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J ( UHR SHOO I's SELF AT UMAMKH. 'as Well Known and Influential CUi arn?? frontier Manager of New* PoMlehlng Company. Lancaster, Dec. I.?A. J. Clark, one of Lancaster 's ro? *t prominent and Influential c It liens. who recently re ?lf ned the position of manager of the Lancaster News. c?>mmlted aulcldc early thia morning In the Presbyterian cemetery at this place, using as an Instrument of death u 32-callbre pis? tol, with which he shot himself through the neck, the hall entering fr? in the U-ft side and lodging In the ba?e of the brain. From the nature of the wound Indicted the physicians who examined ttu body say that death must necessarily have been in? stantaneous. No probable motive is yet assigned f r Mr Clark's rash act which has caused universal sorrow und regret in this community where the deceased has lived and w orked the best pan of his life, enjoying the confidence and esteem of all with whom he came In contact. The body was found at 2 o'clock today by parties walking through the cemetery It was under a large oak tree near the grave of his wife, who died here some 18 months ago. When found the deed was at one reported M the members of the fam? ily and to a searching party which since dawn this morning had been looking everywhere for him. alts body wan found In a reclining posture. He was partially dressed and had In his right hand the pistol with which he put an end to his life. XIr. Clark was a native of North Carolina from which place he came here years ago to engage in newspa? per business. For 17 years he was editor and manager of the Lancaster Enterprise, which paper was Anally merged with The ledger and Review to the Lancaster Publishing com? pany. He was elected manager of this company, which position he has held continuously ever since until about two weesk ago. when, on account of falling health and close conftne ment In his office, he wan compelled reluctantly to resign. . KOREANS TELI OF TORTURE. st?rte? of Iii Treatment by the Police Occupy Court In Conspiracy Trial. Seoul, Korea, l>ec. 6.?Tales of tor? ture by the police formed practically the sole testimony given by the four men called to the stand for examini tion today In the trial of the 106 Koreans accused of -onsplrlng against the life of Qov. Qen. Terauchl in 1910 and 1111. At the close of today's proceedings counsel for the defense Intervened on behalf of one of the witnesses who admitted on the stand today that he had given false testimony at the first trial and had plea?eu that he had been Induced to do so by the tortures Inflicted on him by the police. Coun? sel urged the court to secure fads which were really material to the de? fense, such as alibis and the evidence of neighbors and friends of the ac? cused. The attorney said: I have head many of the r rls oners say that they#have be^n tor? tured but we counsel do not believe such stories which are ineffective for the defense." Croupy < ?Muchs ami Wln?c*y CohU. ?The quickest slmph st way t?? rid th?- < hildren ??f ?langerous croupy SOMglsf and wheezy stuffy c? dds Is to SjtVl them Pasty*! Honey and Tar Oonsgsmnd. It glvo* alm??st instant TelUf and tt??i?s S cough pr< mptly. It ?sjsjsjsfi ojfci he ?ix. Contains n<? opt? Siberia l?rug Store Advt, NF.tt* FROM s. C. C, L Cadet Runhar Won Mm Drill IM? ul?suint<t County KtudcutM oll , Honor Holl. The regular monthly competitive drill of the South Carolina Co-Kdu ? ation.il 1 nstttutc was h?dd in the au? ditorium Monday evening. Cadet Dunl'ar, of Sumter County, wan the \ winner of the gold medal. The following students from Sumter i County lire attending this institution. Q H. Hurgess, H. C. Kdens, John | F.dens, Mitchell Kdens. Harry T. Joye and Miss Ruth Cain. I>r V. I. Master?, of Atlanta, Ga., gave a lecture in the college audi? torium Saturday night, last. A number of friends of Capt. It. H. ? 'am will take a hunting and fishing trip over in Sumter during the Christ? mas holidays. Col. F. N. K. itailey is attending the state Haptlst Convention. The following students were on the honor roll for this month: ' Misses Nell** Jones. Kuth Cain, Ida Lou Mor? gan and Miriam Norris. MOHR1S COLLI*. K STILL OPF.N. Furniture Removed from Building, ll<placed b) President of Institu? tion. Morris College has not been i losod on account of the removal of some of the furniture Wednesday and Thursday by parties holding a mort? gage on It. The furniture which was taken away was all replaced by Rev. J. J. Starks. the new head of the in? stitution, who procured the new fur? niture on his own personal account. The removal of the furniture did not occasion any cessation on the part of the school work, as the furniture wa.s taken late Wednesday afternoon, after school hours, and early Thurs? day morning, before school hours. In the meantime, as the authorities of the college had been previously in? formed that the furniture would be taken away, they had time to make arrangements and secure other fur? niture to take Its place. The school Is now going on as formerly and is doing some good work among the colored boys and girls attending It. Recently Rev J. J. Starks, former? ly of Seneca, has moved to the city and taken charge of the college. Hi '< has had previous experience as a teacher and head of a school, as he was president of the Seneca Institute for some time, which he conducted most successfully. Since he has tak? en charge of the school the new head has udded an Industrial feature to Its work and chickens and pigs are being raised at the school and all of the surroundlriK land Is being farmed by the institution, except such as is used for a playground. -1 i They Always Help Kldcrly People. I ? 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I continued to *ke the medicine, and now I am able to do my housework and to care for my children, and I feel as though 1 could never praise Qudui enough for the benefits 1 have received." The WomatfsTonic Cardui is successful, because it Is made especially for women, and acts specifically on the womanly constitution. Cardui does one thin** ana does )t well That explains the great success which It has had, during the past 50 years, In helping thousands of weak and ailing women back to health and happiness. If you are a woman, feel tired, chill, and are nervous, cross and irritable. If s because you need a tonic. Why not try Cardui ? Cardui builds, strengthens, restores, and acts in every wty as a special, tonic remedy for women. Test ft for yourself. Your druggist sells Cardui. Ask him. Wrm to- butt?* M+Hon Dtot.. CjnlMSSfJ, MtdtohM Ca. ftattMort?-. Tron. tor foortof /nfrnrttou. an J 44-oft* bo**, Hm*Trmtm?mt brWoni,1 ?eotW. J So f%> TAKE Cardui t. HUGH MEIGHAN am) \v. s. s i i ;\v \ IT, PROMINENT CITI UfiNS OF COLUMBIA MEET 1>1 Mil WHEN CAR skids. W. C. UwufAetd, Theodore Bell ami \vuiiaiu Watson injured?Cnr Bkltli on st?n?|i Hill and Turns over, Full? ing Into Dttdl? T. Hugi Meighan and William s. Stewart were killed and William Wat? son. Theodore Bell and William C. SwafAold vere seriously injured as a result of a skidding automobile on the Hyatt Par* road last night. The ac? cident OGCttrred about 9 o'clock on the hill about 200 yards south of the Smith branch bridge on the road go? ing to Kidgewood club. The heavy machine turned completely around and then "turned turtle" in a gully ten iect deep. The occupants were caught under the automobile and were pinned there. A few minutes latOf assistance arrived and they were removed. Mr. Meigban was dead and Mr. S.ewart was dying when the car had boon raised sufficiently to render assistance. Mr. Bwaffleld Was carried to the city on a passing street car and Mr. Hell and Mr. Watson were taken to the residence of Geo. \V. Newman, a few hundred yards away, anc given medical attention. Later they were removed to local hospitals in the city. News of the accident reached the c ity almost at once. Waites Thomas, who was following in another ?auto? mobile, saw the light in the gully and at once telephoned for aid. In the meantime W. A. Towell, who is employed by the Columbia street railway company, also hurriedly sum? moned aid and tried to raise the over? turned car. With several other men lie managed to lift the car sufficiently to extricate Mr. Swaffleld's left arm, which had been caught beneath it. Then he had a negro put Mr. Bwafflold on a street car. Mr. Powell went with him as far as the corner of Main and Hampton streets where an au? tomobile was secured and Mr. Swaf fleld was rushed to an infirmary. When Mr. Powell reached the wrecked automobile, the gaa lights were still burning. Gasoline was pouring out of the tank. When physic ians, who rushed to the scene of the accident arrived they took charge. The bodies of Mr. Meighan and Mr. Stewart were taken to an undertaking establishment and the injured men in the party were taken to Mr. Newman's home tempo? rarily. There was very little inquiry necessary. It was brought out that the party had gone to the country club for a lunch. The road leading into the city is very wet and therefore very slippery, on the hill climb which starts Just about 100 yards from where the accident occurred the gear was c hanged and then the machine started to skid. Then, according to expert machinists, the fatal mistake was made. Brakes were applied and the machine swerved around and went over in the ditch, turning over and falling in the opposite direction. it was an accident that might have happened to any driver, according to those who examined the road. The speed of the car bad nothing to do with the complete revereaj of the machine. The car, according to the experts, w |i running at a low .ate of speed and when the skidding start? ed Mr Meighan reversed ids gear Just be side the gUlly. Hundreds of people on bearing of tin- accident hurried to the scene and offered assistance. All of tile party had numerous friendi in the city and as a result those in charge had diffi? culty in ke -ping back many who went to Mr. Newman's house. An exandnation showed that Mr. Bell had s iff. r. d from a broken col? lar bone ; nd several broken ribs; that Mr. Watson had broken an arm and several ribs, and that Mr. Swaf lleld had broken an ankle and two ribs. Union Internal complication! result they ate in no danger, They will i?e ooftfined to their rooms for several we ks. Tie deaths of Hugh Meighan and William Stewart east a sadness over the entire ity. On the streets and everywhere the Announcement came IIS a Shook It could let P.- realized coming an II did und rail after call en me in la si night to the office ol riie siate for confirmation of the rumor. The f un ines received hundreds of messages of sympathy and offers of service The funeral arrangements will )??? am outlet d later. Natural Trait. The peop e who ftro weighed in the balance um' Found waiting ??'?' spl to tomplaln '?.?? the scales are out of Perional ty Demanded. Meanty maj win an ephemeral ruo jobs for a n uslcal comedy n< tress, but anlefiu it is Milled with p^ersonulli/ ihHt Bwccess Ii not likely to last very long.? bond ?n Answers FOR WOHLD CONGRESS. Committee Requested, to Take dp Possibility of Internal Conference of Standardised Tare.. Washington, Dec. 6.?A committee consisting <>f Senators Hoke Smith of Georgia and E. D. Smith of Boui Carolina and Representative Burls* son of Texas and Rrantley of Georgia and one representative each from the department of commerce and labor and the department of agriculture has just been requested by resolutions adopted by the Association of South? ern Agricultural Workers at Raleigh, X. C.i to formulate a plan and take the necessary action to bring about a conference of representatives of the various cotton interests of the world. The purpose of this action is to devise some plan by which the tare on Amer? ican cotton can be standardized with a view to eliminating the evils grow? ing out of present tare practices. It is suggested that the conference be held in Washington under the aus? pices of the United States government and that congress be requested to ap? propriate a sut?cient sum of money to defray the necessary expenses. It la understood that these men will take the matter up immediately in com? pliance with these resolutions. Smothering: National Integrity. Manufacturers Record. The denunciation by some news? papers and public men of the propo? sition to Carnegieise the ex-Presidents of the United States is inconsistent. Have not Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Rock? efeller, in their schemes to create ed usatlonal trusts of ths most far reaching possibilities for evil, been enthusiastically applauded by the press and the people generally of the country? Have not cities vied with each other, standing hat in hand beg jging Mr. Carnegie to make them the objects of his charity? Have not the college and universities of the land i i sagernly scrambled for the crumbs 1 which have been thrown from the overloaded table of the Rockefeller General Education Board, wiling to tie themselves up, if need be, in all sorts of contracts in order to be made the recipients of these crumbs? Have not denominational school* Violated the sacred honor of trmteeship in seeking to escape from the control of the denominations which made their existence possible in order to become pensioners upon Mr. Carnegie's boun? ty? Then why should the newspapers and the people, who now see the in? evitable working' out of these plans, be shocked that Mr. Carnegie should seek to attach to his entourage the ex-Presidents of the United States? Has he not found the people of thousands of towns and cities eager to build into their municipal life an enduring monument to his name? And Is he not, therefore, justified in feeling that he has the ri^ht to of? fer, with the expectation of its being sagerly applauded, an annual pension to all the ex-Presidents and to the widows of the ex-Presidents, provided they do not remarry? Who COUld possibly study the in? evitable working out of the plans of Mr. Carnegie and the Rockefeller Gen? eral Education Board, with the vast power of wealth put into the hands of a limited number of directors, to say who shall be pensioned if. in the opinion Of these trustees, they are not good, to say what school shall live and what school shall die, what professor shall be advanced and what professor, by failure to toady to this element, be destroyed, and expect anything else than this plan of Mr. Carnegie which has suddenly stirred tin.' country? it may be In the pow? er of a small coterie of affiliated trus? tees representing these two interests to make or unmake public men, col? lege and university professors, and colleges themselves, and thus shape to their own way of thinking a very large proportion of the molding Influ? ence of the colleges and universities of the country upon the thought of the land. Prom the beginning the Manufac? turers Record has persistently criti? cised these plans. It has s? ? n in them possibilities of danger to the country of very great Import. Possibly the tremendous power of evil, so great that it is umazlttg that the American people have not before this realized it. will now begin to dawn upon the public Valuable Dog?Some Day. Brother Jlmpson pays ho owns a dog that not only points and retri ves, hut be has taught him to spin on his tall llbo a top when be strolls gaso* line. Brother Jlmpson says he's try? ing to develop a breed of dog* that will be invaluable in warfare, to point fighting aeroplanes trying to sneak over camp at night, An Inference. There died in Chicago the other day i man of Whom ll Is said that he knew tho intimate history of every Import' Hit family in the city. Some members Df some of the Important families must tie mighty glad that he died.?Savau aah News. BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION TO VI i:T THERE NEX1 VIAll. Tuesday After rir>t Sunday Ui De? cember Date Fixed for Una Meet* llIB?Dr. S. C. Mitchell Selected to Preach 93rd Annual Bcrmoo Ac? compllalimenti of Meeting; .iu*t i 'looed? Abbt-vili?', Dec. 5.?At Ben.r?etts ville, on the Tuesday after the first Sunday in December, 1913, th<* 93rd annual sermon of the Baptist State Convention will be preached by Dr. S. C. Mitchell, president of the South i Carolina University. h< session, which came to a close tonight, will long be remembered by those participating, not only as one of the most pleasant and harmonious I ever held, but as one in which won? derful progress was noted in ail the lines of Christian work, in which the denomination Is engaged for the evangelization of the world, as well as one in which foundations were laid for a broader and more sympathetic and more effective endeavor to help the world to better living. (Jreat stresi has been laid at this [Convention upon the need of Chris? tian education and the responsibility entailed upon the Baptists, by reason of their numerical strength, to meet this need. That the denomination is wonderfully performing its part in this work was attested by the splen? did showing made by the various de? nominational institutions. Delegates are returning home with renewed in? spiration to increase their efforts in this worthy cause. Two important matters decided at this Convention were the establish? ment of a sanitarium and the re? moval of the State headquarters from Greenville, which were both decided affirmatively by the Convention after long and free discussions. WILSON AT WORK ON MENAGE. Begins Preparation of Ills Last Com? munication to the legislature of New Jersey. Hamilton, Her., Dec. 6.?President? elect Woodrow Wilson today began the final stages of his vacation in Bermuda by starting work on his message to the New Jersey legisla? ture. He practically has concluded his period of recreation and social engagements and expects to work steadily from now until he starts on the homeward voyage The House of Nc Walla. Idleness is the gate of all harms. An idle man is like a house that hath no walls; the devils may enter on every eide.?Chaucer. Till: DEADLY PISTOL. Hugh L. Stokes Suffers l atul Wound When Revolver He Was Handling is Discharged. Florence, Dee. .?Hugh L. stokes, on?* of the nr.->st popular young men in the city, died this morning at 6 O'clock as the result of a self-inflicted accidental VOUnd in the abdomen last niKht. He was playing with a pistol which was discharged in his band, the position of the wound appearing very mueh as if be had attempted to breech I be ; Letol For several days the younp man had been playing with pistols, charm? ed rather with the working of the mechanism than anything else about them. Last night Mr. Stokes took up the pistol which Mr. Cahill had just loaded and laid down, puiting out of his hand another that he had entered the office from the ware? house with in his hand, snarping it. Mr. Stokes was the youngest son of Dr. W. S. Stokes, formerly of Co? lumbia, and now reading clerk of the senate. He was born in Winnsboro. The coroner's inquest could learn no further facts and the verdict was giv? en accordingly. The boy had not given the very least sinn of melan? cholia or of anything that might lead one to think that the act was in the least intentional. Dr. Stokes and his mother and elder brother came through the coun? try in an automobile and the hoy was still alive and conscious when they arrived. Farmers Bank & Trust Co. The regular statement of the Farm? ers' Bank & Trust Company, which is printed today, shows that institution to be in excellent condition and the officers are gratified that they have been aole to maintain the record of growth and development that the bank has had since its establishment. The features of the statement con | sidered worthy of attention, are the ', small amount of money borrowed, the small overdraft account, the com? paratively large profits after paying expenses and setting aside $1,739.05 for taxes, the heavy deposits and the small loans and discounts, and also, the fact that the bank is carrying 6 per cent loans on more than 1,000 of the four thousand bales of cotton Can't Qet Awsy From Them, The proor of tic p;do'?;a. Is id tha car: $ ;c i : t f-"nf asAy from that," says an advertisement And the Manhattan Mercury adds: "There are a lot more equally trite bits of wisdom that It seems Impossible to get away from."?Kansas City Star. For hones, mules, wagons, buggies, surries, harness, etc. call on us and get prices. Terms and prices right. Agent for the Rock Hill buggy. A full line of Mollne plow implements, consisting of one-horse, two sizes of two horse steel turn plows (Blue Bird), middle bursters, harrows, grain drills, cotton and corn planters, pea hullers, etc. Have you seen the 1913 Fords? Take a 1? ok at it. Reduction in price, but better in quality. Touring cars, $600; roadster, $525.00, F. O. B. De? troit We will have a large and complete line of Ford parts in stock In s> few days, so thai you can get any Ford patt from us. D. C. SHAW CO. Ml-12 & 14 Sumter Pt. Phone 353. TEETH AM) MONEY. Money spent on teeth is a good Investment and one that gives you daUy returns. Money the Medium of Exchange. . is only good so far as it gives ui the things Which contribute to our health, coin l ort and happiness. Whoa S|Kmt on the Teeth it brings Us all Throe- of the Abo\c. The Sumter Dental Parlors are de? voting their life work to the care of tb teeth, let them look your mouth e\ er. Sumter Dental Parlors, DR. C. H COURTNEY, Prop. OVER MRS. ATKINSON'S Mll.l.l\ ERT STORE. MOLES and WARTS Itellioted with M'H lMH T. without pain or danger WO matter how large, i?i how fur raised iiIm?\o ilie Mirfa?v ?>t ilie nkln. lud ihe> will never return, and no n.oe i?r near will he left MOLI B% "II i- upplUsI direct I j to the HOLE or WART, which entire!) dl*lip|>Cftt'N oi alMiiit ?.i\ days, killing I lie gcrtll ami lea\ itu> the *kiu smooth and natural. MOLESOPF i- put up mil) in nn?> hollar hot tie* Koch bottle Is neailj packed in plain case, accompanied bj full direction*, und contain! enough reined) to remove eight ?'t' ten ordin?r? MOLK.S ? WARTS. W* tell MOLESOPF under a positive QLTARANTKK if it fails t> ?? c your MOLE or WART, We will pro . \ refund the dollar. Florida Distributing Fompanj p? pertinent, Prnwaooln, Fia.