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LMilSLATVilK PA88K8 ANTI-KACi: I U V k IUI.I.. Vw'iUi state Take* Action Against the < treat Vim A It. huh Gambling Uame m?i the I tan* Track (.urn *kWM Ulli Be Driven Out of the Did Dominion. Jtlchm.I Van Vob. I.?By a vote of II to 21. the lower branch of the General Assembly today passed the ?*tephenm>n antl-gambllng bill, which waa framsd primarily to prevent bet at the Jamestown race track, near Norfolk. \1At..\R\ti 11KATH FALL. lor TWhlgi IU km Fall* Broke Without Warning Niagara Pairs. Fob 4.?The great Ice bridge that has choked the river channel betwem the cataract and the uv per et eel arch bridge below ".he falls for th?? last three weeks broke from its shoring just at noon today end went down the river, taking with It to their death a man and woman believed to he 'Mr and Mrs. Bldrldge Stanton of Toronto, Canada, and Bur retl Peacock. IT years old. of Cleve? land. Ohio. Four other persons were on the loa at the time but managed to get ashore In safety. The bridge was considered per? fectly sate. For weeks the great fields of Ice had been coming down the liver pil? ing up against the barrier until it was from 60 to so feet thick, and under the Influence of cold weather had be? come firmly anchored to the shore. The jam was about 1.000 feet In length, and In some places a quarter of excursionists came to view the it had offered safe passage to the hardy, and today an Immense crowd of excursionists acme to view the winter wonder of the river. Had the accident happened an hour staff in the day hundreds would have lost tberr lives, for the crowd was moving Into Prospect park in the elevators ihat run down the cliff leading to the Somewhere deep In the great whirl? pool -tonight lies the man partially Identified as Mr. Stanton Who twice put aside chances of rescue In ordar to remain with his terror-stricken wife and Who in the shadow of death ?hart at the break of the rapid*, spurned assistance for himself and attempted to Mng about the woman's s-?dv a t "i"- dangling from the lower steel arch bridge. The lad, Burrell Paaoook. was cast In the same mould. Had he not turned back eg the to gtve assistance to the man he, too. might have made the nhore. J<> >n Labore?, an Italian, was i here*?in ruaalng across the lee st the risk >f hin life, warning those on the loe of their dwoger FLAN FOH tt?\VF.NHOV nuiwKiwtlf Omtmlttoeeaeu t'onfer in faetflsaure. Fob. I.?-Norman C Mack, chalnaan of the Democratic national eoanretttee. and all but three members of the committee on ar? rangements for the Democratic na? tional convention, to be held here in June, spent the greater part of today here In vertou* conferences relating to convention matters. Plans for al? tering the Fifth raglment armory were approved with some minor change*. The plans call for a sea* lng capacity, exculstve of the dele gates of II.Dt? persons, or 5,?00 uiore than at Denver four years ago. There are 2.170 seats for delegate* and al- 1 tern a tea. lit on the platform and at i least 4 20 in the section set apart for aepresentatlvee of the pr%e*. Seven ggffj exits will b? provided. e Tho question of hotel accommoda tteeat and rates was thoroughly gone Inte with Chairman Kohert Cain of ths local convention committee and representative of t>>e hotel men. Preparations t>elng mado for accom? modating visitors and the seal* of prices present."! t<> the cummltte ? ware approval Josephu* Daniels. ngUofgU <?>irmlt teeman fn?rn V?rfh ?'arollna?himself a newspsper editor wan mad ? chair? man of ths areas commltt. Mr Daniels appointed J. XX Preston, su? perintendent of the I'nlted SI ir.?? senate prees call? .. and fjgtgeigf Altert, cnalrman -f I he daVadl | committee of the senate and b ?us, press galleries, as assist Mit*. MM R ? I \ I drop IN HI li I It < onge<*,ed Condition* and larger Olllpllt (.it* O M- HeU?M?ll ttlgir. Kp'i. (' oigestcd ci.ndi tlona In leading hutt-r mark ??.?? >f the Fast Is attributed n ?>.. u,-..- f -i tho four-rent redm tlori m.tilr by tb. quotation commit!.f the Klgln but? ter board this afternoon. M.?mb??i i . f trw commltt.I- ? ' ??? ?! ? 'pot had materially increased <l ir. | tb< lagt week. This Is a reduction ..f eight cents In two weeks. ROOK HILL TLAJS IN ALABAMA. (iovornor. Com_ls*doncr <>i Agricul? ture and Business Men's League Promhe Support. Montgomery. Ala., Feb. ."?.?At u conference here Qov. O'Neal, K. F. Kolb. commissioner of agriculture, ami the Business Men's league of Montgomery adopted the "Hock 11111 plan" of cotton ucroage reduction and pledged full support in carrying the movement into effect in this State. Action was taken at the instance of E. J. Watson, South Carolina com? missioner of agriculture, and J. O. Anderson of South Carolina, originat? or of the "Hock Hill plan," who are here. STOCK OF GOODS SOLD. United Bargain 'House of Charleston Purchases Stock for $5,100. The entire stock of goof's belonging to the store formerly d' ing business sa Everybody's Store, M. "H. Beck proprietor, bat which went into bankruptcy several veeks ago, was sold this morning by Mr. Louis I .yon. who had ?Charge of the goods for the receivers, the Sumtor Trust Company, to the United Bargain House of Charleston for $5,100. The fixtures have not yet been dis? posed of by the receivers. Some days ago the stock of goods was gone ovr and appraised and was sold today at I suction as advertised. LOST?HAY BE IN SUMTER. Parties in Xew York Write to Chief Bradford Concerning 1/OHt Man. Chief J. K. Bradford has received a letter from Mr. and Mrs. I. Stern. 25 Avenue D, New York, inquiring for . information concerning a young man l > the namo ot Max Stern. It was stated in the letter received by Chief Bradford that the young mand hsd i>* en in Charleston for some time, but J that he had left there some time ago, supposedly on his way to Sumter. The parties writing the letter do not state what relation the yonng man is ', to them, but state that his parents would like to hear from him. If any? one knows anything about the young man. they would no doubt be confer? ring a great favor on the persons liv? ing at the above named address. _______ a ________ RAILWAY AS EDUCATOR. Southern Will Give Agricultural Scholarships to Young Men. Washington. Feb. 5.? President Finley, of the Southern Hallway Com? pany, has announced that as a means of supplementing the extensive work being done by the company for the ohancement of agriculture in the territory traversed by its lines south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers and cut of the Mississippi, it lias DigH decided to Inaugurate Southern Rail ' way scholarships in th?- State Agri? cultural College in each State tra\ ersed by the lines of the company. Mr. Finley wil take this matter up at once with the president of each agricultural college concerned, ask? ing him to permit the company to f>ay for the scholarships and to select Ithe young men to be benefited by them. The scholarships, which are to COVtf the full four-y?^a^ course in AKrlculture. are to be awarded in accordance with plans to be agreed upon b,?twe?>n the presidents of the OSJllsSJSji and the railway company j and aro to be given to young men re? siding im counties traversed by the ? lines of the company, and who would otherwise be financially unable to avail themselves of an agricultural j coiege training. A? soon as arrangements have been perfected, full details as to the schol? arships to l>e awarded in eao'i State I will be announced. COURT MUST MOVE FASTER. Judge Rlee Says That More Progress Must feg Mad.- at Next Court. In receiving the presentment of the (Jrand Jury Tuesday aftornoon Judge Mat *tat?d that h?- too had noticed that Mlitt was a slowness in getting v itro'sse* in the court room and In getting Ogata started and. he Mated, things tniMt move faster when b| t? - turned her?? to hold court again. Id' Mild that he would give the Grant1 Jury all tht gantatancc in the psjWtf of th?? court t>? make more progr in the < ??ndurt Ol litt court. Hi stated tli.it il,!. was the second til o he b oi t otidio it d < i in t. bat he ,v the condition ?.f affair and waalg do what ht could to remedy them. He trlttttetd severely Ihs It ? tili? eaaai had been oalltd whan tio dofendnts were not present to ap pi i for trial. Whan they km w thi ? i . was on d ?< kef t?? be calb-d at any time. Mi gaM tliat if wit nettes a defend* ,if> M wtrt hot present Ihs neat Ilms bo was here ho .vould t i K?? steps to s??e ?bat they got there, hi WOUld semi tbe sheriff for thf abseht par ties If ho could not gat them other wise. contractors BEGAN CLEARING out RIGHT OF way wed. nekday. Small Torre of Hands Now at Work, Hut Number Will Bo Increased? Work Going on on Miss Roach's PllOt,?Law> eis ?t Work on Right of* Way. I _ I ????? The werk on the South Carolina WVstern railroad has bean com? merced and the contractors in charge had a force of hands employed on M'sb Roach's place in the bay along the continuation of Live Oak street. Wednesday morning the contractors were busy clearing out a way through the swamp and it is probable that they will tomorrow start the work of grading in this section. The route enters the city limits through the field back of the Bland place and runs on in a southerly di? rection until it strikes the continua? tion of Qreen street near the Thomas Lumber Company plant. The work Wednesday began near this point, but as the route passed through a cotton field at tho rear of the Roach plaoe there was no clearing to be done un? til the continuation of Live Oak street was passed and the route entered the swamp at this point. Here the con | tractors were working at noon, and I will begtn here with the carts grading i the route tomorrow. The right of way being cleared out is one hundred feet wide. The contractor for the work is C. E. Teague, who has had the grading of the new Atlantic Coast Line Ireight yard during the past several months, which ttae recently been prac? tically completed. Mr. Teague has a contract for the work for five miles out from town and expeots to com? plete it In the next two months, If t'^ere are no unforseen drawbacks. Today there were about fifteen men at work clearing the right of way, but It was stated that it was probably that a much larger force would be engaged 'tomorrow, when the grad? ing will be commenced. It was stated today by Mr. L C. Strauss, the attorney for the railroad, that he was busily at work on the rights cf ^way for the road, but it could not be stated when all of the difficulties In securing the rights of way would be removed. CRIMINAL COURT ADJOURNS, Reeord-breaking Short Session Clos? ed Tuesday Evening. One of the shortest sessions of criminal court in this county closed Tuesday afternoon with all of the business for the session continued or Otherwise disposed of. The court was h. session only two days and during that time very little was done, ju? rors and spectators alike remarking on the slowneos with which progress was made. During the session of the court two cases were tried, both resulting in verdicts of not guilty, and one prison? er plead guilty and was sentenced to a term of four years. The number of Indictments made out by the grand Jury was smaller than usual. The cases which have attracted the great? est amount of Interest were contin? ued. Among these were the case against J. W. Harper for murder and John Smiling for assault with In? tent to kill. A GREAT DRAINAGE PROJECT. New Railroad Will be Worth Thous? and of Hollars to I-dirge Section That Need Drainage. Mr. K. I. Ueardon, special agent of the Chamber of Commerce Seaboard Air Lino committee, in charge of se? curing rights of way through the western route, reports that if the railway traverses the western route it will bo worth many thous? ands of dollars to land owners as a drainage facility alone. He says that there are thousands of acres of low lands that are very fertile which could be easily redeemed by drainage, and that the health of thousands of peo? ple would be improved by draining these low lands into the Seaboard Air Une ditches, and doing away with breeding places for mosquitoes. The canvass for rights of way is progressing somewhat slowly owing to the disposition <>t some of the land owners to take their time about de? ciding whal they wish to do, There Ii no opposition to the road, however, A part) coneUUinn of Mrs. J, a. Rameid, Miss ?ins- i. Rameld and Ml Ma) McKlnne) went to Daltell W< dne da\ morning to attend th ? Thompson i ?oi.v wedding iit Tlrsan < hurch. i Miss Arabella P, Moses, of Wasni Ington, who lui = been visiting hai niece, Mrs. William Moran, has reJ ? irned home. Mrs. Mary Bowen, of Laurent, who h;is l.n \ letting relative! In the olty, has n turned home. NOTICE TO TRAVELING PUBLIC. i me tn Early Morning Train Maj be secured from "Central." Secretary Snoll has arranged with the local agent of the Atlantic Coast Line to report the time of the early morning train, going south to "Cen? tral" at least one-half hour before the same is due to arrive. The pub? lic will, therefore, be able hereafter to call up "Central" direct and secure the exact time that this traia will ar? rive which will be of great service to the traveling public and prevent long waltt at the depot in the early morn? ing. The manager of the Sumter Tele? phone Company will co-operate in rendering this service. At the present time there is no telephone in the of? fice of the train dispatcher at the A. C. L. depot but the agent will phone the time of this train to "Central" from his office down stairs until a I telephone is installed. Supt. Q. G. I Lynch at Florence has been request- ! ed to install a phone In the office of the train dispatcher. THE ORANGEBVRG PLAN. Selling Cotton at Public Sale Being Generally Discussed. The selling of cotton at public auc- ' tion here a few weeks ago by Mr. I ' Charles A. Stroman has become known throughout the State as the ; "Orangeburg Plan," and is being gen? erally discussed by cotton buyers and sellers. The plan worked fine hare and at other places where it was tried. It has spread to other States, and a great deal of cotton is now being sold >>n what is called the "Oran^eburg Pinn," of which Mr. Charles ?. Stro? man is the originator. The "Rock Hill Plan" for reducing the acreage of land to be planted in cotton this year, and the "Orange burg plan" to get the very best price for cotton obtainable, ought to put the farmers on easy street this year if these two plans ore faithfully car? ried out. The farmers have their fu? ture in their own hands, and if they will combine and pull together they can accomplish all their ends. The question is, will they do it? Under the "Orangeburg plan" cot? ton that was bringing poor prices, brought one cent moro than the mar? ket price paid in general. It i3 safe to state that the farmer of the South will be greatly benefited in the mat? ter of receiving the highest price ob? tainable under the "Orangeburg plan" for the sale thereof. So why should it not be generally used over the entire cotton belt. Farmers .should use every legitimate thing they can to better their condition. Therefore they should not neglect the "Rook Hill Plan" nor the "Orange burg Plan."?Time? and Democrat. SOCTH CAROLINA IN NEW YORK. Moving Pictures Depicting Schools in State Shown to Members of Elec trk* Club. Moving pictures depicting scenes in South Carolina were shown at the Electric club banquet in New York several days ago. The pictures were used upon tho suggestion of Mrs. Simon Raruch, wife of Dr. Simon Haruch, of Camden and New York. The pictures will be shown in a number of cities of the North and West, under the direction of J. B. Finster, traveling immigration agent of the land and industrial department of the Southern railway. The following is from The Globe and Commercial Advertiser of New York. "A novel feature marked the an* nual banquet of the Electric club at the Waldorf-Astoria this aiternoon. At the suggestion of Mrs. Simon Baruohi chairman of the committee of arrangements and a Southern wo? man, a series of moving pictures, se? cured by the Southern Railway com? pany and tbe Chamber! Of commerce of various cities Of the South, were shown. "Tiie display, conducted Under di? rection of Alex S. Thweatt. eastern passenger agent of the road, and J. R, Finster of its land and industrial department, wjus devoted to the farm, city and indnstrial life of Smith Car? olina. 'The harvesting of COttOfl was shown from the picking, through the various stages until it was aeon being load >d on a iteamahip in a 15,000,000 cargo bound for ESurope. Truck farm* inn was represented by a series of pictures showing farm bands picking lettuce und ?diier vegetables In 'im open during Thanksgiving week, "Among a score of other subjects were scenes showing the methods of cultivation on whnl is said to be the only tea farm In the United states thai at Bummervllle. near Charles Ion." Tuesday nlghl wan another cold one. Tbe mercury took a slump down to B0 degrees early Wednesday morn? ing and marked the nlghl ai one of the cold ones during tbe winter. Tbc winter has, up to the present time, had ai<?r? severe cold weather than imy winter for a number of years. GRAND JURY POINT OUT MANY MATTERS WHICH NEED CORRECTION. Chain Gang Need* New Bedding in ('?. -Jail and Aliiis House in Good Condition, officers Conaneond ed?As to Deception of Negroes, by (?ranting of Separation Papers? Rural Police Parored?Split Log Drag BMdorsed?As to Delay in Court?Iliot in County?Other Matters. The presentment which was turn? ed over to Judge H. F, Rice Tues? day afternoon by tho ?reaent grand Jury is one of the most unusual docu? ments which has been issued by any grand jury in a great many years. It is interesting from start to finish and will probably be read with atten? tion by the citizens of Sumter coun? ty who are interested in the welfare of their county. Of such an inter? esting nature is the presentment that it is wherewith published in full. Presentment of (.rand Jury?Spring To the Honorable H. F. Rice. Pre? siding Judge, Spring term, 1912, Court of General Sessions for said County. We, Your Grand Jury beg leave to submit this, our first presentment for the year 1912. We have passed up i on all bills ef indictment handed us by the Solicitor and made proper re? turns on same. We have committees examine the Jail, Poor Farm and County Chain Gang and we recommend the follow? ing: We find the County Chain Gang with good warm clothing and that they receive good and wholesome food, but wo find the cage in which the convicts sleep at night in a filthy condition, the blankets are extreme? ly filthy. We recommend the pur? chase of new blankets for the cage, there not being a sufficient supply on hand to enable the guards to have the proper laundering done. We find the Alms House in good condition, the Invalids confined there are well cared for. We commend Mr. Mitchell, the Superintendent, for the creditable manner in which this insti? tution is run and for his interest in each and every inmate. We find the Jail clean and well kept and we desire at this point to congratulate the Sheriff in securing the services of Mr. Owens as Jailor. We do not see that the condition of this institution can be improved up? on with its present equipment. We find the plumbing in the jail in out of repair. We recommend that the Su? pervisor have this attended to at once. We also recommend that the bath tub now in use for whit* pris? oners be transferred to the depart? ment in which negroes are kept and that a POW bath tub be purchased for flu- use of white prisoners, there be? ing no facilities at present for the ne? gro inmates to bathe. After consideration your Grand Jury have thought it beat to defer the examination of the various Coun? ty offices until the recess so that the work can be more thoroughly done. And in order to carry out the wishes of the Grand Jury, your Foreman has appointed the following committee to pursue the work and make its re? port to the jury at the next term of the court, viz: B. F. Estridge. Chair? man, W. L. Boylf. P. S. Finn, W. A. Bryan, D. R. McCallum, Jr. And we would ask that the court empower this sub-committe with authority to employ the services of an expert ac? countant to conduct this examination of the various, county offices, if they deem it necessary. We ask that the court order the several magistrates in this county to upon notice, deposit their dockets In the office of county therein for examination by the court. It has been brought to our atten? tion that certain Magistrates in the county have been in the ha hit of drawing up articles of separation be? tween man and wife among the col? ored people, thereby deceiving these ignorant people, they being under the impression that the said paper is a divorce and that they are :it liberty to contract marriage again. We want to serve notice on all persona accus? tomed to engag s in tin:; practice that if it is not stopped the Grand Jury win report the matter regularly to the court and ask the Solicitor to In? stltute proceedings sgalnil such per? sons. We ret ommend thai the County Hottrd of Commissioners defras the actual expenses Incurred by the Cor? oner In summoning juries of Inquest, The reason for thlj recommendation Is, that it sometimes occurs" that b body is found In the river swamp, or some other such secluded spot, and it becomes necessary t.? hire trans? portation to get the Jury on the ground, and we think it nothing but right thai when such expenses is In? curred that the Coroner be reim? bursed. we your Grand Jury desire to place ourselves on record as favor? ing the enaetment of a law provld Term, 1912. ing for Rural Police, and request our Senator and Legislator? to use their best endeavors to have a law passed providing for at least three Midi po? licemen. We, Your Grand jury desire to commend the action of our Super? visor in putting into Deration the Split Log Drag system on the public road3 of the county and we recom? mend that he put as many in use as possible or as many as can be used to advantage. It has been brought to our atten? tion that the Prohibition law is be? ing violated in almost every section of the county, but we have not suffi? cient evidence to make specific pre? sentments of such violation, but we do earnestly request that all officers, both State, county and municipal, whose duty it is to look after the en? forcement of this law, will be more diligent in bringing thie class of violators to justice. We note the delay in the proceed I ings of the court caused by the ab I sence of witnesses. After inveetiga I ting this matter to some extent we I find, that the committing magistrates do not properly bind over the State's witnesses to court and where that has been neglected, no witness' war? rant for their arrest has been issued. In our investigations, we also find that the sheriff's office and the mag? istrate's office located in Sumter do not work together in harmony. We do not know the cause for this con? dition of affairs, nor is it our purpose to say which office is at fault, but the fact remains that on account of this lack of harmony the interest of the county and State are Jeopardized. As an illustration of this fact, wo find that no witnesses were bound over for court in the case of the State against Prlscilla Pinckney. We ask that the court instruct the officer whose duty it is to serve such war? rant to perform his duty in this in? stance and bring the violators to Jus? tice, with the hope that this condi? tion of affairs will not exist in the future. Your Grand Jury's attention has been called to the fact that our laws haev been violated on the night of February 1st, 1912, on the plan? tation of Dr. H .M. 8tuckey, in that a riot occurred at that time We haven't the names of the parties en? gaged in said riot, and we therefore ask that the sheriff investigate this report and if the law has been violat? ed, endeavor to bring the parties to court. It has also been reported to your Grand Jury that seme time ago at the house of Tom Wilson, in the Rrogdon neighborhood, one Joe Randolph was severely shot, he being wounded to such an extent that he la now in the Sumter Hospital for treat? ment. We ask Your Honor to direct the sheriff to investigate this shoot? ing at once and if the law ha.- been violated, bring the parties to justice. Your Grand Jury note with pleas? ure the small number of cases before the court for consideration at this term. The county i* to be congrat? ulated on this evident decrease Irt crime. Thanking Your Honor and all court officials for courtesies extended. All of which is respectfully submit? ted. (Signed.) C. W. CHANDLER, Foreman. NEW TRAIN ON NORTHWEST? ERN. Daily Passenger Trains No. 1 and No. 2 To be Inaugurated Next Sunday. The Northwestern Railway of South Carolina will, beginning next Sunday morning. install passenger train service between Camden and Wilson's Mill. There will be two trains a day. These will be known as passenger trains one and two, num? ber one being southbound and num? ber two being northbound. With the inauguration of this new passenger service the present ac? commodation freight trains will be taken off the line* between Sumter and Camden and Bumter and Wilson's Mill and the trains running between theae points will be full paasenger or full freight trains. The train will consist of two ' oac'ies. one for white and one for colored passengers, and will be expected to make good time between points. The schedules :or the two trains \ di be beginning Sunday. February 11th, as follow Number 2, north? bound, loaves Sumter at 11 a. HI. and arrives at Camden at 11:1t p. m.; Number I southbound, leav.s Cam? den at I p. m. arriving at Bumter at I i?. m. and Va\ Rumter at 4:40 for W ilson s Mill, where it Will arrive it 7 p. m. Train number then leav . i Wilson's Mill at 0 a ni on Monday morning, arriving at Sumter at If:l# a. m. \\ tllle this schedule ot trains wttl I ? s. nous inocnvenlence to some, who had found the present schedules on the act ommodatlon trains very convenient, especially thOM persons living between here and Camden, it will prove more convenient to thoee persons living between lo re and Sum nterton and in that section of this i and Clarendon counting