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WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1903.
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D. J. Chandler-Gloves.
.E. W. Dabbs-Berkshire Gilts.
Schwartz Bros.-Embroidery Day.
Sumter Clothing Co-Special Sale.
J. Ryitenberg & Sons-Another
Sale.
The Minor Store-Greatest Sale of
the Season.
C. A. Qraham-Plantation and Gin?
nery for Sale,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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PERSONAL.
Mr. J. McF. Spann is in- town.
Mr. R. L Manning went to Camden
yesterday.
Mr. Frank Moises is spending a few
days in town.
Mr. W. J. Young, of Remberts spent
Saturday in town.
Mr. R. AL Marshall of Charleston
spent Friday in town.
Hrs. Shepherd Nash is spending
sometime in Charleston.
Miss Nellie Mood of Sommerville is
visiting Mrs. S. W. Stubbs.
Miss Gordon Weeks, of Newberry, is
visiting Miss Amanda Weeks.
Miss Cora Carrison, of Camden is
* the guest of Miss Lydia Lee.
Mr. Charlie Poole, of Roanoke,
Va., is at home for a few days.
Miss Rosa .Cooper, of Wisacky is |
visiting at Dr. Geb. W. Dick's.
Miss Meta Boykin, of Camden has
' been visiting friends in the city.
Mrs. Reid Ara and son, Marion, are
visiting relatives in Savannah, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Chase have re?
turned from their bridal trip tc Wash
iagton.
Miss Julia Richardson is visiting
the Misses White on North Main
Street ,
Mrs. R. A. Brand, of Wilmington,
N..C, spent a few days , in the city
last week.
Mr& R. M. Mikol! has gone to
Charleston to visit her son, Rev. H.
J. Mikell.
Miss Pauline Dove, after a stay of
two weeks in the city, has returned to
Lloydsville.
Miss Tasie Manning has returned
from a lengthy visit to relatives and
friends in Virginia.
Mr. J. A. Ens'.ow, Miss L. H.
Gregorio, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Moore
are stopping at Hotel Sumter.
Mr. and Mis. D. M. Blanding went
to Aiken last week to visit Col J. D.
Blanding who is in very feeble health.
Miss Ella McFaddin who purchased
the Wright place on Hampton avenue
a short time ago has moved here to
live. . .
The family of Mr. Clifton Dorn
have returned from Charleston where
theyhave. been residing for several
months.
Mr.' August Kohn', the able and
popular Columbia correspondent of
the News and Courier spent Friday
in^he city On business.
Mr. F. CL Manning after a two
months trip extending over the North,
Northwest and Southwest returned to
the city last Thursday night.
Mr. Morris Manheim of Atlanta,
Ga., manager of the big Empire office
building in that city has been in town
visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. H.
Manheim.
Miss Lela Dick after a month's stay
at Pineville returned to Baltimore on
Saturday to resume her duties as As?
sistant Superintendent of John Hop?
kins Hospital.
It will pay everyone to read the ad.
of the Sumter Clothing Co. in today's
issue and profit thereby.
The blood hounds are one luxury
that the city eau well afford to dis?
pense with. ,:
The Carnival shows have gone-part
to Summerville and part to Florida.
It is J oped that they will not return
SOOil.
A new train has been put on the
Northwestern R. R.r between this city
and Summerton. It is operated on an
every other day schedule,
Some ot the local cotton specula?
tors are reported to have won a tidy
sum of money recently by being on
the right side of the market.
D. J. Chandler, the Clothier, has
today a special glove advertisement
In this, as-in every other line that he
carries, he has a complete assortment
of the best to be had.
" Cotton sold here Saturday for ll 1-16
for middling. Notwithstanding the
high prices paid on this market the
receipts have not been heavy during
the past few weeks, showing that
there is not much cotton in the hands
of farmers.
^Willie Fraser, an A. C. L. fireman is
in jail for breaking and entering a box
car and stealing therefrom a lot of
shirts, socks, collars, etc. The rob?
bery was committed in the railroad
yard on Sunday last and Fraser's
arrest followed soon after the case was
reported to the police.
The telephone line to Camden has
been interrupted today and it has been
impossible to obtain any information
relative to the tragic deaths of Messers.
Boy kin and Zemp, or concerning the
condition of the Farmers and Mer?
chants Bank of which they were Presi?
dent and Cashier, respectively.
It comes as a surprise to find in the
ordinance proposed by the promoters
of the electric street railway an appli?
cation for an exclusive franchise for
the use of certain streets for a period
of forty years, and also a request that
the property of .the proposed corpora?
tion be exempted from all licenses and
city taxes for a period of five years.
Supt. Edmunds has made the follow?
ing report of the total enrollment of
pupils up-to-date : White school : boys,
307; girls, 285; total, 592. Colored
school: boys, 142; girls, 251; total,
393. In the high school departments
of the Washington Street School there
is an enrollment of 77; 32 boys and 45
giris. The relative number of boys in
the high school will compare favorably
with any school anywhere.
The macadam work on North Main
street has been delayed by the tardy
arrival of rock from the quarry.
MARRIED.
Miss Mary Virginia Anderson,
youngest daughter of Dr. W. W. Ander?
son of Stateburg and Mr. William B.
Nelson, of Charleston wer? married at
7 o'clock last Wednesday evenine in
the Church of the Holy Cross,
Stateburg, Kev. W. H. Barn?
well, the rector. reading the
marriage service. The church which
was beautifully decorated and
brilliantly lighted with hundreds of
candles, was filled with the relations
and friends of the happy couple, both
whom are natives .of Stateburg and
members of two of the oldest families
of that community. Mr. Nelson bas
made his home in Charleston for a
number of years where he now fills a
responsible position with the Virginia
Carolina Chemical Co.
DEATH.
Mrs. W. B. Boyle died at 10.30 last
Friday morning after about two
week's illness from gastritis.. Her in?
fant babe, a day old, died Thursday
and was buried with her on Saturday.
Miss Rebecca Brogdon, of Concord
township died last Monday night after
several weeks illness, aged 72 years.
Tiie Funeral of Mrs. W. B. Boyle.
At eleven o'clock Saturday morning
the funeral services of Mrs. W. B.
Boyle was held at the family resi?
dence on Broad street.
Rev. H. H. Jones of the First Meth?
odist Church officiated. The follow?
ing gentlemen acted as ball bearers :
Dr. H. J. Mclaurin, Messrs. L. ?.
White, C. G. Rowland, D. J. Chand?
ler, E. W. Hurst and A. B Stuckey
A large number of friends and rela?
tives were there to pay the last tri?
bute of respect to the dead. Proba?
bly no funeral at a residence in this
city has been so largely attended.
A long line of carriages followed the
remains of the mother and babe to
the cemetery The sympathy of '.the
entire community goes out to the sore?
ly stricken family in their great
bereavement. Mr. Boyle has done
many deeds of kindness to people in
distress or sorrow, and the general in?
terest in his affliction has been &
genuine expression of the warm place
he has won in the hearts of his ac?
quaintances. Could prayers and tears
bring back the dead ; then surely the
beloved wife and mother would have
been quickly restored.
That consolation which human kind?
ness cannot give we hops may be realiz?
ed from'Him who is willing and able
to bear the burdens of every sorrow?
ing heart.
In future the license on carnival
j shows should be made so heavy that
they will give Sumter a wide berth.
They are not elevating, entertaining
or in any wise beneficial to the city,
and therefore undesirable.
George Elliott was before the Mayor
today for disorderly conduct and carry?
ing concealed weapons. He was proven
guilty and the sentence was 30 days on
the chain gang or 820 fine. He paid
the fine.
The insurance rate on dwelling
houses has recently been reduced to
tariff basisi-75 cents per hundred
and property owners are now saved
one fourth of their insurance. Many
people would like to know why this
reduction was not made several years
ago.
The county board of control has
under consideration the estblishment
of a beer dispensary in this city. The
experiment was given a trial once and
was discontinued for reasons satisfac?
tory to the board then in office, and
the same grounds of objection to this
annex to the dispensary system proba?
bly exist now as at that time.
A horse belonging to Boyle's stables
ran away on East Liberty street about
7 o'clock last Wednesday night
and scattered the crowd that
was collected around the Snake
Eater's booth right and left.
It was at first reported that several
persons were injured, but later these
reports were disproved. The only
damage done was to a bicycle ridden
by the porter of the Sumter Dry Goods
Co. The wheel was wrecked, but the
negro escaped uninjured. $
Supervisor Seale has cailed out the
hands to do road duty on the public
roads as required by law,, and is having
. them worked ahead of the chain gang
under systematic superintendence so
as to insure good and substantial work.
The chain gang and road machine
force follow and put the finishing
touches on the work done by the
others. He has consented to the hands
working two days a week until they
haye worked out the number of days
required by law, as most of the hands
are dependant for support on thir daily
labor and it would be a hardship to
require them to work on the roads for
the full number of days without inter?
mission.
The survey of Turkey Creek, which
; is being made by Mr. W. Loring Lee,
will be completed within a short time
and it will then be up to the City Coun?
cil, the County of Sumter and the land
owers whose propert}* is drained and
rendered arable bv the canal to say
what they propose doing to improve it.
Mr. Lee finds that there is very little
fall in the canal and that the volume
of water discharged into it by the city
drains, the ditches along the public
roads and field ditches is too great to
be carried off promptly by the flow, be?
ing so sluggish that after every heavy
rain the canal overflows and the low?
lands are flooded by back water. This
condition can be remedied only by en?
larging the canal and by lowering the
water level to Dingle's mill into which
the canal empties.
It is a well established principle of
South Carolina law, based upon a con j
stitutional provision that no exclusive j
franchise may legally be granted, and
it is also well known that the City
Council has no right or power to grant
an exemption from taxes to any enter?
prise save manufacturing establish?
ments. It was useless to ask for these
concessions, and by doing so the pro?
moters weakened their application.
The people of Sumter to a man would
be glad to have, a street railway and
they will sanction the granting by
Council of a liberal franchise in which
all reasonable concessions shall be in?
corporated, but when the promoters
begin by ashing for the impossible,
the people of the town, if the
writer knows anything of their feel?
ings, will not sanction it even if by
any chance the City ?touncil should
undertake to grant all that is asked,
i which is most unlikely.
! PUBLIC BUILDING BILL INTRODUCED.
Congressman Lever Gets Down to Real
Work in Sumter's Interest Without a
Day's Delay.
Alderman Geo. W. Dick, chairman
of the Public Building Committee re?
ceived a telegram Thursday from Con?
gressman Lever stating that he had
today introduced a bill carrying an
appropriation of 8 'CO,OOO for the erec?
tion of a Public Building in this city.
Our representative has gotten down to
work for the Public Building as
promptly as possible and if lie is given
the necessary backing by Sumter and
furnished with the statistics he needs,
he will push the matter to a successful
issue.
HOLD UP AT PINEWOOD.
Negro Robber Forced Railroad Agent to
Open Safe, but it Contained nc Money.
Railroad Agent Kolb, of Pinewood,
while at work in the depot last
Monday night was surpns?d by
a negro man who entered the
depot and forced him at the
muzzle of a pistol to open the depot
safe. It was a mater of life or death
and Mr. Kolb readily complied with
tbe negro's command, without loss of
time, his compliance being the more
willing as there was no money in the
safe. The negro searched the safe
thoroughly and found nothing to re?
ward him for his trouble. He backed
out' of the office and made his escape
in the darkness before Mr. Kolb could'
summon assistance to pursue him.
Postponed.
The musicale that the ladies of the
First Methodist church expected to
give in the Elks hall this week, has
been postponed on account of unavoid?
able circumstances, until the evening
of December 9th, at which time and
place they now propose for it to take
place.
It is said that if the electric railway
is built in this city it will be extend?
ed to Providence ultimately.
The people of Sumter are very much
interested in the street railway/propo?
sition and are anxious to know more
about it
The bundle of papers fastened with
a carriers' strap and recently lost on
Council street were found today by
Mrs. Z. E. Walker in evergreen bush?
es at her gate.
The Mayor of Anderson has started
a crusade against the able bodied loaf?
ers' who infest that town and is send?
ing them to the chain gang for thirty
days in default of payment of a fine
of $50. He is making no distinction
between white and negro loafers, and
the good roads movement has received
a great impetus. Sumter could stand
a similar crusade, for there is an
abundant supply of material to work
upon.
IMPROVE your stock by buying one
of my fine Berkshire Gilts, will pig in
February. If not sold by December 1st
will be made into pork. E. W. Dabbs,
Goodwill, S. C. * Nov. 18-2t.
CAUGHT ON CROSSING.
Horse Killed and Buggy Smashed, but
the Driver Escaped.
The eleven year old son of Frank
Martin, colored, who rans a restaurant
on East Liberty street, was the victim
of a serious accident and narrowly
escayjed a horrible death on the Liberty
street crossing on the W. C. & A. R.
E. last Monday night. The boy was
coming to town in a buggy to take his
father home as he is accus?
tomed to do every night, and
just as be was driving across
the track just this side of Tur-,
key creek he was caught by the night
freight train. The horse was instantly
killed and the baggy was thrown into
the deep ditch alongside the high em?
bankment;. The boy who was in the
buggy and went with it into the ditch
escaped death by a miracle, bnt was
Considerably bruised and received an
injury to his back that has prevented
him from standing since he was re?
moved from the wrecked buggy. It
is not thought that his injury is suffi?
cient to permanently disable him, bnt
that is thus far merely a matter of
opinion.
The "Smoker" of Game Cock Lodge
K. of P. was largely attended last
eight; In addition to the other pleas?
ant features of the gathering, several
candidates were put through.
Winburn, the Photographer, who
has established the reputation of turn?
ing ont the' most artistic work of any
photographer in the State, and the
equal to any done anywhere, is now
settled in his new studio and will be
pleased to see and serve his patrons.
The bottom dropped out of the cot?
ton market yesterday, futures went down
with a rush and tumble, and spots
followed suit. Monday middling sold
here at ll cents a d today 10.65 is the
top of the market for the same grade.
WANTED-Faithful person to travel
for well established house in a few
counties, calling on retail merchants
and agents'. Local territory. Salary
$20.00 per week with expenses addi?
tional, all payable in cash each week.
Money for expenses advanced. Position
permanent. Business successful and
rushing. Standard House, 330 Dear?
born street, Chicago. Nov. ll
FOR SALE- Sewing Machine in
good condition. Apply at Watchman
and Southron Office. Setp. 30-2t.
EGGS-Barred Plymouth Rock
Eggs. Sitting of 13 $1.00. For sale
by N. G. Osteen. Sept. 30-2t
bOGWOOD, Persimmon and Hickory
timber for sale by R. C. McFaddin, Sum?
ter, S. C. Oct. 21-it*
I WANTED, Persimmon, Dogwood, Hick?
ory and Holly Logs. Freight paid on car?
loads. JAMES COCKSHOTT, Charleston,
S. C. Oct 21-4m.
FOR RENT-One storehouse, with
three room dwelling attached, with
necessary, out buildings, for five
months. Three and one half miles
from Sumter in the fork cf Providence
and Stateburg roads. For terms apply
to R. M: Edens, Sumter, S. C. ?.
July 29-tf.
Is what we will call next
Friday. Ladies, expect to
see the greatest sale of
ever held in Sumter.
About 6,000 yards in this lot. For
easy handling we divide them into
four groups :
Group No. 1, all at 5c.
Group No. 2, all at 10c.
Group No. 3, all at 13c.
Group No- 4, ali at 19c.
That they are worth almost double we are
sure you will agree. Arranged on centre ta?
bles for easy selecting.
SCHWARTZ BROS. !
We have Men's and
Boys' Gloves of almost
every description.
Kid, Dogskin and
Cape Gloves
50 cts., $1, $1.25, $1.50,
$2 and $2.50.
Mocha Gloves, $1, $1.50
and $2.
Suede Gloves, $1 and
$1.50.
BuckskinJGloves, $1.50
and $2.
Jersey Gloves, 25 cts.
andSOJcts.
Scotch Gloves, plain and
fancy colors, 50 CtS.
t Boys' Fur Top Gloves,
50 cts.
Boys' Wool Gloves, 25
cts. and 50 cts.
Our Gloves are the verv
latest styles, turned out by the
best makers.
D. J. CHANDLER,
Phone 166, Sumter, S. C.
SPECIAL
Beginning today, we of?
fer to the public the
In Clothing, Hats and G?nts'
Furnishings that have ever
been offered to the people of
Sumter and adjoining coun=
ties.
ONLY IO DAYS.
SUMTER CLOTHING GO.,
OUTFITTERS.
Phone 170.
November 13.