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THAW TRIAL DELAYED. THfe of One Juror Seriously 111 With Pneumonia, and a Mistrial May Be Ordered. ?Cew York, Feb. 13.-;-The possibil? ity of a mistrial in the Thaw case ap? peared this morning:, when lt was learned that the wife of Juror No. ll, Joseph B. Bolton, is seriously ill of pneumonia. Juror Bolton, accom? panied by court officers and two of the panel, went to his wife's bedside 'today, thus delaying the case. If Mrs. Bolton's illness continues serious or if she dies the session will probably be declared a mistrial. No Morning Session. When the court opened this morn? ing, at District Attorney Jerome's re ?luest an adjournment was taken un? til 2 o'clock, while Juror Bolton was visiting his home. Thaw was not brought into the court room. x Evelyn hurried to visit him in the Tombs and encourage him to hope that the trial would con ~' \ tinue. Grave fears are entertained that Mrs. Bolton's illness will cause a .mistrial to be ordered. In view of the fact that Bolton will have this "burden on his mind if his wife con? tinues seriosuly ill, both sides will probably rather have him excused than continue the case. In the event of her death, it is almost certain that .neither side will want him to continue as a juror. Mrs. Bolton's doctor telephones District Attorney Jerome that she has double pneumonia and is in a serious ? cmdition. It is probable that the court will not declare a mistrial for two or three days, at least, if Mrs. Bolton j continues ill that long, but the case j will be continued from day to day, al- I lowing Bolton to remain at home to I see if he can return to the jury box j with his mind in condition to hear j -evidence. Wont Defend White. New York, Feb. 14.-Howard Nes? bitt, the brother of Evelyn Thaw and -generally regarded as a State's wit? ness, is said to have^ had a tilt with District Attorney Jerome and that he balked flatly on the proposition to s -?oing on the stand to defend the memory of Stanford White and break ?own his; sister's evidence. The re? fusal cf Jerome to promise Nesbit that his :?;ster would not be prosecut? ed for perjury is reported to have caused the break. Another Adjournment. New York, Feb. 14.-The exami? nation of Dr. Britton G. -Evans, who was the first wit? ness called in the Thaw case today, was started as soon as court ?pened. Dr. Evans had just started ? to give oral testimony as to state- I znents made to him by Thaw, which I IssLdi been, barred early in the trial, "when a messenger gave a note to Juror Bolton, stating that his wife was believed to be dying. Bolton turned deathly pale and jumped to bis feet An adjournment was im xnediately taken till afternoon. Bol? ton hurried to his home. Mrs. Bolton is Dead. New York, Feb. 14.-Mrs. Joseph S. Bolton, wife of Juror No. ll in ! the Thaw Trial, is dead. She passed 1 ?way before her husband reached her "bedside, after having left the court -building. It is - probable that the Thaw case will be adjourned until Monday or Tuesday of next week. The Trial Was Resumed Where it Was Left Off Last Week. New York, Feb. 18.-The Thaw, trial was resumed this morning. Juror 3olton, whose wife died, will face the ordeal bravely. Thaw entered court with slower step than usual and appeared preoc? cupied. Josiah and Edward Thaw, bis brothers, were present. Dr.Britton Evans, who was on the Rand at the suspension of the case Thursday, was recalled as the first witness. Dr. Evans testified that Thaw said the firm of Biac.-c, Olcultt, Graber and Bonynge and the dis? trict attorney were in r* conspiracy to railroad him to the asylum, that they were White's friends, that it was all right to talk of him being Insane. Evans said that Thaw told him that Dr. Hamilton's eyes suggested insan? ity. Dr. Hamilton is an alienist. District Attorney Jerome's Experts Inclined to the Opinion That Ile is Really Insane. New York, Feb. 15.-It is taken for granted today that if Juror Bol? ton has no physical breakdown there will be no mistrial. Mrs. Bolton's fu? neral will be held tomorrow after? noon. It is thought by Monday Mr. Bolton will be fit to continue his .duty to the State. District Attorney Jerome's experts tire inclining more to the idea that Thw is really insane. The district at? torney may decide to demand a lun? acy commission early next week. Should this comission determine that Thaw is insane he will be sent to Matte wan without delay. The Methodists in Winnsboro will soon build an $8,000 church. FIRE IX GREENVILLE. Loss is Estimated at About Fifty Thousand Dollars, Half Covered by Insurance. Greenville, Feb. 14.-Fire tonight completely gutted one portion of the Conyers building, located on Wash? ington street in the heart of the .busi? ness district, the total loss approxi? mating $50,000, with about $25,000 insurance. That part of the building which is occupied by the Carolina supply company escaped without dam? age, the fire wall dividing the two sections of the building having suc? cessfully withstood the fire test. The Gower Supply company, deal? ers in paints, oils, etc., was th 3 heaviest loser, the damage amounting to about $16,000, almost entirely cov? ered by insurance. Logerholm, the tailor, suffered a loss of $5.000, with only $500 insurance, and Waddell & Co., carpets, $5,000, with no insur? ance. There were a number of small of ; fices, occupied by real estate and in? surance and cotton brokerage firms, on thc second floor, but the loss there consisted mainly of office fixtures and papers. The Postal telegraph office, on the first floor, was also a total loss, the damage amounting to $300, covered by insurance. Tlr building, which is owned by W. P. Conyers, is damaged to the extent of about $15,000, with $16,000 insur? ance. The fire.started in the furn-l,^ room in the center basement. It quickly spread to the cellar of the Gower Supply company, which was heavily stocked with paints and oils. The flames, feeding on .this substance, soon spread all over the building, and in less than two hours there was nothing left between the four , walis. The firemen had a terrific fight, and at one time the whole block, the most valuable in the business district, was threatened. So grave was the situation that Mayor Mahon called uon Spartanburg to hold her fire de? partment in readiness to be dis? patched to Greenville on a special train which was quickly furnished by the Southern. Anderson was asked to make ready for similar service, .but outside help was not needed. Neglected Colds Threaten life. (From the Chicago Tribune.) *" ' Don't trifle with a cold/ is good advice for prudent men and women. It may be vital in the case of a child. Proper food, good vetilation, and dry. warm clothing are the proper safe? guards. If they are maintained through the changeable weather of autumn, winter and spring, the chances of a surprise from ordinary colds will be slight. But the ordinary light cold will become severe if neg? lected, and a well established, ripe cold is to the germs of diphtheria what honey is to the bee. The great? est menace to the child life at this season of the year is the neglected cold." Whether it is a child or adult, the cold, slight or severe, the very best treatment that can be adopted is to give Chamberlain's Cough Rem? edy. It is safe and sure. The great popularity and immense sale of this preparation has been attained by its remarkable cures of this ailment. A cold never results in pneumonia when it is given. For sale by DeLorme's Pharmacy. MORE PAY FOR TELEGRAPHERS Chicago, Feb. 15.-The Postal Tel? egraph company has announced a 15 per cent, increase in salaries of ope? ratives all over the country, following the Western Union's increase of 10 per cent. President William Baker explained that it was the desire of the Postal to give better salaries than any other company. The million a year increase to the Western Union men has not entirely pleased the union. It is said that at the meeting to be held on Sunday action will be taken lock? ing toward demanding the reinstate? ment of the men dismissed and the recognition of the union. j *Xothing will relieve indigestion that is not a thorough digestant. Ko dol digests what you eat and allows the stomach to rest-recuperate grow strong again. Kodol is a solu? tion of.digestive acids and as nearly as possible approximates the digest? ive juices that are found in the stom? ach. Kodol takes the work of di? gestion off the digestive organs, and while performing this work itself does greatly assist the stomach to a thorough rest. In addition the in? gredients of Kodol are such as to make it a corrective of the highest efficiency and by its action the stom? ach is restored to its normal activity and power. Kodol is manufactured in strict conformity with the national pure food and drugs law. Sold by druggists. The latest wrinkle in the scnool system is an arrangement by which the hair of the boys is to be shorn at the cits expense. The dejarture be? gins with the opening of small bar? ber rooms in three school buildings, each supplied with two stools. Pu? pils from the "barber college" will do the work and bring the scissors and everything else that is needed in the operation of cutting the chirdren's hair. * Piles of people have piles. Why suffer from piles when you can use Dewitt's Carbolizod Witch Hazel Salve and get relief. Xothing else so good. Beware of imitations. See that the name is stamped on each box. Sold by druggists. Xcw Light in Massachusetts. Is Massachusetts, then, to beco the champion of free trade and St rights The wriggling of time rarely brought into the view of n a greater wonder than this, for assumption by the Old Bay State that role is enough to make men ga Seventy-five years ago the people South Carolina in convention asse bled passed an ordinance of nuliifi tion in respect of federal tariff h which they declared to be null a void. In the ensuing argument w President Andrew Jackson the St was adjudged to have got the wo of it, since the South Carolina could think of no effective rejoint when he sent troops to collect 1 customs duties they had refused pay. For half a century or so the after South Carolina was regarded the representative of the extre: State rights view, the extreme slav? view, the extreme southern view everything; while Massachuse stood for the union one and indiv ible, for authority of the nation, 1 the freedom of the slave. In thc pluribus unum combination these t States were antihetical and were fr? ly apostrophized as such in counth Fourth of July orations and speec es in Congress. Now the roles seem to be revers? for South Corolina is as quiet as lamb, while in Massachusetts we he somewhat loudly sounded a note ...o^ent from views known to prcv, at "Washington. Representative Sat uel McCall, of Boston, who is a m; of ability and of conscience, and both adds courage, said at the Li coin's birthday dinner of the Repub can club In this city on Tuesday eve ing that for his part he could "see ] reason for the highly centralized p ternalism which is threatened, ai which will engender a servile depen ence upon government and destn the fibre of our citizenship." He b lived that the States should exerci all their functions and defend again usurpation the powers they reserv< to themselves when the constitute was adopted. For a Massachuset Republican to protest against the i: voking of a "statutory mellenniun through "constructions" of the co] stitution that should rob the Stat of their rights and empower the fe< eral government to control eve] man's business by penal enactmen is an astonishing "reversal of torn from the days when for such do< trines men would have turned to Joh C. Calhoun. It is even more astonishing, thoug the -country has been in a measui prepared for it, that a petition shoul be addressed to President Rooseve and to congress, signed by Go' Gould, the President of the Massachi setts senate, the speaker of the hou? and by 232 of the 280 members of th legislature of that state, urging a immediate revision of the tariff. X man can remember a time when th State of Massachusetts was not stronghold of Republicanism, and fo j more than half a century Republi canism and protectionism have bee interchangeable terms. There is new light in the old commonwealth and it appears to be all the tim growing brighter. A serious and alarming fact abou this tariff reform petition from Mas sachusetts is that it does not pro ceed from consumers. The consum ers never made any headway in fight ing high duties, and the protectionist do not care a snap of their fingers fo: them. They have never been organiz ed, they have always been easily fool ed, their ideas were vague, and theil convictions not very firm. Massachu setts wants tariff reform, because it! manufacturers demand free raw ma? terials, and free coal from the Mari? time provinces. Manufacturers diffei from the rabble of consumers in this that they know with great precision what they want, and they are abie by organization to make trouble. Massachusetts tariff reformers have already made trouble for Senator Lodge, who may be expected, not suddenly but easily, gradually but none the less notably, io change his attitude of resistance to the will of his constituents. The Massachusetts petition urges the adoption of maximum and mini? mum tariff schedules, the benefit of the lower rates to be given to coun? tries granting to us a reciprocal ad? vantage. Dyed-inthe-wool free trad? ers will, of course, scoff at the con? ventional tariff arrangement, but nevertheless the day when congress enters upon that path will be the day of doom for Dingleyism. It will mean lower duties for the products, not of one country, but of many countries; and high and higher duties have been the essence of the Republican policy thus far. Tariff reform is getting to be infectious. Even Senator Spoon? er declared the other day in debate that he had "thought for some years that the tariff ought to be revised," and h<- thinks "a great many of th? <l;??<\< are excessive, and therefore detrimental because they are excess? ive." If a change is coming there will be men ambitious for the distinction of leadership in bringing it about. We advise all such to keep a*i eye upon President Roosevelt. He is as ambi? tious as anybody, and if a time shu li j come when he discovers that he can j no longer hold the undivided atten I tion of the country by mussing the \ corporations, he will seek out new mat ! ter for disturbance. It would be just j like him to take up tariff reform. New York' Times. Neighbors Got Fooled. *"I was literally coughing myself to death, and had become too weak to leave my bed; and neighbors pre? dicted that I would never leave it alive; but the got fooled, for thanks be to God, I was induced to try Dr. King's New Discovery. It took just four $1 bottles to completely cure the cough and restore me to good sound health," writes Mrs. Eva Un capher, of Grovertown, Stark county, Ind. This King of cough and cold eures, and healer of throat and lungs,, is guaranteed by Sibert's Drug Store. 50c. and $1. Trial bottle free. KILLED BY LIVE WIRE. Clyde Pope. Aged 17. Supposed to Have Been Electrocuted by Cross Circuit Contact. Columbia, Feb. IS.-Clyde Pope, aged 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. X. Pope, who reside in Granby, was found dead last evening about 6.30 o'clock, and it is supposed was killed by coming in contact with live wires in the basement of the Granby Meth? odist church. The young man had gone down in the basement of the church building to fire the furnace, and after him had followed several small children. As the ycung man turned on the first light. As he did so 'one of the lights the glo'De, picked up another attached to a long cord and turned on the light. Ae he did so one of the lights sparked brilliantly and Pope called to the children to look how pretty it was. Hardly had he spoken the words when he gave a jerk, his body . fell against the furnace and in less than 10 minutes he was dead. A Valuable Lesson. *"Six years ago I learned a valuable lesson," writes John Pleasant, of Magnolia, Ind. "I then began taking Dr. King's Xew Life Pills, and the longer I take them the better I find them." They please everybody. Guar? anteed at Sibert's Drug Store. . 25c. A JAIL PUZZLE. County Authorities Do Not Know What to Do With a Sick Prisoner. R. F. Moore, the young white man who was arrested at Wedgefield and lodged in jail on Tuesday night, has been legally committed to the county jail on a charge of breaking into a car and stealing a ride on an Atlantic Coast Line 'train. The warrant was sworn out, by F. S. Barnes before Magistrate Wm. J. Rees. The young man is very much diseased-a physi? cal wreck, and the authorities here are nonplussed to know how to handle the case; it being advised by the county physician that the ordi? nary diet will be poisoning to the diseased man's system and no law? ful provision is made for such cases. R. F. Moore, the young white man arrested at Wedgefield on Thursday night and brought here and lodged in jail, was convicted this morning on the charge of stealing a ride on an Atlantic Coast Line train and sen? tenced to 30 days/ on the gang. Moore's physical condition is such as to render him unfit for work and he will, therefore, be detained 30 days in the county jail. Cliamberlain's Cough Remedy a Fa? vorite. *"We prefer Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to any other for our chil? dren," says Mr. L. J. Woodbury, of Twining, Mich. "It has also done the work for us in hard colds and croup, and we take pleasure in recommend? ing it." For sale by Del^orme's Phar? macy. William S. DesPortes, assistant postmaster at Ridgeway, is under ar? rest for alleged tampering with the mails. ALL WRONG. The Mistake is Made by Many i Sumter Citizens. Don't mistake the cau?e of backache. I To be cured you must know the cause. It is wrong to imagine relief is cure. Backache is kidney ache. You must cure ihe kidneys. T. II. Bobo, employed at the cotton mill, Orangeburg, says: -'Dean's Kidney Bills did me more ?rood than any other remedy I ever used. "My wife also used thom for backache with the same i;ood results as 1 ob! Pined. I don't know whether her back was worse than mine or not hut both of us had been ailing for some two or three years, and at night we tried rubbing on liniments, coal oil. turpen tire. etc.. but the old pain came back again and nothing wc could do seemed to help us until I ;a>t Dean's Kidney Pills. Since using the pills we arc like dlfTereni people for the backache disappeared. Doans Kidney Pills arc a wonderful remedy, and are worth every Cen? they enM .*' Plenty more proof like tins from Sumter people. <"all ai A. J. China's drug store and :i>K u h ai customers report. For sale by all dealers. Pri?e 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo.N. V.. sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Dean's-and take no other. 4 frw*??!k B!g Crops 01 0om M?WM?,MyrflVIIIIIII ^llinill'MMM_ I ll Mill V^^^^?u can De depended upon from land 8% l^^^SP that has been liberally fertilized '^^^^^ with a complete fertilizer contain AVAlWBS??| ?n2 Strogen, 8% available raOSPHORIC^^^ phosphoric acid and 9% ' ?ji /O Just how and why 9% of Potash I PJ?8? ?f?^~ I fl li *S necessary our booklet will show. I ii I ^ GERMAN KAL! WORKS H SI VS fi Hew York-93 Nassau Street, or Specially Fine Cabbage Plants. I have some plants left over from my oro setting, the same kind that I set for my own tracking. I buy the best seeds obtainable on the market. I have two early varieties Early Jersey Wakefield and Charleston Wakefield. In season we follow these closely with Succession and Late Drumhead. Prices in thousand lots $1.50, 5000 and over $1.25,10,000 and over $1.00. We have only a limited quantity of very selected stock. We crate them and deliver them to the Southern Express Co. and at very low Express rates. Send orders early before our stock is gone. W. P. CARR. Doces 3? Box 81 Meggetts, S. O. T E OTHERWISE ? After years of Honest Endeavor tc please our Customers, is it any wonder that trade comes our way? We call your special attention to our stock of Builders' Hardware, Plows and Plow Material, Farming implements. Variety greater than ever, and prices are right. The Durant Hardware Co. Attention, Farmers We make a specialty of insuring COTTON GINS, (system and old style,) COTTON at gins and COT? TON ON PLANTATIONS. See us for rates, before insuring. Mi taits ipi, No. 10 N. Main Street, Sumter, S. C. 9-5-12-26 The weight per r od and size of wire must be taken into consideration : also the CONSTRUC tion 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 gc jd 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 ARDW?RE CO. This is the gardening season. We have a full supply ot the best test? ed garden seeds. For years WHEWS SEEDS Have been recognized as the best. Let us sup? ply you. F O R SALE> A LARGE QUANTITY OF DRAWN SHINGLES AND BRICK, DELIVED ED AT DALZELL, S. C. FOR PRICES, ADDRESS OR AP? PLY TO DALZELL MERCANTILE CO., 1-23-tf Dalzell, S. C. KILL,THE COUGH ANO CURE THE LUNGS w,?H Dr. King's law Dss???@ry /CONSUMPTION Price FOR 1 Ol'GHSand 5Gc&$1.00 ISOLDS Free Trial. Pharmacy Drugs and Medicines. Surest and Quickest Cure for all THROAT and LUNG TROUB? LES, or HONEY BACK.