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Chr ?MattDuum hud .aautbhm ? ' ** i.i ' - - tffONESOAY, JANUARY 29, 1908. m?-?-: bm ml tbm Poet office mt Sumter, S. Cm aa Second Claus Matter. NEW ADVEHT1SEMKN'TS. ?churnris Hr>??White Carnival 4 Proclamation by the Governor-? Beward fur Arrest of Toncy Moae*. O Donnell t Co.?Preparing fvir Another Crop. PERSONAL. M<m?e? Neig an.i Ha'tie Panders, of Magocd. are vixiUug In the city today. Mr E. K Ren.be rt. of Uemberts. Is ta town ?>n business. J. A. Weinberg. Esq.. of Manning, came U> the city yesterday. Mr. Prank & Wllon. of Richmond. M la th? city. Mis* Pannle R>ttenberg hai rtturn ud to the city art er having spent sev? eral rr.oiih* In Baltimore and New Tern. Mr P. R. Alderman, of Alcolu. came to the city yesterday f? r "The Uaa and the Mouse." Mrs. E. W Mayen, of Mayvsville, won la ^he city today. Mtae Lhtaie Wilson, of MayesvilU. aaent today In the city. Mrs. Ella Hewson has gone to Mo con. On., to visit her ?Itter. Mrs. Them aeon. Mr. A. L. Jackson has gone tc Johnston. S, C.'ftr a few days MJas LrevJe LeXoir has returned tu bar home nt Mr. S. P. LeN>ir'?. ae aampanled by her friend. Mlm May nee C**maa, of LeKelr. N. C. Tho licence tax ea dogs may be dif of enforcement, but there be a way to collect' the Stats Qu Bos* la still lm hle condition being better I day. as reported by the authori? al Iba Samter Hospital. for Toaey Moses, the of Mr. W. A. Clyde, and for agro who assaulted Mr. Law DuBone, to still being kept up vwjllantrr. hai there hare boon nsares as yet However, the of will not let up In their endeav as capture the two dangerous fu Mo?, h?. not yet Teen" cap A man report was circulated the any Thursday to the effect (hat had been surrounded la a house miles from the city and captured by a party of of who brought him to the county are oa tho lookout be located at aay should be given reports like the above unless they peel lively known to be true. The manager of the Norfolk. Vs., team has made aa offer for of Lindsay and McLau matter's last year's team. Co? lo said tc- waat Bum Richard had McLaurtn and Greenville to have signed Tnbble an;', Danville, Va., wants Buck rers and Lynchburg wc-uld like to Wynne according to newspaper From this It looks like Sum will have to get a new team. FATHER FORD TO LEAVE. Oe\Vee4 to R(|?ort at CreesnrisV fur Duty?Marti Regret ansang An DenosaiaattosM at Hie Isrpnrture. Reverend Fat ?er Louis E Ford ha* for the past two years been ? tant pastor of the Catholl. church this city, and who made himself %o popular, has been ordered by Right Itev. Bishop Northrop to report hu Orret-vllie for doty. rather Ford'* departure firm Sum for is a source M much r? er? i among the peopte of jvery religious denomi? nation, and today can bo hoard not Only among tin- members of bis own faith, but from Jew and Gentile, and Catholic, coin Alimentary expression* af regret it his departure. The Cath? olics ef Sumter have sent a very strop:, petition to IU-nop Northrop asking for his return to Sumter. Father Ford Is a former Columbia boy, and in hi* associations up prlejt did not confine himself t? tin- mem? bers of bn o*rn flock, but mmg!r?d ily with all denomination*. Hark to South Carolina. It Is probable that Dingle and Mat nay. who played * Ith Norfolk a pari of last season, will not be seen with the Crow during the coming cam? paign. Both men arc anxious to re? main In the South Carolina league, to which they went from Not folk, and II Is th ught they will be allowed tu do eo. An effort will be mado b> Manag*r Ptnder to get Lindsay, who played second base for Norfolk a part of tho mason, snd If the deal goe* through he will be played .n the out? field on account of his hitting and .running. Nature paints In colors bright. Our cheeks and lips so fine; nature to paint for th?e, Uaina Rooky Mountain Tea MbY St"*. MARRIED. Mr. J. P. Fehler, of Vance, and Mia O. E. Rast of Eutawvllle, were united in matrimony Wednesday evening at the parsonage of the First Baptist church. HlMtftop Guerry, Bishop Ouerry. who Is now making his first round of visits to the several parishes of the diocese, will hold ser? vices at St. Philip's church, Bradford Springs, Sunday morning and in this city at night. POUND DEAD IN BED. Aged and Respected CTtlscu ol Ha good Dies Suddenly. Hagood. Jan. 27?Mr. W. J. Turner and old and respected citizen of this community was found dead in his bed on Saturday morning. Ho had b. en in declining health for some time, but his death was unexpected and was a rhock to his numerous friendi. Heart dictate Is the cause tu which his death Is attribute!. Mr. Turner gave four years of his lifo to the Confederate cause and wil a member of Hart's famous battery. His record as a soldier was good. He leaves only a son to mourn him, his wife having die! a number of year* ago. O'DONNELL A CO. The Annual Meeting or Stockholders Held Monday Nnight. The annual mating of the stock? holders of O'Donnell St Co. was held at the office of the company Monday night. The annual report of the sec? retary and treasurer mowed that a very large and highly satisfactory as well as profitable business had been done in 1907. A dividend of 10 per cent, was declared and ordered paid. In addition a handsome increase was mads In the surplus account. Th* directors and officers were re-elected for the ensuing year. SHOT HIS WIFE. Lewis Mack Sends Ballet Through Cornelia Mack's Thigh Inflicting Se? rious Wound. When Lewis Mack, who lives on Oricr street with his wife, Cornelia, went home to dinner Monday was un? der the Influence of liquor and was in a Quarrelsome humor. Following a wordy war with Cornelia he brought the discussion to a sudden termination by drawing a pistol and sending a bul? let through the woman's thigh. She was soatad In a chair at the time and r.s the bullet paased entirely through the fleshy part of the leg, near the hip. the wound is a painful and serious one. Had the range of the bullet Men a few Inches higher the woman would have received a fatal wound in the abdo? men. After the shooting of the woman Mack left the house but returned shortly afterwards and Officer McKa ten, who made the arrest, found him lying across the bed. He submitted quietly to arrest and was lodged in the guard house. Cornelia Mack, who was shot Mon? day by her hut band. Lewis Mack, is ?ettlng along very well today and will probably recover without suffer? ing any serious effects, as the wound ?pi e.n-s to bo less dangerous than it -et med to be. SEWERAGE LAHOHEKH AHE RE? TURNING TO WORK. Two Gangs Working With Full Force Today and Another Has Almost n Full Complement of Hands The strike of the sewerage laborers lr already petering out and those of the old bands who do not return to work at once will be replaced by new nun who an arriving for work. Yes? terday two- full gang* went to work at tbe iiMual hour and a third fore? man reported that be had practically a full force with which to resume work at mon. The oth^r foreman w!!l probably be able to resume work with full forces today. It is thus seen lh*t the strike has amounted to very little and the effort to tie-up the work on the ^fcwerag" system has failed. Tn 111?? event, that the strike'had as? sumed serious proportions arid had l?e* n protracted for many days the sewerage commission had under con? sideration a propostllon from a Chi cngo construction company to install trenching machines to excavate the ditches thereby dispensing with ninety per cent, of th^ common la? borers. By the ute of trenching ma? chines the work can be ?one. it i? claimed, at about the snine cost as by hand, and If the men who have been doing the work refuse to stay on the Job at the wages offered them It will become ynecessnry to resort to the me of more modern methods than the pick and shovel and the machine. will be put to work. The commis? sion Protei'? to employ home labor anfl to pay out the city's rrionoy to homo people, but If local laborers wont work for the price the commis? sion can afford t'? pay there will be no other alternative than to resort to the use of trenching machines. DIE MUTUAL ICE CO. Annual Meeting Hold Friday?Mat? ters of Intel ?et Dlecvsoed?C< minlt |0C Appointed and directors Elect? ed. Tho annual meeting of the stock? holders <>f tho Mutual ice company was holi Friday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock in the lircctors* room of the lank Df Sumter. The meeting was largely attended und a large majority of the slock was represented. Mr. R. I. Manning acted us chairman of the meeting. Tho annual report of Genera Man? ager J. A. Schwerin was submitted, likewise the annual report and finan? cial statement by Secretary and Treas? urer B. Walsh. The several reports showed that the year had been fairly successful and satisfactory and that a reas ?nable profit had been earned rj?n tho business dene. The matter of most importance that was brought up for consideraticn was the necessity of securing additional 3ubscrlptlons to the capital stock of the compa ly in order that the paid up I capital might bo increased to tho (.mount originally agreed upon. It is a fact, perhaps not generally known, that while the company was organized on a basis of $12,000 only $7,700 was paid in. When the move? ment to organize the Mutual Ice com? pany for the purpose of giving the people of Sumter cheap ice was Inau? gurated there was a great deal of en? thusiasm and there seemed to be no difficulty in raiding all the money needed. But as soon as the .'actorj became a certainty and the people were assured that cheap ice was guar? anteed the enthusiasm waned. Many whe had promised to take stock be? gan to mako excuses and others who I had subscribed fulled or refused to I make good their subscriptions. The I corporators who had be*cn elected at lone of the enthusiastic cheap ice I mass meetings wore in a position I where they could not turn back with- | I out destroying hope of cheap ice, so 1 I they went ahead with the bona fide I subscriptions to ttock that had been | I secured and the company was organ- j I lsed. Even then the troubles of the I directors who had been elected were I net at an end. Quite a number of I the stockholders who had palel the I first assessment failed to pay the I other assessments. Nevertheless the I machinery was purchased and che I factory erected and the pe ople of i Sumter have be en supplied with! I cheap lea. To accomplish this it wa> I necessary, however, for the directors I to borrow $1,750 to make the final I payment on the machinery and the j I company has been hampered by debt I and a lack of working capital fron- ! I the outset Notwithstanding thi? I handicap, the company has made money both in 1906 and 1907. The I directors fool, however, that this I condition of affairs should not con* I tlnuo, and they do not desire to I shoulder the responslbllty of fumish I ing the people of Sumter with cheap I ice for an indefln'tc period unless the I people who are tho beneficiaries of I the enterprise show their appreciation I of cheap ice by taking up the unsub I scribed capital stock, thereby freeing I tho company of debt and placing it I on a solid footing. The Mutual Ice company is not a I failure and it has done what it set out I to do? furnish cheap ice?but unles3 the pe >ple back it up, the directors I who have been carrying the burden I ami have pledged their individual it lit to make* the company a success, the ultimate result Is not difficult to I fort sec. I The matter was fullly discussed at I the meeting and it was the unanl I mous opinion of all prejfecnt that the I additional stock should be taken up I and all increased their stock, a ma? jority doubling their holdings. A committee consisting cf W. M. I Graham, C. C. Brown, J. H. Chandler and H. C. Haynsworth was appointed j io lay the matter before the stock I .loldcrs and the public generally and I to holicit stock subscriptions to ar I ur.ount sufficient to make the paid up I Capital $12.000. This committee will discharge this duly at once and will report at an adjourned meeting of thw Ii toekho'ders. As a business proposi? tion apart from the fact that the Mu I tual loa company is a quasi publlo enterprise, there should be no dilti culty in placing the stock since the company has property worth at least $14.00D and nn established and prof? itable business. Beside it saves to the people of Sumter every year several thousand dollars en the price e>f the lee they use. The only other business of Import? ance was the e lection of the directors to servo during the ensuing year. They are li follows. Gco. L Bicker, J. A. Schwoiln. I. C. Strauss. Wm. Moran, Uartow Walsh. W. W. Sibert, H. O Osteen, I. D. Jennings and W. M. Graham. If anyone doubts Sumter's popular? ity as a shopping centre for this pec lie, n of the State, he or nhu should go down to tho passenger station in the e-vonlng when the trains are depart? ing and sec the groat crowd of ladles and gentlemen and the numerous bundles. MR, BRUXSOX'S LECTURE. Fairly Good Crowd Heard This Forci? ble Speaker on Prohibition Thurs? day Night at the Court House;. There was a fairly good idled au? dience at the court house Thursday night to hear the temperance lecture by Rev. J. A. Brun?on, of Filorcc. Other attractions in the city probably cut into the size of the attendance. Mr. Brunson is a forcible speaker With a clear and well modulated voice and his lecture was thoroughly en? joyed by all present. His arguments In favor of prohibition were rtrong and clear-cut and impressed his hear? ers very deeply 1>R. Z. F. 1I1GHSMITH GETS VAL? UABLE PATENT. Steel Drills May Now Be Used Instead of Diamond Ones?The Advantages of the Invention Over the Usual Methods of Drilling Lens and Other Glasses. Dr. Z. F. Hightmith, an optician of this city, after about three years of ctudy and experimenting, has receiv? ed a patent for a very valuable ma? chine, a lens drilling apparatus, in which a steel drill is used in the place of an expensive diamond one as used now. The finished apparatus is a very handsome piece of mechanism and shows the result of much brain work and patient experimenting on the part of Dr. Highsmith. The ap? paratus may be run by any kind of power. The points in favor of this valuable Invention are these: A steel drill cost?, only about 15 cents, a diamond drill about $16. The steel drill cuts a hole through the glass in about 13 seconds by electric power and In 42 seconds by hand. This includes the turning of the lens in order to -inlsh the hole on the other side. A diamond drill car not cut a hole but only hall' way through the glass and takes from 3 tc 5 minutes. Again, the hole out by the steel drill is shaped in such a manner that a screw fitted into it will not break the glass so easily if it is pressed upon, while a hole cut by a diamond drill wilt be shaped so as to permit It easily breaking the glass 11 the inserted screw is only Sightly pressed upon. A steel drill can be sharpened within about two minutes, while a diamond one has to be sent te a regular diamond sharpener, or lapidary, and will probably take two> of three weeks In the operation. The former drill will last a great deal longer than a diumond one in point ?vf usago. A diamond dril! requires from 1.000 to 2.E00 revolutions per minute to cut a hole while the steel drill requires no euch rapidity of mo? tion or consequent wear and tear on the machinery and bands. Dr. Highsmith'* invention is ope rated with a gyrating motion of th*. surface on which the lens lies when being bored, and this is the great se? cret of bis success. Only ordin?r/ turpentine was used in oiling the drills In making the holes in the above named time. The working of the machine must be seen t?? be fully Appreciated. The inventor has aold the rights for the patent to A B. Stuckc-y. Esq., of this clt /, for nine foreign countries. Dr. Highsmith is to be conpratu lated on bis success and deserves the rich reward he will receive in conse? quence of this invention. The p.itent, also, covers a similar method of bor? ing holes in plate glass window pane? and show case glasses, Ac. ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS LEAGUE. Tbe ladle* Of Sumter To Meet At The Elks' Club. The member! e? the Civic* League :*nd all women of .Sumt?r who are in? terested in the anti-Tuberculosis movement are urgently requested to attend a special meeting, to form a League and to elect oiTicers for same at Elks' parlors 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Jan. 30th, 1908. By order of Slate Chairman of Health Department of South Carolina Federation of W< men's Clubs. A. K. Ingram, Chairman Sunder bounty. Carp Had Ring In Midst. From the New York World. William Pudncy. a bridge tender on the Passalc river at BclWille, X. J.. has burglar alarum on his lish lines and is aroused frequently in the night by bites. Early yesterday morning he pulled up a German carp. Of all the fish that inhabit the garbage waters of the Passalc only the German carp Is a blank. So the bridge tender swore softly to himself at the false alarm. Worse and more of it. the carp hud swallowed the hook and he had to use his knife to release it. To his surprise he found a diamond ring In the carp's stomach. James Qtbhs heard the story and told of a ring a woman had lost from the White bridge last summer. He gave the initials on the band and Pudney. the honest bridge tender, Unding these name Initials, gave up the ring. Tbl woman Is in Albany, a bride, and the ring was her engagement gift. R*fo< us your Tob Printing IMPORTANT NOTICE. Adjourned Meeting of Stockholders of tho Mutual Ice Company. An adjourned meeting of the stock? holders of the Mutual Ice company will be held at the Bank of Sunder at 4.3G o'clock Monday afternoon, Feb. 3d, for Ihe purpose of receiving the report of the special committee ap? pointed at the annual mtetirg on ttje 24th instant to solicit additional sub? scriptions to the capital stock of the company. | It Is important that every stock- j holder be present as action will be taken at the meeting which will de? termine the future of the company. The stock scliciting committee con sisting of Dr. C. C. Brown, G. A. Lern- I mon, W. M. Graham, H. C. Hayns- I worth and J. II. Chandler have mad'1 a part; 1 canvass of the town, but have not as yet secured subscriptions to the requisite number of sharrs to complete the authorized capital stock and put the company on a solid basis. Stockholders and others who have benefUted from the establishment of the Mutual Ice company will be acting contrary to their own and the public interest if they fail to subscribe for every share of the 750 shares needed to complete the capital stock. Unless this stock is taken it will be impossi? ble to continue the Mutual Ice com? pany on tho present basis and the result will be that Sumter will have to get along: without cheap ice. Those stockholders who are indifferent to the continuance of the Mutual Ice company may be able to afford the loss of their small stock investment, but the question is, can they afford to pay high prices for ice? If they let the Mutual Ice factoiy pass out of their control, there will be no more cheap ice , for Sumter. If the 750 shares arc taken up by stockholders or others who want cheap ice. the fu? ture success of the enterprise is guar? anteed and they will have an invest? ment that will pay a dividend of eight 1o ten per cent, annually?even though the company does no better in future than It has in the past two yci.rs. Those who want cheap ice and are willing to contribute their share to? ward securing it permanently can do sc by subscribing to the stock. Sub? scriptions will be received by any member of the committee above mentioned or by Geo. Bicker, at the Sumter Savings Bank, or Bartow Walsh, at the Bank of Sumter. Daily New York Cotton Market. Open High Jan. 10 99 11 01 March 11 01 11 12 May 1106 11 17 July 10 96 11 05 Tone?Stead?. Low Close 10 81 10 81 10 92 10 92 10 98 .11 98 10 85 10|85 The Spotter Spotted. From the Macon Telegraph. Down on Bridge Row yesterday af? ternoon a negro walked into one of' the many eating houses that line the north side, and leaning over the coun? ter, made the inquiry in a confidential "Any chance to get a pint er corn?* and his left eye closed. There was a closing of the oame eye of the e>aiing house man, and an he assumed the same confidential tome he said: "Cose dey is ef yer got de cash.'* The anxious Inquirer pulled out s> half dollar, which, if closely inspect? ed, would have revealed a cross scratched under the eagle's beak. This was handed over the counter and went Into the pocket of the eating house man, who disappeared. In five minutes he reappeared with. ! something wrapped up in a piece of newspaper. Two minutes later the anxious inquirer had unwrapped the package and found a pint flask cre/n med full of grains of corn. He reported the case to Officer Rob? inson, who told him that he could not make the eating house man return his marked coin nor could he males any kind of case against him. Ha was giving a half dollar for a pint of corn according to contract, and that was all there was to it. The negro, however, took the view that he had been swindled, but the of? ficer couldn't see it and the matter 1 was dropped, but the chuckle of the ? eating house man was as loud as tbs> I rattle of his dishes. REMEMBER Our stock is larger and more complete than ever before, and we are pre? pared to handle a much larger business this com? ing year than ever. Would be pleased to have you come and look when you need anything in our line. W. W. SIBEBT. Phone 283 - 8 8. Main Street. Preparing For Another Crop. At this season of year every farmer is laying his plans and making ready for ano her crop, and it is our earnest wish that each and every one will reap a rich harvest 1907 was a dig appointment to some, while to others the results were very satisfactory, but it is certain that the general condition of the county is much better than it was a year ago. An abundant grain and hay crop has been made, which in itself means a say? ing of many thousands of dollars. Our own business for the year ending was quite satisfac? tory, being the largest in the history of our career, in fact each year with but slight exception, shows in increase over the pre? ceding one, and we have every reason to believe the present will be no exception. Farming Supplies. This is our strongest attraction at present, and it is the class of merchandise that the tillers of the soil are most interested in, for it is largely upon that they base the cost of their crop. Some competitors will advance the argument that a firm doing the amount of credit business we do, is not the best place in which to get inside cash values, but to the contrary it operates in favor of the cash buyer, for the reason that it gives us such an outlet that we are able to buy in practically Unlimited Quantities. Our warehouses are now packed to the ceilings with every? thing needed for ths home and farm, and while we welc >me the customer whose account we agree to carry until Fall and wait on him just as attentively as though he were spending his money, MR.. CASH will find that his dollars will go as far and probably a litt e further in this house than anywhere else he ould invest them O'DONNELL 6 COMPANY.