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MUSIC BY BRASS BAND Rlrf RafikArifn CAt,VAJ ?V?a All Come by private conveyance, or on S. C. Ry. to Aman, and Dalzell on North Dig DaiUCtllt wviVCQ r ICC IAj ilia, western Ry. Eree conveyance from these points to property. Easy Terms:?One-third cash, balance in one, two and three years. 5 per cent, discount for cash on deferred payments. Remember Date, Friday, January 16th, Time 10:30. 3fr > We Sell Rain or Shine. Southern Realty ? Auction Co., E. M. ANDREWS, Manager - - - - Greensboro, North Carolina BIO TIMBER SALE WUI Rulid Railway Una 200 Miles Lone Through Kai bub Reserve in Arlaona. Washington. Jan. S.?The aale of a Bullion feet of standing timber from the Kalbab national forest in north Bin Ariaona, with authority for the i < nstructlon by the purchasers of 200 mlle? of railroad through one of tha richest sections of the West, was ap? proved today by 8ecreuirv Houaton. lw.is will be received up to th* mid? dle of June; then three years will be allowed for building the railway. Tim? ber will be cut gradually over a pe? riod of 2$ years. This proje? I is the m?gt gwfar'ic launched by the > r< iri t Service since it* creation Recoff (il/.tug the difficulties wv.?cb lie in the umueu u^...-., . . itlee the service decided that con? tractors ahould be allowed to con? struct a railroad connecting Colorado and Ctah with the Grand Canyon, which heretofore has been accessible only by the southern approaches. For several year a the construction of such | a road has been considered by va- j rlous capitalists, but it has been said j the lack of traffic proved an effectual barrier. It was pointed out at the department today that a contract for a billion feet of timber will overcome thia dimcultv Henry 8. Graves, chief forester, j who made a personal examination of I the Kalbab reservation, today an- j nounced that the marketing of the matured timber will not be allowed to mar the scenic beauts- of the for? est, considered to be one of the most beautiful in America. FIRE AT St'MMERTON. Half of Town Threatened by Stubborn Man* Summerton. Jan. 6?A lire, which threatened to be a very disastrous one, visited this town Saturday night. It originated in a large two-story frame building, occupied )>,- negroes, from a lamp, and soon spread to an adjoining two-story building. The only fire-fighting apparatus owned by the town, a small chemical engine and a hook and ladder truck, were quick? ly on the scene, but the lire had gain? ed such headway, funned by the algjfc wind, that the fire laddn s were unable to extinguish the blase. They did. however by hrrol-* effort*, ggvsd oth? er property, but for awhile u looked as If at least half the town would be wiped out. For an hour or more sparks and large particles of hut ring wood rained down, igniting several roofs. including) that of the Northwestern depot, hui they wen- quh kly i <tlnguis!.*d Bf UH watchers who were stationed on near* ly ev. rv roof Mad it not SB SB for tha recent rains it Is hard to estimate tin lo*S Which would have r?-suited. Iloth buildings were well insured CiOV. ULI W. AT ANDREWS. Invited hv Mayor of Town and Others to Banquet Columbia. Jan 6?Oov Blease wili leave early in the morning for Andrews. In Georgetown oountv, where he will ???? the guest g| I bag nuet tomorrow mgt.t He ffJSg ?I Ho invitation of Mu> u \V. II \gdrSWl and other of his fritiwU |g ih.if sec? tion. He expects (o he bSD k m Ml offlge Thursdsv rooming WILL NAME CAR "SUMTER." President Kenly of A. C. L. Write* Chamber of Commerce?-Hancock Will Have Stations In Short Time. Mr. J. E. Hancock, General Mana? ger of the South Carolina Western Railway has written Secretary Rear don the following letter in regard to depot accommodations between Sum? ter and Rishopvllle: "Your letter of the 16th. I beg to advise that the management Is en? deavoring to get an appropriation for the purpose and expects to erect de? pots along the line between Sumter and Bishopville in a ver short time. W| folly realize the importance of iheav fa- doing every? thing in our power to provide them promptly President J. R. Kcnly of the At? lantic Coast Line has promised to honor this city by naming one of their new dining cars "Sumter." The j following letter from President Kenly will show that he appreciates the! friendship ot* the Sumter people. Mr. E. I. Reardon, Managing Secre- j tary Chamber of Commerce, Sum? ter. 8. C. My Hear Mr. Reardon: I was delighted to receive your communication of the 19th Inst. Your words of congratulation and encouragement are very gratifying to me. and I desire to thank you, and through you, the Chamber of Com- j merce for the many kind expressions In your letter. I will bear In mind the naming of one of our dining cars "Sumter" when our next order is placed. With compliments of the season, I am, Your very truly, J. R. Kenly. Wilmington, N. C, Dec. 20, Uli, ItORRERY AT BISHOPVILLE. Sam Coudor Arrested and Lodged In Jail Charged with the Theft. News reached here Thursday morn? ing of a robbery at Blahopvllle about 9 o'clock Wednesday evening. The residence of Mrs. McLean, a widow, waM entered and between $75 and $100 were taken from a trunk in a closet in the house. A negro, Sam COMdoT. was arrested for the robbery less than half an hour artter it oc? curred by tho police, but none of the mom-y was recovered. It is stated that Mr* McLean's son and daugther had gone to visit a neighhor, leaving her and another son in the house. They heard a noise in M adjacent room and upon going to investigate saw a negro jump OUt tho window and make off. In his flight he hsd overturned a lamp and .set Iii?' ?o artlelea in the closet, which ware Mazing. After the tire was extingulsh ?d It WM found that the man had got away With i sum of money which) ! Mrs. McLean and aaff daughter bad In i I trunk in the . loset in the room. The poiuo wer.- notified and followed up what clues they had arresting Sam Condor about half nn hour later. When they went to his house his Wife not away from Ihem, hm uraa f< und Wednesday morning ?>n tin- .dre.-t l.at??r the Moodhnunils w?t,? hrought from Columbia and put on tin- trail .it Mri M Lean's residence. The) followed tin- iraeh to Condor's houee, hut of tourso he hud already been urn .ited. ARE THERE 100 LEFT Colmrnbia Correspondent Reports That Pardon Board Has Ono Hundred Petitions to Consider. Columbia, Jan. 7.?More than 100 petitions for pardon from convicts were presented to the Pardon Board this morning when it met for its quarterly session. The board will probably be in session for two days. BOY KILLS PLAYMATE. Alma Washington, Aged 10, Stabs Preston Stewart, Aged 13, to Death. Tuesday afternoon about 4 o'clock, as they were returning from school, near Brogdon st-ition, Alma Wash? ington stabbed Preston Stewart to death, the stabbing taking place as the result of a children's dlf ilculty. Almu Washington stated to the deputy sheriff that he was only ten years old, but he showed remark? able precoclousncs*. for his age, al? though he was under medium size for: that age. The boy he killed wasj only thirteen years of age. Both boys! were negroes. The two boys were playing on their Way home from school. Alma was sharpening his pencil with i small J ten cent knife he had borrowed from another of his playmates. Preston came over and attempted to take the pencil, or took it away from him. The two boys got in a scullle then and the older boy knocked the smaller boy. C nee in the head and once in the stomach, nearly srvocklng him dowtl. As the smaller boy recovered himself from the blows, ho Jabbed his opponent. The knife entered just above the heart and cut the main artery, felling Preston to the ground. Death was almost instantaneous. Coroner Flowers and Deputy Sher? iff BppgfgOII went to the scene of the killing late Tuesday afternoon and held the inquest, the verdict of the, jury being that Preston Stewart came to his death from u knife wound in? flicted by Alma Washington. The j Washington boy was brought to town' by Deputy Sheriff Epperson and i lodged In jail. Master's Sales. The following tracts of land were sold on Monday, the first salesday of the new year. Master to Leo and Moise, attorneys, 270 acres. $100. Master to Lee and Moise, attorneys, I ?in acres, $50. Master to Lee and Moise, attorneys, III acres, $4,500. Master to M. J. Frederick, attorn-1 ey, -1 acres. $100. Master to Lee and Moise, attorneys, 202 acres. $500. Master to Lee and Moise, attorneys. 12 tracts of :u, 105, is, 180 1-8, 64. 57 1-2, 80, 00, 30 1-2, 5, :i2 8-3, and interest of W. Q, Wells in 8:?2 acres, $1,000. Master to Lee and Moise, attorneys, :<o acres, $125. Master to Lee and Moise, attorneys, r.7 acres, |815. Master to Lee and Moise, attorney tract of 10 and 24 acres, $50. Master to Lee and Moise, attorneys, lot in city, $25. Quite ;? large crowd gathered at the court house Monday morning to attend the sales, which were larger than usuad tins being the first sales da> In the \? vs Year. SALARY FOR CAMPAIGN FUND. Road Engineer Tells of Queer Prac? tices In Connection with Xew York Highway Work. New York, Jan. 6.?L. L. Melius, a highway contractor, testified at the resumption of District Attorney Charles S. Whitman's John Doe in? quiry today that when he was em? ployed In the State engineer's depart? ment for three years part of his salary was held back, and he assumed it was for campaign contribution pur? poses. Melius took the stand at his own request and declared he never had voluntarily contributed to cam? paign funds. 'They u^ed just to take it out of our checks, ' Melius said. Fi* per cent of the salary was the amount deducted, he said, and that practice was continued 'two or three years; after that they used to send men around to collect." Melius said he was unable to say wheer this money went, but declared he thought it went into the general campaign fund. To the best of his recollection, he said, the practice of deducting from salaries was stopped during the second administration of j Oov. Hughes. Cornelius J. Reardon, a stone and; quarry contractor, testified that dur-! ing the administration of Gov trnor Dix he was informed, wl >n he went to Albany in the hope of getting new contracts, "that our friends must be looked after first." Reardon is a Republican. COLUMBIA COURT NEWS. Rapist Sent to the Chair?Bank CasJi ler Aequlttod. Columbia, Jan. 7.?Ruck Hill, col? ored was convicted of criminal as? sault ih the Richland court today and sentenced to electrocution on Jan? uary 30th. H. A. Simons, formerly assistant cashier of the Richland Savings Bank and Trust Company, was acquitted of breach of trust with fraudulent intent. KILLED THEIR OWN MEN". R?bels Blow up Train Believing It to Carry Federals. Mexico City, Jan. 6?A variation of the usual dynamiting incidents is re? ported from Aguas Calientes. The rebels captured a train at Kspiritu Santo, and while it was approaching La Honda, another party of rebels, believing the train carried Federals, exploded a mine. The train was blown up and eighty men were kill? ed or injured. Sheriff's Sales. The following tracts of land were sold by th?? sheriff under order of the court on aalesday: U. J. Bland vs. E. D. Peterson. L. 1>. Jennings, el al, to H. C Hayns? worth, lot on Liberty street, $100; lot in city to ii. c Haynsworth, $r>0. lot on Libert} .street, to L. I >. Jen? nings, $400; lot in town to Ii C. llaj m woi th, $ l!;itti?- i: Du Rant, administratrix, !. r. i ),i n.mt. deceased) lot on rih ' t ? ? street, $ 100. Tyre Stuckey vs. John J. Dar ;an, ct al, to H C Haynswotlh. 7 I?2 acres In Statebur? township, $64. j Bunk ot Sumter vs. Valvelesa Flush Tank company, sale of patent rights I ponding ;md roj allies, $7". BATTLE AT HULA PAHS. Federals Trying to Prevent Reinforce? ments from CliihuaJimt Reaching Ojiruigu. Presidio, Jan. 8.?Fighting is re? ported today at Mula Pass between Federals, sent from Ojinaga to stop tho approach of Gen. Villa's rein? forcements from Chihuahua, who are coming to join in the attxck on Ojinaga, The Federals claim :o have trapped the Rebels but no definite details have yet been learned It is reported that an Argentine aviator will aid the Rebels by dropping bombs into the Federal troops. GREAT MONUMENT READY. Memorial to Confederate De.td Ar? rives. Washington, Jan. t>.?The monu? ment to be erected in Arlington cem? etery for the Confederate dead there, the work of Sir Moses Ezekiel, sculp? tor, arrived in Washington today from New York and is now at the freight depot of the Baltimore & Ohio rail? road. The 22 figures are packed in 11 boxes and when the monument is erected, in Arlington it is said that it will have as its only rival in kind on ths continent the. memoral erected in Quebec lor Wolfe and Montcalm by the British government. The dedicatory exercises I'or the monument will be held in Arlington April 27. Col. Hilary A. Herbert, i'or mer secretary of the navy, will pre side and in a short address formally delivo the monmument to Mrs. Stevens of Mississippi, president general of the Daughters of the Confederancy. She in turn will turn it over to Pres? ident Wilson as the representative of the nation. Former President Taft, who ordered that a site in Arlington be set aside for the monument, will also be a speaker at the ceremonies, as will the commanders of the United Confederate Veterans and the Grand Army of the Republic. The monument will cost $50,0ta\ The models were made by Sir Moses Ezckiel in Rome and shipped to Ger? many, where the bronze castings were made. They were brought to this eouutry from Premen on board the steamship President Grant. Mr. R. M. Aman has moved back to his country home near Heriots. Mr. Aman is one of Lee county's all round good business men and a pro? gressive farmer. The confines of the town did not suit him.?Leader and Vindicator. Geo. H. Hurst UNDERTAKER AND KMBARMKB? Prompt attention to day or sigh* eaDa. AT OLD 9, D. GRAIG STAND, iff V. Main Street. Day Phone tSt Night Phone M . 'M M M M M M M M M ? M M ? M ? M M M M M M ? ? ? 4 M M ? t Opens Monday, Dec. 29th CLOSES SATURDAY JAN. 3. 1914 Xmas Saving Club AT The Bank of Sumter Q No forfeiture of pay? ments if you get behind. Join early and get in on the ground floor. i ????? 1111 ???++++~r++++ I * I * * * ? +++tt^+r