The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 11, 1896, Image 4
Dr. Brown's Lecture.
Dr. C C Brown, of Sumter, lectured io
the court bouse last Moud*y utghi to a fair
audience, i be proceed were applied io the
new Baptist churcb fund, io io?vo. The
Doctor discussed "Toe humorous side of
courtship and matrimony," ano everyone
preseot highly enjoyed his lecture. The
sp9aker held the atteutioo of the aadier.ee for
more thaa aa hour, aod none were tired. H s
audience roared with jxughter, aod we all
would be glad to welcome Dr. Brown to our
town at any future time. Proceeds from lec?
ture aod oysters amouoted $50 net.-Ben
nettsville Advocate.
Officers Elected.
The board of directors of the People's Ice
Co., met Friday afternoon aod elected of?
ficers as follows:
President, H. J. McLaurio.
Superintendent, P. P. Finn.
Secretary aod Treasurer, D. J. Auld.
The Secretary and Treasurer wrs instructed
to proceed at one* to collect the first inst a II
meat of the capital stock. The arrange?
ments for erecting; the plant will te com?
menced at once so that every thing may be in
readiness when the ice se ison opens.
Bobbery.
A bale of cotton was etoleo from the gin of
Col. W. D. Scarborough, of Providence, Sunday
night. Col. Scarborough discovered the lops
early next morning and finding a clue, set out
at once on the trail of the tbeives.
Col. W. D. Scarborough has succeeded in
running down the rascals who stole a bale of
cotton from his gio on Sunday night and has
recovered the cotton. The cotton was recov?
ered at the house of Godfrey Wactor where
the thieves. Bob Council and Sam Wactor
had carried it. Couocii and Sam Wactor
have not been captured, Jab Richardson, au
accomplice bas been taken into custody.
Richardson rans a gio and the thieves hasten?
ed thither as soon as they obtained the cot?
ton. The baggiog and ties were removed
from the bale and it was repacked in Rich?
ardson's press. Council is a notorious ras?
cal aod has been in numerous scrapes- Wac?
tor, bis companion in crime, has heretofore
bornea fairly good repa tat iou in the neigh?
borhood, but this case will go bard with
them, if they are captured.
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A Gift of Books.
Judge Tbos.E Richardson bas presented
tp the library of the Sumter Graded School
the following books :
Addison's The Spectator, 8 volumes;
Classical Library, 2 ro Lurnea; Jones's Philoso?
phy; Smart's Horace, 2 volumes; Letters of
Janies; Gordon's Tacitus, 3 vol?mes; An?
thon's Sallust; Goldsmith's History of Rome:
Letters of Polite Correspondence; Virgil's
Aeneid-Beoks V?I-X?I.
This is ao addition of 21 vol?mes to the
school library, and a valuable addition.
? Mr. Richardson's gift is cordially appreciated.
Who will be the next 1 -
Chief Bradford arrested a little negro boy,
apparently net more than ten or twelve years
old, last week for stealing a gold watch from
Mrs. J. S. Thomson and a ring and other ar?
ticles of jewelry from Mrs. Thomas Rogan, v
The boy confessed bis guilt and returned the
watch, and ring, the other articles have not
yet been recovered, as the boy bad turned
them over to other parties. The Mule rascal
stole the jewelry when be went to the boase
to d?lirer a package.
Camp Dick Anderson, Uglied Con?
federate Veterans will attend the State Fair j
ia a body to-day and will take part
in.the parade. The officers of the Camp ex?
pect to have a full turnout of members as a (
large number of Veterans have already notifi- ]
ed tbein of their intention to attend the fair. ;
Col. Blanding is working with bis usual in- .
defatigible energy and enthusiasm to secure
the presence of as large a number of Veterans 1
as possible and it may set down as a certainty {
that Sumter Connty will be well represeated
ia Columbia on Confederate Veterans Day (
Tbe machinery of 'he Cotton Oil Mill has j
ali been put in place and everything is now j
- in readiness for steam to be turned on and
.active operations commenced. ' The mill com- J
menced work at 3 30 Monday, and from '
that hour uotil the crop of cotton seed bas (
been exhausted it will be the busiest place in
the city. The mill has sufficient seed cn *
band to run several week?, and enough addi- J
tional io the hands of agents at various rail- I
road stations to keep the mill mooing until ?
late in tbe Springy A great deal of tbe seed ,
was purchased early in the season before the j
advance ie price occurred, which, at the pres- i
eat price of oil and meal, eosures a profit. j
Letter Prom Oswego.
Dear W. & S. where little is given only j
a little is expected, says the Great Giver, but j
you ask me for what ? have, sp wheo I write ^
and don't write anything worth'setting op, .
yo obave a right to use the paper for wrap- j
P'?g> provided yon rab out what I put on it. j
We buried to-day coe of oar long-stand-^ }
ing and loyal members of Bethel cbnrcb, Mrs.
Hannah McLeod, wife of the late R. L. :
McLeod aod widow of Nicholas Pooch. Her j
maiden name, Murphy, has almost passed
from memory about here. Over eighty years
she served her generation and over sixty years
ber church. She was very diffident ia ber j
professioa of religion. She loved God, the ;
Cbarch aod CbristiaBS and that is proof that (
she was a child of a King. She lived aod i
died io almost ber first home which her a ieee,
Mrs. Magnas Cummings, cow owns and near <
by her nephew, Mr. James Bracey, thee*.' two i
were in troth children of hers, and they were i
faithful to the end as far as human strength ,
could go. This is the last one o: our old
felks who could always give you information
of the long ago.
Mr. Covington has opened a large school
at Bethel. The folks say they like his looks
and think he will make a good teacher.
Mr. R. P. Stackhouse has gone to Marion
for his family, who are on a visit to the pa?
rents of Mrs. Stackhouse.
Mus Dora Michau spent Saturday and Sun?
day at home. She ?3 in love with her Brown
School.
Mr. James Terry will soon move bis mill
in the woods acd cut logs instead of cotton.
How quiet everybody seems since McKinley
is elected: they must be satisfied with the sil?
ver they have and the gold they hare not. I
think we would a!! be better off ii we could
be more contented and wait till things revolve
around for us, and it surely will if the future
is like the past. Few road3 there are that
don't have a crook.
I qear the ladies are goins: to have another j
church feast soon, at which they intend to j
redeem themselves for the other failure. I :
expect announcements and invitations will be
out next week.
Cotton seed traders keep Oswego lively
these times and there is nothing else.
I am sorry to hear that Mrs. Davis Rem
bert is going to spend a long time with ber
sister, Mrs. Mahoney, io Flor:da. She goes
boping the trip will improve her health.
THE PAGEANT OE THE ERA.
Tho Adam Forepaugh and Sells
Brothers Stupendous Con
solidatedtStreet Parades.
If "n thine of beauty is a joy forever," one
of the grandest and most sensational beauties
most certaioly should attract unanimous at?
tendance, and as tbe united street parades of
the Great Forepaugh and Sells Brothers'
enormous combined shows more than 611 the
Lill in the latter respect, it muy be assumed
that their first appearance io Columbia on
the morning cf Tuesday. Nov. 17, will 6ee as?
sembled many thousands of spectators from
everywhere within a radius of fifty miles, or
more, and more especially as the low excur?
sion rate? will prove an aclditiooal induce?
ment to come. Bach of the big shows nnmed
bas heretofore given a parade well worth
seeing, and something nutsplendonog all past
productions cf the kind may be counted on
when their two parades are blended in
one huge march, with many signal
new attractions added. There is a
host and plethora of impressive and allur?
ing sights, such as the two biggest herds
of biggest elephants, a splendid menagerie
of rare and savage wild beasts in great open
and performing dens, Cleopatra's historically
gorgeous royal barge of state, hundreds ot
the Soest horses ever harnessed and all ele?
gantly caparisoned, the biggest and costliest
band chariot ever known, more Rnd more
elegantly costumed people than were ever
before seen in an arenic parade, a hu od red
lavishly decorated chariots, cages and fairy?
land equipages, an Asiatic caravao of t-'iant
camels and dromedaries, and an almost in?
computable wealth aod variety of other fas?
cinating displays.
Tb.9 Coast Line's Specials.
For the accommodation of those who de?
sire to atteod the State fair, the Coast Lioe
will run a erectal traio on Wednesday and
Thursday. The followibg schedule bas been
sent out from beadqnartere:
Souihbouud-No. 37/first class
Lv. Florence 7.00 am
Lv. Lynchburg 7:54 am
LT Atkins 7:59 am
Lv. Macsville 8:11 am
Lv. Sumter 8:30 am
Lv. Cane Savannah 8:41 am
Lv. Wedgefield 8:50 am
Lv. Camden Crossing 8:55 ara
Ar. Columbia 10:00 am
For the return trip, northbound-No. 38,
Brst class. >
Lr. Columbia 5:30 pm
Lv: Camden Crossing 6:35 pm
Lv. Wedgefield 6:41 pm
Lv. Cane Savannah 6:49 pm
Lv. Sumter 7:05 pm
Lv. Mayesville 7:25 pm
Lv. Atkins 7:40 pm
Lv. Lynchburg 7:46 pm
A.r. Florence 8:35 pm
Nos. 37 and 38 will stop at ail stations for
passengers.
"Turn the rascals out"-the familiar party
?ry-may be applied to microbes as well as to
neo. The germs of disease that lurk io the
t>lood are :tturned out" by Ayer's Sarsaparil?
la as effectually as the old postmasters are
iisplaced by a new administration.
Registration Again.
The people in the State who have
not yet secured their registration
certificates will have their next
ihance to do so under the regulations
prescribed in the Constitution and
.egistration laws on the first Monday
n next month. The following ex
ract from the new registration law
50 provides, as follows :
"The books of registration shall be
>pened by the boards on the first
donday in April, 1S96, at the court
louse in each county, and kept open
br at least six consecutive weeks.
They shall be opened again at the
;ourt house on the first Mondays in
lune, July, August and September,
i. D. 1896, aud kept open continual
y for at least one week in each of
?aid months. They shall be closed
50 days before the general election
n 1896. After the general election
m 1396 the books of registration
mall be cpened on the first Monday
)f each month at the court house and
sept open for three successive days
before the election in 1898, when
:hey shall be closed untill the said
general election shall have taken
place. The offices and books must
be kept open from 9 o'clock in the
forenoon until 3 o'clock in the after?
noon.
"The board of registration is the
judge of the qualifications of all ap?
plicants for registration up to Janu?
ary 1st, 1898."
RALEIGH, NC, Nov. 9 .--The leg?
islative election returns have at last
all been received. They show the
composition of the legislature to be
58 Republicans, 58 Populists and 43
Democrats. There is a tie in one
county-Jackson. A Populist was
elected in Hide by 2 majority. Na?
tional Democratic Committeeman
Josephus Daniels says that in at leaet
30 counties members of the legisla?
ture were chosen by less than 50 ma?
jority.
DA. E, C, WEST'S
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TBTS?CZT LEADS.
The Magnificent Bid Made by that
. Live Town for the County
Seat cf Salem.
At a well attended and representative
meeting of the citizens of Wisacky and vncini
ty held this dar, November 6th 1896," Mr,
N B Scarborough was called to the chair
?nd Mr W. B. McLeod made Secretary. It
was decided to roake an offer to the citizens of
tbe proposed new county of Salem to have
the county seat of ea d new county located at
Wisacky. Ao offer of 150 acres of land in a
solid body, in the center of th<? town, was
made with the condition that the court house
and other public buildioge be located thereon.
The grantors pledged themselves to execute
bond for t?rles or make deed of gift at ooce.
The sum of $5,100 was similarly pledged in
money, ?ind also a gift of 105,000 brick, to
be used io building of court house or other
public building. A committee of nine
gentlemen from various sections of the pro?
posed new territorv, consisting of Messrs.
N. B. Scarborough, H W. Scott, N. Y.
Alford, G. W Stitb, M. W. Harris, Edwin
Wiieon, R. M. Cooper, John M Mooney ham
and L. C. Mills, was appointed to scrutinize
the offer and give a monetary estimate of the
entire offer,
They placed the landed offer at
a value of $25.821 GO
The money offer at $5.100.00
The brick offer at a value of $630 00
Total $31,551.00
It will Be seen that their offer is sufficient
to build the necessary public buildiues for
the new county and pay off all the in?
herited debts from the old counties of Sumter
Kershaw and Darlington which we are re?
liably informed wiU not exceed $12 000.
Wisacky is well located, healthy, is near
the ceoter of the proposed new territory,
surrounded by a 6o^ agricultural country,
accessible from all sections by excellent roads
and has other eq'ial advantages with any
other point for a county seat.
W. B McLE?D, N. B. SCARBOROUGH,
Secretary, Chairman.
State of South Carolina. 1
Sumter County. J
I, Shephard Nash, Clerk of Court, hereby
certify that the above offer is good and valid
and that the records of thi3 office wilt show
the persons making the offer able to comply.
SHEPHARD NASH,
November 7th, 1896. Clerk
A nice line of Baby Carriages-both cheap
and fine-at very low prices. The J D.
Craig Furniture Co. Nov 4-2t
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sold aeec
Men's Overcoats,
Children's
Men's Suits,
Children
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toms: such as Faint, Weak or Hungry Spells,
Irregular or Intermittent Pulse, Fluttering
or Palpitation of the ITcart, Choking Sensa?
tions, Shortness of Breath, Swelling of Feet
and Ankles, etc.
Dr. Miles' Heart Cure,
Cures Heart Disease.
Mr. Geo. L. Smith, of the Geo. L. Smith
Mantel Co., Louisville, Ky., writes Feb. 2G,
1S94: "For about a year I was a terrible suf?
ferer from heart trouble, which got so bad
I was obliged to sit up in bed to get my
breath. 1 had to abandon business and
could hardly crawl around. My friend, Mr.
Julius C. Voght, one of our leading pharma?
cists, asked mc to try Dr. Miles' Heart Cure.
I had used little moro than a bottle when
the pain ceased and .palpitations entirely
disappeared. I have not had the slightest
trouble since, and today I am attending to
business as regularly as ever."
Sold by druggists everywhere. Book on
Heart and Nerves sent free. Address Dr.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
Br. Miles' Remedies Restore Health,
SALES OF REAL ESTATE.
THE EXECUTORS of A. F. Cousar,
deceased, will receive propositions for
the purchase of the various tracts of land of
his Estate, io and near Bisbopville, in whole
or in parcels to suit purchasers.
Good titles will be made, the attorneys of
mortgages consenting.
JAMES E. COUSAR,
JOHN E. COUSAR,
JOHN R. COUSAR,
Qualified Executors.
Bishopville, Sep. 10, 1896.
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Nov. 6.-o
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;ured a por
stock of a
liled in biisi
goods were
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Boy's Overcoats,
Overcoats.,
Boy's Suits,
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ime as the weather
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ELGIN. ILLINOIS.
OUR FALL STOCK
Is now complete in every department, and buyers will do themselves an in?
justice, if they fail to see us before making their winter pur?
chases. It is impossible to do justice, in the limited space allowed us, to
the different departments of our store, and we feel that we are
well enough known in the territory tributary to Sumter, not to require ue
to enter into a detailed description of it. Our annually in?
creasing business has warranted us in buying
The largest stock we have ever bought,
And should we be so fortunate as to enjoy as liberal a patronage from our
friends this season as we have in the past we will have no reason to regret
our purchases.
Oar buyer paid particular
attention to the purchase of
Hosiery.
Having bought in all nea^y 10,000 JE3St?'V&,
In which there are some excellent values.
We would call particular attention to one. case, 750 pairs, of
Misses narrow ribbed, full regular made at 10c, per pair.
These are regular 15c. to 20c. goods.
One case, 900 pairs, of Boys? extra long and very heavy woven
seam, at 15c. per pair.
These goods retail everywhere at 25 ce?ts.
One case, 1200 pairs, Ladies7 fast black, full regular made
at 10c. per pair.
These goods must be seen to be appreciated.
ur Dry Goods Stock
Is complete in every department.
Our line of Dress Goods at 25c per yard in al! wool fabrics, are worthy of
special mention. Will be pleased to send samples on application.
Ho!
Blankets.
Those who were fortunate enough to secure a pair of our celebrated all-wooi
T?rlieel'S ^a8t year ^eal te8timony as t0 tne^r wor*h, but they
are better made this season, and our
large contract for them warrants
us in selling them at $3.90 pr pair.
If these are too dear we will sell you a pair from 45c. up.
Well we have a few of them, about 1,000 we should say, and the lady who
buys without seeing our stock will have reason to regret it, for she will pay
more money. We can sell a good Beaver Cloth in Black or Navy neatly
trimmed in fur and braid for One Dollar-goods that 6old last season from
$2 00 to $2.50.
Our 6tock in this line is better than ever. We carry no shoddy 6hoes.
Every pair is warranted solid or money refunded.
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CLOTHING.
Judging from the way our tables are piled we must expect to do some
business in this line.
If your boy wants a suit we have them from 65c. up.
If your husband wants a suit we have them from ?2 up.
Our all-wool black Cheviot at ?4 50 cannot be duplicated for less than ?6 50.
This is the line we have inado our reputation on, and wo are bound to
sustain it. Our competitors may advertise sample hats and Job Lots, but
shrewd buyers who want the best goods for tlie least money seek us.
We will say nothing about our GROCERY STOCK- they are so chea
they are not worth advertising space.
Every man, woman and child in Sumter County will need something for
the Winter, and we extend to all an invitation to come and see ns. Our
salesmen will take pleasure in showing you through our stock, and if they
cannot sell you, they will make it very interesting for those who do.
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