The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 17, 1904, Image 6
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17. 1904.
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Enteren af the fort Oljtct at Sumter
v., '2g Second ( tasx Miiter
PERSONAL.
Hr. W. B. Colclough spent Saturday
in the city.
Miss Carrie Joye is on a visit to
Bisbopville.
R.- D. * Lee, Esq., went to Bishop
ville Friday.
Mr. John Fishburne, of Florence,
is in the city.
Mrs. H. G. steen has returned
from Cheraw.
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fr. John H. Brawn went to Colum
bi^ Wednesday.
Mr. C. L. Stubbs has returned from
Hendersonville.
E.Miss Marie Moise bas returned from
Sullivans Island.
Mrs. D. J. Auld has returned from
% Pawley's Island.
' " : . Miss Bantzler, of Eloree," is visiting
Miss Hattie Jones.
Mrs. E. C. Waetorof Heriot, spent
Srfeurday in the city.
Miss-Margie Monaghan is in Colum
bia visiting relatives.
Miss Hallie Jones has gone to Ridge
way to visit relatives.
Mrs. John F.Jenkins of Camden
' spent Monday in the city.
Dr. J. A. Mood has returned from
his trip to the mountains.
Miss Louise Scarborough is visiting'
Miss Beth Allen in Dillon.
Mr. Julius L rick, of Bisbopville,
spent Wednesday in our city.
Miss Evie Wilson has gone to Chick
V Springs for a few weeks stay.
Mr. Spurgeon Cherry, returned from
Lancaster Wednesday evening.
Miss Kate Sholar, of Wihniugton/
N.. C.. is visiting friends here.
Mrs. C. H. Dorn and children
have returned from Greenville.
Miss L onora Willeford left : Thurs
day for Yorkville to visit relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Wilder, have
gone to Bisbopville to visit friends.
Rev. S. O. Cantey went to Summer
ton last week on a visit to relatives.
Miss Annie McNeill, of Florence is
visiting Rev. and Mrs. H. B. Brown.
Mr. E. M. Jenkins of St. Charles,
spent Thursday in Columbia on busi
ness.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Vogel arrived
home on Saturday from Van Wert,
Ohio.
Mr. Jno. S. Beaty, ol Georgetown is
on a visit to Mr. R. D. Cuttino and
. family.
Miss Louise Murray has returned
from a visit to friends in Laurens and
Saluda.
Mrs. Clarence BuRant, is visiting
her-son, Dr. H. C. DuRant, in Bish
opville.
Mr. Henry C. Cuttino, has retnrned
to the city after an absence of several
months.
Mrs. H. K. Gilbert, of Florence, is
* spending a few days with Mrs. F. F.
Mortimer.
Misses Carrie and Sarah Nelson and
Mr. 'Guy Nelson, of Statesburg, were
in the city.
Mr. Frank O'Donnell went to Au
gusta, Ga., Wednesday night on a
business trip.
Mr. Chevis Dickson cf Florence is
visiting the family of his uncle, Capt.
H. W. Lucius.
Miss Le Ree Fate left this morning
for Greenville and Spartan burg to
visit relatives.
Mrs, and M S3 Turner the grand
mother and aunt of Mrs. J. T. Green
re visiting her.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Friar, of Flor
ence, spent a few" hours in the city
yesterday morning.
Capt. C. Lu Williamson, spent Satur
day in the city, and reports the crops
in his section good.
Mrs. T. C. Seaffe left on Saturday
for the mountains of North Carolina
to spend several weeks.
v Miss Amanda C. Weeks and nephew,
Mr. Richard Rollins, have returned
from Waynesvil e, N. C.
JV!rs. E. S. Booth who has been
spending the summer in the mountains
has returned to the city.
Mrs. J. M. Chandler, left Saturday
for Anderson, where she will sp 2nd
some time- with relatives.
Miss Gladys and Winifred Atkinson,
who have been visiting relatives in
Chester, have returned home.
Mrs. F. W. Webrbabn and children
have returned to Charleston, accom
panied by Miss Hattie Mason.
Mr. G. A. Lemmon left on Satdrday
afternoon for New York, to buy goods
for the Sumter Dry Gooda Co.
Miss Rosa Cooper bas returned to
herborn* at iWisacky after spending
several weeks at Myrtle Beach.
Mrs. Annie Monaghan, Miss Nellie,
and Richard and Tommie are spending
a few weeks at Sullivans Island.
Mrs. C. W. Stansill, Jr., has re
turned to the city after a visit of sev
eral weeks to relatives in Columbia.
Rev. C. C. Brown, spent; last week
week at the Isle of Palms, and from
there has gone to Jacksonville, Fia.
Mrs. J. L. Land, who has been on
a visit to her daughter, Mrs. F. F.
Mortimer, bas returned to her home.
Miss Marie McCullough, who has
been visiting relatives in the city has
returned to lier heme in Darlington.
Mrs. Rosa Ramlin and children of
Charleston are visiting their uncle,
Mr. W. J. Andrews of Oswego, S. C.
Rev. N. W. Edmunds and Miss
Mamie Edmunds leave for Waynes
vi le, N. C., today to spend several
weeks.
Mr. S. M. McCall, of Mayesville,
has returned from the meeting of the
State Farmers' Institute at Clemson
College.
Mrs. L. Atkinson, milliner for the
Sumter Dry Goods Co. has gone
North to tibe spend two week cn the
markets.
Mr. J.* M. Chandler, left for New
York and eastern markets Sf.tnrday
afternoon in the interest of Cuttino
& Chandler.
Messrs. Altamont Moses and J.
Biggs Wilder returned on Saturday
: from the A. O. U. W. convention in
1 Meridian, Miss.
Mr. J. T. Frierson, Jr., of Cbarles
! ton, was in the city yesterday en-route
i to Summerton tc attend the Anderson
I Tindal marriage.
t Mr. J. Hugh McCollum left Friday
afternoon for New York and Boston
where he will select tne stock for
Shaw & McCollum.
Mr. W. G. Stubbs, left for Boston
and New York Friday afternoon where
he will purchase the fall stock for the
Sumter Clothing Co.
Mrs. J. J. Fowler and daughter,
Miss Nellie, have returned to their
home in Wilmington after a visit to
Mrs. C. G. Bultman.
Miss Edna Hughson is visiting rela
tives at Ridge Spring and willgo from
there to Chick Spring's before she com
pletes her two weeks vacation.
' Mr. Perry M. Parrot^ is in Conway
for a short time filling the place o
Cashier of the Bank of Horry during
the sickness of the regular cashier.
Mr. W. H. Andrews, of Charleston
who has been visiting his brother,
Mr. W. J. Andrews, of Oswego, bas
gone to Augusta on a visit to his child
ren,
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Stubbs and
Miss Alice Stubbs left Friday morning
for Boston, Mass. Returning they
will visit other points of interest in
New England and New York.
Mr. W. A. Mcllwain left last Thurs
dayafternoon for Charleston to take the
steamer for New York, where he will
spend two weeks selecting the fall stock
for Messrs. O'Donnell & Co.
Mr. Willie Bultman of the firm of
Bultman Bros. is now in Boston and
will spend two weeks visiting the
large shoe manufacturing centers of
New England in the interest of his
firm.
Mr. J. L. Haynsworth has gone to
New York in the interest of the
Sumter Dry Goods Co. He is a mem
ber of the Sumter party of merchants
who took the steamer on Friday from
Charleston.
Rev. T. Tracey Walsh, of Orange
burg is in the city. Mr. Walsh was for
several years prior to entering the
ministry a resident of Sumter and he
has many friends here who are always
glad to seee him.
Mrs. L. L Parrott, Mrs. A. R. Flow
ers and Mrs. W. R. Phillips and their
children left last Fiiday morning for
their old home in Irvington, Ky., to
spend some time. They will also vis
it the St. JLouis Exposition before re
turning home.
Mr. D. A. Minor and Mr. E. B.
Wells of the M4nor Store went to
Charleston Thursday afternoon ;wbere
they took the steamer for New York.
They will spend sometime there select
ing the stock for the enlarged busi
ness of the new Minor Co.
Lieut, L. S. Carson and wife, who
have been visiting Capt. E. S. Car
son's family, left on Wednesday for
Fort McPherson, Ga., to visit Mrs.
Carson's parents aDd will go from
there to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where
Lieutenant Carson will' report for
duty.
Mr. R. -B. Vinson, who for the last
seventeen months has been manager of
the Virginia Life Insurance company
in this city, has become one of the
firm of the Minor Dry Goods com
pany, of Snmter, and will go. to that
city the latter part of this week.
Mr. Vinson has made many friends
in his short stay in onr city who re
gret very much to see him leave, bet
whose best wishes -for his future pros
perity go with him.-Orangebrg Pa
triot.
Dr. and Mrs. Z. F. Highsmith,
left this morning for points in North
Carolina and Virginia for a two weeks
trip.
Mrs. J. G. DeLorme has r turned
from visiting relatives in Spartan
burg.
Mrs. Henry M. Stuckey has gone
to Bishopville to visit Mrs. Henry
Stuckey.
Mr. John T. Green left this morn
ing for Glenn Springs.
Mr W. P. Newman, of Elliotts, who
spent yesterday in the city, reported
that on Monday the heaviest rain of
the season fell in his section. The rain
was accompanied by'a violent thunder
storm and a great deal of hail. While
the fall of hail was heavy the stones
were small and the damage to crops
was not great. It was reported, he
said, that the hail was heavier and
more destructive across Lynches river
in Darlington county than at Elliotts.
Frank Ruffin, colored, a well known
tailor, died sudd nly of heart disease
last night at Emmanuel church where
an entertainment was being held.
Shortly before his death he complain
ed of feeling ill and remarked to one
of his friends that he believed he'was
going to die before he could get home.
He left the church and went to his
buggy near by, where a few minutes
afterward? he was fonnd dead, He has
been suffering front heart trouble for
sometime, hence his sudden death was
not a surprise.
Coroner Flowers when be was in
formed of the death, made sufficient
investigation to satisfy him that no
inquest was necessary.
The weather telegrams and weather
flags are forecasts for thirty-six hours
ahead-or, from 8 a. m. until 8 p. m.
the following day.
Mr. J. L. McCallum has purchased,
through White & McCallum, the resi
dence on Broad street now occr.pied
by Dr. E. Mood Smith.
After an existence of more than a
hundred years the Statebure posto h'ce
was closed on he l$tb, as a rural
free delivery route from Sumter bas
been establishea.
We are indebted to Mr. G. W. Ma
hony for a delightful watermelon weigh
ing 42 pounds. It was enjoyed hy our
entire printing office force and they
ail desire to return thanks.
Mr. A. D. Berts, the President o
the Y. M. C. ^. of Watford College,
delivered two fine addi esses at the
Magnolia Street Obnrcb, Sunday.
In th* evening, his theme of "Young
Manhood" was delivered before a large
and atientive congregation.
To Wed In Charlotte.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Field, have
issued invitations to rbe marriage of
their daughter, Mabel L=e, and Mr. !
Richard Baker Belsar, which will be ;
celebrated at their residence, 407 j
North Graham Street, Charlotte, N. j
C., Wednesday evening, August 24th j
at 7 o'cloe i. ?
Death of Mr, McLean.
Mr.'William McLean, of Cheraw,
who was fatally injured in the wreck
of a mixedi freight and passenger, train
at Robbies Neck, near Eennettsville
on Thursday last, died at Dr. Bakers
Infirmary Saturday afternoon. His
injuries were believed from the first
to be necessarily fatal, but such was
his vitality he lingered until Satur
day afternoon. The body was taken
to Cheraw Saturday night on a special
train furnished by the Atlantic Coast
Line, there being no regular train on
the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad.
The deceased was in his twenty
second year and was one of the most
promising business men of Cheraw,
where he "was a general favorite. He
leaves a widowed mother and two
sisters who for the second time within
a few years are called upon to mourn
the untimely death of a member of
the family, a sister having been killed
by a street car in Columbia a few
years ago.
He was brought to Sumter about
eight o'clock on Friday evening and
taken to Dr. Baker's infirmary for
treatment
The Daily Item of Saturday said :
From one of his friends who accom
panied him to Sumter we learn that
his condition is most critical, and
that they have little, if any, hope cf
his recovery. One leg is fractured in
three places, some of the bones of the
hip seem to be crushed, there is an
ugly wound on the head, and there
are symptoms of injury to the bowels.
He has not rallied from the shock of
the accident sufficiently for his physi
cians to determine the extent of the
internal injuries or to permit them to
make any attempt to repair the dam
age. He has only been conscious at
intervals since the accident. *
He was accompanied to Sumter by
bis mother, Mrs. McLean, and his sis
ters, Misses Bessie and Agness, uncle
and aunts, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. God
frev of Cheraw, uncles, W. C. Wilson
of Darlington, T. W. Evans of Marl
boro County, and Messrs, S. W. Evans
of Marlboro County, Harrington God
frey and D. G. .McIntosh cf Cheraw.
Death of Mrs. H. D. Plowden.
Manning, Aug. 10.-Mrs.. Haynes
worth D. Plowden died of typhoid
fever and was buried today. She was
a daughter of Dr. James of Cheraw, a
sister o Dr. Owmgs of Columbia and
a most estimable lady.
Death of Mrs. J. C. Carmichael.
Dillon,' Aug. 10.-Mrs. Bessie
Carnes, daughter* of the late John
Carnes., of Bishopville and wife of Dr.
Jno. C. Carmichael, died here on the
evening of the 6th inst., after an ill
ness of several days, aged about 28
years. She was a niece of Mrs. Bob
Lucien Bethea, formerly of Bishop
ville, now of Dillon, and sister of Mrs,
Howard Alford of this place. On the
13th o* last January she was married
to Mr. Jno. C. Carmichael and but a
few weeks before her death this young
couple had established a home of their
own with every earthly assurance of
their share of the usual allotment of
the joy and happiness that is always
the dream of the young on life's thres
hold.
Recorders Court.
Recorder Hurst had any all-day ses
sion Tuesday of last week and a
crowd ed house. The case on trial
was that of the City vs. George Shaw,
for creating a disturbance and fighti
ng on the streets.
Shaw was tried and convicted on
Monday and sentenced to pay a fine of
85 or serve thirty days on the chain
gang. His attorney, L. D. Jennings,
Esq., asked for a new trial, which was
granted by the Recorder after hearing
argument. Mr. Jennings exercised
his right to demand a jury trial. The
case went to trial the second time yes
treday morning and was not conced
ed until late in the afternoon. The
jury returned a verdict.of guilty and
Recorder Hurst imposed a sentence of
thirty days on the chain gang or a fine
of $15. The trial yesterday developed
evidence not brought out in the first
trial and it was on account of this evi
dence that the sentence was made
heavier. Mr. Jennings gave* notice of
appeal to the Circuit Court on the
ground that the sentence was excess
ive.
The trial of Jethro Conyers, who
was the other party to the row in
which Shaw was hurt, was post
poned until Friday.
Call for Mail.
Persons who advertise and direct
that replies be addressed to this office
should not forget to call for mail.
Two letters for "Boarder" care of
Daily Item, and one for "P" care
Watchman and Southrcn have be on
our desk uncalled for from one to
three weeks.
A strong endorsement of Osteopathy
was made by Dr. John Madison Tay
lor in a paper read before the Ameri
can Medical Association at New Or
leans, it appears in another column
and will bear careful reading.
The ladies of Bradford Springs
Episcopal Church will give an ice
cream festival at the pavilion at Prov
idence Springs on Aug. 25th for tile
purpose of buying an organ for the
church. The public are cordially in
vited to attend from G to 10 p. m.
Dr. J. C. Spann has been reelected
President of the City Board of Healh.
Tins is the third time Dr. Spann has
been honored by being elected to this
position. His term having expired,
Dr. Spann started to vacate the pre
siding officer's chair and decline re
election, but the attempt was cut shon
by the members unanimously reelect
ing the doctor by acclamation before
Dr. Spann could .draw his breath,
fie has. made a very efficient President
and takes a great interest in the de
partment of health.
1W III Wi . -
Dr. K-nnedy, Osteopath, office over
Bu I tm an Bros. Consultation free.
Aug. (j-tf 1
AN ALARM BY NIGHT.
A Crazy Negro Frightens Resident on
Salem Avenue
A negro man who is mildly insane
or idiotic alarmed a number of the
residents of Salem Ave. Monday night
by attempting to enter their houses.
He made a good deal of noise and
frightened several ladies, but did not
succeed in entering any of the houses.
The screams of the terrified ladies
brought Deputy Sheriff Gaillard and
several other gentlemen to the scene
and the negro was taken into custody
and locked up in the guard house.
He is too idiotic to gave any satisfac
tory account of himself and no one
has appeared to identify him. As
near as can be made ont from his in
coherent talk his name is Evans.
THE BASE BALL MATINE.
Daily Report of the South Atlantic League
Hot From the Wires.
Every afternoon, over the Sumter
Savings Bank, the base ball enthusi
asts of the city listen witli unbounded
pleasure to the returns of the games,
as they are told in the story over the
wire, and in which Columbia has
been so phenominally successful.
The capital city team bas a number
of ardent admirers here ; and yester
day, as Dexter, Daly, and Shea
pounded the leather for long, clean
hits, the walls of the room fairly
shook from the cheering that follow
ed. The operator in Columbia is at
the ball park, and he gives the fans
here every detail of the game. The
matinee is the next best thing to ac
tually attending the games, and the
people of Sumter should avail them
selves of this very interesting and ex
citing form of amusement.
WOODMEN MONUMENT UNVEILED.
Hollywood Camp Marks the Resting Place
, of Sovereign A. T. Buddin.
A delegation bf about thirty mem
bers of Holy wood Camp Woodmen of
the World went to Shiloh Church last
Sunday to unveil the monument re
cently erected to the memory of the
late A. T. Buddin, of Sardinia, who
was a faithful and consistent Wood
man.
The monument which is of the con
ventional Woodman design, was un
veiled at 12 o'clock with the custo
mary* ceremonies prescribed by the
ritual of the order. Mr. L. L Par
rott acted as the presiding officer and
Consul Commander C. M. Hurst, of
Hollywood Camp, delivered the ora
tion. Appropriate music was furnish
ed by a quartette from the Second
Regiment Band. There were present
at the unveiling between six and eight
hundred persons from the Shiloh and
Sardinia sections where Mr. Buddin
was best known and most highly re
spected. His friends gathered from
far and near to unite with the Wood
men in paying a tribute of respect to
his memory.
The Woodmen from this city and
others from a distance were most hos
pitably entertained by the good people
of Shiloh, who had provided a boun
tiful dinner which was served iu the
grove beside the church, after the un
veiling ceremonies had b en conclud
ed.
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The believers in the saying that it
will rain every day of dog days if it
rains the first day, have the evidence
on their sids this year sure.
The secretary of state Thursday
chartered the Minor store of Sumter
E. Wells is president, Elisha Carson
secretarv and treasurer. Th^ captai
is S3 0,000.
The passenger travel from and
through this city is quite large now,
and the ticket agent is kept busy sell
ing tickets. One day last week, it is
reported, he took in 8800 before break
fast
The Secretary of State has issued a
commission to the Elliott Lumber
Company, of Elliott, Lee county ; cap
ital stock, S3,000; corporators, E. D.
Law and J. G. McIntosh.
The Recorder's Court is in session
every day, but the cases are usually
of little importance, those most fre
quently on the docket being the re
sult of family rows between negroes.
The appearance of Col. Wilson of
the Northwestern. Railroad and Capt.
Lynch of the A. C. L. a few days in
the city leads us to believed probably
that there is something doing in rail
road circles here.
Mr. P. R. Felder has purchased,
through White & McCallurn, the resi
dence on Church Street now occupied
by Mr. I. A. Ryttenberg, but has
since Fold it to Dr. E. Mood Smith,
who will occupy it after Sept. 1st.
A commission has been issued to the
Citizens Building and Loan Associa
tion of Bishopville, capitalized at
835,000. The cnrporatois are : J. W.
Weatherly, F. F. Herndon, J. P. Kil
gore, G. O. Rogers, W. R. Scarbor
ough and Thos. G. McLeod.
An excurison train from Wilmington
to Columbia passed through the city
yesterday and a number of Sumter peo
ple took advantage of the opportunity
and the exceptionally low rates to go
over to Columbia to attend the Char
leston-Columbia ball game this after
noon.
It has been suggested that it would
be a great improvement for City Coun
cil to open up several new streets, as ;
follows: extend Reardon Avenue from ;
E. Hampton Avenue and E. Calhoun j
Street: extend N. Magnolia Street
north from E. Calhoun and then ex- ,
tend Warren Street east to connect
with N. Magnolia extension. The ex
tension of these streets will open up
soma very valuable building lots in a
desirable residence section, lt is un
derstood that most of the land for ex- ;
tension of streets will be given.
Sumter's Health OfHcer was very
proudly riding, or trying to ride, his j
new chain less Tribune wheel Thursday
when a negro riding a horse at a full
gallop around the corner of Harvin
and Bartlette streets rode the Health j
Officer down and knocked him and j
his wheel a good distance. He was !
terribly *4jarred," as he expressed it, i
but further than a few bruises was not j
hurt much. The ehainless was unin
jured, except breaking the bell, which-j
shows that the Health Officer and his
bicycle are made of good material, to
withstand such a severe collision.
Sam Pierson is authority for what the
Health Officer said to the colored
rider.
Stateburg Sayings.
Statesburg, Aug. IG.-We are glad
to say that the rainy spell is broken afc
last. Within the pa3t week, we have
had four days without rain, and the
farmers are trying to get in their fod
der.
Some of our enterprising young far
mers' have had several open bolls of
cotton at least ten days ago !
Mr. John Barnwell, who is now
employed in business in Yorkville, is
spending a few days at home.
Mr. Frank P. Burgess, left last eve
ning for Summerton, where on Wed
nesday ev ninghe will officiate as*'best
man" afc. the Tindal-Anderson wed
ding.
Mr. J. Temple Frierson, Jr., is at
home for a few days. Mr. W. ii.
Frierson and himself will also attend
the wedding of their cousin, Mr. W.
H. Anderson.
Miss Carrie Nelson, is at home from
Florence. She will be in Stateb'urg
until Sept. lst^much to the delight of
her many friends.
Mr. Robert Wells of Piinewood spent
last week with his cousin Mr. W. J.
Norris.
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Cain and son of
Pmopolis are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
S. H. Ramsey.
Miss Kate Bull cf Charleston, is
spending seme time at "Cherry Vale"
the guest of Misses Bettie and Julianne
Frierson.
Misses Lizzie and Minna Richard
son and Mr. Richard Richardson, of
Clarendon, spent Saturday with Mrs.
Scriven Moore.
Miss Leila D. Tew, cf Columbia, is
at "Farmhill" visiting Miss Lee.
To Dundee and Back.
To Dundee, S. C., not Scotland.
Why it was so named I am unable to
say, but surely m net because of an
abundant Scotch population, there be
ing kbut two families of them about.
Possibly it was so named with a view
to colonizing. However that may be,
few people in the country, even in
South Carolina, know where Dundee,
S. C., is. Well,it is in West Kershaw,
down on the wire road twelve miles
from Camden. "What is in a name?"
"Better kill a dog than give him a
bad name." Lafayette passing up
or down this road, I know not which,
said some things thai; were not in
compliment of the contiguous country
and though they never appeared in
print, I believe yet to this day as tra
dition, they continue to be handed
down wielding an influence most
truthful, for there are scores and
scores of people who can not conceive
of any good being found there while
in reality some of the best lands and
finest crop in Kershaw county are
i here,cotton that will make all the way
I from half to one bale per acre and that
i with only two hundred pounds ferti
I lizer and corn, some without fertilizer,
that will make from ten to fifty bush
els per acre. This goodly land, con
venient to railroad, the S. A. L., pro
ducing abundant crops of apples and
peaches is free from malaria and mos
quitos. To my sceptical reader I say,
"Don't judge by appearances; a little
investigation will prove the great bug
aboo of the famous Marquis to be a
thing of naught.
The crops on either side of the river
are promising, and show little signs
of the severe drought. We were away
just two weeks and returning joined
company with Chas, and Julian San
ders on their way home from the.ex
position, about which they had noth
ing but words of praise. Just as we
stepped off the train at Hagood whom
should we meet on their way to the ex
position bat E. E. Rembert and wife.
On every hand, I hear reports of
good crops. The rains of late may
have been harmful, but the writer
has repeatedly noticed that where
well fertilized cotton did not cast its
fruit.
Would you believe it that there are
sections in South Carolina yet where
red liquor continues to flow at the
campaign meetings, that under its in
fluence men wallow in the dirt, quar
rel and fight.
Let me tell some of the campaign
managers how to make a little pocket
change. Write all the candidates you
are going to have a big dinner and
assess each one so much. Pocket
what you want, pay the balance to
some other fellow to get the dinner
up. When the candidates send their
friends around let him charge each
one a quarter or more for his dinner.
I hear it has been done in South Car
olina, and what has been may bo
again, but I hope we are improving. ,
Hagood.
Gen. M. L. Bonham, in his letter
in yesterday's Daily Mail, ga\*6 ut
terance to a great and proven truth
when he said, in effect: People who
try to deceive the people in political
matters will be found out. And then
when the people find them out they
will resent it. They will say, if these
men deceived us unintentionally they
are unworthy of our confidence, and if
they deceived us intentionally they are
not capable of representing us in any
capacity. The people cannot be fool
ed for long, and a campaign of mis
representation and deception will act
as a boomerang on those who started
it.-Anderson Mail.
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A STRONG ARGUMENT
FAVORING OSTEOPATHY.
Manual Treatment Far in Advance of Oth
er Methods. Says Eminent Philadel
phia Physician.
At the meeting of the American
Medical Association of New Orleans,
Dr. John Madison Taylor read a paper
from which the following extracts are
taken :
"One of the most ancient, reliable,
practical and realy demonstrative of
all therapeutic measures is manual
treatment."
"The half forgotten, and often un
recorded lore of many lands, furn
ishes enough and more than enough,
to show that by skill in applying, to
even simple laws of anatomy, and phy
siology, traditional measures of read
justments, etc., there can be accom
plished great relief and often cures
where medical skill has as yet signally
failed."
' ' Osteopathy has so far come large
ly as a surprise and bewilderment
to the medical mind and it is the pur
pose of this article to say a few
words on the subject. The writer
has been especially interested in
mechanical or manual therapeutics for
a quarter of a century ; he lias taught
the principles of remedial movements
and massage in the first and most im
portant school of the subject in Phila
delphia for sixteen years, and has
done his best to learn what there>is to
know of the subject. When the Osteo*
patbic doctors appeared he was nat
urally eager to ascertain what myster
ies, with what control over Nature's
processes, they were especially endow
ed. Their literature was eagerly search
ed, the professors were sought out and
the subject approached with an open
mind. The Osteopathic doctor lays
down, as a broad principle, that all,
or practically all, bodily derangements
are results of disturbances in the ad
justments of bones, whereby nerve
and blood vessels are pressed upon or
altered in their relationship, and that
thereby innervation and circulation,
and consequently sensory and nutri
tive conditions a re altered. He claims
a thorough knowledge of an ato ny and
physiology and a sufficient familiarity
with symptomatology and dignosis.'
e avers that he can discover the
cause of disease by locating the fault
j in disturbed bony relationship and
i that upon correcting these the disorder
wilTcease. His methods involve mani
pulations directed primarily to that
end, and secondarily to the fountains
I of innervations, chiefly in the spinal
j areas and other centres, especially of
the sympathetic system.. He is fully
aware of * * * the significance
of mechanical stimulation cf vasomotor
centres and consequent alteration in
the vasotonus, not only in the larger
circulation, but in the lymphatics."
"The field of manual tberaphy is
practically boundless, and is the pre
rogative and duty of the educated phy
sician. Most certainly not in the re
stricted sense that medical men now
nndersand this, but through a knowl
edge of the sympathetic nervous sys
tem and the possibilities of influenc
ing this, especially the vasomotor
machanisms, as is dene , * * .*
by the ' Ostoepath. Effects can be
wrought.by these means, and cures
accomplished beyond the scope or com
prehension of most men. * * * If
the medical profession would take the
trouble to read carefully half a score
of small books (after revising their
knowledge of the nervous mechanisms)
and themselves make practical use of
the light thus gained, they would feel
little hesitation in going forward
thoroughly to acquire skill in so prac
tical and valuable a branch of thera
peutics. * * * It is a most promis
ing field for research for the experi
i cental physiologist,, and especially
for the neurologist. The writer has
been able, by these means, to accom
plish cures * * * which if he were
to publish them in the present attitude
of the medical profession wouid pro
bably cause him to be branded as a
liar."
"In so brief an article it is possible
only to refer to certain generaliza
tions, calling attention to the fact
that literature of mechanical thera
peutics is of most respectable size and
by authors, in tho main, of large
scientific attainments and always of
wide practical experience, and even if
based on pure empiracism, is worthy
of special attention ; but there is a
broad basis of physiological fact, of
which only the most elementary parts
are now formulated. So soon as medi
cal colleges (as assuredly will occur
soon), is directed to this subject, the
profession will gain a wide realm of
added usefulness to the means of con
trolling disease. Again, it must not
be assumed that mechanical or man
ual therapy is mere massage and exer
cise as conceived by the average phy
sician : the scope is by no means con
fined ' to passive movements "and
muscle kneadings * * * or loosen
ing ot' the joints contracted by disuse,
etc."
"The sphere of manual therapy lies
in the ability of medical practitioners
to influence centers of organic activity
by mechanical stimulation through
the vasomotor nerves, whereby less or
more blood can be sent to parts, ac
cording' to their need. Not only can
this be accomplished, in varying
utility with the physiological and
other knowledge ct the practitioner,
but sensory, as well as nutritive
effects, are thus wrought, and in so
much more accurate, safe and
tuorough a fashion, that no one who
bas had hrs attention thus aroused can
remain content to omit using these
excellent procedures. To be sure, it
need not be that well tried and proved
remedies and measures shall be
abandoned, but in manual, therapy *
* * there is a nice, exact and
prompt agency, far in advance of ali
other measures for the relief and cure
of a wide variety of derangements, not
only of the coarser mechanisms, but
of the vital organs.''
"It remains, then, for medical men
to investigate these statements, not to
deny them. Drugs are admitted to fail
frequently; the recognized forms of
blaneotherapy and climatotherapy fail;
hygeine in its broadest sense on which
so many rely, can often accomplish
little: of special rays, etc., much is
hoped ; but the reasonableness of man
ual theraphy must commend itself in
creasingly to those physicians who will
look carefully into the matter for
themselves."-New York and Phila
delphia Medical Journal.
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