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tlh. CMtlSPOIIKNTS. UriVIIS FROM OUR SP"% 1fO Fear Wttm to that thsy wlU onVs not toter than Tuas iag. When tho Utter* are *s<tn?day It la alraoat an 1/ to harn them appear la that day. iaW OOl Corner, Feb. tl.?Nothlag or doing In this section as tie te os wet we can do no plougli Wi hare no grip an yet No one r4cl, Mra Joe M. Ardls. Her health very poor and she does net seem t> any iery Lee Ardls and brothei. H., visited at W. J. Ardls' last evening. a and Dad Wenk? visited at Mrs. Ardls'. near Paxvtlle, last Sun at Jos M. Ardls* last Sunder Mr. and Mra W. J. Ardls visited Mr. toad Mra Joe M. Ardls last Tuesday Mm Henry Oed dinge and eon. Char ? of Paxvule, steter of of Mra. Jon tho latter last Mon ? ~ John MeLeod ,and Mar. Front: of near Manning, visited a! M. Atdaf Met Wedneadsy. W, the ttea law wen not hilled 1 oaa glad of It and will free rn> Utoe. If your readeni to know them, %*olls In your city some time ago a woo tolling me of somo things that he could tell mo aoid about the Dark Corner r+ And I replied that If lowers for mo that t yiaij be glad If they would bring ^Tatoto Oleen toough toe too to inhale fragrance. Uke tho tody did ohs wont to pto adpf nae of honor an old Confederate entdlsr?-ahe Mr. ?., I frei honored to have pell Hog 3 of pinnin? a cress of on yoo. Sock expressions are " itod more than all those flow that are kept for our beer, it you think as, Mr. EditorT Brother P.sgah, that Is what matter with Hannah. a ealndtg at Mr. Bland Ardls' loot night, which was wall by the married men oape wfelry. there*being nlee of them there ?oat of the young bucks stood and lot tho old ones carry the . racing, go while you are able. I r Feb. 14.?Dedicatory services w/DJ be hold at Beuleh Presbyterian eamreb on tho fifth Sunday In March. The tenement at Bethel win give a Briny en the evening of the ISth of Feb rnary for the beneflt of the schooL Oysters, coffee, cake and other things -ertU be served. A oardtal invitation is ?steaded to ail wl c may attened. The stork woo liberal in his ?est trip through this community. He left to boy and girl with Mr. and Mra. U. ? Str. R. N. Moore, of Ptorenoe, vis? ited relativen here last week. M. Smith, A. Smith, Alice and Annie Truluck spent with) Miss Ellen Carraway. Mra. R. R. Shields, ef Lynchtourg. toad Mm S. R. Ca? a sway spent last EVI day very pleasantly with Mra. R. X. Truluck. tob begin to see and hear signs of Plowing and other work In th? The hum of the honey bee around 'the early blooming Sowers ?nd the of the blue bird le beard. Ttodal, Feb. 25.?The Providence Ban liny School reorganised on last ty morning, with Mr. J. M. Tin superintendent. C. M. Wither to, assistant, snd W H Cuttlno, oorrstary. Mr. T. B. Hodge has been sick with la grippe for several days. 9TATKBURU Statebtrrg. Feb. 14.?Messrs Benja tain Hodges and Mark Reynolds, of Stornier, spont Setarday and Sunday at Mr. W. I* *aunder*'. Miss Lottie Nelson returned on Frl day after a pleasant stay of two w??k? in rtumter. Mr. Frank P. Burgess spent 8undn) mt home. Miss Jullanne Frlereon is visiting friends In Pelser. Messrs. P'-hard and Deas Rlchard ann snd Marshall Westcost, of Sum to?, were the quests of Mr. Henry V?*>r* on Sunday. Mr. M. DcVaux Moore and son*, of Bumter. are on a abort visit to Mrs. James Plnckney at "The ltutns." Mise Oena Da raw n ban bOOS ISO guest of her sHter. Mrs. A. R Kind, for the post few days. Marter llsll Kanisey. of the Sumter birr school, was at homo f ?r Saturduy and Sunday. He had as his guest Mr Robert Brown, of 9umUr. Mr. M. H. Boykln. of Sumter, spent _. Ponday with Mr. W. J. Nnrris. There I? to be a "Silver tea' at the Cen. Sumt?r Memorial Acudmcy on Wednesday evening, the :?u\ Instant, commencing at 7 30. The "t'ia Is given for the benefit of the Civic League, so everyone come and help on a good cause. There was a meeting of the "State burr Literary Club" on last Friday aftetiioon at the home of Miss Emma Barn well. This club has Jui.t been.or gtmised, and the members are taking up the study of our Southern poets and the meetings promise to ebvery interesting as well as Instructive, as the p~o grammes consist of music, both vocal and Instrumental selec? tions, as well as readings and reci? tations. Tbo next meeting of the club will be at. the home of Miss A. N. Burgess, RIEM BERTS. Rombert. Feb. 25.?Very little progress has been made with farm work up to this time, owing to so much rain and freezing weather. Oats are looking: badly and some of our neighbors have just finished planting. The newly elected bishop coadju? tor. Rev. Wm. Ouerry, will hold ser? vices this afternoon at 2.30 at**hiloh Episcopal church near Hagood. Rev. W. T. Duncan, the presiding elder of the M. E. church of Sumter district, will hold regular quarterly meeting here at McLeod's chapel to? morrow. Services in the morning at 11 o'clock, after which the business meeting of the church will be held. Owing to the death of Rev. W. B. Oibspn, who was appointed on the Providence charge at last conference, the presiding elder has secured the services of Rev. Mr. Whttlock, of Fort Mill. 8. C, tor take the work. He preached his first sermon here on last Sunday and made a very favora? ble Impresston on his ?hargo at this l?olnt. There will be an oyster supper giv? en at Mrs. S. L. Keels' on March 6th. under the auspices of in* Rcmlart high school, commencing at 6 o'clock In lbs afternoon, and the public Is In viitd to attend, tnd aa this lb the first entertainment given by the high Ichosj here your correspondent uig cnl*y lequesu ?-very one ?vho can con vinleittly dj so to com? as we will pnmles all a go'.d time. LETTER FROM C AMD EN. Cnvden, Feb. 14.?We have had all kinds of weather here for the past three months, and farmers have done very little work so far. but there Is plenty of time yet. If we have a good March ws will never know the differ? ence. As we "won out" on our estimate of last year's cotton crop, made the first of April, I s "that South Caro? lina would make a fun crop wkh the get oral crop short" ws, are going to make a forecast >n this year's weath? er Judging the future by the past, which la a very good rule, we will this year have an carry, dry spring, with good summer seaaosu. Ws don't agree with your Plsg.ih correspondent as to law makers changing their minds, while we admit that It Is manly to say you are wrong, and change your mind. But to such "baby" work as the senate on the lien law?vote one day to repeal it, and the next to let It stand?looks Uks the senate needs Investigating. In other words. It looks like some out? side Influence was brought in to ?hang? their votes. There Is no daubt that the majority In South Carolina want prohibition, and the lien law repealed, and the people should have what they want, sven if It Is not for their best Interest, as some claim. One fact about the Hen law, the poor flarmer who the merchant seems so anxious to help are the very ones who want It repeal? ed. Any honest man can get what he wants without a Hen, and the dishon? est don't deserve help. As It Is the honest msn pays for what the mer? chant looses on the dishonest llener. DF.ATH AT BIHKOI'VILLE. Mr. John M. S|irtirs Succumbs to n Protracted Illness. Tttshepvllle. February 30.--Specia': Mr. John M Spear*, a prominent and well-known resident and formerly Intcndent of this town, died on the morning of Wednesday. February 19. at the age of r.2. at his residence in Blhliopvtlle. He had b?.en sick for over a year of what had been pronounced P.rlgin's disease, but ??n later diagnosis 1* proved t? be "diubet?:*. * from which he suffered acutely but uncomplalnglv In addition to tin-* he was ?eized with nn attack of 'grippe, ' which rapidly haattned the end and he passed away at f.t.oul 3 a in. vc*u-rday rnorr.iiiff. Few people will have had the cour? age to sit d >wn 13 at table for the greeting of a new year. Uut tlvi-and flfty years ago Lord Roberta wan one of the 13 who sat down to dinner oil New Year's I>ay at Peshawar. Klsvefl \ years later?though most of them harl been through thv Indian mutiny and half of them had been wounded?they were all alive. And Lord Robots Is still very much alive. GRAFT IN CONGRESS. LILLEY WILL APPEAR BEFORE COM MITTTEE ON RULES. Hin Atx'u.tatiortM of Graft Against All Hut Four Members of House Naval Affairs Committee and Some News I>aper Correspondent- In Connec? tion With Submarine Bout Con? tracts Cause Excitement. Washington, Feb.. 24.?George E. Lilley, commissioner at large from Connecticut, the author of the charge that has stirred up the submarine boat rcandal and which has l?d to allegations of a serious nature being filed against more than a dozen mem? bers of the house naval committee and three or four of the best known newspaper representatives in Wash? ington, is scheduled to appear before the house committeo on rules tomor? row, where he wll be required either to substantiate his charges of graft on his fellow members of congress and tho newspaper men, to retract his damaging statements, or to suffer the results. Tho trouble grew out of the charge made by Mr. Lilley that unfair and dishonest means were employed by tho Electric Boat Company, of Xew Jersey, to have legislation favorable to that company passed in the matter of the suDmarine boat contracts pass- | ad through congress. Mr. Lilley prac tically charged every member of the naval affairs committee with being in on the graft except four, -including, himself. He is quoted further as stat? ing in an interview with a New York newspaper man published in the Washington Herald that Judge Griggfc, of Georgia, and Representative Sher? man, of New Yoik, chairman of the congressional campaign comiuitteeqs of the two parties, had received cam? paign contributions from tho Electric Boat Company in- consideration "of which the bide of this company to sell submarines to the government were to be favored. ? Lllley's sensational charges have almost caused blows to be passed on rhe floor of the hou3e more th.in once during thel last few days and have also resulted in three or four of the bent known and most popular newspaper men in Washington being temporarily suspended from the pros* gallierles on the charge of lobbying, which Is against the rules of the gal* lerics. Mr. Lilley's actions of late have pux sled the public to a large dgree and th?ire are many members of congress who do not know what to think of him. It is said that as long as he went along and .oted against certain naval measures, especially appropria? tions for naval stations, the public count not blame him if he was acting conscientiously, but that his whole? sale charge of graft In which he al? leges that only four membfre of the naval affairs committee, including himself, are honest Is beyond belief. The whole Capitol was bussing today with the incident, and there is no toll? ing what developments will take place tomorrow. Lilley, however, sticks to the state? ment that he is honest and will prove that other members of tho naval af? faire committee are guilty of graft and should be severely punished LILLEY FILES HIS CHARGES. Submits to House Committee a Brief Backing Up Ills Graft Allegations. Washington, Feb. 25.?Representa? tive George E. Lilley, of Connecticut. ? the man who has stirred up trouble In congress in connection with the awarding of contracts to the Electric Boat Company, with the result that lb members of congress stand accus? ed of graft and three or four of the best known newspaper men In Wash? ington have been temporarily sus? pended from membership in the press galleries, had a hearing today before tho house committee on rules. Speak? er Cannon presided. Beyond the fact that Lilley filed a written brief, in which he backed up his former state? ments that members of the naval af? fairs committee of the hou3e and others had received money for their influence in favoring the electric boat concern, nothing was given out for publication. He . will have another hearing tomorrow and conclude his side of the case. If tho commlttte decides to pre? sent the rcsdution which Lilky asked congress to pass the whole question will be brought up on the floor of the house immediately upon the assem? bling of that body tomorrow. On the contrary, If the resolution is not al? lowed to come up then the lf> mem? bers of congress who stand accused by Lilley of the unfair dealing and of the bartering of their oath of office Will publicly demand that Lilley either substantiate his acusatlon Iheg an<1 there or publicly retract what he has said concerning them, j This Is one of the most serious mat? ters that has BOmS before congress for years and trouble may be precipitated I at any moment. I While the matter has been adoWed to proceed with Order since Saturday, when Lilley sprung his charges, and when Representative Grlggs, of Qoor gla, waa on the p^int of attacking him on the floor of the house, it is recog I nizcrl that the whole thing as alleged I by Lilley must be. substantiated or withdrawn with an apology and a satisfactory explanation before peace will reign again. The accused men are red-hot and will demand a hearing of their side of the case in any event. SELLERS WILL NOT BE TRIED. Case Will Go Over to Next Term of Court?True Bill Returned by the Grand Jury. Columbia, Feb. 25.?Solicitor Tim merman had the grand Jury remained In session until yesterday for the pur? pose of passing upon the indictment charging W. H. Sellers wh\h the mur? der of Constable Jas. P. Farmer. The indictment wao handed out shortly before the noon hour along with an Indictment charging Noah Long, col? ored, with criminal assault. The gTand Jury was out of the court room but 25 minutes, returning true bills j against Sellers and against the ne- '? gro. Sollcltcr Timmerman was anxious to try the Sellers case at this term of court and immediately after the noon j recess the defendant Sellers was brought into court. Counsel for Sellers filed an affidavit to the effect that it would be practi? cally Impossible ofr the defense to be ! ready ior trial at this term. On the j showing made, Judse Wilson stated that he could not force the defendant to go to trial immediately. KILLED ON TRAIN Grover Welsh Slays Man Who Killed IBs Brother. Lancaster, Feb. 24.?Berry C. Mob |#y was sh.o.t and killed tonight on a ' passenger train near Pleasant Hill, a small station between Lancaster and | Kcrshaw, by Grover Welsh. Four bul- ! lets were fired intc Mobley'j body and he died instantly. Mobley, who killed Steve Welsh, a brother of the man who killed Mobh-y ' tonlgnt, is reported to have been on his way to Lancaster to see Mr. R. ' E. Wylie, a member of this bar, when the tragedy occurred. The details of the killing aie not obtainable tonight, and it is not yet known Just how it ocurred. Welsh came on to Lancaster and surrendered to the sheriff. j Mobley's body wes removed from the train at Pleasant Hill. Feeding Farm Animals. Dr. O. D. Nourse of Clemson col- j lege made a most remarkable address at the recent meeting o ftlio South Carolina Live Stock association at Columbia. Among other things of In? terest to the Southern farmers, Dr. Nourse said: "An animal must have for its daily j use a certain amount of digestible matter, but also it Is desirable that it should (have certain proportions of ; protein and carbohydrates, ihat they | may be thoroughly nourished and yet! no lees sustained in way of undigest? ed food passing through them. In ol ? der to feed our cattle on this basis, we must mix our hays and grains in right proportions. "Protein-rich foods are the costly ones and for this reason we are for? tunate when we need not buy them. In this particular the South ia to be congratulated. Cotton seed makes the richest of all our meals, and that is, and will be, available as a cattle food for all time, and without cost of freight added, as must be the case as to Northern points. "Pea hay we note again Is rich In protein and an article much relished by stock and easily grown in all sec? tions, so that as a basis for rations for cows, or steers we have these two materials of greatest value. "As mentioned at first we must feed certain rations of protein and carbo? hydrates if we practice economy, and must therefore have other articles to offer with the cotton seed meal." Western Texas Is proud of Mrs Anney McElroy Brett, a woman pro? moter. Today she Is the telephone queen of the Southwest. She Is pres? ident of the Southern Independent Telephone and Telegraph Company, and president and gSncral manager of the Brett Construction, Telephone and Telegraph Company. These com? panies, representing more than $500, 000, were organized by her without a dollar of capital to start with. The Chilean government has begun work on double tracking the main i railway line from Valparaiso to Santi- i ago, a distance of about 100 mllee, I which will require a large quantity of now steel and many thousands of new tires. This, with the harbor improve? ments, will greatly relieve the conges? tion |n tnat uort, which for the past ysar ha? bct-f. a great hindrance to j business. The expense of the Pan-American j Congress, which 's to beheld the com- I lug summei in London, are estimated at about $30,000. nearly all of which i will be raised by the sale of tickeis | for the various meetings. COMPLAINT OF WHISKEY CON? CERNS IN FEDERAL COURT. Tli* v Declare That Plaintiffs Have no Other Remedy ami Ask for lic siralniri? Order?Determined Ef? fort to Protect Grafters. Charleston, Feb. 24.?In the office of the clerk of the United State? cii I cuit court today papers, were filed in . an amended and supplemental I'ill of complaint by the attorneys of the Wilson Distilling: company, Anheu*er ! Busch brewery, Gallagehr & Eurion and Jack Cranston & Co., against the State disponsary commissioners a.id the banks which are depositaries for the funds of the commission. The bill declares that the plaintiffffs have their only remedy in a court of equity and asks the appointment of a receiver to administer upon the af? fairs of the State dispensary; a re? straining order to prevent the com? missioners from paying out any mon? ey until authorized by the court; the appointment of a master to take testi? mony and ascertain the claims of creditors, paying such as may be au? thorized by the court, and incidentally requiring the commissioners to make an accounting to the court for all money jjaid out and received, rale of all property, etc., and for such other relief as may be found necessary. The order was signed early this morning by Judge Pritchard at Ashe Villa and under the order the commis? sioners are required to answer the ac? tion at a hearing in Ashevllle on Fob. 29, at 10 a. m. In the bill of complaint it Is al? leged that the. commissioners have wrongfully and unlawfully failed and refused to pay tho Just claims of the plaintiffs; that the commissioners are delaying and trying to defeat the pay? ments, have denied their trust and that they owe any duty to the credit? ors of the/ dispensary, have wrongly and unlawfully exceeded the powers conferred upon ihem by law and usurped and attempted to exercise the powers of a court, unlawfully at? tempted to 8,rrogate to themselves ex? clusive jurisdiction of all claims against the dispensary and funds in their hands, that these powers and functions, unlawfully usurped, have been partially, liufairly and oppress? ively ? Yerchcd. The hearings have not been designed to ascertain just llubillties but to Secure evidence for criminal prosecution of allrged graft? ers: witnesses have reen unlawfully assembled for the service of papers upen them, whil'i refusing to pass just claims; that the commissioners are attempting to have the act of 1907 amen led so as li lega'lze the usur? pation of the functions of the rourt and the exercise of these wrongful claims of exclusive jurisdiction; that they aftek to place the funds biyond the reach of this court and other courts and render it impossible to have any claims paid, sav3 those that they see fit to pay, and the commis? sioners go farther, according to the complaint, in their last contention that the commissioners deny the right of the plaintiff tc have their claims litigated in a court of general juris? diction and are attempting to make such denial effectual. D. A. IL ENTERTAINMENT. Mother Goose, Butterfly Drill, Baby Song, Drill Song, Etc The ladies of the D. A. R. havj about comipeted the preparations for their entertainment and it will be given at the Opera House on the evening of Thursday, the 27th. The following programme shows that all 3f its features will be fresh, amusing Mid picturesque. Much thought and 2utc have been lavished on the per? fecting of all the details of the occa? sion arid a liberal patronage is con? fidently expected. Seats will be on sale at China's Drug Store at 50 cents for all parts of the house, and the curtain will go jp at 8.30. Following is the programme: Baby Song, from Wang?Annie Randal, Vermelle Pitts, Dorita Moise, Elizabeth China, Evelyn Sternberger, Ruth Lyons, Caroline Richardson, Han lei Wells, Catherine Warren, Man' and Marian Knight. Drill Song by Mary Jane?Thelma Bultman, Sara Edmunds, Hassle Par rott, Alleen Harby, Dorothy Henry, Mildred Hurst, Susie Bultman, Wil helmlna Grimsley. Mother Goost?Mrs. Lebby?Eileen Hurst, Harold Bull, Minnie Blanding, George Rowland, Maurlne Lyons, Barnwell Manning, Annie Randal, A Iva Solomons, Vermelle Pitts, Eng? lish DesChamps, Robert Wright. Hen? ry Spann, Mary and Marian Knight. Blanche Spann, Preston Manning. Willo Imina Grimsley.. Butterfly Drill?Butterfly Queen, Mildred Hurst. Butterflies. Gladys Hurst, Rita Schwartz. Margaret Cheyne, Sallie Rembert. Rose Cheyne, Bessie Duncan, Mary Stucky. Julia Wright, Vera Leasla, Janette Henry, Ethel Chandler, lassie Walsh. Song?Mr. Char lea Hurst and Misses KllgO, Wright, Ryttenberg, Hurst, ' Du rant and Du Pre. Admission?Adults, 50 cents; chil? dren, 35 cents. BASEBALL NOTES. Manager Gunter, of the Sumter Uam, Ii after Ed Connelly, <ne of the backstops of the Augusta team.? News and Courier. ? s s Tratest report has it tltat th** Dan? ville club has purchased Pitcher Price and Short Stop Lindsay, of the Sumter club, and that contracts have been sent to the two players for their signatures. Both are said Id be excellent men. and the Bugs.are considered fortu? nate in landing them, as other clubs were also after them. Danville tried to ge Price last year.?Richmond Journal. ? ? ? Walter Rickard has put his name to a Roanoke contract for the coming season. He is what Is known im a general utility man, being a pitcher, catcher and outfielder. In the season of 1906, he was with Danville. Last season he was with Orange burg, S. C, when the season of the South Caroli? na League came to a close, wh4M he came to Virginia and played with Roanoke until the ckxse of the season of the Virginia League. ? ? ? The Game Cocks will begin the ball season with practically a new team, and Manager Gunter pledges his reputation that he will have the fastest lot of youngsters ever gotten together in a minor league team. Sumter bids fair to be a training school for the big league stars. This season Sumtor*s old players will be with the following teams: Nolly and Holland of 1906 with New Orleans; Richardson and McLaurin of 1907 with Augusta; Lindsay and Price of 1907 with Danville, Va. And a deal is on foot for the sale of six or more of the 1907 team to the Class D, t*?am of Winston Salem of the new Carolina Interstate League. THE M AGE CONFERENCE. No Action Has Been Reached by the Officers and Trainmen of the Southern Railway. Washington. February 21 ?The conference as to wage adjustments between Vice President and General Manager Ackert, of the Southern Railway Company, and representa? tives of the locomotive engineers wa? resumed today, and a conference also was held with a commirtee rep? resenting the conductors and train? men. The proposition to these class? es of employees is substantially the same as that made to the machinists and other snopmen, which is to tn* effect that In view of the condition of business and the falling aft in traffic the lower soale of wages In effect a year ago shall be restored. No definite action has been reach? ed and a further conference will be held tomorrow. CORTELYOU CALLS IN FUNDS. Asks National Banks Holding $100,. 000 or More of Public Money for 25 Per Cent. Washington, Feb. 24.?The secre? tary pf the treasury today announced a call upon national banks for approx? imately 25 per cent, of the public funds now held In active depositaries having on deposit such funds in the sum of $100,000 or more and 25 per cent, of the public funds now held by active depositaries where the deposit is $100,000 of such funds or in excess thereof, and where such withdrawals car be made without inconvenience to the treasury department in the trans? action of public business. Under the call approximately $35. 000,000 wil be returned to the treas? ury. Payments under this cad will oe made as fopow*- 10 per cent of the amount called for on or before March 9 and the remaining 15 per cent on or before March le. Secretary Cor telyou stated that advices from all parts of the country show that this portion of the government funds now on deposit with national banks can bo withdrawn without detriment to financial conditions in any section. CATARRH IS CURABLE. SmwsHful Experiments In Abating and Curing This Disease. Catarrh is an entirely unnecessary disease and should not be tolerated for a single day now that ; Hyomel is so generally known and has made so many cures in Sumter (and other towns. Moelern SClsSICS has disproved the old theory that catarrh was a blood disease*. It is a germ trouble, and the remedy iy Hyomel. which medicates the air you breathe, killing all ca tarrhal germs. As there is lif? and health in the air of the pine forests, fllletl with fra grant and healing balsams, !sv> there is lif" and health in breathing Hyomel. So sure is this prescription to cure even the worst cases of catarrh, that J. F. W Daf Sil im sells it under an absolute guarantee te> refund the money ,if it deies not do .all that Is claimed for It. p-:!5&;27&w