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CRUEL CRIME COMMITTED. AIK I N H?l\TV WOMW I KK.II I - I M 1? in PI VI II. i> Shadow*. Detail-?Hu>haml I k - mi Point of |h>nth and Nephew II.? - l>lHM|?|M*urw<l? I iw Men Ar ?? - ? I Alken. Aug. 4.? FtVS wh.lo men Were lodged In the Alken eounty j.ill tonight, charged \sith implication In a m B* horrible affair last night at Monetta, In this county. The men art: Dock t'?<kman. a. I.. Holataln, R. ii. iioi.^t- in. ?Mfcaaj Holataln and J. V. Holstein. ?II of WfcOfJ are pr. m ftasatly conne. t d. As a result of the visit of a party of men to the home of th.? s tta, lagt night, Mrs. Nettle SpraOloy lbs a corpse In her home ilnd her bus bead Is In s gfM igsaltloB, with their nephew. Columbus Spradh t, dUapp. .ii - I Ids \\ h. r-,r .' uts tri not known. He has not l>e,;n seen or hoard of since the dmoulty last night. Whether he was murdered and lbs hidden In the woods or wr-thcr h< was frightened Into h aving th. neigh? borhood remains merely a conjecture No eye-witnesses ar*# known to the awful tragedy other than the parties Involved, and the elder Spradley. n<> having regained con*<etoua?esn\ tb. story has not been told and m > never be unless t'olumbus Spradley Is located sllve. as the physicians do not enterta.n hopes of t h? eld-r gpritdley's r. covery. Tne men s??re brought here tonight by Rural Policemen Samuels and Busbse. Sheriff Ilahorn. Rural l*o ttasman Holly snd Solicitor Gunter are now at Monetta Investigating the tragedy. Coroner Johnson is tonight holding the Inquest, which will not \<( completed l?efore tomorrow. The story ss told tonight Is that Co lumhus Spradley was to be marri. .1 to Julia May Holstein. The impli? cated men under arrest are the fath? er, uncle snd cousins of this girl More srrests are expected to folios the coroner"s Inquisition. It Is said that last night a part> sf white men \lsit.<l the horn- of tlu Spradlev*. the Hier Spradley wai thrashed into Insenslblllt v. sustaining serious Injuries, from Wfcleh he is not. expected to recover. Mrs. Spradley. who was In the house wss frishtcned f d.-'.th. She fslnt'o and r er regained consclosjg nsss. fjelumhurf Spr i about Whom the entire affair occurred, can not r.?> found. His friends b "eve thai o? is u?ad oi serlouso led. Mrs. apradley gave her birth to a baby ti\o wnkji ago ami the baby survive- her. The affair is ODS Ol the most horrible the county oHlolals \\a\>- fVOf Known ami particulars irs . igerl\ sought after, but are hard to got tonight OB account of the dis tam ? front Aiken ami the remoteness In which the tragedy is shadow * d The coroner's inquest Is likely to reveal a horrible state of affairs. M UPRISE %T WILEY REARING. r.i|a t Declaring Rennern Doerd ille? gal Appeari Mysteriously. Waohlnsjtoa, Aug. I.?sprung from an unkimwn source, but certified to today. In surprise, by Attorney Gen? eral Wi- -kersham. a memorandum ! y one of his assistants, declaring the Hemsen board illegal, a view con? trary to that officially promulgated by Mr. Wiekershnm, featured the meeting of the HoUSf Committee Investigating the charge^ against the nsmasn pars food board and Dr. Wi Tfco memo randum thai nei r be? eame the department's official flnd tfjsj and that never had been made publie, was gfven by Assistsnl Atter* aey General James A. Fowler, a Tenm-Msean. who held office until a year or tWO ago. at times acting head of the department of justice, and to whom the whole matt r of the beard's legality was referred by Mr. Wickershnni. The Fow ler memn rsadam would have been t body blew at the aitra*aelentlflc referee board* challenging not only tho le? gality l ot the wisdom of the board's existence. Light on the board is sought b) the committee before taking op the i hangos that led la Attorney General Wlckersham's recommendation that I>r. liars y W. Wiley, chief of the chemistry bureau, be removed tor technical appointment Irregularities. I>r. Iri Ibmsen, president of Johns Hopkins University, nnd a RoOSSVslt SppolatOOi as chairman of the refer? ee board, testified today as to the work of the board and will continue tomorrow. I.oss of Time Means liOss of Pay. Kidney trouble and the Ills It br? sdl means lost time and lost pay to aj| <ny a working man. M. Palent, Itl4 l.ittb? Penna St., Strontor, 111., was so bad from kidney and blad? der trouble that he could not work, but h* says: "I took Foley Kidney Pills for only a short time and got entirely well and was soon able to go back to work, and am feeling well and healthier than before." Koley Kidney Pills are tonic In action, quick in results?a good friend to the working man or woman who suffers i from kidney ills. Slborfs Drug Store. ley. Turnip Seed fjT We have just received our first m shipment of new crop Turnip Seed. This being the proper month to plant Ruta Baga and other tur? nips, we solicit your valued patron? age. Siberf s Drug Store, w. \v. sun.in. 8 South Main St. Phone No. 28a DON'T WAIT Wait ti'T next Spring .nid higher prices buy n<>\\ and reap the pro tit yourteli Sent ott,e mm Properties listed With Us new at Quick Sale Prices No. Ml West Hampton Avenue. No. 212 West Hampton Avenue. No. 24 Haskell Street. SUMTER REAL ESTATE 8 INSURANGE CO., Farmers* Bank & Trust Co. Bids. Sumter, S. G ? MAY OVERRIDE VETO. DEMOCRATS HAVE CONFIDENCE IN III 1.11c STRENGTH, Democrat Leader I'nderwood Delievei i hat ilic Bill Win Finally be' Agreed <>n.? So Agreemoiu \ et on Wool. Washington, Aug. i.?Democratic leaders iti tin- house of representa? tives believe tonight they have enough votei to paai the v.<?<.i tarlfl bill over President Taft s veto it nec? essary. Mr, Underwood and Senator La Pollettei tin- Insurgent Repul llcan, to whom the senate confided It! part of the wool conference, es a aubcom mtttoOi spent two hours today dis? cussing the two hills out of which it is hoped to form a compromise wool tariff measure to semi to the president. MWe have reached n?> bail i i?f agreement," said Mr, Underwood to? night, "but I have confident a tnsl a bill will be Anally agreed upon. Ben- | stor La Folletts explained bin *?iii 10 me and 1 sxplalned our i>?i lu him, but we undertook no definite isttle men of th ? differences. The free list i? i11 which hai been eent by both houesi tu the came conference com* mit tec el that handling tin- wool bill If to be considered it the tame time. Mr. Underwood said that while sep? arate reports would be brought m b< th bllli would ho dlscusssd together. Thli glvee the house Democrats addl i onal trading ?tock in negotiating for 0 compromise on the measure, 'i he cotton tariff revision passed by the house late yesterday was sent to the s? nate finance committee today by a resolution Of the senate, which re? quires a report on the measure by Au? gust 1??. Senator Penrose, chairman, ha.s called a meeting of the finance OOmmlttee fur 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning, and when the lenate con? vene! tomorrow Mr. Penrose prooably v.-:11 r. port the bill Pack with an ad? verse report. This was the procedure fo;lowed with reference to the wool and free list hill. The effect that the chang? ing tariff lltuatlon will have upon ad? journment of Cengrssi is a matter for conjecture, in both houses the lead? en do not believe that consideration of the cotton bill by the s nate will necessarily lengthen the rapidly clos? ing session, which many of the lead? ers say may end between August 12 and August 16. Mr. Penrose ."aid to? day he would ask f ?r an early vote . mi Mr. Underwood advanced the opinion that if this measure were pursued in the senate there was no reason to believe that COngTeM WOUld he in session more than a week or two. The h ?UM committee on ways and means has already begun work on the iron and steel tariff, Which ll the ?chsdule on which W, J. Bryan at? tacked Mr. Underwood end on which Mr. Underwood replied with the unanimous support of the house Dem? ocrats, The committee has taken no affirmative action toward preparing new tariff rates, Put Chairman Cnder WOOd has put experts to work com? piling data. ?'if congresi continue! in cession an Iron and Steel revision hill will he brought in at this session," cald Mr. Underwood, "if there is to be any early adjournment the announcement will in- made to the house before ad? journment that the iron and steel tariff will be ready for ectlon when congress assemble! In December. The Insurgent leaders of the senate are likely to Pring the ir?>n and iteel tariff Up at once in the senate fight on the cotton hill. Senator Cummins of [OWO is anxlOUl to make the senate consider Steel and Iron revisions and revision of the rubber and sugar schedule! as amendments to the <<>t ton tariff bill, He has said that if the woolen or other textile tariff rates are to be Ohanged, there ought to P.. immediate change! in the tariff en all mechlnery and mippllei which Amevjcen manufacturer! are < om* pelled lo us.? so there will be no un? just discrimination ugatnst American Industries, ( VIT OKOIHiK V SHIELDS hi \l>. < olumbln l.o-c Valued ami Venera bie < Itlsen, Aged Dl. Columbia, Aug. 3,??Capt, Qeorge .\. Shield!, who had spent fifty-nine of hi , ninety-one yean In Columbia, ?orvlns. well hi! adopted State and as volunteer fireman, as ?tlty coun? cilman, as director of the 81 ite Pen? itentiary during the construction of tie- Columbia Canal and as armorer to the Confederate Government dur? ing the War Between the Sections, died thla mornlni at 10:80 o'clock, In hla home, 631 Laurel atreet, as the re? null of a nenl d< 1 line In h< alth, which commenced lovoral a*oek! ago, Capt, Shields was proprietor of the palmetto Iron Work! thla h< in^ t he ion.' established builnesi In which he WS! flnl employed si f 'fi ill an upon hli an \\ ai In ?Jolumbla in 1859. Try an ad. In the Dally Item and w at< li results, THE RAILROAD TRUST. GOVERNMENT PILES SUIT CHARGING TRADE RESTRAINT. Blow i> Struck by Uncle Sam at Amalgamated Railroad and < uaJ Land < '< ntrol. _________ i Columbus, Aus. 4.?Bull was died i y the United States government in the federal circuit court here today against six railroad companies and three coal mining concerns, charging a combination In restraint o: u*ad? and asking that the combinatl >n be enjoined from contlnuning business, Tim government charges that tbo Hocking Valley railroad amalgama tlon ownership of the capital stoc k ><i the Toledo and (>hio Central, the Kanawha and Michigan and the Zanesville and Western roads, anJ its j connection with the mining concerns; named, have crushed competition. The defendant companies are; Like Shore and Michigan Southerns Cheat-! apeake and Ohio? Hocking Valley, To- : !? do and Ohio I entral railroad, Kana? wha and Michigan, Zanesville and j WaSvem, Sunday Creek Coal Com- j puny, Continentlal Coal company, ] Kanawha and Hocking Coal and*Coke company. The governmi nt pell tlon illeges that the combine thus formed all ICtJ the great coal mining districts, name? ly the PittSburg, the West Virginia and the Kanawha Valley, The whole suit binges on the Hock? ing Valley railroad. Tue officials of this company, it is alleged, were placed in offices corresponding to those in the parent company soon after the Hocking Valley road gained c ontroi of the capital of it? sub? sidiaries and according to the place instruc ted to operate the roads along the same line as the parent company had been managed. The company then, the government charges, set about controlling the large'- oca! companies and succeeded in placing 'he Continential Coal Con>' pan:.;, which owns 28,000 acres of ooa] lands in tin- Hocking Valley district on its list along with the Kanawha and Hocking Valley Coal Company, The Sunday Creek Coal company was formed, the petition alleges, to per? mit the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern road and the Chesapeake and Ohio, along with the four Ohio companies, to stifle competition by merging all the roads and the prin? cipal companies in the State into one corporation, while still retaining their own individuality. Tin- government's stand regarding the syndicate is not made plain. J- ivo agreements between tin- rail* roads, the coal companies and the Central Trust Company of Now V u k ate Offered in evidence. One of these agreements made, the Continental Coal company and the Toledo and Ohio Central railroad, stated that in exchange for the coal company placing its entire capital stock with the exception of five shares in the hands of J. I?. Morgan and Co, as guarantee of its good faith and subject to the disposal, but not the sale of, the Toledo and Ohio Cen? tral railroad, the railroad would take- a block of the coal company's bonds off its hands. in conclusion the government prays the court to adjudge the com? bination 1 etween the railroad com? panies and the coal companies unlaw? ful atid in restraint of trade and to prent an 'injunction, forever enjoin Ing them from paying each other dividends on the stock they hold in the companies named as d< fendauts iii the suit, The petition also asks thai the companies be forever b irred from voting stock they hold In any of the defendant companies. The suit was Hied by Sherman T. Pberson, United states district attor? ney for the southern district of Ohio, The petition, which contains R3 page* w as signed by Mr. McPherson ?borge W, Wlckersham, attorney gene ral of the United States, and E, Harrison, special assistant to the attorney gen oral, Lil.l.l !> BY LIGHTNING. Florence Furnier Struck While Walk lug From House i<> Barn. Olanta, Aug. 3.-?Henry B. Langs ton, h farmer, residing about four miles of here, was struck by lightning this morning arid instantly killed. Mr. Langston was going from bis house to lbs barn when the storm came up and stopped under a large oak for protection. The lightning struck the tree, killing him Instantly. He Is survived by s wife and several children. .!.-? in it i in WRECK. Southern Train l>oralled Soar Salis? bury? None Head. Washington, Aug. 4.?Five were foriously hurt end twenty received lei ?er Injuries today, when Train 2'J. of the Southern Railway, was derail? ed si\ miles west of Salisbury, N. ('. The ? ngine snd ;<ii of the coaches left the track and s chair ear went down a twenty-five fool embankment. Charlie Singleton und Carrie Pat terson, col ?r? d, were granted a mar riage licet se certificate Friday, The si:r i\ -rs ?>f the Chester coun ty Kin Klu) Klan will hold ? re union .ii (heiter August 7th. n ordinary caaa Of diarrhoea can, ral<-, be cured by a single d MM Chamberlaln'f Colic, Cholera and Thoea Remedy. This remedy has uperior for bowel complalnta, For I o ail dee lere. enry Lanneton, of CowardJ, was 1 hy lightning Wednesday. My Doctor Said "Tiy Cardui," writes Mrs. Z. V. Spell, of Hayrre, K C "I .vas in a very low state of health, and was not able to be ip and tend to my duties. I did try Cardui, and soon beg in to feel better. I got able to be up and he!p do my housework. I continued to take the medicine, and now I am ab e to do my housework and to care for my children, and I feel as though 1 could never praise Cardui enough for he benefits 1 have received." (?? TAKE The ?ARDUI WotnaiftTonic Grdtri is successful, because H is made especially for woner, and acts specifically on the womanly constitution, Carlui does one thing, and does it welL That explains the gn at success which it has had, during the past 50 years, in helping thousands of weak and ailing women back to health and happiness. If you are a woman, feel tired, dull, and are nervous, cross i nd irritable, ifs because you need a tonic. Why not try Oaidui? Cardui builds, strengthens, restores, and acts in e/eiy way as a special, tonic remedy for women. Test it for yourseli Your druggist sells Cardui. Ask him, Vrt s to: Lsdie?* Adviiory Deft, Chattanooga Medidne Co.. Chattanooga. Torn., for Sp cia Jnttntction. and 64-page book. 'Home Treatment tor Women." *m\ rte. J SB ill Calhoun St Property for Sale. Calhotin atreet has been recently clayed and is rapidly becom iiiK 01 6 of the nicest Itreeta of the city. We are offering some good ?roperty on this street: Lot 4' feet by 200 feet, "with five room dwelling, between Washington and Church Street. Price $1,700. Lot 8: feet by 210 feet, with seven room dwelling, corner Caj houn street and Haskell street. Price $2,4 00 Lot C< feet by 200 feet, near Haskell street. Trice $?00. SEE PS ABOUT Tin:SE N. I I. ? Twenty-five or thirty other desir able pieces of City pro petty. R. B. Belser Co. 26 1-2 N. Main St. It. I*. I ELSER. ERNEST ITHLI). A Standing Case The '>tate of South Carolina, Com ty of Sumter. THE IANK OF SUMTER Plaintiff. Verses Idlonc Spendi nese, and oi iness Loss 1 Loss ? chang* Credit from in*ss ; el. 3, Sloth, Poverty, hriftiness, Thriftless ..oss by Theft, Fire herwise, Lack of Pus Habits and System, y paying Bills twice, f time in making , I^ack of business and Standing, Losa ick of Competent bua> nd financial advice, et Defendant-. Court of Common Sense Summons for Relief COMPLAINT SFRVF.D BARTOW WALSH, Cashier, PLAINTIFFS ATTORNFV V)U arc one of the Jury to pass on this case. Let the Plain! tfs Attorney ar^ue the case before you. The l)e fendai t*s Attorneys are continually at work Meaning of Good Bank Management ITH. To lou its funds on high grade securities, to conduct Its affairs in strict accordance with rigid banking laws and to provide ami:h. detection t<>r its patrons' funds?those three features mean coed bank management. 'j'lt' 'EOLES' BANK Invariably adheres to these principles and is w el known throughout the county for its sound and conser? vative: methods, It invites small, at well as large accounts. The Peoples' Bank. LI VI E, CEMENT. \ ?' M r IM. ASTKK. * LATHS, Fl BE BB1CK Pll?K, ETC. 1T-i\- rriin Rice Flour, Ship Stag, Bran Ild>, Viraill, iiizedOowsodChloksn F Horses. Mules. !;?f.;V ?? So Order Too l4iiv<? Off Too sssasU Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA.