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(The man onu Southron > ?rarn-:it April. IHM lie Just and Fear not?-Let at) the ends Thon Alme't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." Oon*olidaUd Aug. 3,1881 SUMTER, 8. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1912. THE TRUE SOCTUltON. Emabltstied Juue, 1 Vol. XXXIV. No. 5. WMKItlfi FOR CORN SKOW. WILL Ml f VUMHls TO HBO II IB ITS. InuwnuJng Uiut Rnvired ?Vorn in? -M?-n( n .ley of the Houthem Railway. Columbia. March s.?Tbe field agenta of the cotton culture dapart mciii of the land and Ind latrlal dc partment tbn Southert. railway, who are working principal!/ In the territory along the line of the advance of the Mexican cotton boll weevil,, will bring the XMInal Corn exposition to be held In Columbia In January and February of ltll. to the attention of the farmers along the lines of the Southern. The agents are makir,, special efforts to aecure the grow'ng of oom to be ertered for prises at the exposition. This Information was contained In a letter received by A. 1 E. Oonsalea, president of the National Corn show, from W. W. Flnley. pres? ident of the Southern railway. In the letter It was stated that all of the agents of he kind and Indus? trial department are pursuing the same policy. i "We believe th.it It Is highly de t-rable." eevye President Flnley. "that the oom grower* ->t the Southeastern State* should be especially well rep? resented (n this exposition so as to attract attention to the fact that there la no part of the country superior U ?action as a corn-growing re? gion" There is much interest In the Na Corn exposition, to be held ?axi .year. Oeorge II. ^iveo the secretary and general man . has received a numbf of en? couraging letters from various sec? tions of the country. "We will also htve a goodly num? ber of people frosji Wisconsin, who will take sdvantage of the rate*, etc.. to go sooth during the time of our association meeting and take in the com ^r^usttton. staUment 1* contained In a letter r*e*lrt<d yesterday by Secretary slMMi?&^W^T;;ir ?igppey^iss^imsispn wgrwoifursT "?venr.i'ng *eem* promising." , ?ay* Mr Moore, "from our State and we *xpjet to brtng down the finest educational exhibit we have ever at? tempted'to put up. Kxpect to devote considerable of my 'Imf this summer and fall In setting up this display." Manv young men connected with Southern agricultural colleges re? ceived their post-graduste training at the Wisconsin Agricultural college, under the direction of Dr. Moore. New* Noten From Dark Corner. : i?ark Corner, March 9.?As I hav request >d to give my reason for not continuing to wihe for the Watch? man and Southron, with your per? mission. Mr. Editor, I will try and do so. 1 feel that I am like some old song (like Dan Tucker, Uncle Ned. etc.) which has been heard ao often that there Is nothing Interesting left. 1 feel as If I have i had enough to aay. And again I see that the ag? Is such a faat one that there la no ose for mo to try and cope with the times). Bo, as I have been i so often reminded that I was not wanted In public places. I am per? suaded thst nt hems is the only place I am wanted, where I can keep my mouth ahut and my pencil ?tili. It haa rained and ra ned again, and It la ralrr*ng today, and farmers. I think, are farther behind with their! work than 1 ssjgr knew them to bo at this time of year. Mr. L. E. Avln had gj bad accident to happen to him last Saturday morn? ing, fie had atarted to Bggggsj with a bale of gggton on hi* wagon and wa.< trotting along in the Cane Savannah public road when one of the front wbeela of hie wagon dropped In a hole, throwing htm off ami ti on passed SjSJgf hl* r ght leg and wrist. I?r. H M i'urmn?> who was call? ed In. i andaged up hu wrUt. Mr. la getting sjg*jfj a* w. II ilh could h*i expect' 1 Old iii n W j. Ardl* has n<?t been able to msko a step without pain In al? or seven weeke. It. I?. Wef-ka apent Thursdav In your city. Mri Joe II. Geddings and niece, M - ' l"?.ton. of rim W.I. \ pitted Mr* W. J. Xr.lH \. *t? rdn> Vf. M ? I M' Tr.to.h \ ho led h-r 4>,r Mr. I K. .1 dm-ot, ,t It mi \ la*t W? din?*d iv. iclnridrg home v< terday morning. Perhaps I may gffttt saw mi serhtle If I keep Ji? b to pb?w now "Hard Too - '* TURN ON THE LIGHT. M VKIN<? KKAKCHINU PROBE OF STATE IMsrK.NSAKV. Question* Asked by Chief Executive in Special Meaaage are Answered Clearly and Fully by Members of Anfiel l>U|MMisnry Commltwion. Columbia. March 9.?"So far as I am concerned the charges of Qov. Blease are false and they are out? rageous. So far a* I know the charges of Qov. Blease against the other mem? bers of the commission are equally s These statements were made yes? terday by J. Steele Brice of York .'lle. former State senator, and member of the old State dispensary commission, appearing before the legislative dispensary commission. Answering one ? f the questions proposed by the governor with refer? ence to the commission dls-'usslng him in a meeting and expressing tear of the incoming administration, Mr. Hrlee said that to his knowledge the governor had never been discussed at a meeting of the body, but that he personally had expressed his opin? ion of the new chief executive on one occasion. "I did say." said Mr. Prieq, "that Blesse was the worst man that we have had in the governor's office since Franklin J. Mose*. That h* was not In sympathy with the work of the commission, but was in sympathy al? together with the liquor houses and the grafters. Since the governor has seen fit to br'ng up the question as to what was said I will only say that I told the absolute Immaculate truth." The session of the leglsl?tlve com? mittee was continued yesterday In the library at the State House when Mr. itrlce. Dr. W. J. Murray, chalr man of the old commission, John Mc 8ween of Tlmmonsvllle and Attorney Oeneral Lyon gave testimony. The various questions, as asked by the governor in his message number 4, to general assembly were answered tllssee&d by trie several WTtrtensas who appeared. It was charged by the witnesses that the various charges of the governor were groundless and without base of fact. The members of the committee were asked many questions so as to bring out all de? tails of the work of the old commis? sion and leave no doubt as to whether the duties Imposed hid been car? ried out. All questions were answer? ed freely and frankly. ( Members of the committee Indl I yesterday that a most search? ing investigation is to be made of every phase of the affairs of the old State dispensary, .aany witnesses are to be called. >othlng will be left undone by the committee. The mem? bers of the Please ?nvestlgatlng com? mission will be called according to members af the committee and the expense account of that body wdll very likely be considered at length by the committee. The names of all of the witnesses will not be given out for tho present. The committee idjourned yester? day afternoon to meet again next Thumday. *\Vhtle no official state? ment has been made by the members. It Is svnerallv believed that T. 0, Fel? der, the Atlanta attorney, will be sum? moned t<> appear at the meeting next Thursday. It Is very probable that James S. Farnum of Charleston will al*o be summoned to appear nnd give testimony. The nffalrs of the old State dDpensnry are being thoroughly aired and It Is the purpose of the committee to bring out every detail. Some grave charges were made In the message of the governor and these will bo proved true or false. A re? port Is to be made by the committee within the next several weeks to the secretary of State, as provided by the resolution of the general assembly. MOM BLBtt) TKiF.lt CONVIC? TIONS. <.?-??r*o Tludal CnSJllgtOd oil Two Charge* of S Unit: \Mil*kc>. There \sere only iwu m??r? blind tiger ? iMes tried hefi.re the recorder and a )nrv M?>n da v rm.rnlng. The two cane* WSSe tried lOSjethSf and result? ed in ,i douhh COnvtcttOlt. Tho de? fendant in the cassgy Georgs TlndnV 'wh<? pla\e.| a icnjfar. hsrksd like a fjttfj and FTOWed like I rOOStST*" was sentenced in p r > ? na of IIS*, or 14 an] a The w srrnni all g< 1 (hat Tladsl had sold t?- William Qlantbn two drinks ?>f wie Lev and ons pint flash of w hisk-v on the ISrd of February which was testified lo by Glanton on las w itm ^ stand, HOOK-WORM TREATMENT. FIVE DISPENSARIES FOR SUM? TER COUNTY. State Board of Health Will Have Ex pcrts Here who Will Make Exami? nation and Prescribe Treatment Free of Charge. The Daily Item is in receipt of the following letter which conveys in? formation of importance to the peo? ple of Sumter county: Columbia, March 8, 1912. Dear Sir: From March 11 to April the 22nd. the State Board of Health will run dispensaries for the free trea?:ru'ui of hookworm disease in Sumter county. During the past ten months there have been treated over live thousand persons in as many counties. One day last week, there were over two .hundred and fifty ap? plicants at one dispensary. The work has been carried on in Clarendon, Hampton. Beaufort, Ilichland and Marion counties. Dispensaries are now in operation in Georgetown, Orangeburg, Dillon and Horry coun? ties. The people of your county will be benefited just to the extent that they apply for examination and treat? ment Anyone can have hookworm disease and a microscopic examina? tion is usually necessary to diagnose the disease. There will be one dis? pensary in Sumter. The location of the other four dispensaries will be announced next week. Only cne day each week will be spent at each dispensary. The time pgtgg short, it will be adivsable for everyone to apply as early as pos? sible for examination. Trusting that you will aid us in no? tifying >our readers of the progress of our work, I am, Very truly yours, J. LaDRUCE WARD, Director Rural Sanitation. Dr. J. La Bruce Ward, who has charge of the State-wide campaign for the eradication of hookworm which is being carried on under the direction of the State Board of Health, arrived in the City Saturday morning and his aadstant will Join him next week. One of the dispensaries for the examination and treatment of those who have hookworm will be located In the c ity and four others at conven? ient points In the county. The loca? tion of the county dispensaries will be announced as soon as the selections have been made i Hookworm disease is more wide? spread and prevalent than any lay? man Imagines and hundreds of chil? dren and adults who are suffering from hookworm attribute their ill health to other causes. Every per? son who has had ground-itch, has hookworm; some have recovered, but many others are still suffering the bad effects without realizing It. Any orfe who has the symptoms of ihe disease should be examined. Cause and Symptoms of Hookworm Disease. Hookworm disease is caused by a small, round worm which measures about half an inch in length and has the thickness of an ordinary hair-pin. It enter- the body in a stage at which It Is divisible to the naked eye usual? ly through the skin, thereby pro? ducing ground-Itch, and makes Its way to the Intestine, and becomes full grown. The parasite then feeds up? on the blood of the host, causes bleeding places In the Intestine, and in all probability has poisons which get Into the nystem and may destroy the blood of the person. Each hook? worm lives from 10 to IB years after entering the body. Outside the body they live in the soli. And in turn they g?-t into the soil only through soli contamination with the bowel dis? charges of a human being. There? fore, we have the vicious circle, from soil to the person, and from person to the soil. If the human excreta were properly provided f?>r and disposed of. the dlseasa would soon be stamped out. The disease ll found at till ages. In both sexes, In ill classes and in both re ccs. Mihi. Symptoms Ground-Itch is the rust symptom, but Is of comparatively lit tle Importance, The symptoms fol? lowing i.nd-ltch will depend upon the number of worms present and the strength of the Individual, The nunv her of hookworms In persons Infecti d varies from one or two to several thottsan i and mor<. They do not multiply bi ihe body, in s mild case of hookworm dls< i there may he no physical changes in the person Indicating the presence "f the disease, an'd there nlsn may be no FIVE BILLS IN HAWKINS GASE. (.IRLS FORMER SWEETHEART AND OTHERS ARRESTED. George Bradley, Abner and Beatrice McCall, Held as Principals; and Two Men as Accomplices. Hendersonville, N. C, March 8.? Sensation reigned here tonight when the Hendersonville grand jury, after investigating for three days the mys? terious death of Myrtle Hawkins, whose body was found in Lake Os ceola, two miles from here, Septem? ber 10, three days after he disappear? ance from home, returned true bills against four men and one woman, I who were arrested tonight shortly af- 1 ter the report of the grand jury. George Bradley, former sweetheart of Myrtle Hawkins, is being held as a principal, hi3 brother, Bonney Brad? ley, is charged with accessory to mur- ' der before the fact, and Don W. Mc- 1 Call is charged with being an acces? sory after the fact. Abner McCall nni* his wife, Beatrice, tue latter a daughter of Dan McCall, are being held as principal.s also. The case Will be tried at the May term. The principals, it is said, will not be ad? mitted to bail. The prisoners are sep? arated. The cos?1 of Myrtle Hawkins, whose body was found floating in the edge of Lake Oseeola, Hendersonville, Sep? tember 10, aroused intense interest in North and South Carolina. Foul play was suspected and the coroner's Jury undertook a thorough investigation. Rumors flew thick and fast, but noth? ing seemed to come of the inquest When the grand jury met at Hender .sonvllle this week, the public prose? cutor announced his Intention of pre? senting the case to it for action. The result was the finding of true bills against five persons. South Carolinians are especially in? terested in the case, as many of them spend every summer in Henderson? ville. Marriage License Record. T^omsas Pringle and Lemle Coop? er, of Mayesville, colored, were granted a marriage license. A. J. Jones of Tindal, Sumter county,, was In town the first of the week. He says there is still a lot of cotton in the field in Sumter coun? ty, and that he will plant several hundred acres less this year than last.?Pee Dee Advocate. Politics are getting lively and there are rumors of numerous new candi? dates. special symptoms. The person looks more or less healthy, has a good col? or, is well developed, etc. However, in many of the mild cases, the per? son suffers regularly from indigestion or dyspepsia, may have headaches, heartburn, pains In the stomach, poor appetite and a general bad feel? ing. Medium. In a case a little more severe, the person looks a little pale, skin little cloudy, and often suffers the above mentioned symptoms, usually the symptoms being somewhat more in? tense. Severe. In a case that Is still more severe the person infected is markedly pale, I due to the loss of blood, often sallow, face puffed, poorly developed, body and limbs showing Impairment in growth; puny; abdomen prominent, suffers often from weakness, head? aches, dizziness, symptoms of indi? gestion as already mentioned, short? ness of breath and palpitations of the heart. Appetite, with some poor; others ravenous. Tn a very severe ease of hookworm disease the person Infected is ex? tremely pale, sallow, face puffed, stunted in growth, dropsical; very weak, unfit for anv effort, either pby sieal or mental; often lias hondachos, dizziness, great shortness of breath, severe palpitations of heart; pains in stomach, heartburn, and often per? verted appetite for BUCh things a? clay, etc, These have been known as "clay-eaters." it ll not necessary for a person to have all these symptoms for him or her to have bookworm dis? ease. it does not require over four treat? ments* given one week apart, to et f ot ;i cure. Even those severely in fected become strong and well, sou regain a normal color, etc, Th< treatment Is harmless, Vnyone suf ferlng from any of above symptom: should be examined. I Vd'ir County and your Btab Roar* tot' Health will treat you free. I .\.-k your doctor about it. "KILLING" AT CHARLESTON. $500,000 SAID TO II AVK BEEN MADE IN COUP AT RACE TRACK. Pool Room Men and Layers in New York and Other Cities Touched up When Cliarley Strauss, at 20 to 1, Captured Second Race. News and Courier. That a coup whereby those who were "on the inside" made some i thing like half a million dollars was carried cut In the second race at Pal? metto Park yesterday afternoon is the statement made in dispatches sent out last night j'rom New York, in which city alone, it is said, pool room men, and layers lost in the neighborhood of $200,000. The alleged "killi/ , came, it is stated, when CV* Strauss, a 20 to 1 shot, won * ond race of the afternoon ^?*^c" cording to the dispatches. ived from New York, the plan v i con? ceived some time ago by those who finally carried it out yesterday after? noon. Nothing definite concerning the al? leged "killing" could be learned in this city last night and the first inti? mation of anything of the sort came from New York, the reports being sent out by the news agencies of that city. Such racing people as could be reached last night stated that they did not believe the story. President Marshall, of the Charleston Fair and Racing Association, is absent from Char.eston and is said to be In New York. Assistant Secretary Cassidy stated that there was nothing in the story and that Charley Strauss was a legitimate winner of the race. He said furthermore that, with the situ? ation in the North, as it Is at present, betting such as that indicated in the dispatches concerning the "killing" was impossible. The following Is the story sent out from New York: New York, March 7.?Special: Pool rooms and layers in New York, and perhaps throughout the country, lost a big sum today when the sharp? est men at the Charleston track "put over" Charley Strauss, a 20 to 1 shot, in the second race. Throughout Man? hattan pool room men and layers were panic stricken, and when the clean-up came later it was conser? vatively figured they must have lost $200.000 in this city alone. It was believed that when reports come from other cities where pool rooms are open it will be shown that the men in on the plot made in the South Charley Strauss had started. The coup by which the horse won ' is of long inception. Twice during ! the meeting in the South Charley Strauss had started. On February 5 he went out and made n<> showing in the race that Interested any one. He was quoted at 100 to 1. and if any money went down on him the book? makers pocketed it. Again on Feb? ruary 27 he started and the same i price was quoted. Tie showed little bettor then. The horse was not a general tip when the rooms opened today. Little was heard of him. Had tiie tip gone out generally, it is likely that the layers would not have lost Bo much money. Most of the money pnt out today had been taken by the layers at 20 to 1. When they learned of the large amount down they tele? phoned frantically about trying to "lay off" some of it. Few succeeded, All the rooms had been nipped. When the horse went tinder the wire first and the news was flashed to the rooms some bookmakers bad been caught for large shares of their bank rolls. Charley Btrauss is a cheatnut colt. 4 years old. owned by C. A. Leiman, who is not known in New York. He was ridden by Jockey Martin, a boy who has been an indifferent rider during the season. BOY KI Id,I D BY PLAY M ATE. ihau fort. \ . c. Lad Accidentally Shot and Killed by Companion at Target Practice, Beaufort, X. C? Marth 10.?John Porlaw, .Tr.. aged 15 years, was Acci? dentally shot ami killed by John Jones, aged I ?! years, lu re this after? noon. The killing was done with an automatic revolver, two bullets going Into the body of young Forlaw, who w.is the son of John Forlaw, promi? nent property owner and hank- direc? tor. The hoy who did the shooting Is tie son of C, D, .boo s, t olle. t >r of customs The boys had been having i iii'' i practice, Voting Jones failed to release the triirc-r vvtii>n lnuni'liic H>. BODY OF LITTLE ANDREW JACK? SON FOUND IN FLORENCE. Manner and Motive Remain a Mys? tery, There Bein?; No Thread of Connected Evidence. Florence, March 8.?The body of Andrew Jackson, the little boy who has been missing since Wednesday afternoon, was found this afternoon by the Boy Scouts, who have been scouring vhis section for trace of him since ' appearance. He had been mur .nd the body put in an old oa** ^ disused track in the freight / At* yard, and had evidently there since the night of his dis ^?/earance. There were indications n the body of the child that he had been struck in the back, probably by a vehicle, a severe blow, enough to have knocked him senseless, but there were marks on his throat indicating that be had afterwards been choked to death. There were footprints leading from a road to the ear in which the body was found. Evidently one party waited in an old field between the road and the transfer yard and was joined by the other that had taken the body to the car. There were also prints of a boy's foot, which might have been the foot of the murdered boy. leadbng towards the car, but not away from it. The boy scouts were scouring the country round this afternoon, and Troop C, with Robert Howell and the scout chief, were working up the rail i road track. They divided at the trans? fer yard and were examining each car. Howell discovered the body in one of the cars as he climbed into it. He had the bugle sounded and the scout mas? ter, James Evans, who was near, was summoned. They telephoned the chief of police and the sheriff and a phy? sician. The body was in the car as if it had been thrown in from the door, some six feet from the door, partly on the right side, with the knees bent as if they had' been hanging over some? thing. There were some old clothes in . the car, but nothing to show that they had any connection with the body. Magistrate C. S. McClenaghan em pannelled a jury in the absence of the coroner. The jury viewed the body and is taking all the evidence that will throw any light whatever on the case. How such a deed could have been done is a mystery and many theories* are advanced. The little boy was evi? dently dead when he was thrown into the car. There were indications that the parties who put him there had ' gone to the edge of a ditch six or seven feet deep near the track* and contemplated throwing the body in there, but changed their minds and put it in the box. There is evi? dence of the fact that the parties who did the deed were familiar with the conditions about the yards, as they obese the only way of approach that COUld have been used without expos? ing them to view. How the blow came on the boy's back w ill explain the mys? tery of the murder. Plnewood News. PineWOOd, March 9.?On last Fri? day ninht Wm. DuHant. colored, gSVS an entertainment at his house. Towards the close of the evening's en? tertainment things got dull and need? ed some new life injected. So two of the visitors got in their buggy to leave and when the signal was given they pulled their pistols and opened fire into the crowd. When the smoke had ( leafed away David Oalluc bat had S bullet in bis log, M. Shaw was hit in the Chest, and the third hoy was struck in the foot. The movement of fertilisers from here has began to look like la^t year's supply. A comedy, "Se.ne in the Union De? pot." will be the attraction at the m hool auditorium on Friday night, March 15th, It will bt tendered by local talent. Mrs. C. L. Griffin's tri,>nds will barn with regret thai she is ill and was moved to the Sn.-nter hospital last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Rrallsforg ar? rived here Friday nijubt. Miss Mae Morrison and Mr. Brails ford w.re married on March ? ? tri. at M 11 'lellanvllle. Suniter's Chamber of Commerce Secretary, Mr. Rnell, could when Idle, look Into the annexation of this portion of Clarendon into Sumter county, or as some have suggested, let the Northwestern railroad via Tlndsl, Paxvilh and Silver b< the Hue from