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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER IO, 1906. Entered at the Postoffice at Sumter, S. C., as Second Class Matter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. G. Osteen.-Wanted. M. Lu Moore-For Sale. Miss E. Saunders-For Sale. Pawnee Bill's Wild West Shows. Mrs. T. L. Eberhardt-For Sale. Charleston's Greater Gala Week. Schwartz Bros.-Wearing Apparel. O'Donnell & Co.-Fall Underwear. The Bank of Sumter-That Person is Wise. T. W. Lee, County Treasurer-Tax Notice. \ Standard Oil Co.-Pei ?eetion Oil Heater. The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. The Rain Coat. PERSONAL. W Mr. John I. Brogcou spent Friday in town. Mrs. W. ,F. Carr has returned from Plorence. Capt. R. J. Brownfield was in town Saturday. Mr. Porcher Gaillard, o? Spart?n J% imrg, is in town. Mr. N. S. McLt jd, of Oswego, was vin town Saturday. Mr. J. S. R. Brown, of Oswego, ! was in town Friday. Mr. Edgar Scott, of Wisacky, spent ..Saturday in the city. ! Mrs. Wilson McKay is visiting at Bsv. W. J. McKay's. j $ Mr. W. H. Gaillard, of Clarendon " County, is in the city. Mr. A. K. Sanders, of Bagood, ;?pent Thorsday in town. Mr. A. P. Too mer, of Charleston, /spent Friday in the city. - Mr? A. D. Harby bas returned from ?L a business trip to Manning. T Ker. E. P. Easteriing, financial nagent of Welsh Neck High School, -was in toe city Wednesday. Mr. George Cooper, of May es vi lie, ..spent Thursday in town. Mrs. A. S. Ledbetter and son, John ?Scott, have returned from Henderson ^ville, N. C. v tt Mrs. A. D. Kicker returned home friday from the North, after a stay of ?wo months. Tbe family of Dr. Vickers have ar? rived from Kentucky, and Dr. Vickers will reside on Sumter street Mr. and Mrs. Abe Levi, of Manning, anent ~S-?c!*y in the city as the .guests ? of Mr. and Mrr. Mitchell Levi. F Mr. J. E. DuPro was elected Modera ~tcr of tbe Black Fiver Baptist Associa? tion at Greeley viii? Thursday night. Miss Ethel McKeithan, who bas >been visiting the family of Mr. J. D. ?Coleman in Florence, has returned ?home. ^ Rev. J. C. Holliday, pastor of the 9? Manning Presbyterian Church, bas re? lived a call to the Winnsboro Presby? terian Church. Mr. Charles Triswald, who has been -employed by the Telephone Factory as .die-maker, has moved his family here Tfrom New Haven, Conn., and wilr make Sumter his future home, fe Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Wedeman, of .Newberry, are in tbe city on a visit to Mrs. Vf edema n's brother, Be v. T. B. lEpting. Mr. Wedeman is on bis way -to Baltimore to attend the College of "Physicians and Surgeons. Mr. W. S. Manning, Jr., who was with this paper as local editor during the month of September, has received .4. -and accepted an ofiei of a position on T tbe staff of the Ne- York Times. The - offer was received about ten days ago -and Mr. Manning went to Bicbmon?, Va., by invitation to meet a repr? esentative of The Times before reach? ing a decision. After the interview .he accepted tbe position and went di? rect from Bichmond to New York f to begin work. Tbe Times stands in the front rank of tho great New York .dailies, and Mr. Manning begins his -career in the metropolis ender the -test possible auspices. CoL Blandinas Condition. A message from Heriots Saturday ung was to the effect that Col. Bland" dng, who was stricken with paralysis "Thursday, was no worse and although one side is paralyzed he has not lost -consciousness at any time since he was stricken. One of the attractive features ~of the Charleston Gala Week will be a floral parade. Handsome purses are offered for the best decorated ve? hicles and automobiles. Mrs. T. M. Mordecai, 39 Rutledge avenue, is -chairman of the floral parade com? mittee and will furnish information to -those who desire to participate \n the parade. Tax Notice. The County Treasurers office in Court House building will be open for the collection of tares, without pen? alty, from the 15th day of October to the 31st day of December, inclusiv-?, 1906. The levy is as follows* For State, 5 tmills; for county, 3 1-2 mills; Con? stitutional School, 3 mills; PoHs, $1.00. Also, School District No. 1. Special, 2 mills; No. 2, 2 mills; No. 3. 2 mills; No. 4, 2 mills; No. 16, 2 'mills; No. 17, 1 mill; No. 18, 2 Knills; Shiloh School District, 3. milts. 50 cents capatation dog tar. A penalty of 1 per cent, added for month January, 1907. Additional pen? alty of 1 per cent, for month Febru? ary, 1907. Addkional penalty of 5 ?per cent for 15 days in March, 1907. T. W LE 3. DEATH. Mr. L. M. (jordon, who conducted a sruail jewelry and grocery business on East Liberty street, died on Friday morning about 6.30 o'clock. The cause of his death is said to have been from acute alcoholism He leaves a wife and several children. CAN BE TRIED IX SUMTER. Negro Who Killed Mr. Ga llard Sub- ' ject to the Jurisdiction of the Coun- ! i ty and Will Likely be Tried Here : Next Week. I j A question that has given rise to ; considerable discussion since the sad death of Mr. J. E. Gaillard is -whether or on the negro to whom the crime is charged is subject '.o the jurisdic? tion of the courts of Furn ter County and whether or no there is a likeli nood of the alleged murderer having I to meet trial at the next term of the ! Cour of General Sessions for Sumter j County, which convenes in this city j on Monday, the 22nd of this month. ] j It will be gratifying to the friends j of the deceased to know that section 119 of the Criminal Code of 1902, Vol. 2, will permit of a special in i vestigation of the crime, and that the j j trial can be had in Sumter during the I I next session of the court instead of j waiting several months until the criminal court of Clarendon county again convenes. This is Section 119, above referred to: "When any person shall be struck, wounded, poisoned or other? wise injured in one county, and die thereof in another, any requisition or i indictment thereon found by jurors ! of their county shall be as good and efficient in law as if the stroke, wound, poisoning or other injury has been committed and done in the county where the party shall die, and the person guilty of such striking, wound, poisoning or other injury had and every accessory thereto, either before or after the fact, shall be tried in the county where such in indictment shall be found, and, if convicted, punished in the same mode, manner and form,, as if the deceased had suffered such striking, wounding, poisoning or other injury and death, in the county where such indictment shall be found." BOOKER T. JR., MISSIXG Son of Negro Educator Has Disap peared From Massachusetts School. Rowley, Mass., October 3. Booker T. Washington, Jr., is strangely missing from Dummer academy. He has not been seen since Monday afternoon when he boarded a car for Newberry port. A search? ing of tight, one of whom will die. port yesterday has returned without results. NEW PARLOR CAR LINE Between Wilmington and Columbia Via Atlantic Coast Line. Effective Wednesday, October 10, the Atlantic Coast Line will inaugu? rate Pullman Parlor Car service on train No. 55 leaving Wilmington daily 3:45 p. m., arriving Columbia 10/55 p. m. Returning leave Colum* bia 4:30 p. m., train 78-50 arriving Wilmington 12:05 a. m. This service will insure a pleasant and delightful trip. Local Cotto^f Market. Both New York and Liverpool opended at an advance over yester? day'* closing quotation and the spot market stiffened in consequence. On the streeas today buyers were paying 10 1-2 for cotton and the indicatior < were for higher prices. An Announcement. The first week in November the Second Regiment Band will hold a bazar for the financial benefit of the organization. This affair is going to be one of the best of the kind ever given in Sumter and should be well patronized. The young lady friends of the band, as well as others, are go? ing to use every effort to make you enjoy yourself. The exact date and place will be coming shortly, so hold yourself in readiness with a helping hand. Mr. J. F. Reid, who appeared be? fore the board of county commission? ers on Tuesday in behalf of himself and the other public cotton weighers in reference to the construction of the term of the contract between the county and the Sumter County Warehouse Company states that cot? ton weighers did not file a formal complaint against the warehouse company but merely to obtain, from the board in whose presence the contract with the warehouse com? pany was made, their interpre? tation of the section of the contract relating to the payment of $290 a year by the warehouse company as compensation for a clerk for the cot* ton weighers, a difference of opinion having arisen between the cotton weighers and the warehouse company. The board having: decided, the I question there .. ; "Ob?b?y be n'? i KILLED BY TRAIN. Mr. J. B. Ellis Jumps or Falls Into Heavy Switch and is Killed. From The Daily Item October 5. Mr. J. B. Ellis, a white man, 26 years of age, a native of Sunbury, X. C., met a violent death by falling or jumping from the Atlantic Coast Line passenger train, Xo. 32. going to Florence about 6.45 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The first intimation that any one had that the accident had occurred was when an unknown negro woman ran across the injured man near one of the large double track switches on the Coast Line yard. She became frightened and gave the alarm. Mr. Edward Richardson was the first person to reach Mr. Ellis. He i found him in a sitting posture, still I alive, but unable to speak. Mr. Rich I ardson asked him several questions, which he endeavored to answer, and a mere gurgle in the throat was all that his efforts to articlate could ac complish. A physician was immedi? ately sent for. but in a few minutes Mr. Ellis died. An examination of the body reveal? ed some bad cuts about the neck and head, which were inflicted by the tin signals attached to the switch. His skull was fractured from the blow. Mr. Ellis was accompanied to the I depot by Col. Kirby, one of his clos? est and most intimate friends. They boarded the train for Florence togeth" er, and Mr. Charles Ellis, brother of j the dead man, who went to say good j bye to his brother, fell while disem? barking from the train after it was in motion, and it is thought, that in trying to see whether or not his broth? er was hurt by the fall, Mr. Ellis leaned over too far, lost his balance and fell to his death. h. The coron?r's inquest this morning disclosed the facts above given. The verdict of the jury, which was em? panelled by Coroner Flowers, was as follows: *"That in their opinion, the deceas" ed came to his death by jumping or falling from the Atlantic Coast Line passeger train, No. 32." The remains of Mr. Ellis will be taken to his home for interment. He was a member of the Hoo-Hoos and of the Knights of Pythias. Tlie Recorder's Court. In addition to the six or eight al? leged vagrants who were before the court Friday for examination, there were two cases for trial. John Simmons was charged with disorderly conduct and drunkenness, creating a disturbance by brickbatting a house. The sentence was $20 or 30 days. Willis Moses was found guilty of cursing and paid $3. Rosa Dozier Xo. 1 and Rosa Dozier. No. 2 were found guilty of vagrancy and sentenced to pay a fine of $10 or 30 days imprisonment. Saturday the preliminary hear? ing in the case of the State vs. Na? than Wilson, charged with the car? rying of a pistol into the county jail j I for the purpose of aiding some of the inmates to escape, was reopened on motion of Geo. D. Levy, attorney for the defendant, on the ground of duress in the procuring of testimony | upon which the case was sent up to 1 the circuit court Thursday for trial, j The grounds for the motion were i based upon the written statements of ? two of the witnesses who are pris- j oners in the jail, one o'f whom swore j that the testimony given by him at J the former hearing was not true and j that he was flogged to say what he did and the other swore also, that his testimony w*as false, and gave as his reason for testifying against the de? fendant that he feared a flogging if he refused to^swear falsely against the accused. The witness also swore that a rope was placed around his neck and that he was lashed by the jailer when it was first thought tha*t he had j some knowledge of the plan to effect an escape from the jail. Jailer Nor? ris substantiates this statement. The defendant was, however, held for trial on an alleged subsequent confession, arid the case will come up for trial on the facts at the next term of the court of General Sessions. The annual anti-vagrancy crusade is now under way In quite a number of Southern towns and cities and the loafing negroes " are being run out or put to work on the chaingang. No crusade has been started in Sumter and the vagrants are taking life easy. There are hundreds of loafing, idle negro men hanging around the streets who cannot be induced to work at any price. They should be put ~r the chaingang. A raid in search of vagrants v. ?a made in Epperson's Hundred Fri' ; morning and only three men were captured. Two of these proved t:. ti they had regular work and were* ( missed. The third entered a plea ot -, inability to work regularly on ic count of a gun shot wound in leg received at Kingstree seve months ago. He was held for exai ? nation by a physician. The reas >n that so f<?w of the vagrants were ci i ired was thai :: had been pas* 9?S ain Coat! Copyrigh: 1906 by Hart Schaffner Marx The man with an umbrella only, go?s out on a rainy morn? ing-gets his clothes wet and keeps them on while they dry out. His clothes are certainly not improved in appearance and he is taking the risk of a hard cold. It takes a rainy day to make a man Prize a Rain Coat. Still they are just as useful when the sun shines, for they include all the smartness and durability of an overcoat. You can wear a Rain Coat ANYWHERE IN ANY WEATHER. The materials are handsome Oxfords, blacks, mixtures, etc. Price range : Men's Guaranteed Rain Coats, $12, $15, $18 & $20 Boys' Rain Coats, ages 10 to 16, $6.50, $7.50, $10 - - - - and $12 - ?- - ID. J. Phone 166 * Sumter, S. C. Wearing Apparel THAT IS \ ORIGINAL, EXCLUSIVE and RIGHTLY PRICED We could not have builded the most gigantic Dry Goods business in Sumter without THE MOST ESSEN= TIAL FOUNDATION STONE--MERIT. And merit has only been earned because quality and right pricing have worked hand in hand. We lay particular stress on The Dress Goods, The Silks, The Tailor Suits, The Cloaks, The Hats. Always Something at a Saving for You ! Friday We Place on Sale : IO dozen Heady Made Bleach Sheets, worth 60c, this day - 44c 75 extra size White Quilts, worth 90c, sale at - - , - - 69c 50 extra size fine White Spreads, values $125, for this day - 89c 40 pieces Apron Gingham, all colors, worth 7c, sale at 5c A CORSET BARGAIN. 25 dozen Ladies' Corsets, the best shape, hose supporters side and front, the best of 50c kinds, thij* sale .... 44c Sale of New Muslin Underwear in Gowns, Skirts, Corset Covers, etc, at 25c, 49c, 89c and up. SCHWARTZ BROS. . -Cotton buyers are complaining that there is an unusually large per cent age of false packed cotton being sold .on this market at present. The sellers of the cotton are packing the bales with good cotton on the sides and the rest " the bale filled up with stormi When bales of this character! : .-rur.pled in the usual manner only I g 3 vd cotton is touched and the bought and paid for as high otton. But when the false bales reach the hands of the ?ort ouyers the fraud is discovered ind . local buyer loses the differ enc between the price paid for high . Dtton and what he receives I e exporter for storm cotton. 3e it is a cheat and fraud to r.ttnn "n thA manne?* described man guilty of i>e fraud is a j The law so regards h'm and *