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HOMICIDE MONDAY.
TOM DINKINS KILLS UNKNOWN
NEGRO.
He Saw the Negro In His Room?
When Discovered Intruder Reached
Kor (inn?Dinkins Shot First.
Monu*y afternoon an unknown
negTo waa ahot and killed by Tom
innkins, another negro.
Idnklns ahot the negro when he
woke up and found him trying to
make off with hla ault caae
Dlnkina waa the only wltnesa to the
tragedv and hence was the only ono
to teatlfy at the coroner'a lnqueat. He
Uvea alone In a little house near the
brickyard, no other houaea being near
the acene of the homicide.
His testimony follows:
I work at the brick yard at night
and aleep In the day. I woke up and
heard someone in the house, and got
my gun. aa some one had broken into
my house before. I saw a man with
my ault cas*. and ordered him to
?Mop. The man threw hla hand be?
hind him. and I ahot him and he
felt I went to the sheriff and told
him what I had done and gave up to
him. I don't know who I ahot."
The atatement of Dr. Archie China,
who examined the dead man's body,
follows:
"I examined the dead body of an
unknown negro, death reaultlng from
a gunshot wound In back of head.
He waa ahot with a shotgun. A pis?
tol waa found near the dead negro by
the coroner."
After hearing the evidence the cor?
oner's Jury returned the following
verdict:
"The negro came to his death from
a gunahoi wound from the handa of
Thoe, Dlnkina."
The coroner mvde every effort to
ascertain the dead negro'a name but
without aucceas.
Dlnkina la confined In jail.
JfEW ORLEANS COTTON FORE?
CAST.
Market Expected to Discount Weath?
er Disappointments.
New Orleans. July S.?The cotton
market this week, opening a day la?
ter than usual, will be called upon
first of all to discount what promised
to be when the market closed for the
week last Friday night. Important
weather disappointments. The fore
oast was for more rain In eastern part
of the cotton belt, where too much
rain has already done much damage.
If the tains continue until Tuesday
morning they will overshadow in im?
portance all other features of the
market.
The report on the condition last
week ahowed Juat how Important the
weather la getting to be. It la time
now that the crop ahould be making
fast, and anything In the weather
that prevents normal development of
the plant, thereby threatening the
yield, will have an Immediate and
marked effect on prices, all the more
marked because of the aeml-famine
condition of supplies of raw cotton.
Unless manipulation breaks out
afresh in the July position, it prom?
ises to be a typical weather market
this wtek.
The semi-famine conditions are ex
p? ' (? -I to h i\ <? their effect among
mills In earnest bet?re long, and of
late there have ?>een signs that mills
were about to start clrslng down in
earnest shortly, as they have to do in
every season like the present.
The rumor was spread about last
week that the fifty-eight mills had
agreed to shut down four weeks dur?
ing July and August, and the trade
will be waiting for confirmation of
this report thin week.
DevH ?pments of this sort may have
the effect of offsetting to some extent
th?? bullish features of the market.
The boll weevil Situation will come
In for Its share of attention, for those
who have made a study of the con
, dtthms In Louisiana. Mississippi and
Arkansas say that the first brood this
avas'-n of the peat |g Incubating in
young hull* and that It Is only a
question of time before this brood
make* its appearance by the millions
and xtlrs up a new complaint among
farmer*, with gagas-quent alarming
telegrams and letters to the main
speculative centres of the cotton
World The extent .if bo|| weevil dep
nd.it w ii determine in a great
no . the \ t>-hi of lint in the three
Stab - langes I. and outing rm?re than
??n? p? riod this season Itoll WOOVtl re?
ports will haVS much to do In shap
Ins " p. ulatiw opinion.
The July deal In New York ma'
she a activity, and at all limes the
tr.ob win look for tenders from no*
heal insets, who as yet have made no
\ r groat effort t.rar? Sooner of
!at? r M aantional trading is bound to
Into genet m the July position and
epsf a tos in mi three markets of the
ojggtd aii be etxremely nervous until
thl? Trading takes pfcs>
Killed With a Cat.
% 'oinrnbia, Job. ."?.- Au.-t i-it .w n.
Yell, the negro hit with ? bat .-t Co
j ..it Height . Monday evening, Med
th ? lornlng
HOOG RANT FA KM F.RS.
The Clus? Uie United States Seal?
? Goes to Canada.
(From the Indianapolis Sun.)
A recent telegram from Ottawa,
( tinada, gave the following report of
n. telegram sent by the agent of the
Canadian government at St. Paul,
Minn., to the immigrant officials at
Ottawa:
"There passed through this office
today and ticketed here from one lo?
cality in Missouri, 20 families, com?
prising tJO people, for Ochre river,
Manitoba.
"They were a splendid lot, taking
with them 10 carloads of effects val?
ued at $18,000. They had also $70,
0u0 in cash."
This story is only the duplicate of
hundreds of a similar character which
relate how this country is being de?
pleted of Its desirable citizens, its
producers, its natives.
In their place we are getting a
steady Influx of foreigners of an un?
desirable class who are consumers.
The exchange is not profitable. It la
lowering our production, increasing
our consumption and thereby raising
the cost of living.
What the United States needs is
more tillers of the soil. We need to
keep all of our agricultural class, and
we need to induce more of that class
to settle In this country. Canada is
following a fixed policy upon this
subject. She is drawing agricultural
settlers, not alone from the United
States, but from European nations.
Her agents are across the seas offer?
ing inducements to immigrants who
will settle farm lands and become
producers. Thousands of them enter
her territory every year.
Our immigrants, upon arriving
here, immediately Join the industrial
class: they go to work in the huge
mills and the mines and upon the
railroads. They beat down the wages
of the laboring classes, and they help
increase the cost of living. Yet a
great many of these very immigrants
come from little farms and are vers?
ed in intensive farming, the very les?
son the Americans have to learn. It
has been demonstrated wherever
American lands has been occupied by
Europeans that they are eminently
successful as farmers. California has
profited greatly by the Introduction
of Armenian farmers who are able
to settle small tracts of land?ten to
twenty acres?and get from this land
as much as the average farmer would
get from three to five times that
much.
The back-to-the-soil movement Is a
splendid proposition, and beyond
doubt there are thousands of Ameri?
cans barely earning a living in the
cities who would be better off finan?
cially, physically and spiritually upon
a farm. Beyond doubt such a move?
ment would tend to bring down the
high cost of living for all classes of
citizens. But the greatest need is the
deflection of the tide of Immigration
from the already congested cities to
the country districts. By this the
evils complained of would be pre?
vented rather than cured. The gov?
ernment might help this by making
provision for the encouragement of
immigration of the agricultural class?
es from Europe.
LEVER COMES HOME.
Representative From Seventh District
Will Join Campaign Party.
Washington, July 4.?Congrjs^maa
Lever left <or home today. Upon ad
Journament of Congress, ten nays
ago, Mr. Leevr found it would be im?
possible for him to go home at that
time, as there were a number of
small matters here demanding his at?
tention. He has looked afb?r these
I ntly. and will get into the Con?
gressional c ampaign upon hi.* an k m I
In s.,uth Carolina tomorrow
THE DISPENSARY CASES,
ehester, s. c July Continuance
of the Major John Black case doai
not ne. essarlly mean that there will
be n.? dispensary gruff CMOS trie.l ;it
the term of Chester sessions court,
which commences tomorrow,
11 may be thai f< ran r I director J,
M. Rawllnaon Will be tried. None of
I he reasons alleged for continuance In
the Black ease apply in Kawllnson's.
it may be that Attorney General Ly?
on will elect to continue the Rawlln?
aon casa, however( for the reason thai
he Is b. id under the blanket Indict?
ment with Black and Solomons and
the State's hand would ncessarily be
shown. Rawllnaon Is represented b)
Arthuf Li Qaaton, ol Chester. Robert
H, Walch, of Columbia, and Weston
g Aycock, of Columbia, These say
their client is ready,
I The Fourth was a OjUlet day in
Sumter in the aftern.i there wai
some Interest manifested In the Jef
I fries-Johnson prise Hghl bull-'.Ins.
which were displayed at the Lyric,
but otherwise t hare wa i n< t hing do
; of los n h r the day, some going t<
I Darlington, others to Providern.*?
[Spring an i a larger crowd to Pocalln
i Sprlni to attend the K, of r. pie
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CHIEF JUSTICE DEAD.
MKLVILLK W. FULLKR PASSKS
TO HIS REWARD.
Man of Wide Learning and Great
Ability, He Has Occupied High
Place in Federal Judiciary.
liar Harbor, Me., July 4.?Chief
Justice Melville W. Fuller of the Su?
preme Court of the United States,
died of heart failure at his summer
home at Sorrento at six o'clock this
morning.
The death of the chief justice was
entirely unexpected as he had been
I in apparently good health lately, and
' there had been no premonitory symp
i toms of any kind of trouble. "Xester- .
day he attended church as usual, and j
: when he retired last night he was to |
J all appearances in his customary
nealth.
j Death came about six o'clock this
morning. His daughter, Mrs. Nath
1 aniel Francis, and the Rev. James F.
j Freeman, who was a guest of Justice
Fuller at his Sorrento cottage "Main?
stay," were with the jurist when he
died.
The chief justice felt ill soon after
1 daylight and the members of the
household were summoned and Dr.
Phelps was sent for. Nothing could
be done to avert death, however, and
Justice Fuller died in the arms of
Mrs. Francis. Her daughter, Miss
Aubrey, also was present.
It was announced during the day
that simple funeral services will be
held in the chapel at Sorrento.
Mrs. Fuller, wife of the chief jus?
tice, died of heart failure at this
same cottage in August of last year.
Washington, July 4.?To Chief Jus?
tice Fuller fell the honor of third
rank for length of service as presid?
ing justice in the highest tribunal of
the American government. For 22
years he was chief justice of the Su?
preme Court of the United States, but
Chief Justice Marshall presided over
the court for 34 years and Chief Jus?
tice Taney for 28 years.
Before Grover Cleveland sent Mr.
Fuller's name to the senate on April
30, 1888, for confirmation as chief
Justice, he was practically unknown
except to members of the legal pro?
fession. In Maine, where he was born
on February 11, 1833, he had been
known as a wall behaved, rather
scholarly lad. He had gone to Bow
doln College and while there won
most of the prizes for elocution. He
had gone to Harvard law school for
one year.
Finally he blossomed forth as a full
uedged lawyer and politician of a
j high-minded sort in his native city of
Augusta. He became an associate
editor on a Democratic paper called
The Age, and about the same timo
was elected president of city council
and then city solicitor. Soon there?
after he left Maine for the greater
opportunities in Chicago.
From 1856 to 1888 he lived in Chi?
cago but attracted little attention out?
side his immediate circle of friends
and associates at the bar until he
undertook the defense of Bishop Che?
ney on a charge of heresy. His
knowledge of ecclesiastical history
and procedure astonished those who
conducted the case, and his argument
of the cause of the bishop before the
Supreme Court of Illinois is referred
to yet as a forensic effort seldom if
ever surpassed in that court.
He was a delegate to the national
?conventions of the Democratic party
in 1884, 1872. 1876 and 1880.
The Maine boy who had "gone
West" accomplished much notwith?
standing his quiet life. He had laid
the foundations of a deep under
Handing of the commercial laws of
the country and along this line he
had performed service for his clients
which were estimated to have netted
him an annual income of $30,000.
These accomplishments led the Re?
publican senators from Illinois to
urge upon the Democratic president
the appointment of Mr. Fuller as the
Successor of Chief Justice? Walte.
The nomination of Mr. Fuller, then
55 yeari Of age, was followed by a
memorable tontest in tin- senate.
The judiciary committee, with its
Republican majority, to which the
nomination was sent April :;o. held
up tiie appointment until July 20.
Then the committee reported it to
tiie senate "without recommenda?
tion." For three hours that body de?
bated in executive session whether to
confirm or reject the nomination. The
attack on Mr. Puller was led by Sen?
ators Edmunds, Evarts and Stuart.
Senators Cullom and Parwell defend
? d him. Tl.. reports that he had l . < n
a "copper lead" during the War U<
tween thi States and that he did not
possess the requisite abilty as a law?
yer Wt t'e gone o\. r,
I'loi-abK not since the time of
I "hi. ! .1 nst i. e Marshall. \\ ho preside I
over th< court lor 33 years, did ques?
tions of such moment come before
the . ..iiit a1- in the period when Chief
Justice Fuller \\ is Its mosl prominent
figure, it \\ as he ;?.!?wh ? had ad
i>,iI.i ier< i ihe oath of ? t!i< <? to ?? v -
. rj pr< ld< nt at V' gular Inaugura?
tions since Harrison's day. The chief
'?-???"." ha,r ? H
ways a ? onspl. in us Iii r< h I I h ? e j
PELL AG RA IX VESTIG ATIOX.
Government Expert win be stationed
in Columbia.
Special to the Daily Item.
Columbia, July 4.?So impressed
has been Surgeon General Wyman
with the need of information and
treatment of pellagra, that the pella?
gra expert of the United States Pub?
lic Health and Marine Hospital Ser?
vice, Dr. C. M. Lavinder, who went
last month to the most famous in?
stitution in the world for the study
of such diseases, the London School
of Tropical Medicine, has been order?
ed to remain there for three months
longer, according to a letter from
service headquarters in Washington
to Dr. J. W. Babcock.
This letter corrects the mistaken
idea here that Dr. Lavinder was
to return to his situation in Columbia
this summer Dr. Babcock thinks Dr.
Lavinder will be sent here Immediate- '
ly on his return from England, t) |
resume the studies of pellagra com?
menced in the South Carolina field
by him several years ago. By agree
ment reached at a conference in
which Governor Ansel, Dr. Babcock, j
and Surgeon General Wyman parti?
cipated, this State is the special field
for the federal investigation of pel?
lagra.
Attention has been directed anew
to pellagra in the North by an out?
break in Philadelphia. In the early
part of June Passed Assistant Sur?
geon J. D. Long, of the U. S. P. H.
and M. H. service, who has been in
Columbia for some months, was call?
ed into consultation by the medical
staff of the Philadelphia Hospital for
the Insane, commonly called Blackley
hospital. Dr. Long found nine gen?
uine cases of pellagra and sixteen
suspects. The disease appears to
have been overlooked, even by Phila?
delphia doctors, as It has been else?
where.
R. F. D. CARRIERS.
Officers and Delegates Elected at
Newberry.
Newberry, S. C, July 6.?The elec?
tion of officers and other routine bus?
iness engaged the attention of the
South Carolina Letters Carriers this
morning.
Florence is the meeting place for
1911 convention. President Wicker,
Vice President Cromer, Secretary
Crosby and Treasurer Hill were unan?
imously re-elected. The delegates to
the national convention at Littb
Rock, In September, are: Miss Flor?
ence Livingstone, Paul K. Crosby,
Stanly A. Burch, F. C. DeVoe.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen?
eral DeGraw arrived with Congress?
man Finley and delivered a ringing
address.
AXTI-TOXIV A Gl "XT.
W. W. Slhert Appointed Stat.? \:ront
For Su^'t01*
Columbia, July 4.?W. W. Sibert, of
Sumter, S. C, has been appointed a
State Anti-Toxin Agent.
This appointment was made under
a law passed by the last legislature
authorizing the South Carolina State
Board of Health to furnish free of
charge anti-toxin in all cases of diph?
theria occurlng within the State.
Diphtheria anti-toxin is now regarded
of a necessity in every case of diph?
theria. It is a high priced product
{ nd the State Health Department be?
lieves that by making it. easily avail?
able and free, the death rate from
diphtheria in the State will be much
lower. The anti-toxin is furnished
under contract with the National
Vaccine and Anti-toxin Institute of
Washington, I>. C. Over one hundred
distributing agents will be appointed
under the supervision of the State
Board of Health. Any physician can
obtain the anti-toxin without charge
by applying to the nearest distribut?
ing agent.
ANSWERS EVERY CALL.
Sumter People Have Found That This
is True.
a cold, a strain, a sudden wrench.
a little cause may hurt the kidneys.
Spdis of backache often follow,
< u- Borne Irregularity of the urine.
a certain remedy for such attacks,
a medicine that answers every call,
Is Dmin's Kidney Pills, a true spe?
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Muny Sumter people rely ?>n it.
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Mrs. Louis Jeffords, ll Owen St.,
Sumter, 8. C, says: '"l am pleased to
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lume 11111 i could scarcely dress my
sell I at length read of Doan's Kid?
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iio in a short time, the backache and
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