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* uMKU;iL!:ni.ui ana ^jui?ron Kiitrre*l i?i Ute Potiiolth ut Suuilcr, 8. C, a* scx-ouil Claaa Mauer ? Miss Margie Pringle. of Chirh stag* la \lsltlng Mrs. Oeorg? l>. Shore. .Mrs. K. T. Gtllespte, of Kock Hill, la visiting Mra. Rosa Jenkins. Miss Lucy William?, of Walterhoro. who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. T. 8. Doar, left Wednesday for Klmcstree to visit friends. Mr. Charlie Oalllard, of Pnizell, was In town Wednesday. Mrs. R. M. Jenkins, of St. Charles, spent Tuesday in town. Mrs. B. E. Bultman and Mrs. M. K. Kurghart, have returned home, after a pleasant stay in Summerton as the guests of Mrs. Joel Benbow. Mr. H. N. Spann, of Kocky Bluff, was In the city Wednesday. Mr. Philip Ard Is taking in the Music Festival at Atlanta. Miss Maude Aman, of Blshopvlllc. pas id through the city Tuesday af? ternoon on her way to Florence. Mr. J. D. Stuckey. of Hishopvllle, was In the city Wednesday. l?r Joe Watson, of Columbia, after spending Tuesday In the city, went to Bennetsvllle Tuesday afternoon. Mr Kdu.ird Ii-Hirn 'f Blshopvllle, passed through the city Tuesday evening on his way to Florence, wheer he was taking his wife to the hospital for treatment. Mr. Jake Hill, of Blshopvllle. was In town Tuesday. Mr Harry Dlckson. of Blshopvllle, eras in the city Wednesday. Messrs. C. K. Huff and Dave With erspoon, Jr.. of Camden, were In the atty Wednesday. Mr. John B. Miller and son, who have been visiting the famly of Mr. E. F. Miller, haa returned to Wash? ington, D. C. Mrs. O. E. Bostlck and Miss Kath? leen Mostlck have gone t<> Charleston for a two weeks stay, during which time they will visit Magnolia Gar lens. Mlsass Mamie Edmunds and Cor? nelia McLaurln and Francises Telch er have gone to Spartanburg to at? tend the Music Festival at that place. Mx. lt. M. Cooper Jr., of Wtsacky. was in th? city Thursd iy to attend Um bv a..: gc'Oo s. U, -1 -> I . I.' .o i ' no. .rnJ Wit 11am RMd. of Biahouville, were In the city Thursday. Kolb-Kolb. Mr. J. M. Kolb and Mrs. Kuth Kolb, both of Privateer, were mar lied at the parsonage of the ^ethel Baptist church at Privateer ?Vednes day afternoon by the Rev. William Haynsworth. The newly married couple left shortly after the ceremony on the 6 o'clock train for a bridal trip. In The Police Court. There were only three cases to be heard by Recorder Lee In the Police Court Wednesday morning, when time came for the court to meet. The cases that were heard were: George Elliott, riding a bicycle on forbidden sidewalk, $1.00. Hattle Drayton. cursing, discharg? ed. Blanche Wright, assault and bat? tery. $10.00 or 25 days. In The Magistrate's Court. The case g| fen Ia.hi?, clored, vs. W. B. Cost in. white, came off In the Magistrate's court Tuesday afternoon, with IL IX Bpant Rag?, representing the plaintiff and C Capers Smith. Eso... the defendant. The jury after hearing all of the testimony returned a vrdlct In fa? vor of the plaintiff. The plal.itlff sued for a horse, fnJnttd at |?9, and for $25 damages. Ha* Corn I i ? hm Mr. A. II. W?eks a former police* man of this c?iy, Is perhaps the only man In the county who can say that he has corn tassel I ng and silking at thin tlm?. He Is also the proud own**r of a garden from whl? h he Is now reaping the reward of his labors In the shape of snap beans, which he has !???? n eating for a week. Samples of the corn, which were seen on Ihe street Wednesday, looked like some variety of small mutton corn. The stalks were not more than three feet tall ami were fairly well developed. The beans were full grown and !arg?-r than the usual variety. I?f? Cream Festival. The ladles of Itethesda M. B, church, near Hagood. S. c., will have an Ice cream and strawberry festival at thr> church on the after? noon of May Mh. The putdb- I* I>K. SN YD Kit's LKCTl'RK. Large Audience Hear* Dr. Snyder on Mmkopcar ut .Masonic Hull on Tuesday Night. A large audience gathered Tuesday night in the Masonic hall to hear the lecture delivered on Shakespear by Dr. Henry N. Snyder, president of Wottord c.iiege. Dr. Bnydsr's lecture was listen, d to with ?real attention and was decidedly a treat to his audience. Dr. Snyder began his lecture by saying that Prof. Edmunds had a reputation for always being on time and as he was llfteen minutes late on this occasion he thought that he ought to make some explanation. He gatd that the lateness was due to the fact that he could not get hero any ? ner as his train was that much lato. The lecture was complete in its outline of Shakespear's work al? though It did not go Into details and was replete with glimpses of humor here and there and there were pa? thetic touches that made it even more int- resting* Dr. Snyder first took up the life of the man, Shake? spear, and went through it, here and there touching on all of the salient features that were known about him 1 but not dwelling on any of them, lie said that he was always reminded whenever anyone brought up the Baconian theory that the inventor of it died In a mad hou3e. Dr. Snyder told of how Shakespeare had the practical instinct that be? longs, hereditarily, to his race. He was not only a writer of plays, but an actor, an owner in one theatre and stockholder in several others. Everything that he handled made money for him as he was a shrewd business man and a good investor, though a poor spender. Dr. Snyder then went into a de? tail of the plans of several plays to show that all of the works of this master writer of plays were on a mor? al basis. He showed how the man Shakespeare was one of the most ver sat'le of men and how he got his ideas for his plays "at of the things that were of Interest and that were being talked about dur? ing his time. He took In everything that cam" to his mental view, and 1 his view was greater that that of i most other men, and tranamnted It j fror?i the dull lead tc g >ld, II? Bhow ??I how all of the characters wen as distinct as nigh! and day, each Of than, huving i pat - >nallt) different from ? vet \ e. e si Dr. Snvder showed that Shakespeare was the greatest of artists as a play writer, for there was nothing any? where to show that he had allowed anything to prevent nature's laws from being played out as ordered by nature. , Dr. Snyder showed how Impartial a writer Shakespear was by his not letting his own instinct change the Inevitable results that naturally fol ; lowed their acts. He then went on to show how this impartiality was car? ried out In the plays of Romeo and Juliet and McBeth, and others. Dr. Snyder was applauded sever.il ( times during the course of his lcc I ture and was given a full round of J applause when his lecture cam? t.' an end. He was Introduced by Prof, s. H. Edmunds of the city schools. After his lecture Prof. Edmunds stct . d how it was that Dr. Snyder had me here. The D. A. K. had asked him to come here for this purpose which Dr. Snyder had OOnsentSd to do. As goon as the Ladles' Literary aoelsty had found that Dr. Snyder was coming, they had asked that he also lecture to them on Shakespear. As there was no residence in town sufficiently large to seat those that desired to hear Dr. Snyder when he had consented to give the lecture On Shakespear, the ladies of the Eastern Mat had kindly consented to give up their hall on that night SO thai it could b used for the lecture. Dr. Henry iaydsr, President of Wotford college, Wednesday deliver ed an address on "Citizenship" to the pupils of the high BOttOOl, The lee. tare was made at the request of the D, a. u. belonging to the local ohap i- r and was attentively listened to bj both the pupils of the school and I the oltaWPS from town who attended the lecture Dr. Snyder laid stress upon the things that tended to make a good ii reliability, truthfulness, hon? or and steadfastness. He spoke for almost three quarters of an hour and throughout he held the attention of his audience, Hti address was Inter* spersed With anecdotes and humor? ous sallies Which kept his audience In I good humor and enlivened the mors SSrkHM parts of his lecture. Ki the (low,. ,,f n|H lecture he was 1 rots of thanks by the high *.i ?tudenta The studsnts of the high school open,-.I the exercises by singing, and a song was sung after the address. The position of Charwoman has been created nt the pnstoMIc. build? ing at a salary of 1104 per annum. Annllcants for fb. PLAYS: GAUE <>N FRIENDS. l'romicnl runner of Dalsell Tries to Scare Thief in Original Way. A well known farmer In the Dal tail section played a practical joke on friends and foea alike last Satur? day that for a while made everybody sit up and take notice, although it made them feel somewhat small, and their anger rose, when they tinally found out the hoax that had been practised. The poke, not intended as such, but was put up in dead earnest for a pur? pose by the perpetrator, a man who has always hitherto been looked upon as a very serious minded person and a man whose word could be relied upon. The joke consisted of a quart of blood, scattered about indis? criminately, live shots in the hushea, and the statement from the gentle? man that someone had probably re? pented of stealing his corn. It came about somewhat in this way: Bvary Friday afternoon one of the merchants of Dalzell, who also car? ries on a meat market, had his man to butcher a beef as was his custom so that he would have fresh beef on hand for sale on Saturday, which is generally a busy day. The well known farmer purchased a quart and a-half of beef blood from the butcher and took It on home with him. Nothing, however, was thought about the mat? ter until later on. Late Saturday night as one of the neighbors of the well know .farmer was returning from t|>wn and passing the house of the farmer he heard someone yell, "Halt, halt," and then ho heard two shots fired. Again he heard the voice call, "Halt! Halt!" and th< n three more shots were fired. He at once jumped out of his buggy and ran in the di? rection of the shooting and found the prominent farmer coming out of the edge of the swamp just back of his barn, with a -smoking gun in his hands. The neighbor asked what was the matter and was informed by the well known farmer that someone had been stealing corn from his barn for some time and that he (the prominent farmer) was tired of it and had watch? ed for the thief and had caught him trying to get into the barn. He had called to him to halt, but the thief had refused and fled, whereupon the prominent farmer viad nred of h'? I ga and later, s/hen h< refused t> st ?;> when called on the second time ? . dc so had fired at his head. The I prominent farmer had used a shot* sun loaded with duck shot, it was too dark then to hunt in the hushes for the thief, whom the well known farmer stated that he had wounded, so it was not known whether he was armed or not, and the neighbor went on to town to tell the people there how the well known farmer had fired at and probably wounded a thief who had been stealing corn. That was Saturday night. Early Sunday morning the neighbors from all around who had heard about the shooting went to the scene and found the bushes where the shooting had taken place bloody for a considerable distance Into the swamp. The well known farmer joined in the search and stated that he was certain that he had badly wounded the thief and he would not 1?.' surprised if he was found dead somewhere in the swamp. The neighbors listened and then look? ed' and asked Innumerable questions sind the well known farmer was ob? liged to tell about the shooting time and again. Much blood was found on the bushes but no wouudej man was found among them. bown in the swamp the trail of blood grew lcaa and gradually died out. The shooting was discussed and talked about everywhere In the neighborhood and it was even sug? gests! that the prominent farmer ought to be arosted, but as no com? plaint was made by any one against htm, and as nothing except the blood was found and the reliable farmer's statement that he had shot a man was sieiwed In his crime it was deem? ed best to wait for further develop? ments. In the afternoon a still larg? er crowd turned out to view the blood and look for the body, it being the general concensus of opinion that the mar' must be d<ad somewhere In the swamp as so much blood was scat? tered about on the bushes. One Of this crowd, who had visited the scene In the morning, ran around ahead of th?- party and throwing himself down <?n the ground pulled bis coat up over his load and lay there until the searching party arrtv< d. One of the members of this party when he stum bled across this man's body let out a yell that oould base been heard for half a mile and everybody thinking that he had discovered the Objeot they were looking fort ran up to find the supposed dead man nearly dying with mirth at the sheepish looks of the party. It was still later on In the day that a nephew of the prominent farmer heard about the shooting and at once declared It to be a fake. He said that b?> bad heard of people doing such things before and be knew now very well whal his uncle had wanted with that could not quite believe that so sedate a citizen as the well known farmer would stoop to such a trick and tin y were skeptical of his rieph ew's opinion. That evening, however, at church some of the skeptical ones asked the well known farmer what he had done with the beef blood and, as he was unable to giv" a plausible answer and did not deny that he had scattered it about in the bushes where the shooting was supposed to have taken place, tin y came to the conclu? sion that they had been hoaxed. What the neighbors of the promi? nent farmer said about him was a caution and a person not knowing Ids reputation would have thought from what was said during toe next two days that he was something on the order of Ananias *ind that he was not the reliable man that he had always been suspected of be? ing. It turned out, or it was the con? clusion arrived at by those who dis? cussed the matter, that the farmer had wished to frighten off any ne? groes who had been stealing his corn and had tried this method of doing so, and instead of letting his white neighbor! on to the joke he had hoaxed them as well as the negroes upon whom he had set out to play a skin game. Most of them confessed to having been made to feei very ( heap, but they got it back on the prominent farmer in saying things about him behind his back. THAT DALZELL HOAX. Mr. S. F. Moore Makes Statement in Explanation of the Joke. Editor Daily Item: I'lease allow mo space in your columns to makt a brief reply to a communication which appeared in the Item on the 25th. While there some few misstate ments in the article in the main the fact3 are correct. The only trouble Is the writer has made a molehill a mountain and his assumptions are preposterous and absurd as can be easily seen by anyone who has a minimum of brains. No sane man would utterly lose confidence in a man's veracity simply because h* ran a joke too far. I am the promi? nent farmer referred to, who did the shooting. For some time I have qiipnonf^^ ? V? o ? -?v( n r>??<"> WSS " fering hr md by lot Have ' ecu watching foi mini time, Last Sal or da) night I was n gusrd and u i i considerable shooting. Sunday morn? ing Quite a number of citizens came and joined in the search. Not know? ing the outcome I was very reticent in the matter. The crowd joined in many speculations. Yesterday I learned that many rumors were afloat. To my surprise some smart "Alec" wrote the whole thing up as a hoax, making some gross misrepre Bentations. Whether it was a hoax or a reality, I neither deny nor a;' tlrm. Who your solon is or what he thinks 1 neither know or eare. When be says it was a hoax he does so '< Without authority from me. Mad he made a true statement and stooped there, i should have ignored the mat? ter. As to the severe criticisms he writes of, will say ] am in total ig? norance. All communities are more or less afflicted with a class of en? vious backbiters. Dalsell is afflicted to a certain extent with such an ele? ment, hence there may be founda? tion for this. To your anonymous correspondent will say I have been here nearly half a century nnd make him this of? fer. He may employ all the sleuths in America in connection with his fertile (?) brain and he may search my record from infancy and if he can find that I ever told a falsehood or did a dishonorable act I will pay him $100.00 reward. (The money is in the bank.) Will you please publish the above. Yours truly. Samuel P. Moore. Dalsell, S. C, April 26. The story mentioned in the above article was written by me with no ? intention at all of reflecting upon M \ Moore's truthfulness or reliabil? ity, but was written as it was consid? ered a good joke and something that v >uld make a good newspaper story, j Mr. Moore admits that .most of the ! statements are correct, while a few of the details are incorrect. Perhaps, i j I may have added a little to the facts I in the writing of the story, or I l may have been told a little more than bare facts when the joke was relat? ed to me. I was first told the story by a reliable person who stated at first that he thought it would make a good story?which I also thought? but later stated that it would prob? ably bo best not to publish it. Later ( 1 heard the same story from other i persons and finding that the matter was generally known I decided to write the story which was published in Tuesday's Item. I did not state that Mr. Moore was unreliable nor that he was anything j but the prominent citizen that he ; has always been and is. I stated that it was because of Mr. Moore's reli ot-Mff.* mm ffl V??**?t^r?0 V* (~\ T?? r\ C* *> gj I * ? the i:.: m that ther a much 1 talk. I have slwi j b h ard Mr. ! Moore spoken of in the highest terms and have always respected him as ' the highest type of citizen and noth ! ing in the article was meant to im I peach this reputation. The citizen ' from whom I had most of the details j stated himself that it was because of Mr. Moore's reliability that nothing of the kind was expected of him and ! it was for this reason that everybody j was so fooled by the joke, which , a stated, was the conclusion arrive at by the citizens of the place an ; w hich, I will maintain that it wa: until Mr. Moore makes some state ment to the contrary. As to th criticisms referred to, they wer nothing more than could be expecte when the citizens found that a hoa had been perpetrated and they ha l?t? n the victims. L. C. Bryan, Re porter for Item. When a medicine must be given t young children it should be pleasan to take. Chamberlain's Cough Rem cdy is made from loaf sugar, and thi roots used in its preparation give It t Havor similar to maple syrup, mak ing it pleasant to take. It has n< superior for colds, croup and whoop? ing cough. For sale by all dealers. FOR BALE?At once, 22 head ol fine mules. Sold cheap for cash. Apply to E. P. Pitts, or phone 384. AS I EXPECT?To be away several months this summer, I offer for j sale a fine combination horse. Can be seen at Boyle Live Stock Co. I C. A. Ellerbe. 4-27-ltW SFE1> CORN?A few bushels of Prize seed corn from Boys' Corn club (Gherrick Prolific), will he sold in small or large quantities. Apply Sumter Seed Store, M. E. Brown, Prop., 113 North Main Street. 4-25-3t. MONEY MAKER COTTON SEED? Will pay you, If you are raising cotton. If you are not posted. It will pay you to investigate. We can furnish a limited quantity of pure seed, raised on our farm where there has never been any blight. $1.00 per bushel. Let us book your order at once if you intend to plant Money Maker. C. P. Osteen Co., Sumter, S. C. 2-1-tl HUNT'S I IAMTMIIIO A TUE uINIMENT. I I Sold By SIBERTS DRUG STORE. A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE C0.,Shsrman, Tsxit UR School Suits We are very strong on our lines of Hoy's School Clothes. Every garment is built from the inside out?built as Hoys' Clothing should be built so that wear won't kill its shape. Every strain point is stayed and dou? bled-stayed ; every buttonhole is reinforced. Stylish patterns of Cheviots, of Cassimers, of Tweed and Wor? steds in very strong fabrics ? Reefer, Norfolk a n d Hlouse Styles. $3.50, $4.00. $5.00 to $10.00 Sizes for Hoys from 4 to 17 years of age ? Extra Trousers if you want them. THE = D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. Phone 166. Sumter, S. C.