Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fy ?hW?Y?w w? jM?tjjnm. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1903. ? */^T ?,? ar tne. ?'osrUijzce 'it Sumf*f S y., lXj^t:C(JH.d i y tUtS Mitte' NEW ADYERT!SEUENTS.' Gregory & Bigham-Summer Sale. O'Donnell & Co.- Shamrock Hose.* D. J. Chandler-Never Mind Your Sizes. Notice of Primary Election Man a^^rs. Sumter Dry Goods Co.- The Pith and Point. Dr. Z. F. Highsmith-There is Nothing. Schwartz Bros-Something for you tc know. Sumter Savings Bank-Turn Over & New. Leal W. H. Seale, Co. Superviser-Quar? terly Report. J. Rettenberg & Sons-Summer Corsets. s PERSONAL. Mr. J. H. Burns was in the city last week. Mrs. D. W. Cunningham is visiting at Dovesville. Dr. "E. S. Booth returned from Florida Sunday MTr. Wilton Barret, of Camden, spent Sunday in the city. Mr. B. F. Wilson, of MayesvilJe spent Friday in town. Mr. J. E. McCutchen, of Wisacky, was in the city yesterday. Sheriff Scarborough of Darlington county speiic Monday in town. Secretary of State, J. T. Gantt was ? member of the Elks party from Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Manning left on Monday afternoon for Northamp? ton, Va. . . Maj. and Mrs. R. R. Briggs, of Summerton, have been spending a few days in town. Miss Eliza Chandler has gone to Manning to visit the family of her brother, Mr. W. C. Chandler. Miss Lizzie Rembert, who has spent the winter at the Ingram House re? turned to Summerton Monday. Messrs. David R. George and Frank A Sloan of Columbia spent Sunday evening at Mr. Wm. Burdell's. Mr. E. B. Clark, manager of the Columbia Street Railway, was among the visiting Elks in town Friday. Mr. Charles E. Federman, telegraph editor of the Greenville News was one of visiting Elks in the city Friday night Mrs; Frank M. Spann and Miss Dul? cie Moise have gone to Columbia to attend the -convention of Women's Clubs. Miss Sallie Gibbs, of Charleston, sister of the late Prof. J. Peroneau Gibbs, is visiting Mrs. Dr. H. T. Abbott. Mr. F. D. McEowen, of Spartan burg, District Deputy Exalted Ruler B. P. O. Elks was in the city with the Elks on Friday. Mrs. H. L. Shaw and children re? turned to their home at Fountain Inn this morning after a week's stay with relatives in the county. Ex-Governor, M. B. McSweeney came np from Hampton Friday after? noon to assist in the installation of Sumter Lodge, B. P. O. E. Capt. and Mrs. James McPee Lane and Master James Gilbert Lane, of San Francisco, Cal., are visiting Mrs. LaMptte, Capt. Lane's sister. Mrs. J. W. Mantsr and sons, George and Earle, have gone to Eliza? beth, N. J., where they will reside in future, Mr. Manter being engaged in business there. Mrs. W. E. Jennings, who has been on a visit to her brother Mr. F. A. Little, in Knoxville, Tenn., has re? turned to this city and is with her sister Mrs. A. A. Bradham. Miss Louise Breeden, of Bennetts ville, who has been the guest of Mrs. C. S. Kingsniore for several days left for Columbia this morning to attend the convention of Womens' Clubs. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Rivers and chil? dren of New York are in the city on a visit of two weeks, and are the guests of Miss Lucia Roacb. Mrs. Rivers will be better remembered as Miss Anita DeLorme. Capt. F. J. Moses and wife arrived in the city Sunday and during their stsy here will be the guests of Dr. and Mrs. S. C. Baker. Capt. Moses who belongs to the U: S. Marine ser? vice has recently returned from the Philippines. Dr. W. B. Alford returned Saturday from Cleveland, O., where he has been for two months superintending the manufacture of hi3 recently patented dental motor, which is admittedly the best thing of the kind yet invented. These motors ' will soon be placed on the market. There is no general excitement over the race for Clerk of Court but the two candidates are doing some tall hustling. The Elks are getting ready to take in new members. It is expected that Sumter Lodge will grow to be the ban? ner lodge of the State in no great time. The oat crop is reported to show some improvement where nitrate of soda was used before the ravages of the aphis had gone too far. Crosswell & Co., have purchased from the Coco-Cola Co., the right to bDttle and sell coco-cola in South Caro? lina and have established bottling plants here and in Columbia. They have sno-let the bottling rights in the Pied? mont section to parties in Greenville and Spartan burg. The plant in Co? lumbia will supply the trade in the central part of the State and the local plant will control the entire eastern section. The plant here has a capacity of 300 dozen bottles daily and the de? mand for this popular drink is so great that the plant will be worked to its full capacity. Yesterday it was started for the season and 88 crates of two dozen bottles each were bottled as a beginning. The plant is in charge of an expert from Cocc-Cola head? quarters in Atlanta and he under? stands his business in all departments. Dr. Z. F. Highsmith, the Optician has fitted up optical parlors at 21 South Main street over Dr. DeLorme's Drug Store, flours 8.30 a. m., to 8 p. m. April lo-lt \ \ .- \ MARRIED. Mr. Claude E. Hurst and Miss Mabel Folsom were married at the residence of Mr. L. W. Folsom, the bride's uncle at 6 30 o'clock last Wed? nesday evening, Rev R. Herbert Jones, of the First Methodist Church, per? forming the ceremony. The bride's only attendant was Miss Pauline San? ders, while-Mr. J. G. R. Wilder acted as best man. Although the marriage was a quiet home affair and only the two attend? ants above named and the members of the immediate families of the bride and groom were present it was never? theless one of the prettiest weddings ever celebrated in Sumter. The house was simply but beautifully decorated with palms, green house plants and spring flowers. Immediately after the ceremony a supper was served and Mr. and Mrs. Hurst left on the 9.30 train for Ashe? ville where they will spend ten days. Mr. Hurst and his bride are both natives of Sumter and their many friends unite in wishing them all the happiness that can fall to the lot of the most fortunate and favored. DEATH. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. John Man ter, died last Wednesday aged 2 months. The funeral was held from the residence on East Calhoun street at 5 o'clock that afternoon. Invited to Richmond. Mr. S. H. Edmunds, Superinten? dent of the city schools has received invitations tb attend the Southern Educational Conference to be held in Richmond, Va., April 22nd, to 27th in? clusive and the reception given com? plimentary to the conference by the people of Richmond. Mr. Edmunds will be entertained during the stay in Richmond if his duties here will per? mit of the acceptance of the invita? tion. Memorial Day Services. Memorial Day services will be held this year on Monday, May 11th, the 10th falling on Sunday. Crosses of Honor will be given to the Veterans by Dick Anderson Chap? ter U. D. C., at the Opera Hons* at ll o'clock a. m., Monday, the 11th. The Memorial services will be held at the cemetery in the afternoon. The programme, committees etc., will be published later. Agnes M. Bogin. Secretary. MAYOR'S COURT. The following cases were heard by the Mayor yesterday : William Walker for riding a bicycle at rapid speed on Church street and running into a citizen ; $10 or 20 days. Mary Dicky and Hattie Richardson for cursing and quarreling on Hayns? worth street ; $2 or 4 days. James Dawsey a white man, for public drunkenness $2 or 4 days. School Board Meetings-Holidays for Pic Mies. At a meeting of the City Board of Education yesterday Superintendent Edmunds was authorized to attend the Southern Educational Association Convention, to be held in Richmond, Va., from 23rd to 28th inst., as a re? presentative of the board. Two days holiday was ordered for the nsnal spring pic-nics. Thursday and Friday of this week are the days allowed. Entertainment by the Little Workers. On next Friday evening at half past seven o'clock the Little Workers will give a novel entertainment at the residence of Mr. E W. Burst on west Liberty street. Various views from life will be given in miniature. Lilipntion scenes of home and farm which will prove interesting. Refresh? ments will be served on the school house campus. An admission fee of 10 cents will be charged and everybody is invited to come and see what is to see, and eat what is to eat. The pro? ceeds will go towards the First Metho? dist Church building fund. Game Cock Lodge, K. of P., initiat? ed four candidates last Monday night. Magistrate H. L. B. Wells has an? nounced his retirement from the race for Clerk of Court, leaving the field to Messrs. H. L. Scarborough and L. L Parrott. The candidate for Clerk of Court are doing the liveliest canvassing that has been seen in Sumter for years. It is becoming a man to man and button hole affair. No explanation has yet been vonch safcl of the sale of the"school bonds to the- First National Bank at par, bear? ing 4I2 per cent interest after bids were invited from the public on 4 per cent, bonds. The Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas convenes on Monday May 11th with Judge Gage presiding. The next term will be held in July and the next in November. Then there will be no court in this county until next May, unless the next Legis? lature should see fit to make a change. The Florence town council has pass? ed an ordinance against vagrancy and is going to enforce it. Anderson has had such an ordinance and has been enforcing it for a long time. Why can't Sumter have such a law and en? force it too? The Sumter Dry Goods Co., are nothing if not progressive and not only supply the wants of their custom? ers but anticipate them by introduc? ing the newest and most fashionable fabrics. The new advertisement today is a special. No matter how many suits of clothes he may have, tho well dressed man al? ways wants a few pairs nf extra pan ts. D. J. Chandler, the clothier, is better prepared than over, with a large and well selected stock to supply th*1 wants of all who are in need <>t extra pants as well as clothing of ail kin'is. Fifteen Elks, a h\a goat and a St. Bernard dog came over from Colum? bia Friday morning to institute the local lodge. They brought all the nee- ; essary paraphernalia and no doubt crame very n^ar making the oandidat.es see sights. The work h^an in ire Ma sonic Temple promptly at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon and continued until j the candidates wrre all made into full j fledge 1 Elks and the lodge formally j instituted. MIGHT HAVE BEEN MURDER. Intoxicated Traveling Man Tries to Shoot Hotel Proprietor. A difficulty occurred at the Hotel ! Sumter Friday afternoon that came within a hair's breadth of terminating ! in a terrible tragedy. A traveling man by the name of R. O. Montgomery registering from Cincinnati, 0., who has been at the hotel for several days and during the greater part of that time under the influence of liquor got into an alterca? tion with Mr. A. Pareira, the pro? prietor of the hotel, in the lobby and nothing would satisfy him but that lMr. Pareira should go octside and settle the difficluty. Having failed to pacify him by any other meuHi. Mr. Pareira turned to go out of the Jobby with him and as he did so Montgomery drew a pistol and presented it at Mr. Pareira's back. Mr. Daily, the clerk who was standing near by sprang for? ward and grabbed the pistol and as he did so Montgomery pulled the trigger and tho hammer came down on Mr. Daily's hand. Mr. Pareira went to Mr. Daily's assistance and after a struggle, failing to take the pistol from Montgomery by main force, Mr. Daily drew his pistol and forced Mont? gomery at the point of the pistol to drop his pistol. Mr. Pareira and Montgomery then had a fight with bare knuckles, in which Montgomery was worsted. Montgomery was arrested later on a warrant taken out by Mr. Pareira, but he was not kept in custody long, Mr. Pareira agreeing to drop the case if Montgomery would agree to bother him no more and leave town. A deal is' on foot to increase the capital stock of the Sumter Telephone ! Co., get in new blood and sufficient ' capital to put in a strictly first class j and up to date system that will give "as good telephone service as any Southern ! city now enjoys. All of the details of ; the deal have not been worked out yet and the full plans of the company j have not been made public. It is stated that the city may be able to buy out the Sumter Water Co., j without having to wait until the end j of the franchise period-20 years from ; the establishment of the system. If it ! can be purchased on reasonable terms, I it should be bought with the least possible delay, for it grows more valu able, to the present owners and more expensive to the city government. As the I city grows the income of the company from private consumers increases and the city has of necessity to increase the number of fire hydrants and each hydrant adds to the water rent the j city must pay to the company. A member of the police force made a \ suggestion today that would put new life into the Associated Charities and do much toward suppressing the vagrant beggar evil if adopted and put into general practice. Briefly, his suggestion is that the association should prepare tickets for sale at a low price for all those who are not mem? bers of the association and that the town be thoroughly canvassed and these tickets placed in the hands of as many people as possible-preferably in every household-that every person who purchases these tickets be pledged to give no money to beggars, giving every applicant a ticket instead, that these tickets upon presentation to the secretary of the association will en? title the bearer to such relief as his necessities merit and no more, even j though he may have collected dozens of tickets in his rounds of the city. Members of the association should also be supplied with similar tickets, as was contemplated when the association was organized, and the members should rigidly adhere to the rule to refuse to give money to all itinerant beggars. If this plan were adopted and carried out the beggars would soon pass the word down the line and the fraternity of beggardom would give Sumter the go by, for instead of col? lecting sufficient money by a one day canvass of the city to live in idleness and debauchery for a week, they would receive only enough from the Secre-1 tary of the association to prevent actual suffering, if they were found to be in need. The itinerant beggar has come to be a pest and a nuisance in this community and the associated chanties is in a position to do a great deal toward putting an end to the nuisance by rendering this city an un? profitable field for the beggars to work. It would .be to the interest of the peo? ple to buy the associated charities i "beggar's tickets" and the funds thus secured would help replenish the treas? ury of the association. Something for It ?3 most satisfactory to buy v -where quantities are in such price advantage has been a equi we urge your buying here. We believe in keeping tiave, but, under all circumstan Here are a few more of the gc 50 piece? corded Percales, 36 in. r 30 pieces, 33 in, white India Lin 10c, Sf ecial at 15 pcs very fine white Lawn, the 25 pieces white Lawn, worth 7c, 10 pieces white stripe wash Or? new, regular 15c, for 10 doz?n Pillow Cases, ready to i 25 ready made sheets, line qunlit Again, another case colored Law cial for 50 pieces fancy Lawns, Lappets, and 12Jc spacial at 20 pieces co ored Lawns, regular Ladies, shop hers ; you'll find wh A pri! 15 om AMOS SINGLETON CAPTURED. Negro Convict Who Shot Policeman Owens Arrested in Darlington County. Amos Singleton, the negro who shot and seriously wounded Special Police? man Owens near the cotton mill in the early part of last October, was arrest? ed near the town of Darlington on Saturday. He was working on a farm about two miles from the town and was plowing when arrested by a de? puty of Sheriff Scarborough, of Dar? lington. He had a pistol in his pock? et, but made no attempt to use it, although he endeavored to escape when ordered to surrender. Singleton does not deny that he is the man wanted for escaping from the Florence county chain gang, but does deny any knowldege of the shoot? ing of Policeman Owens. He says he had not been in Sumter for four years until he was brought here this morning from Darlington by Sheriff Scar? borough and his deputy. He also claims that he can bring fitnesses to prove that he was in Florence county at the time that Officer Owens was shot. Notwithstanding these denials Officer Owens identifies him positively as the negro who shot him. when he attempted to arrest him, owing to his striking resemblance to the descrip? tion of Amos Singleton sent out by the Florence 'county chain gang. Rewards aggregating $100 were offer? ed for the arrest of Singleton-S50 by the Governor, $35 by the City of Sum? ter and $5 by the Florence chain gang. City Clerk Hurst on Monday paid over to Sheriff Scarborough the amount offered by the city. Singleton has been committed to jail and will be tried at the next term of court for assault with intent to kill. The plan to use crude pteroelum for sprinkling Main street came to noth? ing last summer, although there was for a time substantial interest in the proposition, but another effort should be made now to give the oil a trial. The present method of sprinkling does not alleviate the dust nuisance which appears to be growing worse all the while. Managers Primary Election. Following is a list of the Managers appointed for the Special Primary Election for Clerk of Court, to be hf ld-Tuesday; May 5th, 1903: Concord-T. D. Branson, J. D. Newman. B. W. Brogdon. Earl*-B. R. Hodge, J. H. Broad? way, Cuthbert Pritchard. Farmers'-L. F. Jenkins, H. *M. Spann. T. L. Jones. Gaillard'* X Roads-L. R. Wil? liamson, R. E. Rembert, W. C. Folk. Laborers! & Mechanics-D. W. Owens, J. S. Richardson, C. H. Thames. Manchester-T. H. Osteen, R. R. Ardis, J. M. Ardis Mayesville-H. H. Cooper. R. J. Mayes, Alva Pringle. Privateer-McDonald Forman, W. D Lynam, Henry Wflls. Providence-H. A. Raffield, R. M. Brown, L R. Jennings. S*!f?tii-N. J. Boykm, J. A. Boy kin. R. Elliott Mc?lveen. Scarborough-D. C. McLeod, R. F. Burkett, T. M. Crosswell. Shiloh-J. W. Hicks, S. W. Tru luck, F. L. Plaver. Stateburg- P. P. Burgess, H. D. G. M ubi row, H. V. Fn'erson. Suinter-M. D* Veaux Moore. John A Retino, Horace Harby, Jr. Wedgefield-H. D. Cain, G. P. Hartsoe, T. L. Strange. Zoar-Sam Newman, S. J. White, P. L. Jones. Should any of the above Managers appointed be unable to serve, the members of the County Executive Commit te from the Club where such a vacancy in the board of managers shall occur, is empowered to fill it. One of the managers above named will cali at the.office of THE SUMTER HERALD OI; Main street, Sumter, S. C., on or before Saturday, May 2nd, to receive the boxes, tickets and in? structions. The County Executive Committee is hereby calle?! to meet in the Court House at Sumter at ll o'clock a. m., Thursday, May 7th, for the purpose of canvassing the voto and declaring th** resulto' the primary election, and for such, other business as may properly come before it. JOHN M. KNIGHT, County Chairman. H. L. B. WELLS, Secretary. Sumter, S. C.. April 22, 1903. ou to Know v-here assortments are bissest D umbers that every possible .red for your benefit, therefore prices down-always ices, holding the standard up. ?od things in store for you : egular price 10c, special at 7?c. ens, sheer quality, worth 8c kind sold at 20c, special at 12c. special for sate 5c. jandy, 33 in. something ^ 10c. ise, regular 12^0, special at 10c. y, unbleach, worth 55c, for 40c. ns, regular 8c goode, spe 5c Dimities, etc. worth 10 8k. 5c goods, spec'al at 3ic. at you ie and save money, too c I ww ! |? Neyer Mind Your Size f ^ Bring it right in here 4* we have Trousers to fit ^ ^ you-and fit you well. ^ ^ Hardly any man is too ^ ^ big for us to fit with J[ Trousers. Long or * * short, thick or thin, we ^ ^ can fit you and please ^ you with Trousers. ^ <^ Neat patterns-new ^ spring cut, right prices, T * $lto$6. * * * ^ D t/. Chandler, *?, ^ PhoDe 166. Sumter, S. C. ^ TIE PITH 41 POINT Of this business is to sell goods, but the selling must be right. Every article shown you must baar the stamp of honest value. Every dollar that you spend in this store must be given its fullest purchasing power ; else we are false to our trust. If if is at any time so abused we want to know it. Now for some specially good things : One lot of wash Silks, worth 40c, for 25c One case white wash Organdy, 31 in. wide, worth 15c, for 10c. One case colored Dimities, 31 in. wide, worth 15c, for 10c. One case Embroideries and Insertings, worth 15c, for 10c. One case 4-4 Fruit of the Loom Bleach for 7%c. One case colored Lawn, worth 8c, for 5c. One case ladies' bleached Vests with tape iraw string, worth 10c, for 5c. 50 dozen all-linen Handkerchiefs, worth 10c OT 5c. The widest all-silk Ribbon, No. 7 and 9, for 5c. We are showing some extra good things in )ur Millinery and Shoe departments. We want you to call and see what we have. rhe Sumter Dry Goods Co. SUMTER, s. a