The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 08, 1905, Image 6
MURDER AT WEDGEFIELD.
A Negro Killed at a Hot Supper.
Murderer Arrested.
Wedgefield, November 1.-Frank
Reed, a negro wno is said to have
come from Bennettsvi?le, was killed
about 2 o'clock a. m., at the house of
John Rollinson, two miles northwest
of here, where a hot supper and ne
?TO frolic was in progress.
It is stated that a good deal fuss
X liquor was consumed during the
night and in the early hours of th?
morning, when the row started, the
negroes were in a quarrelsome hu?
mor.
Reid was shot with a double-barrel3
shot gun and death was almost in?
stantaneous. Rollinson 'fired twice,
but not did not hit Reid the first time.
At the inquest held this morning loy
Coroner Flowers, Rollinson and some
of his witnesses stated that Reid shot
at him first, but the pistol that Reid
was alleged to have had in. his hand
when killed was empty and bore no
signs of having been discharged.
There was positive testimony to the
effect that Rollinson fired twice at
^Reid.
The verdict of the jury was that
' Frank Reid came to his death from a
Sun shot wound inflicted by .the hand
"Of John Rollinson.
Rollinson has been arrested and is
on his way to Sumter to be committe
to jail.
DON'T FORGET
$ne Baby Show and Flower Show
November 15 at Armory Hall.
All mothers are earnestly requested
by the Daughters of the Revolution
to get the babies ready for the baby j
show. This is an invitation to one J
and all. All babies are more than j
welcome, Come one, come alli
<?^- / Prizes.
"Finest Baby Under One Tear Old
-Handsome brush, comb, rattle, etc.,
-donated by Durant's Drug Store.
Finest Baby From One Year Old to
Three Tears Old-Handsome brush
and comb set; donated by China's
Drug. Store.
Prettiest Baby of All-Six Platinum
photos; donated by Hart's Studio.
JBpst Dressed Baby of All-Fine
pair of shoes; presented by Bultman
Brothers. . . .
Consolation Prize to be Drawn for
. jBy all Babies. Who Did Not Draw a
Prize-A pretty pair of gold baby
pins; presents xl ty Thompson, the
-Jeweler.
Finest Home Raised Palm -A
-Rookwood Jardiner; given by i "*s
Hardware Company.
Finest Home Ra."sed Fern-A fine
Jarge pair of .?hcar3; presented by i
Durant Hardware Company.
Finest Specin.vnt of a Home Raised j
Chrysanthemum-A cake plate; do- J
nated by the .Turnier Department |
. Store. I
Handsomest Hunch of Chrysanthe?
mums-A load of wood; donated by
3tfoore Brothers.
Work as z. Health Factor.
Congenial "work with mind and
bands should be encouraged in all ;
persons, for its prophylactic as well as j
its curative influences. Rest will J
prove serviceable doubtless in nurn- ?
bers of cases, but its application j
should be restricted and carefully j
studied. There are many conditions j
where absolute rest will not only >
prove useless but really harmful. To
send a man from an active business
life to one of complete inactivity will
often prove disastrous, as much so as
to proscribe all food for the obese,
says the Medical World.
The nervous will complain that they
?lo not feel like work. If left to
themselves and told to do absolutely
nothing, not even to read, they are
/sure to dwell upon their infirmities
and grow thereby morose and hypo
ehondriacal, thus increasing their in
"validsm. The desire for work should
be encouraged in all conditions and in
all classes.
Every available place in the city
suitable for the storage of cotton is
crowded to the limit of its capacity
and the farmers who are holding cot?
ton are clamoring for more room.
Three sections of the new cotton
warehouse are completed save for the
roof, and this will te put on as soon
as the material can be obtained. It
is believed that the new warehouse
will be filled with cotton within a few
days after it is completed.
A wolf is said to be running at large
in Anderson county. It is claimed to
?iave killed and devoured two calves.
Gov. Hey ward has offered $200 re?
gard for the capture of George
Campbell, the murderer of James
Martin, of Beaufort county.
Every Ounce You Eat.
.Every ounce of food you eat that
fails to digest does a pound of harm,
it turns the entire meal into poison.
This not only deprives the blood of
fte necessary tissue-building mate?
rial, but it poisons it. Kodol Dyspep?
sia Cure is a perfect digestant. It di?
gests the food regardless of the condi?
tion of the stomach. It ai lows that
organ to rest and get strong again.
.Relieves belching, heart burn, sour
stomach, indigestion palpitation of the
Itt&rt, etc. Sold by all druggists.
WANT A SECOND CLEMSON.
Another State Fanner's College is
Suggested.
Bennettsville, October 30.-The Pee
Dee Advocate prints the following
editorial:
The suggestion has been made by
Col. Knox Livingstone and R. P. Ha?
mer, Jr., that there ought to b?
a State agricultural college in the
Pee Dee section. This idea appeals
to us with peculiar force, and we be?
lieve it will meet with the approval
of the people of the entire state.
An agricultural college should be
in an agricultural section. If the
' boys of South Carolina are to be
taught to farm scientifically and suc?
cessfully, they should experiment
with the soil and in the climate where
their education is to be applied. They
cannot be shown on a bleak and bold
hill how to make the best crops in
the alluvial plains.
It is well Known that the great ag?
ricultural region of South Carolina is
in the southern and eastern parts of ?
(the State. Clemson College is located J
just as far away from this region as i
jit well could b? to remain in the j
State. Its soil and climate are as un- !
like those of the farming belt as
could be found in a day's travel
Imagine a boy going from Marl?
boro to Pickens or Oconee to learn
how to grow cotton or corn? No
wonder that he becomes disgusted
with the idea of farming after view?
ing for ? winter or two the barren
hillsides of the Piedmont. After re?
flecting about the matter, we are not
'surprised that only two or three per
cent of the Clemson students take the
agricultural course.
We believe it would be different if
the college were located where the
boys could see the crops growing like
those in Marlboro. They would take
pride in cultivating a soil that would
produce so richly and so abundantly.
What a contrast between the starva?
tion patches and in the little ravines ?
of the up-country and such farms as
the Cook place, Loudon or the Moore
settlement, and what a different ef- .
feet they would have on the boy who j
wants to learn how to make the ;
earth give up its gold.
We are not advocating the tearing
down of Clemson, or its removal to i
the Pee ?Dee. There is work for it to ?
do outside of the legitimate sphere
of a.great agricultural college, which
ought to be hi the great agricultural ?
region of the South. Clemson is now
overcrowded with students. It could
spare half of its 500, and do more
satisfactory work. It receives about
$100,000 annually from the fertilizer
tax. This is more than it needs and i
more than is best for the healthy ?
growth of the institution and the :
economy''which it ought to practice. ?
It is equal to an income, at four per
cent, from an endowment of $2,500,- i
000. The larger part of this is paid i
by the farmers of the lower and east- j
ern part of the State. i
Clemson was intended to be an ag?
ricultural college, and the farmers
were taxed to support it with the
fertilizer tax. Since its location and
environments has turned it aside
from its original purpose it is reason?
able and right that at least part of ;
the money should be turned into a
real farmers' college, and help to
build up the section which pays it.
Agricultural colleges have been
successful where the conditions are :
favorable, especially in the fertile
plains of the Middle West. But who
would expect a farmers' school to
succeed in fhe deserted fields of
Maine or in the mountains of Xew
Hampshire? Harvard and Yale flour?
ish in the East, and the agricultural
colleges of Iowa in the West.
The agricultural college of South
Carolina ought to be located in Mari
boro, the county that has made the
most corn on one acre that has ever
been made in the world, and the
county that makes more cotton in pro?
portion than any other county east'
of the Mississippi River.
And all of its professors should not
be men who have spent their lives in
the school room and know nothing
?bout practical farming. The facul?
ty should include such men as P. L.
Breeden, R. M. Pegues, T. D. Mc?
Call, C. F. Moore, J. J. Lane. C. P.
Hodges. W. E. Crosland and A. J.
Matheson.
A citizen of Bennettsville says he
will give a hundred acres of land f->r
the establishment of such a college.
We trust that the legislators of the
Pee Dee section will present the
matter to the General Assembly an i
secure the passage of a bill that will
make it possible for this section to
get a college of this kind. Let th ?
counties compete for it, and Marl?
boro will not fear the result.
There will be an important meet?
ing at Columbia Nov. 15 of lumber?
men of Maryland, Virginia, North and
South Carolina.
Nature Needs But Little.
?Nature needs only a Little Early
Riser now and then to keep the bow?
els clean and the liver active, and the
system free from bile, headaches, con?
stipation, etc. The famous little pills
"Early Risers" are pleasant in effect
and perfect in action. They never
gripe or sicken, but tone and strength?
en the liver and kidneys. Sold by all
druggists.
SHiiii S GOLD WOilK.
Mr, Allison Points Out the Value of
; the Teaching; of the President ol'
the Cotton Association.
To the Editor of The Xews and
Courier: lc is known to some of the
readers of the Lancaster papers thar
the tanners and planters of this coun?
ty were favored with an address by
Mr. E. D. Smith, the president of the
Cotton Association of South Carolina,
recently at the court house. There
was a very respectable number out to
hear him, who appreciated what was
said. But I wish that every man and
woman in the State could have heard
that address, lt was simpiy master?
ful, and carried conviction with it to
every hearei\
In the first place the speaker de?
monstrated a thorough knowledge of
the cotton question in all its details
the amount necessary to meet the de?
mand, the supply now on hand, the
estimate of the present crop all over
the South, how the same is being mar?
keted, how the Association is organ?
ized in the West, and at what price
the great bulk of the cotton ail over
the country is now being held by the
producer, etc.
Mr. Smith discusses this whole sub?
ject, with a power, logic and elo?
quence that will distinguish him as an
orator of the first rank in the South.
Ke showed that the raw material is
consumed at the rate of 13.000.000
bales per annum; that the present
crop will not turn out over 10.000.000
bales; that the supply on hand is now
about exhausted; that the cotton be.t
of the South has practically no com?
petitor; that the fibre of the cotton
raised in India, China and other sec?
tions and countries is so coarse and
brittle that it makes a very inferior
fabric; that on a reasonable calcula?
tion some three or four million bales
will be withheld from the market for
many months to come, by producers
who will hold for an advanced price,
and by speculators who see the pros?
pect of making good money.
He showed that with these condi?
tions and the Western farmers hold- ?
ing back their cotton as they are sure?
ly doing, if the producer will hold for
ll cents here in this section, the
manufacturers will be in a week or .
two running after the producer., beg- ;
gins? for his cotton at this price, and ,
the sure prospect will be that it will
go "o 12 1-2 cents and higher in a
short time. -
Mr. Smith's appeal tb the producers
to stick together and stand firm was ;
most powerful and effective. He
claimed that cotton was the currency .
of the South and controlled thc prie s
of other things. And what was pleas- ,
ant and beautiful, he showed that the
merchant, the banker, the manufac?
turer,! the professional man-all were
interested in putting up the price of
cotton so as to make it remunerative
to the producer, and that there ve?
no reason for antagonism between any
classes in the South. R. E. Allison.
Lancaster, S. C.
The Gala Week.
Those in charge of the Gala Week
co be given by the Sumter Light In?
fantry have about completed the pro?
gramme for the occasion. It has been
definitely decided to have a voting
contest for the queen of the grand
ball to be given: ballot boxes will be
established at all the drug stores and ?
at Harris' Cigar Store. The votes will
be sold for 2 1-2 cents each. Mr. A.
A. Manning will be in charge of the
conduct of the contest.
The bail to be given by the Sum?
ter Light Infantry during their Gala
Week will be one of the most eventful
social events that Sumter has ever
seen. Music will be furnished by the
Second Regiment band and the sup?
per will be served by one of the best
caterers in the city. Mr. Geo. D.
L.-vy will be in charge of the ball.
The Country Store which will be
looted on the Midway, will bc run dur?
ing the entire week, and will b:> in
charge of members of the company
and theil; lacy friends.
There will be a game of football
played at the ball oaik on Thank.
giving Day between two college teams.
The managers of several college teams
are now being communicate.l with,
and there is nb doubt but that the
people of Sumter will be afforded an
opportunity to see a lively contest on
the checkerboard.
The Sumter Light Infantry has se?
cured a first class midway for the oc
cation and everybody can have a good
time while "going down the pike."
.Mothers every where praise One
Minute Cough Cure for the sufferings
it has relieved and the lives of their
little ones it has saved. A certain
cure for coughs, croup and whooping j
cough. Makes breathing easy. cut
out phlegm and draws out the inflam?
mation. Sold by all druggists.
Proprietor Samuel F. Wheeler, of
the Columbia Hotel, has been arrest?
ed on the charge of running a gam?
bling room in his hotel during fair
week.
Chapped Hands.
.Wash your hands with warm wa?
ter, dry with atowtl and apply
Chamberlain's Salve just before go
ingto bed, and a speedy cure is cer?
tain. This salve is also unequaled for
skin diseases. For sale by all drug?
gists.
A CLOSE ff ALL.
Knife Falls From Top of Telegraph
Pole Striking a Man's Hat.
Mr. Joseph Muidrow, of Mayesyille,
while walking on Main street Friday
morning had a narro? escape from
serious injurv. Just 2s he passed
the telegraph pole that stands on the
corner "f Main and Liberty streets, j
the lineman who was '.-.'viking on the i
wires at the t op of the pole, dropped j
a large pocket knife with the blade j
open. The knife stiuck the brim of
Mr. Muidrow's hat and glanced off j
without doing any inju.y, but it was j
an exceedingly close call.
- .?a ? *? ? ? ia?.i
SUICIDE IX CLARENDON.
Samuel R. Epps Kills Himself With j
a Shotgun.
Manning, November 1.-Informa- 1
tino has just been received here that
Mr. Sam Robert Epps. of the Salem !
section, committed suicide this morn -
ing by shooting himself with a shot?
gun. He was about 55 years old. and
had several children, but his wife had !
been dead for several years. He was j
a prosperous farmer, and was highly j
esteemed by all who knew him. He j
had showed evidence of dementia for j
several months, but there was no ap
prehension felt that he would take his :
own life or offer violence to any one j
else. Coroner Tobias will go over in j
the morning to hold an inquest.
Croup.
*A reliable mericine and one that
should always be kept in the home for
immediate use is Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. It will prevent the
attack if given as soon as the child
becomes hoarse, or even after the
croupy cough appears. For sale by
all druggist.
-ii -rv -nw? i -
An effort will be made to pull o"
a college foot ball game here on
Thanksgiving day as one of the at?
tractions of the Sumter Light Infant?
ry Gala Week. ' It is a good idea and
should be a drawing card.
Don't Be Deceived.
*Do not be deceived by counterfeits
when you buy Witch Hazel Salve. The
name of E. C. DeWitt ?S: Co. is on ev?
ery box of the genuine. Piles in their
worst form will soon pass away if you
will apply Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve
night and morning. Best for cuts,
burns, boils, tetter, eczema, etc. Miss
H. M. Middleton. Thebes. III., says:
"T was seriously afflicted with a f?ve*
?ore that was very painful. Dewitt's
Witch Hazel Salve cured me in a few
lays." Sold by all druggists.
flore Horses and Moles and Better
-Horses and Mu?es.==========
I
Two carfully selected carbads just in. They are right, the
price is right and they need s liiii?- badly.
A full line of Buggies, Wai o i* and -arness always on hand
I sell the celebrated MILBURN WAGON.
Rcspec fully,
Four Matched Pairs
of Horses in the Lot.
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