The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 23, 1901, Image 3
C?TY COUNCIL MEETING.
An Appropriation Made for the Exposi?
tion Exhibit
City Council held a called meeting
Monday night. The purpose of the
meeting; was to consider a petition from
the citizens for an appropriation for
an exhibit at the Charleston Exposi?
tion, and other matters that might
come up. Present: Mayor Stuckey,
Alderman Boyle, W. H. Epperson,
Finn, Hurst and Rowland.
Mr. Irving Ryttenberg requested
Council to place a Kitson Street lamp
on Liberty Street at the grocery of
Ryttenberg & Sons, offering to pay
one-half cost of the lamp, Council to
pay half and operate. No action was i
taken.
Mr. Ryttenberg offered the use of
land at their brick yard for a dump?
ing ground, free of charge. He also
offered to sell the city some second?
hand carts, or exchange them for one
of the dump wagons.
Hon. R. I. Manning presented a
petition from many of the business
men and taxpayers of Sumter, asking
that Council appropriate $300 for ad?
vertising the city at the Charleston
. Exposition." Mr. Seale, County Super?
visor, stated that ?the county appro?
priation was made on condition that
the Council make a liberal appropria?
tion. On motion of Mr. Finn, the
appropriation was made not to exceed
$300. Mr. Manning asked that an
. effort be made to have the Good Roads'
Train of the Southern Railway come
to Sumter.
Mr. Adolphus Manheim presented a
bill for $198 for three Kitson lamps.
Council directed the clerk to pay for
one only, as Council had not ordered
the oxfoer two.
Minutes of September 25, October
11th and 16th, were read and approved.
The following requests for street
lamps were referred to Committee of
Public Works to investigate and re?
port back to Council : From Rev. C.
C. Brown for a lamp at the corner of
Libertv and Laurens Streets, from
Messrs! W. F. B. and E. C. Hayns?
worth for one at the corner of Mag?
nolia and Calhoun Streets, f rom Mr.
R. F. Haynsworth for one on Warren
Street.
A request from Jenkins Bros. and
Augusta Furniture Co., for permis?
sion to cut down a tree on Liberty
Street near their places of business
was referred to Committee on Public
Works with power to act
A communication from the Colored
Ministerial Union was read protesting
against the practice of requiring
female prisoners to work on the streets.
Received as information.
City Clerk was instructed not "to
rent the Opera House to anyone for
less than $10, with $2 additional for
use of piano.
Mr. I). J. Winn, superintendent of
the Sumter Cotton Mills, requested by
letter that Council require the repair?
ing of a sidewalk torn up by the
Southern Railway, in a street leading
from the mills to Cemetery Avenue.
He offered several hundred loads of
clinkers and cinders for use of - the
city in making sidewalks. Referred to
the Mayor.
There were no other matters of
special interest to the public.
Council then adjourned.
HARMONY PRESBYTERY.
The Meeting Heid at Brick Church.
Harmony Presbytery convened at its
fall -meeting in Brick Church on
Wednesday, the 16th instant, and was
organized by the election of the Rev.
Frank Wardlaw* of Indian town, as
moderator, and the Rev. W. W. Sad?
ler, of Lynchburg, Beulah and Lake
City, as reading clerk. After a ses- .
sion of three days it adjourned to meet
in the spring at the Beulah Church.
The weather was ideal, the enter?
tainment elegant and generous and the
exercises pleasant and profitable. The
old, historic church had lately under?
gone a thorough renovation -which . set
it forth in all its nati ve beauty and
appropriateness as a place Where God
has recorded His name-a.; city set
upon a hill beautiful for situation
-.She joy of ?li the section -which- of all
-itfrother-. attractions' s?gards ' this" as
the chief. A pleasing incident occur?
red during -the^meeting which though ;
peculiarly a congregational matter
apart" item the I^esbytery^ may. be
mentioned w^thout^impro^riety??aid it
is hoped'without impertinence/ l&is
was tile gift by the congregation of a
-most -elegant -walking cane to Col.
"M?ldrow, a deacon' of the church, as
the expression of their appreciation
of special services rendered by him.
This act was performed in the ses?
sion house with none present but the
congregation and the recipient but
we are told that the transaction was
most graceful and pleasing. Mention
is made of this as an example worthy
of imitation. It is. not unusual for
pastors to receive these tokens of ap?
preciation but seldom that other offi?
cers of the church are gratified in like
manner.
There is nothing invidious in these
special marks of appreciation but it is
generally found that those who might
be sentitive are most forward to recog
inze any eminent service that may be
rendered by their co-workers.
So pleased and grateful was Presby?
tery for all the kindness shown them
by the church and community that
they might easily have been induced
to hold their next meeting in the same
place had a sense of obligation allowed
them to forego the cordial invitations
of others and the prospect of pleasure
and profit of like kind.
We repeat only a matter of common
fame when we say that one would have
to go far, if at all, to find a more re?
fined, hospitable intelligent, and God?
fearing a people than that in which
the ''Brick Church"' stands as a bea?
con light. Presbyter.
Zt Hipp9aed in a Drug Store.
4iOne day last winter a lady caine to ray
drug store and asked for a brand of cough
medicine that I did not have in stock,"
says Mr. C. R. Grandin, the popular drug?
gist of Ontario, N. Y. "She was disap?
pointed and wanted to know what prepa?
ration I could recommend. I said to her
that I could freely recommend Chamber
Jain's Cough Remedy and that she could
take a bottle of the remedy and after giv?
ing it a fair trial if she did not find it
worth the money to bring back the bottle
and I would refund the price paid. In the
course of a day or two the lad}- came back
in company with a friend in need of a
cough medicine and advised her to buy a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
I consider that a very good recommenda?
tion for the remedy." It is for sale by Dr.
A. J. China.
The Clink ol
THE
Sounds in
1 case ]
Flannellette.
A gracd assortment-good imitatioo
of French Flannel at
13%c.
1 case colored percales, good width
For this week at 6c per yard.
Marseilles Spreads at $1 98; really
worth $3 Come and get one.
A cheaper bat also very good qnal
i ty at ?1 25, worth gi 75
We have jost received another lot
of those 69c Spreads, worth $1
Everybody wants them*
Yon know we have the beet values
io Ladies'. Men's a?d Children's
Stockiogs. from 10c upwards
50 ?oz Ladies' Ribbed Underveste,
silk finished, fleece lined at 25c each,
really worth 50c ?
50 doz Lsdies' Fleeced-lined Un?
dervests at 15c each.
Rirgs and Mattings.
Buy them from ns. Listen at the prices :
Rugs at 98, worth $2 50.
Rugs, extra large at $2 25, worth $3.
Matting from 9c per yard upwards.
All-linen Window Shades, complete,
from 24c upwards.
All these g
above* Plea
MAIN STE3
City Board of Education Meets.
The City Board of Education met
on the 15th inst, to consider school
matters," and especially the condition
of the crowded rooms of the 1st, 2nd,
3rd, and 4th grades of the Washington
Street' School. These grades are so
crowded that it is impossible for the
teacher to give these pupils the drill
that they need so much. To give these
pupils. an opportunity of having
individual drill, -and at the same time
with a view toward the relief of the
crowded condition in the primary
grades,- the City'Board of Education
has provided for a teacher whose duty'
it'WiH be to have under her care the
special and individual training of these"
pupils of the Irrst'foxrr 'grades.
539ffie board has,-- also,- -employed- jav
teacher for the Factory School, now ikr
charge of Mrs. Crane /There are some
pupils in every grade who are some
whafcied far advanced for the next
lower grade and yet they are not fully
prepared for the work of the grade in'
which they have been placed. This
lack of preparation may extend only
to one or two branches. Especially
is this the case in the primary grades.
B wm* t a^??Hm
San P. Jones, Evangelist-Orator, Opera
House, Nov. 1st.
No doubt the leading attraction at
the Opera House this season will be
the apoearance of Rev. Sam P. Jones,
Friday, Nov. 1st, 1901, at 8.30 p. m.
From Maine to Mexico, from Carolina
to California there is but one Sam
Jones. No speaker who has ever come
to Sumter draws the crowd or pleases
his hearers like he does. He'is a great
man and great in a certain way which
others cannot imitate. Solomon said
there was nothing new under the sun,
but Solomon in all his glory never saw
or heard Sam Jones. He furnishes in
one lecture more fun than two come?
dians: more philosophy than four
universities, more gospel than a half
dozen theological seminaries, and
almost as much common sense as the
mother of a big family of country boys.
The lecture will be under the
auspices of the Magnolia Street M. E.
Church, South. All railroads running
to Sumter will sell round-trip tickets
at reduced rates. Tickets for the lec?
ture will be sold at 75, 50, 35 and 25
cents. Seats may be reserved in ad?
vance at DeLorme's Drug Store or by
addressing Rev. Wm. Aiken Kelly,
Sumter, S. C.
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The work on the new passenger depot
is progressing welL The walls are
almost five feet high and some of the
frame work has been put in. The
walls are being constructed of brick
of a very fine quality. When the
building is completed Sumter will
have a depot for passengers that will
be worthv of even larger cities.
A Standing Advertisement.
Preparations are being made to place
the "completion tablet'' in the new
work at the State house. It will have
inscribed upon it the date the work
was begun, the date of completion and
the names of the members of the com?
mission for the completion.-The
State.
Every Price
REMEMBER !
LONG CLOTH at 7%c per
Oar entire stock of Silk Waists are
?Silk Waists, tacked bick and front
COLORED TAFFETA WAISTS, al
HANDSOME COLORED TAFFET
The latest of the latest-A haodeom
! Oar $9 98 Taffeta Silk Shirt Waist,
1 as all coiors are represented
BL
EVERY- PIECE
8 pcs Black Cheviot, 42-in wide, at
3 pcs extra wide Storm Serge, 50 ii
25 pieces Merceriz3d Brocade Blac?
Colored Dress Go<
Cloaks
We invite yoa kindly to give as a c
A nice Beaver Jacket, io tan. sty lis!
A splendid quality Jacket in ali co!
Something worth having-Our Jacket at
with applique finish.
Get one of those fashionable extra long J
The assortment of Plush Capes we carry
good value.
Children's Reefers with white braided Ca
BLANKETS AND COMFORTS
All-wool, 10-4 Blankets at $3 98, worth $?
heavy, at $1 48, worth $2.
OUR STOCK OF DOMESTIC GOODS
Sc; worth 8c. 1 case extra heavy Canton
elsewhere ; our price 12%c
;ood? you fio
[?e call jearly
BET,
Regulators Needed Near Wedgefield and
Stateburg.
. Stateburg, S. C., Oct. 14, 1901.
To the Watchman and Southron:
Four different attempts have been
made to burn houses and barns in the
last ten days, near Wedgefield, two of
which was successful: a colored man
named Wm. Murray had his house
burned, two others had their barns
and stables set, but fortunately discov?
ered it in time to extinguish the flames
and on Saturday morning, just before
day, Mr. J. B. Crouch had his cotton
house burned with about one bale of
?cotton' in it and a new buggy that was
under' the adjoining shed. ' The white
people?and the respectable colored peo?
ple should hold 'a meeting and do some?
thing aobut it at once.
- Not long since two ladies were but
driving -when they" met two 'colored
women in a buggy, 'wno met them face
to face; refusing to give' the road and
then* used' very insulting language.
The ladies did not know them, but
with the help of some colored men, the
one who had used the insulting lan?
guage was traced up and found to be
a mulatto woman named Victoria
James who lives near Mr. Remberts'
store. A warrant was sworn out for
her, and although identified by the
young lady. Victoria "swore to God"
that it was not her, and then admitted
to the trial justice that it was, and
then had the brazen impudence to ask
the yonng lady to lend her the money
to pay the fine imposed upon her.
Cotton is turning ont pretty short
and is coming in late. W. J. R.
WEDGEFIELD ITEMS'
-
Special to The Dailv Item.
Wedgefield, Oct.* 22.-The oyster
supper on last Friday night proved to
be quite a success.
Our townsfolk are thoroughly arous?
ed over the recent burnings and at?
tempts around^ here. A reward of $50
is offered for 'the arrest of the guilty
party that burned the cotton house of
Mr, J. B. Crouch a week ago. The
Governor has also been petitioned to
offer a reward for the apprehension of
the incendiary. It will be a good
case for a clever piece of detective
work for suspicion rests strongly upon
one or two parties.
The infant child of Rev. W. II.
Barnwell, rector of Stateburg Episco?
pal church, died on last Saturday and
was buried on Sunday.
The cotton crop throughout this sec?
tion will be very much shorter than
was expected. It really does not seem
like fall, the gins are never crowded
as they have been in former years.
Mrs. H. (\ Karney, of Louisville,
Ga., spent last week with relatives in
town.
"Do you believe in marrying for
love?" said Mr. Bleeker, of New York,
to Mrs. Drestbeef, of Chicago. "Oh,
yes, once in a while," replied the
chronic woman.-Judge.
Father (calling from head of stairs
at 11:30 p. m.)-Fanny, don't yon
think it's about time to go to bed?
Fanny-Yes, papa, dear. What on
earth keeps you up so late?-Tit-Bits.
?d to yow by J
LARGEST DRY GOODS
' yard. j_leas
Sills. Waists
the latest creations Come and 6ee th
at $4 98; formerly $5.98
i the newest shades at $5 98; formerlj
A WAISTS, beauties in themselves, al
e hemstitched, good wearing Taffeta Si
richly trimmed, is a bargain at $12 1
-ACK ANO COLORED DRESS GOOD
WE SHOW 13 THIS SEASON'S M
48c; worth 60c. 5 pcs Black Chevio
aches wide, at 85c ; worth $1 25.
: Poplins, ipr this week 8?c; regular p
DdS-50 pieces NOVELTY GOODS i
j, Capes for Ladies and 1
iaH when you are looking out for fashioi
Q make, at $4 48 ; regular $6 50
ors, handsomely finished, at $8 98; rea
$10.48-a bargain at $13-made of extra go
rackets, automobile, trimmed with Silk Plusl
is large and the price" in the reach of ever
?
pe attached. Also a nice line trimmed with
A.T PRICES SO LOW THAT WILL ASTO
;. All-wool ll 4 Blankets at $5-98, worth
IS COMPLETE-1 case Canton Flannel at.
i Flannel at 10c, worth 12^c. 1 case COT
d in our slot
at the
"The Case of Miss Washington."
Atlanta Constitution.
The good people around Boston are
greatly disturbed lest recent events at
Wellesley college should be unduly
magnified. The fact that the daugh?
ter of Booker Washington should have
been forced to find accommodation out?
side the grounds and had been taken
in by a strong-minded teacher with a
theory to maintain, found its way into
the press, and then there was a dis?
play of authority.
As may be imagined, the spontaneity
of the young lady pupils has been sub?
jected to the restraint of reserve, and
the professor now- .talks for the col?
lege instead of the pupil. The Boston
Globe'leads in the work of correction,1
under the headilness of "No Color
Line is Drawn-Wellesley Girls Have
Made No Distinci ton-Booker T.
Washington's Daughter Well Received
at the College."
Then the statement is made that
"The authorities of Wellesley college
deny that the color line has been
drawn by some of the students against
Miss Portia Washington. The story,
it is said, originated in the fact that
Miss Washington could not secure ac?
commodations within the college
yard.?"
This plea of want of accommodation
is an old ruse invented by the hotels
years ago. and serves a college just as
well. It is admitted bv The Globe
that
"When it was first known that Miss
Washington was to enter the college
one or two of the girls from the south
who roomed in the hall where she was
expected to live, made some talk, but
it did not amount to anything. When
Miss Washington's father sent word
after the college opened that she would
arrive September 23' it was found
that there was no accommodation for
her in the college yard, and room
was secured for her in the house of
Mr. Brio in the village."
It is innocently added that Miss
Coman, Miss Bates-'all professors
in the college, live directly opposite!"
How considerate ! And then :
Miss Washington enters the college
as a special student, taking piano,
theory and modern language, and as a
special student, she is not actually en?
titled to rooms in the college yard.
Really, does it not appear that ''any
excuse is" better than none?"
Musty with the cobwebs of 400 years,
abandoned long ago and lost, there
have just been found in the Castle of
Wolfegg, Wurtemburg, the first maps
that ever contained the name and
geographical outlines of America. The
maps were discovered by tho Rev.
Joseph Fischer, a priest, who is pro?
fessor of geography in Feldkirch, the
capital of the Austrian province of
Forarlberg. The maps hare respect?
ively the dates of 1507 and l?lfi. They
are in a state of remarkable preserva?
tion. The earliest map is believed to
have been drawn under the personal
supervision of Columbus.
- ? ? -i -
It is said that the Cook County
Democratic Club, of Chicago, will
march to Charleston sometime this
winter.
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EMPORIUM !
e LONSDALE CAMBRIC
em.
' $6 98
i $6 48; formerly $8.
Ik Shirt Waist at $7.48; worth $10.
Ton caa make a selection with ease
IS.
ANUFACT?RE.
t, splendid finish, at 80c; worth 75c.
rice $1.25.
at 12Jc per yard; worth 15s.
fisses.
Dabie garments.
Hy worth $10
od quality Beaver in black, grey and tan
i to match at $16.48, worth ?20.
pbody. From $3 48 upwards to ?6 48-all
fur from $2 49 upwards to $4 58.
NISH THE CLOSEST BUYER.
$7.50. Our 11-4 Cotton Blankets, extra
Sc. 1 case extra heavy Canton Flannel at
rert Cloth extra heavy and wider than sold
.e at prices
SUI
Czolgosz Confesses His Sins.
I Auburn, N. Y., Oct. 22.-Leon F.
I Czolgosz, the assassin of President
I McKinley, who is awaiting electrocu?
tion in the prison here during the
week commencing next Monday, fully
realizing that his death is now a ques
I tion of a few days, has asked for spir?
itual consolation, and this afternoon
received a visit from Rev. T. Szad
inski, a Polish priest of the Roman
Catholic church.
Czolgosz's requset for a priest of his
own nationality was made known to
Warden Mead in the morning. Father
Szadinski, who is pastor of St. Stanis?
laus church, Rochester, was in this
city attending the forty hours' devo
I ti ons" of St. Alphonsus church: and was
asked to visit the prisoner. This af?
ternoon he went to the prison and re?
mained there about an hour. Upon
leaving-he was seen by a representative
of the Associated Press but refused to
be interviewed.
Father Szandinski left for Rochester
this evening. ' He declined to say if he
would return to Auburn on or before
next Monday. It is learned that
Czolgosz was baptised in the Catholic i
church but never received his first I
communion nor was confirmed in that j
church.
He renounced the Catholic church j
when he embraced anarchy, and it is ?
said he will make a formal statement '
before his electrocution that he now
renounces anarchism.
Waren Mead and Superintendent
Collins at their conference in Albany
yesterday arranged all the details and
fixed upon those to be invited to wit?
ness the execution. The law requires
that invitations be sent out three
days before the date of execution and
the law will be lived up to in the
present instance.
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The Schley Case.
Washington, Oct. 21.-Lieut. B. W.
Wells, Jr., who was thc flag lieutenant j
of Admiral Schley while the latter
was in command of the flying squad?
ron, occupied practically the entire
time of the Schley court of inquiry
today. On his direct examination he
continued his narrative of the Cuban
campaign. Lieut. Wells was under
cross-examination for about two and a
half hours, largely at the hands of
Mr. Hanna, whose questions were di?
rected mainly to the dispatches receiv?
ed and sent by Admiral Schley then
Commodore Schley. Lieut. Wells was
still on the stand when the court ad?
journed for the day, and will continue
his testimony tomorrow.
Capt. Cook, who commanded the
Brooklyn during the Spanish war, was
the first witness of the day. He made
the following statement: "In my test?
imony, I stated that the Oregon, on
the morning of July 3d, was under
all boilers, having shifted her boilers
from forward to aft. I stated this
from hearsay, and presumed it to be
correct as accounting for her extraor?
dinary speed. I find that she had not
shifted boilers that morning, but thai j
she had steam on all her boilers at all
times while in the Santiago block- j
ade." 1
purchase? at
rti?emeut !
at 10c per yard.
Extra special io ready made extra
large size
Bed Sheets.
For this week only . 50 doz Sheets
at 48c each, worth 65c. 50 doz extra
large size Sheets at 63c, worth 75c.
50 doz Pillow Cases, large size at
1 lc each, for this week only.
50 doz Towels, all linen 24x52 the
largest made at 25c for this week
50 doz Union Towels, with colored
border at 10c each, regular price 15c
Colored Tabie Covers,. Turkey Red
good sizes at 38c, worth 50c
Extra large size, last color at 75c,
worth $1
100 doz Linen Doilies at 75c per
dozen, worth $1
100 doz extra large size Doilies in
white and colored border, at 98c per
doz, worth $1 25
Marseilles Burean Scarfs and Stand
Cover to match, at 25c each
as you read
WA JL ?j?&. ld. W.
Sad Tragedy in Charleston.
Special to The State. . *
Charleston, Oct. TG.-^-Theodore Bar?
ker Jervey. aged 15 years, .'son of Capt.
Joseph E. Jervey, 17 President street,
was accidentally shot to death at noon
today while landing a row boat at the
foot of Bee street, riot -far from his
home.
The accident which-cost young Jer?
vey his life happened in a mo3t pecu?
liar manner. This morning, alone, he
got in his boat to go' out marsh hen
shooting, carrying with-him a single
barrel, breech-loading: gun. H> was
out all the morning, "returning at 12
o'clock. Standing in; the l>ow of the
boat,- with the gun in 'his" hand, he
shoved the boat hard ashore. There
was a jar caused by the boat striking
the landing and the young man was
thrown forward. In trying to balance
himself with the gun, the hammer
struck the side of the boat, eausing it
to discharge.
The load entered his throat, just
under the chin, ranging slightly up?
ward and came out at the back of his
head. The wound was a terrible one.
Capt. Jervey was on the pier at the
time and rushed to his son's assistance
as the gun fired, but the boy was dead,
having been instantly killed. The in?
quest was held this afternoon and a
verdict was rendered in accordance
with the facts.
Barnwell, S. C., October 21.- There
was a shooting affray here in the office
of the New Sentinel today between
Charles Lott and Joseph Owen. About
seven shots were fired. Both were
wounded, neither fatally, but Lott the
more seriously of the two. Mr. Char?
ley Brown, who was endeavoring to
keep the peace between the two, re?
ceived a glancing shot on the temple,
which bled profusely. Lott was
wounded in the body and in both
cheeks. Owen was wounded in the
face, a flesh wound. The difficulty
was about trespassing stock.
London, Oct. 21.-"Mr. Kruger has
received a report from Mr. Schalk
Burger that the greater part of Cape
Colony is in open rebellion," says a
dispatch to The Daliy Mail from Brus?
sels, ' ' and that the Boers have armed
15,000 Afrikanders within the last
three months. "
Dr. Calmette, the director of the
Pastaer Institute at Lille, is the dis?
coverer of a curative serum for snake
bite. He was severely bitten recently
by a poisonous reptile and at once gave
himself an injection of his cure. His
hand swelled badly and acute fever
set in, but during the same day was
well enough to attend a meeting of the
general committee of his department
and to make an argument in favor of
a grant of money to a sanatorium
which he has founded at Lille. On the
following day he was perfectly well,
having thus afforded in his own per?
son, albeit unwillingly, a convincing
proof of the efficacy of his remedy.
An audience in a Riehmond theatre
hissed the picture of Roosevelt, a few^
night ago.