The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 09, 1902, Image 5
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1902.
Efiiere.dat ?he lJostOffice at Sumter.S
as Second Glass Mitter.
MEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
-G'BoimeU & Co.?Corsets.
J. Ryttenberg & Sons?Shirt Waists.
Schwartz Bros.?Great Alteration
Sale.
PERSONAL.
Mr. R. M. Jenkins, of St. Charles,
is in the city.
*Mr. Thos, G. McLeod, of Lynch
burg, spent the day in town.
Capt. Waiter James, and Mr. L. L.
Baker, of Bishopviile,' - were in the
city today.
Miss Annie Cunningham, who has
been visiting in the city went to Bish
opille today to speiKe sometime with
relatives.
Rev. W. J. McKay, of Salem, spent
^Thursday iu. town.
Mr. C. E. Strange of Pinewood was
in the city Saturday. v
IMrs. John a Wilson, of Manning,
is visiting:in thecity.
Judge Purdy has returned from a
short visit to Virginia;
Mr. W. A. Stuckey, o? Bishopviile,*
was in the city last week.
Dr. Frank Sawyer; of Georgetown,
spent Monday in the city.
Mrs. C. L. Stubbs is visiting Mrs.
W. C. Bull in Spartaaburg.
Mrs. C. C. Fishbnme and children
left last Saturday for Saluda.
Mr. and Mrs. L. . Durant left on
last Friday for Glenn Springs.
Mr. G. A. Lemmon went to Magno
lia yesterday *to spend the day.
Miss Erma Kimmons of Concord,
N. C, is visiting Miss Zoe Hall.
Dr. and Mrs. Abe Weinberg, of
Camden spent Friday in the city.
Capt. J. P. Brock, of Summerton,
was in town yesterday on business.
Miss Gussie Hood has gone to Co
lumbia to visit Mrs.. Lemuel Scott.
Mr. J. J. Brittos, Jr., has gone to
Glenn Springs to spend several weeks.
Mrs. D. P. Duncan and children
have gone to Saluda for the summer.
Capt. J. E. Atkins, of M?yesville,
was in town on business last Thursday
morning.
Mrs. Louis Levi, of Manning has,
" been visiting Mrs. Mitchell Levi for
several days. <
Messrs. Willie Buitman and W. R.
\Burgess, of the firm of Buitman Bros.,
are both quite sick.
Miss Mamie Steedman returned to }
her homo in Camden Monday after a
week's visit to relatives.
Mrs. J. B. Witherspoon, of Ker
: sfaaw, is visiting her sons, Wither
spoon Bros., for a few days
Mrs. W G. Thompson and four chil
dren of Savannah, Ga., are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Brown.
Rev. Frank Wardlaw, of Indian
iown, passed through th? city yesterday
- morning on the way to Piedmont.
Mr. P. P. Finn, who has been on
the^Flo nce-Wadesboro run for seve
ral weeks was in the city yesterday.
Mr. M. G. Syttenberg left last week
for Long Branch, N. J,, where he will
spend the remainder of the summer.
Dr, A. C. Dick and family have re
turned home from Pineville after an
basence from the city of several weeks.
Mr. Robert Shuford, recently of Co
lumbia where he-was in the employ of
Mimnaugh, is now with O'Donneil &
Co.
Mrs. H. G. Osteen and little daugh
ter, and Mrs. W. B. Murray and Miss
Essie Murray went to Saluda, C.,
yesterday morning.
Maj. H. F. Wilson, who came home
to attend to his duties as Master on '
salesday, returned to Henderson vi lie,
N. C, this morning.
Mr. Samuel Sanders, who has been
with O'Donneil & Co., for several
years, is now with the brokerage firm
of George D. Shore & Bro.
Messrs. G. A. Lemmon and B. J.
Bhame arrived home last week from
a month's trip to California and
through the great Northwest.
Mr. T. Lynam has gone to
Angusta, Ga., where he will spend a
month in the Western Union Tele
graph office, working as relief for his
brother Frank, who spends the month
at home, during which time he will
have charge of the local Western
Union Telegraph ofBee.
The survivors of Company B, Fifth
Battalion, South Carolina Reserves,
are requested to meet *in the Court
House at 12 o'clock, Saturday July
12th. A. J. Moses,
J. W Bradford,
Joel E. Branson.
There are now forty-three convicts
working on the county chain gang, and
Supervisor Seale is making the gang
do fine work on the public roads. A
surprising amount of work of a per
manent character has been accomplish
ed in the past two years.
' A negro woman named Ramsey who
lives on Haynsworth street made a de
termined effort to commit suicide on
Thursday night. She saturated her
clothing with kerosene oil and then
set herself on fire. She was terribly
burned and while she did not succeed
in taking her life immediately the
probabilities are that she will not re
cover.
SUPERINTENDENT OF MANNING SCHOOL
Mr. W. A. Stuckey, of Bishopviile, Elect
ed by the Manning Trustees.
Mr. W. A. Stuckey, of Bishopviile,
has been elected principal and Super
intendent of the Manning Graded
School to fill the place of Prof. Pugh,
who recently resigned. Mr. Stuckey
is a son of Dr. Heniy Stuckey and
has been engaged in high school work
in Texas for the past six yeais. He is
an A. B. graduate of the South Caro
lina College and Master of Arts of
Vanderbilt University, where he took
a post graduate course of two years
after completing the regniar conrse
in the South Carolina College.
HARRIED.
On the 3d inst., at the residence of
the bride's parents, in this city, C.
L. DnCom of Wedgef?eld to Mary Dell,
second daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Silas Mellett, Dr. C. C. Brown
officiating.
DEATHS.
Mrs. Mary P. Bichardson, nee Wil
der, widow" of the late James S. G.
Richardson, of this city, died in Co
lumbia Monday morning after a pro
tracted illness, in the Slst year of her
age. The body was brought to this
city on the afternoon train yesterday,
and the funeral services held at
cemetery immediately after the arrival
of the train. Mrs. Richardson leaves
one daughter, Mrs. Emma R. Moses,
of "Washington, D. C. Her only son,
the late Guignard Richardson, died
many years ago. She was a sister of
Mr. Winfield Wilder, and of Mrs.
Jones and Mrs. Logan all of this city.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. D.
P. Williams died Monday at 1
o'clock.. Funeral and interment yester
day morning. .
Miss Jane McKagen died very sud
denly Thursday night about 9 o'olcck
at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Clark, with whom she lived. The
funeral services were held on Friday
?t the First Methodist Church.
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Mrs. M. A. Madden, mother of Mrs.
J. J. Barrett and widow of the late J.
JH. Madden, died at her home in this
city on. Monday. The' funeral was at
St Joseph's Chapel on Tuesday at 10
a. m.
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There was a fine rain in the Gordon
section of Concord township yesterday.
The ladies will find the new adver
tisement of O'Donnell & Co. of par
ticular interest today.
There were showers in several sec
tions of Sumter county Sunday night,
but only a few drops of rain fell m this
icity.
The series of meetings at Bartlette
Street Baptist Church closed Monday
night, and Mr. Oliver returned to
Florence Tuesday morning
Work was commenced last Wednesday
on Main street to fill in with macadam
and raise the level of the street four
inches.
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The only registering government
thermometer in the city on Saturday
registered 105 degrees, the high wa*
ter mark of the present hot spell.
J. Ryttenberg & Sons began a shirt
waist sale today. They are offering a
choice line of colored shirt waists at
less than.New York cost. See the ad
vertisement for prices. .
The show advertised to be at the
Opera House Friday night did not fill
the engagement. It is probably
stranded somewhere up the road.
The Executive Committee of the
United Charities will meet Wednesday
afternoon at 7 o'clock in the City
Glerk's office to consider plans, for the
summer work. Every member should
attend.
JJA counter petition against the
granting of the franchise to the Bell
telephone company has been circulat
ed for signatures for the past few days
and it will be presented at the next
meeting of the City Council.
A new schedule will be put on the
Northwestern R. R., on July 15th. On
that date the morning train from Cam
den will begin running through to
Gibson, N. C, returning in the after
noon and going through to Camden
that evening.
The candidates for county offices are
very backward in publicly announcing
themselves! If one is to judge from
reading the cards in the county papers
the conclusion would be that there
are few aspirants for office in Sumter
county.
There will be a game of base ball at
the park this afternoon, between
the Sumter Game Cocks and the Co
lumbia Klondikes. Game to be called
at 4.30 ?'clock. Admission 10 cents;
reserved seats 10 cents. Both teams
are imposed of colored ball players.
The public is respectfully invited to
attend.
The Washington correspondent of
the News and Courier telegraphed his
paper on the 3d as follows in reference
to the Sumter ^ostoffice: "For some
unknown reason Mr. Shore who fail
ed of confirmation as postmaster at
Sumter, was not included in the list
of recess appointments. At the post
office department it is said that an
other man may be commissioned for
that office, although no definite action
has yet been taken in the direction."
Schwartz Bros, have a big adver
tisement on the 4th page today. Jit is
a big advertisement but it chronicles
a big occasion for the Palace Dry
Goods Emporium and a big opportu
nity for the people of this city and
section The cost sale that Schwartz
Bros, announce is one of the greatest
opportunities for bargains the people
of Sumter have had for many months
and they will not be slow to take ad
vantage of it. Read the advertisement
and see for yourself what is offered.
CAMPAIGN MEETING TODAY.
Senatorial and Congressional Candidates
Speak in Opera House.
The senatorial campaign meeting
is'being held in the Opera House to
day, meeting being called to order
promptly at 10.30 o'clock.
The speakers will be Col. William
Elliott, J. J. Hemphill, D. S. Hen
derson, George Johnstone, A. C. Lati
mer, and John Gary Evans, the sena
torial candidates, and A. F. Lever and
J. B. McLaughlin, the candidates for
congress in the Seventh district.
The attendance will probably not
be. large for very little interest has
been manifested in tbe campaign, and
there is absolutely no enthusiasm.
All of the candidates have friends in
this county and the meeting is not
likely to have much effect upon them.
The majority of the voters, however,
have not yet picked their candidates
and if there is any considerable crowd
at the meeting the candidates will have
the opportunity to make friends and
The meeting today may prove
more spirited and interesting than
anticipated, for Latimer and Evans are
on tbe ragged edge of a row and the
trouble may break out at any time.
CAMDEN'S RECKLESS CHARGES.
A Reply to an Article in the Wateree
Messenger and a Statement of Facts.
The disappointment of the Camden
hose wagon team over their failure to
win first prize for the hose wagon
race in the firemen's tournament in
this city last week has led them to
make reckless charges that are un
founded and untrue.
The following is taken from the
Wateree Messenger, of Camden :
" Our superb fire company went to
Sumter last week to take part in the
firemen's contest. They won third
prize. We regret to learn that there
is considerable dissatisfaction at the
way our firemen were treated, and we
have heard a number say that they
won first prize, but were cheated out
of it. In the : first place they were
forced by circumstances to use about
20 feet more hose than the others;
while the run was made one second
quicker than any of the contestants
made it, the. firemen assert positively
that they did not have the pressure.
We regret to hear all of this, and Sum
ter owes it to herself to explain this
matter. if she can. With equal pres
sure, our firemen say they would have
been easy winners, in spite of being
forced to use 20 feet more hose. In
the quick hitch up, they claim that
they were treated with scant cour
tersy. " -
"In the first place," what "circum
stances forced" Camden to use '' about
20 feet more hose than the others"?
The Camdeh "team knew that 288 feet
was the minimum amount of hose al
lowed to be used in the contest. Why,
then, did they go to the starting point
of the race, when their time to run
came, with only 283 feet on their hose
wagon? Why did they say the hose had
been measured-' and found all right,
when it had not been measured by the
starting judge, the only person author
ized to measure it for the race? Why
did they kick so vigorously against
having it measured, as had been done
in the case of all other teams? Was it
"circumstances," or a premeditated
plan to make the race with short
measured hose that got the Camden
team into this predicament?
'In the second place: the run was not
"made one second quicker than any
of the contestants * made it." The
record is:
Delgar: to'the hydrant, 17 seconds;
to the judges' stand, seconds ; wa
ter 33 seconds.
Camden : to the hydrant, 16 4-5 sec
onds; to the judges' stand, 223-2 sec
onds : water 35 2-5.
The Camden "firemen may assert
positively that they did not have the
pressure" without the assertion being
true. Againsf the bare assertion of
interested parties is placed the state
ment of Mr. L. E. White, Street Com
missioner of Sumter, sworn officer of
the city, who was stationed at the
hydrant by the Mayor to keep a rec
ord of the pressure during the races.
Mr. White's record shows that Cam
den had 54 pounds pressure, neither
more nor less than the other teams
had.
Mr. H. L. Scarborough, County
Treasurer and'Superintendent of the
Sumter Water Company, and Alderman
W. H. Epperson, who has charge of
the pumping station, state that the
pumps were kept at work throughout
the hose wagon contest and that the
stand pipe was kept full of water from
the beginning to the end of the races.
They say also that 54. to 55 pounds is
the maximum amount of pressure that
can be developed at the hydrant used
in this contest. These are the facts
supported by the record and reinforced
by the statements of men whose word
no one does or can question.
The tourn?ment was conducted from
first to last with absolute fairness,
and the people of Sumter would not
have stood for any cheating, trickery
or injustice to any team. It was a
fair, field and no favor, and of all the
judges but one was a Sumter mah, and
he was selected by the Newberry fire
men. The only charge of unfairness
comes from Camden and it comes with
an ill grace from the only team that
was detected and called down in an at
tempt to violate the rules governing
the contest. Sumter could afford to
ignore the vaporings of Camden's dis
gruntled and defeated firemen, but
when a recklessscharge is given public
ity and the endorsement of a reput
able newspaper such as the Wateree
Messenger, a statement of the facts
becomes necessary.
While explanations are being made
the Sumter firemen would be pleased
to have the Camden team explain how
it happened that when they went to
have their wagon weighed the after
noon before the race they did not strip
i.t of everything, movable as the rules
required, including upwards of 300
pounds of old iron which was conceal
ed in the box under the seat? The
wagon weighed so much morefthan the
other stripped hose wagons that some
of the firemen insisted that i"t be re
weighed. When this was done the
boxes were opened and inspected and
the old iron discovered and removed.
An explanation of this "circumstance"
will be quite interesting, to say the
least.
IS YELLOW POISON
in your blood ? Physicians call
it fiala rial Germ. It can be seen
changing red blood yellow under
microscope. It works day and
night. First, it turns your com- ^
plexion yellow. Chilly, aching |
sensations creep down your #j
backbone. You feel weak" and a
worthless.
ROBERTS' CHILL TONIC |
will stop the trouble now. It \
enters the blood at once and ?
drives out the yellow poison. |i
If neglected and when Chilis, |j
Fevers, Night-Sweats and a gen
eral break-down come later on,
Roberts' Tonic will cure you <jj
then?but why wait ? Prevent
future sickness. The manufac- g
turers know ali about this yel- jg
low poison and have perfected
Roberts' Tonic to drive it out,
nourish your system, restore
appetite, purify the blood, pre
vent and cure Chills, Fevers and
Malaria. It has cured thous
ands?It will cure you, or your
money back. This is fair. * Try
st. Price, 25 cents..
A. J. CHINA, T. D. CHANDLER
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Phone 166. Suinter, S. C.
CANDIDATES' CAEDS
The cards of candidates for county and
State offices "will be inserted in this column
countinuously until the Primary Election
for Five (?5) Dollars, payable cash in ad
vance.
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR.
The friends of j. Diggs Wilder, appre
ciating his past faithfulness and fidelity to
duty, hereby announce him as a candidate
for re-eiection to the office of County Audi
tor, subject to the rules of the Democratic
primary.
COUKTY SUPERVISOR.
Mb. Editob:?The friends of W. H.
Seale beg to present him as a candidate
for re-election to the office of Supervisor.
He has been faithfnl, diligent and eco
nomical and should be rewarded with a
second term. His Fbiends.
The undersigned begs to announce
to his friends and the voters generally
of Sumter Connty that he is a candi
date for the office of County Supervi
sor, subject to the Democratic primary.
He is acquainted with the duties of
the onice and will give the same his
best attention if elected.
T. N. Huggins.
SUPT. OF EDUCATION.
We hereby nominate Mr. W. j. Rees as
a candidate for Superintendent of Educa
cation of Snmter Connty, subject to the
rules of the Democratic primary. Votebs.
We present to the voters of Snmter
connty at the primary election the name
of S. Dwight Cain for the office of Connty
Superintendent of Education. Mr. Cain
is thoroughly qualified, and has been con
stantly engaged in teaching in this, his
native county, and Richland, the past six
years. Friends.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
The friends of Marion Dorn, having con
fidence in his ability and efficiency, hereby
announce him as a candidate for the office
of Connty Treasurer, subject to the Demo
cratic primary. He will abide the result of
the election and support the nominees of
the party.
The friends of T. W. Lee have solicited j
him to allow his name to be used as a j
candidate for County Treasurer, and he j
has consented. His competency is without
question and his Democracy unimpeach
able. Mr. Lee will abide the result of the
primary and support the nominees of the
party. _
FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE.
Thankful to the citizens of Sumter j
County for their suffrages in the past, I
most respectfully announce myself as a
candidate for re election as Judge of Pro
bate at ensuing Primary. I will abide the
result of the Primary and support the
nominees of the Democratic party. Yours
for service, THOS. V. WALSH.
A BARGAIN IN PENS.
Sumter, S. C, May 20.?We have
just bought, at a sacrifice sale, >0
gross Esterbrook's Pens, assorted sizes,
which we offer at 30 cents a gross.
The Esterbrook pen is the standard in
quality and is never sold for less than
75 cents a gross?many stationers
charge $1 a gross.
H. G. OSTEEX & CO.,
Liberty Street.
We Sell and Recommend
THE ROYAL WORCESTER
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BON TON GORSETS
(Straight Front)
Designed to conform in every way to
the prevailing gowns.
Absolutely the most stylish and per
fect fitting Corset ever produced.
Prices from 50c to $8.
O'DONNELL & CO.
N. B.?Any lady sending us
her name on or before August
15th will be mailed a beautifully
illustrated catalogue, ^showing
all the prevailing styles in cor
sets, telling you how to select a
corset to suit your figure, and
also giving prices of the different
makes. Any corset selected from
catalogue (not in stock) will be
ordered by mail.