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"tbr ?fll itcbman ano isout?ron. WEONESDAY. NOVEMBER 17, 1909. Entered at the Poatoffice at Sumter, S. C., aa Second Clues .Matter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The Hank of Sumter?A Bank Ac? count. Booth-Hnrby Uve Stock Co.? Homes. Mules. Buggies. Etc. PERSONAL. Mrs. J. W. Jackson Is visiting in Augusta. Mr. 8. C. McKeowen returned Fri? day from Atlanta, where he attended the automobile races. Rev. liouls Forde, of Greenville, Is Malting Mr. Oeo. F. Epperaon. Mlaa Antonia Kopff. the delegate to the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the South Car? olina Synod, which met at Luther Chapel, Leeavllle. 8. C. Rev. S. C. Ballentlne. pastor, haa returned' and reports a full attendance and an In? teresting and profitable meeting. C. L. Cuttino, Esq., went to Colum? bia on bustneas Saturday. Mr. J. M. Woodley spent Friday In Columbia on business. Mra. J. E. Jervey who haa been quite alck for sometime doea not Im? prove aa hoped for and Is still In a critical condition. Mr. J. M. Reamea, of Rembert, was In town Saturday. Mr. W. T. Broirdon, of Brogdon'a, was In town on business Friday. Mr. Julian 8eale returned to Wla acky Monday morning. Mr. Geo. M. Saundera of Claremont was In town Monday. Mr. Joaeph P. Dulley. of Philadel? phia, la visiting his alster, Mrs. H. M. Crowaon. ACCIDENT IN TIMMONSVILLE. Thomas J. Crews of Durham Sustains Fatal Fall While In Fit of Somn? ambulism. Ttmmonevllle, Nov. 14.?Thomas J. Crews of Durham, N. C, who was on a visit here to see his daughters, Mrs. W. J. Henry and Mra. Duncan Mc? Kenzie, waa found this morning In a dying 'condition on the cement walk of Mr. McKenzie'? residence. He died soon after h? was found. He was sleeping In the second story and went to bed. apparently well. In a fit of somnambulism he walked out of the window and fell. He waa 70 years old. and was highly reapected. His body will be Inteerrd at Durham, N. C. SOLICITOR TO BVE FOR LIBEL? Timmer man May Institute Proceed? ings Against Dr. Bell and the Edgefleld Advertiser. Edgefleld, Nov. 14.?It Is reported here that a suit for libel will be In? stituted by Solle tor Timmerman agalnat Dr. D. A. Bell and the Edge? fleld A Ivertlaer, the one for writing, the other for publishing certain state? ment* In connection with the caae of the State agalnat Bill Broadwater. tried here at the laat term of court for murder. Theae statements, It la alleged, reflecting on Mr. Timmerman aa an officer. A FOOLISH MOVE. Strike to Follow Imprisonment of La? bor Leaders. Philadelphia. Pa., Nov. 14.?Plana for a general strike by wage-workers throughout the country for a period of two werks. beginning on the day the officers of the American Federa? tion of Labor are imprisoned for con? tempt, of court, were Inaugurated here today at a meeting of the Cen? tral Labor Union. Reaolutlona to this effect were unanimously adopted by the union, which represents about 75,000 work era In many lines of employment in this city. Theodore McCune. Arctic and Afri? can explorer and fnliowr of the aea aa captain of a merchant vessel for thirty-five years, died at a hospital In Pltteburg. Sea life tiring and his ven? turesome aplrlt not being satlafled with explorations in Africa. McCune. aaaiated by friends, fitted out an ex pendition for the Far North. He waa away two years and did not recover from the hardships endured during the trip for a long time. An Kngllnh Journalist, somewhat mixed aa t< personalties In America, say l?ana Gibson founded the New York Sun. Of course, Hlehard Hard? ing Davis was the President of the Confederacy and Hooker T. Wash? ington the father of hla country.? Louisville Courier-Journal. The State Board of Pharmaceutical Examlnera will meet In Columbia, Wednesday. 17th Inet. DEATH. Bayle* Lewis, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Archer, aged three and one-half months, died at 7:30 o'clock Sunday night, after a brief Illness. The funeral services were held at 4:30 o'clock Monday at the residence on North Harvln street. Mrs Victoria Pringle, widow of the te Dr. W. J. Pringle, died at her ome on Kendrlck street at 2 a. m., riday after only a few hours Iness. Her death was altogether un xpeeted and was a great shock to her ISAlly, The funeral services were eld at Concord Church at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Pringle Is urvlved by two sons and six daugh? ters. I CONTINGENT ASSET. The Court Didn't Appoint a Receiver to Administer It. A woman's way of getting around trouble, especially her ability to an? swer a question without giving any In? formation, Is well known, particularly to the members of tbe bar that have bad occasion to cross words with her on the stand. A woman with a well developed sense of humor once foiled tbe persistent attempt of W. O. Cha pln, late editor of the American Law? yer, to elicit Information In supple? mentary proceedings. He tells tbe story of tbe failure himself. "I bad been admitted to tbe bar but a short time and was a fair specimen of the average theory stuffed, practice wanting, law school graduate. How Joyously were tbe commands of the managing clerk obeyed! Here was tbe looked for opportunity to demonstrate my ability in tbe uoble art of search? ing ly examining a recalcitrant wit aess, a woman I "Of the two, I fancy, however, that It was the lady who was more self possessed when tbe proceedings open ed. She wts a dressmaker and bad been sued for debt by a dry goods firm. The examination dragged its ?low length along, revealing no assets, until finally came tbe omnium gathe? rum query asked as a finisher. ?"Have you any property of any kind or na ure, real or personal, or any right or Interest in property that you bave failed to mention?* "Perhaps it was my tone she dis? liked. At any rate, her eyes snapped. ?Well, I've got what perhaps you wouldn't call an Interest, but It's al most as good. It's an expectation. Must I answer?" ** 'If you i lease.' I was encouraged. ???Well, you see. It's this way. I've tot two sisters, and both of 'em have married finely. Now, neither one of them begins to be as good looking as I am.* ** Tea.' 8t e had me puzzled. ???Well, I really don't see why 1 shouldn't ht vp tbe same show.' "It Is needless to say that there wae no receiver appointed to administer this 'asset ' "?Chicago Record-Herald. Worked It Off. Just what may happen to a man who Isn't strictly honest was Illustrated on a street car a few daya ago. A man handed th< conductor a dollar and asked for u strip of tickets. He re? ceived his five tic kern, and then tbe conductor fumbled around for change tu. managed to make a "mistake." He handed the man two half dollars instead of 70 cents. The man put away the- money without saying a word ...d In a couple of minutes work? ed bis way to tbe front of tbe car and go: off. "Say, conductor," said an In? terested observer, "did you know you didn't give that man the right change?" The conductor smiled com? placently. "That's all right." be said. "If he'd bem honest and returned that bad half dollar I'd bave given him a good quarter for It I've been trying to get rid c f that piece of money for a week. I ruess he deserved to get stung.'*?Philadelphia Record. Sweet and Lew. A young man named Sweet engaged to marry a young woman named Lowe. A few Sundays previous to tbe wed? ding tbe hippy couple attended church together, ajid aa tbey walked along tbe lisle the c ioir began singing the song "Sweet ancl Low," entirely unconscious of tbe musical pun that was being per l>etrated. Thrifty. ??Well, pc rson, is your flock Ub'ral in their 'nevolences?" '?Liberal 1 Well, I should say dey Is not that. Why, when I asted them to sing 'Ole li.undred' dey done sung The Ninety and Nine.' "-Harper's. Didn't Impress Him. Shortly after his rise to the bench Judge Co! 'man had occasion to pro? nounce a ife sentence upon a notori? ous offender. In the course of his re? marks the Judge spoke with so much feeling and eloquence that tunny of the listener were deeply affected. The prisoner, on the other hand, seemed to be quite Indifferent, looking at the cell Ing and nrpnrently giving no attention whatever to what was being said After he bad been remanded to Jail one of thi young lawyers had gone Into the cell, curious to know how the criminal hud felt when his honor was passing sentence upon him. "What c\i you meun?" asked the con rlctcd one **I mean when the Judge was telling you you ii ust go to prison for life." "You mean when he was talking to aer "Yes." "Oh, I tevor paid DO attention to Tick Colemnn. He nln't no public apenker n< how!"- Argonaut The bones for those who come late. ?Latin. AN UNSOCIABLE LOT. What Mr. Thomae Thought of tht Crowd In New York. Mr. Thomas crammed a fresh stick of birch into bis little stove and closed the door, which John Arnold had left ajar on bis entrance. The tiny shoe shop thus became air tight. Then the proprietor replied to John's question of what he thought cf New York. "I can tell ye lu 'mazing few words," he said. "It's considerable of a place. Lots doing an' splendid big buildings an' schools an' churches an' all that. They think they're some puukins too. Au' I ain't saying that there ain't plenty of real smart ones there. Spite of all that, though, I call 'em kind o' Ignorant, besides being cold In their manners." "1 want to know!" commented John, rislbly Impressed by this recital. ?Til tell ye," continued Mr. Thomas. "Brother Tom's boy's office Is down near the big Brooklyn bridge, and I used to go down there and set a good deal while my wife visited with his wife up in Uarlem. "When It come what they call rush hour I used to go down an' stand on the bridge an' watch 'em passing by, hundreds of 'em, on their way home, an' 1 got to feel real friendly an' to know lots of 'em by sight But"? Mr. Thomas paused Impressively? "but, although I didn't miss an aff noon whilst I was there, an' that was two weeks, nary one o' them men ever give me a single glance of recognition. "It wa'n't my place to speak first, me being a stranger an' they home, so to speak. I wa'n't going to push myself; but, 1 tell ye what, John, two or three times I had to hold on to myself to keep from telling of 'em just what I thought of such onfrlendly ways. " 'Why/ says I to Brother Tom's boy, 'how long do you s'pose one o' them would be at Tunkett Corners be? fore we knew him well enough to nod to an' found out his nameT "?Youth's Companion. A Study In Anatomy. The brain Is the headquarters of the nervous system and contains the cen? tral offices of the Anatomical Tele? phone company. When the suburban nerve center says, "Hello, central," the brain eithei replies "What number?" or "Busy" or "Out of order," as the case may be. Sometimes the wires are crossed and the company fafll to declare any divi? dends, thus placing the entire brain in the hands of a receiver. From the brain issues the spine, which Is sometimes useful in matrimo? ny, although rarely strong enough in man for practical purposes and con? stantly growing weaker the longer he Is married. On top of the head the hair grows, or Is supposed to. In some cases, how? ever, it fails to grow despite the most painstaking efforts. In ladles there are two kinds of hair ?viz, the imported and domestic. In gentlemen also two kinds?namely, permanent and transient. The perma? nent Is seen In wild men, the transient In civilized men when young. At one time all the hairs were care? fully numbered, but the practice has been discontinued owing to great pres? sure of other matters.?Llpplncott's. The Father Pipefish. "The best of fathers islhe pipefish," said an angler. "He hatches the little pipefish, and after they are hatched he carries them about with him till they can take care of themselves. "This fish has under his tall a sac. In It he bears the pipefish spawn. Thus the spawn hatch In perfect safety. They are not decimated, like the other fish spawn lying unprotected on the bottom of the sea, by every hungry passerby. No; they all hatch, every one of them. As soon as they hatch the father fish splits, or nature splits for him, the sac, and all the little fish drop out into the sea, but they cling to papa. Wher? ever he goes, like a gray cloud those thousands of tiny sons and daughters surround him, and on the approach of danger they pop back again into the sac just as baby kangaroos pop into the sac, or marsupial pouch, of their mamma. "The male pipefish is, in fact, the female kangaroo of the sea." Wills and Edmund Kean. Irving used to tell with dramatic ef? fect a story about W. G. Wills, the dramatist, who, among other services, wrote for him the play "Charles L" When Wills was a boy ten years old he was taken to see Edmund Kean play Macbeth. In the murder scene he was so affected by the realistic power of the actor that, seized with a severe attack of nausea, he hurried from the box. Ten years later he was lunching at a chop house in Fleet street when a man entered, sat down at a table near him and ordered a meal. He was a perfect stranger to Wills, who, after a few minutes' pro? pinquity, was again seized with a fit of nausea, from which he had not suf? fered since as a boy he was at the theater on the occasion mentioned. Ho was obliged to leave the room. When some minutes later he paid his bill the waller said to him: "Did you see that gentleman at the table near you? That's Edmund Kean."?H. W. Lucy in Cornhlll Magazine. Too Great a Strain. Every once in awhile the actor while taking the part of a dude lu a play would spend large sums of his stage money. On one of these occa? sions it seemed too much for a certain persou in the audleiice, for a voice rau$ shrill and clear through the house, "Hey, Bill, how about that five you owe me?"?Exchange. Cracks In the Court House? Huh, go loook at Tammany flail,?New York Evening Telegram. ?HE ARACHUTE. Leonardo c inci Was the Fu*st One to Suggest It. Credible accounts exist of an English Benedictine monk, Oliver of Malmes bury, in the eleventh century having tried to fly by precipitating himself from the height of a tower with the assistance of wings attached to his arms and his feet. It is said that, hav? ing gone along a little way, he fell and broke his legs. He attributed his acci? dent to failure to provide his appara? tus with a tall, which would have help? ed preserve his equilibrium and made his descent a gentler one. In the sixteenth century Leonardo da Vlncl first demonstrated that a bird, which Is heavier than the air, sustains Itself, advances In the air, "by render? ing the fluid denser where It passes than where It does not pass." In order to fly It has to fix Its point of support on the air. Its wings In the descending stroke exert a pressure from above down, the reaction of which from be? low up forces the center of gravity of its body to ascend at each instant to the height at which the bird wishes to maintain It. Some sketches which have come down to us prove that Leonardo occupied himself, like Oliver of Malmes bury, with giving man the power to fly by the assistance of wings suitably fixed to the body. We owe to Leonardo also the Inven? tion of the parachute, which he de? scribed in the following terms: "If a man had a pavilion each side of T .Ich was fifteen braces wide and twelve braces high he might cast himself from any height whatever without fear of danger." It may be said, too. of Leo? nardo da Vlncl that he was the first to suggest the Idea of the screw propeller Vanity of Men. In a woman's club, over tea and cigarettes, a group of ladles cited many, many Instances of the foolish vanity of males. "Take the case of bees," one said. "Because the queen bee rules the hive, because she Is the absolute mistress of millions of subjects, man up to a few hundred years ago denied her sex. He called her the king bee. "Pliny wrote somewhere, 'The king bee Is the only male, all the rest being females.' And Moses Rusden, beekeep? er to Charles II., stoutly denied, In or der to please his royal master, that the large bee, the ruler of the hives, be? longed to the gentler sex. "Even Shakespeare couldn't bear to think that the bee of bees, tho largest and wisest and fairest, the hive's ab? solute lord, was a female. No, all the proofs notwithstanding, Shakespeare called her a male. Dont you remem? ber the lines? "Creatures that by a rule in nature teaeb The act of order to a peopled kingdom. They have a king and officers of sorts." ?New Orleans Times-Democrat. -km The March of the Caravan. Perhaps the weirdest and most im? pressive of tho many unwonted mem? ories that the traveler carries away with him from travel in the east Is the recollection of the camel caravans which he has encountered at night Out of the black darkness is heard the distant boom of a heavy bell. Mourn? fully and with perfect regularity of iteration it Bounds, gradually swelling nearer and louder and perhaps min? gling with the tones of smaller belli 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." 4 - 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. He 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 suspicions at once, and she will devote the rest of her time trying to find out who "that girl" is. A smile is a handy thing to have round, even when it is as broad as It is long. It may square a long stand lng grievance.?Puck. Modest Dan Hayes. An old playbill of the Kilkenny Theater Royal for May 14, 1793, was a few years ago reprinted In the West? ern (England) Mall, and the following is an extract from it: "The tragedy of 'Hamlet,' originally written and composed by the celebrat? ed Dan Hayes of Limerick and Insert? ed lu 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 houor of the authorship of "Ham? let" is not so well knowu as his as? tounding claim might warrant. Even with free hides the revised tariff does not seem to be howlingly popular In the Old Bay State.? Royal Baking Rowdi Improves the flavor and adds to the h&aWtftdnoss of the food The Advance of Medical Science Since 1879. Some figures read by Dr. Broslcy, the Commissioner of Health in this city, at a meeting of the Northwes! Baltimore Business Men's Association serve to tell a part of the story of the marvelous advance In medical science in the last three dtcades. ? In 1879 the population of Balti? more was 332.000, and at present it is approximately 600,000, the increase in population being 90 per cent.," sale* Dr. Bosley. "Ia 1879 there were 48'? deaths from diphtheria, and for the 10 months of 190^ only 59 deaths have resulted from this disease. The same condition exists with scarlet fev? er?367 children died of this disease in 1879, and in 1909 only 19 cases have resulted in death. This large re? duction in death is largely due to the placing of placards on houses, warn? ing persons that the disease exists in the house." The art of sanitation, which is, of ccurse, allied to, if it does not belong to the medical science, has accom? plished much for the safety of humai. lire. But in the last 30 years the treatment of disease has been almo?'. levolutionized and many of the ma? ladies which where then the most ac? tive of all the ministers of death now cause but little alarm. Surgery saves lives from disorders which were a few years ago considered fatal. The fact that the ratio of death from diphthe ing waged against tuberculosis is not as active and decisive as It should be, because the means of segregating de? pendent patients are not sufficient. If the advance in medical science during the next three decades is as great as the advance since 1879, then the hu? man race w-ill indeed be fortunate.? Baltimore Sun. Madame Steinbeil Acquitted. Paris, Nov. 14.?Madame Margher ita Stenheil was acquitted by a jury at an sarly hour this morning of the murder of her husband, Adolph Steinheil, a noted painter and her stepmother. Madame Japy. The verdict was rendered at 12:56 a, m., after 2 1-2 hours deliberation, during which the jury thrice summone? president of the court for explana? tions, thus proving that the orL el majority was for conviction. - The new schedule on the Atlantic Coast Line went into effect Moi I The Palmetto Limited, operating be? tween New York and Atlanta, pass daily at 11:15 a. m. and ret urn at 6:20 p. m. The new train thai handle the r>eal business bet this city and Augusta left at 7 i and returns at 8:15 p. m. The fire department was called out at 1:45 Monday by an alarm sc if from Box 37. The fire was at V r. J. A. Schwerin'? residence on Mag: street, which was considerably ria, as stated by Dr. Bosley, was 10 aged before the fire was extingul times as great in 1879 as in 1909 tells i The origin of the fire is unkr a story of medical achievement. Thlr- j but there are sucpicious clr. ty years ago it was not supposed that ; stances that seem to indicate th. consumption could be cured. Now was the work of an incendiary. .1 .st most of the cases In the early stage of that dreaded disease are regarded as hopeful. Nevertheless, Dr. Bosley blleves that the warfare which is be after the the residence was exting? uished the barn, which is located In the rear of the house was found to be on fire. r. Clothing, Groceries, Shoes. II Few Cool Ones From the 25 Dozen Knit Waists for Children Special, each ... at O'Donnell & Co's 10c Dry Goods 50 Ladies' Umbrellas, all new style handles, ex? tra quality and absblutely worth Si.25. 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