H. BOYKIN, D. S., Vw IQ_A Gate???*! ? 0. AX IMPORTANT MEETING. C\:rv:iiierci:tl Organizations Will Form Association To Work Fer Upbnild The State. The coming convention of represen? tatives of ali the chambers of com? merce, boards of trade, business leagues, industrial organizations, real estate agents, railroad and steam boat lines at Columbia August IT, 1305 n. attracting much attention in commer? cial and industrial circles. Sumter will he represented from our real estate agencies and chamber of commerce. The following circular letter has been received by the' Sumter Chamber of Commerce with a request to advertise the convention as much as possible in this "city: Rock Hill, S. C., July 10th, 1905. To the Chambers of Commerce, Boards of Trade, Commercial Clubs and all Other Commercial and In? dustrial Organizations ,and the Real Estate Agents, in South Caro? lina: Realizing, as I am sure all of us who have been watching the course of events in this country must do, that the time has come when there is a crying necessity for the fullest pro? mulgation of accurate information concerning the rare and varied advan? tages that our several towns and cities, with their surounding country, offer to the investor, the manufacturer and the homeseeker, and that the oppor? tune moment has come for all who are interested in the fullest development of the State's resources to accomplish a great work by co-operation, I have been impelled to take the initiative and issue this call for a convention, to consist of three delegates'selected by each of the bodies named, and of all real estate agents in the state who will attend, such convention to be held in the city of Columbia in the capitol building on Thursday, August 17, at li a. m. I trust that every organization of the class indicated- , will be repre? sented and that every dealer in real estate will be present. Never in the history of the Middle South have out matchless resources attracted such attention, and this is particularly true of South Carolina. , Our opportunity is here to gain, by a little united effort on our part, money with which to build up our towns and cities and desirable people with which to build up our white popula? tion-people who will become good citizens. Our state department charged with this' work cannot possibly, from the very nature of things, do full jus? tice to our several towns and cities, bui can accomplish much for us with the co-operation of a well organized state association of commercial and indus? trial bodies and real estate men, such as we hope will be formed as a result of this convention. I have conferred with the State commissioner in this regard and he believes such an organ? ization, if a working one operating upon practical lines, will be of incal? culable value to every community in the state. Our field of labor will be a broad one. but the seeds have already been sown and the harvest promises to be golden. I trust, therefore, that there will be a full attendance, rep? resenting all organizations and real es? tate interests, and I feel sure that only good will result. A special invitation is extended to representatives of the land and indus? trial departments of ali railroad anu steamship lines interested in South Carolina to attend the this convention. Respectfully, John Wood. Secretary Commercial Club,. Rock Hill, S. C. Commissioner Watson says in ref? erence to^this matter: "After thoroughly dis^us-vin?: with Mr. Wood the matter of holding- this convention for the purpose of form? ing a wide-awake state association. I am convinced that the move is not on? ly timely but will result in good to the whole state. I feel sure that when the convention meets a plan of operation will be presented which if adopted, win enable an active campaign to be? gin immediately looking to results, and that this organization will not be a mere resolution-passing body. I con? sequently unhesitatingly and heartily endorse the action of Mr. Wood, whom I have found one of the most active of our of our industrial workers, in issuing the cali, and trust that the at tendance will not only be good but thoroughly representative. Much can ar,d will be accomplished in the near future for the upbuilding of South Carolina if live representatives of our growing communities will but get to? gether and pull together. I will cer? tainly be most materially aided in my difficult task, and will do all in my j power to aid in effecting the organiza? tion, and wiil give it the fuilest co- j operation." .The pills that act as a tonic, and not as a drastic purge, arc Dewitt's Little Early Risers. They cure head? ache, constipation. biliousness, etc. Early Risers are small, easy to take and easy to act-a safe pill. Mack Hamilton, hotel clerk at Valley City, N. D., saj's: "Two bottles of these fa? mous little pills cured mo of chronic constipation." Good for children or o^-tito c^i.i Yrr "V, a- ' ' ST. LOUIS SENSATION. Dr. DeLomie's Wife's Death Notic Published But She is Still Alive and We?L St, Louis. July 19.-"DeLorme Kattie Weber DeLorihe, died: mother of Mamie, Helen and Eernore- and John X. DeLorme, and wife of Homer DeLorme, July 17. 1905, at 3360 North Eleventh street. Funeral services in South Carolina among relatives. News and Courier and State please cop\\" Mrs. DeLorme is not dead. Dr. De? Lorme was Simply mistaken. He ex? plained his mistageto some-sorrow? ing friends who called yesterday af? ternoon, after reading the death no? tice in the morning paper. Others he waved away with a revolver. His explanation was that a relative in South Carolina had died, not his wife. Nevertheless the doctor did not take down the purple cloth doing du? ty as crepe on his door. Two or three large nails held it securely, nor did he open the windows or shutters, de? spite the intense heat. To all out? side appearances the DeLorme home yesterday was a house of mortal grief. Neighbors of the family stood in the street in little groups and talked in low tones of the doctoras actions. "Don't go near there, he'll shoot you," they told persons who started toward the house. Mrs. A. E. Kaltmeyer, sister of Mrs. DeLorme, was met at the door, she says, by the doctor with two revolvers. He told her, she said, that his wife was not dead and not ill. There are four children as named in the death notice. Today at the request of Mrs. De Lorme's brother, Chas. Weber, police accompanied by Weber descended up? on the DeLorme residence and took Dr DeLorme and Mrs. DeLorme, whom they found within, to the sixth dis? trict police station. Dr. DeLorme had refused to permit Weber to see his sister and had telephoned the chief of police for assistance in ejecting Weber. Dr. DeLorme explained at the sta? tion that he had announced his wife's death hoping to stop his persecution by his wife's relatives. "I want to be alone," he said. Mrs. DeLorme said she had no complaint to make. So after a short detention all were per? mitted to leave. ' Dr. DeLorme re? moved from the door the crepe that had hung there all yesterday and also :he notice warning his wife's relatives ?.ga:nst visiting her. Dr. H. Arthur DeLorme is a son of Mr. C. H. DeLorme, of Dovesville, S. C., and related to, the family of that name in this county. Dr. DeLorme went to the Citadel from this county where he was living when he received the appointment. He graduated in the class of IS90, studied medicine and located in St. Louis to practice. Forced to Starve *B. F. Leek, of Concord, Ky., ays: "For 20 years I suffered agon? ies, with a sore on my upper lip, so painful, sometimes, that I could not eat. After vainly trying everything else, I cured it with Bucklen's Arnica Salve." It's great for burns, cuts and wounds. At all druggists; only 25c. -^ ll ?. I ll ttMl - Indigestion Cured. * There is no case of . indigestion, dyspepsia or stomach trouble that will not yield to the digestive and strengthening influence of Kodol Dys? pepsia Cure. This remedy takes the strain- off the stomach by digesting what you eat and allowing it to rest until it grows strong aggain. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure affords quick and permanent re-ief from indigestion and all stomach troubles, builds up the system and so purifies that disease cannot attack and gain a f? othold as when in a weakened condit. on. Sold by all druggists. Bent Her Double. **T knew no one, for four weeks, when I was sick with typhoid and kidney trouble," writes Mis. Annie Hunter of Pittsburg, Pa., "and when I got better, although I had one of the best doctors I could get, I was bent double, and had to rest my hands on my knees when I walked. Prom this terrible affliction I was res? cued by Electric Bitters, which re? stored my health and strength, and | now I can walk as straight as ever. They are simply wonderful." Guar- | anteed to cure stomach, liver and kid? ney disorders; at all druggists; price 50 cents. Do You Want Strength? *If you want to increase your strength you must add to and not take from the physical. In other words, the food that you cat must be di gested, assimilated and appropriated by the nerves, blood and tissues be? fore being expelled from the intes? tines. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure adds to j the physical. It g:ves strength to J and builds up strength in the human | system. It is pleasant to the taste md palitable, and the only combina? tion of digestan ts that will digest the j food and enable thesystera *o appro- j priate oil of its health and strength giving qualities. Sold by all drug- ] WASHINGTON LETTER. Xexrs cf L?teres? Prom tile Nation's Capital. Washington. July 19.-Thc- secre- j tary of agriculture and his chief { litatistician, John Hyde, arc making ! strenuous efforts to lock the barn j door now that the horses have been stolen. In other words, after stoutly denying for years that there was aro* j possibility of a leak in the bureau of i statistics, the secretary and chief sta- | Listician Hyde have discovered numer? ous ways in which the speculators may te given advance information of the official crop reports and the sec? retary has devised a supposed meth? od of preventing further leaks but one which would occasion amusement if it did not call louder for pity, from every practical business mar.. Tht secretary attempts to exercise person? al supervision over the crop report? ing to an extent which shall make leaks impossible and promises to himself stand over his guileless statis? tician while the final estimates are being prepared. Of course, this scheme will not prove practicable. The secretary of agriculture is too busy a man to devote himself to the petty details of his .department, and especially the details, of a single bu? reau. Even since the rascality oi Holmes and the incompetence of Hyde have been demonstrated, the secre? tary on the one occasion when it became necessary to tabulate the totals of a crop estimate, found him? self too busy to supervise the work and had to delegate its supervision to the assistant secretary, who looked on hopelessly, not understanding the least thing that was going on around him and as liable to be nade the prey of any designing and dishonest employe as has been Chief Statistician Hyde, perhaps more so. Secretary Wilson, whose honesty no one can possibly question, seems utterly to lack appreciation of the gravity of the scandal which has arisen in his department. He has taken no steps to dismiss, or even to suspend John Hyde, while Hyde's bu? reau is being investigated. He has even appointed as successor to Holmes a man who, the recent investigation demonstrated, left his office on two different occasions when final crop reports were being compiled and went directly to a broker's office. This man claims that he went to the broker to ascertain the quotations on steel stock of which he owned a block, but there are few successful business men who would employ in a capacity of so responsible a character as that held by Holmes, and now by his successor, a man who would dabble in stocks and even leave his office at a time when he must have been in possession of information of great value from a speculative standpoint to go to a broker's office. A man with so little sense as to incur such ap? pearance of evil, if not dishhonest must be too senseless to be trusted. The President has caused a report to be. sent out from Oyster Bay to the effect ?that he has no intention of ask? ing for the resignation of Secretary Wilson and adding that Mr. Wilson's only fault is that of possessing too confiding a nature. Mr. Wilson, ac? cording to the President, is so honest that he is unwilling to believe any of his employees dishonest. The late Postmaster General, Henry C. Page, was of somewhat similar nature and he stood by the "Prince of Grafters." Machen, and by Mac-hen's partner ir. crime. Beavers, and talked of the charges against these thieving em? ployees as "hot air" until his course became intolez-able to the administra? tion and oniy the political exigencies of the ' Republican party saved him from dismissal. Will the President have the force of character to insist on the sort of rail? way rate legislation which lie out? lined in his message to the last session of the late Congress in the face of the almost unanimous opposition of the leaders of his party? This is a ques? tion which every true friend of the people is asking with more or less anxiety. The question is precipitated just by the confidential statement sent to thc- railroad managers by their subsidized press bureau to the effect that the president has seen the error of his way and will nm ko oniy a half hearted appeal for the railway rate : legislation, next session and will make nothing but the pretence, of a fight for what he has hitherto described as "essential to a square deal to every American." public control of "the ironed highways of commerce." One of the first fruits of the war between Russia and Japan is reported hy United States Consul Harris, at Nagasaki, who states that a line of fast steamers is about to be put in Commission between Japan and Corea and that when this is accomplished the traveller can make the trip from j London to Tokyo with scarcely twelve bonis on the water. Everything points to a lasting peace as the result of thc j cumin-; conference and a peace which ! may be productive of most beneficial ? results to both belligerents. A rattlesnake with 19 rattles was killed near Cheraw. "5SA> Bounded on the Aforr? by the Purity of the Snows,- on the South by the Nutritious Wealth of the Tropics? on the Last by the Healthfulness of Scientific Raking; on the West by the Energizing Power of the Mountains. 5? NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY 00*'* forget Graham Crackers Botter Thin Biscuit Social Tea Biscuit Lemon Snaps ^^^^ It does ^ cot. heat it?? BiiS--'lL^'J \> Keens the irons c^^^^Si^^ perfectly clean. ||| * Pays for itself in a l|f v"~-\ I . very short while hi - S ?L h the Siving ?f fuei. .^%pp -y I The price is only -. ; 82 00 You should have one by all means. Satisfaction au ranted or money refunded. For sale by the Burns Hardware Company, or it can be pro? cured f? om the factory. SfiOOTHING IRON HEATER CO., C. M BEST. Patentee - SUMTER, S. C. Q. R. BARRINGER, Surgeon Dentist. Office Over China's Drug Store. The Very Best ot Material Used. rown and Bridge Work a Specialty* Office Hours, 8 a. m to 1 p m -2 p. m. to 5 p. m. The Timmonsville wholesale groce? ry company capitalized at $5,000 has been given a commission, also tho Dil? lon storage company with a capital of $3,000. $1 Saved Represents S IO Earned. *The average man does not save to exceed ten per cent, of his earnings. He must spend $9 in living expenses for every dollar saved. That being the case he cannot be too careful about unnecessary expenses. Very often a few cents properly invested, like buying seeds for his garden, will save several dollars outlay later on. It is the same in buying Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It costs but a tow cents; and a bottle of it in the hause often saves a doc? tor's HU ot" several dollars. For sale bv al', druggists. R. Keith Dargan's last will has been, probated. It was made in March 1S97' and leaves all of his property to his. wife. Hie Diamond Cure. I *The latest news from Paris is that they have discovered a diamond cure 1 or consumption. If you fear consump? tion or pneumonia, it will, however, I be best for you take that croat rem ; edy mentioned by W. T. McG ee, of iva?leer, Tenn. "I had a cough for ; 14 years. Nothing helped me until I took Pr. King's Xew Discovery for ! consumption, conchs and colds, which gave me instant relief, and ef? fected a pennant cure." Une? qualled ?iuiok cure for throat and lung troudles. At all druggists ; pri<-e C>0c and $1, guaranteed. Trial bottle free.