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Cbt t?rtattbman anl? >cutbron fteaared at ?w PostonV* at Humtee, K. OL, m Second ( Um Matter. ?_ - i -- ?.. PERSONAL NEWS. Hr. W. N. Rush, <?f Sardinia. spent Thursday In the city. Mr. J. M. Woodley. of Lancaster, a former resident of Sumter, was in the city Thursday. Messrs. J. P. Booth. Jr.. and Ulrle T TVelnlxrg of Mayesvlle. have gone to Charleston to attend the Citadel. Mrs. T. W. Pridgoon and little daughter. EllsatM'th. of New Berlin, ore \ tailing her sister, Mrs. Louis Dorr. Miss Julia E. Uruber of Savannah. Oa . Is visiting her sister. Mrs. W. M Folaom on K Culhoun Street. Miss Isobello Weeks, of Plnewood Is visiting Mrs. T. H Ltttlejohn. MIm Pearl King leaves this even? ing for Winthrop College. Mr. and Mrs, J. II. Shelley, of Wil? mington, N. C. have returned honte after a visit to Mr. Shelley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. 11 Shelley. Mrs. K. C. Williams and little daughter, who have been visiting Mrs. W. II. Shelly have returned to their home In Columbia. Mrs. S. W. Stubbs and childr- n hsvs returned from Waynesvllle. N. C. where they spent the summer. Mrs. A. A. Bradham has returned from a very plcusant visit to her brother. Mr. 1. H. Little in Marlon. The many friends or Mr. W. A. Orson will be sorry to know that he la estremely ill at his home ut Wl meky, Mr. B. C. Wallace returnod horn* yesterday from Portland. Mo., where he haa been for the past week In at? tendance upon the meeting of the Oreat Council of Bed Men. Mr. Wal? lace reports having a very enjoyable trip and being entertained In a de? lightful manner by the people of Portland. A sea trip and a shore din? ner or clam bake were two of the entertttlnot.-.tM given for the visitors. On the way home Mr. Wallace stop? ped off at Boston. Providence. New York and Washington for short stays to see the vsrlous points of Interest. Mr. Jasper Stowe. of Yorkvllle, No. 1. picked 4 20 pounds ,t cotton yes i ' .o hours at dinner he same place pick? ed i - pen or king all day; and s aagm on dr. Sain Beamguard* farn? pleat IM pounds.? Yorkvllle Enquirer. SHOOTING AI PINEWOOO. \K.ltO SIH M rTS TI IAIN MAST I-! It OOU ox i:xi I usio.N TRAIN. Man Fl ml Three Shots at Train. St? orni or Which Took lifted?W. A. Colo now Doing Well at Touincy Hospital?Tolls of Shooting. From the Daily Item. Sept. 18. This morning shortly after two o'clock W. A. Cole, terminal train master on the Atlantic Coast I.i;ic train at Florence, was shot by an un? known negro at Pinewood, as the train was leaving the station. Mr. Cole was brought on to Sumter, where he was tuken to the Tourney Hospital. An examination, followed by the removal of the bullet, showed that the wound was not fatal, al? though It proved very painful to the injured. The bullet entered near the center of the abdomen, passing around near the surface and indicting a tlesh wound. The shooting occurred sifter several negroes had been put off at Pinc wood. The train was the Atlantic Coast Line excursion train between Florence and Augusta. The train was crowded, but crowd hud been more than usually orderly during the trip, which had returned as far as Plno w?*.a without anything untoward to mar the excursion. Following the shooting the Sumter county authori? ties were notified and Sheriff Bradford und Deputy Kp person at or^c went down |o%the scene, although the shoot? ing had not taken place In Sumter county. At Plncwood they were un? able to secure any information at ull about the shooting or to locate any of the negroes who were present when the shooting took place. The statt->n agent, however, assured them that be had sold nineteen tiekets und that sixteen of these tickets hud been sold to negroes. He knew ea< h one of these negnies, and i.u It was one of the negroes who got off the train who did the shooting, it is thought that in time the criminal can be apprehend? ed. When seen at the Tourney Hospital today, Mr. Cole wus just finishing up his dinner. The bullet had been re niiiv(>d and he was feeling much bet? ter, although still very sore from tho wound. Mrs. Cole had been notified of the shooting and came over on the morning truin from Florence and was with him. Mr. Cole stated that he had been through the train several times and had Just remarked to another member of the crew on the orderliness of the crowd of excursionists, remarking "It looks like wo will get through without an accident.*' At Plnewood the train stopped and he had seen several negroes and two or three white men unloaded. He was stand? ing on the rear platform, when ho heard a pistol sind. This attracted his attention to that side and as the train started ami the rear of the train passed the place where the ne? groes had unloaded he SAW one of the negroes throw up his pistol ami lire in his direction. He felt the shock ami pain from the bullet and knew that he was shot. After the train had passed another shot was Iii cd. Mr. Cole stated thta he did not think that the man had fired at him, but that he merely fired at the train and he proved to he the innocent vic? tim of the shot. This opinion, he stat? ed, was strengthened by the fact that the negro had already fired 0m4 shot at tho train and Bred another after it had passed. He stated that he hoped that the man would ho caught, us he thought he should he pun Ised for such criminal Indiscriminate shooting at a train, whether he hit anyone or not. Death. News was received here Thursday afternoon of the death in New York City of Mr. Sam Powell, a son Of I'.. M. Powell of this city. The body will be shipped from New York some time today and the funeral will probably take plane some time tomorrow. The announcement of it will be made later Mr. Powell had been away from Sumter for a number of years, having enlisted in the army. His term of en? listment had recently expired, and he was spending some time in New York, when the accident occurred whic h caused his death. As he got off a street car he w.t.-- r in 1 1 . by an au? tomobile and ,; Injuries sustained caused his death some time later. Preaches Two Good Sermons. The Rev. \V. B, Thayer of Chester conducted services at the First Hap tist Church Sunday morning and even? ing and preached two very interesting and instructive sermons to large and attentive audiences, the audience at night In fact being so large that the Sunday school department had to be opened to make room. Dr. Thayer made a deep impression upon his hearers who will be glad to hear him and give him a warm welcome when? ever ho comes tier * in future. Mr. F. W, Josey, of Summerton. spent Sunday in the city. '?lH V \ BALK" MOVEMENT. Mr. .!. II. Wooten, Bumtcr Itcprc HOntatlVO ol* Morris ?VL Co.. Notified That Iiis L inn Will Buy 90,tMMJ Bales. Morris ?t Co., of Chicago and St. Louis, one of tho groat packing houses of tho country, Who do a very large business throughout the South, with warehouses and representatives in all of the large centers in the cotton States, have joined the "Buy a Halo" movement. They have notified their representative they will buy not less than 20,000 hales at 10 cents a pound, this number to be pro rated among their representatives in pro? portion to the volume of business done annually in their respective ter? ritories. This is the largest number of bales thus far pledged by any one firm to.join the buy a bah? movement. The example of Morris & Co., will un? doubtedly have great* influence upon other big firms doing business in the South and the "Buy a Bale" move? ment will be immensely strengthen? ed. If all the great packing houses should do as much as Morris ft Co., many thousand hales of distress cot? ton would he withdrawn from the market and spot buyers for the mills and exporters would be forced to pay at least ten cents to obtain any cotton at all. Mr. J. H. Wooten, who represents Morris & Co., in this city stated today that he had not been informed as to the number of bales he is to buy for the account of his firm, but he is sat? isfied it will be not less than one hun? dred bales. He will arrange to store this cotton and as soon as be has definite instructions will take steps to buy too cotton on the local market. CAXDY MAKER BUYS A BALE. Iloaron's Receives an Order for Cotton from Famous Candy Co. .1. Z. Hearon, of Iloaron's Phar? macy, has received an order from Johnston's, Milwaukee, famous mak? er of Johnston's candies to "Buy a Bale" for this company. Iloaron's Pharmacy enjoys the distinction of being rated as i "No. 1" store when it comes to sales of Johnston's in the South, and the Johnston Company state that they are only too glad to invest in some Sumter county cotton. r*tTr*vtormnn and Mreetor, of Phila a bale ;hrough IfcurOti. ' sonville, M \\ sinn \ r i'Ki\ \ i i J. f\ Hirers Wound- Krre%'otl Hoe in Rillicidt \ on l '<u inn 's Place. Prom The Daily Item, Sept. is. This morning' about !?? o'clock .1. (\ lingers, a young rarincr living near Privateer, shot Bcreven Decs, a share? cropper on his place. The shooting occurred In s difficulty caused by or? ders given Dees by Hogers us to the ginning of the former'** cotton. The hallet struck Decs near the center of the forehead, but its seriousness had not been determined up to two o'clock today. information concerning the shoot? ing could not be obtained this morn ing, except. In a meagre way. Rogers telephoned Sheriff Bradford imme? diately after the shooting and deputy Epperson was sent out to his home, about seven miles from town, f<>r him. He found that lingers had made arrangements to come into town and give himself up and he was allowed to do so without being arrested. Mr. Rogers in his s1 dement to Deputy Epperson said that there had been some words between himself and Decs, and Decs, who is a large man, jumped on him and tried to choke him. Decs' son was also en? deavoring to get to him with a knife. Under these circumstances he had drawn his pistol and tired at Dees, the hall striking him In the fore? head. Hogers had Immediately left, when Dees fell. Hogers is small in stature. Dees was brought to the Touiney Hospital by his son ami was able to get out of the buggy and walk to the building without assistance it is re? ported. He was examined by Dr*,Hol man, who found no indications that the bullet was pressing on the brain. He then decided to wait until thf blood could be Cleaned Off and Dees head shaved before he made a fur? ther examination. ?r. Holman stat? ed that lie could not say whether the would was serious until he made a ful'er examination. The examination by Dr. Holman showed that one of Dees' lingers hud been bitten, an indication hearing out Rogers' statement of the encounter. Death of An Infant. PaXVille, Sept. 17.?Grace. the seven-months-old child of the Rev. and Mrs. M. J. Kyzor, died In Sunder last Saturday. The remains were in? terred in the town cemetery Sunday afternoon( 3 o'clock. The Rev. Mr. Oordan of the Summerton Baptist church conducted the services. \itm> .Ali?'KW. .lim Mont.:? . ...vd. Charged With st enling Male anil Baggy. From The Daily Hem, Bent. It, Jim Montgomery, eolored, was ar? rested yesterday afternoon by Sheriff Bradford on the charge <?f stealing a mule and buggy and is h*>lng hold pending further Investigation. Mont? gomery tried t<> sell the mule and buggy for $150 to Mr. J. II. .Myers at his store "nice miles west of town yesterday afternoon. Later he came down to $75 and then to $'.0. Those he was trying to sell the mule and buggy to became suspicious and no? tified the sheriff, who went out to Myers' store and arrested Montgom? ery on suspicion. He advertised In The Columbia State for information of the mule and buggy and received u telegram from Chief W*. C. Cat heart at Columbia this morning saying that Jim Hodgers. of Durha n, N. C., wanted informa? tion of the vehicle and mule. He h ts not yet heard from Hodgers. When arrested Montgomery told several different tales of how be came by the team, saying first that bis mother had owned it for two years. Later he said that he had left Co? lumbia w ith fifty mules and horses and bad sold all the Others, sending the money for them back to Columbia as be sold them, which was the reason why he did not have the money with him. His Last Meal|g| Mfo- I| The Botanical If as. 315 Race St.. PI ?if , WE WILL GIVE YOU 10c Lb. FOR YOUR COTTON 4 Realizing the necessity for the Farmers to get 10 Cents per pound for their cotton, and being anx? ious to do all in our power to help the present situation, we make the following proposition: Until October 15th, We Will Buy from Each of our Custo? mers That Raise Cotton, ONE BALE AT TEN CENTS PER POUND, > Proceeds to be Applied to their Accounts or Accepted in Trade < ?e <[ If your account amounts to less than the proceeds of a bale of cotton at 10c we will credit your ac? count in full and allow you to trade the balance. C| If you are not a customer of ours, and want to buy a bill of clothing, hats shoes and furnishings, bring us a bale, and we will be glad to accept iC at 10c pound and sell you gooo j that are as good values as are obtainable. <i This offer lasts until October 15th. we therefore advise you to act at onco L you desire to lake ad? vantage of it, Call and see us and let us talk it over with you. 13he SUMTER CLOTHING COMPANY