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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1907.
Entered at the Postoffice at Sumter, S.
C., as Second Class Matter.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Mrs. Atkinson-Millinery Nouce.
The Bank of Sumter-Making a
Start.
Charleston Biscuit Works-The
Perfection of Taste.
Schwartz Bros-Starting the March
-Campaign.
The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.
"Ready for Your Spring Suit?
PERSONALL
Robert H. Singletary, Esq., of Bish?
op ville, spent the day here on profes?
sional business.
Mr. N. S. MeLeod, of Oswego, was
in the city today.
Col. J. A. Rhame, of Lynchburg,
spent the day in town.
Mr. T. M. Bradley, of Braun, was in
the city today on business.
Mrs. H. Dodenhoff, of Monroe, N.
C, and Miss Means, of Spartanburg,
are visiting Mrs. J. G. DeLorme.
P. A. Wilcox, Esq., of Florence, !s
in the city today on professional bus?
iness.
Mr. Earl C. Page, of the Columbia
State, is spending the day here.
Mr. R. M. Cooper, of Wisacky, is in
town today.
Misses Nelson, of Stateburg, are
-visiting friends in the city.
Mr. W. T. McLeod, of Lynchburg,
.was in the city today on business.
Mr. Jas. T. Burdell, of Camden, has
accepted a position with the Sumter
Jce, Light and Power Co.
Mr. A. B. Brown, of Manning, is
registered at the Jackson.
Miss McCabe, a fashionable milli?
ner of New York, has accepted a po?
sition with the millinery department
?f Schwartz Bros.
Mr. W. M. Plowden, of Manning, is
cn the ciy.
Mr. W. J. Parrott, of Darlington,
spent the day in Sumter.
Mr. Jack Edens, of Florence, was
liere today on business.
Mrs. Dr. DuBose, of Camden, is
-visiting her sister, Dr. J. C. Spann.
Miss Lillie Rabb, of Winncboro, is
io the city visiting her sister, Mrs. H.
X Witherspoon.
Mrs. J. W. Branson has returned
-from Florida, where she spent the
past two weeks on a pleasure trip.
."Mrs. R. D. S pps was caged to
.Cokesbury Tuesday on acount of the
illness of her father. Mr. S. C. Merri?
man, who died the following day.
Mr. Robert Warren, who was in?
jured at the Beck Block fire, is able
to be out and will return to work at
the telephone factory within a few
Says.
: Attention is invited to the adver?
tisement of Schwartz Bros.
Mr. Thos. E. Richardson this morn?
ing received his commission as Judge
of Probate, and has taken charge of
the office.
A lamp was turned over in Moore
3ros.' store Saturday night, causing
some excitement and an alarm of fire.
No damage was done.
The more local business we can
.give our mercantile and industrial en?
terprises, the more stores we can rent
and the more people we can keep em?
ployed.
The lecture by Dr. J. W. Daniel
which was announced to be given in
the Opera House Thursday evening
lor the benefit of the Civic League,
iias been postponed.
Car Inspector Mixon, for the Atlan?
tic Coast Line, was seized with an epi?
leptic attack on Sunday evening at
the passenger depot. Mr. Mixon is
slow lying at his home in a critical
condition.
Madam LaRose, the palmist, left J
*ihe city on Sunday afternoon for New
York in response to a telegram an?
nouncing the death of her sister,
which occurred in Elizabeth City, N.
J., very suddenly on last Friday.
There seems to be a misapprehen?
sion in reference to the position Mr.
Moses J. Moore holds with the county
board of control. He was elected clerk .
and bookkeeper to the county board i
and his office will be in this city. It '
was published at first that he was
.clerk of the Mayesville dispensary, ;
, but this was incorrect.
The County Board of Commission?
ers have decided to have one of the
houses at the Alms House enlarged
for the accommodation - of the in?
mates as a place of worship and for
Sunday school purposes. The worthy
superintendent, Mr. W. P. Smith, has
worked very faithfully and has suc?
ceeded in getting up a flourishing
Sunday school, not only patronized by
the inmates, but also by the citi?
zens of that vicinity. Mr. and Mrs.
Mitchell, Mr. Bradley and Miss Hus?
sey all deserve credit for their valua?
ble assistance. The board authoriz?
ed the expenditure of a sum not ex?
ceeding $75 for the purpose of mak- j
lng the necessary alterations in the j
house. - ; j
MARRIED.
Married at the home of the bride
on the 6th instant, by Rev. S. D. Bai?
ly, Mr. William Newton, of Tarboro,
N. C., to Miss Anna Freeman, of this
city.
DEATH.
Mrs. Annie McQueen died at the
home of her son-in-law, Mr. Fred
Jones, in Atlanta, Ga., Saturday night,
after a long and painful illness. The
body was brought to this city and the
burial services were conducted at the
cemetery at ll o'clock Monday. Mrs.
McQueen was the widow of the late
Thomas P. McQueen, who died a
few years ago. She is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Fred Jones, of Atlan?
ta, Ga.
Judge Williamson Resigns.
Magistrate L. R. Williamson, of
Providence, has sent in his resigna?
tion! to Gov. Ansel, and the county
legislative delegation have been asked
to recommend his successor. Judge
Williamson states that his resignation
is made necessary by his business af?
fairs which render it impossible for
him to discharge the duties of the
office.
COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.
The following physicians were in
attendance on the meting of the
County Medical Society last Friday:
Doctors F. M. Dwight, H. M. Stuck
I ey, C. P. Osteen, F. K. Holman, H. A.
Mood, S. C. Baker, M. L. Parler and
A. China.
After an interesting business ses?
sion held in the parlors of the Hotel
Sumter, Host Jackson spread for the
meds a most elaborate dinner, ele?
gantly served.
Dispenser-elect J. Walter Dinkins,
of Mayesville, was in the city Friday
for the purpose of having his bond
approved by the County Board. The
dispensary in Mayesville cannot ?be
opened until his bond is approved.
The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.
advertises today the opening of the
spring stock of fine and medium j
priced clothing. The stock is one of
title be^st selected and most attractive j
this firm has ever shown, and it will
pay everyone who needs a spring out?
fit to visit this estblishment.
The chaingang, which has been at
work for the past several days grad?
ing the road connecting the Oakland
Avenue and Liberty Street roads, just
outside the city limits, has completed
the work-widening and . otherwise
greatly improving this piece of road.
The gang is now at work on Oakland
Avenue.
John D. Rockefeller sustained a
terrible loss Friday. The shut off on
his large portable oil tank" would not
work that morning when oil was be?
ing measured for Levy & Moses, and
forty or fifty gallons was wasted in
the street. There will likely be an
advance in the price of kerosine
Mr. J. B. Goodman, who has been
placed in charge of the plant of the
Sumter Lumber Co., operated by the
Virginia-Carolina Lumber Co., is per?
manently located here and expresses
himself as being well pleased with his
new home. Mr. Goodman, a thorough
mill man, is an affable and congenial
gentleman, who has already made
many friends here.
A dog on North Main Street, slob?
bering at the mouth and acting queer?
ly otherwise, was killed Monday by Offi?
cer Barwick at *he suggestion of. the
Health Officer. While the dog may
not have been mad, nevertheless, ow?
ing to the prevalence of hydrophobia
among dogs in other places near Sum?
ter, and the fact that this dog was
somewhat aggressive, the offcials de?
cided to take no chances. The ani?
mal was a common cur dog, and it is
not known to whom it belonged.
Mr. Walter Dinkins, who was elect?
ed dispenser at Mayesville, opened the
dispensary on Saturday morning and
there was a brisk business, but he is
meeting with other and unexpect?
ed trouble, in that he finds it impossi?
ble to obtain board in the town. For
the present, with the consent of the
County Board, he will go to Mayes?
ville every morning on the 8.04 train
and return to the city on the 9.44 p.
m. train.
If we really desire more business:
?znd a larger city we should first show
^. confidence in Sumter by patroniz?
es our retail and wholesale stores
and our factories and repair shops.
Send off for nothing that you can
get made or repaired at home. Any?
thing that you cannot get here, or?
der through your local dealer, as in
this way you at least keep a part of
the cash here in his commission.
Sumter wants more people, more
houses and stores and factories, and
more money and more employment j
for more people. Then we can have j
better streets, better sidewalks, cheap- j
er lights, cheaper water, a sewerage
system, electric cars, gas, city parks
a ? iblic improvements. By
ti .our town, helping to ad
v 1 supporting home enter
p ' this can be obtained in
tr !
CALLED TO RICHMOND.
Rev. H. H. Covington Invited to Ac
cept the Rectorship of the Monu
mental Church.
On Sunday morning, after the reg?
ular services in the Church of the
Holy Comforter, Rev. H. H. Coving?
ton, the rector, was waited on at his
residence by a committee of the ves?
try of the Monumental Church, of
Richmond, Va., consisting of Messrs.
Valentine, "Warren and Williams, who
presented a formal call to the rec?
torship of the church they represent?
ed. A committee from the same
church visited the city the preceding
Sunday and attended the morning
service in the Episcopal Church, and
upon their return to Richmond made
a report to the vestry of the Monu?
mental Church that resulted in the
call being extended.
Mr. Covington has not arrived at a
decision in respect to the call, but
still has it under consideration. The
call is ? flattering one. The Monu?
mental Church, while not the oldest
nor most famous Episcopal church of
Pichmond, has the largest congrega?
tion and is the popular church of
the city, having a larger average at?
tendance than any other church, ir?
respective of denomination, in Rich?
mond.
The congregation of the Church of
the Holy Comforter and Mr. Coving
ton's numerous friends in the commu?
nity are hoping that he will not ac?
cept the call, but will decide to re?
main in Sumter. They are encourag?
ed to entertain this hope by reason of
the fact that only a few weeks ago
he declined a call from the largest
church in Norfolk, Va.
KILLED ON THE RAILROAD.
Moses Britton, an Old Negro, Was
Found Dead Beside the Central
Railway Track.
This morning while coming to the
city Mr, W. H. Walton found the
body of Moses Britton lying near the
Central Railway opposite the farm
of Messrs. J. J. Harby and E. H.
Moses, about one and a half miles
from Sumter. Coroner Flowers was
notified and he at once empanelled a
jury and went to the scene.
The old negro, a cripple, evidently
on his way home from Sumter Thurs?
day night, was struck by some train
and killed. The body was examined
by Dr. H. M. Stuckey, who found the
hips bruised and blood oozing from
the nose. When or in what way the
accident occurred is not known, and
the verdict of the coroner's jury was
as follows :
"That the said Moses Britton came
to his death by being knocked off of
the track by a train on the Central
Railroad."
The body was turned over .to
friends for interment. /
Moses Britton, the old negro man
who was found dead on the Central
railroad Friday morning, was killed
by train No. 47, Conductor Welch in
charge, which arrived here at 8.30
o'clock Thursday night from Lanes.
This fact was established by finding
the step to the engine cab broken, one
half of the board of which it was
made having been split off. The
broken half, which was found beside
Britton's body exactly fitted the
broken step remaining on the engine.
No one on the train knew anything
about the accident and did not hear
of it until next day after the body
was found.
CONTRACTS AWARDED.
County Board of Commissioners Ar?
range for Furniture and Heating
Apparatus for the New Court
House.
The board of County Commission?
ers closed contraccs for the wood fur?
niture and the steam heating plant
for the new Court. House on Wednes?
day. The contract for the metal fur?
niture, filing cases, etc., had been
awarded at a previous meeting.
The contract for the furniture was
awarded Fielder & Allen Co., of At?
lanta, for $1,936.
The steam heating contract was let
to Mr. B. McKenzie, heating and ven?
tilating engineer and contractor, of
Greensboro, N. C., for $2,600.
Street Complaints.
Mr. Editor : The condition nf East
Liberty Street is so notoriously bad
that it has been up before Council on
two or three occasions within thc last
two years, and resolutions have been
duly passed and orders given to have
it put in proper condition. Some work
hus been done on it, but there is still
a part of it that would disgrace a
cross road. The citizens who have oc?
casion to use this street would be glad
to have it made passable without dan?
ger nf breaking their vehicles, and
they respectfully ask what is the rea?
son for the neglect of this street and
thc grading of less important streets
of the city? Citizen.
He had no coat upon his back.
But ha fl one on his tongue,
And Rocky Mountain Tea, it's said,
Kept him from being hung.
(Bad breath.)
FASSEXGER DEPOT CONFERENCE
Atlantic Coast Linc Officials and
Committee of City Council and
Chamber of Comcmrce Discuss Im?
provements.
From the Daily Item March 12.
General Superintendent A. "W. An?
derson and Freight Traffic Manager
R. A. Brand, of the Atlantic Coast
Line, arrived in the city this morning
on train 79, due at ll o'clock. They
came in the private car of Superin?
tendent Anderson, which was side?
tracked opposite the passenger sta?
tion. They were met on their arrival
by the committee from the City
Council and Chamber of Commerce,
consisting of Aldermen J. H. Chan?
dler and H. C. Haynsworth and
Messrs. R. L Manning, W. A. Bow?
man, R. D. Lee, E. I. Reardon and H.
J. Mclaurin, Jr. Messrs. Thomas
"Wilson, president of the Northwestern
Railroad, C. G. Rowland and J. C.
Cooper and H. G. Osteen were also
present. The committees and other
gentlemen were invited into the car
of Superintendent Anderson, where
the conference was held.
Mr. Manning, chairman of the com?
mittee, presented the recommenda?
tions for needed improvements agreed
on by the committee. Superintendent
Anderson, Capt. Brand, President
Wilson and members of the commit?
tee discussed the suggestions of the
committee in detail, more than two
hours being spent in the discussion.
The discussion was full, free and cor?
dial and the net result was a fuller
and better understanding of the mu?
tual and inter-dependent relations of
the public and the railroad.
Superintendent Anderson stated
i
that he and other officials of the At?
lantic Coast Line realized and were
free to admit that improvements
were needed in the passenger station
accommodations and that they had
already decided to make certain im?
provements prior to the request of
the committee for a conference, but
that they were glad to meet the rep?
resentatives of the people of Sumter
and to confer with them in reference
to the needs of the town.
In a general way the railroad offi?
cials granted that the recommenda?
tions of the committee were just and
reasonable, and that the improve?
ments suggested would be made inso?
far as possible. In respect to a big
car shed extending over all the tracks
at the passenger station they said
that it would be impossible to grant
that request, the cost being prohibi?
tive. However, measures will be ta?
ken to afford better protection to pas?
sengers from the weather.
' It- was decided that the recommen?
dations of the committee should be
received in writing and a copy was
given Superintendent Anderson. He
and the other officials will give them
careful consideration and will then
inform the committee of their de?
cision. Then if it is thought desira?
ble another conference will be held,
and the entire matter will be discuss?
ed before a final determination is ar- i
rived at.
The conference today settled one
thing, however, namely, that Sumter
is to have a larger, better and more
convenient passenger station and that
in future there will not be so great
and just cause for complaint that the
patrons of the road are not provided
with reasonable and adequate pro?
tection against the weather while
getting on' and off the trains at the
station.
DISPENSARY SALES.
In the Seven Days Since the Local
Dispensary Was Reopened the
..Sales Aggregate $3.55 J.65.
The local dispensary was opened
for business under the Carey-Cothran
county dispensary law on Saturday
morning, March 2d. The sales for
the seven business days ending Satur?
day night, March 9th, aggregated $3,
554.85, on which a gross profit of
SS24.67 was made. The sales Satur?
day were $966.30.
The dispensary resumed business
March 2d with a stock valued at
$7,200, invoice price. The sales with?
in seveft days have depleted the sto< :
practically one half and there are -
now less goods in the dispensary than
at any time for years. Some grad<
of goods are already exhausted, and j
unless shipments aro recived from the j
State dispensan,* within the next Xew
days there will be another liquor
famine in Sumter.
It flows like fire through your veins;
it does the work. If you're wasting
away day by day, take Hollister's
Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents, Tea
or Tablets. China's Drug Store.
CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST ROW.
Concord, X. H.. March 12.-The
announcement that Dr. IO. J. Foster
Eddy, of Waterbury, Vt., Mrs. Eddy's
adopted son. had joinc'l the plaintiffs
in the Christian Science suit was fol?
lowed today by violent attacks upon
him from the camp of the defend?
ants. General H. M. Bakers, Mts.
Eddy's cousin, has issued a statement
in which he declares that the doctor
has not seen Mrs. Eddy for ten years,
that Foster Eddy was so negligent in
<">?.>'? rr tV>n o /-./.>?. n n t... in +V>r> f'-iric
tian Science Publishing House he
was obliged to leave. This charge
Dr. Eddy hotly denies.
Mrs. Eddy Suppressed.
Eoston, March 12.-That Mrs. Ed?
dy was made to believe that he meant
to kill her and this was the reason j
for the rupture of their relations is ?
the startling declaration made today j
by Dr. E. J. Foster Eddy. Dr. Eddy
declares that when his adopted moth- |
er saw him she sprang to her feet, j
asked for help and darted out of the j
room. She shrieked at the top of j
her voice. Later Dr. Eddy says he ?
learned his mother had been convine- j
ed he meant to kill her. He further
declared that Calvin Frye was resent?
ful of his adoption and soon it was
apparent his mother was being sup?
pressed and dominated and weaken?
ing mentally under the pressure.
BEWARE OF '-DIGESTIVES."
The Only Way to Cure Si omach Dis- !
orders is hy Strengthening the Di- J
gestive Organs. ;
. i
The ordinary "dyspepsia" tablet j
has ruined more stomachs than all
other causes combined. Giving tem?
porary' relief, it leaves the digestive
system weaker than ever, and the
tablets must be continued with in?
creasing frequency.
The only way to completely cure
stomach troubles is by strengthening !
the digestive organs with a Mi-o-na i
stomach tablet taken before meals.
Used in this way, Mi-o-na excites the
secretion of gastric juice, and when
the food is swallowed, the stomach is
ready to digest it.
Mi-o-na stomach tablets are never I
sold in bulk, but in a neat box con- i
venient for the purse or vest pocket,
at 50 cents.
A guarantee is given by J. F. W. I
DeLorme v/Hh every box of Mi-o-na, !
that money will be refunded if the
remedy fails to give satisfaction. This
shows his faith in the merits of the
remedy.
TOWNSEND BOUND OVER.
The Pension Swindler Will Be Tried
in the United States Court in Char?
leston.
George Townsend, alias John BL
Townsend, Dr. Wilson, Booker Wash?
ington, etc., the fake pension agent?
who has been geing up and down the
country swindling ignorant negroes?
was given a hearing before United.
States Commissioner R. J. Bland Fri?
day.
Mr. E. H. Jennings, of Charleston?
a special pension agent, represented
the government. Townsend was not
represented by counsel, but having a
good opinion of himself undertood to
manage his own case. He informed"
Commissioner Bland that he knew his
rights and would waive a prelimi?
nary.
Two of his victims were examined?,
nevertheless, and a complete case was.
made out against Townsend. Must*
pher Fraser and Solomon Geddis,
both old negroes who have been
drawing pensions from the Federal
government for years for services at?
tributed to them as soldiers in the
Federal army; both testified that:
Townsend came to their houses rep?
resenting himself to be a special pen?
sion agerc sent out by the govern?
ment to examine pensioners to ascer?
tain if they were entitled to increased
pensions under the new law.
They accepted his statements as
true and submitted to an examina?
tion. They paid Townsend $8.50 each?
the fee he demanded.
Townsend has not made a complete
statement covering his extensive ope?
ration as a swindler, but he admitted
Friday that he had worked the game
in North and South Carolina, Tennes?
see and Kentucky.
. On the shewing made Commission?
er Bland bound Townsend over for
trial at the United States Circuit
Court, which convenes in Charleston
on March 19th. In default of bond
he was committed to the county ?dil
where he will be confined until court
convenes in Charleston.
Millinery Notice.
Mrs Atkinson has opened her stock of SPRING
MILLINERY in the store room recently known as
E. A. Buitman's jewelry stand. - * -
Mrs. Atkinson spent two weeks in New York buying
and preparing for the spring trade. She will have her
ANNUAL SPRING OPENING on
Wednesday, March 20th. This season prom?
ises the prettiest and luost picturesque little hats that
one can imagine. Artists have tried to see what quaint. '
little shapes they could invent, and again the larger
hats are more beautiful than ever. Leghorns graceful?
ly bent and trimmed m Bowers tc suit the real "South?
ern Girl'5 A choice selection of Gage Tailored hats.
A few of New York'.- ehoicepattern hats will be shown
also. Go to the opening and enjoy seeing Spring in
the beauty of this season s select millinery, -:- -:.
MRS. ATKINSON.
NO. - SOUTH MAIN STREET.
Mch 13-1m
THE PERFECTION OF TASTE
IS WHAT YOU GET IN OUR
iscuits
(PLAIN OE SALTED.)
TRY THEM
and be convinced of the quai?
tty and worth of the
BISCUIT.
-ASK YOUR DEALER OR WRITE
arlestoo Biscuit Works,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Jan. 23, 1907-3m
For Everything in the
MACHINERY LINE.
PLUMBING, STEAM-FITTING AND :-:
ALL KINDS OF MILL AND ENGINE
REPAIRING AND MILL SUPPLIES.
FOUNDRY WORK A SPECIALTY.
-CASTINGS ALL SIZES AND PATERNS.
Manufacturer of the Famous SKINNER Portable Steel
Cages for Chain Gangs.
Edgar Skinner.
FHOME 141. ... SUMTER. S. C.