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INTEREST IN RACING CASE. PUBLIC AWAITS OUTCOME OP MOVE AGAINST SPORT. Supreme Court's Rule In Injunction Proceedings, Returnable Wednes? day, Issued Aguinst Promoters of Columbia Meet, but Decision Ex? pected to Materially Affect Charles? ton F reject. Columbia, Dec. 9.?The rule to show cause why a permanent injunc? tion should not be Issued against the Columbia Racing Association and the Stats Agricultural and Mechanical Society, returnable before the Su? preme Court next Wednesday morn? ing, which was issued yesterday, caueod a good deal of comment and was tae topic of conversation. The rule was issued on motion of Attor? ney General Lycn before Chief Jus? tice Joieu. Todsy the petition and affidavits in tho case were obtained from the clerk of the Supreme Court, where the pa? pers were filed. The rule to show cause was issued against P. A. Bra? dy, James Hilton, Hart Dernhain. E. Hall, Harry White, J.: W. Rice, Jack Stone, A. N. Elrod. C. J. Lynch and A. T. Heise, doing; business under the v name and style of the Columbia Ra* lag Association; W. M. Ann broster, Bill Taylor, Robert A. Smith, Sam Stein, J. D. Gannon, William T. m and the South Carolina Agrl and Mechanical Society, the latter losing owners of the grounds on which the races are being carried on. The- petition sets out the alleged connection of the above with the Co? lumbia Racing Association; alleges that a nuisance in the shape of a gambling place is being conducted; that W. M. Annbroeter is at the head of and in charge of the' bookmaking or layers, who announce the odds or terms upon which the bets are made, receive the wagers for such races, and pay the winners the money; that Bill Taylor, Sam Stein, J. D. Gannon, Robert A. Smith and William T. Ham sure bookmakers or layers. The pe? tition alleges that a common gambling place 1a being carried on, and prays for an order to abate same. The exhibits in the case are affi? davits from Messrs. James A. Hoyt, Mc David Horton, J. E. Brun son. all of ths Columbia Record; R. B. Her? bert, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and also copies of the racing chart and advertisement of the races which was printed in the local papers. M'XAMARAS DON PRISON STRIPES Begin Serving Sentences for Los An? geles Crime. San Quentin, Cal. Dec. 10.?The McNamara brothers today entered San .Quentin penitentiary, where James B. McNamara ia condemned to spend the remainder of als life for his eonfeased crime of murder, and John J. McNamara, secretary of the International Association of Bridge and .Structural Iron Workers, is sentenced to fifteen years' imprison? ment for dynamiting. It was James B. who blew up the Los Angeles Times building, October 1. 1910, with the loss of 21 lives, and John J. who abetted in wrecking part of the Llewellyn Iron Works In Los Angeles, the following Christmas CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOTES. County Fair Meeting. A meeting was held yesterday at the Chamber of Commerce for the organisation of a county fair associa? tion. The Rural Relations Commit? tee was instructed to correspond with other cities and secure their plan of organisation and to formulate a plan for such an association. This com? mittee will later call a general meet ing and report. ess The Sumter pennants have ar? rived in the city. There is nothing that appeals to strangers visiting a city more than to see that the Bil? sens thereof are real live "Boosters." There are several ways of showing your local pride and this is one of them. These pennants retail \t 35 cents. e a s $26.000 has been subscribed to date for the shoe factory and theer are SMfTsral committees yet to be heard from. ? ? ? Remember that the moving pic? tures of Saunter, Columbia and Char Isston will be shown at the Acad? emy of Music on Tuesday and Wed? nesday of nsxi week. The prices will be 25 cents and 15 cents for chil? dren. At th?> matin*.n Wednes? day the children will be admitted for 19 cents. With the payment of 4he taxes Jus on its property by the Northwest ei a railroad Tuesday, all of the rod roads operating In this county ham pud taxea for this year. The taxes of the roads arc in round numb, re: A. C. L. $16.?16; Southern. *<,<>00: Norih-ratern. 91.409. BUSINESS LIVENS UP POR IM\S, Ljidles of Civic League at Mayemille Plan Beautiful Entertainenent? Social Affairs for the Week?Rev. T. W. Mannerly Returned. Maye8ville. Dec. 11.?While this has been an unusually dull fall from a business standpoint, yet the mer? chants are preparing for the Christ? mas trade and expect that business will brighten up considerably within the next wee'k or ten days. The stores are being filled with the usual fancy goods, toys, fire-works, and such things as are sought after at the approaching festive season. Six cent cotton may put a damper on the holiday purchasing but usually at this season, things liven up consider? ably and money seems to* come eas? ier. The ladles of the Crvic League are arranging to present a, beautiful en? tertainment during the holidays, the main feature of whrch will be "A Lilliputian wedding." This perform? ance- will, no doubt, attract a good crowd and these patriotic ladies should realize a nice sum for the good cause In which they are engag? ed. The Mayesvldlle school will close for the Christmas holidays on Friday. December 22, resuming work on Tuesday, January 2. Many of the college students and teachers will com> home for the holidays next week. A number of delightful social events will take place this week. This even? ing. Miss Fannie Louise Chandler will entertain at her handsome home in honor of a number of young lady visitors. Tomorrow afternoon, the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club will meet with Miss Minnie Chandler, and on Wednesday evening, Mrs. R. A. Chandler, Jr., will entertain. Rev. T. W. Munnerlyn was return? ed by the Methodist confrence to the churc i here and preached one of his usually Impressive sermons yesterday afternoon to a large congregation. CARE OP ANIMALS. Clemson Extension Work?Articles \ Lvn. This is tne time of year when every farmer should give special attention to the care of his animals. The pres? ent heavy frosts have destroyed the grass In nearly every section of the State which will necessitate providing suitable feed and shelter for young slock and dfjry cows in order to pre? vent a heavy shrinkage in the flesh and milk and the young animals from becoming ytunted. A little negli? gence at this time muy result in the loss of the feed used to produce the flesh the animals are now carrying and make the young animals stunt? ed and less /rofltabJe for future fetdlng. When using pure bred sires many farmers depend too much upon the introduction of good blood to effect an improvement The..' apparently forget that the young animal at birth possesses all of its inherited character und that the development of these characters Is entirely de? pendent upon the feed and care giv? en it, so we find that the size, value, and productiveness in animals are as dependent upon feed and care as up? on inheritance. Where grazing crops such aa wh?at, oats and vetch, barley, rye, and rape were sown a month or six weeks ago the cost of wintering young stock and keeping them in good condition would be materially reduced, but where no grazing crops are available a liberal amount of oats or corn and wheat bran should be fed to colts and calves, while young p'gs should be fed on corn and tank? age at the rate of one part corn to six parts of tankage or wheat mid? dling if no skim milk or cowpea? or soy beans are available. It Is not too late yet to sow grazing crops for early spring grazing in this State. If the farmers In the State are anxious to obtain the greatest pos? sible revenue from the feeding of their animals nnd are not familiar with the best methods of making up rattonn will write to Clmson college stating the amount and kinds of feed they have, we will gladly advise them of the proper amounts ami combina? tions to feed roost profitably to all Classes and ages of animals. At the Partners' short Course which opens at cicmson College early In January as thorough training ;ox the time will permit will be given In the most economical methods of feeding and Improving animals and in Judging and selecting them. A. SMITH, chief of the Animal Husbandry di? vision. Wednesday morning the roller was being used on Caldwell street t<> pack it down tfood before It waa opened 1?. public for traffic after the recent work on it. When the roller same off this street looked as good as any it government expert could build, I that la not saying how long u will last. TRAIN HELD IIP AND ROBBED. MAIL CAR ROBBED AT 2 O'CLOCK TUESDAY MORNING TWENTY FIVE MILES -NORTH OF SAVANNAH. Robbers <ict on Train at Hardeeville and Make Engineer Run Train Beyond That Place?Express Car on Second Section of Train Conies in Safe Afterwards?Thought to Be Race Track Followers. From The Daily Item. Dec. 12. The second robbery of the United States Mails in this State which has occurred in the month took place at two o'clock this morning when two robbers entered the train at a point twenty-tive miles north of Sa? vannah and, cutting the mail and baggage coaches off from the rest of the train, made the engineer run the two coaches a mile past the station, where they escaped with two pouches of registered .mail. The robbery took place av Hardee? ville, a small station on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad twenty-five miles north of Savannah. The train had stopped at the water tank to get wa? ter when the robbers entered the en? gine and at the point of a pistol held the engineer and fireman under their orders. The mail coach and baggage coaches were cut loose from the rest of the train and the engineer was forced to run the engine on past the station for about t a mile before he was allowed to halt his engine. At this place the two robbers got off, taking with them two pouches of registered mail. One of the robbers had held the engineer and firemen off while the other entered the mail coach and secured the pouches from the mail clerk. The news of the jobbery was first conveyed to Sumter by the passengers and. employees of the railroad com? ing in on train No. 52 from Charles? ton this morning. The robbery, oc? curring as it did at 2 o'clock in the morning and at such an out-of-the way place, took place after the morn? ing papers had gone to press and there was nothing concerning It in them. It happened luckily that the pas? senger and baggae tr?ffle on the north bound train from Savannah last night was very heavy and it was decided to run two sections of the train. On the first section, under Conductor Charles W. Damon, was a baggage coach with the mail coach and on the next section was more baggage with the second coach. This second sec? tion left Savannah some time after the first section and came through safe to Charleston. Conductor J. C. Morrall was in charge of the second section. It was thought by the rail? road officials that the robbers were after the express car, but by chance they happened to miss it. There was comparatively little registered mail on the train, but all that there was was taken away, the robbers taking both pouches containing it On the second section, however, there was a 'large amount of money and valu? ables, which the robbers missed. It was thought by the official', on the train which was robbed that the robbers who did this Job were the same who carried off a similar job bo successfully In Columbia several days ago. Some of them also ascribed the work to be that of followers of the race tracks, the robbery In Columbia having occurred during the racing at chat place and It was thought that these same robbers were now fol? lowing up the work of the race track at Charleston. How much Importance can be attached to this opinion can? not be stated, hut this theory was ad? vanced by some of the train officials. At the place where the robbers got off the train there was an old brick yard and it was dark and impossible for the officials of the train to search for them at the ime, so the engine and cars were run back and joined to the other part of the train which had been cut off and the train pro eeeded on through to Charleston. It will bo some time before any Idea of the amount of money which was se? cured by the robbers as all of the rcgisteries will have to be heard from first and this will probably take some time. Changes in The Bank of Sontter. On January 1st Mr. BartOW Walsh will resign from the position of cashier but his active connection with the Bank of Sumter wll| not bo severed. The successor t<> Mr. Walsh has been elected but will nol Immediately assume the duties of the position. In tie interim Mr. W. 1 . Rham ? will set as cashier with Mr. i M. Blending assistant cash? ier. Mr. W. .1. CroWSOn, Jr.. will continue as teller, Mr. E, H, Rheme, Jr.. as bookkeeper, Mr. ES, M. Hall as saslstant I.kkeeper and Mr. Tiny Idol win continue sa collection clerk. Rev. IL II. Murehison, of Bishop* vllle, spent the da] In the city Tuea day Mr. .1 I >. IH h i, of .-' nmei'ton, passed through the ctv Tue laj morn? ing on his way to * J. I. HARPER SURRENDERS. GAVE HIMSELF CP TO JAILER OWENS FRIDAY EVENING AND IS NOW IN JAIL. Hearing for Habeas Corpus Proceed Inge to Take Place Before Judge Gary at Colombia Thursday?Mat? ter Kept Very Quiet?No State? ment Green out. From The Daily Item, Dec. 12. J. W. Harper, the alleged slayer of Eddie Bossard on the evening of last Christmas Day has surrendered himself to Jailor Owens and is now in jail awaiting trial. This is the in? formation learned on the streets to d?.y and it is probably correct as Mr. Geo. D. Levy, who, with Mr. J. H. Clifton, is to represent Harper, stated in effect that it was correct. The surrender of Harper has been kept a secret and only very few had learned of the fact until today. Those who were questioned about the mat? ter stated that they had been told that Harper had surrendered and that he was now in jail, but that they had been given their informa? tion as a dead secret and they were not responsible for the information. Mr. Geo. D. Levy, when asked about the matter at first evaded a direct answer, then stated that it was a fact that Harper had given himself up and was now in jail to await trial at the next term of court. He stated further that notice had been given the Solicitor to appear before Judge Eugene B. Gary Thursday in chambers at Columbia, where a mo? tion would be made to have Harper released on bail. He said that he could not at this time give out any information as to Harper's where? abouts since the time of the alleged murder last Christmas, but that prob? ably this information would be given out after the petition for release on bail had been passed upon by Judge Gary. He refused a direct answer to the question, why the matter had been kept so qidet since Harper's sur? render. The fact thai Harper surrendered himself last Frlcay evening and has been a prisoner ever since without the knowledge of it becoming public Is in itseif a surpr.se. and even this morning those who s,vw the name on the jail book were asV ed not to give any publicity to the fact. This fact in itself seems very peculiar, as pub? lic documents like this are supposed to be open for public Inspection. What has been learned about the surr? nder of Mr. Harper has not come through the sheriff's office, however, and has been picke1 up here and there from various sources. The best Information obtainable is that Friday evening Mr. Ha.-per went to the jail and surrendered himself to Jailor Owens. Later in the even? ing his attorney's, Messrs. Clifton and Levy, had a talk with him, at which time he made his statement and pa? pers were prepared which are to bo used in the habeas corpus proceed? ings,?or at least the preparation of them was commenced. Jailor Owens, when questioned about the matter of Mr. Harper's sur? render, would say nothing definite on the subject. It is supposed that the effort to keep the matter secret was made in order hat it might not he kr.cwn that Harper was in jail until papers for his release had been filed. It will be remembered that R. M. Bateman, vho was held as an ac? cessory to the shooting, was tried at the last term of court and acquitted of the charge by th<s jury. What caused Mr. Harper to surrender himself, after he had apparently gotten off "Scott free." is a matter of conjecture among those who were heard talking about the matter, es? pecially as no effort was made to cap? ture him after he sent his letter to the sheriff from Cuba and there has been no apparent effort to bring him to justice since that time. There were many who stated that It was a I big surprise to them that he should give himself up at all, although he might have done it at the time the shooting occurred. Tt will be remembered that at that time a report was spread that Harper had shot Bossard in self-de fsnse, after Bossard had knocked him down with his buggy whip. This was the statement made by Bateman when he was tried and will probably be made when Harper onmes to trial. The statement made at the Inquest and by Wesley BoSSSfd later. v\ as that Harper sind Eddie down with? out provocation, while apparently taking up the quarre] of Bateman alth Ai ram Bossard .Mr. L I,. Drake, of the firm of Shaw ?v Drake, who has made his home in this city for the past two y< ars has purchased the Lyric The? aire in Anderson, s. ?*.. and a I ro move his family to \nders< tt this week, Mr. Drake l rt< i numb< ? FINDS POE OF BOLL F.VIL. Jesuit scientist Announces Discovery of Most Effective Enemy of Cotton Pest New Orleans, Dec. 11.?After ex? tensive experiments. Father Albert Biever, a Jesuit scientist of this city, has announced that in his opinion the Argentine ant, a Ixmisiana pest which is the despair of housewives, is the South'! most effective enemy of the boll weevil. It was found that the ant will destroy the young weevils and eggs, but the assault on a mature weevil Is another matter. The scient? ist is firmly of the opinion that in time the ant will bolster up sufficient courage to attack grown up weevils but not until he is "educated" up to it. "I believe that these ants will final? ly exterminate the boll weevil." said Father Biever. "They destroy all other ants by attacking the nests and destroying the eggs. They will treat the weevil similarly." Further experiments are to be made. NEWS FROM PINEWOOD. Sumter Lady to Wed Pincwood Mer? chant?Northwestern May Alter Schedules. Pinewood, Dec. 11.?The follow? ing invitations have been received here: Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Britton, Jr., re? quest the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their daughter, Mary Emma, to Mr. Robert Angus Rldgill on Wednesday evening, De? cember the twentieth, nineteen hun? dred and eleven, at seven-thirty o'clock, Broad Street Methodist Church, Sumter, South Carolina. The contracting couple is well known here in social circles. The bride-elect has often visited here and has won tjie admiration of all by her charming and winsome ways and at? tractiveness. The groom is a young merchant, being the senior member of the firm of Mims and Ridgill. Mr. Douglas Weeks has returned to Newberry. Mrs. J. P. Lawrence is visiting her daughter, Mrs. X. C. Stack, 3<5 S. Sumter street, Sumter. Mr. P. B. Hodge spent Friday In Manning. O. D. Harvin has returned from Branchville. Mr. R. C. Richardson, Jr., went up to Sumter Friday, trying to locate two bales of cotton which one of his tenants made way with. It is being talked around here that the North Western railroad is going to put on a daily passenger train in the near future to run from Wilson's Mill to Camden. HELPS COTTON PRICES. Government Estimate, Though Larger Than Anticipated, Produce Com. paratively Small Effect. New Orleans, Dec. 11.?Although this was the important bureau day in the year and the Government's estimate of the crop of 14,885,000 bales was larger than expected, the net change for the session was a de? cline of only 7 to 10 points. Up to 1 o'clock the market was tame and fluctuated over about ten points. The opening was unchanged to two points off, but within a few minutes the trading months were one to two points down. Then they re? covered to the level of Saturday's close and March made a net advance of one point. This was the highest of the day. Sentiment grew beai ish as the time for the government's guess drew near and at 10 o'clock prices were seven to eight points un? der Saturday's figures. Folowing the publication of the crop figures there was a drop of 15 to 16 points, but this did not last long as it tempted profit-taking by shorts on a grand scale, and a recovery was almost immediate. This reaction amount? ed to ten points before the edge of the desire of shorts to realize profits was taken off. The close was steady. That the market did not decline more with the average expectation for 14,750.000 bales from the gov? ernment was due to heavy short interest that existed. That stich a arge interest should still exist after he heavy covering of the last week >r two was considered remarkable. IM) Ol' SEMIXOLE < \SE. Columbia, Dec. II. John v. Qar llngton and James Stob?? N oun. - mer officers of the Seminote Secur? ities company, under sentences of three years and one year, respectively, n the charge of breach of trust, yes? terday entered the State penitentiary to bogln the sendee <??' their terms. They ha \ e b< en hel t In I he Rich land county ;ii ??? \ eral days They were rarrled t> the penitent tan yesterday morning st 10 o'clock and will be Resigned i" work today bs i be offlr ?1 < r ' he i rlson. The sen - fence t ] rot ides that they hall i lined in ihn "State penl STRIFE M0N6 REPUBLICANS. HOSTILITIES PRECEDE MKETDfG OF NATIONAL COMMITTEE* Roosevelt's Friends start the Trou? ble by Opposing Taft's Choice for Head of Campaign. Washington. Dec. 11.?Hostilities of an unexpected character and from an unlooked for quarter developed today among members of the Repub? lican national committee and other prominent party leaders who are here in connection with the meeting tomorrow to fix the time and place for the presidential nomination con? vention next summer. Opposition to Col. Harry S. New of Indiana, the administration's candidate for chair? man of the subcommittee on conven? tion arrangements, was responsible for the ill feeling engendered. The situation, however, cleared considerable late in the evening. At the president's dinner to the commit teemen there was no open discussion of politics. But it became known immediately f.fter the dinner had ad? journed that Secretary Hilles and other enporters of President Taft had won a complete victory and that Col. New undoubtedly would head the subcommittee on arrangements. It was also evident that the Taft forces would control the entire membership of the subcommittee and that the slate for the subcommittee of five in? cluded National Committeemen Mul van of Kansas, Vorys of Ohio, Mur? phy of New Jersey and Williams of Oregon. All of these men are known to be friendly to President Taft. Com mltteeman N. C. Duncan of North Carolina may be added later as a sixth member of the subcommittee. Only less interesting than the un? looked for controversy over the con? trol of the subcommittee in charge of the convention was the exploitation throughout the day of Col. Theodore Roosevelt as the possible candidate for the presidential nomination. The advocacy of Col. Roosevelt, but thinly veiled yesterday, was open and pro? miscuously proclaimed today. The advocates of Col. Roosevelt's nomina? tion apparently based their argu? ments In his behalf upon the fact that at no time had the former president announced that he would not accept the nomination If It were tendered to him. It was recognized that he would not openly become a candidate, they said, but they were busy sounding members of the national committee and other prominent Republicans as to their sentiment in regard to "forc? ing" the nomination upon the colonel. There were many who connected the open advocacy of Col. Roosevelt's nomination with the opposition to naming a commiti.ee of arrangements dominated by administration men. It was apparent throughout the day that friends of Col. Roosevelt were endeavoring in every way possible to postpone action by the, national com? mittee which would definitely commit anybody to any man's candidacy. The Roosevelt enthusiasts frankly stated their hope lay in working up a de? mand for Col. Roosevelt to be ex? pressed in the convention Itself. Many conferences were held dur? ing the day and continued until the White House dinner tonight, when President Taft was the host to a body far from united on the business which brought it to Washington. One of the most sensational fea? tures of the day's skirmishing was the fact that Secretary Hilles, who is the active leader of the Taft forces in the campaign for the renomination of the president, and Postmaster "eneral Hitchcock, who managed the president's campaign three years ago, seemingly wer*? arrayed against each other. The rumors that the two were working at cross purposes flew thick and fast. Finally Mr. Hitchcock issued a statement In de? nial, but did not entirely set the re? ports at rest. Men and Religion Forward Move? ment. The Men and Religion Forward Movement, which is Intensely an ac? tive crusade in North America and in which Bumter Is a very important auxiliary city, is being advanced here vigorously by the general commit* tot?. The commutes urges every ritizeu <>f Sumter to join with heart and hand In this great work for social and spiritual uplift; especially is it important thai our churches bo Crowded next Sunday, when, as by notice to be given later, special ser? vices will be held In line with this movement. Marriage [license Record, The following persons were granted marring licenses during the past two days! .\d ??! Perry, a*-, and SaJIle Wright Sumter; John Rogers, Lynchbun and Janie Prince, Bunter; John ' 1 and Julia Robinson, Slaves ? ; all color'd.