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WAIT FOR THE
Dalzell, Sumter County, S. C.Thursday, May 11th, 10.30 A. M.
The Beautiful 1200 acre Bowman Farm situated on The Northwestern Railway at Dalzell, S. C, will be sub-divided into small tracts, from 30 to 1 so acres each, together with the
buildings and 100 choice lots will be sold at auction, Thursday, May IIth, commencing at 10:30 A. M, This grand farm is conceded to be the finest tract of land and garden spot of
Sumter Co. Very fertile, abundance of good water, lying at the foot hills of Santee, the climate is unsurpassed, the best possible labor conditions, anM in every particular THE IDFAL
FARM AND SUBURBAN HOME FLACK. Good school and churches, an excellent community, and every tract and lot will be sold Thursday, May 1 Ith, for the high dollar
=Easy Terms : 1-3 Cash and Balance in 1 and 2 Years_
The greatest opportunity for the small farmer, the large farmer, the home-seeker or the speculator ever presented the good peop'e of South Carolina
?_ t^t^ Transportation refunded to all purchasers of farm lands. One town lot free with every tract. ???
-T XV 11/XL I Silver presents given away, whether buyer or spectator. Band concerts all day. Barbecue at noon. FREE!
CAROLINA DEVELOPMENT CO. :: :: Greensboro, N. C.
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
MKWIY LBTTTEltS FROM OUR SPE?
CIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
bum of Interest From eil Parts ol
?himtrr and Adjoining Os untie*.
JtfOTlCE TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Mall yonr Utters to that they will
r??oh rhin office not later than Men
Amy when Intended for Wednesday's
paper and not i?ter than Thursday
for Saturday's Issue. This, of course,
spplies only to regular correspond
?oca. In c?ae of Items of unusual
sews vale a. send in immediately by
small, telephone or telegraph. Such
news stories are acceptable up to the
? uur of going to press. Wednesday's
paper is printed Tuesdsy afternoon
and Saturday's paper Friday after
??Oft.
DARK CORNER.
Dark Corner. April 21.?Cotton
planting Is about done and plow?
ing corn has commenced. We are
still havins" cool, windy weather. We
had a very good rain here on last
Wsdnesday.
Mr. James R. Avin died at his
son t, Mr. Horace T. Avins. last
Monday evening, aged about 80 years.
He was a Confederate soldier, a
meber of Company C (Culpepers
Battery) of the Palmetto Battalion of
Light Artillery. Mr. Avtn leaves six
daughter*. Mrs. j. H. McLood. Mrs.
A. W. Orlffln. Mrs. F. M. Dawkins.
and Miss Lillle Avin, Mrs. Howard
Avin, Mrs. j. M. Griffin, also three
sons. Mack S.. 'Horace T., and L. E.
Avin. and almost, a score of
grand and treat grand children. Mr.
Avin was marrlel four times. His
first wife was Miss Sarah Turner,
his second Miss Mary Turner, his
third Miss Mary Kolb and his fourth
was Mra Mattie Drayton, who was a
Miss Sanders before her first tuar
r*ag*.
There Is considerable sic -ess
around.
Well. Mr. Editor. I was a ,he
Field Day exercises, but 1 cannot
find words adequate to express my
opinion of it. Should I try to ex?
press my oplnhm it would be as the
Queen of Slwl>a ?ald about Solomon's
glory. "The half was never told." So
I will leave it to a wi.*er head and
one that has a larger vocabulary th in
thN t?M Nlnni*-" has to isaCflbS
what was seen and done on that oc?
casion, though I will Venture to say
that T think It was Just one of the
grand* *t things I tv*f attend* d.
What wii be the reaaH Of 'a*t Sat
urd?t\ - u -rk in Surutor Nrnity
alone will Ml.
1 have Just learned that ('apt. S.
E. Nesbltt. who lives in the Ramsey
neighborhood, is critically III. at his
homr. Hi is another "Old Confed?
erate at???ut 7f> y?rs ohl.
Last Saturday was the first time I
had b?M?n to Sumter thU your and 1
was glad to see so many of my old
friend* that das
"11. T."
BASER ALI. O A MKS TH l'RH DAY.
TrlnlM CaBaBf horliam, V. <'.. m
<?o I p \iralii?it < |em>on College.
The 1 .ill fatiM of thi.h city will
have a chance of seeing IWQ good
gsm??< ?.f baseball item Thursday
wh? n UM roll??., loam of Trinity Col?
leg?\ of Durham. N. (V. Will l?h?y the
strong legal of thf Cleagaofl Tlgam
OSm fsaat wtH as played in the morn
ing und one m iht i?fi. mooa SO tha
ev.rsi'.dy nil] hare th*- opnertunltj
of seeing at :? out ,,f ih< game*
Clem.4on has an unusually stron r
team this v.ar tad Durham hai 01
that Is up t?. tlo- Ua lop n?t< h 11
college team* K'? and It Im pi |
thnt the game %v||| bi from Rrsl t-?
last a battle royal.
M.XRFNPON KAUM FR St'ICIPF
Charles J. Riefe, Aged I."?. Shoots
Himself in Mr.nl With HifU*? Funer- i
al Saturday.
Manning, April 23.?Charles J.
Rieh, a white farmer ahout 45 years
old, unmarried and in comforable
circumstances, committed suicide
Friday afternoon hy shooting himself
in the forehead with a rifle. He
lived in the Sammy Swamp section,
ahout seven miles west of Manning,
with the family of his brother, J. A.
Rich, who died after a very brief
illness last September. It is said
that the la3t words uttered by J. A.
Rich were: "Charlie, don't take an?
other drink, and take care of my lit?
tle children." The late deceased obey?
ed the Injunction of his brother for a
time but went to drinking again and
It Is said he stated several times
lately that he was going to kill him?
self, as he had nothing to live for.
When he tlnally decided on the fatal
deed he went into his room and stood
before a mirror to shoot himself.
His body was buried at Home Branch
church yesterday.
BRICK PLANT RFSVMFS WORK.
Capacity of Plant Increased to 50,000
Prick Per Pay.
The Sumter Mrick Works resumed
work today after having been shut
down for four months on account of
;i tire which destrjjed the greater
part of the plant at that time. The
new plant is equipped with all mod?
ern maclnery and ha.* a capacity of
60,000 brick per day.
it win be eeai em bared that the Are
which put the plant out of business
for the time being was exactly four
months ago last Saturday and since
that Mr. I. A. KyttenbTg, the owner
and proprietor of the plaM. has peen
busy at work repiaclng the building
destroyed and getting in place of the
ruined machinery an equipment that
is complete in every detail and up-t"
date in every way. Mr. Kyttenber?
b.is als<? taken in with him as a part?
ner in the business Mr. J. P. Maurer.
I well known lumber man and ma?
chinist of this place.
Now that the plant has bean re?
placed it will be given a thorough
testing oiu today. The former ca?
pacity Of the plant was 16,000 brick
pat day but with the new -quipment
I it is sxpoctcd that the average nor?
mal Capacity will fiO.OOO brick per
da) with an Increase of 10,000 more
brick per day In cans ol rush or?
der* Mr. Ryttenberg In order to
supply the demand of customers dur
l ing the time that his plant was out of
business eras obliged to buy a half
million Prick with Which to supply
the demand,
gomethlng <>in of the way timt the
ro w plant will put out is a new kind
I of i.riek that it is trough! win be an
Improvement on the old style of
smooth face brick. This new brick
has a rough surface of iTOC sides
and is supposed to put up ? better
appearance and to be more 'easily
mortared than tin old style brick.
I It ICH 11 NM HI ILFCTED,
ream Which Will Compete at lllgli
Hrhool McH in < oiumMa.
Th tracli team from the Sumter
high school which will compete on
field Day for the Htata high schools
at Columbia In May lias been select?
ed and will consist of tin- following
boys: Moultrle Del?orme, Norward
Du Rant. Loon Letlrand, John Hayns
WOHli and Hh pud Nash.
These boyi have been selected oul
of a number who have been practic?
ing for some lime and ai they are in
.m i ||. tit condition it |s ? xpected
thai they win put up u strong fight
for first place al 11r? * meet,
FELDER ASKED TO TESTIFY.
DISPENSARY BOARD WRITES TO
ATLANTA ATTORN KY.
Winding-up Coin mission Desires
Early Reply as to Whether or Not
Attorney Of Former Board will Ap?
pear?Express Intention Of Clos?
ing Dp Dispensary Affairs as Soon
as Possible ? Denies Existence of
Second Contract*
Columbia. April 22.?The new dis?
pensary commission today addressed
a letter to the Atlanta tirm of at?
torneys, calling upon Col. Thomas li.
Feder, who has become conspicuous
recently in connection with Governor
BleatS'l making public the "T. B."
ISttSrs and his own cards to pre3s, to
appsar before the commission and
testify. The commission asks for an
early reply, as to whether or not Mr.
Folder will appear. The commission
cannot compel Mr. Felder's appear?
ance here and so states In the |? tter.
The letter is in part a reply to the
claim of subsequent contract alleged
in the recent letter from Col. Felder to
the commission. The commission
states that the contract is terminated
and there was no other contract than
of May 9. 190T.
WHISTLER AND MOORE.
Two Versions of the Fsmous Caning
Incident st Drury Lsne.
It was in his capacity as editor of
the llawk that the late Augustus
Moore, a Journulist and playwright of
no little notoriety, enacted an unre
j hearsed comedy with Whistler that
created no eud of a sensation at the
time. It happened in the vestibule of
Drury Lane on the tirst night of the
production of "A Million of Money."
Whistler, it appeared, had been an?
noyed at sundry references to himself
In the Hawk and. coming up to Gus
Moore, who was calmly smoking a
cigarette, struck him across the face
with a cano. A struggle followed, and,
although opinions varied as to the ac?
tual course of the conflict, there was
no doubt about Whistler having ultV
mately to pick himself up from the
floor.
j Each of the protagonists afterward
gave his version of the Incident, "I
started out." said Whistler, "to cnne
this fellow with as little emotion as I
would prepare to kill a rat. I did cane
him to the satisfaction of my many
friends and his many enemies, and
that w"s the end of it." "1 urn sorry."
wrote Mr. Moore for his part, "but 1
have had to slap Mr. Whistler. My
i Irish blood got the better of me. and
; before I knew it the shriveled up little
monkey was knocked over and kick
j lng about on the floor."
The notion, however, that he was
i knocked down was characterized by
; Whistler ns "a barefaced falsehood."
? lie contended that Mr. Moore uever
j touched him. "I am sure." he added.
: *T don't know why. for he is a much
I bigger man than 1. My idea is that
he was thoroughly cowed by the
moral force of my attack. I had to
turn him around In order to get at
him. Then I cut him again and again
as hard as I could, hissing out 'Hawk!'
with each stroke. Oh. you can take
my word for It. everything was done
In the cleanest and most correct fash
Ion possible. I always like to do
things cleanly."--New York Tribune.
??CAKHAR'S HEAD" Tl It \ KD.
Funioiis Peak of Blur Itidgc Suffers
from I art hi|uakc.
Ashevllle, X. c. April 24. -Belated
i puts from Ihe mountain section <>{
Transylvania County state that "Cue
1 ? Mend," a famous peak of the
Blue Ittdge, nboiil twentj miles from
B:*< \ ai ?I. had b< en cm ? rl um. d by the
earthquake shocks which la said to
have been fell In various sections nl
Western North Carolina Frldaj night,
' < '.o SMt 's I lead" ii is been one ol
the show places ol Western .North
Carolina since this country was first
i|> \ eloped.
A NATURAL WONDER.
The Devil's Pace Course In the Blue
Ridge Mountains.
?The Bine Ridge mountains abouud
In natural vfouders," observed an old
resident of Fenmar. "Most wonderful
of them ai!. in uiy opinion, Is the Dev?
il's Race Course, which Is hut a short
walk from Fenmar. i
"At first view this strongs natural
phenomenon appears like a broad
roadway of great stones which ex?
tends away up the mountain In a path
no human hand could ever build.
Many of these great stones weigh
tons, while others are only a few hun?
dredweight. Lying close together by
the thousand, they present an extraor?
dinary spectacla
"Tradition has it and scientists agree
that r. thousand or more years ago
this stracge track was the bed of an
ancient river. The conclusion Is drawn
from the looks cf the stones. They
are all well rounded and worn smooth,
showing the action of water, which
had polished their rough edges no
doubt for centuries.
"But the mystery is If this tCeory be
true to explain how the gr,eat. body of
water was confined at the sides, for
j the course Is not hemmed in by high
banks, nor Is It locates In a ravine.
In fact. It stands someWbat higher
than the natural side of the mountain
The puzzle only Intensities Interest In
the queer place and multiplies the ar?
guments and theories of its prehistoric
origin."?Baltimore American.
The Lavish Jenkins.
In October, 188C, a religiously mind?
ed Buckinghamshire farmer named
Jenkins brought his firstborn to the
parish church to be christened, and
this was to be the name: Abel Benja?
min C-'eb Daniel Ezra Felix Gabriel
HaggHi Isaac .Jacob Kish Lev! Ma
noah Nehemlah Obdiah Feter Quartus
Rechab Samuel Toblah Uzziel Vaniah
Word Xystus Zechariah. It will be
observed that the names are all ar?
ranged in alphabetical order and are
as far as possible selected from Scrip?
ture. It was only with the very great?
est difficulty that the clergyman dis?
suaded Mr. Jenkins from doing the
lasting vrong to his child that he had
unwittingly devised, but eventually It
was decided to christen the boy simply
Abel.?Chambers' Journal.
MR. JOE II IN SON BURNED OCT.
Residence, Barn and Everything Be?
longing t<> Family Burned Mon?
day.
J .To?' Hlnson, a white farmer living
near White's mill and about three
miles from town. was burned out
' Monday afternoon in a Are Which
, originated In his barn and rapidly
spread to his house and staples. The
1 loss was estimated at something over
one thousand dollars.
The fire was discovered first In one
end of the barn and as the wind was
blowing from that Bide it quickly
i
spread over the whole building and
from the barn to the stables and then
i on to the house. No one had been In
the barn for over two bouts previous
to the lire and it is unknown how it
caught unless it caught from a
spark from the kitchen stove. As
the loft of the barn was full of hay
where the tire aught; and as the
wind blew the (lames over the well
which was nearby it was Impossible
to gel any water to throw on the blase.
I The horses and eow ivvre saved and
the children weir taken out of the
house but nothing al all of the house
bold property a .?>? saved.
I n t he |>aI Ii was r ?nsiderable corn
and fi quantity of rough feed while
!!>.? wagon and mosl of ihe farming
machinery which ? ? ? i ? under the
hed ad (otnlng I he hai n were burn
? ?i up,
The lire 1? .i\ < s Mr. Hin smn, w ho is
i a young man with a Wife and rhll
! ?I ?< h. m pi ett> bad condition. Ills
famlb Is staying with hi- father un
' til he can rent or build a house for
i hlms< if. Ttw bulldlnga and place on
which tin fire occurred belonged to
Mr Willie Wells.
SHOOTING IN ORANGEBURG.
IV. K. Sabin Seriously Wounded by
Robert Chestnut,
Special to The Daily Item.
Columbia, April 25.?W. R. Sabin,
manager of the Dixie Lumber Com?
pany, of Orangeburg, is at the Colum?
bia hospital suffering from a pistol
wound in abdomen, inflicted on him
this morning in his office by Robert
Chestnut, an Orangeburg contractor
for reasons which so far remain un?
known. Sabin, who was formerly of
Branchville is unmarried. Chestnut
has a family. Chestnut has surrend?
ered and is in jail at Orangeburg.
Clemson College Notes.
The College Press Association Of
South Carolina, held its annual con?
vention here on April 21-22. i'hvre
were present about thirty-five dele?
gates from the different colleges of
the State. The three meetings pre?
sided over by President P. H. Jeter,
wer?' made intensely interesting by
the addresses of members of our
faculty and those of the delegates
On Thursday evening the annual
banquet was served at the college
clubs. The dining room was beauti?
fully decorated with the colors and
pennants of the various colleges. With
Prof. w. D. Daniels as tosstmsster,
and the appropriate toaste responded
to by guests, the pleasure of the oc?
casion was complete.
On Friday e\ mlng the German
club gave a delightful dance in the
Agricultural Hall. The hall wa3
b\ autifully decorated with white and
tfold crepe paper and Faster lilies.
The German was led by Mr. Wilson
Arthur with Miss Myra Young. I
Forty-five couples were present. A
four-course suppsr was served.
Clemson won both ball games play?
ed on the campus Friday and Satur?
day with thf Presbyterian boys from
Clinton. Tin1 score was 6 to 0 and 6
to 2.
The track meet held by the high
schools of the Piedmont section on
the campus Saturday morning was
a great success. Easley High school
carried off the honors of the meet. A
large number of visitors from the up?
per counties spent the day on the
campus witnessing the track meet
and 'he game.
y.iss Louise Yeadon. of Sumter,
I spe.it several days on the campus as
representative of the "Winthrop Col?
lege Journal" at the College Press
Association convention.
Miss Emms Baker, of Sumter, was
j the representative of the College for
- Women at the stu lent Press Asaoscla
tlon convention. Miss Baker Is re?
cording secretary of the association.
Mr. .1. If. Workman of Mayesville.
i represented the ''Clemson College
Chronicle" at the convention. Mr.
Workman Is editor-in-chief <.f the
"Clemson Chronicle" for ltll?12.
Miss Mary Pitts. of Sumter. is
spending a few days on the campus.
Miss riits eat.ie up fo: the German
club dance. M. w.
In the Police Court.
The f..li..wine eases were heard by
Recorder I*ee In the Folie.? Court thi<
morning.
j. i. Martin, public drunkenness
j rid cursing. $6 or 10 days.
Jas. Murray, riding bicycle through
depot > ai d. % 2 or I dass.
Snm Brown and Da> Btrothers,
creating a disturbance and discharg
i:.. lirearms, discharged.
Five rroni Same Scaffold.
Oklahoma City, April 24.?Five n?
groes toda) were sentenced to hang
from the same scaffold hen on June
21, f.?r tin- murder of w. H. Archie,
who was robbed and killed March I,
DR. JONES DECLINES IN VITATION.
Prevented from Making Memorial
Day Address Because of Other
Plans.
i
Dr. Howard Lee Jones of the Cita?
del Square Baptist church of Char?
leston, who was invited to com2 to
Sumt? r to give the Memorial Day ad?
dress has sent word that he will be^jg
unable to accept the invitation owing
to previous plans mapped out for him
by his brother at that date.
Mr. Jones stated that he had ex?
pected to accept the invitation of the
local chapter of the Daughters of the
Confederacy but was unexpectedly
prevented because of the plans madfjf
by his brother. Dr. Jones is a splen?
did speaker and it is with much re?
gret that his letter declining the in?
vitation to make the addres3 is r?
ceived.
g?O.non 1\\II> FOR ONE BOOK. ^
"Guttenberg Bible" Brings Record
Price at Hoe Library Sale.
New York, April 24.?The first
book ever printed from movable type
tonight brought the highest price evesjp
paid for any book. The prize was
the "Guttenberg Bible," the purch?
aser Henry E. Huntington, of Los
Angeles, and the price was $50,000.
The purchase was made at the
opening session tonight of the sale of
the library of the late Robert Hoe^
the largest public auction sale o*
books ever attempted. Experts have
estimated the collection to be worth
more than a million dollars, and
wealthy amateurs and dealers from
Europe have come to vie with the
American collectors in tne biddinjsa.
It was evident, however, that the*
American bidders were taking the
cream of the offerings at prices av?
eraging higher than ever offered at
a public book auction.
The highest price previously paid
for the Guttenberg Bible was $20,
000. at which Bernard Quaritch pur?
chased it in England fourteen years ,
ago.
At a private sale he disposed of it
shortly afterwards to Mr. Hoe, at a
profit of $2,500, and it has remained
in the Hoe collection ever since. The,
copy was printed some time between*
1450 and 14 55.
Bidding for the treasured book was
spirited, with Bernard Quaritch, son
of the former owner, participating
until the bids pass.d the $21.000
mark. From there it jumped by
thousands until the lads passed $1"'.-0
000. At .Ml?.(opt. P. a. B. Widener,
of Philadelphia, who had been the
most determined of the runners-up,
dropped out of the lace, and the ewn
150,000 was bid by Mr. Huntington.
The winner is S son of the late ColM
P. Huntington.
i
Xegro Beat and Robbed.
Sunday night a negro who has P en
working with the force on the saw*
frage system was best and robbed by
two negroes who had l>een dismiss aW
from the force s^N-r.ti days piv\i ?pf
ly because of their Inefficiency.
it seems that the negro, who i.< a
good workman, was sent by his em?
ployer to see the two negroes who
had be. !) discharged. He found
th< in in a game of craps and one oj
th? m a.-k.-d him to lend him ? quar
t r. The negro stated that he would
i: I? had It In change, whereupon the
other negro jumped up and told him
he bad better five it to him Whether
In had it in change or not He made
some reply to this and the other
n gro kn ?< k? d bun. v ftghi ? ??n,k%
m. to ed and the working negro was
getting the best of it when a brother
of the other negro aho was discharge
? d ran up and hit him in the head
with n stick and laid him out. The
two negroes then beat him up some
more and took something over $l?
from bis pocketa