The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 05, 1902, Image 5
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
W. B. Murray-Eggs.
Clark & Parrott-Opticians.
O'Donnell & Co-Wish You to Enow.
D. J. Chandler-Winter Goods at
Cost.
JSstate oj/Annie Jane Waiker-imita?
tion.
Estate Joly O'Cahtey-Administra?
tor Notice.
J. Ryttenberg &. Sons-TJnd?rwear
ana Clothing at Cost.
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PERSSWAL ~
Mr., John Phillips was in the city
Monday.
Mr.. W. T. McLeod was in the city
yesterday: -
Mx* EL W. Dabbs was in town last
T&ursday.
Mr? C. E. Strange was in the city
ia^jt weak.
..$frv Herbert, A. Moses, of Columbia
was_-in the city Monday.
Mr, W- J- Yoting; of R?mbert, spent
las* Wednesday in town.
MR Charles Bultman, of Florence
?was in/the' city lasi.'week.
Capt J. P.; Brocky pf Summerton;
spt?nt Thursday in. town.
Mrs. &?* & Snfi?npre has returned
froin tf -visit to i^rleston,
.Miss Sadie MuldrpWj of. Wisacky, is
spending a'days/in; th^ city. .
??oju. Henry T. Thompson, of Co
lostb??. was in the city Thursday.
Oap*.; Anderson? Mills of : Mayesville
wa$ ist tpwa -Monday, on business.
]?rX M? Mi Mattison,' of AttSersom
was in the cit? ?n busing last "week:
Mr. Claude Kharne," now of ^ilmto?
tdi?? N. C.', spent Sunday in'; the city.
T?iss Augusta Folsom has returned
after spending a pleasant week in
M??&ing;
M'rV WV B. Burgess after a stay of
several weeks at Sardinia has returned
to the ci ty.
Mrs. James H. Daws of Philadel?
phia, is visiting her mother Mrs. W.
H. Epperson.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Eyttenberg, of
New York;-spent several days in the
city last week.
Miss Helen Willeford left yester?
day for Kershaw to "visit her sister,
Mrs. J. A. McCaskiH.
Mr. Bernard P. Shore left a few
days since for Tucson, Arizona, where
he will spend sometime.
Miss Lou ??te went over ta see her
brother Bev. J. Thos. Pate, D. D.,
in Florence, Friday morning.' -
Mrs. C. C. Fishburne and children
who have been visiting Mrs. H. I.
Ingram have returned to Colubmia.
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Crowder, of
Fairfax Co., Va., spent Saturday and
Sunday in this city, at Hotel Sumter.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Campbell have
gone to Charleston for a few days stay
where they will attend the Exposition.
Mr. Marion Dorn, who was severely
gored by a bull a few weeks ago is
able to be out again and was in the
city. Monday.
Mrs. J. A. Schwerin and children
and Mr. J. A. Schwerin, Jr., left yes?
terday morning for Charleston where
they will spend a month or more.
Miss Nellie Epperson,- who bas been
at school in Georgia, sustained severe
injuries from a fall from the second
story piazza of the school building a
few days ago and has been brought
home for treatment.
Citizens are not registering rapidly
for the municipal election.
Valentines of all kinds on sale at
H. G. Osteenvife Co's, book store.
Attention is directed to the- adver?
tisement of Clark & Parrott, opti?
cians. Call on them at Hughson's
Drug Store.
The police who were to duty Monday
night say that the cold was more
intense than on any previous night of
the winter.
The weather was too cold the last few
nights for the ghosts to walk and those
who were watching for them were net
disturbed in the least.
A handsome tile ?oor is being put
down in China's drug store and there
has been a crowd around the door each
day watching: the progress of the work
and seeing that it is done right.
No better track for a fireman's
tournament could be found than Main
Street affords and if the tournment is
held here in the spring all records will
be broken.
D. J. Chandler, the Clothier, ad?
vertises today his annual clearance
sale of winter clothing and underwear.
No greater bargains in these lines
have heen offered this season.
The merchants who do a time busi?
ness are over-run this year with ap?
plications for advances. Many farm
?ers who are not accustomed to giving
liens on their crops are now forced by
necessity to ask for advance.
A farmer from the upper part of the
county brought sixty bushels of peas
to town for saleflast week, and, as peas
are scarce"this year, he made a satis?
factory sale and is of the opinion that
peas are a profitable crop.
February 14th will be Woodmen of
the World day at the Charleston Ex?
position. A delegation of Sumter
Woodmen may go down to participle
in the occasion.
The alarm of fire last Wednesday
afternoon was caused by a defective
flue at the residence of Mr. Isaac
Strauss. The blaze was extinguished
without the aid of the fire department,
and before damage of any consequence
had resulted.
The sheriff had no sales to make
Monday, but Auctioneer Jervey sold
several old horses and mules at auc?
tion in front of the court house.
Prices for this class of live stock are
not high and ten dollars was a big
price.
Game Cock Lodge will attend the
Pythian Day celebration at the
Charleston Exposition with a strong
delegation of Knights. Interest in the
trip is increasing daily and if a
schedule can be arranged to suit the
knights nearly all of the Game Cock
Knights will join the delegation.
MARRIED;
Mr. Hen:ry C. McLeod and Miss
Lottie Young, both of R?mberts,* were
married on Thursday evening, January
30th at the home of Mrs. Mary Young,
the bride's mother, near Remberts,
this county, the Rev; Mr. Smith per?
forming the ceremony.
Ministerial Association.
The Ministerial Association held its
regular meeting Monday at 12 o'clock,
at Mr. Satterwhite's residence. All
the members of the body were present
except. Dr. C. C. Brown, who whs
absent from the city.
The objec; of the Association is to
promote the common interests of the
city, to encourage all true' efforts at
reform and in every way to build up
and strengthen the moral tone of the
community?
The social, intellectual and moral
features of these meetings are given
prominence and act as* a stimulus to
th? pastors in their work: Through
this happy medium it is h?ped much
good" will result to the -churches
The meeting- Monday was one of
peculiar?nferes* and profit. Owing to
the-limited seating capacity- of the
Lutheran and Bart lette Street Baptists
Churches, it was decided to- open
these two '? churches for worship the
first Sunday:hight'iiiMarch', that be?
ing the regular ' night for union ser?
vices. ;
Dr." N~ W: . Edmunds will preach', in
the Bartlette Street Baptist Church
and Rev. W. A. Fairy in th?" Luther?
ai* Church.
The nest'meeting of; the Association
w?fl be he?? in the parlors of th? First
Baptist C&?rehV Monday after'the 1st
Sunday in'March, at 120'c??ok.
Secretary.
. The .?nntB? meeting of the stock?
holders' of v the ' Sumter.' Telephone
Manufacturing Comply was held last
Wednesday: ? The action taken' by the
board of directors at a meeting held
previously;; mention of. which has be?n
made, was "confirmed and the" meeting
was of a merely routine character.
. An effort will be made to haye the
annual meeting of ;the State Firemen's
Association in th?s<aty in the spring,
and hold at the same time the biggest
Firemen's Tournament eyer held in
South Carolina. The idea is an excel?
lent one and should be encouraged by
the business men and citizens general?
ly. The Association and Tournament
would bring a largp crowd to the city
and liven up things considerably.
Money could not be more profitably
spent than in converting the sandbeds
that make ail the roads entering this
city so extremely heavy into hard clay
and sand turnpikes. Five miles of
hard clay roadway on each of the
public roads leading into the city
would facilitate travel wonderfully
and the business of the town would be
benefitted more than by the construe- .
tion of another railroad. A thousand
dollars a year for five or six years
would put the principal roads in first
class shape.
President Hyatt, of the Goods Roads
Association, has invited Mr. G. W.
Reardon to attend the Good Roads,
meeting in Charleston for the purpose
of laying before that body his pian;for
the construction of good roads in this
state with convict labor" under State
control and direction. The invitation
resulted from correpsondence in which
Mr. Reardon outlined his ideas on the
subject Mr. Hyatt writes that the
plan is so excellent that it should be
brought to the attention of the Good
Roads Association.
The Southeastern Tariff Association
promises to make material reductioss
in insurance rates in-this State if the
law forbidding the association to ope?
rate in South Carolina is repealed. A
list of towns and the reductions in
rates proposed has been published, but
there is no mention of Sumter in this
connection. If a reduction is to be
made the property owners of Sumter
feel that rates should be lowered in
this city if anywhere. A great deal of
money has been spent and every effort
made to give protection against fire,
and if our water system and fire de?
partment does not entitle this city to
lower rates, the money and efforts ex
; pended have been in vain.
A nail, a string and a piece of rosin,
in the hands of a practical joker, can
be made to produce a nerve rocking
variety of mysterious noises that are,
to the uninitiated, altogether inex?
plicable. The string and rosin jokers
have been out on a raid several nights
recently and have been detected in
the act at more than one honse. At
one place visited they abandoned the
nail and string, leaving these ghost
raising implements attached to the
weatherboarding. It is at least possi?
ble that these facts may suggest a rea?
sonable explanation of the ghost story
that has been causing so much talk
and discussion during the past few
days.
The suggestion that the anneal
meeting of the State Fireman's Asso?
ciation be held in this city and that a
big firemen's tournament be arranged
for the same time meets with almost
unanimous approval and if the firemen
will take hold of the matter at once
there will be but little difficulty in
making a success of the Firemen's
Week. The two hose companies
should hold a joint meeting and ap?
point committees composed of business
men as well as firemen to work up tho
tournament and make all necessary
arrangements. The sooner an organi?
zation is perfected and committees put
to work the better chances there will
be for making a great success of the
undeitaking.
THE LEE COUNTY "RE-SURYEY.
Maj. W. Loring Lee who has been
engaged in making an accurate survey
of Lee County was in the city Saturday
? for the first time in several weeks,
j He has been hard at work on the sur
{ vey and would have completed it be?
fore returning had he not been com?
pelled to discontinue work temporarily
by a freshet in Lynches River. He
has reached a point some distance be?
low Lynchburg and has but a few
miles more of the line to run before
, reaching his starting point. The sur
! vey has been a long, tedious and difli
cult undertaking, as the original sur?
vey was inaccurate in many places and
the lines stated did not coincide with
the points mentioned. The survey will
be completed within a few days after
the highwater subsides and the sur?
veying party can reenter Lynches Riv?
er swamp.
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
Report of Regular Monthly Meeting Held
February 4th.
The county board of commissioners
met in regular meeting Tuesday, Feb.
' 4th, with Supervisor Seale and Com?
missioners McNeil and Kilgore present.
The minutes of January 7th, and 8th
and 15th were read and approved.
The bond of E. T. Windham, dis?
penser at Sumter with C. W. Sfcansell,
Archie China, and Mrs. Sophie R.
Schwerin as sureties, and L. L.' Baker,
dispenser at Bishopville, with W. K.
Cross well, N. B. Scarborough and
John C. Shaw as sureties, were pre?
sented and approved by the board.
The board signed a wage contract
with D. J. Griffith, Superintendent of
the State Penitentiary, oh the part of
the board of directors for nine convicts
for work on public road for one yeaT
from Jan. 27, 1902 at $4 per month
each and feed and clothes.
A petition for opening public road
from Sniloh Church viaPisgah Church
io Remberts P. 0., was planted.
The petition was granted with the un?
derstanding that the road hands withr
in four miles open said road and put
it in condition and petitioners pay for
survey; the road machinery be used
i for rounding said road.
A petition was granted for opening
public road from near residence of T.
Scott DuBose to near Hebron' Church
hear DuBcWs Cross Roads, with t?'e
proviso that the road . be ?pe?ed and
Jaept up for 3 years without expense to
the county.
A humber of accounts were audited
and ordered paid. The board'then ad?
journed until March.
Blown to Atoms.
The old idea that the body- sometimes
needs a powerful, drastic, purgative pill
has been exploded ; for Dr King's New
life Pills, which are perfectly harmless,
gently stimulate liver and bowels to expel
poisonous matter, cleanse the the system
and absolutely cure constipation and sick
headache. Only 25c at J F W DeLorme's
drug store. 1
A Negro Swindler Captured.
Policeman Seymour arrested a sharp
coon from Texas Monday, and Magis?
trate Wells sent him to the chain gang
yesterday for fifty days. The negro
said his name was Charlie Johnson
and that he came from Manning,
Georgetown, Charleston or Texas. He
had every mark of a thoroughgoing
rascal, and if he had not been pulled
for one crime the law would probably
have got him for another before many
days. The arrest was made for swin?
dling Charles Vaughn, an old negro
man. Vaughan was in town trying to
buy a cheap horse or mule and had
?15 with which to make the purchase. .
Johnson ascertained this and proceed-'
ed to ingratiate himself in Vaughn's
confidence. He told Vaughn that he
could buy a horse cheaper than
Vaughn could, and persuaded him to
give up his money. Johnson, as soon
as he got the money, gave Vaughn the
silp by dodging through the back lots.
Later on he was captured by Officer
Seymour, but not before be had stolen
a dollar from a man who sent him to
the dispensary with a ten dollar bill
to buy whiskey for him. Two cases
were made against him in the Magis?
trate's court and the aggregate sentence
was fifty days as stated above.
On Jellies
preserves and pickles, spread
a thin coating of
PURE REFINED
PARAFFINE
Will keep them absolutely moisture and
acid proof. Pure Refined Paraffine is also
useful in a dozen other ways about tho
house Full directions in each package.
Sold everywhere.
STANDARD OIL CO.
Ti??
NOTICK.
Office of County Board of Commis?
sioners.
Sumter, S. C., Jan. 16, 1902.
The County Board of Commission?
ers have placed Licenses for the fiscal
year, A. D., 1902, as follows:
Hawkers and Peddlers, Stoves,
Ranges, Clocks and Lightning
Rods, each $50.00
Sewing Machines, Pianos and
Organs, each. 25.00
All Peddlers on foot of any
goods, not specified, 20.00
All Peddlers in one horse wagon
of any goods not specified, 40.00
On travelling Bands of Persons
trading in stock or doing a
general Bartering Business, 8100.00.
Magistrates throughout the county
aro specially charged with making
arrests under this notice, of parties
trading without License.
WM. H. SEALE, Co. Supervisor.
Attest: Thos. V. Walsh, Clerk.
FOR SALE A
King Cotton Seed.
Oct 9-tf
limited quantity of
Apply to W. B. Boyle
WANTED Hickory. Dogwood and
Persimmon Logs. SOT'THKUN HARDWOOD
COMPANY, Charleston. S. C. nov 20 4m
BOARDING and Lodging. *l per
?lay. Seduction by the week. H. G.
Muldfcw^ m Spring Skeet. Charles?
ton, & C. Ja*, 82-lm.
FOR
?&MtMML?Mim
9
For
Men, Boys and Children,
Will be sold
At
Cost?
AT CO
At
Cost*
JVo Goods Charged at Cwt Prices
We don't wan* to carry
over any ?f the present
season's stock for next
season's selling, hence
this sale.
Clothier and Furnisher.
Sumter, S. C.