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BIG BANQUET 10 BE HELD. exi:< i tivf bu\hi? of chamber Or COMMERCE DECIDE TO HAVE BOOSTER MEET? ING. Pr*>?reaeWo C it liens of SumUv to Get ToftUMT for A larger and More PrnareetsAc ctty?Much Itercst Taken. At a meeting of the Executive oard of the Chamber of Commerce ' eld Monday afternoon in the office f President Jennings. plane were lunched for a big "get-together ban .net" for the Chamber of Commerce I be held March 14th at which time i? organisation will be placed in a etter position for the upbuilding of bigger, busier and better Sumter. ' t la hoped that the "get-together anquet" will create s wide-spread L ? >rest. on the part of the progressive ttlsena of the city, in the Chamber f Commerce and the work which it 4 striving to sccompilsh. In spesklng of the banquet to a epresentattve of the Item Prosldent ennings stated that It was an effort on be pert of the progressive and wide wake cltlsens of Sumter to get to ether and have a general boosting low out In the Interest of a greater umter. Already a considerable amount of aterest is being manifested In the anquet by the leading and repr.sen atlve business men of the city, and he Indications are that it ?111 be one f the largest banquets of Its kind ?ulled off In the history of Sumter. t Is hoped thst at lesst three hun tred of Sumter's progressive citizens fill attend the "blow-out" and partici? pate in the speech-making. While ?o announcements have been msde by he committee on arrangements it is nderstood that out of town speakers vill be present and that s number of >cal business men are scheduled for boosting' speeches. so NEGRO NOTARIES WANTED. oonty Clerk Asked to Hold up Com? missions of All Negroes and Notify Governor. County Clerk of Court L. L Far- j <>tt Tuesday received a letter torn Governor Cole L. Pleuse asking ilm to make sura that no colored per- j *>.i r< i-ivd o his V ofcs is to <ar ? - Us raid that in cuss a I asraon of l iflooe. Bet (' > d euinnt'sslon from nl?s of lee pleads to hold It up snd let htm; know Immediately. As soon as ne award of It he would take steps to re? move the official head of the colored' party holding the commission. This notice probably means that Governor Blease removed all notaries from office so thst he could leave all aegroes out of that office in his re appointment of notaries. It being an j office which the Incumbent holds at the pleasure of his msjesty. the gover->j nor and It being the governor's pleas? ure that no negro notaries be appoint? ed. It seems s difficult proposition for any of them to get around. No ne? gro has as yet applied to Mr. Par pgfjfj to register It his office as no? tary BSJMm In the past week fifteen more no? taries have registered in the county Clark's office, two or three coming each d?%y with their newly tilled out commissions to sign up during the pleasure of th.- governor. sum tor-1 arollna Club Dantr. I Friday Evening Dance Club having recently changed its name to the Carolins Club held its third regu? lar danon Monday night at the Armory hall *?th M Mayo lUstl snd Edna Tobln as hostesses. The spirt' of the club Is to make as much pleasure ss posslbi-, and on this occasion this motto was lived ip to it In excellent style. The ?ellghtfu) saSBffBS of refreshments served by ?he n eaaeaes and the charm of the music and darn ing com? bine to make the o< < aMion enjoyable. The chaperones abMorhed themselves In (he game of whist, whilst the dun cers stepped to the rythm of the mu? sic, as the hours glided by. The Club disband* d at 1 :<?> a. in. The chspero c ? were Mr. and Mrs. John It. Sumter, M?. and Mr*. It. Dosler Lee. Mrs. Thomas Child*, and Mrs. It. Khbar.lMon. The date er* were: Misses BmUM Tobln. Kate Tobln. V < Ke, . . Il< u ? a I. irur. M iana Kit bardson. Llssle Richardson. Nan nie Richardson. Beatrice- Sumter, Alno . M. ore. Nnnev M .ore. Virginia Sander*. Alt e OMM? Clara Childs and Mall ft** I vkln. Mensra Crrv Hmwii, Allen Rrnwn, i>. c. Bryan, James tsryan, llaataasas P. Mo.,r The, |or.- I?. Kavencl. Jr . Marlon W aV LBSWok. Bernard Man? ning. Irvine Rhhardsoti, Seaman Richardson Willlaru Crowasa\ James Graham. Marion S -tt. Murray N, I son, T. D. Hrohun, Wilson QFSSfa Henry Moses. Herben Moses, Qeorgs Warren. It If. Allen. Kenneth If.irhy and Moultrle f>eI.orme. It Is easy to Indieve anything that I* of no Importance. IN IHK KKCOIiDKICS COl HT. Many Cum?m Come up Before Tho He? runter for Adjustment. There wert? several cases tried in the Recorder'* court Tuesday but they were pushed through in a hur? ry hy the Recorder. The first case was one against Julius Edwards, Jr., for riding a bicy? cle on a forbidden sidewalk on Lib? erty street. He was given the choice between a fine of $1.00 or two days. Solomon Lewis was called up for discharging firearms in the city lim? its. He plead guilty to the charge and was sentenced to pay a fine of $15.00 or to serve 30 days. Shaw Davis for being drunk and discharging firearms In the city lim? its was fined $25.00 or made to serve 30 days on the county gang. John Washington for public drunk? enness and disorderly conduct, to the first of which charges he pie id guilty, was fined $5.00 or made to serve 10 days. Harte Johnson for exceeding the speed limit in an automobile was forc? ed to pay a fine of $3.00. Calvin Pringle, a young man of color, was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting an officer. It seems that he refused to move on* of the gateway at the A. C. L. passenger station yard Sunday afternoon when he was asked to do so by Officer Mc Kagen and then when Mr. McKagen put him out of the gateway, he made threats against Policeman McKagen. He was immedately arrested and Monday he was tried by the Mayer in his absence, found guilty and sen? tenced to lose his bond of $10 or to serve 30 days on the county gang. SHOOTING AT BENNKTTSVTLLK. Gary Smith Kills LaFayetto Rivers. -Double" Brot hers-in-Law. Bennettsvllle, Feb. 18.?C. LaFayet te Rivers was shot and Instantly killed here this evening by W. Gary Smith. The homicide occurred in a room in the rear of the Matheson building, on Broad street, near the Bennettsvllle and Cheraw depot. No one else was In the room at the time of the shooting. Rivers was shot in face, Just below the eye, the ball en? tering the brain. Smith was shot In the neck, the ball entering from the ?,u<rv,?iv. to the right, and pass? ing through the neck. The testimony and circumstan v Indicate that R1y? ers fired iho first shot. The homicide WSJ a deplorable af? fair. Hivers snaffled statei of -?tfi and Smith married a sister of Rivers. The deceased was about 37 years old and leaves a widow und two children. Smith Is about 35 years old and his wife and three children are Ihr Ing. Smith was arrested and Is In Jail. The coroner's Jury returned the for? mal verdict. Smith's wound is not regarded as necessarily fatal. The two men, with other friends, had been in the room several times during the day and all had been drinking. A two-gallon Jug. p ?rtly filled with corn whiskey, was i found In the room. MOONStniflXG IN I'NION COUNTS gSBgf Still < apt wn d Near Jonesvllle? Prosecution May Follow. Pnlon. Feb. 2??.?On last Sunday morning Deputy United States Mar? shal IL IL Hicks, Constable U. D. Kitchens and John Whltlock Jett l'nlon at 1 o'clock and went to the plantation of Mr. N. B. Elson, about three miles and a half east of Jones? vllle, and captured a still. They ar? rived about 5 o'clock and at 6 that morning made the raid. They captur? ed lf?0 gallons of beer and probably 75 gallons of low wine and a still of abottt 100 gallons capacity. They poured out tho beer and low wine. Tracks led to a certain house nearby und It is probable that the guilty party or parties will be prose? cuted. t N USUAL Hot It Foil corNGIL. Mayor and Aldermen of tiary, Ind., Have KcmmIou at 1:15 a. m. Chicago, Feb. IS.?If there is an\ thing in the adage abotlt early rising, I hen health, wealth and wisdom are due the common council of Gary, !rii Members of the eouncll attended i special meeting al 1:11 o'clock this morning. Ths setting of this ghostly hour by the Mayor was a development In a fight concerning the handling of a lawsuit In which the t ity in Interested. The Mayor Is said to desire the with? drawal of tin suit and the early risers, chilled sad sieepv, had their revenge when they defeated s resolution to that effe. t We thinks no great r hllsse than such To be as be ws would, When blessed none hut such as be The name as bo they should. ?William Warner. DON'T LIKE BIESE METHODS. GOV. blease ORDERS whiskey cases TO MAGISTRATE. lit* Had Heard City Would Cut Wat. r oit iVom Governor** Mansion if Veto Wan Siirttallied. Columbia. Feb, 21.?Qov. Bleaae I ha.s instructed his whiskey constables in Richland county not to bring any more case? before the recorder of the I city of Columbia He has instructed them to bring all violations of the dispensary law before a magistrate. Gov. Hlease said that the lines re? ceived from the cases of violation of the dispensary were considerable and that he would see that none of ?his went into the city treasury of Colum? bia. Gov. Blease takes the position because there was some talk of cut? ting the watt r off from the governor's mansion should the veto of the item of $7,500 for water ha\e been upheld. There 's some question as to whether the governor's mansion is a public building or not. The personnel of the constabulary for Richland county is as follows: e. L. Kibler, chief; J. W. Henderson, G. W. Coleman and W. S. Taylor, Mr. Kibler said yesterday that he had not received instructions from Gov. Rlease. The amount of revenue derived from the bringing of whiskey cases before the recorder can not be defi? nitely estimated. The amount de? pends on the activity of the con? stables. SWIFT INCREASES CAPITAL. Additional $15,000,000 Voted by Stockholders Brings Total to $75, 000,000. Chicago, 111., Feb. 15.?Net pfolHs of Swift & Co., for the fiscal year end? ed September 30, 1910, were, accord? ing to the figures presented at the an? nual meeting yesterday, $7,050,000. This is equal to 1.75 per cent on the outstanding capital of $60,000,000. These profits compare with 13.66 per cent earned in 1909 and 12.60 in 1908. The company paid 7 per cent in divi? dends, leaving $2,850,000 to be car? ried to surplus, which item now stands at $24,850,000. The stockholders voted to increase the capital to $75,000,000. Share? holders of record January 16 will n a stock for ss>< h four shares pf* 0 isly held. j The financial statemen submitted! at the meeting of stockholders show? ed an increase for the year of $2,000, 525 in cash and $2,558,700 in accounts receivable. The inventory Jumped $6,749.471, being $33,795,488, against $27,046,017 the previous year. Among the liabilities, bills payable Increased $10,622,550. This of course, is offset by the gain in quick assets. L. F. Swift, president of the com? pany, said among other things to the stockholders: I "Swift & Co.'s result sheets show less than 3 per cent profit on sales during 1910. A profit is made 01 by products, which were wasted before we had learned how to utilize them by the aid uf modern machinery and scientific handling. "There Is no Industry in which whe selling price follows the cost more closely and with so small a margin of profit. "During periods of plenteous sup ply, and lower pric< s for live stock and finished product, the producer may be dissatisfied, and criticises the packer. "During the periods of short sup? ply, and consequently higher prices for live stock and finished product. the consumer may be dissatisfied and criticise the packer. "Thus It Is seen that the packe.' is indeed a "middleman," but the fact *J lost sight of that with varying cosus and selling prices the packer re? ceives a uniformly small margin of profit on sales. While Swift & Co.'s profit is under 3 per cent on sabs for the year, we believe, considering all conditions, that this result Is satisfac? tory. "The repOrt shows that a recori corn crop has been harvested in the United states, which should be grati? fying to cattle raisers and packers as well as those Interested In lndus*.rlen dependent upon the crops of the coun? try, and 1 belleVS the prospects ir1 reasonably good for satisfactory busi? ness for the year to come. "We nre obliged to pay higher prices for raw material than formerly, and it takes more money to do busi? ness now than In times past. It also takes more capital for construction of plants ami buildings and the operation of facilities necessary to handle and keep our various products up to the high standard requirements, and your board of directors think it advisable that the capital stock be increased from $60,000,000 to $75,000,000." it is announced that "lasi year wc Imported $200,000,000 worth of em? broideries." Please note how we blow in <?ur money Just to please some f.dkn we like. .Wilmington star. WOMEN REBEL AGAINST BAN. Female Employes of Raaalan Govern? ment Are t'p in Arms Over C zar's leitest Edict. St. Petersburg, Feb. 18.?The wo? men employed by the Russian state as functionaries of posts and tele? graphs are In rebellion. The govern? ment, having acknowledged their civil rights by making them functionaries of the telegraph and post department, has curtailed their natural rights by forbididng them to marry any but functionaries of the same department. They now complain that this edict condemns them to sempiternal spin ?terhoodi because the male officials are too poor to wed. Accordingly they have forwarded a petition to a member of the parliamentary op? position, who will publicly question the postmaster general respecting this view of matrimony. LEGISLATIVE STANDING COMMIT? TEE. Senators and Representatives! Who Have Been Selected for Extra Work. Columbia, Feb. 19.?The following standing committees for the recess have been announced by Lieut. Gov. C. A. Smith and Speaker M. L. Smith: Tho committee to examine into ex? penses and appropriations for State educational institutions, Senator J. W. MeCowi and Messrs. J. F. McDow and S. T. McKeown. Committee to examine into books and accounts of penal and charitable institutions, Senator G. K. Laney and Messrs. Olin Sawyer and O. L. San? ders. Committee to investigate and check up books of certain State oliicers, Senator L. M. Lawson and Messrs. W. C. Vinvent and J. R. Harrison. Committee to investigate progross of code commission, Senator Robert Llde and Messrs. L. M. Gasque and Geo. W. Mower. As Gov. Blease has not yet signed the act to Investigate the dispensary affairs, Speaker Smith has not ap? pointed the members of the commis? sion. He will make tho announce? ments later. Lieut. Gov. Smith has appointed Senators G. W. Sullivan of Anderson, H. B. Carllshle of Spartan burg and John H. Clifton, of Sum ter. p promo Com i Taltei A i of M in Paroled bj < . ?v ? Columbia, Feb. 21.?"Hold remit tltur in Wash Honter case until fur? ther order of Court." Associate Jus? tice Eugene Gary has telegraphed Clerk Brothers of the Supreme Court. Hunter's appeal to the Federal Su? preme Court was fruitless and the State Supreme Court has upheld the court below, which gave the defend? ant a sentence of eight years for man? slaughter. The stay of the remlttilur keeps the case within the purview of the Supreme Court. Governor Blease yesterday parolled Hunter until July, when Hunter ex? pected to make an application to the Circuit Judge for a new trial on the ground of after-discovered evi? dence. Such motion could not be made until the remlttltur should be sent down, because until then the case would be in the hands of the Supreme Court. ZACH McGHEE GROWS WEAKER. Condition Alarms Friends ? Little Encouragement from Physicians. Washington. Feb. 10.?Friends of Mr. Zach Med bee, for several years the Washington correspondent of the Columbia State, are considerably alarmed at the fact that his condition shows no improvement. About six weeks ago he was taken 111 with stom? ach and blood troubles, and at first he 1 elleved that it was only a tempor? ary character, since that time, hew ever, he has been growing gradually weaker and his friends are now very apprdiensh e. Both of Mr. McGbee's sisters, Misses Heh n and Mary McGhee, are with him, and Senators Tillman and Smith and several members of the South Carolina delegation in the House have been frequent visitors at his apart? ments at the Brunswick. While those who called to ask after Mr. McGhee toda) are hopeful that ho may Im? prove, attending physicians do not throw out much encouragement. Town Being Washed Into Son. Hoquiam, Wash., Feb. 1 "..?The town of Moclips is being washed away by the sea and the residents are panic stricken. Half of the summer hotel, containing 325 rooms, has toppled in? to the water, and the rest <.f the struc? ture has been abandoned. The sea wall has collapsed and 100 feet of land along the shore has been cut away. A strip live or ten feet wide is washed away with every tide. The public school building, Forward Brothers' Jewelry stoic and several other buildings went today. ROMANCE OF OWEN KILBAHIO East Side Orphan Nccvsie und Prize Fighter Became an Author of Note, Through a Woman's Love. Owen Kildare, who wrote "My Mamie Rone," and who was sometimes called tae "Bowery Kipling," died last week at the Manhattan state hospital. Beyond question, he was one of the most remarkable of all the remark? able men who have come out o' the tenements. "My Mamie Rose," the work which made his reputation, was an autobiography of his rise from il? literacy to the position of a man who earned his living by writing, and it may truly be said that the wildest llights of imagination could net have framed a n ore original story. At 30 Kildare could not read or write. He was a prizetighter, bar tender and "bouncer" by profession., His -only friends were the men and women of the Bowery. Then, by a romatic meet? ing wLth a young school teacher, whom he saved from the insults of a gang of his own friends, the course of his life was entirely changed. Of course, he was not to blame for his early life. He was born in 18?4 on the top floor of a tenement in Cath arlne-st. His father was Irish and his mother was French. She died when he was born; his father had been dead. Uiree months. What would have becotttt of the child is n< t pleas? ant to contemplate hid it iot been for a kindhearied Irish couple on the floor below. When Kildare was seven years old, he received his first pair of shoes and on that same December night, when snow co\ cred Catherlnc st. and the Bowery, his drunken foster father took the shoes from his f et and kicked him out into the street. Near midnight he crept back to the door and felt about in the darkness, because he knew the love of Mary McNulty, who, when his own mother was dying, had. refused to allow him to be taken to an "institution." The shoes were there, although it had cost her a beating to recover them for him. An hour later he was in Park Row warming himself in the steam which came up through- the sidewalk grat? ings from the press rooms of the newspaper buildings. While he shiv? ered in the dim light, a boy, little old? er than himself approached. "Goin' to f ell poipers?" the boy ask? ed. "Yes," was the reply. and his new-found friend was "Little Tim" Sullivan. In seven years, Owen Kildare was the champion of the Park Row, "new? sies," and was rapidly developing into a pugilist of merit. Two years more added weight to his body and gave his figure time to knit and he graduated from the ranks of the "newsies" to become a full-fledged prize lighter. One of the lirst places he worked in was "Steve" Brodie's dive, on the Howery, and after that he became "bouncer" in the dance hall kept by "Fatty" Flynn, an ex-convict, at No. 3 4? Bond street. In those days one of Kildare's best friends was a youth known as "Skinny" McCarthy, who was no better and no worse than film? s' If. They passed a good part of their time loafing just outside the saloons, and the principal diversion they had at BUCh times was insulting any wo i ian who happened to pass by. One day when Kildare and "Skinny" and a few more Of their kind were stand? ing in front of one of their favorite haunts, Kildare idly listening to the remarks of his companions, he sud? denly heard a woman say: "A.ld you ore men!" He looked around and saw a slend? er girl with a look of contempt on her faee, staring back at "Skinny" McCarthy's flushed face. Why he did it, he did not know, but before "Skin? ny' had a chance to give voice to the words on his lips, Kildare knocked him down. Then, with a sweep of his arm, he cleared a space around the girl, and stepped to her side. "I'd better walk with you a little way," he said gruffly. lie walked with h< r I ? her door, and on the way she drew from him his name and an account of his life. Her name she said was Mara- Kose Deer* ing, and she was a school teacher. Without her knowing it. he would fol? low lo r about the Bast side to see that sin- did not come to harm. Hut finally one day he plucked up cour? age to station himself in her path w hen she was on her way home from school. To his vast astonishment she stopped and said: "How do you do, Mr. Kildare?" Crom that day he was her slave. He was willing to do anything she asked of him. And when one night she In vited him to a church entertainment, and gave him a card for it, he con? sented to go. ?Where is it ?" he asked. ?1 don't remember," she replied, but the curd shows." instantly her face was crimson. Whether In h, hi the card upside down, or just what happened, he never knew, but she had seen that, big; man that he was, he was unable to read a line. The next day he began to study un? der her direction, starting, like a child, with the alphabet. Kildare gave up his prizefighting and his Job at "Fatty" Flynn's dance hall and be? came a baggage agent, earning $8 a w? ek. By working day and night he managed to obtain many increases in pay until by l'JOO he was earning what he considered sufficient to justify his asking his "Mamie Hose" to marry him. The wedding was all arranged, the day was set, but when it was one week off Miss Heering died. Kildare never fully recovered from the shock of that tragedy. He was sick for weeks, and when he was able to be up again, it did not seem worth while to continue the fight that he had begun for his "Mamie Ro3e." He partially drifted hack to the old life, and met again the wrecks who bang about saloon djors and sit on the benches in Union Square. In 1901, however, his rest? less spirit made Itself felt, and he went down to Venezuela with a for? eign legion that fought on the side of the revolutionists who tried to oust President Castro. This venture must | have had a good deal to do with his regeneration, for when he came back, although he was practically penniless, there was some hope in him. He saw the printed newspaper of? fer of a prize for a love story and de? termined to vrite the story of his own life. He obtained a bundle of yellow wrapping paper and wrote out "My Mamie Rose" with a stub of pencil. Two days later he saw his name in print for the first time. In the preparation ul his story he had met a Miss Leita Russell Bogar tus, who was a newspaper writer her? self. In a short time they were mar? ried, and Kildare continued to write. His fiction was in general demand among the magazines. He even be? came an associate editor of Pearson's. "My Mamie Rose" was followed by three other books,. "The Good of the Wicked," "The Wisdom of the Sim? ple," and "My old BaiPwick." He was in demand as a lecturer, and had a paragraph in "Who's Who." He was head of the Kildare Publishing company, a trustee of the National Newsboys' association ,a director of the Social Betterment movement and a member of the Reformed church. Then trouble came afresh. Arnold Da!r looking for a pis i ^0j>, j md he got the Ides that a draa itts i tton of Mamie Rose*' v.?. iid version. It was offered early in the season at Wal lack's theatre, under the title of "The Regeneration," and it was a failure. Kildare had written it in nineteen days, and he had worked desperately on it after the manuscript was finished. He suffered a second nervous breakdown such as had visit? ed him when Miss Heering died. Financial troubles followed and a fall in the subway completely wrecked him. His wife, who had stood by him sturdily hitherto, found it neces? sary to apply to have him si at to lib-omingdale. From that place he was removed to the Manhattan State hospital on Ward's Island. He never quite recovered, although he was able to take an interest in all around him and was a eh srful patient, tho doc? tors said. l^ate last year his wife went to the town in Massachusetts where they bad been marrb d and obtained an an? nulment, retaining the custody of their five-year-old daughter. She im? mediately married a retired lieutenant commander of the United States navy, but at the same time she made it clear that her Interest in her first husnand had not 1 'i-n abandoned. She fre? quently visited him at Ward's Island, SOm< times taking their daughter to see him, and she bad given ordi i s that sh. was to be called whenever his condition became serious. Both she and her husl and made it their duty to sec that Kildare lacked for nhing. She last visited him to the day before he died. Igrlcultural Society Meeting. Fditor Daily Item: On behalf of the faculty of the General Bumter Memorial Academy, 1 extend a most cordial Invitation to all persons interested in the effort to hotter country life to attend the reg? ular annual meeting of the Sumtes Agricultural Society at the General Sumter Memorial Academy on the l >th day of March, next. Matters "f I unusual interest will c. me up for discussion and we pledge oursi Ives to spare no effort to make tin occasion of unusual pleasuri and profit to ill I who attend. Official notice of the nie? ting w ill appear In due season, and a call will be made bj oui local Farmers' Union ? Mai' to the County Union to unite with us and then by greatly promote the slaves- the day. President ?Jen Sumter Mem .rial demy. Yours ma> he a bed of rpses bul beware of the thorns. John .T. 11 iruan.