WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1903.
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Ent*ftoi at the Post Ojftce at Sumter.S
vt, as Second Class M'liter
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
D. J. Cahndler-Beautiful Spring.
O'Donnell & Co.-Onr Spring Goods.
W. Ii S?nnders-Attention, Farm?
ers. I
Singer Sewing Machine Co.-Man
Wanted.
The Sumter Savings Bank-Your
Money is Secure.
PERSONAL"
Mr. W. O. Cain was in town Friday.
Mr. J. I. Brogdon, was in town
Saturday.
Mr. Louis Lyons returned Friday
from New York.
Mr. W. A. Mcilwaine has returned
from New York.
Judge Purdy is holding court in
Pickens this week.
Mr. E. B. Colclough, of Rural was
in the city Saturday.
Dr. L. H. Jennings, of Bishopville,
was in the city yesterday.
Mr. J. F. Woodward, of Bishopville
w.as in the city Thnrsday.
Miss Eva Levey, of New York, is
^visiting Miss Rosie Moses.
Mr. O. C. Scarborough of Summer?
ton was in town Thursday.
Hon. Geo. M. Stuckey, of Lee coun?
ty, spent Monday in town.
Mr. R. C. Blant?ing, o? Concord,
spent Saturday in the city.
Dr. N. G. Osteen, Jr., of Darling?
ton spent Thursday in town.
Mrs. I. Harby Moses of New York
is visiting as the Nixon House.
Mr. J. O. Durant, Supervisor of
Lee county, was in town Saturday.
Mrs.. Louis Levi returned to her
home in Manning yesterday morning.
Mr. M. G. Ryttenberg returned
from New York yesterday morning.
Mr. W. H. 'Gaillard of the Fork,
Carendon county, spent Thursday in
town.
Mrs. J. A. Clifton of Orangeburg is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Leroy
Camp.
Miss Elliott Taylor, of Vassar,
Michigan, is visiting Miss Beulah
Lynam. * f
Mr. W. A. Turner, traveling freight
agent of the Southern Railway was7
in the city yesterday.
Mrs: Geo. W. Dick returned Monday
night, after a pleasant visit to friends
in Wilmington, N. C. -
Mr. Neill O'Donnell arrived in the
?city Saturday morning from New York
after an abence of several weeks.
Mrs. W. R. Scarborough, of Bishop?
ville, is spending a few days in the
city with the family of Dr. Mood.
Messrs. A. A. Strauss and. E. E.
Tfaornwell, of Mayesville, were in the
city to attend the lecture last night.
Misses Ethel and Irene Clark of El?
berton, Ga,, are visiting their sister
Mrs. Foster, on East Liberty street.
Mrs. J. W. Guill and Miss Mary
Dnnne after visiting relatives here,
left Sunday for their home in Mexico.
Miss Dorothy Lee, of Summerville,
who is teaching at Sardinia, spent !
Sunday in the city with the Misses
Hughson.
Mr. J. T. ' Barron, of Columbia,
spent Senday in the city, having
come over to attend the funeral of Mr.
J. F. Laughery.
Mr. Jesse Lukens, of Philadelphia,
the senior member of tt?e Lukens
Lumber Co., is in the city, having
arrived Sunday morning.
Mr. A. D'Ancona who has spent
the winter in the city with his
daughter, Mrs. M. Levi, left for the
North Sunday afternoon.
Mr. P. P. Finn who has been at
home on sick leave for ten days went
to Florence last week to resume his
run on the M. & A. through freight.
The Rev. A. D. Woodie, of Troy, S.
C. has been called to the pastorate of
Bethel Church, to sunceed Mr. Louis
J. Bristow.
Mr. J. A. Enslow, a retired mer?
chant, of Charleston, has removed to
Sumter, and is residing wich his son
in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. M.
DeVeaux Moore, 326 W. Hampton
avenue.
Messrs. C. M. Hurst, R. S. Hood
and Marion Dorn returned Saturday
night from Pensacola, Fla., where
they attended the meeting of the head
camp of the Woodmen of the World,
Southern Jurisdiction.
Mr. L. L. Thomas who has been on
a visit to his son Mr. F. E. Thomas,
of Wedgefield for several months passed
through the city last Wednesday on
his return to his home near Winston,
N. C. Mr. Thomas travels/through
the country by private conveyance.
Mr. W. S. Jones left last Saturday
for St. Augustine Fla., to attend the
annual banquet given by the Equitable
Life Assurance Co., complimentary to
its agents. The agents go as the guests
of the company and were enter?
tained at the Ponce de Leon where the
banquet was given on Tuesday.
Rev. Louis J. Bristow who has been
the pastor of Bethel Church, Priva?
teer, for the past two years, but has
recently accepted a call from the Ma?
rion Baptist Church, was in the city
today.
Dr. E. J. Dennis of Bishopville was
in town today.
Mr. Sam Nuzem and his niece, Miss
Wathermax, of Claremont, W. Va.,
are spending a few day3 in town.
Hon. Altamont Moses went to Co?
lumbia this morning to attend a meet?
ing of the Sinking Fund Commission.
The attention of farmers is directed
to the advertisement of Mr. W. L.
Saunders who offers improved seed fer
sale.
O'Donnell & Co's embroidery sale
has been the biggest sort of a succ?s,
and there has been a rush for the
embroideries from the day the sale
commenced. See the new advertise?
ment for something new about the sale.
MARRIED.
At the residnece of the bride's
father, Mr. R. Sep. Whilden, on
North Washington street, this
(Wednesday) morning, Mr. J. Rollin
Kolb to Miss Annie Whilden, the
Rev. Louis J. Bristow officiating.
DEATH.
Privateer, March ll.-Mrs. Matt.
G. Ramsey died at her home in Pri?
vateer township on Tuesday night and
was buried at Bethel Church Wed?
nesday afternoon. Mrs. Ramsey was
Miss Miranda Nettles, a sister of Mrs.
M. A. Hughson of Sumter. ' She was
in the ~64th year of her age and had
been a consistent member of Bethel
Baptist Church for nearly a half
century. She had a large family
connection and was a most loveable
woman. For the past ten years she
has been a confirmed invalid, and her
I death released her from her suffering.
A SMALL FIRE.
The fire department was called out
Sunday afternoon to extinguish a
fire at Mr. N. P. Lenoir's residence
on Barby avenue. When the fire was
discovered the rear wall of the kitchen
was burning from the floor to the
ceiling, and before the hose wagon ar
? rived there was reason to fear that the
house would be destroyed.
A few minutes work with a stream
of water sufficed to extinguish the
flames and the damage was found to
be insignificant. The necessary repairs
can be made for $25 or $30. The fire
is supposed to have started in the ceil?
ing.
Sewerage Committee.
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Mayor Pro Tem Hurst, acting under
the resolution adopted at the meeting
of Council on Wednesday night which
empowered him to appoint at his
leisure a committee to investigat? the
sewerage matter and if they see fit
employ a sanitary engineer to make a
survey of the city and a profile map,
has appointed the following commit?
tee : D. J. Chandler, Chairman, Geo.
W. Dick and G. F. Epperson. Dr. S.
C. Baker, of the Board of Health will
also be a member of the committee.
PRIZES OFFERED.
The Dick Anderson Chapter of the
U. D. C., has offered two prizes of
$5 each to the pupils for the higher
grades of the graded school of the best
composition on some subject relating
? to the Southern Confederacy.
jordan Dicks Dead.
Jordan M. Dicks a well known negro
of the community, died Monday after
several months sickness, of consump?
tion. -, Dicks was a baker by trade and
for a "number of years conducted a
bakery on his own acconnt with sac
cess.
THE BLACK RIVER UNION.
Meeting ta be Held With the Dudley Bap?
tist Church, March 27-29.
DEVOTIONAL EXERCISES.
Friday morning, conducted by Secre?
tary Huggins.
Saturday morning, conducted by
Joel E. Brunson.
SERMONS.
Introductory, Friday, by C. C.
Brown.
Intermediate, Saturday, by J. J.
Myers.
Final, Sunday, by L. J. Bristow.
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION.
The union meeting; a. Its Sphere
and Activities; b. Its Value to the
Churches. Opened by A. J. White and
F. M. Satterwhite.
A Baptist Church ; a. What Consti?
tutes it, and Why; b. Its Mission,
and Why. Opened by B. L. Broad?
way and John O. Gough.
Missionary Work; a. Its Spirit,
Progress and Power : Opened by J. D.
Huggins: b. Some Facts Concerning
(a) State, by C. P. McKnight, (bj
Home, by A. P. Hill, (c) Foreign,
by Chas. L. Cuttino.
What is meant by the Biblical Term
"Brotherly Love?" Opened by James
E. Tindal ? and Joel E. Brunson.
Intemperance, Its Nature, Evils
and Remedy. Opened by x?. L. Wil?
kins and M. A. Connors.
Woman's Work in the Church.
Opened by B. P Cuttino and G. T.
Gresham.
The meeting of the Union to be held
in March will be the first of the year,
and the annual election of officers will
take place at the beginnnig of the
session of Friday morning. Delegates
are earnestly urged to be present at ll
o'clock that morning, and to remain
throughout the entire meeting.
Louis Bristow,
For Committee.
Read D. J. Chandler's spring an?
nouncement to the wearers of stylish
clothing.
The sale of unclaimed freight at the
A. C. L. depot will begin Monday
morning nest.
There was a false alarm of fire from
Green street Sunday morning that
called out the fire department.
Photographer Blanchard who bas
conducted a gallery in the Bultman
building for the past several months
has removed to Columbia.
The Spectre Party ac Mrs. J. D.
Graham's residence was well attended
last Thursday night and was quite a
successful and enjoyable affair.
The merchant who wants to be
progressive and keep up with tiie proces?
sion cannot do so unless lie advertises in
the Item and Watchman and Southron.
The report got abroad Monday that
Andrew Peters, the veteran hockman,
was dead. Peters has been very sick
for ten days, but was still living this
morning.
Congressman Lever gives notice of"*a
competitive esamination for a cadet
ship at the Naval Academy at Indian?
apolis to be held in Colombia on the
2Sth instant. This is an opportunity
for some bright boy to secure an edu?
cation in the best institution of its
kind in the world at the expense of
the government and afterwards to enter
the navy as an officer. The notice is
shcrt, ' but Mr. Lever was not notified
to make the appointment until a few
days ago, and he made he announce?
ment as soon as possible.
A TERRIBBLE ACCIDENT.
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Fly Wheel Bursts at Lukens Lum
ber Mill.
MR. JOHN F. LAUGHERV KILLED.
As the result of the injuries receiv?
ed in the accident at the saw mill of
the Lukens Lumber Co., Friday af?
ternoon, Mr. John F. Laughery died at
Dr. Mood's infirmary at 9.20 o'clock
Friday night. He was removed to the in?
firmary immediately after the accident
and efforts were made to give him re?
lief, but he did not regain conscious?
ness, even momentarily.
The accident occurred at the saw
mill where the ordinary work was go?
ing on as usual. The regular hands
were at their usual posts, the machin?
ery was working as well as usual and
there had been not the least intimation
that there was anything wrong. Mr.
Laughery, who was general manager
of the business and whose duties sel?
dom carried him to the saw shed, had
just stepped into the shed . with a
friend, Mr. Flippin, who he was show?
ing over the plant.
They were standing close together
beside the engine, and about opposite
the big ten foot fly-wheel, which was
on the other side of the engine. "When
they had been standing there but a
few moments watching the saw mill
j in operation, the governor of the
engine suddenly refused to act, the
engine's speed increased so terrifically
that the big fly wheel, weighing about
six thousand pounds, burst into frag?
ments and the pieces were hurled for?
ward and upwards with the force of
cannon balls. The roof of the mill,
just' above the wheel, had a great hole
torn in it and some of the pieces of
the wheel that passed through the
roof were picked up more than a
: hundred yards from the mill. Most |
of the fragments of the wheel were
projected upwards or in a straight
line forward from the wheel, but one
? small piece, about five inches square,
was thrown sidewise and striking
Mr. Laughery on the right side of the
face and forehead with terrible force,
crushed the cheek bone and skull, the
bones being forced into the brain.
He fell instantly, Mr. Flippin, who
was standing beside him, catching him
as he fell. No one else was hit by the
flying fragments and it seems wonder?
ful that all escaped where such ruin
was wrought.
It is said that Mr. Laughery realized
what was wrong with the engine in?
stantly and made a movement toward
it to shut off the steam but was struck
down before he had time to do so. Mr.
Charles Joyner, the sawyer, also real?
ized the danger and ran to the engine
and shut off the steam, but the wheel
burst while he was in the act of stop?
ping it, and his presence of mind and
bravery in the face of such nerve
paralyzing danger was unavailing to
prevent the disaster 'and its terribie
result. It was over so quickly that
there was scarcely time for a thought
and the danger had passed before most
of the hands realized their peril.
Mr. Laughery was removed to
the office of the company and doctors
summoned by telephone. After he had
been examined by Drs. Cheyne,
Stuckey and Archie China, who declar?
ed his injuries to be mortal, he was
taken to Dr. Mood's infirmary and
the wound dressed, and he was made
as comfortable as possible. But there
was no hope from the first and the
end came at 9:20 o'clock.
Mr. Laughery was a native of Penn?
sylvania, but came to Sumter about
eighteen years ago and was from that
time identified with the lumber busi?
ness which he has successfully managed
for a number of years. He leaves a
wife, who was with him at the end,
but no children. He was an enthusi?
astic secret society man, a member of
Claremont Lodge, A. F. M., and
Beulah Chapter, E. A. M., of this
city, a Knights Templar and a Shriner,
as well as a member of other orders.
The funeral services were held at
his late residence at 5 o'clock Sun?
day afternoon, and his body was
carried to Ligonier, P-v, on the train
leaving at 6.15 p. m., for interment.
FUNERAL OF HR. LAUGHERY.
The Last Sad Tribute Paid to His Mem?
ory by Hundreds of Friends.
The funeral of Mr. John F. Laugh?
ery was held at his late residence on
South Main street at 5 o'clock Sun?
day afternoon, the brief and touch?
ing services being conducted by Rev.
C. C. Brown, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, the Lutheran con?
gregation of which Mr. Laughery was
an influential member, being at pre?
sent without a pastor.
The services were attenedd by hun?
dreds, the attendance being the largest
perhaps, ever seen in Sumter at a
funeral at a private residence.
Claremont Lodge, No. 64, A. F. M.,
of which the deceased was a member, at?
tended in a body, and there were be?
sides the hundreds from this oity
quite a number of his friends from
other places.
The floral offerings were very num?
erous and handsome, the Elks sending
one of the handsomest.
The pall bearers were :
Honorary-J. T. Barron, Marion
Moise, Dr. J. A. Mood, E. W. A.
Bultman, A. C. Ducker, W. T. Wil?
liams and Charles Joyner.
Active-A. Pareira", T. J. Flippin,
C. G. Rowland, E. S. Carson, Abe
Ryttenberg, John Laverty and J. W.
Alexander.
The remains, accompanied by Mrs.
Laughery, her father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. Keif er, and Mr., A. Pareira
left on the 6.15 train for Ligonier,
Pa., where the interment will bo made.
Mr. Thomas Wilson a close personal
friend of Mr. Laughery, joined the
party at Florence.
The tragic death of Mr. Laughery
cast a gloom over the community, and
he will be sadly missed by the many
friends he had made during his resi?
dence of thirteen years in Sumter.
Mr. Laughery came to this State
about eighteen years ago and was in
the employ of Mr. 1). W. Alderman
at his Alcoiu mill for three years. He
then removed to this city to work for
Lukens & Reifsnyder and after a few
months was made superintendent of
their mill. Later on after the death
of Mr. Reifsnyder, he purchased an in?
terest in the business and continued in
charge of the business as resident
manager. Under his administration
the business grew and prospered, and
the company acquired extensive timber
interests in Georgia and Florida. Mr.
Laughery was a man of fine executive I
capacity and business ability, and his j
place will be hard to filljn the com?
munity and at the head of the business
he had conducted so successfully.
He carried $20,000 insurance on his
life and leaves, besides the insurance,
an estate that is said to be worth fifty
to sixty thousand dollars all of
which he accumulated by his own
exertions since coming to Sumter.
PARTING THANKS.
In her farewell words to me, Mrs.
Laughery begged me to return her
hearty and unfeigned thanks to all
those kindly souls who have heaped
attention upon her in her deep afflic?
tion, to those who have visited her by
day and by night, and to those who,
in a great multitude, attended the
farewell exercises at the home of her
departed husband, on Sunday after?
noon. She desires to have me assure
her friends that their "kindly feeling
for the dead will help her to bear up
under the burden of her grief.
March 16. . C. C. Brown.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
Turkey Creek Canal to Be Surveyed
Police Salaries Increased Five Dollars
A Month.
City Council held a regular meeting
Wednesday evening, March 11th.
Present: Mayor Pro Tem E. W.
Hurst, presiding ; and Aldermen W.
H. Epperson, G. P. Epperson, Dick,
Finn, Chandler, Schwerin, and Boyle.
Absent: Mayor A. B. Stuckev and
City Clerk ' C. M. Hurst. Alderman
D. J. Chandler acted as Clerk of
Council.
Minutes of meeting of February 15,
were read and confirmed.
Special committee on fire alarm was
granted further time.
Alderman G. W. Dick chairman com?
mittee on deepening and widening
Turkey Creek Canal submitted a writ?
ten report. On motion of Alderman
Finn this committee was continued
with full power to act in reference to
employing engineer to make the sur
evy, and to advertise for bids to do
the necessary work. The committee
was also instructed to request the
county of Sumter and all property
owners to be benefitted by this work
to pay their share of all expenses in?
curred. Dr. Van Telberg-Hofman of
special board of health committee on
Turkey Creek Canal was present and
urged the prompt improvement of
Turkey Creek "Canal as a sanitary
necessity.
A communication from police com?
mittee was read recommending that
the salaries of all police officers be in
creasd five dollars per month. On mo?
tion of Alderman G. F. Epperson the
recommendation of the police commit
te was adopted to take effect from
March 1st 1903.
On motion of Alderman Schwerin
the Chief of Police was ordered to en?
force the ordinance againts gates and
doors swinging on or opening on side?
walks.
A letter from Mr. R. B. Belser,
Manager of Sumter Telephone Com?
pany, was read in regard to the im?
provement of the telephone service of
said comapny and was received as in?
formation.
Doctors S. C. Baker and Van Tel?
berg-Hofman cf Board of Health, and
Dr. C. C. Brown were present and
addressed council as to the necessity
of making a survey of the city to find
out the cost of constructing a sewer?
age system : the making of profile
maps, detailed drawings, and other
information relative thereto in order
that citizens might inteligently vote
on the subject at some future time.
The matter was discussed at length,
and on motion the Mayor Pro Tem
was instructed to appoint a committee
of three with full power to employ a
competent sanitary engineer to make a
survey of the city, and an estimate of
cost of a sewerage system, with . all
necessary maps, etc. Dr. S. C. Ba?
ker of Board of Health was requested
to serve on said committee.
Street Commissioner White reported
that two hundred and fifty feet of
extra fifteen inch pipe would be re?
quired to complete work ordered on
Salem avenue and West Liberty street.
The City Clerk was instructed to order
the pipe.
Request of citizens for fire hydrant
at corner of Haynsworth street and
Salem avenue was read and referred to
committee on public works.
On motion of Alderman W. H. Ep?
person a pitcher was ordered for pump
on Court House square.
A letter from Mr. J. D. Wilder
was read requesting that the name of
Mill street be changed to Kendrix
avenue, and action deferred until next
meeting.
Chairman W. B. Boyle of committee
on streets reported that nothing had
been done towards extending water
mains on Broad street and asked for
further time, which was granted.
The following bills were referred to
the finance committee: H. Harby,
$3.50, J. Kattenberg & Son, $6.50,
Sumter Planing Mills $1.17.
There being no further business
Council adjourned.
WANTED.-A man to sell Sewing Ma?
chines. A No. 1 contract to right kind of
a man to start on, with good chances for
promotion. Experience not necessary.
Call on or ?address
THE SINGER MVG. Co.,
1326 Main Street, Columbia, S. C.
March 18-4t.
WANTED.-Respectable youDg women
to learn cigar making. $6 to $8 per
week can be made in two months time.
Endorsed by the ministers of Charleston.
Board secured for girls from the country.
AMERICAN CIGAE CO.,
Charleston, S. C.
March ll-Gt.
ATTENTION, FARMERS !
Plant the Winners.
GROWN especially for planting seed
from the choicest and most highly im?
proved seed of its variety.
? have for sale
Russell Big Boll Cotton Seed.
Improved King Cotton ?Seed.
Excelsior Cotton Seed,
improved Upland Rice.
Georgia Huck Sweet Potatoes.
The Ring of all Bread Corns, and the
old reliahle Gourd Seed Stock Corn.
Make your wants known to
TO. L. SAUNDERS,
Stateburg, S. C.
March 18-lm.*
Ot rf* *$? *$? & rf? ?I? rt? *|? ?|t ri? tj* rf? *t* 4? &
* w Beautiful 4
<^ F???B?? We're not Quite sure
^ L^?^ whether she's here or ir
?8* :^W0m not~~but shrewd buy- if*
X Hw !?? ers are already making ^
? \?mj fm'I, their selections from *k
^ l?Hf ' $? I our lines of Smart and ^
m~ B AM?. f Snappy Spring Suits.
^ ^^^W- Ii;'s nice io have first ^
j ^EPR^?- Ch0?Ce aild t0 Wear 4
v "S??Vi?'?ff" new things first. ^
^ A real Spring day will catch you in?*?
^ that old Winter suit, if you don't look ^
out. You take no risk in buying here, ^
4* for, if you're not satisfied, there's no ifs, ^
4? ands, whys or wherefores-you get your ^
4? money back at once, if you want it. ^
I D J. CHANDLER, f
* 'Phone 166 - Sumter, S. C. ^
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pring Styles
Now Ready.
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We desire to call your attention this week
to our
Clothing and Furnishing
Department?
We are showing the newest shapes for spring in our weli
known
HO TI V lit lt II, 1 TS.
No imitations that are 'just as good" or "almost the same77 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. It will be a pleasure
to show them to you.'}
YTTEIBEM & 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 don7t, they are ours.77