Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IMaittea ail Sesta. WEDNESDAY, ?LY IS, 1902. JSoztred at thePott Office at Sumter.S SU as Second Glast Mstter; wS&?&mif^ ... a - ? ~ * * " ' aaatwMtgnttMMM?Mttainai an.m hiiim??otiiuiii S?W ADVERTISEMENTS^ ,'; A. F. Lever?For Congress. Furman University?Fall Session. S. W. Dabbs?Oats Thresher Want ed. J. Ryttenberg & Sons?At Cost for .Cash. Southern Cotton Oil Co.?Why Use Lard? O'Donueli & Co.?A Slaughter Sale of Oxfords. Orangebarg Collegiate Institute Fall Session. J. M. KnighV Co. Cmairman-rCam paign Meetings for County Offices. PERSONAL CoL Walsh has gone to Harris Sprisgs. Miss Alice Harby iis spending some time in Beaufort. Mr, V. Wilson leit for Columbia yesterday morning. Dr. and Mrs. J. G. DeLorme have gone to Sparenburg. Mr. J. . B. Ryan, of Wedgefield, spent Monday in towm. Mr. D. M. Dick has gone to New Zion to spend a week. Mr. and Mrs. R. ?. Manning went to Saluda Saturday morning. Miss Bessie Ingram left on Monday for Manning to visit relatives. Mrs. C. H. Dorn returned from .Charleston yesterday morning. Misses Edith and Ella DeLorme ' went to Saluda, . C, yesterday. Mr. W. P. Baskin., has, gone to Bishopviile to spend a few days. Mrs. Mitch Levi and children have gone to Wrightsville Beach, N. C. Mrs. Theo Phelps left on Monday for Saluda? . C, to spend the summer. Mr. and. Mrs. T. B. Jenkins have gone to Rock Hill to spend two 'jreeks. Mrs. E. E. Moise ani Miss Dulce ' Moise have gone to Eendersaaville, - C. Mrs. E. C Haynsworth and chil dren are spending-soiae time at Provi dence. Mr. and Hr& C. R- S^bbs-haveT? tnmed from the North Carolina moun tains. Mrs. E. A. Brunsen and her grand son, Raymond Dick, are visiti:ig in the city. * Miss Estelle Guess, of Denmark, is visiting the famHy of Dr. Wr J. Pringle. Mrs. J. B. Fishbume is visiting at Capt, P. GaiHasd's, at. Providence Springs. The Misses Davis left on yesterday for Hendersoaville, N, C, to l?pend several weeks, . Mrs. William Haynsworth, of - Dar lington, is visiting at' Mr. W. F. B. Haynsworth's. Mr. D. W. Cattino and familv left on Thursday evening for Faw?ey Island to spend awhile Mr Chas. R. Jones, of Orangebnrg, is on a visit to his f?n, Mr. J. C. Jenes, in this city. Mrs. W. Percival Smith and ?little daughter, of Georgetown, are visiting Dr. J.^ J. Bossard. Mr. L. R. Dantzler, who has been visiting at his home in Abbeville, has returned to the city. Miss Antonia Gibson has returned to the city after a week's stay at Providence Springs. Miss Annie Flowers left on last Thursday evening for a trip to Wash ington and New York. E. C. Haynsworth, Esq., and Miss Fannie Haynsworth are spending a week at Sullivan's Island. Miss Emma Schwartz left Sunday for New York, where she will spend the remainder of the summer. Mr. I. Ingram, general superinten dent of the Southern B?li Telephone Co., was in the city Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene O. Ingram, of Washington, D. C, arrived in the city Saturday night to visit relatives. The family of Mr. A. B. Stuckey went to Providence a few days ago to spend the remainder of the summer. Miss Roberta Archer, of Spartan- ! burg, after several weekJs stay with | relatives, left for Charleston Saturday. Dr. W. B. Alford returned Monday night from Marion county where he has been for the past two weeks visit ing his parents. Mr. W. P. Baskin, County Superin tendent of Education, retnrned Thurs day afternoon from 'the State Summer School in Rock Hill Dr. Van Teiburg-Hofrnan went to Bishopviile to deliver a lecture be fore the Lee County Medical Associa tion last Friday evening. Mr, T. H. Clarke and family, and Mrs. A. E. Kennedy have returned from Mechanicsville, and will leave today for Glenn Springs. Miss Pauline Sanders left on Thurs day night for New York, where she will take a six weeks course in millinery under a French Modiste. Dr. H. W. Cooper has gone to Virginia Beach to spend several days The doctor has been unwell for some time and the change will be beneficial?Cheraw Chronicle. Snpt. S. H. Edmunds^ Mayor A. B. Stuckey. and Mr. C. M. Hnrst, Jr., went to Rock Hill yesterday morn ing to attend the meeting of the State Association of School boards. Mr. Jesse Lukens and Mr. Wm. MacLean, Jr., of Philadelphia, are in the city for a few days, the guests of Mr J. F. Laughery. They have been to Florida on a business trip. Mr. M. B. Newman, of Concord, who has been on a visit to his brother in Jacksonville, Fla., for several weeks, returned home Saturday, ac companied by Mrs. L. B. Newman and children. The summer movement fc;> the moun tains and seashore is now well under way and many Sumter people will spend the next month to six weeks at some health or pleasure :resorfc One of the itenis most essential to a satis factory and pleasant vacation away from home is a home paper and no one should go away without first having his name on The Daily Item or Watch man and Southron mailing list. DEATH. Mr. Lewis W. Loryea, of Trio, S. C, son of Mr. Aaron Loryea, of Man ning, S. C, died last Friday morning. The funeral service was held here Saturday afternoon at the Jewish Lec ture Hall at 6.30, and interment at the cemetery. Chestley, the two and a-half. year old son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Fox worth, died at 5.30 o'clock yesterday morning after an illness of several weeks. The funeral services were held at the residence on Calhoun street at 6 o'clock on yesterday afternoon. ?I I 1 <????j? A Sudden Death. A child of J. M. Sharps^, Bytten berg's colored porter, died on Monday morning and about 2 o'clock that afternoon his wife dropped dead, a heart trouble of long standing being aggravated by the excitement and grief following the death of the child. Sumter Weather. i For 15 days, from June 28 t? July 0 inclusive, the maximum daily tem perature was as follows : June 26, 98 ; June 27, 100 ; June 28, 97 ; June 29, 99 ; June 30, 103 ; July 1, 101 ; July 2, 102 ; July 3, 98 ; July 4, 93; July 5, 105; July 6, 101; July 8, 95 ; July 9, 95 ; July 10, 103. W. A. Buckner, Voluntary Observer, U. S. Weather Bureau. Horses Killed by Lightning. During a heavy raitf and thunder storm that visited the Mechanicsville neighborhood Thursday night, the barn and stables of Mr. L: B. Gibson, a tenant on Mr. B. I. Manning's place, was struck by lightning Two horses were instantly killed and the building was considerably damaged. ? daughter of Mr. Gibson who was in the piazza of his dwelling house some distance from the barn was severely shocked at the same time; but suffered no serious injury. O'Donneil & Co. have a special ad vertisement today. The telephone franchise question seems to be unsettled still and the master is discussed on the streets with heat and vigor every day. An excursion train, filled with ne groes, from Charleston to Columbia, 'passed through the city Monday morn ing. A large somber of the excursion-j iste got off and spent the day here. : Providence as a summer resort for Sumter people grows in popularity with each season, and the Sumter lony is larger this year than ever Capt .Phillip had the finest melons of the season on the market Monday and the choicest melon of the lot was selected and shipped by express to the Secretary of Agricniture. The Solomons' store next to the Sumter Dr? Goods Co., is to be re modeled and a handsome plate glass front put in for Stubbs & Cattino who wiil.oecupy the store. ; The fire department was called out Monday night by a small fire on Man ning avenue beyond the railroad. The roof of a small negro house was on fire, but was extinguished before any dam age was done. The answer of the attorneys for Lee county has been filed in the m junc tion proceedings against the county and a hearing of the case on its mer its is expected " to be orderd by the court at an early day. The New York World with character istic enteprise has asked for a large photograph of the Delgar Hose Wagon racing team that broke the world's record on June 26th. The picture of the team will be published in The World at an early date. Satisfactory progress is being made with the arrangements for the great musical and military spectacular play to be produced in the Opera House at an early day under the auspices of the Second Begiment Band and the Sum ter Light Inafntry. At-the meeting of the County Board of Control held Wednesday the applica tion of Mr. A. J. Moses for a beer dispensary privilege was taken up. The petitions for and against the granting of the privilege were consid ered and after some discussion it was decided by vote that the request be not granted. There were about 1,500 Columbia negroes in town Wednesday, the Sydney Park Church Sunday School having its annual picnic here. The crowd came on two special trains over the Southern Bailway arriving about 10 a. m,. and returning at 9 p. m. The ex cursionists were well behaved and orderly and there was no disturbance during the day. The rain Saturday night and Sun day morning is said to have been gen eral in this section of the State. As tbe rainfall was unaccompanied by wind and lasted for several hours it was very beneficial to crops. A little child of Mr. J. C. Jones while on* Monument Square Monday afternoon with the nurse, was run over and badly bruised on one leg by a colored girl, who left the child she was there to look after and was riding around on a man's bicycle. The mat ter was reported to the police who are looking for the offender. The rainfall Thursday afternoon and that night was quite heavy in some sections of the county while in other planes, this city for instance, little or none fell. At Elliotts and through that section of country there have been fine rains, and at Dingle's mill there was a heavy rain Thursday night. Freight Train Wrecked. There was a rear end collision be tween two freight trains on the M. & A. B. B., near Denmark at 9 o'clock last Thursday night. A big mogul en gine of a freight crashed into the ca boose of another freight train which was proceeding it. Engineer Kennedy and the firemen were seriously injured, a negro train hand killed and one other hand injured. The engine was wreck ed and the caboose and several box cars smashed into kindling wood. The accident is said to have been the fault of the flagman of the first train, as he should have signalled the sec ond train to stop in time to prevent the collision. MayaKs Court. Mayor pro tern Hurst presided over the Mayor's court yesterday morning and he had a large array of sinners on the mourners' bench. The following is the record : Jack Johnson, leaving horse un hitched on street, Si Harry Pinekney, Robert Taylor and Bynum Moore, obstructing street by playing ball on sidewalk, guilty; Pinekney, $1.50: Taylor, $1; Moore, $1. Richard Coieman and John James, fast and reckless driving on Liberty street. Coieman, guilty, $5 or 10 days. Richard Coieman, drank and disor derly, conduct and cursing; gnilty, $15 or 30 days. Dave Thomas, and Charles Davis, vagrancy, guilty, $15 or 30 days. Emma Butler, keeping disorderly house, dismissed for want Of proof. Emma Butler, resisting an officer; guilty, $7.-50 or 15 days. UNITED CHARITIES ASSOCIATION. Meeting of the Executive Committee Wednesday Afternoon. The Executive Committee of the United Charities Association met in the office of the City Clerk Wednesday, afternoon. The committee reported ; that no systematic and concerted effort had been made to secure contributions to the charity fund, but that a num ber of the members of the association | had paid in their dues without being called on by the collectors. There is now sufficient money on hand to carry on the work of the association for the ! present, but if there should be any heavy calls during the next month the funds in the treasury will be exhaust ed. If any members of the associa tion desire to further the work they can do so by paying their assessments now without waiting to be called on by the collector who will not begin regular collections until September 1st. The Winthrop Examination Twenty-four young ladies stood the Winthrop College examination last Fri day which was conducted by County Superintendent of Education Baskin and Mr B. W. McCutchen member of the county board of education. All of those who. stood the examination were not applicants for the scholar ships, a number of them taking the examination tor entrance to the col lege as regular students, the examina tion being the same. -, The following is a comble? list of those who stood the examination : Misses Carrie Anderson, Mayesville ; Bet'tie Frierson, - Stateburg; Cora Cole, Lynchburg; Mary Lemmon, Magnolia; Genie Lemmon, Magnolia; Matti e M ich an. Sum ter; Elma V. Mayes, Mayesville; M?ixy Boy kin Haile, Boy kin ; Evelyn Wallace, Sumter ; Harriet. Sanders, Hagood ; Annie Cory ton Rees, State burg; Hugh Ellen Wilson*1 Mayesville ; Sallie V. Gibbs, Lynchburg; Bertha Chandler, Sumter; Jane Purdy, Sumter; Har riet Lee Moore, Stateburg.; Grace B?ndle, Sumter ; Belle Duncan, Sum ter; Winifred Atkinson, Sumter; Isidore Beatrice Teicher, Sumter; -Bea F. DesChamps, Bishop vi lie ; Bessie Wilson, St. Charles; Emmie Parker, Scarboro; Essie Beid, St. Charles. The papers will be sent to Winthrop College and it will be some time before the result can be made known. Chicken Thieves Captured. The chicken house of Mr. . N. G. Osteen was raided oh Friday morning just before daylight and a dozen or more chickens stolen. He was awak ened by the noise made by the chick ens and, going to the window, saw the thief leaving the yard with several chickens in his hand. He hailed the negro who dropped the chickens and ran. An investigation showed that the thieves had made a previous trip and got safely away and not being satisfied had made a second raid. During the morning 10 chickens were found at D. Monaghan's store and identified. Mr. Monaghan said he purchased 12 chickens from a negro that morning and had sold two of them. In a few hours the police, by the assistance of Mr. Monaghan, had Andrew Jackson under arrest. He ad mitted selling the chickens, but claimed to have bought them from Ben Bonneau, another ??negro boy. Ben was also hunted up and arrested. Andrew Jackson is the negro who escaped conviction for horse stealing last winter by a technicality, although he had made a confession of guilt, g On Monday Magistrate Wells held a preliminary trial of the case, the re suit of which was that Andrew Jack son was committed to jail for trial at the November term of conrt, Ben Bonneau, the other boy arrested on the same charge, was discharged by Magistrate Wells, for lack of evi dence against him. A dance will be given in the Sumter Light Infantry Armory on Thursday evening. IS YELLOW POISON in your blood ? Physicians call it Halar?a! 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 backbone. You feel week and worthless. ROBERTS' CHILL TONIC will stop the trouble cow. It enters the blood at once and drives out the yellow poison. If neglected and when Chills, Fevers, Night-Sweats and a gen eral break-down come later on, Roberts' Tonic will cure you then?bet why wait ? Prevent future sickness. The manufac turers know all about this yel 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 wlfl cure you, or your money back. This is fair. Try It. Price, 25 cents. A. J. CHINA, T. D. CHANDLER. Every Spring Suit for Men, Boys and WILL BE SOLD At ACTUAL COST FOR CASH. You can't afford to miss this sale. Come while we have your size. 9 SuMf ?r, S. C. M m 4 4 f t j& ? * ?\ CANDIDATES' CARDS - t .. -?--'-?-. >' . . ? The cards of candidates for county and State offices will be inserted in this column countinuousiy until the Primary Election for Five ($5) Dollars, payable cash in ad vance. . FOR CONGRESS. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Congress from the Seventh Congres sional District, and pledge myself to sup port the platform and and nominees of the Democratic party. A. F. Lever. FOR COUNTY AUDITOR. The friends of J. Diggs Wilder, appre elating his past faithfulness and fidelity to duty, hereby announce him as a candidate for re-election to the office of County Audi tor, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. COUNTY 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 faithful, 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 County that he is a candi date for the1 office of County Supervi sor, subject to the Democratic primary. He is acquainted with the duties of the office and will give the same his best attention if elected. T. N. Kuggins. S?PT. OF EDUCATION. We hereby nominate Mr. W. J. Rees as a candidate for Superintendent of Educa cation of Sumter County, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. Yotebs. We present to the voters of Sumter county at the primary election the name of S. Dwight Cain for the office of County 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 County 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 him to allow his name to be used as a candidate for County Treasurer, and he 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 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. i : OF Misses' and Children's OXFORDS -AT 50 Cents Per Pair. Some worth ?1*35? None worth less than #1.00. Sizes ? 1-2 to 2. All Crodman make. JTtTFF SMB.