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HKM> tolt HKATHfG BOARD,
Man and Wife in Jail Charged with
Hem?iut Hoard Bills at Columbia
and Sumtcr ItoqMN'tHcly.
From the Dally Item. August 22.
J. C. Clinton and Mrs. J. Clinton,
alias Miss 8. M Isllttt, are both in
jail in this city. Clinton being charg?
ed with beating a board bill at Co?
lumbia and his wife being charged
with the same thing in this city.
Mrs. Clnton. it seems, came to this
city and put up at the Hotel Siimt. r.
where It Is said, she received several
telegrams addressed to "Miss S. M.
Bobbttt."
Clinton, it appears went to Colum?
bia where he put up at a hotel there,
failing to pay his board bill upon
Ing.
He then came on to this city where
he wa* nabbed and lodged in i ul it
the request of the authorities ia Co?
lumbia. His wife meanwhile had de?
cided to leave the hotel here, which
she did s*? ret-ay, taking her personal
effects with her. and without paying
her board Mil
She was located yesterday In Cam
den, to which city Deputy Sheriff
Sykes pr led immediately to go
In an automobile In >rder to arrest
her. Her husband, however, who It
will be remembered was in Jail here.
Taller Owens to let him use
1
TJHsrton (MgT^Eoned his wife
the hotel In Camden that the officers
were after her. and to leave im?
mediately for Florence or some other
city until he could rejoin her.
\ Meanwhile Deputy Sheriff Sykes
had reached Camden. and saw a wo?
man whom he recognized to be the
one wanted, sitting on the piazza of
the hotel.
Before arresting h.r. bOWOVOT, he
waa compelled to have bis warrant
countersigned by the Magistrate at
that city, and when he got baek to
the hotel bis prisoner was gone.
He Immediately institute d a SOSUTOh,
and fou'id her preparing to leave
tots4i In a touring car with a 'Flor
en.e" tag on It. she having stopped at
a telegraph office to send a message.
Deputy Sheriff Sykes arrested h r.
and brought her back in his auto to
this city, where she is now lodged
in Jail to await trial.
\ siom or two wivis
Supn me < om t Decides < a-e of IV
culinr Interest.
Columbia. August 19.?A st ?ry
"stranger than fiction" is revealed
today In a de. Islon handed down by
the Supreme Court. |1 is the story of
an alleged fr?u ! in the disposition of
a dead maji's property. tlv? night
time raid upon his tobacco and cotton
crop so as t > conceal from other
supposed heirs the valuation of hi*
worldly wealth, the story. too, of
separation, of a cdmpromlse agreed
on by the husband and tlrst wife bf
whb h she -el. -ased him fr ?tu forth-r
obligation t ? oipport her; i story, t ....
of her differing in abjei t povcrtv.
and then the effort made t-? get bs It
some of thHt propertv whef the Old
man died
The ease of Theodosii White ml
David White, against Minnie It Hew?
itt, et. al. re\er*.,| by the Supreme
<*.,nrt toda\. wnn an action brought
to set aside a compromise settlement
of the ?'State . Mem v White d.
ed. upon the ground of concealment
ml?reprenentation and ffatld Med I
an accounting The appc.il w.n from
a decree of Judge piir-lv dtseHSlsIng
the complaint
Mr i>. iv Williams, the Western
f'nlon lineman, who was hurt sownl
days ago. has been removed to hM
home from the Surnt?*r Hospital, and
la renting well, although It Is expected
that It will be some tlnm before ha
in able to he up again, ??? be is entirely
without 'tie ute of hll foot and ankle
Vir. Blllott's lecture rn . t ? have
borne some fruit, n .several promi?
nent farni'Ti have state.| their Inten
I'' tlon of planting cover crops for this
wtft^rlnter's grasing purposes.
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JAPAN SEIZES KOREA.
STATE l)i:i'\l!IMKNT EXPECTS
8PBBDY \ \ Nor N< l:M F\T.
Imieha Makes No Objecetlon to
Change Which May I" Pisadvantn
??'?us to OOSnBSCfOC.
Washington, Aug. 1 i?.?Dispabhts
oro expected hourly at the State d >?
p.irtment from the Orient telling of
the announcement of an arrangement
for Japan to take over the empire
of Korea, forcaetod by Arabaaaador
O'Hrien. in a dlapatoh to the depart?
ment yeeterday from Tokyo. The As
? -lited Press despatches describing
the unusual activity of officials in Ko?
rea* and of the warships controlling
the Korea coast are interpreted as
substantiating the information con
royed to th? department by the Amer?
ican ambassador.
Following the course taken by oth?
er powers, no protest was made to
that article of the Portsmouth peac?
treaty between Japan and Russia.1
which Japan probably regards as the
latest recognition of its rights to take
over Korea. This article provided
that "the Russian government, ack?
nowledging Japanese possession in
Korea paramount engages neither to
obstruct nor Interfere with the meas?
ures of guidance, protection and con?
trol which Japan may find necessary
to take in Korea."
The United States, however, has a
number of treaties with Korea, which
would he affected by the taking over
of that country by Japan and which
would require Japan to notify the Am
rleaa government of her jurisdiction*
One of the most Important of these
is a commercial treaty whereby Ko?
rea is prevented from collecting more
than 10 per cent, ad valorem on im?
ports from the United Statei except
? n luxuries, where the maximum duty
is fixed at r,o per cent. Importation
of American articles to Japan is on
a far less advantageous l asts.
my! WH \t a SHAME.
Kilt Gallons of (.o<?(l Old Coin and
Rye l.lven lo Mother Karlh's Keep?
ing.
Pfom the Dally It<>m. August 22.
Slowly and with solemn steps a
salon headed by Deputy Sheriff
Sykes wended Its way down the
steps of the big new court house this
looming; hands (not hearts) heavy
laden with burdens: the burdens in
anaatlea being bottles. kegs, and
jugs containing several gallons of
"good ole booze." which had been kept
the required thirty days after its
seizure and was now du.? to he poured
Into the gutter.
When a convenient opening in the
Sewer had been reached, the process?
ion halted, and with due ceremony
the receptacles were opened one by
one and their contents allowed to gur?
gle their joyful way down into the
sewer, while the crowd of thirsty
onlookers could only say: "My! boss,
whut' a shame."
\fc;ro a amhlfrs finer.
Ten Sentenced By The Recorder To
Pay Fines This Morning.
I r un the Daily Item. August IS,
Bvery dog has day" is an old. and
one sa> i true saying, anyway the
fambleri certainly had their day In
the Recorder*! court today, twelve
being before "h Iz/oner." charged
arlttl gambling and ten of the twelve
hi mi? found guilty and sentenced to
pay fines.
Nathan DsuSeueere, Henry Noble,
Hemp Auld. Oeo. Rrovn. Richard
Ford, John Johnson and Fred Mc
Clure all plead guilty and wore each
sentenced |0 pay a fine of or serve
thirty days on the chain gang.
Booaler Dealer, James Wltoon,
Than, Wilson Porter. and Julian
Rhame, all through their attorney O.
Rapen Smith, Esq., plead not guilty.
but excepting James Wilson and
Julian Rhame who were acquitted,
they were esntoned lo pay $ir> tine
P i? h.
Willie R|( herd son, up for disturb?
ing the peace, was sentenced to pay
i tine of $.p,.
Rl b ird Ford, carrying n conceal
pd weapon, via, ? pistol, was sentenc
I to pay a fine Of $18 and to forfeit
the pistol.
The democratic oluL r:!h: ri,<xo flv??
days before tbe primary, and those
clttaens Whose names are not then on
the roii .,i a regularly organised olub
will be debarred from voting In Ihs
primary, See thai your name on
your ' pit, roii.
Tbe campaign for good roads in
Sumter county Is growing in fevor,
but a movement for a good road on
Main street WOUld meet with instant
popularity,
id Fear not?~ Let all the ends Thou AUi
JMTER, S. 0., WEDNES
? SEA Of FIRE.
KORKST MUMS SWEEP WITH RE
1,1 Mli;ss FURY OVER VAST
AREA.
Tow Wiped Out s?nil Many Perish?
Fin mos Sweep Over Great Distance
ami Surprise Sleepers Driving
Them Almost Naked From Tlieir j
Homes, I
Spokane. Wash., Aug. 21.?A Wal?
lace special says that the wind has
gone down and at 10 o'clock fires
around Wallace seem to have died
down. Tin- blase at Mulllan is re-1
ported under control. A bad blaze
is raging above Burke, but will not
reach the town.
Daylight this morning showed that
I Ip.minent danger of this city's de?
struction had passed, but it brought
also confirmation of losses which,
were only rumored last night. At
least two died in the city fire, John
J. Boyd, a pioneer of the Couer
d'**Alene and an unidentified man or
woman incinerated in the Michigan
hotel. Only the skull of the latter
was found In the ruins this morning.
Of the fire fighting forces an ac?
curate toll of the dead and wounded
is unavailable, but the known dead
number 24; the total injured 25 In
addition to 10 blinded by smoke.
It is estimated that the loss In the
city is about $1,000,000. The entire
? astern section from Eeventh street
to Canteen is destroyed, with no traces
of residences on the hill side. About
150 residences and many small busi?
ness places. Providence hospital and
the Federal Land company bill mills
are the only buildings saved in the
east end.
The forest supervisor reports that
the entire country between Wallace
aid the St. John river is swept prac?
tically ( b an and that the loss of tim?
ber Is stupendous. Fires between
Burke and Mulllan threaten both
towns tonlghl und many women and
children are being sent away.
With daylight a relief expedition
will be organised to go to Placer and
lag Creek where the lire tighten
'?amps are located. These men have
boon scattered over the country by
the flames. At War Eagle tunnel, near
WallaCd six dead were found and
two were badly burned. Five of the
dead In Hie tunnel had sought re?
fuge. They lay with their faces down
In the water, covered with wet rags
and blankets and had died partly
from the flames and partly from suf?
focation. Tin- injured were relieved
by temporary dressing and were
brought to the hospitals.
At Big Creek l- dead were recov?
ered, two injured and three others
were completely blinded. One tire
tighter was found dead near Mullian
and 1 ?i who were more or less se?
riously burned. A Pine Creek three
are dead, five blinded and live other?
wise injured.
Mlssoula, Mont. Aug. 21.?Merci?
lessly and relentlessly the forest flres
In western Montana and Idaho are
sweeping over a vast area, driving
hundreds of fugitives before them,
destroying small settlements and wip?
ing out of existence millions of dol?
lars worth of property.
The situation tonight is more s? ?
rloua than the early morning except
as to Wallace, Idaho, where it is be?
lieved nearly half of the city will
be saved. Communication with Wal?
lace to the west has been possible at
intervals today but eastward it is en
tlrely cut off. it Is known that the
entire east half of the town above
! Seventh street has been burned,
West of that a hard light is being
; amde and with an improvement In
: the water supply there Is more chance
thai the flames may be driven back.
For a few minutes this afternoon the
Dally Mlssoulan representative at
Wallace had a wire. He summarized
the sit nation as folloU s:
Thirteen lives lost; property loss
$1.000.000; fire still threatening.
Bail to Worse.
Elsewhere in the Are zone the sit?
uation has gone from bad to worse
today. The most serious incident is
reported late this afternoon from St.
Coe county, where 180 men engaged
in the forestry service are missing and
it Is feared they have been burned to
death.
When the fire approached the camp
W her ? there were 800 men. two or
three rue fighters took a horse and,
riding the animal to death, rode from
the camp and ordered a party which
penetrated the hie line to Bird creek.
Eighteen of the men were found In
the w:tter, where they had gone for
safety, and ware unharmed. From
the remaining 180 men no word has
been received. A relief train, well
equipped with pack animals, has been
ordi red, i arrylng provlslsons and hos?
pital supplies and will endeavor to
gel through the Are.
t
ast at be tl*y Country's, Thy ?od's
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DAY, AUGUST 24, 191C
mows WEBE Em.
McMURRAY HAD LUCRATIVE
CONTRACTS FOR SERVICE.
Admits Getting $20.000 In Salary,
With Heavy Expense Accounts and
EnormOllS Contingent l ee.
Sulphur, Okla., Aug. 19.?It was
brought out today In the testimony
before the committee investigating
Indian land affairs that J. F. MeMur
ray had held as many as half a dozen
contracts with the Indians for legal
services, all c overing the same period |
ol time.
Mr. Me Murray testified that for
general service he had two contracts
with the Chlckaaaws at $5,000 a year
each; two with the Choctaws at $5,
000 a year each, another for special
services at $15,000, only $3,000 of
which vas paid; a yearly expense al?
lowance amounting to $180,000.
All of this money was in addition
to the $750,000 allowed his law firm
as a contingent fee in the citizenship
cases and in addition also to the con?
tracts by which he now seeks to ob?
tain 10 per cent, or $3,000,000 as a
contingent fee on the sale of $30,000,
000 worth of asphalt land and coal
land.
"How is it that, whole having so
many contracts to represent the In?
dians generally on regular salaries,
you got a special contract on a con
tigent fee basis?" asked Representa?
tive E. W. Saunders of Virginia, a
member of the committee. ,
Mr MeMurray replied that he had
been Indentified with the Indians for
so many years that they had come to
look to him to take care of their legal
affairs. He said hardly an act had
been passed by their tribal councils
without the sanction of his la*v firm.
Many of the expense allowances, the
witness said, had been collected by
him Without the knowledge of the de?
partment of the interior. Also, he
said, many acts which had been pas
sVd by the tribal legislature were not
submitted to the president of the
Fnited States as it was asserted was
required.
Asked by Representative Miller of
Minnesota whether his work had not
tended to lead the Indians away from
a closer relationship with the govern?
ment. Mr. MeMurray said be always
had done his utmost to bring the In?
dians and the government together.
FACTORY INSPECTORS MEETING.
Commissioner Watson Will Attend?
New Corporations Received c harters.
Columbia, Aug. 22.?Commissioner
Watson left this afternoon for Hen
dersonville, N. C, to attend the an?
nual joint session of the International
Associatio of factory Inspectors and
International Aosslcation of chiefs of
Labor bureaus. Inspector Sloan and
McDouglas left earlier today.
The following new corporations
ware commlsslened today:
Florence Manufacturing Company,
capital $10.000 to manufacture and
deal in brooms, mattresses, etc. The
petitioners are: W. D. Lucas, W. H.
Evans.
Hammond-Brown Wall Company,
of Basley, capital $3.000, chartered to
transact a furniture business.
Marion Farmers Union, capital
$ 1 0,000.
Farm and Land Company of Ab?
beville, real estate, capital $10.000.
PREPARE FOR COLD SNAP,
At Least, Weather Rurcnu Predicts
Low er Temperatures.
Washington, Aug. 21.?Chilly wea?
ther Is on Its way, according t? the
general forecast for the coming week,
issued by Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief
of the weather bureau. The chilly
wave will begin its sweep a< ross the
country the middle of the week start?
ing from the Northwestern states
reaching the Atlantic coast by Fri?
day or Saturday, its appearance will
be rendered the more disagreeable by
reason of the fact that it will be pre
I ceeded by moderately warm weather,
I so that the drop will be the more se
i verely felt. As a result of the sud?
den change there w ill be almost con?
tinuous showers in the Southeastern
States. During last week tempera?
tures slightly below normal ruled
throughout the country, and there
were Uk it frosts in the extreme
North west.
Jailer Owens is accumulating a line
of high class boarders.
The postofflce is nearlng comple?
tion, but it win probably not be ready
for occupnncy on September 1st.
If you want to vote see that your
name Is on your ward club before
Thursday.
d Truth's."
THE TRUi
PROSECUTION UNDER FEED ACT
ALEGED INSPECTOR SPIGNER
ASSALlTED BY A. M. HAYES
Commissioner Watson Notifies Greei
vllle Merchant that for Alleged
Defiance of Teed Inspection Law
ami Assault on Inspector, Solicitor
will bo Instructed to Begin Prose?
cution.
Columbia, Aug. 19.?An official
notification from the office of Com?
missioner Watson late this afternoon
marks the beginning of the first prose?
cution under the Feed Inspection Act.
A. M. Hayes, a prominent merchant
of Greenville, was notified that for
an alleged assault upon Inspector J.
S. Spigner, of the feed inspection de?
partment, Solicitor Bonham would be
called upon to prosecute him under
the Act. There are four separate
counts, under each of which the pen?
alty ranges from $50 to $200. The
affidavits have been forwarded to
Solicitor Bonham, who, under the
law, has thirty days in which to bring
the prosecution.
The assault upon the inspector is
alleged to have been unprovoked and
to have occurred Tuesday.
It is stated that the trouble arose
when the inspector was defied to issue
a hold up order on some grain at the
store of Mr. Hayes.
HARRISON-ALDERMAN NUPTIALS
Young Alcolu Man Claims Bride at
Florence.
Florence, Aug. 21.?One of the
most real home-like wedding that has
occurred in this city in many months,
took place here on Thursday after?
noon, when Mr. David W. Alder?
man, Jr., of Alcolu, S. C, led Miss
Kora Harrison to the hymeneal altar
and where they pledged each other
their sacred marriage vows.
The ceremony took place at the
home of the bride's mother Mrs. Liz?
zie Harrison, No. 318 South Coit
street, the Rev. Will B. Oliver, pastor
1 of the First Baptist church, pastor of
the brick-, officiated. The ceremony
was solemn, yet beautifully simple
and impressive. Only the immediate
family of the bride and groom and a
few intimate friends of the happy
young couple were present to witness
the event.
The bride wore a lovely travelling
suit of blue, with hat to match, and
carried a handsome shower bouquet
of bride's roses and ferns.
The Harrison home was daintily
decorated for the event with potted
plants and choice cut roses and flow?
ers, and never looked handsomer or
sweeter than on this happy wedding
day.
The marriage of this happy young
couple was the culmination of a very
pretty little romance. Mr. and Mrs.
Alderman start out upon married life
with the happy good wishes and con?
gratulations of their scores of friends
throughout this section.
The marriage vows were taken
under a green arch twined with flow?
ers, beneath whl< h the officiating
minister said the words that made
these two popular young people hus?
band ami wife.
Immediately after the ceremony
(he bridal party were carried to the
Coast Line station in automobiles and
there boarded the fast train for Co?
lumbia and Asheville, there they will
spend some days on their honeymoon.
The groom is the yuongest son of
Mr. David W. Alderman, the lum?
ber magnate, of Alcolu. S. C. and is
one of the rising young business men
of this section, being connected with
his father and brother in the large
saw mill Interests of the D. W. Al?
derman Sons plant at Alcolu, and the
Alcolu railroad.
The bride is one of Florence's
sweetest and most charming young
women, being possessed of a most
lovable ami ( harming disposition and
numbers her friends by the hundred.
They will reside at Alcolu, the
present home of the groom.
The following were the out-of
town folk >n attendance upon the
wedding: Mr. I>. W. Alderman,
father of the groom; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Alderman. Mr. and Mrs Paul
Alderman, Misses Martha and May
belle Alderman, of Alcolu, and Mr.
and Mrs. Shaw of Sumter. all of
whom came here through the coun?
try and returned home in automo?
biles.
Tbe concrete sidewalks put down
on Main. Liberty, Bartlett and Har
vln streets, cost the < itv nearly js.
ooo. Put they are worth tb.
money.
The first b ile of new cotton is ex
pert, (i on the local market this w. ek
Tbe Atlantic Coast Line advertise,
anothei < >ld I loss Sale.
E SOUTHRON, Establ' \ed lune, i*eg
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Vol. >o. 52.
V^nVfiET IT ?
' c\r
r> ? /ftlNG COMPLICATIONS
\v ^i: ABOUT SEIZURE OF
BOOZE.
After Booze Has Been Filed As Evi?
dence With Clerk of Court, He Re?
fuses To Give It Up To Claim and
Delivery Papers Taken Out By At?
torney For Party From Whom The
Liquor Was Seized. t
From the Daily Item, August 20.
Some interesting complications
hav arisen on account of the seizure
on Friday, of five gallons of liquor
by Constable John Doe from two ne?
groes, Wesley Jenkins and Priscllla
Bennett. The liquor, it will be re?
membered, was seized while the ne
! groes were bringing it on the train
from Timmonsville to this city, and
upon arriving here, they were car?
ried before Magistrate Harby and
bound over to the circuit court in the
sum of two hundred dollars bond
each, Jenkins, incidentally received
a fine of $50 for carrying a pistol.
After fixing their bond Magistrate
Harby proceeded to file with Clerk of
Court, Parrott, as evidence in the
case, the five gallons of liquor, and
at this point is where complications
began to arise; for in the meantime
Jenkins had engaged as his attorney,
Mr. L. D. Jennings, who immediately
took out claim and delivery proceed?
ings in order tc get back the booze.
The magistrate's deputy, holdng
these papers, then served them up?
on Constable Muldrow who made the
seizure, but Mr. Muldrow was un?
able to locate the liquor until he
learned that it was in the possession
of Clerk of Court Parrott. who refus?
ed to give it up, as he claims that it
is unlawful for him to do so, the
liquor having been Hied with him as
evidence in the case.
The law in the case Is that when
liquor is seized as contraberd the
o.Iicer seizing same must hold it for
thirty days, within which time the
person from whom it was seized is
afforded a remedy of regaining pos?
session of the seized liquor by insti?
tuting claim and delivery proceed?
ings. In the event that no such pro?
ceedings are taken out. the officers
who seize the liquor are required by
law to destroy same, after the expir?
ation of thirty da vs.
The point Involved in this particu?
lar case is that, while the liquor was
seized as contraband, a warrant was
also taken out. charging Wesley Jen?
kins, from whom the liquor was tak?
en, with having in his pr sso-ssieu
spirituous liquors (or unlawful pur?
poses. Clerk of Court Panott is
now in possession of the liquor, the
same having been filed with him as
evidence in the criminal proceedings
against Jenkins, and his contention is
that he is holding same as evidence
against the accused, and as such, re?
fuses to deliver it to Jenkins, M.hose
attorney, Mr. L. D. Jennings, had
"claim and dlivery" papers served up?
on Mr. Parrott. Mr. Parrott employ?
ed Mr. John H. Clifton, who will con?
test the case on the grounds above
mentioned.
This case involves a question of
more than ordinary important e, in as
much as it will test the right of
the Clerk of Court t< retain in
bis possession, as evidence against
the accused, liquor seized lrom
him which must be necessarily evi?
dence against him at the tril ' ol the?
case (barging a violation et the
criminal laws of this State. the iiouor
being absolutely necessary, at evi
dencee, in order to obtain b i nvic
tion.
GLASS W\s EASY.
Sinai! Negro Bo> I.o<-o<* * osnroJ of
stolen Machine* ami C?oe> Through
Wind Shield.
Lancaster. Aug. 21. ? Paul T?. rry. a
small negro la v. m?n ol . preacher,
got into tt oubb here y< tu rd; y af?
ternoon, tie went to Harper*! gar?
age and, upon false represent uions,
goi possession of a bandst pi* . uto
moblle belonging to the Gregory*
I Hood company and started, at be had
previously told a compai on *,e in?
tended doing, to the ?it: < f Wash?
ington. After speeding for about two
miles out of town he 1cm control of
the machine, which lOally dashed
into a bank on the side of the road.
The ear was seriously damaged, two
tires being torn off and one or both
wheels bent. As the (;t struck the
bank the boy was hurled through
the rlass wind shield, landing some
distance ahead of the machine. He
escaped injury, however, strange to
say. not even being scratched by the
broken Kiass. He was tried before
Magistrate Caskey in the evening*
convicted and nt to the i haini g
for 30 days