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% 'ft?h?tjnrai at? Smt%k WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1907. MW------i-1 Entered at the Postoffice at Sumter, S. C., as Second Class Matter. ----- - NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. > ? ? H. IX Barnett-Mule Lost. - -j The Bank of Sumter-?ioney Goes: IFar. The Notick Novelty Co.-Special Sale. Charleston Biscuit Works--The iRapid Times. PERSONAXL Mr. Ellie Law, of Elliotts, was in the city Friday. Mr. W. A. Boykin, of Camden, spent Friday in Sumter. :> Mr. Leon Dcvo, of Darlington, spent Sunda.? in the city. - Mr. J. L. Irby, of Roykin, spent Thursday in Sumter. Mr. J. M. Woodley, of Dalzell* ?spent Friday in town. Mr. W. D. McLeod, of Oswego, was in the city Saturday. Mr. L,M. Bowman, of Spartanburg, spent Friday in Sumter. Mr. H. O. S. Jackson, of Manning ! ?pent Sunday in the city. Mrs. John James, of Darlington, was in the city Saturday. Miss Lillian Carroll, of Chester., ?pent Monday in the city. Miss Nell Parsons, of Darlington, is visiting freinas in the city. Mr. T. B. Jenkins has returned from ?a business trip to Charleston. Mr. T. S. Joye, of Bishopville, spent Saturday here on business. Mr. L. L. Baker, of Bishopville, spent Thursday night in the city. Hon. W. G. Stubbs returned Satur day night from a visit to Charleston. Miss Sallie Jones, of Marion, spent Friday in town, the guest of the Ho "tel Sumter. Samuel Carter, Esq., of Richmond, Ta.. is spendidg a few days at CoL B. D. Lee's. Dr. H. Fl Woodward, of Norfolk, Ta-, is in town on a visit to Dr. W. JJ. McCatchen. Mr. J. J. Britton, Jr., member of the County Dispensary Board, was in the city .Thursday. Mrs. J. C. Hasher, who bas been Tis:ting friends at Fort Motte, $. C., has returned to the city. Maj. Wm M. Foster, of Spartan fcurg, is on a visit to his son, Capt. ?J. G. Foster, of this city. . Miss Gussie Harby returned has returned from A leola, where she has been on a visit to friends. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Utz, of Green- j wood, are in the city for ser eral weeks, guests of the Jackson. Mr. J. V. Woodward, ot Columbia, -well known in this city, arrived here friday sight for a short visit Mrs. C. S. McCullough and Miss Inez McCullough spent Sunday in tee .city as the guests of Mrs. 0. P. Osteen. Mr. Scott K. Bostick has accepted xhe position of night cierk at the Ho? tel Sumter and has entered upon his new duties. M. Zu Smith, Esq., of Camden, was in the city Thursday afternoon for a short time between trains en route from Bishopville, where he had been .attending court, to Camden. Mr. C. B. Maroom, of Raleigh, N. -C.. has accepted a position with T. B. Jenkins and will have charge of the Reo end of the business in this city. .Mr. Maroom is an expert machinist j vrith six year's experience. The fish fry season opens this week. If reports are true there is a good deal of liquor being sold in Sumter at present. The brick work on the new Court House has been practically completed and the roof will be put on in the near future. Tf the Atlantic Coast Line passenger elation is not enlarged now while the fire damages are being repaired it be many years before anything is to it. Prof. Schumacher, Mr. Arbuckle sind a pianist will at an early date put on a concert in Wilmington, N. C., for - the benefit of the Wilmington Lodge B. P. O. E. Sumter County was the first to comply with the terms of the Carey Cothran law and to open the dispen? sary under the county dispensary sys? tem. At Friday's meeting of the new "board Mr. Moses J. Moore was elected clerk to the board of control, and not clerk of tthe Mayesville dispensary as "was reported yesterday. The county legislative delegation will have co recommend some one for appointment as Supervisor of Regis? tration to succeed Mr. Thos. E. Rich? ardson, recently elected Judge of j Probate. In a collission between Mr. W. G. Stubbs' buggy and another buggy at the corner of West Liberty and Wash? ington Street Sunday, one front wheel of Mr. Stubbs' buggy was smashed. No other damage was done. MT. O. E. Johnson, adjuster for South Carolina, representing fire in? surance companies, which have losses in the Beck Block fire, is in the city looking after the interests of the com? panies concerned. The Coast Line authorities have at last cleared away the debris from the burned passenger dspot. The building has been boxed up with rough planks and a few improvised doors installed. Such tardiness is un? pardonable and is a constant nui? sance to the traveling public. MWMMMWMWMM^--<??? ?iiMiiiMinl III_ Lucas-Ar: iel*. Columbia, Fob. 28.-Mi? Susan. Arn?tt, of Monticello. Fa:rncl* Coun? ty, and Mr. E. R. Lucas, of Valhalla, the banker and cotton mill m&n, were married ?his morning at the Xfesidence oZ Mrs. W\ J. Elliott, at Hyatt Park, Columbia, \The rnarr:age w.ts a very quiet affair, ^only a few inlier - Cr?en ds and r?tives ..being presen _>-. i?EATH. Mrs. Hattie ?elgar, wife of Mr. vv\ Robert Deljga^ died at "nc- home 0n West Calhotp Street Sunday morning of pneumonia, after an illness about ten dajss ..Mr^Belgar, who A-as in .her Jhirty-secon?* w^ a daughter of the late Rev. Seining Brown, of the South Carolina Confer? ence, M- E. Church, South. She is survived by her husband, four chil? dren, mother, three brothers and one sister. The funeral was h eld. at the Epis? copal Church at 4 o'clock this after? noon. Burned to Death. j A little negro girl about eight years f old was burned to death last Thurs? day on Mr. J. M. Woodleys place, near Dalzell. The child was left at ! home with several younger children while the mother was at work in the field. The child's clothing caught from the fire h: the fire place and she ran out of the house ablaze. When a plowman, who was working in a near? by field, reached her, all her clothing had been burned off. She lived about an hour after the accident. The anti-cocaine law is now in force and all druggists should be care? ful to comply with its provisions. The average receipts of liquor for personal use by the Southern Ex? press is 100 gallons a day. A good deal of this is 1-2 pint case goods. An indication that there is something do? ing in the blind tiger line. Miss Gertrude Plowden, who is teaching the Chandler school, near Mayesville, was painfully* though not seriously, hurt, while out horseback riding a few days ago. The horse jumped and she was thrown to the ground. There were two accidents Sunday at the corner of W. Hampton and Washington street, in which two bugggies were more or less damaged by the mules becoming frightened at an automobile. A shaft of one bug? gy was broken and tho other buggy was overturned . None of the occu? pants were hurt. The tires of a number of bicycles that were left in the Presbyterian Church yard Sunday night were punc? tured by a gang of young miscreants. Complaint has also been made to the police of other acts of vandalism com? mitted by a gang of boys, who seem to think that destruction of property is fun. Thirty days on the chaingang would not be so funny. V When the new county board of control and Inspector Floyd for the State dispensary commission complet? ed checking up the stock in the local dispensary and the accounts of Dis? penser Windham they found every? thing in satisfactory shape. The bal? ance sheet showed that Dispenser Windham had $7.40 more to his credit than the stock book and cash account called for. Col. and Mrs. W. C. Str?dley, who have been spending the winter here, left for the home at Hendersonville, N. C., this morning. Col. Stradley made many friends here during his shor^ sojourn in Sumter who regret their departure. At leaving both re? grets and they are so favorably im? pressed with the Game Cock City that they have planned to return next winter. Such congenial people al? ways find a cordial welcome in Sum? ter. Don't consider lightly the evidence of disease in your system. Don't take desperate chances with ordinary med? icine. Use Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea, the great specific. 35 cents, T< or Tablets. China's Drug Store. Postoffice Discontinued. Tho Mechanicsville postof??ce was discontinued on the 28th of last month, and it would be best for all communications to be directed to Sumter or Oswego R. F. D. Aldrich Law Effective. Washington, March 4.-The presi? dent signed the Aldrich ilnancial bill today, making it a law, which goes into effect immediately. Isham Jackson, of Spartanburg county, who has been a fugitiv?- fror? justice for more than a year, has bct-n arrested in Tennessee and brought back to serve a terran for assault and battery. The munificence of Mr. Rockefel? ler's recent educational donation makes it appear to some people that the iniquity of the Standard OU com? pany was even deeper than fancied. -Spartanburg Journal. TO W. S. GRAHAM. I Heroic, fearless, calm and true was he, j The gallant chief of Delgar, Number I Three, j When tolled the deep-toned bell at j noon or night, I With unabated strength, and honor bright, i Obedient always was he to its call j j To ser\e his fellow-men-forgetting j all j But other's welfare-lost to self, in thought ; ! >f saving those for whom he bravely fought. j . "he ?ames, with muscle, nerve and j f!ip o?' siro] ne chie< of Number Three, the Del ! gar Reei>> And when, in mortal agonies^ he-lay, While from his wounds, his young life ebbed away, A new alarm was heard, his glazing eyes Were brightened, as he seemed te recognize The sound; but in his throat, the feeble breath Which uttered orders once, was hush? ed in death: That call was answered only by his men; There came to him a higher summons then; And as the culing smoke began to rise, His soul went up to God in sacrifice. The brave, courageous youth no more shall be The dauntless chief of Delgar, Num? ber Three; The roar of engine wheels, the clang? ing gong, The tread of horses, galloping along On cobble-stones, beneath whose shoes, steel-toed, The sparks are struck, their mission to forebode; Shall ne'er disturb his calm and peaceful sleep; But in their hearts, enshrined, his friends shall keep His name and fame as martyr to their weal, The chief of Number. Three, the Del? gar Reel. -Ian McGregor. Columbia, S. C. THE HOTEL SUMTER. 4."he Hotel Sumter, which has been conducted by Capt. Geo. W. Loring during the past year, changed hands today. Mr. Andrew L. Jackson as? sumed the proprietorship this morn? ing and is laying plans for greatly im? proving the building. Already new. carpets have been laid and other im? provements are being made. Mr. Jackson announces that it is his pur? pose to give Sumter a hostelry up to the standard of the most exacting re? quirements. Capt. Loring will occupy the com? modious building on Reardon Ave? nue, where he will conduct a private boarding house. He made friends while in charge of the Hotel Sumter, who regret his retirement from the business. ??M LEE BILL" KILLED Senator Larimer Starred Monday as a Filibusterer and Saved the Day. Washington, March 4.-Senator Latimer killed a bill today. It was in the Sam Lee case, which continues to bob up. Sam Lee was the negro from Sumter who some 20 years ago contested the election of Representa? tive Richardson of the seventh con? gressional district. He was never elected. He was nev? er seated, but a partizan house once voted at the close of the session that he was entitled to his seat. Today Senator McCumber moved to pay the heirs of Sam Lee $10,000 for a ser? vice which Sam Lee never performed and, of course, which he was never entitled to receive. The bill, howev? er, passed the house at the last ses? sion against the unanimous opposi? tion of the Democrats. Senator Latimer blocked it in the senate by beginning a filibuster. Se? ining the floor on the McCumber not! >n, just three-quarters of an ur during the close of the session, ? u tor Latimer proceeded to read a . ';-nber of speeches, which it would have taken him something like two hours to read. Senatoi McCumber realized that Senator Laimer could continue till the session expired and withdrew his motion.-The State. PLOMA CONVOKED. St. Petersburg, March 5.-M. Bolu boff, vice president of the council of the empire, read the decree convoking the douma. It was received with the wildest ovation from hundreds of deputies. For ten minutes the shouts, "L,ong live the Czar." blocked prog? ress. Meantime the rest <>f thc dep uties, about 300 in number, sat in sullen silence. Your biain goes on a strike when you overload your stomach; both need blood to do business with. Nu? trition is what you want, and comes by taking Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Chi? na's Drug Store. Iii CORDER'S COURT. " ; i of the Recorder's court ate Thursday afternoon in order dispose of the following cases : ?UU?O ^ornes, colored, was charged with larceny of 10 cents from. W. W. Sibert. He was fined $5 or 10 days on the gang. Nathan Reed, colored, was charged with stealing coal from the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Co. He was sent to the gang for 10 days. Mr. Wm. Croft, white, was up for allowing a team to be overloaded, and the negro driver, Frank'Williams, for cruelly beating the team of mules. Both were fined $10 or 15 days. In the Recorder's court Saturday the following cases were handled: Virgil Wilder, charged with public drunkenness and disorderly conduct, Rosa Camp and Lula Rogers were I 10 days. Rosa Camp and Lula Rogers was i up . fighting on the streets Friday : afternoon. Rosa , Camp was also { \ j charged with carrying a concealed weapon. The Rogers woman was dis? missed a-)1 Rosa was fined $10 and forfeiture o.r her "gun. " Monday Was a Bis: i>uy For the Booze Artists. Monday was a record breaker in the Recorder's court. Over two pages of the docket were taken up with charges against the Saturday night and Sunday sinners. E. C. Cooper and Jim Bristow, both negroes, were up for carrying concealed weapons, discharging a pis? tol on the streets and assault and battery with intent to kill. Bristow was dismissed while Cooper was bound over to the April term of court of general sessions. H. W. Dewitt, white, public drunk? enness, fined $2. Peter Ballard, colored,, cursing on streets, sentenced $5 or 10 days. Isaac Young, colored, disturbing the peace and beating his wife, fined $10 or 20 days. James Williams, public drunken ness, fined $2 or four days. Charles Kennedy, colored, public drunkenness, fined $2 or 10 days. -~ Geo. C. J. Simmons, assault and battery, dismissed. E. C. Cooper, colored, carrying a pistol concealed, discharging fire arms, disturbing the peace and pub? lic drunkenness, continued. In the Recorder's court today the following cases were tried: Cleveland Brown, {colored, drunk, disorderly and indecent conduct, was fined $15 or 30 days. Joe Singleton, colored, riding bicy? cle on sidewalks, fined $1. Moses Minser, colored, neglect to keep an engagement as hackman, case continued. A negro named Nathan planned a clever scheme to secure a suit of clothes, but fell down in the effort to forge the name of Mr. R. P. Stack house, of Dillon, to the order. On Saturday he selected a suit of clothes at the D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.'s store, which was priced at $10.50, and stated to the clerk that he would go and get an order from Mr. Stack house for the clothes. After a few minutes he returned with an order purporting to be from Mr. Stack house, but the writing of the order was such as to arouse the suspicion of the clerk, who sent for an officer and had the negro detained awaiting an investigation of the matter. The order proved to be a forgery and the negro was brought into the Record? er's court for a preliminary hearing on Monday afternoon. At the time an interesting case was in progress, which attracted the attendtion of all present. After this trial Nathan was missing. Also a bicycle belonging to Mr. L. R. Jennings was gone. It is supposed that the negro slipped out of the court room, took the bicycle and made good his escape. The offi? cers are on his trail and will doubt? less soon apprehend him. Six dispensers have been elected in Richland Conuty, all of Columbia. The young duke of Zaragoza, be? sides being a grandee of Spain, is an expert locomotive engineer. He prov? ed his qualification by passing a strict examination and twice a week runs the express train from Madrid to the French frontier over the North Span? ish Railroad. SKINNER II For Every MACHINE. PLUMBING, STEAM-F1 ALL KINDS OF MILI REPAIRING AND FOUNDRY WO RI -CASTINGS ALL SL Manufacturer of the Famo Cages for PHONE 141. A BUSINESS CHANGE. Mr. J. J. Weseoat, Jr., Succeeds Mr. Tobias in Directorate of Burns Hardware Co. . Mr. J. J. Weseoat, Jr., has been elected a director in the Burns Hard? ware Co. to fill the vacancy occasion? ed by the resignation of Mr. J. R. i Tobias, who has accepted an import I ant position with a large concern in :prtichmohd, Va. Mr. Weseoat is a (son of Capt. J. J. Weseoat of Char . leston, S. C., who was so long con? nected with the hardware firm of Marshall-Weseoat Co. of that city. He was educated at the Citadel Acad? emy, and has long experience in the hardware business. Capt. Weseoat, who is now in the city, has made several visits to Sumter and is so much impressed with the future of the city, that it is very prob? able in the near future he will re? move his family and permanently lo? cate here. Capt. Weseoat is probably one of the best known hardware men in the State, and while his son will have the active management of the concern here, he will also be identified with business. Both gentlemen are well known throughout this State and to them Sumter extends a hearty wel? come. BECK BROS CO. Will Resume Business at Early Date -Retail Department to be Add? ed. The firm of Beck Bros. Co., which was burnt out on Feb. 22d, will re? sume business at the earliest possible date that the new stock of goods can be obtained. The firm will occupy the Durant store room on Court House Square, which will afford ample room for their large business. In addition to the wholesale dry goods and notion business the firm will conduct an up-to-date retail de? partment The only change in the company since the fire is the admis? sion of Mr. Louis Lyons to member? ship. He will have charge of the re? tail department, which is a guaran? tee that it will be kept fully abreast of the times. Messrs. M. H. Beck and Louis Lyons leave for New York S?t urday night. HOMICIDE AT SPARTAN BURG. Litt Harvey, Young White Mah of Gaffney, Shot Through thc Ke-art a: a House Kept by Jessie Wooten. Spartanburg, March 4.-Li ti Har? vey, a young white man of Gaffney, was shot through the heart and in? stantly killed in a house cr. Ezel! Street, this city, at 7 o'clock this even? ing; The shooting occur:- I in house of ill repute, kept by Jessie Wooten, who is missing frcra her home. Rebecca Wooten, a sister of Jessie Wooten, is being held by the authorities. She says she kr vs noth? ing of the killing. THE STROTHER CASE. The Trial Postponed on Account of Hlness of One Defen< i a nt. Culpepper, Va., March 5.-The ill? ness of Philip Strother, one of the defendants in the trial here caused a postponement today. The man is too ill to appear in court Under the law the defendants have the right to hear the instructions to the jury and the case is now at that' point. Letter to A. J. 3Ioses, Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir: Why clo people send us such tales as this? D G Smith, Madison, Fla, had his mother's house painted Devoe ll years ago, and the house looks better to-day than other houses painted with other paint 3 or 4 years ago. They are full of goodwill for Devoe. Yours truly 28 FW DEVOE & CO P. S. Durant Hardware Co. sell our paint Daily Market Report. By Private Wire to ?he Sumter Cot? ton Exchange. NEW YORK COTTON. Open High Low Close Jan. March 9 78 9 82 9 69 9 69 May 9 91 9 99 9 83 9 84 July 10 01 10 06 9 92 9 94 Oct. 10 25 10 29 10 19 10 2C Dec. 10 30 10 36 10 27 10 27 Spots 11.35; Unchanged. _ RON WO thing in the RY LINE. [TTING AND :-: . AND ENGINE MILL SUPPLIES. I A SPECIALTY. LES AND PATERNS. ?us SKINNER Portable Steel Chain Gangs. SUMTER, S. C. DISPENSARY BUSINESS. Big Trade Saturday-Board Goes ta Columbia Today to Arrange fox* Future Supplies. The dispensary did a rushing busi? ness Saturday and thfc entire force was kept busy from tne opening . to> the closing hour handing out the? booze to the thirsty populace. It was by no means the biggest day's busi? ness for the dispensary, but the re? ceipts amounted to $918. As the result of the big sale of liquor there were a large number of intox? icated men on the streets in the af? ternoon and a few of the worse drunks were run in by the police. Those who were simply boozy, but creating no disturbance were not ar? rested. The members of the county board of control and Dispenser Windham went to Columbia on Monday fe r the purpose of conferring with the dispensary commission in reference to the purchase of supplies from th'a State dispensary. If the kinds of li? quors needed can be obtained froia the State dispensary stock at satisfac? tory prices the supplies for the dis? pensaries in Sumter County will be drawn from, that . source as long asr the stock holds out, but as the Sum? ter dispensaries are to be run on a strictly business basis, liquor will be purchased where the best liquor and the best prices can be obtained. As the local dispensary started out Saturday with only $7,200 worth of liquors on hand it is necessary to re? plenish the stock immediately if the trade is to be supplied, for thar amount of stock will not last more than fifteen days. The County Board of Control is Pro? ceeding Carefully in Arranging for Conduct of Business. Messrs. C. W. Stansill, J. J. Brit? ton, Jr., and B. B. Breeden, of the county board of control, and Dispen? ser Windham spent Monday in Co? lumbia, They concluded arrange? ments with the dispensary? commis? sioner for the purchase of the supply of liquors on hand in the dispensaries in this city and Mayesyille, amount? ing to between ten and eleven thou? sand dollars. They also took up the matter of purchasing future supplies from the State dispensary. An order was given for a certain amount to he shipped out as ordered, hut this ar? rangement will be only temporary, and future supplies will have to he purchased from distillers. The board has under consideration the establishment of bottling plant, but this is a matter that will not be definitely decided until further lair formation is obtained. In the mean? while an advertisement will be insert? ed in the newspapers calling for bids for furnishing liquors, as required by the law. The board is moving care? fully, and no action will be taken until they are fully satisfied that, it fe both legal and good business policy Phone girls have many ills, For which they take some nasty pills; If a healthy and happy girl you'd he, Ring up for Rocky Mountain Tea -China's Drug Store. THE Bl Novelty k Will place for Sale on Wed? nesday, Thursday and Friday 600 yards of heavy Cambric Embroidery. These goods are perfect, and are put up in 5 or 6 yard lengths, and run from 3 to 15 inches in width. Will be sold at gj?, io and 11 cents the yard. To see and-examine this lot is to appreciate their great value. Whilst this sale lasts we will give a liberal cut on prices of our general stock of Embroideries. To make this sale more inter? esting we offer you in our linen department 25c. values in Huck Towels at 21c. 20c. " " " " " 14c. 25c. " " Damask Towels at 21 cents - 15c. values in Huck Towels at 10c. Mercerized Table Damask (beau? tiful quality) - - 38c. Mercerized Table Damask, extra wide, - 45c. Linen Table Damask 67^ and 98c. the yard. - Next week we will add to our stock a line of Stamped Art work for Embroidery, such as SHIRT WAIST OUTFITS, CORSET COVER OUTFITS, NIGHT ROBE OUTFITS, Sofa Top, Centerpieces, Dresser Scarfs Outfits in Linen andLingerie effects. Watch for notice of display day in THE DAILY ITEM. THE 16 West Liberty St. The Red Front