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WON'T ESTOP OAMAGE CLAIMS.
THE NORTH CAROLINA M -
PKKMK tOl KT HITS RELIEF
DEPARTMENT.
Railroad Cannot ( Irnimvcut the
Right of iin Employee to Exact
Damage* by Estah^shmcnt of Ben?
efit iH'partmcnt.
Wilmington. N. C. April 18?The
decision of the State Supreme Court
this week in the ? ase or Uvden vs.
the Atlantic Coast Line haj been re?
ceived here with much Interest in
legal circles and this decision may
open the gates for the bringing of
some other suits. It is also recalled
that an Interesting personal damage
suit was landed out of court not long
ago In the superior court of this
county under a ruling the reverse of
that made by the Supreme Court.
This has also added much to the in?
terest. It was a case brought for per?
sonal damages by a former employe
of the Atlantic Coast Line, but coun?
sel for the defense contended In bar
of such recovery that the injured
maa had received benefits from the
relief department, of which he had
been a member, after being injured.
The case was argued at length before
Judge Allen, and ex-Mayor A. Q. Rl
caud. of counsel for the defence,
made an especlal'y strong argument
in favor of the ve-y point now decid?
ed by the Supreme Court. He con?
tended that the road could not shirk
Its liability by reason of such an as?
sociation, which all employes had to
join, even though the Injured man
received benefits after being injured.
The court held against this conten?
tion and the defense gave notice of
an appeal. However, the defendant
had no money to perfect his appeal
and so he loses on a point now held
In his favor by the highest tribunal
in the State, and which up to this
time had not been settled. However
the New Hanover county case Is out
of > ourt the appeal not having been
perfected and cannot be re-instated.
The Raleigh News and Observer
yesterday made the following inter?
esting report of the decision:
The most Important case decided
by the Supreme Court of Norths Car?
olina thU term is the case of fmrden
vs. Railroad Company, the opinion in
which Is written by Judge Manning
and wss handed down on Wednes?
day of this week.
The question which gives impor?
tance to the case is this: Can a rail
read by the establishment of relief
departments governed by the rail?
road, release Itself from suits for
damages when the injury was caused
by Its negligence? Judge Manning
tn the opinion of the court says: "In
our opinion this stipulation is an In?
genious scheme devised by the com?
pany to avoid responsibility for its
negligence and as such Is Inequitable
and void."
In 1397 the State legislature pass?
ed the Fellow Servant Act. Revisal
ltOB. section 2646. which gives to all
employes of railroad companies in
this State the right to maintain an
action against the railroad when they
are Injured by the negligence of any
of their fellow employes or by defects
In the machinery or appliances of the
company, and further provides that
no agreement made by any employe
shall waive the benefit of this sec?
tion. It has been held by the Su?
preme court that this section was
?alld and constitutional, and that a
railroad could not enter Into any con?
tract or agreement waiving their lia?
bility f<<r damage to person or prop?
erty caused by their negligence.
The railroad (the Atlantic Coast
Line Railway) established a relief
department In which only Its em?
ployes are admitted as members and
In whl< h they can remain as mem?
bers only so long as they continue to
be employes. As members, they are
required to contribute each month a
fixed amount. regulated by the
monthly pay; the lowest paying 75
cents paf month, and the highest
ft.15 per m<?nth. according to the
benefits to be received, which range
from 1250 to $5.0?)0. Each member
agrees to he bound by the rule:* and
regulations ?.f th?. UHlef Department.
Rule 6 1 provides: "The acceptance
by the member of benefits for Injury
shall operate as a release and satis?
faction of all claims against the com?
pany and all other companies asso?
ciated th.r. Aith as aforesaid, for
damage arising from or growing out
of au'-h Injurv. " in the latter part
of the samt? rule \s this provision, "if
suit shall hi brought against the
company or any other company asso?
ciated herewith us aforesaid for
damages rising from or growing out
of Inlurv <.r death <>< urring to a
member, the benefit.-* otherwise pay?
able najfl nil eattrjnttaan or lag Heitel
Dopartment tud oi the rompany. ere*
ated by membership of such mem?
ber In the Relief Fund, shall there?
upon he forfeited without any dedal
atlon or any other act by the Kellet
Department ??f the company."
In short the railroad maintains a
department to which each employe
pays a monthly amount and boeeOBt
of those payments, the railroad guar?
antees certain benefits If they are In?
jured or killed, but they add a pro
Vision that if any employe or his le?
gal representative brings suit against
the railroad for this Injury or death,
then he forfeits everything he has
paid to the relief department and
gets nothing in return for his money.
Is this an attempt to evade the law
of the State giving employes the
right to sue railroads for damages
when they are injured or killed by
negligence of the railroad?
Judge Manning says: "In our opin?
ion, is becomes necessary to deter?
mine the validity and effect of the
agreement, in order to fix the charac?
ter of the Relief Department of the
defendant, whether it is an agency or
an association with only benevolent
alms and purposes, or a mere agency
created by the defendant to serve un?
der the cloak of charity, the purpose
of avddlng liability for negligent
Injuries received by its empolyes."
? ? i "The relief department of this
defendant has been declared by this
court in Nelson's case, 147 N. C. 103
to be a mere agency of the defend?
ant; it is not incorporated and has
no separate entity." The railroad
controls it and forces its members
when they have been Injured, to re?
lease the railroad from all liability
or else to forfeit the benefits for
nhich they have been paying for
years and to forfeit all they have paid
in to the Relief Department. "Is it
not the obvious purpose of the com?
pany t^> place its employes, who may
be negligently Injured in the position
to forego the benefits of an associa?
tion which they have helped to cre?
ate, or to take the chance of a suit
with it for damages in the courts,
with its attendant annoyances, de?
lays and uncertainties? What doth
it advantage the employes? Is n?t
all the benefit to the company? This
choice of remedies Is to be made only
by those employes whose Injuries or
death are caused by the negligence
of the defendent. Upon no other
contingency is the employe forced to
choose; in no other contingency is he
confronted with an election of rem?
edies, nor is he under the compulsion
of choice. Further, those who are
injured or killed by negligence, can
receive no benefit stipulated in the
rules and regulations, "unless and
until complete release of action for
damages is properly executed. Such
Is the compulsion of the stipulation;
such is the "letter of the bond." The
election of remedies originates in and
is predicated upon this stipulation.
In our opinion this stipulation is an
Ingenious scheme devised by the com?
pany to avoid responsibility for its
negligence, and as such, is Inequit?
able and void. Such would seem to
be the view of the Federal Congress,
by its adoption in 1906, of the fol?
lowing enactment, 34 Stat. L. 234 ap?
proved June 11, 1906. No contract
of employement, insurance, relief
benefit or Indemnity for injury or
death, entered into by or on behalf
of any employe, nor the acceptance
of such insurance, relief benefit, or
indemnity, by the perr.on entitled
thereto, shall constitute any bar or
defense to any action brought to re?
cover damages for personal injuries
to, or death of such employe." In
1908 Congress passed another enact?
ment making the above provision,
that the railroad by this means could
not prevent suits for damages occa?
sioned by its negligence, even strong?
er, but of course, these enactments
apply only to interstate commerce.
The Supreme Court of North Car?
olina apparently holds that the Re?
lief Department with its provisions,
that employes pay so much each
month for benefits if they are in?
jured or killed and that prevents
tin m Iron instituting suits against
the railroad unless they forfeit every?
thing paid in and the benefits accru?
ing to them, is an attempted evasion
Of IhS law and is Void. The employee
Is entitled to tie benefits tor Which
h< has paid and also Is entitle.1 to
? liter suit If he flesmi it advisable.
DOCTORS ELECT OFFICERS.
Medical Association Now In Session
At Luurcns.
I.iurens, April 19.?At a meeting
this att? rno..n of the house of dele
fatet of the state ifedlcsJ ftssorls
tlon, now In session here, officers for
another jreaf were Sleeted, as fol?
lows:
l>r. J. U. M? lntosh, of Columbia,
DTI U b tit; I >r. J. W. Jervey, of
Qreenvllle; i>r. R, p.. Fpting, of
QreenWOOd; Dr. R, V.. Hughes, of
l.aurens. vie ? presidents; I>r. F. A.
Ihnes, of Senoea. SSM rt tury; Dr. C.
P. Almar, of Charleston, treasurer;
Dr. John I.. DaWSOfl und l>r. Mines,
? hosen tis delegates to the next an?
nual meeting of the American Medi?
cal Asso- latton?
"Marli Twain*1 ttrows Weaker.
Redd In, Conn., April 19.?Samuel
L Clements, (Mark Twain,) has
tfiou n a little weaker. Dr. Robert
if. Hatsey, of New York, who has
'?? ? a at Btormfleld the greater part of
the tine since Mr. Clement returned
fe fe, sa id tonight .
"Mr. Clemens is comfortabls to?
night atel passed a quiet day, though
he k , rn? f" ha1 ?? grow n a little w. ?> L
er."
WIGKERSHAM A CATSPAW.
HE IS TRYING TO SAVE COTTON
GAMBLERS.
Lewis W. Parker Suys That Wieker
shum's Procedure Against Haync
Hrown Group Would Have Effect
of Protecting "Those Who Have
Sohl Bojond Their Possession"?
Southern OoUon Mills, He Ex?
plains. Have No Desire to See Cot?
ton Fall, and Hcnoe Have Agreed
to Take Up AH Offered in New
York?The Administration and the
Exchange.
Greenville, April 19.?"I think it
most unfortunate that the government
should intervene in the effort to pro?
tect those who have sold beyond
their possession," characteristically
said Lewis W. Parker, president of
the American Cotton Manufacturers'
Association, today, when asked con?
cerning the action of the government
In ordering an investigation of the al?
leged pool to keep the price of cot?
ton up.
"The Southern mills do not wish to
see a decine in the price of cotton,"
he continued, "and the stand of the
government Is unfair. Apparently, it
originated in Wall street on the part
of the bears, who have beeen selling
to keep the price of cottton down,
and who, by this investigation, wish
to force Messrs. Hayne, Brown and
others to show their hands, to ni 1
out their methods and their supply
cotton on hand, and the like. That
part of the press dispatches which
alluded to a con*?ct of the 26th of
February, referred to an agreement
by the Southern mills to take care of
the cotton tendered in New York. 1
learned of the action of Attorney
General Wickersham last night and
sent the following telegram to Sen?
ator E. D. Smith at Washington:
" 'Have just learned of action of
grand jury in New York, under ad?
vice of Attorney General Wicker?
sham, in reference to Now York cot?
ton exchange. The effect of this is
to assist the bears out of a dilemma
in selling cotton they did not have,
thus depressing the market. The ef?
fort of Southern mills has been to
sustain prices and to this end they
have agreed to take up cotton tend?
ered in New York. There Is nothing
unfair or illegal in their agreement
with Hayne and Brown, and I urge
you to protest against the use of the
government's power in forcing, at
this time, a disclosure of their plans
in the, effort to make a bear raid. See
A damson of Georgia, who under?
stands matters."
"The situation is this: As known
throughout the season, the mills have
had a difficult job to get an adjust?
ment of cotton goods to a parity with
the prices of cotton. With the scar?
city prevailing in cotton during the
present season, it is difficult to say
what is a fair price of the commo?
dity; but from November on I think
it has been recognized that probably
II cents to the producer represented
that fair price. In November and
again in January those who were ad?
verse to the prevailing prices of the
commodity made concerted efforts
to break the market by selling in
large quantity, hoping and expecting
to be able to repurchase the cotton
at lower prices. Those thus selling
the market have oversold themselves,
and purchases have been made by
Messrs. Hnyne, Brown and others,
who are ?imply asking those who
have sold to deliver that which they
speculatively sold without having cot?
ton to sell.
"The Southern mills do not want
to see a decline in the price of cotton,
for two reasons. In the first place, to
a considerable extent they have pur?
chased cotton in the belief that the
high prices prevailing during the fall
and winter were more or less justified
by the erop condition, in the second
place they regard it as evidently
problematical what will be the size of
the crop this year, and what should
) ?? a legitimate price for cotton next
fall. On the exchange the prevailing
prices for fall cotton are now approx?
imately 12 1-2 cents; and, so far as
we can see, these prices should pre?
vail in the fall. If through the sell?
ing movement on the part of bears
the prlecs f<?r fall deliveries are ma?
terially reduced, buyers of goods will
fix their estimate of the value <>r
K".m|s t?n the basis of the reduced
prices of futures; whereas there is
every reason to believe that an ab?
normal demand for cotton in the tall
w in keep prices sustaito <! for the
Spot ci?tt<?n and in all probability
above 11-2 cents, even though the
erop be very large,
"Under these circumstances, Inas?
much as the effect of constant sell?
ing of the market by bears would
have a constant tendency t?? reduce
the price <>f cotton, the Southern
mills have agreed to take up the cot?
ton in N< w York, hoping to have
thereby a strengthening tendency on
the cotton market. The bears. wln?
have been Helling what they did not
have, arc now seised with a panic
and are showing the white feather
and have sought the assistance <>f the
government in this condition of af?
fairs.
"I think that It Is most unfortunate
that the governnn lit should inter?
vene, in the effort to protect those
who have sold beyond their posses?
sions. It also is unfortunate that in
this matter Mr. Wickereham, the at?
torney general, at whose direction
the inquiry is being made, should be
the law partner of Mr. Taft, the
counsel of the cotton exchange, and
that Mr. Taft, the counsel, is the
brother of the president. It h'*s come
to a pretty pass in the government
when it is no crime for a set of men
to sell what they don't possess, but
becomes a crime for others who are
interested in the maintalnanee of
prices of the raw material to act to?
gether so as to compel those who
have sold to deliver what they have
sold."
In Spnrtnnburg.
Spartanburg, April 19.?The day
has brought forth no crystalization
of opinion among the cotton mill
presidents of Spartanburg upon the
action of Attorney General Wicker
sham in instituting proceedings
against the alleged Hayne-Brown
cotton pool, many of the most prom?
inent mill men are out of the city,
and others who are here say they
are not sufficiently informed as to the
meaning of this action to comment
on It at this time. There are those
who think the government has made
a blunder.
Aug. W. Smith, president of the
Woodruff cotton mills and head of
the chamber of commerce, when ask?
ed last night what effect the action
of the federal government against
the leaders of the bull campaign
wou d have on the mills of the Pied?
mont, said that he was not sufficient?
ly acquainted with the subject to
speak with any authority.
Another mill present, who declined
to permit the use of his name, said:
"This is a subject in which I am so
very much interested that I hardly
know where to begin. There can he
no question that it is the outcome
of that same old feeling that existed
between the New England States and
the South more than 40 years ago. I
do not mean to say that all the bulls
are In the South and all the bears in
the North.
"I have had them to come to me
from the New England States and
say, 'Why don't you of the South
raise more cotton?' I have invaria?
bly answered them with the question,
'what is the use to raise more and
raise it at a disadvantage?" they
have done all they could to depress
the price of cotton and having failed
they have appealed as a last resort
to the government. They do not seem
to realize that the Southern farmer
is independent.
"This present action may develop
into one of broad significance. At
this stage one can not foretell the re?
sult. The New Englander can not
see why it is the Southern farmer
can't raise cotton now as cheap per
pound as he did some years ago.
"At the time to which they refer
the Southern farmer was what you
might term the slave to cotton. Since
then he has risen to a height of in?
dependence, and it will be of interest
to watch the outcome of the pic sent
action."
Just Instituted by Honrs.
Easley, April 19.? T think the
movement of Attorney General Wick
ersham was Intigated by the bear
clique in New York to reduce the
rrice of cotton goods," said W N.
I'agood.
"A combined effort h:i? been pur?
sued for sc eral wer<!:.< in demoralize
'he mill industry and ruin the hold
t rs o*' spot cotton wh'ch was not ma
terallzing fast enough, hence thU
movement to further depress prices."
May be Kxousable.
Anderson, April 19.?Concerning
the government's move against the
leading cotton bulls J. 1). Hammett,
president of the Anderson Cotton
Mills, the Orr Cotton Mills and the
Chiquola Cotton Mills, said tonight:
"I have no sympathy with any
movement which unduly depresses
prices at the expense of the producer,
neither have 1 any sympathy for a
movement which enhances prices ap
parantly beyond the point consum?
ers can afford topay and that is par?
ticularly true when the producer
reaps little it* any benefit because of
the lunation in value of any commo?
dity. As i sc" it the present Infla?
tion in value in cotton is largely be?
cause of the speculative Interests and
it is Immaterial to on- whether the
speculator is on the bull or the bear
side.
"1 think his ability to Inflate or de?
press prices of any commodity
which is necessary to the public good
should be condemned. I am averse
to the government going too much
into private affairs, but if the govern?
ment can legally prevent Inflation in
values which Is ruinous to the public
or ii the government enn prevent de?
pression in prices that is ruinous t"
the producer then it may be excusa?
ble for the government to take ac
t i? >n."
Greenville, April 19.?A conference
of the cotton manufacturers of Green?
ville and vicinity was held this after?
noon tor the purpose of discussing
the action of Attorney General Wick?
eraham concerning the proceedings
he has instituted against the alleged
Hayne-Brown cotton pool. While no
official statement is given out from
the meeting, it may he stated that
the intervention of federal authori?
ties in the market just at this time
Is deemed unwarranted, and is tak?
en as showing a possible bias in fa?
vor of the market's depression In?
dividual statements concerning the
situation have been obtained from a
number of mill men and these out?
line plainly the position of the manu?
facturers.
Lewis W. Parker, president of the
Olympia and Granby mills of Colum?
bia and Victor and Appalach mills
of Greer, said, after the conference:
"If the action of the grand jury in
New York looks towards the inves?
tigation of the purpose of certain
Southern mills to take up cotton in
New York, I can only say that I have
purchased contracts on the New
j
York cotton exchange and have ar?
ranged to accept the cotton due on
these contracts. The New York cot?
ton exchange has always claimed that
its contracts represented actual cot?
ton and that there would be deliver?
ed actual cotton when contracts were
purchased. The Southern mills have
simply found it to their interest to
buy these contracts and expect the
cotton, and the New York exchange
owes it to itself to see to it that the
cotton is delivered.
"There has been long in my mind
a view that the effect of extreme spec?
ulative selling of cotton contracts
was to depress the price of spot cot?
ton and 1 have felt that the only wav
to teach those who sold what they
didn't have a lesson was for the spin?
ners who need cotton to buy con?
tracts on the exchange. This year
conditions were such that the mills
who needed cotton, inasmuch as cot?
ton was selling considerably cheaper
on the New York cotton exchange
than It sold In the South, were justi?
fied in buying on the exchange. Be?
sides that, it has been to the inter?
ests of the spinners to maintain a
steady price for cotton and to pre?
vent the extreme fluctuations which
have appeared from time to time."
Capt. E. A. Smyth, president of the
Pelzer mills, said that he understood
that the representatives of the New
York cotton exchange, when they tes?
tified before the congressional com?
mittee to Investigate the New York
cotton exchange, 3aid that all sales
on the New York exchange were ex?
pected to be for delivery of actual
cotton and that the exchange stood
to see that all cotton sold by mem?
bers of the exchange was delivered.
Some weeks ago the New York cot?
ton exchange depressed the price ol
contracts in New York far below a
parity with the value of spot cotton
in the South, and the mills needing
cotton felt they could secure cotton
cheaper In New York by buying those
contracts than they could buy the
actual spot cotton in the South at
the time.
"They did so, I understand, having
two objects in view," he said. "One
to buy cotton cheaper than they
could buy it at home, and believing
that the cotton would be delivered tc
them without question, according tc
the testimony above referred to, and
the second reason was that the New
York Contracts, being depressed, were
having an injurious effect on the
value of cotton goods, and by buying
the cotton in New York they believed
they could maintain the full relative
value of the New York contracts on
a parity with spot cotton, and in this
way stimulate the dry goods business,
i So far their expectations have been
realized and cotton quotations in
New York, on which values are bas?
ed as a general rule, have been main?
tained nearer the value of spot cot?
ton and the law of supply and de?
mand has been followed; but it
Would appear now that some cotton
dealers in New York have sold cot?
ton that they did not have and are
applying for relief in some way to
avoid tilling their contracts with the
cotton mills."
President J. M. Geer of Easley
mills said:
"The interference by Mr. Wicker
sham is simply outrageous. An at?
tempt is being made by the govern?
ment to assist the bears in depressing
the Smith's greatest commodity, cot
ten. Why deny consumers the right
to demand the delivery of an article
bought in good faith? The suit must
evidently be at the instigation of
bears who have sold and are unable
to deliver. Shame on the government
for allowing Itself to be used as a
tool."
half, to m um. also.
\linotinccs Ho Will Sot Again be Sen?
atorial Candidate.
Augusta. Maine, April 19.?United
States Senator Hale, of Maine, in a
letter dated at Washington, p. c,
April 18, addressed to Byron Boyd,
chairman of the Republican State
committee, announces that he will
not again be a candidate for the Sen
atorship, and adding his declination
to "engage in a conflict for that po?
sition."
EXCITING SCENES AT YESTER?
DAY'S D. A. R. SESSION.
Matter of Censuring Miss Mary R.
Wilcox, Recording Secretary Gen?
eral, for Alleged Insurbordination,
Caused Terrific Parliamentary Out?
break.
Washington, April 19.?The fore?
casted storm broke in the nineteenth
Continental Congress of the National
Society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution today, and the
administration forces were sustained
in their first skirmish with the op?
posing faction. The contest centred
around Miss Mary R. Wilcox, record?
ing secretary general, who, after a
parliamentary wrangle, was censured
by the Congress for issuing a circu?
lar criticising Mrs. Matthew T. Scott,
the president-general of the Society,
who had dismissed Miss Agnes
Gerald, a clerk at Continental Hall,
for alleged Insubordination.
The question of disciplining Miss
Wilcox was presented to the conven?
tion by Mrs. Scott In her report as
chairman of the national board of
management. Instantly there was a
chorus of voices claiming recognition
of the chair. Finally Mrs. John C.
Ames, of Illinois, was recognized and
she moved that the board's recom?
mendation be adopted.
This was a signal for further pan?
demonium. Miss Wilcox arose and
endeavored to read a statement de?
fending her course, but was Inter?
rupted and declared out of order, be?
cause she was diojpasing the subject
matter of the board's resolution, and
Mrs. Ames' motion. A parliamentary
wrangle ensued, and the Convention
I was thrown Into confusion. Leaders
of both factions were on their feet
and motions and counter motions
came from all sections of the hall.
The parliamentarian of the Society
finally was called to the rescue and,
when order was restored, Miss Wilcox
said if she had offended the presi?
dent-general personally or the So?
ciety, she was sorry, but she had only
tried to right what she believed to
be a wrong. For the last part of the
remark she again was declared out
of order.
By a distinctive viva voce vote the
motion of censure then was passed.
MARING LITTLE HEADWAY".
Proposed Government Cotton Inquiry
Moving Slowly.
New York, April 19.?Little or no
progress was made by the govern
I ment today into Its proposed investi
I gation of the alleged pool in raw cot
, j ton. Fourteen prominent New York
! I brokers appeared at the Feedral
.! building in response to subpoenas,
j J ready to testify, but because of the
. I pressure of other work the grand jury
was forced, temporarily, to abandon
the investigation early in the after?
noon, after only four of the witness?
es had been examined. The inquiry
will be resumed on Thursday.
Among those who appeared in re?
sponse to subpoenas were: William
P. Jenks, of Craig & Jenks; Evans
R. Dick, of Dick Brothers' Company;
J. Temple Gwathmey; Norris Seller,
of Dick Brothers' Company; John H.
McFadden, of George H. McFadden
& Brothers; Nathaniel L. Carpenter,
of Carpenter, Baggott & Co.; Charles
T. Revere, William D. Martin, Eli B.
Springs, and Richard A. Springs, of
Springs & Co.; George W. Neville,
Edward Moyse, David H. Miller and
William R. Craig, of Craig & Jenks.
As the witnesses left the grand
jury room they were directed to the
district attorney's office, where they
were questioned by Clark Kercher.
Mr. Keroher said that, while, of
course, future action in the case would
be contingent on the action of the
grand jury, he was familiarizing him?
self with the caie, so as to be pre?
pared for any developments.
AMERIC AN GETS THIS HEIRESS.
Women Fight to Obtain View of
Gould-Drcxcl Wedding.
New York, April 19.?Miss Mar
jorie ciwynne Gould, eldest daughter
of George J. Gould, and one of the
richest and most attractive girls in
America, is tonight the bride of an
American. In a heavy down-pour of
rain she was married at 4 o'clock this
afternoon to Anthony j. Dresel, Jr.,
of Philadelphia, forming an alliance
between two of the wealthiest fami
ii? s in the land. st. Bartholomew's
Episcopal Church, at A 1th street and
Madison avenue, was thronged, and
outside police reserves kept back a
crowd of hundreds, who, wet to the
skin, stood ??n the sidewalks for near?
ly an hour hoping to catch a glimpse
of the bride.
Newberry is pulling for a Y. M. C.
A. building to cost from $30,000 to
$40,000. What will Sumter do? Just
watch and see. 200 will attend the
smoker tomorrow night. Are you one
of them? Show that you are willing
to help Sumter in this enterprise by
being on hand.