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WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1906. ^_1 _ The Sumter Watchman was founded ii ?850 and the True Southron in 1866. Th? 'Watchman and Southron"nov bas the coin fcined circulation and influence of both o: %he old pap?is, and is manifestly the bes 'advertising medium in Sumter. A start has been made to enforce 'She ordinance forbidding excessive ^speeding of automobiles on the street; the Sky. The ordinance is a good ?<3ne and it should be enforced. H ?Vrill, however, accomplish no good the enforcement is spasmodic and /?spe-radic. Every auto.mobi.list whe ?rw&s a machine at a greater speed . ^han the ordinance permits should be lll^crrested even though it requires the employment of a dozen additional po? licemen and special officers to do it. _^Dfite flagrant and constant violation ol ? ^he ordinance has become unbearable ^Sc&d shows that the law is held in con \ tfcmpt. The speeding of automobiles a menace to the lives of the citi ^ens who use the streets and it is high ;5ime it was summarily stopped. There neither rhyme nor reason in tearing ; ^through the streets at a rate of 15 or ?^M miles an hour. If the speed mono? maniacs cannot exist without running ?^their machines at the highest possible Speed they ,should construct a speed \ray in some sequestered locality "Where they can indulge their idiosyn? crasy to the fullest extent without en - ^laagering the lives of ordinary peo ^ple or contemptously violating the law : *<e?the city. Congress should not grant the loan ?j to San. Francisco that it is said will be disked. , We believe in the greatest possible generosity being displayed "howard the stricken city, but it would '"fee an extremely bad precedent to - establish for congress to grant the r ^oan. Let the business men of San - ^Trancisco borrow the money they %ieed through ,the regular business Channels and not ask this sort of ?Charity of the national government. .f/?? they need governmental aid of this ?character the State government of ^California is the Droper one to extend * * * '.'?..'sting on Attorney General You "iiiur.'s advice Governor He\~vard has io?i?ed- the supervisor of Saluda coun? ty that Thrailkill, who was sentenced :~ p erform hard labor on the chain ' g?rig; or in the State penitentiary, can aot be entertained at the poor farm of w-= cohnty. This miscarriage of Jus i^tice in the case of Thrailkill was a stench in the nostrils of the law-re i "Specting people of the State, and we '*<> not think the matter should' be "dripped by the transfer of Thrailkill ci the penitentiary where he rightfuliy "belongs. The county supervisor of rfS&Ia?a, who was responsible for the violation of the law, should be re :-*n ovad-from office. f ? ? . i ne determination, of the Socialists to ?>ut out a State ticket causes consider? ate surprise. It goes to show how the Socialistic doctrine is spreading. The iSrowth of Socialism is America is due entirely to the pernicious influence of "fcaonopohes and trusts, and their prac? tical control of the government for the tp&st twenty years. Now that Social? ism has gained a foothold it will '-Spread and grow with rapidity, unless ^hfe trusts and monopolies are curbed "*2moL the administration of the govern A taent returned to Democratic princi? ples/ 1 * * . "The State convention promises to Velcp into nothing better than a promiscuous wrangle over the dispen? sary. * * * If the Southern Cotton Growers' As? sociation can come to an agreement "^Pith the English cotton spinners to Sell their cotton direct at a fixed price "?or each month and can then perfect -^their cotton warehouse system the "fcu&tter of cotton prices will be settled. would be a good plan to agree on '??fctt cents for the months of August ^nd September and gradually increase ^he "price to twelve or thirteen cents in ^?cU-. To make such a plan effective ^tt operation, however, it would be Necessary to make the association a "much more perfect and a stronger or? ganisation than it is at present. A CANDIDATE FOR LYNCHING. Salisbury. X. C., April 29.-Conduc? tor W. A. Wiggins, of the Salisbury -Street Railway Railway, was mortal? ity wounded this morning by an un ^taown negro. The negro was a rowdy. "And the conductor told him and the "Vornan with him to get off his car. ^he man left the car, drew a pistol 3&hd 'shot Wiggins in the stomach, per? orating his intestines in eight places. fired again struck, a stranger on "<he arm. The negro fled, and though followed by several hundred citizens .Sas not been captured. Feeling runs %igh and the negro will be handled -Toughly if caught. The negro woman, who was thc --oause of the trouble, is in jail, and re "?ases to tell the name of her com fanion. They were occupying white ".^people's space, when ordered to va SUMMERTON WON. - Defeated the High School Team Bj Large Score. . i A gentlemanly and well behavec 3 set of young men comprising the Sum . merton Graded school baseball team I accompanied by a large number ol t 1 sponsors and rooters, defeated thc j team of the Sumter High School by n ? score of 10 to 1. The Summerton i \ boys were much older and larger thar ? j their opponents, and outclassed them > J at every stage of the game. Sumter I ? never had a chance to win. t j The visitors were well coached, and I ran bases like professionals, and took L advantage of the weakness- oC the > home team at second base. It was L surprising to see the swiftness of thc ; infield, and the accuracy and speed : with which the ball was thrown. It is difficult to select from the Sum? merton team any one or two particu ! larly brilliant players, for they were : all stars. For Sumter, Jones caught . a beautiful game and Burgess played ; well at third. If Sumter had a good coach the . home team could give the Summerton boys a race for the game. ; j The line up was as follows: Summerton . Sumter Wells, F.c.Jones Nelson.lb.Belser Walker.2b.Hogan Brock.3 b.Burgess Scarborough.. ..ss.. ..Bradford. W Weils. C.rf.Sanders James. .cf.... . .Haynsworth King.If. -.'.Ryttenberg Matthews.p.Bradford BASEBALL ASSOCIATION. Monday the Sumter Baseball As? sociation met in the Elks' club and elected officers and a board of direc? tors. The following were elected: President-Willie Bultman. Secretary and Treasurer-E. S. Miller. Manager-J. C. Huger. Assistant Manager-W. L. McCutch en. Board of Directors-E. A. Bult? man, J. C. Huger, W. L. Lee, E. S. Miller, W. L. McCutchen. Railways the Greatest Givers. The figures $100,000 opposite a man's name in the list of gifts to the San Francisco sufferers are impress? ive. They stick in the memory and one likes to think of Carnegie, Astor, Rockefeller and others in association with them; but the great givers whose contributions are to these as moun? tains of CQin to widow's mites are cer? tain artificial persons, proverbially soulless, which own and operate the transportation lines. The estimate comes from Chicago that the railway companies of the United States are performing free a service which would have a commer? cial value of at least $3,450,000. The Harriman lines and their feeders are alone doing an average daily service of $75,000, which will continue for not less than a month, and their con-' tributions will thus aggregate $2,250, 000. Freight trains loaded with sup? plies are being handled, at additional cost, on passenger schedules. Tens of thousands of passengers too poor to pay the fares will be hauled gratuit? ously. Mr. E. H. Harriman, it should be noted, is himself the largest indi? vidual contributor in cash. The western emergency is not by any means the first in which the transportation lines have voluntarily gone out of business for the time as money-makers and become charitable institutions. At the time of. the Jack? sonville conflagration- all of the lines touching that city practically surren? dered themselves to the relief com? mittees and the Clyde Steamship Com? pany was memorably unselfish in its endeavors to help the distressed. Later on, of course, the railway companies will haul enormous quanti? ties of freight for the rebuilding of San Francisco, and the disaster will create a great deal of business for them, just as it will for the steel-makers, the hardware dealers and scores of trades, but this does not take from the .-plen dor of the generosity which the rail? roads are displaying.-News and Cou? rier. Letter E. S. DesChamps. Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir: There are several ways of cheating in milk. An old-fashioned way is to water it. Nobody waters it now. A better way is to take out the cream-rich milk with the cream taken ont ?B as good as poor milk with its cream all in. But we needn't go into particulars. Yon don't rob your milk and your customers. Paint is as eaay as milk to cheat with. Goo5 paint is as rare as good milk; fer human nature is much the same in milkmen and paiut men. Yon are just and true with your milk; so are we with our paint. Devoe lead-and-zinc is twice as good as mixed paints. There's twice as much butter in it. Mr J T Ladd. Cberaw, S C, writes: "When Mr Evans painted his house1 with Devoe, he figured on how other paints covered and bad enough left tn pain1: three large rooms. He was sc pleased that be has used Devoe on twe other houses. " Yours truly, F. W. DeVoe & Co. 31. New York. P. S. Durant Hardware Co., sell oui faint. SUMTER DEMOCRATIC CLUB. ' Reorganization aim Election of Dele? gates to County Convention. 1 From The Daily Item April L'S. The Sumter Democratic Club met ? in the court house at 5>:30 o'clock last E night for the purpose of reorganizing ; and electing delegates to the county - convention. 1 The following officers were elected:, i ed: 1 President-J. H. Clifton. Vice President-T. B. Fraser. Secretary-H. A. Moses. Member County Executive Commit : tee-Marion Moise. A resolution was offered and adopt ; ed that the president appoint a com? mittee to revise the club roll and to re? port to the president with duplicate rolls on or before May 5th, and that the club elect delegates on a basis of 700, the president being empowered to name additional delegates if the revision of the rolls show that the club is entitled to a greater number of del? egates than elected. The old club roll contained nearly i.0( G names, but at the first primary of 1904 only about 700 voted, and in order to be perfectly fair to all other clubs it was deemed best to elect del? egates only on the basis of the votes cast in the primary, until the roll can be thoroughly revised and brought up to date, hence the above motion was adopted. The following delegates to the coun? ty convention were elected: J. H. Clifton, R. I. Manning, G. W. Dick, R. D. Lee. H. G. Osteen, L. I. Parrott, E. W. Hurst, S. H. Edmunds, W. B. Boyle. J. D. Wilder. M. C. Kavanaugh, Edgar Skinner, J. L. Al nut, J. A. Warren; T. E. Richardson, H. A. Moses. B. D. Mitchell, Joel E. Erunson, R. W. Bradham, Will Hough, Marion Moise. E. C. Hayns? worth, W. O. Bradford, H. C. Hayns? worth. Neill O'Donnell, J. W. Mc Xiever, J. K. Bradford, C. E. Stubbs. The question of having two boxes at the club polling place in order that Ihe counting of the ballots might be expedited was brought up and discuss? ed. On motion of Mr. S. H. Edmunds a committee consisting of President Clifton, R. D. Lee and R. I. Manning was appointed to take the matter un? der consideration and if they deem the suggestion feasible and constitu? tional that they be empowered to re? quest the county convention to au? thorize the Sumter Democratic club to have two sets of managers and two sets of boxes, the club roll being di? vided alphabetically into two equal parts, for the purpose of expediting the counting of the ballots. The president appointed the fellow? ing committee on revision of club roll: J. D. Wilder, T. E. Richardson, Geo. \ E. Beaumont, H. A: Moses, M. C. Kav? anaugh and W. W. McKagen. The following executive committ?e was eletced: John H. Clifton, T. B. Fraser, H. A. Moses, L. '!. Parrott. The secretary was instructed to pur? chase a record book for the perma? nent preservation of the minutes of the club. Laborers and Meehan .cs' Club From The Daily Item April 28. The Laborers' and Mechanics' club met last night pursuant to the call of President E. T. Windham. A reor? ganization was effected by the election of the following officers: . President-E. T. Windham. Vice President-D. W- Owens. Secretary-Charles Thomas. Member of Executive Committee -H. L. B. Wells. The following delegates to the county convention were elected: H. C. Cuttino, J. B. Raffield, W. C. Ivey, J. B. White, H. J. Wilson, H. T. Edens, W. T. Edens, Charles Thames, Geo. Richardson, H. L. B. Wells. R. A. Weldon, J. S. Richardson, Terry Owens, J. W. Harper, C. H. Dorn, Joel X orris. Singleton Bradford. MURDER IX GREENVILLE. Greenville, April 29.-Ben Wells, a mountaineer from west of Asheville, who was recently discharged from his position as nightwatchman in the American Spinning company and was under suspcion as a liquor seller, at tempeted to ambush Deputy Sheriff Eli Pittman shortly after midnight Sunday morning in the Sam Poe mill village. As a result Wells is dead, with a bullet from a Luger pistol through his heart, and Pittman lies mortally wounded at his home with seven bullet wounds, the most serious being one which perforated the in? testines in five places. He is not ex? pected to live through the night. Ran into Auto. A runaway horse, belonging to Mr. W B. Boyle collided with the rear end of Mr. D. China's Ford automo? bil?.-, which was in front <>f his store on Main street. The rear springs of the machine were knocked <?ut of place and the rear lantern smashed. Other? wise, the automobile was n<?t hurt. The buggy to which the horse was hitched was badly damaged. Of coure you pay your money. But you gel your money's worth, For what does m ?ney mean to you When Rocky Maintain Tea's on earth?-China's Drug St?re. CRUSHED TO DEATH. Marion Gaillard Caught iii a Death Trap Between a Box Car and a Trac? tion Engine-The Coroner's in? quest. Marion Gaillard, colored, who was employed by the Sumter Lron Works, met a horrible death Monday. He was holding a board between a Lux car ? belonging to the A. C. L. R. lt. Co. and a traction engine of the Sumter iron Works, when the board either slipped or broke and the chest of the deceased was horribly mangled. Cor? oner Flowers summoned a jury and held an inquest over the ?jody of Gail lard. The testimony of the witnesses are as follows: j John Reese, a brother-in-law o? I Gaillard, said that he was attempting to push the box car out of the way of the traction engine. He was running the engine. Gaillard was holding a board between ahe engine and the box car. when the board slipped off the engine and Gaillard was caught be? tween the two. The board struck him in the stomach and he thought that the blow was abe cause of his death. , Had often used a board for that pur? pose before: the one used on this oc? casion was a 2x10. The testimony of Andrew Buddin and Alice Goodman . was practically the same. Dr. Baker said: "I have examined the dead body of Marion Gaillard. The whole upper portion of the right side of the chest is crushed in as though struck by some heavy blow from a blunt instrument or a heavy? weight. There seems to be no other injury to the body. The lung under? neath is evidently greatly mangled, for exerting pressure over the crushed chest wall a quantity of bloody froth issued from the nose and mouth. I understand he was struck by the end of a plank used as a prop between a trac? tion engine and a heavy car. the plank bending and breaking in the middle, and the broken end striking him in j the chest. I have examined the box car, the engine and the plank, and such an explanation of the cause of death fits well with the surroundings as I viewed them. It is my opinion that he died as a result of the crush? ing in of his chest and lung." In accordance with the above given testimony, the jury brought in the fol? lowing- verdict: "That the said Marion Gaillard came to his death by the breaking of a plank between a box car and a traction engine, the plank striking him in the stomach." "We care not how you suffered nor what failed to cure you. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea makes the pu? niest, weakest specimen of man or I womanhood strong and healthy. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. China's Drug 1 Store. FOLLOWING FATHER'S TRACK. Son of Gen. W. T. Sherman Retracing the Famous March to the Sea. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 29. Father Thomas Sherman, a son of Gen. W. T. Sherman and a priest in the Catholic church, arrived at Fort Oglethorpe this morning and tomor? row will start out accompanied by a detail of the Twelfth cavalry, follow? ing the rout of his father's famous march to the sea. The detail of the Twelfth cavalry will accompany him as far as Atlanta, and at Fort McPher? son another detail will be assigned to conduct him to the sea. Dr. Vickers, Osteopath. 21 ?. Main, Phone 4S3. 4-25-lm FOR SALi:-A pair of standard bred, county raised, matched horses; 5 years old, sound and city broke. C. ^^^^steer^j3\in^ MONEY TO LOAN. On farming lands, long time, no commission charged. Borrower pays actual cost c ; perfecting loan. For further information address John B. Palmer & Son, 13 6m Box 282, Columbia, S. C. "Here's a qarter for you. you're on to your job. and the restaurant you're working at can't bo beat." That's thc universal verdic t of all who cat here. Save your appetite for that EASTER DINNER We're serving. It's going to be a "cork? er" and one you'll not soon forget. For good ealing ours is thc restaurant to tat at. Charges low. THE SUMTER RESTAURANT, V. E. Brimson, Proprietor. C-21-Cm i ?OlXTED PARAGRAl'IIS. j Ali apology" is a poor excuse at best* i D'-n't forget that a hungry man j can't eat advice. i Happiness :'s less to be a matter of j luck than, >?? j-luck. Dyspeptics who love to eat love not wisely, but too well. Pe.?;.le who give themselves away are not necessararily charitable. liai iv Market Kepori. j By Fri vate : Wire to The Sumter Cot? ton Exchange. NEW YORK COTTON. O?en High Low Ci?se May H 20 ll 26 ll 13 ll 16 July ll 01 1] (?6 10 93 10 9'*) Aug. 10 SO 10 SO 10 79 10 "9 Oct. 10 49 30 50 10 40 10 40 Dec. 10 50 i 052 10 41 10 42 Spots 11.75; unchanged. CHICAGO MARKETS. By Private Wire to The Sumter Stock Exchange. Opening. Closing. WHEAT May, TS 3 4 78 3 4 July, 70 1-8 79 1-4 CORN July. 46 1-8 46 1-4 OATS Mav, 32 1-4 :J2 5 S July, 31 1 S 31 1-8 PORK Mav, 15.55 RIBS \ May, 8.47 x July, 8.67 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COTOTTT OF SUTTEE,. By Tho?. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. Whereas, Edgar G. K -els made suit to me to grant bira Letter? of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Wm. J. Keels, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon? ish ali and singular the kindred and creditors' of the said v? n . J. Keels, late of said county and state, deceased, that they be and appear before me, ia the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter C. H.. on May 17th, 1906, next, after publication thereof, at il oxlock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 2 J day of May A. D. 1&>6. THOS. V. WALSH, 5 2-2t Judge of Probate. -' USE THE Sparks Distributor TO SIDE DRESS YOUR CROPS. Try one and bc convinc? ed. Guaranteed to do what is claimed. Buy from dealer or order from Sumter, S. C. 4-lS-3m NOTICE. Any person having a claim against the estate cf ihe late Henry R. Tilom? as will please present an itemized ac? count of the sume to Mrs. H. R. THOMAS. R. F. D. Xo. 3, 4-1S Sumter. S. C. IN IKE District Corni of tie DiM States, FOB TH? EASTEKX DlSTKU.'T OF Sol'TK CARO? LINA. IE BANKRUPTCY. ; In the matter of the Independent Cot tun Oil Company. Bankrupt: By vi: tue of an order of sale, made j and riled in the above entitled proceed ; ings on the 3rd day of April. 1906, and by virtue also" of a certain Order an j ciliary to said Order entered in the j office of the clerk of the District Court of the United State1 for the Western District of Xorth Carolina; the undersigned will sell at public auction, as an ertirety. and not in separate paree!--, before the Court Mouse erf the Court of Common Fleas for the county of "'Darlington in the State of South Carolina, on Friday, the Eleventh day of May, A. L\, 13<)S, at 12 o'clock m.: Oil mill plants and gin:i?r:o? where respectively located, at Darlington, Manning, Marion, Hamer, Che raw. Kingstree, Timmonsviile, Mul j lins. Syracuse, Lamar, Swift : Creek, Auburn, Davis Station, Summerton and Paxville, in South Carolina, and at Wadesboro, in j Xorth Carolina, with all the land, i buildings, engines, machinery, gin? neries, side tracks and. other appur? tenances connected therewith a .id j forming part thereof,, or rights there ! with connected as set out in said Or j der of sale, and also all tools, office j furniture, safes, seed houses and I scales wherever located, now in the j hands of the trustees in Bankruptcy, J and being formerly a part of the prop j erty of The Independent Cotton Oil Company. j Terms cash. Xo bid less than $200, I OOO will be received. The Trustees are authorized to require a deposit of $5,000 before receiving any bid. For j a fuller description of the property to j be sold, and further particulars as to the terms and provisions of said sale, j reference is made to the said Order on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States f^r the District of South Carolina, in the City of Charleston. John C. Simonds, C. E. Taylor. Jr. .Daniel T. McKc.:. Trustees in Bankr . . : 4 12-4t at Reasonable Prices. We are just beginning tojfeel the approach af Summer as indicated by the weat uer in the past few days, and we had just as yell prepare for it, with seasonable merchandise. We have everything necessary for your comfort, so far as wearing apparel is concerned. WASH ORGANDIES. This is the most popular Summer fabric ever put on the market to sell for a dime FRENCH ORGANDIES. No material makes a daintier or cooler suit for Summer than this. We have a complete line at 25, 35 and 50 cents. FIGURED ORGANDIES. In a beautiful assortment of patterns -:- -:- at 10 to 25 cents a yard. LINGERIE. This is a beautiful waist material. -:- -:- Prices : 12% to 25 cents. PERSIAN LAWNS. See the number we are offering at 15 cents. It is a standard 25 cents grade, our price being the result of a close-out. Other grades from 10 to 50 cents. EMBROIDERED SILK MULL. This is a beautiful fabric and especially adapt? ed for evening wear. We have it in all the del? icate evening, shades. GRENADINES at 25 cents a yard in a pretty assortment ot black and white stripes. NUN'S VEILING at 50 cents a yard. - ALBATROSS-Although an all-wool fabric is of such delicate texture that it is very appro? priate for summer wear. All colors and black at 50 cents a yard. Donnell ? Company