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BIG BANQUET 10 BE HELD. I X I ? I I IVI HO\lll> OF CHAMBER or (OMMnu k decide to havk booster meet? ing. Prucreaolve Cltlien* of Sunilor to tict i >>z< 'Um i for A Larger ami More IVogrojalM* lily?Much I tore hi Taken. At a meeting of the Executive oard of the Chamber of Commerce I eld Monday afternoon in the office f President Jenninga, plans were .n iched for a big "get-together han? tlet" for the Chamber of Commerce I i be held March 14th at which time y organisation will be placed In a etter position for the upbuilding of bigger, busier and better Sumter. t is hoped that the "get-together anquet" will create a wide-spread In >re?:. on the part of the progressive itlsens of the city, In the Chamber f Commerce and the work which it ? striving to accomplish. In speaking of the banquet to a epreeenUttve of the Item President ennlngs stated that It was an effort on he part of the progressive and w'de wake cltlsens of Sumter to get to ether and have a general boosting low out In the Interest of a greater umtev. Already * considerable amount of .itereet Is being msnlfested In the anquet by the leading and represen 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. II is hoped ?.hat at least three hun <fcred of Sumter's progressive citizens fill attend the "blow-out" and particl ate in the speech-making. While no announcements have been made by be committee on arrangements It hi nderstood that out of town speakers vfill be present and that a number of )cal business men are scheduled for boosting' speeches. no NKt.RO NOTARIES WANTEIL 'oanty Clerk Asked to Hold up Com ml-Hlon* of Ml Negroes ami Notify Governor. County Clerk of Court L. L Per? ot t Tuesday received a letter Tom Governor Cole L, Dlease asking ilm to make sure that no colored per 10.1? r*K y\* ? fcf ni no Saftes puhjic. U>- :aul the it .eg a ttr*. f ? ?*f.uy steine ch < gase Immediately. As soon as ne heard of it he would take steps to re saove the official head of the colored party holding the commission. This notice probably means that ?orernor Blesse removed all notaries from office so that he could leave all negroes out of that office in his re appolntment of notaries. It being an office which the Incumbent holds at the pleasure of his majesty, the govern nor and It being the governor's pleas? ure that no negro notaries be appoint? ed, It seems a difficult proposition for any of them to get around. No ne? gro baa as yet applied to Mr. Par rott to register 11 his office as no? tary puhll' ln the past week fifteen more no? taries have registered In the county Clark's office, two or three coming each d.iy with their newly filled out rommlMlona to sign up during the pleasure of the governor. Numtrr-Carollna Club i nunc. The Friday Evening Dance Clui> having recently changed Its name to the Carolina Club held Its third regu? lar danee SSJ M on day night at the Arm -ry hall with Misses Mayo Rj ?m and Kdna Tobln as hostesses. The splrP. of the club Is to make as much pleasure as possible, and on th- [ < caslon this motto was lived up to it In I . lb nt style. The delightful course of refreshments served by the hostesses and the charm of the mush and dancing com? bine t > make the oerustof enjoyable. The cl.aperonea absorbed themselves In the ?ume of ?vhist. whilst the dan? cers stepped to the rythm of the mu? sic, as the hours glided by. The club disbanded ai 1 :10 a. m. The ? hapero u < \a>u Mr and Mrs. John R Sumter. M?. and Mrs. R. Oosler Lee. Mrs. Thomas Childs, und Mrs 't ? ? Kb h irdw. The dancers wer Missen Kdna Tobir, Xa'e Tobln. Mayo Uses*. H o or Lang. Ml.ma RlrhHrdson. Llszb Richardson. Nan nie Itlrhardson. Iteatrb Sumt- r. Alme, m. Nancv m .ore. Virginia Rand. r?. \|- , <'hllds. t'lara t'hilds and Mall I*. g kin. Hnejgg C'rry Hrown. AMen Hrown. It 0 Bff] lasses Bryan, Ifoatajawg P. Mo..r Tb. . bo . I ? Itavenel. Jr.. Marlon W s- ihr?<?k, Rernard Man? ning. lr\oi" Richardson, Seaman Rb hardson. William CfOSJgogfr James Orshnrn. Mar ..rt S it. Murray N. I son, T I?. I'o .bun. Wilson Oreen. Henry Me. II r? r r \t ?, t;...,rge Wurr^n, R II. Alb n. K- nin th Har??y and Monltrle DsLetSna, It Is e*My to believe any'nlng that Is of no importance. IN THE RKCOKDKK'S (OlTIT. Many ('u^x Come up Before Tho Re? corder for Adjustment. There were several cases tried In the Recorder's court Tuesday but they were pushed through In a hur? ry by the Recorder. Tho 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 tine 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 plead guilty, was fined $5.00 or made to serve 10 days. Harte Johnson for exceeding the speed limit in an automobile was forc I J to pay a fine of $3.00. Calvin Pringle, a young man of color, was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting an officer. Tt seems that hg refused to move out 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 Mayor ' 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 BENNETTS VILLK. Gary Smith Kills La Fa yet to Rivers. "Doable" Brothers-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 front SflgtttVy tfJ the right, and pass? ing through the neck. The testimoi Slid circumstances Indicate thai R4V? ' era fir*?d the first shot. The homicide was a deplorable af lair. Kiv*>r? muir.cu S eiStSI 0. and Smith married a sister of Rivers. The deceased was about 37 years j old and leaves a widow and two children. Smith is about 35 years old and ' his wife and three children are liv? 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, partly filled with corn whiskey, was j found in the room. MOONSHINING IN UNION COUNTY Bggff Still Cupturod Near Joncsvlllc? Prosecution May Follow. Union. Feb. 20.?On last Sunday morning Deputy United States Mar ' shal H. H. Hicks, Constable U. D. Kltclons and John Whltlock Jett I'ulon at 1 o'clock and went to the plantation of Mr. N. B. Elson, about j three miles and a half east of Jones I vllle. and captured a still. They ar ! rived about 5 o'clock and at 6 that morning made the raid. They captur? ed HI gallons of beer and probably 7 5 gallons of low wine and a still of about 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. UNUSUAL HOUR FOR COUNCIL. Minor and Aldermen of Gary, Ind., Haw SeNtdoii at 111! a. m. Chicago, l et,. 1H.?If there Is an> thtng in tie adage about early rising. Mori health, wealth and wisdom are due the common council of Gary, h d \i? mi l r? of the i one ii attended i [?? 'i ii ii .. iing at I 11 o'clock this morning. The netting of this gho tly '.our by the Mayor ? development in a fight eonoernl ig the handling of a lawsuit In which the e.^y Is IntSrSStSd. The Ma\or Is said to desire the with? drawal of the suit and the early risers, eniib d and slsspy, bad then rsvsngs when they defeat, d a resolution to that ?ff* t We thinke no greater bllsse than such To be as be we would, When blessed none but such as be Tin- same as be they should. ?William Warner. DON'T LIKE BLEASE METHODS. GOV. BLEASE ORDERS WHISKEY CASES TO MAGISTRATE. Ho Had Hoard Cltf Would Cut Wat. r Off IVom Governor's Mansion If Veto Wan sustained. Columbia, Fab, 21.?Gov. Blease has instructed Ins whiskey constables in Richland county not to bring any more case? befove the recorder of the city of Columbia. He has instructed them to bring ull 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 water off from the governor's mansion should the veto of the item of $7,500 for water have been upheld. There is 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. Klbler, chief; J. W. Henderson, G. W. Coleman and W. S. Taylor, Mr. Klbler said yesterday that he had not received instructions from Gov. Blease. The amount of revenue derived from the bringing of whiskey cases before the recorder can i*ot 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, C00,000. Chicago, 111., Feb. 15.?Net pfgltl 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 $7 5.000,000. Share? holders of record January 16 will ha\ C th- ; ight tO M I TO* i t.. theii holding! one share oi i stock f.>r <.?:,. h foui shares pfr*- j iO isly held. 'i ha Mnanci il stats rv ? it ?miu d I 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: "Swift & Co.'s result sheets show less than 3 per cent prollt 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 v?f modern machinery and scientific handling. "There Is no Industry in which che 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 dlssatiafled, 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 lost sight of that with varying costs and selling prii es the packer re? ceives a uniformly small margin >" profit on sales. While Swift & Co.'-. profit is under 3 per cent on sabs for th*. year, we believe, considering all conditions, that this result Is satisfac? tory. "The report shows that a recorl corn crop has been harvested in the United states, which should be grati? fying to cattle raisers and packers as well as thosr interested in Indus'rlea dependent upon the crops of the coun? try, and i believe tin- prospects art? r lonably good for satisfactory busi? ne.?- ? for tin> year to come. Ve are obliged to pay higher prices for raw material than formerly, and It takes n ore money to do busi? ness now than in times past. It also takes more capital for construction of plants and buildings and the operation ?.f facilities necessary to handle ami keep ?'iir various products up to tin high standard requirements, and your board of directors think it advisable that the capital stock be increased from $00,000,000 to $75,000,000." it is announced that "las! year we imported 1200,000,000 worth of em? broideries." Please note how we blOW In our neues Just to please some f dks we like. 'Wilmington Star. WOMEN HEBEL AGAINST BAN. Female Employes of Russian Govern? ment Are Fp in Arms Over Case's Latent 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 sterhood, because the male officials are too poor to wed. Accordingly they have forwarded a petition to a member of tho parliamentary op? position, who will publicly question the postmaster general respecting this view of matrimony. LEGISLATIVE STANDING COMMIT? TEE. Senators ami 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: The committee to examine into ex? penses and appropriations for State educational institutions, Senator J. W. McCown 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 officers, Senator L. M. Lawsor. and Messrs. W. C. Vinvent and J. R. Harrison. Committee to Investigate progross of code commission, Senator Robert Lide 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. h ? a emo (otn i Ts i ei \ < of Man Paroled fn ? Columbia, Feb. II,?"Hold remlt tltur in Wash Hunter case until fur? ther order of Court." Associate Jus? tice Eugene Gary has telegraphed C'lerk 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 remittilur 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 rcmlttitur should be sent down, because until then the case would be In the hands of the Supreme Court. BACH McGIIEE GROW8 WEAKER. Condition Alarms Friends ? Little Encouragement from Physicians. Washington, Feb. 19.?Friends ofj Mr. Zach McGhee, for several years the Washington correspondent of the Columbia state, are considerably alarmed at the fact that his condition shows no im prove mo 1.1. About six weeks ago he was taken 111 with stom? ach and blood troubles, and at first he ! elieved that it was only a tempor? ary character. Since that Urne, how? ever, he has been growing gradually weaker and his friends are now very apprehensive, Both of Mr. McGhee'l sisters, Misses Hehn and Mary McGhee, are with him, and Senators Tillman and Smith and sev. ral 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 hop. ful that he may Im? prove, attending physicians do not throw out much encouragement. Town Being Washed into Sea. Hoquiam, Wash., Feb. 15.?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 of the struc< ture has been abandoned. The sea wall has collapsed and 100 feel of land along the shore has been OUt away. A strip five or ten fee I w ide is washed away with * very tide. Tho public school building, Forward Brothers' Jewelry store and several other buildings went today. ROMANCE OF OWEN KILDAHIO Enwt Side Orphan Neurale and Prize Fighter Became an Author of Not**, Through a Woman's Love. Owen Ktldare, who wrote "My Mamie Rote," and who was sometimes called the "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 of the tenements. "My Mamie Rose," the w? rk which made his reputation, was .in autobiography Of his rise from il? literacy to the position of a man who earned his living by writing, and it may truly he said that the wildest llights of imagination could not have framed a more original Story. At 30 Kildare could not read or write. He was a prizefighter, bar tender and "bouncer" by profession., His only friends were the men and women of the Bowery. Then, by a rornatic meet? ing with 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 1864 on the top tloor of a tenement in Cath arine-st. His father was Irish and his mother was French. She died when he was born; his father had been dead three months. What would hnve become) of the child is not pleas? ant to contemplate had it not been for a kindhearted Irish couple on the tloor below. When Kildare was seven years old, he received his tirst pair of shoes and on that same l)ecemb?r night, when snow covered Cathertne st. and the Bowery, his drunken foster father took the shoes from his feet 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 heating 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 ola er than himself approached. "Goin* to sell poipers?" the boy ask? ed. "Yes," was the reply. [t was hi .... ? kpll . newsboy, j and his new-found frien? 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 fighter. One of the first places he worked In was "Steve" Brodie's dive, on the Bowery, 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 w as no better and no worse than him? self. They passed a good part of their time loafing just outside the saloons, and the principal diversion they had at such 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: "And you are men'." He looked around and saw a slend? er girl with a look of contempt on her face, staring back at "Skinny" McCarthy's flushed.face. Why he did it, he did not know, but b fore "Skin ay' had a chance to give voice to the words on his lips, Kildare knocked him down. Then, with a sweep of his trm, he ch ared a space around the ?jlrl, ami stepped to her side. "I'd better walk with you a little sray," he said gruffly. He walked with ln r t i her door, ind on the way she drew from him his name and an account of bis life. Her name she said was Marie Rose Deer ing, and she was a school teacher. Without ln r knowing it. he would fol? low her about the Bast Side to see that she did nol come to barm. But inally one day he plucked up cour ige to station himself in lnr path >\ hen she w as on ln r way home from school. To his \asi astonishment she -topped and said: "How do you do, Mr. Kildare'.'" From that day he was her slave. He i vas willing to do anything she asked I d him. And when one night she in ited him to a church entertainment, tnd gave him a card for it, he con? tented to go. "Where is it'."' he asked. "1 don't remember." she replied, but the card shows.' Instantly her face was crimson. Whether he held the card UPSldC down, or just what happened, he n? ver know, 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 lip his prizefighting and his Job at "Fatty" Flynn's dame hall and be? came a baggage agent, earning $8 a S7< ek. By working day and night he managed to obtain many increases in pay until by 1000 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 seern worth while to continue the fight that he had begun for his "Mamie Rose." He partially drifted hack to the old life, and met again the w recks who hang about saloon doors 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 aad de? termined to write 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 of 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 S is 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 Daly was looking for a pla: I. lidi". and he g??i the idea that ??. drama til ation of "N 7 isnii Bom*' s ? lid version. It was offered early in the season at Wallack'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 sent to Rloomingdale. 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 cheerful patient, tho doc? tors said. l^ale last year his wife went to the town In Massachusetts where they had been married and obtained an an nullment, retaining the custody of their live-yenr-old daughter. She im? mediately married a retired lieutenant commander of th? United states navy, but at the same time she made it clear that her interest in her first husband had not I "en abandoned. She fre? quently visited him at Ward's Island, som< times taking their daughter to see" him, and she bail given orders that sh< was to be called whenever his condition became serious. Both she and her husband made it their duty to sec that Kildare lacked for 'thing. She last visited bin to the day before he died. Agricultural SocJet) Meeting:. Editor Dally Item: On behalf of the faculty of the General Sumter Memorial Academy, l extend a most cordial invitation to all persons Interested in the effort to l etter country life to attend >b. reg" ular annual meeting of the Sumter Agricultural Soeiet) at the General Sumter Memorial Academj on the i ;th day of March, nest. Matters <>t unusual Interest will c< me up for discussion and we pledge ourselves to spare no effort to make the occasi< n of unusual pl< ssuri and profit to all who attend Official notice <f the meeting will appear in due season, and a call will be made b) oui 11>< .iI Farmers' Fnlon Club to the County Union to mute with us and thercb) greatly promote the success the day. John .1 11 irgan. President Gen. Sumter Mem trial A< a* demy. Yours ma} be S bed of rose? -but beware Of the th>rus.