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NEW YEAR'S BALL. Swater Serman Club's Second Bail Will Be 6iven 0? January I, 1907. The second hall of the Sumter Ger .man Club will be given in Armory Hall ou the night cf Tuesday, Janu? ary 1, 1907. The committee bas been appointed by the officers of the club and they are already making arrange? ments ior the ball, which they hope to make one of the mest enjoyable and brilliant ever ?riven by the club. The committee is composed of the following: Messrs. R. D. Graham, X?eo. D. Levy, J. H. Lew, Jr., H. W. Barby, W. A. Alston, D. J. Winn, Jr., Lucian Strauss, A. B. Wilder. Herbert Parrott and Henry Richard? son. A meeting of this committee is called at 7 o'clock on Monday night ?ext at the office of the Citizen's Insurance Agency. The committeemen for the'firsc foal}: will be : Messrs. L C. Straus?, S. W. W?re, Robert Shuler. L. R. William? son, W. H. Flowers, J. A. Yates, A. Weathersbee, Thomas Jenkins and ,J. J. Barby. TRA6EDY IN SPATANBUR6 little Boy the Innocent Agent of a Fear? ful Accident. Spartanburg Dec. 6.-Special: What will probably prove to be ? triple tragedy occurred this after? noon at Cedar Springs, by the ac? cidental discharge of a shot gun in the hands of Heintish Coggins, aged 8 years. His twin sister, Hattie Lou, is dead, and Heintish and a colored giri are fatally wounded. Lisco Coggins, the father of the Coggins children, had just return? ed from a hunting trip. He placed the gun in his room and it I was picked up by young Coggins, j who pointed the gun at his sister. j The gun went off accidentally, the j load entering the body, of thc boy's twin sister, killing \her in? stantly. A colored girl, who was standing near, received a portion of the.load aud may die Lt any moment. When the gun was dis- ! charged it recoiled, the butt strik- j ing the boy in the head, inflicting \ a serious wouiid. THE NEED OF SEWERAGE. Hearth Officer Reardon and His Fight Against Dry Wells. The ordinance against dry wells within a half mile of the water sta? tion has beeu thronen a legal fight of some length. H. D. Moise, Esq , has been fined twice for digging a well within the prohibited ar ea, and sn- ? other warrant was issued against bim j j by Recorder Hurst Thursday for the ! j same offense, upon affidavit m*de ! I by Health Officer E. L Reardor. The j ! esses were appealed from the Record- j er's Court by Mr. Moise, in behalf of ! himself ano} ene of his clients, but the i Circuit. .Court sustained the ordi-! na?ce. . Mr. Moise has paid his two j fmes? but as he has net discontinued ? the tse of the well, the Health Officer i will continue to prosecute as fast as j the legal machinery will permit, un- i less in the meantime Mr. Moise : ^decides to discontinue the use of the I , 'd:ry well. j j The other party to the violation of ?"the; ordinance has paid bis fiue and rci^ms to h ave discontinued the us^ of j'-th^^??ll for which he was prosecuted, pai??^is using another old well it' an j ot?eryard, which had been in contiu-1 j ual use before the passage of the ordi ! nance, which by a provision, allows j the use of dry wells within a half mile j of the water- station if constructed prior to the passage of the ordinance. A question to be decided nnw is "whether the Health Officer can fill np either of the new wells, even though they be not used, provided that they i are disconnected, and not used for the I purposes for which they were con- j ! strusted. j Death Sentence Commuted. Atlanta, December 6.-The par? don board to-day commuted the j death sentences of Jesse and Mil? ton Rawlings to life imprisonment The crime is the same for which their father, J. G. Rawlings, .and Alf Moore, a negro, were hanged at Valdosta Tuesday. The recom? mendation of the pardon board goes to Governor Terrell, who undoubtedly will approve the de- r cisi?n. There is talk of establishing a fur? niture factory in Columbia. The store of Caesar Alexander was bumed in Darlington Wednesday night. WE HAVE A FIRE. Engine Room of Ostcen Publishing Company Burned Out This Morn? ing-Engine Seriously Damaged. Fire broke out in the engine room of the Osteen Publishing Company between 8 and 9 o'clock Thursday, and although it was discovered al? most immediately the fiamos spread os rapidly that he engine room was a seething mass of fire before the Monaghan Kose Company from just across the street could stretch a line of hose and get a stream turned on. As soon as the water was turned on ? the fire was quickly subdued. The fire was confined to the engine room, ano the only damage done was to the engine, the engine room and the glass in the rear windows of the sec? ond floor of the office. The total amount of damage lias not been determined, as it will be necessary to have the engine rebuilt before it can be used again. If it had not been for the quick work of the firemen there would have been a se? rious" fire. Fortunately the Osteen Publishing Company has a second engine which is kept in reserve for use in case of break down or other emergencies, and the work was carried on after the fire was extinguished in the engine room. The work was seriously hand? icapped today and the Daily Item is issued this afternoon under difficul? ties. Fire Thursday Morning. At 1.30 a. rn. Thursday the wood house on the premises of Mr. A. W. Crosswell caught on fire and necessitated the calling out of the fire department. 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Recommendation of thc Trial Com? mittee Made After Being Up All Night for Verdict. Columbia, S. C., December 5 Rev. C. W. Creighton has been dismissed from the ministry and has been expelled from the mem? bership of the Methodist Church, South. This decision was reached yesterday at dawn by by the com? mittee of 12 which had remained in session 63 hours of actual time. Just what transpired in the com? mittee room will never be known and just how the committee stood with reference to the final verdict will also be a closed chapter. The presiding officer of the trial was Rev. L. F. Beaty of Nashville, "Tenn., the assistant Sunday school editor of the gen? eral conference. He was not a member of the committee, being merely the presiding officer, rep-, resenting the bishop. When the verdict was announced to him, he wept.It was whil? he was pastor at Edgefield that Mr. Creighton de? cided to quit the practice of law to enter the ministry. "I don't believe Charley Creigh? ton had any but the highest of motives when he entered the ministry," said Mr. Beaty yester? day, "The verdict of the com? mittee means that they regard Mr. Creighton to be guilty of the charges preferred, and I have no reason to vuestion the righteous? ness of that verdict.but yet I wish that this unfortunate contention could have been spared the con? ference." Rev/E. O. Watson, secretary of the conference and one of the members who was outspoken in opposition to Mr. Creighton, also wept when the verdict was placed in his hands. He recognized in Mr. Creighton as an individual a man to be loved, although his views and those of Mr. Creighton differed widely. MR. SPENCER'S WILL Bulk of Property Lefft to His Widow and Her Children-Estate Valued at About $75,000. Washington, Dec. 7:-The will of the late Samuel Spencer, presi? dent of the Southern Railway company, was today admitted o probate. The document was exe? cuted in New York city, July 27, 1905. 1 All his household furniture pictures, paintings, plate, horses and carriages are given to the widow, Mrs. Louisa Vivian Spen? cer, absolutely. Mrs. Spencer is also given, the residence and real estate in Tuxe? do Park, Orange county, New York, or the residence and real estate in this city. She is also given the use for life of the resi? dence which decides not to take. At her death the residence so used shall revert to the surviving chil? dren of Mr. Spencer in equal parts. The residue of the estate is to be divided into three parts, one of which is to be given absolutely to Mrs, Spencer; another share is to be held by the executors in trust for Mrs. Spencer during her. Life and at her death to revert to the children of Mrs, Spencer or any J descendants of deceased children; the remaining part of the estate is to be divided among the chil? dren. The heirs of Mr. Spencer are stated to be Louisa V. Spencer, the widow; Henry B. Spencer, Vernona Spencer Laying and Vivian Spencer, his children. The personal estate is given as "in excess of Sio.ooo," and the real estate is estimated at $75,000. The executors are the widow, two sons and son-in-law, James B. Laying, Jr. *It is a mistake to use a violent ca? thartic to open the bowels. A gentle movement will accomplish the same results without causing distress or serious consequences later. Dewitt's Little Early Risers are recommended. Sold by all druggists. Tax Notice, The County Treasurer's office in Court House building will be open for the collection of taxes, without pen? alty, from the 15th day of October to the 31st day of December, inclusive, 1906. The levy is as follows- For State, 5 mills; for county, 3 1-2 mills; Con? stitutional School, 3 mills; Po!ls, $1.00. Also, School District No. 1. Special, 2 mills; No. 2, 2 mills; No. 3, 2 mills; No. 4, 2 mills; No. IS, 2 mills; No. 17, 1 mill; No. IS, 2 mills; Shiloh Sch rbi Distr'xt, 3 mills. 50 cents capitation dog t:ix. A penalty of 1 per cut. added for month January, li'07. Additional pen? alty of 1 per cent, for month t-Vhru ary, 1907. Additional pen-n'y of 5 per c.-nt for 15 days in Match, 1907. T. W. LE 3, Oct. 5, 1906. 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