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MINE! AVIATOR KILLED. UAIJiKAITH IV lUHK.K'tS LOSES MM in aeroplane acci den i Hero of Splendid Might Ahim Asarrkan Continent In flying Mu? rine. Lam Bt?ch, Cal, April 3.?Cal braith IV Kndgers, the first man to croaa t.'ie American * ?ntlnent In in aeroplane, wia killed here almost In? stant ly late today, when his biplane, la which he had been wearing owr the ocean, fell from a height of 200 feet and burled him in the wreck. His neck waa broken and his body badly mashed by the engine of his machine. He lived but a few moments. For a week Hodgers has been mak? ing dally Mights here and had taken *p wlt.i htm many paaaengers, both men and women. Today he started up from hts usual place and soared out ever th* ocean, crossing the pier and then t irned snd dipped close to a roller cosster on a beach amusement park. Hearing a Hock of gulls dis? torting themselves smong a great glseal of? sardines. Just over the break? ers. Hcdgers again turned and dived Into them, scattering the sea fowls In all directions. Highly eleted with the outcome of Ills dive. t?ougers then flew farther out to sea. all the time gradually ris? ing; until he had reached a height of about 200 feet. Making a short turn. Iis started at full speed for the pier, then suddenly dipped his planes and tils machine made a frightful de? scent. Hundreds of persons on the pier saw Hodgers relax his hold on the levers snd then, seemingly realising that h< was In danger, make wtren oeus 'dforts to pull the nose of his ggggssssal Into a level position. Failirg In this he managed to turn his cra't further In shore, and an Instant later the craft crashed Into the ed|:e of the surf, not 500 feet from lie spot where on December it. last, he had finished his ocean to ?ocean flight. Emit Scott and Jas. Goodwin, life ??guard*, were first to reach Rodgers. They si Id Rodgers* head was hang lag ov?r one wing of the machine, th* heiivy engine was on his back had hlr feet wer? drawn up nearly dot'bie >ver his shoulders. Dodgors was lifted from the wreck sod hurried to the bath house hos? pital Hp died on the way. His neck, jawbone and back had been broken. Hen's Easter Nc<?k*eoar. Ast excellent sssortment of pat? terns on display at 25 and 50 cents. O*Donnel I and Co, EJCIHT rOII STATE INSTITUTIONS From The Dally Item. April 3 Or MO* W. Hick, chairman of Iks House committee to let a contract for lighting the State House. South Caro? lina Cniversl'v ?Obliers" Mono-. IVn ttentlan and State Hospital for the Insane, went to CoIVSaMs this morn fcasj to Sttsnd s meeting of this com? mittee und a like committee of the Renate Dr. Dirk doe* not think the committee appointed to look into those Instltulons will take any action at this time. The personnel of the two committees Is virtually the same, but there at. iIn contingencies to overcome before a thorough exam? ination can he mad" and a conclusion reached. <?ne of the obgggglag is that tie five humln >l MfSg SOW Si nwrvrd h\ the State w.is leased in lift for thirty years and the lease therefore has ten yeai - set Id run. I SMt r? shirt WaUt4 for Easter. Aa excellent assortment of styles and pr ce* to suit everybody. $3.50 down. ?? I ?onnell and ?'o. Vw York C otton Market. New York. April 4. I 'pen. Close. May .10.55 10.68?fit) gsjftj.10 KT 10.83?84 atsg. 10.83?85 ort.10.76 10.96-98 Ore. 10.82 ll.02flat I IV 1 KIM ?oL MARKET. IJ\erj.I. April 4. Open Close. Marth ' *"1 Mch Agg il .... Ill 4 April?May. May.598?95'* May Jsjgg?, . 592 '*?93 H 599 Jpne -.fulv II I >tl 'i July I gg || -93 Futures. V43. Receipts. ! Vmer l< IB, 9.400. Rales 8.000. Closed very steady. I^m-nl Market ?lasts mlddllKir. II 30. IsMsWg 1 aeler \. ekwear a splendid -bowlns at 25 and 50 rents. ??'I >onne i ami Co. The Y. M. C A. Is proving that It fltls a long felt a int lit Sumter and It Is slrealv the mo*t popular gathering plans for boys snd ynunr men the town has ever had. HLA< KsMITH Itl'NS AMUCK. T^iiniou>.\iii<? Man commits Peaefnl l?iv,K, then KUli niWMWlf Tunmoenrvlllo, April t,?Lm1 night aiiout 11 o'clock! J??hn Lockwood, n local negv ? blacksmith, not on the warpath, and. it seems, tried to an nihilato ins nice, lie went home ami Picked UP lux Klin and shot at his wife gl xhe jumped from tin- win 1 ?? w . the load tutting several tinners off one ;...nd. He then turned on Ellen htaeki I colored woman In the hOUSC aid in ole an attempt to cut her throat. inflicting a bad wound. Next cmio his Infant, which he plcke.l up and carried in the yard and cut Iti head nearly off. Lockwood then left home and met another negro man. John Kussel, Who received a seven ? wound about the neck. Several others got In his path, but manag? d to escape any injury. Lockwood then turned and took a bottle of carbolic acid and was himself dead In a few minutes. An Inquest will be held to? morrow morning. It Is thought that worrying over some trlval affair caus? ed him to I01*c his mind. ROOT SKKS "YPLLOW PPR1L. Want* to Know About Japs Tluying l and on Mexican Coast. Washington, April 2.?The Senate today adopted a resolution, presented by Senator Lodge, requesting tha President. If not Incompatible with public interest, to furnish the senate all information bearing on reported Japanese activity at Magdelena Day, lower California. The resolution, on which there was no debate, had refer? ence to reported purchase of lands by the Japanese Government, or a Jap? anese company, on Mexican soil. Senator Lodge called the attention of the senate to the possibility of some greater Kastern power taking possession of a harbor on the went coast of Mexico, to establish a naval station and a place of arms. He said he was "using no imagina? tion" and that it was not very long since an indirect movement was be? gun, and "It is apparently still on foot, to obtain possession of Mageda lena Hay for a foreign Power." "I may fairly suppose that such a case might arise, if it did, we should Immediately Intervene. We should declare that this was a violation of the Monroe Doctrine," he said. AN APRIL POOL'S HIKP. Roys of Porter Military Academy Take a Day Off from School. About 75 boys of the Porter Mill* tarv .academy ??scaped from the bat racks this morning and took a l??ng hike across the Ashley river bridge Into the country. It was a beautiful spring morning and the boys seemed to bo unable to resist the call. SSpe* easily on April 1 and they took the SSjsjteejSjt nees nnd skipped for the day. The faculty ?.f the Institution turned the Joke on the fugitive*, by giving i holiday to the Oadotl who did ROl break barracks. The faculty is yet to pass upon the matter but it ll thought that the Institution will deal leniently with the boys. Charleston P??st, April I, ll?>>V Paster Suits. This is where we excel. We never forget the little fellows. Get your hoys fitted up with us and make them happy. Prtcee IS.cO to $1.60, O'Don nell and Co. RPPD TO IIP PLPCTROCITPD ?peeely Trial Gtvesj Manner In \u nVtvexj court. Anderson, April l.?Convicted of ntemptlng to criminally assault the wife of ? prominent tarnte? of Dean station, this county, <m February 24 last, William Reed, colored, was t?? dns ?? nt. iced to die in the elec? tric i hair at ths Btnts Penitentiary In Columbia on ths i-th day <?f July next, A special term of court was con" vonod here today for the purpose of giving Reed a speedy trial, He ap? peared in the eourl room without a lawyer and Judge Prince appointed three prominent members of the local bar t?? defend him, The Indictment was handed to the grand jury ami a true biii was returned within n few minutes. The Jury was selected with? out much delay and the case was en? tert ?1 up"". i aster llnelerj. gee out line of silk g.is at 50 ? ? tits the pair, they look mighty good to everybody who has seen them. (? i tonnell and Co, \<>i h i:. Tin? registered Jack, Blarney, Jr.. win stnmi the season at Booth*]Iarby Live Hot k Company's ?tables, He Is Sixteen bands high, black, weighs ? I yen hundred pounds. L.beral terms allowed. Sumter Jack A SSO* I el.ifh.n. I WAS 1? t. PENSIONS FOR EMPLOYES. Western Union Telegraph Company Announces Plan to Benefit old Km plojrtn, A pension plan for the *>o,ooo em ployes of tht Western Union Tele? graph and Cable Company has been put Into effect by the company and hsrsaftsr employes who have been in the service from 20 to 40 years will be given pensions amounting to from $28 to $100 per month. President Thsodors \*. Vail gave nut the details of the plan and de? clared that a pension committee. S/hich was appointed some time ago. has beer compiling statistics and analyzing existing pension plans, and though the present system does I not go as far as hs wishes to see It go later, he feels that it will be a be? ginning and that it will materially as? sist in caring for the employes who have been with the company a long time and who become disqualified through incapacity or disability. The plan will be to pay the em ployet of from 20 to 25 years' ser? vice 1 per cent of the average salary Ohl lined for the 10 preceding years multiplied by the number of years of service, those of from 25 to 355 years 1 % per cent addition for each ad? ditional year; from 15 to 40 years' service. 2 per cent additional for each additional year; after 40 years of ser? vice, 50 per cent of their average sal? ary for the 10 preceding years. FARMERS' UNION MEETING. State Executive Committee Holds Session in Columbia. Columbia. April 2.?The executive committee of the State Farmers' Union met today and received the re? ports of the deputy organizers and discussed the uuestion of marketing aj being the live issue of the day. The committee was gratified to hear of so much interest in the subject and especially at the interest shown by the colleges, before whom the State president has presented this matter. Another conference will be held shortly, in Charleston, to perfect plans upon which they have been working for several months. At the next meeting on July 2 the executive committee will prepare the programme for the State I'nion meet? ing, to be held in Charleston on the fourth Wednesday in July. Every ef? fort will be made to have a full meet? ing and the committee hopes to have every county represented. I'dshopville. April L\ ? Coll lna Brown, colored, was killed by the Atlantic Coast Line train at Luck now Sunday aftsmoon, in attempting to jump off the train while it was running at the rats of Bevsral miles an hour. Brown Wai drinking and boarded tht train for Blshopville and Whtn it Was some distance from the station hs jumped off and his head struck l cross tie. killing him in? stantly. ?Jumped From Train. OFFICERS FOR M A Yl.sviLLi:. Very Ugh! Vote Polled?N. 1). Worn ble, Mayor, t<> Build Large Store In Town. MayesvUle, April 2.?-The town flection passed oft very quietly yes terday, only a light vote being polled, the regular nominees of the conven? tion being elected. One or tw,o scat? tering VOtea wer?- cast. The new coun? cil will be sw??rn Into oilier as soon as the hooks of the old council are checked up and turned over by the committee. The following compose the new council: Mayor, X. I >. Worn ble, Wardens, M. (\ Mayes, B. C. Chandler, H. C. Bland and ES, (;. Spencer. The new board of health Is SS follows: Dr. C BS. King chairman; J. R. Mayes, R, J. Mayes, Jr., C. X. Sprott and F. J. Bass. Mayor Womhle U now commencing his fifth term and B. C. Chandler his second. M. C. Mayes has served several times be? fore on the council, while II. C. Rland and BS. Ct. Spencer are new men in that capacity. The farmers are hoping that win? ter is at last over and that the rain? fall will not be so great from now* on. Plowing has been started again j in most placet since the warm weath? er and clear days have been in evi ! dence. The planters will have to work rather steady for the whole sec? tion is far behind in its work. How? ever, the planters here are no worse off than elsewhere and are not at all discouraged. Fertilizers are still be? ing hauled in moderate <iuantities. Robert A. Chandler is preparing to build a large, modern store on the site of his present wooden building on West Main street. This will be one of the big improvements in town during the spring and summeer, and will add greatly to that section of town. Work will commence by May 1, and the materials are being placed on the ground now. Other building operations are expected soon. Messrs. W. P. and D. L. Jones, of Jenson. Fla., were in town on Mon? day, visiting their brother, Mr. J. C. Jones. Mr. M. A. Strauss, of Sumter. spent I Monday in town on business. Mrs. Adrian Miller and daughter, of Augusta, who have been visiting l>r. and Mrs. W. W. dardener, re? turned home on Monday evening. Secures Commission. (i The Secretary of State has granted a charter to the Real Kstate Hold? ing comrany of Sumter with a capital stock o' $50,000. The officers are R. R. Reiser, president, and D. R. McCallum, secretary and treasurer. A general real estate business will be conducted.?The State. Clerk of Court Parrott. City Clerk Hurst and Mr. l^ouis Bryan went to Columbia Wednesday to testify in the case "f Minims vs. the Atlantic Coast lane. This is a suit to reeo\ r damages for the death of J. J. Mlmtns wh,? was injured in the Atlantic Coast Line yard last year while in the ser? vice of tlie railroad. RENATE FAVORS SMIITII BILL. I Approve* South Carolinian's Measure to Require Additional Reports on Cotton Sappl) Consumption. Washington, April 3. The senate commutes <?n agriculture today or? dered favorably reported a t? 111 intro? duced by Senator Smith of South Carolina, which would require the director of th ? census, in connection with tlie pinners' report of cotton production, to publish the domestic and foreign consumption of cotton of American production; ths surplus yield by cotton manufacturers of the IUnited States and tin exports. The hoUSS hill directing the sei ro? tary of agriculture to report in July instead of June each year the acreage planted in cotton was ordered favor? ably reported by the senate commit? tee on agriculture today. j WILSON AND LAFOLETTE WIN. BefCOl Rivals In Wisconsin Prefer? ence Primary. Milwaukee, Wls., April 2.?Wood row Wilson defeated Champ Clark on the Democratic ticket, and senator LaFolletta defeated President Taft on the Republ van ticket, in this State Presidential preference primary to? day, according to incomplete returns received here today. Col. Roosevelt's name did not figure I to any extent in the Presidential pref? erence primary, as his supporters did l not have his name printed on the ballots. Although Roosevelts' name was written on the ballots by some vote! s. returns from a majority of counties show no considerable vote for him. No Presidential candidate other than those printed on the bal? lots received any support. - Many Split Prags in Vse. It has been learned that there are now quite a number of split log drags in use at various places in the coun? ty, the drags having been built by direction of the supervisor and sent out to those persons who had asked for them and were willing to use them on the roads. There are now twelve in use in this way in the county, two on the Man? ning road, two on the Mayesyille road, one in the Salem section, one on the Daisell road, one on the Charles ton-Camden road, one on the Cam den rood) one in the Owen's Mill road. Those who are using the dra^s are: Messrs. W. T. Prown, J. H. Christmas, H. P. Tindal. W. G. Wells. A. J. Jones, J. K Progdon, H. P. Scarborough. K. H. Parker, R. J. Ifayes, Jr., W. S. Chandler, B. M. M? F.lveen and M. H. Peck. Kastor White Goods. The strongest line WS have ever of? fered. The patterns are good and the prices are right. Don't fail to see our wide welts in piques. O'DonnsIl and Co. If Old Sol keeps up at the pace he Is going now the summer resorts will soon be getting their usual share of snminer "spending money." "WATCH BISHOPVILLE (,H()\V Cliamber of Coin*rev lor Bishop* lllle?BbeiopvUle i- IbesJl to l*ay loldf* it* Swaddling CtotlSBS, Thoro If about ti? Ik* born in tlM town of Bishopville a progressiv.? movement marking the time when tin- town of Bishopville realizes that it Ins outgrow n its infant clothes and that now garment! must he provided for tu.- needs <?f tin- growing child, apparel in keeping with the fancies of the times. Blehopvtlle a few years ago, littl I more than a cross roads store" town, with a handful of citizens, now sin*e the establishment of the new coun? ty, ?boasts itself the capital of Um ( ream of the farming SSCtlan of the State, whose Population is numbered I not by scores but by hundreds an 1 ( thousands, with churches and schools. : eleetr;: lights and water works, tele? phone and telegraph and soon to en? joy the facilities of transportation and and travel, the best that two gr-at rival Mnea of great railroads can sup? ply. A memory of what she used to bo, a realization of what she really is, and a audable ambition for what she ai pires herself to be: a city of wealth, culture, refinement. clean streets, clean men. clean morals, stimulated with a laudable ambition to better themselv.s. encouraged by the inesti? mable assets of marvelous y prod a - tlve agricultural lands, have seen tin immediate necessity of better organ? ization to properly advertise the mer? its of their town and county. To tins end a call is made to the citizens of Bishopville and the country people, to meet together at the court house, night of the. 9th of April, effect an organization of board of trade or chamber of commerce. Gentlemen, this movement is a sign of life, an indication of prog? ress, be there and take some one with you. "Whitcfield W. Watson, Cashier. Merchants and Planters Bank of Bishopville. The engineers of the South Caro? lina Western Railway have surveyed three preliminary l nes for the route of the road out of the city from the terminal on K?st Hampton and Green street, but another line will proba:?ly have to bf surveyed before the rojtc going south is finally located. No in? formation is obtainable as to the ul? timate destination of the projected road to the south, and for the pres? ent the engineers are merely locat? ing the two miles south of the city for which the rights of way are guar? anteed by this city and county. On the Bishopville-Sumter line five miles have been graded and work Is pro? gressing rapidly. On the Hartsvilie Btshopvltlc section the track has been laid ftom Hartsville to Lydia and tra<k laying to Lynches River will be completed in the noir future. A large force of hands are at work on the trestle and bridge across the riv^r to complete this gap by the time the track layers reach the river. Only a short time will elapse before the trains ar.- running into Bishopville. I ). Mwli N So Malm N?w York For Your Easter Suit Weaskj.u Investigate Turn the search-light on the new 1912 Line of "H 0 RSE S H O E" BRAND CLOTHES, use the microscope and apply the acid test and you'll find them a grander line than ever before. Look at the varied assortment of lively and distinctly new styles?never more complete. Analyze the values?greater dol? lar for dollar than ever offered by its. Dis? sect the garment and discover honest and su? perior workmanship, through and through. "Horse Shoe" Brand Clothes stand any test- comparative or absolute?and our stan? dards are higher than ever. They are clothes thai give us satisfac? tion to handle and give our cust^^iers satis? faction to wear. O'Donnell 6 Company D?> J M?<h N Sots tw- York