The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 10, 1903, Image 4
WEDNESDAY, JUNE IO, 1903.
Toe &a??er Watchman was toundec
IQ 1850 and the True Southron in 1866
Tie Watchman and Southron now has
??e combined cireu?atioa and in?uencs
&? both of the old papers, and is mani?
festly the best advertising medium io
Samter.
THE WATER WORKS MEETING.
A Meeting Held, Bot Rain Prevented
Full Attendance.
The mass meeting of citizens called
hy order of the City Council, for the
purpose of considering the question of
purchasing the plant and franchise
of the Sumter Water Co, was held in
the Opera House last night, but the
attendance was so small that no action
could be taken, the twenty-five cr thir?
ty taxpayers presen; taking the posi?
tion that they were two few in number
to speak for the people of Sumter in
respect to so important matter. .
The small attendance was due to the
state of the weather principally, but
the hour fixed for the meeting doubt?
less had a good deal to do with the
apparent ?ack of interest. Either a
Jater or earlier hour would have been
more convenient and when another
meeting is called it will be well to
take this into consideration.
The meeting was. called for 7.30
o'clock, and at that hour there were
sot more than twenty persons present.
..After waiting until after 8 o'clock
. :?or the crowd to gather and for Mayor
Stuckey, who was expected to preside
over the meeting, to arrive, the meet?
ing was organized by electing, Mr. C.
Xx. Rowland, chairman, and Mr. S.
EL Edmunds secretary.
City Clerk and Treasurer Hurst, by
direction of City Council, was pre?
sent and presented for the considera?
tion of the meeting the facts relative
$o the contract with the Sumter
Water Co. He stated among other
"things that the original franchise
period has yet nine years to run, at
the end of which time the city has the
option of purchasing the water sys?
tem and franchise at its fair com?
mercial value, said value to be deter?
mined by arbitration; that in the
event of the city failing to exercise
this option thexcontract renews itself
for another twenty years; that the
City Council, in obedience to a pub?
lie demand that an effort be made to
purchase the water system, had asked
the owners to name price for the
.immediate purchase and that a sixty
.day option had been given on the sys?
tem the price being $110,000; that the
..gross income of the water company
Stei year was in excess of $8,000, of
"wrhoch gum the city paid $3,000 for
feydraai -ent ; that the total operating
"expenses of the plant was not more
whan $2,500 and that the system
would not only be self supporting if
'.patchased by the city, but would pay
.interest on the purchase price and
Heave an annual surplus to be applied
%to the creation oi a sinking fund for
the retirement of the purchase price
feonds at maturity.. The system now
lias about nine miles of water mains
and 77 hydrants; the city has 42 miles
of streets and consequently a large
Tpart of the city is without fire protec?
tion and a majority of property owners
.cannot obtain water privilege if they
wished to do so. There is an ever in
.creasing demand for the extension of
che water system to all parts of the
city, and if these demands be granted ?
the annual water rent the city will
have to pay to the Water Co., will be
greatly increased. Every extension in
jereases the income of the Water Co.,
and adds to the commercial value of
?the property. Therefore if the city
ever intends to purchase the system it
should be purchased now while the
price is within reach.
The question was discussed in an
informal way by a number of those
present.
The sentiment of the meeting seem
ed to be in favo:? of the purchase of
the system, the only difference of
opinion being as to the value of the
plant and how it should be deter?
mined.
The following resolution offered by
Mc S. H. Edmunds was adopted and
the meeting adjoured :
That it is the sense of this meeting
?hat the City Council are requested to
maJke all inquiry that may be neces?
sary aad call a subsequent meeting of
the citizens at an early date. This
meeting feels that it is not sufficiently
representative to determine so serious
.-a question. -
Wants a Change of Venue.
Columbia, June 9.-Counsel for
James H. Tillman have been in con?
sultation here for a day or two and to?
night Col. Croft announced that an
application for a change of venue
would be mads. The grounds will
be that Tillman cannot get a fair trial
in this county, and affidavits will be
served on the solicitor next Friday.
The Court decides in what county the
<cat3e shall be tried in case a motion to
change is granted. The Court con
.?enes the fourth Monday in June and
Judge ^Townsend will preside. The
criminal docket is light and will hard
Jy coburn? more than half of the first
week, in which case the motion will
be made and decided abont three days
after the Court opens.
Weekly Crop Bulletin.
The week ending Sa. m., Monday
Jane 8th had a mean temperature of
about 72 degrees, which is 6 degrees
below normal. The winds were light
easterly, except high in places, accom?
panying thunder storms. There was
more than the usual amount of cloudi?
ness.
The incipient drought was broken in
all parts except Georgetown county.
The average precipitation for the
entire State was 3.25 inches. The fol?
lowing excessive amounts were report?
ed: Anderson 5.65, Batesburg 3.45,
Chester 4.50, Columbia 5.82, Green?
ville a 82, Greenwood a 63, Little
Mountain 5.12, Longshore 4.87, Pine?
wood 8.00, St. Matthews 7.90, State
burg 7.32, Sei vern 5.83, Spartanburg
6.37, Sumter 3.63 inches. Owing to
interrupted mail communication, re?
ports from the extreme western parts
of the State are missing. These exces?
sive rains did great damage by wash?
ing lands, and flooding bottom-lands.
All crops are destroyed on bottom
lands in the western part of the State
by floods. The ground is too wet in
all parts to permit cultivation, and
fields are becoming foul. On the
night of the 1st, damaging hail occur?
red in Abbeville, Barnwell, Hampton,
Lexington, Newberry, Oconee, Orange
burg, Richland, Saluda and Sumter
counties, causing the total destruction
of hundreds of acres of corn, tobacco
and some cotton as well as ruining
many acres of uncut oats. The rainfall
was of great benefit to crops where it
was not excessive and where not ac?
companied by*hail, causing a marked
improvement in their prospects.
Cotton improved in stand, color and
growth. Chopping and cultivation
made slow progress. Lice have ap
pared in a few places. The plants are
generaly small, but are healthy. The
formation of squares has been noted.
Sea-island cotton is thriving.
The rains improved corn material?
ly, but it needs cultivation and sun?
shine. Some being laid by in the
southeastern counties. The stands
have improved, but worms continue
troublesome. Tobacco is still small
and is buttoning low, although a num?
ber of places report improvement in
both conditions. Many acres were
totally ruined by hail, especially in
Richland county. Rice is growing
well in the more southerly districts,
but is unsatisfactory in the George?
town district The crop as a whole
needs sunshine. June sowing under
way. Wheat and oats harvest was in?
terrupted by rains, while much is in
the shock and damaged by the wet
weather; Much of that that is uncut
was lodged by the heavy rains and high
winds. A general improvement is in?
dicated in the minor crops, except that
the wet weather has caused peaches
to rot as they ripen.
Local Weather Report.
For 24 hours ending 7 p. m., June
9, 1903:
Temperature: Maximum, 91; Mini?
mum, 70; Mean, 80.1. Precipitation,
0.48. Character of day-Cloudy. Di?
rection of wind-West and East.
Sun rises, 4.51; sun sets, 7.07.
Forecast for 36 hours ending 8 p.
m., Thursday, issued from Washing?
ton, D. C. :
For Sumter and vicinity-Showers
tonight and probably Thursday. Sta?
tionary temperature.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Generally, unsettled weather with
light scattered showers prevails over
the whole cotton belt, except the
northeastern portion where the weath?
er is clear. A general rain over New
England has relieved the long existing
drought in that region. Heavy rain
fall ocurred in east Georgia and Mis?
sissippi. The barometric pressure
continues below normal over the
Southern half of the country, but
without any well defined storm forma- :
tion. Temperatures about stationary
over the whole country, and weather
conditons are favorable for the staple
crop everywhere except in the Dakotas
whera it is too cool. The highest
temperature was 90 at Portland, Ore?
gon, the lowest 46 at Bismark.
F. Prescott-Bullock,
Local Observer,
U. S. Weather Bureau.
- ? i -
Rainfall at Stateburg.
Stateburg had an unusually heavy
fall of rain last week, the total pre?
cipitation for the six days from Mon?
day to Sunday, being 8.65 inches.
On one day of the week the precipita?
tion was 2.93 inches.
Persons desiring to buy good books
or exchange books and magazines for
books are referred to the advertise?
ment of Mr. T. E. Richardson.
Louisville, Ky, June 9.-A passenger
train on the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad from New Orleans to Cin?
cinnati was wrecked on Muldraugh's
Hill, thirty-two miles south of Louis?
ville this afternoon. John Keller, of
Louisville, the fireman, was so badly
scalded that he died here tonight.
Thirteen persons were injured.
The hammocks being sold by H. G.
Osteen & Co., haven't a superior in
Sumter, at the price.
AFTER THE PIEDMONT FLOOD.
Yesterday in Spartanburg and the
Vicinity.
First Trains and Mai! Since Saturday.
Spartanburg, June 9.-The first train
that has left Spartanburg for the out?
side world since Saturday morning
left this afternoon at 5' o'clock for
Charlotte. A bridge over the Laurens
Fork, two miles north of the city,
has been constructed and a train came
in from Charlotte at 4.30p. m., return?
ing at 5 p. m. Many passengers who
had been detained for several days were
on the outgoing train. Another
means of communication has been
established in a tramway at the site
of the Tyger River Bridge, on the
Charleston and Western Carolina
Railroad, where passengers are being
transferred. Until this afternoon the
people of Spartanburg had not seen any
out-of-town newspapers or received
any mail since Saturday.
The thing of chief interest in con?
nection with the disaster now is the
relief of those at Clifton who have
been deprived of their homes and
belongings. The money collected
for this relief is in the hands of a
committee in Spartanburg, who will
use it where it will do the most
good. Up to the present the means of
distributing aid have not been well
organized, as such a state of demora?
lization and confusion has prevailed
among the people at Clifton that it
has been hard to ascertain their exact
needs and how to relieve them. Orders
have been in the company stores at
Clifton to supply pressing needs and
charge to the committee. Mr. W. J.
Snyder, the Baptist minister; Mr.
Putnam, the Methodist minister, and
Mr. W. S. Hogan, the school super?
intendent, have been rendering much
aid in finding out the needs of the peo?
ple and ministering to them.
The trolley line being down and the
Southern Railroad bridge being down
between here and Clifton tl?ere has
been no means of sending to *M;fton
the large amount of clothing and pro?
visions collected in Spartanburg.
This, though, will be promptly sent
out in the morning since the Southern
bridge is now up.
STILL LOOKIN8G FOR THE DEAD
The Clifton people are still wander?
ing up and down the river in a dazed
condition, looking in an aimless and
bewildered way for some signs of their
lost ones. It is hard to determine
exactly how many have been drowned.
Whole families just moved into the
town were swallowed up in the cur?
rent. Their neighbors knew little
about them. Those who live there
and knew the location of the houses
and the number of inmates make vari?
ous estimates of the drowned. These
estimates vary from forty-eight to
sixty. So far only seven bodies have
been recovered. Two were dug up out
of the sand today just below the Clif?
ton No. 2 Mill. One was identified
as Julius Biggerstaff, the principal
means of identification being his false
teeth. The other was supposed at first
to be Jimmie Hall, a lad of 8 or 9
years, whose whole family of seven
or eight went'down, but it was after
ward said that it was Lawson Waddell.
Another body, that of a woman, was
found down the Pacolet River in the
nieghborhood of Jonesville. This was
sent up on the train and carried by Mr.
Kennedy, of the Clifton Company, to
Converse station this afternoon. The
body was so swollen and mangled that
no one could identify it, so it was bur?
ied in the cemetery unknown. Albert
Green, 65 years old, who was rescued
from a tree on Saturday morning died
this morning. It is supposed that a
number of bodies are buried beneath
the debris of Mill No. 2, as just above
there about a dozen were carried
down.. They are supposdto have been
washed down against a portion of the
mill just before it collapsed.
A few of the Clifton people are pre?
paring to move away to various mills
in South Carolina and North Caro?
lina. As soon as trains are running
regularly quite a number will move.
Several agents are on the ground
soliciting them. The Southern Rail?
road has offered, to transport any of
them free of charge, and certificates of
transportation are now being pre?
pared under the direction of the Rev.
Mr. Snyder.
The board of directors of the .Pacolet
Manufacturing Company met this aft?
ernoon to consider the calamity which
has befallen them. A resolution wa9
passed calling for a meeting of the
stockholders on July 14, to consider
the question of rebuilding Pacolet
Mills Nos. 1 a:.id 2. Another resolu?
tion was passed authorizing and
directing President Montgomery to
have repaired and put into operation
the No. 3 Mill. This will take about
sixty days. As has been stated the
contract for the repairing of this mill
has been let to Messrs. Cutting & Co.
All the directors of the company
were present, Messrs. Milliken, of
New York, Waring, of Baltimore, and
Taylor, of Charleston, having come
in. The other directors live here.
The Clifton directors have not yet
been able to have a meeting owing to
the inability of the out-of-town mem?
bers to get here. It is only a surmise
as to what they will do.
Arrangements have been made "by
both the Pacolet and the Clifton com?
panies with the Clear Water Bleaching
and Manufcturing Company to clean
and bleach the recovered goods. Tiie
Pacolet Company has already recover?
ed over 1,000 bales: the Glendale
Mills people have recovered about 150
bales. The Clifton Mills lost no1
manufactured goods. Efforts are being '.
made by the Clear Water Company's
agent, Mr. L. P. Devaughn, now
here, to get a special train to take
these goods tomorrow to Clear-water
via Charlotte and Columbia.
I am informed by an engineer, who
has just come from Lockhart, that
Lockhart escaped absolutely without
damage.-News and Courier.
HO HORE HELP*" HEEDED.
The Mayor of Spartanburg Says
that the Relief Funds Already
in Hand are Ample.
_ j
Charlotte, N. C., June 9.-A special i
to the Observer from Spartanburg, S. I
C., says:
Mayor Arch B. Calvert this after- ;
noon gave out the following: "The,
people of Spartanburg and the suffer- !
ers from the recent floods in this I
county have been profoundly touched !
by the generous contributions that
have come so promptly from all parts j
of the country to relieve distress;
among the sufferers from the flood at
the mills in this county. These con- i
tributions have been so large that" it;
is now thought by the relief com- j
mittee here that further funds will
not be needed."
THE FLOOD AROUND ST. LOUIS, j
Mississippi Reaches Highest Water
Mark Ever Made Officially.
St. Louis June 9.-The Mississippi .
flood, which began to recede last1
night, after reaching a stage of 37.5 j
feet, began a rapid rise today, estab- j
lishing the highest official water
mark ever recorded in St. Louis. The j
rise was rapid after the dawn of day,
the water creeping up from 37.1 feet,
steadily increasing until at noon the 1
stage had reached 37.7. From that
time until tonight the river remained
stationary. It is estimated that 8,000 !
refugees have found shelter in St. !
Louis and vicinity, and that 4,000
people are still living in flooded homes j
in Granite City, Venice and Madison. [
A supply boat has been outfitted and
will make daily trips to relieve suffer?
ing.
The flood situation in East St. Louis
is still critical. Last night it was be?
lieved that the flood had been con?
quered and work on the levees was
stopped, but the additional rise of i
today caused work on the levees to be
resumed and all business was aban- I
doned once more.
Lee County Commissioners.
The commissioners appointed to
effect a settlement between Lee county
and the old counties from which Lee
was cut off-Sumter, Darlington and j
Kershaw-were to have met here yes-1
terday to make the settlement, but ow?
ing to the failure of the Darlington
county commissioners to attend this
meeting but little could be done to?
ward making a full adjustment.
The comissioners of Sumter-Neill
O'Donnell, and C. G. Rowland; of
Kershaw-H. G. Carrison and N. A.
Bethune; and of Lee-G. F. Parrott,
and T. C. Perrin,..were present. The
meeting was held in the office of
Probate Judge Walsh and the pre?
liminaries of the settlement between
Sumter and Lee and Kershaw and
Lee were discussed. The commission
adjourned to meet in Columbia, June
Hth. ._
WAK TED.
TO SELL-or exchange for Southern
Books or Magazines published before 1S6S:
Washington Irving's Works, 12 vols.
Irving's Life of Washington, 5 vois.
Coleridge's Works, 7 vols.
Rise and Fall of Confederate Govern?
ment, Davis, 2 vols.
Memoir of Jefferson Davis, by his wife,
2 vols.
Memorial Volume of Jefferson Davis, by
J. William Jones.
Southern History of the War, Pollard.
Manassas to Appomattox, Longstreet.
Southern Generals and their Campaigns.
Women of the South.
Mrs. Ellet's Women of the Revolution.
Address T E. RICHARDSON, .
P. O. Box 74, Sumter, S. C.
GENUINE Imported Peruvian Guano
analysing-3.50 percent Ammonia;
3.70 per cent Potash ; 20.25 percent
Phos. Acid ; For rushing crops, this
fertilizer has no equal. For sale by
Harby & Co., Special Agents.
June 10-3w.
Master's Sale.
BY VIRTUE of a Decree of the Court
of Common Pleas for Sumter County, in
the State of South Carolina, in the case of
Mark Reynolds against Wade Capers, I
.will sell to the highest bidder at public
auction at the Court House in the City of
Sumter, in said County and State, on sale
day in July, 1903, being the sixth day of
of said month, during the usual hours of
sale, the following described real estate, to
wit :
All that parcel or tract of land, situate,
lying and being in the County of Sumter,
Providence township, and State of South :
Carolina, containing twenty-five acres, j
bounded on the north and east by lands of !
Mrs. Teresa M. Spann, south by the neigh- j
borhood road running between this and j
L. S. Carson's land, west by land of George [
E. Martin. The said tract of land being i
represented on a plat made by W. Loring j
Lee, surveyor, dated November 8th, 1900,
and being the same tract of land conveyed
to Wade Capers by Mrs. Teresa M Spann.
Terms of sale, cash ; purchaser to pay
for papers.
H. FRANK WILSON,
June 10 Master for Sumter Co.
NOTICE.
To all and. Singular tne Creditors of i
J. S. Trimnal, Deceased.
You are hereby required to come in and
prove before me at my office in the city of
Sumter, in the County of Sumter, in the
State f of South Carolina, your claims
against the late J. B. Trimnal, on or before
the 20th day of June, 1903, or else be for?
ever barred of all right to any funds aris?
ing in the case of J. D. Trimnal vs. Susan
E. Trimnal in her own right and as admin- j
istratrix of the Estate of J. B. Trimnal, j
deceased, and others.
H- FRANK WILSON,
Master for Sumter County.
June 8, 1903. 2t_
Glenn Springs Mineral Water clears
the complexion and softens the skin.
Glenn Springs Carbonated Water,
gives immediate relief from attacks
of Indigestion.
? Ask yonr physician if Glenn Springs
Mineral Water is not what yon need.
Glenn Springs Mineral Water is a
safe and sure cure for kidney troubles.
THE STATE OF SOUTH GAROLINA
SHUTER COUNTY.
Court of Common Pleas.
Robert N. Owen, Alfred Owen, Thomas B.
Owen, William C. Owen, Nancy J. Owen,
John Robert Owen, Eloise Owen, Flor?
ence A. Martin, Mary Burnett Maxwell
and Hannah Booth, plaintiffs,
AGAINST .
Margaret Jane Dixon, William H. Owen,
Alice Parry, Florence A. Newton, Eliza?
beth Johnson (of Great Britain), Luke
Blumer Owen, Warren Watson Owen,
Ola Owen, Alice Owen and M. Carlisle
Owen and all and singular any others
who are the heirs at law of John Owen
and Hannah Owen, deceased, defend?
ants.
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.
To the defendants above named :
You are hereby summoned and required
to answer the complaint in this action, of
which a copy is herewith served upon you,
and to serve a copy of your answer to the
said complaint on the subscriber at his
office in the city of Sumter S. C., within
twenty days after the service hereof upon
you, exclusive of the day of such service ;
and if you fail to answer the complaint
?within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in
this action will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated, Sumter, S. C., June 1, 1903.
And the defendants, Margaret Jans
Dixon, William H. Owen, Alice Parry,
Florence A. Newton and Elizabeth John?
son and all and singular any other he'rs at
law of John and Hannah Owen, deceased,
are hereby notified that the complaint in
the above stated action has this second
day of June, 1903, been filed in the office
of the Clerk of the Court of ' Common
Pleas for Sumter County, State of South
Carolina.
MARK REYNOLDS,
June 10-6w Plaintiffs' Attorney.
This is the opportunity you have been waiting for, and this
is the time you need them. We have just effected a settlement
with
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.
For a case of waists that were due to arrive the early part of
February, and which, for some unaccountable reason, known
only to the railroad people, were sixty days in transit, and for
this reason we declined to accept them, unless at
A DISCOUNT OF 33 1=3 PER CENT.
Which they finally agreed to accept, and wishing to dispose of
them as promptly as possible, we have decided to give all this
discount to our customers, which means that you get them at
least ten per cent less than the actual cost. The case contains
quite an assortment, some
sS^^-E Fine Madras and Pique
That were intended for early spring trade, but are just the
proper thing for those who contemplate a trip to the moun?
tains or seashore. There is also a limited quantity of pongees
bought to sell at $6. The greater portion of the case, fortu?
nately, consists of medium and fine lawns bought to sell from
$1 to $3
The offer practically means the selling of
$1.00 Waist at
1.50 " " - -
2.00 " "
3.00
5.00
ii
ii
67 Cents.
$1.00.
1.33.
2.00.
3.33.
They will be shown on our centre counters tomorrow, and
at these prices a large percentage of them ought to be found
next day in the homes of ladies who are seeking the best val?
ues ever offered in waists.
O'DONNELL & GO.
E?rrE LADIES, LOOK THIS OVER ?ss
We place on sale for flonday and Friday, these days only
10 pieces corded wash Silks (all Silk), at 25c
50 pieces new colored Lawns, all the best of 10c qualities, for these
days, at 7%c.
5 dozen ladies' Corset Covers, all sizes, at 10c.
4 dozen Corset Covers, embroidery trimmed, at 15c.
50 Mosquito Canopies, copper frame, worth $1.10, at 89c.
50 dozen ladies Collars, all styles and sizes, at 8c.
Also, 40 rolls new Japanese Mattings, a delayed shipment-the 25c
grades-will be sold in any quantity at 19c. Also, the 15c quality for
this sale at 10c.
The above are on sale Monday and Friday only.
Our New Perfection Spring Mosquito Canopies for metal and wood
beds have arrived.
SCHWARTZ
BROS