The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 12, 1905, Image 5
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1905.
|f Entered at the Tost O?ce at Sumter yS
G., as Second Glatt Mitter.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
The D. J. Clothing Co.-Sunday
Week is Easter.
O'Donnell & Co.-White Goods.
The Sumter Dry Goods Co.-Corsets
w and Skirts.
The DuRant Hardware Co.-Awn?
ings, Awnings.
Dr. John K. Morse-Veterinarian.
The Boer War-April 17.
Woolson Spice Co.-lion Coffee.
The Minor Store-Millinery Open
l ing.
C. J. Jackson-Wanted.
" Bewley Hardware Co.-Announce?
ment.
PERSONAL. .
Mrs. W. C. Stradley, of Hender
sonvilie, visited Mrs. D. P. Kelly
^last week.
Mrs. Ferd Levi has returned from a
trip to Washington, where she spent
two months with her parents.
Miss Roberta Williamson, of Provi?
dence, is visiting friends in the city.
Mr. Dennis O'Donnell, is visiting
Mr Frank 0?Donnell at the Hotel
Sumter.
Misses Mamie Scarborough and
Lucy Mood, of Summerton, spent
Thursday in the city.
Mrs. W. S. Mowry and Miss Mar?
guerite Breeden, of Bennettsville,
spent Thursday in town with friends.
Mr. W. B. Penn, ofEdgefield, was
in town Wednesday.
Mr. fi.'"L. B. Wells left Thursday
for Gold Field, ?eveda.
Dr. N. W. Edmunds has improved
in health very decidedly during the
past two weeks and is able to leave
his room.
? Mr. Ernest M. Carson was graduat?
ed from the Charleston Medical Col?
lege last week and is now a full
. pledged M. B.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan A. Gilbert, of
.Chicago, UL, are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. A. R. Flowers.
Mr. D. Jas. Winn attended Har?
mony Presbytery which was in session
at Hepzibah Church, Mannville, last
week.
Mr. W. S. Chandler, of Mayesville,
was in the city Friday.
Mr. P. G. Gourdine, of Kingstree,
spent Friday in the city.
Messrs. S. I*. Shaw and E. Lu
Carnes, of Bishopville, were in town
Friday.
Mr. J. P. Wade, of New Sumter,
was in town Friday on baan i ness.
Miss E. Chambers, of Union, is
visiting friends in town.
Miss Moneta Os teen bas returned
from a visit to friends in Dovesville.
Mrs. Douglas China and children
who have been visiting in North Car?
onia returned home last night.
Mrs. E. E. Rembert, of Rem berts
was in the city Saturday.
Mr. J. M. Woodleyxrf DaJzel was in
the city Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Irby, of Boy
kins, spent Saturday in the city.
MissJLottie Wexnges, of R?mberts,
xs visiting in the city.
Mr. J. H. Rice, Jr., of George?
town, wai in the city Saturday on
business.
Mrs. David R. Coker, of Harts
ville, spent Saturday here.
Mr. A C. lagon, of Orangeburg, was
in town last week.
Mr. J. W. Spencer, of MayevsiHe,
was in the city Friday.
Mr. Herman Schenk, of George?
town, is in town on a-business trip.
Mrs. W. B. Jeffords, of Orangeburg
is visiting Mrs. C. B. Yeadon.
Drs. J. A. Mood and S. C. Baker;
went to Manning yesterday to attend a
meeting of the lunacy commission i
appointed by the governor to inquire !
into the sanity of Ned Mack who isl
under sentence to be hanged.
Mrs. Joseph Walsh, of Boston,
Mass, is visiting relatives in the city,
Mr. J. M. Lawrence is in the city
Dr. R. M. Muldrow, of Mayesville,
spent Tuesday in town.
Mr. John T. Brogdon was in the
city yesterday to attend a meeting of
county board of commissioners, but.
owing to a misunderstand i cg, Mr. F.
E. Thomas was not present and the
meeting had to be postponed.
:Mr. B. C Wallace left Monday
morning and Mr. N. G. Osteen that
sight for Anderson to attend the
State Convention of Red Men.
Mr. J. H. Levy went to Summerton
yesterday to install the newly
elected officers of the Knights of Py?
thias Lodge at that place.
Miss Lessie Witherspoon, of York
viile, is visiting friends in the city.
Messrs. W. D. Carson and A. S.
Und,, of S tate burg, were in che city
yesterday. '
Mr. M. Manheim, of Marion, was
called to the city by the death of his
brother.
, Mr. Sam W. Gillespie went to
. Charleston on Monday to play ball
with Welsh Neck High school against
Charleston College.
Kr. and Mrs. A. B. Holland spent
Sunday in Columbia with relatives.
Misses Daisy Bowman and Ellen
Karrali have returned from Columbia
where they have been teaching this
winter.
Mrs. Robert H. Jennings of Orange
Surg, is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Perry Moses.
Mr. Frank A. -Little, who has been
hi the city for some time, left Monday
-norning for Knoxville, Tenn., where
he has accepted the clerkship in a
large, new hotel. During his stay in
th? city Mr. Little's health has great?
ly improved.
.Senator T. G. McLeod, of Bishop
viiiei passed through the city Satur
day afternoon enroute to Savannah to
attend a meeting of the State Shell
Fish Commission which convenes
there today. The commission will
visit Beaufort and other places on the
sea coast to xoake investigation re?
specting the shell fish industry in the
state.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B* Baskin, of Bish
opville, are in town today.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hutchinson, of
Ferguson, are visiting friends here.
Mr. Tod Folsom is in the city for
a few days' stay.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Crosswells of
Columbia, spent yesterday in the city.
A telegram was received Saturday
from Mr. Sol J. Ryttenberg announc?
ing his safe arrival at Colorado,
Springs, Col.
A Coming Marriage.
Mr. Claude Rhame, formerly of this
city, will be married at Cape Charles,
Va., on the 12th instant. The follow?
ing invitations have been sisueu:
"Rev. and Mrs. John W. Hundley
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Virginia Crozer, to Mr.
Claude Rhame, on Wednesday, April
12, 1905."
Mr. David Lyda, a recent graduate
of the Charleston College Pharmacy,
has accepted ' a position at DoRant's
Pharmacy.
The increase in the retail price of
ice annonnced for this season does
not give general satisfaction. This
additional tax levied upon the public
by increasing the price of a necessity
makes the cost of living just that
much greater. There is said to bea
big margin of profit in ice at 50 cents
per hundred pounds and the people
do not understand the reason for the
advance in price.
DEATH.
Mrs. Mattie Law, wife of Mr. W. R.
Law, of Bishopvilie, died Saturday
morning- after several months' illness.
The funeral was held at the Presby?
terian church, Rev. W. A. Gregg con?
ducting the services.
Mr. Johc Renno died last Saturday
at ll o'clock after a illness of several
weeks aged about 72 years.
Mr. Renno has been a resident of
Sumter for fifteen or twenty years.
He was a native of Pennsylvania, but
came South prior* to the war and
served throughout the war in the Con?
federate army. He was unmarried
and had no relatives in this State.
Mr. Joseph Manheim died Monday
night at the home of his father, Mr.
H. Manheim, on South Main street,
after a long and . painful illness, of
cancer of the stomach. The funeral
was held at 3 30 o'clock yesterday from
the residence on South Main street.
Mr. Horace Harby died this morn?
ing shortly after 8 o'clock at his home
on Church street, after an illness of
three mouths.
Mr. Harby was born in this city
January 6, 1846, and was a son of the
late A. J. and Octavia Moses. He
attended the local schools until six?
teen years old and then went to Hills?
boro Military Academy for a few
months, leaving it to enter the Con?
federate army, in which he servved
until the close of the war. He was
married to Miss Emma H. Solomons,
April 1, 1870, who. with seven childrn,
survives him.
Mr. Harby was one of the most sue*
ess ful business men Sumter has known
since the war. He acquired by his
own exertions a large property and
was probably the wealthiest citizen of
Sumter. He was president of the
Sumter Savings Bank, which he was
instrumental in organizing. He had
at different times served as warden,
intendent, and alderman of this city.
The funeral will be h=ld at Mr.
Harby's late resident on Church
street at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn?
ing. The pall bearers will be:
Honorary-Dr. H. J. McLauriu,
Dr. A. J. China, Altamont Mob^.s,
W. M. Graham, Marion Moise and
M. F. Hiller.
Active-C. W. Stansi.il, Louis
Lyons, R. L. Wright, J. H. Chand?
ler, Geo. L. Kicker, W. E. Hawkins.
THE COMPANY INSPECTION.
The Sumter Light Infantry Makes a
Fine Showing.
The annnal inspection of the Sum?
ter Light Infantry was held in the
company armory at 8' o'clock Monday
night by Col. John M. Patrick, As?
sistant Adjutant and Inspector Gen?
eral and Col. Ezra B. Friller, ?. S.
A.,
The company mustered for inspec?
tion 47 men, rank.and file, Avery
creditable and satisfactory showing
was made and the company was com?
plimented by the inspecting officers.
A team belonging to the Electric
Light and Ice Company ran away on
South Main street yesterday, ran into
a buggy in which Ed Hicks and J.
H. Abraham, two country" negroes
were stting in front of th? Episcopal
church. The buggy was smased and
the negroes thrown out. Hicks was bit
on the head and quite seriously hurt.
Abraham had one" leg painfully bruis?
ed. Abraham says that he "dont
rightly know what hit him or the
buggy." He did not see the runaway
team until it was almost upon them
and they had no time to get ont of the
way.
T5he Minor Store's
Spring Opening of
MILLINERY
WILL OCCUR
TUESDAY
i
APRIL EIGHTEENTH
SCHUMACHER'S ORCHES?
TRA WILL DISCOURSE
SWEET MUSIC.
EACH LADY WILL RE?
CEIVE A BEAUTIFUL
SOUVENIR.
?PROOF of our splendid gathering of this important
line it is not necessary to add anything to our plain
assurance that agreeable to this store's policy of deter?
mined and rapid advancement this WILL EXCEL all
that have preceded it in its magnitude and in its wealth
of variety in styles which
May be?p?sly : Authoritative.
Monday,iApril 17-One Performance, 2.30.
THE STUPENDOUS SPECTACLE OF THE AGE.
600
BOER AND
BRITISH
VETERANS
OF THE
GREAT
ANGLO
BOER
GEN; Pl ET A CRONJE,
The Lion of the Transvaal ! |
The Hero of Paardeburg"!
IN THE
WAR
ORIGINAL ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION PRODUCTION.
50c. GENERAL ADMISSION.
HALF PRICE FOR CHILDREN,
Capt. A. W. LEWIS, Gen. Mgr.
Mr. PRANK E. FILLIS. Director.
HORSES
AND ALL THE
EQUIPMENT
OF AN
ARMY IN
3
BATTLES OF
THRILLING
INTEREST !
"IT WOULD MAKE A WOODEN HEART 00 PIT-A-PAT!
n
Attenta Constitution.
See the Grand Street Parade Monday Morning.
SUNDAY WEEK IS
EASTER SUNDAY.
Easter is the time for sunshine and for Sowers, It's the tin
when Dature smiles and we all take a fresh grip on life. It s
the natural desire of every Man and Boy to appear in ne^
garments on Easter Sunday. We're in full bloom of SpriEg
display of Suits, Fancy Yest, Hats, Neckwear, and all sorts cl
1 Springy" things for baster. If you are not ready for Easter
Sunday we can put you in order in about thirty minutes, and
you'll be as well dressed as any man in the Easter parade.
D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.,
Phone 166 - - Sumter, S. C.
A Noteworthy Display of
Spring' Suits
For Men, Youths and Boys
jgzm* Noteworthy, because of the magnificence of
?s^A the display, which consists of a great collection
%?J& of the most superbly tailored Spring Suits we
^f^P^>\ have ever shown. Every garment is the ar
M\V}}L)? tistic production of some noted maker and re
iMr+fflw niarkable for the smartness of the style, the
Sff?MJ?* beauty ?f tne fabrics and the elegance of finish.
?ji^^^l Consider this a personal invitation to you to
J&f^SX come and see the new styles for this season-it
m??B\ 'will be a pleasure for us to show them to you,.
\2^M and you will certainly enjoy your visit.
fy ll Spring Suits for Men and Young Men
O ? Are here in so many styles, fabrics and pat
?J Q terns that you will be able to make a selection
" that will please you in every detail, and at the
"BWutmAoL j price you wish to pay.
ci???uf Besides the ever-dressy black and blue fab
tiUKtN-T?lAL BJOTMEBSLOX . , ll .1 . 1? 1 ?
-T - "-"-J ncs, we show all the new patterns m light, me?
dium and dark color effects-many exclusive
designs that you will not find elsewhere, npr be able to dupli?
cate at our reasonable prices. But come and see for yourself
the big values we offer at $10 to $20.
Dur Boys' and Juveniles'
Clothing for Spring
[s attracting wide attention
imong thrifty parents. If
pou have a boy whom you
wish, to dress tastefully at
jmall cost, it will pay you
landsomely to come here
ind examine our showing
>f spring apparel for little
nen-come at your earliest
?onvenience.
Yours respectfully,
Sumter Clothing' Co.,
Phone
170.