University of South Carolina Libraries
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3!, 1906. m !====5 Entered at the Postoffice at Sumter, S. C., as Second Class Matter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. "Dr. E. P. DuRant.-Dentist. T. L. Jone's.-Wanted. O'Donnell & Co-Fashionable Furs. Schwartz Bros.-One of Those Big "Events. The Bank of Sumter.-Just a Few Years Ago. The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. A. Top Coat. Clearing House Association.-Sale .'Begins November 1. PERSONAL. ? Mr. J. E. DaPre was in the city , ^Saturday. Mr. W. B. Richardson, of Pinewood, is in the city Friday. Rev. R. A. Snblett, of Summerton, was in the city Friday. Mr. E. B. M cid row, of M ay es vi He, ?spent Saturday in town. Col. J. R. Muldrow, of Salemy spent yesterday in town. Maj. Henry B. Richardson, of Ful? ton, $was in town Friday. Sheriff Mnldrow, of Bishopville, is in the city attending court. Miss Saidee Kelly has reta med home ? ifrom B*ndersonvil!e. N. C. Rev. John Kershaw, Jr., of Sum? merton, spent Monday in the city. Assistant State Bank Examiner B. J. Shame was in the city Monday. Miss Emily Dantzler, of Laiuar, spent Friday night in the city with j friends. Misses Marguerite Cromer and Mil? dred Simmons spent Thursday in 'Columbia. Mr. Jas. H. Fowles, of Columbia, .spent Sunday/ in the city with Mr. .1?. C. Moise. Misses Daisy Bowman and Ellen Barrell visited relatives at Dalzell, S.-C., on Saturday. Miss Octavia Dove, of Manning, spent Sunday io the city with her -sister, Miss Nena Dove. Messrs. Warren Moise and Harry "Weeks drove a Buick car from Colum? bia to Sumter Thursday night. Miss Ruth Harrington, who is teach? ing at Wedgefield, speDt Saturday and Sunday with Mrs H. G. Osteen. Mrs. A. C. Phelps and, children left Thursday for spray, N> -C., which ' 3)lace they will make their future home. Rev. J. JP. Marion and Mr. D. Jas. Winn have gone to Laurens to attend the annual Synod of the Presbyteriau Church. Mrs. J. W. Brunson and children le?t this morning for St. Louis, where ?they will tremain for two mouths with friends. Miss Louise Jones, cf Newberry, who has hpen visiting her sister, Mrs. ? A. Scarborough, cn North Main street, returned to her home Thursday morn 1 r.s. Mr. J. K. Jones, after an extended stay it Fayetteville and Wilmington. N^ CU -ha? returned io the city and has resumed his position with the Edens Company. MARRHGES. Wednesday night at 8.30 o'clock Miss Minnie Sims, of Sumteii, and Mr. Herbert C. Glaze, of Orangebarg, were -quietly married at the home of the Kev. Father A. J. McNeal on East "Liberty street. Mr. and Mrs. Glaze remained in Sumter until next morn? ing at which time they left for '.Columbia. The marriage of Miss Edith Quincy and Mr. John M. Barwick was solemn? ized Wednesday evening by Rev. Mr. Epting at the home of the bride's brother-in-law, Mr. Henry Hammond, on Liberty street. The contracting parties are both Sumtonians and are well kiiown in the city. <9 _ Hold-up Near Camden. Camden, October 26.-Last night Mr. Charles Price, a well known young man, was returning to his home in the country and when several miles from Camden, was held up and robbed cf ?46 in cash and his watch and chain. ?He was pulled off his vehicle and choked while the highwaymen did their dirty work. There is no clue to thegu'lty parties. Mr. Pricers a sou -of Mr. J. C. Price, a prosperous farmer and lumberman of this county. WANTED-The public to Know that I am prepared to roll, jack up and repair houses. Apply to T. L. Jones, R. F. D. No. 3., Sumter, S. C. 10 39 -Jt* XOR SALE--^At Hagood, S. C., 100 acres of land that brings over a bale of cotton to the acr^. Address, Miss Emmie Saunders, Hagood, S. C. 10-17-tf WANTED-To buy several car loads of oak and long leaf pine cord wood. H. G. Osteen. TOR SALE-5-horse farm, Rafting Creek township on Charleston road, opposite Mr. E. R. Alston's T. P. Sanders. {state of James ?. Young, Oeo'd. ALL persons having claims against -aforesaid Estate wiil present the same, duly atte=ted : R::J all persons in any -way indebted to said Estate, will make immediate payment to MES. MARY A. YOUNG, 10-17-31 Administratrix. FOR SALE. 103 acres of cleared land, 1-4 mile from Hagood, Sumter county, ad? joining lands of Miss Emmie Saun? ders, and on public road, will bring a bale or more cotton per acre. Ad? dress (Mrs.) T. L. Eberhardt, 10-10-4t Hagood, S. C. If you want to read the news of the dav subscribe for The Item. JAMES D. BLAXDIXG. From The Daily Item, Oct. 24. Col. James D. Blandina, the Nes? tor of the Sumter bar, and for many years one of Sumter's best known, most public spirited and patriotic citizens, passed peacefully away at 4 o'clock this morning at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. W. E. Dick, of Heriots, Lee county, with whom he had made his home for the past year. Col. Blandir;.? had entered his eighty-sixth year, and. apart from the infirmities and feebleness incident to his advanced age, his health was good until a few weeks ago, when a slight stroke of paralysis confined him to his bed until the end came. His mind was clear and active and he re? tained his interest in current affairs and events to the last. He was pos? sessed of great energy and although of ratner frail physique, was an in defatigeble worker and no man who has ever lived in Sumter worked harder, more untiringly, more un? selfishly or to better purpose for the upbuilding of the city than he did. As a lawyer he won distinguished suc? cess, and for many years the firm of which he was a member enjoyed the largest practice of any at the Sumter bar. As a citizen he was patriotic and gave of his time, talents and means with an unstinted liberality that was an example and an inspira? tion to the community. As a man he was chritable with an unselfish gen? erosity that rendered his gifts and the aid he extended in other ways to those overtaken by misfortune real benefactions. In public place and in private life, in peace and in war, he performed every duty of a? man and as a citizen faithfully and well, and the impress he made upon his time and generation was for good and for righteousness. His life was em? phatically a success and if there were more men" like him the stability and purity of the republican form of government would be guaranteed in perpetuity and the future would not be so darklv over-.- - idoxn H. H a Democrat of the old scho who! not only professed :: sith in principles, but lived them md ex? emplified their verity as a public ser? vant, when called upon to fill official positions, and as a worker in the ranks. In the troubulous years be? tween 1865 and 1876, he was a leader in the fight for the redemption of his State from misrule, and no man in Sumter county did more, and few as much, to drive out the carpet baggers and scalawags and restore the county and State government to those best fitted to itile and to administer our affairs with honesty and the laws with justice. Endowed with business abil? ity of a high order, he had opportu? nities to acquire great wealth had he been of an avaricious, money-getting disposition, but there being nothing mean or grasping in his make up, he accumulated no more than a compe? tence and this he expended in the up? bringing and education of a large family. The remainder of his estate he administered on and settled some y arr, ago when he retired from the active practice of law. His declining years he spent with his children, di? viding his time between them. He is survived by the following children: Jiflige J. M. Blanding, of Corsicana, Texas; Mr. W. D. Blanding and Dr. A. L. Blanding. of Lexington, Ky.; Messrs. R. C. and D. M. Bland ingi of Sumter; Mrs. Haman, of Miss? issippi; Mrs. T. T. Upsher and Mrs. Mciver Fraser, of Virginia; Mrs. R. A. Brand, of Wilmington, X. C.. and Mrs. F. V/. Dick, of Heriots. Three daughters, Mrs. Sloan, of Texas; Mrs. E. H. Holman and Mrs.?L. W. Dick, predeceased him by several years. The funeral of Col. James D. Bland? ing, which was held in the Presby? terian Church at noon Thursday, was conducted by Rev. J. P. Marion, Jr., the pastor, assisted by Revs. W. J. McKay and J. C. Bailey. The church was filled with a large congregation of those who had known and honored Sumter's v-nerable citizen in life and by their presence paid the last and only tribute possible to the memory of their friend. The Sumter Bar Association, Camp Dick Anderson, U. C. V., Camp James D. Blanding, Sons of Veterans, the city council and Dick Anderson Chap? ter, U. D. C., attended the services, the Veterans and Sons of Veterans, acting as an escort from the house to the church. The services were brief and simple. As the funeral cortege left thc church for the cemetery, the City Hall bell began tolling and continued until the j tale of eighty-five strokes had been told." All place; . . . -Josed. from 12 to 1 o'clock while the fu?era services were in progress. The interment was made in th< family plot in the cemetery, and Col Blanding will sleep his last long sleei beneath the sod of the land he lovec so well and served so pai-'.ioticall: throughout a long and useful life. The following sketch is from "Mer of the Times." ^ Jaipps Douglas Blanding, son o: Abram Blanding and Mary C. (net DeSaussure.) "Was born in Columbia S. C, June 26 ,1821. From the Acade? my in Columbia, he entered the Soutr Carolina college, and graduated wit! distinction in the class of 1841. Beac law under his uncle, William F DeSaussure, in Columbia. Admittec' to the bar in December, 1S42. Th( following year, 1S43, practiced a: Camden. Removed to Sumter, De? cember, 1S4S, where ho continued th( practice with his uncle, under th< firm name of Blanding & DeSaussure He married Lenora A. McFadden, oJ Sumter County, February, 1849. Sec? retary cf the board of trustees ol >the South Carolina College from 1S4? to 1852, during which time he com? piled the. catalogue of all trustees, of? ficers and students of the college from its beginning to 1S53, which was mad? by LaBorde part of the appendix tc his history of the college. Before thc wa/r he was a trustee of the Sumter Academical Society, and after the war a trustee of Davidson College, North Carolina; also of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Caro? lina, from its re-organization in ISIS till IS92. Intendant of Sumter from 1852 to 1S56. Member of the Legis? lature from Sumter County, from 1852 to 185S. Served as chVirman Qi committee on education. and on the judiciary committee. He proposed two amendments to the constitution of the State, both of which were car? ried through; one of local interest be? ing the change of the name of Clare? mont to Sumter Legislative District, the other of general interest, that all elections of the State should be held on Tuesday, and for one day only, in? stead of Monday and Tuesday in October of election years. He was colonel of the Twenty-Second Regi? ment, South Carolina Militia, in the forties. Was mustered into United States service in IS46, and served from the seige of Vera Cruz to the capture of trie city of Mexico. Served as adjutant and promoted to Captain after Colonel Butler was killed. Mus? tered out of service in September, 1S48. He raised the first company in Sumter District for State service, which became Company D. of the st sond ?f the ten regiments raised by tho Stat? in anticipation of th?.* Ord? nance ol* Secession. It was the fir-/ regiment i<_> ic<n,n Morris JU fore fall of Fort Sumter. This regi? me tn was made the basis for the or? ganization of the second, the ninth, and the twelfth regiments mustered into Confederate service from South Carolina, under the command of Colonel J. B. Kershaw, Lieut. Col. J. D. Blanding and Major Dixon Barnes. Col. Blanding carried the ninth to Vir? ginia, reaching First Manassas on the evening of the battle. Ecing disabled, he again tenderd his services to the Confederacy and was ordered to re? port to the inspector-general, and was assigend to duty as inspector of sea coast batteries from Charleston to the North Carolina line; and for the regiments of reserves on the coast. He also did duty in the ordinance de? partment and so served until end of the war. Democratic, chairman of Sum? ter county from 1S70 to 18S4, and in the memorable campaign of 1S76, his county, with five negroes t o two whites, elected a full delegation to thc house and all county offices. Served in* all the Democratic State Conventions from IS 7 6 to 1890. By that body in 1SS4, he was nominated and elected presidential elector, and as such had charge of the campaign in the so-called Black District, and of course voted for Cleveland, whose nomination ho had advocated in the State convention. He retired in 1S90, at the head of Sumter County's delegation from the Democratic State Convention, and participated in or? ganizing the Democratic Conservative Convention, and was a member of the State Executive Committee of that faction. Over forty years a deacon and elder in the Presbj terian church. After fifty years ot professional work he retired on account of hardness of hearing, the primary cause cf which was the bursting of a shell near his ear during the Civil War. He organ? ized the scheme, and was president of the Three C's Railroad, in oper? ation from Camden, S. C., to Marion, N. C., now known as the South Car? olina and Georgia Extension Com? pany, the section from Camden to Sumter, thence to Lanes, and thence to Georgetown, having been con? structed by separate compaies and the connection from Marion, N. C., across the Alleghany and Cumberland Mountains to the Ohio river, being now built by a combination of com? panies. When completed this will be the shortest railroad route from Cincinnati to the Atlantic const. The Sumter and Wateree Railroad, now a part of the Southern, was also constructed under his organization and presidency. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ?s Copyright 1906 by Hm siAff Marx The Top Coat is never a "has been." The length changes a little from sea? son to season, the vent deepens or contracts, but the Smart Top Coat reap? pears every season as pop? ular and as useful as ever. This is the time of year when a Top Coat is almost indispensable. \ A good one lasts for years and pays for itself Over and Over Again You will need to be par? ticularly careful this sea? son-cotton mixed fabrics never masqueraded so suc? cessfully for all-wool, as they do today. TOP COATS AT S1fl3 $15, $18 to $20 The Covert Cloth is the favorite fabric, but still we have Cheviots and other natty weaves for young men. Phone ?66 & Sumter, S. Co The approach of winter is heraled by the advertisement of O'Donnell & Co., who gave notice of the arrival of their stock of furs, which are both fashionable and useful. SehWartz ?ros. have an adVertise naezit today of ass especially attractive Jin*" of bargains for this weeks of? ferings. Whenever you have any sympathy to bestow, direct it towards the young woman who" never used Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea or Tablets, 35 cents. China's Drug Store. Sumter will surely have an electric street railway in the near future now that there are two parties contending for a franchise. Occasionally one has the fortune to meet women who are ideal in looks and figure. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred you will find she takes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Tea ' or Tablets, 35 cents. China's Drug Store. Bl. E. P. DPRMT, DENTIST, Upstairs, Belser Building ; Court Square. HOURS-8.30 to 1; 2 to 6. Oct 31-lm_<_ NOTICE. Sumter, S. C., Oct. lt;, 1906. We. the undersigned as committee of H. W. Cooper, will apply to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County on November 17th, 1906, for a Fi? nal Discharge as said committee. ? FRANK P. COOPER and A. T. COOPER. 10-17-4t Committee. Tax Notice. The County Treasurer's office in Court House building will be open for the collection of taxes, without pen? alty, from the 15th day of October to the 31st day of December, inclusive. 1906. The levy is as follows- For State, 5 mills; for county, 3 1-2 mills; Con? stitutional School, 3 mills; tolls, $1.00. Also, School District No. 1. Special, 2 mills; No. 2, 2 mills; No. 3. 2 mills; No. 4, 2 mills; No. 16, 2 mills; No. 17, 1 mill; No. IS, 2 mills; Shiloh School District, 3 mills. 50 cents capatation dog tax. A penalty of 1 per cent, added for month January, 1907. Additional pen? alty of 1 per cent, for month Febru? ary, 1907. Additional penalty of 5 per cent for 15 days in March, 1907. T. W. LE 3, Ort. 5, 1906. County Treasurer. Subscribe for The Daily Item, only 10 cents a week. ' City council passed an ordinance last week to rid the business district ? of the cook shops and shacks that | now disfigure the vacant lots. This is real civic improvement, as was the .rdinance to remove Signs thai suspended across the navements. j Ono of ; ie splendid results of phys- ; beautifying ii to ? create an ambition to be beautiful in every way. When a woman gets a good start by taking Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea she is all right. Tea or Tablets, ??5 cents. China's Drug Store. - Notice is hereby given that a spe? cial election will be held at "Acton," (Gen. Sumter Memorial Academy) ir* School District No. ll, on Monday, November 5th, for the purpose of v ?ting on the question of levying a special tax of two (2) miite to be u?e? to supplement the school fund of said district. The election will be held from ll ?EL m. to 3 p. m. T. S. STUCKEY, Chairman Board of Trustees. R. M. Cantey, Sec. of Board. Oct. 24-2t We carry a more extensive line of rich, stylish effects in Furs this season than ever before and feel sure that from our very elaborate stock we can pl?ase the most fastidious. We can show you a handsome line of Scarfs (the hit of this season) in fine French Coney, Red Sable, Hares, Opossums (in both Isabella and Martin) Gabrella and Sable Fox and many other styles in Skins. we show you a dainty line made in French Coney, Isabella ?Fox, Japanese Mink and Sable Squirrel. The above selections ?range in prices to meet the wants of all classes. From a Black or Brown Scarf at 88 cents to an elegant imported scarf at $22.50. Our $2 to $8 sellers are especially attractive for the price and will prove excellent wearers, Askjto see Misses' fluffs and Scarfs ai 50 cents to $7.50. O'Donnell ? Company