The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 11, 1903, Image 5
.WEDNESDAY, MARCH ll, 1903.
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Entered at the Post Office at Sumter.S
(?., as Second Glass Mitter.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Dr. Z. F. Highsmith-Don't Frown.
The Sumter Savings Bank-A Sign
of Prosperity.
D. J. Chandler-Good-Fitfeing Trous?
ers.
J. Ryttenberg & Sons-Spring Styles
Now Ready.
China's Drug; Store-Doan's Kidney
Pills F tee.
American Cigar Co., Charleston
Girls Wanted._
PERSONAL.
Col. J. R. Maldrow spent Friday in
town.
Sheriff Scarborough ha* returned
from Walterboro.
Mr. W. J. Rees, Of Statesburg, was
in the city Friday.
Mr. S. W. Young of Remberts, was
in the city Tuesday.
Mr. D. B. McLaurin of Wedgefield,
was in town Tuesday.
Mr. Neill O'Donnell has boen in New
York since last Wednesday.
Mr. E. B. Muldrow. of Mayesville,
was in the city Saturday.
Mr. Warren Dickson of Manning;
spent Sunday in the city.
Mr. L. L. Baker, of Bishopville,
was in the city last week.
Mr. J. L. McCallum went to Co
lumia Saturday on business.
Mrs. Kate B. Grier is spending a
few days in Manning with relatives.
Mrs. T. A. Cook of Columbia is on
a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. N. Phillips.
Mr. D. James Winn who has been
on a business trip to Washington,
returned Monday.
Mrs. W. A. Buckner and Mrs. Julian
E. Harby left Friday for Tuskegee,
Ala., to spend some time.
Mrs. J. B. Daws, who has been
visiting in the city returned to Char
? leeton Monday afternoon.
Misses Ella DeLorme and Moneta
Osteen have returned from a visit to
. the Misses Dove at Dovesville.
Mr. ired P. Brand of the Locomo?
bile Co., is in the city today at the
Hotel Sumter and will be here for the
nest two days.
Master Oliver Plowden of Connie
Maxwell Orphanage has spent several
days in the city, fie came to see his
sister.
Messrs. C. ' M. Hurst, R. & Hood
and Marion Dorn left for Pensacola,
Fla., Monday morning to atttend a
meeting of the head camp pf the
Woodmen of the?World, of the south
. em jurisdiction. They will represent
Hollywood Camp, which is one of the
largest camps of Woodmen of this di?
vision*
Mrs. Abe Weinberg, of;Camden, is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ferd.
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Miss Sudle Daggett, of Georgetown,
has accepted a position in the dress?
making department of The Sumter
Dry Gooda Ca
Mr. J. V. Wilson, inspector of
< agencies for the Aetna Life Insurance
Co., who has made this city his head
* quarters for several months, left this
morning for Columbia where he will
be stationed for some time.
Sumter's cotton receipts are nearing
the 35,000 mark.
They say there hasn't been a fair
Saturday since Christmas.
War i8fliable to break ouS in Grooms
town any time without warning.
The oat crop throughout the county
is reported to be unusually promising.
The Graded school library is indebt?
ed to Mr. McDonald Furman for a
monograph by CoL Jas. G. Gibbes,
"Who Burned Columbia?"
An effort will be made to organize a
first class base ball team here this
season and give the ball cranks a series
of fine ball games.
Mr. Tom Bradley, the Postal Tele?
graph Co's operator, has resigned to
accept a position with the Atlantic
Coast Line as night opeator, and
"Dick" McKagen has succeeded him
at the Postal office.
J. Ryttenberg & Sons have received
a large part of their extensive and
carefully selected stock of spring goods,
x and are now offering new and stylish
goods to their customers. See the new
advertisement today.
The petition with reference to new
school building has been very general?
ly signed. There has been an almost
unanimously favorable response by
those who have been seen thus far.
Turkey Creek is booming. The
water rose above the danger line Sat?
urday and the low grounds have been
flooded since, but no serious damage
has been done.
Extra trousers at special prices are
advertised today by D. J. Chandler,
the old reliable clothier. See what
he says about the large and carefully
selected stock he has just received
and note the prices quoted.
The library of the Washington Street
Graded School Library is indebted to
Mrs. M. Pauline Cordes for the fol?
lowing books : Romola : The Search of
Basil Lyndhurst; Thaddeus of War?
saw; The Reproach of Annesley;
Ichabod and Other Poems.
The building boom continues in this
place with unabated vigor and the
number of new houses now in
process of construction shows that
Sumter is growing and improving
more rapidly than at any time in her
history.
B.The plan to macadamize Main street
from Hampton avenue to Calhoun
street and Liberty street^ from Harvin
to Washington is* being 'agitated and
discussed again. Some members of
council favor having the work done
this spring.
Work has been commenced on the
addition to the Sumter Telephone
Manufacturing Co's, factory. The
new building will be much larger than
the factory now in use and the capaci?
ty of the factory will be about three
times as great as it now is wften the
addition shall be completed.
MARRIED.
In Charleston, S. C., March 4th at
noon, Miss Margaret C. Enslow and
Mr. M. De Veaux Moore, of this city.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Alexander Sprent at the residence of
Mrs. William Hard, sister of the
bride. Relatives and close friends
only were present. The happy couple
have arrived in the city, and are
house-keeping on W. Hampton avenue.
DEATHS.
Mrs. Jane Byrd died at her home
on Calhoun street, this city yesterday
afternoon after a long illness at an ad?
vanced age. The funeral was held at
3.30 this afternoon and the interment
made at the Hoyt burying ground.
She was one of the oldest residents of
Sumter.
Wedgefield, March 6.-Mr. W. W.
Moore died this morning about 8
o'clock, very suddenly of some heart
trouble, in his eighty-fourth year.
Mr. Moore was one of our oldest and
most respected citizens. He was a
Mason and it was the desire of the
family that he be buried tomorrow
with Masonic honors, but it was im?
possible for the order from Sumter to
attend in a body.
Mr. Jeff D. McElveen, formerly of
the Privateer neighborhood, died in
Columbia on the 4th instant, after a
long illness. He moved to Columbia
with his family about a year ago.
Public Meeting ot United Charities.
The Executive Committee of the
United Charities Association of Sum?
ter held a meeting Friday afternoon
at which it was decided to call a pub?
lic meeting in the Opera House Sun?
day afternoon, 15th inst., at half past
5 o'clock. Two or three short address?
es will be made by prominent speakers
of the city.
The president and secretary were
i appointed to arrange a programme
I which will be published in advance.
The manager of the Opera House^has
? kindly consented to allow the use of
the building free of charge, and a
, general invitation is extended to the
public to be present.
The secretary will render a brief re?
port of what has been done by the So?
ciety, and what it desires to do in the
future. All persons feeling an interest
in this work should attend the meet?
ing and give encouragement and sup?
port to those who are sacrificing time
and comfort to carry it on.
Barn Burned.
The barn and stables of Mr. J. D.
McLeod, of Rembert's, were bumed
.between 1 and 2 o'clock Monday morn?
ing, causing a loss of about $450. The
origin of tfee fire is unknown, but is
supposed to have been the work of a
fire bug. When Mr. McLeod was awak?
ened by the fire the rain was falling
in torrents and as there had been a
great deal of rain Sunday afternoon
and during the early part of the night
it was impossible for the fire to have
started from a spark from the house
chimney. Mr. McLeod succeeded in
saving his twp horses, but one of them,
was badly-scorched before it was liber?
ated from the stables. Everything else
in the buildings waa lost.
County Supervisor Seale has now re
corvered both of -nie escaped convicts
and has them confided in the jail.
Bailey and Thompson are both long
term convicts who were leased from
the Penitentiary by the county, and
they will be returned to the Peniten?
tiary instead of being returned ,/to
work on the gang.
j It is stated on good authority that
[ the city school board will buy the
I Joye house and lot on Hampton ave?
nue, adjoining the Northwestern part
of the graded school square and will
there erect the new school building
after having the dwelling house re?
moved.
Stokes, who killed Galloway near
Bishopville a few months ago, has
been returned to the Sumter county
jail to await trial at the next term of
court to be held in Lee county. His
trial was set for Wednesday, last but
when the time for the case to go to
trial arrived it was decided to continue
the case until the next term.
Shelton Reid met with an unusual
and painful accident Friday afternoon,
and is still confined to bed with a
broken leg. He was roller-skating on
the sidewalk near the Presbyterian
Church and tripped up and fell to
the ground. In some way one leg was
twisted under him and the bone was
! broken just above the ankle. He was
I alone at the time of the accident and
i he remained where he fell until found
by a passer-by and taken to the in?
firmary.
There is money to be made in rais?
ing fine poultry. A resident of this
city purchased last spring $5 worth of
eggs from thoroughbred fowls and suc?
ceeded in raising a large number of
fine chickens. .During the fall and win?
ter he sold between $35 and $40 worth
of chickens from the lot and still has
a yard full of the best that he raised,
from which he is selling all the eggs
he gets at $1 a setting.
It is thought probable that one or
more additional letter carriers" will be
employed in this city next year. The
business of the post office shows a
steady growth and the work of the
carriers is now a great deal heavier
than it was when the free delivery
system was established. The city
covers so much territory that the three
carriers have all that they can do to
deliver the mail and make the collec?
tions, and it sometimes happens that
they cannot complete the delivery in
the time allotted for this work by the
postal regulations. Four or five car?
riers could do the work more satisfac?
torily and improve the service.
There is much complaint of scarcity
of farm labor. This condition is the
result of the eagerness of lien mer?
chants to extend credit to every negro
that can rent a piece of hind. The re?
peal of the lien law would be a bless?
ing to this country, ;is farming under
present conditions is largely a matter j
of speculation. If the land owners !
could obtain labor the farming inter- j
ests of the country won ld soon be on a
better basis, but just as long as the
lien law remains in force merchants
will be found who will take long j
chances on the negro croppers, and la- !
bor will be demoralized just as long as |
credit is so easy to to be secured.
MORE SHOOTING IN GROOMSTOWN.
John R. Keels, Charlie and William
Srooms Arrested for Shooting Into a
House.
Magistrate Wells on Monday issued a
warrant, on the complaint and affidavit
of Tom Connell, for the arrest of John
R. Keels, Charlie Grooms and William
Grooms, and the warrant was turned
over to the Sheriff's office for execu?
tion.
Deputy Sheriff Gaillard and Mr. J.
E. Gaillard, Jr., went out to Grooms
town and made the arrests without
difficulty, notwithstanding that the
two Groomes tried to escape by taking
leg bail at the approach of the officers.
The prisoners were brought to town
in the afternoon and gave bond before
Judge Wells for their appearance at
the preliminary hearing today.
Keels, Charlie Grooms and William
Groom are charged by Connell with
going to his house Sunday night
and shooting into it a number of
times with shot guns or rifles, there?
by placing the lives of himself and
family in great jeopardy. No one
sustained any injury, but the fusilade
is claimed to have riddled the house.
The disturbance Sunday night re?
sulted from the old feud between mem
1 bers of the Grooms family, which has
caused a number of long range shoot?
ing matches in the past. Connell has
identified himself with one of the
Grooms factions by marrying into the
family and by taking part in previous
family rows.
Another Convict Captured.
Joe Thompson, a. State convict, who
escaped while working on the county
chain gang last fall, under lease from the
Penitentiary, has been captured in
Colleton county and Sheriff Scar?
borough left Sunday night for Walter
boro to bring him back. Thompson and
Boisy Bailey made their esape at the
same time. Bailey was captured in
Colleton county a few weeks agc, and
the capture of Thompson followed as a
result of Bailey's return to the chain
gang.
Pisgah News and Comment.
Pisgah, March 10.-The almost ces?
sation of farm work by the continued
wet weather is getting to be quite
serious. When the weather will clear
up so work can go on is a problem
that none can solve. I can safely say
that not more than a fourth of the
plowing, necessary to be done at this
time, is done, and it will be sometime
even with dry weather now on, before
a great deal of the land can be plowed.
The whites are facing the situation as
they have always done in like cases
with a bold but serious front. The
negroes are happy and jubilant. With
horses bought on time, and rations in
a like manner, there is nothing to
hinder them from enjoying life. The
question of paying for the same, is a
matter of sublime indifference to
i them. The editorial in the Item on
the lien law is endorsed by every white
intelligent farmer of this section. I
know of numerous farmers that can't
get hands to run their plows, all on
account of this law, and consequently
can cultivate only a small quantity-of
landi" farmers that offered fine wages,:
but the negro can get his living ri?w
without present pay -and there is no
necessity to hire. ; - "
It strikes me that the merchants are
cutting their own throats by this in?
discriminate credit business. Possibly
they will realize when too late, the
folly of it all
It should be a matter of sincere con?
gratulation to all the people of this
State, that we now have two senators
to represent us in the Congress of the
United States. McLaurin has been as
silent as a dead man in the session of
Congress just close. If he has ever
opened his mouth but to vote once or
twice, I fail to find it in the record.
A man that deserts his party as he has
defoe, deserves just what he has receiv?
ed from the people of his State. A
severe condemnation for his acts. In
this connection I wish to say that j
Senator Tillman has fought manfully
for the rights of his State, also Con?
gressman Lever, against a partisan
majority.
Mr. Crouch preached a very able
sermon at Pisgah Church on Sunday.
He severely arraigned the dancers,
liquor drinkers, and other sins of the
day. He is a bold, outspoken man on j
what he believes and knows to be !
wrong.
Sunday in a good many places has
got to be a day of pleasure and trade.
The sacredness of it is not taken into
consideration by a good many people.'
There is nothing new to .report at
present. The plum and peach trees are
blooming, and that is about all.
One of the most important . of the
new institutions started in Charleston
or in the entire state, is the new plant
which the American Cigar Co., open?
ed about eight weeks ago in Charles?
ton. The Company is employing young
women and teaching them the art of i
making cigars. They have at present
only about one hundred and fifty, but
can give employment to five thousand.
The work is clean, healthy and easy to
learn, and the amount of money that
the girls can make is far greater than
in any other trade or employment. In
six weeks time the young ladies make
from $? to $6 and in three months from
ST to $10 per week. A very strong
effort is being made by the manage?
ment to secure only the highest class
of young ladies who are forced to earn
their own living. The Commercial
Club Charleston and a number of the
leading ministers are assisting the
company by sending them all the
worthy young ladies who are in need
of employment, and they have given
the concern their hearty approval. In
order to break the monotony of work
a piano is played in the factory every
afternoon and the girls are allowed to
sing while at work. An elderly lady
acts as Matron and one of the leading
physicians of Charleston is employed
to treat the girls free of charge to
them. Of course no negroes are em?
ployed and every thine: possible is done
to make the work both profitable and
pleasant. Good board is secured for
girls from the country at very low
rates.
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For tlie Public Good.
It: another part of this paper appears an 1
advertisement worthy the reading, ;?.> it's j
for the public good. It tells of ;i free I
distribution of Doan's Kidney Tills, a j
remedy for Kidney ills Read it. and call '
at China's Drug Stoie Thursday, March j
THE FIRE THiS MORNING.
The Old Curtis Building Destroyed.
The old frame building at the corner
of South Main and Dingle street,
known as the Curtis building in re?
cent years, was burned at 3 o'clock
this morning. The building and con?
tents were a total loss. The front of
the building opening on Dingle street
was occupied by Paul Angel as a fruit
and grocery store and Jacob Bradwell
a meat market. The rear portion was
occupied by Mr. John Dorrity. The
building which was owned by Messrs.
Horace and Charles Curtis, was in?
sured for $800. The loss on the build?
ing and contents is estimated at ?2,
000.
The origin of the fire is unknown
but is supposed to have been accident?
al. It started in Angel's store room,
in the rear part of which he slept, and
he narrowly escaped being burned to
death. When he was awakened the
fire had gained great headway and he
had no time to save anything, not
even his clothing.
Mr. Dorrity lost all of his household
furniture and most of his clothing
and other effects.
Mr. Charles Curtis who runs a
blacksmith and repair shop adjacent
to the old building lost several new
vehicles which were practically com?
pleted and others that were on tiie
premises for repair.
The fire department responded to the
alarm as promptly as possible and it
was the hard work and well directed
efforts of the firemen that prevented
the spread of the flames to nearby
buildings. The absence of wind was
in the firemen's favor, as was also the
wet and sodden condition of the roof
of houses upon which the sparks fell.
The building was originally a hotel
and eating house, and its situation op?
posite the old passenger depot gave it
an advantage over other places of pub?
lic entertainment the village of Sum
terville possessed fifty^ odd years ago,
and it had some years of popularity
and prosperity. It was not a new
building when erected on the spot
were it stood so long, but was re?
moved from the corner of Main and
Liberty street-where the Sumter Dry
Goods Co., store now stands. How
long the building had stood there and,
been used as a travern is not known.
The removal was made about the
time the railroad was built into town
and before it was completed in the
early '50s. It was known as the Halr
iee House, being named in honor of
the late Gen. W. W. Harllee, who was
the moving spirit in the building of
the railroad, and was the first presi?
dent of the Wilmington and.Manches?
ter Railroad Company. The hotel was
'owned and kept by Mr. Benjamin
Mitchell, who was also the railroad
agent for many years. This was then
the principal line for through travel
between the southwest and north, and
the Harllee House furn i sn ed three
meals a day to trains.
It was abandoned as a hotel many
years ago and was used as a carriage
factory by the Curtis Carriage Co., for
fifteen or twenty years but five or sis
years ago the front part was made
over into store rooms and the back
part has been used as a dwelling.
" "Sugar Cane Culture" is the title
of a new book just published. It con?
tains a chapter about the history
of cane, botany, anatomy, cli?
mate, drainage, varieties, seedlings,
etc., and is nicely illustrated. The pe?
rusal of this publication will be of
great value to all cane growers, and
everyone can obtain a copy, free of
charge, by writing for it to the Ger?
man Kali Works, 93 Nassau St., New
York, N. Y.
The Atlantic Coast Line has had a
number of oak and elm trees set out
on the grounds of the passenger depot.
If the depot yard were properly laid
off and beautified by the planting of
ornamental shrubbery and flowers it
could be made one of the most attrac?
tive spots in the city.
The A B C of lt.
A kidney education starts with : Back?
ache means kidney ache, lame back means
lame kidneys, weak back means weak
kidneys, cure means Doan's Kidney Pills.
Read about the free distribution in this
paper, and call at China's Drug Store
Thursday, March 19th.
SPECTRE PARTY.
On Thursday evening next, class
No. ll of the First Baptist Sunday
School will give a Spectre Party at the
residence of Mrs. G. U. Graham, No.
216 West Liberty Street.
An interesting programme of music
and recitations will be rendered, after
which the Spectres and the Veiled
Lady will entertain the crowd. Ad?
mission ten cents. Everybody invited.
CONFEDERATE VETERAN'S REUNION.
New Orleans, La., May 19-22 1903.
Th6 Atlantic Coast Line will sell
round trip tickets to New Orleans at
j rate of one cent per milej each way.
We have made arrangements for hand?
ling this business, and wherever par?
ties can be made up cars will be furn?
ished. For further information applv
to W. J. Craig, G. P. A., Wilming?
ton, N. C., or J. T. China, Ticket
Agent, Sumter.
WANTED. Respectable young women
to ?earn cigar making. ?6 to ss per
j week can be ?nade in two months time.
; Endorsed by the ministers of Charleston.
Board secured for girls from the country.
AMtHICAX CIGAR Co.,
Charleston, S. C.
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GODD-FITTIWG TROUSERS.
Our Extra Trousers are extra in more re?
spects than one. They are extra value at spe?
cial prices, and they are extra fine in quality.
They are "cut to fit." No article of a man's ap?
parel contributes so much to his discomfort or
to his comfort as his trousers. We are show?
ing a great many patterns in fine cassimere,
cheviot and fancy worsted Trousers at $2.50,
$3, $3.50, $4, $5 and $6.
Boys5 Pants.
Our new Spring Styles are now in stock. Knee Pants, ages
3 to 16, 50cts to $1. A large lot of Knee Pants, of wash ma?
terials, ages 4 to 16, at 25cts and 50cts. Long Pants, ages^
14 to 19, $1 to $3.50.
Phone 166 - - Sumter, S. C.
Spring Styles
Now Ready.
We desire to call your attention this week
to our
Clothing and Furnf?hing
Department.
We are showing the newest shapes for spring in our well
known
HOWARD H.ITX.
No imitations that are 'just as good" or "almost the same" with
another name, but the genuine Howard that you have always
bought, with Our name as guarantee.
We are receiving daily our stock of
Spring Clothing.
Showing all the lines we have always carried, including
Strouse & Brother's High Art Clothing. We have sold this
line unceasingly for over 20 years.
You will note the special attention we have given to our
Hosiery Department.
Fancy weaves and dropstitch goods being again the style, we
have laid in a very desirable assortment, lt will be a pleasure
to show them to you.
J. RYTTESBERG & SONS.
In our custom made clothing we have the new spring styles,
and sell under this guarantee : "If they fit and are satisfac?
tory they are yours ; if they don't, they are ours.''