Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cl^l'?faidjn?tH sift #jn?!)roi WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1903. ^Entered at the Post Qijict at Sumter S G., as Second- Class Mitter NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Bvdales' Tonic. Jas. H. Chandler-A Card. " Valise Lost-J. T. Frierson. p First National Bank-8100,000 Capi? tal.' ^ . \ D. J. Chandler-Sacrifice Sale'Ends Aug. 15. Excursion to Augusta--Thos. L. Knight. ^ J. Rettenberg ^& Sons-Ginner Wanted. ? ? W. H. Seale, Co. Supervisor-Bids for Index Invited. ?-? PERSONAL, Mr Barry-Reid- has returned from Missouri. Mr. Neill O'linnell left Sunday for New York, j*. Miss Sadie Davis is visiting Mrs. S. " H. '?dp?unds. ' Miss Essie Murray , has- gone to Saluda, N. C. CoL T. V. Walsh has returned from Harris Springs. Miss Annie Bradford, is spending a i few days at Wedgefield. Rev. Mr. Sublett, of Summerton, spent Sunday in the city. Mrs. T. K Smitk, of Atkins, is visiting relatives in. the city, j Dr. Ni G. Osteen, Jr., of Darling? ton, spent Monday; in town. Mr. G. A\ Lemmon went to Glenn Springs on Monday morning. Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Spann have re? turned from Sullivans Island.: Maj. Loring Lee . returned from - Charleston yesterday morning. Mr. John K. Cresswell left for New York laut Thursday night. Mr. Percival Smith, pf Georgetown, is spending a few days in the city. Mr. C. D. Schwartz Tas returned from the "S?rth after a month's slay. Dr. and MiSi- H. M. Stuckey return? ed last" Wednesday from Henderson, Ky. Mr.-J. A. Scarborough, of Bishop ville, spent Saturday and Sunday in town. Mrs. J. A. Foxworth ot Mayesville has gone to the mountains to spend the summer. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Cunningham returned- on SJaturday from a visit to Doves ville. Mr. W. V.. Cauthen left for Hender sonvilks,. N. C., on Monday for several weeks' stay. Mrs. Tracey .W. McCoilam has re . turned from a visit to-her parents in 3ennettsville: - i - Mrs. W. S. Reynolds-went to Saluda, N. C., yesterday morning to spend ; several weeks. 3dr. J. Frank Pate has returned from Fletch?r, N. ?., where he has been^??r^a month. . > Rev. N. W. Edmunds and Miss Mamie Edmunds have gone to Cleve ? land Springs, N. C Miss Tillie- Hogan returned* home Friday from a visit to relatives in Fairfield and Columbia. Mrs. C. E. Foxworth and son,, of Mont Brook, Fla., is visiting, her! sister, Mrs. F. B. Grier. Mr. H. D. Barnett left Monday night for New York. He will spend three weeks in the North. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Brown, of Fairfield county, are spending a few days with relatives in the city. Dr. G. W. Dick has returned from Asheville where he has been attending the National Dental Association. Miss Mary Alice Michau has gone to Little Rock, Marion county, to visit } her brother, Dr. D. M. Michau. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Jenkins, Jr., -have returned from a trip to Cincin? nati, Ohio and points in Kentucky. a?r. T. H. Clark and family and Mrs. E. A. Kennedy returned last Thursday from Blowing Rock, N. C.. Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Covington left Friday morning for Henderson vi Ile, N? C., where they will spend a month. Mrs. C. W. McGrew has returned from a visit to Cameron, accompanied by her brother, Master Johnnie Jack? son. Mr. S. H. Edmunds has returned from Darlington, where he * has been conducting the county summer school for the past month. Mr. Wade McConnell resumed Sat? urday morning from his old home in Mooresville, N. C., where he has spent the past twa weeks. Mr. and. Mrs. R. A. Wel? don, who have heen visiting 'rel? atives in the Spring Hill sec? tion, have returned to'the city. Dr. W. B. Alford returned Saturday afternoon from- Asheville, N. C., where he had been in attendance on the meeting of the Dental Association. - Capt. John Reid has so far recover? ed from the effects of the stroke of ? paralysis which he suffered last week as to be able lo drive down town yesterday morning. Mr. D. G. Dwight, commandant of the Porter Military Academy, Charles? ton, spent Wednesday in the city in the j interest of the Academy. Mr. Dwight ? is making a tour of the State in be-, naif of this well known institution and] will return to Sumter within a few j weeks. Watermelons are plentiful now. The annual excursion to*the moun? tains will carry a large crowd from this section. The Sumter Fire Department will not be represented in the Firemen's Tournament in Anderson. Tile drains have been put down on Main street, north of Hampton avenue, preparatory to putting down macadam. The fall trade will be late in open? ing this season on account of the backward condition of the cotton crop. The practice of removing the trial of cases from one Magistrate's court to another, frequently without ade? quate canse, is a nusiance and a hard? ship, and the law should be amended so as to prevent removals without ade te grounds are clearly established. HARRIED. j Miss M. Addie Auld and Mr. W. H. 'Strickland were quietly married at ! 8.30 o'clock last Wednesday evening j ?at the home of Mrs. D. J. Auld, the ; bride's mother, on Wes' Calhouu street, Rev.- Is. W. Edmunds perform- i ing the ceremony. Owing to the re- j cent death of Mrs. Hammet, the bride's j grandmother, the marriage was a very quiet affair,* and only the immediate ? familly "and a few intimate friends ? were present. . Dr. C. H. Durant and Mrs. Annie Simpson were married at 7.30-o'clock last evening at the home of Mr. W. H. Epperson, the bride's father, oy Rev. R. Herbert Jones. Dr. Durant and bride left'on the S.30 train for Asheville, N. C.* where they will spend several weeks before returning to their home in Bishopville. DEATHS. ._: Mrs. Minnie Green, wife of Mr. W. Arthur Green, of Wisacky,. died at Asheville, N." C., # last. Sunday night after a long illness, aged 30 years. The. body was brought home Monday afternoon and the funeral services were held' at St. Luke's Church, near Wi? sacky at ll o'clock Tuesday morning. Mrs. Green was the daughter of Mr. .Hugh W. Scott, of. Wisacky. She leaves three children'and a de? voted husband to mourn her loss. Mrs. Mary P. Jennings, widow of Mr. W. E. Jennings, died itt, Charles? ton on Saturday night after a brief illness. The remains were brought to this city and the interment was made in the cemefeiy Monday/morning. Mrs. Jennings-was a sister of $lrs: A. A. Bradham and Mrs. B. D. Mitchell, of this city. ;-1 Died last night at her home in Pax ville, Tisby Jones, aged 97 year* The deceased was v^ell thought of and she was the mother of 19 children, the grandmother of 60 children- and the great-grandmother of 35 children. She ?as always a very stout woman, having an average weight of ,220 pounds. Throughout her career she was noted for her good* character, and for the well bringing up of her children.-: Manning Times.- ' , The infant "son of Mr. and Mrs.. Harry W. Cuttino, o? Tindal in this county, was bnried at *the ceme-r tery, at 6.3D last Saturday afternoon. . ?mmm .?? .?j-.-. * Death at Pisgah. Pisgah, July "30. -Mrs. Amanda Hurst, formerly of Sumter, -died at her home in Columbi* after a long ill? ness, and was buried at Pisgah Church this day. A part of this section and Smith? ville had a rain yesterday. It was welcomed'sure. Monday was the hottest Jay we have had here^this year. Crops, still small, but look healthy. Some fever about, bus not serious. ---V* Bowman's Company Applies for Charter/ ? A commission . was. issued Monday by the Secretary of State to the Sum? ter Bank and Mercantile Company, the capital stock of . which is $50,000. ^W. A. Bowman, of Sumter, and O W. Bushman, of Statesville, N. C., are the corporators. THE COMPRESS"SOLD. Purchased By H. J. Harfoy and Associ? ates For ^$6,300. The Sumter: Cotton Compress was sold Monday under foreclosure proceed? ings at the suit of. the First National Bank. The Bank held a note of the compress company for $5,000, on which the- interest had not been paid ?QT several months. The niant was sold at public outcry by the Master and bid in by Henry J. Harby for himself and associates for $6,300. The Sumter Compress Co. was capi? talized at $25,000, and the plant cost $22,500 and it is estimated to be worth fully $15,000 to $18,000 if glaced in the market. Tbo' plans of the purchasers have not been made public, but it is to be hoped that they will continue to oper? ate the plant here in the interest of the local cotton market. Mr. J. Frank Paie ha's been appoint? ed Deputy National Councilor for the State of South Carolina for the Junior Order United American Mechanics. County Supervisor Seale, who spent a part of this week in the southeastern portion of the county, says that the crops in that section are in good con? dition and that quite a number of farmers have exceptionally fine cotton and corn crops. On^other hand Mr. R. A. Weldon, who is just back from a week's stay in the upper part of the county, says he n?ver saw as poor crops in State burg and adjoining neighborhoods as there are this year. Here and there he saw fairly good crops, but these were few and far between and the average crop is very poor. The extensions of tho water mains on Broad and Church streets have been completed. It is hoped that the pressure will be improved by the con? struction of the new main from the pumping station to connect with the mains leading to the stand pipe. The pressure would certainly be improevd if the pumps were started whenever a fire occurs and direct' pressure from the pumps turned into the mains. In comparison with ether places the city of Sumter is paying entirely too much for electric lights and water. Anderson, S. C., with practically the same population, pays $45 for arc lights, all night service: South Bou? lton, Va., pa>s 850 for arc lights, all night service, whil6 Sumter pays $75 for aru lights, moonlight service. Greenwood, S. C., pays $140 per month i for 6o arclights and 57 hydrants. Wooden curbing is being put down on East ?Li berty street along side the brick clrains to retain the macadam > which is to be laid. On West Liberty street brick and cement curbing was put down. The reason for using wooden curbing; is that it has been decided to take up the brick drains in the near future and put down large tile under drains from Main street to the rail? road crossing at the foot of East Lib? erty street, anu the wooc] curbing will e until this is done. < Sumter Fifty Years Ago. " In the Black Fiver Watchman, issned ! Januarv 4th, 1851, we find a report of ? Capt. J*. Wesley Stuckey, Tax Collector of Sumter county, who took the census j in 1850, which shows that "Sumter- j ville" then had population of 840- 1 510 whites and .330 negro slaves. The j same report shows that there were at that time only 90 dwellings in the town. The growth of the town in fifty years has,not been phenomenal, but there has been a steady increase of population from year to year and in the past decade the. growth lias been greater than ever before. It is stated on good authority that at one time within? the present year there were more than 90 houses, large and small, in course of construction. From files of the same paper we find that Thanksigving Day was not always observed on the fourth Thursday of November, for Gov. John H. Means, in a proclamation, appoints Friday, Nov. 21,1851, as a day of thanksgiving. "The Black River Watchman was published in Sumterville, S. C., on every Saturday by A. A. Gilbert and John F. DeLorme," so the old files state. The paper was edited by T. B. Fraser and John W. Erwin. STRONG CIDER-SEIZED. Dispensary Constables Confiscate Two Kegs That Analyze 7 1-2 Per Cent Alcohol. On Saturday night July 25th j .Constable Nunnamaker, on informa? tion furnished by the police, seized two kegs of cider at the Star Bakery and shipped a sample to Columbia for analysis. He received a telegram Sat? urday notifying him to forward the cider. The analysis showed that the cider contained 1% p?r cent alcohol. There is a great deal of this class of stuff sold all over the State and Sum? ter is no exception to the rule. The dispensary constables will seize all of this drunk producing cider that they can find, for it has been determined to put a stop to its sale. EXAMINATION - FOR SCHOLARSHIP, AUG. 2IST. A Chance for a Young Man to Secure a . College Education. Why is there no applicant from this county for the new normal scholarship in the South Carolina College? The Legislature has given an ^opportunity to one young man teachor from each county to get a* year's instruction in the principles and methods of teach? ing, and a.most practical course has been arranged at the* State College, with special reference to the work of the public* or more particularly the country schools, and .with special re? gard to the needs of ill prepared teachers. While the course is one of methods which any college graduate could pursue with profit, if he pur? poses to make teaching his profes? sion, yet it is especially adapted to the capacity of a country school teach? er who is not technically prepared for a regular college class, provided he have maturity and natural ability. Every one interested should apply to Professor Patterson rWardlaw or Presi? dent Benjamin Sloan. The next ex? amination is on Friday, the 21st of August The scholarship is good for ene year, w.'th the probability of renewal if desired longer. The special course is practically an extension of the sum? mer school courses-a nine months' normal school for men teachers, simi? lar to what the Winthrop Training School in Columbia used to be for women teachers. Let this county be represented. The winner, having no fees to pay and receiving $40 in money, can get through the session on about $50 additional for board and laundry. Some of the militia men who spent several hours in town Monday night left with a very poor opinion of Sum? ter. They made a valiant search for blind tigers and finding none were very much disgusted that a city of Sumter's size and pretensions should be so non progressive and behind the times. The canning factories that have been established in this state are said to be profitable and it seems reason? able to suppose that one would pay in Snmter. The local consumption and the wholesale grocers here require an immense quantity of canned goods tomatoes epeciaily-annually. The Sumter Light Infantry returned from the Isle of Palms encampment Monday morning, arriving at ll o'clock. The boys were tired and sun? burned when they reached home, but delighted with their stay by the sea? shore. The encampment was not all play by any means, but between the regular duties there was ample oppor? tunity for amusement. The fire insurance companies having agents in Sumter expect to have a re? presentative in this city in the near future to re-rate the town, and it is probable that the rate on a good many risks will be raised. The defective water pressure, so plainly shown at nearly all fires recently, will be taken into consideration and an extra charge of 5 to 30 per cent may be imposed. Another thing that may cause an in? crease in the rates is the fact that the fire department is not equipped with shut-off nozzles. The statement that the Sumter Fire Department is not equipped with shut? off nozzles is incorrcet. Mr. R. S. Hood, of Monaghan Hose Co., and acting chief of the Department, states that each of the hose companies is provided with two shut-off nozzles and have had them for years. The fire in? surance companies will consequently have no excuse for raising the rates on that score. The contract for the new school building is still unsigned. The bid of Mr. McKiever was accepted, but be? fore the contract was signed a differ? ence arose in reference to the brick required to be used for the outside finished. ?Ir, McKiever made his bid on the basis of Sumter brick and de? clined to sign a contract for the work at the price named if required to use brick from elsewhere. He offered, however, to use the kind of brick wanted at the actual difference in the cost of the brick used and the Sumter brick. The board did not accept his offer and at the request of the board a representative of an Atlanta firm has been in the city since Saturday for that purpose of putting in a bid for the contract. .s. Been tc the Isle of Palms. I Well, Mr. Editor, yon have been to ! the Isle of Palms of course, but did j you see any palms'? I have heard, j (would you say some vulgar people j call it, "Long Island," or some peo- j pie call it the vulgar name of "Long ! Island?") "Might as well kill a dog as give him a bad name, " and vice versa. I suppose that if 1 had gone there a few years back to visit the "Isle of Palms" I would have felt with a big interjection "What's in a name?" As it is I was much pleased. I did not go in bathing, nor dance with the girls, nor carry on flirta? tions, nor -- I'm a married man and though my better half was not there I behaved myself. The crops on the road are very ordinary but I was told that they were better in the interior. I hope so. We took advantage of the cheap rates offered by the Southern Railroad. There were nine will filled cars of fairly well behaved people. At one place we made a halt of some thirty minutes and the thirsty ones tried to replenish but the dispensary man was doing the same thing. He must have had a"good dinner from the length of time he was away. I was pleased, but I did not say so very loud. The persistent seldom fail; these thirsty ones finally got some whiskey and began to be merry. We arrived at Charleston at 5 p. m. from whence, after securing rooms, we took the steamer to the Isle of Palms. Excuse me for writing the whole name, it is so pretty, so taking. There are banks and banks there. Banks are making the place attractive, but not banks of sand. - Where are the palms, Mr. Editor? Under those sand banks I suppose. It is a good thing to be long headed ; the men who enterprised, not Long Island, the "Isle of Palms" are mak? ing a good thing out of it no doubt. It was a happy selection for the en? campment of our soldier boys. I went down to the camps and got envious. Didn't I wish I was a soldier boy too? I could have grown poetic, but they assured me there was not very much poetry in it. I am not writing this to discourage any, not one bit of it. I say to all who can "Jine the band." There is no hard service in it, but it gives one a taste of camp life and a little practical experience that would be of immense importance in case of an emergency. A large standing army in the ordinary acceptation, is a menace t to our free government, but the time has come when we may need one in a day. How shall we meet the emergency? Uncle Sam has success? fully ' cut the -Gordian K*not, at little cost too, by making provision for these summer encampments. Some of the officers told me that they were getting th?e boys in fine shape, and that one more .season would almost perfect them. Not all the privates were having smooth sailing; a few there were who imagined that military life was under no restraints, and were loth to bow to their superiors in command. Their insubordination had to be checked, and this caused a little fric? tion. These as I have intimated were the exceptions and not the rule. Some, not more than a half a dozen, were put under guard for drunkenness. 1 was there two days and did not see a single one under the inuflence of drink. As to their behavior, they all appeared to be gentlemen, and a finer looking lot I have never seen, none better looking nor more gentlemanly" than the Sumter contingent, whom I hud the good fortune to meet On my last visit. They were enjoying the social feature of the occasion ; they had captured all the girls. A woman loves chivalry, especially when it is in a fine looking man. As 1 looked on, now didn't 1 wish I was single again? But hush! Hagood. METEOROLOGICAL RECORD FOB JULY, Moderate Heat and Average Amount of Rain. But three days in the month of July just ended had a temperature of below 90 degrees, and on the 27th inst., it reached 99 dergees, against 102 at Dodge City, Kansas. The temperature of the night hours was far more favor? able for ""crops than those of the month previous, although in one instance the temperature fell' to 63 degrees. The mean maximum was 94, and the mean minimum 70 degrees for the month. In the matter of precipitation ; there was one entire week when not a drop of rain fell, but for the month there was ten days when Sumter was visited by rain in more or less quantities, the total amounting to four inches and ninety-hundredths of an inch, which in reality amounted to the regular quantity expected for the month of July, according to records kept in this county for the past 21 years. - i i tm? The mosquitoes have not been ex? terminated in Sumter, and Health Offi? cer Reardon, while not exactly con? quered, is at present somewhat over? powered. " It is an ill wind, etc., " for the merchants are selling lots of mos? quito nets. Glenn Springs Mineral Water is a safe and sure cure for kidney troubles. A Very Cheap Excursion to Augusta. Tnos. H. Knight offers the cheapest of all cheap excursions to Augusta, Ga. on Monday, August 24th over the famous At? lantic Coast Line. The rate will te only $1.55 for the round trip from this point. Corresponding rates from other points. No such excursion has ever been offered the people of this section, and everybody should take advantage of this splendid op? portunity to visit one of the most beauti? ful cities of the south. Dm't miss the chance of a life trine. Separate cars for white and colored people. Train will leave this point at 7.0?) a. m. and returning leave Augusta at 8 o'clock p. m. The accommo? dation will be first class ia every respect and special attention will be paid to the comfort of ladies and children Aug 5-24 BIDS WANTED. THE County Board of Commissioners will "on 11th mst. receive Bids for making a General index for R. M. C's office as per Contract on file in their office. All Bid? ders will be required to file with their Bid a Certified Check in the sum of $100, this as a surety that they will file their bond, &c The Beard reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By order of the Board WM. H. SEALE County Supervisor THOS V. WALSH, Clerk. Aug 5-7 10 ^ fi* fi* fi* fi* fi* fi* fi* f^* fi* fi* fi* fi* fi* fi* fi* * OUR * ? SACRIFICE ? ? ENDS * * AUGUST 15 i J A good many choice J <| styles of Men's two J JJ and three piece Suits f f still in stock. Sizes ?| ? mostly medium and * ? large. Everyone will f be sold at a sacrifice, *f I D. J. CHANDLER, | * Phone 166 = Sumter, S. C. * * .... * GREATEST OFFERING EVER MADE. We will not carry a Waist over if the price will sell it. Actual Cost NOT CONSIDERED. If your size is here you wiU find values the like of which have never been offer= ed before. $1.25 Waists now . . . 69c 1.50 " ,. . 93c 1.75 " " . . . 99c 2.25 " " . * . 1.19c 3.50 " 1.98c Of course, for CASH ONLY and no coupons punched.