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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-24
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CLOSE JANUARY |, 1910

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tSrs. dCacOns, gamblers. saloOnmen
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ANA jctSam of q campaign OF reform.
Nothing was talked about ON tn"
streets except the chances t,f the
anti tigambling bill, and the banking
situation. The anti gambling bill on
special order this afternoon in the
assembly attracted Il crowd TO the
iobbics and gallery of the assembly
and the hired spoutcrs OF both sides
were there with furrowcd brow an
systems Crammrd with arguments
which they were painting to let off.
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claimed votes enough To pass any
thing they wanted to pass. Whit
they were doing this they were way
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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-24

Minstrel show rehearsal tonight at
Odd Fellows Hall. A full attendance
s desired
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-24

There is pending before the Gen
rral ASscmbiy-and made special
order for consideration at o'clock
this aftcrnOOn-a bill which has been
devised for the purpose of abolishing
licensed gambling in the state of Ne.
yada. The bill is fathered by the
i-GamblinE league of Reno. Il To-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-27
DETAILS OF MANNING KILLING.
Shooting OF Mr.. G. b. Minis by Ne
gro Hamed Bethune, Due to AL
legged Theft of Buggy by Latter.

Manning, Feb. 22.-Coroner J. E..
Hodge empanelled jury last night
and viewed the body of Mr.. G. B..
Minis, who had died from the effects
of a pistol shot wound inflicted by
William Bethune, colored. The in
quest was then adjourned until 4
o'clock this afternoon, when testi-
mony was taken.
1t appears that a horse attached
to a buggy belonging to Mr.. Minis
had run away from him yesterday,
and that the negro. William Bethune,
had caught the horse and proceeded
to appropriate the conveyance to his
own use. Mr.. Minis got young Mr..
Alfred I. McFadden to go with him
in search of the negro and convey
ance getting a horse and buggy from
a livery stable here in town, with
which to make the trip. About four
miles above town. they came upon
Bethune with two negro girls in the
buggy with him. Mr.. Minis got out
of the buggy that he was riding in
and, with pistol in his hand, order
ed the girls out of the other buggy.
Then, getting in the buggy with Be-
thune, he started back towards Man.
ming, telling McFaadin to come on
behind. McFaddin had to turn
around and in doing so found the two
girls between his horse and the other
buggy: and just as he got them out of
his line of vision, he saw Mr.. Minis
in the act of falling out of the buggy
and then saw Bethune shoot at Mr..
Minis.
When Minis fell to the ground, Be
thune got out and stood near him.
McFaddin then stopped his horse and
drew a magazine pistol that Minis
had given him when they started out.
He says then Bethune attempted to
shoot at him, but the pistol failed to
fire, and he lodged behind his horse
and commenced to fire at Bethune.
He emptied his pistol. and sBethune
went away. McFaddin went up to
Mr.. Minis and found him uncon-
scious, with wound in his temple.
He got the wounded man into the
buggy and brought him to town to
get surgical assistance, but Mr.. Minis
died shortly after reaching Manning
without regaining consciousness.
(Bethune made his way to the farm
of Major w. T. Lesesne, where he was
employed, and Sheriff Gamble, being
notified Of the fact, went after him
and lodged him in Jail.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-27
RAID IN THE DARK CORNER.
Revenue Officers Make Big Haul i'm
Greenville COunty-Quantity of
Spirits Destroyed

Greenville, Feb. 23.-Probably the
largest blockade still ever erected in
Greenville County was DESTROYED
early yesterday morning in the Table
Rock cove near Caesars Head.
The raiding party consisted of Rev
enue Inspector McGaaha and Messrs.
McCravy and Hendricks of Greenville
and j. c. Alexander of Pickens. The
party journeyed Sunday night to the
cove and early Monday morning To-
Gated the booze plant, which covered
with all its appurtenances nearly a
quarter Of an acre. The raiders de-
stroyed 1000 gallons Of beer, 21 fer
menters and a 40-gallon wood doub-
Ter. 1t took the men an hour to de-
stroy the layout, working like beav-
ers all the time. When the beer was
dumped one of the raiders says the
whole party was knee-deep in soft
liquor for several minutes, and even
young saplings were almost fioated
by the deluge.
There was no clue discovered as to
the ownership Of the plant, which
was snugly placed along the waters
Of Mather's creek.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-27
DISPENSARY HEARING.
Supreme Court Of United States 10
Make It's Review.

Washington, Feb. 22.-Somewhat
like Banquo and the much discussed
ghost, the South Carolina dispensary
case will rot down. 1t is scheduled
TO come before the Supreme Court of
the United States for q hearing to-
morrow. Attorneys representing the
states and the various liquor inter-
ests that have been camoring for
their money are expected to arrive
in Washington tonight, to be on
hand.
Stripping the case of technca,ities.
the Court will be asked to say what.
in its opinion. ought to be done to
settle the several suits that hive been
brought, and to determine what court
really has jurisdiction of the $780,
600 fund now tied up.
The Wilson Distilling Company and
the other whiskey houses will make
a hard fight to have some of the legal
tangles in the COMMISSIONS affairs
Strengthened out.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-27
Trust Company Organized.

The stockholders of the Sumter
Trust and Mortgage Company met in
the office of Lee & Noise Monday
afternoon and completed the organi-
zation of the corporation by the elec-
ton of the following board Of direc-
tors:
II. |. Manning, NJ. Noise, w. w.
Sibert, I. c. Strauss, III. ]. McLaurin,
Jr.. ID. ID. Noise, j. X. Crosswell, c.
ID. Schwartz, p. Moses, Jr.
meeting of the board Of directors
VIII be held within day or two for
the purpose of electing the officers,
and the company will then be ready
Tor business. 1t will do strictly
trust business and will not handle
any commercial accounts or engage
In the banking business.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-27

preparations over the head of Senator
f1ehenway has created a fear that
there may be some foundation for tho
statement that the president is desir-
GUS or throwing bomb into the SEN
ate.
The majority of the lawyers of the
JUDICIARY committee believe that the
president had no authority of law for
MS sanctioning Of the merger. IT is
practically the unanimous belief of
the committee. There are. however
other members Of the committee who.
as Republicans, do not relish the idea
OF officially declaring in so important
report that a Republican president
has violated the law. Regard for the
welfare Of the party and a disinclin-
alton to rebuke the president are
their principal reasons for not want
ing to make the report as strong as
they would if it were not for this So
licitude. If they were to state their
real views Of the case and express i'm
the language which it merits their
real sentiments concerning the presi-
dents attitude toward the merger the
repuke would not be less strong than
that contained in the Kittredge re-
port.
If the president were not ao-
preaching the end of his term and
mad another year of service in the
White House it is believed that the
present situation would lead to an
impeachment. There are lawyers of
the senate who believe that what the
president has done is sufficient to
warrant impeachment proceedings
being instituted, but if this were done
1t would stretch over into the admin
istration Of Mr.. Taft and into an
other congress.
The chief conflict in the committee
is over the division Of opinion be-
tween those who believe the commit
tee should express its real sentiments
and those who, for political exped-
iency, believe it would be wiser to let
well enough alone.-Baltimore Sun.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-27
GENERAL RICHARDSON'S RING.
owned by Citizen of Lumber,on-
Money Buried i'm a Swamp.
Lumberton Robesonian.

Lumberton Robesonian.
Mr. II. E. Carter, of Lumherton.
mas In his possession a ring which is
priced very highly as an heirloom II
oeiohged to his great-grandfather
Gen. Nathaniel Richardson. a general
In the Revolutionary war. and that
the ring is now in possession of the
family is due to an old colored wo-
man.
General Richardson lived noor
Charleston, S. c., and was a man of
large possessions. He was killed dur
ing the fifth year of the war by Tories
as he was leaving his home with a
large sum Of money to pay off his
regiment. He was shot from his
morse Jrst as he was leaving his gate
and when he fell an old colored wo-
man ran from the rear of the house
and secured from his person the ring.
that she was able TO do this being due
to the fact that the Tories who shot
General Richardson waited a consid-
erable time before coming from un-
der cover.
General Richardson was the grand
rather of Mrs. r. M. Carter, of Max
ton. He was reputed to be worth
100000 or $780, 900, and steps are
being taken to recover some of the
land he owned in Sumter County. S.
c. AT the time of his death he had
considerable sum of money-about
$4,000, it is supposed-buried in a
swamp near his home, but he died
before he was able to tell where the
money was. All the information IL
was possible to obtain vas that the
money was buried under a dropping
tree in swamp. and the money has
never been found.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-27
Why Make a Change.

To the Editor of The Daily Item:
We understand there are several
parties in Sumter who are trying to
get on the dispensary board.
Now what anybody wants to get on
this board for just as they are going
out of business is a mystery to us.
Besides our County stands at the
head in dispensary matters, showing
that the present board have managed
the business well; and they are GER
tainly in better position to wind up
matters, if it has to be done, than any
set of green men just put in would be.
Our board has borrowed no money
to run this business, and we under
stand that almost every other county
board has. This we think is pretty
good business in itself So why make
a change just at this stage Of the
game
We are satisfied our representatives
will look into this matter carefully
before making move. We, of
course, are not sure that the dispen-
sary will have to wind up, but il
looks little that way now. And if Il
does, we think the present men are
the ones to close it up and make the
best showing they can.
TAXPAYER.
Sumter, S. c., Feb. %, 1909.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-27
SHIP SUBSIDY MAY PASS.
House Leaders Will Make Effort 10
Enact Senate Measure,

washington, Feb. ga ship SUBJ
Sidy or ocean mail law will be pass
ed by the Sixty-first congress, if new
plans of house leaders are success
ful Tomorrow the ocean mail bill
which passed the senate March 20,
1908, will be reported out of the
house committee on postoffices and
post roads. A canyass of the corn
mittee today indicated that the vote
on this measure will be 10 to s. Of
the IL Republicans, Representatives
stafford of Wisconsin and Murdock
Or Kansas will vote with the six Dem
lcrats against the bill.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-27
TAX NOTICE.

The County Treasurer's office in
Court House building, will be open for
he collection OF taxes without penal
ty, from the 18th day of October to
the S1st day of December, 1905. The
levy is as follows:
For State, 1-2 mills.
For County, ordinary, 3-4 mills.
For Sinking Fund loan of 1907. /
mill.
For Sinking Fund loan of 1908, IA
mill
For Constitutional School, 3 mills.
Polls, s1.OO. Capitation Dog tax,
SO cents.
Also Special School tax as follows.
School District, No. 1, mills.
School District, No. 9, 2 mills.
School District. No. 3. 2 mills.
School District. No. 4. 2 mills.
School District, No. s, l mill.
School District, No. IL, malls.
School District, No. 10, mills.
School District, No. 13, mills.
School District, No. IA. mills.
School District, No. 16, mills.
School District, No. II, mills.
School District. No. is, mills.
a penalty of 1 per cent. added for
month of January, 1909. Additional
penalty Of / per cent. for month OK
February, 1909. Additional penalty
of 5 per cent. until 18th day of March.
1907, when the tax books will close
Tor the collection of taxes for fiscal
year, 1908.
It. w. LEE,
Co. Treas. for Sumter Co. 6. G.
10-7mch15,os
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-27

Columbia, Feb. Alt Is fully de-
cidod now that nothing but referen-
durn can pass on the liquor issue.
The prohibitionists now admit this.
There will be conference this after
noen between the two sides to de-
eide as TO what kind OF referendum
bill shall pass. There is the posi-
bility OF the vote tonight settling the
whole liquor business so that a final
adjournment Is possible tomorrow.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-27

Lancaster. Feb. 21.--The handsome
and reinforced concrete bridge built
by the county. across Cane Creek
three miles west OF town, was COM
pleted this week and Is now being
used by the public. 1t Is said to be
the only bridge of the kind In the
State. and during Its construction re-
representatives. of other counties came
here to examine II.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-27
ON to WashIngton-Mnke Rescrya.
tions Promptly.

In order to secure proper sleeping
car accommodations parties intend
ing TO avaii themselves OF the low
rates TO Washington on account OF
the Inauguration OF President elect
Taft. March 9TH. are requested to
communicate promptly with the nu-
dersigned. as space IL going rapidly.
2-i5-3-3. J. t. CHINA. Agent.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-27
PENSION FOR MRS. FITZHUGI
LEE.
Widow of Confederate Leader to Re.
ceive Government Aid.

Washington, Feb. 23.-On motion
of Senator Daniel Of Virginia, the
omnibus pension bill, passed by the
senate today, was amended to provide
pension of $50 a month to Ellen B.
Lee, widow Of the late Brig. Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee, U. s. A.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-27

i New Hope Methodist Church, two
miles south of Jonesville, was burned
down Sunday just after the morning
service. The fire started in the top
of the house. caused from a defective
f1ue.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-27
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Records

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twice as long as the regular Edi-
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Thus Amberol Records can be
used on your present Edison
Phonograph by the addition of a
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you can still play the Records you
have.
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their tone quality being richer,
clearer and more delicate than
has been possible in the past.
Let us put an attachment on
your Phonograph or sell you an
Edison Photograph that will play
both Records.
w. A. Thompson
JEWELER.
6 S. Main St. Sumter, S. c..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-27

The present tariff outlook gives the
impression that Washington isn't
going to get Its usual amount OF
peaceful sleep this summer.-Indian-
apolis News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-27

DOUBTLESS Senator Newland's pro-
Ject for white mans country will
have the sincere support Of Senator
Tillman.-Indianapolis News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-27

Possum may not be in the Bible,
but he's good enough to say grace
Constitution.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
MORE JUDGES NEEDED Judiciary Committee Urged fO Provide
 Two More

Hartford. Feb. 1.-The judiciary com mittee gave its first extended hearing of the session yesterday afternoon on various matters. the first to come up being the bill providing for two more judges of the superior court and the bar of the state strongly favored the plan, there being no dissenting voices
 States Attorney Stiles Judson of Fairfield county, who spoke for it, was given an opportunity to be heard on other matters. He opposed a bill which is intended to repeal the act providing for an assistant states at tcrney for his county ana said also that he was considerably interested in proposed legislation regarding the tax ation of oyster grounds. He said if anything is done in the matter it should be only after much testimony is taken. If it could not do this he hoped it would advocate the appoint ment of committee with plenty of time to devote to the matter.
 Stewart N. Dunning and s. C. Doty of this city were heard for a bill which provides that wages in excess of S25 may be attached on claims for house rent and c. J. Donahue of Derby, pres ident of the State Federation of Labor opposed it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
Deaths and Funerals.

Jacob Craft died at his late home. 140 Stella Street, yesterday afternoon, after a brief illness. The deceased was employed for number of years as g driver for the Latin Storage Co. and was well known and highly res- pected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances in the northern part of the city, where he has always resided. He is survived by 8 wife and one daughter Gertrude.
 Agnes, wife of Edward J. Kermode, a foreman with the American Grapho- phone Co., died at St. Vincent's Hos- pital, yesterday, after an illness of less than tWenty-four hours with pneumo- nia. Besides her husband the de- ceased leaves six children.
 Frank w. Hubbard, formerly of this city, died yesterday at Erie, Pa, where he was manager of the Read Manufac- turing Co. While in this city he was associated with the Miller Manufactur- ing Co. The deceased was a mem- Der of the masons and the local lodge of Elks, and is survived by a widow and two children. The remains will be taken to Danbury for burial
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04

when he answered ring of his tele- phone the other evening. T want to buy a Wyandotte cow" went on the voice; have you one for sale?'' The question nearly wrecked MT. Sanford 6 wonted dignity but he controlled his emotions enough to answer with his best vocal courtliness that he hadn't. His son. however, had some plain every day cows and might be willing to part with one. It afterwards oc- cured to MT. Sanford that his inquirer was most likely some city tenderfoot who had hastily bought a farm here so as to anticipate the boosting of prices threatened by the Tom1inson land project. This theory was scout ed by Seth Sanford, Jr., who diagnosed the case as one of "josh.'' The lat ter happened to so to the telephone the next evening when the same femi- nine voice made known the desire of it's owner to acquire some Jersey Red chickens. To Seth, Jr., the tones were not unfamiliar. "Nothing doing in that line, Mrs. B. he responded "but I can furnish you with a rose comb Southdown colt, gilt edge and warranted all wool, or if you would like some lovely Spangled Hamburg pigs" Fer an instant there was si- lence at the other end of the wire. Then amid giggles and murmured ex- clamationS another voice in the back ground said: There, you gave your self away; why didn't you disguise your voice better.s'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
GRAND SERIES OF WHIST SACRED HEART 1T. A. & l.. SOCIETY Warner Institute Friday Even'gs, Feb. 5, 12, 19 Grand Prize, Ton of Coal and 20 Piece Silver Set First Prize, first night, $2.5O in Gold
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Cause of Fatty t,eart.

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