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*Cbr ?ol.ittimun ;mo ??cutbron. Gaterod at the Po*u?m<i> at Sumter, S. C, as Second Claas Matter. PERSONAL. Mira L, M Burgess, who has bean principal of the White Plains school, near Jefferson, S. C, hau returned home. Mr. W I MeCnW, of Hock Hill, was in the city Thursday. Hilly is a n>aper man .md is now nelling Kock Hill buggies in car load lots, but he has not forgotten the way to the newspapef offices where old fronds are still in bondage. Mrs W. P. Breeden and daughter, Miss Willie Belle. of Bennettsvtlle, spent Wednesday in the city. Mr. Qeo. W. Hutcheson has return? ed to the city after a visit to relatives in West Virginia ( lyburn-Sutton. Summerton. Peb. 12.?Saturday art.moon at the P.piscnpal Church, immediately after the Lenten service, the marriage of Mrs. Norvelle Deas Clyburn to James gSjtton was solem? nised, the Rev. H. C. Mazyck per? forming the ceremony. The bride came in with her father. J. P. Deas, and they were met at the altar by the groom and J. D. Peas, Jr. After receiving the congratulations of their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Sutton took the afternoon train for Charleston. > m t \. Hoy*. a few days ago one of our boys here in Sumter. came to '.he Y. M. C. a. and put $1 50 on the counter and said "I want to Join the Y M. f.* a and here are my duos for six months." The little fellow nad a bag on his shoulder, and in conversation with him the Secretary asked him where he got the money to pay his dues. He said "1 sold papers and made It." This is one of a large number of our boys who have earned the money, one way or another, to pay their du?s. It Is a very commendable thing to do. and It Is hoped more of our boys will determine to do the same. Marriage Ucvnse Record. A marriage license was Issued to Mr. J. H. DuRant. Jr., and Miss Beulah E. Bracey of Sumter Wednes? day. A license was also Issued to Ed Dingle and Rosa Capers, colored, of Sumter. WVKr.llOlsK BIBB CONTINUED. House RWaned to Act on Big Measure at This Sc??lon Columtn I I ttk 13.?The house re? fused to take the responsibility of acting on the cotton warehouse bill last night, and continued it until next session. Mr McQueen of Marlboro spoke in favor of his measure, drawn with a view of obviating the flaws found by the supreme court In a similar act passed by the general assembly In 1*11. A companion bill. Introduced by Senator Mcl^aurln. is pending In the senate. The whole question of the State's engaging in the cotton warehouse business was threshed over by the general a? mbly in 1912. Mr. McQueen cited last night many arguments In favor of his bill In the course of an extended debate. Mr. Baskln of Lee moved that the house adjourn debate on the ware? house bill In order to allow Senator John L. McLaurln of Marlboro to ad? dress the house on the subject. The house refused to agree to the motion. On the motion of Mr. Nicholson of Greenwood the warehouse bill was continued. Thin pre< hides f u vher dis? cussion of the big question'by the he use until the fleaatnn of 1914. WORK o\ \PI?R<>PRI VTION BILL. Hr?*i?m* Relating lo Stale Colleges i??m~<<i?Laeal biiu Veeaeal Columbia. iVb 13.?The House spent the morning on the appropria? tion bills. The sections for the Pnl verjlty. Winthrop and the Citadel were passed in tb.Jr entirety with the addition of $2.'00, to the latter to pay th* exp ns-s of the corps of cadets at th.' Inauguration. The QfSSnilHs md Jnspet loeal bill* have be? n vetoed. Ml DH \i < DM i ?.i nil l. PASS i i? Bill Bunins l it on Water IVmei shnrstvea i ssujwwswese Report. ? '?dumhta. r'eb. 13. ? The House bill proponing a tSJ SSJ wafer powers Pteetvesl an ?nfavstahss report la the senate this n orninic. The Medl? al Cob ge t? i11 was pass ad to the third reading . \\ h it. \? r \ on |?,,: Rcmembet t., r. ad the ad of I? C Hhaw in this sUnse, He tells about ' The Pord " DEATH OF Ii. It. DURAXT. WaR Known Citizen of Sumter Pass? ed Away Wednesday Morning After Long Illness. Mr. Lucius B. DuRant, a well known citizen and business man of Sumter, passed away at 6 o'clock Wednesday morning after an illness of five weeks. Death occurred at his resldVnce, No. 115 North Washington str?et. where he had been brought just two weeks ago from Florida, to which placo he had gone to spend the winter. Mr. DuRant had been in ill health for the past five years. The funeral services were held from the residence on North Wash? ington street Thursday afternoon, at 3.30 o'clock. Mr. DuRant was born at Lynch burg, then Sumter District but now Lee county, March 28th, 1850, and was therefore nearly 63 years of gfe. He with his father e-dablished the old R. W. DuRant Hardware store In this city many years ago, now the I mi Kant Hardware Corr pany, of which the deceased was president at the time of his death. Mr. DuRant was ilso a director in the City National Rank. He was a member of the Methodist Church and served as stew art for many years. He was a mem? ber of Claremont Lodge, No. 64, A. F. M. He was married to Miss Hat tie E. Rlcker of this c'ty, but had no children. He is survived by his wid? ow and two sisters. Mrs. Silas If el lett of this city and Mrs. Charles W. Webb of Anderson, also one brother. I Mr. Joseph H. DuRant of this city. BLOODHOUNDS PASS CITY. Being Taken Back to Columbia?Re? ports of a Would-be Lynching Cur? rent. The pack of five bloodhounds be? longing to Mr. J. C. Robbins of Co? lumbia, which were taken to Pine wood Monday night to trail the negro, Sam Dukes, were brought through the city Thursday on their return to Co? lumbia. The animals were in charge of Mr. Robbins and were being car? ried in an automobile. Mr. Robbins stopped by here about 1 o'clock on his way from Pinewood to Columbia in order to get something to eat before continu? ing his Journey. He reports that the dogs did good work at Pinewood, trailing the negro up to the house where he spent a part of the night and which Dukes had left only a short time before the arrival of the doga R< ports were being circulated on the streets Thursday morning to the effect that an attempt would be made to bring Dukes back to Pinewood to? night or as soon as possible, where preparations were being made for a lynching bee. How true these reports are could not be said, although no information could be obtained from Pinewood on this subject. BRIBFRY IN WEST VIRGINIA. Five MomlM'iN. of legislature Placed t nder AFPOHi Charleston. W. Va., Feb. 11- With marked money In their pockets, al? leged to be the price of their votes in the United States senatorial contest, which is causing a deadlock in the legislature, four members of the house of delegates and one member of the senate of West Virginia were arrested in a hotel here lato this aft? ernoon by Sheriff Bonner Hill in the presence of the public prosecutor, Thomas C. Townsend. They were taken before Justice Deilng, where the> I hearings and wa re held In $5,'00 bond each. The accused no I are I lepres? ntat ives P. S. Q. Rhoden, i>r. h. f Anbury, David e. IIill. Hath Duff and Senator B. A. Smith. For Leisure Moments. We always hurt our elves when we try to hurt others Try these: "A kind thought a kind word, a kind deed." "It is only in the larger and bet? te iif,. that there is enduring blessed less." "Hop? for the best, get ready for the w< rst and take whatever Provi? dence ?eeds." "Most of the shades of life me produced by standing in our own sunshine." ? Hmcrson. "As the sun lighten-, the World, BO b-t our loving kindness make bright this house or mir inhabitation."?R. D ste\ enson. "Sweet is the memory of departed friends Like the mellow rays of the declining SUn, it falls tenderly and yet steadily on the b art " ?Tle ie |s nothing that a Ulan thinks of, as he looks back, with any satis? faction! exe.pt some service to his fellow-nan some strengthening end helping a human soul." Phillips Hrooks. Farm and Fireside, Patten, Ihs Chicago speculator, has qualified as a quitter. JUDGE GARY URGES THE CRE? ATION OF A PUBLIC SENTI? MENT AGAINST CRIME. Tells of How Crime Has Been Stopped at Other Places?Hits "Straw Bonds*1 and Bondsmen Hard?Num? ber Of Matters Touched on by Grand Jury In Their Presentment. The presentment <?f the Grand Jury for the spring term of court for Sumter County, 1913, was made to Judge Ernest Clary just before court adojurned for dinner Thursday and was the Cause of a scathing criticism of "straw bonds" and those dealing in this class of bonds for criminals by Judge Gary. Judge Gary comment? ed on matters mentioned in the pre? sentment and various other matters referring to the need of the creation of a public opinion for law and order and the desire for the punishment of criminals. He stated that unless pub? lic sentiment backed the courts and Officer! of the law in what they did to bring criminals to justice, there was no need for the courts and officers. The Grand Jury had done Us duty when it returned a true bill and it was then left to the petit jury to re? turn a verdict in accordance with jus? tice. He referred to the matter of per? sons giving bonds for criminals for remuneration, saying that these "straw bonds" wa re not as good as the person's own recognizance, which in som? cases had been taken by magistrates as sufficient for releas? ing criminals after a preliminary. He bad never heard of the bond being collected in a single case. He re? ferred to the fact that farmers, es? pecially large farmers, made a habit of hiring lawyers to defend their hands and giving bond for them when they were arrested, indicating by his comments that many criminals in this way escaped justice. "I am not after blood," he said, "as some seem to think, but I want to see justice firmly and rigidly enforced." Public sentiment against crime, he stated, was the only thing which could prevent crime. He told of several in? cidents in other counties of the State, where crime had been stopped by the creation* of a public sentiment against it and urged his hearers to work for such a sentiment in the minds of the people here, a senti? ment in favor of punishing criminals for their crimes. He made a number of caustic re? marks concerning "blind tigers," whom, he said, this court "had on the run." He referred to them as the greatest of social evils and the most harmful of criminals in the State. Judge Gary's remarks were heard With the most profound attention and seemed to arouse a feeling for bet? ter condition! socially in the minds of his hearers. The presentment of the Grand Jury was as follows: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Sumter County. To His Honor, Judge Ernest Gary, Presiding Judge, Spring Term, Court of General Sessions, 1913. Your Grand Jury beg leave to sub? mit the following la-port for the Spring Term court of General Ses? sions, 1913: We have passed upon all bills of Indictment handed us by the Solici? tor, with as much dispatch as in our Judgment the separate cases demand? ed. YVe desire to thank Your Honor for the magnificent charge you gave us on the first day of court, and we feel sure that the same will result in much good in Sumter County, our only regret being that all of the citizens and taxpayers in Sumter County could not have heard same. Y'our Honor made reference in this (barge to the crowded condition of the Sessions Docket. Y'our Grand Jury desires to inform Your Honor that it Is not responsible for such a condition of affairs. If it is a result of not being able to have witnesses attend court, we suggest that the pro? cess of the law be Invoked to remedy this evil, and if there is no adequate h medy provided by law, that the matter be referred to the legislature, so that laws can be enacted that will meet tins condition of affairs. If we are not mistaken in our observations, wo. tbink that one of the causes can be laid at the doors of the defendant's attorneys, In rcquetstng the court to allow continuances of cases that have been returned by the Grand Jury. We are of the opinion that these continu? ances should not bo so easily obtain? ed. W< recommend thai In all cases wie re a continuance has been granted, on account of the absence from court of the defendant, that the Solicitor Immediately institute proceedings to have the bond of such defendanl es? treat* d Your Grand Jury hopes thai Your Honor will understand our position in this matter; we know thai an evil ex? ists, and our only desire is to remedy the same. We do not Know where the trouble lies; if we did, we would certainly bring it to Your Honor's at? tention. After Investigation, your Grand Jury is of th< opinion that more facilities for the handling of the criminal cases throughout the Coun? ty should be given to the rural po licemen and magistrates, and to that end, we recommend that the County Hoard of Commissioners have erect? ed at Wedgefleld, Dal/a ll, and Shiloh, guard houses to he used by the mag? istrates and constables in the secur? ing of prisoners awaiting trial. Un? der the present system, the prisoners have to be brought to Sumter, placed in jail, awaiting a preliminary, when said preliminary is held, the prisoner has to be returned to the magistrate. We think this arrangement will be of great benefit to these officers. We recommend that the cost of these buildings do not exceed $75 each. Your Grand Jury desires to endorse the action of the County Board of Commissioners, in asking the legisla? ture to make an appropriation for the improvement of the jail property. Your Grand Jury will, during the year, make a thorough examination of the different county effices, as well as the different county institutions, and make a report of their lindings at a future term of thia court. ' Thanking Your Honor and all court odieials for courtesies extended. LIQUOR DILL PASSES HOUSE right to Get Webb Measure Up Suc? ceeds Alter Lively Fight Against It ?Special Rule Avoided. Washington, Feb. 11.?By a viva voce vote the house late today re? ported the Webb bill to prohibit the shipment of Intoxicating liquors into "dry" States as it passed the senate yesterday and thereby removed a par? liamentary obstruction which threat? ened to delay its Anal passage until another session of congress. The fight to get the bill into the house under a special rule broke dur? ing the afternoon. There was a liv ly opposition to it and a spirited tight on the part of its supporters to manoeuvre the measure into a posi? tion where it could be voted upon ahead of the big supply bills. Although the parliamentary experts had thought earlier In the day that a special rule would be required to get the bill before the house again, Rep? resentative Clayton of Alabama called the measure up under a l ule permit? ting the house to consider without reference to a committee any bill pass? ed by the senate which is substantially the same as one that has been re? ported by a house committee. Republican Leader Mann and Rep? resentative FitSgerald made a point of order against the bill, contending it did not come within the rule be? cause it was not on the house calen? dar, had a senate number instead of a house number, and was not sub? stantially the same as the Webb bill as originally introduced. Speaker Clark overruled the points of order and the bill was passed with? out debate or division. ANOTHER STATE INSTITUTION. John de la How Home for Children to be Established in Abbeville. Columbia, Feb. 13.?The house agreed last night to establish the John de la How Industrial school for destitute children in Abbeville coun? ty, between Abbeville and Mc Cormlck, about four miles from the line of the Charleston & Western Carolina railroad. The bill was introduced by Mr. Mitchum of Clarendon, providing for the establishment of a home for des? titute children by the State and ap? propriating $20,000 for this purpose. Mr. Mitchum's bill was amended by Mr. Moore to enable the State to take advantage of the bequest made to It by Dr. John de la How in 179S which comprises 1,800 acres of land and a sum of money amounting now to about $2r>,000. The house readily agreed to adopt Mr. Moore's amend? ment which provides for an additional appropriation of $10,000 for the John de la How home, the election of five trustees to make rules for the man? agement of the home which will bo open to destitute children. a recent decision of the supreme court demoves all doubl as to the availability of the de la How bequest for the purposes provided. Ladies Entertain at Box Party. The cirls* Society of the Trinity Methodist Church entertanled some of He ir friends Tuesday evening at a bos party, which proved most In? teresting and an enjoyable affair. The entertainment was given at the resi? dence Of Mrs. L. M. Knight and was for the benefit of the church. Alter other enjoyable features the boxes which were furnished by young ladles of the society were auctioned <UT to the young men, Who then pro? ceeded with the partner they obtained with the purchase of the bos to In vestlgate and sample the dainty con tents. NUMBER OF CASES' CALLED AM) DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY. Court Makes Good Progress ami Many Cases Dispatched?True Dills Returned by Grand Jury?Sentence Passed upon Those Convicted. Several cases were disposed of Monday afternoon and Tuesday morn? ing in the Court of General Sessions the most important being that of th< State vs. O'Nell Jackson, charge J With murder. Jackson was found guilty with recommendation to me:cy; sentence has not yet been passed. The negro whom Jackson killed. Marcus Green, way proved to have used a knife in the difficulty with Jackson and this fact probably was the means of saving Jackson a dcah sentence. The case of the State vs. C. Sadler for assault of a high and aggravated nature which wras being tried when court recessed for dinner Monday re? sulted in a verdict of not guilty. Charles Lane, charged with violation of prohibition law was found guilty and given a chain gang sentence of 1 months. In the case of the State vs. Bossie Brand for larceny of a bicycle the defendant plead guilty and was sen? tenced to serve 6 months on the ( hang gang. T. O. Sanders, charged with dis? posing of property under lien was found guilty. True bills returned by he grand jury Tuesday were as follows: Isaiah Goodman, Olivia Goodman, West Middleton and Wesley Black well, housebreaking and larceny; Julius Wilson housebreaking and larceny. No bill was returned in the case of the State vs. Robert Mack for ob? structing the railway. In the Court of General Sessions now in session for Sumter county, go< d progress was made Tuesday and Wednesday and at present it seems that many of the old cases as well as most of the new ones will be dis? posed of before court adjourns. Those cases heard Tuesday after? noon and Wednesday and results are as* follows: Charlie Jackson plead guilty to housebreaking and was sentenced to serve a period of eighteen months on the county gang. Julius Williams also plead guilty to housebreaking and larceny and was sentenced to one year at hard labor. J Grant Hays, larceny of live stock, failed to appear for trial upon being called and a bench warrant was is? sued for him. A ride to show cause was also issue I against his bonds? men. Isaiah Gooden, Olivia Gooden, West Middleton and Westley Blackwell were arraigned on the charge of house breaking and larceny. Middleton and Blackwell plead guilty and were sen t( need to one year at hard labor each. Th" case against Isaiah ami Olivia Gooden was nol prossed. Geo. Stephens was tried for house breaking and larceny and found guilty. He was sentenced to serve two years at hard labor. Bees B. James, violation of pro? hibition law, continued. Henry James was tried in his ab? sence and found guilty of assault and battery With intent to kill. His sen? tence has not yet been made known. Geo. Smith plead guilty to assault and battery with intent to kill and was sentenced to servo a sentence of one day in jail. He had already been in jail a long time. Bossie Brand, larceny of bicycle, plead guilty and was sentenced to serve six months at hard labor. A sealed sentence was left in the case of T. O. Sanders, who Tuesday was found guilty of disposing of property under lien. Sanders was tried in his absence. The following bills were returned by the grand jury: Robert Robinson, housebreaking ami larceny, no bill. Julius Williams, housebreaking and larceny, true bill. Geo. Stephens, housebreaking and larceny, true bill. Good progress was made in the General Sessions Court Wednesday And Thursday and a number of cases were dispatched. Several of those against w hom charges had been filed plead guilty and were sentenced by Judge Gary, who stated daring the day that he would haul every possible .it to the grand jury and the Soli? citor in eradicating crime and pun? ishing criminals. The following were arraigned and plead guilty and senb nces pron >unc i d \<\ Judge t Sary: Geo. Roe, burglary and larceny, phad guilty, sent,need to two years at hard labor. Lawrence Simmons phad guilty to housebreaking and larceny and re? ceived a sentence of three montha The following cases wa re tried: Cat l ie Ramsey, alias Mattie Wright, tried in absence for violation of the prohibition law and found g b-nch warrant was issued for Bet rest. Julius Williams irag found guilty of burglary and larceny with rec? ommendation to mercy and was giv? en a sentence of three years. Cary Mack Lowry was tried for larceny of live stock and found guilty. He .was sent^m ed to serve on the chain gang for one year. Henry Janu s was tried for assault and battery with intent to kill and .vas found guilty of assault and bat? tery of ? high and aggravated na? ture. He was sentenced to a period of four months on the gang. The following bills were returned by the grand jury: T. L. Northcutt, obtaining goods by false pretense, true bill. John Turner, violation of prohibit? ion law, true bill. Caleb Conyers, violation of prohib? ition law, true bill. John Butler, larceny of live stock, true bill. John Ballard, assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying con? cealed weapons, true bill. John Williams, carrying concealed weapons, true bill. The case against G. H. Burgess for obtaining goods by false pretense was nol prossed by the Solicitor. Felder Atkinson, arson, continued. Moma Wilson, alias James Wilson, murder, continued. Abe Sanders and Boozier Dozier, housebreaking and larceny, nol pross? ed by the Solicitor. Bench warrants were issued for Emily Haile, Sallie Osbourne and Grant Hayes in the case of the State vs. Grant Hayes for violation of the prohibition law. The grand jury made a special pre? sentment in returning a bill against John Williams for carrying conceal? ed weapons. Williams had not been indicted for this offense, but stated before the grand jury that he had the pistol at the time of a difficulty with another person and the indictment was made out and a true bill returned. The presentment of the grand jury was then read and Judge Gary made some very interesting comments on it and concerning the creation of public sentiment against crime and for the bringing of criminals to jus? tice. Am B. C. Club Enjoys Banquet, The A. B. C. Club, American Book Culture club, was enjoyably entertain? ed Monday evening at a banquet at the Claiemont Hotel arranged by th? male members of the cub for the la dies. There were no toasts, but th< evening was most delightfully spent A five-course supper was serve< which, of course, was the feature o the evening. Heretofore the club ha? rnet every two weeks at the homes of the female members, who have acted as hostesses. This occasion was gotten up by the male members, who acted as hosts. The committee in charge, of which Mr. C. S. Anderson was chairman, arranged a most suc? cessful and pleasing affair. Those present were: Chaperones, Dr. and Mrs. S. C Baker; Misses Claudia Eraser, Annie Purdy, Emma Baker, Beatrice Sumter, Jennie Chandler, Mary Purdy, Margaret Bryan; Messrs. C. S. Anderson, S. M. McLeod, W. M. Scott, J. C. Bryan, C. H. Wilson, James Cuttino, H. A. Mo? ses. Real Batate Transfers. Sarah Emma James to Leila May James, 275 1-2 acres known as Brad? ley Home place, $9,000. W. B. Lynam to P. M. Parrott and McCallum Realty Co., Interest in lot on Liberty street, $200. J. H. Morse to P. If. Parrott, inter? est to lot on Liberty street $95.00. J. H. Johnson to McCallum Realty Co., interest in lot on Liberty street, $75. W. B. Lynam to P. IL Parrott, in? terest in lot on Liberty street, $100. G. R. Barringer to McCallum Real? ty Co., interest to lot on Liberty stTOOt, $90. Mary P. Field to D. It. McCallum, Jr., one-half interest to lot on Oak? land avenue, $10.00. C. S. Williams to J. W. Moultrie, two lots on Manning public road, $1, 200. Xeill O'Donnell, trustee to L. Ar? thur O'Neill, Jr.. Tourney Block and three other lots on Main street, $1.00. SUMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected daily by Ernest Field, Cot? ton Buyer. Sumter, Feb. 13. Good Ma. lltng 11 1-2. Strict Middling 12 S-t. Middling 12 l-i. st Low M Iddllng Ii 7-S. i ..'\\ middllng ii l-i. Staple cotton, nominal. M \\ YORK i OTTOX M 1RKET. N? w York. Feb. 11, Opening Close. March.12.51 12.54