Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, IS05. Enter ea at ike tost Opee ai Sumter, ? Cy at tSeton?, Otass Mitter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I Bewley Hardware Co.-Paint. O'Donnell & Co.-Sale Continued. Estate of David E. Weils-Citation. Dr. Z. F. Highsmith-The Evolu? tion of the Optometrist. PERSONAL. Capt. Cristie Bennett, of Columbia spent Sunday in town. k Dr. L. H. Jennings, of Bishopville f was in the city Thursday. Mr. J. T. McNeill, cf Lynchburg spent Tuesday in the city. Mr. George P. McKagen, of Mayes ville, is in the city today. Sheriff W. H. Epperosn left Monday morning for Louisville, Ky. y Mr. S. H. Edmunds spent Th n ra? lf day in Columbia von business. - John H. Clifton, has returned from a business trip to Bishopville. Miss Rosie Price, of Marion is the guets of Miss Viiignia Harby. Mr. T? Muldrow Green, of Bishop vill8 was in the city Thursday Geo. D. Levy, Esq., has returned m a business trip to Manning. Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Kennedy returned to Providence Thursaay. Mc and Mrs. A, B. Holland have returned from a visit to Columbia. Mrs. Wililam McCants, of Augusta, Ga., is visiting Mrs. W. L. Lee. Mr. R. F. Epperson, of Pinewood grwas in the city Thursday on business. Robert H. Singletary, Esq., of Bishopville, spent Sunday in the'city. Mr. Douglas Richardson, of Colum? bia, was in town Sunday with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Sigfried Fantel, of Savannah are visiting Mrs. Ferd Levi. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Barrett, of ?-Camden are spending a few days in *the city. Mrs. A. D. Harby left today for Wilmington, N. C., where she goes to visit relatives. Mrs. A. C. Phelps and chilrdeD, of Columbia are visiting ber parents, Mr. ?*i\nd Mrs. Perry Moses. Mrs. Robt H. Jenning, of Oranee burig, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Moses. Miss Annie Burgess of Statebur?, who has been visiting friends in the city has returned ho?ne. Mrs. C. G. Rowland left this Thurs? day for Glenn Springs where she ? will spend several weks. Rev. McNeelev DuBose, Rector of St. Mary's College, Raligb, N. C., was in the city last Wednesday, Mr. A. G. Phelps, of Colnbmia, returned to his home this morning after a short stay in the city. Dr. Foster, of Povidence was in the oity Thursday attending the meeting of ?e County Medical Association. Mr. B. Walsh and his two sons, Harry and Clinton, left yesterday for Beaufort to spend two weess. John H. Clifton and L. D. Jennings, Esquires, have gone to Bishopville to attend court now being held there. 2 Mrs. Sol Emanuel, who has been ?fisiting relatives here, left Monday ^afternoon for her home in New York. Miss Marie Montgomery, after a tsn days visit to Miss Marian Satterwhite, left Monady for her home in Spartan burg. Misses Grace Randie, Arrie Stuckey, Hallie Jones and Inez McCullough, returned Wednesday afternoon from jp Wintbop Cc liege. Messrs. Edward McCutchen, Henry -Moses, Edward Jones, Guignard Jones and James Graham returned from Clemson College Wednesday. ~ Mr. Sam Sparks and family, accom panied by Miss Ruth White, left '.turday for Pawley Island, where tey will spend the summer. ' Miss Hattie Sanders, of Hagood, is visiting ber school mate. Miss Hal? lie Jones., both of whom have jost re? turned from Winthrop College. Mr. J. B. Jones, Night Clerk at the Hotel Sumter for tbe past few months hasgons to Statesville, N. C., to ac ^cept a similar position with the Ideal OoteL Mr. as? Mrs. L. R. Walker left Thursday for the Isle of Palms where they seud a month, before going to Asheville, N .C., for tbe summer. Mr. and Mrs. Walker bave made mnay friends daring their stay ic Sumter, who would be delighted to see them . return tbe coming winter. r Miss Edith Lory ea, accom an i ed by ber friend Miss Barnett of Sumter, ?pent yesterday in the city the guests of Mrs. 1. Rich. Miss Biarnett, who has been visiting Miss Lory sa in St. Matthews, could not resist the temp ation offered to stop in Orange burg, en route home.-Orangebnrg News. Miss Ella DeLorme has re? turned from Smithville, where she has been visiting friends. Miss Mary Hutchinson, of Summerville, is the guest of Mrs. J. M. Knight. 4? Mrs. W. D. Blanding and lit? tle daughter of Lexington, Ky., are in the city visiting relatives. The watermelon season' will soon open. A few carloads of infancy South Carolina melons have been sold at fancy prices already in the northern markets. It will be several weeks before any home-raised melons will be seen on the streets. 5 The painting of the street carts is completed and Super? intendent White is pleased. Ke likes the color-they are green. It is intimated that Health Of? ficer Reardon suggested the j^color. MARRIED. Mr. William H. Cutiino and Miss Eosa Lou, the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Folsom, were married at the home of Mr. Folsom on Broad street at 7:30 o'clock Thursday evening, Kev. P. F. Kilgo, pas? tor of the First Methodist church performing the cere? mony. The parlor a ad halls were decorated and made beau? tiful with flowers, vines and potted plants in honor of the happy occasion and formed a fit? ting setting for the youthful and beautiful bride. Miss Daisy Scarborough, the maid of honor and Mr. T. Con? nors Cuttino, 'the best man, were the only atendants, but quite a number of the relatives and intimate friends of the bride and groom were present, when they entered the parlor to the strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding March, which was played by Mrs. A. L. Lesesne. The bride wore a lovely gown of white habutai silk and car? ried a bride's boquet of white carnations. The maid of honor was also attired in white and her boquet was of pink carna? tions. After the ceremony re? freshments were served. Mr. and Mrs. Cuttino left on the 9:30 train for Asheville, N. C., where they will spend their honeymoon. They wrere the recipients of many handsome and useful wedding gifts from their many friends. DEATH. Mrs. Ella Scarborough died at her home near St. Charles Thursday night after several weeks illness. Mr. W. B. Boyle received a tele? gram Wednesday from Mr. R. P. Stack house, of Dillon statin? that his (Mr. Stackhouse's) father and his daughter Bessie both died this morn ig, and that the double funeral would be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow Mr. Stackhonse's many friends in this county will learn of his double be? reavement with great regret - In the Pulpit. On last Monday the Sumter Minis? terial Association resolved that a plea be made in the city pulpit Sunday for a better observance of the Sabbath, Rev. C. C. Brown was ont of the city most of the week and did not re trun in time to prepare to speak upon the subject. Rev J. P. Inabieut over? looked the resolution. Below we give short sketch of what otLer miuitsers said : 'Personal Responsibility was th? subject of Rev. Epting's discourse last Sunday morning at the Lutheran Church. He entered a plea for a high? er, moral standing of the city, show? ing that Sunday is. not observed law? fully,- and that this nonobservance is demoralizing, when permission is giv en for luxuries to be dispenesd. Pleading that Cbristiau people pat? ronize the establishment that has a proper regard for the holy day. "The city is what its people make it. We may influence its ch ai acter by activity or silence. Let the city choose such representatives who will see to it that law and true morality prevails. That hurtful and unnecessary projects be abolished". At the First Methodist Church, the pastor, Rev. P. F. Kilgo, speaking of the desecration of the Sabbath in nor midst, said that Sumter is a wide open town on the Sabbath question. He re? ferred to the feat that cigars, tobacco, ice cream, soda water and the hiring of turn-onts are permitted by the city government. The speaker said the Sabbath was divinely instiuted in the beginning and was reenacted on Sinai. Whenever people tamper with God's eternal laws, they are fooling with dynamite. A community that does not respect the Sabbath has already gone a long way toward moral rain. At the Bartlette Street Baptist Church the patsor used as his text Jas. 4:4, in which friendship to the world is declared to be enmity with God. Sin was shown to be that which lines up the world as the enemies of God, sin was shown to be breaking with that moral order that God has ordained. This moral order is reveal? ed in the scriptures echoed in the con seence and perfectly exemplified in our Lord. The sacred use of one day in seven is a part of this moral order The fruits, folly and fate of God's were set forth. The sermon was an appeal to the Christian conscience to be true to the high trust, as "Light of the World" and 'Salt of the Earth." The big safe of the Fanners' Bank and Trust Co., completed its slow journey from the depot to the bank? ing house Saturday afternoon and is now in place. It is the largest safe ever brought to this citv, and weighs 14000 pounds. It has double steel doors and is guaranteed to be burglar proof. The interior money chest has the latest improved time locks and if a burglar should succeed in forcing both she big outer doors his task wonld be just begun, if he was hunt? ing for money. MUCH ANNOYANCE is Cause:! by Jurors Who Fail to Attend COLT? when Summoned. A source cf much unneces? sary delay in jury trials before Magistrate Harby has been caused by the negligent and dil? atory manner in which jurors ?report to the c ourt af? ter having been properly sub poenead by the duly authorized constable of the magistrate. Yesterday the case of Irving T. Fleming vs. the Atlantic Coast j Line railroad ; was tried ; the ? jury was summoned and the failure of one juror to promptly respond delayed the trial for a considerable length of time. The juror did not appear until the case had gone to trial with a jury of only five. The magis? trate reprimanded him, imposed upon him the statuatory fine, and expressed clearly his inten? tion to follow in like course in all similar cases arising in the future. There is great activity on the farms of the county. The dry weather of the past few days has been the farmer's opportun? ity and the fields have become reasonably clean and free of j grass again. In some sections the crops are looking remarka- ! bly well and with good seasons there will be a fair yield of cot? ton. The dewberies are ripe now, and in about two weeks local housewives will be serving big, succulent blackberies. They al? ways meet with ready sale in Sumter and the suply is never proportionate to the demand. The Lucky Guessers. 439 was the number of rivets in the ! Favorite Range guessing contest last ! week at the Burns Hardware Com? pany. Mr. X. G. Osteen and Mr. X. P. Lenoir both guessing the exact num? ber. Mr. Geo. F. Epperson wins the booby prize with 2,700 rivets. Recorder's Court. For drunk and disorderly conduct, j resisting an officer and other miscon- j duct. J. W. Mahn was fined $50 or 60 j days. Robt. Smart, for failure to pay street tax, $3.00 or six days. Ernest Harrison, a porter at the Sumter Hotel was given 30 days for j stealing an Elk pin from a guest. 'Glasses have been known to chili- j zation for something over six hun- ? dred years, their use at one time be- I ing confined almost exclusively to I those of noble birth. Astronomers, perhaps, more than any other one class had been responsible for their development up to about the sixteenth century, then came the optician, the man who made and fitted "sight helps." Laymen discovered that the wear ng of glasses relieved headaches. Physicians took up the study about 1850 in order to try- and find out why this was so, then for a period of years those medical men who were versed lin optics gave the optician written di? rections as to the kind of glasses a patient needed. In many instances the patient could not wear the glasses, and so complained to the optician, de? manding satisfaction or money back. The optician, being versed in phys? ical optics, had only to go a little higher and take up the study of phys? iological optics, the laws governing both being the same. This study by the optician being necessary in order to ascertain where the mistakes were made. Knowledge gave him power, and he found that optics and medi? cine were not at all related, as his work lay in bending rays of light with Most precious of the Don't risk it by wearing Optom (.AME COCK LODGE SMOKER The Grand Lod-e Cast?c Hail \V;:< Discussed. The regular weekly meeting of Game Cock Lodge, K. of P., which WMS held Monday night, was largely attended and being concluded with a " Smoker, " was a very pleasant and en joyable affair. Daring tne meeting the subject of the Grand Lo-.i??e Castle liaii was discussed ar s >me length, and the predominating sentiment appeard to be in laver of Game Cock Lodge making an earnest effort to have the Casrle Hall located in this city, if ir sbail he decided that it is to the best interests of the order to have a perma? nent place of meeting. Game Cock Lodge is not bowing trumpets or beating drums, but will be in the race to the finish for the Castle Hall,and if it can - be landed for Sumter, Game Cock Lodge will do it The Chancellor Commander was au? thorized to appoint at his pleasure a committee to take up the Castle Hall matter. It was decided to hold the annual j fish fry on July 4th. A RUNAWAY. Sunday afternoon between 6 and 7 o'clock a runaway occurred on Washintgon street. Mr. Ed Green, Mr. White and another gentlemen were ont driving, when the boise be? came frightened and ran away, throw? ing the occupants of the buggy to the ground with great force. Mr. Green I was the most seriously injured of these j in the buggy and it was necessary to I take him to the infirmary. The other gentlemen received several bruises, but they were only of a slight nature. It was at first thought that Mr. Green was seriously injured, but it is reported today that his injuries are not of a serious nature. !So one seems to know exactly what ? frighteneud the animal. After throw I ing the occupants of the buggy to the I ground the hcrse continued to run un? til he collided with the'buggy of Mr. Johu E. Whilden, who was out riding with his wife and child. Fortunately Mr. Whilden and his wife and baby were out of the buggy at the time of the collision. Mr. Whilden got out of the buggy in time to move to one side I of the street, and the bngg}- to which I the runaway horse was attached struck the wheels of Mr. Whilden's buggy, oompletely demolishing it. Bicycle Thief. Last Saturday night between 9 and 10 o'clock, Mr. J. W. Bradford, Jr., left h:s bicycle in the stairway of the Armory Hall. He went up stairs for a short while and upon his return he found that one of the many bicycles thieves in the city had relieved him of his wheel. First Cotton Bloom. Mr. Manning Dorrity, who is farm? ing on Mr L. D. Jennings place, sends to this office bis first cotton bloom wbicn he found on Sunday. Mr Dorrity is an energetic farmer and for several years has be^n one of the first to have cotton in bloom. The annual meeting ot' the Sumter Cemetery Association was lield in the office of Col. T. V. Walsh Monday afternoon with a small attendance of members. The officers made their an? nual report- and other routine business was transacted. The annual election was held and all the old officers were reelected. lenses so an eye would not have to strain its muscles of adjustment in order to accomplish a proper focus? ing of light. He really did nothing to an eye at all except ascertain its structural deficiencies as an optical instrument. The word "Optometry," from "ops," the eye, and "metry," measuring, shows why the term "optometrist" has been selected to indicate an eye measurer. Twentieth century special? ization is fast placing the optometrist in a position of usefulness to family physicians similar to that now occu? pied by dentists. The jealousy of medical eye-specialists is fast disap pealing, for the reason that the mod? ern optician is now giving intelligent aid in referring an increased number of treatment cases to them which more than compensate for the physi? cian's loss of optical cases. Besides, physicians were not jealou of dentists very long after the latter had demon? strated their superior ability In me? ters pertaining to the care of the teeth. And so it will \ idoubtedly prove to be with the opton. <rist re? garding the fitting of glasses to the eye. for. as a liberal medical man once expresed it, " The public will eventually go to one who does this work best and cheapest." five senses-Eyesight, wrong glasses. etrist & Optician, --Z^EPA Ii you don't keep cool these days, the fault is not ours. We've all sorts of thin and summery things, bought and brought here for your comfort. You can certainly take it cool, ii you will. Our soit, thin shirts, our thin underwear and hosiery, our straw hats and ail sorts of toggery are at your service. We believe we have all the good things in summer fixings for which a man can ask. Oui prices won't pre? vent your selecting ex? actly what you want. THE D. J. CHANDLER CLOTHING GO. ! L Phone 166 - Sumter, S. C. \_! Success in Lite Often ^^^^^^^^ HARVARD SACK 3UT REGISTERED U BD To bo well dressed does not necessarily imply that you should dress expensively or have your clothes made to or? der. In fact, we make it pos? sible for you to be as well dressed as any man can desire at extremely moderate cost. For proof of this you have but to ome here and see our Fashionable Sack Suits at $15. They are correct in every fashion derail, superbly tailor? ed, made of all-wool fabrics ia the latest weaves and patterns, and fit in every size as if made to order. A first class tailor can't duplicate it for less thaa $30. Nothing will please us better than to have you come here and examine our clothing the fabrics, lining, trimmings, tailoring and the fit and ' hang of the garments. Underwear and Hosiery are here in all grades, to suit alL men, and all purses, ranging from 25c to SI ; hosiery from 10c to 50c Bats at prices to suit your pocketbook. The best Panama hat in the country for the money. Call and look at them. Remember when Walk-Over Shoes go on trouble goes oflf. SUMTER CLOTHING CO.