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SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1909.
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NKW ADVERTISEMENTS.
A. A. Strauss * Co.?Turnip Seed.
D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.?Tour
TTunk I* Read"
PERSONAL.
MI? Nellie Chandler left for
Spartan burg last Friday wher she will
spend two weeks with friends.
Master Charley and Jim Sprott.
with Norwood Hall from Manning,
will spend this week with the Chand?
ler bovs on Marhy Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. w. P. Shaw and
Miss Isahelte McLaurln have return?
ed from Washington.
?m>>' i * * ' -
Mr. Ellle Reynolds. of( Florence,
spent Monday night in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Estrldge return?
ed Monday from a visit to Washing?
ton. BaHisnore and Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs/ C. W. McOrew have
returned from a trip to Washington.
Baltimore and Richmond.
Mr. O. A. bemmon left Wednesday
for T?te Springs, Tenn.
Mrs. J J. Britten and daughter.
LJssle. have tfqn* to Olenn Springs for
two weeks.
Mlae Edith Lawrence has gone to
Qlsnn Springs.
MM Vielen Cordes, who has been
vis. time Mrs. A. C. Ducker returned to
her home Tuesday morning. ^
Mr John R. Sumtcr returned Mon?
day from Pawley'a Island.
Mrs. H. W. Bennett and children
have returned from Sullivan's Island.
Mrs. W. S. Reynolds and children
returned horns Monday night from
Sullivan's Island. /
Mr. and Mrs. Oeo. E. Martin, of
Dalsell have returned home after a
Stay at the Isle of Palms.
Miss Bsasle Hsrvln. of Manning, la
flatting Miss Csrrle B. Breeden.
Messrs. E. Turner White, P. J. Gal?
lagher, Julian Bradford and Richard
White have returned from Washln:
ton.
Mine Daisy "Burgess returned Mon?
day from Sullivan's Island, where she
spent the past two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry M. Parrott
have returned from their bridal trip
and are stopping with Mr. and Mrs.
M. L Scarborough.
Mr. Oeo. D. Levy returned on
Tuesday from Virginia Beach alter
stay of two weeks
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Benbow, of Sum
rajsrton. are visiting in the city.
Mr. H. B. Rlggs has returned to
the city.
Mr. Hubert s McKagen, now as?
sistant manager of ths Postal Tele?
graph office In Grsenvllle, 8. C, has
accepted a position as manager of the
Postal telegraph office here, and will
' charge of the office next Mon
Mr. S. W. Stubbs has gone to
Waynesvllle, N. C, to Join Mrs.
Stubbs. who Is there for the summer
months.
Miss Altos Stubbs left Saturday for
I the Isle of Palms.
Mr. J W. Smith, .of Atlanta, (la.,
Is spending a few days In the city
with his son. Mr K. Mood Smith.
Mrs. S. T. Delgar and daughter.
Beuna left Tuesday afternoon for a
\uilt t> relatives In Baltimore and
? Virginia.
Mrs. M. A. Flowers returned Sun
day. from Washington, where she
has b?en visiting her sons, Messrs. A.
O. ami T K. Flowers.
Mr. Marvin Beasley. of Gourdln s,
tj Is In ths city on business.
Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Bailey, of
Oroeavllle. who have been visiting
friends (4t Dataall left Wed need >\
foe their home.
Mr Hugh C. Hnynsworth went to
Oreenvllle Wednesday and will sp? ml
a week, In that city.
Misses Agnes Blanding, of Oofas*
cans. Texas, and Gertrude Dick, of
Plne\ille. rfftM have been visiting their
uncle. Mr |> M. IMamtlng. left for
Plnevllle Wednesday.
, Mr Wsverh ..turned Wed?
nesday from <>?e,in View, Va . after
a stay of three weeks
Mr. and Mra. W T llratlsfonl haw
returned from their hrhlal trip to
Washington.
Mr and Mrs. F.. W. Vogel have re?
turned from Sullivan's Island.
Mr. W. F. Rhame left Thursday for
the mountains.
Mr. Wm. Bultman Is In Boston.
n a business trip for his fb ni.
Mr. W. H. Ingram has returned
from a trip to Hendersonvllle, N. C.
Mr and Mrs. Thos. II. Callahan
]f have returned from Eddyvllle. Ky ,
and will make Sumter their honte
permanently.
Ilevs. V R. Woods-.fi ,f Masslnc.
II. a. Knoa r tfnvtavtlla, Mel w ji
DEATH.
Hallle, infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry C. Wedekind, died Wed?
nesday afternoon; and was buried
Thutsday at 10 o'clock in the city
cemetery.
The relatives and friends of Mr.
and Mrs. Wedektnd extend them their
slncerest sympathy in their bereave?
ment.
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MK. REARDON REMARKS.
Former Health Officer Will Continue
To Work for Sumter.
By way of parenthesis. ex-Health
Officer K. I. Reardon remarks that
now being out of official harness and
a private citizen, he will take the lib?
erty for a few days to try and do
something for Sumter, the beat city,
with the best people on earth.
He sincerely trusts that his efforts
will meet with no objection from
those few citizens who considered it
a crime for a public official to write
up Sumter in the papers.
Mr. Reardon sincerely hop^s to
land a few new enterprises before
long just to show that he4 has no hard
feelings and that while slightly dis?
figured he is still in the ring.
CHESTER KENNEDY CONVICTED.
Prominent Ramwell County Man
Found Gnllty of Hiring a Negro to
Murder His Enemy.
Special to The Daily Item.
Columbia, July 29.?Chester Ken?
nedy, a prominent Barnwell County
man, was found guilty today with a
recommendation to the mercy of the
court, on the charge of hiring Quit
man Johnson, a negro, to kill a man
by the name of Holland, Perry Ussery
being shot by mistake.
Sensat onal developments are ex?
pected. The Jury remained out all
night. This was the second trial.
COTTON CROpWlLL BE SMALL.
Gl liners' Report Estimates Yield at
ll.ooo.roo Rales?Condition Is Very
Poor.
Memphis, Tenn., July 28.?The re?
port made on cotton condition up to
July 2f>. by the National Ginners* as?
sociation this afternoon gives thfc
genera? average at 71.7.
The average by States follows: Ala?
bama 70. Arkansas 76, Florida 85,
Georgia 76. Louisiana 62. Mississippi
64. North Carolina 73, South Carolina
77, Oklahoma 79. Tennessee 77, Texas
6?.
The report says:
"This is the lowest condition ever
known at this season of the year and
Indicates a crop of around 11,000,0)0
and unless good rains fall In the next
week throughout almost the entire
belt, but more especially in Texas,
southern and western Oklahoma and
Mississippi, the crop will be under
thai: figure."
* Clerk-Carrier Examination.
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that on Au
gust J 1st an examination will be held
in this city for the position of clerk
and carrier In the postofflce service.
The salaries range from $600 to $1.
200 per annum, according to grade.
Full information will be furnished
by Mr. B. R Sanders, secretary of the
local board.
McMeen. of St. Charles, attended
? called meeting of Harmony Presby?
tery at the Presbyterian church.
Mrs. L. J. Tucker, who has be n
spending some time with Mr. and
Mrs. Fugenc Hognn returned to her
home In Mulllns Thursday.
Mrs. C. H. Hogan who has been vis
ting friends and relatives in Den?
mark, S. C, returned Wednesday
Mis. 0. W. McC.rew Is paying a
few days visit to her mother in Or
anuebuig County.
Rev. A. S. Thomas, of Cheraw. was
in the city Wednesday.
Uev. H. H. Covlngton and family
left Thursday for Hillgirt. X. C,
S/hSTS tiny will spend a month.
Mm, .1. W Shaw and children have
?OftS. 10 H. ndersom llle, N. C, for
a month s stay.
Mr. J. J. I'owets, of Riley. N. C.
11 \ idling htl son. Capt. J. W.
I'oufts on South Suinter street.
Mr W. L Anhl and Miss Sarah
Hamiuet. of Dil kvllle, art spend
ing a few days |n tin- eiu
MImh Sibyl Hr ?wn. oi Sj.artanburg,
Is the guest of Miss Lucille Handle
Mrs. John H. Clifton has gone to
Brick ton, N*. C. for a few w.-ks visit.
Mlim Llda Scarborough, who has
hern visiting Mr*. George Booth, has
returned to Sumrnerton. She was ac
rornpinled by Mlns Camilla Kllgore.
Mr. I). M. Josey has returned from
a week's visit to Plshopvllle.
Mrs. L H. Du Kant and Mrs. W. S.
Ihn kins have gone to Wrlghtsvllle
Beuch to Join their husbands.
Chb.r t t- ?. ,
J W? dne <d. . ntgl ' ftOl ? Ihtft 'tie
i Beach
STONE SMITES WAITER.
SENATOR WAS ANGERED BY UN
SATISFACTORY SERVICE.
Struck Menial In the Face?Police
Justice Says the Offense Is Not Pun?
ishable?Judge Holds Him Justi?
fied.
Ealtlmore, July 28.?Declaring that
in the circumstances the assault was
justifiable, Police Magistrate Eugene
Grannan of the Central district this
afternoon dismissed the charge
against Senator William J. Stone, of
Missouri, of having assaulted Law?
rence G. Brown, a waiter on a Penn?
sylvania railroad train.
Justice Grannan said:
"Senator Stone, I have traveled a
great deal in my time. I can fully
appreciate the treatment that you re
I ceived at the hands of Brown, who,
I it has been shown, was discourteous
I in the extreme. I feel that you had
j sufficient provocation and that you
I were absolutely justified in repri
I mandlng and striking Brown. I dis
I miss you."
I The case which brought to the bar
I of the Central station perhaps its
I most distinguished prisoner grew out
I of an incident of the trip yesterday
j of Senator Stone from Philadelphia
J to Washington and which was inter?
rupted at union station, this city, last
j night when a policeman of the Penn
I sylvanla railroad entered his car, and
I placing him under arrest , sent him to
I the station house in the patrol wag
I on, accompanied by Brown, who
I charged the senator with having as
I saulted him.
Senator Stone and his counsel took
I their place in the ordinary prisoner'*
I dock when the case was called. At
j this point an attorney for the Penn
I sylvanla road and the Pullman com
I pany requested that the case be dis?
I missed, saying that neither of the
I companies he represented desired to
I press the charge.
Brown, being the complainant, was
I asked by the magistrate whether he
I desired to prosecute the case, and he
J replied: "I do. I insist upon his be
I ing tried."
Col. C. D. Foster, counsel for Mr.
J st<>ne, who pleaded the Immunity oi
j s up tors and representatives from ar
rast? was overruled by Magistrate
I Grannan, who said that under tlv
I law they were liable to arrest for any
I breach of peace.
He then asked Senator Stone In
j give his version of the affair. Th<
j ?nntor said he had given Bro\v 1 an
j u-der for some luncheon and als j for
I i Alii k. The latter was not brought
j 11 he had requested, and he sent
j drown back to correct his mistake,
j still the order was not properly filled
I and Brown, when reprimanded, was
I impudent. The senator's order for
I luncheon, he said, he found on inves
I tigatlon waiting In the kitchen after
j all the other guests had been served
I and had finished eating.
"The fellow put in un appearance,"
I said the senator, "and I uttered re
I marks calculated to make, him sit up
j and take notice. I was angry at be
I ing made to wait so long and when I
I reprimanded the waiter he told me to
I wait my turn and then I would be
I served. I saw the food was cooked
I and getting cold. 'You black dog,* I
j said, 'you are trying to show your
resentment' Then i reached over
j ami slapped hin in the face."
Asked afterward whether he in
I tended to take action against the rail
I road or the Pullman company, the
I senator said he Will drop the matter.
Manning N'cw.s Letter.
Manning, July 26.?The Majestic
Theatre Company presented "Lean?
ing Mike" a. the Manning graded
school auditorium before a fair au
dlenOOi it was for the benellt of the
Manning the department. Mr. A. J.
Rlgby of the Red Croat very gener?
ously donated ten per oent of his
gross sabs for two days to assist the
lire department.
Mr. G L Thames, with a charity to
be commended will devote twenty p<'r
Bent, pf his gross sales for two days
t-? the hospital building fund.
Mrs. ii. s. Leardi of Richmond va ,
a giltst ot V.r. ami Mrs. <;. II. Hugglni
lias left for her home
Mrs. (J. II. Hugglni has gone on a
visit to Richmond, Va., and win be
the guesl of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Leard.
.Mrs. m. i\ Heller, of Klngstree, is
visiting her sister, Mis. II. It. Lyons
at the Hotel Central,
Mr. Keatlni B< Simons, ot Charles
Ion, who is very popular In Manning
society, Is spending the week at the
Hotel Central.
Miss Beasle Harvln is visiting at the
home ot Dr, i?. i?. Bailey, Orangehurg.
Misses Clara and Basale Harvin will
leave on Wednesday (or an extended
visit to friends at Wt ightsvllle, Ga..
Hear the Florida line.
Frank lllley, V. S. Deputy Marsha',
captured Pearl Gordon, a negress,
while she was operating a "moon?
shine" still near Sparta, Georgia. She
wai dolnfl ar extensive bu Inees, She
wan tht Mi <? woman Mi? R pj h n
t ver captured in a "moonshln< plant
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PULLIAM ATTEMPT,* SUICIDE.
PwidPnt ?f National League Fire*
Bullet Into Right Temple?May
Not Recover?Both Kycs Out.
New York, July 18.?-Harry C. Pul
liam, president of the National Lea
sue of Baseball Clubs, attempted sui?
cide tonight in Iiis rooms on the third
floor of the New York Athletic Club.
Standing in the centre of the room,
Mr. Pulliam held a revolver to his
temple. He ilred only one shot. The
bullet destroyed the right eye and
Kissed through the upper part of the
left.
It is not believed that he can re?
cover, although he continued con?
scious for some time after the shoot?
ing.
The sound of the pisfcol was not
heard in any other part of the club
house but Mr. Pulliam In falling to
the floor apparently dislodged the re?
ceiver of a telephone which wai
standing on a table nearby, so that
help was soon at hand.
His wounds were carfully dressed
but the physician had little hopes Ol
saving Mr. Pulliam's life.
Coroner's Physician Shrady, who
arrived about half an hour after the
shooting, assisted Dr. Higgins in at?
tending to the wounded man s needs.
Doth Of them attempted to get some
explanation Of the baseball president's
attempt to kill himself but he was
too dated to give Intelligible answers.
The sight of both eyes was de?
stroyed by the bullet, the physicians
said. Although the COUrfte ?t the bul?
let was not traced, it appeared Evi?
dent that it had entered at least the
covering of the brain, and it seemed
more than likely that the injury to
the brain Itself was enough to cause
death.
Although Mr. Pulliam's act at this
time was entirely unexpected some of
his frlende said that at tin- tim,e of
his recent illness it was known that
he was subject to severe attacks of
melancholia* Since his return t?? New
York In June he aparently had bet n
In excellent spirits.
Mr. B, I, Eteardon has resigned his
position BS health Officer and secre?
tary of the Board of Health his res?
Ignatlon having none Into effect Mon?
day. July 26th, No successor has
been appointed yet, The Board of
Health will meet for thai purpose on
August Ird. During the Intervening
time a member of the police force
has been detailed to act as healt of?
ficer, r
Two negro women engaged in a
fight on the streets of (laffney Satur?
day night, with the result that one
of them, Belle Falls, was seriously
cut with a knife. Maggie Brown was
the name of the woman who did the
cutting, and It Is said that Belle had
alienated th< affections' of Maggie'
husband) which wai the approximate
cause of tht difficulty.
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VOTED school BONDS.
Maycewtlle Issues $7,000 In Bonds?
BOCSOIld Vole on llomls.
Ifayesvllle, July 18.?-Mayivtlle vot?
ed school bond! today by a large ma?
jority for the eecond time, the pro*
VlOUS election being illegal on account
of Irregularities in petitions. The
vote was light. The bond Issue is lor
17,000 and the bonds already have
Governor Anse
ion of Attorney (
a result the disp.
and all other disp
be closed from Au
suit of the vote, i
nounosd.
Physicians fear 1
Bllerbe has inclpiei
friends will bear
Congressman Kllerl
the opto
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