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BUFFINGTON RELEASED. ?i-r?-sted for Emitting a Forged In ?tzwaaent-Charges Could Not Hold ^T.om the Daily Item August 23. Frank P. Buffington, of Des Moine, iowa, who was arrested a month ago t>y the police officers of the city for * gassing forged "bank notes" in the ?v**c"fi st?Pv - V?n. of irccipts of ? building and ?oan. association oC Columbia, S. C., \vhich bore a strong resemblance to the ci?rene;- of the Li Uer Slates gov > 'ferntnent, was yesterday released and .*?&5?fca.rged by Recorder Hurst. -*2ufiip.gi.en, "it will be :cn?embere(i, a roil of this so-called "bogus bioney" and gave to Sam Wither? spoon, a colored hackman, a $2 bill for. services, and received $1.50 in sil Ve>r coin as change. On this charge bft was arrested, given a preliminary bearing and committed to jail to dirait/ trial at the next term of the ^Cosirt of General Sessions. From the ^ginning Recorder Hurst was doubt? ful as to his authority to send the "case, under the facts and circum? stances as were adduced at the trial, to the upper court, and during the period of Ruffington's commitment he diligently examined'the State law and 'the State reports for authorities on! the question. In an early decision it was decided Sa a case where an instrument pur? porting upon its face to be a State bank note, and the person passing ?he same was held for the offense that Buffington was indicted for that the* bank note could could not be .'construed to be a forged instrument, &?' ta^much as the name of one of the commissioners of the bank was bmit ted> whereas the original bank note ha? upon its face the names of all thres commissioners. In other words, to constitute the crime of emitting a ?forged instrument the bogus instru? ment must be a fae simile of the orig? inal. The note Buffington passed lacked the signatures and did not purport to represent our^ currency. Cf?^V' C.V.- ..... ./ Finding out this rule had been strictly adhered to throughout the de? cisions of the State Supreme Court, Recorder Hurst was of necessity com? pelled to change the character of the "offense charged to obtaining money under false pretenses, and as the amount of money so obtained was on $1*50, the case was exclusively V;th:n his jurisdiction, and upon the defendant's remaining in jail for 20 Siays, the maximum punishment that s. magistrate can impose, the prisoner \vas dismissed. * ^uffington is no. criminal. He is a man of fine appearance, excellent ad ^Lress and good education. He looks the .gentleman. The life that he has *beea leading" has brought upon him "this trouble; but he is deeply repent? ant and says that it will be the mak fcagr <oi him anc that he intends to re- ! turn to his family an'I lead a proper - 1:*-?%!?33B1I . 'Slay or Boyle received a very touch . "'liig ?rp-peal from Burlington's father, who is years of age and the father I 'til: e??veli ^children. He is now auditor ] x Ot the *cc*u#ty in which he lives and J'Sfctas ?eld Hh&X position of honor and "trust for a n*wiber. of years. Buf *fcagton's brother is a prominent busi? ness man of Omaha, Nebraska. -No one will doubt the wisdom of Recorder Hurst in his action in this matter; he has madeja new life that w?ight otherwise have been forever Saarie?. "arid it is the opinion of the V^lt?Y toar he has. given back to the Country a man who will hereafter Jprove a worthy citizen. T>j>.n't drag with a dull, bilious, &eavy feeling. You need a pill. Use ^Dewitt's Little Early Risers, the fa? tuous little pills. Do not sicken cr Stripe, but results are sure. Sold by druggists. A negro named Wylie Davis has fcseeii arrested in pickens county for a C;?ira?nal assault on a negro woman. HIT TIE KIDNEYS DO. eir Unceasing Work Keeps j Us Strong and Healthy. All tho bVxxl ir the?>ody passes through the iSidcevs"!>r?^ every three minutes. The kid? neys tilter the blood. They work night :ir;d | '<i*y. When heatthy they remove al>out 300 ! of topare matter Gaily, when un- J feetSSfeysot??pa?t of this impure matter is j feitfeltb? blood. This brines on many dis- | *%a8es"?vrK< >vmp?om?-.iain in the back, head? ache nervousness, ho*-, dry skin, rb eu ni a ^jjfesas, goot.graveL disor^?ers ol the eyesight ^UBC ?.hearing, dizziness. irre<ruiar heart, de ' ; . .drowsiness, dropsy, deposits in. .the | ':.:<.. But i( you keep the filters right .you w:!! have no trouble with your kidneys. | V.'r.-in. <-i.-:-'K bright's Hotel. Co-j \urr:S. . ' . saj"i" is with pleasure that. C *MM*ty n*me to the lons: lisi ->t endorsers j Cos.:.''s fvidney Pills ! used thora and '.vas ? ^oaefitted \ery much, and 1 can recommend I ttastn very highly. I had suffered for several ? .v??ar> and my back had been very weak j : ..-ss the loins and 1 suffered from a steady ! 'ACfciu* or pain. The kidney secretions were vrerv dark, full of sediment and irregular. | '?junie times so free as to be troublesome, com ve> I ; raf me to get up often in the night. I con V-ii^ed a physician about it. trot very little ?*bi'\staction and I used several proprietary *^r?*yiies and tried plasters as well, but I re- ! *ria*r<e*i?bout the same until I saw Doan's 7 >ey Pii's advertised and procured a bo*. Tk< secretions have been cleared np. my *zn5* 'bxs become stronger and I have not liad wM*; Since wsiir?? them. You can use my rt ic*; ff you endose, and I hope it will be the w?ti?of relieving many other sufferers." I*)rn?.y more proof like this from Sumter ?ft*W!<'/ ?mU at A. J. China's drug store ?ha .Jtf?' '*h*t t: usV. v..?. r*> V:i><>rl. t 'y t?le by ali dealers. Price 50 cents. y<*&.*r ySft?rti Co.. buffalo, N. V.. sole ? T hiji- I'nltexl States. *tejx<?iOiber tile name Jwan's-and take **j Muir. ?*! SAGE & CO. SUSPEND. Brokerage Firm With Man;,; Southern Correspondents Finds it Necessary to Quit Business. New York, Aug. 22.-M. J. Sage & Co.. brokers of No. 1 Montgomery street, Jersey City, and No. 57 Broad? way, this city-, at 'he close of business hours today posted a notice at then Jersey City office, informing their corespondents that they had discon? tinued business. The firm had branch offices in a number of cities in the East, and cor? respondents throughout the country. The amount involved in the failure is said 'to be large, although no one in authority could be found tonight to give figures. The firm^moved it$ principal office to Jersey City about the time the new stock transfer went into effect in this State. Messages were sent by Sage & Co. today to all the branch offices notify? ing the local managers that it had been found necessary to close up. Sage & Co. was incorporated under the laws of the state of New York in 1904, with a capital stock of $50, 000. The object of the company as set forth in the corporation papers, was to conduct a stock commission business. The president of the firm is Mau? rice J. Sage, a young man who came to this city about 12 years ago from Binghampton, N. Y. Up to May the firm, with the Guan \ ajato Amalgamated Mines company, occupied offices at No 42 Broadway. The Guanajato Amalgamated Mines company is the property of Albert J. Adams. After his release from Sing Sing he purchased this mining prop? erty locatecr-in Guanajato, Mexico, for a sum estimated at $1,000,000. Short? ly after this Adams went to Mexico and now lives near his mines. It is stated that the Sage system consisted of a string of at leas: 300 branch offices, stretching from Maine to New Orleans, and in some quar? ters tonight the failure was declared to involve possibly $2,000,000. Although a great business was done by this stock commission firm it has no stock exchange membership here. The principal branch offices of the firm are located in the larger cities and towns of New England, New York and Pennsylvania. Up to the present time the firm has met all its financial obligations. Dur? ing the time they have been in busi? ness they had encountered several se? vere bull campaigns and especially the one during the latter part of last >ear. ? Sulphur is being tried as a wood preservative in Germany. It is ap c plied in liquid form, and as it hardens it completely fills the pores. At mod? erate temperatures it is unaffected by water, weak or strong acids, or alka? line solutions. A disadvantage is that sulphur melts a 115 degrees F., and for/ this reason the treated wood is not adapted to places exposed to considerable heat. The best wood for use with this process proves to be popu lar,oak and pine being much less suitable for treatment. A Mystery Solved. ?"How to keep off periodic attacks of biliousness and habitual constipa? tion was a mystery that Dr. King's New Life Pills solved for me," writes John S. Pleasant, of Magnolia, Ind. The only pills that are guaranteed to gdve perfect satisfaction to everybody or money refunded. Only 25c. at Si bert's Drug Store. i The steamer Planter, lying at the wharf in Charleston and about to sail for Georgetown, suffered severe dam? age by fire, which for a time threat? ened to burn the ship to the water's edge. Galveston's Sea Wall * Makes life now as safe in that city as on the higher uplands. E. W. Goodloe, who resides on Dutton street, in Waco, Tex., needs no sea wall for safety. He writes: "I have used Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump? tion the past five years and it keeps me well and safe. Before that time I had a cough which for years had been growing worse. Now it's gone." Cures chronic coughs, la grippe, croup, whooping cough and prevents j pneumonia. Pleasant to take. Every bottle guaranteed at Sibert's Drug Store. Pr?.-e 5 0c. and $1. Trial bot? tle free. The tariff has about as much to do with the prosperity of this coun? try as a long black coat and white overcoat have to with man's re? ligion.-Chattanooga Times. Unnecessary Expense. ?Acute attacks of coiic and diar? rhoea come on without warning and prompt relief must be obtained. There is no necessity of incurring the ex? pense of a physician's service in such cases, if Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is at hand. A dose of this remedy will re? lieve the patient before a doctor could arrive. It has never been known to fail, even in the most severe and dan? gerous cases and no family should be without lt. For sale by all druggists. 1 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOTES Xevrs and Gossip About the Railroads and Railroad Improvements. The Chamber of Commerce has been notified by the Atlantic Coast Line that the claim of this commer? cial organization for a reduction of $10 per car on bananas from Charles? ton to Sumter has been allowd on car load lots, and a reduction of rates in proportion on less than car load lots, effective September 2. This places Sumter on a footing with Columbia in rates on bananas, as Columbia heretofore enjoyed a cheaper rate in this fruit than Sumter. Other dis? criminations in freight rates, while very slight, are in course of adjust? ment. The Atlantic Coast Line shows a disposition to do the right thing in freight rates, so that any one in Sum? ter having any complaint should refer the matter to the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. -o The Chamber of Commerce has al? so been informed that some of the material is on hond for making an extensio-n of 150 feet to the freight depot, extending the transfer plat? form 130 feet, and placing a shed over the platform. Also that a new delivery track for unloading car load lots is being built between Manning avenue and South Harvin street crossings, on.the north side of the main line; that two more clerks have been added to the freight depot force, and that a cotton shipping clerk will be employed to see about receipting for and loading cotton from the weighing platforms of the Sumter cotton warehouse. Hereafter incom? ing freight will be kept separate from outgoing freight and unneces? sary delays, particularly in cotton shipments, will be greatly reduced. It is said that two larger and finer coaches will be put on the Orange burg and Lanes train to Charleston, and that efforts are being made to have these coaches run through to Charleston, connecting at Lanes with the train from Florence to Charles? ton. If this is done it will do away with changing cars at Lanes and waiting around the depot at that place for the train from Florence to Charleston. And it will avoid crowd? ing the train going into . Charleston and coming out. -o Chief Clerk Metis of the Railway Postal Service has notified the Cham- | ber of Commerce that an investiga? tion is being made as to the advisa? bility of putting a mail clerk on the train from Fayetteville to Clumbia, via Florence and Sumter. This clerk would be a big advantage to the merchants of Sumter, Columbia and Florence. A baggagemaster will be kept on duty at the Atlantic Coast Line pas? senger depot all day hereafter and until 10 o'clock p. m. Work will be rushed as fast as pos? sible on the many new side tracks in the regular and auxiliary freight yards of the Northwestern and Atlan? tic Coast Line. Both of these compa? nies are doing everything they c^n to give Sumter the best freight and pas? senger service possible, but scarcity of labor and material has thrown back the contemplated improvements. Agent J. C. Cooper, of the Atlantic Coast Line, and Superintendent John Wilson, of the Northwestern, are ac? commodating officials, and are trying to get everything that is coming to Sumter. The Chamber of Commerce is going to try to have Division Superintend? ent C. L. Porter moved from Florence to Sumter. Of course, Florence is going to kick, but the Sumter people want Mr. Porter, and as Florence has plenty of other important railway officials. she can spare Mr. Porter to Sumter, as this place has grown so much that a division superintendent is needed at Sumter. Superintendent Porter is popular over here, and al? ways looks after Sumter's railroad business, so well that he could do good work for his division at Sumter. Sumter shou'-d have some of the big officers of i'./ist Line stationed here as the number of railroads and num? ber of trains coming into Sumter, and the large railroad business call for officials with authority. John Styron. a white boy. has been arrested for retailing whiskey at New Hupe church, Saluda county. Summer Diarrhoea In Children. * During the hot weather of the | sum mer months the first unnatural looseness of a child's bowels should have immediate attention, so as to check the disease* before it becomes serious. All that is necessary is a few doses of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy fol? lowed by a dose of castor oil to cleanse, the system. Rev. M. O. Stock land, pastor of the First M. E. Church, Little Falls. Minn., writes: "We have used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for several years ; and find it a very valuabl^remeuy, es? pecially for summer disorders in chil? dren." Sold by all druggists. A BOLD ROBBERY. Cash Register at Elks" Cliib Broken Into and Demolished. From The Daily Item August 22. Last night at some time between the hours of ll o'clock and early this morning the Elks' club rooms over the Sumter Savings Bank were en? tered by parties unknown, and the handsome new cash register, costing $325.00. was teribly abused in an ef? fort to rob it of the money contained in the drawer. It was a daring piece of business and it is remarkable that the thieves escaped undetected. The register contained about- $20.00 and the drawer was locked, and in order to get at the money it was necessary ! to make use of a hatchet. The steel plate at the bottom of the register was broken off, and the wooden till smashed. The robbers vere not yet satisfied, and thinking there was i more money to be had, they obtained a wheelbarrow and carried the regis? ter over to the depot, where they further disfigured and demolished it, apparently with a cold chisel. They finaly gave up the jb, dumped the fine register in a ditch and pulled out. The thieves left no clue, and they will likely go unpunished. More than one man must have been engaged in this piece of work, for the register is very massive and heavy, and it would have been impossible for any one man to have made away with it. These robberies are of en? tirely too frequent occurrence, and a stop should be put to them. SHOT BY WIFE. With Instructions to Protect Herself Mrs. Winkles Husband. From The Daily Item August 22. Saturday night Mr. L. D. Winkles, who lives near White's Mill, found it necessary to leave his wife alone at home, and before -leaving he gave her a loaded shotgun and instructed her to shoot if she became alarmed. I Returning to his home Mr. Winkies, 1 unmindful of his late admonition to his wife, entered the house without disclosing his identity. His wife be ; came alarmed, threw up the shotgun j and emptied the load at her husband. A few of the shot took effect about the head and neck of Mr. Winkles, but he luckily 1 escaped without .receiving very serious injuries. The shot were removed at the Sumter Hospital, and the wounds are healing rapidly. From the Daily Item August 24. The unfortunate occurrence of the shooting of Mr. W. W. Winkles by his wife has aroused so much comment that Mr. Winkles has sent to The Dai? ly Item further and fuller particulars of the affair. He came to the city on Monday and returned to his home about 9 o'clock that night. When he entered the house he called to his wife, who did not seem to hear him. He then took off his coat and sat in the hall to cool off. Mr. Winkles, a little later, got uP and started to his bed room; he called softly to his wife, but there was no answer . He heard Mrs. Winkles jump out of bed and the next thing he knew he was struck by the load. Mrs. Winkles grabbed the gun in her sleep, and was not awakened until the explosion took place. ?The intense itching characteristic of salt rheum and eczema is instanrly allayed by applying Chamberlain's Salve. As a cure for skin disease this salve is unequalled. For sale by all druggists. Monteith Curry had his right arm crushed off and both legs broken by being caught 'in the machinery at his father's brick works at Gaffney. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Be Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of FRECKLE sLSMi rmPLES REMOVED in Ten Says. Madmola The Complexion Beautifier is en? der.'.-d by thousands ci ?r-itetui ladies, and ?uan>..?eed io remove ?.il facial discolora? tions ar.d restore the beauty of youth. Thc ?cys. Cdc. end S1.00 it-re... cr hy mail j !.?:LcT ?.0 *? ; ar:?. Tena worst ca?c? in twcr.'. v at all l^?.r.<r drj PreparcJ by NA?U'J *AL KILLTHE COUCH AND CURE THE LUNGS WITH Dr. King's Niw Discovery RRTN CONSUMPTION Price FOR I OUGHSand 50c & $1.00 V0LDS Free Trial. Surest and Quickest Cure for all THROAT and LUNG TROUB? LES, or MONEY BACK KILLED A NEGRO. Highly Respected Citizen of George? town Attacked By Colored Man Last Xight-Negro Misses Fire, and a Minute Later is Killed Georgetown. August 22.-Mr. Hus? sey G. Mathews, one of Georgetown county's most peaceable and law abiding citizens, left town tonight about 7 o'clock for his home, near Sampit, with Mr. Mercer, in a buggy with him. For the past six months Mr. Mathews has been cutting tim? ber ou land owned by the Georgetown Land Association. Only a few days ago he was cutting near the home of Joe Arnell, who forbid his cutting any more. Mr. Mathews was in town today to find out positively about the titles, which he did, and drove Mr. Mercer by the land to show him what he was doing, telling Mr. Mercer he was go in? to /cut certain timber, when Joe Arnell stepped out of a house nearby j and told him he would not do it for ! I lie would put him in hell in a minute, j and cpened fire, shooting four times, : but his shots wen wide. Mathews, in ? self-defense, opened fire, shooting j three times and killing the negro. Mathews'went at once to theehome j of Mr. Bone, where he boarded when wc ricing on this lan'?, and sent for Shori?: Scurry to come at once, saying that he had Jkilled a man. Sheriff Scurry was on the scene in less than ar. hour and found Mathews, who surren?iered without a word and came back to town with him Joe Arnell, the negro who was shot 1 in Georgetown county Wednesday j night by Mr. H. G. Mathews, is not j dead as Mr. Mathews reported to the sheriff. He is not even fatally wounded. An old Kansas citizen, who .had been henpecked all his life, was about to die. His wife felt it her duty to offer him such consolation as she might, and said, "John, you are about to go, but I will follow you," "I snppose so, Manda," said the old man weakly, "but so far as I am concern? ed you don't need to be in any blamed hurry about it."-Xew York Tribune. HOUSES KILL MANY. Coroners* Recorcfe Give Surprise in Figures on Fatalities Due to Horses and Automobiles. Tho automobile seems to be a much-abused creature. The records in the coroner's office for the borough of Manhattan show that of the 178 deaths resulting from railroad, street car, horse vehicle and automobile accidents from Jan. 1 to July 15 only sixteen ar? attributed to automobiles. This is rather remark? able, considering the lo,OOO or more motors in use in the borough and the speed with which some of them trav? el. It also tends to show that the pre? judice found in many quarters agamst automobiles and automobilists is not entirely justified. The figures show that since Jan. 1 horse-propelled vehicles have caused the death of four times as many per? sons as automobiles, and that those other necessary vehicles of the times, subway, elevated and surface cars, were responsible for five times as many fatalities. The slothful horse-cars killed three while an ambulance killed one and fire engines killed two. The Coroner's records show that from January 1 to April 1 the surface cars killed 15, horse vehicles 18, the subway 7, the elevated and steam rail? ways 6 and automobiles 6. From April 1 to July 1, surface cars killed 23, horse vehicles 23, the subway 3, steam railrads 6, the elevated 1 and automobiles 2. During the present month surface cars have killed 10 horse vehicles 7, steam railroads 3 and automobiles 2. These are the actual "run-overs" and do not include deaths resulting from falls from or being thrown from cars, wagons trucks, automobiles,. etc-New York World. "**\?0?? Joe Koon and John Golden, two white men, were killed by lightning near Cross Hill, Laurens county, Wednesday. The house of Mr. N. L. Broughton i of Clarendon county was burned Wed nesdav night. He saved his furniture. THE PEOPLE'S BANK. We make ari, earnest effort to accommodate all classes. Our aim is to make this in every respect the People's Bank ; a bank where all may feel at home ; a place where those of moderate me?ns may "expect the same treatment as those more favorably situated. Deposits June 30th, 1905, - - - - - Si 10,000 Deposits June 3c tht 1906, $510,000 A word to the wise is sufficient. I IB Bil i H El -WHY Do you stand over a hot wood stove during these warm summer days when you can be comfortable while you cook by using a BLUE FLAME OIL STOVE. We have them at all prices. Get our prices on LIME.CEMELPLASTER.HAIR The Durant Hardware Co. When Buying' a Fence The weight per rod and size of wire must be taken into consideration ; also the CONSTRUC tton of the FENCE. Heavy wires and the best galvanizing are always used on the AMERICAN, and the quan? tity already in service on farms is good evi? dence of its merit. The HINGE JOINT on the American allows for CONTRACTION and EXPANSION, to with? stand sudden and severe pressure from contact with animals, without bendings stays, the fence springing back to place the instant pressure is removed. The most secure, lasting fence is the AMER? ICAN. Sold by CAROLINA HARDWARE CO. / ?