Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Knk i. < i ill the PoefeiOtc? ?4 Homier, S C . a* ?*? ? ?hkJ CUw*j Metier. i i ? fr'FUtMOKAI.. Mr. Jerome Wilson, of Oolumbla a.n kj the city Thursday. Mr. D. Frank Kelly, of I '.ishopv 111??. a \lsltor to the city Thursda) Mit* Margaret Cr ?im r has retur e ed t?? her home at Newbeirv it i a ?tensant visit to friend- in this eity. Mr K }.. K.-mh.rt. of llrinl,-! wee in town Thursday. Messrs. R I <. fcsffctil and B. W, Bsgsrs. of Dalsell. were In town '. ?r a whlh Thursday. Mr. I U Maker paused through town Fridas morning SjSJ his way to Blshopvllle after a trip through the Piedm nt seSJftftOg of the State. Mr W II Seal.- left for Ith him.ml Thut?d iy. accompanied by his son, Mr. W. J. Senle. a here he will re? ceive surgical treatment. Mrs. F. J. Boss, of I^indsdown, Pa., who has been visiting her par? ents. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Epperson. fkas returned home. Mtss Lou Pate left Saturday for a visit t - relative.? In Western North Carolina. Mrs. W. 11. Milliard has gone to Hot Springs, N. C, for a stay at that place. ^ I>r J. C. Spann SjSJ Saturday re retum*-d from Charleston whtve he stopped for a short stay after being In attendance upon the Diocesan counc'l meeting at Beaufort. Mt-e Maldelle Boatwrlght of the College for Women at Columbia was ? In the city Saturday morning for a short while. Mr. Clinton Walsh left on ?*%* urdav for Charlotte. N. C. where he hss accepted a positon as book? keeper for an automobile house. Mise Mabel Jones returned from ^Atlanta Sunday, st which place she has been visiting her slater for MOM time. Messrs Perry Moses. Jr.. Luclan 8trau.?s and Henry P. Moses leave this afternoon for Charleston to take the ^-Scottish Rite degrees In Masonry. ^ Major J. W. Bradford. Jr.. and Lieutenant Wayne Mellette left Sun gay m? rnlng to attend the school of instruc 'on at Fort McPherson. At? lanta, Oa., to be held during this week by Capt. Ueo. If. McMaster. _ Mrs. Brattle, who has been visltinu ?* her daughter. Mrs. H. C. Haynswerth, hss returned to her horn.* at Creen ellle. Miss Pauline Blandina spent the week-end st home from the College _for Women st Columbia. ? Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Nabers went to Florence Sunday to visit relatives at that place. Mis* Eva C. Kmgman has gone to gtatesvllle. N. C. to attend the com? mencement exercises at tho Statesvllle Female College. Miss Nannie Hodges, who has ten visiting Mrs. L. W. Jenkins, has re turned to her home In Florence. Ml-* Louise Teadon has returned from C e*tonla. where she has been teaching school during the past ses | g| n. Miss Nannie Klchardson Is visiting Miss Sarah Moore. In Charleston. IN THE POLICE COURT. Nunili i of PrlMiiwr?? up lor Disorder* ly Conduct a od Citron,:. A BjSMSttSOf ad e ha rgea for cursing and gsserderlv conduct were he ml In the pSjttOf court hy the reOOTdsf Hond i\ morning, the tines ard days being a- follows: chest, r Wilsen, rnraing and din* or<i? r!\ atadni t teg II days ai th?* IV I anffji ind III or || days on the set and ch ir^' OVsns Went, snrntng and dlmrdei ly conduet. $ l.". or 30 days on each charge. Slmms Johnson, carrying concealed vs ? md disorderly conduct, $-'."> i r da\4 ,,n the first charge and $ 1" ??r ;;u ,| ys on the second charge. Joseph I'.rMow. \agranev. .,r 30 days. \? \* *?? ik i ottou Mmki i New V..rk. May 13. I men i Mo?.?. May. 11.22?23 Julv.11.31 11.30?31 Aug .Hi* 11.35?3? .??.'o?..r.H,4I 11.41?4:? !?? .Il.r.2 ll.r.3?64 C*teeed steady. i n i NfHsfM. m mm i Liverpool, May 13. ? ipeti Close. Mr .r? 2 7 r>tay?-Juno.S27 Jim*?Julv ifl ?.. Julv?Aug .r,2?iii Aug -S.pt.*\n Closed Msndy, i is i? khsenet H ? pis in bid ling, 11 cents, THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION sTATi: ixitiTivi: COMMITTEE MEETS TON I (.III. Murh Interest in Election of State (luiiip.itn mill of Pelrsstoc m Large to iiio National Convention? Colnmbln, Ma) i i. Plnm for Ou? st.it POM enilofl "f ??!.? i ?? ' ;o< r.itit port) of South Carolina, ><? be held ht re lomorr ?w, will be irrnnged at meeting ol ihe Itnte executive com? mittee, which h is been called by Oen. Wille Jonen, Bleie ohnlrman, to be bold In Ihe ofllce of the secretary ol St.it. n the State hou<e tonight. The State convention will be held tomor? row al noon in the hull of the house Of representatives. There will be 181 dolcgetes preeenl in tho convention from Ihe VarlOUJ counties of the State. Interest In Ihe meeting of Ihe eaec ntlve committee tonight centres In Ihe election of a Rtate chairman, Oen, grille Jones, who has been Ihe chair? man for 14 years, announced several weeks ago. that he would not ask re? election. He has been Officially con? nected with the party for 20 years, having served ns secretary for 14 yean before election to the chairman? ship. It Is expected that the friends of (Jen. Jones on the committee wPl tonight put tip his name for re-elec tion. It is said that the name of W, F. Stevenson of Che TOW will also be put tip for election. Mr. Stevenson is a member of the general assembly from Chesterfield county. Thos. G. M c Leod. former lieutenant governor, will be put tip for president of the conven? tion by the supporters of Judge Jones. No opposition has developed to Mr. Mcl^od. Eighteen delegates |0 the national convention, to be held in Baltimore on June 25. will be elected by tho State convention. There Is much in? terest in the election of the fou1' dele? gates at large and several candidates for the plat e have already bean an? nounced. The Jones forces in the c? nventlon will support Senator lb R, Tillman and Senator K. D. Smith for delegates at large. Among the candi? dates for the other places as delegates at large are: Lowndoi j. Browning of Fnlon. chairman Ol the ways and means c ommittee of the house; F. II. Weston. member of th Senate from KU bland county; Johg Oary Kvans. foTRIfr governor; It. I. Manning of Sumter and A. F. T*?vcr, member of congress from the seventh district. In I addition to the four delegates at I large the convention will elect two delegates from each congressional dls Cbarleston and Georgetown coun? ties will send contesting delegations to the State convention. The contest Will be submitted by the convention to th#> committee on credentials. Th^re is a difference of opinion as to whether the executive commltteemen from Charleston and Georgetown willl be seated by the State convention nr the executive committee. Gen. Jones has given the opinion that the con? test as to the commltteemen win he decided by the convention. This ques? tion will Verv probably be brought tip at the meeting <?f the committee to? night. 114>n. john .1. Ii im I'll 11.1. DEAD. K\pin-? Suddenly of Heart Trouble Washington, May 11,?The Hon. John J. Hemphlll, former Congress? man from South Carolina, bis native itStO, died here suddenly last night, after having attended a hamplet, lb it trouble was the cause of death. Mr. Hemphlll bad resided in Wash? ington a number of years and was one of the most prominent lawyers it the National Capital. Mr. HeUoi a fnmlhlitlc. The card "f Mr. II. B, Belaer an? nouncing that he is a candidate fo| I ? lection to the ilousi of Reprc sentatlvei hi pr nted today. Mr. Bel set was elected two years ago on the good foods platform, having BdVOCat? ? ?I throughout th,. campaign the con strueiion of a county-wide system ,?f public roads and proposing that bonds i.e issued lo provide the money needed to carry oui the programme, During hi- Href session he secured Ihe enactment of a law submitting the good ro.id bond Issue to the quali? fied voters of Sumter cuntv. The election resulted in a tie vote and the bond Issue vvas defeated. but Mr. la i er h oi carried "ut his campaign pledge in reepei t the good roadi M r. Pel ? r'l i Ueje attention |a h: I duties won him recognition and ;)l I hough a row m m in llu legislature, before Ihe end of the session ? wie lo regal ded ? our ol l lie strong me to b,i . in Ihe session n| istg )>?? look s leading part in shap? ing legislation ami had ehargi of the Purmers' Warehouse hill dur Ings it. passage Ihrough Ihe house. M. has ??? >.!.. ?, ff?otitatlon ? ? ?? wort Ina imuiiber, ted km h politician uid tr'.ct. In Washington. ofd he seehs re election, FAVOR ONE SIX YEAR TERM. CO.U1TTEE FAVORS HAN ON RE I I.ICI l<)\ OF PRESIDENT. Majority Advocate six-year Tenure, 11*1 Hi Second Tenu Forbidden. Minority lor Four Year*. Washington. May 13,?Tha senate judiciary committee today de ided to report Favorably the Worki resolution reft rioting the presidential tenure of office t ? .i single term of six years. A minority report, favoring s single term ??f four years, also will be made from the committee, The reports are expected In n day or two, Tin committee Is practically unani? mous to make a president Ineligible for a second term, but four members of the committee favor making the Single term four yean instead of six. The house committee on judiciary had pending a joint resolution of the sen ate for the same purpose introduced by Representative Clayton of Ala* bainn, chairman of that committee. MAULDIN WILL BRING SUIT. ('roenvllle Attorney Announces That He Will Sue for $10,000 for False Imprisonment. (ireenville. May 13.?Today's de? velopment in the case growing out of the sale of whiskey here last Satur? day by order of the United States COtlti consist of the serving of papers in claim and delivery proceedings upon Sheriff J. Perry Poole for the recovery of two barrels of liquor, the hauling away of the beverage from the court house after the purchaser of it. the attorney, Oscar K. Maul din had put up bond of $200 pend? ing the decision of the case; the tat? ter's declaration that he will bring suit for $10,000 damages for false im? prisonment against the sheriff and a long distance telephone messagS from Qov, Bleasa to Sheriff Poole in which the governor told the latter to go ahead and employ counsel to fight the case to the finish and assured the sheriff that he would "stand by him." The claim and delivery action was brought through the court of Magis? trate e. Ionian and made returnable Friday. May 17. The $200 bond for the possession of the liquor will be pat up by T. F. Hunt and J. F. Hodges Mr. Mauidin has employed as attor? neys Otear Hodges and David W, Smoak to represent him. Sheriff Pools has not yet named his counsel. UNDERWOOD MANAGER AT CON? VENTION. Ha ml I lend Will Visit Columbia in Ef? fort to Hat/e Preferential Primary Authorized. Washington. May 11,?Senator Banktiead of Alabama left Washing? ton this afternoon for Columbia for the purpose of attending the South Carolina State convention at that place Wednesday. In the event he can not gel things tfoing right for Con? gressman Underwood, it is under? stood, he will try to have the conven? tion pass a resolution authorizing a preferential primary. South Carolina Is strong for Wilson, according to what is said here, ami it would seem front the plans of Senator Bankhead that he Would USe the preferential primary plan as a last resort for Con? gressman Underwood to teat the feel? ing in that State. Tomorrow he will confer with some of the Underwood men in oilier to prepare for the day following. May Visit Sumler. The four companies of United State artillery will probabh leave the Fort Moultrle army post on Wednes? day for their cross country hike through the McClellansvllle section, extending perhaps to Bumter, in car? rying OUl the plans of th ? war de? partment of giving the coast artil? lery practice as infantry and in long man hes, Will Not Use Word "Pauper." The Norwich (England) hoard of gunrdlatiB recently unanimously decid? ed that in future the, word "pauper" shall not be used in anj ,f the hoard's reco-ds or minutes. Mr. Mllllngton, a farmer, brought the matter forward, Many respectable persons, he said, re? quired relief through no fault of their own, and the word was objectionable and east undeserved stigma upon re> rlpients of relief and their children. He suggested that the word "poor" Should be substituted. Turn to Wooden Flooring. The use of wooden Hoofing Is on the Increase In Italy, taking the place of the former extensive demand for mar bl?. tiling and cement. Oak. larch and pitch pine are mostly adopted, and but little. If any maple, birch or beech hub been brought to the murket. First Financial Center. The Rank of Venb e, established In 1167, was the financial cenler of tha world; and when the Revival of i<et tors came, followed almost Immediate* 1/ by the Invention of printing, It was t'entee th"* led the rid In the on I put of books aud th< ?pi ad ?r Intelll * once. HAIL VISITS C ITY THREE TIMES. Whole of County Traversed by lee* Laden Clouds Sunday Afternoon. The whole of Sumter county and, from reports which can be gathered, pat**s of Lee and Clarendon counties, s visited sun.lay afternon by ice | laden clouds, which distributed hn.il all over the country in their wake. Now was it a single hail storm, as is generally the case, but every cloud seemed to tarry the little pellets of ice with them, and at least three .-? parate falls of hail were noted. Sonn- of those taking note of the oc? currence stated that there were four falls of hail and some even went so far as to state that there were five separate hail storms. The hall, while coming at intervals of half an hour apart, did not fall in I such quantities as to do a great deal of damage ut joints near ihe city, although southwest of Sumter, from Which direction the clouds came, it was reported thai the <?at crop was hadl) damaged. In Sumter there was no damage \v<?rth noting resulting from the hail, the garden! seemingly suffering no had offsets. Early this morning the weather turned much cooler, probably from the effects *i the passage of tho hail-laden cloudl and the melting halL Much Rubber In Rhodesia. The vast extent of northern Rho? desia renders it Impossible at pre> ent to estimate even approximately the extent of the rubber areas, but such evidence as Is available points to the great prospective value of thin SPRING OR SUMMER? CPRING is rapidly being transformed into the Real Old Summer Days and hav? ing kept apace with the changing seasons we are ready to meet the demands of the Hot Weather Shoppers. COLGATE** TOILET ARTICLES. Warm Weather Weaves. India Linon and Persian Lawns. 10c to 25c. Batiste and Lingerie. 15c up. Flaxons and Shirtwaist Linens. 15c to 75c Skirt Linens, c Blouse Linens 20c and 25c Colored Mercerized Lin? ens, value 35c. our price 25c. Piques, just in. Small and large welts, worth 37 ic going at 25c Colored Lawns and Ba? tiste, pretty small designs. 5c up. New Arrival of Silks, We give ibis i:m? SPECIAL ATTENTION. In order to have the goods ( lean mid fresh WO ke? p them coming in every week. ROYAL-WORCESTER REAL RUST PROOF CORSETS. Embroideries and Lances. 27 in. Flouncings. 25c to $1.00. 45 in. Flouncings. usually sold at 75c. now 65c. 45 in. Flouncings. value $1.50, we are now seilintf ? ? ig Clouney Laces. Shadow Laces. Match Sets in Vals. A great many 10c valuesjall at 5c or 50c the dozen. Lace Collars, just the thing for warm days. 25c and 50c. Other New Ar? rivals. (ream Serge*. Bedford Cords and Batiste. Pencil Strlpee, Berates, Rattnes? UlUte and Tan. FOR THE HOUSEHOLD Table Damask. Our 68 in Damask at 50c the yd. is a wonder, and all the way to $1.50 we are showing unusual values. Also have the Reds. Blues and Creams. Keep Your House Cool by replaciny your Winter Rugs and Art Squares with Mattings, Crex and Mat? tings, Rugs and Art Squares. They will pay for them? selves in one season, Other Departments have not been neglect? ed. Warm weather reminders on every counter. "Glorious Days of Sunshine/' O'Donnell 6 Company.