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*\ tor COlntcbncn aub <?outDroit *IPN?$0AY, MNUARY *0. 1909. Entered at the |?ostomVc at Sumtcr, S. C, mm Second 1Tu*m .Mutter. NEW A DM i; I IM MIN TS. Royal l.nklng Powder. E. J. A- W. K Dunne, Architect*. ri i;s< \Ah. Mr. Oeo. W. McKlveon. of Stamford, Texas, with his wife and son, who have been visiting; relatives In the Shlloh section of this county for sev? eral week* were in town Wednesday. Mr. McKlvccn went to Texas twenty five years ago, and has grown up with the country. He Is a leading real es? tate man of Stamford, and has shared abundantly In the prosperity that has bless id Western Texas In recent yeara. Mr. T. P. Lyman left last week for Miami. Fla., where he will be gone INI bualaes* for a ooophl *>f months. Mrs. L. Arthur O'Neill, of Charles? ton, la visiting her sister. Mrs. Noill O'Donnell. Mr. Marx Cohen, who has resided In F!oi i.i . f i ' i ' t ar-:, has r? turned to Suinter to live. Mr. A. 8. Flud of Stateburg, spent Friday In town. Bishop John f. Monaghan. of Wil? mington. Del., la In the city visiting relatives, Mies Katherlne Harth, of Wilming? ton. Dei . is visiting Miss Margie Monaghan. Mrs. Pauline Cordes has gone to Charleston where she will visit rela? tives fvjr several weeks. % Mr. W. P. Newman of Elliotts was la th.> cttj on business Saturday. Dr. J. O. Muldrow, of Darlington, epent Sunday In the cit Mrs. Ueaner, of Orangeburg, Is on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. T. E. White on S. Harvln St. Mr. O. H. Folley. of Macon. Ga., Is In the city. Mr. and Mrs. Renneker of Charles? ton, were In the city Sunday. Mrs. J. C. Dove Is on a visit to her daughter. Mrs. Renneker of Charles? ton. Mies Luclle Iseman, of Manning, Is In th* city visiting Mrs. Mitchell Lev! on Ea.?t Liberty St. Mrs. A. A. Strauss, of Mayesvllle, apent Monday In the cl.y. Mrs. Henry Buck of Marlon, and Mrs. Felix Walker, of Columbia, are visiting Mrs. Sidney Stuhle Mr I D. Muldrow, of Mayesvllle. was In th?* city yesterday, Col. Henry T. Thompson, of Colum? bia, waa <a the city yesterday. eXate and County taxes paid this month carry a penalty of only 1 per cent., but next nrionth the penalty will be In'.c.ntd. The position of city council In ro apect to the up-keep of Turkey Creek Canul Is altogether correct and rea? sonable. The County having diverted the dralnago of the public roads and adjacent country east of the city Into Turkey Creek canal It Is no more than right that the County should bear a Just proportion of the expense of keeping the canal In good condition, if It wert possible to measure the vol S)Sho Of drainage dl charged Into the canal from city drains and county ditches and a comparison made it would be found that the canal Is or as much service to the County as to the city. There Is another fact to which the city council made no inference. namely that the canal has been an l still la of great value to individual prop? erty owners In that It drains and ren? der-* valuable for firming purpoaes a large area of sWafl p land that would otherwise be useless. Mr. Joninh Evans,- of Cheraw. om of the fertiliser Inspectors for Clem son C dlege, who was In the city Fri? day, stated that the fertilizer move? ment has scarcely started, that neither fertiliser factories nor oil mills arc making any sMptnenl I i .amount to anything In the way rf a movement. 'The Oakland Ave. line of the sew? erage sNstnn \* ?tili Incomplete and tho work will not be finished fop t v enl weeks longer, yet. Supervisor Pitt* ha* put In a hard week's work making nn Inspection of roads and bridge irfd he finds that a imtjorltv of the bridges In tin- sections of the county he has Vtsttod aro In go?l condition. H is tun- In found cjvlte a nt mbor of bridges in need of Immediate repairs and he has taken steps to have the work done at once He Is finding some difficulty, however. In obtaining tlrst eins* lumber for the bridge work. # I'M-, Ii i 4 ii a ;i |>o|.u! ii t >i ic thi ; year and there are n?? boosters of the State League. There Is still hope that the move? ment to clone the *tores at 10 o'clock Saturday night will not fall. MAi;iiii:i>. Married at the Manse of the Salem Blick Church, January loth. 1909. bf Rev. W. H. Workman. Mr. Can nady Atkinson and Miss u.uiny Amo son. daughter of Jn??. Amoson of Con? cord Section, Sumter County, s. C, On Jan. 17th, at 4 o'clock, Mr. Wil? lie Pace and Mise Florence Groom* of Concord, S. C, were married by Rev. Satterwhlte of this city. * Death of a Child. Blshopvlllc, Jan. 19.?Yesterday about 12:30 p. m.. the death angel visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. .T. D. HUI and took from them- their 2 year-old son. Sam. after having suf? fered for only a few days. The lit? tle boy was laid to ?"est today at noor>. in the Presbyterian QSmottrT The funeral service was conducted at the grace by the Rev. p. .\. Murray and Rot h. r. Ifurohlson. The bereaved parents have the thy of the whole community in their grief. DEATH. Mrs. M. B. Bruner, the mother of Mr. C. A. Bruner, of this city, died In Sanford. Fla., Jan. 12th. The fumml . held <>n the 14th insant, In Wad. - boro, N. C, the home of the deceased. Mrs. L. A. Montgomery, wife of the Ate Robt M Montgomery, of Con cord, died on Wednesday the 13th In? stant, at the home of her son, Rev. Charles Montgomery. In Mt. Vernon. Ga., after a brief Illness, aged "6 UTA The body was brought home for interment and the funeral services were held at Concord church at 12:30 o'clock Friday. Mrs. Montgomery is survived by one daughter, Mrs. 8. M. Wltherspoon, of Concord, and six sons, Messrs. W. P. and J. M. Montgomery, of Concord, Hugh Montgomery, of Paris, Ky. Joseph M. Montgomery, of Birn ing ham, Ala., Dr. r. M. Montgomery and Rev. Charles Montgomery of Mt. Ver? non, Ga. The three last named sons accompanied the remains from Mt. Vernon and attended the funeral to? day. Dr. C. C. Brown is in receipt of a letter from Mrs. T. U. Baskin, of Pnion Springs, Ala., a sister of Mrs. W. P. Cherry, who was a resident of this city for several years and a member of the First Baptist church, Informing him of the death of Mrs. Cherry on January 2nd, of heart disease. Mrs. Cherry was burled in Macon, Ga., her old home on the 4th Instant. Capt. J?W. Adkirit, formerly a con? tractor nWl builder, but for the past ml years an Inmate of the Coun lj alms house, died at that place on II? hi > in p'..?r health for several years and had to give up I rh on that account. Iff, Adkins Iri- h.-en a resident of this city for ovei twenty yeon and came here from I '"lUmbla. PRMJM l\ PUBLIC lands. Gar field Presents Startling Informa? tion to Committee-?$110,000*000 Worth Stolen. Washington. Jan. it.?Information of a startling ch.'iact.r of alleged wholeonle nnd estoundlni frauds upon the nubile lands has come Into the possession of Secretary of the Interior ? lartleld through special aaents in Cm tieid. The serious allegation is mode that approximately $110,000,000 worth Ol land In Slates principally west of of the Mississippi ha* been traudu lently acquired within the past two years by c-rp,rations and Individuals With a view of recovering those lands. Secretary Qnrfleld SSnt today lottefl to Chairmen Hale and Tawm y of the senate am' house npnr opria tions eosamtttece, respectively, asklug for an ad lltlonnl appropriation of $500,000, which. If grunted, with that nhfsad] asksd for. will gtVS ths de? partment $1,000,000 for that purpose. It Is stated that tbi r * Is reasonable prospect of recover!m much of this alleged frondult ntly noQulrod land if the appropriation Is promptly mode, It also is pointed out that while $1,000, 000 may SOOm la rue It ;s n >t ono-hun dredth the mine of the land, Mr. Qnrfleld also Inclosed a report Of il H Boh Wart chief of Held |( r vlee, showing over J ami distinct CSSSI <>: allsgsd frauds dsmandlng further I investigation. Among sudi eases awaiting investigation now ponding are 1,000, dftrldod among Florida, Ala 1 am t jtml Mississippi. 11 \ Ms ? Rfl Mill AT WRIGHTS. \ 11.11 . At g recent mooting of the execu? tive committee of ths south Carolina State Bankers' Association it w .Ts de? cided to hohl the annual meeting Ulli year at Wrluhtsville Beach. The meet? ing win be h. id dune i-1s an an in? teresting programme will be orrong* ed. The committee reostvsd invita? tions from bankerSi boards of trade and Other organizations at Wilming? ton to bold tin- meetings at Wrights rills ami accordingly these Invltntlom were accepted.?The State. BANK ELECTIONS. _ I First National Bank Stockholders Rc? ?i it Director! and S?lm? Officers Will servo Another \ < nv. At the annual me< ting of tho stock? holders of the First National Pank of Suratcr, held at the bank on Tuesday, the Board Of Directors was unani? mously re*elected? These are: Me ssrs. A, J. China. Xeill O'Donncll R, D. LOO, John It Id, E. p. Dicker. Ii. D. Burnett, and Goo. D. Shore. The stockholders were much gratified at the result- of the past year's business, not withstanding the depression in all lines during the greater part of the year, and the bank enters upon Uu new year with very bright prospects. At the subsequent meeting of the Board Of Director*, the retiring offi peri were re-el,'eted, as follows: A. J. China, president; Xeill O'Donncll, vice president! U. 1>. Lee. solicitor; J. L. sfcCallunii oashler. Parmers Bank ami Trust Co. At the annunl meeting of the Direc? ted of tho Farmers Bank and Trust Co., held on the 11th inst. The follow? ing officers were elected: C. G. Rowland, President; R. F. Hayns worth, Vice President; Thos. Wilson. 2d Vice President; R. L. Edmunds. Cashier; Guy L. Warren, Teller; A. G. Merrimen, Bookkeeper; H. L. Mc? Coy, Bookkeeper. The directors are R. J. Bland. J. K. Croswcll, W. B. Burns, C. T. Mason, H. J. McLaurln, Jr., R. O. Purdy, Isa^c Schwartz, Geo. D. Shore. Mark Reynolds, John Wil? son, J. J. Brltton, Jr., Geo. f. Epper? son, C. G. Rowland, R. F. Haynsworth lad Thos. Wilson. Siiiiitcr Savings Bank Elects Directors And Officers. At the annual meeting of the stock? holders of The Suinter Savings Bank on January 13th, the following direc? tors were leceted: L. B. DuRant, H. J. Harby, Dr. H. M. Stuckey, I. C. Strauss, E. L. With erspoon, C. L. $tubbs, Marion Molse, and G. A. Lemmon. Mr. E. L Witherspoon, who has been recently elected a member of this board is well known to the citi? zens of Bumter and Sumter County. He Is a successful manufacturer and will add much to the prosperity of this bank. At the directors* meeting the follow? ing Officers were elected: G. A. Lem? mon, President; I. C. Strauss, Vice President; Geo. L. Dicker, Cashier; J. G. R. Wilder, Bookkeeper; R. A. Brad hain, Assistant Bookkeeper. A state ment of this bank on Jan? uary 13th. ll>08, showed that the de? posits were $136,828.22, while the de ! osttS <>n January 13th, 1909 were r' Pi9,32"i.<?9, being a net increase of '32.496.87. The bank has had a very successful year, making a fraction over 25 per cent net. The surplus and undivided I rofltS up to date show a surplus equal to tho capital stock. LODGE OFFICERS. : i <tion ami Installation of Officer* oi Knights of Pythias ami Eagles. Following aie the officers of the Knights <>f Pythias Lodge for the en? suing year: Jas. h. BOarborough?c c W. C. Tov.les?v. C. it. d. Bpps?Prelate. Ceo. b, Beaumont?K. of R & s. f. W. Josoy?M. W. J. c. Bryan?If. a. J. G. r. Wilder?M. f. W. g, Jones?M. Ex. W. H. Strickland?1. G. Geo. C. Warren?O. G. The following are the ofllcers of the Fraternal Order of Eagles: h. r. v;'n Deventer?Sr. p. W. p. it. f. Haynsworth?Jr. p, w. p. J. W. Allen?W. p. c. Hi Dorn?*W. v. p. Dr. B. B. Broaden?W, Prelate. Oeo^E. Beaumont?\V. B, C. L. Warren?W. Tr. j. w. Bradford, Jr.?w. i. g. p. J. Gallagher?W, O. G. Carl Mason?W. Con, Dr. c. P. Osteen?W. P. N. G. OstSi n, Jr.?W. Trustee. Pen Cantey?W. Trustee. R, m. Warren?W. Trustee. w. B. sfeBlveen, of South Lynch burg, lost Friday while walk? ing from the o< urt house to the corner if Main and Hampton Ave. lie went to th* court house, paid bis taxes and placed a roll of bills amounting to $m n bi< Inside coal pocket, When he eached the oorner <n' Hampton Avo., he fell In his p k i.et to make sure tho money was still there and found it none. He immediately retraced his steps making ? careful search for ths money, He Called to And it and thua far no one has reported to the police the finding of thi roll. There Is talk among some of the farmers of less cotton, less fertilisers and more hog and hominy this year. Put It cotton should Jump up to ten or twelve, cents bsfore planting tim nelthei the cotton acreage nor the for tlllaer bills would be materially reduc ed. FOR COTTON FAR3IERS' RELIEF. Representative Lever Explains His Bill About Quarterly Statements u i to Bales Ginned. Washington, Jan. is.?Represents* tlve Lever has Introduced a joint res? olution In the House deslgnsdi as he f ays-, to bs of great benefit to the cotton farmer as well as the manu? facturer of cotton. The resolution directs the census bureau to collect and publish, in addi? tion to the cotti d rep >rts now being made, statistics of lulled cotton in the United stai? s and summarising it as November l, December 1, January 1, and March 1. Explaining the inten? tion of his resolution, MnJkL?ever said, "the census bureau now gathers and publishes during the selling period, summary reports as to the amount of cotton sinned, and thereby furnishes information as to the production of cotton. This gives the manufacturing and the buying world almost ? Knowledge as to the supply from which ths demand is met. It puts them into full information as to the amount of cotton which the farmer has for sale or is likely to have dur? ing the selling period. My resolution !s Intended to give tin- farmer the same information with respect to the needs of the manufacturer for cotton as the present system gives informa? tion to the manufacturer with refer? ence to the production of cotton. Aside from the influence of dealing in futures upon the prices of cotton the law of supply and demand regu latOI the price. The system now in rogue gives the buyer of cotton an advantage for the reason that it gives him information as to the supply, While the seller of cotton and the producer is put to the disadvantage of not knowing the demand for cot? ton, and the necessities of the manu? facturer. This resolution is designed to put the buyer and the seller upon equal footing to the end that the law of supply and demand may more in? fluence the price of the product. The census bureau now publishes two reports, one on March 1, and the other on September 1, as to the stocks on hand. The reports are available alike to the buyer and seller, but they are not full enough to protect and give equal advantage to the seller My resolution intends to put the cot? ton world in possession of full infor? mation as to the supply and demand during that period when the bulk of cotton goes out of the hands of the armer. My resolution is necessarily confined to the amount*of cotton on hand in the United States, but dur? ing the past six months the census bureau sent its representatives to ESurope with a view of perfecting an arrangement whereby the amount of cotton on hand in the various ware hour-os and mills of Europe would be furnished to the census bureau from time I., time upon its request It is. ! . i ore, now possible for the first lime, if my resolution laconics a law, to fUl ish complete statistics, both as to the production of cotton and as to the amount of baled cotton held as stocks in the mills, ware house and the like. The cotton farmer has a just complaint under the present sys? tem, that he has not been given an equal advantage with the buyer of cotton, and it is fortunate, through .he good work of the census bureau that we are now in a position to leg islate along lines which will put both the producer and consumer upon the same footing, as far as publishing of statistics go. I regard this resolution as of vital importance to the cotton business, and I shall press it most vig? orously. Whatever tends to unham per the action of natural laws must tend to bring about a more natural and ideal condition." Charles Carwell Committed suicide in Alken by drinking carbolic acid. Ti pays to advertise?ask the m >n S/ho USe space in the Daily Item and Watchman and Southron. WANTED?Young men who arc de flolent In Mathematics ("8hoH Cuts"), letter writing and bustnes* forms to send for "One Hundred Lessons in Business", tic a lesson 1 prepaid $1.00. Cecll'i Busine? B ihool, Bumter, S. c. 1-13-41. W. & S. LAND Co?; RENT?I have a two horse farm and two one-hora farms for rent on the Monaghan os t?te, with comfortable dwelling and good outbuildings. Neil] O'Don mil. tf in ii ii rw i ms? sj ??wsssssin ? i SSJBOSSS i ?- ssSsSsnsni ?* .not icc. The Arm heretofore doing business under name of Mood-Ostei n [nflrmarj was dissolved 1 a Nov. 1st. 1008, UUV ing dispose d "f my int. r. st l will here? after have my office at my residence. Xe. Iti B. Liberty street. C. 1'. OSTEEEN, M. D. NOTICE. Annual stockholders meeting ol Bumter Machinery Company win be held at their Office in Sumter. S. C, Thursday, dan. loo9 at u o'clock a. m. BUMTER MACHINERY ('<>.. OSO. D. BHORB. i-6-4t Beert tary. IS" Baking Powder The Only Baking Povrd jr made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar ?Made from Grapes? A Guarantee of Pure, Healthful, Delicious Food HONK! HOXK!! THE CHICAGO & ALTON' APPEALS FROM EINE. What Flo?I'll is it. After many months at a renowned sanatorium where she has taken a thorough and complete rest cure, she is with us again. Who? Why Betsy, of course. Don't you know Bosty? Gentle reader, mod? esty forbids our giving it away. But ask one of the older citizens. (He'll ?newer in a whisper). Her infliction, though of over one and one half years' duration, has just been discovered? many thanks to the doctor?"Oon coinskavitch." (Translated by re? ferring to Russian vocabulary). And say boys?those of you who have been joshing our modest freind about Eetsy will have to "ease away from it and let it alone." The flossies will call conventions and draw straws "My ride next" is the cry. If you hear it, he wise and keep mum. If you are asked who [| all this tu e about, don't answer. Pretend to be sleeping or any old thing?at any rate ?for the sake of your fellowmar.? keep quiet. Sooner or later it will ; : -s away. "Like ships that pass in the knight." but for a while?sin "s w th us. See 'em scamper?lookout cornor posts. Bark gone?Betsy has just passed?congratulations! >!any happy rides?we are with you hear and soul. May your troubles be bub bles?Honk! Honk-!! Rood Punter* : for Debating Takes Ite Out to Hie United states supreme Court. Washington, Jan. 18.?A petition for rehearing in the rebating cases of the Chicago & Alton Railway Com? pany and some of its officials against, the United States, in which the court on an even division recently affirmed a decision imposing a fine of $60,00(1 on the company and the officials, was filed today in the Supreme Court of the United States. The railroad attorneys represented that the entire shipping and trans? porting interests of the country are nvolved in insecurity and uncertain? ty on account of the status of tho matter. Justice Moody did not par? ticipate in the Supreme Court's de? cision. E. H. Harriman is greatly interest? ed in the case and yesterday visited Washington in connection with the preparations for the rehearing. MOONSHINE STILL DESTROYED Many Blockade Establishments Put Out of Operation in Georgia. Ala ha ma and Florida. While an engine was taking water at Trenton, S. C, the tank broke, the force of the water hurling the tank on the engine. Fireman Brenecke sustained painful injuries. President Kaufman of the South Carolina Red Cross Society has for? warded $1,000 to the Italian earth? quake sufferers. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 18.?An increase In the number of moonshine whiskey Bttlls destroyed in Alabama, Florida and Georgia during the past six months as compared with any pre? vious six months was reported today by the United States internal revenue department here. Three hundred and ninety-seven illicit stills were destroy? ed in the three States and about 2,000 nitons, of whiskey seized. Eighty per v- nt. of the stills destroyed were in ieorgta. Indicted for Peonage. E. J. S W. K. DONNE, ARCHITECTS. Plans and Specifications for all Clashes of Building*. Personal attention ?iveu the Supervision of all Work. Law Range Te e tone 390. Sumter, S. C. 60 YE?ARo* EXPERIENCE Columbia. Jan. 19.?Federal grand jury here today indicted Joshua W. Ishley, wealthy* Anderson County plantar und member of the Lstiala ture now in session, with peonage against four negroes it is alleged ho held In involuntary servitude on his ('arms for d<>bts that he claimed they owed him and his kin pc :>ple. Indictment carries twenty counts. alleging violation of various phases >r tho PS ?nage laws. His arrest may ? deferred until adjournment of the i cistature. TrtAHT Marks Dcgsasig OOFfftfOHTg &.C. I des- r?p?l<>Ti nn? ? rnr ? lit* : or mr i) t ,-./> ??>>rtai i ?'?iv r; ki . i < ?? ; a ?? v>.i ?1?. < "i iinum*^ riotly* "U*. .. ?iti.-.i. Hy.'SEr** onlatuuSa through Muii'.i * Co. recatto ? ? c, v et: at C rx9, In t'-y ? flmtrkm ? titvati?tsd wessty. fjwssei sjn> ,;? tufa ? i ? ???.?> JoJriml. '1'erma.SSa n p rocrntouthi Hv*? byait rc?*<v> .era. * Vcrk H. STEVENS SONS. CO. MA CON. GA. Sewer and R. R. Culvert Pipe, Farm Drain Pipe, Well Curbing, Road Drainage Pipe. Correspondence Solicited on all Lines Clay Goods. MMM???|I??E?Mn??M????MMn?SJ tM u CAD st i'lir ? i H {5 u IS ? m ? a HORSES { MULES, jj jjujgajiijo.ymuuu%tm,iu j. > j*-.v ?v *tv?r>--> ^ueosssbsbbwsw For Vehicles and Harness, For Building Material, For Horse, Cow and Chicken Feed, For High Class Livery, -. GO TO ? ? s HhiHsi line StGoK It U Geo. F.|Eppers >n's Old Stand N. Main and Canal Sts. * SUMTER, S. C. BIHllHIIIISII*illSRSIIIKri? ? ? a ? ? H a a a