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***** um ? p i Mrs. H. O. Strohecker of Charleston Ii visiting Di and Mrs. J. C. Spann. Rsv h U Qrltr of Mayeeville was h visitor In tho city Tuesday. Mr. J. J. Show et St. Charles was hl the elty Tuesday. Mr. Willie Wllieo of Columbia was la the ohy on business Tuesday. Mn aojd Mrs. Joel Davis, of Con ooreV.woro visitors to Sumter Tuesday. Du iW. H. Darby, ot Florence. In? spector undsr ths Harrison drug act, was la the city today. bikes Marie Mermites. of St Louie, Mc ft* tho attractive guest of Mra J. B. Outfcxte oa Bartletu Street. Mart*. %X DoUPre. et Plagah. was in the estf oa Wednesday. Tho aeaatr fall? is of Mrs. D. H. Form man will be sorry to learn ehe he* been confined to her room for a weoh threaten yd with pneumonia. Ma. A. V- l'.eels, of Rembert waa a Matten to Sumter Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bland and Mra King, of Mayeiville. were In the city sir. and Mr*. 8. S. Richardson and Mise Fraaeos lloore. of Manning, nu tomoMfod op I torn Manning to Sum par Tuesday afternoon. Mr and Mra. Juime Schwertn, Ja, t? 9ov\h Magno!? Street are enter tainlag Mm Jean H Saueett, lira BwStmto 'Jpnnhem Bertoday. Mies tMe^yir0 BoLaney. their cousins from MeV-Tork otto, who uro en an extend? ed ^MrVhrough tho nwnth. The guests of Mr. and Mn. Schwerin wHl leave la a few days ?etth Mtae OrKagaa of Cheeasstooj wiere they will remsin sM^eod- Mfe. Toroovtllo, Betas to and Mr. a W. over from ?evbOviUe neon for a short stay amentlno Bom -tllllln - VfffmWSn ailei Men Sphui Isiar has roinrond to after,a visit to Mra W. rfwoi und Bmiiy BuHaaaa. have been vtsstlng rel Osli. WL 9. Streng*, of Mannvtlle, nifpJt'eUy on business today. Bio, A. K. Sendete, of Magood. say la town. Dalsoia who tft town i stir is! r reoorteo the kill tsf a nne CttMe beloagiag to Mr. Sparks, beet,use the animal wao 10 have been affected with Tho animal had been acting sty'par aovoral days and Mr. weal warned to heap the dog up and tho have It enclosed la a hot It broke through tho Win? and got out. Mr. Sparke waa persuaded that the animal waa and daagorouo and gave his con t to have it isaoa. Several days ore than Iseawvor, it had bitten S^dJfte, a httm girt and Mr. Hare, man Using on the same place with n That head waa sent to rumble and the report from th< od that tho animal waa Infected th rabies. AH of those bitten are ttpitse tho Pest ear treatment. owe s .' SHOW tfORSK* COMJNU. Mr. William Col Una. of ths firm of T. Collins A Son. North Middle wn, By., breeders and treiness of to boreee. will arrive In Sumter neat pn s> ear-load of saddle and ?famese tioraon which he wlM ?fter for le to theeo wanting fine horses for Tsooal use or show purposes. Mr. fJclltae attended tbe Sumter Horse Show hurt fall with a string of horses sjnd was the winner of e number of frixee. Me Is well known throughout t|>e mid > west among horsemen and Is highly esteemed as a horse show Judge*/ Me recently served as one of a committee o( three to umpire the stud seist horse Judging contest at the University of Missouri, his aeso datee Oeing the professors of animal husbandry of two of the leading col? leges of the middle west a horse purchased from Mr. Collins has back of It hie personal guarantee. fire Wedeeeday afternoon destroy? ed a entail frame building, oa Dingle street need by J. R. Weatheriy as a storehouse for cottonseed hulls, cot? ton seed meal and hay, a consider? able quantity of which was In the building at the time. Adjacent prop? erty of the Atlantic Coast Line was endangered for a time by the blase, hut the fire was extinguished before the other buildings were more than badly scorched. Mr. Weatheriy stated that he had insurance oa the stuff In the build? ing; The building was ths property of the Mol so estate and was also In? sured. A license to merry has been grant ..sJtfto M. J. Morris. Sumter. and Miss Nellie Osteen, Tlndel. PRSXittUTNARY WAIVED. Case Against Gilberts Wall go to Cir? cuit Court, I - The preliminary in the case of the Hinte against Mrs. Susiana Gilbert. Miss Estelle Gilbert, Miss Ruby Gil? bort. Eilig Gilbert. Lawton Gilbert and Rawton Gilbert of the Liberty Hill section of Lee county who are charg? ed with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature ir making an assault on Miss Emily Broadway of Psjtvllle, teacher In the Liberty Hill school, was waived Monday morning In the magistrate's court at Bishop ville and will be taken into the cir? cuit court for trial at the next term. Monday morning several automo? biles from Paxvllle and vicinity and a 'arge number of others from that section passed through Sumter on the way to Bishopvllle to attend the pre? liminary, later returning when the preliminary was waived. Miss Broad? way was principal of the. school and was sat upon and beaten for expelling one of the Gilbert girls. The people of Paxvllle were much in sensed at the treatment accorded Miss Broad? way. 11 AVK NARROW ESCAPE FROM raw J. W. Mima of Paxvllle loses Real deuce and Stables by Fire. Mr. J. W Mlms of Paxvllle and several of his children and grand - children, according to reports receiv? ed here, had a narrow escape from deata early Tuesday morning when Mr. Mima* residence waa burned with his i tab las and other buildings adja? cent to his home. The family wore asleep at the time and ware awaken? ed only a short time before tho roof Save way ani fall In. Nothing was saved from the residence, the mem? bers of tho family having no time even to. snatch up their clothing and take it out with them when they were awakened. It in reported that Mr. Mims had no Insurance on his house and other buildings and the loss is a heavy one to aim, probably amounting to sever? al thousand dollars, Death of Lew R. Hoy;. From The Daily Item, March IK. Low R. Hoyt, a son of Mr. Harry A. Hoyt of this city, died this morning at about 10 o'clock at the home of bin uncle, Mr. W. M. Graham, altar am illness of- ?several month;*, aged about Uv years. He b survived by bis wife and two children, besides his father. Mr. Hoyt was a graduate of CJein? sen College and for a number of years has been in the employ of tho Sea hoard Air Lino Railroad company at Jacksonville, Fla., where he was as? sistant engineer of the Southern Di? vision ?>f the road. Tho funeral services will bo held at 11 o'clock Thursday from the resi? dence of Mr. W. M. Graham. 223 Church street. GOING TO TRAINING CAMP. 11 i Twenty-seven Young Men of State Enroll. Columbia, March 12.?Twenty-seven young men from South Carolina have enrolled for the civilian training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Oa., for the month of April. This camp, known as the Southern Military Training Camp, will be conducted by officers of the United States army and is for the purpose of training civilians for army service. It is simlliar to the camp which was conducted last year at Plattaburg. X. Y. The South Carolina committee, which is working up enrolment of young men from this State, is compos? ed of one merabei from each county. Edwin W. Robertson, of Columbia, is general chairman, and Charlton Wright, of Columbia, secretary. Young men from this State who de? sire to attend the training camp are notified to see the executive commit teemen from their county or write to the chairman or secretary at Co? lumbia and all information will be promptly furnished them. The first period at the training camp will be from April 3 to SO, the second period in May, the third in June and the camp for college stu? dents will be conducted during July. Reward of $100 for Tipper*, Spartanburg, March 14.?A reward of tlOO tfor each conviction under the antl-tipptng law is one feature of a program for the vigorous enforce? ment of this statute now being pre? pared by the traveling men's organ? isations of South Carolina. Announcement of some of the de? tails of tie plan was mado at the reg? ular weekly meeting of Spartau Council, Unitod Commercial Travel? ers. The traveling men throughout the State, it was declared at the meet? ing, are determined that this law shall be enforced, and money is now being raised by the traveling men's organisations to employ special offi? cers under a plan to pay a reward of $100 for oach conviction'. JUDGE uLflRS OSBOnNE. -?-Bf ? COURT DIRECTS VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL FOR WARDEN. Former Prison Official's Course Before Diedllng Described as Standing: by Pledges to Prisoners. White Plains, N. S., March 15.? Thomas Mott Osborne, prison reform? er, Harvard graduate, twice mayor of Auburn, N. Y., and former warden of Sing Sing, was acquitted on the charge of perjury by direction of Justice Tompkins to a jury in the supreme court here today. Justice Tompkins, in a long opinion, held that Dr. Rudolh Diedllng, a State prison commissioner, was with? out authority under the State prison law when he Investigated, slnglehand cd, Osborne's administration of Sing Sing. It was before Dr. Diedllng that Osborne last October committed the alleged perjury by swearing, as charg? ed, that he was without knowledge of certain cases of immorality. Justice Tompkins held there was no perjury committed by Osborne inas? much as the warden had the right to keep inviolate the pledges given convicts who had confessed their Im? morality to him. To make out the crime of perjury, the court held, It mus appear that false testimony was knowingly and wilfully given by Osborne under oath. "The jury would not be justified m finding a wilful intent or purpose on the part of the defendant," he said. "His refusal to answer and his evasive replies were to keep good the promise he had made to the men when they confessed to him th*ir offenses and received their punishment under pris? on management, namely, that they would not be subject to further pun? ishment therefor and that he would go to Jail rather than betray their confidence." Justice Tompkins hold further that "there can be no perjury unless the proceeding in which the testimony is given is authorized by law. There Is no proof here that Dr. Diedllng was authorised by law to conduct.this in? vestigation or administer an oath." Wher Justice Tompkins had ren? dered his opinion and discharged the Jury, George Gordon Battle, Os? borne's chief counsel, moved that the jury be kept in its seats and that the trial bc begun immediately, on an? other indictment pending against Osborn? charging neglect of duty and Immorality. District Attorney Weeks said he was not prepared to proceed with th<! trial, and the court held thlsf dispute was not a question for him to decide and dismissed the Jury. - t Seaweed May bc Future Fertilizer. Because of the shortage df potash, due to t ie European conflict, chemists of the United States are turning their attention to the production of other fertilisers for use in the South. One of the sources of supply is kelp or seaweed, as It Is commonly called. Practically an .Inexhaustible supply of kelp is to tw found In the Pacific Ocean oT the coasts of California, Oregon e nd Washington. This kelp is high in potash and makes an ideal fertilizer Millions of tons of kelp grow annualy In the Pacific Ocean. It can be transported to the South for between $5 and 18 a ton. Death. Henry Morris died at the home of his son-in-law, G. W. Hatfleld. near Borden on Tuesday, aged 83 years. The funeral was held at New Hope church a1. 12 o'clock Wednesday. Mr Morris wis a Confederate veteran, having served in Cnpt. P. P. Galllard's company, Hagood's Brigade. MANNING TO FLORIDA. Columbia, March 16.?Gov. Man? ning leaves Columbia this morning for some point In Florida for a short vacation. He will return to Colum? bia early next week. This will bo the governor's first vacation since entering office. ?tmnmrt;i?nn?n??Hmmmmimrmii POPLAR LOGS Will pay market prices for good logs delivered our Mill. Call or write us. Phone No. 679 Penn-Sumter Lumber Co. Sumter, S. C. [? Geo He Hurst, Uiltftrtir Hi ribilstr, Prent* Attention te Oar er KI|htC?Mt, AT I. p. Orstf Old statt, s. ?sei Phones nTJmw. VISIT RURAL SCHOOLS. Purpose of Visitors is Organization of Community?Home Demonstra? tion, Pig and Corn Clubs. The patrons of the rural schools of Sumter county, as well as the teach? ers, pupils, and trustees, being visited by representatives of Clemson and "Winthrop colleges, the County Board of Education, and the Chamber of Commerce of Sumter, are giving the officials a cordial and enthusiastic Welcome. Last week nine rural schools were visited as follows: Concord, Graham, i Lawrence, Bethel, Ingram, Provi? dence, Wells, Oswego, and Baker. On last Monday the schools of Rem bert and Hagood were visited, and on Tuesday of this week the campaigners visited Woods Mill, Norwood and Lone Oak schools. Miss Mary Lemmon, Home Demon? stration Agent, Local Farm Demon? strator J. Frank Williams, County Su? perintendent of Education, J. H. Haynsworth, and E. t Rrurdon, man? aging secretary of the Sumter Cham? ber of Commerce, constitute the party of visitors. These organization and government agents are holding meet? ings of the patrons of rural schools and the boys and girls for the pur? pose of organizing boys' pig and corn clubs, domestic science and canning and poultry clubs among the women and girls, and trying to interest the men folks in Increasing the amount j of grain, cattle, hogs, poultry, truck, fruit, hay, etc. and in cooperative rnd intelligent marketing of farm products. District Demonstration Agent C. A. McFadden accompanied the party two days last week. A splendid and cordial spirit of cooperation has been shown by the people of the rural districts. The visitors have been royally entertain? ed by sumptuous dinners and lunch? es, and other evidences of well known Sumter county hospitality. Owing to the State Teachers' Asso? ciation meeting in Columbia this week the meetings have been called off un? til next week. ? The schedule of meetings for next week are as follows : Tuesday, March 21st ?m Styloh School?? or 2:30 to 11 a. m. Pleasant Grove School?11:30 to 1 Trinity School?1:16 or 1:30 to 2:30 K'ai. *' Thursday, March 23. " Tiossard School?0 to 10:30 a. m. JFraW School?11 a. m. to 12:30 p, 'rij;* y. ? . DnBose School?l to 2:30 p. m. Friday, March 24. Stateburg School?9 to 10.30 a. m. Argyle School?11 a. m. to 12.30 p. m. Wedgefleld School?1 to 2:30 p. m. Preparation for the coming of the Mexican cotton boll weevil, living and buying at home, community fairs, consolidation of rural schools, better and more sanitary school houses, hy? giene, beautifying, and economy in the homes with a view of making the country more attractive for the boys and girls are also discussed by the several visitors. Orangeburg is endeavoring to in? duce the railroads that enter the town to bu!l<l a union station. - FRENCH LINER ATTACKED. - Submarine Tries to Sink Inarmed, Passenger Vessel. ! New York, March 1ft.?The French liner Patria, from Mediteranean port* was fired on without warning by a submarine off the coast of Tunis. The. torpedo passed twenty feet astern. Tb$. ship carried a thousand passengers,' including twenty Americans and was unarmed. The attack was reported to the State department Official Washington Disturbed. \t Washington. March 16.?Officials receh the news of the attack on ? A the Patria with gravity. An Invests gation has been ordered. ?v tllllllllllllllUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUUUIUtUUUIUIIIIIIIIIIIIWWl DOES MY BANK Welcome Small Depositors? ? ? - ? * ? . . ?? The People's Bank is always glad to see here the small de? positor. Young men?married people?working men and women? indeed all who are seeking to better themselves-?everyone who desires to be connected with a safe, strong Bank finds a hearty welcome here. Careful attention to the needs of small depositors Is found here. A strong Bank for small depositors as well as for large. THE PEOPLES BANK. 4 Per Cont. on Savings Account? TIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii i ii n im inn nun .iiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiH^ii|f Lumber, Liine, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. BOOTH & McLEOD, Successors to Booth Shut s Lumber & Supply Co. Goo, Eppereort'e Old Ste>r\d Opp. Court The Bailey=Lebby Company : Machinery, Mill and Plumbing Supplies, AUTOMOBILE TIRES AND ACCESSORIES. ''" AGENTS FOR &WSIRE CELEBRATED G. & J. TIRES. CHARLESTON, 8. C. ?1 JUST The New Spring School Dresses and Boys' Wash Suits At Unmatchable Prices They were bought before the ad ' 4 ' vance in price of Gingham, Percale. Ripolett, Madras and other mater? ial of which they are made, which enables us to sell them much cheap? er than if bought now. A visit from you tomorrow will convince you that they are at unmatchable prices, which we cannot duplicate. DRESSES 50c, $1.00 and $1.50 BOYS' SUITS 50c, $1.00 and $1.50 McCollum Bros. tmtmi