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O s.ng much ado about nothing, ii be granted that Mi<2shipma. inch w<xs killed in a tight with ashipman Meriwether, and there nains no good grounds for ali the hurrah that is being made over the incidents. Annapolis is supposed to be a training school for fighting men, and the young men, when they settle their privae differences by recourse to th? fistic arena, are merely putting into practice the lessons they are taught, ff the naval cadets are not to fight when the occasion demands the authorities may as well convert ihe academy into a a seminary for young women. A thousand college boys have been killed or crippled for life playing football to one killed or : Ippled in a fist fight; but thousands who appear and applaud football, hold up their hands in hypocritical h rror over a clean and decent fist li^'ht Young Branch got killed and Meriwether went to the hospital and ? -at should end the matter. It was ? faur fight and the best m?n won out; .en why stir such a temptest in a tea p t unless it is the purpose of the au? thorities to make Annapolis a training school for milksops instead of fight? ing men. If so, they had better es : . olish a permanent board of arbitra? tion, consisting of a dozen or two old gr Annies of the Peace congress type to ;tle the differences that arise be? tween the cadets. ? * ? Hyde is out, McCurdy is going, now what about McCall the other shining light in tthe world of insurance graft? e * ? Senator Tillman is quoted as saying thajt President Roosevelt is unstable X.->w look out for a mix up, with the ~ pitchfork and the big stick as weap on? South Carolina will offer odds on the pitchfork champion. v . . What was the use of having a board ci consulting engineers to solemnly recommend a sea level canal at Pana? ma if President Roosevelt is to set? tle the matter off hand by declaring in favor of a lock canal at the 30-foot si? AU this consulting engineer iness was a waste of time and iej President Roosevelt could ; . e made up his mind in a few min ? any oil .day and he had just as "'.-..i, without tho pre::minary farce. j . * ? ? rf its an offense against civilization j and a stench in the no?treis of the world for the Turks to kill a few ! hundred Christians occasionly, then where would the massacre of tens of thousands of Russian Jews be classed in the catalogue of national crimes? One man is as good as another and it is as wrong for an Orthodox Rus? tin to kill a Jew as for a true be? liever of the Turks 'to kill an Arme? nian Christian. Why don't the powers protest and demonstrate against Rus? sia ? m m m The suggestion was made a few days ago that Gov. Hey ward be invit? ed and urged to visit Sumter one day this week, but we advised that the invitation be not extended for the rea? son that Gov. Hey ward has been irn r.-' ^ed on in this respect until it is e to call h halt He has been in? vited to attend carnivals as an adver ;i sing feature so frequently of late rh -.t it has undoubtedly become a tax npon his time and patience. The peo of Sumter a real ways glad to see <r -v. Heyward, but they are too sin c nely his friends to wish to impose on him or to make use of him for a ?sh motive. MARSHALL FIELD DEA Heir to Iiimiense Fortune Died From Accidental Pistol Wound. Chicago, N -v 27.-Mar-hr.il Field, j dipd at 5 o'clock tonipht at I >Tercy hospital. Mr Field, who was the orly son of j ar-bai Field, the mnlri-miilicr.aire j of this city. vNa^ accidentally sbot on j the afternoon of Wednesday Novem . ;r. 22. Ht* wss examining a new ra vjlvei which he cad purchased, when it was discharged, t'r.e bulles striking him in the ri?ht side, perforating tile liver and spleen and injuring tba . pinal cord. He was hurried to Mercy hospital, where an operation ?-.as at once performed and tb? bullet <-?tracted. The physicians from the rst enterained but slight hopes cf ultimate recovery, although the pa? ient for two days seemed to hold Mg own. At 9 o'clock this morning a decided change for the worse took ;lace and Mr. Field grew rapidly ;eaker until his death. William Smith, a convict from Cireenville county, escaped from the State House gang in Conimbia Mon iay. He walked off while the guard's ! ack was tamed. Henry Miller, a Lexington connty r.egro, has been committed to tbe??Co nmbia jail by the United States ."Dmmi&sioner for obtaining another ? ;rsons mail from the New Brookland --?stof?ice. Sv)X VS. i uDERMAX. p florence s ; ids Against Alder in Son's Company One Thous ? I:a's Damages. Bf N .vember 26.-A jury in of iie Thomas Wilson Laru i ir .. v against the D. W. f*. - oocs' Lumber Company } reac: " an agreement, shortly before midnight last night and came into ari ivith a verdict in favor of the ; Wil3oa Lumber Company, awarding j thal >mpany damages in the ^crn of j ftl '?' . Of conr*A thfl Aloprmpn Knno' any ia addition to fh?- - : a : ?. e stated "ill be ia sec w i rb the co. ss ot' the triai, which will probably amount lo as mach ir nos more "Lan the damages awarded. Aide* man's attorneys gave tice of appeal, but as they have ten days to do so in, they may yet give notice to the conrt, which will be ?D session throughout the week. The suit was for ?50,000. This Dream Won Out. One reason why truth is stranger than fiction is that makers of fiction generally try to be plausible, while truth is never hampered by any such consideration. Here, for instance, is a true story. No reasonably expert fic? tion writer would think of concocting so improbable a yarn. t A Brooklyn man whom we may as well call Smith-the Smith's are all so used to it they probably wou't mind-this Smith dreamed a policy gig * one night not long ago. The nnmbers were so deeply impressed on his mind that he remembered them when he awoke and told them to a relative at the breakfast table. "G've me a quarter," said the re? lative half in fun, "and I will play the gig today." Smith tossed over a quarter to him and the matter dropped from his mind. That afternoon a knowing horseman gave Smith a dead straight tip. It was the surest thing ever, and a good long shot, so Smith borrowed fifty j an? lobt it on the horse. That evening on has way heme be 1 passed the cigar store where he usual? ly stopped. He concluded that with only 80 cents in his pocket, he'd bet? ter smoke his pipe after dinner. "Give me a quarter said his re? lative, after the evening meal and I'll give you a good cigar. . But Smith went on filling up the old pipe. "Well, give me a quarter and I won't give you a good cigar, " the re? lative insisted. "I've no quarters to spare," Smith answered morosely. He was dread? fully in the dumps. He had promised to pay the ?50 next day and had no idea how he was going to raise it. "Give me a quarter I tell you." the relative demanded, "I must have it" Oh, well if it's as bad as that-" -and Smith flung the silver piece across to him. "There," said the relative, "now you are entitled to half the winnings. I put a dollar on your dream gig to day and it won an even hundred." He handed $50.50 out to Smith and the incident was closed. Every one of the three numbers he had dreamed had won. Now don't tell me that is a good story. It isn't. It is merely a true story. XT I hadn't been prevented by facts ) could have made a much more plusiie yara of it, but it couldn't have been so strange." Brooklyn Eagle. SALEM ITEMS. . Salem, Xov. 27.-The high lands of this section have been duly inspect? ed by the timber men of late and now that all of these have been inspect? ed, estimated and a part surveyed, the attention of other timber men is directed to the swamps, in search of poplar timbers that abound in most every stream. This last project, no | doubt, will prove profitable to the owners of these waste lands, who have been paying taxes on them for these many y-?ars without any revenue from them coming in sight before now. The dry fall has been all that these swamp foxes could have desired for their work, as they have had no hind erances from high water. There is still a great deal to be done on many farms before the holiday season sets in. The high price of cot? ton has put the laborers entirely above want, which makes labor scarce and most decidedly unsatisfactory More land will fall victim to the lien law another year than many years past, if the number of new horses j and tournouts indicate anything. Much complaint is heard about the I rotting of sweet potatoes even at this ! early date. ! i Considerable oats were planted last ? week, while some will scarcely be able j to get the present crops off of the j land to sow their oats before January, i Mrs. Geo . E. Wilson, who spent last j week with relatives here, returned to j her home in Charlotte, X. C., on Fri- j day. Miss Anna Starr came down from Rock Hill on Thursday and will spend the winter with Miss Hammie Witherspoon. Prof. J. A. Dick of Pineville spent last Sunday here. Mr. E. M. McElveen will report in Columbia on Tuesday next to serve as a juror in the federal court that inc.-ts on 2Sth Miss Calhoun, who is teaching the Salem school, will visit relatives in At-' lanta and spend Thanksgiving with them. Mr. L. D. Warran has gone on a Visit to his Children at Tami';!, Flu. No use to have shop worn goods in your store when you have such an ex? cellent advertising medium as The Dally Item to dispose of them for you. Congressman Lever Here. From the Dai y item November 2$. In response to a cordial invitation, .extended by Mayor George W. Dick, Hon. A. P. Lever,, our popular and hard working congressman will arrive j in the city this evening to enjoy the carnival festivities and to see '"our regular Saturday evening crowd."' as his honor, the mayor, expressed him? self recently to Mr. Lever, and also to get additional points as to the neces? sity for that United States govern? ment postoffice building which Sumter very much, owing to our ?creased postal business, more last year than Flor Darlington combined by .^..-ui ci.uOO. Mr. Lever who has been working very hard for Sumter's government building, intends to do all in his power to rush the bill through this Congress. While, in the city he will also be glad to meet all who are interested in the Rural Free delivery routes, and those interested should avail themselves of this opportunity to furnish Mr. Lever with such infor? mation as will be of value to him. He has been very persistent in his efforts to secure R. F. D. mail routes for his district, and no congressman in this State has done more for his district. Mr. Lever will be the guest of Mayor Dick, and will be delighted to see his numerous friends while in the city. HIS NECK SAVED. Doubt Concerning Disposition of Ap? peal Gave tine' Condemned Negro Respite. Kmgstree, Nov. 24 -Contrary to popular expectation, Epps Snowden, the negro who was at the last term of court convicted for the murder of Bob Brown, another negro, in the lower nart of the county, and sentenced to be hanged, was not executed liere to? day-this being the day fixed by the court for the execution. After the trial and his conviction, his attorneys gave notice of appeal, which notice, under section 73 of the criminal cede, operated as a stay cf the execution of the sentence until the appeal was finally disposed of. Al? though the appeal was never perfect? ed, the question arose as to whether or not the appeal was finally disposed of within the meaning of the statute, and as it appears that the appeal is finally disposed of when declared abandoned by competent authority, the question arose as to the authority necessary for this disposition. On account of the fact that this wes a case of life aud death and that there was a conflict cf opinion as to the correct interpretation of section 73 of the criminal cede, Sheriff Graham, under advice, did not proceed with the execution. Regular steps will be taken before the next term of court to have the appeal declared abandoned, in the event of which Snowden will again be sentenced to hang. The clerk of the court has received official notice from Gov. Heyward of the appointment of the Hon. D. E. Hydrick of Spartanburg to hold the special term of coart here on the 5th of December for the trial of the three nergoes now in jail charged with the murder of Mr. Julian Wilson, in the store of Messrs. W P. Cooper & Co. several weeks ago. HIGH FINANCE. Startling Testimony Showing How Life Insurance Company Was Looted. New York, November 24.-Startling deeloprnents were brought ont at to? day's session of the Amstrong com? mittee on insurance; inestiagtion in tne cocrse of a minnteinqniry by Mr. Hughes, counsel to the commit? tee, into the syndicate transactions participated in by the New York Life Insurance Comrany. Tile most im? portant witnes; of toe day was Milton M. ?ri?disou, a bookkeeper of the New Yoik Life Insurance Company during whose ' examination it was! brought out that in the case of toe United States Steel Corporation syn? dicate, the managers of which were X P. Morgan & Co.. there appeared in one instance a profit due to the New I York Life of $87,187, from which was deducted, no rtasou being giveu, the sum OL 8-~9,3l0 paid to Andrew Hamil? ton, W"0 has be described fin me course of the investigation as the .'insurance legislative ??eneralissimo." It appeared from xecords produced j by Mr. Hughes that an account of J. P. Morgan ? Co., with Hamilton | showed that in December, 1901 that i firm uad advanced to Hamilton the ??um of 820,500, that on Uctober 1, 1902, this account amounted with in- ? ter est to 859,310 and that it a was j then cancelled by the entry ot that amount to Hamilton's credit. The entry OT this amount in the account of | i the New York Life read "as per can- j j celled statement and arrangement I with G. W. Perkins.' It was also [ developed that the participation in j the syndicate of the New York Life j was eueeted through the New York : Security and Trust Company, by ! which one fourth of the proiits of tho I form er company were retained. Pressed by Mr. Hughes to" tell j wbett.er he knew of any other in? stance of money due the New York Life being paid to a third party as in the Hamilton case, Mr. Madison re? called the payment in 1904 of 840,000 to George SS'. Perkns, representing the profit on a loan of 8930,000 to the ! Boston firm ol Kidder Peabody & Co. j The profit, witness said, came "in the ; form of a check on the First Ntaional ! Bank, which he cashed, giving the [ money to Mr. Perkins. SVhat thc lat- ! ; ter did with it the witness did not | I know. No entry of the trasaction was j made on thc book3 of the New York i Life. Other witnesses examined dur ? ing thc day were George T. Willson, ; fourth vice president of the Equita j j ble: France W. Jackson, auditor, and j Gerlad Brown, in charge of the bond department of the Equitble. THE DOINGS OF SOCIETY FOLK WHAT THEY FIND TO MAKE TEE TIME PASS PLEASANTLY. Miss Lnlie Emanuel entertained the Whist Club, at her home 0:1 South Marvin, Wednesday atfernoou. Mrs. J. 6. Alnctt won tho first prize, a pretty trait dish. Mrs. Ledbetter won the second prize, a h?nd painted vase, and Miss Lutie Bewley, the third, a bisque ornament. After the game delightful refreshments were served. These present were Mesdames J. L. Alnntt, Armstrong, Archie China, Bnrnett, Dennett, R. S. Hood, C. H. Dom,__ Ledbetter, George Ricker, L. Kg Walker. J. C. Malloy, Boucher DeL"nne, H. M. Sanders, P. S. Finn, Misses Ella De Lorme, Lutie Bewley. Mrs. Agnes Bogin was hostess at a meeting of the Thursday afternoon club at her home on Warren street. Th0 first prize, a fancy basket was won by Mrs. J. A. Mood and the con? solation, a burnt wood picture frame fell to the lot of Mrs. Geo. Eicker. The booby prize was carried off hy Mrs. Hazel Sander?. A salad course was served before the club adjourned. Those present were: Mesdames Ferd Levi, Abe Ryttenberg, Louis Lyons, Hazel Sanders, A. S. Ledbetter, Geo. Kicker, J. A. Mood, C. H. Dorn. W. J. Branson, Wheeler, Perry Moses, | Jr., W. H. Ingram, and Misses Stern. Adele Mose?,. Dulcie Moise and Cecile Moise. Mrs. D. M. Blanding entertained the Wednesday morning clnb at her home on H arvin street. The prizes were won by Mrs. S. C. Baker, and Mrs. Geo. D. Shore. Salad, sand? wiches and hot chocolate, were served. Those present were: Mes? dames, Geo. D. Shore, Schumacher, S. H. Edmunds, S. C. Baker, F. M. Spann, W. E. Ingram, and Misses Dick, Upshur and Rouse. Mr. B. J. Rhame gave a delightful supper to a few of his friends OM Tuesday evening at thc residence of Mrs. Geo. Hutchison. hose who enjoyed his hospitality were Misses Margaret and Mary Brunsen, Emma Mood, Marion Satterwhite, Edna Hughson and Lula Rouse' Messrs. Alston Stubbs, P. M. Parrctt, G. A. Lemrnon, H. C. Haynsworth and Dr. Herbert Haynsworth. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Rowland en? tertained in honor of Miss Rowland on Wednesday evening at their home on Bread street. Those present were: Misses. Brand, Cooper, Hughson, Purdy, Rouse, Graaham, Osteen, Gregg, Bovie, and Rowland and Messrs. C. M. Brand, F. C. Man? ning, Clack, Stewart Mason, Will Graham, Sci Ryttenberg, Glenn, Lemmon, Boyle, Hall. A number of interesting games were arranged for the entertainment of the guests, after which a delightful supper was served. "The farmer is on top for the first time in his lite; this is the best year we have had in twenty years," is the current formula used by bankers and jobbers here to describe the present splendid conditions resntiing from the high price of cotton ann the al? most concerted action cf the farmers in holding it wh6n the price drops, tor the inevitable rise, says a special from Atlanta to The New York Com? mercial. Prosperity is indeed abroad in the Southland, and net for mauy years have the farmers, merchants, bankers and all classes had so much to be thankful tor. -Charlotte Obser? ver. Conductor Lost Foot. Columbia, November 24.-Conductor C. E. Gilmore, one of the most valued men of the Southern's Savan? nah division, lost bis left foot by be? ing run over by a freight train at Central Junction, just outside of Sa? vannah, at 10.30 o'clock Thursday night. He was ascending a ladder on the outisde of a freight car as his train was moving along at a slow speed and he either fell or was knock? ed from the ladder and fell with his foot under the wheels. He was taken to the Park View sanitarium in Sa v-amab, where the crusted member was amputated during the night. Cap-:. Gilmore resides in this city at 141u Lumber street. Mrs. Gilmore was not'ti.ed of the accident and went to the Ledsiae of her husband a few hours later. Rheumatism, gout, backache, acid j poison, are esults of kidney trouble. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea goes directly to the seat of the disease and cures when all else fails. 35 cents, China's Drug Store. tinrvniMnrfa-ri m aw -1*1? ?^TT- aarr^wnflBBMBc----?? ^WHISKEY, MCRPHLNE and oth er DRUGS, and nervous diseases treated. Charges more reasonable than oth? er like institutions. $25.00 per week pays for treatment, remedies and board. Results absolutely the same. Address for particulars, THE CAROLINA SANITARIUM, Greenville, S. C. Or Dr. L. G. Corbett. Are due to indigestion. Ninety-nine of every one hundred peopie 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? gestion. All food taken into the stomach which fails of perfect digestion ferments and swellsthe stomach, puffing it up against the heart. This interferes with the action of the heart, and in Ihe course of time that delicate but vital organ becomes diseased. Mr. D. Kaub!-, of Nevada. O . says: I had stomach trouble and was in a bad state as I had heart trouBle with it. ? took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for about four months and it cured me. Kodo! Digests What You Eat and relieves the stomach of ail nervous strain and the heart of all pressure. Bottlesoniy. SI .00 Size holding 24 times thetrial size, which s^lis for 50c. Prepared by E. C. DeWITT & CO., CHICAGO. For Sale by all Druggists. IN THE RECORDER'S COURT. James Hunt, tho person accused of picking the pocket of Mr. \\. S. Boy kin at the Atlantic Coast Line pas? senger depot int-"; in the aft* moon of October lOtn, circus day in Sumter, was given a preliminary hearing be? fore Recorder Hurst ' ?day Hunt was not represented lr. conn sel, and, though not allowed by law to testify, he cross-examined ever;, witness put up by the st?.te. The fi:cts were very conclusive as adduced at tb? hearing, and the statement of the prosecutor, that he eauubt Hunt's wrist while his hand was in his pocket, was corroborated by a number cf witnesses. The de? fendant made co statement in his own behaif. lu default of a cash bond of 81,000 he was remanded to jail to await trial at the next term of the court of General Sessions. William Vaughan was cannot in the act of, and arrested for, stealing a pair of shoes 'from the Sumter Department Store. He had presumed too much upon the protection "^against detection that a large crowd afforded. It was useless to deny the charges, and he was sen? tenced to pay a fine of ?10 or to serve cn the county chain gang for twenty days. ! 8 ii CPI 1 H. UliliilUll, ill. Practice limited to the Eye, ! Ear, Nose and Throat. Onice Xo 3 8. Main Street. _Ssakss Kidneys and Bladder Righi THE CHAMPION STUMP PULLER (Improved) The strongest, the sirnr.lest and most economical of all Stump Pullers. Try it before you pay for it. Guaranteed to pull your stumps or no pay asked. Be sure vou write us before you buy else? where. Write for Free Bookie! giving terms and prices. THE CHAMPION STUMP PULLER COMPANY, Johnston S. C. 3 Mention this paper. 10-11-x Daily Market Report. By Private Wire to The Sumter Cot? ton Exchange. NEW YORK COTTON. Open Jan. ll 43 Mardi ll 73 Mav ll S3 Julv ll ST Dec. ll 25 High ll 43 ll 73 ll 8? ll 90 ll 29 Low li S3 ll 60 ll 73 \\ SO ll 19 Close. ll 3i> ll 62 ll 73 ll 80 ll 10 for children; safe, ?ur?* Jio opiato? Spots 11.80; 20 off. Estate o? ?lrs. A. A. Frierson, Iteed. I WILL apply to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County. S. C., on December 29, 1905, for a tin al Discharge <is Adminis? trator of said Estate. W. J. KEELS, Nov 29-it Administrator. HOLLISTER'S Bocfcy RlGuntain Tea Nuggets A Busy Medicine for Busy People. Brings Ooldea Health and Eene;red Vigor. A specific for Constipation. Indigestion. Live and Kidney Troubles, Pimples. Eczema, Impure Blood. Bad Breath, Slu22:ish Bowels, Headache and Backache. It's Rocky 3Iountain Tea in tab? let form, 35 cents a box. Genuine made by HOLLISTER DRUG COMPANY, Madison, "Wis. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE Ii ?Mai On February 1st, Durant's Pharmacy will give away a hand? some Gold Watch worth ?40.00, or its equivalent, to be se? lected at Folsom's Jewelry Store. The watch will be awarded to the person who guesses near? est the number of seed contained in the big pumpkin now on exhibition. A disinterested cmimittee will be appointed to cut the pumpkin and count the seed the day the contest closes. With each five (5) cents purchase one guess is given. Ask for a "Pumpkin guess" ticket, and record one guess for each 5 cents you spend. One Thousand Yards 3 Chiffon Taffeta, Goods =Inch orth $ 1,25 a yar< Colors, brown, green, wine, navy, grey and black. The manufacturer's custom is to take stock on December first, and in order to convert as much of his pro= duct as possible into cash, made a sacrifice price, of which we took ad? vantage. We think these will prove to be the greatest silk values ever offered in Sumter. 'Twould be well to take advantage of them while they last. There will be no duplicates. We took all we could get.