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?Gnieretl mi the PostodU?' at Suiiik ? 8. C, as Second Clu?? .Mauer. Mr r. t. GiUespte, of Roek um. is visiting hla sitter. Mrs. Hose Jen Mr. K, M WHN. of Darlington, president of the 8tate T. I'. A., spent Monday In the city. Mr. Walter Hasard, of Georgetown, was a visitor In the city Monday. Qsj| \V. D. Scarborough, of Dal? sen, was In the city Tuesday. Mr. James Pagan. >f Stateburg, spent Tuesday In the city. Mi * S h Nelao i. <?f Sfateburg Is \lnlttng her brother. Mr. W. B. Murray Mr. Charlie Oalllard. of DaUell. was In the clt/ Tuesday. Mrs. W. 8. Schumacher, of Little Rock. Ark.. Is here on a visit to Mrs. It U Wright. Mr. Julius A. Schwerin has gone to Augusta. Oa.. for a few davs on business. Dr. De Loach, of Camdcn. was in the city Wednesday. Misses Virginia and ft tta Cooper. -Of Wlsacky. with their guests. Misses Bmmle and Marian McCreary, of Clinton. were In the ? its \\ Ira da' Mr. J. H. Sanders. of Hagood. spent Wednesday In town. Miss Caro Levy, of Philadelphia, la visiting her grsndmother. Mrs. C. II. Molse. on N. Main Street. Mr. Charles T. Evans. Supervisor of Lee County, was in town for awhile Wednesday. Mrs. Fred Barrett, of Richmond. Vs.. who has hctn visiting Mrs. F. I Manning, at Wlsacky. has returned homo. Mr. W. II. Newell, General Super? intendent of this dhlsion of the At? lantic Coast Line railroad, was In the oil* Wednesday for awhile in his pri..?e car. He left on the Gibson train for Darlington. Mr. Irvine Belser is spending the Easter holidays from Yale University with his brother. Mr. lt. R. Belser. Mrs. George Denne and children ar? rived In the city Thursday from Florida for a visit to relatives. Mr. L. M. Green, of Columbia, was In the city for awhile Thursday. Mr. E K. Rcmbi ? t, of Html I ? spent Wednesday night in ih? >. M?. 1>. \Y Cuttino letl for Char lee* .i Wi 1- -sda> tc visit hv r son, Eugene, at t'.ie Cttadoi. Mr. J. E. Stuckey passed through the city Thursday on his way to I Columbia. Mr. J. Manly Smith. v>f Blshopvllle, has gone to Hot Springs, Ark., for a stay of some time. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Snoot, of Dar? lington, are in the city on a visit to friends Misses Ellen Evans, Rosalie Evans and EMa McManus, have gone Xo their homes in Blshopvllle for Easter holi? days. Mr. E. L. Wltherspoon has return? ed homo from a trip to Atlanta. Mrs. Jas. II. Dawes and children, who have been visiting Mrs. W. H. Epperson. Mrs. Dawes' mother, have returned to their home in Philadel? phia. Mias Alice DeVeaux. who has been teaching school at Clio, was in the Otty Thursday on her way to DgJaoU to visit her sister, Mrs. W. D. Carson. Rocky RlnfT. Rocky Bluff, April 13.?Farmers sre now putting down fertilizers and planting cotton. Some are ?tili haul? ing fertiliser. Ther? Is a great deal of sickness among the color* d folks here .ml some among the white people. Mr. Y. Lewis has had m> as|- s but Is better. , Messrs. Wi R. Wells and John Mc Leod hiixe SOOSl quite sick r. c? ntly, hut an ??ett? - Mrs. OaSOi of Itord- n. sp. nt lu*t week Him romttvoa hero, Mm Wells, of pre a tee I has Im ? n > SpOtWItaej some time with heff son. Mr. ? W. II. Wells. Mr. j. j .IttttMeM and faaallj sp. nl last Sunday at Mr. W. I'. Baker's. Several peopb- win i'm from \\< r? to Sumter s..t irday to atb ad the Field Day meet of the eonnty Sehooll Kastei i uu' Hunt. The Children's Bollding Society will give an Easter hunt at Hie residence \>f Mrs. W. A. Broun. Broad street, on Monday afternoon, beginning at f> oYb.? k. Admission for children under 10 years of age, f.c; o\ep :, >. ir?? inc. Roffoohmiiiiii wftH t?e served on the ground*. Th? two owner* >??oi eperat i- at the still whb h was ra1 l-d last Sun dux took I.Mil and It Is proh Mra, Vrvii Josses Pod. Mrs. Prtd Jonen. Of Atlanta, lia., who was formerly Miss Annie Mc QW Ii, of this olty, where she was bom ami raise.i, dlod Tuesday at an uarly hour at a hospital In At? lanta. The body WM brought here for mt< rin. nt. Mrs. Jenes was a mere ef Mrs. M F. Nash of this city. The funeral servu's and IntermoOt of Mrs. Fred Jones, who died in At? lanta, Qa., Tuesday morning, was conducted at the cemetery at 4:30 O'clock Thursday afternoon. The fu n- ial party left the residence of Mrs. It F. Nash, S. Main street, at 4 o'clock. Mi? Jultu Bradley Dead. Miss Julia Bradley died Wednes? day at the home of her sister, Mrs. BlfAOr Met'utchen, near St. Charles. The funeral took place Thursday morning at 11 o'clock at Mount Zion church. Miss Bradley leaves one brother, Mr. Sam Bradley of Hishopville, and two sisters, Mrs. McCutchen and Miss Maty Bradley of St. Charles. Death. I Mr and Mrs. T. J. Kirven, of Provl ' dence, lost their infant son, aged five J days. Monday. Funeral Tuesday af te. noon at Hebron church. Court Adjourns. CVurt adjourned on Thursday, practically r?M the cases on the doc? ket had Pa SI cleared up at this sit? ting of the court. Wednesday Judge DeVore and the attorneys In the case of Jennings v?. Lrfmoir ,et al. took an automobile ride to one of Mr. Jennings' farms to take a look over the ground. The case was one where a temporary lr Junctlon had been Issued to close certain road over the farm and the case now in court was to dismiss the injunction. Animal Life on Venus. There are many physical reasons for thinking that if any other planet besides the earth Is inhabited It is probably Venus," says Professor Pick? ering. "It is about the same size as the earth, and its density is about the same The force of gravity upon its aurface is only slightly less than that on the earth. The temperature on Venus is probably the same as in our own tropics, and the dense atmos? phere may be of a composition such sjajtjotttfofoiii period A* to the *,v latenra of intelligent life, the qoeatlon la still open if it Ii erer established th<- ?.Ignei Tanna is Inhabited I win b.- v. ? rojrpri ring Ifti n if H a same, were proved conclusively of any other planet, owing to the similarity in many respects of Venus and the earth." TROOPS INVADE MEXICO. UNITED STATES FORCES CROSS BORDER AM) STOP IK.111. Action Taken to Protect Liven <>r i Itlscni of Douglaa, Arliona, Scv? oral of Whom Hud Boen Killed by Voileya Prom K?los of righting Mexicans Across the Lino in Agua Prletai Mexico? Aguo Prieta, Mexico, April 18 (via Douglas, Ariz.)?l>uring a battle which lusted all afternoon and re? sulted In tht capture of this city '>>? tin- rebels, commanded by "Red" Lopez, American troops croat ^ the border and stopped the lighting. The action was taken after three men nad been killed and several wounded in Douglas, and the continued bring was endangering the lives of Ameri? can! on United States soil. Douglas was under constant lire for three hours. AgUa Prieta surrendered to the rebels after one of the most spectacu? lar battles of the Mexican Insurrec? tion There are many dead and wounded, including one American (bail, B, W. Crow, who was struck by a stray bullet In Douglas. Two others were killed and many were v.ounded in Douglas. This is the first time during the in? surrection that any person has been killed on the American side as the result of the border fighting. The dead and wounded of both the rebels and federals are being taken to Douglas. Thirty federal soldiers fled to the American side an hour before the bat? tle ended, and were disarmed by the American troous. The rebels shot down many federals as they ran. Wounded federal prisoners were escorted from Auga Prieta to the bor? der, where they were released as fu? gitives on American soil. Lopez's band numbered not more than 150, while the federal defend" J ers numbered 65. It was stated to? night the rebels will try to hold Agua Prieta In hope of winning recogni? tion as belligerents by the United States. Akuu Prieta Is the terminal of the Nacoaarl railroad Into S-onora and is the most Important point on the bor? der between El Paso and the Pacific j ocean. j Following are the American dead I and Injured: , Dead: Robert Harrington, J. C. Ed | ards. Wounded: E . Crow, probably j will die; A. U. Dick oo, .-hot thiough tie thigh, eonditl ncrious; Forest itherford, '?hot in f ->:, Charles L*en non, shot In leg; Genevive Cole, shot through arm; W. S. Hingeton, flesh wound In arm. Robert Harrington was a switch? man employed in the yards at l>ou*r las and was on his train at Fourth .streit, a bullet struck him In lh?3 head and in- tumbled from the car. He was picked up and taken in a wagon to tin- Copper Queen hospital, where he died within an hour. E. K. Crow, another switchman, wai on tin- same train and the same volley thai killed Harrington swept him from the car also. He was shot through the body and probably wlli die. crow - family resides In Colo* i ado. A. K. Dickson, haif owner of the Washington mine, was shot through th>' thigh. The lame is broken and the wound may prove fatal. Forest Rutherford assistant super? intendent of the Copper Queen smel ter. went to his home near the imelter when the battle began A bullet among many which en ten?. his home ,struck him in the foot. Carlos Lennon, a baker from Bls bee, was among the sightseers when a bullet, partially spent, struck him in the leg, passing through th>' llesh. lie turned and started toward Doug las when another struck him In the back. His wound will not prove fa? tal. J C. Edwards, '^5 years old, who was fighting with the insurrectos, was killed. His home was in Virginia. Qenevleve Cole, 16 years old, daughter of A. W. Cole, formerly al? derman In the Douglas city council prominent as clerk of the Arizona constitutional convention, was sitting in her father'shome when a bull t pased through her arm. GOV BLEASE is RILED. Blosse Declares he will Have Blend's Salary Paid, if Recourse to Trib? unal is Necessary. K Greenville, April 1 I.?Gov. Cole L. Blease, who is here at ending the State council of the Redmen, made the f al? lowing statement this afternoon: '1 will show the people that i county officer like Goodwin can't tell the gov? ernor of this State to go to hell. T expect to pursue the regular course in presenting papers for that collec? tion of the salary of Detective Head, and if the county of Greenville refuses to pay the money 1 will secure the ser? vices of a lawyer and take the case to the State courts. If that falls, I will take it to the supreme court." The statement was made in connec tin with Supervisor Goodwin's re? fusal to pay the salary of Officer lb ad, dispensary constable, officially ap? pointed by the governr, For th?? res son that the county delegation fa ? d ; i make provision for the salary of thi;- office, the county has no fui di lo ipply to this purpse. The local view 's that the gvernoi has misunder? stood the situation. Supervisor Goodwin today said ha has always treated the governor with the utmost respect, especially in the matter under discussion. MAGILL TRIES MANDAMUS. (.KEEN WOOD RURAL POLICE? MEN'S SALARIES IN QUESTION. County Official* Refuse to Pay, oUld ing Blease's Naming of Pol icemen Not of Force. - Qreenwood, April 13.?1>. H, Magill has instituted mandamus proceedings aginst the foreman of the grand jury of Greenwood county and the county board of commissioners to compel tin payment of the first month's salaries d;;e to three rural policeman ap P< lnted by G ?v. Bloase. The coun? ty, through its attorney. B. S. F, G lea claims that the appointments n< t being legal, the claims can not bo allowed, even if they were presented wi'.h the indorsement of the fore? man of the grand jury, the act re- . (iuiring all claims for salary to be approved by the foreman of the j grand jury before the supervisor of j the county can issue a pay warrant. In this case the foreman of the grand jury has refused to indorse the claim for salary, and on this account he is made a party to the proceedings. Mr. Magill has an order from Judge Watts in the proceedings returnable next Monday morning at 10 -o'clock or as j soon thereafter as counsel can be j lu ard. The appointments wen- made by Gov. lilease on the reeommend I ation of Mr. Magill, who is seeking the writ of mandamus, a member of ' tin- delegation. The act providing ! for the appointment says the ap i polntments shall be made upon rec? ommendation of the degelation and a? the other members of the delegation j did not join in the recommendation, the county, through its attorneys, claims it will be illegal to make the payments. Proper Chills. "I've had cold chills running over sne all day," the thin man complained "You ought to be glad of that," said his heartless friend. "I don't think 1 understand you. Why should I be glad?" "Oh. well, you know, it is quite an ordinary thing to have cold chills. There's no cnuse for alarm. Just think what an extraordinary thing It wou.d be if you should have hot chills run? ning over you."?New York Tress. Misunderstood. Miss Bute?IJow dared you kiss me? Didn't you hear me say "Sir!" when you asked me if you micht? lach Slanger??1 thought you said "Cert."? j Boston Transcript. Oack to the Be ; "Don*! you like >o get ;loee to n: tUrO r?'. weil nies : "Sura I'm very fond of these palm rooms."?Pittsburg Post I Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice and yet everybody is content i to hear.?Seiden. Daik i <?i r New* Notes. Dark Corner. April 12.?There is nothing exciting in this "Dark Cor? ner." but I SOS you have it set up in last Monday*! Item that Deputy Sher? iff Syk? .s captured a still in the "Dark Corner" of Manchester. 1 say It u;b not this corner. We have several still worms (drunkards) in this cor? ner and lots of other bad things, but no whiskey stills, or none that I have ever heard of. Cotton planting has commeced here but the weather keeps so cool and windy that the seed will have a hard time germinating. 1 believe we will have some fruit after all the cold weather we had in March. It was my pleasure to dine with my old friend and neighbor, Mr. L. Newton Barwlck on last Sunday. He cele? brated his seventy-f 'th birthday on that occasion. Thv>je present be? sides his family, were: W. D. Osteen, and granddaughters. little Katie Davis and Miss Lena Oste.-n, W. Geo. Geddings, John P. Andrews and son, Joe, and W. J. Ardis. A pleasant time was had by all who were present. The Manchester board of assessors held a meeting at F. J. Ardis* last Friday and expect to have another meeting tomorrow at BlOOmhlU. I hear of very little sickness. There are still a few cases of measles, but they are cooling down, j Well. I must get out to work. There is not much rest for the old. Hard Times. N. B.?I have learned that the still mentioned above was located Irf th* Bloomhlll community. Do you need printing of any de scriptlon? Come to headquarters? Osteen Publishing (. o. For nearly fifty years Osteen and good printing have meant the same thing in Sum ter. FOR SALE?No. 6 Remington type wtrter, in perfect condition; reman ufactured as good as new, guaran? teed one year. $35 takes it. Rem? ington, Care I'em Office. 4-13-lt.w MONEY TO LEND?On improved farming lands. Long time, easy payments. Borrower pays actual cost of perfecting leans. No com? mission charged. John B. Palmer & Son, Sylvan Bldg., P. O. Box 282, Columbia, S. C. 3-21-8t MONI v MAKER COTION BEI u WUI pay y u if you are raistr.e cotter. If yotl i pasted* It will pi ?' you t ,-*\est sate We cars furnish a limited quantity of pur*> seed, raised on our farm whe-e there has never been any blig'it. 11.00 per bushel. Let us book y .ur order at once if you intend to p*ant Money Maker. C. P. Osteen Co., Sumter, S. C. 2-1-tf ftitT? 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