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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