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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1907. Entered at the Postoifice at Sumter; S. C., as Second Class Matter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T.'haley & Rivers-Stop. O'Donnel & Co.-Cotton. Notick Novelty. Co.-A Fortunate Circumstance. H. C. Haynsworth, Chairman Mass Meeting. Abe Ryttenberg-Parties Having Dong Staple Coton. PERSONAIi. r Mrs. C. H. Dorn has returned from i the mountains. Mr. Neill O'Donnell has returned from the North. Mr. W. A. Mcilwaine has returned from New York. Mr J. E.. King, of Columbia, spent unday in the city. Mr. R. L. Edmunds is back from his summer vacation. Mr. R. M. Jenkins, of St Charles, was in town Monday. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Wood have re? turned to the city. Mr. Wm. B?ltman is back from a business trip to Boston. Mr. W. J. Peterkin, of Fort Motte, spent Sunday in tb9 city. Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Levi have re . turned from Washington. Mrs. J. F. Maye left Monday for Co? lumbia to visit her mother. Mr. Marion S. Weaver, of Robbins Neck, spent Sunday in the city, Mrs. C. B. Hogan ls spending a few at her home near Providence Springs. Miss Marie Jenkins, of Privateer, spent Monday in the city with friends. ? Mr. and Mrs. John E. Clifton have zone to New York and other points North. Mrs. A. J. Outlaw, of Camden, is visiting her brother, Mr. P. R. Maye. Mrs. John O. Gough, of Manning, is visiting at Rev. F. M. Satter white's. Mrs. L. 3. DuRaut and Mr. E: P. Kicker have returned from Hot Springs. Miss Emma Mood bas returned from an extended trip to Northern pleas? ure resorts. ? Miss Estelle Robinson, of Woodford, ? is visiting Miss Hattie Team on North j Main Street. J Mrs Lucy Boykin, cf Camden, is on a visit to her daughter, Miss Lula Cooke Boykin, of the Sumter Hospi? tal. Misses Louise and Mamie Hendricks returned to Charleston Saturday night, after a pleasant visit to Miss Marie j DuRaut. Mr. r.ad Mrs. Donald.!. .A aid return- j ed Friday norning irom Norfolk SDO ] Jamestown. -* - j Dr. Z. F. Highsmith sad. fancily * have r--rurije.rl from Charleston and 5 we isie of falms. i Mr?*. Mary Farmer and ber daughter, Emily, of Florence, S. C., are visiting . Mrs. T. C. ScafTe. s $ Misses Lucile and Corinne Iseman, of Manning, are in the city visiting I Mrs. Mitchell Levi. ? Miss Ruth Hussey left Monday for MayesviKe, where she will spend a *?eek witi. relatives. Mr. Willie Nettles, of Memphis, Tenn., who has been visiting relatives in the city, has returned to Memphis. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hay ns worth and daughter, Miss Agnes, have returned from Caesar's Head where they have fc been for several weeks. Miss Gus Bethea who has been vis? iting relatives for several weeks in Marion County and in North Carolina has returned to Sumter. Mr. Elisha Carson has gone to Phil? adelphia to take a position as travel? ing salesman for the house of Miller, Baine & Beyer, of that city. Mr. Horace B. Mitchell, of Savan? nah, Ga., is spending some time in the city. Mr. Mitchell left Sumter about fifteen years ago and this is his second visit to his old home. Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. SiddaH, of Wins:on-Salem, N. C , have decided | to make taeir heme in this city. Mr. ? Siddall has purchased the Hurst resi? dence on the corner of Harby Avenue I and West Calhoun street. Mr. Sid? dall is the father of Mr. T. H. Sid? dall, of the Sumter Machinery Com? pany. I Attention is directed to the adver? tisement of O'Donnell & Co. It con? tains timely information about mark? eting cotton, our most important crop. For this week only, goods at fire sale prices. The Notick Novelty Co. S-26-m&f Tire new management will take charge of the Opera House on Sept. 1st and the theatrical season will open Sept. 4. Mr. J. D. Smithdeal, of Columbia,, the lessee, will come s over on Sept. 1st and will spend some time in this city getting things in si-.?pe for the season. The Labor Day celebration in Flor? ence bids f< ir to be the most success? ful celebration of the day ever held in this section of the State both in point of attendance and in the variety of entertainment offered those who visit Florence. It is expected that quite a crowd will go over from Sum? ter for the day to help swell the crowd and enjoy the holiday. The report that comes from Hop? kins, Richland County, that an elec? tric road is to be built from Columbia to Sumter via that place, in the near future is important, if true, and al? though nothing has been heard here of the enterprise it will be cordially welcomed by the people of Sumter when it materializes. A chance not to be overlooked at Notick Novelty store. 8-28-m&f DEATHS. j The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. j Herbert Eurgess died this afternoon. Died near Summerton last Monday evening, Mrs. Mary Dingle, wife of Mr. Selwyn Dingle, aged about 48 years. The funeral took place yester day at Summerton. Rev. E. S. Jones conducted the service.-Manning Times. Miss Mary Olga Seymour, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Seymour, of this city, died at her home in Man? ning last night, after several months illness. Miss Seymour leaves seven sisters and seven brothers to mourn her death. THE FIRST BALE The'Cotton Season Opened Today O'Donnell & Co. Buying the First Bale of Crop. / " The first bale of new cotton was sold on this market Tuesday by C. H. Broadway, of Paxville, who shipped it to O'Donnell & Co. The bale weighed 543 pounds and t the grade was fairly good for new cotton. The price paid for it was 12 1-2 cents. The cotton crap is much later this season than usual, but it is hoped and expected that the /receipts will be I heavy. Attention, Farmers. - ' j Prof. Quinn, of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States de? partment of agriculture, has notified E. C. Haynsworth, ESQ., that he will be in Sumter on Saturday, Aug. 31st. The Farmers' Club has taken the matter in charge and invited Hon. A. F. Lever and Mr. E. Mciver Wil? liamson, author of "The Method," to be present and make addresses. It bas been decided to have a basket pic- j n"c at the farm of Mr. E. C. Hayns? worth, at the crosing of Brewington and Moses roads, to which all the farmers of this county a?-^ cordially invited. Prof. Quinn is air expert on corn and hogs, and has some valua? ble suggestions to make to the farm? ers. THE EMBARGO RAISED. Xon-Union Operator Takes Charge of the Postal Telegraph Office. The city of Sumter, after having been deprived of telegraphic service for more than a week, as a result of : . :ke of the union operators, is i today once more in telegraphic touch . h t h e outside world. Th?- Postal office, which has been [ closed since Saturday, August 11th, j when Manager Bradley went out on a strike, was opened this morning by Miss E. H. Dean, a non-union operat? or, who was sent here from Augusta to take charge. It is e'xpected " that business will be handled with the us? ual dispatch from now on, and. it is stated, the strike is all over, so far as Sumter ;is concerned. W. U. Telegraph Office Open. The Western Union office in this city was opened Saturday for business by Miss Dixon, an operator sent her? from Augusta, Ga. Banks Will Close. /_ All the banks in city wil close on Labor Day, Monday. Sept. 2d. XEGRO SHOOTING SCRAPES. Two Seriously Wounded Negroes Brought to Hospital for Treat? ment. Glenn West, colored, who was shot in the face with a shot gun by Bubber Cannon at Acton, Richland county, on Saturday night, was brought to the hospital here for treatment Sunday morning. He is seriously, but not fa? tally, injured. It is thought that tho sight of both eyes was destroyed, hui this fact cannot be positively deter? mined until the bandages arc re? moved. Another negro row which occurred on the shoofly train near Alcolu Sat? urday night terminated in the shoot? ing of a negro named Coot, by an? other negro, whose name has not been ascertained. Coot, who was shot in the face with a pistol, was brought to the hospital for treatment, is in a serious condition. He will probably recover, but he is apparently blind in one eye. Something for you at the Xotick Novelty store. 8-26-m&f The Old Hoss Sale at the Atlantic Coast Line freight depot Friday ac tracted quite a crowd of bargain seek? ers, many of whom paid well for what they got. Mr. Pat. Gallagher, who was seri? ously injured by a fall from an auto? mobile about two weeks ago, has im? proved within the past two or three Jays and it is now hoped that he will recover. The game of ball betwen Ellcree and Sumter Thursday afternoon was witnessed by very few people, there being apparently no general interest in amateur ball. The game was a pretty fair exhibition, and was won by Elloree. the score being 10 to G. DIED BEATING HIS WIFE. Abram Wilsen a Victim to Iiis Own Anger-Brought on Attack o? Heart Disease.* ! Coroner Flowers was called to ! Brogdon's yesterday afternoon to hold an inquest over the body of j Abram Wilson, who died after a fight j with his wife, Amanda Wilson. It was j reported in the Brogden section that ?Abram's death resulted from injuries j inflicted by Amanda, the sta temen c ? being made that he was struck with j a heavy stick and his neck broken, j The facts brought out at the inquest i proved conclusively however, that the fight was a mere incident and that Abram died from heart disease, from which disease he had iong suffered. The excitemenc and exertion attend? ing the struggle w*ith his wife brought on a violent attack of heart trouble to which he succumbed in a few min? utes. Amanda Wilson, the wife, gave the following testimony: Abram and I had been fighting in the house. He first beat me with a rope. He then got the gun and load? ed it and put it down and beat me with the rope. He struck me with his fist and I struck him with a piece of garden paling and I threw a quart bottle at him, but I do not think the bottle struck him. He pushed me out doors. I came back in the house and he ' pushed me out again. He struck me with the garden paling and choked me. I felt his hands loosen on my throat. He got up and sat down on the steps. He sat on the steps about fifteen minutes and fell off on the ground. I went to a neighbor's house to get help and was not gone long. He was dead when I got back to the house. Dr. S. C. Baker, being duly sworn, says: I have examined the dead bod: of Abram Wilson and heard the tesri mony of witnesses in the case, find no evidence whatever of ex" violence in the nature of a* g . ? wound, a cut, a stab or a bruis' th.- j ing that would lead one to suppose ; that he had come to his de th ?ron j the result of injury from <a / . . . any sort. It is stated that j gaged in an altercation s>. ii ?! $gg? with his wife just prior i |?s and that he had been p ? r for heart trouble about . o. that after struggling " ife for some time he seen ??. g . out in strength and sat down i. ! then fell over and died. Such a course of events would be liable to occur in a man afflicted with heart disease, who got into a great passion and struggle and from all the circumstances I am of the opinion that he died as a re? sult of heart disease, death having been hastened by over strain of the heart from '-sudden passion and exer? tion. S. C. Baker. M. D. On this showing the jury rendered the following verdict: "Abram came to his death by heart failure." Coroner Flowers was not.fied by telephone this morning that some of the negroes of the neighborhood were not satisfied with the verdict of the jury, insisting that A barm' neck was broken and that he was killed by bis wife, and he wau requested to make a further investigation. He was, how? ever, advised by h:s attorney that he had performed his full duty in the matter, and that no furher investiga? tion was necessary. I am just from the Notick Novelty store. It pays to go there and see the rich plums on sale this week. S-26-m&f NEW SOLICITOR APPOINTED. Senator Wells of Florence, Succeeds Mr. Wilson. Columbia. Aug. 22.-Senator Wal? ter H. Wells, of Florence, has been appointed by Gov. Ansel solicitor^ of the 3d circuit to succeed the Hon. .,'ohn S. Wilson, who resigned to ac? cept the position of judge of the same j circuit, an office also made vacant by j the resignation of Judge R. O. Purdy, of Sumter. The resignation of Soli? citor Wilson became effective on Aug. 20. and the appointment of Mr. Wells becomes effective at once. He will enter upon the duties as soon as he qualifies. Judge Wilson will don the ermine on September 1. Senator Wells is one of the bright? est young lawyers in the 3d circuit. He is a graduate of the South Caro? lina College and served several terms in the house from Florence, being elected to the senate to succeed Sena? tor merton. He was strongly urged for the place by his friends in Flor? ence and the other portions of the circuit. The term for which Mr. Wells is appointed solicitor, expires January 1. 1909, and the election will take place next summer for the four-year term. It is presumed that Mr. Wells will at once resign from the senate, and this will necessitate the calling of a special election to select his suc cessor. Mr. Henry P. Moses has accepted a position with White & McCallum Realty & lnsurar.ee Company, and will pay special attention to the fire insurance department. MK. MANNING WILL RUX AGAIN Sumter Man Will Offer for Governor Three Years Hence. . Columbia, Aug. 25.-The following I from the Anderson Intelligencer is interesting: ? "Senator R. L Manning, of Sumter, spent Sunday in the city. He was on his way to h:s mountain home. It will be remembered that Servitor Man? ning was in the race for governor last summer and made the second race with Gov. Ansel. When asked by the Intelligencer man whether he would run for governor next summer the Senator said that he thought that Gov. Ansel should have two terms and for this reason he said he would not be in the race. He added that if Gov. Ansel made the race for the senate that he would next summer go after the governor's chair and that he would be in the race when Gov. An? sel's second term expired." Mr. Manning's declaration that Gov. Ansel should have two terms is just such a manly statement as might be expected of so manly a man. It' is following out also, the course which Gov. Ansel pursued in reference to Gov. Heyward's re-election, as Mr. Ansel soon after his defeat for gov? ernor in 1902, announced that he would not be again a candidate until Gov. Heyward had served two terms./ It is not at all likely that Gov. Ansel will have opposition for a sec? ond term, it is true that opposition has been threatened, but such oppo? sition as has been threatened cannot .avail, except to disturb the political peace. The suggestions that Gov. Ansel may offer for Senator La?mer's seat does not bother the Governor. In his own language he does not while holding one office concern himself with securing another office, but de? votes himself, unreservedly to dis . "ring the duties the people have iii ?ted to him. ere were a large number of per? sons who did not vote for Richard L ... -.ming in 1906 who woulds have ^ed to do so. He represented, will gly or unwillingly, the preservation f an institution upon the destruction of which the people had determined, and by many of his sincerest friends his candidacy on that-platform was regarded as unfortunate at that time. The dispensary- having been destroy? ed, no candidacy which might lead to the re-establishment of that sys? tem will meet with favor from the people of South Carolina; but Richard L Manning, freed from the incubus of the dispensary, stands forth as a character to attract admiration and is a gentleman who would fill the ex? alted office of governor with ability, dignity and honor.-News and Courier. PARSON" BROWN AT BEAUFORT. Pastor of the First Baptist Church Writes Interestingly of His Sum? mer Vacation. To Whom It May Concern: It has occurred to me, Mr. Editor, to drop a line through you to my con? stituents in Sumter and thus to report my present status. My vacation, which has been quite strenuous and Rooseveltian, is rapidly drawing to a close, and I hope soon to be doing business again at the old stand on Liberty street In fact, if I live to look upon such a day as Sept. 6th, I sholl do so in Sumter. I am sure I shall find my people in a good order of health and ready for ail the winter activities, after the long spell of rest? ing they have had. I myself have rested-r-not by lying in idleness, but by changing and giving a new direc? tion to my efforts. To one who likes to boat ana fi>h and slosh around promiscuously ir the salt water, Beau? fort furnishes ample opportunity for his amusement. One does not hear in these diggings the "call of thc wild," but he sees the beck of the waves' whit hands. The temptation - to liva in a soft and moistened condition is very strong and most of us succumb to itwhile, here. At this st-asori, life in Beaufort is made easier and more at? tractive by thc fact that we have just come upon the season of the year for fisk and shrimps. The early morn? ing hours ring with the cry, "Here's yer swimps." The Beaufort negro has never learned to call them shrimps. Five cents for a large plate full is the established price, and from this there is no variation. In July, the shrimps were very small, but they are now reached full growth, and are very de? licious-to those who are fond of them. The blue fig is also a Beaufort product which abounds. They are hawked about the street every morn? ing, and. like the "swimps." are sold at five cents a plate. Almost every yard seems to have one or more fig trees, and the crop this year has been very large. In July, the fish were reluctant about niting for some unknown rea? son, and the fishermen had to labor diligently to catch them. In fact, not enough wore brought in to supply the local demand; but during two weeks past, the town has been overstocked, and the catching of a string is but a matter of a few minutes. Then, too. this is the mullet season. They are taken with a cast-net or seine, and | ton or a dozen on a string sell for ten ! cents. 2>?y friend, Mr. Danner, who is fast becoming a patriarch and to whom everybody goes for everything, is ar? ranging a trip for next week to the black fish banks, five miles out at sea. out beyond the Port Royal entrance, in one of his pilot boats. I made this venture once, and our catch of fish ran literally up into the hundreds. We hope to repeat the experience. The Beaufort truck farmer is now beginning to stir about. During the very torrid summer weather of June, July and August, he has but little to do; but when September draws nigh, he beg?ns to prepare the ground for lettuce, radishes, potatoes, cucumbers and vegetables of other kinds. It seems to me that I might be induced to farm if I could do my work after or before the hot summer weather. The life of the truck farmer must be an ideal life for one who likes to farm. Then, too, the planting of five or ten acres instead of fifty or a hun? dred, and receiving a revenue just as great as if the larger acres were plant?d, is the charming feature con? nected with the work. It is no un? common thing for these farmers to sell five hundred dollars worth of lettuce or three hundred dollars worth of radishes from a single acre. But all the vegetables are packed with ice on top of them and are then shipped in refrigerator cars, and this entails ! trouble and expense. However, if the I season' is propitious, it is possible to net six or eight hundred dollars from two acres of lettuce. I saw a patch of less than two acres from which the owner had, sold seven hundred and fifty dollars worth of radishes. Beaufort is on an island, and is en? tirely surrounded by salt water. Frosts occur on the main'?and which do not reach the island, and the fact will soon be generally known that there is no superior truck section on.our en? tire coast. In fact, the incoming of the truckers is already giving new life and energy to this whole section. But, as ar old friend of mine used to say, more anon. C. C. Brown. Beaufort, Aug. 23. PARTIES HAVING Long Staple Cotton For sale will do well to see me, as I make a specialty of same. Consignments solicit? ed. Best prices always ob? tained for ^ my customers. Abe Ryttenberg. Aug 27-lm Mass 3Ieeting. At a meeting of citizens this day a mass meeting was called to assemble tn the Opera Hou^e next Friday even? ing, 30th instant, at S.30 to discuss the proposed location of a negro college in the northern suburbs of the city. H. C. Kaynsworth, Chairman. C. M. Hurst, Sec. August 26, 1907. WASTED-Purchasers for several fine milch cows, fresh in milk, at * moderate prices. "You pays your money and takes your choice." Also untanned sheep skins. E. "W". Dabbs, Mayesviie, S. C., R. F. Dt No. 1. 8-20-lt-w2t Summons for Relief (Complaint Served.) The State of South Carolina, County of Sumter: * Court of Common Pleas. C. S. Williams, Plaintiff, against James Spears, Defendant. To the Defendant above named: You are hereby summoned and re? quired to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith, served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office in the city and county of Sumter, S. C., within twenty days after ser? vice hereof; exclusive of j the day of such service; and if you rail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action, will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated July 23d, A. D. 1907. To the Defendant above named: You are hereby notified, that the Complaint in this action was filed in the office of / the Clerk of the Court of Common " Pleas for Sumter county on the 19tit day of August, 1907, and said Com? plaint is now on file in said office. L. D. JENNINGS, >' 8-21-6t Plaintiff's Attorney. THE CONFEDERATE HOME COLLEGE FOR- GIRLS. with Preparatory Department, 62 Broad street, Charleston. S. C. Session of 1907-1S08* begins Tuesday, October 1, 1907. Students are required to report at the College to th matron on that date. One hundred and fifty dollars covers cost ot board, uniforms, medical attendance and tuition in English. Latin, French and Draw? ing for term of nine months. Music, Steno? graphy and Typewriting extra. The department of Belle-Letters will be under the charge of Prof. Hugh Swinton. Mcgillivray. The faculty will be increased by the ad? dition of Miss Susana King Mazy ck, of Rad- i oliffe College. For particulars apply to Mrs. J. T. Dili, President Board of Control, 19 Legare street Mrs. S. G. Stoney. Chairman School Com-? mittee, 101 St. Philip street. / Prof. P. B. Winn, B. ?.. C. E.. Columbia Uni? versity. Professor of Physics and Chemistry.. Mrs. W. Bran ford Frost. 22 South Battery. Correspondre Secretary. S-7-St HARRIET F. RONAN. Principal N. -O The season for harvesting the fleecy staple is now practically at hand. ; We hear of it open? ing- in all directions, and while we hear of some complaint in certain sections owing to exces? sive rains, the indications are, however, that our farming friends will receive satisfactory returns for their year's labor. Be Careful About Your Qrade. The experience of last year ought to teach ev? ery farmer the necessity of care in the handling of his cotton, for many ? bale was sold on these streets last year, at from five to ten dollars un? der middling on account of its preparation. The old time way of selling cotton in round lots is a thing of the past. We are obliged to sell it on grade now and must buy it that way. Gin? ning has as much to do with the t grade of cot? ton as picking. It is impossible to get a good sample out of cotton that is ginned green. LONG STAPLE COTTON. This is strictly a case in which quality and not quantity counts. Staple cotton under the grade of strict middling is hard to dispose of and commands little premium over short cotton. Long cotton ought to be picked with the greatest care, even if a premium has to be paid for it, and if possible ginned on a water gin. If a water gin is not convenient great care should be observed in ginning on the other so as to pre? serve the staple. WHEN TO SELL COTTON. Every man wants to get the best price possible for his cot? ton, and while we do not claim that we can pay more for it than others with the connection we have, we feel assured we are in a position to meet any legitimate competition. We saved our constituents thousand of dollars by advising them against selling cotton in the spring at ten cents, and even higher later on believing then from our knowledge of the dry goods situa? tion that it was bound to sell much higher, and our opinion has been borne out by the facts. When you have cotton to sell it will pay you to see us, for you will have the happy consolation of knowing that if we do not buy it, he who does will pay all it is worth.