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The Detroit times., 1909-06-09
pespoNpeNT. SHOOTS SELF.

MARINE CITY, Mich. June Sos
car Becker, 81 years old, OF the firm
of Becker Bros, general merchants
was found in his room with two bullet
holes in his forehead, today. He had
been Respondent and nervous for some
time owing to ill-health. He has an
even chance for life.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-09
Can't Find Mrs. Maedler.

On complaint of James F. Hill. at
torney for the s. p. G. c., Judge Dur
fee issued a warrant, Monday. for the
arrest of Mrs. Minnie Clara Maedler
OF No. 121 Bagley ave-, charging her
with misusing her 13-year-old daugh.
ter, Betty. The mother is charged
with being an unfit person to have
the care OF a child. The sheriff s
force has been unable to locate her
aa vet
The Detroit times., 1909-06-09
Two Convicted on Robbery CHARGE.

John Askin and John Liss, charged
with beating and robbing John
Hutara. at Garfield and Russell-sts.,
April 80. we're convicted in Judge Con-
nolly's court. Monday night. after a
session which was finished at 1880
O'Clock. The young men were alleged
to have pummeled Hutara and taken
500 from him. They were remanded
for sentence later.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-09
MRS. pENIkE APPEARS.

MUSHROOM, Mich. June S.-Mrs.
DeNike, wife of the missing Whitehall
physician. reached Muskegon today.
She says she will go back TO Whitehall
in a few days. No word has been re-
ceived from her husband.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-09
WINNERS OF THE DETROIT
TINES TRADE MARK
CONTEST.

First-Mrs. N. Muller, 70 Mis-
souri-ave.
Second-Ethel Brown, 492 w.
Forest-ave.
Third-Miss Justina Arens. 2s6
Wabash-ave.
Fourth-Mr. Felix A. Rogers,
SIS Fort-st. w.
Fifth-Miss Justina G. Arens,
2S6 Wabash-ave.
Sixth-Blanche Browne, 81
Woodward-ave.
Seventh-Edwin NJ. Rigler. 140
Gratiot.ave.
Eighth-E. Oldham, 10S Baker
st.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-09

THE Mystery OF Miss Motto" by
Caroline Atwater Mason. Miss Notes
mystery consisted chiefly in the fact
that she had taken a vow never to
marry when there was apparently no
reason whatever that she should not
marry and when manageable men
were seeking her hand. II finally turns
out that there Is some question about
her parentage, which. however, is
later satisfactorily settled and the
course OF true love runs smoothly at
the end. II is a charming little mar
rativc. Miss Motto is the daintiest
and sweetest Of maidens. and ones
sympathics go out to her in her EFF
fort to keep her word under trying
circumstances. The character OF the
Rev. DR.. Warner Tiffany, the cynical
minister of somewhat worldly con-
gregation, Is exceedingly well drawn.
a.. c. Page & Co.. Boston; Ma
cauley's, Sheehan's and Hudson's, De-
troit)
The Detroit times., 1909-06-09
BOOKS

From Cairo to the Cataract" by
Blanche NJ. Carson, is sprightly ac-
count of the authors three weeks sail
up and down that wonderful river;
pleasantly tells Of the wondrous an
Equities in the lowest Nile valley,
and furnishes besides an interesting
resume OF Egypt's ancient history aud
the latest discoveries In the region
where civilization was Graded. A
good deal OF the knowledge the author
derived from her painstakfng prepare
ton for the Egyptian journey Is to be
found in a condensed form in her
book. To those who have not the
leisure or the inclination to make ex-
haustive studies of Egyptian history
on their own account this volume will
be found extremely useful. Well bound
and freely illustrated.
q. G.. Page & 90, Boston; Shee-
hans. Macauley's and Hudson's, De-
troit.)
The Detroit times., 1909-06-09
Is Your Health
Worth 10c?

That's what Il costs to get a--weeh,s
tIcstmcnt-of CASCARRrS. Tbrv
DO more for you than any medicine
on Earth. Sickness generally shows
and starts first In the Bowels and
Liver; cASCARETS cure these lila
It's so easy 70 try-why not start to-
night and have help in the mornsng1
cAscARHre roc O box for a week. Or
treatment, ell druggists, BisRess seller
N ne world Million bcres . month.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-09

HarrImans In Paris.
PARIS, June S.-Mr. and Mrs. e. ~.
Hartman, accompanied by Alexander
Millar. Mr.. Harrimans secretary. ar
rived here at noon today.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-09

Business-like Printing. No fuss ana
no feathers. The plain. neat kind that
looks right. Times Printing Co.. No.
1B John R.-st. Phone 1893.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-09

Particulars No. West St. Phones Main and City s6s
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-06

ycc%r excuses at the bar g. your own
c0nsciences, If you have aEy If you
have done so you do not represent thu
respectable element of Charleston.
I know that there are men on the
jury who have a regard for the law.
The law cannot be violated and ig-
nored. There are good people here.
1t will depend upon the law-abiding
element to take UP the enforcement
Of the law
The jury Was then excused until 10
o'clock Monday morning.
With the indictments the following
letter was handed to Solicitor Peuri-
foy.
Dear Sir: 1t is the unanimous
wish of the grand jury that you make
out indictments against the attached
list Of holders of United States special
tax as liquor dealers for the current
fiscal year commencing August 1S,
1909.
1--WE have checked the names of
those against whom indictments have
already been issued, also exempt beer
bottling works. county dispensares
and drug stores.
1.-The police records OF the City OF
Charleston are at your disposal as evi-
dence In these cases. II. Viohl,
Foreman"
On account or the business OF the
court II n not Known whether Solicit
tor Peurifoy will have time to make
out the indictments asked for by the
grand jury, but it was reported last
aight that ne would probably do 20.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-06
'.y<1S MAY SHUT DOWN.
SOUTHERN COTTON MANuEACr.
URERS BEARING MARKET
Unless There is Decided Drop in the.
Price OF Raw Cotton Within Two
Weeks, 1t Us Declared That Sou,h-
ern Mills VIII be Forced to Close

Charlotte, N. c., Oct. "A critical
SITUATION and one OF rare occurrence
confronts Southern cotton mills he.
cause of the high price Of raw cotton.
and unless there is a decided dron In
the price of the staple in less than
two weeks, according to ex-Pressdens
3. b. Tanner, Of the American Cotton.
manufacturers Association. Southern
mills will be forced to shut down.
1t Is a very easy question to an
swer," said Mr.. Tanner, "as 10 what
the mills, both cloth and yarn. xm
do in the event Of 1s-cent cotton con.
tinuing as at present.
1T will mean that there win he nm
money in textile products, ana the
mills, after using up what small,
stocks of cotton they have on hand.
will have to shut down-that is. a
cloth and yarn, especially the form
er, do not take a decided jump up
wards. bigger jump than cotton
manufacturers would expect under
the circumstances"
1t was further declared thos ths
mills are buying practically no raw
cotton at prevailing figures --13 cents.
nor Will they lay in stocks at that
figure, for the quotations On cotton,
goods and cotton yarns are far too
low to leave any PROFIT 10, the manu-
facturer today. In other words, the
mill that makes yarn or cloth out of
13-cent cotton and sells its producu
at prevailing prices will lose its pcofit
and a great deal more-in fact the,
proposition is impractical and WIN
not be experimental in by aTay. of the
manufacturers.
Many of the mills have some little
cotton on hand which they stored
when cotton was. bringing ten ana
eleven cents, but these stocks are
short and will shsrtiy be exhausted.
President PARKER. OF the American
Cotton Manufacturers' Association,
has called meeting OF the board OF
governors sors Fr,deZs % Z, g
charlotfe~to- -c0nsider The Spiestidh OF
the curtailment of production i'm or
der to make the present stocks sf the
mills go as far as possible and to eps-
rate on high priced cotton at as nt-
tie loss as possible The governors
Will also select the place for next
! meeting Of the Association.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-06
FIRE IN BlsHoPvILLE.


Bishopville. Oct. 1.-Another fire
occurred here last night and consum-
Cd three small houses and nearly all
OF their contents. The fire was dis
covered In the cottage occupied by
L. A. James and owned by J. B. Nc
LAuchlin. on Dennis avenue. and the
names from this building caught the
next two. which were occupied by S.
=. wsrts and c. II. Talon. werts
owned the one occupied by him and
T. g. DuBose the one occupied by Tai
lon.
The three buildings were complete
ly destroyed by the fire and the next
one 20 the James building; which Is
owned and occupied by ID. T. Dali
caught on nre. but the blaze was ex-
tinsuished. The damage done was
about $4,000 to the buildings and 81
600 70 furniture. The McLauch!iE
building was not insured. werts
building. insured. 800; DuBose build
ms. $1.%0o: James furniture. S4O0:
werts' furniture. $500. Taiion's fur
nitors not insured
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-06
SUMTER s. c.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER G. 1909
RAILROAD CONTRACTS LET
GraGfng and Concrete Work on
"adesborO and F1Orcnoo Branch
For Connection With Winston
SOuthbOund.

contracts were awarded yesterday
from the Office of the Chief Engineer
OF the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company, in this city, for the grading
and concrete work necessary to stan
dardizing the branch line of the COM
pany from Florence, s. c., to a con-
nection with the Winston Salem
southbouhd at wadesboro, N. c., a
distance Of 65 miles. the contracts
going to the Furgeson Contracting
Co., No. ~ Wall tSreet, and Sund-
stron & Stratton, 80 West street, Ne&
York.
The Standardization of this branch
road. 1t Is understood will cost the At
lantic Coast Line upwards OF a mil
lion and half dollars, and the con-
tracts let yesterday are among the
largest In connection with the big i'm
provement. AS has previously been
noted the Atlantic Coast Line and
Norfolk and Western are financing
the building of the Southbound,
which will AFFORD a direct connection
with the latter at Winston and with
the A. c. L. at Wadesboro, making
an air lire to the vast coal fields
reached by the Norfolk and Western.
The branch line from Wadesboro to
Florence Is to be Strengthened, regard
ed and laid with much heavier rail
to take care Of the heavy traffic that
will be handled upon completion Of
the Southbound. For the work for
which contracts were awarded yester
day there were forty-odd bidders and
1t required considerable time in the
Engineers Office to examine the spec
ifications and make the awards. The
work will begin as soon as the Ela.
terial can be gotten together and the
various sub-contracts are let which
will be at an ca, e.
!! The work will consist of the fol-
lowing approximate quantities: Ex-
cavations of 100000 cubic yards, con-
crete work of $4,000 yards and lay
ing Is miles of track according to the
grade revision. 1t is understood that
the road will be put IN condition for
handling the heaviest traffic and that
the work will be commenced stimuli
taneously at both ends of the line,
Wadesboro and Florence. 1t is ex-
pected t hat the work will require
! about ten months for completion
Wilmington, N. c., Star, Oct 2.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-06

R1mug That Prevalent Of weaortl
Hns Dsea Teaassed Prs~dency ef
Cnrnsea DsaisA

II was rumored saturday that the
Beard Of Trustees Of Clemson Coll
Dees had decided on PRECEDENT Snyder.
o weaord College A. the most suit
49, nan for president Of Clemson
6Ad haa rendered him the place. This
runor We pdblished by number OF
ueWupspsrs without taking the
trouble to make IN investigation for
~ purpose Of vsrincation. Those
No Investigated the rumor learned
that Il was absolutely without found
et,on. Dr. syndsr. when questioned
- - the truth Of the report said that
~ wss In entire ignorance OF the
matter, that the prssidency OF Glenn
con hsd not been offered him, that he
had not been approached by the trus-
te>D and that ne was not and had
nsvsr bean Z candidate for the posi-
tien.
Nr. X. I. Manning. who with sena-
tor Tillman and Mr.. Alan Johnstone,
constitute . special committee to rec-
onmsnd TO the trustees q suitable
fnan for the presidency. said. when
asEsd OF the report that DIR. synder
aaA been named for the place was
true. that the rumor 10 entirely un-
louo1sd. The presidency Of Clemson
~ MT been olgered DR., Snyder and
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-06
ANTT-TUBERCULOsIs CAMPAIGN,
DIR. Routzahn i'm Charleston Prepar-
ing For State Wide Warfare.

Charleston, Oct. ALI, the chief
cities OF the State are interested in a
series of informal conferences now.
being held in this city and to be con-
tinued early next week AT CoIumh,a
Rock Hill, Anderson, Sussy,,rs. snar-
tanburg, Greenville and other x,sss.
have written 10 New York or IA rs,..
city asking that they be placed on the
itinerary of the American Tubercu.
iosis Exhibition, the travelling antr.>
tuberculosis exhibit which has stirres
all the nearby States during N, pas,
two seasons.
Today Director F.. G. Ruutzaho
came on from North Carolina points.
where arrangements have been made
preliminary TO five months OF s.s,cias
campaigning. Health Offic,r J. N.r
celr Green. Or. J. L. Dawson OF the
state Tuberculosis Committee. DIR.
R2Hert wilson, chairman OF se>
state Board Of Health wlrM 1nomil-
nent city officials and business mesa
are interested in the pIa.sss npN. antiss,.
consideration. Director Esa,tzahrrwss
sent here by the Naticsah Association.
FOR the Study and Prevention, OF Tu-.
berculosis al the invitation Of those
leaders i'm South aCrolina'so warfare,
against consumption whielS, cakes
from both races nars than any, other
cause of death.
The Nationaf Association, senas. a.,
carload of exhibits and. canrraisrfs
equipment which is loaned to, the.
State and the several. oitieelwhere sx--
hibits are conducted, with. the, assist.
ance Of the direction who is now in the
city. So far as tire Plans have been,
agreed upon the inaugural exhibition
will be held at Charleston. or Cofum.
bia, starting the first week, Of Novem.-
Der. The choice between the two citiee~
Is still under discussion, athouehl
the advocates of this city think that
there can be no question, about the.
holding of the first: session, In, Char
lesion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-06
Dun's Weekly Trade Review.

New York, Oct. 1.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'s Review of Trade tomorrow will
say:
1.-The industrial and commercial sit
uation as a whole. at the beginning
of the last quarter of the year is that
Of full return to normal conditions.
The Southern trade, 1t is reported, is
better than for several seasons past.
Business in steel rails is expand
ing. In addition to the demand for
domestic consumption, the leading
producers has received contract for
$4,000 tons for exoprt to Mexico.
SHARP advances were made in cot
ton goods and yarns during the week.
Some large interests are moving to
cover their early spring needs in
staple fabrics.
encouragement is being given to
promoters of curtailment movement
among cotton mills in order to avoid
the trade complications that must fol-
low extended speculation in cotton"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-06
TRADING STAMP LICENSE.
City OrdlnanO, on Trading Certificates
UncOnsoitutiOnal.


Columbia. Oct. 3.-Circuit Judge j.
:. Ktugh has handed down a decision
that Is of considerable local interest.
IN the case he held that the ordi.
nance OF this city imposing license
fee Of $500 on trading stamp COM
?anies ID unconstitutional and void.
he decision was upon an appeal
rom the Recorders court for the city
'f Columbia. imposing fine upon an
agent OF the Sperry and Hutchinson
Company. large trading stamp COM
oany OF New York city, for carrying
IN the trading stamp business with
:ut paying the $500 license fee i'm
posed by thSTordinance in question.
The ordinance was held to be in
'alid upon the ground that Il was an
attempt to prohibit the carrying on
n thls city of the trading samp busi-
ness. The judge said that the trading
stamp company was engaged in a
legitimate and honest business such
- tae cstE had no right to prohibit
&c seriously interfere with. He also
oNntea out that the ordinance could
1ot be upheld as business measure
- u imposed license zee upon the
trading tamp business many times
greater than that placed upon other
forms Of the advertising business,
within which class he held that this
concern came.
The ordinance In question ls one of
many passed by diMerent cities
thrsushoSt the country IN an attempt
to keep out trading stamp companies
because they tend 20 create destruc-
tive competition among the mer-
chants. Such ordihatuces have uni
formly been held invalid wherever
attacked In the courts.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-06

SpArtahburg. Oct. Joe B. Bates,
hx 1fteen years one of the most effi-
eient members Of the police depart
ment of this city. who shot and kill
cd Mrs. q. n. Boiter. August 20. was
today found guilty Of murder. which
means that the sentence of death viii
be passed on the prisoner. When the
verdict was read. the defendant skcw-
&C no interest whatever In the md
ing of the jury. wilson & Osborne.
attorney for the prSener. will take an
appeal.
The ease occupied all OF yesterday.
The Asate showed that the woman
was Mined without the slightest pro-
VOCATION. and the defense introduced
evidence to prove that Bates was in
sane. that he had been acting strange
~ for some time prior to the killing.
The Jury did not believe the insanity
plea
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-06
NEW YORK c0rToN MARKET.
PATTON DENIES THAT HE HAS
, SOLD OUT HIS INTERESTS.
The SITUATION Is mproving-Gcnera
Tendency OF Things Seems to be
Ecstcr-Cheorful Reports Come
From Manct ester.

New York, Oct. 1.-THE cotton mar
ket for the week has been somewhat
unsettled. prices being higher at the
beginning. of the week than at pres-
ent Pears are estimating a crop Of
over 100000. while the bulls claim
the crop will fall short OF 1900. 900
bales. Llverpool's spots are from day
to day $4,000 to $1,000 day, though
ON Friday there was sudden falling
OF after a long period Of brisk buy
lag. The stock ct New York Is stcad-
lily deceasing. 1t 10 the smallest for
ycais past. Zig spot interests have
cen steadily buying.
James A. Patton remains bull. He
sent a sharp denial Of rumor extern
sively circulated last Wednesday that
:: tad sod out.
The Crown -Hayns interests are still
supposed to be builish. some New
Orleans and Memphis operators are
understood to have taken proilts hut
to be bulls still for a long pull. Man
chester has sent very cheerful reports
and In this country things are grad
ually improving. 1t Is remarked that
hammering has produced only q tenn
porary effect As soon as this ceases
the friends Of the market assert that
1t advances naturally and easily Ru-
---.ors have been rife that considerable
OF the local has been sold to Euro
pean spinners. Last Monday 5000
les ware confirmed. supposed to
lave been taken by Liverpool people
now here. A. j. Beston, the English
authority. Is bullish on the situation.
Certain large tobacco interests are
supposed to hold similar opinions. On
The other hand there has been some
determined opposition 70 rise.
A pool formed of two or three large
operators Ia said 70 be working for
;owsr prices on the ground that with
the present large receipts and Ameri-
can spiuners holding aloof. Il 10 use-
less 20 expect sustained advance at
tkls t;sne OF the year. Hedxe eeDlsng
by the South continues and is bound
to continue for some time to come.
Bears think that It IL at least sisnifi-
cant the receipts at the ports should
be so large. They think this fact
means one or two things. or both;
that Is. that present prices are so at
tractive for the planter that he will
continue to sell freely az long as they
exist or else the crop has been under
estimated. Popular sentiment, how
ever. still favors the bull side on the
idea that the crop IL less than IL. .000.-
900 bales. and that situation will be
the largest ever known.
Various crop reports just issued by
newspapers and private statisticians
put the condition at 5s.5 per cent. to
ss.s per cent. Liverpool cables that
lpresent prices do not check the con-
sumption. e-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-06

w. d. Howells. who sailed recently
for brief sojourn abroad. took ad-
vantage OF "a voyage without wrinkle
on the sea-" and completed some
manuscript which has just reached ID
his publishers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-06

ProE Pazaurek, originator Of the
museum of bad taste in wurtemburgs
believes every art museum should
nave attached to il, as a matter ss
course, a collection OF horrible ex~
amples. with the object OF raising the
standard of public taste.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-06
COTTON CROP CONDITION.
Government Report Places Condition
At SS.5-IOwest For Years.

Washington, Oct. 4.-The bureau
report on the condition Of the cotton
crop was issued today. The crop
condition Is given as 58.5.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-06

A law and order league has been
orgaalxed gat 'Branchvilie.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-06

For the Congo a smelling plant to
treat one thousand tons Of copper ore
daily has been ordered from the Tn
tied states.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-12-18
TWO KILLED IN
WRECK IN GA.
BOTH WERE RYSTANDERS AND
WERE STRUCK BY FLYING
WREcKAGE WHEN TWO TRAINS
cOLLIDED AT A CROSSING.
By Associated Press.

Macon, Ga, Dec. 1.-Two persons
were killed. one fatally injured and
seven more or less hurt when a Cen
trail of Georgia nOrthbOUnd passenger
crashed into an eastbOund train of the
Macon and Birmingham road at Har-
ris City, Ga, this morning. The
dead:
W. a McCaurde, a bystander, of
Harris City.
J. L. Williams, a bystander, of
Harris City.
Fatally hurt: H. c. Rswls, joint
ticket agent of the two roads, Harris
City.
The accident occurred at a cross
ing Of the two roads. the engine of the
Georgia train colliGing with the bag
cage and mail car OF the NJ. & B.
train.
The injured and killed were struck
by flying wreckage from the bag
gage car. which was almost entirely
demolished.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-12-18
FIVE GUILTY IN
SUGAR CASES
JURY COULD NOT AGREE IN
CASE OF JAS. r. BENpERNAGEL,
THE FORMER CASHIER OF THE
WILLIAMSPoRT PLANT-MERcY
RECOMMENDED.
BY Associated Press.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE case Of
the six employees of the American
Sugar Refining company, on trial be-
fore the federal court for several
weeks, went to the jury this after
noon. Henry L. Stimson, reviewing
the evidence, said:
If the attorneys for the defense
had been retained by the men high
err. if any there be, they could not
have made an argument better adapt
ed to serve the interests Of these men
higher up"
Judge Martin said to the jury:
should you hold the opinion that
there are others in higher stations
of Iifo not reached by this indictment
who have participated in the fraud
charged here, that must have no
weight with you"
The jury tonight found guilty five
of the six employees Of the American
Su-ar Refining company who were
charged with conspiracy TO defraud
the government of duties on imported
sugar.
In the case of James F. Benderna-
gel, the former cashic: Of the con-
panv's Williamsburg plant, the jury
disagreed Mercy was recommended
for all found guilty
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-12-18
At Least Five Girls Lost
Lives in Philadelphia Fire

About twenty women were at work
on the fifth floor when the fire was
discovered on the floor below. Most
of them, with the assistance of po-
Iicemen and firemen, escaped. Some
were carried ont unconscious, Aoout
a half dozen girls were unaccOunted
for. but as they could not be located
in the building it was believed they
had escaped. Five failed 10 return
TO their homes during the night and
as there are no injured persons in
the hospitals, it is believed their
bodies are in the ruins