The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 29, 1903, Image 5
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1903.
Enterm a^tke Fort Otfice at .Sumter S
0., ax Second Clax* Mttter
MEW ADVERTISEHENTS.
D. J. Chandler-Good'Fitting Snits.
H. L. Scarborough-To the Voters
of Sumter Co.
Ben j. Moore & Co.-The Fragrant
Violet
PERSONAL.
Miss Addie Auld spent Sunday at
Eastover.
Mr. John Sumter was in town
Thursday.
Mr. H. Barby, Jr., went to Colum?
bia yesterday.
Mr. T. M. Bradley, of Spring Hill,
spent Monday in town.
- Mr. Screven Moore, 'of State?urg
was m the city Friday.
Capt J. M. Ross, of" spring Hill,
spent yesterday in town.
'Maj. K. B. Richardson, bf Claren?
don was in town Thursday.
Mrs. J. J. Lawton, of Hartsviiie,
spent Thursday in the city.
I Mr. and Mrs. Robert Broun of Ashe?
ville, N. C., are in the city.
Mrs. Louis Levi, of Manning is
spending a few days in town.
Miss Mary S. Ingram of Columbia
is visiting relatives in this city.
Mr. Thos. S. Sumter, Jr., of Char?
leston, spent Sunday in the city.
Mrs. M. P. Cordes and Sam spent
pa few days in Columbia last week.
Mr. William Auld has accepted a
position with The Summer Drug Co.
Mr. J. F. Glenn has returned from
s visit to his old home in Yorkville.
Miss Sallie McDonald and Miss
Scribner spent Sunday in Georgetown.
Mr. Edward D'Ancona of Chicago
is visiting his sister, Mrs, Mitchell
Levi.
Mr. J. V. Wilson, after a month's
stay in town, returned to Columbia last
|i|week.
Mr. and Mis. Claude E. Hurst re?
turned on Sainirday from Asheville,
& C.
Messrs. A. E. and B, E. Chandler
visited their father at Bethlehem on
Sunday.
Mr. C. E. Britton of Spartanburg ;
has taken a position with Stubbs &
Cuttino.
Dr. A. J. China spent Sunday in Co?
lumbia, visiting his daughter, Mrs.
Watson.
Deputy Sheriff Gaillard went to Co?
lumbia Monday morning to get a
prisoner.
Mrs. John T. Green has been visit?
ing relatives ia Columbia during the
past week.
Miss Essie Dick returned Monday
from Georgetown, where she spent
several days.
Mr. E. O. Ingram, who has been in
Mississippi since last fall is in the city
; on a short visi t.
Mr. S. H. Edmunds has returned
from Richmond where he attended the
Educational Conference.
Miss Daisy.Scott who has been teach?
ing school at Antioch, Lee county is
at home for tte summer.
Mrs. A. J. Alexander, of Florence, ?
who has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
E. L Reardon, returned home last
Thursday.
Mr. W. H. Seale, County Supervisor,
left for St Louis on last Saturday
night to attend the National Good
JRcads Convention,
We wish we had more men like Mc?
Donald Furman and A. S. Salley, Jr.,
to keep tab on early State history.
Aiken Journal and Review.
The many friends of Col. J. D.
Blanding will bear with regret that
he has been quite unwell recently and
is at present confined to his bed. He
has been for sometime on a visit to
nis daughter, Mrs. L. W. Dick, of
. Aiken,
The friends of Dr. V7. W. Ander?
son, of Stateburg were ple?sed to see
iiim in the city Friday. It has been a
year or two since he was here, and
he remarked upon the changes and
business improvements apparent on
Main street
Rev. B. M Anderson, formerly rector
of Grace Episcopal Church in this
city, has gone into the mercantile busi?
ness in Richmond, Va., and is hand?
ling a line of paints, oils and lead.
The name of his finn is B. M. Ander?
son tic Co. Local dealers have been re?
ceiving cards from him. He has many
friends in Anderson who will be sur?
prised to learn of his new departure,
but will wish him much success.
Anderson MaiL
Mr. Marion Moise cf Sumter, one of
the most sucessfnl lawyers in the State,
is here on business with the Supreme
Court.-The State.
Hon. John H. Clifton, the junior
member of the Sumter legislative
delegation, is here with some cases be?
fore the Supreme Court.-The State.
Mr. Edgar Haynswortb, a leading
lawyer of Sumter, is here on Supreme
Court business, and is also visiting
relatives.-The State.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Stuckey, went
to Columbia yesterday. Mr. Stuckey
was in attendance upon the Supreme
Court
Mr. Harvey S. Simpson, of Glenn
Springs is in the city today. He is
making his annual tour of ' the State,
calling on the old patrons of the
Springs, and taking orders for its
health-restoring waters.
There is cotton mill talk in the air
again.
The veterans are getting ready to go
to the Reunion in New Orleans.
There is talk of a new dry goods firm
opening business here this fall.
Hon. M. L. Smith, of Camden, has
accepted the invitation to deliver the
Memorial Address on May 11th.
Real estate in and around Sumter
may be high in price, but it has not
reached anything like the dizzy
heights of Aiken dirt
The extension of Salem Avenue
from Haynsworth street to Broad has
been widened and straightened, and
greatly improved thereby.
Many farmers along the line of the
C. S. & N. R. R. between this city
and Gibson, N. C. are plowing up cot?
ton and replanting to get a stand.
MARRIED.
Married at the home of the bride's
parents^ at DuRant, by JRev. O. T.
Porcher of Greenwood, last Wednesday
evening, Mr. Ben S. Crawford and
Miss Wilhelmina Gaillard, a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gaillard.
After the ceremony the assembled
guests sat down to a feast, and the
occasion was highly enjoyed. The edi?
tor of The Times was prevented from
being present, but he was kindly re?
membered with a pack of dream cake.
The couple have taken a tour to the
up country, and are now visiting rela?
tives at Pendleton. We wish for both
bf them a long and prosperous life.
Manning Times, April 22.
Mr. William Moran and Miss Ara?
bella Moses, eldest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Moses were married
this morning at the home of the
bride's parente on West Liberty street,
Rev. A. J. McNeill, performing the
ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Moran left
on the 8.20 train for Washington,
where they will spend the honeymoon.
A ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.
A Sumter Giri Travels Alone 3,000 Miles
to Wed the Man She Loved.
Miss Claudia F. McClellan, the
sweet and channing young daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. McClellan, of
Dingle Grove, met Mr. Walter H.
Jones in Greensboro, N. C., five yeaTs
ago. The acquaintanceship ripened
into a mutual love, and sometime ago
Miss McClellan received a loving mes?
sage telling: her to come to his far
away home, where he might claim
her as his own, as it was utterly im?
practicable for him to come to South
Carolina. With true womanly devo?
tion, and womanly confidence she bade
mother, home and loved ones a sad
farewell on April 1st, and boarded an
Atlantic Coast Line Pullman for her
future home in the far northwest. The
account of her trip is very interesting.
While crossing the Mississippi Valley
section of country the car wheels were
covered with water from the Missis?
sippi flood for many miles at different
places, but she never grew faint, but
with dauntless courage she continued
her journey. She speaks of the great
kindness to her of men and women
while en route. When she told that
she was a South Carolinian and trav?
eling alone, she received many courte?
sies.
Miss McClellan arrived at Huntely,
Washington, her destination, on the
8th-eight days on the road. On the
evening of the 11th the marriage was
solemnized at the home of the groom
by Rev. E. F. Jones.
Mr. Walter Jones, the groom, is a
cattleman and extensive wheat planter.
He is a young man of sterling worth
and great energy.
Mrs. Jones, the bride, is highly
pleased with her new home, and prais?
es the country very much. She was a
member of the Episcopal church here,
and was popular with a host of
friends. We wish them much happi?
ness and prosperity.-Sumter Herald.
DEATH.
The only son of Rev. and Mrs. J. H.
Thacker, of Oswego, died last Friday
after a short sickness, aged 18 months.
The. funeral services were held at
Bethel Church on Sunday.
Mr. James Steedman, of Camden
died on the 23d after a long illness,
and was bnried on the 25th of April.
He was a son of Mr. Blake Steedman.
A Sumter Boy's Success.
The rise of Mr. j? Neveiand Brand
in the railroad service has been as
rapid as it is deserved. He began as
a telegraph messenger boy when the
Western Union office was at the depot.
When the office was moved up town
he was made the first manager al?
though only fourteen years old. He
held down this job for several years
to the satisfaction cf the public and
the telegraph company. Having learn?
ed short hand, became an expert stenog?
rapher by constant practice during his
spare moments, he left the telegraph
service to accept the position of pri?
vate secretary to the general manager
of the old C. S. & N. R. R. A little
later he was made chief derk and then
Train Master of the C. S. & N. before
he was twenty-one years old. Just be?
fore the C. S. N. was bought by the
A. C. L. he resigned to accept a posi?
tion as chief clerk to Mr. E. Borden,
Supt. of Transportation or the Atlan?
tic Coast Line. This position he re?
tained until his promotion about a
year ago to be assistant superinten?
dent of Transportation. His last step
upward just announced places him in
the responsible position of superinten?
dent of Transportation of the second
division cf the A. C. L. System, with
headquarters in Savannah. He is now
only 31 years old, and there are few
men of his age holding so responsible
a position in the railroad service. His
many friends are glad to hear of bis
rise and are confident that he will go
higher, for he has the qualities that
will carry him to the top.
Saw Mill Burned.
The saw mill, ginnery and grist mill,
of Mr. Henry Wheeler, in Lower
Salem, were accidentally burned on
Saturday, the 18th. No insurance.
Jr. 0. ?. A. M.
Messrs. Baynard Yeadon, E. F.
Miller, M. J. Moore, B. C. Wallace,
C. L. Rhame, E. L Reardon, and J.
Frank Pate, who is State Councillor,
left yesterday afternoon for Lancaster,
S. C., to attend the State Council, of ;
the Junior Order United American
Mechanics which convened in that
place last evening at 8 o clock. The
Junior Mechanics have made a gain
of fifty per cent, in the State this year.
Colored Doctors to Meet.
The Palmetto Medical Association
will meet in their annual convention
in this city, Wednesday and Thursday
of this week.
The officers are: President, N. M.
Kenedy, Beaufort : 1st Vice President,
J. A. Robinson, Darlington : 2d Vice
President, J. M. Thompson, Charles?
ton; Secretary, C. W. Bernie, Sum?
ter: Treasurer, W. D. Cram. Public
exercises will be held at Mt. Pisgah,
A. M. E. Church, Wednesdav night
at 8.30. Public is invited.
LATE COL. WM. J. CROSSWELL.
Beautiful Tributes to His Memory at the
Chamber of Commerce Meeting tn
Wilmington, N. C., Saturday
Resolutions of Respect.
At a weil attended special meeting
of the Wilmington Chamber of Com?
merce yesterday at 12.15 p. m., appro?
priate resolutions in honor of the late
CoL Wm. J. Creswell, superintendent
j of the Southern Express Company,
i were adopted as prepared by a special
I committee composed of Mesrss. C. H.
Robinson, P. Pearsall and C. P.
Bolles, Jr., and individual friends pre
! sent took occasion to supplement the
resolutions with personal expressions
I that were feeling and full of regret.
Capt. J. R. Williams, agent of the
Southern Express Company in this
city, said that he had been intimately
associated with Col. Creswell for 38
years. They had grown up together
in the express service, first as mes?
sengers and later as route agents.
Capt. Williams's eulogy of his friend
was touching.
Mr. B. F. Hall said his association
with CoL Creswell had been in a
church and social way. The departed
friend was a man of genial spirit and
kindness; he will be missed not only
in church and social life, but in the
business community as well.
Rev. J. M. Wells, Ph. D., pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, of
which CoL Creswell was a devoted
member, paid a high tribute to his
character. Dr. Wells said he knew
him in his church and home life.
Upon any great moral question, he,
was always found upon the side of
right. He was a man of broad mind,
large heart and true nature. He
scorned all low things and cleaved to
that which was righteous. His death
is a distinctive loss to the church and
to the busines life of Wilmington.
The resolutions were read by*Mr. C.
H. Robinson and unanimously adopt?
ed by a rising vote as follows :
"This Chamber has heard with pro?
found sorrow of the death of Col. Wil?
liam Jefferson Creswell, who departed
this life on the ?th of April, 1803, in
the citv of Wilmington, North Caro?
lina. . 1
"Since the year 1899 he has been a
resident of this city and by his up?
right life and just dealings endeared
himself not only tq,the large number
of persons with whom he came in daily
contact in his official capacity as divis?
ion superintendent of the Southern
Express Company, but to the commun?
ity at large.
He was a loyal citizen, a genial
companion, a true friend, a loving
husband and father, and a sincere
Christian gentleman-a strong man,
physically, mentally, morally. He has
left a good name, which the wise man
says,."is rather to be chosen than
great riches." It is therefore
"Resolved, That the Chamber of
Commerce has lost one of its most
valued members and the city of Wil?
mington one of its most upright citi?
zens. .
"Resolved, further: That we extend
to the family and relatives of the de?
ceased our sincere sympathy in their
great loss.
"Resolved, further: That a copy of
these resolutions shall be forwarded to
the family of the deceased, and that
the same shall be published in the Wil?
mington papers."-Wilmington Star,
April 26.
Petit jury for the Second Week of Court.
R. M. James, J. C. Stukes, R. N.
Rodgers, P. H. Finn, H. F. Stubbs,
A. D. Harby, J. A. Schwerin, T. D.
McLeod, T. H. Jackson, S. J. White,
Alston Westberry, Hugh F. Hoyt, N.
P. Lenoir, W. S. Boykin, W. R.
DuBose, Jr, G. H. Hurst, R. F. Jones,
T. S. Stuckey, L. D. Jervey, W. D.
Dawkins, J. Frank Pate, P. F. Mel
lett, J. M. Tisdale, S. D. Cain, W.
D. Colclough, R. E. Durant, Isaac
Solomons, J. W. Fort, W. Y. Spann,
W. H. Yates, W. A. Weldon, Robert
Shelor, Thomas Benenhaley, J. M.
Chandler, J. M. Knight, John Laverty.
The friends of Mr. Cuttino and the
patrons of O'Donnell & Co,, will be
pelased to learn that after May 1st,
Mr. Cuttino will be found among his
former associates, not as bookkeer
hut as an assistant to Mr. O'Donneil
in the capacity of manager.
The owners of a piano factory who
desire to move their plant to the
South have written the Business League
asking for information about Sumter.
They have been given full information
and if there is anything in the matter
an effort will be made to bring the
factory to Sumter.
CONTRIBUTED LOCALS.
j Personal Mention-News Items and Other !
Matters of Interest.
Mrs. Jas. R Ligon and little daugh?
ter, Maurine, returned Monday af?
ternoon from Asheville, where they
have been for a fortnignt on a visit to
Dr. Ligon, who has almost fully re?
covered his health. The trip benefitted
Mrs. Lagon very much.
Mr. J. H. Dorrity and family, who
have been boarding with Mr. C. S.
Curtis since their residence was burn?
ed, have removed to No. 17, Dingle
street.
Mrs. Wm. D. Shaw has been sick
several days with fever.
Mr. Samuel F. Osteen and family,
who have been boarding with Mr.
Witherspoon on S. Magnolia street
have removed to No. 113, Kendrick
street, where they are keeping house.
Capt. J. Diggs Wilder and family
have moved into their new residence
on the Northeast corner of S. Magnolia
and Kendrick streets.
I Mrs. Fannie Osteen, the well-known
blind musician, is attending the meet?
ing this week at the First Baptist
Church.
Miss Sharlie Graham, who has been
on a visit to her sister in the North,
is at home again.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Kennedy are
boarding on Levi street with Mr. Bax?
ter.
Miss Lyla Barrett, ot Bishopville, is
visiting in the city.
Mrs. Jas. D. Graham lias been sick
several days.
The meeting at the First Baptist
Church is a glorious success. The Rev.
H. P. Fitch, D. D., is a celebrated
evangelist. His plain, practical way
in expounding the Gosepl of Jesus
Christ has touched the hearts of hard?
ened sinners, and strengthened Chris?
tians. Large congregations are pre?
sent every afternoon at 4.30 o'clock
and every evening at ^.30 o'clock. The
public is cordially invited by the pas
to.r and members of this church to at?
tend these meetings. Seats free.
The Board of Aldermen must pass
an ordinance regulating the speed of
locomobiles, and other machines of
like character, in the public thorough?
fares. It also would not be a bad idea
to require a license from every operator
of such a machine in order to test his
knowledge and capability to manage.
I them. After a child is killed to pass
j such an ordinance would be out of
? order.
AUTOMOBILITACCIDENT.
Oldsmobile, Bicycle, Boy and Wagon in
a Mixup.
An automobile, a boy on a bicycle
and a delivery wagon created a mix
j up on Main street yesterday morning
j that caused quite an excitement for a
few minutes. The boy was thrown from
his wheel and bruised but not serious?
ly injured; the automobile was dam?
aged to some extent and ' had to be
taken to the shop for repair; while the
delivery wagon had one rear wheel
j smashed.
The accident occurred in front of
j DeLorme's drug store between 8 and
j 9 o'clock and those involved in it were
Bartow Walsh, Jr., and his bicycle,
T. B. Jenkins, Jr. and his new Olds?
mobile, which he received only yester?
day, and George D. Shore & Bros.,
wagon.
Mr. Jenkins was coming up the
street with his automobile at fairly
good speed and Bartow Walsh on his
wheel was just ahead of him. Mr.
Jenkins rang his bell and then called
} to Bartow to clear the track. Bartow
j attempted to cut across in front of the
i automobile instead of going to the
side, and the machine struck him and
knocked him from his bicycle. The
machine then swerved to one side and
ran into the rear wheel of the wagon
before it could be stopped. Bartow
Walsh received a cut under the chin
and several bruises but no serious in?
juries.
The accident was clearly a mishap
and those who witnessed it say that
Mr. Jenkins was not to blame for the
collision, as he was not driving his
machine at a high rate of speed nor was
he careless in the management of it.
Another Oil Mill.
A charter was issued Monday to the
Clarendon Cotton Oil Company, of St.
Paul. The capital stock of the com?
pany is to be $25,000. The officers are:
David Levi, president and treasurer,
and Perry Moses, Jr, secretary.
The race for Clerk of Court is liven?
ing up and others besides the candi?
dates are beginning to become active?
ly interested.
Something for You to Know.
It is most satisfactory to buy where assortments are biggest
-where quantities are in such Dumbers that every possible
price advantage has been acquired for your benefit, therefore
we urge your buying here.
We believe in keeping prices down-always
have, but, under all circumstances, holding the standard up.
Here are a few more of the good things in store for you :
50 pieces corded Percales, 36 in. regular price 10c, special at 7?c
30 pieces, 33 in, white India Linens, sheer quality, worth
10c, special at 8c
15 pcs very fine white Lawn, the kind sold at 20c, special at 12c.
25 pieces white Lawn, worth 7c, special for sale 5c.
10 pieces white stripe wash Organdy, 33 in. something
new, regular 15c, for 10c.
10 dozen Pillow Cases, ready to use, regular 12^0, special at 10c.
25 ready made Sheets, fine quality, unbleach, worth 55c, for 40c.
Again, another case colored Lawns, regular 8c goods, spe?
cial for 5 c
50 pieces fancy Lawns, Lappets, Dimities, etc, worth 10
and 122C, special at 82c.
20 pieces colored Lawns, regular 5c goods, special at 3 h c.
Ladies, shop here ; you'll U what yoe lite and save money, too
chwartz Bros.
April 15 -3m
All the popular styles are here, and
at the most reasonable prices.
No excuse for wearing ill-fitting cloth?
ing when you can get the kind of cloth?
ing we are selling for the prices at
which we are selling it.
Phone 166 - - - Su?iter, S, C,
Of this "business is to sell goods, but the selling
must he right. Every article shown you must
bear 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 it 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
draw string, worth 10c, for 5c.
50 dozen all-linen Handkerchiefs, worth 10c
for 5c.
The widest all-silk Ribbon, No. 7 and 9, for 5c.
We are showing some extra good things in
our Millinery and Shoe departments.
We want you to call and see what we have.
The Sumter Dry Goods Co,
SUMTER, S. C.