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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.