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Cbt ?Matxtnnan nib ^oultnron Nellie Ellis hu returned te the city niter ?pendln.? the summer In New York. Mr and Mm. D. P. Kelly have gone to HendertonvlUe where they will a peed several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Stradley. Rev. John Mr Murr? v. who has been filling the pulpit at the Presbyterian church for Rev. J. P. Marion during the summer, left Tueeday morning for North Carolina to visit relatives at that place. After a stay there he will return to Columbia to take up hie work at the Theological Semi Rev. J. P. Marion, who has been away during the summer to recover from his Illness of last spring re? turned to the city Tuesday to resume his work as pastor of the Presbyter Ian church. Mr. Marlon's many friends will b? glad to know that he has fully recovered and that he is able to be here again. Mrs. 8. C Bryan left Tuesday raomtng for st. Charles after a visit to relatives in the city. Cot end Mrs. R. D. Lee have re? turned to the city after a tour of the Western States and a stay in Callfor Master H. O. McKsgen. Jr.. went to Columbia Tueeday morning to visit relatives. Miss Katherlne Richardson has gone to Manning to teach school dur / as the coming season. Messrs. L. u Baker and Chaa. L. Reams. of Blshopvllls, passed through the city Tuesday. Mr. James Dolg, of Oalnesville, Fla., and daughter, Mrs, HL U. Johnson, of Way cross, Oa>. are visit? ing Mrs, James Bland lng, Mr. Dolg's niece. Mr. Dolg Is a retired business man and s veteran of the War Be? tween the States. Miss Irene Lopes, of Atlanta, Oa.. Is visiting friends is the city. Miss Eveline Frsser left Tuesday raorntn* for Rock Hill where she will attsnd Winthrop College during *he com'ng ac'aool session M". Oeo. D. Shore. Jr., left Tuesday morning for Washington and Lee University where he will attsnd col? lege. Miss Ousels Raffle id went to Pt Charles Tuesday morning to visit relatives* Mr. W. Norman Chandler went If St. Charles Tuesday morning to visit friends for some time st that place . Mr. end Mrs R. S. Beckhsm. of Plnowood. spent Wednesday in the et*y. Mr. R. I. Manning has gone to Montgomery, Ala., to attend the mssttng of the cotton men at that place. Mr. M. C. Orowson. of Elisabeth City. N. C. la visiting his parents in the city. Dr. and Mrs John H. Morse have returned from an extended trip north. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Currte of Georgia, are visiting their daughter. Mrs W. H Tatea Jr., at 17 Haakell Street. Mtas Ada Tennant. of Summerton. passed through the city Tuesday on her way to Fort Motte. The many friends of Mr. Henry P. Moses will be glad to know that he Is able to be out on the stree's again after his recent Illness. Mrs. A. V. Snell has return-.1 from o her pare, .s In Yorkvllle. and Mrs. B. 8< .tt Carson are S* J hom* Wednesday afore ? .a r r return from ffSSlansI Cali? fornia, where they have been on a visit to their daughter, Mrs SjasMOSSI Wells. They V 111 be BjOOOSnpanh'd er? their return I | Mrs WHls and ei.ll dren. Miss BiSlll Moore b fr Wednesday for Charlotte, arter a delightful visit of three weeks to Miss Liail? Nelson on Chureh street. Messrs J J. Shaw and Wilton Shaw, of st. ?'harlea. were In tin rlty Wednesday. Mrs. J If Johnson left Wednesday morning for a \lait |g relatives at Con gares. \ir und Mrs M I '. \ r,ua M.? Miss ysjsl B. Oregorle and John D Moore have returned to their borne at 124 llroad Btr.et. after *p?-nd u< a delightful summer at Monteagle, Tenn. the Cumberlaln mountains and at Black Mountains. N. c. On their return home thev spent a short while at Ash.M lib-.. While on this trip M:\ Moore attended the reunion of his ( l?se at s ind responded to the "The hoys of Mr* H. L IV Wells Is expected to SJffSl In the ? |tv W?dn?sday after C the Hummer In Mains rt?l i ? ? so. M <??? Ur. . ..m nOSOSd through SJM fttj v.* Sfl ,| , ? morning all hrr w??v ??? '?.'?. ' fti i Dummerten ?re eh* b id 1 ? r . see her aunt. Mra A. E. Tindal, who la seriously 111 at that place. Miss Louise Yeadon left Wednes? day morning for Gast on la, N. C, where ehe will teach school during the coming session. Mr and Mrs. B. C. Haynsworth re? turned to the city Wednesday morn? ing after being away for several weeks. Mr. Haynsworth has Just re? turned from a trip to England and was met by his wife in Boston upon his return to this country. Mr. Harry Burkett has returned from a trip to Richmond. Washing? ton and New York, where he has been on his vacation. Miss Jane Hardee stopped In the city Wednesday night on her way from Columbia to Marion. Mr. Mark Reynolds went to Flor? ence on business Thursday morning. Mr. Carson Jenkins left Thursday morning for Richmond, where he will take a business course at Massey Business College. Mr. H. C. Haynsworth went to Co? lumbia Thursday morning on busi? ness. Mr. A. V. Snell went to Columbia Thursday morning to attend a meet? ing of the commercial organisations within this SUte. Miss Nellie Ellis went to Columbia Thursday morning. Mr. H. J. McLauriii. Jr., went to Camden Thursday morning on busi? ness. DEATH. Mr. Claude Myers died at his home on Sumter street Monday evening af? ter a long illness. He was 21 years of age and had been troubled with tuberculosis for some time preceding his death. Mr. Myers leaves a mother and several sisters. Lamar, Sept 13.?Mrs. B. D. Col clough died Monday after a lingering illness. Besides her husband she Is survived by a son, John Colclough. Mrs. Colclough was before marriage Miss Maggie Burgess of GreeleyvUle. Her remains a ere taken to Greeley? vUle Tuesday for interment. Mrs. Stella Langley Amerson died at the Sumter Hospital Tuesday night of typhoid fever. The body was taken to Concord, the home of the deceased for burial. KILLED BY FALLIKG TREE. G. I. getaner, of Wlnnaport, Pa., Kill cd at Rocky Bluff Thursday. From the Dally Item, Sept. 14. Mr. G. I. Seltsner, the superin? tendent of the Sumter Pine and Cypress Company, formerly known as the Rocky Bluff Lumber Company, was killed today at about 1:30 by a falling tree, the tree striking him on the head and death being lnstanta neoua Mr. Seltzner has been at work as superintendent of the company since the rtrst of the present year. He came from Wlnnsport, Pa., and has lived here only since last January. Mr. Seltener was about 36 years of age and was a married man. but had no children. His wife was at his home at Rocky Bluff when the accident oc? curred. It seems from what can be learned of the accident that Mr. Seltsner was in the swamp with his gang of work? men overseeing the cutting down of some trees, when one of the big cy? press trees fell against a gum tree which turned its fall from the direc? tion It whs expected to fall, the tree coming down on his head and kill? ing him Instantly. ?'oroner Flowers was at once no? tified of tbo accident, but as the ac i(b>nt bnd b?>*?n seen by a number of [ ? rsons. and it was plainly seen hmv It bapp. n. (1. no inquest was deemed necessary. Tho body will bo tcken back to Wlnnsport tonlicht for burial at >fr. lettsner*! old home. In The Police Court. The following cases were tried by the Recorder Thursday: H'irdy Johnson. non-payment of strt. t taxes. $3 or 6 days. Hardy Johnson, petit larceny, %?,Q Of 30 days. William Reynolds. Grover Adams, riding bk ycles at night without a light. $2 each. nillard Cooper, violation of auto salals ordinance by exceeding speed . limit, |5. ?I NOTICE. At a meeting held in the Chamber '?f Commerce hall Saturday. H?pL 8, the Sumter County Farmers* Union ? nt??red Into an alliance with the Bum let Cotton Warehouse Company whereby tbe members of the Union nJgl ? . btatn tbe use of the war? ItOtsss sj <<tu> link In th.? chain of warehousei throughout thi Butts, f<?r stortuff thel? cotton entll th.y chose to sell. Tb- Cotton Warehouse |i now open end study f"r nuplnssu. Cotton will r< st? r. d at ny ilrne and HI l"titf 's Ik ??.? staring it -l sir,. to do ?*?.. roGRO KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Taylor Ellerbe Found Duad In tho Wood*, Buzzard* Pick Bone* Clean. Corona? Flowers upon his return from Rembert Tuesday had a grue? some tale to tell of how he had, up? on his arrival at that place, been conducted to a pile of bones which had utuo been a man, and how the buzzards had to be driven off from their feast upon human meat before an inquest could be held. The body was later identitled as that of Taylor Ellerbe, a negro basket maker, who lived and worked In and around Kembert, but who had been missing since last Tuesday. Ellerbe was In the habit of going from place to place, constantly changing, and in this way nothing had been thought of his absence until tho gruesome find was nn.de and identitled as a part of his b>dy. The evidence as ascertained by Mr. Flowers and the others gather? ed around the place was that Eller? be had gone off to his work as usual on last Thursday and had not been seen since. At first it was thought that it was a case of murder, but as the bones of the head had been pick? ed clean by the buzzards and all of the flesh was gone from every part of his body, there was no evidence of bodily Injury, and no means of de? termining the fact. Both arms and one leg had been carried off by the buzzards or dogs and could not be found at all. There was nothing except part of his hat by which Ellerbe could be identi? fied and his tools which had been left lying at the foot of a near by tree. There were only three persons to testify at the Inquest. Dr. J. T. Hay of Boykin stated that ho had examined that part of the body which was left by the bussards and dogs and that It was impossible to deter? mine from it what was the cause of death, but that on account of the fact that the hair was scorched and the clothing which had been torn to pieces and scattered around was bad? ly burned he had come to the con* elusion that death had resulted from s lightning stroke. The other two witness were .Har? old Wright and Sim Davis. Wright testified to the fact that he was pass? ing through the woods late Sunday afternoon when he bad been attract? ed by a number of buzzards and sev? eral dogs out in the woods. He had investigated and had found that the dogs and bussards were gathered arqund the remains of a man. which were in a terribly decomposed state. He had Informed others, who had summoned the coroner. Davis testifi? ed that the hat lying near the bones was that worn by Ellerbe on the d he was last seen, last Tuesday. The jury came to the conclusion that Ellerbe had come to his death from a lightning stroke. At one place a small space about a foot in diame? ter had been burned. A quantity of the wooly hair was gathered up and this had been badly Bcorched, which was plainly noticeable to the sense of smell. The clothing was also badly burned. Over to one side a short distance from the place the body was found was the man's axe and two blocks of white oak which are ordi? narily used in basket making. It was these signs that decided the Jury upon the verdict of death from light? ning. Coroner Flowers in speaking of the lno,USSl said that it was the most hor? rible thing that he had ever seen. The scent from the body was dis? cernible for almost a half mile off us they approached and it WM fearful nearer to it. The bones were scat? tered around over a considerable urea and t h, skull was separated from the rest of the body and was picked clean by tht buzzards. Even the toes had been picked clean and torn apart from the rest of the foot The arms und one bg were never found. Mr. Flowers. after considerable difficulty, not a negro to promise to gather up the parts of the body and 1 ury them. When he had made cer? tain that the body would be prop? erly disposed of In this way he left on his return for the citv. WISH COLUMBIA WELL. Suniicr Fans Send Telegram to Co? lumbia Wishing Her Success. Bome of the Sumter fans got to? gether Monday night after the result Of the first game between Columbia and Columbus was known here and I went a telegram to the manager of the Co]umhlg team wishing htm suc? cess In tho series of games and sympathizing With him over the re? sult of the first game. Tbe telegram was ai follows: "Mr. ciark, Manager Columbia Ball Team. Columbua, Ca. ".lu?<t I Utile bard luck, W< are with you and have averj confidence m tbe Comers bringing the bunting home, Bui win or Inso, the Game CAUGHT IN A MS. Mr. Is. L. Eldrldge Seriously Injured ut St. Cliarlew Tuesday Afternoon. Mr. E. L. iUdridgc, a well known machinists in the employ of the Hum ter Machinery Company, was serious? ly injured Tuesday afternoon, at St. Charles, while repairing and ad- ! justing a gin in the ginnery of Mr. j lt. M. Jenkins. He had completed the work necessary to be done and had the machinery started to give it , a final test before leaving. While tne I gin wud running at full speed he reached under it to remove a small plftfit of sheet iron attached to the Kin as a seed fender and his right hand was caught and jerked into the &aws. His arm was drawn into the yaws and lacerated from the lingers to a point above the elbow, the injury being so serious that it was thought amputation would be necessary. He Y.C3 given prompt attention, his wounds being dressed last uight by Dr .Harris and Dr. Mood and this morning he was brought to the hos? pital. A more thorough examination this morning showed that It would not be necessary to amputate the arm and only two fingers were taken off. It Is hoped that it will be pos? sible to save a part of the hand as well as the arm, but the injuries are to serious that It will be several days before it can be positively known whether the hand and arm can be saved. A number of young ladies on their way to college at Chicora and young men on their way to Clemson, passed through the city Tuesday morning. FALL House Cleaning HT^ HIS means new Rugs, new Mattings, new Floor Coverings generally. We want ev? ery housepeeper before supplying her wants in this line to come in and see our line of i Vanduara Rugs These were imported by us direct through our New York Agents, the order having been placed last Spring.BI They come in a beautiful assortment of patterns, absolutely Fasft Colors and Seamless They are made in Scotland and our information is by the Scotch Peasants which probably accounts for the price. Were we in? clined to stretch our conscience a "bit" we could sell them for very much more than they are marked, but that is not our way of doing business. While they last the prices will be as follows, and no chance of duplicates. 9x12 - - $9.50 7U 9 - - $6.00 In addition to the above we have a splendid line of Moquettes and Velvets Velvet Rugs, 27 x 54, - $L50 Moquette Rugs, 27 x 54, - ? $2.00 Moquette Rugs, 36 x 72, - - $3.25 our line Moquette Art Squares Are beauties. So many Persian effects among them, they look look like imported stock. There is not one that would'not make a handsome floor. We picked up a few 'patterns, that the mill dropped, very much under price, fully one-third off, all of which you get the benefit of. MATTINGS YOU CAN'T BEAT OUR LINE AT 25 TO 35 CENTS try as you may. Just give us a look on this line, the goods will do the rest. O'BONNELL 6 COMPANY