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UCIlfTY OF MANSLAl'UHTKH. OreenrtlV Jury Reaches Verdict Af? ter Being Out All Night. Sentence* Are Pmaaed Greenville. March 20 ?After being out alt night the Jury ?ellberatlng upon the case of W S Chadwick, ac? cused of murdering Depute Sheriff Lindsay at Dunean mill on October 5. last, returned a verdict of man ^daughter thi* mornliiK JmUe Me Vor? sentenced Chadwick to spend 15 years In the-8tate penitentiary. Judge DeVore also sentenced Tol hert Pjttman and William Forrester to life Imprisonment, these two white men having been convicted of mur? der agd recommended to the mercy of the oesaru Forrester and Plttman were convfbted of murdering James Bruce at his home near Oreer several weeks ago. James Qowan. s negro was sen? tenced to death in the electric chair for the slaying of his brother-in-law. James Oulton. The negro's attorney appealed for a new trial on he ground thet MJ? client had not had adequate representation at the trial. The Judge refused (he motion but said he would recommend a communtation of sen? tence te life imprisonment, f CHAHfcnt ? r COMMERCE NOTES. < taigreawmaa Lover u> Speak Hen* April is? it. it. t/ardaman also C?JggjMSj "? ? BgegtUrn for Directors. Hogf Asbury f Lever, member of congress and chairman of the house eomm%tee rm agriculture, has writ? ten the) secretary of the Chamber of Commerce aceep n* the invitation to deliver* an address In Sumter on the evening of April 16th. Mr. Lever re? grets very much that he will be un? able tg^epcek in Sumter on Sumter Countg School Day. April 17, as he has ag engagement in Floience for that ernte. Mr.,Hen R. Vardaman. associate edttoiyof The Merchants Trade Jour? nal, of Des Mot nee, Iowa, will deliver one oft bis brilliant lectures In Sum? ter frgffn the eame auditorium on the evenltgg of Mr. Lever's address. 'ardamnn will remain over and the farmers, patrons, trustees. and pupils of the rural on County School Day. aChamber of Commence com Messrs O. A. Lemmo'i. D. R. McCejfum and J. Z. Hearon. are at jajrk: trying to secure th? necessary stock to put the Parrott Mil mpany plant into operation Ol? addition of a flour mill, And j Increased brn rapacity for storing j grain* Thg* business men of Sumter and the 0pmter banks are vitally Interest? ed In? the furnishing of ample mar? keting and manufacturing facilities for eprn. wheat, and oats in Sumter this tmmmer and fall. Very little time |s left to Install the wheat mill If Sugater expects to be ready to handft the wheat business so that wheat can be turned Into cash by the farme/s who do their trading and banking business In Sumter. Thg County Supervise and Board of cgunty Commissioners will please thousands of farmers and consumers If they will build that curb market shed V>n the vacant county lots. VICTIM of I'lSTOL FIGHT. Peggdand. March lt.?J. D. Wal? lace, aged 65. one of the men wounded in the pistol battle on the streets of PagefAnd Msrch 13. died of his in Jurleg st a Charlotte hospital early thia morning. The body was brought hereof/might und the funeral will be held tomorrow. The i coroner's Jury, after an In? quest, held Walter Arant for the killing and he was taken to Jail at Chesterfield. Application for ball for Arartt* and lor Sheppurd West, held in Ja.il for killing Wesley Arant In the same affray \\dl be made at J once Wallace who was thought to be seriously wounded In the battle which j arose out of the trial and acquittal of one of the Wests for violation of a labor contract, was taken to Char? lotte the day the battle oecurn d. At rlr**t his chances neemcd good and he was report* d to be making pro grees toward recovery, linte yester? day. however, there cume u turn for the t/orse and early this morning came the ? nd making the aeeond fa tality. The others Injure*! In the at fray will recover. The bedy was brought home from ''harlotte tonight. Tnmorow the fu? neral BiN be held at the lub. rty Hill Chur Wallace leaves a wife and six chil? dren,., four daughters and IWC SOSS* The coroner emp?>o b I g Jury and helrf an Inquest aa soon as the body readhed Pagcland The venlict WaJ The' J D VVaileos eagas to his deagn throush gunshot wounds at the han?s >f W?lker Arant Sheriff Douglas. who attended the inqgest. at once took Arant Into cus rorg| and carried him le ChsetsrHsld. Tngfe th?? prisoner wa* lodged in all g|gfl| ^ Ith Shepp ird We.: ,tso held for homicide In connection with the futil pistol battle. TORPFDoid WITHOUT W \HM\(i. British sit'iimt i Ulcnartncy sent to Bottom by Submarine?One of Crew Drowned. London, March 18.?The British steamer Olenartney of Glasgow was torpedoed today off Beachy Head by a German submarine, which gave no no? tice of her intention. In the scramble for boats one of the crew was drown? ed; the others, numbering 40, several of whom were Injured, were picked up by a steamer and landed ut New Haven. The Olenartney. which was of 3,30? tons register, was bound from Bang? kok, Slam, for London with 8.000 tons of rice. WiKl IN A. C. L. YARD. Four fertilizer Cars Left Track and Two Overturned in Central Freight Yard. From The Daily Item, March 22. A bad freight wreck occurred In the Central Road freight yard this morning about 6 o'clock, four cars filled with fertilizer left the truck, two of them being overturned. The wreck Is supposed to have been caus? ed by an open switch. No one was injured. The Wrecking train was sent for and arrived from Florence at about 10.30 o'clock and at once set to work to replace the cars on the track and to repair the damage which was done. The cars were pretty badly damaged and the track was torn up for some distance. COTTON DISFVTES NOT SETTLED. Secretary of Agriculture Can Decide Some Point*, Ills Ruling: Being I Vi ma Facie Evidence. Washington, March 19.?Disputes arising between parties to contracts involving delivery of cotton under the federal futures act will not be de? cided by the internal revenue bu? reau according to a decision today by Acting Commissioner Gates. In a letter published by the treas? ury department Mr. Gates points out that the bureau is interested in a contract only to see that it conforms with the futures act and that disputes involving the obligations in such cases are matters for the courts or the par? ties to settle. The onlv exception Is a disagree? ment as to the grade, quality or length uf staplo of the cotton involved, which may be determined by the socretary of agriculture, whose findings wtll he prima racie evidence in court. The letter points out, however, that the rules of a cotton exchange made a part of a future contract may pro? vide that cotton involved be inspected and classified by the exchange before tender Is made. Such rules, neverthe? less, can not abrogate the right of either party, if dissatisfied, to tender cotton on his own notice and get the case before the secretary of agricul? ture for determination of grade, qual? ity of length of staple. CLEAN YOl'NU SPORTSMEN. Florence Times lValses Sumter Base? ball Team. The Florence Times comments as follows on the Sumter High School baseball team, which played there Friday afternoon against the Florence High School team: "In a rather loosely played game of baseball yesterday the Sumter High School baseball team defeated that of Florence by a score of lf? to 5. The Sumter team hit their stride along about the sixth inning and while they had the Florence boys well up In the air, started the scoring ma? chine. Up to the sixth inning it was anybody's game. The entire Sumtei team was In superb physical training and showed the effect of tho well or? ganized system they have over there. It cp.1 be truthfully said that there Is ? i cIimium' set ol litt lr gentlemen playing in High School Athletics than the teams sent out to represent tin Sumter High School. For Sumter the entire team played well with Flowers at third base as the shining star. This lad played way above anything >et seen on the local diamond in both in Iding and hitting. The Florence boys lack practice and physical condition. They seem to In k the Speed and vim necessary to win any athletic contest, and entirely Ii o gules' to give up. Thin condition will be remedied though by hard reg? ular practice and Florence will begin to get in the winning column next Thursday and Friday when she plays M tiion and LattS respectively. How - ell pitched a fine game yesterday but his support was poor.and showed aw? ful lack of practice. Tw - alleged blind tigers were ar? rested on Saturday night by the police. Paul Speer* eras charged with trans porting whiskey lor an unlawful pur pose and Viola forden was charged with Storing it. Both wore called up in the Recorder's court and the t ? set for Frida) Monday afternoon*., respectively. FERTILIZER TRAFFIC TICKS CP. It was learned this morning that the fertilizer traffic through the city has increased considerably during the past tew days, but it is not yet nearly so great as it was at this time last year and the p?r cemtage of fertilizer handled is much smaller than last year at this time. It was also stated at the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad freight ottlce that other traffic had Increased during March to a consider? able extent over what it has been for the past few months, an indication thut conditions are nearing normal again. It was stated at the Northwestern Uoilroad of South Carolina offices that there had been quite a number of fer? tilizer cars through here recently, the road having handled probably | a hundred cars in the past two days. This showed that there would be some fertilizer handled, although not nearly so much as last year. At the Coast Line station it was learned that that road had handled through here about twenty-live per cent, of the amount of fertilizer handled through here last year up to this time. It was coming in steadily now and an extra engine had to be set to work Sunday to handle the traf? fic and it was expected to have an ex? tra engine at work at night during this week to handle the fertilizer cars in expeditious manner. The Southern road has handled about thirty to forty per cent, of the amount handled last year up to this tin.^, it Was stated at their office here. They are not expecting as much fertilizer as was handled last year. It lee mi from these reports that the fertilizer used in this community will not be more than thirty to forty per cent, of what was used last year, as the farmers will have to get in their supply within the next two weeks or so, as it will then be time to plant cotton and they will have to have it before they plant. OOV. CLOSES DISPENSARIES. Columbia, March ?0.?Pending the appointment of a new board of con? trol, Oov. Mann.ng yesterday closed all of the dispensaries in Barnwell lounty. The old board was removed several days ago. Many names have been suggested for appointment on the new board. The following letter was address? d to all of th?- dlepeuseri in Barnwell county by the governor: "Under authority of section Su<?. i orlmtiiaj odde of lilt, you are hereby immediately on receipt of this order, required to close the dispensary at -( Barnwell county, and to keep said dispensary closed until fur? ther orders from mc." The letter was addressed to the fol? lowing dispensers in Barnwell county; B. A. Best of Timers, C. D. McClen don of Fairfax, W, P. Walsh of Wil liston, D. E. Hice of Allendale, R. M. Wise of Blackville, M. C. Lee of Kline, F. M. Cave of Barnwell, S. J. Hutto of Elko, F. H. Qault Of Baldoc and B O. Bolen of Dunbarton. "The letter speaks for itself." salii Oov Manning. NAPIER IS RELEASED. Winnsboro, March II,?Following a preliminary hearing before Magistrate T. M. Lewis yesterday at Rion, at which a material witness failed to ap? pear and at the earnest request of the alleged victim's father that the case be nol prossed. providing the defendant agree to leave Rion and accept one or two other proposals, W. C. Napier, prominent Y. M. C. A. worker, who has been in the county jail since Thursday, the day of his arrest on the serious charge of at? tempting to assault a young Italian girl, was released today. Several persons residing near the j vicinity of the alleged crimo assert that Napier was the victim of a fraud on the part of the Italians of the In? dustrial community among whom the former was not so well liked. I Napier Is an American but under? stands the Italian language perfectly. Inti County S. S. Convention. Flans are on'foot to hold a splen? did County Sunday School convention at the Bethany Baptist church on April 15. The committee in Charge of place and program wleh to ask that ;?n Sunday schools of the county begin to elect delegates to this meotlng. At least two delegates aside from super Itendenl and pastor should be sent I from each school.??Leader and Vln? dies tor. Sumter Conference to Meet. BethunC, March 17. The Rumter District Conference of the Mothodlst church will convene in the Bothunr Methodist church on the 16th of April and will be in session till the 18th. Plshop Collins Denny will probably preside over the deliberations of the conference and a large number t>l preachers and laymen will he presont. The members of the Methodist church here have recently hud the If] Ids of i lie ( In.i eli building paiult GOVERNOR KEPT BUST. ? Private Secretary M<xses (lives an Idea Of The Steady Grind in the Execu? tive Ottice. From The Daily Item, March 22. Mr. Herbert A. Moses, secretary to Gov. Manning, spent Sunday in Hum ler. Mr. Moses said that he greatly enjoyed his week-ends at home after the hard work in Columbia. That it was hard there was no doubt, he said, adding that he could count on the j fingers of one hand the nights that he had not been in the office till eleven or | later. The administration was having a busy time said Mr. Moses, and the Contributing causes were various. "Why," he said "our correspondence covers all subjects, from a request from the Swedish consul general for all amendments to the State consti? tution, to appeals from lunatics at the State Hospital to have them re? leased." Appointments, said the governor's secretary, took up much time of the chief executive, as the governor considered well before making them; consequently, he believes that the ! appointees are a pretty capable set of men. "The governor's appointments," said Mr. Moses, "have been well re I ceived by the public, from all we can | gather: we hear commendations from all sources." Applications counted nothing at all with Gov. Manning, he went on to say ; in most cases an out? side man who hnd not applied at all, but who was very capable, being of- j fered the place. "Applications are annoying, and at the same me amus? ing," said Mr. Moses. "It seems that recently the coroner of Greenville county got in a row and was arrested. The next day applications for his job began coming in and have been com? ing in ever since. I have not heard of the coroner resigning. Mighty few resign. The hard times have without doubt had a lot to do with the hunt for jobs; all the time, letters come in from men who have been thrown out of employment, and are asking for work; but except for some free places that take especial training the governor of this State has very few salaried places to give out." Gov. Manning is greatly sought af? ter as a speaker, said Mr. Moses, and every day, nearly, has to refuse some invitation. He has as many engage? ments already as he could spare the time for well up into June, and could not accept anv mor< because there whs so much office work all the time. 1 "To the making of many notaries] there is no end.' sighed Mr. Metes,] saying that applications cam** in all the time; that that was one job that j had to he applied for. "Among oth ers that we have commissioned as notaries are ex-governor Ansel, and Former Chief Justice Ira B. Jones," said Mr. Moses. Keeping in touch with and consult? ing with sheriffs and magistrates oc- j cupy a good deal of the time of the executive office according to the sec? retary, and is an interesting work. The idea that a p'ublic officer is not to have any initiative is gradually being lost and they are coming to the con? clusion that it is their duty to look after things without being asked by some other party. "You know Mr. Manning is not an idler." said Mr. Moses, "and he does not expect others to be." In regard to the summons to the sheriff of Kershaw county, he said that charges of misconduct and neg? lect of duty had been preferred against him, and . that the sheriff would have to answer to them. Asked about the Charleston situa tlon Mr. Moses said "Mayor Grace's illness has delayed matters; I cannot say lore. j . .?. Moses returned to Columbia this morning. , CHECKED ON FIRST NATIONAL. Crook Who Masqueraded as Son ol Gov. Manning' Made Checks oil I Sumter Hank. Tho young man who was arrested in Charleston last week for passing fraudulent checks, representing him? self to be a son of Gov. K. I. Manning, j made the checks that got him Into trouble ?>n the First National Bank IOf this eity. He had obtained a sup? ply of the regular blank checks of the First National Bank and used them both in Alken and Charleston. As soon as the first Check came III from Alken Cashier O. U Votes noti? fied the Aiken bank that "A. D. M u ? lling" was an Impostor and tin- same notification was sent to Charleston When a check came in through bank of that city. It hah not been ascertained bow this check passer ob? tained a Hunply of First National clocks, but :?. is the supposition that he visited Sumter recently and laid In supply preparatory to his tour as the governor's son. A Salvation Army officer from the Columbia Posl is here for the week soliciting funds for ihe support ol tbe work in the Columbia territory. School districts Ilia! accept the lo? ci! compu!sor> school attendance law are forbidden by ihe law In charge a contingent fee of .m\ kind ><v descrip? i ion. WHY Hi: IS LEAVINCi MKXK <). Returns Home Bom use of Chaotic Conditions. Yokohama. March 21.?The forth? coming return to Japan of Mineichiro Adaciii, Japanese minister to Mexico, the foreign office explains, is due to chaotic conditions and the absence of a responsible government in Mexico. The secretary of the legation, the for? eign office announced, will remain in Mexico. Viola tos C>allon-a-Month Law. A negro giving his name as Taylor Dunham was arrested Saturday after? noon by Rural Policeman Boyfcin and N'ewman at Cain Savannah on the charge of violating the present liquor law, when arreeted he had in his pos? session six quarts of whiskey in a crocus sack, a gallon jug and two quart bottles. Dunham gave several names, but Anally stated that that eras his right name. He was lodged In jail. one way to PREVENT FIRES There is no doubt that the old time Sulphur Match has been the direct cause of more un? necessary fires than any other one thing. They are dangerous to have scattered around the place, especially where there are small children. You owe it to your self to lessen your fire risk and at the same time you get more matches for your money when you use our Safety MATCHES Clemson Butter Next to Clemson's famous football eleven this college is noted far and wide for its clean, sanitary dairy. You can be absolutely certain that when you get a package with the Clemson brand, you are just getting Better Butter. We sell Clemson College Butter. Let us prove to you how good it is. O'Donnell 6 Co. ?^??????????oe?+<?eeeeeee?eeeeeee< $100,000.00 CAPITAL $125,000.00 EARNED PROFITS The Fir^t National Bank OFSUMTER,S. C. Atlantic Coast Line The Standard Railroad of the South Ramifies the "Nation's Garden Spot" Through the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida FOUR FAMOUS TRAINS "NEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL" (January to April); "FLORIDA AND WEST INDIAN LIMITED, "PALMETTO LIMITED" AN D "COAST LINE FLOR? IDA MAIL." Dining Cars?a la carte service. All year round through car service from New York to both Port Tampa and Knight's Key, connecting with steam? ships to and from Havana. For beautifully illustrated booklets and copy of the "Purple Folder," address, T. C. WHITE, , W. J. CRAIG, Ger Patt. Agent, Pass. TratT. Mcr. WILMINGTON, N. C. !