The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 22, 1905, Image 6
M MYSTERY EXPL&IKED.
e of the Minor Store Fires
Discovered by Loss Adjuster.
* defective Flue in tbe North Wall Ignit?
ed the W&aden Partition and the Roof
Causing all th8 Fires.
3E?ha mystery of the recent fire in
Minor Store and of the tire thar
recurred about a year ago bas been
-explained, and any fair minded man
who will make an i cs pe ci ou for him
*eif will be conviced that the cause
-rf one fire was the causa of? the
Both fires originated in the same
past of the store and both burned
3Kaciicaiiy i he same part. Both when
-discovered were burning in the ceil?
ing? of the second floor in the vicinity
of the big: skylight.
The explanation is simple and satis?
factory when. made. .
The flue in the vail .of the
store, into which the pipe from the
fitere stove -discharges, islocated in the
?Orth wall directly at the side of .and
Jjeneath tbe skylight.
When Mr. O. E? Johnson, the in
snrance adjuster who represents
twelve of -the thirteen insurance com?
panies having policies on che Minor
asiore stock made a practical investiga
^Ison to discovere, if* possible, if
there was any. connection between
"?i?s ?ue and the fires. A fire was
?tarted in the stove and immediately
smoke began to issue from scores of
?tacks in the wall iu the vicinity of
^tfee flue, and directly over the fine
?moke poured out in volumes from
Ofissure-s into which the hand cold be
When the wall was built careless
workmen left the Joints between the :
tocks open and unfilled w i th mor tor, . j
-so that the smoke and flames and
sparks from tho stove found a ready
agrees from the flue into the space be
tmeexi the brick wall and the board
ceiling t?at lined the inner wall of
"the Minor Store and above the board
-Offing. In this vicinity the fires
originated and there can be no farth?
er ^oubt, as Mr. Johnson, stated, that
tb? fires were caused by sparks from
ffcis defective flue. Mr. Johnson
farther stated.that lie was fully "satis-'
^HRKt.and convinced that the fire was
taased by this defective flue and
oreuld so'report to the compases that
-Jj? represents.
-Mir r um - 4
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. :
<3ommittee Appointed to Arr? t ?ge for
Construction ot New Church.
At a meeting of the congregation of
_ the Presbyterian church, it was de?
cided to "commence at once the work
-cf building a new house of worshp.
Dr. H. J. McLaurin was elected
ii -chairman of the build ing comm i ttee
?with the folio wog mernbers: ""U. G.
Rowland, R. F. Hayns worth,?? Dr. H.
M. Stuckey, E. L. Scarborough, H.
J. McLaurin, Jr, J. H. Chandler, H.
JP. Witeou, S. H. Edmunds and Dr. 1
Goo- W! Dick. ' - ?
The gecerai committee was; then
-dSyided ipto the following sub-corn
"jKitrtees *
Fiuance--C. G. Rowland, R. F.
.Haynwortb, and H. M. Stuckey.
[Material-H. L. Scarborough, H.
J. McLaurin, Jr., J. H. Chandler.
Plans and Specifications-H. F.
Wilson, S. H. Edmunds, Geo. W.
'Sick.
- Dr. McLaurin as president is. an
:fix-orficio of each sub-committee.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Secretary's Report of Called Meeting
Hei? on Tuesday Last.
A called meeting of the IJoard of
Directors of the Chamber of Com?
merce, was held at 8 o'clock February
I4tb, 1904. The following directors
?ere present: s ?
John M. Knight, President, J. L.
Jklnut, J.- W; McKeiver, G. A.
Xiemmon, W. M. Graham, E. L With?
erspoon, E. Reardon, Neil O'Don
3?ellT Marion Moise.;A. W. Cresswell,
ISdgar Skinner of the committee
tn Manufactures and Commerce, and
JX G. Zeigler, E. A* jenkins, of
Sumter, with Mr. W. E. Cochran re
presenting the Concrete Engineering
& Equipment Co., of BntlerT Pa.,
The president requested Secretary
JKeardon to state the object of the
meeting, who said the meeting was
called for the purpose of conferring
-with Mr. Cochran, in regards to the
-establishment of a Wood Fiber Plaster
sod Concrete Betiding Material Fae.
tory, and for the transaction of any
oner business i ntroduced. Mr. Coch?
ran was invited to address the Board
sf Directors which he did going into a
detailed description of the material
tc be manufactured, and other infor?
mation concerning the plant. The
matter was thoroughly discussed by
the directors and others present, and
. Jteesrs. Cochran and Zeigler were ad
?vised to take the necessary steps to
organize a company to acctpt a pro?
position made by Mr. Cochran as the
Chamber of Commerce, is desirous
ef seeing Manufacturing Enterpries
located here, and will lend its aid
?evety way possible in the accom?
plishment of soca undertakings.
Secretary and Treasurer's financial
report was received as information.
On motion of J. L. Alnut, Secretary !
wa? instructed to sulscribe for the
.Manufaturer's Record and Chatta?
nooga Tradesmen, and to purchase
necessary books for the purpose of
recording the minutes of ail meetings
and financial transactions of his effice. 1
Secretary reported the purchase of j
stationery, wlich action on motion of
J. L. Alnut was confirmed.
TEDDY SMILED.
He Was Pleased Beyond Measure
With His East Side Reception.
Washington, Feb. 15.-Pleased bc- j
yond measure over the reception ac- |
.corded him last night by the East
Siders of New York, President Roose?
velt returned to Washington this
morning to take up again the cares
ot his office. Tlie one thing that most
Impressed; the president was the ?
.strong spirit of Americanism that I
.seemed to prevail on the East Side
aotwithstanding tLs foreign birth of
those he jmet.
MISS ALICE POOLE'S WILL.
A Marge Part of Her Property Given for
Charitable Purposes.
JJ The will of Mis? Alice" C. ' Pr ol?
j was filed in the office of the Judge of
.Prcbate Wednesday,
i After directing chat all ber debts be
! paid the following bequests are,made.
Ber half brother Charles . S. Poole
is to receive the net income of the
Main street property known as the
"Hulbert property," the same to be at
ali times under the controrof her ex?
ecutor and trustee or his successor.
At the death of the said Chales S.
Pool?, the property is given to his
children, bat if he die without leav?
ing issue this poperty is to pass irooi
the estate under the residuary clause.
Chirles S. Poole is to have no right
to sell or encumber by mortgage or
Otharwise any part of the property and
jf any creditor of his seeks to sub?
ject the income to the payment of his
debts either at law or in equity the
gift is revoked and the income is to be
expended for his children, if he has
a Dy, anet if he has none the income.
is i;o be delivered annually to. the city
council of Sumter to be expended for
the poor of the city.
Fifteen hundred ? dollars are given
to her friend Mary E. Morrisey to be
expended by her for a home during
he].* life time and at hei death, to her
issue.
fifteen hundred dollars are given
to her friend.Mary J. Eberbart to be
expended for a home during her life
time and at her'death to be disposd of
under the residuary clause.
One thousand dollars are given to
her kinswoman Annie 6. Warthen,
of Richmond, Va.
To Rev. Father J. J. McNeill one
hundred dollars are given.
JFo the city council of Sumter one
hundred dollars are given to be
expended for the poor.
Allthe rest, residue and remainder
of the property of whatsoever descip
tion is given to her executor and
tristee and his successor in trust for
and towards the erection of a Roman
Cntholic Chorch in Sumter, if it be
determined by the officers and mem?
bers of that church to erect a house of
worship, and if na such honse of wor?
ship is being erectd or is to be erected
in the near fature, then all this divise j
ar?d bequest is to be expended in the
education of one or more persons for j
ibis Roman Catholic Diocese for the
P riest's office, the same to be paid
over by the trustee to the Bishop of
tb is diocese as needed' for such pur?
pose.
Judge Robert O. Purdy is appoint?
ent as executor and trustee and be is
authorized and empowered to sell or
convey any part of the property, real
or personal, for the purpose of carry?
ing put the trust; save that if the
?lid. Charles S. Poole has issue the
divise to them be given over in land
83 directed.
No appraisement of the estate has?
been.,made, bnt it is conservatively
estimated *to be worth in the "neigh?
borhood of $20,000 or more.
Lee County Jury.
t : r- .
Grand Jurors -L M Montgomery,
Bishopville, J H Ellen, Bishopville,
O E Hvatt, Lucknow, E E Tiller,
Tillers Ferry, E E Woodham, Bishop
ville. GeorgeMcCutchen, ? Wisacky,
V? E Mathis, Smithville, J F Davis,
??ishopnill?, O B Grantham, Ashla*-d,
T W Folsom, Stokes Bridge, A W
.Kelley, Bishopville, D L Shaw, St'
Charles.
Jurors from Old Pannel.- J E Mc
Cutchen, J M Bramlett, W T Bird.
J L Segars, E C McCoy, L W Watson.
Petit Jurors.-C L Kirkley. Smith?
ville, John W Grantham, Ashland,
J Boyt Stuckey, BisboDville, W K
McCoy, St Charles, J M Hill, Alcot,
B A Howell, Una. J E Brown, Bishop?
ville, J P Kitaore, Bishopville,
George E DuBose, Cypress, C E Mc
Lendon,' Cypress, J. M Baker, Mag?
nolia, L Schlesinger, Bishopville, J
W Player Elliott, T M Mulrdcw,"
Bishopville, H D 3\ogers, Bishop
viille, H E Atkinson, Ionia, Wash
Lee. Edwards. D J Boyce, Atkins, S
H Rollins, Bishopville, H K Pate,
Lucknow, David Ed DoRant, Bisbop
villeg, Robert Copeland, St Charis, S
J Strickland, Bishopville, J V Carter,
ISIliott, G G Cooper, Mayesville, K E
Wells,/St Charles, R Cousar, S
Charles, L E DuBose, Cypress, O W
1?almer, Bishopville, C D Galloway.
Cypress, T S Beasley, Cypres?, J J
Parnell, Eliot, J J Hall, Lucknow,
Elias Grantham, Stokes Bridge, W E
Davis, Bishopville, B F Wilson,
Mayesyille.
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Xew York, Feb. 16.-Four men
were seriously burned this morning
by explosion oftwo boiling sulphur
vats in the Brooklyn Sulphur "Works.
The building, whichv is two stories
high, was wrecked.
"In a Bad Way."
Many a Sumter Reader Wil]
Feely Grateful for This
Information.
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\Vh?<n urinary troublp? set in."]
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IOS S. Main Street, residing at '211 Hampton
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for quite a while. The pain across my loins
was sometimes so severe as to make me feel
like a man of eighty. My back seemed to give
way with mc and I had no strength in it.
Thc kidney secretions were unnatural in ap?
pearance and very scanty. I used reme?bs
and wore piasters but miglit just as well have
saved my money, for nothing did me any
Rood until I pot "Doan's Kidney J'iils. They
{?roduced a noticeable change tor the better
n a short time and since usint: them my back
has not ach*>d and is as stronjr as it eyer was.
while the kidney secretions have regained
their natural color and are regular. I can
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills as a most re?
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agents for the United States.
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TUS SUMTER DRUG- COMPAQ'S
Southeastern Lime & Cement
COMPANY.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Boilding Materia! of ali kinds. High Grade Ronfing "R?BER0ID.
!? Write for
Prices
.Ittantic Coast Line.
Effective Jan. 8, 1905.
Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter.
Train 86 Florence to ?uguota Arrives 5 15 am
" 64 Columbia to Wilmington M 8 10 am
w *67 Gibson to Sumter " 9 20 arr
w 62 Charleston to Columbia and Greenville Leaves 9 30 an?
w 46 OrangebuTgtoCharlestonCTuesd'y^hursd'yjSaturd'y) 11 9 25 am
" 63 Greenville and Colombia to Charleston " 6 30 pm
u 32 Augusta to Florence " 6 30 pm
u *56 Snmter to Gibson tt 6 50 pm
u 47 Charleston to CrangebnrgiTnesd^Thursd'yiSaturd'y) " 8 20 pm
u 66 Wilmington to Columbia u 9 30 pm
Freight Trains carrying Passengers.
Train *24 Sumter to Bartsville Leaves G 30 am
f* * 1 Bishopville to Sumter Arrives 9 00 am
" * 2 Slimier to Bishopville Leaves 9 45 am
** *19 Sumter to ^Robbins Leaves 10 00 am
** ?ll Florence toISumter Arrives 3 50 pm
** *12 Sumte? to Florence Leaves 2 ?0 PT?
" *20 Bobbins to Sumter Arrives 8 00 pm
" *25 Hartsville to Sumter Amves 7 40 pm
Northwestern Railway.
Train *70 Camden toSumter Arrives 9 00 ave
" *71 Sumter to'Camden ; Leaven 9 36 air
" *68 Camden to Sumter u 5 45 pm
" *72 Wilson Mill to Sumter Arrives 12 30 pm
" *73 Sumter to Wilson Mill Leaves 3 00 prr
" *69 Sumter to Camden " 6 25 pu
Trains marked * dailv ezoept Sunday ; all other trains daily.
For further'information, appl7 to
J. T. CHINA. Ticket. Aarent A. C. T..
' - ?_
The Dixie Stalk Cutter-Wagon Attachment.
. Parties desiring ? Good Stalk Cutter will find "The
DIXIE" to be made of the Best Pennsylvania Steel and
guaranteed not to clog and to give entire satisfaction.
Our machines can be found at S. M. Pierson's livery stable, 6 and 8 S. Harvin strct.
The Dixie Stalk Cutter Co., Sumter, S. C.
I CABBAGE PLANTS. ?
*r have for sale Succession, Wakefield and Early Spring^
? Cabbage Plants, grown in open air on sea J
? coast from seeds bought from the best ai d $
? most reliable ^eedmen in the United States J
? at the folio wini prices F. 0. B. - - - - J
$ * Lots 1,000 to 5,000 $1 50 Per M. ?
? Lots 5,000 to 10,000 $1.25 Per M. ?
1 Lots Over 10,000 Special Prices on APPLICATION, g
% SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO DEALERS. ?
9Any information as to the cultivation of Cabbage will"
2 be cheerfully given on application. g
? S. J. BUMPH, Adams Run, S. C. o
i
TAX NOTICE, j Southern Railway
' THE COUNTY TREASURER'S
office in Court House building will bo
open for the collection ol taxes, with
out penalty, from the 15fih day of
October to Tho 31st day ot December,
inclusive, 1904.
The levy is as foliows: For State 5
mills: for Count 3^ mills: Constitu?
tional School 3 nails; Polls SI.00
Also, School District No. 1, Special,
2 mills; No. 2, 2 mills; No. 3, 2
mills; No. 4, 2 mills; No. 5. (Mid?
dleton j 1 mill: No. 14, 3 mills; No.
16, 2 mills; No. 17, 1 mill; No. 18, 2
mills.
g A ponalty of 1 per cent, added for
month January, 1905. Additional
penalty of 1 per cent, for month Feb
roary, 19C5. Additional penalty of ?
per cent, for 15 days in March, 1905.
Oct. 26. T. W. LEE,
Co. Treasurer.
The South's Greatest System,
Unexcelled Dining Oar Service
'Through Pullman Sleeping Gars on
?li Through Trains.
j CONVENIENT SCHEDULES ON
ALL LOCAL TB ?INS.
Winter Tourist Rates aro now
effect to all Florida p:ints.
in
For full information as to rates,
routes, etc., consult nearest South?
ern Railway ticket agent, or
R. W. HUNT,
Division Passenger Agent,
Charleston. S. C.
W. L BOWMAN, Prest. C J. BOSH?MEH Sec. ?Treas
The Sumter Banking
& Mercantile Company,
>. o.
?*a#s??g?Capital Stock $50,000*???*^
Wholesale Grocers, Fertilize
ers and Farmers' S upplies.
Sole agents for the celebrated brand of Wil?
cox &*Gibbs Fertilizers.
We are prepared to quote the very closest
cash or time prices on au lines of
Groceries, Fertilizers and Farmers*
Supplies,
And invite your investigation before making
your arrangements for another year.
Come to see us. We will save you money*
and give you a hearty, courteous welcome.
Banking I
Mercantile Company,
Masonic Building, 2d door from the Postoffice.
Sumter, S. C.
GENUINE PERUVIAN
GUANO.
Sels itself. None better. 10,000 tons now offered for saie.
Nitrate of Soda,
Muriate of Potash,
German Kainit
Gei our prices, please.
Reduced Prices on Real Estate.
Cotton has fallen in pries and with its fall comes business depression in this sec?
tion. Have several tracts o? land on which the prices have been reduced in conse?
quence. New is the time for thc man with money to buy. The depressen is only
temporary and with the rally wi!! come a profit.
105 acres. ">0 acres cleared, four miles
from Sumter. New honso ^reduced from
$;55 to $25 per acre.
1014 acres, li miles from city, 500 clear?
ed, well tenanted ; reduced from $15 to
$12.50 per acre J
108 acres. 75 cleared, 6 miles from Sum?
ter, new 5-room house and rew barn, with
stables for 4 horses. Fren: $3,0C0 to $2,
500.
450 acres in Claree don, four miles from
Summerton, 200 acres cleared ; reduced
from $7.500 to $6,500.
Also several others tract reduced in
similar pioportions.
Cai! and see me. Can offer some good investments.
R. B. BELSER,
Attorney at Law
Court Square
Real Estate Broker
Phone 12