Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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INVESTIGATING BOND MATTER. ?u ri in i\M K\\< i: roMMis. SloM n III HE M l DAI MON? DAY. The stair Insurance Department Hail A Wan to l>ook Into the Matter of l**uh?K I loud- for a l ee a- lb-port? ed At l*?iHt Trnn off Court. From Thv Dally Item. May IT. Mr. U. A. Wharton. Deputy Insvr mn<*? Commissioner, spent the day i* yesterday looking Into the mat PttjWfti ?>y his department. He ide an Inspection of the hotels and buildings to find if they had th< ? toper Are SSCApM Instead he fount.' that the. apj regular foe trapx but will bo equipped wltn the aijv? ??capes by October. Mr. Wha ' -a SJpi nsNcd about the Mdens bonding matter. Ke said that he h id te i le ,i rep rt 04 that matter to the Commissioner. He found that Mr. Edens has a regular schedule of charges for going on the bond of de? fendants, and that he has done a big tsostnta* slnoe last 'all He did not mm lau* further than that. There is a penalty fOjf Issuing bonds without a State license, and the Commission? er will ikely take action in the mat? ter. Companies and individuals doing a heading business are required to make a deposit and to pay a license foe. Neither has l>een done by Mr. While here Mr. Wharton made an inspection of the commercial risks. H* fonnd In a number of cases that flues gMPJ cither of terra cotta, tile. tr?*ta1 or M k on edge. In either case in* insurance rate Is 25 per cent higher than If the brick were put In JUU ways. There would be an add' *Jeu?i reduction sj Insurance if the gftee* started at the ground H- found la a town recently that one firm was poy'ng premiums on $50,000 lnsur PJPJPh Atid that the rate could boxe Wm reduced $3 50 per thousand hv V?tting In a proper t . This bad he?? going on for years. He called attention to the differ ?are In rate between metal roofing scad shingles. In most cases he says the cost of putting the roof on be saved in a few years for the rate Is 36 per cent less for a metal roof than for a shingle roof. The de? partment to making these inspections wtta a'view to educating the public sued thns bring about a reduction in rate of insurance. 11? would have been here be?| this, but extra duties wore pvt upon the department at the last ses? sion of the legislature, and this is the first ?^portue'ty he has had of get? ting h*re since the matter was refer to him. AKYM M COMMISSION ADJOURNS. Matter off Selecting site Deferred V'n I ill Nest Meeting. Columbia. May 17.?Dr. J. W. Bab chairman of the Asylum com lion, stated this afternoon that no loa had been reached in regard the selection of a site of land for buildings to !>?? erected In accord wltJi the Act of the General As ibly. No srlection will be made II ll* next meeting of the commis? sion. In Um meantime members of tho ?snamlssion will visit other hospitals for trw* insme, especially hospitals ?sleore special wards are m ilntalned far Inebriates and where th | separa atlon idea prevails strongly. The eommlitslon having been In ses ssost here two days, during which time 2k eltes were eo nsld r red and sites asssrr Oothshhai gone over, adjourned ?hi? . r,moon. ? o\ it r < IF iNoniiY Monday. d-ltriMk Matter to lto< el\e 1'rompt Attention. Celuml.l?, May 17.?' The Court of latpury will met Monday," said Oen. Wilie Jones when asked today as to the Boyd-ltroek controversy situation. Jonen, who Is president of the stated that despite the fact that uses had not been provided for. - liiirt, aettng tinder military or <i?-r* has nothing to do but to obey meet. It M understood that Oen. Boyd's Million, as reported, has Improv ?d. Very probably the matter will hvgin t,? be nlred Monday. Whether th*> .irt will be able to continue Its work Is not known yet s Ol I Mill \ < m 1 Mi l K sliol. \ixr? n^sppaaed it Hase laiaii Wounded OHicer. Columbia. Mav 17.?War midnight Oty Jnlbr Hilton Smith was rushed ??> k toea! hospital snd bloodhounds nre out hunting for John I: il '>-, t' ? n.-kfto V ho shot him. jr hj believed Mr. Smith is fatally erotmded. lie was shot tbre?. limes In tho side. The neuro Bred fl\c times, ard three b .fs p.r.U effect The pistol was snub bed out si Mr. Smith's p**r**t as ho attempted to arr< ftfgro near hi* home. LBWII W. PARKER TESTIFIED. Mill President Witness In Cotton ?Pool" la i cut Ig s lion Washington, May 14.?Lewis W Parker. of C;reen\ ill*-, was a WltntSS before the Bsnsti eommlttM on the high cost of living, which today beg in an investigation here Into the opera? tion of the "bulls*1 and "bears'* on the Cotton markets of the country. Mr. Parker's answers to the questions put to him were clear and to the point. He r. plicd without equivocation to the Interro" m mm propounded, and gave the members of the committee considerable light on the subject of how the cotton markets and ex? changes of the United States are to? day conducted. Most of the questions asked him were put by Senator Smith, of South Carolina, at whose Instance the investigation now under way is being held. Mr Parker was on the stand for RbOOt two hours and covered in his statements a very large number of subjects relating to the growing and handling of cotton throughout the country. An Important point brought out by him was the fact that some time back he purchased a big lot of cotton on the New York market, amounting to about 5,000 bales. When he had needed the cotton and asked for it the the question arose as to what extent he would be protected by Insurance after the cotton had been delivered to him, and before It could be removed from the warehouse, for ore e having had it tendered him the Insurance ceased. lie tried to find some way to pro? tect his Interests, he said, and discov? ered that it was the plan of the ware? house men to keep every available bale of cotton in their houses for the reason that the New York market was lower than those In the South, and that every time a consignment of cot? ton was removed from one of these place i their owners had to go South and buy at a higher rate, to replace the stocks that had been thus remov? ed. The price of the staple has ac? cordingly been raised. Other cotton operators characterized as "bulls" will appear before the committee Monday. SI NK BY WHALE*! BLOW. Crew of "Soresnsen" Barely Had Time to Kscape. Juneau, Alaska. May 16.?The whaler Sorenson, owned by the Tyee Whaling Company, of San Francisco, was wrecked by a blow from the tall of a harpooned whale off Cape Om maney last Thursday, and sank in four minutes, giving the crew barely time to escape In the small boats. The Sorenson harpooned a large whale, which after racing with the rope, turned about and headed direct? ly for the vessel. Passing under the stern, the whale delivered a furious blow with Its tail, and smashed in the hull. CHEMIST SIMMERS ARRIVES. Will Enter Upon Duties Under Food Inspection Act. Columbia, May 16.?A. C. Summers, who was recently appointed as che? mist, under the Commercial Feed In? spection Act, arrived today from the West and will at once take up his work. He will be located at Clemson College, and will examine all com? mercial feed stuffs to be sold In this State. He Is a graduate of Clemson. and has been for the past several years connected with the experiment station at Purden University, in In? diana. The inspectors for the enforcement of the law will be appointed within the next few weeks by Commissioner Watson. CTaajnborlftln'l Stomach and Liver Tablets will clear the sour stomach, ?WOatan the hreath and create a healthy appetite. They promote th? HOW Ot gastric juice, thereby inducing good digestion. Sold by W. W, sihert. To All LOCSjl Fans. The hug Is working over time. The ? ? r that pauses: sane men to become fanatics has arrived with the comet, Then list n Bumter needi bust bull. It's Just as ne. essary as sugar. There i-; a certain amount of sweat that must he discharged and the only way tO rid yOttFSSlf Of this piece is to h t tbo base Pan Pug bore exhaust vent.-. In Bumter there are pointy Of "uster bSO's**, They're Pot "has been's" be? cause tiny are still game. The Rem will he glad to arrange ? schedule for a City League If the nu n will organ? ize. LSf lawyers, hankers, lodges, den? tists, clerks, bookkeepers) merchants railroaders, and any other ist organ ISS and see "out pet" get walloped. The bu b leugne can si o be enter talned here and these long summ? i afternoons can be made serious In id .t' slum I i rsome, Re ipectfully, ? si ? \ touch of rheum ith m, or a twinge >r neuralgia, whatever the imuble Is, Chamberlain's Liniment drives away the pain at once and i urea the complaint quickly. I ir-1 tpllcatton glvei relief. Bold by W. IbcrL FOR PERJURY THIS TIME. GRAVE CH ?RGE LODGED Mi AINST OLLIE McKAGEX. He Will Have to Answer to a Felony, Conviction Carrying a Penalty of Six Months and a Fine of $100, and The Forfeiture of His Citizenship. From The Daily Item, May 17. As an out come of the trial for storing whiskey the other day, Ollic H. MeKagen. the defendant was ar? rested yesterday afternoon on a charge of perjury preferred against him by Chief Bradford. The warrant was sworn out before Magistrate Har? py who bound him over to court in the sum of $800. Mr. Walter Harby went on his bond. it will be remembered that MeKag? en swore that if W. D. Hatfleld was present that he would testify that four (piarts of the whiskev was his. This was admitted, by the court, but not believed. Yesterday afternoon Hatfleld published a statement deny? ing that he ever ordered any whiskey through MeKagen, or that he would testify that it was his, at the same time making the charge that MeKag? en had tried to get him to come Into court and swear that the booze was his. \ When Mayor Jennings heard of this statement on the part of Hatfleld, which was made, to both the Chief and another officer, he had an affi? davit to that effect drawn up and had Hatfleld to take oath before a notary public that the statement was true. With that he had the warrant issued for Ollie. It looks like Ollie is in serious trouble this time. This is not a mis? demeanor that he is charged with this time, but a felony. If he is convict? ed he will surrender his citicznshfp and will have to pay a fine of $100 and serve six months at least on the chaingang. Mayor Jennings Is determined to put a stop to the illegal traffic in whiskey. He is also going to put a atop to this thing of swearing that whiskey is brought in for personal use when It is brought here for the purpose of selling it. There is a sen? timent against this traffic and the man who goes in the face of that sen? timent Is treading on dangerous grounds. COMMENT ON JONl?8 CASE. St^y of Sentence Said to be Most Un? usual Occurrence. - Columbla, May 17.?Much surprise has been expressed here that W. T. Jones should have been able, through his attorneys, to secure a stay of sen? tence. A member of the judiciary of the State has been quoted as saying, In the course of a conversation, <:hat the stay of execution of sentence is practically unheard of, in the cir? cumstances of the present case. The Supreme Court has refused a rehear? ing after handing down a unanimous opinion refusing a new trial and sus? taining in every particular the Cir? cuit Judge. The Justice referred to is also quoted as saying that if the motion had been made before him personally he would have asked the attorneys to show him any section of the Constitution which would give them that right under the circum? stances in the case under considera? tion. One of the Circuit Judges stat? ed to The News and Courier corre? spondent in discussing off-hand the situation^ that until the law was changed the Circuit Judges had no alternative but to grant a stay of sentence upon a proper showing be? ing made, because they cannot go in? to ihe merits of the case. "When a man comes before you with affidavits swearing to this or that," said this Judge, "there is nothing else for us to do but, upon a proper showing, espe? cially when the hearing consumes a half a day perhaps, and there appears to be something new in the affidavits, grant a stay until the matter can be investigated further." However, there has been a general ? ?pinion here among attorneys and others, that in the Jones ease the pro? ceeding was very unusual, since the Supreme Court lias bad a final say In the matter, Itself refusing a petition for a rehearing before it. "E, I. R. We note that the enterprising and lively community of Lake <'ity has in vlted Emmet Itenrdon "E, I, It." of Bumter, to go over and Mir them up to enthusiasm for n commercial or? ganisation thai will do things for the city, Wo might put ki temporary In junction and hold bun over here long enough to g? t us stirred up a little as he past i [c must noi go through without stopping, What In can net k-t ir Is not j?? t on the I.k, Flor? n< e Times. ' John I?. Rockefelb r would go broke ii he should spend hi- entire Income trying to prepare a better medhine than Chnmberlnln's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Uemedy for diarrhoea, dysentery or In w < l com? plaints, It is Simply ImpO t 1 le, and ? ? says every one that h. s used it. Sold I > w. W. Blbert, THE DANGEROUS COMET. Joseph W. Luces Injured?P*?ll From Embankment While Viewing Com? et. Walterboro, May 15.?Friday morn? ing, at Glenn Springs, while looking at Halley's eomet at about 3 o'clock, Mr. Joseph W. Lucas stepped off an embankment and, falling heavily, j broke his left leg just above the ankle and dislocated the ankle joint. Mr. Lucas was taken in Spartan burg at once, and carried from there to his home at Greenwood, where his leg was set. He sent a telegram to! his father here, Hr. John P. Lucas, who, together with Dr. L. M. Stokes, immediately left for Greenwood. On their arival there it was decided to bring Mr. Lucas to Walterboro, and their arrival there it was decided to day afternoon. While in Charleston Dr. Baker was called in for consulta? tion, and by the use of the X-ray it was found that only one bone of the leg was broken, but that the ankle was out of joint. Dr. Baker accom? panied Mr. Lucas to Walterboro and assisted Dr. Stokes Sunday evening in resetting the broken limb. Mr. Lu? cas is now at his father's, where he is doing as well as could be expected. SPECIAL AMBASSADOR ARRIVES. Roosexolt Reaches London and Will Attend Ro,\al Funeral. London, May 16.?The feature of the day in London was the arrival of Theodore Roosevelt, who came direct from Berlin, and will act as special ambassador *o represent the United States at the funeral of King Edward VII, which will take place next Fri? day. Col. Roosevelt was received by King George at Marlborough House, and later with Mrs. Roosevelt visited Buckingham Palace. Apart from the strong interest dis? played in the arrival of the former President, the day was uneventful. An enormous crowd mainly composed of Provislonallsts, spent the day pa? tiently watching outside Bucking? ham Palace and Marlborough House the coming and going of royalty and princely visitors. Another service was held in the throne room of the palace tonight, the last before the removal of the body tomorrow, and all the palace servants were permitted to attend. The diplomatic representatives of all the Powers called at Dorchester House during t he course of the day and left cards for Col. Roosevelt. For the first time in its history the great bell of the clock tower on the House of Parliament, known as "Big Ben," will be tolled ever fifteen sec? onds while the coffin is passing to? morrow from the palace to Wesmin ster Hall, and again on Friday, while the cortege is leaving Westminster. Its booming wil be the signal for the great guns to fire a salute to the pass? ing of the monarch. Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, has decided to attend the funeral and will be the ninth King coming to London for that purpose. KERBY FIRED BY BALLING ER. Secretary Says Stenographer Un? worthy to Remain in Service. Washington, D. C. May 16.?"You are hereby discharged from the pub lie service because you are unworthy to remain in it." This, in part, was the stinging rebuke administered, in a letter by Secretary Baliinger, to Frederick M. Kerby, in dismissing the latter from the government service Kerby, it will be remembered, was the stenographer In Secretary Ballin ger's office, who, on Saturday, issued a statement regarding the Lkwler memorandum of the Glavis* charges to the President. He was discharged from the government service by Sec rotary Ballinger today. Continuing, the letter of Secretary Ballinger to Kerby, says: "In divulging information obtained by y.?u in the confidential relation of stenographer to the Secretary of the Inerior, in communicating that in? formation to those whom you are bound to know are wrongfully seek? ing to bring reproach upon the Ad? ministration, and to injure me. and in deliberately mis-stating material facts which you did treacherously communicate, you show that you are unworthy and unsafe. The fart that your treachery is futile cannot miti? gate tie- character of your offence, For the good or the s< rvice, you arc hereby discharged." Kcrh> received the letter of dismis? sal by special messenger this morn? ing. In discussing the subject of his discharge today, Kerby suld tin- Sec? retary's action had not been a sur? prise to him. "< >i < ourse, when l is ? ? ui d my statement," he added, 1 I realized iluu the Secretary would take some such action. Ah to the ? hare,. made by Secretary Italllnger against mo I nm perfectly willing to leave it to tie judgmi nt of the people of the country as to whether l acted trench i rously or patriotically, and I feel en? tirely certain that the general ver? dict will be in my favor. At any rate, I think that Secretary Malinger is not an excellent judge of ethics." The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per* J7!, sonal supervision since its infancy* -*Z<>c*4ai Allow no one to deceive you in this* All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Jiist-as-good" are but. Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment* What is CASTOR IA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare? goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups* It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep* The Children's Panacea?The Mother's Friend* GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. As Good Roads Promote the commerce of towns to which they lead, so good sidewalks should ?nc jurago the patronage of Business Houses along their borders. Thanks to our City Fathert, bucked by the progressive sentiment of the tax payers, we at last have a system of good uniform sidewalks to our doors* No longer will you have to stumble along over brick-bats to get to the Hank. This up-to-date Improvement removes the last remnant of an excuse for not handling your financial affairs in an up-to-date manner by keeping a check? ing account with us. A trial of the new sidewalks and our established service will convince yqu of the merits of both. T5he Bank of Sumter. Bankings The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co. Offers unexcelled banking facilities, and wants your business. *? .? sacgBQgacsocspcsa DEPOSIT With First National Bank THAT'S ALL. 80 9 Headquarters $ For Hay, Grain, Rice Flour, Ship Stuff, Mixed Cow Feed and Chicken Feed. a We Sell an Lime, Cement, Shingles, Laths, Fire Brick, Acme Wall Plaster, Drain Pipe, Etc. Our usual assortment of Horses and Mules. And a full stock of Buggies, Wagons and Harness to select from. 5 - . ----- ===== 1 Bootli-HoThY Live StOGk Co. Sumter, cOa 9 South Carolina. . ]\ .ft, ? . .. . ? . ' . g?, .v. i. R\ fr^^dtoLdfcLdtoLtito AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING COLUMNS OF THE DAILY ITEM WILL BRING RESULST.