Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?H WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2!, I9?6. Entered at the PostolSce at Sumter, S. C as Second Class Matter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The Sumter Restaurant. Durant Hardware Co.-Devoe. O'Donnell & Co.-Our Best Effort. Mead Cycle C.-Bicycles and Sun? dries. Schwartz Bros.-Millinery An? nouncement. The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. A Spring Greeting. Carolina Hardware Co.-Tools and Farm Implements. PERSOXAIi. Mr. J. M. Brogdon was in town Tirarsday. Mr. T. Scott DuBose spent Fri? day ia town. Mr. Frank Moses is in the city on a visit to relatives.- . Mr. D. L. Shaw, of St. Charles, was in town Saturday. Miss Sadie Find? of Statebarg, was in the city Saturday. Mr. D. V. Keels, of Rem berts, was in the city Saturday. Dr, Leonard White, of ?tatesville, IS. C.. is in the city. Miss Grace Carson, of Statebarg, was in the city Friday. Hon. W. McD. Green, of Lee Coun? ty, was ir. town Friday. Mr. W. J. Ardis, of Manchester, was in the city Thursday. -Mr. H. O. S. Jackson, of Elloree, -was in the city Thursday. Mr. Ii. M Sembert, of Concord, ipent Sato rday i o town. Mr. John K. Cresswell returned Fri? day night from Georgetown. Mr. J. P. Booth has returned from a business trip to St. Louis. County Superintendent of Education .Cain was in the city Friday. Dr. W. W. Auderson, of Statebarg, was it town Friday on business. Miss Bo th Harrington, of Ch era w, ia the guest of Mrs. H. G. Os teen. Mr. Luther Farabow, of Oxford, N. C, is in the city visiting his sister. Miss Lily Pringle has returned from Gainesville, Fla., where she has visit ?ed relatives tot the past three months. Misses Rosie and Lillian Moses have returned from New York City, where they have been for the past two months. * Miss Mary Price, of Marion, who has "been visiting Miss Virginia Barby, ( Teturned to ber borne Friday afternoon accompanied by Miss Barby. Hon. T. B. Fraser, representative ?rom Sumter Coon ty, member of the .dispensary investigating committee and ose of th3 leading members of the Boase, was in the city yesterday. The State, March loth. The enforcemenc of lhe request DOOK feature of the dispon?a! y law will materialy curtail th3 cale of liq? uor in Sumter unless the number of .clerks in the dispensary is increased. Mr. A. L. Dufft has taken formal .charge of the Hotel Jackson. He has employed Mr. Scott Bostick as day .clerk and Mr. Walter Eichelburger, of Laurens, as night clerk. The rates "have been reduced to $2.00 per day. A letter has been received in the .city from Mr. Geo. C. Odiorne of Man? ning, who is endeavoring to from a "baseball league with the surrounding .cities for the coming season. He is desirous of having Sumter join and desires some one here to get behind ?nd push the movement. It should be done. . Sumter county will probably join the other counties in the eastern part of the ^'t**.te in holding the Sum? mer School for Teachers at Hartsville. County Superintendent Cain has been hivrted to join with other coun "tifci K. rts *rl!e county board -of education he mai .-. sn der consideration. The prooosi viewed favorably c.- .' : boa: pf education and an agre r?< -probably .be made'that will be tuaiiy advantageous to all the cou.?ti -taking part in the Summer school. J On Sunday afternoon Mr Clarence Lowry obtained a mule fror . Sum ! "ter Transfer Company and start' for a ride. He put on long spurs wh the animal was unaccustomed u>, cand in mounting he touched the mule with the spurs in flanks. The mule started to kick and bolt, and Mr. Low? ry tried to retain his posit.'on Jn the .saddle by wrapping his legs around the mule's body, which drove the -spurs still deeper into the already mad and frightened animal. He eventually succeeded in throwing Mr. Lowry over his head, the fall breaking his collar bone. The roof Mr. E. A. Edwards' resi? dence on West Liberty street become ignited from a spark Sunday after? noon about 3 o'clock, but the blaze was discovered before it had gained much headway and the alarm sent in. "Before the hose wagons arrived a lad? der was secured and several persons mounted the roof and a bucket bri? gade was organized to fight the fire. Ey this means the spread of the flames was checked, so that when the firemen arrived and succeeded in stretching a line of hose from the nearest hy? drant on Purdy street it was not diffi? cult to gain control and extin' .nsh the fire. The damage was not gi t .as only a small section of the shin gled roof was burned. At first it was believed that the house was doomed and the furniture was removed. FORM THREE arman woe. THE FECHHHMER FISHELCO.. ??rooc Many sure signs of Spring abound at every hand and the new season stands knocking at the door. For the liberal patronage accorded us in the past we return to our many patrons our heart? felt thanks. We now extend to all our friends a Spring Greeting and with it a renewed Welcome To (5 Come to look or come to buy===make this vour store and make the most of it. Every department now blossoms with Spring freshness in new wearables. Our excellent Clothing, our correct Hats and our choice Toggery are well worth your atten= tion. We're always at your service. Yes, we're making a hid for your trade. May we have it ? r .<f$ ?irj, - i-?- li? * ^^^^^^ ^'^v^^^^^ FORM OW^^^^ COPYRIGHT t9w. THE FECHHE2V?ZR FISHEL CO., New YORK. sc* SA. Phone 166 lothing Co Sumter, S. C. -.-* The holders of cotton are still hold? ing fast. The cotton warehouse is full to the doors and it will probably re? main full until the price advances. The erection of the machinery.#at the Mutual Ice factory is progressing as rapidly as could be expected and the plant will be making ice before warm weather sets in. The Civic League is laying out flower beds and planting flowers ano. ornamental plants around the graded school buildings and in the enclosure at the Confederate monument. The issue of court house bonds was authorized by a substantial majority of the votes cast, but the election was somewhat of a travesty on a popular expression of opinion-311 votes cast out of a total of fully 3,000 Mr. Mciver Williamson of Darling ton, one of the most successful corn planters in the State, will address the farmers of this county at the meeting of the County Cotton Growers' Asso? ciation on the subject of "Corn Cul? ture." He will lend his influence in an endeavor to persuade the farmers of Sumter to plant more corn and to reduce the acreage of cotton. Mr. Edwards, of the firm of Ed? wards & Walter, architects, of Colum? bia, was in the city for awhile Thurs? day. He called upon. Clerk of Court T-. I. Parrott, and stated that he was : " at work on four, sets of plans for court house, which, he would sui . : upon "leir completion to the . . .. i>oi . "?mmissioners. He that he s . -. i that one of . . ;optable to oles? Ia ir.ts and other sh j an . . g serious com- : piai Lgaiiisi thc railroads on ac? count of the delay in the delivery of! freight. They arc not only seriously inconvenienced by not being able to get goods delivered promptly but when shipments are made to out of town customers the delay is even greater. Following specific instances are cited: A shipment to Dalzell from Sumter was eight days on the road; shipment to Oswego on March 3 not yet delivered; shipment from Wil? mington to Sumter, twelve days on the road; shipment to Mayesville March lp not yet delivered; shipment by or? der from Charleston to Silver Febru? ary 23 not yet delivered; shipment by order from Nashville January 27 to Sumter not yet delivered. The list could be extended but there is no need of making a bad story longer. The railroads may be doirtg the best they can in the circumstances, but an im? provement is sadly needed. A few cents invested in a" want ad" in this paper often bring results worth hundreds of dollars to the advertiser. If you have anything to sell or want to boy something, try a want. v The machinery business of Snmtrr ia keening pace with the growth in other lines of business. One tfl^pany i lias recently received several oar loads j of stationery engines and fonr big traction engines. Those in Favor of Bond Issue Win By 91 Votes. The board of election commission? ers met Friday to tabulate the returns of clio vote on the question of the bond issue, and declared the following re? sult: Yes/ No. Ward 4. 40 7 Ward 2. 87 8 Ward 1.. 27 3 Ward 3. 19 1 Bossard. 0 ll Stateburg. 2 3 Providence. 2 7 Bloomhill.,.. 2 2 Privateer-._>. 2 ll Wedgefield. 8 6 Rafting Creek. 3 2 Concord. 5 10 Mayesville. 1 26 Shiloh. 3 13 201 110 We hereby certify that the vote on the bond issue as tabulated, resulted 201 for bonds and 110 against bonds a majority of SI in favor of the issue of bonds. / W. O. Cain, Chairman. E. F. Miller. R. E. McElveen. llorso at the Depot Frightened by an Automobile. From Dai'y Item Mai ch 17. What came very near being a se? rious stampede at the depot among the hacks and drays was narrowly averted this morning. Mr. J. A. Schwerin came to the depot in his automobile, and in bringing his ma? chine to a stop, he circled around in front of the drays and hacks that were gathered in the yard of the depot. The horse of Manson Jenkins, a hack driver, became extremely fright? ened, squatted almost to the ground, plunged to the right and then unex? pectedly turned to the left and dashed unheeding-y through the assembled vehicles, and went at full speed for Harvin street. The horse ran into a fence at the corner by the telephone factory, kicked out and left the car? riage partly suspended in the air with a small oak tree protruding through the top. A number of other horses seemed greatly alarmed by the terror of the other animal, and dashed helter-skel? ter in all directions. The horse be? longing to Willis Moses dashed across the fence on the depot grounds, car? rying the carriage with him, and was stopped with great difficulty. It would be hard to describe the chaos and con? fusion that reigned for a few minutes, | and it looked as if a general stampede would happen. Luckilv the drivers I i reached their horses in time to prevent further damage. This is the time of year to clean up your premises in every corner. Scatter lime. These precautions are necessary to good health. In the Recorder's Court. Recorder Hurst heard today the case of the city vs. Oscar Williams, in ! dieted for breach of trust. The facts of the case warranted the recorder in al'Owing a compromise, which was af? fected by the payment by the defend? ant to the prosecutor of $10. Friday the recorder received a telegram from the chief of police of | Camden, stating that Willie Ramsey, who was accused of stealing clothes from Joe McCoy, had been captured. Recorder Hurst consented to his re? lease upon the payment of a fine of $20.00. Recorder Hurst had all he could do when he opened court Monday. I Caroline Henderson was arrested by ! Officers Tri bole and Owens by the di I rection of Constable Scarborough for the illict sale of whiskey. The defend? ant plead not guilty, but she was j convicted, and has already entered up j on her sentence of 20 days in jail in default of the payment of a fine of $30. The arrests of Charles Delaney and ! Moses Woodward for disturbance of j the peace are credited to Officers Gal I iagher and Boykin. Delaney was dis ! charged^ Woodward was found guilty and paid a fine of $5. I Elliott Thompson was escorted to the jail Saturday night in a terrible j 1 state of intoxication by Officers Pier- I I j son and Gallagher. He admitted his ! guilt and was permitted to go upon the payment of a fine of $2.00. j Officers Tribble and Owens arrested Jim Bradley and Isaac Spann for dis- . turbing the peace. Recorder Hurst i had no evidence against the latter, and ! he was discharged; the former was ; ! sentenced to pay a fine of $40 or to 1 [ serve on the gang for 20 days. Dr. Buzzard, with several aliases, j was taken charge ol* for obtaining goods and money under false pretenses by pretending to tell fortunes and sell? ing hands. Officers Tribble and Ow? ens effected his arrest. The defendant was sentenced to pay a fine of $20 or to go to the gang for 20 days. David Riles and Luke Hatchell. both white, were arrested by Officer Owens for disturbing the peace and fighting. They were fined each ?r>.00. COL. ELLIOTT HONORED. Washington, March 16.-Col. Wm. Elliott was today appointed by Secre? tary of War Taft as commissioner to mark Confederate graves. Col. Elliott's appointment, although, it was by no means a surprise, was the cause of much pleasure and gratification among the South Carolina delegation in Congress, and his many other friends and supporters in Washington. Representative Lever, in whose dis- j trict Col. Elliott resides, and who j claims the honor of being tho first) one io take the smiter of Col. Elliott's ' appointment up with the president, in' conversation today expressed himself; as very much pleased with the solee- ? tion made by Seretary Taft. j Clerk R. A. Weldon Resigns and is Succeeded by Mr. H. J. Seymour. Mr. R. A. Weldon, who has been clerking in the dispensary for several years, handed his resignation to Dis? penser Windham on Thursday. His reason for leaving the dispensary was the enforcement of the rule regarding each purchaser of liquor to sign the request book. Mr. Tvjeldon stated that it was a physical impossibility for the force in the dispensary to fill out the request books and wait on the trade and he did not propose to undertake to do it. He said also that no man could stand up to the work he would have to perform under this rule. Heretofore the force employed in the dispensary has had all it could do ! to keep up with the work without j bothering with the request books, and j the enforcement of the request book rule means double work for the clerks, at least. .. f Officer H. J. Seymour, of the city police force, was offered the position j made vacant by Mr. Weldon's resig- j nation. He resigned from the police [ force and Friday morning entered upon his duties as dispensary clerk. ' Letter to E. W. Dahbs. Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir: Here's a bully one. Mr. Dooley (not of Chicago), pain? ter, Lancaster, X. H., got the iob of palting the Episcopal parsonage. He was ns:jd to a paint, as pure as Devoe, "but weak and short measure : lie didn't know it was wtak or short measure. Dooley surveyed the job, aud said it wonld take 20 gallons. Mr. L. F. Moore, our agent, offered to give 10 gallons Dt voe. Accepted of course. Eleven gallons did it; the 10 plus one. Mr. Moore isn't painting parsonages on shares this year ! Tours truly, 19 F. W. DeVoe & Co. P. S. Durant Hardware Co., sell our paint. ? A Hint to Some of the Automobile Owners of Sumter. Out at Colonial Heights, a Columba, suburb, ?n automobile is being usec? to run a saw mill. The machine ss owned by Mr. J. C. Coulter, who building a residence there, and by a scaffold arrangement it is attached belting and the power turned on. 1 a?i circular saw at the other end of ihi belting can thus be geared up to in? most any speed desired and when che work of the day is done Mr. Cou - comes back to the city in his machine. -The State. Political prohpets are trying to pick, the winners in the city election, but it is a hazardous guess. HOLLISTER'S Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Busy Medicine for Busy People. Bringa Golden Health and Renewed Vigor. A specific for Constipation, Indigestion, Live and Kidney Troubles, Pimples, Eczema, Impura Blood, Bad Breath, Sluggish Bowels, Headache and Backache. Ifs Rocky Mountain Tea in tab? let form, 35 cents a box. Genuine made by HOLLISTER Dnro COMPANY, Madison, Wis. GOLDEN Wu"GC?TS Fm SALLOW PEOPLE 28th-:-March BEAUTY IN BLOOM 1 fill ii?! Ml* J! At Schwartz Bros. The season's keynote is BEAUTY. Fashion has not this year followed the caprice of any individual celebrity. Genius is the creator, becomingness the theme. Let Paris pride herself - weil she deserves to. For always has her art and originality been so worthy of American adoration. Th^n our own designers have outdone themselves this season. Th bined exhibit will prove a delight to all who love true e ; fashion and beaut}-. ? On view Wednesday. 28th. Welcome. S