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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 1909. tuiU'Totl >?t the- Poeloflhv Mt Sumter, S. C\, im Second CIums Matter. J . PERSONAL, Miss Hamby arrived in the city Thursday from Baltimore, Md., and will tie engaged In the millinery bus? iness. Mrs. John H. Fogle, after spending eonetime In Sumter, returned to her h >ine at Orangeburg. Thursday night. Mrs. lawrence Antley. of Cameron, returned to her home Thursday niKht, after spending a week in the city with friends. Miss May Croxton. daughter of the late Rev. Jno. 8. Croxton, of Lancas? ter, and Mrs. M. W. Rankln. of Oree lyville are visiting Mrs. E. D. Wither spoon. Dr. Hamilton McKay has gone to Philadelphia to take a post-graduate course in hospital work. Mr. James Graham has accepted a position with the D. J. Chandler Clothing Company. Mr. J. E. Causar, of Blshopvllle, was in the city on business Friday. Miss Louise Murray, who has been visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. N. O. Osteen, left Thursday for Columbia, where she will teach In Miss BSnham's school. Mr*. W. C. lrby. of Laurens, S. C, Miss Jennie Gllmore, mnd M>s* Anna de W?ls. of Greensboro, N. C. are visiting at Mrs. J. P. Marlon's. Miss Ellen Harrell, who has been visiting her sister in Clarksvllle, Ga.. has returned home. Mi. il. M. Lumpktn, of Columbia, spent Saturday In town. Miss Gussle Harby has returned from a vleit to T?te Spring. Tenn. Ashevllh. V C, and Abbeville. Mrs. C. S. Kingsmore, who spent the summer on Sullivan's Island, re? turned home a few days ago. Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Fisher and son, Ezra, returned to Summerton Satur? day after a pleasant visit to Mr. W. L. Brunson on Harvln street. Misses Annie and Ines McCullough. of Darlington, are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. C. P. Osteen, on East Lib? erty street. Mr. J. A. Seal*, formerly with J. R. Mercer 4k Co., has accepted n simi? lar position with the Carolina Fur nlt ire Co. . Mrs. Altamont Moses and Mrs. 8. f\ Baker left on Saturday afternoon for New Toik. where they expect to spend several weeks. Mr. H. L. Tlmmonn has returned to Charlotte. X. t^.. for the winter sea? son. Mr. J. M. Brallsford, of Orange burg, was In the city Monday. Mr. Fuller Slstruok for several months with Slbert's Drug Store, has accepted a position with Levy & Moses. Miss Agnes Corbett, of Greenville, Is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Hood. Mrs. F. M. Spann went to New Tork several days ago to spend sev? eral weeks. Miss Alleen Hurst has returned to the city from a three month's visit to New Tork, Philadelphia and At? lantic City. Cotton picking has progressed ggjp Idly in all sections of Sumter county an 1 with favorable weather for six weeks longer the bulk of the crop will he harvested. It Is reported that a white man. who claims to be a "witch doctor" !s bambooxllng and defrauding the su ?perstlt.ou.- and credulous negroes of th- Z>?-ir section. He ts said to have ooilsotod 115 to $:."? from ? number of negroes for treating them fOf 1m Sginarv ailments, which hi' persuad? ed them were caused by witchcraft. \ giUWlng match. In which Mr. W. T. Rowland's white ball dog lh;ured as the chewer and one of i?r. J. I. Brunson'* hounds i- i he chawed. Crested the only ripple of ex Item, m on Main St. Friday. The bull dog ?iH -epuiaUd from tin- h-umd with great difficulty and at the expense of the hound s ears. The street Is no place for any sort of dogs anyway. It in a pity the City cannot ISe bond ed^ for a few more thousand dollars, (fifty or seventy-five) to provide funds to pay for paving Main and Li hei?. streets V?i Ope i Ne\t Set unlay. This more will be closed ne\? Sat? urday. Rollflloua holiday. Bchwarti it. I.??? nl ' ottoii Market. R??eelpt4 we# k ?">'"> bah There Is a str >ng upward moveue a' |n ,.. i n and toda\ t J.H". was paid by kssnl bursts Mure Will ?** Cloned. on a< e Mint of relUioun holiday our More will ???? closed next Saturday. Sept. 29th. Seitw?rts Hros. it. >l A lilt I ID. On Saturday afternoon, Miss Maria 1\?s of this city and Mr J. E. LMM? ly were united In marriage by the Re*v. M. W. Hook, at the First Meth? odist parsonage. RF..VTH. Mr. W. J. Dawsey died Sunday night at his home on the Manning road, Just hcyand the city limits. He had been nnalill to work for several years and death VII probably a welcome relief from suffering. THE BROADWAY CASK. Police Committee) Will Investigate Hut Old Refuse to Dismiss Officers Ward ami Piertior-., Refund Broad? way's Pine ami Pay Ills Attorney. From The Dally Item, Sept. 20. The Broadway case Is not ended The Police Committee has not declin? ed to make an Investigation of the charges against .Officers Ward and Pierson, who are accused of brutally and unnecessarily clubbing J. R. Broadway, who had been arrested for public drunkenness and cursing, and was being taken to the guard house. On the comrary, Chairman Ligon, of the Police Committee, states that the charges will be fully and impartially investigated by his committee. What the committee refused to do was to make the investigation In the manner and on the terms prescribed by the complainant. J. R. Broadway and his attorney. C. L. Cuttino, Esq.. With the request for an investigation was a de? mand that Officers Ward and Pierson be dismissed from the police force and that the city refund to Broadway all expenses to which he had been put In consequence of his arrest, viz: $5, the amount he was required to pay as a fine by the Recorder and $15 which he had to pay Mr. Cuttino, his attor? ney, for representing him at the trial In the Recorder's C^urt. Mr. Llgon says that he could not and would not agree to dismiss the officers ft ye UuM whom charges were filed as a condition precedent to the investigation, for he did not and could not know what facts the in? vestigation would develop until it had been made. He, as chairman of the committee, refused to make the sort of investigation which Mr. Broad? way demanded as the only thing that would satisfy him, and In doing so feels that he acted for the best Inter? ests of the city. The case took another turn today, a warrant having'been Issued by Magistrate Harby for the arrest of Officers Ward and Pierson on the charge of assault and battery of a high and aggravated, nature. The case will probably go to the Court of General Sessions and will be fully aired. Officers Ward and Pierson were ar? rested shortly after the warrants were Issued and taken before Magistrate Harby. where they gave bond in the sum of $200*eaeh and were released. No time has been set for the pre? liminary, but It will be held in the rear future. L. D. Jennings. Esq., has been retained to represent the de? fendants. Mrs. A. C. Spain Dies at Greenville. Darlington, Sept. 19.?Bessie L. Spain, wife of Dr. A. C. Spain, of Greenville, died there last night. Her remains will reach Darlington to? morrow night and Interment will take place at Grover Hill Cemetery Tues? day morning. Mrs. Spain was for? merly a resident of Darlington, but has lived in Onenvllle for the past four or five years. She was a Miss Halle, of Camden. and married the late John W. Williamson and then Df< Spain. She Is survived by Dr. caln and the following children: Mesdames John E. Boyd. David G. Colt and Mr. J. W. Williamson. of Jacksonv'l'e, Pia., and Mesdumes A. Sherpe and F. M. (miner, of Greens bei >. X. C and Mrs. J. A. McLcod. >; Darlington, and M. -sis. Ovid and Allots Spain and Miss Ada Spain, all of whom are grown. Mrs. Spain was about 50 years old and was highly esteemed by a large number of friends. Delinquent Tax Collections. Deputy Sheriff Sykes, who has made a vigorous effort to OOlleCt all delinquent tales on executions turned Over to him by the County Treasurer has been unusually successful! and has broken the record lor the number 'jrfoutton h" his collected and for ? m t..t of money turned Inf*1 the I 11 isury. <?n executions is&Wd for State and County txes for IMI he has collected i? date $i,S77.SI, This amounl in? cluded the treaaurer*! i > *ts# which being deducted left IS.MS.S4 to be turned Into the treasury. It Is esti? mated that collections yet to be made Will bring the tota 1 up to more than $3.000. The total amount realised from de? llnquenl tax collections for 1906 was $1.621) and for 1907, $2.100. Kot the etty of Bu inter the sheriff has collected $1,087.11 on delinquent laxes for 1908. Peruna Tablets Tested* What are the Peruna Tablets good for? Has anybody used them enough t>> Know what they will do? Road the following letter and see. If you have any doubt as to the genuineness of tho letter, write to Mrs. Lohr, enclose a stamp for reply, and seo whether hor testimonial is geuuinoor not: Ravenna, Mich., June 16, 1908. The Peruua Drug Co. In regard to tho Peruna Tablets, 1 have used about ton boxes In all. While I was in Chicago rny oldest daughter was bothered with a cough all the time. She has had it for four y ara. Sometimes it would go awAr, ami in the winter time it w*s bo hud that the doctors and professori said that sho had consumption, and to j only wsy to give her any relief was to per? form an operation. I spend so much money for different medicines, and for doctors also. Noth? ing seemed to help her. So I saw the Poruna Tablets adver? tised in the paper, and I got a box and trie! them. She could get some aleep by taking them. She would be up all night and cough. So in all she took six boxes, and never was bothered any aiore. I will leave this for any one to in? quire at our old residence, where we lived in Chicago. All our neighbors would say that she could not live with auch a cough. You don't know how thankful I am. She is eighteen years old. My oldest son also was bothered with his stomach, throwing up, and his bowels so loose all the time. He was all run down for four mouths. I also doctored with him. One would say this and the other something else. I started in to givo him tho Tablets, and now he ll all right and healthy looking. He took four boxes. That is all he wants to tako whenever anything oik him. So I praise your Tsblets just as high as I have your Peruna. That is all the medicine that ever comes in my house. Whenever I travel I take some with mo. I have had three of my chil? dren sick with scarlet fever two months ago, and that is all I used, was the Pe? runa and the Tablets. I did not lose any of them. v If there is any more information you want, why Just let me know and I will bo glad to do so. Yours truly, Idas. L. Lohb, Ravenna, Mich. THOSE BRUTAL YANKEES. Pennsylvania Penitentiary Like Med? iaeval Dungeon. Washington, Sept. 15.?Conditions at the Western penitentiary of Perm sylvanb. at Allleghany have been found :$o distressing and so Intoler? able as to require the immediate re? moval of all federal prisoners whose transfer is practicable and to demand the most serious consideration of the proper public authorities. This is dis? close! in the report of C. H. McGlas son of the department of prisons and prisoners to the attorney general. At the direction of the attorney general, Wade Ellis, acting head of he department of justice, made pub? ic today the result of the investiga? tion. "The population on the first of this month was 1,301," says Mr. Ellis in his statement. "Of this number more than hilf are at all times idle, and more than half are confined two in a cell. The cells are unusually small and th i cots take almost the entire length of each, the room for moving about being a space eight feet long and 18 Inches wide. There are more than SCO prisoners suffering from tu? berculosis, and 79 cells are now oc ?upied by those showing advanced itages, 3f this disease. The prison Is filled with vermin of all kinds, al? though the officials are making an ef? fort to eradicate them. An unusually lar^e number of prisoners are of the lowest possible character, mentally and marally, and there is but one general mess provided for all. Al? most universal complaint Is made about the quality of food served, especially the meats. "The attorney general does not ,of 30Urso, assume that these unfortu : te conditions are known either to the governor Of Pennsylvania or to Other authorities having Immediate control of penal institutions in that State." continued Mr. Ellis. "There are |] federal prisoners confined at the Western Pennsylvania peniten? tiary. All of these who can be imme liatoly transferred except those ?vh ?sc terms will shortly expire Will \? il! be removed at once to Atlanta or Leavenworth." S<nd us your job work. 06 ?0 "Men may cojne, and men may go," But The Mutual Life Insurance Co. loei on forever. For sixty-six years The Mutual Life Insurance Co, has met every obliga? tion promptly and satisfactorily. Do n d d?day?now ll the time to insure. i. M. lor YEA. Special Agent. Clarendon and Sumter Counties. Tin: MUTUAL lu e ins. CO. of New York, Manning, S. C, ?? ?. .1. E. MrEuddln. S. I. Till, Agt. Sardinia. Agl. Manning. THE BANNER CAMP. Hollywood Camp Growing With IJn> exampled Rapidity. The regular meeting of Hollywood Camp, W. of W. Wednesday night was a red letter event in the history of Sumter Woodcraft. The attendance was the largest the camp has ever had, more than 400 Woodmen being present. The crowd was too large to be accommodated in the usual meet? ing place?the Masonic Temple?and adjournment was had to the Opera House, where the ceremonies were conducted in full form. The degree t?am from Columbia came over for the occasion to exemplify the secret work of Woodcraft and four candi? dates were initiated in full form ac? cording to the ritual. Seventy-one candidates were obligated and receiv? ed into the Camp. Sixty odd applica- j tions were also received and voted on. Hollywood Camp now has a membership of 666 and the 800 mark is in sight for the applications are coming in more rapidly than ever be? fore. There will be no investigation by the police committee of the Broadway clubbing case, the committee having declined to make the investigation requested by C. L. Cuttino, Esq., at? torney for J. R. Broadway. The Seaboard Air Line has com? pleted a branch road from Hamlet to Dillon. Perhaps the plan to build a branch road from Dillon via Biah opvtlle to Sumter will be revived In the course of a few years. Such a road would prove a valuable feeder to the Seaboard. For Very Particular Men Hart Schaffner 6 Marx Clothes ft IT pays to be particular about clothes; and because that's so, it paysjus to have particular clothes for such wearers. The smaii touches of style, of shape, of finish of the pockets or cuffs ; the selected weaves, colors, patterns; the things that give fash? ionable distinction to a man's dress?it's our business to know about such things, and to have them ready for those who appreciate them. You clothes, want Hart Schaffner &^ Marx because you want to be well dressed; because it pays to be. If we have a chance at you we'll make you one of the best dressed men in town. Suits $20 to $32.50. This store is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes. The D. J. Clothing Co. * ft Phone 166. Sumter, S. C.