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{Matten anu ^outbron. ?ATsHrOAY, flMUAHY 27,1909. ?4 toe Postumer ?I Sumter, H. C um ?scood Claas Matter. NEW A DVEltTISEMENTS, T. Rowland:?For Bale, ?verybody ? Store?Announcement. Farmers' Bank m Trust Co.?Our lief Marlon Molee?Strayed Mule. R. B. Heiser? Real Kitate. Mr. W. B. Hendley, of Columbia, was In town Wednesday on business Miss Ruby Cox returned home last night after a two weeks stay In Au? gusta. Oa. Mr. George Isler, for several months with the W. O. Stubbs* Haberdashery, j has resigned hit position and left on Thursday for Savannah Oa.. where he will make his future home. Mr. Isler has many friends in the city who re? gret to learn that he Is leaving the city. ? Mr. Jno. Sturgeon, of Charleston, was in the city Wednesray. PERSONAL. B. P. O. E. CONCERT. The Musical Event of the Year, Mon? day March 1st. The concert to be given on the eve? ning of March 1st. by Sumter Lodge B. P. O. E., Is already the talk of the hour In musical circles. The reason the musicians and all others who de? light in good music are so enthusias? tically interested in the forthcoming entertainment Is that because of the fact that several of the most accom? plished musicians in the South will take part In the concert. oXthlng Mr. C. B. Lessene went to Wilson's , uke the programme of this concert Mr. Dick Freeland of Florence, Is ng In the city. fr. A. O. Jackson Is vistlng friends He good? ies Bsssle Owen of Georgetown is Ing relatives and friends In the tra W. C. Boyle snd Miss Mattle returned from Greeleyvllle on ay. Mr I 4. Ryttcnberg went'to Co Tuatdsy. Mill Wednesday. Mrs. George A. Blackburn, of Co? lumbia, Is visiting her friends, Mr. and Mrs. M. deVeaux Moore at 124 Broad St. Miss Lorraine Sessions haa accept? ed a position as stenographer and typewriter with McCallum Realty ? Insurance Co. MARRIED. Miss Rosle Moses, youngest daugh? ter of Mr. A. J. Moses, and Mr. Wil? fred Moses, of Kans i- City, Mo., were 1* ?. Vlnson. of l .sgah. was in 1 married at the home of the bride's n TueaJay. parents on Church street at 7 p. m Messrs. Raphael Moses, of New \ Wednesday. Rev. M. Seasler ofllelat ork and Wilfred Moaea of Kanaaa' In*- The ceremony was witnessed by ity. aro the guests of Mr. H. J. Har Mr. R. L. Berry, editor and prop? rietor of the Orangeburg Evening Sews who passed through the city Moaday afternoon, paid this office { n appreciated visit between trains. Mr. William Brearley, of Wlsacky. was in th* city Tuesday. Messrs. F. K . and T. D.Hancock, of Providence were In the city Tuesday. Mr. Lern King returned from WU tngtoa Tusaday accompanied by its mother. Mrs. M. S. King and Miss ?a Mary and Louise King. They will aside at 111 N. Purdy atreet. hav? ing decided to make Sumter their fu? ture home. Mr. A. B. Wstson. of the Acme Mill ssj Co.. was In the city on business. Hon. Hartwell M. Aver, editor of he> Florence Times. spent several iours In the city Wednesday. Messrs. Fraaer. Dick und Stubbs re jraad to Columbia Wednesday. Dr. W. J. Murray, of Columbia, was 1 the city on business Tuesday. LsRoy N'eely left this morning for a )W daya visit to friends and relatives i Sumter.?Florence Times. Miss Rosa Sharfsin. who haa been letting Mrs. Ferd Lev!. returned Wednesday to ths College for Wo ?sn in Columbia. Mr. Alva Lumpkin returned to Co imbia WednruKiay. Mr. J W fyaon. of Bennettavllle. In the city on business 9 has ever before been attempted in this city, and the concert will be a red-letter day In the musiclal life of Sumter. Among those who will take part In the concert are the following well known musicians. Mrs. Helen McLemore, of New York, soprano soloist, who Is the ac? complished head of the vocal depart? ment of the College for Women, Co? lumbia, S. C. Miss Gottlieb, of Cincinnati, C, con? tralto soloist, director of vocal music In Coker College, Hartsville, S. C. Mr. B. M. Arbuckle, of Baltimore, celloist, last year with the Atlanta Symphony orchestra. Mr. W. S. Schumacher, violinist, who needs no Introduction to Sumter people. Mr. L. C. Molse, pianist. the Immediate family and near rela? tives only. Mr. and Mrs. Moses left on the 9:30 train for Atlanta where they will spend a few days before pro- Everybody In Sumter and Lee ceedlng to Kansas City, their future Counties ll talking about as well as home, reading the twice-a-week Watchman and Southron. It has made a bigger hit than anticipated. Now Is the time to get on the band wagon with your advertising, If you want to reach the people who trade in Sumter. DEATH. Mrs. M. M. Chandler died at the Sumter Hospital at 5:40 o'clock a. m. Thursday of typhoid fever after an 111 neas of about two weeks. Mrs. Chand? ler waa In her forty-alxth year, and was the widow of Mr. T. Duncan Chandler. She is survived by alx children. The funernal services were held In the Presbyterian church at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning. Mr. John F. Beard died Wednesday morning at his home In the city after a long Illness. The funeral services were held at hla late residence at 7 o'clock that evening and hla remains were taken to Columbia for Inter? ment. Mr. Beard was a native of Co? lumbia but had been a resident of Sumter about fifteen years and for the greater part of that time conducted a bakery. He la survived by his wife, but leaves no children. The cotton weighers for Sumter have handled to date 37,687 bales of cotton and there are stored in the warehouse more than 4,000 yet to be weighed. This means that the re cepits on the local market will be greater this season than ever before. Sumter Is the leading interior cot? ton market in the State and handles more wagon cotton than any other town In South Carolina. The total re? ceipts for the cotton year 1908-09, counting railroad cotton as well as wagon cotton, will exceed fifty thou? sand bales and may go to sixty thou? sand. It is now unlawful for chickens to run at large in Sumter any time dur? ing the year, but the dogs are at lib? erty to take the streets for half the year. This Is an unjust discrimination The Recorder had big court Th?rs- J a*aln8t the great AmerIcan Hen day. Judging from the crowd congre- The soil survey of Sumter County gated in and around the court room, demonstrated scientifically that our but as every Idle negro In town tries lands are peculiarly adapted to the to attend the Recorder's court the successful and profitable growing of crowd of attendants is not always or truck. Ii It not possible for some of usually an index of the Importance of our farmers to demonstrate the prop the cases. osltlon practically on a large scale. tiRiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiniiiiBii _ a I GOOD HATS V : tit ? a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a ? a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa OMK one said, "Put a good Hat on a Man's head, a good pair of Shoes on his feet, and it doesn't make any difference about the balance of his dress." Be this as it may, a Man's Hat is the most conspicuous feature of his entire outfit. The Spring Styles are Ready! We've the Soft and Stiff Hats in several choice blocks to fit different faces. Hats for Men of all ages. We fit faces, as well as heads, with Hats. We're experts at it. $1.50, $2.50, $3 to $5. The ? t Phone 166. Sumter, S. G. MR. CROSSWELL IN GOTHAM. He Is Still Thinking About Those Ce? ment Sidewalks That Dear Old Sumter Needs So Badly. Special to The Dally kern. New York, Feb. 23?I am again stealing a litte more sleep to write you a few lines; in fact sleep is about all you can steal up here and then you pay dear for that. Well, Mr. Edltor, I am still enjoying the Item. I see lots of other papers up here?one called the Press, well It is pressed for news. Then there is another walled The Herald and we have one In Sumter; still another call? ed the Times, but I read the Item and keep up with the times. But at last I see another called the World. 1 read It and saw nothing in it about Sumter. It was the* greatest mistake the "World" ever made, not having Sumter in it. I investigated the mat? ter and they said the streets are too muddy. What a shame on SumtcY! You see New York has put lUCh im? mense buildings on its lands that it has pressed all the water out of it and she is surrounded by water. So they have built bridges over the water and tunnels under It, so the people i go under and over and the boats through. Now suppose we dig a ditch around Sumter and press the mud out of it, and build bridges over the ditch. If we don't the people of Stimter will have to take the place the boatl do in New York. Now, I would hate to say dig tunnels, for I don't know where we would come out at? not this side of Wateree river any how. But you bet we can build the bridges. Mr. W. F. Shaw and myself have been talking about bridges for a long time; in fact we came near con? tracting to build one over the drain in front of my house, but he charged me too much. I thought the city ought to pay half anyhow. Well, we know Sumter is growing very fast and is going to continue to grow, so it will be Impossible for her to put in ce? ment sidewalks over the whole city now. But let her take the fire limit first and cover that part with these walks and it will look so nice they will be like the city, they will grow so fast that nothing can stop It. Now, when we get these nice side? walks I would advise those fancy dry goods merchants to get some of those wax figures such as they have here and dress them up in ladies' clothes. Why they have them here that look so natural that I came near pulling my hat to one yesterday and asking her where she got that dress, that I wanted to get one like it for my wife. I am sure Mr. G. A. Lemmon and Mr. J. K. Crosswell would love to look at them. I went out to a park yesterday and they had buffaloes and gbears out there. Don't you suppose they mis? took me for Teddy? Well I must stop now and read The Item, it has just come. Yours very truly, A. W. CROSSWELL. Local Society Enjoys Informal Dance Tuesduy Night. After the play on Tues? day night, February 23. the young men of the city gave an Informal dance at the armory in honor of the vi.siting ladies in the city. Those en? joying the affair were: Mr. Ceorge Warren with Miss Mary Fir . Mr. Henry Richardson with Miss Marie Brown, Mr. George Levy "with Mis* Norman, Mr. J. L. Jackson with Miss Nila Sanders, Mr. Seaman Richardson with Miss Lncile Iseman, of Manning, Mr. Herbert Parrott with Miss Mar garet Cromer, Mr. Julian Levy with Miss Rosa Sharfsin of Allendale, Mr. W. K. Tavel with Miss Lncile De Lorme. Mr. Hamilton McKnight with Miss Lorane Sessions, Mr. Spong of Charlotte, with Miss Shufford, of Hickory. N. C.J Messrs. Willie Dunn, Marshall Wescott, Hal Har'oy. Marion Scott, Dave Loring. Waverly Levy. Robert Graham, Ransom Richard? son, E. W. Ware. Dr. W. L. McCutch en, Charlie Boinneau, of Columbia, and Mr. Charlie Williamson. Chaperons of the evening were: Mr. and Mrs. E. Jordon, Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Levi, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Guth? rie, Dr. and Mrs. Abe Weinburg, and Mrs. Archie China. This is the last dance before Lent. Barn Burned at Manning. Manning, Feb. 24.?Shortly after midnight last night Mr. Archie I. Bar ron's barn was totally destroyed by fire. The origin of the fire is not known, but the indications are that it was the work of an incendiary. Among the new families who have recently moved to this city, to live, is ("apt. ami Mrs. H. G. Hutchinson of Charleston. Mr. Hutchinson is a pop? ular conductor of the Atlantic Coast Line. Mr. R. N. Abbey has received a beautiful embossed folder invitation from his Masonic lodge in Bombay, India, to attend the installation of of? ficers, it is peculiarly unique and In? teresting in that its officers include the King of England and his brother. His Royal Highness the Duke of Con nanght, a long toast list and a splen? did menu. TARDY REPARATION. HORRIBLE CRIME IN WISCONSIN. President Orders Jefferson Davis* Name Replaced on Cabin John Bridge. Farmer Kills Himself, Four Chil? dren. Stabs Animals arid Burna Home. Washington, Feb. 22.?Official amende for the sensational elimina? tion of Jefferson Davis' name from the stone tablet on Cabin John bridge, six miles west of this city dur? ing President Lincoln's administra? tion, is given in directions the presi? dent issued today through the secre? tary of war to the chief of engineers of the army to restore the name. Th* tablet is on the bridge that arches Cabin John run on the Maryland side of the Potomac rive**, structure fa? mous for years as th-i longest single span stone bridge in the world. The bridge carries the conduit which brings Washington's water supply from the upper Potomac. It was be? gun under Mr. Davis as secretary of war and when he joined the Confed? eracy and became its president his name under government orders wai chiseled from the tablet. Repeated efforts to restore it have been made. At the 1907 convention of the Daughters of the Confederacy at Richmond a resolution was adopt? ed, asking for the Davis restoration and Representative Meyer of Louisi- | ana sought to have this carried out. The erasure of the name was by di? rection of Caleb Smith, Lincoln s sec? retary of the interior, after a sug? gestion by Oalusha A. Grow of Penn? sylvania, then speaker o fthe house. Mondovi, Wis., Feb. 22.?Hans Hanson, a farmer, living near Strun. cut the throats of his four children, a boy and three girls, whose ages range from 1 to 15 years, today witk a butcher knife. He followed thla crime by stabbing several horses and cows, firing the barn and house, and then cuttting his own throat. After killing his children Hanson went to the barn and stabbed several horses, cows and pigs and killed a cat. He then poured Paris green irr the hog trough. Then having poured kerosene about the house: and barn and sc: fire to the building. Hanson drew a sharp knife across his own throat. Hanson attended church yesterday with I is four children, and nothing was noticed in his actions. He was an inmate of an asylum about twelve* years ago. ROBBED OFFICERS CAPED. AND ES* TARIFF ON PAPER. Bristol, Tenn., Feb. 22.?After hav? ing been brought across the continent from Oregon, D. H. Meade, wanted in ?cott County, Va., for murder, made a daring escape at an early hour this morning from two officers at Appalachia, after robbing them of their money, guns and watches. Meade was captured in Oregon sev? eral weeks ago, having been a fu? gitive from justice for severs. BelM* Committee Renders Its Report j months He had Deen brought 8afely of Investigation?Reduction 1? I 3 000 miles by officers to Virginia. Duty Suggested. I When the officers reached Appalachia with thier prisoner they repaired to a hotel to rest and awaited the train that would take them to Gate City, their destination. The prisoners was handcuffed to one of the officers. While they were asleep Meade released the handcuffs, overpowered the officers, robbed them and made his escape. Washington, Feb. 19.?A reduction in the duty on newsprint paper from $6 a ton to $2 a ton, the placing of ground wood on the free list and the establishment of a duty of 1-12 cent per pound on mechanically ground wood pulp, are the recommendations of the select committee on pulp paper investigation which made its report to the house today. The report states that it presents the unanimous report of the entire committee. The committee's report states that it would seem production of news? print paper or the other very cheap grades of paper is today dependent upon the continuation of cheap ground wood produced from spruce trees, and that condition is likely to prevail in the future. The amount or spruce consumed In the United States in 1907, according to the report, was about 1,260,000 cords for ground wood; about 1,420,000 cords for sul? phite fibre, and about 3,450,000 cords lor lumber. The amount of standing spruce isv variously estimated but It roughly guessed to be about 70.000, 000 cords east of the Rockies. * The praragraph recommended for insertion in the tariff bill, placing a duty of 1-12 of a cent per pound on mechanically ground wood pulp, pro? vides that this article shall be admit? ted free of duty from any country, dependency or other subdivision of a government which does not forbid or restrict the exportation of or does not impose an export duty or charge up? on mechanically ground wood pulp for use In the manufacture of print paper. The duties recommended for print paper are: On print paper valued at not over 2 1-4 cents er pound, 1-10 of a cent a pound; and on paper valued at over 2 1-4 cents a pound and not over 2 1-2 cents a pound, 2-10 a cent per pound. The report was referred to the committee on ways and means. The B. P. O. E., concert Monday night will be great. Dr. A. B. Morrill, physician and surgeon, of Chicago, has located here and has decided to make Sumter his future home. Dr. Morrill came South for climatic reasons and says *.e is well pleased with our city. Dr. Mor? rill comes highly recommended, hav? ing had fifteen years' experience la the city of Chicago, in hospital work. The ice man is more popular at present than the coal dealer. The contract for the erection of the new rectory for the Catholic church has been awarded to Mr. J. \V. McKeiver. The rectory will be built on the rectory lot next to St. Joseph's Academy, East Liberty St. That might have been a serious ac? cident occured at the crossing of the Atlantic Coast Line tracks at Hauser street Monday morning. The New York Bakery wagon was coming down Hauser street and was signed across between a shifting freight by one of the railroad men and just as his wagon was on the track the train closed in, resulting in a complete wreck of the wagon and a narrow se? en pe of the driver. The horse and driver escaped injury, but the latter was scared senseless. There can be no light manners without right motives. I ANNOUNCEMENT. Florence has a dry hole In the ground 1.000 feet deep that cost $4, 5000, and $5,000 more have been ap? propriated for the purpose of making it deep enough to get water. Flor? ence will be dry territory if the State? wide bill ever becomes a law. DttESSM&KIKG DEP&RTMEMT IN EVERYBODY S STORE. COAT SUITS, EVEKING DRESSES, LINGERIE XRESSES, SHIRT WAISTS, CHILDREN'S CLOTHES. At Prices to Suit "Every? body. All Work Guaran? teed. r LIME, :: CEMENT, Shingles, Laths, Wall Plaster, Fire Brick, Terra Cotta Pipe, Building Material Generally, WAGONS, BUGGIES. HARNESS. Horse, Cow and Chicken Feed. Fresh Car Horses and Mules Will Arrive February 27th. Booth-Harby Live Stock Company, SUMTER, S. C .