Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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iMi ll.vs TWO MF.N A!lltKSTFD. ??Vilmiin,I 'nnim rnx'or, of \c<u?ed of Pretending ?aluda. Apcil 15?Deputy Sheriff Miller, of LeaJagtoa county thi* ?aorntng Mrie?t?d Charlie Adam? and Timm Pi?ctor. both white, of thia ?count, fit look them to the U?xtng ton jail ander warrent* sworn mit exy the citliens' Bank of Bat? burg, aei the charge of obtaining money fey false) pretence. Tho amount it Is ?eJleajeil that Adams obtained v* as '?litt, wh b Provtor's sum was aomc ^"araaU larger. Adams Is an elderly aus, and Proctor Is a young man, to* sH>a of Tinm in Proct ir. who was aaawUteJ bore last week for forging *eV letter of credit, and thi brother of T. W. Proctor now In tte Lexington Jol\. neos et d of defrauding the Cltl Bauk of Pateeburi to the cx of IISS. kf.w t'tiiF.r ji stk?; swtmx. Outage* In State Judiciary Con?niainattMl. Olnmhii. April 15.?Extremely aaanpV the exercises at the 8u g\r*nie Court roOn today at noon. Th*Ti' w?tc present a large number of Oars) and Onltlnir members of the Dar aued ?M'iiij atl of the State officials ?and many lad lea. Ifateeagii!/ ?t noon th? re apepared van the Mtind In *he Supreme Court room Aaeovtato Justice Ira P. Jones, ?Jod*? D K. Hydrick and Solicitor ^Tgiomas 8 Bease. in Juat ten min ?alt?? theix titles were changed Judge Hftbt k ro*1 to Associate Justice J?r,,'* the simple oath admlnhtrater to all iitate officers, and Mr. Jones esMUimed the office of Chief Justice, e?or?wyhug the H*?n. H. J. Pope, it aaagrtieil. <43itef Justice Jones then admlnlst <*n*l to fudge Hydrick tho same oath, tauas making him an Aisoclate Jus Ore of the Supreme Court. The same ?oath wss then admlnlst ?red to Thos. % Heas??. who became the Judge of /THi irtrrutt. Chief Justice Jones then < fammUv -enstnlseed the gathering, ?etor Ott? wan unable to be pre? ll? SluageiM Win Again. The Sluggers and Pull Dogs met again* Friday afternoon and the ?tagg**** wiui another victory. Scoro re VS. Bull Dogs 8. Batteries: or*?Bowman and* Chandler* \>oga?Barrett and Thames. \ When lOYOaJ elope It's alao a get evaiay for , waiTnop aense. Worry la trying tu c. ?*a a mire be fgaaa ? n| ***Qn it MUS. INGEHSOLL WINS CASE. Widow of Noted Agonostlo Awarded S IHK,04)0 for Legal Services Per. forme?! by Husband. Roston, April 13.--The lengthly litigation against relatives of the lute Andrew J. Davi?. the wealthy M?ui tana mine owner, by Mrs. Eva A. Ingersoll, of Dobba Ferry, j X. Y., widow of the late Col. Robert G. In? gersoll, ended today when Judge Will lam L Putnam in tho United State* circuit court handed down a final decree awarding Mrs. Ingersoll $138, 810 with Interest and costs. Following the death of Mr. Davb, certain of hla relatives engaged Col. Ingersoll as counsel to break Jb Davis' will making a contrac. by which they were to pay him $100,000. Alter Col. Ingersoll died, his widow, a. administratrix, endeavored to col left, this amount from the Davis rela? tives, who contested the case, claim Inft that the full service called for by UM contract had not been performed. The case was fought through the courts until Mrs. IngereoU's victory today. NNEGRO HOY KILLED. Banff Thonuis Shot by Jim McLean Who Claims the Sliootiug Was nil Vocldciit. Saturday seems to be a favorite day for homicides. Last Saturday morn? ing Andrew C. Volght was killed and this morning Ebble Thomas, a negro boy about fourteen years old, employ? ed by will Costln & Co, as a delivery l ey, was shot and mortally wounded by Jim McLean, colored, aged about seventeen years. The shooting accurred at the corn? er of Salem Ave., and Calhoun street, and Mci.ean cluims that it was acci? dental. He Is reported to have staled after being taken to the guard house, that the Thomas boy met him on the street and asked for a cigarette, and that when he started to give it to him. he took the pistol out of his pocket and it was accidentally dis charged. The bullet entered the right side of the Thontas boy, inflicting a mortal wound from which ho died within a few minutes after he reached thN Sumter Hospital where he was taken Immediately after the shoot? ing. Coroner Flowers has taken charge of the case and is trying to find the witnesses. McLean says there was an? other negro hoy present when the shooting was done, but If there were other witnesses tho fact has not been ascertained. A woman gets more enjoyment out of a' good cry than a man does out of a hearty laugh. tarn f ALCOHOL 3 PER CKN I AW$etable ItopirtionlbrAs sirruUitifr^ iheFojdaiKiRe^uia lunj Ute ?ionwcte and?owfe i Infants /Childrkn Promotes O^esliwfhff rfi ' rvss ami (taXonfeins rviifer Opitmi Morphine norMuwral. Not Narcotic. C?ST0RIA Tojp Infants ard Children. The Kind You Havt Always Bought Bears the Signature of ?ml * C? s Ampi tr W* ^ . jfmmrd * 'qTmLmw~S*m+ I 65 Aperu\! Remedy for fowler ;n?n.Su ? Mom*U.DUrrtioci \ Morias f onvulswws ffvc risb i |.? : s mul loss OF SLEEP. FacS'unitf Signatare of NEW YORK. _ Alb month* old 5DOSES-jjceiws I' Use For Qve Thirty Yea* tViw rantercTuntkrlheFootjfijj Evact Copy of Wrapper. \\ h it is the First Ccotldifltlotl in Selecting I Bank ? HA ETY Wcntcvci tImyoomay want, the prime object is certainty ?.t repayment, The Firsv National Bank of Somtr. 11 as an unt.iimshed record of ever seventeen yein through ?ageey itreti o( weather known to the financial world, and is today the oldest and ?taunclie >t financial itstituUofl in the city oi Sunttcr. m. I Win. Pr*t. MIL 0 OONNELL. Vice Pres J. I. McCAl LUM, Cashier. ROBERT LOVE COOPER. MEMORIAL EXERCISES HELD FRIDAY IN His HONOR. Tiio Resolutions of Respect Adopted ?tpoactisfl by Members of toe Bar ?Court Adjourned line Die. Friday aftornoon the business Of the Court of Common Pleas was discontinued lor the purp< s,. of doing honor to the memory of the late Rob? ert Love Cooper, the senior member of the Sumter Bar Association. Hon. E. C. Haynsworth offered the following resolution, and moved that it be entered upon the Minutes of the Court: Robert Love Cooper, senior mem? ber of the Sumter Par, departed this life on the 29th day of October. 190S, aged 6? years. He was educated at the South Car? olina Military Academy and white a cadet, took part in the military oper? ations in Charlestonh arbor. Upon his- graduation in 1863, he enlisted In the Confederate army as a private. Ho was soon, however, appointed a lieutenant in the First Regiment of South Carolina regular artillery an: was engaged In all the subsequent operations of that command chiefly a < und the City of Charleston. Upon the close of the war, he studied law In the office of his broth? er-in-law, the late Judge T. B. Fra ser, and was after his admission to the Bar, a member of the firms of Fr?ser, Haynsworth and Cooper. Hayn^worth & Cooper, and at the time of his death was the senior mem be- of the firm of Cooper & Fraser. As a soldier of the Confederacy, his gallantry was so marked, that he was on several occasions, commended In general-orders for distinguished brav e y. To his last hour he cherished a profound affection for the memory of the Confederacy which he had fought to establish. As a lawyer ,he had been trained In the old school of conservatism with minute care for the exacting details of the profession, and he stood for it- highest ideals. Those doing business with him al? ways had the most perfect assurance that all affairs, however weighty, that might be entrusted to him, would re? ceive the closest attention and be concluded with the most exact cov reoiaesa s Both In his professional life and as a citizen, he was the soul of honor and was an exemplar of all that is high and noble in a Southern gentle? man. * His patriotism was broad and deep and while he shrank from any con l ; nous part in public affairs, his in? fluence for the right was of groat weight , He loved the beautiful in both na? ture and art. His memory for beau? tiful passa?es gathered from Wide reading was encyclopaedic, and he was remarkably gifted in illustrating his conversation with striking quota? tions from authors in his own and other languages, He was one of those who illustrated in these latter days, the Culture and refinement of the old Booth* He was a devout and consistent member, and at the time of bis death an ofllcer. of the Episcopal chureh. Therefore, be it Resolved, That In the d< alb of Mr. R. L. Coop. . i'\> Bar of Bumter has lost a memberwho stood for all that was highest and best in the professional life and his Sb.te has lost a citizen unexcelled In all civic virtues. That a page In the minutes of thia Court be suitably Inscribed to bis memory and that copies of these tt< OlUtlons be suitably engrossed an t transmitted to bis family and that the Court <lo, as a further mark of re? spect to his memory, be adjournvd. sine die. Hon. r. i). Lee. prealdent of the lo c;;l Bat As MM iation, Ma.i. Marion afO? lso, Judge R. O, Purdy, MaJ, H.Fran* Wilson, Mark Reynolds. Dsq? and H. C, Heynsworth. ECeq.. spoke to th< resolution offered, paying most beau* tlful tributes of respect to the, lift character, worth and memory <>f the accomplished lawyer, pat lotlc e"u yen, and noble gentleman whose memory they sought to honor. At th" concluaton of the addresses, as o further mark of reapCct, Judge Gars Ordered the Court adjourned sine die, Onoe In a great while you meei a married man who actually eeem* p] ot d of his oondltlon, The Bpartanburg municipal race i i" imiiiK to attract some attention it || probable that there will be Onl> two candidates for mayor. J. B< Lee ami J. p, Kb hier. There Is no special Issue In the campaign, open session! I of the council have been demanded by a few. but the people general!) care little about the matter. Tin city tonventlon passed a reaolutlon that no one who voted the republican ticket at the laal aleotlou would b< allowed to \ott -in the m?nlolpal prl? mary, Thai may cut off a few votes, but very feWi for the cltlsens, wh I preferred Tafi to thai <d Bryan die not VOta at all. BIG COTTON GAMBLE. SPECULATION OF LATE HAS BEEN ALMOST FEVERISH. Prospect for Good Prices?if Tcshj Predictions Arc True Crop Will Hardly be [SUPge Enough for World s Needs?The Usual Plant? ing Time Talk. < New York, April 16.?Not for some years has speculation in cotton been so excited or advances in price so violent as of late. Drought in Texas has !>?en the primary cause. The crop in that State, it is believed, is going to be late. To fight the boll weevil successfully early planting is neces? sary and the consensus of poinion is that the season in Texas is some weeks late. A bad season there may mean a, difference in the total crop of 1.500,000 bales. That, with a big consumption, may mean all the differ? ence between a comparatively low price and a very high price. Time must determine the event. Rut just now operators not only in this coun? try but in Liverpool are buying freely on assumption that the next crop is not going to be equal to the world's requirements. The mills of the world are all busy and the number of spin? dles never was so large. Trade is im? proving, not only in the West but also here in the East, as well as in Eng? land and on the continent. English bears have been endeavoring to con? vince people in this country that things are in the doldrums In Lan? cashire but the truth seems to be that things are noticeably picking up at Manchester. Similar favorable re? ports come from Germany, France and Italy. Fall River's recent busi? ness is the best for some time past. The present crop Is believed to in? clude 500,000 bales of linters. If that is so, it would cut down the crop of merchantable cotton to about 13,000. 000 bales. It is assumed that a yield during the coming season of at least 1.*;.'00,000- bales is imperatively de? manded but if a tithe of the reports from Texas aiv. true and the gloomy prognostications form that State are verified, it hardly seems possible at the moment at least for the South to raise a crop of the required size. On the other hand, some sections Of Texas have had beneficial rains, even If certain parts still need rain and the weather indications In the Eastern Gulf and Atlantic States are believed to be In the main favorable. Faim work over ranch of the belt has 1 e? n making good progress. Prices already have had a big advance on the theory that the crop is to be -an..11. although, as a matter of fact, little of it has yet been even planted. Spot prices have not advanced so rap? idly as futures. The ruling ' high prices, it is contended, are likely to Insure a big acreage, possibly some i?>c: ease over that of last year. Hut \h leader of the big wheat specula? tive campaign and his followers ar? credited with buying cotton heavily for a great rise. Wall street bOUSSt have bought on an enromous s* ale. The South also has been a good buy? er; and the total transactions here lat? terly have been anywher<? from 400, 000 to 601).000 bales a day. They would have been larger but for anti optlon laws of the South. Liverpool hai been covering those unlucky straddles. The outside public has Oome Into the iflhrket for the first time In years. The outcome of these exciting evi nts in the cotton trade Will be watched sharply in two conti? nents. Do You Own A Uyoinci Inhaler? it' you have n little Hyomel Inhaler (pronounced Htgh-O-ttV*) In your home you have a treasure. ihtO this hard rubber inhaler yon can pour b few drops of Hyomel and. presto, you have the best little phy (lan for catarrh, coughs, v oi,is. bron? chitis, croup and asthma, the world has ever knov, n. ?A lien you breathe Hyomel you bring the healthy virtues of the moun? tainous forest to your home. You get the very same heating, aritlsepttc air that you would breathe If you resided In the forest of pine and eucalyptus Of inland Australia. Where catarrh or consumption was never known to ex* 1 1st. ? Ti y u have a Hyomel Inhaler in > rrui lionie. get a bottle of Hyomel tor "Or. f you have not an Inhaler, ask for a complete outfit, which costs but $1.00, and Includes an Inhaler, a bot? tle of Hyomel, and simple Instructions fo; use. Hyomel la sold and guaranteed bj DeLorme's Pharmacy to cur? catarrh, asthma or bronchitis, or money back, h win relieve a cold in Ave minutes, and \\iii break it up In five hours, it gives most gratifying relief to con? i sumption sufferers, and is sold by leading drugglstts everywhere, lt. ti Hoves stomach mist ry, soar stout* ( achi bolohlug?and cun ? all atom ich dis? case or money back, Larrre box of tab* 4-16428AW 4-11 ME PREMIUM LIST. ?o Solicit Subscriptions for the Twice a=Week Watchman an Southron. Valuable Frizes to be Given for Work in Spare Time?Number of Prizes Unlimited. I*33p* HKI _o_ The Watchman and Southron which has been the family newspaper of Sumter County since the days of your grand-parents is now published twice a week?Wednesday and Saturdays?and is the highest and RCWateaf c ounty paper published in the State of South Carolina. The price remains ihe same as when it was published once a week only?$1.50 a year. At this price the Watchman and Southron is the cheapest and best family paper within tho reach of the peopie of Sumter and adjoining counties. It gives twice a week the local, County, state and general news ii a condensed and readable shape, ai well as many timely special articles on farming, household and other topics. Mr. E. W. Dabbs. President of the Sumter County Farmers" Union will have editorial direction of a special department devoted to Farmers' Union News and Farming, that will be partieulaily interesting. The Watchman and Southron should go into every home in this section of the State, and those who are not now subscribers can easily be induced to subscribe, j As an inducement to those who have spare time to solicit lul ?tlJpUOBl for us we are offering a number of valuable premiums for list, of BOW subscribers and,we want agents in every neighborhood in Sumter. Lee and Clarendon Counties. ALL. PERSONS who desire to do so. whether they live in Sumter County or elsewhere, are cordially invited to act a*? subscription agen s. All will be entitled to participate in the competition, will be paid for their work in pre? miums, commensurate in vilue with the value of the work performed or in cash, as they may prefer. The price of Subscription is $1.50 u year, or 75 cents for six mouths?and may be Sent in one, two or more at a time, with or without the cash, to suit the convenience of the agent, but for an old name to be counted for a pre? mium the subscriber must pay up 811 arreage and one year in advance. BERKS ARE THE PREMIUMS. FOR THREE NAMES?A Red Midget Stylo Fountain Pen; a two Blade Pocket Knife, or an Inger.-?<11 Watch. FOR FOUR NAMES?A Fountain Pen with 14k solid gold pen; a Three ! Blade Pocket Knife or one year's subscription to either of the following Maga? zines; Bohemiar, Metropolitan, Argosy, Cosmopolitan or The Delineator. j for FIVE .NAMES?A Diamond Point Fountain Pen, a year's subscrip? tion to either of the following Magazines: McClure, Munsey or Woman's Home Companion, Saturday Evening Pott, or a Stem-Winding Nickle Watch. FOR SIX NAMES?A Waterman's Fountain Pen; Stem-Winding Nickle Watch; a year's subscription to Laoies Home Journal or Review of Keviews; a fine Razor; Pocket Knife; Baseball Mitt; or Eall and Pat. for EIGHT NAMES?\ Guaranteed Stem-Winding Open Face Nickle Wateh; a fine Razor; Catcher Ii Mitt; A Waterman's Fountain Pen; a Teach? er's Bible. for TEN NAMES?Sir.*le-Barr?l Ereech-lbfcding Columbia Shotgun; Gold mounted Waterman's Four tain Pea; Guareatoed St-m-Winding Nickle Watch, dther polished or oxydizec case; a fine Catch? r's Mitt, or any other article of equal value. for TWENTY NAMES?Ten Year Cold Case Trenton Watch; Hopkins St Allen lt-ehot Repeating Rifle; Single-Barrel Special Breech-loa ling Shotgun; a fine Toilet or Washstan 1 Set. for THIRTY NAMES?20 Year Gold Open Case Elgin Watch; 22-Calib^o Winchester Repeating Rille; Double-Barrel shotgun, or any ether article of equal value. FOR FORTY NAMES?Union Anns Co., Double-Barrel Hammerless Shot? gun; :;2-ealibre Winchester Repeating "?Mfie; 20 Year Gold Cas i:igla or Wal tham 7 Jewel Watch, or any other a. .ivle of equal value. FOR FIFTY NAMES?Li 41t s Solid Cold Watch, 20 Tear QoW Case Elgin or Waltham 7 Jewel Gentleman > Wi tch; Hopkins & Allen Double-Parrel 1 lammerlees shotgun. for SEVENTY-FIVE NAMES? $ar> Ithlca Doable-Barrel Hammerleea Shotgun: a New Ideal Sewing Machine; a 20 Year Double Case Elgin or Wal? tham Watch. FOR ONE HUNDRED NAMES?A Smith or Fox Double-Barrel Hamnv-r less Shotgun; a New Hone Sewing Machine; a Solid Qold Waltham or Elgin Watch. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. THE CONTEST BEGINS NOW and will come to a aUNM OH ' let, it | 6 o'clock p. m. sharp. Each agent a ill be held individually responsible for kha payment of the amount due on all names returned by him or her. Where ,t is desired to stop a subscription before the close of the Club contest, the Agent may do so by paying the amount due at the time ol such stoppage. Where a Milwription naa boon paid in lull, it cannot be djecontmned. Tin Agent however, may, if he leel proper, transfer the unfulfilled portion of the subseririion to anoth r lubeerlber, provided the peraon to whom the tranafer is to be made was not a tubaciber at the lime the original name was entered on our books. No name will bo counted in competition for a premium aattl the saaecrla tlon price lias been paid, nor will any premium be delivered untjll the Agent has either paid or made satisfactory settlement for all the aamea seat in >y him or her, in cases of contention by two or mo.e Agents over the right to a name, preference will be given to the one who |vys for the name FIRST; but where both pay,we -hall not attempt to decide the matter except bj <redoing the name lor one year for oat h BBCh payment. After a name has been entert d on our 1 OOkS, no transfer will be yormhted. -rids is positive and emphatic, andwhareAgentsattcaiptto mak such trans? fers, they must concede our right to ta!;< such steps ;i< may ?? ir n. .vss-.ry to protect the fairness of this pjovision. The Agent who retu .1 names mu<*t pay for them. \nv and all Agent! ?*l I have the right to Oat S ill wer I her- Wiener Tl.ey fan. it is not necessary thai ail the aamea thall go to the tarn* poatofnof addreaa. \ll subscription! must be forwarded to us at the e&penaa of those sending them and we win be reapoaatbla for the sate tranamlsaion of money only when it is sent by Draft* Registered Letter, Bxpreaa or Poatofnce Money ? U der. in sending nam< i. AJwaye give correct name or Initiate, ami preaeni peat* OfllOO address. ?i if poaalWa say whether the subscribers an NOW taking the paper. Careful observance of this will be the means of avoiding much trouble and confusion. OSTEbN PUBLISHING CO., 18 W. Liberty fct. Sumter, S. C.