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<Cbf Wiittxburan m spiutbron. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1909. ?4 Use Pontoflloe At Sumter, 8. C, a* Second Class Matter. PERSONAL. Rsv. Tracy Munnsrlyn, of Pine wood, spent Tuesday In town. Mrs. Am O. Warren la visiting In Greenwood. Dr. W. W. Slbert returned Mon day from a visit to McCormicas. Mlaaaa Lemmie and Mabel Bowman went to Columbia Tueaday. Mrs. R H. Jennings, of Orangue barg. la visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Parry Moses, Sr. Mr. Hugh Phslps Is spending some? time in tbs city. Mr. Bartow Walah, Jr.. left Wed? nesday for Augusta. Oa., where he will be employed In the office of ft I well known architect of that city. Mr. A. D. Harby went to St. Louis on business, aeveral daya ago. Mr. Oeo. Dial, of Columbia, waa in the city on business Wednesday. Mrs. Walter Dour, of Georgetown, spent Tuesday with Mrs. B. S. Booth. Mrs. Walter Reueker, of Charles? ton, spent Wsdnesdsy in the city with her mother. Mrs. J. C. Dove. Mrs, Vernon Baldwin. Misses Mild? red Thomas and Edith Evans went to Charleston Wednesday. Dr. C. C Brown went to Charleston Wednesday. Mtasea Uta Davis. Zola Wilson and Sudle Furman went to Charleston Wednesday. Mrs. 8. M. Pierson went to Char? leston Wednesday. Mrs. W. U. Cutttno Is spending a fsw days in Charleaton. Miss Ellen T. Harrell left Thursday morning for Latlmer. whsrs ahe will teach school. Mr. A. D. Harby returned Thursday from a bualneas trip to St. Louis. Mr. K. I. Manning has gons to Clem son College, to attend a meet? ing of the board of trustees. Mr. W. B. Upshur want to Colum? bia oa business Thursday. Ms. and Mrs. W. P. Newman, of Elliott, after apending n fsw days In Charleston, were In the city Thursday on their way home. They ware ac oesapanled by Mrs C. M. Mims. Attention la Invited to the adver? tisement of Albert's Drug Store, ad? vertising n full selection of bulba. Cotton passed the fourteen cents snark on the lacal market Thursday, The avemge price paid by local buy em wss 14 cents, and for grades above middling higher prices were paid. The mills continue to advertise that they are shutting down and curtail? ing, but the price of cotton goes right on up. The European mills are buy? ing the cotton and If the mills in sight of tbs cotton fields do not look out they will be buying cotton In Liv? erpool before the next crop is readv for the gins. The beer dispensary has sold out and has been cloaed. All of the bulk liquors st the wsrehouse have been bottled and transferred to the county dlspenaary and the warehouse has been closed. The st***"*" "ai the county dispensary Is very much depleted and Is being closed out rapidly and there la every rnsson to believe that no stock will be left on hand on Nov. 15th. - Presslrv Wltherspoon. colored, was shot through the mouth Tuesday night by Jno. Krown, In a row that occurred a: ledle Pope's house on West Lib? erty atreet. The bullet entered the h ft cheek and passed out the right. ? making a painful but no* dnngeroua wound. The house of the Pope wo man la outside the city limits and Is the scene of more lawlessness than any place In the vicinity of the city, hut the police jagsjg cannot raid It I alld are twgfef<>re heiple - to <uppr?ss the nulannce. Main Mr??et macadam Is t > be re? paired, f-r which we are all thank? ful, but It Is to be regretted th*t the financial r oubtlon of th. < ity does not warrant the repaying of the street I vitrified brick or blthultthic pave? ment. Miu .iditm Is preferable to sand or mod, but at best Is a poor substi? tute fr?r real paving on a business th -rouKhfare. Where m.n ..,i,.rn is constantly flooded with wat.r bv ;i streef spi inkier and swept anil aerftn ed sad brushed dally It does not lust long. The surface Is soon swept away nnd carped off and nothing but the large rocka left. It might be more satisfactory and last longer If It were sprinkled thoroughly three or four tlmea n year with a good roud oil. Such as baa been used with much ssjneess and satisfaction In many aec tiona of the country. The oil la said to keep down the dust better than water and serves as a binder to keep the surface smooth and hard. -? ? DEATH. Lynchburg. Oct. 26.?Mrs. Mary Susanna McElveen, age 41 years, of South Lynchburg, died last night at Mood's Infirmary. She Is survived hy a husband, Mr. H. T. McElveen, six children and four brothers. Mrs. Mc? Elveen had been sick: for some months and was finally operated upon as a last effort to save her life, but she only lived a little over a day after the operation. She was a woman of very estimable character and had a large circle of friends and relatives, all of whom will deeply feel her loss. Her funeral will take place Wed? nesday at 10 a. m., at Trinity Ceme? tery, of which church she was a de? vout member. Capt Ell M. Cooper died at his home near Mayesville Wednesday night at 7 o'clock, after a long illness. The funeral which was held in the Mayesville Presbyterian church Thursday afternoon was attended by a very large congregation. Capt..' Cooper was one of the best known and most popular men of the Mayes? ville section and his death causes sad? ness and a feeling of personal be? reavement to many. For several years he had been In failing health and for months had been unable to leave his home, but to the end he was the same brave spirit that faced four years of war and the trying era of reconstruc? tion undaunted and with cheerful for? titude. Capt. Cooper served from the beginning to the end of the war as a member of the South Carolina Sharp? shooters. During the reconstruction era and especially in the Hampton campaign, he was regarded as one of the most active and wisest of the lead? ers of the Democracy of Sumter county. He Is survived by a wife and six children. Court Proceedings, State vs. E. A. Jackson, forgery; the defendant not being present the case was continued and a bench warrant issued and an order signed directing tr^t a rule to show cause against his bondsmen why the bond should not be estreated. State vs. Isaac Mallard, disposing of property under Hen; continued. The trial of E. A. Jackson for ob? taining goods under false pretences, which was started Tuesday was con? cluded Wednesday with a verdict of guilty. I State vs. Cnrtls Ford, house-break !ng and grand larceny. Not guilty. A motion for new trial In the ri se of H. If, Berwick was heard and re* fused. Mr. Barwh k not being prgfaal a sealed aentence was handed the clerk of court, which will be opened when court convenea Monday morn? ing. Court adjourned until Monday morning Work for Leisure Da^ys. How about your wagons, buggies, surrles, plows and other farming im? plements? Do they need a coat of new paint? If they have not been painted since last summer, and have been exposed to all kinds of weather, they certainly do. If this is the case, go and buy one quart of paint, one pint of turpentine and a small brush. Wash and clean the wagon or imple? ment and see how much good your paint will do, and see how much space one quart will cover. If you do not have enough, buy more, for money spent painting your wagona and farm machinery pays handsome dividends. It will keep the air out and will also prevent rain and water from getting in and causing it to rot or rust. It will look better and you will be proud ?to see how much you have accomplished. Besides it adds to the life of your machinery.?T. D. BrOWB, in Progressive Farmer. Paid rV?urte?'ii Cents for Cotton. St. Matthews. Oct. 26.?H. A. Ray- | Mt>r. representing a Wilmington, X. C, hrm paid 14 cents for cotton today. This Is the highest point in the cotton market for Calhoun county during the season. Treasurer Landlord Indicted. Hampton. S. C., Oct. 27.? Charged with failure lO turn over 116,006 of public funds to his successor, Formt r Treasurer I.angford of Hampton county was Indicted here today, In its report the grand Jury also asks the solicitor to submit a bill chaarging Langford with embeaslement, a bonding company's eheck fOf $20.000 recently was accepted h> the state in settlencnt for Langford's shortage. Francis '^athrop, a noted rural art? ist, died of paralysis in the home of his cousin, at Woodcliff Lake, N. J., Mr. Lathrop had been In ill health for t*o years, after a series of paralytic strokes. Dr. John A. Brashear, of Pittsburg, la probably the most famous maker of optical instruments, and the story of his life is more than Interesting. He started life as a rolling mill ma? chinist, Bit; SAW MILL BURNED. The Total Low* is Estimated at Fig? ures Between $200,000 and $300, 000?Details Meager. Denmark, Oct. 27.?At 6 o'clock this afternoon the plant of the Salka hatchie Lumber Company at Schoe fleld was burned and the loss is total. Schoefleld, the site of the plant, is near Ulmers. The plant and lumber on hand was estimated to bo worth between $250, 000 and $300,000. The fire is said to have started in the dry kiln. The manager of the company, Mr. Pipher, is absent in the North. 35 LOST IN LINER'S WRECK. Six Men, Who Clung to Rigging, the Only Survivors of the Heetia's Crew. Eastport, Me., Oct. 27.?The six men who, half starved and benumb? ed from exposure, were rescued from their perilous postlon in the rigging of the stranded steamer Hestia yes? terday, are believed today to be the only survivors of the forty-one men and boys wno were aboard the Don? aldson line when she struck the jag? ged old Proprietor Ledge, off Seal Cove, Grand Manan Island, on Mon? day morning. Three bodies came ashore on the southwest shore of No? va Scotia today, two in a boat, which drifted on the beach near Yarmouth, and the third in another boat, which was found near Salmon River, fifteen miles farther north. There is little doubt that these are the two boats which started off from the wreck, each well loaded with men. Up to tonight the bodies had not been iden? tified. Recovering somewhat from their awful experience, the men who es? caped their companions' fate were able to give more definite information regarding what took pluoe after fhe steamer went on the ledge. Thi?*d Mate Stewart said that the Hestia reached the end of her last voyage on Mon? day Instead of Tuesday morning, as had previously been supposed, and that he and his five comrades, who were unable to And places in the boats which were launched when it was decided to abandon the ship, remain? ed lashed to the rigging for 38 hours without food or water, before they were taken off by the life-savers. One of their number. Seaman Reene, was lr I seriottl condition today, So far a? can he ascertained tonight those 00 board the Hestia comprised Capt. Newman, h crew of 35, three Cattle men and two boys. Horse Show Nov. 11. The Horse Show which comes off Thursday, Nov. 11 promises to be much of a society event. This will be the first big gathering of the fall and the ladies are discussing their gowns for the occasion. One caring to see the latest styles in suits and hats would be sure to attend. The flow? er booths promise to match any cos? tume present and will also be able to supply the gentlemen with suitable boutonnlers. Of course the Sumter Band will be there; It would not be any real Horse Show without the band which has a whole lot of stirring pieces for that afternoon. The list of prizes and the names of the generous donors will soon be pub? lished. The Horse Show will be on only the one afternoon-^Nov. 11. It Is not a side attraction of an out door carnival this year but the whole en? tertainment in itself, and the Civic League and its friends have engaged themselves to make this one of the most interesting and entertaining of Sumter's many successful undertak? ing. The committees on the Horse Show are as follows: Held Committee?Mrs. Nina Solo? mons, chairman; Mrs. Archie China. Soliciting Entries?Mrs. W. G. Stubbs. chairman, Mrs. U. S. Hood. Soliciting and Giving Prizes?Mrs. R, L. Wright, chairman; Mrs. Sydney BtUbbS, Mrs. Schumacher, Mrs. W, (i. Stubbs, Programme?Mrs. Abo Ryttenberg, chairman; Mrs. p. o. Leak. Advertising?-Miss Armida Moses, chairman; Mis. h. G, Osteen. Decorations of Grounds?Mrs. s. H. Edmunds, chairman; Mrs. ii. m. Ban ders, Mrs. A. M. Bogln, Mis. Horace Harby, Jr. Flowers rMre, John T, Green, chairman. Miss Martha Wilson, Mrs. RUtledge, Mrs. Walter Boyle, Mrs. W. i'. Burns. Candy Mrs. Harry Hood, chair? man; Mrs. Perry Moses, Jr., Miss Min? nie Moses, Miss Marguerite Cromer, Miss Francesca Telcher, The extent of China's coalfields has been put at 40.000 square miles? more than seventy times the agKre gate extent of all the coalfields of Rrltaln. Why did the people who failed to see Dr. Cook reach the summit of Mount McKinley hold back their affi? davits so long??Chicago Record Hsrald. C, C. & O. SURVEY. Work Done by Seaboard Air Line Possibly Intended for C, C. & O. IJne to the Sea. Camden, Oct. 27.?The Seaboard Air Line surveying party that has been surveying between Lugoff and Great Falls have completed their sur? vey. They are now camping at Spald ing a suburb of Camden. It is their purpose to survey a line between Camden and Great Falls on the east? ern side of the Wateree river. If the railroad runs from Lugoff to Great Falls It will run four miles west of I Camden but, on the othei hand, if it runs from Spalding to Great Falls it will come into city limits. It is said that the line will most likely run from Spalding on account of fewer hills and other advantages. If the line comes to Camden by way of Spalding it will be switched into the Seaboard at that point and should it eventually run to Charleston it will use the Seaboard trestle over the Wa? teree. Some newspapers and people say that this may some day be the Caro? lina. Clinchfield & Ohio outlet to Charleston. What's In a Name. An old German wearing a faded blue coat and a campaign hat. limped into the office of a palatial dog and horse hospital bequeathed by a hu? mane millionaire to the town ofX. "I wish to be admitted to dis hospi? tal," he announced to the superinten? dent. "I've got heart trouble. I'm a G. A. R. man, and I can prove it." "But you can't enter this institu? tion, my good man." "Sure I can. I fight at Gettysburg I haf got a weak heart efer since. I can prove it." "Yes, but you can't enter this hos? pital; it's a?" "Can't, huh? Vhy not? I was a solcher. I can prove It." "But this is a veterinary hospital." "I know dot. Ain't I choost tellin' you dot I'm a veteran?"?Lippin cott's. Cost of Modern War. (From McClure's Magazine.) The Anglo-German crisis is only one phase of the qi stic in which every nation, Ameri uded. is vitally concerned. The impoverishment of ?he world by war?even bv war which Ii never fought- ll ' he moat >mm'. ttent evil now threatening the race. It costs % 1 O.i'OO.OOO to build a war? ship of the latest type? fiaoh broad? side fired by such a vessel in prac? tice or at an enemy costs $10,000 and her guns are capable of discharging six rounds a minute. The construction of these marine monsters is proceeding at the utmost capacity of the dock yards and gun foundries of the entire world. The peace taxes of the present are already heavier in the aggregate than the bur? den imposed to carry on any of the great wars in history. Some European with plenty of time on his hands has been making exten? sive inquiries in England, France and Germany to learn how men first met their wives. In Germany ninety-sev? en, in France eighty-three and in England sixty-five out of 100 first met the women they married at social dances. The appointment by a New York trial judge of three such prominent lawyers as William B. Hornblower, Samuel Untermyer and DeLancey Ni coll to defend three penniless murder? ers of the lowest type calls attention to facts that are highly creditable to the best members of the New York bar. No fewer than 40.550 lasts of her? ring, or 535.378,800 fish are caught off Yarmouth, England, between Au? gust and December. A quarter of a million barrels of salted herrings are sent to Germany. Russia, Belgium, Holland and Norway for winter con? sumption. Millie Snow, daughter of a farm laborer, exhibited no fewer than 109 specimens of wild dowers at a tlower ?how In Halberton, England, she is only fifteen years old, still her knowl? edge of wild flowers In England Is surpassed by only a few experts w ho have given their lives to the study. \ man who can make $5,000,000 In months ought not to be set to manu? facturing brushes In the penitentiary. He should he s? t to whittling down the national debt.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mrs. Eleanor Field Jay, widow of John Jay, American diplomat, died, In her ninety-first year, at the resi? dence of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Jay Schleffelln, in New York. With a brilliant record of fifty years se^.ce in the public schools at Phil adelphia, Miss Lydia A. Klrby, direc? tor of special schools and sewing, has tendered her resignation which went into ftect on October 1. $25,000 Fire at Dovesvllle. Darlington, Oct. 27.?About 12 o'clock today the planing mills, about 160,000 feet of lumber and the dry kilns, belonging to the Massle Lum? ber Company, at Dovesville, were burned. The loss is about $25,000, partially covered by insurance. It Is believed that the fire originated from sparks emitted from the smokestacks. An important meeting of the Cham? ber of Commerce will be held on the night of Nov. 18th at which the com? mittees recently appointed to investi? gate the local cotton market and the hotel situation will make full and carefully considered reports. These matters are of the utmost importance to Sumter and it is expected that there will be a full attendance. The business session will be followed by a smoker. A number of the business men of the city are of the opinion that Thanksgiving day would be an Ideal day for the Horse Show. Frank B. Williams, a millit lumber man and king of the last Orleans carnival, speculated on weather bureau's predicition thai We9t Indian hurricane would Central Louisiana, and is more $20,000 ahead thereby. " 1 1 i ii FOR SALB?The McLeod place, ttfct 1-t acres, fine Wateree swamp, cotton end grain land, R. R. depot. J. R. Sumter. ter, S. C. io-r*-a* FOR SALE?A few tine White horn Cockerels, $1 each. H. Osteen. Notice to Debtors and Creditors, t?te Samuel Ragtn, Deceased. All persons having claims said Estate will please present properly attested, and all in any indebted to said Estate will p settle with ISHAM MITCHELL, Jr? Qualified Executes. Wedgefleld, S. C, Oct. 11, 1909. 10-ll-3wks W. & S. Walk-Overs $3.50 and $4.00 ? IN? Patent, Vici, Box Calf,r and Gun Metal Leathers. Tie Sumter Hii Co. Sole Agents. Phone No. 46. Phone No. 46. O DONNELL S CO. IF you are not perfectly sat? isfied with the wear Red Raven Hose for Ladies give you, return them and get another pair. No coupons to sign, red tape of any de? scription. They just have to give you satisfaction. The price as low as any stocking of the same quality without a guarantee. 25 CENTS. Red Raven Hosiery are guar? anteed and only cost 25 cents. New stock just in. O'DQNNELL 6 CO. Phone No. 46. Phone No. 46.