Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cte '?iattliinan ani> j?ou?jpn. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18,1905. ??nrerea ar CA?, r ??r Oj^?tc ar fumier, ? (?., a* Weeona OW Matter. SEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Sumter Railw?y and Mill Supply Company. Gibbes Machineiy Co.-Visit Our Exhibit. O'Donnell & Co.,-A Word About Blankets. Booth. Uve Stock Co.-Two Car Beads. VF. M. Graham-Thoroughbred . Colts at Auction. PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Stack house, of Dillon are in tbe city. Mr. W. E. Burgess has returned . from a trip to Manning. Mr. J. M. Jeukins, of Remberts, spent Friday in town. Mr. Robert M. Cooper, of Wisat?ky, was in the city Satnrday. Mr. S. W Young, of Remberts, spent Satnrday in the city. Mr. J. V. Wilson has returned from a visit to Charleston. Dr. Earnest Carson, of Brogdon, was in the city Thursday, j, I Mr. T. J. Cottingham,of DiDon. has y removed to this city to live. Miss' Arm i da Moses has gone to -Kew York to visit relatives. Mrs. L. ^H. Jennings, of Bisbop viHe, is visiting in the city. E. C. Haynsworth, Esq., has re? turned from a trip to? Florence. Miss Zoe Hall, of Camden, is visit? ing Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Stubbs, ? Mr. R. F. Epperson of Pinewood was * in the city on business Thursday. Mr. Edmund Murray left Thursday for a visit to relatives in Alabama. Miss Bertha Briggs, of Darlington . is visiting Miss Fannie Ryttenberg. Mr. and Mrs C. ?E. Strange, of Pinewood, were in the city Thursday. MTS. Robert A'Church, of Charles? ton, is visiting Mrs. A. E. Cuttino. Mrs. Ansley Cohen, of Charleston, it visiting her mother, Mrs. Esther Moise. Mr. J. R. Weatherly, of Atlanta, is in the city for a few day's stay with relatives. * Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Brown and ch i Ideen, of Adam's. Run, are visiting Mrs. M. E. Brown. Mr. Edwin Porter, of Jacksonville, Fla., is visiting in the city. Mr. H. W. Blake was called* to Ncrlh Carolina Thursday by the sudden death of his brother. . Miss Jennie Boar of McClellanville is-visiting her sister, Mrs. Geo. D. Shore. Mr. Jobn McCutchen left for Ari? zona Friday, winers he will spend several months. Hon. T. G. McLeod and F. F. Elern don. of Bishopville, came to the city Friday morning. L Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Rembert, of ?^Remberts, returned. : from Charleston .Friday morning. Misses Mabel Bowman and Mildred Cherry are visiting, Miss Daisy Bow? man, at Remberts. Mr. E. D. Smith, president of the South Carel:na Cotton Growers' Assc . ciation spent Thursday in the city. S Mr. J. W. Lowry, formerly of this ?. county, but now of Claxton Georgia, is visiting relatives in the county, ^?ss?Rebecca Palmer, who spent the sumnfeT-in the mountains of North Carolina, bas returned to the city. Misses M. H. Girard eau and Marion Girard eau returned Friday from Wei ! ford, where they spent the summed Mr Henry Bosbamer, who spent Saturday and Sunday with bis parents, bas returned to South Carolina Col? lege. Rev. T. L. Haman and daughter. Miss Carrie, of Vaiden, Miss., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Blaud V isg Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Heaner, of Orangeburg county, are visiting their daughter, Mrs.' T. E. White, on S. Harvin street. fc * Messrs. Moldrow Green, W Bishop? ville, O. C. Scarborough, or Summer? ton and Louis Appelt, of Manning, r spent Friday in tte city. , Mr. and Mrs. Chas. D. Meyers, of Charleston, S. C., -who have been io the city for stveial mouths left on tbe Charleston train Saturday morning. Capt C.. ?. Yeadon, of the Sumter Light iufantry bas been unanimously elected M^jor ot the Third BattaMou Second South Carolina Regiment to succeed Maj. W. Loriug Lee. resigned. Messrs. Sully, Smith and Hyatt, who spoke to the farmers a:;d mer? chants in tue Opera House on Fri? day, were given a banquet by a com? mittee of citizens at tue Minor Hutt! that afternoon. Mr. Silas Mellett, who has been fc chairman of the county dispensary F boara of control, sent in his itsigna tion to take effect on tbe 2tfd lust. There is no man in Sumter more familiar with the workings cf the dispensary than AS ?Jr. Mci?etr. and his loss frotii the boaru will oe gr? a Uv felt. Mr. A. K. Sanders, of Hagcod spent Monday in the city. ihr. $/ Sanders who is a nienaber ot tue Board of Directors of the State Penitentiary, will leave on roaay for Lincoln, Nebraska, to attend the annual sfes sion ot the National Prison Cobgress. This will be the fourth congress Mr. Sanders bas attended as the repre? sentative of the State. The Carnival to be given by the Sumter Light Infantry promises to be a much bigger and better show than at first planned. It is growing in magnitude every day. The arrangements for the Carnival to be given under the auspices of the Sumter Light Infantry are progressing Satisfactorily and the outlook for a very successful affair is very encourag? ing. Maj. Marion Moise attorney for the \ convicted Ex-Congressman, George W. Murray,fcis circulating a petition I among the members of the local bar, 1 praying the Supreme Court for a re? hearing of the case. The filing of this petition will act as a stay of the i remittetur. ? rv . ? MARRIED. Married, last Wednesday at the borne of the bride, at Sardinia, S. C., Mr. Earnest Rose and Miss Vida, daugh? ter of Mr. K. E. McFaddin, Sr. Rev. James McDowell officiating. Mr. C. W. Elton and Mrs. Carrie "Wilhelm were married at. 6 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the First Bap? tist church. The groom is from Canton, S. D.. and the bride was originally from Georgia, but has made her home in Sumter foi the last two years. The newly married couple have gone to their future home in Newport News, Va., where Mr. Elton is in the employ of Collier's Weekly. Mr. Albert'Parrott and Mrs. Lila! Skinner were married at the residence j of Mr. and Mrs. Newton L. Harrell in Darlington, on last Wednesday after? noon at 5:30 a'clock and boarded the 6:29 train for Asheville and ' other points for a bridal t?uv of about ten days Mr. Parrott is the popular and ef? ficient clerk of court of Darlington county, a position he has held for the past 18 years, and whose many friends throughout the State will be pleased to know that he has at last found a wife. Mrs. Parrott is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kelly, of Lydia, in that county, and is one of the most popular and well known wo? men in the county. She has lived in Darlington for several years, and has many friends here and throughout the State, who admire * her for her many admirable traits of character. The groom is the brother of Mr. L. I. Parrott, clerk of the court of Sum? ter county. * The ceremony was performed by Rev. D. M. Fulton, of the Presbyte? rian church, and Miss Martha DuBose Woods, rendered the wedding march. v-News and Courier. \ _ | | _ v?he ? following invitation has been received in the city Mr. and Mrs. Isaac P. Shertzer request the honor of your presence at the marriage or their daughter, Anna Elizabeth, to Dr. Francis Kennedy Holman Wednesday, October twenty-fifth nineteen hundred and five at twelve o'clock Bel Air, Maryland. DEATH. Dr. William B. Alfotd died at lr? old home in upper Marion coan tv. yesterday mcrning, after a long ill? ness Dr. Alford, who has made his borne ?n this city for the past seven yean, bas many warm friends here who feel his death as a personal bereave? ment He was a skillful dentist and had won an enviable success in his pro? fession. His was gifted with an in? centive mind and this faculty he directed to the-improvement of dental appliances. The Alford Combination Dental Motor, which was put on the market about a year ago, is recogniz ed as the best appliance now in use of dentists, and the popularity which it bas already attained indicates that it will ere loig be in universal use. The sad part is that Dr\ Alford could not live to reap the full reward of .his genius and industry of which his invention was the product. Mr. D. M. Campbell received a telegram from Charleston Thursday, stating that tue wife of his brother, Mr. W. T. Campbell, died very sud? denly in that ?ity. Iv) rs. Campbell was a resident of Sumter for several years and was a member cf the First Baptist Church. An interesting little sen cf Mr. Henry Wheeler, cf Sardinia, died Thursday, and was buried at Mid? way cnarch, at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. Mr. B. B. King, of Rimini. S. C., died on Saturday, October 14. at the Mood-Ostet-n Infirmary. He was taken suddenly ill with hemor? rhagic fever on Monday raid was brought to this city for treatment on Thursday. He wes about 50 years old and a native of Darlington county. He had been engaged in business at Rimini for a number of years. The cat is beginning to crawl otu of the anti-dispensary bag. and when the Fair Week c?r ferer.ee puts out a State ticket on an anti-dispensary prohibition platform he will be entire? ly out. Then we shall have the spec? tacle of ofnee-seeking taking prece? dence over the mora] issues said to b . invoi v'(.\i. S* lect Norfolk Custer* received dsiiy by Christoper Gazes, Wat Liberty street. 10-18 4r. Mr. N. McLe< d, of Oswego, who was in town Saturday stated, VA re? ply to an inquiry, as to the amount of cotton still i" the field?, that there was very little unpicked. He said that a large majority of farmers had kept up with the picking and that on an average there is not more than a hun? dred pounds of cotton to the acre nev; in the fields. He said also that there is no top crop at all, a killing frost now'would do damage to cotton. He remarked that the cotton crops was so short that the farmers have had time to cut hay and that more hay had been saved this year in good condition than he had ever known. The hay will he needed as the oat crop this spring was short and tiie corn crop was also far below the average in poin? of yield per acre. Best oysters served ar Gazes' Re? staurant, West Liberty street, next tn postoffice. 10-iS-4t VACCINATING SCHOOL CHILDREN On Tuesday and Wednesday of last week Health Officer Reardon vacci? nated 1S4 pupils at the white graded schools. About twenty-five were vac? cinated by physician at their offices. On Thursday the health officer went through each room, assisted by the eachers, and examined the arms and previous vaccinations of every pupil in both the Washington street and the High School, the total number being S4? pupils, whose arms were examin? ed. Twer.tv-two were discovered whose vaccinations were not satisfac? tory, or who had never been vacci? nated, the number who refused being on, y three. All of the 22 were given until next Monday to be vaccinated or i e-vaccinated, and all who do not comply with the instructions will be debarred from attending school until vaccinated satisfactorily. About 20 were absent on Thursday when the general inspection was made and their names were taken, and their arms will be examined as soon as they return to school Only one child was reported sick. Superintendent S. H. Edmunds and all of the teachers showed great inter? est in enforcing the State Board of Health Laws in regard to compulsory vaccination, not only because they fully realize the importance of suc? cessful vaccination, but because the recent act of the General Assembly imposes a fine of $100 upon any su? perintendent, or principal, or teacher, or school board, who allows any child to attend any school, public or private, in South Carolina, who has not been successfully vaccinated within tho time prescribed by the city or town in which the school is located, and ir1 not within an incorporated city or town, then within the time prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State board of health. The colored school children will be vaccinated by the health officer this week. Fresh Norfolk Oysters received daily by Christoper Gazes, W. Liberty street next to postoffice. 10-18 4t In the Magistrate's Court. A preliminary examination was de? manded by L. D. Jennines, E.-q., attorney for the defendant, in the case of the State vs. J. F. May, in? dicted for an assault and battery of a high and aggievated nature, and wai held by Maaitsrate Harby Satur? day afternoon at 5 o'clock. The de? fendant had assaulted and inflicted a -?vere scalp wound upon the head of E i ni uti cl Holmes, colored, with a o< ara. A. B. Stuckey, Esq., repre? sented the prosecutor, and conducted r??. State's side cf tbe hearing. After ih*i t^timony was taken at;d arcn i;eDrs of com sel were concluded, Magistrate Harby decided that a prima facie case bad beeu mads oat, and bound the defendant over to await trial flt tbe approaching term of the Court of General Sessions. In a row Friday afternoon near the forest beyond Buffalo, Union county, Dave Smith instantly killed Ben Burell by striking him across the back of the neck with a stick. Both are negroes abont 18 years old. STATE FAIR RATES. A Special Train Will Be Run October 23th and 26th. j The Atlantic Coast Line will sell j round trip tickets to Columbia on I account o? ine State Fair on October j 22 to 20th and for morning train of ! ! October 27th, with final return limit | ! Oct. 29th, for one fare pins 75 cents, j : which includes CUP admission to the i i Fair Grounds. The fare from Sumter j j will be 82.CO. Special trains will be run on Octc j ber 25:h and 26th on the following ! j schedule. j Leave Lynchburg 3.06 a. m., Mayes- I I ville 8.27.* Samter 9.03, Wedgefield j ?9.2?'>; Returning leav? Columbia 7.55 j j p. m. j ? have accepted a position with Mr. j . R. 3. Bigham, the furniture and j ' steve man, where I will be pleased to | j have my friends call and see me when | j jn neea of anvthinc in his line. Alien A. Bradham. ! Oct, IS-lt i-. j JUMPER POLES WANTED-Hiah ! est cash prices paid on lengths 25 ! to 60 feet. Contracts given for j I vearly outouts. Address Carolina i j Pole Co., Wilmington, X. C. I *10 4-4t aster's Sale. ! Ey virtue of a decree of the Court : of Common Pleas for Sumter county, ? in the State of South Carolina, in the j case of Ulrica Dinkins. executrix, against Kershaw Nixon. I will sell to j the highest bidder at public auction I at the court house in the city of Sum 'ter, in the county of Sumter, in the i State of South Carolina, on sale day jin November, 1905, being the 6th day 'of said month, during the usual hours i ! j of sale, the following described real ? estate, to wit.: i All that piece, parcel or tract of j land, situate in the county and State i aforesaid, cotaining four acres and bounded on the north by lands of John Bradford, east by right of way dividing it from lands of T. D. Chan? dler, bargained to be sold v to Levi Bros.; south by the public road and west by right of wry cf twenty feet, dividing it from lands o? Samuel Jenkins and Willie Newman: the sanie being the tract of land conveyed to the defendant by T. D. Chandler. Also j all that lot cr parcel of land lying and being in the county of Sumter and State aforesaid, containing ten acres j J more or less, bounded north and j north east by lands bargained to be I sold to John Bryan by T. D. Chandler, j south east by road dividing it from I lands of T. D. Chandler, bargained to j be sold to Levi Bros., and west by j lands of L. W. Folsom and T. D. j Chandler: the same being the tract ! of i?:id conveyed to tlie defendant bv i j T. D. Chandler by his deed bearing j date the 25th of February, 1902, and j recorded in the office of the clerk of : the Court in Book P. P., page 654. I Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to ! pay for all necessary papers. H. FRANK WILSON, Master for Sumter County. At Registered and Pedigreed To be so!d at Auction ? 9 9 V 11 . On the above day ? will sell twenty-seven Thoroughbred Colts, and will furnish the pedigree and registration- papers of each and every colt on day of sale These colts are about 18 months old and were owned and bred by members of the American Breeders Association and. are guaranteed to be sound and gentle. They are the fcest lot cf colts ever offered in this State, and will be sold to the higher :> bid- j der without reserve. The lot consists of Twenty Four Fillies and Three Stallions. Now on Exhibition and will be sold rain or sliine. -o Sale Begins at ll O'clock -o Respectfully, W. M. G The F * A regular boy easy on his clothes? Hardly! Boys are not built that way. Don't spoil his fun because his clothes won't stand the wear and tear of boyish pranks. He'll be a boy only once, and he has all of life before him in which to "be careful" Buy him clothes such as we handle, that are strong to toughness in fabric and made so well that seams can't rip even under the stress of a Rough and Tumble You like him to look stylish, you say ? Why, certainly, and he will if his clothes come from here. Our tailors know how to put style as well as durability into boys' clothing, and we demand it in every case. Four hundred and fifty Short Trouser Suits, ages 3 to 17, in Scotch mixtures, serges, cheviots and other good mate? rials, $2 to S6.50. Seven hundred and fifty Short Extra Trousers, sizes 3 to 17, 50c. to Si.50. Our guarantee back of everything we sell, "Money Back If Unsatisfactory" M. J. IIB (HI GI. Phone 166 ' Sumter, S. C. Received Tuesday, October the 17th, \ Two Car Loads ? OF CHOICE Four Matched Pairs of Horses in the Lot. Co, ?1 f lute! ? wish to announce ?ha* ? have just retun ed from the West with my 0)}en?i"j loan of st? ck tor the seasm. This load con ' gists of a very carefully selected lot of choice (HC i il HORSES, and ten well turned and finished mules of assorted sizes. Whether you wish to purchase or not a call will be appreciated. A full and fresh Stock of Buggies, Wagons, Harness, etc., on hand. All Stock Fully Guaranteed. I sell the Celebrated MILBURN WAGON. Respectfully, 9 Y.