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*(br (U'htc'jinan and SouUinm at Um? PoNtonVc ml Hunster, 8. I'.. M Ol CUtM* VlHUi t PKItHON'AL. Coll. W. D. Ccarborough, of !>>?; was In town Tuesday. Mrs. J. R Clyde, of Miami. Fla . to vlaittng Mrs W. A. Clyde, of Ulli Mrs. Lesesne and Miss Vallys An pelt, of Manning, spent Tuesday In town. ?Mise Hallt? Jones left for Ridge way Tuesday to attend the marriage of Mise Floy Huff. a young lady very well known In this city. Miss Oertrude Rubel, of Mississippi who has been the attractive guest f Mies Tillle Morris for the past sev? eral months, has returned to her Emma and Virginia Saun of Jtateburg, spent Monday In city. Mr. W. D. Carson, of Dal-ell. was la town Tuesday on business. Mr. R. C. Wactor. of Heiiot. spent Tuesday In town. Mr. R. C. Richardson. Jr.. of Plaewood. was in town Tuesday. Mr. A. P. Burgess, of Fort MoUe, spent Tuesday in the city. Copt. T. II. Dick, who has been in health for some time, left Tu*s afternoon for Baltimore where he will consult a specialist at Johns I tap kins hospital. He was accom? panied by his eon Dr. Qeo. W. Dick. Miss Ethel Carson went to Chur leeton Tuesday afternoon where she will remain the rest of the week. e Mr. McKensle P. Moore has re? turned to his home. 124 Brocd St. Mr. J. A. McCormack. oC the Charleston Engineering and Con? tracting company, who was in town Tuesday to Investigate and bid for V the work on the septic tank and curb lag. left Wednesday for Charleston, after his bid had been accepted and the contract signed. Mr. and Mrs. M. de Veaux Moore have returned homo after spending a few weeks in Ashevllle, N. C. Mrs. U Wells and sister of Pine wood were In town on Thursday whopping Mr. David HraJlsford of Plnewood nts In town i 'lorsday. Mr. C H. Baldwin, of Ulshopvllle through the i itv l u.isdn on aa> to Manmna M. J. kL 1>UTU?II Of tiVUUCllMV toe ?1 throuah the city Thursday on way to Columbia. \ Coming Murriagc. 1 Miss Mary A. Hughson has Issued Invitations to the marriage of her alster, Edna Merritt and Mr. John A. MeKnlght. at the Washington Street Mepfgn church. Wednesday afternoon October 2Cth at ? o'clock. I DEATH. Capt. J. J. Wescoat. died at 7 o'clock Thursday evening at his home on West Hampton avenue, af? ter an Illness of six weeks, aged 66 years. The funeral services were I held at 4:30 o'clock this, Friday, af? ternoon at his late residence and were conJueted hy Rev. M. W. Hook, pastor of the r?r*t Methodist church | Of whl< h Capt Wescoat was a mem? ber and one of the Stewards. He is survived by his wife and two sons. _ J. J. Wescoat. Jr . and Marshal) Wes P I oat Capt Wescoat had been a reside n t of thla city for about five years, coming here f-om Surnmerv ilb- to takf charge 4 the Burns Hardware Companv in whleh he was one of ^ the lament stockholders. For many years h?? was a resident of Charleston and prominently Identified with the bnstn?*? Int. rr*t? or that city, hav? ing be?-n gggggfgttd with the well known v.rdware firm of R. M. Mar? shall v Hrn.. and the Marshall-Wes p coat Hardware Co. He> whs m Confederate \eteran and was In active service during the greater part Of UM war. r?-< ,d\ ing n?-\rr.il H. ri"os wounds from w hb h he suffered until the dav of u\h d. ith t ^ The health officer has been advised In a U't?r received from th,. State department of health. In Columbia, to look out for spoiled fish?which he has been doing ever since he has beea on the Joli?he having dlscowr ed .in i sentenced six bunches ,,f these spoiled fish to the dump cart on Monday morning. The letter from the health department states that h? cal Ash dealers remove the fresh fish T? .b? lewly arrived barrels, till S4S1 W,l>* "P"*1**5 n-n an(1 for the health officer, who id finds the fish spoiled. This done at other places, but it ?a not be done here for the reason .hat the fish shipped here are sent C. O. I> and the health offb er Is al ? on hand when the fish are un ? see If they are In good S4SI i. ivis was convicted of ruurder fis Tuesday. P1UH KF.DINGS OF COL KT. (?rund Jury Makes Fiual Present ni' hi an t Is IH.schurgcd. m I i?'- Dally item. Ooi It. Considerable progress was in.nl.' im|.i> in clearing the docket, thanks >. \? ral pleas of guilty being enter? ed when the prisoners were arraign ? 1 faff trial. Several other eases were trial and verdicts secured. The grand Jury having disposed of all business for this term mado the anal presentment and was discharg? ed. The following grand jurors were drawn to hold over on the grand Jury of 1911: A. M. Brogdon. 11. V. Held. E. I. Heardon. A. H. Flowers. E. P. McNeill, O. G. Tweed. The following is the record from the docket: The State vs. O. H. McKagen, sell? ing liquor; no bill. The State vs. Willie Fr?ser, house breaking and larceny; true bill. The State vs. Campion Fay, stor? ing liquor; true bill. The State vs. John Davis Leonard, murder, guilty of manslaughter, rJarat years In reformatory. The State va. H. M. Elliott and D. W. Elliott, theft of electric current; true bill. The State vs. Gartltjjd Hix. alias Garfield Benbow, larceny of live stock; plead guilty; IS months on chaingang. The State vs. Wesley Cummlngs. larceny of bicycle; plead guilty; 18 months on chain gang. The State vs. Jake Moody, house breaking and larceny; true bill. The State vs. William Brown, lar? ceny of bicycle; plead guilty; 18 months on chaingang. The State vs. Willie Johnson, housebreaking; plead guilty; one year on chaingang. The State vs. Alex Vinson. house breaking; plead guilty; one year on chaingang. The State vs. Willie Fr?ser, house breaking and larceny; guilty; four years on chaingang. The State vs. Allen Butler, entering house with Intent to steal and lar? ceny, continued. The State vs. Nathaniel Evans, alias Habbit. assault and battery with intent to kill; guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Presentment of Grand Jury. Iff, fit? Hu..or QaO. E. iTlme, Pr?? ffeflttf Judge?Fall Term. 1910: We. your Grand Jury, beg loavn to nubimt this, our final report, for the year 1910. We have passed upon all bills of Indictment handed us by the So? licitor, and returned the same with our findings to the Court. We have, at a previous term of thin Court, examined the various County Offices, and dp not deem It necessary at this time to make any additional report, except to say that our Foreman witnessed the settle? ment between the Comptroller Gen? eral's office and the Auditor and Treasurer of this County. The books and affairs of these offices were found correct In every particular. The Comptroller's office complimented very highly these offices on the way they are kept. We have examined the Jail, and moJce the following suggestions to the County Board of Commissioners: We recommend that the County Su? pervisor have additional lights placed In the Jail. We are told by the Jail? or that prisoners are placed in Jail and unless friends give them a change of clothing, they wear whit thev have on the entire time of their confinement, without making a change in their clothes or even tak? ing a bath. The period of confine? ment extends from a few days to several months. We recommend that fa< ilities be placed in the Jail for the prisoners to bathe, ami that overalls or sonn- otlor cheap ?lothing be provided, so that the prisoners can ? hange their clothes, and have laund? ering done occasionally. W I no! CS that the opera seats in the Court House are In med Of re ; hi and we recommend that this be attended to iit once, bet?re ad? ditional damage results. w. notice that th.. Bantern wall or the Court loom is very much Jts < olored. CaUied by the sparrows stop? ping up tue gutters, and causing the water to back up and soak through the wall; we recommend that the County Board look after tins matter at on.. and devise some means of keeping tie sparrows Ottt of the gut tors. th. reb) Insuring the safety of our Court Hons... and we desire to impress upon the County Board and th* Custodian of the Court House the necessity of protecting this val? uable property, at all times. W. congratulate Mr. L. W. Jen? kins on the appearance and condi? tion of the Court House grounds, and the County Board In securing the services of Mr. Jenkins, which we understand Is entirely gratuitous. We de?ire t<? thank Your Honor for the charge you gave us at the beginning of the Session, and re uuest that our Legislative delegation at Its next session take up the matter of reforming or revising our school laws. We recommend to said de e- | gat hm that they secure the passage j Of an act increasing the salary of , ins County Superintendent of Edu? cation to such an amount as aril] Justify his giving all Of his time and attention to schools of Sumter Coun? ty. We also recommend that they provide in said law means for a ro survey of the several school Districts of Sumter County and for a school census. A school map is also a ne? cessity for the County, there being at present n<? means of determining the boundaries of the several districts. In this connection, we are inform? ed that the sc hools in District No. 2 are so located as to deprive a num? ber of children in that District of the opportunity of attending school and we would suggest that the Trust? ees take the matter up and give the necessary relief. Our attention has been called to the neglect Of teachers, trustees and parents in the Rural School Districts to comply with the State Board of Health laws requiring all pupils to be vaccinated. Small Pox has been prevalent In this and near-hy coun? ties during the present year. Neg? lect of orecautionary measures re? quired by law and common sense sub? jects the population of the county to the menace of an epidemic of small pox, the county to the possible, great and unnecessary expense, the teach? ers, trustees and parents to liability of indictment and possibly the keep? ing out of the schools of all unvacei nated children. We desire to congratulate County Supervisor and Board of Commis? sioners upon their excellent man? agement of the financial affairs of the county. With all ordinary expenses and claims against the county paid, the balance on hand October 1st, 1910 amounted to 16,542.04. There will be ample funds to defray all expenses to January 1st 1911 with possibly a surplus at that time of about five or six thousand dollars. Considerably more than one thousand dollars in? terest on bank deposits have accrued betwen March, 1909 and October 1, 1910. Of the twenty-five thous? and dollars borrowed for new Court House purposes from The State Sink? ing Fund Commission in 1907, only six thousand and seventy-eight dol? lars remains to be paid, which will be liquidated out of the tax collect Ions the next fiscal year. ?unty Commissioners have 11 it necessary to dispose of fifty thousand dollar good authorized this year, but seven miles of sand-clay road and three and s-half miles of new road-ways have been built through swamps and woods and seven cause? ways have been built also this year. Thanking your Honor and the Officers of the Court for courtesies extended, Respectfully submitted, S. W. STUBBS. Foreman. THE BOND ISSUE PETITION. Freeholders are Being Asked to Sign Petition Calling ?pedal Flection. Mr. E. I. Keardon Is circulating a petition among the freeholders of Sumter asking City Council to order a special election to vote on the question of issuing $25,000 in bonds to provide funds for paving Main street. If a majority of the free I holders sign the petition the election will be ordered and the qualified elec? tors will pass upon the question. Mr. Reardon was employed to circulate the petition by Mayor Jennings, who was empowered by Council to take the necessary steps to ascertain whether or not the freeholders of Sumter favored a bond Issue for pav? ing Maiti street. Mr. Keardon says that the petition is being generally Signed, and public sentiment is al? most a unit In favor of paving Main street and making the business section of the city creditable to Sumter. Annual Election of Officers. The Holiday Bve olub held its an? nual meeting Tuesday night in par? lors of the Armory hall for tho pur? pose of electing Officers for the ensu? ing year. A good attendance was pres? ent and there was considerable in? terest manifested In tiie meeting. The office is lor the ensuing year are: President. Bllsha Carson, Sec? retary! H, P. Moses; Treasurer. Ceo. U Bleker; executive committee, h. A. Moses, Oeo. D, Levy, and A. L, Jackson. Several new members were elected,1 their names being put on the waiting list as the present enrollment of the Club la complete. Only fifty members are allowed at one time and it is Im-1 possible to place more members on the <dub roll than the constitution al? lows. The club made arrangements for four dances which will be held during the year, tho arrange? ments being left to the executive committee ami officers. The work of claying Dugan street was begun Thursday when clay was laid at the corner of Main and Dugan at rests to cover the pipe which had been laid to carry off the surface water. mm.m i: TAX VALUATION. Sumter, Darlngton ami Clarendon AU show Largo Increase. Reports as to taxation have been received by Comptroller General Jones from the auditors of Sumter and Darlington Counties. Sumter county shows an Increase of property for taxation of $ :t 16,689, while the Increase from Darlington county is $337,335. The Increase in personal property for both counties is approx? imately $33,000. The following uro the reports as tiled with the comptroller general: Sumter County. Real estate, country, 1910. $2,480,530 Real estate, country. 1909.. 2,374,260 Increase over 1909 .. ..$ 106,270 Real estate, cities and towns, 1910.$1,7S7,GC0 Real estate, cities and towns, 1909. 1,610,170 Increase over 1909 ....$ 176,890 Total real estate, 1910.. ..$4,267,590 Total real estate, 1909.. .. 3,984,430 Increase, real estate.... $ 283,160 Value of personal property, 1910.$1,795,944 Value of personal property, 1909 . 1,762,415 Increase persona! .. ..$ 33,529 Value of railroad property, 1910.$1,424,283 Value of railroad property, 1909 . 1,424.281 Total taxable property, 1910 7,487,817 Total taxable property, 1909 7,171,128 Total Increase.$ 316,689 Darlington County. Real estate, country, 1910.52,230,505 Real estate, country, 1909. 2,018,765 Increase.$ 211,740 Real estate, cities and towns, 1910.$ 984,605 Real estate, cities and towns, 1909 . 892,740 Increase.$ 91,865 Total real estate, 1910.. ..$3,215,110 Total real estate, 1909.. .. 2,911,505 Increase.$ 303,605 Personal property, 1910... $1,983,720 Personal property, 1909... 1,949,990 Increase.$ 33,730 Railroad property, 1909...$ 707,214 Railroad property. 1910..$ 707,214 Total taxable property, 1910 $5,906,044 Total taxable property, 1909 5,568,709 Increase.$ 337,335 The total property, real and per? sonal, returned for taxation in Clar? endon County this year amounts to $3,911,220, which is an increase of $202,480 over the returns for 1909. The increase would have been much greater than this but for marked re d actions made by township hoards in tiif assessment of real estate. A representative of the Comp? troller General's office has just effect ed a satisfactory settlement with the auditor and treasurer, the transact? ion taking but little over an hour. Big Show Coming. The capacity of the big tents is a?. ways tested during the John Robin? son Shows' engagement, and if Un? cle Alvln and Aunt Mary desire much comfort and more peace of mind, it would best to alllow the children to bring them to the after? noon exhibitions, where the new me? nagerie can be seen to a much bet? ter advantage and more time given to absorb the descriptive knowledge so pleasantly unfolded by the gen? tlemanly lecturers. The white city is a beautiful pic? ture on the green, and thousands of sight-seers will take advantage to inspect tri if- monster moving caravan. The horse stables alone are worth visiting to all lovers of the gentle equine, for the Uobinson "horse show" is the talk of all America; then the ponies, they should be seen, also the culinary department, where over GUO people are served three times a day. The blacksmith shops, the eiectric light plant and a hundred places will be found of interest. Only work of an absolutely neces? sary character is done on Sundays. If the weather is fine and the water is not too cold, the elephants will be given a bath in a large pond near j the grounds. Evryone will see the vast improve? ment and elargement of this the best of all the large tented aggregations. Each department is so completely lllled with foreign and American fea? tures as is capable of being trans? ported and handled in a satisfactory manner. Tne new menagerie is a vast col? lection of the earth's most Interest? ing and marvelous wonders. New cages, rolling stock equip? ment, all bright in gold and silver, will be seen for the first time after a full winter's embellishment by scores of expert artisans. Many new and novel acts will at? tract attention in the big tent, where hundreds of skilled perform? ers will vie in friendly contents for supremacy. The children will be delighted with the miniature menagerie, with boy trainers, drivers and care-takers. The entire institution is so com? plete in its immensty only a gener? alization can be mentioned herewith. Nor has the circus department been overlooked. Many acts will be offered that were never before seen here, enlivened with new and amus? ing antics by over two score of funny clowns. The big shows will lexhibit here Monday, Oct. 17th, afternoon and night. CUTLDERN IN <;ooi> (ONDinoX. Examination of School Children Re? veal?* Few Defect* in Their Physi? cal Condition. Dr. Mills, the city physician, af? ter three days of examinations of the condtlon of the achool chlidren in the Washington street graded school has finished the inspection of the children of the third and fourth grades, finding most of them in good condition, the only disease , prevalent among them being ade? noids. Dr. Mills has been from an hour and a half to two hours every day at the school this week and in that time he has examined about ninety children, from the third and fourth grades. The examination is not as thorough as it would be for the rea son that there is only one doctor to examine more than seven hundred children and, if he expects to get through at any time in ?c^oon, he has to expediate examinations as ; much as possible. The children who have been examined are generally in good condition, with the exeception i of adenoids, and there are only a few of those that are afflicted with diseases needing treatment. While the exam j Ination is not thorough and some diseases may pass unnoticed, any that affect the ear, eye or throat are j sure to be noticed, as It is for diseases j that affect these organs that Dr. ( Mills is especially looking for. So j far only a few of the children have been found to be afflicted with eye diseases, a few with ear trouble, some with catarrhal trouble, and a large number with adenoids. Only two have been suspected of havirg hook? worm. Sumter is one of three places which have this inspection of the school children made, the other places being Spartanburg and Seneca. In Spartanburg there were three doctors employed for this purpose and they found a condition among the children far from good. The health of some of the children being almost deplorable. Dr. Mills for? tunately did not find so bad a condi? tion here among the children and it is probable that as he reaches the higher grades the condition will be much improved over the condition of the children in the lower grades. Up to the present time there has been no attempt to connect Colonel Roosevelt with the recent lively hap? penings in Portugal.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. I REMOVAL? W. T. Hall. Wheelwright and Blacksmith, has moved his shop to South Sumter street, near Lib? erty in rear of O'Donnell & Co., where he is prepared to do gen? eral repair work. Horseshoeing a specialty. Terms strictly cash. I 10-13-W-6t. Excellent Trousers D O you know of the goodness of our Trousers, Sir ? Been paying your Tailor "big prices" for Trousers? Do you think you are oblidg ed to do so in order to get a per? fect fit? Do you think it necessary to do so to get a stylish pair of trousers ? If You Do, You're Wrong! Try a pair of our splendid Fall Trousers to prove our state? ment. Fabrics new?cut artistic and absolutely correct. Trousers made by experts. $2, $3.50, $5, $6.50 to $9 Boys' Knickerbocker Trousers, 75c to $2.5? The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. PHONE 166. : : : : SUMTER, S. C.