Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TEXAS FOR WILSON. Rem hnn mo\i 4??im\ ihn. VMHUHi INstR* INslKtl . TlOV Koo*4%rlt follower* lla\o Hievt od 11 1-2 Contention Vote* to 30 1-2 for Taft. Dallas, Texas. ktaj 7. InsaniotloiM given tod*y by 1 >etn - ra t ie iou n t \ conventions to delegate* chosen t?> the State convention assures a State delegation to the Kattimofa con\?n tlon Instructed to cast the vote of Texas for the nomination gj i b. v. Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey as the presidential nominee, returns from 17? of the 250 (ountles in the State giving the New Jersey gggi tlve 328 6-? Instructed ?Off In the State meeting. 16 In excess of the number needed to control. Governor Harmon thus far has 109 2 \ iastru- t. d Vote*. Speaker Clark has 39 1-3 wheras up to mid n'ght no county had reported an In? struction for Oscar I'nderwood. Reports have been received from 163 counties that held Republican conventions. Former President Koos, velt Is leading with ?3 1-2 convention votes*. Mr. Taft haa 3? 1-2; 12 contest? ing delegations representing 12 con? vention votes will go to the conven? tion and In sewn counties that prob? ably xs. til be represented at the con? vention, no county convention.* were held. Thlrty-?dx counties are sending delegations gninstrm ted. \?o I l? \t l II? ? K ON \ 1M I Loinoiinir MorrU Find* i hurlcMon a Charming Clt>. Morris, probably writer of ?hort (enry died. Is In nt, coming to th*.* rls yesterday from Iken and being a guest at the Char ?ston Hotel. Mr. Morris will leave tie city In a day or two for Hull's daml where he will be the guest lr. Archibald Harrison and where e hopes to enjoy the Ashing and untlng for which the |s!.i .d is r< gSJJg and to taste the pleasure* if utdoor life In one of the most in ?resting rexlons In this country. Kuii s M.uiii, tu f m l at pretty eloes j the scene of one of the bo't torles that Mr. Morris has ever ?ritten, a charming n?man? I a .tied ' The Voice In the Rice." This lory begins in ?'hirb-ston. the g p. ben shifting to the swamp and isrsh country about the mouth i f he Pa.itee. It Is a fmt.istie tale i. ipt<o?lng the Imp but In the author has caught s?. i omple'e the spirit of the wild ami myster? i?s inirsh land* and swamps of tU<> coast, while it the same time showing so clear an understanding of South? ern < li.ir.i? tet i-to *. that the story vrouhl t?e of speefal Interest to ( r llnlsns even if It s?-re n??t tohl with the peculiar charm and admirable kerf od leehlnQUt i hieb dls* tinguisb ain? h of Mr Morris' w-.r'< Davlng bat brief itny iu re Mr m rls will vldt pi Wig of irdenst in lbs city ami Its vlnclnlty. He SggPSSSf 4 keen Interest ye*ter?l i\ In tie* (dd inn on fb ii b*s?on neek. where, eeeordlng to rcp'Tt ah istly murders wer? eom* mltted In bygon, dtv*. i ml In the trariltl-n that the ikelotog of i wo? man who figured In HMOS murder ? irms part of the ostcolnsMcnl '??Ilse? tl< n 11 'be ?'ba r'? ston Musuim.?? News and Courier. Hi Ml I? III* URI M l ^ I W Ifafl MMior Hum hr-io ,| Hi- IP main I ' N -t in IHinsjtnav W.i'hlnuton. May 7. Tin will of Maar AfOftUbaM \V. feilt \htim of th? Titane dl*u-t. r. Bled ber. |od iy dlsvlo?. d that hi* "tie great wish is Iiii|mi>i hV .f i. al '/..it "Ii. 't w is th.,i he sh'oi'd be tairbd In A Hingt Og N I tioruii iviiiiiirv ami thai ifie family sjansM might pgopotnnl >\ Ibers lo n m-d?-t omoiuiio nt <? at bli gravi in hi- grill the young arm) ofneop, bs I se* I ude |tgl for ltd! smfgoas. M> t..r itutt bft i?i* personal sdfeota lo bis iwo br- tbet* and provided 'bat th< r? sid i i.f hl* est it. eniiv?syed Into ca?h and divide,: between th ?lde.it children of the Iw? brother! In flew of tho dlselosures |g Ibe will. th. re i* a sfr<>ng Hfcellhood lb ?' h iii I ? S ? Bjt will bs ?I lft< d to re p.. t, log ? ? ? ~ nt i hi m> moo i ? I |<i Mi a Putt at Irllngflog altbongh bis seat restito; place wua In Ibe Imel m can. \ petition ? ontaln na about i nasses baa I n niad nrlth the Super earns af Dnrllnsjtoa county ashing Heat elect loa held og ?b?- question i.f r? ? labllsbing tin county dtspen? Sur*.. f..i-i Tuesday evening we gof Iba gaol .i o aw "i ibe irnla og th. gen snltm d belwwsg here ind Hertsvllle, Th. tick Is now being obi letween bori i ad Id dla, Db hopi Ilk \ Indl? i ?or I WRECK NEAR COLUMBIA. sot thi:hvn fast TRAIN WRECKED Tl'Esivw. Tlility-Mx PUSH ngerv H?|ft?fU*?Ullt* Derailment Near fr'alrwohl?( ,u*od t>> iintkcn liir of Fnfjlnr Driving \\ hvvl. Columbia, May 7.?Three score \ asscnKcrs narrow 1> escaped death early yesterday when the Southern mllwuy's fast passsnger train No, 81. due here at |,H o i l... k Was wrecked ? If I'airwnUI. four and one-half mtlei n.uih of Columbia? Thirty six passengers were injured, several suffering serious cuts and brut-.--. Two Tollman cars and the dining tUf on the rear Of the train left the track and rolled down an emhank fAOJIij turning over. The wreck was emsed by i broken axle ou ths driv? ing wheel of the engine. The hag gage, mail and express ears and day coach wer?, thrown off the rails hut did not turn over. All of the cars were of Ittel construction and were not crushed in. The train was in charge of J. P, Dodd of Charlotte conductor? a. i>. Worth of Spencer X. C, was the engineer. Neither w i. Injured. The traek was torn up foi o\ ? r 4"0 yards. A wrecking n ? WM sent to the seine and the track win very probably he cleared early to? di>. ah pnaaengeri were transferrec" around the 1 re. k and hfOUght to ('.. lumbie. M AV FIRE WAGON HERE. tunic in This Morning over a. C? L. and bnnnedlately Set up for Use, The new Combination hose and themlcsl wagon for the gumter Fire I ?ep.ii I in ml arrived in town Wsdnes daj hhi th.ie was much rejoic? ing among the firemen at the )"!u; an nlted news. The wagon was unloaded at the A. i\ Li freight yard as soon as the car In which it came could he placed on the proper track for unloading ami the wagon was at once taken to th a departuieiit house and put in ser? vice. There w . re unite a number l?f persons to notice the wagon as it was being brought up from the freigilt depot to thf department head* f|U li ters and several nrnre went around to the quarters to sec it IS soon as they heard It WU1 here. The wagon Is completely equipped in every way to he of service at tires and will no doubt he of im? mense use to Sumter at all future tires. The WUgon is painted red With "gumter Fire Department*' printed .?n the sides. It is equipped with a thirty-iive gallon chemical lank with hose attachments to use at small hies that may be extinguished without the use of the regular hose. It also carries soms thirty-live feel of lad dors, one astenalon ladder and one roof ladder, will) a\. >. pick and crow? bar, place for torches, lights, etc. The ladders ars pi ICed "n the sides ? f the wagon where Ihey can be easily reached. Besides the driver's se the wagon affords room for at least Ihres persons t<. stand on the stem in goinu to the.-. The whole wag? n wslghs something like 8,000 po'ind and it is probable tb.it wh. n heavily loaded it will weigh even more than that. With the Installal on of this ue\> eomhlned chemical and bos,, wan >n in the department Humter Is ,?r? ttv well enough equipped with such ? >]> puratUS of this kind lo do good wotk At lireS of all siSSS and IhSrS >i'l probably be no kicks coming for s?ms time from the department on account of lack of material or old and Wont >ut material, The heater which came in ? f*w days ago will be sei i p some tlm ? ihSs w? ek nnd kepi In opera! Ion. < o| I. \|?sl> l\ III It t i l l Mi*. I?.n-v 0|?i, -I.race liieaU- llov II I n< . i NervouM strain. Atlant.i. May 7.? Mrs. Dais) Op|e? Orace, who yesterday w;(< Indicted by the grind jury lore on a charge of sheeting her husband, R?gens II. Qrsee, collapsed in her eell enrij day, The county physician who was haatll) summoned st.it. <i that Mrs, flraee had broken down under the nervous strain undei which she bus ???> ?Ii laboring since her prelim In n\ h. ui ins tiii, ? sleeks ago, \ morning pa pi i bei tod i\ io,u the assert Ion lhat Mrs, Qrace stated sfter Ihe grand iuiv Indlclmeni was returned sgulnsi her, thai she was t.. '?? eonie ;? mother, v. s. the necessltj for the elennluu out of Ihose drains on Washington street and Hampton avenue win v.i\ clearly notleenble Tuesday lifter Ihi i n. ITes, und to Ihose who think . little, it is very apparent Ihnl wbe.i Ihose drnlns are taken up and |?ul down again there should be iirnl i and sand trips Installed lo keep ?'?? ti sh Hid dirt from filling th< m up itn in elghti ? ?. months, THE FLOOD NEAR CITY. Mississippi ABOUT TO REACH CREST AT NEW ORLEANS. Encouraging Xews Conies lYom I'p >i rrani?Work of Rescuing Dut? Ircssed l*rogrcs*cs Rapidly. Now Orleans, La.. May 8,?Whan Ihe official liver gauge al the foot of canal street registered 21.3 feet at ?', o'clock this afternoon, a rise of four-tenths since 7 a. m., rnited states weather official! were of the opinion tlutt the Mississippi had started on Its llnal lay towards the expected crest of 21.5 feet which would mark the passing of the great? est flood record In the Mlislsslpp valley in which stage and duration records have been smashed. Clear Weather and sunshine are re? ported today at all points from the Torras crevasse south to the mout of the river and the most enct uraglng reports since the present flood began have boon received from all point* The work of rescuing maroon? persons In isolated district* progress? ed more rapidly today. There is scarcity of every kind of navigable craft and everythi: that can be steered and carry p i sengcrs and supplies for even ft - distance has been pressed ;rt" vice. Today brought sunshine and |'.? minutlon of activity in the New Or? leans levee districts. Gangs of totalling more than a thousand la? bored Saturday. Sunday and Mon? day, many of them working by elec? tric lights through the night hour? in torrential rains strengthening leveaa thought to be weakening under the enormous pressure and continual downpours. The hot sun today baked the re? pair work done during the past three days and the engineers are on< e more cheerful. MKS. TILLMAX SEEKING IH VORCE, Pile* suit in Cincinnati Couri Agi?l > Senator*! son. Cincinnati, May 7.?The joining in marriage of two famous South Caro? lina families, as well as the sen? sational "kidnapping," when sena? tor Benjamin Ryan TUlman secured possession of his two grandchildren, was recalled today when Lucy Dugas Tiiiman tiled suit In the Insolvency Court hero asking for B divorce from Benjamin R. Tiiiman, Jr., son of th? "Pitchfork, Senator." Lucy Dugas Tiiiman is a descend? ant Of the famous Plokens family of South Carolina. Two ehildr.n well? born to them, DoUSOhka, now aged 7 years, and Lucy Frances, now 6. Over S year ago Mrs. Tiiiman came to this city. She lived quietly, und hav ing acquired legal residence, filed he suit for absolute divorce. In addition. Mrs. Tiiiman asks to be. restored t< her maiden name one more. 11? petition is very simple and shoi merely alleging gloss neglect of da and failure to prov.de. Voting Tiiiman. who was admitted to the- Bar in South Carolina, h. been living at TT I Ka-t Hurtudd street, in Portland. Ore, for the pa* jiix months. KWK 1*11 ENI I IH NT ARRESTED. .tame, ||, smith. Aged 21, Accused b.i Directors of Brcuklng Law. Savannah, May 7.?Jana s U, Smitli. I i president ol the Merchants and Furm ara' Lank of Claxton, wus arrested here this morning when he arrived on a Seaboard Air Line train for i" alleged violation of the St.? <? bank? ing laws. it ii claimed B111i111 yesterday with? drew $2,400 from tie- bank wlthoiH depositing the proper collateral, rhe directors who ordered his arrest .tat,, tat they will forunrd n vvtir rant for him this evening. Kmlth ha ? already wired the hank !?? charge llu a mo a nt to his private neeount, lie itutes thai there may be n tech. nieaj violation of the Htnte banking law but thai he hi done nothing criminal Intentlonally, The President who is but -i years old, came to ilv city this morning with his famll> and w as ;i t once taken in i list od v. I>tr w iv p< ?h< ?\ m M 1ST \KE. Ten - \ ? al old Untile I leron, .m ill mate ei* Kp worth orphanage, drank n small quantity of carbolic licld Mon? day mornlnn and died about ihre* boms later, The deplorahli accident was brought about by ti uilsundei Mandliig on in, child'} pari when du Was Instructed by Miss Kobinson bend nur ( at thi i?rphniuigc, t ?. ? 111 \ the acid to another dorm it or j in tin ground ;. Harrlllge l.io n -i II ? ?a 11 j A marriage llcoiiai w mm l?su. i w. dm sdny morning lo 11 nry r Isaac and \ nna V. Koduei I ,ro> i den? e. PROPER HOUSING OF POULTRY Chief Requisites of Building Are Dryness, Perfect Ventilation and Plenty of Sunlight. (By N\ R. GILBERT.) Frequently poultry keepers com? plain bitterly of the failure of their I fowls to show profit, when the whole ' fault lies in defective housing. Poultry lead an entirely artificial j life when they live penned In a run, or even when at liberty and provided V/lth a sleeping-house?that is to say they have their food provided them and do not sleep in the trees, as their natural instinct would teach them. It Is simply the difference between ?leaping in a house and sleeping in i trees that upsets them. When they j do the latter, they may not lay well 1 but they keep their health. More than ! half the diseases modern fowls suffer i are caused primarily by this defective housing. The chief requisites of a house are that it should be weather-proof, so that whatever the inclemency of the season, the fowls keep dry. It must be provided with ample ventilation and should have a sunny aspect. The sun is life to all animals, and the more fowls get of it, the better. I Yet, sometimes, fowl - houses are J placed in dark, secluded corners, and built to admit hardly any light. A A colony-house that supplies plenty of fresh air to the chicks. Six feet long, two fee* six inches wide, two feet four inches high in front, eighteen inches high in the back. poultry-house should always, if pos? sible, be placed on ground sloping slightly away from it, then in the wet weather the rain drains away. If the ground is quite level the rain off the roof shows a tendency to remain in the form of puddles. A trench should he dug to carry it away, or better still, there should ho a sixmt en the roof to carry the wet away down to a down spout connected with a surface drain. It 's important that the ground around the house, as well as the house Itself, be kept dry, as fowls never do well on wet land. Special attention should bo paid to the roof. The eaves should overlap some three inches, and it Is all the better if built of stouter wood than the walls. There Is no necessity to cover the roof with felt, provided it receives a good dressing of tar at first and a further coat each year. On no ac? count make the roof of corrugated zinc. Such a house will be cold in the winter p*d hot in the summer. If the poultry-keeper has some sheets of this very useful article?for such it certainly is?make a roof of thin boards and put tho zinc on top. For the floor, the earth needs to bo beaten down quite hard and a dress? ing of some inches of sand or light dry earth put on top. If the soil Is clayey, it is hotter to have a wooden iloor, for it must be dry. In any case, olfserve scrupulous cleanliness, removing all droppings once a week and taking care there is never any smell. Ventilation is a subject better un? derstood now than formerly. We in? dulge In more of it for ourselves and more for the fowls. Yet for them aa for ourselves, we must not forget that the thing can be overdone and that a good deal depends upon tho location of the house and tho outside tempera? ture. Mere Police for New York. The police d< : artment of New York asks the hoard Ol estimates to appoint one thousand mose policemen lor next year in that city, and to grant an ap? propriation of |2..r4)0,000 additional for the department. The appeal is Urged on the ground that London, with only one third more population than New York, has almost double the number oi policemen. Intending Immigrants Turned Back. About two hundred and fifty thou? sand Immigrants ate turned back every year by the immigration offi? cials of this country. To guard tho ports and boundaries against those to , whom the law forbids entry, the gov ernrm nt t niploys nearly two thousand i trained tuen Breeding Shows for Itself. College may 'each you form -cob' tnci niaj brush some things away; but breeding, like complexion. Is moro than n surface Fnless It's veal, 11 j only makes* one wonder what's really [ Uli n no a' li \vi ? n it is assumed, It'll j bound ??? v.( )\ i ti from lime to time ? Herber) K; isi u . Expensive Bamboo Hat. Ha mho hate nr< made In the Phil? tpplne at pr'ees ranging from 15 cents to $12.50 while some specially line weav< - cosi . a much as the ftuest Panama i f South A...- ii> a. Every Day in the Year You could add lomethlng to a saving fund started at - r 1 *nk with one dollar, and you would be surprised to find h W quick y YOUR CAPITAL WOULD INCREASE. TODAY is THE DAY for YOU to begin. The Peoples' Bank. An Institution That pleases its patrons and is true to every trust. THE FARMERS' BANK & TRUST CO. Have the Be^t. Tlie merit of a bank lies in its strength and in the application of its strength f"r the benefit of its depositors and the com? munity. The resources and experience of this hank, plus equip? ment, plus the efforts ?'f official! and employeeo, provide the best service, These standards decide the desirability of what ?TO "fler our depositors. The Fir^l National Bank The Elbe 1.' 111 is as effective and encouraging in the industrial and commercial struggle as it is in the fierce conflicts of war. From the toiler in the ranks to the "Captain of Industry" all classes have found that the beet place to start to acquire this 'elbow touch" ks at the Teller's window of a representative bank. Have you tried it We invite you to experiment. The Bank of Sumter. r LIME, CEMENT, WMF. PLASTER. S'I INGLE* LATHS. KIRR BRICK. DRAIN PIPE. ETC. in. eed T-J0,r f^T-oir? Kl?'?? Flour. Skip Staff, Ur; Ildy, vjidlli. Mixed Cow und Cktcken Fei Horses. Mules. WZ;*::s' a,,d No Order Too LtM*e? Or Too Small Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. SUMTER. SOUTH CAROLINA. Atlantic CoaSt Line The Standard Railroad of tit* South Ramofies ihi \\/ tion*8 Garden Spot" Through the State? of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia, Alabama and Florida FOUR FAMOUS TRAINS "NEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL*' (January to April); "FLORIDA AND WEST INDIAN LIMIT? ED," "PALMETTO LIMITED" AND "COAST LINK FLORIDA MAIL." Pin ing Cars a la carte service. All year round through car service from New York to both Port Tampa an.I Knights Key, connecting with steamships to and from Havana. For beautifully illustrated booklets and copy of the "Purple Folder," addrens, r. c. win 11. w. j. crmg, tacticral Puwtoiiger Vgent, Pnee. iratiu Mgr. Wilmington, N. C.