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n it odlaitbman aitit ^outbron _*?DNESOAY. MARCH 31, 1909. Knterwd at Um Poatofllce at Siuuter, S. C, aa Sin ou?| Class Matter. N ? W ADYOmi KM ? N TS. W. A. Thompson?New Designs. Kumter Clothing Co.?Walk-Over ?hoe*. <> ! >onnell m Co.?Spring An? nouncement. PF.itSONAL. Mr T. O. Sanders, of Hagood was in the city Friday. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Lynam who have been at Miami, Fla., for the past two months returned home on Fri? day. Mr. Lynam has been greatly nan stilted by his long rest and return* to his business looking and feeling better than he has for year a. Mrs. J. Henry Fletcher and chil? dren havs returned to their home In Wlnaton-Salem, K. C, after a pleas? ant visit to Mrs. Fletcher's parents, Mr and Mrs. J. E Jervey. Mr. and Mrs. McOregor Gardner, of Oxford, Bagland. are stopping at the Jervey Houjm for two weeks. Mr. Gardner represents the Globe Manu? facturing Co., of Richmond, Va. Mr. Fred J. Wise returned Friday night from a buslneee trip to Augusta. Dr W. W. Slbert returned to the cfty Friday night from a vlalt to Mc Corrolck. s. C. \ Mies Ethel Hutchison of Hender aon. Ky.. la vlattlrg her sister, Mrs. H M. Stuckey. Mrs. Qranvllle DeLorme has re? turned from Spartanburg where she was on a visit to her parents. Mrs. Alfred King of Charleston Is on a vlalt to Mrs. Granville DeLorme. Mr. H. H. Bradley, of Savannah. ?n . la visiting bis lister, Mrs. Charles Plnckney. Dr H. M. Stuckey went to Blehop ville on Saturday to apend a few ?lay*. Mr. Louis Williamson, of Provl djenc? apent Saturday In town. Mr. U S. Hood, who la secretary ?f the Head Camp W. of W . of Houth Carolina, returned from Char? leston Saturady where he attended a meetlnj. of Woodmen. Mr II. W Cuttlno, of Tlndal's was la the :lty on buslneee Saturday. J If. Lesasne, Esq., of Manning, was In the city Monday. J B. MclAuchlln. Baq.. of Blshop vllle Is In the city attending court. Rev James McDowell, Is in the city. Mr. Peter Buyek. of Blshopvllle. spent Sunday In the city. V. D. Scarborough, of Dalsell. was In the ctiy Monday. MagiHtrate W. J. Reea, of Wedge f.eld. la In town attending court. Mr. II. W. Rembert. of Mannvllle. apent 1! onday In town. Dr and Mra. I'.rocklngton. of Man? ning, apent the day In the city. Mr. K. B. Muldrow. of Mayesvllle. was In the ctly Monday. Mr. Oeo. M. Sanders, of Hagood. spent Monday In town. l'.rad?(.rt?et'h Trade Hevlew. Mew Tork. aMrch 2%?Bradstreet's tomorrow will say: "Weather, crop and Industrial re? ports are still Irregular, with more Ihma ordinary quiet noticed In most lines. Wholesale trade feels the ef? fects <?f tariff discussion and uncer tantte* and while fair business Is do? ing In excess of last year In nearly all linen disappointment Is expresssed at the total volume of trade. Buying from tobharaM SOaSaffillT< and or j are numerous, rather than large I of a bet ween-seasons character at . t. Retail trade has been hampered by stormy weather, but the approach of Master la reflected In some Impor? tant lines, especially In women's wear ana t?r la). "Wage reductions are becoming more numerous, especially In the ron and allied trades. The coal trade is <jutet Dullness In ti e httumlr ous trade Is affeclng coal carrying rc uU' earnings. One of the best situated In? dustrie* In the country la building, which Is reported active at nearly ail WOtnts. w'.th some Improvement In <!?? man.l for lumber and mat? rl.vlM. ";u Iflf uncertainty, however, affects 1 ir.\ her aa well as other lines. mine** failures In tlo- l'nlt? d States for the. week ending with Marth 25 were 22f. agstaal 224 la*t week, and JHf In the like week of ItOI." Mr. Roo**\elt h*>aln* his editorial ?areer by taking a fifteen months' va? cation. And It is generally bellev?d that the periodical upon which he Is to work will be greatly hem filed by Ms abaence. Tho Sugar Trust ought to be able to "ahsorb." aa railroad men say, that reduction of r,,ur cents a hundred pounds In the tariff on sugar.?St. Louis Post-11 -p 't - h COURT IN SESSION. Solicitor Stull Makes Ills First Official Appearance?A Heavy Criminal Docket. The court of General Sessions and Common Pleas convened Monday with Judge Ernest Gary presiding. Solicitor Stoll made his first appear? ance here in his official capacity and the manner in which he dispatches the business of the court is an augury of his success as prosecuting officer. The grand jury was organized and Mr. R. F. Haynsworth elected ford* man. It was necessary to draw one additional grand Juror to fill the pan? el owing to the failure to report of Mr. J. E. Sanders, one of the hold over grand Jurors from last year. Mr. S. W. Stubbs was drawn. Judge Gary s charge to the grand Jury was particularly strong and com? prehensive. He instructed the grand jurors in respect to their duties and emphasised the responslbilites that the position entails upon them. The bills of indictment in the fol? lowing cases were given to the grand Jury and reports thereon were return? ed before the recess for dinner. The State vs. Warren Blandlng, murder; true bill. The State vs. Willie Johnson, mur? der; no bill. While the grand Jury was out the trial of the State vs. Sam Davis, for violation of the dispensary law, which was continued from the last term was taken up and it resulted in an acquit? tal. There Is a comparatively heavy criminal docket this term and the court of General Sessions will prob? ably continue throughout the week and a part of next week. Farmers Union Meeting. President B. Harris, of the State Farmers' Union will visit Sumter on Tuesday. April 6th to address the County Union, which meets here that day. Ctrlc Improvement Notes. The plan for Improvement and beautifying home, town or city, is an ideal which stould be kept constant? ly In mild by the people, and toward which they should bend their efforts. This movement is sweeping the en? tire country, and many towns, espe? cially through the New England States, which are laid out and looked after by an active civic Improvement ciub, are beautiful garden spots?-not settlements of shabby homes, ugly stores, straggling fenoes, unsightly sign boards for advertising, and nar? row street, but a community of pret ty well kept homes, clean creditable places of business, broad streets with handsome trees, flowers, gardens. Krass plots and vines, on every avail? able spot. Each part of the being needs to be fed In its appropriate food. Beautiful sights are the nour? ishment of the eye and give pleasur? und Joy to the whole being, ugly sights, foul odors, discordant sounds, breed discomfort and unhapplnes-v Where could be found a better field for this work than right here in this mild south! .ml where the birds sin? cheer ly, th?? earth yields abundantly and to- trees are green eight months of the year. Let us hope that our home town will not lag behind In this grand work. It only means intelli? gent Individual effort to produce the happiest result. Put some fresh paint on a shabby house, (not an ugly gloomy color, but something soft or white) take down a straggling fence, which does no good, or white-wash the necessary ones to back premises. Plant your gardens, even in the sim? plest Mowers, do not have a hard I arc. wind swept yard with no touch of beauty or color in it. Plant vine* over the out-house and use your In liuence to make your neighbor do likewise. In Just one month the Mala F?d? ration of Womeni Clubs will me?-t bl Sumter. The*.- delegate* come from th^ antarpriaJng cribs from almost rvfiy com? r in the Stale, and we do n??t want them to t e dis? appointed in what they tt rm th" Tanner town," In civic work. Dur? ing the pa*t week a marked inprove ment has been made along these lln -s on the north end of Washington St. Wiiat som?- <l<? others can d?? und now is Um time to ^o ahead. Uat us ail work tog*'th<-r, and see how our in trr??st will ki-ow with all effort pu1 forth. OBSERVER. Sumter, 8. On March 27, 1909. COL, POINIER DEAD. spartan burl's pi?stniu?>lcr Succumbs To Paralytic Stroke. ?pariaabanr, Marek It, -Col s. T? Inter, poet in eat #r at this place,died t??iinht at 7 o'clock, at th?- am* of 7:'. yeana in* death w;s 11<?t unexpect? ed, for he had bean unconscious tot thre< ns tin- result of ;i tOCOnd sti ?ki of paralysis. He arat Bpartan bur* * th i poatmaatef after the olvM e/ai and bad tarred during rarlou* It*-publican administrations. He was postmaster continuously for the past twelve years. OUR SUMMERTON LETER. Damage by Heavy Wind??Prosperity Evidenced by Much Cotton Heilig 'Held?Successful Poultry Raising ?General Comments and Person? als. _ Summorton, March 20.?After two more days we hope that the windy weather will have ''Marched" out. The March winds seem this year to have been more severe than usuul; and on Thursday morning Summer ton received a share of the wind? storm that swept the State. Though lasting only a short while, the high winds wrought considerable damage in this section of the country. It is reported that on the Gaillard lands, about six miles from this place, a frame house was blown ten feet off its pillars, causing its occupants to be more or less injured. Up about Paxville the effects were quite as serious as this, several buildings hav? ing been rather shaken up. A third and more far-reaching effect was the disabling of the telegraph and tele? phone systems. For two days all communication by either of these means was entirely cut off, making matters just a little worse than they already were. At best, our telephone system is . decidedly inefficient. It never has been anything more than a primitive arrangement; but during the absence of Its local manager mat? ters have gone from bad to worse. At present, the whole system is in a di? lapidated condition and gives Irregu? lar and unsatisfactory service. Per? haps this recent wreck is a blessing in disguise, affording an excellent op? portunity for a new switchboard, or certainly some much needed repairs. It would seem that the switchboard at our Central office, from Its old and outward appearance, must have been the first one made by the manuafctur crs. With a good and reliable sys? tem many new subscripers could be had and rents would be cheerfully paid for satisfactory service. Ey the majority of our farmers, the rain Thursday morning was probably gladly welcomed, and some no doubt begin to hear their corn grow. There are, however, some engaged quite ex? tensively in raising poultry, und we have been expecting to hear of some difficulty they may have had in shel? tering the young chicks. Our pro? gressive farmers are waking up to the value of amall industries, and that of poultry raising has been tried with much success by several parties in our community. With the assistance of incubators and brooders, they are each year enabled to make large ship? ments to various points in and out of South Carolina.* Last year, it was quite common to see large coops of tine fat broilers shipped by express to the Colonia Hotel in Columbia, for which fancy prices were paid. Sit? tings of eggs were frequently shipped >ut and curious as it may seem, one lay old chicks were also sent to dis? tant points, some th,at we know of having beeon sent to Florida. Only the other day one of these shipments >f one-day old chicks was made to a distant point by Mr. A. Plumer Bur? gees, and he has received information that they reached their destination in good order. As another evidence of the solid prosperity of our farmers, we will mention that there are still several hundred bales of cotton In our ware? house, and about the same quantity held on the farms. Until very recent? ly there were about 2,500 bales held on consignment in Wilmington, but we understand that all but a few hundred have been sold. At our local ginneries, within our corporate lim? its, over 4,000 bales of cotton have been ginned this season, while In ?'our sister town of Manning," from the best information we can get, but little more than 2,600 were turned out. Manning, however, in spite of I the disadvantage of being a mile and j a half from the railroad is still do? ing fully as well as could be expected. It is quite a pretty little town with beautiful streets and many handsome residences. Our newly elected and re-organized town council has gone to work with rim and vigor. Our streets are being repaired, and the town cart under the efficient guidance of "Old Johnson" and his son, is at work daily hauling (day and sand where needed, to re? pair the breaks In the excellent "clay and sand" street work done by a pre? vious administration. In the policing of our town and the maintenance Of law and order, our Intendent is ably assisted by our offleient Trial Justice, Judge a. J, Rlchbourg, For an "all iotind" map, ist late. We do not think thai Judge Rlchbourg has a superior in the State; and his decisions are rarely. If ever, reversed in the upper courts. His very name Is a tower of strength In upholding the law and s terror to evll*doere, The lawyers of Manning are In frequent attendance upon his court, and our rising young attorney, J. j. Cantey, looks after the Hummerton end of courl buslneee, The skatlng?r|jnki as the chapel In the old school building Is now called, lias become ontts ? popular resort for the young people, and stems to bathe [ chief source o< amusement. This is a 1 Comparatively new feature In the so cial enjoyments of Summerton, as is evidenced by the numerous falls re? sulting from the enthusiasm of begin? ners. Some, acquire much grace in the performance, and practised couples on a good floor lend quite as pleasing and graceful effect as do good dancers. On last Friday afternoon in the neighborhood of the Methodist church, Mr. J. \\\ Broadway's horse became frightened and dashed off suddenly, running the buggy into a tree. Mr. Broadway, who was the only one in the buggy, was thrown out, but fortunately received no in? jury from the accident. Owing to the prominence and wide family connections of the parties chiefly concerned in the somewhat fa? mous Tindall-Sublett case, the out? come was looked forward to with much interest. So far as we can learn, the recent decision of the Su? preme Court, affirming that of the Circuit Court, seems to have given al? most universal satisfaction. Rev. Mr. Wallace Carnahan paid his monthly Visit to the Episcopal Mission at Bradford Springs on last Sunday. At present, Mr. Carnahan conducts services in Summerton three Sundays each month and gives Brad? ford Springs one. We understand 1 that It is the desire of the church at I this place to have its mission convert- I ed into a parish, thereby enabling it to command the rector's whole time. In which case, Mr. Carnahan will probably arrange for an afternoon service in the Manning Mission. We note that Mr. Appelt of that town has kindly offered a lot upon which to build a church. We regret to hear of the serious ill? ness of Miss Scriven Colclough of this place. Dr. Davis, the attending phy- I siclan, called Dr. Baker of Sumter, in I for consultation on Wednesday. As a result, Miss Colclough wa* taken to I the Sumter Hospital on Saturday for treatment. At last accounts, her con? dition was considered much im? proved. Mr. and Mrs. Malcom Scarborough of Wilmington, X. C. are spending a few days at the home of Col. O. C. I Scarborough. We are glad to wel-1 come Mr. Scarborough to Summerton I again; he has, since his graduation from Furman University, been em? ployed in the Coast Line offices at I Wilmington. Prof. Gist Gee and family are now I on an extended visit to towns in the upper part of the State. They will return here in June for a few days be'ore leaving for Sou Chow, China, where Mr. Gee will resume his duties as instructor in science at the univer? sity there. Mr. E. A. Armlstead, superinten? dent of the Summerton graded and high school, is now on a business trip to Raleigh, X. C. Maj. R. R. Briggs has returned from Mount Zion church where he at" tended the centennigl of the Presby m i SH ? ? frmmMtamvmmmwm???????? Absolutely jfiS^ Grapes give Pare j?y the chief ingredient, the active principle, t^S^W ?nd healthfulness, to POWDER ^Sibsolutely T?re Insures wholesome and deli? cious food for every day k in every home No Phosphates No Alum tery. The High School baseball team* left this morning for Denmark, where they will play a series of games with the school t?am of that place. Aitern ion Ladles! A new shipment of Corsets receiv? ed. Mrs. L. Atkinson. 3-25-tf. If You Please! At a recent meeting of the Civic League, $115 was appropriated to. beautify the public grounds of the | city. This amount was placed In the | hands of experienced committees, and their work is well under way. The places In charge of the League are, the grounds around the A. C. L. depot, the triangle at the foot cf Main street, the grounds around the Washington and Hampton schools, the plot around the Confederate monument, etc. In connection with this campaign against the unbeaut - ful places of the town, the League has announced a "Spring Cleaning Up Day"?April 20th. Every one is to put his or her premises in apple-pie order on this day, so that the finger of scorn be not pointed at us, when the ladles of the State Federation come to partake of our hospitality, and, incidentally, to inspect our town. Persons desiring to contribute bright colored flowers, such as ver? bena, phlox, etc., to the good cause may phone Miss Janie Mikell, chair? man of grounds around Hampton school. Attention Ladles! A new shipment of Corsets receiv? ed. Mrs. Im Atkinson. ? 3-25-tf. Til HID WEEK JX'RY. J. E. DuPre, W. S. Hutson, G. M. Zeigler, C. L. Emanuel, W. H. Shelor, H. D. Player, R. A. Dickson, 8. M. Mc Lead, A. C. McElveen, J. L#. Brown, W. T. Goodman, S. Cherry, W. J. Stafford, H. C. Cuttlno, Howard Jones, G. W. Brunson, Johnson K. White, W. H. Dean, W. E. McElveen, W. S. Jones, P. C. Kirk, W. T. Hawkins, Henry Spann, P. R. May, E. P. Scar? borough, J. M. Bradham, J. R. Mer? cer, B. R. White, Charlie J. Horton. W. A. Weathers, S. A. Harvin, P. A. Thigpen, T. A. Scarborough, J. K. Bradford, J. A. Schwerin, W. J. Ard. Services of Corsetiere free for next few weeks. Mrs. L. Atkinson. 3-25-tf. Evangelistic Meeting at Washington Street Baptist Church. Rev. W. L. Walker, of Atlanta, Ga., began a series of Evangelistic meetings with the Washington Street Baptist church (corner Washington and Calhoun), Sunday, March 28th. Services on Sunday at 11 a. m., 3:30 and 8 p. m. Two services dally ex? cept on Saturday. Mr. Walker has had some years ex? perience In his work, is well known in the Baptist Brotherhood, and warmly commei.ded by those aniong; whom he has labored. The public is most cordially invited to attend. F. M. SATTERWH^TE, Pastor. Services of Corsetiere free for next lew weeks. Mrs. L. Atkinson. 3-25-tf. 15he Greenest VaJ\jes In SPRING SUITS For Men aoid Young Men BTAINABLE in this City, are to be had here. This you can easily prove to ^your satisfac? tion by comparison. Look where you will and then come see our large and su? perb collection of New Spring Suits at $7.50 TO $30.00. In style, workmanship, finish and fit, you can readily see Jthe superior value of our clothes over others costing the same. Ii you would be posted on the correct fashions, get the best there is in wear? ables, and save money. Then come to this store for Everything you need from Hat to Half-Hose. The Saunter Clothing Co.