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WEDNESDAY. JUNE 5. 1907.
Entered at the Postoffice at Sumter, S.
C., as Second Class Matter.
XE VT ADVERTISEMENTS.
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R. B. Belser-A Bargain.
Co. Board of Education-Summer
School:
O'Donnell & Co.-Special June Of?
ferings. /
The Sumter Dry Goods Co.-A Big
Cut Price June Sale.
PERSONAL.
Mr. Sam Bradford, of Florence,
spent Sunday at heme.
Mr. Harry Dixon, of St. Charles,
was in the city Saturday.
Miss Lessie Jones, of Brogdon, is
visiting relatives in town.
Miss Nannie Moore has gone to
Statebarg to visit relatives.
Miss Millie Simmons^ left Saturday
for her home in Newberry.
Miss Rosie Price, of Marion, is the
I guest of Miss Yirgisia Barby.
Miss Hattie Sanders is in the city on
a visit to Mies Lernte Bowman.
Miss Essie Spann, of Greeleyville,
is visiting relatives in the city.
Mrs. H. B. McIntyre, of McColl, is
the guest of Mrs. Harr-y Spann.
Miss Alexina Evans left Saturday
( morning for her home in Cheraw.
?* Miss Ruth Richardson left Friday af?
ternoon for her home in Hartsvilie.
Miss Olive Burrows, of Columbia,
is visiting Mrs. Walter M. Folsom.
Mr. E. B. Patton, of Columbia,
spent Sunday in the city with rela?
tives. --^
The Misses Solomons have gone to
r East Stroadsburg, Pa., to spend the
Stimmer.
Mrs. J. L. Jordan, of Bennettsville,
is visitin? her daughter, Mrs. T. W.
McCoilurn.
Ufr. W. L. McCutebeu and Mr. Jas.
McCutchen, of Wat-eree, spent Sunday
in the city.
Mr. Epps, cf Cokesbury. the father
of Mr. R. D. Epps, has been ia the
.city several days.
Mrs. Emma Langford, of Blythe- ;
wood, j5. C., is visiting her sister, ?
Mrs. Eugene Hogan.
Mrs. Converse Reid and son, John |
.Converse, have gone to Charleston j
to sperd the summer.
Miss Minnie E. Rivers, of Charles?
ton, is ia the city cn a visit to
Mrs. Wm. H. Patterson.
Dr. Walter Cheyne has gone to
Atlantic City to attead a meeting of
the Medical Association.
Miss Lula Cooke Boykni. of the
Sumter Hospital, has gone to Camden
to spend a vacation of two weeks.
Mr. C. X$. Joyner has returned to j
?ameer from Minneola, Fla., and has;
-2L position with the Betts Lumber j
Coopat'v.
Mr. James Henry Rice, Jr, of the'
State Ar.dr.boa Society, is in the city, t
Mr. Rice# has succeeded in enrolling j
a large membership in bis human nu- j
dertaking all over the State.
Supervisor Seale returned from j
Scott's Lake Friday night. The Ma
jor made a good record as a fisherman, .
but was better as a swimmer, although ?
handicapped by hat and clothes.
A telegram-was received Monday after?
noon by "Dr. Geo. W. Dick, from his
son, Hasell. stating that he had
passed all examinations successfully, j
and will embark for cruise on next j
Friday.
Attention is' directed to the adver?
tisement of O'Donnell & Co.. in which
special prices are quoted on summer
goods.
The macadam on Main Street needs |
attention an I just as soon as the sew- j
er pipes bava been laid on that street;
the portion in the b'-einess district \
should be given a thorough overhaul- :
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There s?ems to be a shortage in the ?
chicken crop this spring. There is a !
ready market for ten times as many j
chickens as are brought here for sale.g ?
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Tbe Couti ty Board cf Education de- j
cided at a recent meeting to held a j
County Surnm-r Schcol for teacbe.sj
this summ-r, beginning Joly 5 andi
continuing for four week?. There are j
no funds available this year for a State I
Summer Schcol and none will be
held. There are no fnnd* at the dis- j
position of the State Superintendent j
of Education to aid t^?' counties in j
paying the ?xpensps of the Conn ty j
Summer Schools, and the entire ex- ?
pense of the County Summer School :
will be paid by the County Board out
of the funds in its hands. For this
reason the County Board is unable to j
ir.ake an allowance for expenses to j
teachers attending the school as there
if not money enough available to pay
the expenses ot' the school and to '
make the nsna!. allowance ro the
teachers also. In the judgment of tl e
members of the County Board it s
more important ro have a County
School this summer than heretofore in
riew of tbe fact that there will b? no
State School. lu this position they
are upheld by trV numero::,- icqu'-ri s
already received from reachers by j
County Superintendent ot Education
Cain.
Tho decision of Judge Brawiey to
th? effect thar the labor contract law
is unconstiturionp.i is not expected to
result in serious loss to the farmers
of Sumter County, as a majority of
them hace never found ir necessary ro j
enforce the contract law ro rhe lert:;r.
There will be trouble here and there, I
of course, as a certain percentage of j
farm laborers will jump their jo:.- .
tracts, if they have been permitted to ;
get ahead of their wases, bi t the total
number will not he s:reaf. Those who
pay fair wages and treat rh.ir .hand
well have never had trouble and will
not now, while those who bav< h-.u:
trouhle in obtaining ;d keej.. .
farm laborprs in the past, even wi ti
the labor contract law, will ha
trouble in the future.
MARRIED BY GOVERNOR.
Miss Nellie Epperson and Mr. Guy ll.
Gilmore Wedded Today.
I Miss Nellie D. Epperson, youngest
; daughter of Sheriff TV. H. Epperson,
i and Mr. Guy Gilmore, were married
; at noon Saturday at the Governor's
I Mansion, Columbia. Gov. Ansel per
I forming the ceremony. The bride is
; u member of the Catholic church and
j the groom an Episcopalian, and it
; was therefore decided to have the
; marriage ceremony performed by a
j civil officer, and Gov. Ansel willingly
: consented to act when requested to
j do so. The bridal party went to Co
! lumbla on the morning train and will
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j return this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs.
j Gilmore will then go on an extended
j bridal trip through Canada, stopping
j en route at Jamestown, Boston and
other points Among those who at?
tended the arriage were Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Epperson, Mr. and Mrs.
T. E. Mccormack and Mr. Sam Gil?
more.
DEATH.
Mrs. George W. Loring died last
j night at 10 o'clock after an illness of
I only a few days. The death was un
{ expected and was a great shock to
j her many friends, few of whom knew
j of her illness. Mrs. Loring is surviv?
ed by her husband and one son.
The funeral services will be held
at 5.30 o'clock this afternoon at the
family residence on Reardon avenue.
Quarterly Conference.
The second quarterly conference
of the Magnolia Street charge will be
held next Sunday, the 9th. at 4 p.
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m. at Jordan M. E. Church.
! Dr. Bays, the presiding elder, will
preach at Magnolia Street Church at
i ll o'clock a. m., and at Jordan at 4
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j o'clock p. m., and after preaching he
; will hold the quarterly conference,
j The public is invited.
S. D. Bailey. Pastor.
Sumter, S. C., June 4, 1907.
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TESTIMONI AL TO COL. LEE.
The Congregation of the First Bap?
tist Church Make Handsome Gift
to Their Attorney.
Rev. C. C. Brown and Mr. TV. M.
Graham, a committee representing
the congregation of the First Baptist
Church, on Tuesday presented to R.
B. Lee. Esq.. six handsome silver
goblets as a token of appreciation
of Col. Lee's sendees as attorney for
the church. Col. Lee has represented
the church in the litigation with D. G.
Zeigler and Contractor Evans that
grew out of the construction of the
new First Baptist Church.
The last f the cases was brought to
a successful conclusion at the last
term of court. Col. L?e having won
fach of the three cases in turn. When
he was asked for his bill he informed
Dr. Brown that he made no charge
for his services to the church and de?
clined to present a bill. As he had de?
voted a great deal of time and ardu?
ous labor to the preparation of the
several cases, requiring the inspection
of hundreds of bills and accounts rep?
resenting the expenditure of nearly
$20,000 on the new church and par
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j sonage, the congregation felt the
j keenest appreciation of Col. Lee's
j generosity and liberality in giving so
i freely of his time and talent in this
j service. It was, therefore, decided to
I present a testimonial to CM. Lee, and
; S100 was placed in Dr. Brown's hands
j to purchase a suitable gift. With the
j sum. six beautiful silver goblets were
1 purchased. The goblets being made
to order, and appropriately engraved,
constitute a testimonial that Col. Lee
appreciate^ in the highest degree.
Ladies, don't forget the special
sales I am offering in myMillinery in
the rear of Wells Dry Goods Stor?, 14
South Main street. New goods to
please your eye. Very respectfully.
Miss S. A. M urra v. 5-29-2!*
Four murder cases will be tried at j
the sessions court of Cherokee conn- j
ty. which convenes on June 24. Judge"
R. O. Purdy presiding.
Conductor Wounds Negro.
Aiken, May 30.-Last night Con?
ductor Robinson shot and perhaps
fatally wounded John Brown, a ne?
gro; on a trolley car. The negro, it is
alleged, attempted to draw a pistol on
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the conductor, whereupon he shot the
negr<"', the ball striking him in the j
face and ranging around lodged in j
his neck
Marion; June 1.-Major Ca' mi-j
chael, the negro charged with at- j
t< mpting criminal assault on the j
11-year-old daughter of J"hn H.
Sawyer, near Mullins. <>n May Gth. j
and thought to have been killed while j
trying to escape, was brought to Ma?
rion today and lodged in jail by Mr. ]
Lynwood for a deputy magistrate o? j
the Oak Gr ?ve section.
? W. H. BROWN & 3R0S.
/ Pocevhonis.s Perfume
fashionable folks. ForSalt
. .DRGW DSU3 COMPANY.
THE STATE LEAGUE.
Review cf Two Weeks' Playing
Clubs More Eevcnly Matched Than
at First.
The State.
; The State league has closed its sec
I end week, and very successfully; too.
' The large attendances which charac
[ tcrized the first week ii the league
j have "held up" during the second
j week, and in fact, it is thought that
j there were more people ar the games
j last week than the week previous.
During the first week the teams
; played a kind of "frazzled edge'' ball,
; but the second week has given the
j fans a nicer article. Bad plays were
; much fewer last week than the first
j week, and though the teams made a
! lot of errors in the last games, yet
j the .averages show up better than the
week before. The teams are still hit?
ting the ball, especially Orangeburg,
Sumter, Greenville and Darlington.
In fact, the hitting department is the
feature part of the games in the
minor league. This demonstrates that
the league is sorely in need of pitch?
ers, and realizing this fact several
clubs are now after good twirlers.
Anyway, the league is working very
smoothly. The teams seem more
evenly matched than they were at the
beginning cf the season. Anderson
haying strengthened materially and
Spartanburg tightened up in places,
and there are no more "foregone con?
clusions" of the result of any game.
Last week Orangeburg nguiu led
the league in batting, while Spartan
burg took the honors in fielding. The
percentages for the week are as fol?
lows:
Batting Fielding
P. C P. C
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jOrangeburg.2 9 S 9 5 3
Sumter. 241 901
Greenville.'..235 915
Darlington.224 90S
Anderson.193 920
Spartanburg.1S9 957
Up to date the batting averages of
the teams are as follows:
AB H P. C.
Orangebu rg.327 107 331
G reen vile.39S 90 226
Sumter.351 7? 220,
Darlington. 373 S2 217
Spartanburg. 400 SI 202
A riderson. 353 70 19$
Though fielding eseems to be no
team's long suit. Darlington heads
the list for the tmo weeks of play with
a percentage of &53, which is not so
bad. The aerages are given below:
PO A E P. C.
Darlington .. .291 120 43 953
Orangeburg . .279 120 32 927
Greenville. . .314 120 39 91S
Sumter.269 119 3$ 911
Spartanburg .300 151 44 911
Anderson. . ..260 12S 39 909
The time allowed by the board of
directors for clubs to cut down their
playing capacity to 12 men closed Sat?
urday, and there were a number of
men cut loose, no doubt, as several
clubs have been carrying as high a.
16 men.
Beginning today President Smith
will also start to enforcing the sus?
pension rule In addition to fining
players for misconduct. This was
no done during the beginning of
the season as President Smith said he
wished to allow the managers to be
t'tc-e in using players during the first
two weeks so that they might get a
line ?rn who were the best men they
had on the clubs, who should be re?
tained at the expiration of the two
weeks time limit.
Fines have been quite numerous,
however, and if the present rate keeps
up. together with men being suspend?
ed for three days, some clubs may
find it hard to have t^r. uniformed
men on the field. But the old
leaguers who have found berths in
the league are fast coming to learn
that they have to observe the strict
rules of the association, even if it is a
small league, for the board decided
.ha* first of all there should be good
'.. bavior on the diamond.
NEGRO KILLED NEAR TRENTON.
Vii Had Entered a House and At
tacked a Xegxo and \\\< Wife.
Trenton. June 3.-George Hudson, a
notorious negro living near here, en?
tered the house of one Will Mickens.
colored. Sunday morning about -
o'clock and inflicted what was evi?
dently intended to be fatal wounds
upon Mickens and his wife. Mick ns
was rendered unconscious by a blow
on the head with some heavy instru?
ment, but his wife awakened in time
to ward off a blow from her head
with her arm. Her arm was broken
by the blow and she was otherwise
rn ju red.. After the woman had
aroused the neighbors by her cries:
Hudson fled.
A crowd of negroes and a few of
the white men of the community or?
ganized themselves int'? searching !
parties and about 9 o'clock Hudson ?
v as located in a nearby swamp and
.ir. the effort to capture him he was
killed and his body left lying in the
swamp until today. Magistrate Wal?
lace W. Wi-/, held an inquest over the
body today, but was unable to s?-cu:v
evidence sufficient to implicate any
one; so the jury rendered tho usual
verdict.
; EXCITING HAID IN GREEN VILLE.
Greenville. May 28.-The capture
of three men and the destruction of a
. large illicit distillery was the result of
! an exciting raid by Deputy Collector
j Merrick. Deputy Gosnell and Consta
' bles Cooley and Goldsmith in the ex
the extreme upper portion of Green
: ville County, about two miles from
Tryon, N. C.. at an early hour this
i nterning. The odie.-rs returned ? :he
: city this afternoon with their prison?
ers. George Moss ard Joe Fowler and
a negro, named Tow Adams, who
were committed to jail in default of
The raid was made a short distance
! from the site of the distillery, which
[was captured cn May 4.- when two
1 moonshiners, who had been captured
j by revenue men. were rescued by a
j reinforced party or" moonshiners, who
! got the drop on the officers. The ne- ;
gro. who was arrested today was one j
! cf the prisoners who was was ?ber- j
j ated on the former raid, and the two
j white men are identified as being
j members of the party of blockaders
who effected the rescue.
The capture this morning was a
i daring act on the part of the officers,
1 as the moonshiners were heavily arm
. ec. ar.d they had sent out word that
I they would die before being captured.
; The officers concealed themselves
i near the still and waited until day
; light for the distillers to arrive and j
! begin work. The men entered the ?
! still shortly after break of day. The j
\ officers swooped down on them with- j
! cut giving them a showing of fight.
The still destroyed was one of the j
j largest that has ever been seen in a j
I blockade camp in this part of the '
; country, and two thousand gallons of
I be er were poured'out. The capture to- ?.
! dav is considered one of the most im- I
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. p. rtant that has been made by the !
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revenue men m some time.
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' Curious Phenomenon in a Dickens I
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Countv Grav eva rd.
! Picken*. Mav 21.-In the old !
: churchyard at Lioerty there is a ?
j tombstone erected t.? the memory of ;
G. W. F.-aas. Mrs. Foggs, and bear-j
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: mg simplv the dates of their birtn !
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i and death. Mr. Foggs was buried in j
; Bremerton churchyard. Williamsburg, j
j Va.; the fourth of May. 1S62. Mrs.
1 Beggs on the 6th of March. 1883, and j
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j J. P. Eoggs. March 14. ISSb. Some j
i time ago there apr-.-area on the st me j
the resemblance of the face of a
man.
It is doubtless a phenomenon that
I depends in a great measure on the I
diffusion of color in the marble. Its j
cit arness to the observer depends,
? oth upon the light and the imagina-J
tion of the :o> observing. The better!
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the one is posted on the environment i
the s:ronger -.viii be the suggestion to j
his mind and the more distinct the j
picture to his eye. It is ?.-plained ?
away by a story which Juiius E. !
Foggs tells of a storm at sea and an- ?
other about the ghosts of the mind.-!
- News and Courier. ;
A BIG
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JUNE SALE
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Shirt Waists, Lawn Suits
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Muslin Underwear
Is now being held at our Store.
The following are some of
the attractions:
All of our $ 1.00 Shirt Waists are 80c
" 1.50 " " " $1.10
" 1.75 and 2.00 Shirt
Waists - ... - $1.40
All of our 2.50 and 3.00 Shirt
Waists.$2.20
All of our 3.00 Lawn Suits are $2.20
" 5.00 " " " $3.75
" 5.50 " " " $4.00
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These Suits are amply full in the Skirt and every de?
tail in Style and Make-up is correct
We handle a brand of Sanitary, Non-Sweat-shop Un
dermuslins. The cut prices brings the cost down
to-well-about the same as the unmade material,
hence the attractiveness of this chance.
They are on exhibition. Call in and see for yourself.
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MAKERS
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^R? you on the lookout for Summer Comfort?
It's here galore!
We've two and three piece suits of all suitable
and stylish Summer fabrics. Thin Coats, Thin
Trousers, Negligee Shirts, Thin Underwear, Hosiery,
and all sorts of Thin Toggery for Summer Wear.
And the best of the story is the fact that our
prices are also thin enough for your satisfaction and
comfort.
Summer Suits $10, $15 to $25
Summer Trousers at $2, S3 to $7.50
Summer Hats 50 cents to $7.50
Hardly think you I can mention an article of
Clctiling 'or Toggery that would add to your Sum?
mer comfort that we cannot show in a style to
please you. Come, see.1
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