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IMAMU4MH11 FH1KND6V Cliwm Man Rldtrale* Idea that the Black Man la Ill-Treated In the ft _ ?ennettsvllle. July 1.?The fire re farted a fee day* ago aa having caus? ed heavy lose to the owner of the pro? perty of K. J. Sawyer, colored, has greatly Inen seed appreciation of Ben ft| nsttavtlle's water works system and eg her firs department. It was rather singular that a cltlsen who hsd little to do with the establishment of wi? ts? works should be the first bensfl eiary. The colored people of Ben nettsvllle have always, when occasion g offered, worked hard to save the pro m? Barry of the white firemen and others mignd the opportunity wss offered at fJda Bra for the white peopin to show would willingly Ae all In their ejJL r to assist tbs colored?man The work of ths white firemen and others hda called forth a letter to the Pee . Poo Advocate, which does the writer ^ honor and will doubtless be of Inter? fax to many throughout the State, gfcwycr says in part. ?That the white people of Bennetts rllla will work as hard and brave as v gsacy dangers to save a colored mon ? property from fire as any other pro P perty I am almost ashamed for call? ing attention to this color question, gait so much Is being said and writ? ten about the oppression and harship Of the negro in#the South, that I can not resist the temptation to break the monotonous hobby of putting on rec? ord this Instance of friendship and sympathy of the white/for one of my gator. This Is not an isolated case. It Qlnstrates the genersl rule, not the agtccptlon In this county and State. 'I hove always claimed with voice pen that the Industrious, consl kte. self-respecting negro has as snd as good white friends In ?oath Carolina as can be fcund In any State In the Union, and that his en? joyment of life, liberty and property m as secure in the South as sny where the world " A MODERN ENOCH ARDEY. Hrvox Return* to His Home Massachusetts After Forty-five Absence. ,Lee, Mass.. July 1.?George Hocox. mho has been miming from Lee for forty-five years, appeared here last nhrht and msde himself known to his Wife, who had. during his long ab - goaco. married another man and been Widowed. Heeox went out with the ? g4th Ifassacbusetts regiment In the Civil War. was wounded and long In a kosplUl, und. as he never returned ? homo, was believed to have lost his Mfe. dome years after his wife mar? ried Timothy Tucker. Hocox learned a Of this and decided to remain a way, and the fsct of his being alive was never disclosed until the death of Tucker paved tbe way foi his return. ggff~ay .mm RENT MADE EASY. Will He Lew Sleeplessness When Mutiitcr People Learn This. Can't rest st night with a bad back, A lame, a weak or an aching one. Doan's Kidney Pills ere for bad dm They cure every form of kidney Prom common backache to dia? bete? Thejr are endorsed by Sumter peo? ple. Mrs W. a. Clyde, living at 319 E. Liberty St.. Sumter, 8. C, says "I can highly recommend Doan's Kidney Pills as they have proved of great no to me. I suffered from dull Bagging backaches and distressing pains through my loins and also had nn annoyance from the kidney secre-, IUaH The se i-Hons also contained 'a sediment and w?r? scanty In pas? sage. I ditl not rest well and In the morning I fell tired and languid, hav? ing very little strength or I finally procured Doun s Kidney PI la at China's drug store ind since using them. 1 have been free from back? aches and m> kidneys are normal. 1 am glad to ici -Mini,-n.l i . a spien? did remedy ss Doan's Kidney Pills." For sole by sll dealers. Trice 50 Cents. Foster-Mllbum Co., I urfalo. New Tork. sole sgents for the I'nlted Skates. Remember the name? Doan's?and take no other. No. 2. Everybody Will Wear Speos Borne Day. Present Btatlsttc? show that Oerel* a wonderful In r. in thr m mber Of people wh ? depend on glasses for good vision. Take enlightened Bos ton. "The Hub." for ln*tun?e. There .are more people wearing specs there, thsn In any other eitv ol Its site. Where learning and progress arc. you will find the most people wearing glasses. Ars you going to stay b?htrd till you havs to have them and th?n maybe And you have waited too lon<. that some smsll trouble hss grown ?. n till glassee won't remedy it? IF YOU DONT NEED 'EM WE TELL YOt W. A. Thompson, ? H. Main Street Sumter, S. C. GOV. BROWN HKAlll? FROM. lie Sends a McMsafge to Georgia Leg Mature Recommending Inheritance Tmx and Oilier Legislation. Atlanta. July 1.?Oev. Joseph M. Brown's first message was sent to the legislature today. He approved an Inheritance tax. Regarding corpora? tions he pledged that they should be made to obey the law In letter and In spirit the same as Individuals. He ad? vocated that public utility corpora? tions should remain under municipal control solely. He recommended the establishment ot a department of labor, the State commissioner of labor to act as medi? ator In disputes between capital and labor. The railroads were the subject of several direct and Indirect recommen? dations. These Included legislation to ^nnble shippers to obtain prompt court redress for over-charges and ?tttlement. of claims, authority for the railroad commission to confer with railroad c fficiala over double tracking ?t main lines and the reduction of the ."L.te railroad commission from five ?o three members. It was recommended that , the State bank Inspection be made as strict as i < ral inspection of national banks. WRIGHT tUKS BEAUTIFULLY. Three Times He Circles the Field aiul Sometimes Rises to Great Height While Spectators Womler. Washington, July 1.?Calm, con? fident and nerveleaa, Orvllle Wright late today encircled the Fort Myer drill grounds time after time in his tioplane in three successful flights while a crowd of thousands cheered hint for the success that attended his persistency and pluck. While the machine oscillated at certain points in Its flights and dip? ped and rose suddenly at other points, it was evident from the regularity with which these things happened that they were due to the condition of the atmospheie end not to any fault of the machine. F >r the first flight the machine got nway with a fine Mart Down the field the aeroplane sailed, cuived gracefu fly md came back up the east side <?.* the field along the edge of Arlington cemetery. The machine seemed to ? behaving beautifully. The first round was mado In 60 seconds. Five tlmej the na chine skirted the field, attaining aj height which varied from IS le 30 (gg the sixth round Mr. Wr.ghl cume to earth within a few hun lied feet of the starting point, comple'/ng the flight In exactly five minutes. The landing was perfect, the- machine swooping down in successive glides untl. \\ Ii hin a few feet of the earth, when Orvllle pulled the string v hich stops his motor and the aeroplane glided amoothly over the yrass on Its skids until It came to a stop. The machine was returned to the starting toparatus and again was placed In position, and anothei flight was essay fd. The start was as successful as the fiist. In the second flight. Orvllle made much wider turns and rose to a greater height. Wilbur Wright wulched every detail of the flight with care. It was noticed that ut times the motor skipped, but this seemed lo have no effect on the progress of the aeroplane. The storting rail runs downward into a little hollow In the field and whenever the aeioplane passed over this hollow It dipped no tlceably and whenever It passed over a vacant space between two of the stables, It was seen' to rise as though on a billow of air, but these atmos? pheric conditions were easily o/Ol? eome by a clever manipulations of tho [ levers. On his second flight, Orvllle made nine rounds of the field In a few sec? onds less than eight minutes. In his laHt attempt he remain' & uloft for a few seconds more than nine minutes and encircled the field] nine and one-half times. For one OOBSplete round he Hew \ery close to the ground, evidently preparing to lend. This he did within |gg feet of the aeroplane shed. During this lost tlight he went higher than on his pre? vious trials, reselling ? height of 40 ?t Just befor* making his land? tag the left wing iereped the ground and railsed a cloud of dust, but Mr. Wright continued to lly half way around the held h< fore descending. At tin- close of the dseal year 1ISI the railroad mileage of the United States was 230.SSS compared with l.;?; ss? In lsxf. ami \s\s> \s in ls'is. The net capitalization is $13,000.007. 012. an Increase of j!?.S |)<M- rent Ol er the figures of 189$. If the tariff debate lasts much long? er, even the government may become Interested In cheaper print paper as n means of retrenching In the cost of the Congressional Record.?New York World. Andrew Carnegie has founded 1, 800 public libraries, representing do? nations eggregatlng $r>l.596.068, re? cording to his own stntement In *.he current number of Colller'a Weekly. -?? -' ^? Old Whssl Of Fortun?. In the village church of Comfort, near Pont-Crolx, In western Brittany, Is a very good specimen of the now rare "wheel of fortune." It Is made of .WQpd, with a row of bells ou Its outer rim and pivoted hetweeu a couple of rough beams, altogether very primitive workmanship. By means of u cord at? tached to a crank the wheels can be made to revolve and set nil the bells a-Jangllng. I have often heurd that the peasants believe that it has mi? raculous power of healing when rung over the head of a sufferer who has placed a sou in the box to which the rope is padlocked, I received remark? able confirmation of this belief, for while making a photograph a well to do sailor's wife and her husband came Into the church aud looked round. The woman asked me If I thought there could be any truth in this belief, as her child was very backward in learn? ing to talk. Her nurse, who came from those parts, had advised her to bring the baby and ring the bells of Comfort over his head, when he would be sure to talk. As she was passing she had looked in to see if It was worth trying! ?London Chronicle. Tha 8mooth Way. In the last generation Tyler Cobb, Esq., was a well known citizen of North Brldgewater. now Brockton, Mass. He was famous throughout Plymouth county to:? his witty retorts aud dry kutv.or. Never having taken ft sea trip, Mr. Cobb oue ij'ty conceived the Idea of making a voyage to New York. Ac ?ordingly he sailed from Boston In a small schooner. Tte first day out a Storni was encountered and Mr. Cobb became violently sick, but after sev? eral hours he mustered up courage and strength to look out upon the troubled waters. As he looked from the side of the little ship up the trough of the sea It seemed very smdofh to him. The cap? tain's cutting of the waves was sense? less, he told bin? elf. But as this mad steering continued the unhappy pas? senger finally crawled out on hands and knees to where the captain stood at the wheel and, raising his voice above the din of waves and wind, shouted: "Man, man, keep in the ruts, keep in the rutsT Worked It Off. Just wttat may happen to a man who Isn't strietly honest was illustrated on a street car a few days ago. A man handed the conductor a dollar and asked for a strip of tickets. He re? ceived his five tickets, and theo the conductor fumbled around for change and managed to, make a "mistake." He handed the man two half dollars Instcn (1 of 75 cents. The man pat I a way the money without saying a word und In a couple of minutes work id his way to the front of the car and got oft. "Say, conductor," said tin in? terested observer, "did you know you didu't giro that man the right change?" The conductor smiled com? placently. "That's all right," he said. "If he'd been honest and returned that bad half dollar I'd have given him a good qunrter for it. I've been trying to get rid of that piece of money for a week. 1 guess he deserved to get stung."?rhlladelpbiu Record. Deceitful Appearances. A remarkable experience once befell Mark Twain In Australia, which, he said, determined him never again to judge by appearances. He had Just landed at an Australian port, and, to his chagrin, there was no porter In sight to carry his luggage. Seeing a rough looking, badly dressed old fel? low leauing idly against a post with his hands in his pockets, the author beckoned to him and said: "See here, If you'll carry these bags up to the hotel 111 give yon half a dollar."" The may scowled darkly, and, tak? ing three or four golden sovereigns from his pocket, he deliberately threw them luto the sea, scowled at Mark Twain again aud walked away with? out a word. 'Bright and Hot. 1 "Smith got off a bright thing th? other day." "What was It?" "A lighted cigar some one had care? lessly dropped Into the chair he sat on."?London Fun. Disgusted. Loafer the Flrst?I thought this yere unemployed fund was for charity. Loafer the Second?So it Is. ain't It? Loafer the First?It ain't It means work.?London Sketch. The Flag. On June 14, 1777, the Continental congress resolved that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, al? ternate red and white, and that the Union be thirteen white stars on a blue field. On Jan. 13, 171)4, by an act of congress, the flag wns altered to flfteen red and white stripes and fifteen stars. On April 4, 1818, congas again alter? ed the flag by returning to the original thirteen stripes and fifteen stars, as the adding of n new stripe for each ad? ditional state would soon make the flag too large. A new Star la added to the flag on July 4 following the ad? mission of each new state.?New York American. Gallant. Beautiful Widow?Do you know, I'm forty years old today?" I Gallant Bachelor?Madam, you are twenty. I never believe more than half of what I hear. ? Corrected. Mlsa Kitty?Before you were mar? ried, Mrs. Blunt, did your husband bring you many flowers? Mrs. Blunt ?I didn't have any husband before I was married, dear. Pessimism leads to weakness; op? timism leada to power?William James. Patti Wantad Her Monty. \ One of Adelina Paul's peculiarities was that she never sang a note until she had her salary either paid or so fully assured that there was uo doubt il to her gettlug it. When she sang at the Academy of Music, in New York, at one time the manager was sorely put about to find mouey to pay her, but ehe always stoutly refused to slug until she had her salary. Ouc night ut a quarter past 8 her represeutative went to him and said: "Madam is all dressed except her shoes. She will put those on when ehe gets the money." The manager, half distracted, rushed ( about the house and succeeded in rals ing one-half the amount due the prima donna, which he hastily sent to her. But another quarter of an hour passed, and, though the audience showed great impatience, there was no Patti, where? at the manager ran to her room. "My dear madam, why do you not go on? I have sent you half the mon? ey, and the rest will reach you before the end of the first act." Patti. smiled dolefully, exhibited the tips of her feet and said: "You see, I have only one shoe on. I cannot go on the stage without the other. It would be quite impossible." Almost crazed, the manager rushed . out and discovered that the other half of the money could be raised.? j New York Tribune. The March of the Caravan. Perhaps the weirdest and most im? pressive of the many unwonted mem? ories 'that the traveler carries away with him from travel In the east is j the recollection of the camel caravuns which he has encountered at night. Out of the black darkness is heurd the distant boom of a heavy bell. Mourn? fully and with perfect regularity of iteration it sounds, gradually swelling nearer and louder and perhaps min? gling with the tones of smaller bells signaling the rear guard of the same caravan. The big bell Is the insignia and alarm of the leading camel alone. But, nearer and louder as the sound becomes, not another sound and not a visible object appears to accompany it. Suddenly and without the slight? est warning there looms out of the darkness, like the apparition of a phantom ship, the form of the captain of the caravan. His spongy tread sounds softly on the smooth sand, and like a great string of linked ghouls the silent procession stalks by and is swal? lowed up in the night.?"Persia and the Persian Question." It Is to Smile. In walking through a train a smile always relieves the tension of the mo? ment, even if it is the train of your hostess' best dinner gown. A smile is frequently used to conceal a vacuum. If It is a broad smile, however, It defeats its purpose. If your newly married friends insist upon your holding the baby, grab the Infant firmly by the back of the neck and smile. The parents will remove the child at once. If your dinner partner is talking over your head, smile, lie will prob? ably grow uncomfortable immediate? ly and change the subject. If your rival appears to be cutting you out with the only girl, smile. This will rouse her suspicious at once, and she will devote the rest of her time trying to find out who "that girl" is. A smile is n handy thing to have round, even when it is as broad as it is long. It may square a long stand? ing grievance.?Puck. Modest Dan Hayes. An old playbill of the Kilkenny Theater Royal for May 14, 1703, was a few years ago reprinted in the West? ern (England) Mail, and the following is nn extract from it: "The tragedy of 'Hamlet.' originally written and composed by the celebrat? ed Dan Hayes of Limerick aud insert? ed in Shakespeare's works." The playbill concludes with the in? teresting notice that "no person what? soever will be admitted into the boxes without shoes or stockings." It is probable that this Irish claimant to the honor of the authorship of "Ham? let" is not so well known as his as? tounding ?clalm might warrant. Why the Menu Was Changed. The culinary department of an East Indian household, if the story of nn American traveler who has recently re? turned from Calcutta is to be believed. Is managed far differently from an American kitchen. "Here we employ an Ethiopian expert at so much a week," says the Philadelphia Record "There a cook would disdain to place a weekly valuation on his services. Ills conditions involve B flat rate of so many shillings weekly for the furnish? ing and preparation of provisions. This system of putting the culinary depart? ment out to contract causes a penuri ousness on the part of the chef which frequently is not for the best health and welfare of the household. Short? ly before last Christinas the above named American tourist had ordered his cook to have steak for dinner. Broiled chicken was served instead. Pressed for his reasons for disregard? ing the command of the head of the household, the cook explained that the chicken had taken sick and If it had not been killed and served that day he was afraid he would have lost It." When Comets Terrified. To Evelyn a comet was a very ter? rifying phenomenon. He notes the ap? pearance of one on Jan. 12, 1080, which he describes in his diary as "a meteor of an obscure bright color, very much in shape like the blade of a sword." "What this may portend," he adds, "God only knows, but such another phenomenon I remember to have seen in 1040 about the triall of the greate eerie of Strafford, preced? ing our bloudy rebellion. I pray God evert bis Judgements/' SOUTHERN MILLS ENLARGE. Imestmonts of $17,000,000 in Six Months South Carolina Increases. Baltimore, Md., July 1.?Announce? ments of definite plans for an expen? diture of nearly $17,000,000 upon ad? ditions to the cotton mills of the South have been made during the first half of this year, according to The Manufacturers' Record. In the first three months the announcements were of 268,880 spindles and 5,300 lcoms to be installed, representing an investment of nearly $?7,000,000, and most of them were for additions to the facilities of established enter? prises. That record practically doubled the record of the same period in 1908ft In the second quarter ended with June the total announced installations rose to 389,212 spindles and 7,480 looms, which represent an investment of nearly $10.000,000. Of the total for the second quarter, 208,500 spindles and 4,630 looms will be in? stalled by 11 new companies, and all but five of these new companies have been organized by men who hav been practical cotton manufacturers and have been interested in established mills for some years. Five companies organized by men rew to the indus? try will install a total of 41,300 spindles and, 780 looms, which will COft about $1,000,000. Therefore, about $9,000,000 ot the total $10,000, 000 to be invested in undertaking an? nounced during the second, quarter of the year represent the faith in the future of cotton manufacturing in the South held by experienced men ac I quainted with its advantages. Safe-Blowers Caught, Columbia, July 2.?Deputy Sheriff Julian McLaurin, of Bennettsville. was here today to obtain requisition papers for Thomas Lacy, alias Robert Kline, alias "Newark Tony," Lacy If now in the Federal prison at Atlanta, and his sentence of five years expire* tomorrow. He was convicted in 1904 I through the work of Inspector Gre? gory of robbing the postoffice at Mc Coll. On the same nicht he broke in? to the mercantile establishment of E. N. Covington Company, and also into the depot at McColl. The follow? ing night he broke into a ware house in Darlington. He was tried first on the charge brought against him by the govern? ment, and will now be tried in the State Courts for the other cases. In each case safes were cracked and con? siderable money obtained. He will he brought to Columbia by Deputy W. H. Songley and will he kept in the penitentiary until the October term of Court at Bennettsville. Insurance In All Lines. My friends wanting either Fire or Live Stock or Plate Glass In? surance, will please call on me as 1 represent No. 1 Companies, in both lineB. Can insure your Horses, Mules, and Cows, in the Indiana Live Stock Insurance Co. by death from any cause. \V. A. BROWN, Sumter, S. C. Box 84. Do You Know It Requires 4 to 6 Years To build a Btleff or Shaw piano, from the time we place the lum? ber in our lumber yards on til t he piano is Bnlsbedf We nir-dry all onr lumber and that is one rea? son why our pianos are so thor? oughly food. The Lumber in about two-thirds of the pianos made is in virgin forests leei than twelve months before they are finished ready to sell. Tiu?y art' madeOUt Of kiln dried luiu ber and this Is the principal *ee ?ontbeywill not stand and are so unsatisfactory after a fen years. One piano in s life-time Is enough an<i if that piano is :i STIEFF it will. WRITE TO-DAY Chas. M. Stieff MAM'F.nTniEit Of TBS Artistic Stieff, Shaw and Stieff Self-player Pianos. Southern Ware room 6 WEST TRADE ST. CHARLOTTE, - N. C. C. H. WILMOTH. Manager. (Mention this paper.) A PECULIAR CASE. Woman Isolated on Island by IfenEfe Officers on Charge of Spreading Tj phohl Fever. Kew York, July 1? In Mary Mallon. the health authorities have an un USUgl prisoner on their hands. "Ty? phoid Mary," as she is known, be? cause of her alleged habit of com? municating the fever to others al? though immune herself, is a prisoner In a small cottage which she occupies all by herself on North Brother Is? land, where contagious diseases are treated. She is now seeking her free? dom through the courts. About two years ago, when Miss Mallon was a cook in the family of J. Clayton Drayton, the butler and two maids suffered from typhoid fev? er and in investigating the case the health inspectors reported that Miss Mallon, although herself immune, had* spread the disease to the other ser? vants. Following her case father back they declared that typhoid fever had appeared at nearly every place in which she had lived. On this evidence the woman was seized and sent to North Brother Is? land, where she has since remained in the strictest isolation, although not at all ill. Her meals have been passed through a window of her cottage to her and she is permitted to associate with no one. Miss Mallon, through her attorney, declares that she does not communi? cate typhoid fever and that her case ll somewhat similar to that of John A. Earlv, whom the Washington au thorities have isolated under suspicion of being a leper. The world is perfectly beautiful, for it is the work of God.?Diogenes La ertlus. CASTOR IA for Infants and Children. The Kind You Hate Always Bought Bears the /^r Sffj?-j J1 Signature of W&mT^fi^ $10.60 TO Richmond, Va. And Return. VIA Iii Cat Line ACCOUNT SU?'MER SCHOOLS . Tickets on sale June 15th. 16th, 17th, 18th, 28th, July 5th and 12th, 1909, limited to leave desti? nation fifteen days from, but not including date ot laid Extension of limit returning to Sept. 30th, may be obtained 'by depositing ticket with the Depot Ticket Agent at destination with? in two days after arrival and pay? ment of fee of Si.00. For information, call on Ticket Agent, or write * W. J. CRAI6, T. C. WHITE, Pas. Traf. Vgr, Gen. Pas. Agent. WILMINGTON. N. C. $2.75 TO ? And Return. $4.05 -TO ? (For Myrtle Beach. ?VIA? /nd Returc flite Coast Line Tickets for sale for all trains each Saturday and for Sunday forenoon, trains commencing Saturday, May 29th and continu? ing to Saturday, Sept. 4th, 1909* limited to return Monday follow? ing date of sale. An excellent opportunity ttv visit the famous Seashore Resorts; of South Carolina at a minimum cost. For information, call on Tickfifi Agent, or write. W. J. CRAiG, T. C. WHITE, Pas. Tn(. Mgr. Ben. Pat. A?. WILMINGTON, N. C.