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Good Footwear.

The kind that feels good, looks good
and is good. That's the only kind to
buy. That's the kind we sell. and our
business has been built up by fair and
square dealing. We charge an honest
price for honest footwear. Ii you have
not tried our goods, why not investigate
our claims. AL Main street.
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Tourist Sleeping Car to Chicago
Via the Rock Island system, will leave
Denver daily until August ID inclusive,
at $50 pm. 81 50 to Chicago; Sl.50 to
Omaha.
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lanes w. Bucklin is back from
Denver.
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II, who will not learu of all shall
lr..t.H ..,i.C.
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Root beer and ginger ale put up In 1Oc
bottles for home use. G. D. Smith IL
Co.. The Druggists.
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True
Economy

The difference in
cost between an alum
baking powder and
tn e high e st-class
cream of tar tar bak-
ing powder would not
amount for a family's
supply to one dollar
a year.
DR.. Prices is the
standard cream of tar
tar baking powder. 1t
makes the food de-
licious and healthful.
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NorE.-You cannot, if you
value good health, afford to
use cheap, low-grade, alum
baking powders. They are
apt to spoil the food ; they do
endanger the health. All
physicians will tell you that
alum in food is deleterious.
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Unaweep Tribe No. 5s 1. o. R. NJ. meets
every Wednesday night in Odd Fellows
hall. J.W. Dodgion, Sachem; Charles H.
Petrie Chief of Records.
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Book Cliff Camp No 81, Woodmen OF the
World meets in the odd Fellows hall the I'D
and 4th Thursdays of each month. Visiting
Neighbors always welcome. A. Seegmiller,
c. c., c. B. Rich, Sec.
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Apple Blossom Circle No. Io7 Women of
Craft meets Ist and sd Fridays at Odd Fell
lows hall. Mrs. Ella Hards, G. N.
Emma Merrill, Clerk.
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Grand Junction Camp No. 1894 Modern
Woodmen OF America meets I'd and 4th
Mondays in Odd Fellows hall at Sp. m. c.
III. Covey, V. c. 5. r. Vols, Clerk.
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GUNB0kTS FUR LIBERIA.

Washington. Jan. 2.-W. B. Match
ett of this city representing the gov
errment of Liberia, called on Secre-
tary Long at the navy department to-
day and made a formal request that
the action of congress, as embodied in
The act of April II, 1855, providing
for the relief Of Liberia, be carried
into effect. That act, which was in
troduced in congress by Senator Sum
mer and Representative Banks OF
Massachusetts,, provides that there
shall be transferred to the government
of Liberia one of the government
gunboats of the United States navy,
acceptable to the government of Libe-
ria, and which in the opinion of the
secretary of the navy could be spared
conveniently for that purpose. Moth
ING was done in connection with this
legislation until President Cleveland
came into power when Secretary Her
bert of the navy department set aside
the old wooden warship Swartaca for
the use of the Liberian government.
For various causes, however, the Or
der for the transfer Of the vessel was
never carried into effect.
The proposition now made by Mr..
Matchett is that the navy department
set aside another vessel on the same
conditions. Secretary Long request
ed Mr.. Matchett to put his request IN
writing in which event the matter
would receive due considerations.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-08
TERRIBLE WORK OF Bitter.
Shoots Five Persons and Kills
Two.

Turner'S Falls, Mass, Dec. 81 -
Louis Bitter, jeweler of this place,
today shot FIVE persons, Two OF "noms
his clerk, Miss Ida Columoe ana
Bitzer's Eve year Cd son, are deao.
His other victims were ms WlIe'
Christina, and his two daughters,
Annie, about Is years OF age and Car
RE, u years of age. It is thought
they will recover. There is evidence
that it was Bitzer's purpose to take
his own life, but his prompt arrest ap-
parently prevented him from carrying
ont his purpose. He is about 80 years
Of age.
Bitter, it appears that while he was
cleaning a revolver the weapon was
accidentally discharged and the bullet
hit Miss Coiumbe in the head, killing
her Instantly. Overcome by the situa-
tion, Bitter apparently rushed to his
home, -hatless and wild with excite
ment and began the work OF exter-
minating his family.
The little boy, Ill in bed with the
measles. was shot and killed. =.
The l6-year-old daughter, Annie,
vas wounded through the left hand
and in the ear. The 12-year-old
daughter, Carrie, was shot through
the neck. Mrs. Bitter was hit IN
the face, the bullet passing through
the nose.
The sound of the shots brought
neighbors into the house and Bitter
was arrested.
The police believe that Bitter is
insane. The note which they found
in his store after the affair was almost
an incoherent jumble of words. After
telling of the shootingo Miss Columbe,
Bitter wrote that he had determined
to 90 to his home and end the lives of
mis- wife and children and his own.
He asked that at his funeral the hymn,
ssNearer, My God to Thee,' be sung.
He wished that his property should
be given to his brother and to his
mother, and ended the letter with an
expression to the effect that God would
not blame man for doing what he
had done.'' Substantially the same
story was told by Mr.. Bitter after his
arrest
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TRAGEDY 1T ROBBINS.
Three Killed and Two Wounded
Prominent People Involved.

Augusta, Ga, JAN. Three peo-
pie were killed and two wounded last
night at Robbins, S. c., in a fight
which occurred during party given
at the residence of Jesse Griffin. The
participants in the fight we're white
people and we'll known in this part Of
the county. The dead are George
Dunbar, Harry Dunbar and Fletcher
Bennett. The wounded are Mrs.
George Dunbar and Arthur Dunbar.
A "watch party'' was given at the
residence of Jesse Griffin and during
the evening William Cobb became in
yolved in a dispute with George Dun
bar. Cobb soon left the house. After
his departure the quarrel was taken
up by Fletcher Bennett and Dunbar
drew his pistol. Griffin was the first
one to interfere by taking Dunbar's
pistol from him. Fletcher Bennett
suddenly seized the weapon and shot
George Dunbar killing him instantly.
The latter's son, Harry Dunbar came
to the defense, but was also killed by
Bennett. Arthur Dunbar, another son,
also joined in the fight and shot
Bennett. The shooting then became
general and Bennett received shot
which killed him. Mrs. Dunbar was
also shot, but it is believed she will
recover. Arthur Dunbar is fatally
wounded.
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Beers Want Opinion Concerning
Their Troubles.

Washington, Jan. 2.-Commandant
". D. Snyman, who was member OF
Gen. Dewet's staff in South Africa
up to a year ago and who for some
time has represented the Boer cause
in the west, called upon President
Roosevelt today. Commandant Sny--
man is a tall, fine looking Boer and
talks English with slightly broken
accent. s&sa
81 called upon the presidetn," said
he, 'to thank him for having sent to
nv wife, who is in South Africa.
some money I desired her to have. l
shall always feel grateful to President
Roosevelt. I saw my wife's signature
today for the first time in months. -
How did your wife get the
money!
Through the United States consul
at Cape Town and her answer to my
letter was returned through the same
channel.
Commandant Snyman did not talk
with the president about the war In
South Africa. He did not consider it
a proper subject to discuss with the
president of the United States. He
simply wanted to thank him for get
ting the money to his wife.
'sThe Boers,' said he, "can see
easily that the president can do moth
ing to stop the war, even if he we're
so disposed. But we will appeal to
congress for an expression of opinion.
We hope that both political parties in
this country will unite in such ex-
preston. We do not want the matter
made party question or to embarrass
the United States in any way. | be-
lieve the English people would well
come an interference sufficient to
cause the authorities to drop the war.
We are willing to make some conces-
SionS.''
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WRECK ON B. & Q.
Train Left Track---Two Dead and
Seventeen Wounded.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 1.-As a result
of through passenger train on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad jumping
the track today, two men are dead
and II hurt, of whom are consider
ed seriously injured.
The injured were all taken to Mey
ersdale, as quickly as the relief train
from Cumberland could get there.
The train which was ditched was
the through passenger which left here
at s. 40 this morning bound for New
York. It was a full vestibuled train
composed of engine, baggage car, pos
tai car, two coaches, sleeper and Pull
man chair car. In going down the
steep grade one and one-half miles
west Of Glencoe, the engine from
some cause as yet unexplained, jump
ed the track at the curve and the en-
tire train piled on top of it. Probably
the only thing that prevented a whole
sale death list was the fact that the
heavy vestibuled cars did not break
up in going over the embankment.
The work Of rescuing the injured had
to be done quickly because the tanks
in the cars exploded and set fire to the
wreckage. The flames spread rapidly
and in short time the entire train
was burned. The engine was COM
pletely demolished and the two dead
men when taken from the debris were
horribly mangled Collins, SSwho went
by the nick name of Katy was one
of the Oldest engineers on the road.
Soon after the accident physicians
and nurses were sent to the scene Of
the disaster from Cumberland, and
the injured we're soon afterward taken
to Meyersdale, Pa, where every atten-
tion is being paid them.
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Attorney General Receives Offers
Of Aid in Trust Fight.

The announcement in the northern
papers that Attorney General Bellin-
ger has begun his fight against the
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company
has thus far resulted in the receipt of
a number of letters from different
parts of the country.
One man in Virginia writes as fol-
lows: elf it is of any service to you,
I can produce evidence that the price
of fertilizers north of the Potomac
was from sl.5 to $500 per ton less
than prices south of the Potomac.
The present mayor of our city and his
partner will testify to the above. |
can prove that the question was asked
if the purchaser lived south of the
Potomac before prices were given, and
in one case a party of my town the
present mayor bought, knowing the
discrimination against the south. and
the combine later learning that he was
resident Of this place refused to ship
the goods because he lived south of
the Potomac. Columbia State.
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States Liquor Business Good.
Half MiIlion Net Proft---schooIs
Get s per cent.

Columbia. Jan. 2.-Late last night
the annual report of the State board
of directors of the dispensary for the
wear lust closed was made public by
the chairman of the board, Mr.. u. ).
Williams. It reads as follows:
To His Excellency, NJ. B. McSwee-
ney, Governor of South Carolina:
We have the honor to submit to you,
for vour information and also that Of
the general assembly, this our report
of the business done by the dispensary
during the fiscal year closing Nov. 30,
1901.
Examination of the various accounts
attached hereto, will show that the
total amount of cost of liquors, wines,
and beer, ETC., purchased during the
year, has amounted to s1,6l7, 973. A
and that our gross sales have amount
ed to 50, 32S, 6S1.21 Exclusive of sales
of fresh beer by beer dispensers.
The net profit to the State for ac-
count OF the school fund is S120, 962. %.
The net profits that have accrued to
the counties and towns, divided
equally, are S424, 2S5. 81, which makes
a. total net profit of S545, 248. u for the
wear. on account of the school fund
and towns and counties.
We have for some time felt a serious
need of more warehouse and office
room, and also a safe and commodious
fire proof vault for the storage and
preservation of our permanent records.
Consequently we have had constructed
more storage capacity, and also con-
venient two-story Office building with
a commodious and up-to-date fire
proof vault; which has cost S14, 494, 81.
besides other petty Improvements.
The act approved Feb. 19, 1900, for
bids us to make more than 10 per cert
profit on account of the school fund,
and the past year we have made on
that account in round figures 6 per
cent, which leaves only very small
margin with which to run the busl-
ness and while it is true that the
school fund is considerable. amount
ing at present to s6l1, ,354. 50 it is
available very slowly for payment to
the schools, as that is our only work
ing capital.
We are gratifed to be able to show
such high percentage of net profits
On the business done, especially as the
price of liquors have been very high
on account of the high rate of grain,
while we have not made any advance
in the price to the consumer.
The system seems to be in very
thorough working order in all its
detaiIs.
Respectfully submitted,
L. j. Williams, Chairman,
II. II. Evans.
A. F. II. Dukes,
State Board of Directors.
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Richard Croker now declares that
the nomination of Perry Belmont for
congress will be fought in the courts
but if the decision is in Mr. Belmont's
favor he and Mr.. Tammany will turn
in and work for Mr.. Belmont's cleo
tion. Mr.. Croker evidently sees that
he has mado tactical mistake in
countenancing bolt. As head of
the organization which demands regu-
larity from all its adherents he cannot
afford not to be always SO regular"
himself, and as it seems certain that
the courts will declare Mr.. Belmont
entitled to the nomination the Tam
many leader is preparing to get into
line He may knife Belmont secretly
but will not dare to oppose him open
". It strikes us that Mr.. Belmont,
who has bid defiance to Croker in the
plainest terms, has much the better of
the situation and that he has now
victory that may have results still
more damaging to the boss. The
State.
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Congressional Salaries.

Prosperous times bring demands for
better salaries. The United States
government has been doing mighty
well'' during the past three or four
years and some of it's servants are
aspiring to better pay.
There are many unofficial cltlZens
who believe that some of these Off
clals should be paid better and we may
look for bills at this session of con-
gress to carry out this theory.
It is proposed to increase the pay Of
United States judges, members Of
the cabinet, representatives, senators
and several other classes Of govern
ment employees.
Members of the senate and members
of the house receive equal pay now,
S., 600 each, though there is general
impression that senators receive more.
This is much more than members of
congress received at first and is the
highest pay they have ever received.
They get SIS, 900 year now and 20
cents mile for their trips to and
from the capital.
This compensation was provided in
1865. Before that time members of
congress received s., 600 year and 40
cents mileage, which they had been
getting since 1855.
The first conrgess paid its members
s6 day and 80 cents mileage.
This superb compensation was increas-
ed in 1895 to 81 day.
In 1915 a salary of 1,500 was fixed
and provoked such vehement protest
from citizens of all parties, two years
later the salary was cut to 81, 300 and
thus obtained, until the act Of 1873
gave congressman $1,000 a year.
Everybody remembers what a scan
dal was raised in 1873, after the first
Grant admininstration had disgusted
and alarmed the country and the
second had started on what promised
to be an even more reckless career of
extravageance, when the back salary
grab was made by congress.
The country rose in such wrath
against this raid on the treasury that
many of the participants in it hasten
ed to return their booty to the public
Golfers and many of them, even max
ing this restitution, were driven out
of public life.
The plea that congressman cannot
live on S., 900 year has not impress
ed the people. They consider it quite
enough with it's extravaganza and feel
that very large proportion Of our
federal legislators get quite as much
as they are worth.
The passage of bill by the members
of congress increasing their own pay
would raise howl and Justly So
Atlanta Journal.
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To Wipe Out the V.-e. Company.
Attorney General BeIlinger Opens
up the Fight.

Columbia, Jan. attorney Gene
raj Bellinger's long expected and very
important report as to his investiga-
tions of the operations of the Virginia
Carolina Chemical Company. the
alleged fertilizer trust in this State
was made public today.
1t covers with the exhibits, some
fifty pages Of printed matter, and it is
a paper that is full of interest from
first to last. The Attorney General
details what steps he has taken and
reports fully what he has discovered.
He also recommends to the General
Assembly the adoptio nof certain pro-
posed measures which he thinks will
wipe out the trust evil from South
Carolina.
1t is the beginning of a long fight
and one that will occupy much of the
time of the General Assembly at its
coming session. The Attorney Gene
raj seems to have done what the Legi
lature told him to do in mos
thorough painstaking and fearlest
manner. The paper is one that wills
robably attract national interest. I
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The Horrible Tragedy at Robbins.

Barnwell, Jan. 2 Information was
received here yesterday of one of the
most shocking tragedies that has ever
darkened the history of the county.
At the home of Mr.. ]. c. Griffin
near Robbins station, at New Years
dance, one Hobbs trod upon the foot.
or in some way fell against Heyward
Dunbar. Hobbs apologized, but
young Dunbar was not satisfied and
went to his father, George R. Dun
bar, telling him that he had been IN
suited. Mr.. Dunbar at once drew his
pistol and advanced towards the room
where Hobbs was. AS he was in the
act of shooting, bystander struck
the pistol up and the bullet, going
wide of its intended mark, struck Mr..
Fletcher Bennett, one of the many
guests in the room, and who was in
no way connected with the disturb
ance. Falling to the floor, Bennett
drew his pistol and returned the fire,
shooting Mr.. George Dunbar, who
fell dead with a bullet in his heart.
Resting on his elbow Bennett con-
tiued firing and killed Mr.. Dunbar's
son, Harry, a 16-year old boy, and
perhaps mortally wounded another
son. Arthur. Mrs. Dunbar, the wife
and mother, was sruck in the abdomen
by stray bail, which rebounded
from her corset thereby probably saw
ing her life. George Dunbar Kirk
land, nephew of the deceased now
rushed upon the scene and drew his
pistol upon the wounded Bennett, who
was lying on the floor supported by
the arm of his brother. The brother
entreated Kirkland not to shoot but,
with an oath, the latter ordered him
to move and threatended to kill him
also. Without any further effort to
save his unfortunate brother, be
sprang aside, leaving him to his
fate. kirkland put two bullets into
the forehead of the PROSTATE man,
who died instantly. The coroner and
sheriff were at once summoned and an
inquest held. Kirkland is in the
county Jail having surrendered to the
sheriff,
The wounded boy was sent to the
Augusta hospital few hours after he
was shot. It is not known what the
physicians there say, but the proba-
bilities are that he is mortally wound
ed. Mr.. George R. Dunbar is son of
the late Mr.. VIM. P. Dunbar OF the
Millettville section. He was about 45
years old. He leaves a widow and
several children besides those impli-
Gated in the shooting. All parties to
the affair are prominent in the county.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-08
New Years Reception at White House
Largest in Years---Eight Thou
sand People Attended.

Washington, Jan. President
Roosevelt's first public reception was
attended more largely than any new
years reception in a number of years.
In all s, 100 persons went through the
White House and shook hands with the
president. Mr. Roosevelt, on being
apprised that the crowd in line out
side the White House was unusually
large gave orders that the gates should
not be closed until the last person
desiring to do so, had an opportunity
to pay his respects. The reception
began promptly at Il o'clock and it
was 9. 80 O'Clock before the last per-
son in line had been presented to the
president, and quarter of an hour
later, before the reception came to an
end, the weather was delightful, being
clear and crisp, so that no hardship
was suffered by the throng that waited
for hours before being admitted to the
White House. The reception was in
every way successful, the attendance
not only being large but the decora-
tions really beautiful. The arrange
ments were perfect and the president
in excellent spirits. To every person
he extended a cordial '.Happy New
Year" and Mrs. Roosevelt was equally
pleasing to each of those who filed
past in the blue parlor, where the re-
ception party stood. Miss Alice Roose-
velt was conspicuous among those as.
sisting at the reception. A party of
her young girl friends, by invitation,
also participated in the function. The
interior of the mansion was aglow
with myriads of electric lights and to
this was added the beauty of profu-
sion of flowers, plants and vines bank
ed about the mantels and draped from
chandeliers and walls. The floral
decorations reached their height of
effectiveness in the east room. Here
the great crystal chandeliers we're
looped with smilax while the recesses
of the chamber were banded with
roses, begoniaes and tall ferns. In the
red andsblue parlors there was the
same effective disposition of flowers
and plants. In the outside corridor
just within the entrance, the band of
the engineer corp, U. S. A., 70 strong,
in their brilliant uniform was arrang-
ed in tiers, where further along in the
conservatory was the full membership
of the marine band in bright red uni
forms. While the musicians were
taking their places the Roosevelt chill
dren were having merry time
through the corridors and one of them
could be heard playing the Kangaroo
march in the private apartments of the
presidential family. Shorty before IL
O'Clock. the throngs Of distinguished
callers began to assemble in the main
corridor. First came the members of
the diplomatic corps in their rich
court uniform, resplendent in merits
and decorations, it was most cosmo-
politan throng with the oriental silks
of the Chinese minister and his suite,
the red fez of the Turkish minister
and the more modern but equally gor-
geous attire of the japanese minister;
The members of the corps gathered
in the red parlor preparatory to being
presented to the president and those
about him.