The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 24, 1902, Image 5
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, ?902.
Sntersa at the fott O fice at Sumter. S
(?., as Second Clans Matter.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
D. t Chaiidler-r-Black 'Clothes.
W. S. Reynolds.--Sporting Goods.
First National Bank?Statement.
J. Ryttenberg & Sons?Fancy Veils.
The Sumter Dry Goods Co.?Millin
ery Reception.
Schwartz Bros.? Thirty -first Semi
Annua! Opening.
PERSONAL.
Mr. John M. Tindal was in town
Friday.
Mr. E. W. -Dabbs was in the city
Saturday.
Mr. W, Ed. Dick was in the city
.Saturday.
Mr. McDonald Furman spent Thurs
Bfe: 4&y in town.
Mr. Ji m Kiigo has returned to Wof
ford College.
Mr. T. H. Dick, Jr., of Columbia,
is in the city.
Mr. T. P. Harrell was in the' city
today on business.
Mr. N. S. McLeod, of Oswego, was in
the city Saturday.
Mr. Louis Appeit, of Manning, suent
Thursday in town.
Mr. W. K. McCoy, of St. Charles,
spent yesterday; in town.
Capi. W. S. James, of Bishopville,
. was in the city Monday.
Mr. R. F. Epperson, of Pinewood,
spent; Monday in town.
Mr. L. . H. Darr, of Wilmington,
N. C, is in the^city.
Mr. W. E. Dick, of Bossards
was in town Thursday.
Mr. E. M. Aman, of Heriots, was
in the city Thursday.
Mrs. Theo. Phelps has returned
from Asheville, N. C.
Dr. Haskell DuEant, of Bishopville,
was in the city yesterday.
E. C. Dennis? Esq., of Darlington,
was in the city Saturday. - -
Miss Annida Moses returned to
* "Winthrop College last week.
Mrs. E. CF. Daily, of Columbia, is
spending a few days in town.
Mr. T. M. Bradley, of Spring Hill,
spent la3t Wednesday in town.
Mr. . Muldrow, of Mayesville,
was in town on "business Friday.
Mr. W. S. Smith, of Spring Hill,
was in town yesterday on business.
Mrs. John E. Hsynsworth returned
last week from a visit to Pinewood.
Mrs. M. J. Moses,* of Creed, Color
ados is visiting relatives in the city.
Mr, J. E. Cousar, of Bishopville,
was in town last Thursday on business.
Mr. an? Mrs. Tracy W. McCollu-i
have returned to the city from Baltui
more.
Miss Beulah Eh ame has returned
from a visit to Greenville and Clyde,
'S. C.
Eev. C. C. Brown and Mrs. Brown
have returned from" Western North
Carolina.
Mrs. E. S. Carson and Mrs. E. D.
Cuttino, after a stey of several weeks
in Asheville, N. C, returned home
last week.
Mrs. Eea DesCham ps, of Bishop
ville, is visiting the family of Mr. W.
F. Ehame.
Miss Sophie Eichardson left yester
day morning for Eock Hill to enter
Winthrop College..
Miss Lucile Breeden, the belie of
Bennettsvilie, is visiting Mr.-and Mrs.
C. S. Kingsmore.
Mr. Richard L Manning, Jr., re
turned to the South Carolina College
yesterday morning.
Mr. Eicbard Sollings, wfao has been
visiting his aunt, Miss A. C. Weeks, I
left for Wofford College yesterday to
resume his studies.
Mr. W. B. Cost?n, who has been in?
Georgetown for sometime, has return
ed home with fever.
Messrs. George M. Stuckey and
Hosea Woodward, of Bishopville, were
in the eity Thursday.
' Mr. Ladson BoyW went to Columbia
yesterday to resume his course at
the South Carolina College.
Miss Mayme Kennedy, of Charles
ton, and Miss Kittie Boyle, of Magno
lia, are visiting the Misses Eiogan.
Mr. Theo Solomons, of Trey, S. C,
is in the city for a few days stay, and
is the guest of Mr. J. A. Schwerin.
Sheriff Scarborough went to Colum
bia Saturday to carry a colored
lunatic to the hospital for the insane.
Supt. Baskins went to Bi shopville
on Saturday, to be present at the open
ing of the Bishopville Graded SchooL
Mr. Jack Harby was in the city
Sunday on his way from Albany,
Georgia, where he has been erecting
an oil mill.
Miss Essie Fleming, of this city, has
been elected teacher of the McDonald
School near Magnolia ?t a salary of
$40 per month.
Mr. Hugh C. Haynsworth left on last
Friday night for. Greenville to re
sume his duties as a member of the
faculty of Furman University.
Mr. Fred Wannamaker, formerly of
Orangeburg, but now with the Civil
Service Commission, Washington, D.
C., was in the city Monday night.
Dr. and Mrs. L. George Corbett,
formerly of Columbia, S. C?, who have
been residing in Ogdensburg, N. Y.,
for several years, are in the city visit
ing relatives. Dr. Corbett was man
ager of the Keely Institute at Colom
bia for eight years, but was transferred
to New York as physician and man
ager of the Connecticut and New York
Institutes. He has been promoted as
a member of the managing staff at the
general headquarters of the Keely
Institutes at D wight, Iii., and is en
route to Dwight, 111. Mrs. Corbett
will remain in Sumter for some time
with relatives. Dr. Corbett was born
and raised in Sumter county, and his
numerous friends are proud of the
success and distinction he has gained
as a physician.
Dispensary Inspector McCarthy was
is the city Thursday and went over the ]
books and" stock of Dispenser Wind
ham. Everything checked up correct- j
ly, and was found in first-class shape, i
! DEATH.
! -
i Mr. Henry Laurens Pinckney, died
at "Churchill," his home near State
burg, last Thursday morning, in the
eighty-third year of his age. He was a
member of the famous Pinckney family,
the men of which occupy so large a place
in South Carolina's early history and
who rendered such distinguished and
patriotic service to the State and na
tion, in colonial revolutionary and ante
bellum days. He was a grand-son of
\ Charles Pinckney, who was four times
; governor of South Carolina, United
States senator, minister to Spain and
who was known as the ' ' father of the
constitution" of the United States,
He was the son of Henry Laurens
Pickney who was once speaker of the
South Carolina house of representa
tives.
He was a native of Charleston, and
was a graduate of the College of Char
leston and the oldest living alumnus of
that institution. He afterwards stnd
ed law and moved up to this county to
live some yea?s prior to the war and
settled at Statesbnrg. For a time he
was associated with the late Capt.
Frank Sumter in the practice of his
profession in this city. He withdrew
from active practice many years ago
and has since resided at Stateburg.
He "was a gentlemen of the old school,
dignified in demeanor, courteous in
manner, highly educated and cultured
by the b6st educational advantages and
foreign travel, and those who knew
him intimately esteemed him highest.
LOCAL NEWS PARA8RAPHED.
The mail boxes have been ' put up,
and letters can now be mailed at al
most, every comer. The mail is col
lected from the boxes regularly.
Bishop A. Coke Smith has notified
the Charlotte committee that he had
accepted their terms and will move
with his family to that city the 1st of
October.
A negro tenant' hous? on Grier
street, in the eastern portion of the
city, was burned last Thursday imorn
ing. The house was the property of
Dr. H. T. Abbott.
The prize list of the Charleston fire
men's tournament may tempt the
Sumter firemen to enter their racing
-teams, although nothing has 'been
done in that direction.
A large crowd of cpllege boys and
girls passed through the city yesterday
morning, and for their accommodation
it was neccessary to attach extra coach
es to the Charleston-Columbia train.
A bale of cotton was stolen last Fri
day night from Mr. J. M. Woodley, at |
Providence, and the police have been
on the lookout for since then, but they
are of the opinion that it did not come
to this city, although it was tracked
in this direction.
Mr. C. Tyler, of the A tkips section,
got his arm so badly lacerated in a
cotton gin that it had to be taken off at>
the shoulder. Mr. Tyler had just
taken charge of Mr. R. A. Chandler's
ginnery at Mayesville on the 13feh and
was at work only a few hours.
The chain gang having finished
building the clay and sand road from
the city limits to Shot Pouch branch
on the "Stateburg road, has been moved
to the Blanding Mill road and is now
campeo! near the First Mill. A clay ?
and sand road will be built from the I
city limits to First Mill.
The demand for Sumter telephones !
in all parts of the United States and |
abroad is evidenced in several orders
received last week from Iowa, Texas,
Indiana, Massachusetts and Canada by
The Sumter Telephone) Manufacturing
Co. From Iowa was an order for 100
phones from one company.
There is a gap of abont one hundred
yards between the end of the clay-sand
roadway, Broad street, built by the city
last spring and the road recently built
from the city limits to Shot Pouch
branch by Supervisor Seale. The city
should take steps at .once to .fill in
the gap which mars what is otherwise
the best road in the county.
Hon. A, Frank Lever has gone ^to
try the plow handles on the red
hills of Broad river and for the next
ten days his sonorous voice will be
heard echoing through the tangled
luxuriance of the river bottoms, as he
cries out gee haw, and pulls the bell
cord across his - mule's back. Farm
life still has?ts attraction for Frank.
?Lexington Dispatch.
Mr. J. W. McKiever has received sev
eral car loads of machinery for the
wood working plant he is establishing
at the old C, S. & N. depot which he
has leased for a term of years from the
city. The machinery is being erected
as rapidly as possible and the plant
will be in operation within a few
weeks. Mr. McKiever will make
doors, sash, blinds, moulding, etc.
A little child of Mr. S. H. Edmunds
was run over on the sidewalk on Main
Street near Mr. Edmunds' residence
Saturday afternoon by a young man
named Moore, who, it is charged was \
riding a bicycle at an excessive speed.
The child was .not seriously hurt as
the wheel did not strike it " with full
force, the pedal merely catching in
the child's clothing, throwing it to the
ground and dragged it some distance.
A warrant has been issued for Moore's
arrest and he will be tried before the
Mayor for fast riding. At the time of
the accident the child was accompa
nied by Mrs. Edmunds and it seems
that Moore was entirely responsible
for the accident. .?
The will of the late Col. R, M. Wal
lace has been filed with the Judge of
Probate. The will makes a number of
bequests to relatives and others ag
gregating in ail about forty thousand
dollars and the residue is left to
Col. Wallace's sisters and his nephew,
the son of the late Capt. George D.
Wallace, U. S. A., in equal shares.
No statement of his estate, real and
personal, is made in the will, but it
has been stated that he left property
exceeding 8100,000 in valun. To his
wife $15,000 was left in trust during
her life time and a special bequest of
$1,000. Messrs. R. D. Lee and Marion
Moise are the trustees and executors
under the will.
Commissioners of Election.
The following appointments of Com
missioners of Elections in Sumter
County have bren made by the Gover
nor :
State?A. P. Vinson, Sumter:
Marion Dorn, Sumter: DavidE. '.Veils,
Tindall.
Federal?F. D. Knight, Sumter: W.
J. .Dinkin?, Summer; Frean Mellett,
W( dgefceli. .
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THIRTY-FIRST (
SEMI-ANNUAL ?
OPENING*
j Monday, Oct. 6th. \
THIRTY-FIRST
) SEMI-ANNUAL
) OPENING
? Monday, Oct. 6th.
* STILL Si&HS THE
? NEW 4
Novelty always attracts, but. in
Dress Goods, Trimmings, Millinery and Ready
to-Wear Garments
It is always well to couple Novelty with Good Taste. There
.are many exclusive and novel features in Dress Goods, Trim
mings. Cloaks, Suits and Millinery this season, the choice of
them being shown in this great stock. We extend to the
ladies of Suinter, Sumter county and adjoining counties an in
vitation to be present at our Grand Fall Opening on
Monday, October 6th.
It is our intention to make this the most commendable of our operings, having a
store now the interior of which is second to none in the State ; and in addition a new
Millinery Parlor, filled with the newest of everything?Pattern Hats, Novelties, Trim
migs, the display of which alone we think will repay yon for any trip yon may take in
reaching here.
i CH WVfH TX MM O $..
SUMTER'S FASHION EMPORIUM.
THIRTY-FIRST ;
SEMI-ANNUAL ?
OPENINGI
Monday, Oct. 6th.
THIRTY-FIRST ?
SEMI-ANNUAL )
OPENING \
Monday, Oct. 6th. ?
MOVE ON, FISHMONGERS.
An Ordinance io Abate A Nuisance Pass
ed by Council.
A special meeting of City Council
was held on ^Tuesday afternoon of j
last week for the purpose of adopt-1
ing an ordinance to restrict the use
of the streets by fishmongers. The j
ordinance adopted provides that it
shall be unlawful for any person
to erect or maintain any stand,
booth, table or other thing upon any
sidewalk or street of the City of Sum
ter, for the purpose of selling or offer
ing for sale any. goods, wares, mer
chandize, fruits, vegetables, fish, meats
or other commodities, except as may
be provided in the License Ordinance
of said City.
It shall be unlawful for any person
to stop a wheelbarrow cart or wagon
upon any street or sidewalk of said
city for the purpose of offering any
fish or oysters for sale.
Provided, that this shall not be
construed to prevent selling fish and
oysters from wheelbarows, carts or
wagons ; nor shall it prevent any fish
monger from stopping with his wheel
barrow, cart or wagon long enough to
sell and deliver fish and oysters to
persons desiring to buy them.
The penalty for the violation of the
ordinance is a fine not exceeding $5 or ?
imprisonment not ecxeeding 10 days.
THE EXCURSION WRECK AT FLORENCE.
Meagre Details of the Accident on Fri
day Night.
The Florence Times of Sature ay, the
20th, gives the subjoined account of
the wreck of the excursion train in
the Florence yard on Friday night.
As is seen no details are given and no
statement, as to the wreck has been
made by the railroad officials :
"The excursion train from Wilming
ton, returning to Columbia last night,
was wrecked at the passenger ststion
here and a number of people, various
ly estimated from 20 to 60, were injur
ed more or less.
*"It seems from what can be learned,
for very little can be learned at all,
that the excursion train was run in
two sections. The first section had
discharged its passengers at the station
and sidetracked on to the main line
used by the freight in going to the
yard. It had been there but a few
moments when the Wadesboro freight
came round the curve at a lively gait
and the engines crashed tcgether.
The freight train being the lightest,
one of the wood burners, mounted the
mogul that was pulling the excursion
train and toppled off into the ditch.
"The coaches on the excursion train
were not injured, but the passengers,
many of whom were standing in the
aisles and sitting on the arms of the
seats, were thrown down and bruised
and cut and hurt in, various ways, but
more frightened, than hurt. There
was the greatest excitement for a time
and the train was quickly emptied and
the hurt and frightened passengers
were crowded into the waiting rooms
and dining hall, where their wounds
were looked after by Drs. Evans,
Gregg and Hicks. The panic having
subsided after a while the excursion
train was made up again and went on
to Columbia with the wounded, the
physicans accompanying it.
"Where the faultlay it is impossible
to say, the rules of the trains through
the Florence yard being known only
to the railroad men, and they are very
silent on an occasion of this kind.
The matter will be investigated by the
authorities.
"Engineer Bowser, of the excursion
train, and Engineer Tom Bissett of
the freight, had narrow escapes. / Mr.
Bissett is laid up with several gashes
on his head and other bruises. Mr.
Bowser was not hurt so badly and
was out this morning. He was on
the engine at the time the collision
occurred and his feelings may be bet
ter imagined than described Engin
eer Bissett is said to have jumped, but
to have been caught under the wreck
age and to have crawled out after the
accident His escape was marvelous.
"One of the wounded, Brooks
Brown, of Sumter, is now at the Jacob
House, where he is receiving the at
tention of the physicians. His back
is wrenched. R. H. Gamble, of Sum
ter, is staying over with him."
The injuries that some of the pas
sengers received were more serious
than has been stated, but no list of the
wounded has been made public. Sev
eral negroes 'who were injured have
passed through this city on their way
to their homes, and it is reported
there are others still in Florence who
are unable to travel. One negro who
lives in Bishopville was brought here
last night on a stretcher and sent
through ro Bishopville this morning.
Mr. Brooks Brown is still in Flor
ence and as his injuries are quito pain
ful ir is not known when he will be
able to travel. It is feared, though
nor positively determined yet, that his
spine was injured. If this be true he
will suffer a long time, but may even
tually recover.
Sumtefs Cotton Receipts.
The total receipts of cotton last week
were 2,989 bales; the reeipts Saturday
were 703 bales, and the total number
of bales received from the opening of
the season to Saturdav night have
been S,S8S bales.
Cotton Prices.
Yesterday the local market was
strong and prices advanced on the
opening and remained steady through
out the day, middling selling at SAO.
Today the Liverpool and New York
future markets declined sharply vand
the local market was forced down.
Middling selling at SI4.
Remember the Musicale.
Thursday evening at 8.30 o'clock at
Mrs. S. A. Brand's will be ? parlor
musicale. Tickets 25 cents, on sale at
Sumter Pharmacy. Eefresments serv
ed free. Proceeds to aid the building
fund of Presbyterian Church. Watch
Daily Item for program.
A Hot Supper.
On Friday night, October 3d, a hot
supper will be served with a full bill
of fare at the school house, Oswego.
Proceeds for the benefit of the school
house repairs. A liberal patronage is
solicited.
Daughters of Confederacy.
The first meeting of Dick Anderson j
Chapter, Daughters of the Confeder
acy, will be held on the first Tuesday
in October. Each daughter will re
member that she is to bring in a ques
tion concerning the Confederacy.
Agnes M. Bogin,
Secretary and Treasurer.
notice"
Our stores will be closed on Thurs
day, Oct 2nd, and Saturday, Oct. 11th,
on account of holiday.
J. Rvttenberg & Sons.
Sept. 23?2t.
notice"
Our store will be closed Saturday,
Oct. 11th, on account of holidav.
Sept. 24?2t Schwartz Bros.
Mayors Court.
There were but two prisoners at the
bar Monday morning when Alderman
W. H. Epperson, acting Mayor conven
ed court:
Clarence Singleton was found guilty
of public drunkenness and paid a fine
of 81.
William Michau, was arrested for
boarding a railroad train in violation
of an ordinance and his fine was 81.
Examining Board Appointed.
Mr. Fred Wannamaker, of the Civil
ServiceCommission, who was in the city
Monday night for a few hours, appoint
ed a local civil service examining board
that will hereafter conduct all civil
service examinations held here. The
board consists of B. R. Sanders, sec
retary, T. S. Doar and W. D. Shaw,
all of whom are connected with the>^
postoffice.
Applications for blanks or for infor
mation concerning the civil service
examinations should be addressed to
B. R. Sanders, secretary of the local
board.
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 weak and
worthless.
ROBERTS' CHILL TONIC
will stop the trouble now. 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?but why wait ? Prevent ?
future sickness. The manufac- jg!
turers know all about this yel- w.
low poison and have perfected &
Roberts' Tonic to drive it out, m
$ nourish your system, restore ffl
.J Appetite, purify the blood, pre
'$ vent and cure Chills, Fevers and jg
M Malaria. It has cured thous- %
% ands?If will cure you, or your ??
il money back. This is fair. Try
it. Price, 25 cents.
I a. j. chima.
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GLENN SPRINGS WATER
The Kidney Cure.
For sale by A. J. CHINA,
J. F. \V. DeLOKME.
This is the time of year when we
sell lots of black suits. A black suit
is a Spring suit, Summer suit, Fall
suit, and Winter suit. You can wear
it when a business suit isn't appro
priate, and it is the stateliest suit for
business, too. Always in good taste,
appropriate on all occasions, becom
ing to everybody?-a good, staunch,
refined old friend, that one can al
ways fall back on. Men's single and
double-breasted Sack Suits, in black
Vicuna, Thibet, black, rough-faced
Worsted Cheviot, etc., $10, $12.50,
$15"ahd $18. If we don't satisfy you
at every point, come back for your
money.