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PRICES AID RATES.
FACTS AMD FIGURES AS TO
RAILWAY RATES.
of Panda Hare Advaac
tba TransportaUosi
Sot Fluctuating In
Washington. Oct. If.?The average
wage* per hour In If 01 were 1.6 per
cant higher than rn lfOI. The retail
prleea of food during lfOf were 2.9
par cent, higher than during lfOI.
The average rate per ton per mile of
railroads for IIOf was 2.35 per cent,
lower than for lfOI. These figures
are furnished by the United States
government, the decreased rates for
the railroad In the recent summary of
the report of the Interstate commerce
the Increased tats of
of retail prices of food In
Its bullet** No. ft, which has just
bat? earned by the bureau of labor.
A farther comparison quite thor
eaghly demonstrates the lack of ?f?
fest of tuet u at Ion? in railroad rates
epoa the prices of commodities to the
imer; la other words, that the
later obtains none of the benefits
of taa reductions a* freight rates.
Bulletin No. ft of the bureau ot
labor deud Mare* 7th. if07. shows
wholesale arts is ta general.
no re sensitive la
r?apease is changing conditions than
retail prices, reached a higher level
la lfed than far any year since If 10.
aad that they were at their highest in
December, if Od. The average of the
year was VI per cent higher than for
tfff; if 6 per cent higher than for
lfOT. and 12.4 per cent, higher than
the average for the ten years from
Iff* to liff. The reports from the
Interstate commerce commission not
only show ?hat the average rate per
ton per mile of the railroads for If Of
was I. SI per cent lower thaa for
If01; but tt was f.Sf per cent lower
than for lff7 and 10.ft per cent,
lower than the average for the 10
years from IffO to ltff; that la as
railroads have declined prices have
advanced.
That the prices of staple commodi?
ties of general need are not affected
by freight ratos Is shown by the fol?
lowing statement The prices are
taken from Bulletin No. ff of the
bureau of labor and compare the low?
est wholesale price during the 17
years from IffO throughout lfOf
with the average wholesale price for
If Of. The sources of supply for Flor?
ence and therefore, of course, for the
towns and country In Its vicinity and
railroad rates have been furnished by
the general freight agent of the At?
lantic Coast Line Railroad.
Changs In the coat of men's cloth?
ing Is exemplified by Indigo blue suit?
ing which sold as low as fl.If per
yard during the 17 year period and
areraged 12 4 1 per yard for If Of.
The freight rate for an entire suit of
clothes from Baltimore Is but about
4 1-1 cesnts, A man's hat pays from
New York freight of about i-2 cent
Although men's brogans have ad?
vanced from fO cents to 91.25 per
pair, the freight rate from Boston
doss not exceed I cents a pair. Calico
and glnghame have advanced from 4
1-1 and 4 1-2 to I 1-2 and f cents per
yard, but ths freight rate from New
York Is at the rate of about 1-f of a
cent per yard.
Whether a lady's hat costs ft SO or
ft! the railroad company has obtain?
ed but 1-4 of a cant for bringing It
from New York
Furniture has advanced an easy 10
per osnt. hut the freight on a dining
room salt of dining table, sideboard,
als chairs aad a china closet from
High Point will not exceed 14.11; on
a parlor suit of sofa and four chairs
from Orand Rapids. Mich., the rail?
roads will have obtained II.II. and on
a bedstead from High Point with
mattress, pillows and covering com?
plete about 11.40.
Common red brick has sdvanced
from f4.fl to I? II per thousand, but
ths railroal company brings the brick
for an ordinary f room house from
nearby points for f7f.
plain whits oak has sdvsneed from
fit to 110 per thousand feet and
tDotc
April, 18M.
'Be Just an
8?M1
whit* pine boards from tlr< lo $29.76,
but the lumber for an ordinary 8
room brick house from nearby points
will not have paid the railroad* over
lit. that la, this 8 room brick hou?-e
which will probably have coat from
$2,000 to $4.000 the railroads will not
have obtained aa freight charge much
over $tl.
Flour that has been as low as $8.15
per barrel, rose to 4.27 per barrel.
The freight on a 60 pound sack from
Nashville Is 16 cents.
Dressed beef coming from Chicago
at a freight rate of 8-10 of a cent per
pound, pork and pork products at 1-1
(eat per pound.
Fish comes from Charleston paying
freight of 1-4 cent per pound.
The people of Florence aad vicinity
obtain poultry and vegetables direct
from the growers without paying the
railroads for their transportation.
When the housewife buys a 8 pound
can of tomatoes she has paid to tbe
railroads which brought It from Bal?
timore 1 1-2 cents.
The bureau of labor la Its Bulletin
No. 71, shows that from the lowest
point of the 17 year period the aver?
age advance for the United States to
December 81st, 1906. the retail price
of evaporated apples has been .11.7
per cent.; of beans 26.8 per cent.;
of roast beef 17.7 per cent.; of
beefstske 18.6 per cent.; of wheat
bread 2.8 per cent; of butter 27.6
per cent, of cheese 18.6 per cent.;
of chicken 87.8 per cent.; of coffee 6
per cent; of corn meal 81.6 per cent.;
of eggs 48.8 per cent.; of fresh fish
17 per oent.; of salt Ash 22*7 per cent.;
of wheat flour 81.8 per oent; of lard
It.6 par cent; of molasses 7.8 per
cent; of mutton 88.8 per cent; of
fresh pork 48 per cent; of salt pork
and bacon 67 per oent; of ham 88.8
per cent.; of Irish potatoes 48.6 per
oent.; of prunes 6.9 par cent; of rice
1.8 per cent; of sugar 7 per cent; of
tea 7.1 per cant; of veal 86.1 per
cant.; of vinegar 6.8 par oent.
Compare these average advances
with ths average decline In freight
HAKGfS FAY* MRS, MARCUM.
Check for Part of Big Judgment Re?
ceived Beginning %of the End of
Famous Lawsuit
Winchester. Ky.. Oct. 26.?The be?
ginning of the end of the most noted
damage salt ever tried In the court
here was witnessed by the receipt of
a check by Attorneys Byrd & Jouett
from Judge James Hargls, of Breathitt
county, for 85.600 In part payment of
the verdict of 88.008 given by a Clark
county jury In favor of Mrs. Abrella
Marcum for the alleged murder of
her husband. James B. Marcum.
This was In many respects a record
breaking suit It was for the largest
amount of damages ever asked for
up to that time In the State. It re?
quired five weeks to hear the testi?
mony and arguments of the attor?
neys and out of It grew two trials for
contempt of court In which the
heaviest punishment ever inflicted In
the State for that offense was assess?
ed by the juries, B. F. French being
fined 85,006 and Felix Feltner fined
88.000 and sentenced to two years
in jail.
On account of the cost and inter?
est growing out of the delays secured
by Hargls and Callahan. against
whom the verdict was given, the orig?
inal sum of 88,000 has grown to near?
ly 812.000. the remainder of which
will be paid shortly by the Breathitt
county feud leaders.
The case was tried before Judge J.
M. Benton during December, 1904,
and January, 1905. four weeks being
consumed In the taking of evidence,
while another week was given to the
lawyers for argument. Judge Lewis
McQuown and J. Smith Hays, for the
defendants, and Charles J. Bronston
and A. F. Byrd for Mrs. Marcum,
each spoke a day, while the other at?
torneys spoke a half day each.
Hu inter Turf Association's Horses
show Up Well In First Day's Races
of Fair Week Meet?The Official
Reports.
Two of the horses of the Sumter
Turf Association won money In the
first day's races at Columbia yeater
dsy. Amy Worth came out first in
the hslf mile dash, and Katharine
Kenner took second money in the
ftve-elghts of a mile dash.
The following Is the official report
of the two races |n which the Sumter
horses won:
Fourth race, half mile dash, South
Carolina raised, purse 8100?Amy
Worth, first; Lady Desdemonla, sec?
ond; Julia B. third; Belle of Branch
ville. fourth; Little Belle, distanced.
Time. .50 1-4.
T'he fifth race was a flve-elghth mile
dash, open for all, purse 8160?Thun
doerbolt, first; Katherlne Kenner, sec?
ond; Essts Oreen, third; Amelia,
fourth. Time, i.01 1-2.
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PER. S. C . WEDNES
PROCEEDINGS OF COURT.
When court convened Wednesday
afternoon, the case against Joseph
Colclough, charged with assault and
battery with Intent to kill, was re?
sumed a^nd finished. The Jury re?
turned a|verdict of guilty.
The case against Allen Ballard,
charged with house-breaking and lar?
ceny, was nol prossed. Three witness?
es in this ease, who did not appear on
time, were fined $10 each.
Charlie Jenkins, indicted for as?
sault and battery pleaded his own
case and received an acquittal.
Moses Crowson, charged with lar?
ceny, was tried and found guilty. H.
L. B. Wells, Esq., defended this case.
William Howell, Indicted for house
breaking and larceny, was arraigned
and pleaded not guilty.
A true bill was returned against Joe
Colclough, for larceny from a dwell?
ing house.
Just before dinner recess, Solicitor
Wells appeared in court, having been
absent on account of illness.
The following cases were disposed
of this morning:
William Howell, house-breaking
and larceny. Guilty. Sentenced to
one year on the chaingang.
Pressly Witherspoon, larceny of a
bicycle. Guilty.
Joe Colclough, larceny from a
dwelling house. Not guilty.
Harrison Nlckerson, house-breaking
and larceny. Guilty. Sentenced to two
years on chain gang or penitentiary.
All of the above defendants were
colored and none were represented by
attorneys.
The grand Jury was discharged,
having made its final presentment.
The presentment was somewhat in
the usual form, stating that all of the
county offices were found In good
condition. Also, the chaingang, jail,
alms house and dispensaries. The
Jury stated that It felt Its inability
and incompetency to examine all of
the books of the offices In such a short
time and recommended that an ex
perl be employed by the county to ex?
amine all offices.
The Jury stated that the business
of court Is much retarded by the fail?
ure of magistrates to Instruct wit?
nesses as to the time they are requir?
ed at court.
They, also, called attention to the
fact that several rural schools had
complained that the superintendent
of education had never visited them,
and the jury wished to call the court's
attention to the fact In order that the
Importance of visiting these schools
might be Impressed upon this official.
The keeper of the alms house was
praised for his attention to his duties.
The supervisor and county commis?
sioners were heartily praised, also, for
their work in building the court
house.
It was recommended that new in?
dexes for estates in the probate
judge's office and Indexes for deeds in
the clerk's office be purchased;; and
that a clock be placed In the court
room. It was, also, recommended
that the legislative delegation be re?
quested to have a change made in
the Carey-Cothran law as to request
books, that said books may be elimi?
nated.
When court convened after dinner
recesB Thursday, the case against Joe
Ferguson, colored charged with arson,
was begun. R. D. Epos, Esq., repre?
sented the defendant, and Solicitor W.
H. Wells, the State. The case con?
sumed all of yesterday afternoon and
this morning, the Jury being out when
court adjourned for dinner recess.
Chas. D. Donaldson, colored, charg?
ed with forgery, whose case was given
In the Item some weeks ago, was ar?
raigned and pleaded not guilty. He Is
defended by L D. Jennings, Esq. The
Jury panel having been exhausted and
the hour arriving for dinner, court
adjourned at 1.80.
At the afternoon session of the
court Friday, the case of Chas. D.
Donaldson, charged with forgery, was
resumed and concluded. The jury
brought In a verdict of not guilty. It
?eems there was a defect In the Indict?
ment and this weakened the case.
Donaldson was re-arrested on the
same charge and will be tried again.
The Jury in the case of Joe Fergu?
son, charged with arson, returned a
verdict of not guilty after being out
several hours.
The next case called was that of
Jonas Williams, colored, charged with
larceny of money from another negro.
L. D. Jennings, Esq., defended him.
This case went to trial with only ten
Jurymen, by agreement, as the panel
was exhausted. When court adjourn?
ed for the day, this case was not com?
pleted.
Tho court convened Saturday at
the usual hour, and completed the
case against Jonas Williams, which Is
and
aa't at be thy Country's, Thy God's ai
IDAY. OCTOBER 30
stated above. The Jury returned a ver?
dict of guilty and Judge Prince sen?
tenced the defendant to two years la
the penitentiary.
The remainder of the time before
dinner recess was taken up with the
arguing of motions for new trials. A
new trial was granted in the case of
Joe Colclough, convicted of assault
and battery with intent to kill, L. D.
Jennings, Esq., representing the de?
fendant. In the case of Moses Crow
son, convicted *>t the larceny of a
bicycle, a trial was refused. H. L. B.
Wells, Esq., attorney for the- plaintiff.
This completes the court of general
sessions, th afternoon being taken
up with motions, etc.
Tho fall term of court of common
pleas wascalled Monday morning al 11
o'clock, Judge George T. Prince pre?
siding, and the other court officials in
their places.
There were four cases on the roster
frr today and the attorneys in three
of the cases asked for a continuance
for various reasons. Judge Prince
then excusced all of the Jurors until
this afternoon at 3 o'clock with the
remark that if the lawyers were not
ready then he would excuse
them again. He said that he
always noticed that when things
started off wrong on Monday
morning, they went wrong all of the
week, and therefore he would prob?
ably be in a good (?) humor tomor?
row.
7he case scheduled to be taker uo
this afternoon is that of P. F. Jones
vs. H. T. Edens. L. D. Jennings, Esq.,
at pears for the plaintiff, and John H.
Clifton. Esq., for the defendant.
The following have been selected to
serve on the grand Jury for another
year: J. F. Bland, Jr., J. H. Darr, V.
H. Phelps, J. M. Culp, S. W. Young,
C. E. Stubbs.
There were about twenty cases nol
prossed at last week's session of the
court of general sessions. The crim?
inal docket still contains many casee
which have been continued from time
to time.
-
The case of P. F. Jones vs. H. T.
Edens was called in the common
pleas court Monday afternoon and the
afternoon session was consumed In
hearing demurrers to the complaint
by J. H. Clifton, Esq., for the defend?
ant.
On Tuesday the case of the Atlan?
tic Coast Line vs. Mary A. Epperson
was taken up and was still in prog?
ress when court adjourned for dinner
recess. P. A. Wlllcox and Mark Rey?
nolds, Esqs., represent the plaintiff
and L. D. Jennings, Esq., the defend?
ant. This case involves certain prop?
erty near the passenger depot. There
are many witnesses to be examined
and the case is quite an interesting
one.
The sessions of the common pleas
court yesterday afternoon and this
morning were consumed in hearing
the case of the Atlantic Coast Line
vs. Mary A. Epperson. This suit in?
volves the possession of certain lands
near the passenger depot. Reynolds
and Wlllcox represent ^the railway,
and L. D. Jennings the defendant
This morning the Jury went to the
depot to view the land in question,
and when the Jury returned argu?
ments were begun by the attorneys.
THE GREAT CIRCUS.
_
The Carl Hagenbeck and Great Wal?
lace Shows Will Visit Sumtcr on
Friday.
The Carl Hagenbeck & Great Wal?
lace Shows Combined, which come to
Sumter, S. C, Friday. Nov. 1, present*
a remarkable ensemble of j:reat acts
and fine features this season. \)nnnp
the most prominent being the I#Mi
Rolandes. This combination of ar?
tists present feats of horsemamhip
superb and of the most astounding
sort The Goldins are. als > marvels-;
the VanDlemans are superb aerial
performers and worthy of the posi?
tion they occupy: the Mai <umoto
Troupe have a new act that creater, a
sensation everywhere; Roda Royal'!
horses are among the big hits -?een;
the Delno's whirlwind acrobats Is an?
other feature of the ex pens! v.? kind;
the Tasmamlans; Mlaco Sisters; Mil
He Glnnett; Lillian Davles; George
Rowland; John Swallows; Minnie
Taylor; Marie Elser; Grace Clifford:
Lulu Davenport and many more rep?
resentative riders, are also with the
Hagenbeck 8t Wallace Shows. Clowns,
with many new make-ups and Jolly
stunts, have the comedy end of it in
charge, and it is said on every hand
that the Hagenbeck A Wallace Cir?
cus is the biggest and best of the year.
Winter, Summer, Fall and Spring,
If ailing you may be,
You'll surely find a quick relief
In Wolllster's Rocky Mountain Tea.
?Stbert's Drug Store.
id Truth's." THE TBX
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SOME SCHOOLS STATISTICS.
FIGURES OBTAINED FROM SU?
PERINTENDENT CAIN'S RE?
PORT.
The Statistics Show the Amount of
Money Expended for the Past
Season, the Total Enrollment for
the County and the Number of
School* and Teachers.
The following statistics are ob?
tained from the annual report of
County Superintendent of Education
S. D. Cain, and cover the past year in
the business of his office:
Expended for teachers'
salaries. .$20,370.60
Expended for other pur?
poses. 2,705.45
Total for last season....$32,676.08
Balance on hand, July 1, *
1907.$11,000.00 .
Total Income for last sea?
son, Including balance
from year before.$4.?.676.08
All school districts are on a cash
basis. Teachers' salaries have been
slightly raised. Some lady teachers
receive $50 per month. Mate teach
ers receive from $60 to $75.
Snice the county dispensary has
been in operation it has contriouted
$1,408.73 to the school fund. This is
10 per cent, of the profits of tho sys?
tem. The law allows 25 per cent.,
but by special request of the Sumter
delegation in the legislature, it I is
placed at 10 per cent. In this county.
Enrolment for county, 7,876.
Number of white schools, 49.
Number of white teachers, 53.
Number of colored schools, 52.
Number of colored teachers, 57.
The number of schools and teachers
given above does not include the city
of Sumter. It is under a special
school district act The salaries paid
to teachers covers part of the city
schools and the total enrollment in?
cludes the whole county.
WAS BADLY FOOLED.
Young Woman Engaged to a Man
She Had Never Seen?Went to Mar?
ry Him and Found Her Intended a
Negro. i
A dispatch from Valdosta, Ga.,
says the spectacle of an intelligent
and good looking white woman com?
ing 2,000 miles to marry a man
whom she found to be a negro has
greatly exercised the people of Lake
Park, Ga. Information of the affair
reached Valdosta Thursday.
On Saturday afternoon there
alighted from a Georgia Southern and
Florida train at Park Lake a young
woman who was a stranger to the
people there, and who, after await?
ing around the station some time, as
if expecting some one to meet her
ventured to inquire of bystanders If
they knew Rev. J. J. Roberts.
The man first appealed to thought
a few moments and finally confessed
that he did not know of any one by
that name in the to vn. Another par?
ty told the lady that the only J. J.
Roberts in the town was a negro
preacher known locally as "Burnt
Eyed Jake," who got his name from
the fact that he had lost one eye in a
ftra.
The lady was escorted to the Lake
Park hotel by some of the sympa?
thetic citizens, and it was there that
she told her story. She said her
home was in Vermont. Some months
ago she began a correspondence with
Rev. J. J. Roberts, of Lake Park, get?
ting in communication with him
through a matrimonial paper or cor?
respondence bureau.
She had become engaged to him
and he had s?nt her money to pay
her way to Georgia, where they were
to marry. She fearlessly began the
long journey, believing that her af?
fianced was, of course, a white man,
and one prominent In his section.
After hearing her story citizens of
the town went out to look for the
negro, and he appeared as greatly
surprised as the woman had been.
He admitted that he had been cor?
responding with a lady in Vermont,
but thought she was a "cullud lady."
He protested that he had never
dreamed of his correspondent being
a white lady.
The citizens of Lake Park were
very generous in their proffers of as?
sistance to Miss Middleton, and will
aid her in returning to her home If
she needs assistance.
Rev. S. H. Zimmerman, financial
agent of the Columbia College, died
early this morning in Columbia.
J. F. Rountree has been arrested
for the Weeks' assassination at Dun
barton on Saturday.
Supt. Martin has issued a circular
letter to all of the county superin?
tendents of education urging the ne?
cessity of teaching agriculture In the
county schools.
E SOUTHRON, Established June, II
eries?Vol. XXVII. No 14
RAILROAD COMMISSION TO MEET
HERE ON FRIDAY.
The Florence and Charleston Repre?
sent at i\t-s to be Given a Hearing b>
Regard to the Proposed New Train
From Gibson to Suniter.
Columbia, Oct. 29.?The railroad
commission will hold a session in
Sumter on Friday, Nov. 1, in order to
give the business representatives of
Charleston and Florence a hearing ln>
regard to the changing of the pro?
posed Bennettsville and Lanes trainr
i from Gibson to Sumter, as told of In
, the papers on Saturday. It is sup
nosed that representatives of the
Chamber of Commerce, of Charleston,
will be in Sumter and of the business
men of Florence at this meeting, May?
or Rhett, of Charleston, will, no doubl,
bo on hand, also.
This meeting is given in justice tor
the people of Charleston and Florence
who were not represented at the
meeting in Columbia on Friday, when
it was agreed by the commission to
change this proposed train so as to
run from Sumter to Gibson in the
morning and return in the afternoon
instead of running from Bennettsville
to Lanes via Florence.
The following is the letter written*
by Commissioner Caughman to ''Gen?
eral Superintendent Anderson in re?
gard to this train:
Oct. 26, 1907.
*Mr. W. A. Anderson, General Super?
intendent, Florence, S. C.
"Dear Sir: On hearing from the
Travelers' Protective Association, both
of Darlington and Sumter, and a num?
ber of other citizens between Sumter
and McColl, S. C, as to question oft
putting on a train for better service ln*
the Pee Dee section of our State, in/
which it was decided heretofore, aa
previous correspondence from the
commission will show between your
company and Mayor Rhett of Charles?
ton, S. C, that the agreement was?
reached for the train to be operated
between Lanes and Bennettsville, S~
C. Upon the showing which has heerr
made before the commission this day
that the public Interest would be to a
much greater degree benefitted by
changing the point from Lanes to
Sumter, that you will arrange your
schedule to run out from Sumter In
the morning at least as far as Mc?
Coll, S. Ch and return in the. after?
noon. Yours truly.
"B. L. Caughman;
"For the Commission.**'
However, it seems that the commis?
sion has decided to give the other side
a showing which is, perhaps, right.
It may be depended upon that the
Sumter and Darlington business men
will be alert and fight for their rights
as they have done In the past.
BABY SHOW AND FLORAL FAIR.
Interesting Entertainment on Nov. 6'
and 7 by Ladies of the Presbyterian
Church.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
Church will give a baby show and ?
floral fair in the S. L. I. armory on
Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. t> .
and 7, In the afternoons and evenings.
The entertainment promises to be a
very pretty one and one that will be
pleasing to all. The committees are
hard at work now getting everything
in shape for the occasion.
Besides the baby show and the
floral fair, there will be refreshments
of all kinds on sale and all of the
other things usually found at fairs of
this character. Further details will
be given later, as all of the arrange
ments are not yet perfected.
AS OTHERS THINK.
Everyone in Sumter has a Right to
His Own Opinion.
While everyone has a right to hi*
own opinion, yet it is wise to always
consider what others think and profit
by their experience.
Nothing makes life so miserable, or'
interferes* so widely with the useful?
ness of the average American, as in?
digestion, and it is well for us to give
fair consideration to what others think
about this remarkable affliction.
J. F. W. DeLorme Is positive that
In Mi-o-na stomach Tablets he has anr
absolute cure for indigestion and the
many disagreeable symptoms that fol?
low this disease, such as distress after
eating, coated ongue, bad tsste her
the mouth, dizziness, flatulence, ner?
vousness and debility.
His action In selling Mi-o-na on sr?
guarantee to refund the money unless'
it cures, shows plainly his belief Iba
the value of this remedy. He taker
all the risk, and there will be no
charge whatever for Ml-o-na unless
you are natisfled that it has relieved?
you of indigestion. 10-30&Il-leV*
Gov. Ansel says he has no idea of"
removing whiskey constable* froens
Charleston.