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PK04.lt! ss|\i: P\WILLE. Growing < laimiTown Erects Handsome School Building. Pexvllle, 8. C, Aug. 3.?For sev eral years this little town, which Is I situated In >ne of the richest and most progressive Prmlng sections of | Clarendon, has enjoyed a steady | growth and today the outlook for the j future is brighter than ever before. The people hero have every confi? dence In the town and. believing that self help is the secret of substantial growth and the basis of permanent prosperity, have gone quietly ah.sj l with public i nprovements that the town and community needed, until today there aft few better equipped towns of the vise In the State. For several years an excellent school has been maintained, but th 1 attendance ha* grown so large tha*. the old school building was inade? quate. Seeing the need for a large: school building, modern in design snd equipment, the people of the _t> * SSSI ? Ii HIB Paxvlllc S FACTS ABOUT TUE PEE-DEE. Mr. W. F. Clayton Writes Intercut engly of the Confederate Gunboat. Te the Editor of The News and Courier: In your Issue of yesterday yea have a short article on the rais? ing of tho C. S. gunboat Pee-Dee. In that article It is stated that the Pee Dee waa a very formidable boat, and Intended to break the blockade at Georgetown That no guns Were found upon her and no reason Is known why she was burned. Also test ahe never had an opportunity to get to sea. Now, as I was paeeed midshipman, doing lieutenant's duty aboard of her, at the time of her de? struction. I can answer all of these Inquiries. The Pee-Dee navy yard furnish l th* most of the marterlal that went Into the Confederate boats at Charles? ton and Wilmington, being about half way between the two cities an 1 UV dspeadent of that duty; the Pee 1 > waa built and put Into commission, a side wheel river boat and also a steam launh were likewise launched, but not completed. The Pee-Dee was built for a cruis? er. What her length and breadth of beam were I have forgotten. She drew nine feet forward and nine and one-half feet aft as she lay In the river, without ballast, and was intend? ed to be brought down to twelve feet draft While she was perhaps OM of the best boats built by the Con? federacy, she was by no means a formidable craft, but a fair model of naval architecture of that day. She carried three guns mounted on pivot, a six-Inch banded and rlbed Brook gun forward, a nine-Inch Dahlgren shell gun amldshlp. and a even-Inch rifle Brook astern?a for? midable battery. She was schooner rigged, two-masted and double pro? peller and fairly fast. Her officers, as I remember, were Lieut. Oscar F. Johnson, commander; Lieut. Haskell. executive officer; Lleuts. Price and Telfar with Passed Midshipman W. F. Clayton and Master's Mates Golden and Congdon. Her pilot was a Georgetown man. Gilbert by namn, and her engineers wer^ Drewry and Hanks, with '?nother whosi name Is lost. ITer surgeon was Dr. Tucker. At that time Lieut. Means, of Fair field fountv. 'omminded |hi navy yard. If th#-ro were other officers I have forgotten them. Just prior to the Mearanaa freshet we received orders to put t. >?.? i on the first high wat.-r, and in obedlSR1 * tcj that order I was sent t> Augu.it i t ? purchase such supple s gg are m o l? ed for a sea voyage. Having m ide my purchase. I found It difficult to got transportation, but upon nnl iiu' ? proper showing to <??mi linns, be ordered a ir placed ?t mv dl-ip.i i and for It to be attached to the pas ng.T triin fbtt ? tm-? oat f th.it city over the Mouth Carolina Hall road, snd during the night fwo left In the evening.) wo eaejld hear th" bring bftwern Sherman-i army and the few confederate cavalry opposing him The next div be ruf til! road ? >n mv return f found our sea orders enncelled. We eaves knew whv, but after tho war I heard it. rum ?red that the ship w ? r> i . I f r Presi? dent Davis and h's Cabin | | . . i-pu In. This rumor, how,-,, j never, could trace to any authority Wi community dot tiled to erect luvt) i building and agreed that while they were about it they would build for the future M WtU as for present needs They therefore held an election ana by a practically unanimous vote au? thorized a bond Issue to provide the money needed for the building. The election was held several months ago, the bonds sold and the material for 1 the building is now being plac- i ed on the ground. Work will be ? commenced within a few days and the construction will be puehed as rapidly as possible. I The building is to be a handsome | two story and basement brick hii uc- I ture with red tile roof. Jt will con- | tain a sufficient number of class rooms for the present and future needs of the school, a large assembly hall, cloak rooms and all other con? veniences. The building complete, which will cost 412,000, is shown In the accompanying cut. The plana and specifications for the building I were prepared by E. J. and W. K. I Imnne, architects, of Sumter, S. C. boo I Building. to cut him off. We received orders to proceed to Cheraw and protect Hardee. It had been continuously raining and the waters had Just com? menced to rise when we started for Cheraw. At Cashua Ferry we ground? ed, and remained all night. The next day we were afloat, and reached Che? raw that evening. We remained there I several days and until Hardee had ; crossed, and the bridge had been ' burned, when we returned to the I navy yard. With all communication cut off, Johnson and Means held a council of war, in which we junior officers par? ticipated, and it was deemed beet to destroy the navy yard and the ship and save the men if possible. We threw the guns overboard at the place the shop was then lying, also the shot and shell, leaving the powder, scut? tled the side wheel steamer and the launch, and proceeding with the Pee I>ee through the draw bridge, about three-quarters of a mile, the freshet, then begin at its height, we bored auger holes through the bottom of the ship and set fire to her. When avM have gone to sea on the Sher? man freshet. Shortly afterwards Charleston WS I evacuated, and Gen. Hardee was rac? ing wlh his small army to reach Cheraw ahead of Sherman, and Sher? man, equally alert, was on the run the fire reached the magazines, she Mew up and sank on the right side of the river going down stream. Ihe never Interferred with navigation to any great extent afterwards, and at extremely low water her remains were visible and her irons were strip? ped off by farmers, as near as they ? ild, for blacksmith farm work. We proceeded by tail to Sumter thence by wagon to Camden. At Camden. Lieut. Price and myself were detach t i and ordered to carry dispatches to Augusta. The balance of the com? mand Joined Johnson's army, and T have seen none of that crew since the day We parted at Camden, except Capt Johnson and Surgeon Steward 'Vrtis. now a Baptist minister. We were surrendered at Augusta, May 5, 1 s IB. W. F. Clay tor. I Florence, S. C, August 2, 1910. She Matt Have Been Trained as Well as Pretty. Police comm Isaloner Bing ham oi MOW York was praising the pollct work on the ten Belgien watohdogi that were recently imported at a t ost of but $10 apiece, have reduced tie' burglaries In the neighborhoods they patrol from log to two a month. They Work well," said the com? missioner, "because they are Well trained, Training* yoo know, Is every? thing " He P i Used and smiled. Two physicians were discussing," be said, .i eertala pretty aurae. 'Was she a trained nurse?" said the tlr.-,t pbvsl- ian.' She must have been,' replied Ihe ? ?h r. Uhc hadn't boon in the hos? pital .i week before she was engaged ? ? Ihe richest patient.* " ?In buying s oough medicine, don't be nfrnid to (jet Chamberlain's Cough r nedy. There Is no danger from it, und relief la sure to follow. Especial? ly recommended for coughs, colds and whooping cough. Sold by W. W. Sibert ANOTHER VICTORY FOR SUMTER The l ast Hoard man Team Sent Down To Defeat In Decisive Manner. A line Game Full of Features. Some if the Details. Thursday ths Sumter Colleglnas went up against the fast team from H rdman, N. C, reputed to be one of the strongest amateur organiza? tions now playing in this section, and administered a defeat to the vis? itors by a score of 5 to 2. It was a goo.i, snappy game, abounding in plenty of live and sensational fielding, and those who witnessed it went away highly pleased. Sumter cinched the game in the second and third Innings by bunch? ing hits, and fast base running. Three times during the two innings, a run? ner scored from second on a hit to left fie 1. Phelps, Chandler, DuBose and Jones did the swatting in the second round that netted three runs, DuBose, who pitched a magnificent game for the locals, smashed out a drive that brought two of the runs across the pan. Moore, Duffle and Chandler's stick work brought in the two runs of the next Inning, Moore smashing out one to deep center that counted for a pair of bags. I The visitors scored one in each the fourth and sixth innings. DuBose fell down in trying to handle an in? field hit. and the first tally counted. Tb' other run came as the result of a single by Fox and a corking three base bit by Smith. It was the long? est hit of the game. The pitching of DuBose, who yield? ed but four scattered hits during the] nine sessions, was the Mature for tho locals. Phelps played a brialliant game at second, and Moore received in fine style. For the visitors the work of Perritt and Tucker, T. fea? tured. The game was a corking good one The score: R. H. E. Sumter, 032 000 OOx 5 7 3 Boardman, 000 100 00f) 2 4 2 Batteries: DuBose and Moore;Mc Call and Fox. Umpire Miller. Scorer, Levy. Time of game: 1:20. JUDGMENT FOR FULL AMOUNT. John T. Duncan Loses Case in Mag? istrate's Court. Columbia, August 2.?The case of S. L. Fedder against John T. Duncan was heard today. Duncan did not file an answer nor did he appear. The plaintiff testified that he came from Old City, Penn., to manage D mean's paper, upon representations of Duncan that he was worth $100, 000, and that he would pay him a salary of $35 per week. After hear? ing the testimony, Magistrate Easter ling rendered judgment against Dun? can in the sum of $99.50, the full amount sued. ILLINOIS BRIBERY PROBE. Investigation Resumed by Sugamon County Grand Jury. Springfield, 111., August 1.?The Senatorial legislative Investigation will be resumed tomorrow morning by the Sagamon County Grand Jury. Twelve witnesses have been summon? ed. It is understood testimony will be heard relative to three bills which were introduced in the 46th General Assembly, and which were defeated. These are the slot machine bill, the "loan shark" bill and the measure permitting children to be employed in theatres. j SWANSON SUCCEEDS DANIEL. Former Virginia Governor Appoint? ed to United States Senate. Richmond, Va., August 1.?Former Governor Claude A. Bwanson, of Chatham, Will occupy the seat in the United States Senate made vacant by the death recently of Senator John \v*. Daniel. Governor Mann today signed the formal commission op pointlng Mr. Bwanson for the unex pired t< rm, which ends March 3 next. ? h ?1 ri Gang Camps Moved. i ?? chain gang has completed th< work on the Manning road and was m< ed Friday to the Pocataligo road, here the camps will be pitched, Suervlsor Pitts states that tho hill ?n the side of Pocataligo going to? wards Sumter, as well as the causway over the stream, will bo clayed. 'Mm mileage of the two clay roads ? Uth of Pocataligo swamp will Ir? in, leased, also. ho Sumter Ice, Light and Power Company are installing a new boiler hi th< ir plant on South Main street, which win increase its capacity 2"') >>? ?rie power, ?When tho digestion Is all right, th. action of the bowels regular, there Is a natural craving and relish for food. When this Is lacking you may know that you need a dose of Chamberlain's stomach and Liver Tautet*?. They strengthen the diges? tive organs, Improve the appetite and rep date tho bowels. Sohl by W. W. Sil" rt HAMON CONTRADICTS SENATOR GOltE'S TESTIMONY. lie Answers Every Charge With Mat Denial, Iiis Evcdeuee Consuming Whole of Committee's Session. Muskogee, Okla., Aug. 5.?With United States Senator Thomas P. Gore reasserting his charge that ho had been ottered a bribe of $26,000 or $50,000 to influence his action in congress and with Jake L. Hamon, accused by the senator of having of? fered the bribe, denying he had ever done any such thing, the investigat tion of the Oklahoma Indian land deals by a committee of the national house of representatives today sim? mered down to a mass of denials. For four hours Hamon, former chairman of the Oklahoma State committee entered a continuous se? ries of denials relative to his alleged relations with what are qnown as the McMurray contracts, by which, ac? cording to Senator Gore, $3,000,00, or 10 per cent, of $30,000,000 to be real? ized from the sale of Indian lands to a New York syndicate was to be di? verted from the Indians in the shape of "attorney's fees." Answers Creager's Denial. Hamon also answered Congressman C. E. Creager with a denial. Replying to the congressman's charge, that Hamon had suggested that an "inter? est" in the contracts might be avail? able to the congressman if the latter helped remove opposition to congres? sional approval. Hamon testified: "it was just this way: I was down here in Oklahoma attending to my business when a friend told me Crea? ger had said I had approached him improperly in regard to the McMur? ray contracts. So I hopped on a train and went to Washington. I got hold of Creager and said: 'Look here, you know I never said any such thing.' I "Then Creager said: 'Now, Jake, I that certainly was the impression I 1 got?that you suggested I might get I an interest in the contracts.' I "I replied: 'You are certainly mis I taken.' Promised Not to Go. "Then Creager said: 'Well, if you saiy I should not go, I won't go be? fore that investigation committee down at Muskogee and testify that you approached me.' " Among Hamon'8 denials were the j following: He denied that at any time had he been closeted with Senator Gore in the senate at Washington to urge the approval of the contracts. He denied that he had ever men? tioned Vice President Sheramn, Sen? ator Charles Curtis of Kansas or Congressman B. S. McGuire of Okla 1 homa as being "interested" in the j contracts, as charged by Senater Gore. He denied that he had ever spoken of a bribe to anybody about any legislation or that he ever was in? terested in the McMurray contract*. Denies Creager's Charge. I He had not called up Congressman [ Creager at Washington asking for an appointemnt, but said Mr. Creager j had called him up. Mr. Creager pre I viously had testified that Hamon had ' asked an appointment, at which the j "interest" in the contract was spoken of. Hamon denied that he had ever said: "Dick, the senator is becoming mighty hard on his friends," in the presence of D. F. Gore, brother of Senator Groe. He denied that he had ever said: "I want to make a lot of money and don't care much how I make it," in the presence of J. LeRoy Thompson, Senator Gore's stenographer. Thomp? son previously had testified Hamon made the remark. A Hard Question. Interrogating the witness, Congress? man E. W. Saunders Of Virginia, a nruiiiber of the committee, sa'd* "No v. Mr l.?mon, you have denied the tcs timonj ">f all of the witnesses who h:i\e preceded yoa. You have branded the assertions of the senator, hit Don't Neglect Your Eyes-= call and hive our optician examine your eyes if they are troubling you; by having this done you may not have to wear them long. But to continue straining them may necessitate you weiring them yoar lifetime. Our optical parlor fitted with every device for thoroughly examin? ing the eye. We have Installed a lense grinding plant and do our own l;nse grinding and drlling; carry a stock of compound lense frame mountings and optical goods. We can till your prescriptions at once properly; all work guaranteed Graduate optl lan In ' barge. W. A. Thompson, Jeweler nod Optician. Phone 333. - - Mo. 6 5. Main St brother, his clerk, and the congress? man as being absolutely false. It would appear from your denials that a conspiracy had been entered in'o grossly to misrepresent you. How do you account for that?" "That's beyond my power of con? jecture," replied Hamon. "I never had one n/nny's interest in the Mc Murray contracts and never offered the bribe to any one." "It is barely possible that I did see Senator Gore on May 6, last, when he says the offer of a bribe was made. I saw him frequently, but at this time I believe he took me up into the li? brary of the senate and closed the doors. He wanted to talk over with me his coming campaign and see how I could help him out. Although I am a Republican pnd he is a Democrat I was in the habit of helping him up." Were Good Friends. "You and Senator Gore had been good friends, had you not?" asked Chairman Burke. "Yes, I had known him as a friend for about nine years and had business dealings with him." I Asked to explain some of his busi? ness dealings, Hamon said several years ago at Lawton, Okla., when the government decided to sell at public auction some lands belonging to the I Indians, he, Senator Gore, and others entered a combination not to bid against each other so that the prop? erty might be obained cheaper. All of them secured some of the land, he said. Chairman Burke?"Don't you know there is a federal statute against a combination to prevent competitive bidding?" Hamon?I didn't know of that law then, but I have since thought of It. It was just a desire on the part of all of us to get the land as cheaply as possible. It was understood among us that we would not bid against each other." Congressman Miller?"You knew that the proceeds from that sale were to go to the Indians, do you think that was honorable towards the Indians?" A Different Outlook. Hamon?"We did not look at it that way. In fact we don't do things out West just in the same way you do in the East." In some of his business transactions with Senator Gore, Ha? mon testified, money loans were In? volved. "Just before congress adjourned," said Hamon,. "the senator came to me and said that he had to pay $6,000 which he said he owed to Senator Owen. He said he had $1,000 of the cash and wanted me to raise the other 15,000 for him from a client of mine." More evidence from Senator Gore porbably will be heard. The senator announced he intended to accompany the committee to McAlester, where sessions will be held Monday. Sen? ator Curtis and Congressman McGuire will probably testify tomorrow. THE MISSISSIPPI IS VERY LOW. steamboats Can't Run. But Pearl Hunters Are Happy. Kansas City Times. It is only within the memory of the oldest of river men that the riv? ers forming the great Mississippi system have been so low in the sum? mer as they have this year. The old timers say the low stages this year can be compared only with those of 1864, when the catfish had to climb out into the fields to moisten their parched throats with the dew. North of St. Louis steamboat traf? fic is almost at a standstill on ac? count of the low water in the upper Mississippi. The Diamond Jo Line has been forced to take off its through boats to St. Paul and has great diffi? culty In getting its local packet DROP IN It's a Delight to the Shopper to see our Display of Bedroom Fur? niture? Displayed for comparison arc all the popular styles in brass beds, brass and enamelled iron?chiffon? iers, dressing tables, bu? reaus and complete bed? room suits. You get tne same display in all of our other departments. Shop here this month for L< WEST prices. Witherspoon Bros. Furniture Com? pany. through to Burlington, la. Many ex? cursion boats are tied up. federal of the boats have ben damaged in an effort to navigate. The river van bo waded in many places, and u 1a a common sight to see wagons fording the stream to save bridge tolls. But while the steamboat interests are suffering the pearl button facto? ries and the pearl hunters are reaping a harvest. Hundreds of men, women and children can be seen along the water front of every town hunting: clams. The shells are sold to the button factories after being search* ed for pearls. Many fine pearls havt been found. One found by a Du? buque man was sold for $400. Conditions along the Ohio river are getting serious too, though the situa? tion there is not as bad as it was last year, when practically every one of the hundreds of steamboats along that stream were either stranded in tho river or tied up at the bank. T' it were not for the water that comes out of the Missouri steamboat traffic would be suspended between here and Carlo. While the Missouri has not risen this year to within fif? teen feet of the flood stage it has maintained a steady flow of water, enought to keep the steamboats going I on the Mississippi and enough for the boats running on that stream. Still unless there are rains soon In the north the Missouri is likely to go very low this fall, although not as low as it has been in some years. It has been many years since the Missouri has fallen below the zero, stage. It is now eight feet above that stage, which is about the usual flow in the fall. NOTICE. The following dates for the County Campaign meetings have been made: Privateer?Aug. 9th. Shiloh?Aug. 16. MayesvlPe?Aug. 17. Dalzell?Aug. 26. Sumter?Aug. 26 at night in the Cov'rt House. Sumter?Aug. 27 in the Court House. Day meetings will begin at 11 o'clock a. m. The assessments are as follows: Senate, $25.00. House. $12.60. Auditor, $20.00. Treasurer, $20.00. County Supt. Education, $10.00. Supervisor $20.00. Probata Judge, $10.00. Magistrates. Districts Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, $2.60. District No. 3, $5.00. District, No. 5, $3.60. Pledges must be filed by 12 o'clock M. Aug. 8 th, with County Chairman or L. I. Parrott, Clerk of Court. All Candidates are also required by an Act of the General Assembly to file with the Clerk of the Court a pledge that an itemized, account un? der oath, of all campaign expenses and expenditures will be filed up to the day of election and a similar ac? count after the election. The Executive Committeemen will please send to the County Chairman at once the names of the managers for their respective Clubs. JOHN H. CLIFTON, County Chairman, Sumter County. 7-25-ltaw-4t. 60 YEARS* EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs Copyrights Ac. Anyone sending askotrh nnd deftcrptinn may quickly ueariMin our '?) ??,. '\ free ?l otlior an invention in probably paie<?:?.!>!*?. c umunfteav lions strictly rotittdetitlul. MfoIPEOG* onPat?nts sent free. OMeat lutem-y for FOCtmu? patent*. 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