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TilT \\l> ROOSKYFLT III N < I.OSK R.U K. i lurk la*d? Wilson on Democratic M*kV?Vote mm Ik'lwccii Speaker and ?.? >.rnor I* Light. While Rcpuhll t-nii- Ballot Freely for President and tVcdecc*Mor. Horton. April 30.?The Massachu? setts preferential prlmarlei held I* the 1.080 election precinct* to.I || proved euch a cloee tight in the Ii< publhan rank* between rresblent Tait and Col. Roosevelt that both I aides claimed control of 36 delegates to the Chicago convention, and It was apparent at a late hour tonight that an official count would be necessary. The struggle In the Democratic party was not so keen, as Speaker Champ Clark ran far ahead of Q*)V< Wilson on the presidential preferem whIV ?Jov Poes captured most of the pledged delegates. Returns from *S7 out of l.'?st? election precincts, which tnr'uded 140 city wards and 280 citi-*. gave on presidential preference: Tail 62.643. Roowevelt 51.4-0. These *am.* precincts for delegate* at large gave: RsxUr (heading the Roosevelt pledged ticket) 5339?. Crant (head? ing the Tsft pledged group) 46.603. Thea? name districts gave Clark 2??, ? 63. Wilson 1 1.646. For the Democratic delegates hi large: Coughlln (pledged to Foas) 23, I t77. William* (for primary prefer? ence) Mit? SPH'IAb (KCASION. \ooual Reunion 1'nltcd Confederate Vetrmre. Mscon, (??.. M?j 7-t, Ml All Agents In South Carolina: ?>n account of the shove occasion we will operate a special train from ^lar anburg to Maoon. May 6th as section of No. 39 on the following schedule. Leave Bpartanburg 10.45 a. m. Leave Oreenville 11.45 a. n Arrive Central 12.45 p. in. Dinner. Leave Central 1.15 p. m. Arrive Atlanta 4.30 p. m. C. T. |^ Leave Atlanta 4.46 p. ni. Arrive Mscon 7.4 3 p. rrt. t< of the above train will '.>c one baggage car and four coaches prop r fiom Spartanburg. one eoich fn iii < rtumbtl ?vh?-b will be dallfnF* od at ?partanburg on Train No 2, and t one roe eh will *e picked up at Cetwen \ ill* is< ir other . n ?'. S. . e "? * t?* a M ? 4? w c ^|tv4 ' ated on Trains No. 15 and Hlut Ridge He, 9. To accommodate V-terans and visitors from Columbia and. Charles? ton and other points in the Southern part of the State, one extra coach will be operated on Train No. 131 from Columbia and one extra coach eg No*. 13 and ?i6 from Charleston Msy gfJl ami dehverd t? the Georgia l:?i r ui at Augusta to be handled h\ S|.il Maron leaving Augusta ;.t 1 to; p in. central time, ami arrive Maren at 6.00 p. in. We will aN" oper.He on Train No. 25 night of May 6;h. Charleston to Augcta. one extra coach and one St.ind.ird Pullman sie. ping ear. which Will b*- delivered to Georgia Kallrnid at Augusta, arriving Mscon 11.25 g, m BaffS coaches and Pullman cars wll be pro\ Med <>n other trains oper? ating through io M.ri that may be found necessary. I0O give this service all the put> Nfttg possible and work up go ?d business for this occasion. r- r Pullman reservations and oth? er Inf ormation apply to: SM Nb Lean. D. p. A. Colewbsa. g c. w ?: Mi ? lee> sn p. a. Charleston. S. C. A at Acker. T. p. A. Aus"*ta. Gs. R. C. Crtrie r. p. ?nd T. a. Spart ?nburg. g C. Mr. J S. Svkes. fori u rly deputy sheriff, wishes it -*t ?t. .I that be was f r< d t?? leave the office without any notification, hi having only heard the f.i. t SimhI.v that be was 01000ted to leave on the first of May. Mr. gyhOi on Tuesday made a settlement v\ tb tt\.miv treasurer of all exc i i. mns and back taxes collected, A seitbm- nt v\ I i BS m ole with tho Sheriff ind be lecelved le. . IptS show pi* that be bid turned over Ihf hooks -ml ae. mints In their proper shape. The roads roar the city are In fine condition now and the aUtOSJtO? hlllsts ire enjoying them to the fullest v.iv afterneoe when Ihey go ? out riding. Hon. Lewndsa J Beewntusj, <huir i - < { the Wivs and stanni eosnnill |e?> of the Kons?, of Representative Mai ? lender <f the antl-Please f ac? ti oi In the legislature was defeated a* n ?leb g.tte in in ' tfnl n county Demo? ? .i.ti < ?? ti?l,,n ohn Henry Gets Excited By GEORGE V. HOBART One Sunday, I determined to forget all my troubles and take Peaches out buggy riding. When I suggested the buggy ride to Peaches she was delighted, and I moseyed for the Ruraldene livery sta? ble to get staked to a horse. The livery man at Ruraldene Is named Henlopen Diffenbingle, and he looks the psrt. I judged from the excited manner In which he grabbed my deposit money ?hat morning that he had a noto fall 'ng due next day. Then Henlopen shut bis eyes, counted six, turned around twice, mul tlplled the day of the week by 19, sub trscted 17. end the answer was a cream-colored horse with four pink feet snd a fr'ghtensd face, which looked at me ?adly. sighed deeply and then backed up into the shafts of a buggy with red wheels and white sul? phur springs. The livery man said that the name -?f the horse was Parsifal, because it seemed to go better in Oermsn. I drove Parsifal up to our modest home, snd all the way there we ran neck and neck with a coal cart. When I reached the gate I whistled for Pesches, because I was afraid to get out and leave Parsifal alone. He might go to sleep and fall down. My wife came out, looked at the rig, and then went back in the house snd bade everybody an affecting fare? well. We started off and we were rush Ing along the road, passing a fence snd overtaking a telegraph pole every once In a while, when suddenly we hesrd behind us a very insistent choof choof choof-choof! "It's one of those Careless Wag ins," I whispered to Peaches, and th<\n we both looked at Parsifal to see if there was a mental struggle going on In his forebesd, but he was rushing onvard with his head down, watching his feet to make sure they didn't step on gagS other. Choof choof-choof! came the Tor? pedo Destroyer behind us, and I wrapped the reins around my wrist. Parsifal should get uneasy and ) print horseshoes all over that bile. next minute the machine us, going at the rate of 14 con Stable! an hour, and as it did so Par sifal stopped still and seemed to be biting his lips with suppressed emo? tion. I coaxed him to proceed in English. In Spanish and Italian, and then in a rale blue language of my own, but he just stood there and bit his lips. Then I took the reins, cracked the whip, shouted a couple of banzais from the Japanese national anthTi. and ("way we rushed like the wind?when it tsn't blowing hard. The hours flew by and we must have gone at least half a mile, when another Kerosene Wagon came bonne Inf; towards us from the opposite di? rection. In it was a happy party of ladies and gentlemen, who were laughing career onward, ever onward. We were now about two miles from home, and suddenly we came across a bis; red Bubble which stood in front of a road house, sneezing inwardly and nobbing with all its corrugated heart. Parsifal saw the machine before we did. We knew there must he an automo? bile somewhere near, because he stopped still and quietly passed away. I jumped out and tried to lead him by the Coroner's Delight, but he planted his four feet in the middle of the rosd and refused to be coaxed. I took that horse by the ear and whispered therein just what I thought about him, and he wouldn't talk back. I told him my wife's honor was at stake, and he looked my wife over and his lips curled with an expression which seemed to say, "Impossible." It was all off with us. I rushed to the telephone and called up the liveryman, but before I could think of a word strong enough to tit j the occasion he whispered over the i wire: "I know your voice, Mr. Henry. I suppose Parsifal is waiting for you outside!" "My, my!" I could hear the livery I man saying. "Parsifal's hesitation ! must be the result of the epidemic of automobiles which is now raging over j our country roads. The automobile has a strange effect on Parsifal. It I seems to cover him with a pause and gives him inflammation of the speed." . I thought of poor Peaches sitting j out there in that blushing buggy star I leg at a dreaming horse, while In front j of her a Red Devil wagon complained iDternally and shook its tonneau at ; nor, and once more I Jolted that llv I eryman with a few verbal twisters. "Don't get excited " he whispered I buck over the phone "Parsifal is a new idea in horses. Whenever he \ meets an automobile he goes to sleep j and tries to forget it. Isn't that better than running away and dragging you tc a hospital? There must be some ! tb.ing about an automobile that affects i Parsifal's heart. I think It is the gaso? line. The odor from the gasoline stems to penetrate his mind to the re? gion of his memory and he forgets to move. Parsifal is a fine horse, with a most lovable disposition, but when the air becomes charged with gasoline he forgets his duty and falts asleep at the switch." Parslfai may be a new idea In horses, but the next time I go buggy riding it will be in a street car. When we reached home that after ' noon I found a note from Bunch I which cheered me up wonderfully. The note read as follows: City, Sunday Morning, j Dear John ?Sorry wo had the run-in, I but it was all my fault. Am sending you two rosebuds this evening as a peace offering. Tours, j BUNCH. I "Two rosebuds!" I snickerod. "That boy Bunch is a honey-cooler all ; right. But Tea sorry he didn't make It two cigars." "Oh. John!" Peaches said to me ' Tr"d XSfi hZ?' ?hetCoron?r'' WH?, but H? Pla.t.d Hi. Four Feet In the Middle of the Road and Refuted to Be Coaxed and chatting; ubout gome people they had just run over. Pgfglful saw them coming and ??npped still in the middle of the road l h >n to- Lung his head as low as he MM Mi and I believe if that horse had MM u supplh d with hands he would have put them over his ears. The p< tuple in the Bubble began to shout at us and 1 began to shout at iM MOfte, ano my W11 ? began 10 snout at me, while Parsifal stood there and srratclod his left ankle with his right M cl ' hen the big machine made a sud (b ii i-iiiip to the right and hiked by n at (Ml rate of about a $100 000, while thi lady passengers <>n the hurricane de? !< toon" up atnl begun to hand oui Moduli In eacg other becuuie they CMn't ion n* down Ten p Ini 1 ; lul i Puralfal came to snd I " 'i over Me stow f at u 'A l!h a S?4 . ! ? I t ?? - ; no I Idffl Ing I <- ???? i: i his JUHd Mr. <*. A. Brunet went to Bishop u little while later, when we went over to Uncle Peter s villa to take dlnnor With i hem and spend the evening. "I do oiah I could tell you about the sur? prise, but Uncle Peter made me prom IM not to say a tingle word." "Well, if you feel tempted to give the old gentleman the double cross and tell me, why I'll lock myself up In the doghouse till he gives you the start ing pistol." I chimed in. "Who Is that dragging the works out of the dock in the sitting room"" It Isn't any such thing'" Peaches * Selgimed indignantly. "It's Uncle Peter, and he bee a dreadful cold, but Aunt Martha has It nearl> cured now. . he nays " He caught the cold about three- days previously, but after taking the pre script I on of every loving friend within a radltii of four miles, the cold bad ai most disappeared in place of the cold, however. Uncle Peter now a ad vllle Tuesday to attend the tu acute indigestion, nervous procrucsaa- , tlon, delirium tremens and a spavin on j his off fetlock. All this was caused by a rush of home-made medicine to his brain. Aunt Martha is a great believer In the simple life, so when Uncle Peter acquired a simple cold she got a sim? ple move on and poured enough simple medicines into him to float a simple tug. Every friend she had in the world suggested a different remedy, and she tried them all on Uncle Peter. The cold got frightened and left on the second day, but a woman has to be loyal to her frk-nds, so Aunt Mar? tha kept on spraying Uncle Peter's system with dandelion tea and fried peppermint until every microbe heard about him and dropped in to pay him a long visit. The first thing Aunt Martha wanted to do was to rub Uncle Peter's chest with goose grease. 'Moose grease is such a noisy com? panion," Uncle Peter remonstrated. "Goose grease may be loud, but It la never vulgar," said Aunt Martha, and she went after it. In about ten minutes she came back with the painful news that the only thing In the neighborhood which looked like a goose was a quill tooth? pick, and that was ungreasable. "But, my dear," Aunt Martha whis? pered, "I have something just as good. I found this box of axle grease In the barn." Uncle Peter shuddered and said nothing. "My idea is to rub It on your chest and call it goose grease, because the moral effect will be tho same." Aunt Martha told him. Then that loving wife rubbed so much axle grease into Uncle Peter that for hours afterwards he thought he had a pair of shafts on him, and every time he saw a horse he felt like making fifty revolutions a minute. Then Aunt Martha said to him, "Now, Peter, we could cure that cold in five minutes if we can get a woolen stocking to tie around your throat." After a little she found out that the Henlopen Dlffenblngle, and He Look: the Part. only woolen stocking in our v!llag< was owned by the night watchman. The night watchman said he likec Uncle Peter weH enough, but he'd b* switched if he was going to wall around all night with one bare foot even to let the Mayor use his stocking for a necktie. Selfish watchman. The next morning Uncle Pet r*3 cok was much worse, but the gglo breast had cured his appetite. About nkne o'clock his file ..I Dav< Torrence caem in, and after I nele Pe ter had barked for him a COU] le o: times Dave decided that the tr <ubl? was information of the luni; I and hi suggested that Uncle Peter Bl lid Iii a rubber band around Ids t*hett aiu rub his shoulder blades with gasoline Uncle Peter told his friend that h? had no desire to become a hu.uan au tomobile, so Dave got mad. kicker the piano on the shins and wen* home An hour later Deacon Ed. Sprong t Mayor's next-door neighbor, cairn lu and in ten minutes he had UncU Peter making signs to an undertaker Deacon Sprong decided that Unch Peter had the galloping asthma wit! compressed tonsilitis, and a touch o chillblanous croup on the side, aggra vated by asparagus on the the chest, i Deacon Sprong told Peter to diinV a pint of catnip tea. take eight grains of quinine, rub the back of his Deel with benzine, soak his ankles in ker osene, take two grains of phenacetine and drink a hot whisky toddy everj half-hour before meals. During the rest of the day ever) friend and relative Uncle Peter bad ir the world rushed in, suggested a con plo of prescriptions, and then rushed out again. Aunt Martha tried them all on Un cle Peter. Before the shades of evening fel j that day Uncle Peter was turned intc a human medicine chest. And to make matters worse, he toot tome dogberry cordial and it chasec! the catnip tea all over his lnterloi from Alpha to Omaha. Then Aunt Martha gave him somt hoarbound candy to bite the dogberry so it would leave the catnip alone, but blood will tell, and the hoarhounc Joined with the dogberry and chaaei the catnip up Uncle Peter's famll) t rce. But It cured the cold Now all I n cle Ueter had to do was to eure th< medicine fCVtpvrtrM, > ?? rj, ! *" Co *' n i.i! of Mr. .1 D, Btuckey, The Peoples' Bank. WANTS you to pay YOUR bills by chocks, row ill a tangle. ACCOUNT with the other fellow will t hen cease to be M*uvo Your Surplus Chonge," and bank it ? Ith The Peoples' Bank. Have the BesT:. The merit of a bank lies in its strength and in the application of its strength for the benefit of its depositors and the com? munity. The resources and experience of this bank, plus equip? ment, plus the efforts of officials and employees, provide the best service. These standards decide the desirability of what we offer our depositors. The Finft National Bank BANKING Look over our statement gotten out on call of Bank Examiner April 18th. It requires no argument. We offer absolutely safe, conserva? tive, accommodating, banking service. THE FARMERS' BANK & TRUST CO. Having Lately Increased its Capital Stock to $200,000 WITH A Surplus of $50,000 The Bank of Sumter. Is better prepared than ever to take care of the legitimate needs of its customers. We invite commercial and individual accounts promis? ing a prompt and efficient banking service. r LIME, CEMENT, g^^l^mn Hov firkin EUc* floor, Ihtp 8>st. Bran, nay, Vjridlll, Mixed Cow and Chicks* Food. Horses, Mules. StVKif" I?1*0!? "1 No Order Too Large Or Too Small Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA. $5.30 Confederate Reunion Macon, Ga., May 7th, 8th. -VIA Atlantic Coa^t Line Railroad The Standard Railroad of the South SII.LIN4. IVVISS May 5th, 6th, 7th and Bth,1912. FINAL LIMIT. To reach original starting point not later than midnight "f stay Loth, lv?l?. unless ticket deposited for extension, by orlglnul pur? chaser, vith Jos. Richardson Special Agent, No. tit Fourth street, If aeon, Qu., not later than May 15th, ami upon payment fee of 50 cents, limit may he extended to Juno Mb. 1912, For information wtlh reference schedules, reservation, etc., call on locul ticket agent, ?>r address T. C. WHITE, General Passenger Kgenr, Wilmington. X. C.