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WEB?fSBAY, JANUARY 14, !933. "^^^^S^t^TW^t^^m "Mill ft" r?nr. ? 2: tM Post O?ce at .Suime* S V., 2T3 Second OidcS .Ifliter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Estate of Matthew P. May es, Jr.? Citation. Estate of Siram Seymour?Final Discbarge. J. Ryttenberg & Sons?Special Sale. PERSONAL. Mr. W. L. Saunders was in town Monday. l-Ir. J. P. Brock, of Surnmerton spent Monday in town. mti* ' Capt. B. A. Brand, of Wilmington, was iu>the city last week. ? Miss Julia A. Richardson of Pine vilie is visiting in the city. Mrs. J. Frank Pate, went over to 1 C?Jnmbia-on Monday morning.. Misses Minnie Bees and Tillie Find or Stateburg spent Monday in town. j I?iisses Tave and Pauline Dove, of Dovesville, are visiting Mrs. D. W. Cunningham. Mr. W. Arthur Green and family, of Wisacky, have removed to Asherille, N. a, to live. Mrs. Fred S. Reames of Bishopville S. C, is visiting'her daughter Mrs. J. Frank Pate. Miss Sharlie Graham has gone to East Orange N. J., to visit her sister Mrs. W. L. Brower. Mrs. Olive T. Yaughan.of Wisconsin is spending some time at the home of Mr. J. B. Boach. Mr. Fred McDowell went over to Columbia this morning to enter the, Columbia Business College. "T Mrs. L. A. O'Neill and son, have returned to Charleston, after a pleas ant stay at Mrs* N. O'Donaell's. v - Miss Margie Monaghan, has return ed to school in Washington, D. C, after spending the Xmas holidays at home. Mr. C. C. Beck, of Darlington, has removed to this city and bought an inierest in the business of Mr. H. Beck. After several years at Stateburg, Mr. and Mrs. W. fi. Ingram have returned to Sumter,* and are living on Skmth Harvin street. Miss Louisa Reames, of Bishopville, stopped over in the city Monday on her way to Columbia to enter the Co lumbia" Business College. Mrs. and Mrs. C. L. Shackelford who have made-Sumter their home for * the past year, have returned to Rich mond, Ya., their old home. John H. Clifton, Esq.., who has bs>en quite sick at his father's home in Orangeburg for several weeks, re ^iitxuned to the city last night. Miss Marie Cobb has returned to her home in Jacksonville, Fla., much to the regret of her many friends, after a delightful visit of two weeks. Mrs. S. D. Cain and little son, Odil, of Sumter county, spent Christmas with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. B. S. William.?Walterboro Press and Standard. Kev. C. C. Brown, D. D., of Sum will lecture in the Courthouse on ?uesday night, loth inst., for the benefit of the Baptis^ parsnage.?Wal terboro Press and Standard. Miss Corrie Napier spent a part of the holidays with her friend, Miss Satterwhite, of Sumter. She returned in time to resume her duties in the Lester school ?Bennetville A d vocate. Mr. Robert Chaffin, cashier of the Bank of Mayesviile, has moved with his family ? from Benetsviile to this [city to live and is occupying the ho?se on Broad street where Mr. J. ; N. Phillips recently lived. _ be J. R. Weatherley, inventor and [manager of the Dixie Stalk Cutter, left last-night for Philadelphia to [arrange for the manufacture of the jotter in large quantities, in order to (keep up with the orders that are com ing in every day. Miss Bessie Ingram left this morn rg for Columbia to spend a while rith her sister Mrs. C. C. Fishbarne. jveral marriages are -informally an [nced to: take place this month. Bi full line of burglar insurance is trrred by the Sumter Savings Bank. Mr. C. G. Rowland is erecting a >rick store building on Main street iext to Witherspoon Bros. & Go's irniture store. The Southern passenger trains now ?ave from the new Southern Ry, ssenger depot, near the corner of jtarater and Dingle streets. The attempt to"make a clay and sand >adway on Liberty street has not re ilted successfully and in the place of id bed there is a mire. The construction corps of the Ameri m Telephone and Telegraph Company ia town and the Jong distance sta [on will be opened at an early date. [fertilizers begin to move this month id as there is considerable money in lie country the railroads will be taxed haut all that the farmers will want. IW. Hampton Gibbes has been ap onted Auditor of Richland county by )vei*jor McSweeney on the recom jnda^ion of Richland legislative dete ction. [r. John A. Renno has bought the litternore property in rear of the tart House, known as the old post ice building and will make improve bits to it. ?he*e will be a change of schedule the Atlantic Coast Line next week. |e morning train from Charleston |] arrive at 9.15 and leave for Co lbia at 9.30. le Senate has confirmed the appint it of George D. Shore as Postmaster lithis city and a business-like and ipetent administration of the affairs She-^umter's postoffice is insured the next four years. [umter's cotton receipts are pushing 30,000 mark and there are several md bales yet to come. The re >ts are already greater than this rket has ever had in a full cotton there are still eight months i6r?Dtton year to be accounted for. MARRIED. Married, at the Baptist Parsonage, at 7 o'clock, Thursday evening:, January 8tb, by Rev. C. 'C. Brown, Mr. Joe White and Miss Josie Weatberly. On Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Baptist Parsonage, Mr. J. J. Thig pen to Miss Mamie Lawrence, Rev. C. C. Brown performing the ceremony. Last Wednesday evening at the resi dence of Mr. M. K. Beck, on west Gra ham Street, a quiet though very pretty msrriaprc was solemnized. The con tracting parties were Mrs. Ella J. Tallevast, of Florence, and Mr. J. Linton Williams, of Timmonsvilie. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. S. Corpening, of Timmonsvilie. The bride is a sister of Mrs. Beck, and has made many friends in Sumter. The groom is a prominent young busi ness man of Timmonsvilie. The happy couple left on the evening train for Columbia and other points followed by the best wishes of their many fri ends. YGSEL-AI'GUSTIME. The marriage of E. W. Vogel, of Sumter, S. C, and Miss Bertha L. Augustine occurred yesterday, at the bride's "home on Grant street, only the immediate friends cf the family' being present. The. parlors were tastefully decorated with holly. The ceremony was performed at one o'clock bv Dr. P. P. Pope, of the First M. E. Church. Mr. and Mrs. Vogel, left this morn ing for Little Rock Arkansas, where they will spend a few days with the bride's brother, after which they will go to their home in Sumter. Mrs. Vogel is well known as a very accom plished lady and a successful teacher, both in the Van Wert and in the Toledo city schools, where she has taught for the past three years. The groom is to be congratulated in his choice and success in winning his bride. Mr. Vogel is a successful busi ness man in Sumter and an ardent church man.?Van <7ert, 0., Bulle tin, Jan. 2. LEE-CARTER. The Marriage of Miss Elizabeth Dozier Lee and Mr. Samuel Redd Carter. Miss Elizabeth Dozier Lee, a daugh ter of Mr. Richard D. Lee, and Mr. Samuel Redd Carter, of Ashland, Va., were married in the Church of the Holy Comforter at 7 o'clock last Wed nesday evening. Rev. Henry H. Coving ton, the rector, read the * beautiful marriage service of the Episcopal Church in a impressive manner and pronounced the words that united them for life. The-church was prettily decorated with smilax vines, pink carnations and potted plants, all the lights had pink shades, which cast a roseate glow over the entire edifice and accen tuated the color scheme of the deco rations. The chancel and aisle were carpeted with white and the green and pink of the decorations and the pink shaded lights, contrasting against the pure white of the chan cel and aisle, formed a fitting setting for the bridal party. The guests who had been invited to witness the marriage began to assem bled an hour before the hour appoint ed for the ceremony, and while wait ing for the arrival of the bridal party the orchestra composed of Prof. Shoemaker, violin, Mr. Dave Winn, clarionette, and Miss Teicher, organ, played the following selections: Ruben^stein's "Melodie in F;" * * Evening Star,'' from Tanneh auser; "^Andante Movement," from Con radie's Berlin Overture, and "The Intermezzo" from Cavelleria Rusti cana. Almost on the stroke of the hour of seven- the bridal party entered the church in the following order?the uslters, G. E. Haynsworth and E. P. Moses, W. R. Burgess and W. Loring Lee, Elisha Carson and W. S. Graham, the Maid cf Honor, Miss Lydia Lee, and the bride, leaning on the arm cf her father, Mr. Richard D. Lee. The groom entered the church from the vestry, accompanied by his brother, Dr. Henry Carter, of Rich mond, Va., and met the bridal party at the altar. The bride wore an exquisitely beau tiful gown of white Egyptian crepe, trimfned with accordian plaited chiffon and applique. The veil was chi?on, hanging in graceful, filmy folds from the crown of her head to the hem of her dress. She held in her hands v. a bouquet of white carna tions and wore a single ornament, a pearl and diamond sunburst, the gift cf the groom. Miss Lydia Lee, the Maid of Honor, wore white crepe de ebene and carried a bouquet of pink carnations. When the bridal party entered, the orchestra played the-"March from Tannehauser" and after the ceremony, while leaving the church, Mendelsohn's Wedding March was rendered. Immediately following the marriage a reception was held at the residence of' Mr. Lee, on North Main Street, which was attended by a large number of the friends of the happy couple who had gathered to extend congratula tions not only from this county, but from all parts of the State, Georgia and Virginia. The rception was one of the most brilliant social functions ever held in this city and "all went as merry as the marriage bells." The bride received many beautiful and costly presents, there being a dazzling array of cut glass, silver and costly brie a brae. Most conspicuous among the presents was a handsome chest of silverware and a certified check for$3,000, the gift of the bride's fanner. Among the out of town guests pre sent at the reception were: Mrs. Carter, Dr. Henry Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan, W. E. Craw ford, J. C. Taylor, E. W. Stearns, and D. L. Beck, of Ricbmotd, Va., Miss Nancy Cooke, of Richmond, Miss Mary Nowlin, of Lynchburg, Va., Miss Alice Old, of Norfolk, Va., Miss Mary Randolph, of Richmond. Va., Miss Aimee Worth, of Richmond, Va., Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gaston, of Chester, S. C, Mr. Tha-J Jowette, of Augusta, Ga., Mr. Palmer McMaster, of Columbia, S. C, and manv others. Mr. and Mrs. Carter left on the 9.30 train on their bridal trip and will be at home in Ashland, Va., after the 13th instant. Mr. Carter is a rising young member of the Richland bar, and belongs to one of the oldest and most prominent fami lies of the Old Dominion; his bride is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ! Richard D. Lee, of this city. She ! has been a social favorite in this State I since her coming-out a few years ago, ; and besides beauty of person and . charm of manner she is endowed with ; superior intellectual gifts, and the j culture that the best educational ad vantages, fully improved, give to the South's favored daughters. DEATH. Hugh Hamilton McLeod, the adopt ed son of Mr. H. II. Evans, of Spring Hill, died at Mr. Evans, home on Fri da}-, January 2nd, of typhoid fever, aged eight years and three months. Bank of Sumter Ejection. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Bank of Sumter was held on Monday. The same board of dircetors was reelected and at the meeting of the board at later hour. W. F/B, Haynswortb, was elected president, and R. I. Manning, Vice President. Maj. Marion Moise, who has' served as Vice President for a i number of years, declined reelection and nominated Mr. Manning for the office. Cashier W. F. Rname and the other officials of the bank were re elected. ?First National Sank Election. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the First National Bank was^held at noon'yesterday. . The old directors were reelected and Mr. E. P. Ricker was elected a member of the board to till the vacancy that has existed since the death of Col. R. M. Wallace. The Directors of the First National Bank met at 6 o'clock last evening in the directors, room at the bank and proceed to tne election of officers. Dr. A. J. China was reelected Presi dent, Mr. Neill O'Donnell was elected Vice President and Mr. R. D. Lee solicitor. Mr. R. L. Edmunds was continued as Cashier, and there was no change made in the clerical force. Gfficers of Magnolia Street Church. At a regular business meeting of the official board of Magnolia Street Church held last night the following officers were elected to serve during the ensuing conference year: Geo. E. Beaumont, Chairman. ' J. W. Dennis, Secretary. R. J.'Kennedy, Asssitant Secretary. Geo. E. Beaumont, Treasurer. A bnsinses meeting of the Board of Stewards will be held Friday evening at 7.30 p. m., at the residence of Geo. E. Beaumont. A full attendance is desired, as business of importance is to be transacted. PIS6AH NEWS NOTES. Pisgab, Jan. 13.?Christmas passed off quietly here. The most quiet one m years. A few old fashion guns, woke most of us up, and we relized that Christmas was here. The absence of the "Cannon" firo cracker that has done so much harm, was noted with pleasure and all can feel relieved that no harm has been done this time. For once, the legislature has done wisely in forbidding its sale. New Year has come in as quietly as Christmas. Not as much moving as usual. The wonderful wealth of Florida and the West, where money can be had for the kicking of the trees, don't seem to impress the negroes here as usual. I notice that these who have come back from those rich places are poorer than those who are here. Farm work has commenced, and on some places considerable progress has been made. Hands are not as plenti ful as desired but the land will, as usual be cultivated. It is hoped that the system of wild cat credit that has been practiced in prosperous years, will be abandoned this year. Since my last the Grim Monster has been here and carried to their last resting places Miss Mary Burket whose long sickness baffled medical science, and Hamilton Hugh McLeod, the audpted son of Mr. and Mrs. H. U. Evans. Both were buried in Pisgah Church Cemetery, before large con gregations who testified their sympathy for the bereaved ones. While the Grim Monster has been abroad the marriage bells have been ringing quite extensively. Several have entered the state of happiness. The negroes have married almost by the wholesale. Mr. Haston Boykin and Miss John son of the Mizpah Church section were married on the 4th inst-., at the resi dence of Rev. J. W. Kenney. Quite a crowd accompanied the bridal party and others, near, came to see the ever interesting ceremony. This is Mr. Boykin's third marriage and Mr. Ken-, ney soon made him as happy as a little child with a red apple. Mr. Boykin has many friends here who wish for him and his bride all the hap piness that it is possible to get in this world. Hog killing has been going on for some time here. Several of my neigh bors have killed enough to do them, while others have a large share of what it will take to do them this year. The ont crop is standing the cold so far. None of them seem to be injured. Potatoes are rotting. The crop hero is large and if a large portion can be saved, it will save much of the neces sary expenses at this time of the year. There is some talk of mad doas being about. With the exception of colds, the health of our community is very good, those that were sick are imporvinng. Sumter will get a good trade from this section. Tnose who advertise in your papers show bargains that other places cannot surpass. Advertising pays well? without it people would not know what others had to seli. We are so near you by rail and not many hours through the country, that we are almost home folks. So it is now a small matter to run down and buy what we want. Your banks are very liberal and accommodating to the farmers and they will help to sustain those who feel an interest in them. Trade conditions have changed very much during the last few years. A farmer can no more run his busi ness entire without money than a merchant can. Labor conditions have changed too, and it takes money to pay it during the year, individual credit is as good now as combination credit was some years a^o, hence the pros pect of increasing Granges is poor in deed. The Alliance has gone when the woodbine twineth. j Three Dry Kilns and Nearly Eight Hun dred Thousands Feet of Lumbar Destroyed at Lukens Lumber Co. Kill. The most destructive as well as the fiercest and most spectacular firo this city has had for some years broke out about 2 o'clock this morning in the dry kilns of the Lukens Lumber Co., and for more than four hours the flames raged with the greatest fierceness. The dry kilns, three in number, were soon consumed and the fire spread to the immense piles of lumber on the yard. The water supply was not sufficient and it was soon apparent that the lum ber must be abandoned and all efTorts directed to saving the saw mill and other portions of the plant. The sev eral mill buildings were finally saved by hard work after the fire had practic ally burnt itself out.. If the wind had net been favorable the entire plant would have been destroyed, bat as it was blowing away from the mills it was possible to keep the fire from spreading back against; the wind. Besides the three dry kilns, between six and eight hundred thousand feet of lumber on the yards were burned and a lot of wood and other material of value also, Mr.*John F. Laugher}-, the manager of the mills, says that it is difficult to estimate the loss as yet. The company carried S2G, 175 insurance cn the entire plant. On the sections burned out there was $0,600 insurance in force, but as there was a blanket clause in all : of the poilcies, it is probable that I sufficient insurance can be collected to | cover a large part of the loss, which on the lumber alone exceeds $20,000, and on the dry kilns from three to i four thousand. A Case of Chicken Pox. The report that there are a number of cases of smallpox in Sumter is not true. A negro boy about two miles out in the country was sick with a suspicious eruptive disease which re sembled varioloid, or modified small pox during the first stages of the dis ease. The State Board of Health be ing notified, requested the Sumter Health Officer to take charge of the case and to watch it for several days to see if it was smallpoxx; and to quarintine the family and vaccinate in the immediate neighborhood. Af ter several days observation Health Officer Reardon "reports that.the dis ease is neither varioloid nor smallpox, but that it did look rather suspicious at first. The patient was sick only four days when the eruption disappeared. Magazines' and Fashion Books, at Osteen's, W. Liberty street. BOLD BISHOPVJLLE FIREBUGS. Two Negroes Captured Last Night in the Act of Setting Fire to Store. Bisbopville, Jan. 14.?Two negro in cendiaries were captured in the act of setting fire to J. B. Kelly's store at 9 o'clock last night. They had poured kerosene on the rear wall of the- store building and applied the match before they were seized and taken to the ?uard house. A few The negroes first started to set fire to Harry Dixon's store, but one was heard buckets full cf water quickly applied extinguished the lire and no damage was done. to say to the other, "No less try that big one and that will get 'em 'nil." They bought two cents worth cf oil from Arthur Butler a short time beforehand their suspicious actions caused them to be watched, with the result that they were captured. Their names are Mitchell Davis and-George, a son of Jacob George. GREYHOUNDS. - Bear in mind the great Greyhound word contest for. a 670 New Home Sewing Machine now being conduct ed by T. B. Jenkins, Jr. Those who have entered the contest are requested to take notice that the conditions gov erning the contest have been amended in one particular, in that the letter cannot be used twice in the same word. A Visit to Florida. Oswego, S. C, Jan. 13, 1903. Editor Watchman and Southron. I intended beginning the New Year by instructing you to send me your paper before, but my wife, baby, daughter and self were away spending Xmas in Florida with our children liv ing there. We had a very pleasant time; found the people doing very satisfactory business, but not so rush ing as in Carolina. We had the pleas ure of meeting Mr. J. Rembert Hill and sister, also Mr. Mahoney and family formerly of South Carolina and some time-worn comrades of the late civil war. But best of all had the pleasure cf attending three religious services conducted by Rev. Lee, a zealous worker for Christ. W. J. Andrews; Remember the lecture by Dr. J. W. Daniel at the Opera House or. the evening of January 15th. The lecture is to be given for the benefit of the Missionary Society of the first Metho dist Church. VEGETABLE SEED. Congressman Lever Has More for Dis tribution. Congressman Lever writes The State ! from Washington as follows: I "Kindly state to your readers that I i have a few more vegetable seed re \ maining to credit, and that I shall be i glad to supply any person who has not already been served, upon receipt of a card bearing the name and address of the party desiring the seed. I have tried to reach everybody, but this is impossible." The Snmter Light Infantry has moved into the club rooms in the Masonic Temple and a number of im provements are being made that will make the new quarters much more comfortable and convenient than the company has ever had in the past. Pupils Potpourri. i Estate si Hiram Sejni&nr, Bec'd, I WILL apply to the Judge cf Probate of Sumter County, C, cn Febrnary 14th, 1903. for a final Discharge as Execu tor of aforesaid Estate. W. G. S. SEYMOUR, Jan 14?it Executor. is nam fimm Is yoar blood ? Physicians c:.U it rislarial Gern. It can be sec;: changing red biood yellcw Kader % microscope, It works dsy and p\ night. First, it turns yov.vcon:- gj piexion yellow. ChUIy, aching & sensctions creep down your backbone. Ycu feel weak* and v/orthless. mmi$' CHILL TOSIC wiS2 stop the trouble now. It enters the Wood at once asid drives out the yellow po?son. . 12 neglected aid when Chisis, p Fevers, Night-Sweats and a gen- ?? era! break-down come Jater on, f| Roberts1 Tonic wiH eyre you k\ t**en?but why wait ? Prevent p future sickness. The manufac- U turers know all about this ye!- g 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 iVLaiari3. It has cured thous ands?It will cure you, or your money back. This is fair. Try it. Price, 25 cents. A.rJ. CHINA, T. D. CHANDLER. HHB9B n sweep of all next THIRTY ip a single gar SD IN PLAIN