Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Make no mis= take in sign "IT'S YELLOW" The Yellow Sign Guides YOU RIGHT. * The Embarrassed Sale of the Edens Co. Stock begins Thursday, November 1st, at 9 A O PRICES PARALYZED PRICES PARALYZED We were sent here to turn this stock into money. Dry Goods, Notions, La? dies' Suits andSkirts, Millinery, Shoes.Clothing, Underwear.Qroceries, etc,etc. Everything Must Go No Goods Held in Reserve You may have had sales and sales in your city, but the PARALYZED PRICES offered in this EMBARRASSED sale are SO DIFFERENT, SO DIF? FERENT. Come and see that what we advertise is true. Watch for Big Yellow Signs The Right Place dens Co. Store Sumter, S C. Yellow, Yellow, Yellow, Yellow Sign. COUNTY GOBBESPONDENCE. SEWSY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDEN TS. Hems o? Interest From all Parts ol Sumter and Adjoining Counties. JrOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will mach this office not later than Tues? day morning. When the letters are .received Wednesday it is almost an Impossibility to have them appear in Die pap?r issued that day. / STATEBTJRG. Stateburg, Oct. 22.-Misses Tillie and Sadie Flud have returned from delightful visits to relatives and friends in Stateville, N. C. and Ches? ter, S. C. Mr and Mrs. Wallace Anderson have returned to their home, after a pleasant stay at ''Hill Crest." the home of Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Ander? son, j Mrs. W. H Barnwell spent several ! days in Columbia last week. Mr. Early Mollette spent Sunday at; home Mrs. T. S. Sumter, of Sumter, S^as the guest of her sister, Mrs. John Sumter on Sunday. j Mr. Frank P. Burgess spent Sunday ; at home. Rev. W. H. Barnwell is visiting friends at Hagood today. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Saunders are spending today in Sumter. BROGDON. Brogodn, Oct. 25.-After a week of wind and rain and cloudy weather, the bright sunshine of ?'.oday is indeed welcomed by everyone. Cotton picking has been resumed. Owing to the scarcity r>f labo.* and the continued rainy weather, a large portion of the cotton crop is still in the field. Mrs. J. C. Stukes, who has been sick for some time is convalescing. The friends of Mr. M. H. Plowden vri.ll regret to know that h*s litfie daughter. May, continues very UL \ A colored man, named Amos Gar . jdon, on Mr. S. E. Davi's place drop *~ped dead a few days ag> while load-" lng a wagon with cotton. The man. it Is said, was young and apparently in perfect health. Believing that the ne? gro died from natural causes, tho coroner held no inquest. Dr. and Mrs. A. J. White, of Fores ton, have been on a visit this week to their daughter, Mrs. A. D. Smith. Mr. J. G. White, of Hagerstown. M<L, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R.. 3EL Smith on Sunday last. , ... OA ? ? ;,' ?i ' Mr. Clinton Brogdon is in Colum? bia today taking in the pleasures of the State fair. It is with sincere regret that we have learned that Rev. J. M. Holladay has accepted a call to Winnsboro, an,d will leave Manning soon. We who have been listening to him for nearly three years will miss him. Indeed, we do not now feel that his place can be easily filled. Winnsboro is fortu? nate in securing this accession to its social and religious life. i ' MAX. Max, S. C., Oct. 29.-Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Gaskins, of Leo, are visiting relatives here. ! Mr. Juan Gonzales, of Orangeburg, j j, is visiting friends here. Mr. W. M. Locklair and Miss Cora Connor were married last Sun I day. They did not bother about the i trousseau, cards or feast, just went . to a magistrate and were united. ! Mr. Tom Stokes has sold out and ; will move to Xorth Carolina. ! Mr. Lige McElveen moved to Beu I lah last week. Mrs*. A. Mott, mother of Messrs. . ! 1 j elijah and John Mott, was giv- ' J en a sumptous birthday dinner by her . children and grand children last \ j Thursday. She is near eighty years j ; pf ag 2. DARK CORNER. j Dark Corner, Oct. 29.-Well, I did i ! not write last week, not that I did not | have any thing to write that was%ex- ; citing, as we had a killing hero on j the 15th, when Grant Ross killed j Clifton Smith, as your readers have j seen. And then again on Sunday j j evening, the 21sf?*we had a mad dog ? scare. I hear the dog first went to j Hamp Scotts and bit his dog, then j went to Caezar Richardson's, colored, j and bit his dog, then it went to Wash ! Scotts and bit two or three of his j chickens, and then attempted to go ? into a pen where Scott had a pig, and Mrs, Scott knocked it down j with a hoe, then the dog left. Mr. j Scott was not at home, or he would j have killed the dog. Where the dog j went is not known. It is supposed the j dog belonged to a colored woman, Eliza Galluchat, who lives near Ram- I soy, on Dr. Bossard's place. We are having some pretty days after so many cloudy ones. Hope they will continue so we can finish gather? ing our crops. There came very near being a seri? ous accident here at Mr. James Mc Cutchen's saw mill last Friday even? ing when the cylinder head blew out and passed between Ben Geddings and Lee Shular, just missing them. But fortunately no one was hurt. R. Rufus Ardis, of Rocky Bluff, spent Sunday, the 21st here with his brother, W. J. Ardis, returning: home Sunday evening. His mother, Mrs. Sarah A. T. Lackey accompanied him and spent the week with him at Rocky Bluff. Mrs. L. Newton Barwick, Sr., is Quite sick and Mrs. Robert W. Ardis has been sick, but is better now. T. H. Osteen, R. W. Ardis and W. J. Ard;s spent last Wednesday in your city in attendance on court, in the Ross Smith case. I heard a gentleman say that he was very much hurt when he saw Ernest Collins, white, and Grant Ross, colored, brought in? to the Court House last Wednesday, handcuffed together. Mrs. W. J. Ardis, Mrs. G. W. Scotti and T. D. Weeks visited at Ben Ged ding's near Pinewood yesterday. INDIGESTION A CRIME. Don't You Want a Keen Appetite and j Perfect Health Once More. Don't you want keen appetite, vig? orous digestion, strong heart action, pure blood, nerves of steel, and natu? ral strength and health restored to , you once more? If you continue to suffer with the ? ills of indigestion, such as headaches, backaches, sleeplessness, nausea and distress after eating, specks before the eyes, despondency and nervousness, now that you have been told of the good Mi-o-na stomach tablets will do you, then your indigestion . is an ab? solute crime. Mi-o-na will strengthen all the or? gans o fdigestion, so that you will get from your food the nourishment that is needed to support the vital forces and strengthen the nerve powers; the flagging spirits of mind and body will be rejuvenated; hope, courage and strength will be restored. The fact that Mi-o-na is sold under an absolute guarantee by J. F. W. DeLorme to strengthen the digestive system and restore health, or he will refund the money, proves most clearly and strongly the great merit of this remedy. Ask him to show you the guarantee he gives with every 50 cent box of Mi-o-na. This will show his faith in the remedy, and Mi-o-na itself will soon demonstrate its health-giving qualities. J. A. Massey, a white farmer from Chester county, who was beating his way to Columbia, fell from the top of a train Thursday and received injuries from which he died that night. Court Proceedings. Daily Item, Oct. 24 After recess Tuesday afternoon the court entered upon the trial of Guy Richardson and Rachel Richardson, charged with violating tba dispensary law. The defendants were represent? ed by L. D. Jennings, Esq. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. A true bill was rendered by the jnry in the case cf the State vs. Harry Morn and Harris Nathaniel, larceny. A bench wyrn.nt was issued by Judge Hydrick to compel the attendance of billie McKnight upon the court as a .witness. The case against Harry Boyd, charged with housebreaking and larceny, was placed upon the ^'contin? ued" docket. ' The following persons were arraign? ed and plead guilty to the charges as indicated: Charles Davis, housebreaking and larceny, three years; Dudley Solo? mons, two cases of hoasebreakmg and larceny, four years; William Robin? son, forgery, two years ; Solomon Wil? liams, forgery, one year. A second case against Charles Da? vis, in which the prosecution was the same as in the first case, was nol prossed. Solicitor Wilson also nol prossed the case of the State vs. Elbert S. Bailes and H. G. Bailes. Henry Small, alias Campfire Bill, alias Jack McCoomer and George Spiv ins, charged with murder, was next taken up. The defendants plesd not guilty, and Friday was assigned as the trial day. True bills were rendered against Clara Holland and Mary Council for aiding au escape from jail. Earnest B. Collins, 16 years old, white, plead guilty to grand larceny and was sent to the State Reformatory for 18 months. Grant Ross, charged with murder, was permitted to plead guilty to man? slaughter, and he too was sent to the State Reformatory fer two years. The defendant was almost 15 years old. The Solicitor nol prossed the case against Tom Richardson, charging him with violating the dispensary law. From the Daily Item Oct. 25. Two cases were concluded by the Court of General Sessions yesterday afternoon. They were the State vs. Harry Moore and Harris Nathaniel, charging grand larceny, and the State vs. John Mickeus, for seduction. In tba first case a verdict of not guilty was rendered, the defendants being represented by L. D. Jennings, Esq., and John H. Clifton, Esq., respect? ively. Mickens was convicted on the charge against him, and was sen? tenced to hard labor for a period of five years. He was represented by H. D. Moise, Esq. Fire at Pinewood. The residence of Mr. Bruce W. Des Champs, of Pinewood, was burned Saturday night, together with all his household effects. The fire is supposed to have been caught by a defective flue. There was no insurance and Mr. DesChamps lost heavily. YOUNG WOMAN DARES DEATH. Head Downward, She Rides an Auto? mobile Forty Feet Through Space. Last season the Barnum & Bailey circus electrified blase show-goers at the annual opening in il addison Square Garden by presenting for the first time in America, the French sen tion known as "L'Auto Bolide," or the "Flying Meteor." In New York the act was re-named the "The Dip of Death," and, judging from the nature of the performance, the title was sig? nificantly appropriate. Last season's tour of the Barnum & Bailey circus was largely confined to the West. "This summer, che show will play the cities of the East, Middle, West and South, and Manager J. A. Bailey has determined to give the people of these sections an opportunity to see this re? markable "thriller. Last season the act was performed by a French wo? man. This year, a plucky young ISABELLE BUTLER. The Girl Who Drives the Aerial Auto in the Dip of Death. American girl has essayed the feat, and experts say it is performed with even greater skill and daring than her predecessor in aerial automobiling dis? played. * A review of the "Dip of Death," says: "This wonderful exploit has \ been variously described by a hun? dred writers, but in every instance the description has fallen far short of the actual thing itself. Indeed, it baffles description, for the apparatus alone? is such an ingenious novelty that no* one can fully comprehend the act of the artist unless they first see the ma? chine. To many persons illustrations! depicting the act resemble pictures of some impossible performance, so op? posed does it look to the practicaL But that is owing, as stated, to the scientific build of the apparatus. For after makings descent down an in? cline, the automobile takes an up? ward turn, reversing its position, and; thus travels in a reversed position across a i "ide open space until us four wheels strike the opposite section cf the loop, when it rapidly runs its course to tne track. " In its marvelous aerial flight through the air it de? scribes a parabola covering a space-'of forty feet. The sudden jar, caused by contact in striking the opposite side of the course is weakened) by the pneumatic tires acting as cushions,, and then regaining its original posi? tion, the auto makes its journey to the end. The cleverness demonstrat? ed in this wonderful performance is-: as apparent in the construction of the apparatus as it is in the originality of the conception. Of its dangerous; character there can be no question. It is, as the Barnum & Bailey pro? gramme mentions, 4A fearful, flitting,, fugacious frolic with fate,' 'in which the heroic artists 'dallies with death" at every performance." The "Dip of Death" is not the only "thriller" with the Barnum & Bailey circus. A new act, and a sensationa? novel one is performed by two bicy? clists, who accomplish the seemingly incredible of turning aerial somer? saults on their wheels. Many new acrobatic, aerial and equestrain novel? ties are also promised when the Bar? num & Bailey circus exhibits in this city Wednesday, November 7th. f A Terrible Hurricane Overtakes Jap? anese Coral Fishing Fleet. Tokio, Oct. 29.-Over SOO Japanese fishers are reported drowned in a Hurricane off Gato Island, hundreds of others are injured. Two hunderd sixty-si:, coral fishing vessels were caught in the tempest, and only thirty eight of them lived through the storm. Orrs. SORES. BURNS & RHE.UMATISM ?~S(^