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COURT MIKES PROGRESS. ft AI II KM PtnT* M)IM) Gl I1TV ol M WSl.U GllTruR. Tsto Murder Case* Set for TliurMluy ?largo InmiH i of True Hills Ro inrn* ,i my (.1 ui.i Jury and Severn I Prtsom r llrad Guilty From Ths Dally Item. June 29. Court hma made good progress In the peat two days, having completed one murder ease, disposed of a large t.?mber of plena of guilty and henrd several other rases of leas Interest. The case of Rachel Potte enme to aa end lete laat bight, when the Jury returned ? verdict of manslaughter, after being out for several hours. In the trial at ? former term of court the case resulted In a mistrial. Delia Wesks and Fruncea Weeks were arraigned on the charge of mur eer and plead not guilty. The court appointed John B. DuflUa and Ray* men Hchwerts. Keqa.. aa attorneys for tha two women and the case waa set for Thursday. ^ The following from tha clerk s s ites shows what has been done Monday and Tuesday morning: Delia Weeks and Frances Weeks, murder, true bill. ( McKelver Cuttlno. violation of dis? pensary law. true bill. Adelaide Bovd. vlolstlon of dispen? sary law. true bill. Thoe. N. Miller, obtaining goods by false pretense, true blM. John Reed, transporting alcoholic liquors, true bill. 8am Logan. Jr.. grand larceny, true Mil. Ernest Ford, housebreaklng and at? tempt at house-breaking, true bill as te attempting house-breaking. Theo Brown, grand larceny, true mil R. U Peeblea obtaining goods by fares pretenses, true bill. R. 1?. Psebles, obtaining goods by false pretenses, true bill. Providence Anthony, disposing of property under Hen. true bill. Edward Dlckson. larceny of bicycle. *se bill. Jsmee Hloka house-breaking and htrcsny. true bill. George Ellerbe. larceny of bl cs/cle. no bill. Robert Ramsey, unlawful traffic In seed cotton, no bill. Jesse Tucker, assault and battery with Intent to kill, no bill. Uadsden McFadden. din posing of property under Hen. no Mil Marlon McAIIston. disposing of gesjperty under Hen. remanded to see gist rats. James Hicks, arraigned and plead failty on charge of house-breaking and larceny, sentenced to thirteen months on gsng. John Reed, transporting alcoholic Manors, arraigned and plead guilty, sentenced to three month es on the shslngang. or pay a fine of $100, sen? tence suspended during good be ha? rter. James Green, tried for house breaking and larceny, \erdlct of ?tell'/ *ith recommendation to mercy, on plea of guilty being entered by defsndsnt. sentenced to five years on fang. Mosa Wlnn. Jr.. plead guilty to charge of house-breaking, sentenced te reformatory at Ijcxlngton for one year end three monthes. Robert Orant and Kdgar Rees, ar? raigned on charge of murder and trial set for Thursday. MaJI I>a\ls. house-breaking and tarcear. plead not guilty on arraign? ment. The case was heard und a sen? tence of guilty was returned and the prisoners sentenced to four years on the chalngang of Sumter County. Thso Brown was arraigned on the charge of grand larceny and plead fetlty She was gl\en a sentence of three years In the penitentiary. Ernest Ford, attempted hous, breaking and larceny, urralgned and plead guilty, given two years ln re? formatory at l^exlngtoo . The case of l.ueuls Mnssard. Dos ste Italian! ami Arthur Philips. Mouse-breaking and larceny, wss next celled and upon arralmwneut Hoh SJe I Im I la r i | Lid gulltv and LiicIum Vrisaard and Arthur Phillips pi, , | not guilty This ease w i > on.- wbei.* the defendants wer? alleged to have broken Into tho Southern Kxpress Co. offices In the city of Surnter gad stolen a quantity of stuff It was in progress when ssaajgej wus taken for dinner. The Sessions c-nirt continued to make good progress Tuesday after noon ind Wednesday, the ras?, nuatnst ftftssio Mallard Arthur Phillips and Ductus Mosstird for house, hrcn kite] snd larcenv basins been complet? I end other cssss having been disposed of by pb-.i* of v ullls \<\ the defend snts and sentences bei nit Imposed by the eonrf Tbe grand Jury turned In a Inrue number of bills on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday, completing tin n work on Wednesday morning an I handing In their presentment, which wss received by l he eotirt. who ron gratulated them on their apparent In tsrest in the uftalrs oX the counl>. Pro La id.\ more true bills have been fCjtsjfSjsd at this term of court by th?^ grand Jury tiian at any term in recent year?*. Alter the reading of the pro sentiiH'iit, the members of the grand Jury were given their pay vouchers and the Jury was dismissed for this term of court. Wednesday the case against Bos sie Italian!. Arthur Phillips and Lu? cius Bussard was completed. They , were being tried for house-breaking1 |ind larceny, It being alleged that they R id SSttSrsI the Southern Express con. ?any ofllce anil stolen a quantity of whiskey and a pistol. Bossle Pal lard plead guilty and a verdict was found to that effect against him. The court directed a verdict o? not guilty aa to Arthur Phillips, and a \erdlct of not gul)ty was returned as to Lucius Rossnrd. The following pleas of guilty were entered and sentences Imposed as follows: Monk J. Mcltea, plead guilty to charge of larceny of live stock, a hog of William Naron. and was given one year on the gang and a fine of $1.00. Eddie Washington plead guilty to the charge of assault and battery with Intent to kill, accepted as assault and battery of a high and aggravated I nature, and was given three years in the State reformatory ut Lexington. Edward Pdckson, plead guilty to larceny of bicycle, and was given eighteen months on the i ing. ftossie Italian! was sentenced to twenty months on the gang on plea of guilty to charge of house-breaking and larceny. Herbert Smith plead guilty to lar oeny of live stock, a horse belonging to Solomon Klrby, and was given three yecrs on the gang. Edward Keith plead guilty to vio? lation of dispensary law and was given a sentence of three months on gang or a line of $100. The following bills were returned by the grand Jury on^ Tuesday after? noon and Wednesday morning: James Montgomery, failure to sup? port minor child, no bill. Eugene Pinckney, assault and bat? tery with Intent to kill, no bill. Josh Johnson, transporting alcohol? ic liquors, true bill. Sarah Muldrow, vlolatlnn of dispen sary law, true bill. Chloe Brown, unlawful traffic la seed cotton, true bill. Herbert Smith, larceny of live stock, true bill. James Sanders, unlawful traffic in *e?M| cotton, true bill. Oeurge Brown, breach of trust with I fraudulent irtent, true bill. H. L B. Wells, failure as magis? trate to pay over tines, true bill. Eddie Washington, assault and bat? tery with inteat to kill, true bill. Monk J. Mcltea, larceny of live stock, true bill. Sam Klchnrdson. assault and bat? tery with Intent to kill, true bill. Sain Goodman, assault and battery Iwith Intent to kill, true bill. Donald McLeod. violation of llsh law, true. ?lohn Keels, malicious mischief, true bill. Florence Atkinson, resisting an of? ficer, ami ussault and battery, true bill. E. W. Dabbs, assault and battery with intent to kill, nol prossed on motion of solicitor. Marlon Murray, violation of llsh law, no bill. Silas Burgess. Jr.. seduction, true bill. Edward Keith, violation of dispen? sary law, true bill. Solomon Hampton, obtaining goods 'by false pretense, true bill. There w..s an argument in court on Wednesday afternoon as to the time 'for the Trippftt case, but no time was set. and the defendant has not yet beea arraigned. j John Keels. malicious mischief. jwas completed on Wednesday after? noon when the jury returned a verdict of guilty. Keels, with Sammy Bal lard were alleged to have Stolen the rar of L D. Jennings from near the Methodist rhnrrh last March. Hallard 'took "leg ball" and Keels has been* kept In Jail since his arrest. Judge Mauldin sentenced Keels to IN months on ths Sjgfsj, The case against Sam Goodman, as? sault and battery with intent to kill was no| prossed on motion of tbe so? licitor. Loeoaso Perry Jr., was srrslgned OS I SSI OnargS of murder and the case set for Tuesday, July Ith, On bis plea oi md ?ullty. I The case of Silas ftUrgSSS, Jr., se? duction, was next taken up. Tbe psr ttee srs eolored, After a lengthy ar? gument as to whether ihe case should go to th?< Jury or not. the ludge direct? ed I continuation and tin cast- was in progress when court reeeseed for din* ner. in The Police Court. C. Harris, bobotni train. f:<i or II da \ a Ahrem tlayte and Bvnnt Green, dis ojfderl) conduct, tir. or M days euch. Henry Hroeb, alles Imugtas Hroek, attempted Ntresny and disorderly con? duct. I SI or .'H? days on the j.ciit lerrens charge and II imp II days <?n Ju disorderly conduct Charge? MAY EFFECT ELECTION CASES. Interest hi I'miid Prosecutions Reviv? ed by Petition on D rand fat her Clauses. Washington, .Tune 80,?Interest in ? ?lection fraud cases in many States' hUH been revived at the department of justice by the supreme courts decis? ion in the Oklahoma and Maryland grandfather clause cases. Officials here see in that decision the possibility Of successful fedcrul proceedings in cases where there has bet a ffmud or bribery in the choice of ? senator or representutP Here? tofore it has been held that the fed? eral government could proceed only where a voter had been deprived of his lights' by force or intimidation. Copies of the supreme court's opin? ion have been sent to federal attor? neys who have been investigating al? leged election frauds with the idea it BMty suggest new aven,.?s of action. MIDSHIPMAN TELLS OF PAPERS. Moss on stand at Annapolis Describes Questions and Answers Received. Annapolis, Md., June 29.? Midship? man James E. Moss of thp former third class at the Cnited States Naval academy, whose distribution of in? formation contained in papers he claimed to have received from an anonymous source, and which the academy authorities charge were stolen examination papers, led tC Su? perintendent Fullam's recommenda? tion that Moss and six other midship? men be dismissed, was a witness today before the court of inquiry investiga? ting the matter. Moss said he received five papers relating to the subjects of Spanish and French in a plain envelope which had been dropped in a mall box at th* academy and delivered to him. He did not suspect they were examina? tions to be given, he said, but thought they might have been sent by some friend with the idea that they would be helpful. However, In response to a question by the Judge advocate, the witness said the papers appeared to be examinations and so far as he knew were not old examinations. On one occasion. Moss declared, past examinations in mathematics with the problems worked out for him had been sent to him by Instructor King of the department of mathe? matics. The witness said his father, Robert Moss, of counsel for the de? fendant midshipmen, recently had re received from King an affidavit set? ting forth that the instructor had mailed such examinations to the mid? shipman. An envelope was put in evi? dence which Moss seid was addressed in Instructor King's handwriting and had contained the mathematics papers. Ml ddi in ARRESTER FOR HAZING Seven Aumtpniu Men Aeeused of Sub? jecting PIcIm'h to College Pranks. Annapolis, Md}? June 30.?Seven rjaval academy midshipmen were ar? rested today charged with hazing members of the new fourth class. It Is understood additional arrests may be made tomorrow. The youths' names were withheld. Admiral Kullam, superintendent of the academy, said today that the haz i ing Investigation would not Interfere j with the sailing of the training squad i ron for San Francisco on July 7. TRANSPORT EXHIBITS FREE. Railroads Will Not Charge Freight to and I'Yoni the State Fair. Columbia. July 1.?By consent of the Southern railway, the Atlantic Coast Dine and the Seaboard Air Line, horses will be transported free to the State fair in Columbia October 85iit l for the purpose of exhibition, though race horses will be shipped only on ' tariff rates. This concession of the ' railroads w as reached through the agency of the railroad commission, Which has been handling this feature 01 transportation for D. E. Bftrd, sec? retary of the State fair association. In complying with the request. L. E. Chaloner, freight traffic agent of 'the Seaboard Air Line railway, with Offices at Norfolk, wrote: "We have made It an invariable rule not to ap? ply free or reduced rates on horses , to und from Stats fairs, but In this particular instance we will make the free transportation arrangements ap Iply on horses, except, of course, rnce horses, b it in doing this it must be with the distinct understanding that we shall be fully released from dam? age covering movement both to and from the fair." ALABAMA Ql'lTE DRY. State-wide Prohibition (ioc* into Ef? fect. Montgomery, Aa., .June 30.?State? wide prohibition legislation enacted in January went Into effect at 11 o'clock tonight, Every saloon and dispensary in the state was closed on Ihe second, though many of thein closed before Ihe Until hour, (he stock of liquor Do v ino been exhausted, The transition was accomplished with marked milet and orderliness, Iteports i of disorder nn ei v fen. NEWS NOTES FROM EGYPT. Corn Growing Nicely, but Ooiton far Behind?To Observe Children's Day?Personal Mention. JBgypt, Juno .10.?We are having very cool weather for this season. The rains have been very heavy here recently. The corn crop is looking well. but the cotton is about four weeks behind. Grass is quite com? mon. Most all the farmers have their share. The oat and wheat crop just har? vested was about half the average yield. Mrs. Lillian Bagot and daughter, Miss Lillian, of Tampa, Fla., are visiting relatives in Egypt. Children's Day. will be observed at Mi'/pah Baptist church Sunday P. M. The services begin at 4 o'clock. Mr. L. H. White spent the past week-end in Columbia. Mr. F. G. Peebles spent last Sunday in Camden. Messrs. J. C. McLeod, J. K. Rich bourg and E. O. White were in Bish opville last Saturday. Miss Sadie White has returned home after spending several days with rela? tives at Heath Springs. Miss Ula Taylor of the Columbia Hospital is spending her vacation at the home of Mr. J. F. Matthews, in this section. Messrs. J. R. and W. T. McLeod were in Camden last Saturday. The Ladies' Aid Society of St. John's M. E. church will sell ice cream next Saturday ofternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock on the church grounds. The public is invited to attend. Miss Kate McCankill and little sis? ters, Selrna and Margaret, of Camden, are spending sometime with their grandfather, Mr. W. M. McCaskill. Mr. R. B. Evans of Pisgah was a visitor in Egypt recently. We are all enjoying good health and lettmg the doctors go fishing. Third Week Jurors. ? Jurors for the third week of court were drawn on Wednesday, as fol? lows: 0 A. M. Davis, Waiter L. Brunson, E. L. Witherspoon, J. W. Cox, M. L. Truluck, J. J. Whilden, Mood Hodge, J. D. Wilder, R. A. Hair, G. H. Strickland, W. J. McKagen, H J. Hicks, J. Dargan Jones, J. T. Jones, A. P. Vinson, D. S. Owens, A. W. Moseley, W. H. Yates, Jr., T. II. Newman, jj :V", W. G. Pierson, E. W. Parker, Jr. Ii. K. Wilder, H. G. Hill. W. A. Bowman, R. G. Mayes Sr. T. P. Ward, 11. T. Folsom, E. H. Holmes, M. L. Moore, lt. II. Ramsey, Joseph Newman, Walter J. Sanders, C. Taylor, Samuel Sparks, J. T. Edwards, W. II. Webb. SETS WIPE OX FIRE. y - ? Negro Throws Gasoline on Burning Woman. Florence, June .'?0.?Ida Cooper, a negro woman resident of Lake City, died yesterday morning from the ef? fects of a burn which she suffered a week ago. Coroner J. L. Gunn was summoned to hold an inquest, and It developed that the woman's husband, Will Cooper, set her on fire and threw a pitcher of gasolirv on her to make the burn sure. There were 'several witnesses to the crime, but I the man was allowed to escape. The story of the witnesses was that Will Cooper went to his shanty at the Deep River Lumber company's plant on the outskirts of T.ake City, asked his wife for a pitcher, and when she gave it to him he began pouring gasoline from a larger vessel into it. She cau? tioned him about pouring gasolinein the house and turned to the back door and was looking into the yard. She felt Something touch her shoul? der ami in a moment the tlames were leaping up her back. He had set her dress on tire with a hand lamp and then he threw gasoline over her and tin iiiimes shot up above the top of tin- house. Neighbors ran in to her as she tied and finally fell near the house, a sheet of fire, and extinguish? ed the tlames and helped her into the house. She made a statement be? fore death to the effect that this was the second time he had tried t>> kill her. He has disappeared and no one knows where He moved into Like City several months ugo from lower Willia msbtirg, There is meat Indignation in tbe community nvor the crime and it is shown by both White people and tie Ki'ycs, 1 M AN Y MATTERS OF GENERAL IN? TEREST TOUCHED ON liY COMMITTEES. Recommendation That Audit \'? Made of Hooks of County Officials?Now ?Tall Badly Needed Kays Committee in its Report?As to Welfare of Public Schools?Pay of Police Of? ficers und Other Matters. The following is the presentment of the Grand Jury to his Honor Judge T. J. Mauldin on Wednesday morning: State of South Carolina. Sumter Coun? ty To His Honor Judge T. J. Mauldin, presiding: Your Grand Jury beg leave to sub? mit the following Report for the Summer Term of the Court of General Sessions for 1915: We have passed upon all hills of Indictment placed in our hands and returned same to the Solicitor with our findings endorsed thereon, j Reports from the various commit? tees appointed by our Foreman were submitted to the Grand Jury as fol? lows: No. 1. Report of Finance Commit? tee of the Grand Jury. Mr. Foreman and Gentleman of the Grand Jury: Your committee met in the early part of May for the purpose of mak? ing the necessary examination of the books and records of the County Treasurer and County Supervisor, but upon being told by these officials that their fiscal year ended on June 30th and that it would be practically im? possible to make an examination un? til after that period, we deferred it until a later date. In this connection, your Chairman, realizing the im? portance of making a thorough ex? amination of the various offices, wrote to Alonso Richardson & Co., Atlanta, Ga., expert accountants, who have done a great deal of work here I and very satisfactorily, to ascertain ' what it would cost to make a com? plete audit of the County records. Mr. Richardson came here as a re? sult of this correspondence, had an interview with the County officials, looked over the work to be done and gave me an estimate of $22.50 per day for two men and their expenses, I with a maximum cost of $375.OC for a complete audit for the year. Your Committee recommends the acceptance of this proposition, not that wc are trying to shirk any duty or responsibility, but for the rer.r^.i that it is practically impossible for bookkeepers not familiar with this character of work to be able to make a thorough audit of the records. ! Panks, M< rcantile houses and Cor i porations, are .adopting this method of having an annual audit made of their books and, if they deem it ad? visable to do so. we think it even more necessary that the County should have it done, for too great a safeguard can not be used in the protection of public funds. Realiz? ing that some objection might be j raised by our taxpayers to annual audit of this character as being too expensive, we recommend to our leg? islative delegation the introduction of a bill at the next session of the legis? lature, looking to the appointment by the Governor of an export account? ant, one who is familiar with this character of work, to make a com? plete audit of each County at -least once a year and his report to be pub? lished in one of the County papers and a copy of it to be sent to the foreman of the Grand Jury and be filed with his presentment as a part of the Court records. Wc believe a bill of this character was introduced as a previous session of the legisla? ture and passed one or both houses, but for reasons unknown to us, fail? ed to become a law. Nelll O'Donnell, Chairman Committee of the Gram! Jury. On motion this report was adopted i and the chairman w as instructed to Close contract for this work' to be done as soon as possible at the max? imum price for same. Report of Committee on Public Build? ings, June 26, 1915. We, the undersigned Committee heretofore appointed to Inspect the Public Buildings of the County and to report our conclusions and recom? mendations tO your Honorable body, (beg leave to report: That we have found the condition Of the same satisfactory with the (exception of the County Jail, which we find to he unsanitary. Inadequate, out of date, and r menace to the health find welfare, both of the in? mates and of the persons living in this neighborhood. We therefore suggest thai it be recommended lo the Board of County Commissioners that a new Jail be erected as early as practicable upon the present premises, even if it be necessary to ask our legislative Oclc gtltion to provide, by law. for the is? suing of bonds for the purpose of provlnding sufficient funds. c. K, Stubbs, Chrm. B, (>, Cnntey, c. s. Mason, On motion 111ireport was odopt ed. No. 3. Report of Committee on Pub? lic Works, Etc. Your committoe appointed to In? vestigate conditions at the chain gang beg to report that we made a thorough investigation and rind the county chaingang kept in a perfectly satisfactory mann?!-. The prisoners seem to be well cared for and sat? isfied, the premlees are In a neat san? itary condition, mules fat and proper? ly treated and the roads being built are of a permanent character and work seems to be progressing as rapidly as the character of the work permits. Respectfully submitted, S. A. Marvin, Chairman. On motion this report was adopted. So. I. Conimittc on Rural Schools. Mr. Poromen and gentleman of the Grand Jury Being chairman of the Committee appointed by you to In? vestigate the condition of the rural schools, 1 hereby beg to submit the following report: Finding it impractical to visit all of the schools and trustees in the county without greet expanse to the taxpayers of the county, we determin? ed to acquire the desired information by sending through the mails circular letters to each trustee with categori? cal questions on the points upon which we desired to be enlightened. I received only fifteen replies ?.o some sixty odd letters sent out. The answers In a large majority of instances indicate that the attendance is good, and that the patrons, as a general tbin?r, take considerable in? terest in the schools, that, in some in? stances, not so much as ihey should. As a whole the schools seem to me getting on well. In most districts several schools have consolidated. In one or two in? stances the patrons are opposed to consolidation. In nearly all the districts the Schools arc In favor of compulsory education as to the whites, but are opposed as to negr'?es. We recommend that the rural schools shall consolidate whenever practical; believing that we would thereby be able to obtain better teachers, better buildings and con? sequently, better results. Thos. J. Baker, Chrmn. E. A. Terry. Adopted. It having come to the attention of the Grand Jury, which is conlirmed by the records of the Court, that the Rural and City Police have been re? ceiving a per diem as witnesses in criminal cases which seems to be in violation of Section 4211, Volume 1 of the Code? We recommend that these officers hereatler be paid only mileage. Realising the need of some pro? vision being made for the respectable poor #?f the Cour/.y who are unable to provide means of nursing and medi? cal attention for themselves In cases of extreme illness, we recommend that a room be established by the County Board of Commissioners in the Tuomey Hospital at an annual cost of not exceeding five hundred dollars, for the care-taking of such people. (Signed) J. C. Dunbar. Foreman. Adopted. I In conclusion, we desire to express our thanks to your honor as well as all the officers of the court for the courtesies extended us. Respectfully submitted, j ? J. C. Dunbar, I Foreman Grand Jury. A statement from Supt. S. II. Ed? munds of the Sumjter city schools of [recent improvements and contemplat? ed Improvements was attached to the presentment of the .^rand jury. SUMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected Daily by Ernest Field, Cotton Buyer. Good Middling 8 1-2. Strict Middling 8 3-8. Middling S 1-4. . i j Strict Low Middling 7 3-4. Low Middling 7 1-4. Staple Cotton, Nominal. New York Cotton Market. Opened. Close. .January.10.09 10.04 July.9.2? October.9.SO 9.74 l December.10.30 9.97 Rl Paso, June 29.?Jose Zozaya, a wealthy Rl Paso resident, was arrest? ed today on charges of conspiring to sei on foot a military expedition against a friendly country. DEATH T0VER ?.g??ff RAT CORN Best rstsnd mice exterminator made, K|llsquickl) niutabsolutely without odor. Mummifies :irs preventing decowpotl* Bon. Better time ill the imps in ths \\' ild. IsMlatnu licnulne RAT CORK, ? ? II it dealer* >>r by in :d I.SSSb u paid. V BOTANICAL MFC. CO. ^s*' 4th ?fc Race SC?.? Philadelphia? Pw>