The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 15, 1899, Image 5
VHS SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April, IS50
lBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, he thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's."
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane. 1366
SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15.1899.
Sew Series-Yoi. XVIII. So. 29
MARRIED.
Mr. Jobo B. RaS-^H and Miss Lillie D
Wells were married at Graham Church. Brog
dons, at 6 o'clock last Wednesday..eveuinp,
Rev. G T. Gresham, officiating.
MARRIAGE.
Ur. Ebbie Wells and Hiss Hattie S. Carson
will be united io marriage at the Presbyte
rian Ghnrcb this evening at 8.30. No cards.
DEATH.
Ur. John Feaster, of Spring Hill township,
died oo Wed cesday afternoon after an illness
of several weeks. Mr Feaster was originally
I from Colombia, bot bad lived io Spring Hill
for * number of years. Be had passed hts
eightieth year.
The sooner a coc&h or cold is cored with*
oat barm to tba sneerer the better. Linger
ing colds are dangerous Hacking cough is
distressing. One M nate Cough Cure quick*
ly cores it. Why rafter when such a cough
care is within reach ? It is pleasant to the
taste -Bogbaon-Ligou Co.
Saturday evening about 7 o'clock;the roof
of Mrs E. A. Dinkies' residence, at the coo
i oer of Sumter and Liberty Streets, caught
fire.. The Fire Department was called oat
bat rendered so aexvtce as tbe fire waa extin
guished with a few buckets cf water. A de
fective floe caused tbe fire. Damage to tbe
building amounted to only a few dollars.
Overe me evil with good. Overcome your
coughs and colds with Ooo Minute Cough
Core. It is so good'that children cry for it.
It cures croup, bronchitis, pneumonia,
grippe and all throat and lang diseases.
Hoghson Ligon Co. .
Notwithstanding the exceedingly Inclement
weather, a goodly congregation attended the
ordination services at the Baptist Church
Sunday morai og. The services were very
i us press; re and enjoyable.
Soothing, bealing, cleansing, De Witt's
Witch Hazel Salve is the implacable enemy of
sores, burns and tonuda. It never fails to
cure Piles. Toa .may rely upon it.-Hugh
son-Li go n.
The installation and ordination services
that were to bave been observed at tbe Pres
byterian Church on Sunday have been post
poned until next Sunday. This was thought
advisable oo account of tbe inclement state
of tbe weather and tbe consequent small con
gregation.
When yon ask for De Witt's Witch Hazel
Salve don't accept a counterfeit or imitation.
There are more cases of Piles being cured by
this, than all others combined.-Bugbson
Ligon Co.
There was a great furor raised last year
about the keeping of bogs within, the limits
\ of tba city, and there was mach said about
banishing tbe last one, bnt all tba talk was
mere talk and tbe boga are with ns still. It
it tra that some folks who listen to talk
and are prone to believe tbat words
meansomething bada pig killing and lived
on spare ribs and fresh pork for seme days,
\ bat tbe majority of tba bog raisers snickered
in their sleeve and are still raising bogs.
A cough is not like a fever. It does not
i bave to ron a certain coarse. Cora it quick
i ly and effectually with. One Minute Cough
! Cure, the beat remedy fer all ages and for the
most severe cases. We recommend it became
it's good.- Hugbson-Ligen Co.
Toe talk of macadamizing Nain Street bas
come to naught, and tbe mod and slush that
render that thoroughfare only a whit better
than an impassable morass are as much in
evidence as ever. In lien of a macadamized
roadway cannot tbe City Cou neil bave a few
more brick causeways constructed? One at
tbe PotftoSce would cost less than tbe. eas
donated to tba Fourth Regiment Band at the
last insetin g of Council.
Mother's Trusted Friend, Simmons Squaw
Vine Wine or Tatsieta, Prepare tbe System
for Confinement, Shorten Labor and make
Childbirth Easy.
A two or three reeks' courte of Dr. H.A.
Simmons Liver Medicine wil ; so Regufate tbe
Sxcrationary Functions thai they will ope
rate without any aid whatever.
Tbe half-frozen and half-starred birds are
; having a bard tints of it for every man and
every boy who nae been able to get bold of a
gao bas been ont after them, and tbe killing
bas been great. - Doves, partridges, robins,
sparrows and other birds ba ve fallen indis
criminately into the hunters' bags, and bird
I pies have held the chief place on many tables.
Tbr birds have been so tamed by hunger and
numbed by the cold tbat it is aa easy matter
to come within killing distance. The rabbits
bave fallen an easy prey to the soow and
cold-defying banters, and scores of them have
been ron dowo and knocked over with
sticks. The bunters bave had fine lock and
some sport, and if tbe weather cootinnes cold
for a few more days it will be all the easier
to kill birds and rabbits It is to be feared,
however, that thousands of birds will be
starved and frozen to death, and that the
stock of partridges and doves, especially,
will be greatly depleted, unless the szow
melts within the next few days.
Read the new advertisement of Cresswell &
Co, to-day.
Two Degrees Below Zero.
The passing of the blizzard and the mode
ration of the weather permits people to stir
around, and to-day thay are talking about
how cold it was and what the various ther
mometers registered. It is admitted by ail
local weather observers that yesterday morn
ing was the coldest of the cold snap, and the
temperature reached the lowest point. On
Hooday night at 10 o'clock the thermometers
registered 5 degree above zero, and at 6 a. m.
Tuesday the mercury stood at 2 below zero,
while at 8 o'clock it bad risen to 2 degrees
above zero. As several observations, made
at the same boors and io different sections of
the city, agree with tbe above figures, it is to
be assnmed that they are correct. One or
two thermometers are said to have; registered
3 to 7 degrees below zero yesterday morning,
but these may hare beau io particularly ex
posed positions and cannot be accepted as
reliable records. Bot be that as it may the
cold weather record of Sumter bas been
broken, and it is safe to say that 2 below
zero will stand as the record for many years
to come-we all hope so.
In a recent letter from Washington, D. C.,
to an old friend, Msjor G. A. Stoder, for
twenty years United States Consul at Singa
pore, says : "While at Des Moines I became
acquainted with a liniment knwn as Cham
berlain's Pain Balm, wbich I found excellent
against rheumatism as well as against sore
ness of the throat and chest (giving me much
easier breathing). I bad a touch cf pneu
monia early this week, aod two applications
freely applied to the tbroa' and chest relieved
me of it at once. I would not be wi,bout it
for any thine." For sale by Dr A. J. China.
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Wanted Cotton seed. Highest prices
paid. W. B. Boyle.
Death of Miss Martha Kendrick
Mr. Z V. Kendrick received a paper yester
day from Waterbury, Corn , containing a
notice of the death of a kirswcman of his
Miss Martha Kendrick. Deceased was a
daughter of the late Hon Greene Kendrick
She was cf "distinguished lioeage." says th }
exchange. "Her ancestors were Virginians
with a xniogling of Poritan Stock. She w:*8
a woman of extended reading. Hardly a
person in Waterbury who was so well ac
quainted with Biblical history as Miss Ken.
crick. ? ocially, in her ear=y life, she was a
great favorite. She was respected by all
who knew her. She was 70 years of age."
The above B taken from the Charlotte Ob
server of a recent date. The deceased was a
dapgbter of the late Ex-Governor Greene
Kendrick, of Connecticut, and aont of Hon.
Greene Kendrick, ex-nsayor of Waterbury.
Conn., and a near relative of firs. J Digits
Wilder, and ber sister, Miss Martha Kendrick
Roach, of this city.
Frank Sherwood was down town to-day,
the first time since be hs his tassie with
cholera morbos. He sayu he drove thirty
miles after he was taken, and never came so
near dying ic bis life. After this when he
goes cat ia tbe country be will take a bottle
of Chamberlain'8 Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy with bim --Missouri Valley
(Iowa) Times. For sate by Dr. A. J. China.
The sleighing has been finer yesterday and
Monday than ever before in tbe memory of tbe
oldest inhabitant and advantage bas been
taken of it to the fullest extent by all who do
not mind tbe nipping cc ld and love the
sleigh-bells' merry jingle. Ali sorts and
descriptions of sleighs have been improvised
for the occasion, buggies, carriages, wagons,
surreys and breaks have been shorn of
wheels and fitted with raonners, and they
glide as merrily over the flaky snow with
their freight of merry sleighere as any sleigh
ever made.
TL thermometers io this city do not all
register the temperature ali ie. The tempera
ture since Monday baa been variously
reported. Some thermometers recorded 12
above zero, others 2 below zero and on up.
One particularly cold-blooded instrument is
said to have gone down to 7 below zero, but
this most have been a mistake, for cold as it
bas been, the frgid temperature bas not
fallen below 2 below zero. The most relia
ble thermometers registered from zero to 2
degrees below zsro, according to the locality
and exposare, on Tuesday norning.
Tbe lice surveyed for the Camdec extension
of the Wilson and Sommerton railroad
passes to tbe west of Gallard's X Roads
through the valley between Providence bill
and tbe pablic road to Bradford Spricgs. It
crosses Rafting Creek at the bead of Re ro
ber t's mill pond and follows the low grounds
beek of the Rembert and Keels places to the
west of the Camden road, then crosses that
read near tbe old Robert EJIerbe place and
parallels it to Boykio's Mill where it crosses
Swift Creek. From that point it parallels :he
Camden Branch of tbe S. O. k Ga. R. R. to
a point about four miles from Camden
where it crosses the railroad and enters the
town of Camden on tbe side next to the river.
If the new road is built on this line it will
go mach to tbe west of the line that has been
generally believed it would follow, and leaves
tbe country that most needs a railroad with
out one and little, if any, better off than it
has been.
Nat Jennings an old crippled negro, who
will be better remembered as having one foot
drawn np so that be wnlked on bis heel, waa
found Friday in a little house occupied by
bim near tbe ice factory, in as aoconaeioQS
condition. Be was missed for a couple of
days by bis neighbors wno at last weat into
his boase and mond bim as described with
out food or fnel. Be was removed to bis
sister's house, and cared . for, bat never
regained consciousness and died Saturday
moroiog.
Meeting of City Council.
Council met last Wednesday evening in
regular semi-monthly session, with Mayor
Wilson in tbe chair aod th > following alder
men present : J. 3. Hoghson, B. W. Barst,
A. G. Flowers, W. H. Epperson and L. S.
Carson.
Minutes of January 25tb were read and
approved.
Dr. Stuckey and Mr. Shore of tbe City
Board of Health were present to advise coun
cil in the adoption of m eas urea to prevent
tbe spread of contagious and infectious dis
eases, aod requested that an ordinance be
passed making it unlawful for any person,
except the attending physician to enter or
leave infected premises ualess by permis
sion of the Board or tts duly authorized o ri
cers, noder penalty of fine or imprisonment.
The ordinance which bad been prepared to
accomplish this purpose was read and adopt
ed, and after publication will become a law.
L. D. Jennings, B q , presented a claim for
twenty-four dollars damages, alleged to bave
been sustained by injury !e a horse belonging
to Edward Carlos. It was claimed that the
horse was crippled by getting a foot through
a bole in a bridge. Council rfjscted the
claim on the ground that io their opinion the
injury could not have resulted io the alleged
manner
Mayor W:leon introduced an Ordinance to
amend the Ordinance relating to nuisances,
by forbidding bogs to be kept in pens or lots,
less than one acre in size ; and making it
unlawful to slaughter any animals within
city limits. The ordinance was passed to the
second reading.
A petition was presented from landowners,
tc have opened and maintained by the city a
street exteoding from Church Street to Wash
ington Street. Also a petition from lot own
ers for a oidewalk on the North side of
Blanding Street from Church to Washington
Streets. These matters were referred to the
Committee of Public Works. A request
from the Fire Department for rubber coats
and boots was referred to the committee of
that department.
The surject of vaccination was discussed,
and the question considered as to whether all
vaccination should be at expense of the city.
This resulted in a resoloticn that it was the
sense of Council that vaccination should ne
free only to persons unable to pay the
expeose themselves.
Several bills were presented and referred
o Finance Committee, and Council adjourn
ed.
Mayor's Court.
Mr. W. C. Venning was run over by Tom
Wilson, oo horseback Friday, corner Main
and Liberty Streets He was arrested by
officer Bradford, and next morning plead
guilty to reckless riding. It appears that be
had only a baiter on bis horse, t>nd could not
control bim. The Mayor sentenced bim $5 or
10 days.
John Bracey plead guilty to a charge of
drunk and disorderly conduct. $10 or 20
days.
Mr. W. T. Thompson will begin shipping
asparagus from h's truck (arm within ii few
weeks. He has five or more acres and it ia
just coming imo fall production this year for
the first tine. If he demonstrates ibm aspa
ragus can be profitably grown here on a
large scale Other farmers should plant it, for
the den ned ia always in exceesfl of the sup
ply. The truck farmers of Charleston Neck
have coined money on asparagus, and those
wbosucceed io growing it here willmafce
money alee.
Baby Burn ea to Death.
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An infant child of Jone McBride, colored,
who lives near Salters Town, two miies from
i tbis city, was burned to death Monday
afternoon. The mother of the child left
'he house for a few miou'e3 to get a pail of
water from the well, leaving the baby in a
cradle near the fire place. When ebe return
ed the cradle was in a hh zs and the wall of
.the bouse near the cradle was beginning to
bnrn. Sbe screamed loudiy for help, but be
child was doubtless dead before the fire was
discovered, at 8ny rate, life was extinct when
the flames were extinguished and the body
taken from the burned cradle It is thought
that a fire coal popped from the fire place
into the cradle and siarted the fire.
Coroner Moses went out to Salter'^ Town
yesterday and held an investigation. He
saw no reason for summoning a jury and
holding an inquest, as there was no suspicion
of foul play or criminal carelessness, and
therefore issued a burial permit.
Took a 8evere Cold After the Big
Fire.
After the big fire in Cripple Creek, I took
a very severe cold and tried maoy remedies
without help ; the cold only becoming more
settled. After using three small bottles of
Chamberlains Cough Remedy, both the cold
and coogh left, me, and in this high altitude
it takeB a meritorious cough remedy to do
any good.-G. B. Henderson, Editor Daily
Advertieer, Cripple Creek, Colo. Sold by Dr.
A. J. China.
To Serve the Mission Chapel.
By appointment of Rev. Bishop W. W.
Duncan, the Rev. Allen 3. Whiner will take
charge of the Magnolia Street Missioo, re
cently served by the Rev. W. A. Kelly and
will enter upon the duties of his pastorate at
early date.
Mr Whisner comes to this charge with the
highest recommendations from the faculty of
bis Alma Mater-the Randolph-Macon Col
lege, and also from the patrons of the schools
where he bas tAognt since bis graduation.
The well-know j courtesy aod kindliness of
the citizens of Sumter give assurance of his
cordial reception by them ; and bis own
worth will soon win their esteem and confi
dence. He is a Virginian by birth and as a
preacher, is io the succession, being the
nephew of tbe distinguished divine, the Rev
Dr. P. H. Wbisuer, Sec. Board Church Ex
tension of the M. E Choreo, Sooth.
THCB J CLYDI, P. E
First National Bank Statement.
The regular statement of the First Nation
al Bank appears in another column and the
attention of our readers is directed to it.
The condition is very satisfactory and the
large line of deposits is an evidence of the
confidence of the public in tbe stability of the
institution.
Vaccination of School Children.
From Daily Item, Feb. 10
Relative to tbe resolution of tbe City
Board of Education, that successful vaccina
tion sbouid be a prerequisite of attendance at
the Graded Schools of this city, Superinten
dent Edmunds makes the following report:
"At the Washington Street school a care
ful, personal canvass was taken and is was
ascertained that there were fifty-three who
bad not been successfully vaccinated. Twen
ty-five of these were vaccinated on Wednes
day ; seventeen on Thursday, and five to-day
(Friday) The remaining six will be vacci
nated between now and next week. On
Monday there will not be a single pupil in
the white schcol, that, to the best of my
knowledge and belier, has not been success
fully or recently vaccinated.
In the Lincoln Graded School thirty-four
were reported who bad not been successfully
vaccinated These were vaccinated to day
(Friday). The vaccinating at the two schools
was done by Dr. Archie China. In every
ease it was left to the parent to say whether
his child should be vaccinated at home, at
physician's office or at school house. Vacci
nation was made compulsory only insofar as
it pertained to attendance upon the exercises
of the school."
Mother and Babe
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woman endures before and during '
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Holiday Notice.
FEBRUARY 22d. being a legal holiday
tbe First National Bank will oecloBed.
L. S. CARSON, Cashier.
Feb 15, 1899
FOR SALE-Guernsey Buli, 14 months
old From registered stock. Price$25.
Can te seen oo Church Street. Too good
blood to kill for beef. J. S. Moore, Box 211
S-mter, S. C. Feb. 8-2t
Estate of Jas H. Af cock, Jr,
DECEASED.
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate
of Sumter County on February ll, 1899,
tor a Fioal Discharge as Administrator of
aforsaid estate
ALBEBT E AYC CK,
Jan ll-4? Admi-istrator.
Estate of E. ms Pitts, Dec'd.
ALL PERSONS having claims against the
aforesaid Estate will present same duly
attested, and all persons in anyway indebted
to s id Estate will make nagent without
delay to PETER M. PITTS,
Feb 1-3t Administrator.
Ill,
Fire Insurance Agency
ESTABLISHED 1866.
Represent, among other Companies :
LIVERPOOL* LONDON k 9L0BE,
NORTH BRITISH A MERCANTILE
HOME, of New York.
UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y.
LANCASTER INSURANCE CO.
Capital represented $75,000,000.
Feb p.
VHS SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April, IS50
lBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, he thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's."
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane. 1366
SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15.1899.
Sew Series-Yoi. XVIII. So. 29