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SURPRISED BRIDEGROOM. Ready For Wedding, Finds Arrange? ments Changed, and He Is Forced to Marry Girl He Had Doserted. A notice appeared in th cooklyn newspapers the . other day saying that on Sunday evening Yv'illiam Frank Thober, of Newark, N. J., would marry Miss Mary Mac Donald at her mother's home, 249 Fifty ninth street, Brooklyn, and that the Rev. William T. McGuirl of St. Mich? ael's Church in Brooklyn would per? form the ceremony. The florist en? gaged to decorate the parlors of the MacDonald home brought a wagon load of potted plants early Saturday morning. frhen messengers were sent out to notify the guests to be on hand a day .earlier. "Come Saturday," they were told. Young Thober, who is in the .diemaking business, was hurriedly summoned from Trenton, and reached Brooklyn soon before dusk Saturday. He was in a happy mood and greet? ed Miss MacDonald cordially. 'She ushered him into the parlor. There many guests had already gathered. Each time a new guest arrived Tho? ber was introduced. Miss McDon " aid's brother-in-law, B. H Griffin who lives at S67 East Thirty-fifth street did the introducing. In fact. Mr. Griffin was there as j master of ceremonies, so when he stepped to the door to greet a pale- j faced giri no one took any particular notice of it. The girl was accompa? nied by a veiled woman in black. They were ushered into a rear room, where Miss MacDonald sat chatting j with some girl friends. "Leave it all to me," said Miss MacDonald, shaking hands with the pale-faced girl and taking her to a room upstairs. Returning to the re? ception room, Miss MacDonald's friends found her a few minutes later arrayed in her wedding gown of white silk. She was weeping. "Has any one sent for the minis ter?" she inquired, and Mrs. Mac? Donald replied that the minister would arrive in a few minutes. /'Minister/' repeated one of the guests inquiringly, "I thought a priest was to perform the marriage cere? mony." , "The plans have been changed somewhat," explained Mrs. MacDon? ald. "The Rev. H. C. A. Meyer, of St. Jacobi's Lutheran church at Fourth avenue and Forty-sixth street, will officiate. "Do you feel nervous, Mary,", in? quired another guest, turning to Miss MacDonald. "No," was the answer. "I've been schooling myself for ti e ordeal I must pass through." Ont in the parlor Mr. Thober was j laughing and joking with a group of men. Miss MacDonald's brother-in law, Griffin, stepped up to him and whispered something. Thober later paled and moved' to? ward the door. Griffin smiled. "There is no chance of escape," he said, taking Thober by the arm; "face the music. Miss MacDonald is to be a bridesmaid, not a bride, to? night." "And I am to be the best man," chimed in George Casey, a friend of the MacDonald family. "The bride will be Miss Viola Glover, of New? ark, the girl you deserted several months ago. She is here with her mother." j The curtains were brushed aside, and Mis? Glover stepped forward. It was like a scene from Henry Arthur James' new play, "The Hypocrites," now at the Hudson Theatre. The fin? ger of scorn was pointed in the right direction. Miss MacDonald occupied the centre of the stage. With her arm about the waist of the New Jer? sey girl, the Brooklyn girl stepped forward and said ca'mly: "Marry her! She don't want you, but she wants your name!" Some of the guests wept. Others fanned themselves vigorously. All crowded about Thober. He stood openou th ed staring into space, Brother-in-law Griffin called in the minister who had just arrived. The Rev. Mr. Meyer was robed in black. Thober * glanced at Miss MacDonald and then at Miss G'over. He sighed and said "All right," when the minister asked him if he was prepared to marry Miss Glover. The ceremony lasted about a minute or two. Mr?. Glover, mother of the bride, shook hands with Miss MacDonald and thanked her for the service she had rendered. Thc bridesmaid led the bride into the dining room, where the wedding feast had been prepared. The bridegroom following sheepishly. But he was not permitted to par? take of the wedding feast. Mr. Grif? fin handed him his hat and pointed to the street door. Mrs. MacDonald opened the door. "Go," she said, "and go quickly." Th"ber went so rapidly that he has not been seen since. At the wedding feast the story was told. It was a sad one. Young Thober had made the acquaintance of Miss Glover back in Dtcember. 1905. She lived with her parents on Sumner street. New? ark. He lived there on the same block. After paying her attention for four months he left Newark and sought employment in Brooklyn. There he made the acquaintane of Miss MacDonald. He fell in love with her. Miss Glover heard of him in Brook? lyn, and wrote, pleading with him to save her good name. Thtnj he left Brooklyn and got employment in Trenton. Miss MacDonald was on a visit to Newark last Wednesday. She happened to say to a friend that she was going to marry Frank Thober. The friend exclaimed! 'Frank Thober I Why he was en? gaged to a girl in Newark, Miss Glover. Her father is a wealthy banker." Miss MacDonald had never heard of the other girl in the case, but be? gan an investigation which led her mother to meet Miss Glover's mother. Then one marrige engagement was broken and another one made. The plan to compel Thober to marry the girl he deserted ,was then formed, Miss MacDonald declaring that she thought herself lucky in losing him. After the wedding feast, Mrs. Tho? ber, as she is now known, returned with her mother to Newark: Miss MacDonald and the wedding guests made merry. Everybody congratu? lated Miss MacDonald on her bravery, and that she would have good luck for the remainder of her days. She said she simply did her duty. Those who witnesse the wedding of Thober and Viola Glover agreed to keep the matter a secret. Yesterday someone sent notices .to the Newark newspapers, saying that Miss Glover and Mr. Thober had been secretly married in December last, after eloping to Brooklyn. Friends of Miss MacDonald saw the notices, and began to ask questions. To set? tle the matter, Mrs. MacDonald sent this notice to the Brooklyn newspa? per last night: MacDonald-Thober. Engagement of marriage between Miss Mary#A. MacDonald and Wil? liam Frank Thober is cancelled, ow? ing to the bridegroom having a wife in Newark. s Trenton and Newark i papers please c^py. The Newark newspapers received copies of it ?nd applied to Mrs. Glover for an explanation. She de? clared at first that the marriage had taken place in December last. Tho ber's relatives backed up this state? ment, but when Mrs. Glover was in formed that the true facts were j known, she said she was simply try? ing to shield her daughters name in saying tht marriage had taken place in December. Thober did not return to Newark. One of his friends' said he would probably never return. He is twenty one years old. The girl he married is nineteen. The girl who refused to marry him, Miss MacDonald, is young too. She is nineteen, and a heroine. New York Times. SHAD BECOME EXTINCT. The Lack of Place For Spawning Re? sponsible For the Decrea'se of the Fish. There is grave danger of shad be? coming extinct, according to United States Commissioner of Fisheries, which is bad news to the many lovers of the fish. Explaining how the tootsome fish may follow the bison and the' wild pigeon, he says in his annual report: "Under the conditions which have been becoming more and more pro? nounced, the run of fish for spawn? ing purposes ha? been practically wiped out in many of the most im? portant streams, and unless the States promptly take some action by which a fair percentage of the shad may reach their spawning grounds, the future for this fish is gloomy." Several important rulings under the new railroad rate law are embodied in an opinion cf the Inter-State Com? merce Commission made public last week. According to the decision noth? ing but money can be lawfully accept? ed for transportation, whether of passengers or property, or for any ser? vice in connection therewith. Where a joint rate established by connecting carriers is leas or greater than the sam of their local rates, such joint rate is a change of rates and requires a notice of thirty days. On new lines nf road, inclndiug branches and ex? tensions of local roads, individual rates may be established in the first instance, as may joint rates to and from points on such new lines without notice, on posting a tariff of such rates and filing the same with the commis? sion. The commission holds that the provisions regarding the publishing, filing and posting of tariffs apply to mileage, excursion and commutation rate?, and that such rates when first established are changes of rates which require thirty _days notice. Strictly excursion rates,'however, which cover a named and limited period of not more than thirty days may be estab? lished on shorter notice. An Awful Cough Cured. *Two years ago our little girl had a touch of pneumonia, which left her with an awful cough. She had spells of coughing, just like one with the whooping cough and some ahought she would not g?-t well at ail: We got a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which acted like a charm. She stopped coughing and got stout and fat." writes Mrs. Ora Bussard, j Brubaker, 111. This remedy is for j sale by all druggists. } MAX-HUXTTXG HOUNDS. Not Many of Pure Strain Left in the South. The use of what are called blood? hounds in the Southern part of the United States for catching criminals is a common practice, says The New York Commercial Advertiser. For over fifty years dogs have been trained in the South for this purpose. Before the civil war nearly all of the larger plantations had one or 'more pure bloodhounds, trained to pursue runaway slaves. In some cases the plantation owners would club to? gether and purchase a pack, each having the use ?of it when needed to catch the fleeing negro. In those days white men in the South made it a business to train dogs especially for the purpose and accompanied them when they were needed for a "chase," as it was termed. Very few were ever used for bird or animal hunting, as it affected their scent for men. The planters fond of hunting kept other breeds of dogs almost en? tirely for sport. Since the war the value of the hound is so well known in following the escaped criminals that today the half-breeds are almost as numerous as the other were thirty years ago, although many were killed by the Union soldiers and the ne? groes themeslves during the war. Dog fanciers say that there are probably not twenty-five pure-blood? ed dogs of this breed in the United States at present. The first of the kind came from the north of England near the Scotch boundary line. When not in service they are often kept about the house, more as pets prob? ably because of their courage and do? cility, for the real bloodhound is any? thing but the savage and vicious brute depicted by artists and described by novelists in his ordinary condition. When not aroused he is as gentle and as tractable as a lap dog. Let him be provoked, however, and he will attack man or beast with ferocity which is equaled by no other breed of canines. He never gives up as long as life lasts and is death to either himself or the object of attack. The savage side of the dog is aroused by resistance and he will seldom bite anyone who does not offer it unless influenced by the scent of blood. This trait is proved by numerous illustrations where the animal has been used in the Southern States. ! The hounds of pure species have an unusually long and narrow fore? head, with eyes very large and soft, while in color they are dark, tan or fawn. They stand about two feet above the ground.. Their legs are short but powerful, and the> aro not swift running dogs, although they have as much endurance as any of the huntin^ breed. Their scent, how? ever, is wonderful and probably sur? passes that of any other variety. This is shown after they are "broken in*' to hunt criminals. The manner of breaking them in the Southern States is to select a stretch of country about a mile long, with one or two small thickets on the "course," as it is termed. The ground may be a pas? ture or perhaps an edd feld where the earth is loose. A negro boy who is a good runner is hired or induced in some other way to take the part of the runaway. He puts O?: a pair of shoes or "brogans," the soles of which are rubbed .with blood from some animal or chicken, and is given a star^of about twenty minutes. This will enable him 'o easily cover a course at tho end of which is a tree or some other refuge into which he can climb and thus avoid any possibility of be* ing injured by the dog. When the animad is loosed the trainer puts his nose to the spot where ' the runner started and as a rule h,e is "on the scent" in a second, going at full speed across the stretch of country. In the thicket he may. be puzzled a few moments, but generally he strikes the trail again and in a few mo? ments is baying, which indicates that he has found the place where the fugitive is located. The scent is best early in the morning before the sun has dried the dew on the ground, as the moisture seems to hold the odor. Ever, to this day the odor by which the dog follows a man is a sub? ject of discussion among the veteran trainers. Some argue that it comes from the soles of the feet and some say it is the natural odor of the body. Others claim, however, that the leather especially adhesive and at? tempt to prove this theory by show? ing that where a fugitive has taken off his shoes the dogs have frequently been delayed considerably in tracing. As under such conditions the man is liable to bruise his foot, and as his blood offers the best scent. it is morely choosing the worse of two evils in most instances to follow this plan. Occasionally hounds are used to trace criminals in the Western States, but the practice is confined almost exclusively to the South. Efforts have been made to traill ?ordfriary breeds pf dogs, such as setters, for this pur? pose, but as far as known, the plan has been a failure. While a mixed breed bi dog can be used satisfact? orily for criminal hunting a strain <-? the blood-hound seems to bc ab? solutely necessary to give the requi? site accuracy of scent and the cour rge necessary to follow such criminals j as the sheriffs and constables in the i Southern States have to contend with*, j -- BURTON* REACHES COLUMBIA. Columbia, S. C., September 25.- [ Chairman Burton, of the House committee on rivers and harbors, is here at last, and the Chamber of Commerce and Congressman Lever and Congressman Finley are working him over-time, entertaining him and shewing him the business advantages and possibilities of the town if river navigation is perfected. Mr. Burton came in this morning by way of Augusta and was met by a committee of citizens, who escorted him to Wright's Hotel, where he was al? lowed to get a brief rest. This af? ternoon he is being driven over the town for a personal inspection of the principal manufacturing plants, the wholesale centers and the power de? velopment at the Canal and the pos? sibilities of navigation in a limited way through the locks and on the riv? er above there. He dined at Wright's this evening with a committee of citi? zens. Tomorrow morning Mr. Burton will be taken down the river for an in? spection of the Government dam and locks, just below Columbia, and from there will be taken by Capt. Howell and Engineer Whitescarver, of the Government works, and a committee of Columbians to the mouth of the Congaree. fifty miles below Columbia. From the mouth of the Congaree the visitor will be taken across coun? try, to catch the Thursday afternoon Coast Line train into Georgetown, where he will spend Thursday, leav? ing that city Thursday evening for Washington. Congressman Finley, who wants to get Mr. Burton interested in Catawba River, will accompany the party down the Congaree and will go on to Georgetown with Mr. Burton. He wanted Mr. Burton to stop over at Camden for a look, over the ?>ower de? velopment near there, but the visitor has important engagements North, which demand his going on.-News and Courier. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of GRE PREPARATIONS Slate Fair WILL BE GRAND SUCCESS Oct. 22 to 27 Everybody is going to the Greater State Fair this year. Preparations are being made to entertain about twice as many as were there last year, and that was about the biggest crowd in the history of the fairs. This year the foremost feature will be the "home? coming" celebrations. Every South Carolinian, no matter where be lives now, is expee'ed to be in Columbia that week. Indications are that thousands of people from all over the United States will take advantage of this' opportunity to come and renew friendships and see their dear old home again. If you have any relative or friends living in other states, write them about this "home-coming" week. Do it right now. And make them come. The railroads1 have been prevailed upon to give the cheapest rates. ONE FARE FOR THE ROUND TRIP. As to the fair itself, everything will be in great shape. The new buildings have been put in apple-pie order and the grounds trimmed up. The en? trances and exits have been rear? ranged so that there will be no troubie as to handling crowds twice as large as heretofore. The fair will start this year on Monday, October 22 and will run five full days, ending on the night of the 27th. Every day will bring forward some new and interesting feature. And the races-four days-will be the finest ever seen in the South. The track at the fair grounds now is the fastest in the South. Some of the best horses cn the track will be in these races. John L. Sullivan will give pugilistic exhibitions. For these who enjoy such things, the theaters and dances will be of the highest order, even eclipsing all previous years. Everybody you know will he at the fair this year. Make your arrange? ments and be on hand from start to finish. Ample arrangements are being made for tho accommodation of all visitors. And the street car service to and from thc grounds will be helped out. hy the railroads as special trains will he run every day to and from the Fair Grounds. There will be no inconvenience. Just lots of fun and a jolly good time for everybody. If any information is desired, write to Mr. A.. W. Love, secretary, Colum? bia, S. 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ABE RYTTENBERG, V. Pres P. G. BOWMAN, Sec. & Treas. The Sumter Bankieg & Mercantile Company, ?^i#?^Capital Stock $50,000*^*****? Wholesale Grocers, Fertiliz ersand Farmers' Supplies. Sole agents for the celebrated brand of Wil? cox & Gibbs Fertilizers. We are' prepared to quote the very closest cash or tinie prices on all lines of Groceries, Fertilizers and Fanners* Supplies, And invite your investigation before makins your arrangements for another year. * Cometo see us. We will save you money, and give you a hearty, courteous welcome. Sumter Banking & Mercantile Company, Masonic Building, 2d door from the Postoffice. Sumter, S. C. AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING COLUMNS OF THE DAILY ITEM WILL BRING RESULST^-.