Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, ?906. The Sumter WatcJunan wa** founded in 1850 and tho True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now bas the com? bined circulation and influence of bom of the old papers, and is manifestly the best -advertising m?dium in Sumter. HOGAN'S ESCAPE. Ifae Bondsmen Are Responsible for His Delivery to the Court, v The ^escape and disappearance of -Eugene Hogan, Jr., from the court room during the process of his trial .?or an, assault and battery with intent to kill and for carrying a concealed weapon, has been an extensively mooted question on the streets of the -city since his disappearance was first discovered. The jury had retired Saturday not snore than three minutes, when the ?defendant arose from his seat within the railings and unnoticed and un ?questioned, was allowed to depart, os? tensibly, it is said, to get his dinner. Since then he has never, been seen % ;anywhere within the vicinity of the court house and it looks as if, and it -. -seems to be the consensus of opinion . that, he will never returri^f his own -free will and accord. The question that has excited the - ~most heated debates is the fixing of the responsibility for the prisoner's re? turn. Some have gone even so far as to say that Sheriff Epperson's bond '-will be estreated for not properly discharging his duty. Such, however, is not the case. While it is unani? mously agreed that it ivas an act of carelessness on the part of the sheriff not to have kept a more watchful eye ""upon the defendant, especially during the deliberation of the. jury, yet he is in no ways liable under his bond? A clause in the recognizance by vir? tue of which the defendant was per? mitted to be set at liberty and under which his bondsmen, Messrs. W. *B. Boyle and Eugene Hogan, Sr., were made liable, reads as follows: "And not depart thence (from the. court) without leaye of the said court."- So, until his discharge from the custody ?x>f the court was signed by Judge Gary "the TSondsmen were liable jointly and -severally in the sum cf $1,000. Herein lies the distinction between a "bondsman in case of a felony and one "In case of a misdeameanor. Had Zeig /~ler died, and the accused been tried for murder then the liability of the bondsman would have .. n the .arraignment of the prise:?;. .. :o would then have been co: i 22 -iivered into the custody cf the court. In the case of a misdei t . ie 'defendant is deemed at ??berty u::?l "the sentence of the court has boen '^passed upon him. , Bonds Estreate:}. "On motion of John S. * .. iisw Esq., solicitor, the court Monda. ? ?y after the recess hour, the following bonds estreateu. oe?. W. Murray, convicted, of uttering a forged instrument, $3,000; Eugene Hogan, ?Jr.; assault and battery with intent to ?11 and carcying concealed weapons, $1,000; Edward Danvey, privily'steal? ing froid the person, $1,000. The reward of $100 offered for the capture ?.nd conviction of the negro who held up and? robbed Wade Wille ?ord, one of the Daily Item carrier boys, has been paid to Mr. H. J. Sey ~ moor, who worked up the case and arrested Harry Mccutcheon and se? cured a confession from him. This holdup occurred one rainy Saturday .night last winter and was an outra? geous and serious affair. The man? agement of the Daiiy Item and Mr. J. ?*. Glenn, the uncle and guardian of Wade Wilieford, viewed the matter in so serious a light that they jointly of? fered a reward of $100, believing that unless this was done the footpad would ?scape capture and punishment. With? in, a few days after the reward was of? fered the negro was captured, and when he realized that the chain of ev? idence against him was complete he confessed his guilt. When brought to trial last week he plead guilty and was sentenced to three years on the chain gang. Considering the gravity of thor offense this sentence was light and weil repaid him for throwing himself npon the mercy of the court. This case should serve as a warning to other ftQe and vicious negroes not to in? terfere with the carriers of the Daily item. Xo trouble or expense will be ?pared LO run down and bring to pun? ishment anyone who molests in any? way the boys who deliver this paper. "The order of Eagle/, which is being organized in this city, is a fraternal cind beneficial organization. The pro? moters are meeting with much suc? cess, having already obtained the barnes of 30 candidates for initiation as charter members. A very large Aerie will be established in Florence ?&zi the ISth with a membership of ap? proximately 75. Success has crowned our efforts of "?aaiiring endeavor and we present to the public with a confidence never b? 'ffer?: ?feld by and other medicine. Hol? lister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents, 'Ttea or Tablets. China's Drug Store. 4 VERY EASY GRAFT. MORE LIGHT TURNED OX SHADY DOINGS OF DISPENSARY BOARD. Free and Easy Methods of Buying Thousands of Dollars Worth of Liq? uor-Directors and Clerks ' Ordered What They Saw Fit and From Whomsoever They Pleased. Columbia. April 17.-In the inves? tigation of the dispensary purchases today some startling revelations were made as to the loose purchasing meth \ ods that have hertofore prevailed. The old coard gave a sort of g?nerai or<fer to the clerk to order as saw ?t. Great quantities were bought and no special account was kept of the or? ders. In- addition to this, members of the board ordered thousands of dol? lars worth of liquor individually with? out consulting the other members. Even after a resolution was adopted that this must be stopped members continued to order. Nearly every whiskey house whose accounts have been held up had rep? resentatives present. They offered to take back their whiskey if they could not get pay for it. No conclusion has been reached. A BAD ACCIDENT. Mr.v D. B. Foreman Falls From Elec? tric Light Pole. From The Daily Item April 16. Mr. D. B. Foreman, one of the men engaged in the work of installing the j nev.* plant for the Sumter Ice, Light & Power Comparry, fell this morning a distance of about 15 feet from a pole lust in front of Karris' Cigar Store, on the corner of Main and Liberty streets. Mr. Foreman was at dork on a large transformer, and. in some way, he lost his balance and fell to the ground. He ' fell upon his arm and shoulder, neith? er of which were broken, but he was badly bruised and bled freely from the 1 nose from concussion. He was re . moved to the Sumter Hospital where ! he will be given the best of treatment. MR. D. G. ZEIGLER ILL. The Unfortunate 3ian Seriously Sick in St. Matthews. From The Daily Item April 16. Mr: D. G. Zeigler, recently shot and seriousiy wounded by Eugene Hogan, Jr., is now at hb wife's home in St. Matthews Orongeburg county, in a rather dangerous condition. The te? dious ordeal of the witness stand in che recent trial of the case against Hogan seems to have been too much for his depleted constitution to stand. He was to have been 'the leading witness for the plaintiff in the case of Evans vs. the First Baptist church, a civil action for debt. A telegram from St. Matthews was received this morning by A. B. Stuckey, Esq.,. of counsel for the plaintiff, which in? formed him that Mr. Zeigler had ; taken a turn for the worse, and that j his condition would not permit of his j being present. The trial of the case i was postponed. The nature of Mr. Zeigler's wounds were of such a j character as to make his speedy recovery nothing short ol phenomenal, and this sudden change in hi:; condition is what a number of people of this city have been long ex? pecting. It is hoped, however, that his wonderful vitality will serve him well again, and that he will soon be entirely recovered. Wedding in Bishop viii e. Bisbopville, April 32.-Mr. J. Oliver DoRant, of Bishopville, and Mrs. Kat? tie Large, of Stokes?s Bridge, were mar? ried here at 3 o'clock tbis afternoon at the Methodist parsonage, the pastor, the RevD. Arthur Philip??,officiating. The marriage - was a quier, informal one, no cards nor invitations having neen sent cut bat Mr DuEant had invited a few of his friends to be present, and toe handsome parlors aud spacious I oiazzas were filled with well wishers. Mr D?Kant is one of the most popular men in the county and his charming bride a universal favorite iu ber home circle, so it is safe to predict happiness and prosperity to the newly married couple. They will take the afternoon train for Charleston, where they will i spend several days befoie returning to I Bishopville. Letter to jiooth Live Stock Company. Sumter, S. C. Dear Sits: We manage to get some fun out of paint. J H KoLlm^ver, Grove City, Pa, put-in Devoe. Along came a salesman of somebody's else's paint before curs tad got there. Salesman said ours was s'-ort-iiieasnre. Kohlmeyer weakened hu"g rire and flopped; stopped r.urs and took his. It was our tnrn now. We emptied cur can into ?i i s and h?s into ours. The short measure was his, not ou?s; and we kept our man. And, ever since then, that paint manufacturer gives full-measure; his psint is not pure, but his gallon con? tain Tour quarts. Go by the name : and the name to go by is Devoe lead ancl-zinc. Yours truly, F. W. DeYoe & Co. 27 P. S. Durant Hardware Co., sell ou: paint. The picnic season is almost here and the picnic sports are figuring on going to several Sunday schools. UNAUTHORIZED PURCHASES. - I DISPENSARY DIRECTORS ADVIS? ED THAT LIQUORS WAS NOT LEGALLY ORDERED. : The State Likely to bc involved in One : or More Lav. St:its. Growing Cat ol" the Transactions of the Cid Board. i _ I Columbia, April lo.-Tho State board of directors will meet tomorrow to hear argument as to why whiskey houses should not be made to receive j as "returned goods" liquor that was j order/ed out by the previous board of j control, lt is a pretty question and one which will no doubt end up in a iarge and enthusiastic law suit. The present State board wants to reject about $4 ' \000 worth of liquors bought and received by the previous board of control and which the pres? ent administration contends i? not what is wanted, and it wants to buy goods which it thinks will better suit the demands of the trade. Mr. J. E. McDonald, on the part of thc present board, has written to the' various liquor houses that the board takes the position that the liquor ir. question was not legally ordered, and i that he has advised the board that the j law must be complied with ' in suoh J orders and that the board would like j to hear the representatives of the va- j rious houses as to why it should not accept the return of the liquor ship? ped to the State dispensary' and now on hand at that institution. . j Representatives of the various liq^ uor houses are here en masse and want their money and do not want their ! liquor. They have evidently.sold the j liquor at good prices and want the ! State to stick to its purchases and do not think it right for the new board tc return the liquor, which has been on hand in the dispensary for months. The representatives of the liquor houses are here with the official and formal orders signed by the clerk of the State board of control, and insist that these orders should hold good and that they have no knowledge and no right to have known anything' about the resolutions of the board regarding its internal affairs, and that there were no requisitions for the whiskeys, as ordered out by the State board of control, authorized by law to make purchases. The new state board expects to hear the whole matter discussed at a spe? cial meeting tomorrow. Mr. J. E. Mc? Donald; special counsel for the board with reference to the return of these liquors, will be present at the meet? ing. It is understood that some of the houses have taken back the liquors and that the new board has bought other grad?s of liquor from these houses in lieu, so to speak, of the un? salable goods that were on hand. PENNSYLVANIA STRIKE RIOTS. A State of Terror Reported at Winder, Near Johnstown. Johnstown, Penn., April 16.-Three men have been shot dead, a boy fatal? ly wounded and a mining engineer. Eugene Delaney, taken to the hospital in a serious condition as a result of a riot at Winder among the striking coal miners tonight. The place is in a state of terror. Sheriff Begley has been summoned and an appeal has r^en made to Governor Pennypacker for t?roops. There are several others of the rioters who have sustained slight injuries. The dead men and most of the injured are foreigners and their names cannot be obtained. The bodies are lying in the streets tonight, where they fell, the strikers refusing to allow the undertakers to remove them. The foreign element have been cele? brating Easter Monday in the mining district and much liquor has been used. The streets have been thronged all day with a boisterous crowd, but no sign of trouble appeared until to? night. A body of strikers were as? sembled in front of the Winder jail discussing the mass meeting that had been held during the afternoon and which had been addressed by three Catholic priests. The discussion grew into an argument and soon there was a free-for-all fight. Deputies that had beer, sworn in when the strike in the coal mines was first inaugurated made their appear? ance and a number of arrests were ?nade. All of the arrested men were union men and their colleagues set up a cry that they wore being discrimi? nated against and were imposed upc:1.. Thc arrested men were marched to the lock-up door, but there a mob had formed and an attempt was made to take the men from the officers. Forced back from the jail door, the mob, growing more violent every minute, threatened the deputies until the officers fired. The mob hesitated apparently expecting that the depu? ties would resort to fire arms. When the sinnk.- had cleared away and the victims of the shots were viewed by ihr crowd .there were cries of anger and soon miners that were armed re? turned the fire of the deputies. The firing ceased as soon as it began, how? ever, and the crowd filed away from the jail. The easiest and best way to help a newspaper is to patronize the mer? chants who advertise. Presbyterian Church. I The formal installation of Rev. J. j P. Marion, Jr., as pastor of the church I was the feature of the morning ser j vice. Rev. James Mc Dowell was the presiding officer. lie asked the c >n stitutional questions and delivered the charge to the pastor. The charge to the congregation was delivered by Rev. J. W. McKay. The sermon was preached by Rev. J. M. Holli day. The services were solemn and deeply im? pressive, while the sermon by Mr. Hol Iidav was an eloquent and spiritual ep 1 ... home of the pastors relations to ms church. j Easter Elections. The annual meeting of the eongre I gation of the Church of the Holy Com ? forier was held in the church Monday evening, and the rector, Rev. H. H. Covington, made a report of the finan? cial condition of the church, in the ab? sence of the treasurer, Hon. R. I. ; Manning. The following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: Wardens-Dr. J. F. W. DeLorme, Mark Reynolds. Vestrymen-R. I. Manning, Geo. D. Shore^R. L. Cooper, W. W. Rees, J. Singleton Moore, Thos. E. Richardson and H. G. Osteen. The delegates to the annual confer erence which convenes at Anderson are as follows^ Dr. J. F. W. DeLorme, J. Singleton.Moore, R. I Manning. M. Reynolds. Alternates: W. E. Murray, I R. L. Cooper and J. L. Alnutt THE FIRE YESTERDAY. Ginnery of thc Southern Cotton Oil j Plant Damaged. The ginnery, a large tin covered building, at the plant of the Southern Cotton Oil Company, was discovered on fire at noon Tuesday. The alarm was sent in and quickly responded to. It was exceedingly difficult to get at the fire owing to the building being covered with sheet tin. and it was very apparent that the fire de? partment is badly handicapped by not having a hook and ladder truck. The interior ol" the building was badly damaged, but the loss is fully covered by insurance. The firemen did splen? did work and in recognition thereof they were presented by the company with a check for ?50. A mail car will be put on the Wil? son and Summerton division of the Northwestern railroad at an early date. The car is in readiness and as soon as a mail clerk has been assigned to the run the service will be started. A gentle reminder to the new city council that the signs have not been removed from Main and Liberty streets is not out of place. Be careful and do not step on a banana peel on the sidewalks-liable to break your neck. Take Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea this month. Drives away spring tiredness, gives appetite and sieep, makes you well and keeps you well. Great family tonic. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. China's Drug Store. Statistics show that Georgia and South Carolina are now using more commercial fertilizers than were used by the whole Southern states ten years ago. While these enormous fertilizer bills are a heavy tax upon framers yet the yield per acre in cotton has also been greatly increased. Owing to a more general adoption of thc in? tensive plan of farming, the next ten years will probably show a still larger use of commercial fertilizers. The greatest expense in growing cotton is the labor, and experience has proven that there is more net profit realized from planting a well fertilized small area than from a poorly-fertilized large area. AX APPEAL TO WIVES. Cure the Drinking Husband by Using Orrhic-Can Be Given Secretly. Xo more terrible affiiction can come to any home than the craving of husband and father for strong drink. We appeal to wives, mothers and sisters to save the husband and father or the brother or son with Orrine. a scientific and positive cute for the drinking habit. The patient simply takes Orrine Xo. '1 or the secret remedy Orrine Xo. 1 which is in powder f irm and as it is perfect colorless, tasteless and odorless, can be given in food or drink without the knowledge of tine user. The price of either form is $1. The craving for strong drink will be destroyed; in fact, the-drink will not be missed when Orrine is used". Orrine is sohl under a positive guarantee that it '..-iii cure the drink habit if directions are followed, in every box is a registered guarantee which entitles you to a refund of your monty if Orrine faii to effect a cure. You run no risk whatever in using this n meily. There is no loss ol time or absence from home or busi? ness, no sanitarium treatment. Tn fact. Orrine strengthens the nerves md restores general good health, while .uring the drink habit. Treatise on how to cur" drunkenness free on re luest. orrine Co.. Washington. D. C Wives, save the happiness and prosperity of your home with Orrine. Orrine is for sale hy DeLorme's 'harma cy. A report has reached the city that a smallpox epidemic was threatener? in the Lewis Chapel neighborhood. Cilicer Reardon will visit the infected place armed with vaccine points and -he will have the cases put in charge of a com oe i ont physician. Eveiv housf? that is built should bc supplied with city water, which is pure and wholesome, while the water obtained from pumps and wells is suspicious, to say the least. NOTICE. Any person having a claim against the estate of the bite Henry R. Thom? as will please present an itemized ac? count of the same to Mrs. H. R. THOMAS. R. F. D. Xo. 3. 4-18 Sumter. S. C. -USE THE Sparks Distributor TO SIDE DRESS YOUR CROPS. Try one and be eonvinc ? ed. Guaranteed to do what is claimed. Buy from dealer or order from Sumter. S. C. 4-lS-3m For Reorganization of Democratic Clubs on April 2Sth and the County Convention on May 7th. In accordance with the constitution of the Democratic party, presidents of the clubs in Sumter county will as? semble their respective clubs at the 9 usual meeting place and hour on Sat? urday. April 2Sth. to reorganize by the election of officers, -a member of the county executive committee, and delegates to the county convention on the basis of one delegate for each 25 members, and majority fraction there? of. Said delegates are hereby called to meet in the court house in Sumter at 12 o'clock noon, on May 7th to elect delegates to the State convention called to meet in Columbia. May 16th, to elect a county chairman for the next two years, to confirm the club elections of the county executive com? mittee and transact such other busi? ness as may proper!:/ come before it. The retiring executive committee is called to meet at ll o'clock a. m., to close up the business of the last cam? paign. Copies of the constitution and rules may be procured from H. L. E. Wells, Esq.. Secretary, or to the ui? dersigned, Goodwill. S. C. E. W. DABBS. County Chairman. 4 12-3t. Charged With Abduction. Spartanburg, April IS.-Thomas I-Iendersonj a well known young man cf Clifton, was bound over to the 1 Criminal Court this afternoon by Magistrate Kirby, oh a charge of ab? duction, enticing Myrtle Rogers, an attractive looking young woman from her home at Clifton, this city, under promise of marriage. The girl is said to be under 16 years of age. IN THE > District Corni of ile ?s;iM States FOU THE KASTKI?X DISTRICT OF SOUTH CARO? LINA. In the matter of the Independent Cot? ton Oil Company, Bankrupt: Ey virtue of an order of sale, made and filed in the above entitled proceed? ings on the 3rd day of April. 1006, and by virtue also of a certain Order an? cillary to said Order entered in the office of the clerk of the District Court of the United State- for the Western District cf North Carolina; the undersigned will sell at public auction, as an entirety, and not in separate parcel--, before the Court House of the Court of Common Fleas for the county of Darlington in the State of South Carolina, on Friday, the Eleventh day of May, A. D., 19yS, ^ J at 12 o'ciock m.: Oil mill plants and gtnnenos where respectively located, at Darlington, Manning, Marion, Hamer, Che raw, Kingstree, Timmonsville, Mul? lins, Syracuse, Lamar, Swift Creek, Auburn, Davis- Station, Summerton and Paxville, in South Carolina, and at Wadesboro, in . North Carolina, with all the land, buildings, engines, machinery, gin neries, side tracks and other appur? tenances connected therewith and . forming part thereof, or rights there- jj with connected as set out in said Or? der of sale, and also all tools, office furniture, safes, seed houses and scales wherever located, now in the hands of the trustees in Bankruptcy, j and being formerly a part of the prop? erty of The Independent Cotton Oil ->, ; Company. j ! Terms cash. No bid less than $200, 000 will be received. The Trustees are i authorized to require a deposit of I $5,000 before receiving any bid. For I a fuller description of the property to j be sold, and further particulars as to I the terms and provisions of said sale, . ' j reference is made to the said Order on ?-file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of vthe United States for the District of South Carolina, in the City of Charleston. John C. Simonds, C. E. Taylor. Jr. 4 Daniel T. McKeithan, Trustees in Bankruptcy. 4 12-4t j And with it, has tage stock, but this need ot cause our ness, as the gaps will soon be filled up with new and erchandise. lil nany