Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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a WEDNESDAY, AUGUST IO. 1904. ?*?*;tt-f. ar i tit r"w; Ojpict a: Sumter g ?J?* .Secant* i ?iass. Hitter - . ? s -~ ?? NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Myrtle Beach. fl. G. Osteen & Co.-For Sale. Singer Mfg. Co.-Man Wanted. O'Donnell & Co.-They Mnst Go i Snmter Insurance Agency-The Danger. PERSONAL. Mr. Cope Mayes, of Maye3ville, was in the city yesterday. Mrs. H. M. Sanders, ?as returned from Concord, N. C. Mr. John F. Kelly, of Bisbopvijle was in the city Monday. Mr. T. S. Stuckey, of Stateburg spent Monday in town. Mr. T. H. Dick, Jr., of Columbia was in the city Thursday. Mrs. Kate Stubbs has returned from Hendersonvi?le, N. C. Mr. B. G. Wallace has returned - from "Charleston, 3. C. Mrs. R. Herbert Jones has gone on a visit to Bishop ville. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. DuRant have returned from St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Haskell DuRant", of Bishopville spent Thursday in the city. Mr. and Mrs; Ferd Levi have re? turned from Tybee Island, Ga. Mr. G. A. Lemmon returned last Monday night from Chick Springs. Miss Marie McCullough, of Darling? ton is visiting Mrs. C. P. Osteen. Mr. anet Mrs. Frank M. Beckham are spending a few days in the city. Misses Dell and Carrie 'Philips are visiting friends afc Lamar and Carters ville. Mrs. E. Hi Shame and children left on Thursday for a visit to John's. Is? land. x ' J Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Strauss have returnee from Wrightsville ?ound, N.C. Mrs. I. A. Ryttenberg left last week for Chicago, HI., to visit rela? tives.. ? Mr. James E. Kennedy and family have gone to Ridgeway to spend two weeks. ' Dr. Frank K. Holman, of Philadel? phia, has been in the city for several days? Rev. F. M. Satterwhite of Sumter, spent Sunday in Manning.-Manning Farmer. Mr. Luther Williams, of Kershaw, is visiting Mr. B. F. Estridge on Broad street. Miss Corrie Belle Napier, of Blen? heim, S. CL, is visiting the Misses . Satterwhite. ^1 Mr. W. A. Thompson left Wednes? day for Fletcher, N. C., to spend a week or two. :, Hon. R. I. Manning left Friday morning for Saluda, N. C., for a stay of two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Fort, of Tim monsviUe, visited Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Dncomb last week. Mrs: Fannie Ellevisser, of St. Mat? thews, S. C., is visiting Mrs. V. fl. Phelps, ber cousin. Mrs. M. H. Beck and daughter, Miss Maggie Rose, leave for Darling? ton today to visit friends. Mts. A. K. Bemsbouse, of- Clayton, N. C., is in the city .on a visit to her mother? Mrs, B. R. Nash. Miss Rosalie Barnett has gone to the mountains of Western North Carolina for the balance of the summer. Mr. Henry D. Barnett bas gone to Atlantic City and New York for sev? eral weeks stay. Misses Fannie Sumter, Lily Gregg and Beulah Lynam have gone to Saluda N. C. to spen? two weeks. Dr. Themas Howie, M. D., of Hartsville, S. C., is in the Baker In? firmary for surgical treatment. Mrs. Q. E. Gregory, of Kershaw, who bas bean visiting relatives in this city returned home Monday. Mrs. John S. Beaty, of George? town, is visiting her brother, Mr. R. D. Cuttino and family. Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Grier, and little Theo returned Saturday from Man? ning afer a few days stay with Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Bradham. Dr. J. F. W. DeLorme left yester? day morning for a two weeks visit to his sister, Mrs. J. C. Dove in Doves ville. Mrs. Brown and Miss Brown, of Columbia, and Miss Maye Whitney, of Wilmington, N. C. are the guests of Mrs. P. P. Finn. Mr. Abe Ryttenberg returned to the (city yesterday after a lengthy stay at Atlantic City and other north? ern resorts. Mr. W. Arthur Green, of Wisacky, was in the city yesterday on his way home from a visit to Charlotte, Nt C., and Lancaster, S. C. Messrs. Altamont Moses and J. Diggs Wilder have gone to Meridian, Miss., to attend a meeting of the Ancient Order Quited Workmen. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Wright who have been spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wright left Mon? day for their home in Georgia Mr. Ben Cuttino, who was so seri? ously scalded by steam and boiling water sometime ago, is now able to walk about on crutches. Miss May Lee, of Catchall, has returned to the citv to live with her sister, Mrs. Sallie Phillips, 125 East Liberty streei. Miss Willena Cook bas returned from Foreston. Miss Mamie Free? land, of Mayesville, spent the day with her on Thursday. Mr. W. F. Rhame, cashier of the Bank of Sumter, spent Saturday and Sunday in Manning.-Manning Far? mer. " Mr. F. M. Cost?n, who travels South Carolina and several neighbor? ing states for a Chattanooga manufac- ' turer, has decided to make this city his home and has brought his family here to live. Mrs. M. L. Ballard and daughter. Miss Julia, have moved here from Sum? ter. Mrs. Ballard will live with her son, Mr. W. F. Ballad, the ticket1 agent for the Atlantic Coast Line. -Darlington News. The friends of Mr. Claude E. Hrrst who was operated on for appendicitis last week will be glad to know that he is doing well. Mr. Isaac Schwartz has gone to North to spend several weeks on the leading markets in the interest of Schwartz Bros. Rabbi J. Klein has arrived in the city from Statesville, N. C., and he and Mrs. Klein are guests of the Jackson Hotel. V Mr. Hugh Witherspoon, postmaster of East Lake, one of the growing sob urban towns of Birmingham, Ala., is in the county visiting relatives. ? Mr. Neill O'Donnell left Saturday for Wilkesbarre, Pa., where he will spend a week before geing to New York to buy fall and winter goods for O'Donnell & Co. Dr. J. A. Mood and Mr. Ashleigh Mood left last Wednesday on an auto? mobile trip to the mountains. They expected to go via Camden, Winnsboro, Spartanburg, Greenville, Caesar's Eeacr, and B rev ard to Henderson ville. They found the roads so bad that on reaching Winnsboro, the automobile trip was abandoned, and Dr. Mood went to the mountains by rail from Winnsboro. Mr. Ashleigh Mood, has returned home from Winnsboro with the automobile. MARRIED. "Mr. G., W. Dickson,' and Miss Luc? Lee Randolph, of Leesbnrg; Fia. J were married at the residence of Mr. O. B. Nettles, this city at 7 o'clock Sunday evening. Rev. R. H. Jones performing the ceremony. A Coming Marriage. Mrs. Samuel Gourdin Pinckney has is sued invitations to the marriage of her daughter, Harriet Chalmers Fishburne to Mr. W.vLoring Lee, on Wednesday evening, August 17th, 8.15 o'clock at the Church of the Bely Comforter. 9 DEATH. Mrs. W. H. Webb died at her home at 12.30 o'clock on Monday, after a short illness. The funeral srvices were held at? 10 a. m. yesterday at the First Baptist Church. Mrs. Webb leaves a husband and two children. She was the oldest daughter of Mr. J. T. Hatfield. Missionary Society Meeting. The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Lutheran church will Tmeet at the church this (Wedesday) afternoon at 5 o'clock. All the ladies of the church are cordially invited. . The New Hospital. The Sumter Hospital Company, no? tice of the Incorporation of which was published in the Item on Saturday, was organized Monday, all of the cap? ital stock of $20,000 being placed without difficulty. The organization of the company has not yet r een per? fected by the formal election of a board of directors and officers, but this detail of organization will be attended to within the next few days. The plans of the members of the company -Dre. S. C. Baker, H.! M. Stuckey, Walter Cheyne and Archie China, be? ing mentioned in the commission as the board of corporators-are so far perfected that a large lot on the cor? ner of West Calhoun and Sumter streets bas' been secured and an archi? tect engaged to draw the plans and specifications for a modern three story brick hospital building. The plans will be ready within a short time and it is expected that work on the hos? pital will be under way within the next sixty days. THEiMtO?NR STORE. The Company Organized With a Paid In Capital of $15,000. . The Minor Store Company, capital? ized at $15,000, was organized Mon- j day at meeting of the stockholders by the election of the following board of Jdirectors : l?.v A. Minor, C. W. Wheeler, E. Wells Elisha Carson and A. J. China. The directors subse? quently met and elected officers as fol? lows: President, D. A. Minor. Vice President, E. Wells. Secretary and Treasurer, Elisha Car? son Mr. E. Wells was made manager of the dry goods department, while Mr. C. W. Wheeler will fill a similar po? sition with respect to the shoe depart? ment, these two branches of the busi? ness being separate and distinct and occupying adjoining stores. Beside the dry goods and shoe stores there will be a dress making depart? ment, over which Miss Mattie DuPont will preside, a milinery department under the supervision of an experi? enced and highly successful, milliner, who has been engaged to be here at the opening of the season. Messrs. Minor and Wells leave on Friday for New York where they will . remain, they say, as long as may be necessary to select the largest and finest stock of dress goods, trimmings, no? tions, novelties and staple dry goods ever brought to this city by a single ' firm. They propose to secure exclus? ive lin3S that no other local dealer will be able to handle and from the beginning will cater to the best and most discriminating class of customers of this and adjoining counties. Every department will be stocked with the best class of goods of the latest and most fashionable designs, ! and the managrnent and business methods will be modern and up-to date. The personnel of the company speaks for itself. The directors, officers and managers of departments are all well known in the business community and their knowledge of the business, their energy and enter? prise should insure the immediate and lasting success of the latest addi? tion to Sumter's large mercantile es? tablishments. Crop reports now indicate that cotton blight is prevalent in nearly all sections of this county and portions of L3e county. The damage is not seri? ous as yet, but the disease is spread? ing and it is feared that the cottcn will be greatly injured. NOTHING ABOVE COST. Coming, as this sale does, right in the midst of sweltering weather, when a man naturally thinks of Negligee wear, it makes it all the more important. Our prices will be of great interest to every saving man. All $1.50 Negligee Shirts, now AH $1 Negligee Shirts, now = Ail 75c Negligee Shirts, now All 50c Negligee Shirts, now $1. j All $1 Underwear, now 75c, j AU 50c Underwear, now 50c. j AH 50c Neckwear, now 38c. I All 15c Collars, now 75c. 38c. 38c. 10c. Everything in Clothing at cost. Straw Hats at half price. / Our Clearance Sale will positively end August 12th. II ?ione 1?? Sumter, 3. C Recorder's Court. The Recorder held a crowded and bnsy session of his court Monday, and at 2.3(' o'clock adjourned until 3.30 with several cases still on the docket. Charlie Durant was tried for inter? fering with an officer in the discharge of his duty, was found guilty and sen? tenced to pay a fine of $5 or serve 10 days on the chain gang. George Shaw and Jethro Conyers, who h id a row at the back door of tiie Sumter Grocery Co. on Saturday night, were arraigned for trial, but at the j request of Mr. Davis Moise, counsel for Conyers, the cases were separated and the trial of Conyers was postpon? ed until next day. Shaw, who was represented by Mr. L. D. jennings, was ready for trial j and this case was heard. Shaw was found guilty of disturbing the peace and sentenced to pay a fine of $5 or serve 10 days on the chain gang. Mr. Jennings gave notice of a motion for a now trial. Shaw was knocked i down Dy Conyers with an iron weight j or a hsavy billet of wood, and badly bruised about the bead and face, and he claimed to be without fault' him? self. He has indicted Conyers in Magistrate Wells' Con rt for assault and buttery, and the case will be tried next week. O'Donnell & Co. advertise a special clearance sale. Consult the advertise? ment if interested in bargain prices. Osteopathy a^ks the pleasnre of your investigation and critical judgment. Const lt Dr. Kennedy free. Office | over Bnltman Bros. shoe store. Aug;. 10-lt. I [ Fire. - ! A tenant house owned by Susan Peters and situated in the lot to the rear of her house, which faces on East Hampton Avenue, was burned about 3 o'clock Sunday morning:. The house was occupied by Jake White, and he lost all of his furniture, clothing, a watch and $4 in cash, to a total value of about 875. White says that the fire was the work of an incendiary, as there bad been no fire in the bouse since 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The honse was not entirely destroyed, as: the fire department did excellent work, confining it to the hons?. The house was situated exactly in the rear of the Burns Hardware store and only a few feet distance from the back door. Had the fire gotten beyond the control of the firemen a serious fire would have followed. Osteopathy. Osteopathy is the science of curing deiseae by tracing out and correcting by manipulation any contraction of muscle, ligament or tendon, or dis? placement of bone, however slight, which would interfere with the nerve or blood supply to any organ or part of the body. It cures when nothing els=> will-its cure are permanent be? cause natural. Aug. 10-lt. The passenger station yard in the rear of the depot is being filled in with sand and gravel" to raise it sligtitly above the surrounding laud and there? by prevent the accumulation of rain water and the formation of mud puddle. , Cotton blight reports Saturday prove that the damage to the crop is, already quite serious in this county. Many farmers have no blight as yet, but on other places the disease has spread so rapidly that it is estimated that lully ten per cent of the cotton acreage is already a total loss. What per cent of the crop in the county is affected with blight is unknown and there is no way of ascertaining it with any degree of accuracy, but the crop pro? spects which were unprecedentedly bright three weeks ago are now de? cidedly less favorable as a result of the appearance of blight. The shifting engine on tbe A. C. IL. yard ran off the track near Mc Keiver's Sash Factory last Thursday evening and the track was blocked until 9 o'clock. The trains on the C. S. N. read were unable to get in or out from the depot until the track was cleared. Two engines and a force of hands were at work several hours in getting the engine back on the track. No one was injured and no damage was done. William Benson, a strange negro in town. who claims George? town as his home, was be? fore the Recorder last Saturday and sentenced to the ohain gang for thirty days. He plead guilty to creating a disturbance on Hampton avenue and stabbing Eli Davis in the back on Tuesday. The attack on Davis was unprovoked and malicious and Benson should be indicted for assault and bat? tery with intent to kill. After stab? bing Davis Benson made his oscape but was captured Friday in Mayes vilie and brought hack that night. Today is the twentieth day of dog days and tLe twentieth day with rain. I "TEETHINA" always soothes and ' then It also cures the baby when All else has failed; and 'tis true It of te u saves a life for you. "TEETHINA" curesCholera-Infan tum. Overcomes and Counteracts the Effects of the Summer's Heat, Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels and costs 25 cents at Druggists. August 10-2t. THE DANGER OF BEING ME. Drink water and get typhoid fever Drink milk and get tnbercnlosi*. Drink whiskey and get the jiu jams. E&t eoup and get Bright's disease. Eat meat and encourage apoplexy. Sat oysters and ac? quire toxaemia. Eat vegetables and weak? en the system. Eat dessert and take to paresis. Smoke cigarettes and die early. Smoke cigars and get catarrh. Drink cof? fee and obtain nervous prostration. Drink wine and get the gout. In order to be en? tirely healthy one must eat nothing, drink nothing, smoke nothiDg, and evea before breathing one should make sure that the sir has been properly sterilized. The only way to be safe is to get a Policy in the PENN MUTUAL LIFE OF PHILADELPHIA Which leads them all as to actual results. The 20 Payment Life serves the needs of the average insurer, protects his family in case of death, and protects himself, should he need protection, in bis old age or any other time. The Penn Mutual pave larger dividends, \ ai more cash value and longer extension insurance than other companies. Will compare our policies with any companies. P. MOSES, JR., General Agent - Sumter, S. C. Au? 10-ly