The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 25, 1906, Image 6
PACTS ABOUT SAX FRANCISCO.
Hie Ninth Largest City in the Coun?
try-Located on a Narrow, Rooky,
Barren Peninsular-Man Forced tc?
Bo Much That Nature Had Left Un?
done.
In 1900 San Francisco was a city of
some 343,000 souls.. It is not the cap-'
ital of California, hut it is the chief
city of that State and of the Pacific
. coast. In 1900 it ranked ninth among
the one hundred largest cities of the
United States.
The city is located on a hilly, sandy,
rocky and treeless peninsular, which
is thirty miles in length and six miles ;
across at the city, and which cuts off j
San Francisco hay from the Pacific
?cean. The greater portion of the
Peninsular is wholly unfit for cultiva?
tion, and it was evidently not intended
by nature that it would be used for
residential purposes. Millions of dol?
lars were spent in grading and other
improvements. San Francisco bay is
about seven miles in width opposite
the city and about twelve miles in
?width at the widest point. The bold
and rugged shores of the Golden Gate
rise on the north as high as 2,000 feet
in places, while on the south they are
from 300 to 400 feet in height. Many
af them are covered with shifting
white' sand. Thirty feet of water may
"be had on the bar at low tide, while
?within it is much deeper and the an?
chorage is good.
About the city, which is loca* >d on
ihe east slope of the peninsula, tower
. nigh hills,, which were, formerly cut
up by many gullies. The low ground
at the base of these hills was formerly
aarr?w; except in what is now the
southern portion Of the city. There a
succession of loose, barren sand hills
made the passage of wagons impossi-'
ole. All" -thk ha&i;, pf ^course, ;been
changed during the last half century.
"Where big ships formerly rode at an?
chor are now pa^eds streets, for : the
ee>e was filled in^so|ne ?SL?ty years.'ago.
But one road <?ea?sV ou| ?of the city,
whose thickly seitl?d' streets are built
4? the %amphitheatle>' formed by(. the,
?flhLre^e hills. These hills prevented the
city's being-bu^lt after any uniform,
plan. -
.San Francisco is nevertheless a most
"beautiful city. -Much has been done to
improve its appearance, and it has
heen adorned with many handsome
-public buildings." For a long, time
many of the residences were built of?
fne famous California redwood, which
is not at all inflammable, and this
probably accounts in large measure
for th? fact that the city has been
singularly free from disastrous con?
flagrations since the '50s, when several
large fires did occur. It was subse?
quent to this time that the use of red?
wood was begun.
Across the bay is Oakland, where is
situated the Leland Stanford, Jr., Uni
.versity, which was damaged yesterday.
The Palace Hotel was, at the time
.of its erection, the largest building of
Hie kind in the world. It cost $3,250,
B00 and could accommodate 1,200
gu es ts. _
SHOCKS IN CHARLESTON.
Charleston, April 18.-It was stated
today that there were distinct shocks
of earthquake felt here yesterday af
"ternoon .and the presumption is that
it was the same seismic disturbance
wave which came closer to the surface
on th*e Pacific coast and did terrible
damage.
SHOOTING IN LANCASTER.
Lancaster, April IS.-A difficulty
occurred in the eastern portion of the
county ? day or two ago between two
young white men, Mr. Doster Sims
and Mr. E. R. Phillips, in which the
-latter was badly shot in the hand and
face. Mr. Sims using a shotgun. A
warrant has been issued for the arrest
of Sims, also for Mr. Sylvester Small, I
his father-in-law. and Mr. Dock Small, I
who are charged with being accesso- j
ries. !
Stomach and Liver Trouble Cured.
.Orine Laxative Fruit Syrup cures i
stomach and liver trouble as it aids j
digestion, and stimulates the liver and j
"bowels without irritating these organs j
like pills and ordinary cathartics. It
cures indigestion and sick headache '
and chronic constipation. Orino Lax- 1
ative Fruit Syrup does not nauseate or
gripe and is mild and pleasant to take.
Reruse substitutes. Durant's Phar?
macy.
Mr. Roosevelt got away from his
Republican moorings long ago. and it
was thought at one time that he was
going into the Democratic party; but
he is going farther-much farther. He
is well on the way to Populism.-Rich?
mond Times-Dispatch.
Chamberlain's Salve.
?This salve is intended especially
for sore nipples, burns, frost bite*,
chapped hands, itching piles, chronic
sore eyes, granulated eye lids, old
chronic sorrs and for diseases <?f the
skin, such as tetter, salt rheum, ring
worm, scald head. herpes, barbers'
itch, scabies or itch and eczema, lt
has met with unparalleled success in
ihe treatment of these diseases. Pn>p
25 cents per box. Try it. For sale by
All druggists.
WHAT WAS DONE
At Meeting cf County Board of Com?
missioners.
I _
The county board of commissioners
j met Thursday in the office of the
I judge of probate, Hon. T. V. Walsh,
j Present: County Supervisor W. H.
! Seale and Commissioners F. E. Thom?
as and Jno. I. Brogdon. The minutes
of the previous meeting were read
and confirmed.
! The county treasurer's reports dated
March 15-31 and April 1-14, 1906,
were read, entered and filed
A committee, consisting of Hon. R.
I. Manning, chairman; G. A. Lem
mon, C. G. Rowland, E. C. Hayns?
worth and R. F. Haynsworth, repre?
senting the Sumter Cotton Warehouse
Company, was present. Mr. Manning
made some remarks in regard to
handling cotton at this point. That
the General Assembly had passed an
Act in 1906, as to providing platforms,
etc., for weighing the cotton and pro?
posed to furnish the necessary land
without cost and free of rent to the
county- board, provided the commis?
sioners would erect the platform to be
used for that purpose. The board ac
I cepted the proposition of this commit
teen with the understanding that the
land should he leased for a term of
ten years; provided, the platform be
made by August 1, and that if at any
period within ten years the county
should not need the platform, the
board may remove the same.
Mr. Moore was present and called
the board's attention to the fact that
water had accumulated on one of
che. pubiic roads, partly within and
partly without, the city limits, which
was causing fever and injuring the
road. The board took the matter un
der consideration for future action.,
Mr. Glenn, of Spartanburg, was be?
fore the board in regard to the pur?
chase of county bonds. Upon consid?
eration of the matter of issuing bonds,
and'.after consulting with the county
attorney, it. was decided not to issue
or advertisevthe county-bonds for* the
present: v j
Mri C. F. McFa Idin was before the
board asking that the money due Mrs.
McFaddin for right-of-way on court
house lot be paid. He 'asked that the
office on the right-of-way be per?
mitted to remain until the board de?
termined to use the right-of-way. The
board decided that* the office must be
moved when the montey is paid.
WELL TRY REV. CREIGHTON.
Case of , Methodist Preacher at Green?
wood Referred to Conference.
Greenwood, April IS.-The Rev. C.
W. Creighton, who got into trouble
with his presiding elder and was
brought up before the last conference
of the Methodist church, held in Spar?
tanburg, must stand a formal trial,
according to the resolution of the
committee appointed to examine into
j his case. Mr. Creighton is editing a
religious weekly at Greenwood, and
i it was because of certain utterances in
i
I this periodical that charges were pre?
ferred against him.
The Rev. W. A. Massabeau, the Rev.
Peter Stokes and the Rev. C. P. Odell
were selected to make an investigation.
The committee met him and though
much testimony was taken, nothing
has been made public up to this time.
After nummerous delays, due to ill?
ness on the part of the stenographer
taking the proceedings, the report of
the committee was deiayed until a
day or two ago, when it was decided
to send the case up for a formal trial
by the conference. While the date of
the conference has not yet been fixed,
it will take place in Columbia about
the usual time, when a court of thir?
teen members will be appointed ty the
presiding bishop to hear Mr. Creigh?
ton's case.
While the entire proceedings has
been conducted with utmost secrecy
the finding of the committee has leak?
ed out. I
Williams Will Not Hang.
Aiken. April 17.-Attorneys repre?
senting Jim Williams, who was sen
teneed at the recent term of court for
murder of H. S. Fisher at Salley on
Christmas morning last, have filed an
appeal to supreme court and Williams
will not be hanged May 25th.
Even should the supreme court lelu.-e
to grant a new trial Williams cannot
be resentenced in about a year, as the
appeal cannot be heard by the su
preme court until next December, lt
is no secret that Solicitor Davis 1ms
expresse ! himself ns not being satis- !
fled with the verdict.
It would see n that if people mu*!
have kings they couldn't get a better
brand than the Italian.-Richmond
Xe ws-Leader.
Thc Original.
*Fo!ey & Co.. Chicago, originated
Honey and Tar as a throat ::n.j lu ig
remedy, and on acount of the great
merit and popularity of Foley's Honey
and Tar many imitation: are offered
for the genuine. These worthless im?
itations have similar sounding names.
Beware of them. The genuine Foley's
Honey and Tor is in a yellow: package.
Ask for it and refuse any substitute. It
is the bey- remedy for coughs and
colds. Dui tut's Pharmacy.
THE MASS MEETING.
Decided in Favor of Change in Mimi
cipal Elections.
From The Daily Item April IS.
The mass meeting of citizens in the
court hous at S o'clock last night was
entirely too poorly attended to settle
the very grave and important ques?
tion involving a radical change in the
future conduct of our municipal elec?
tions. The citizens were given ample
notice of the meeting, and by their
non-attendance they will have to swal?
low, agreeable or disagreeable as the
case may be, the medicine compound?
ed by a few, who went out and did
their duty tc themselves and to the
city.
Hereafter the board of aldermen
will consist of eight members, two of
whom shall come from each of the
four wards into which the city is di?
vided. The election, however, will not
be by wards, but by the city at large.
If you do not relish the change, you
will possibly perform your duty as a
citizen when the next opportunity s 3
to do presents itself.
FIFTY DOLLARS PRESENTED.
To Fire Department by Southern Cot
ton Oil Company.
From The Daily Item April IS.
Mr. Perry Moses, manager of the
local plant of the Southern Cotton Oil
Company, on yesterday presented the
Sumter volunteer fire department with
a. check for fifty dollars as a token o?
the appreciation of his company for
the splendid work done by the de?
partment that morning in saving the
company's ginnery from total destruc?
tion by fire.
. The firemen' were no doubt greatly
gratified to'receive this token of ap?
preciation for the services they so
"willingly volunteered.
There is no organization in the city
of which Sumter is prouder than of
her 'fire department, and it. would be
impossible to commend too -highly, the
boys who risk their lives and proper?
ly for the public good. ; The-gift above
mentioned comes as a weil merited
token of the high regard in which the
firemen of this city "are held.
A Day in Sumter.
Last Friday business to.ok us over
to Sumter and having to stay over all
day gave us an opportunity to see
something of the growth and enter?
prise of that busy little city.
Getting a horse and buggy from the
livery we rode around and were sur?
prised beyond measure at what we
saw. First thing to attract our at?
tention were the splendid roads, once
heavy sand beds, but by use of clay
? on them are now elegant drives.
Near neighbors to Sumter will be
surprised to know she has one of the
largest telephone manufactories rn
the United States, which is a wonder
I to those who first visit it. Just across
the railroad is a large coffin manufac
1 tory, two sash and door factories, two
! ice factories and an up-todate foundry
and machine shop where the most del?
icate casting to the massive fly wheels
are cast. The machine shops do all
kinds of repair work in steel.
Of course everybody knows that
Sumter has a cotton factory and an oil
mill, but all do not know what fine
graded school buildings, new up-to
date infirmaries and fine churches, al?
ready built and in course of erection.
The First Baptist church is of brick,
elegant and modern in design and
build. We are told that the Presbyte?
rians are going to put up one just a
little better and that the Methodists
are waiting to see the Presbyterian's
so they can go just one better.
The magnificent modem dweliings
that have been erected in the last few
years and the many pretty cottages
i that line the neatly laid off streets,
! which only a few years ago were old
: fields, tell the visitor of the expansion
and enterprise of Sumter.-Bishopville
Vindicator.
*If you ever bought a box of witch
hazel salve that failed to give satisfac?
tion the chances are it did not have
the name "E. C. DeWitt & Co." print?
ed on the wrapper and pressed in the
box. The original Dewitt's WTitch Ha?
zel ?alva never fails to give satisfac?
tion for burns, sores, boils, tetter,
cracked hands, etc. For blind, bleed
? ing, itching and protruding piles it af
j fords almost immediate relief. It
stops the pain. Sold by ai) druggists.
This is the time of the year when
One is not to blame for wishing he
had a good steady job at doing noth?
ing, it is in the air. the skies, the
budding trees rm i the Sshin* holes.
Seattle Post-rnteMigencer.
Caught Cold While flaming a Burglar.
*Mr. W?n. Thos. Lanorgan, provin?
cial e-?nstable ;tt Chapleau. Ontario,
says: "l caught" a severe cold while
hunting a burglar in the forest swamp
last fal!. Hearing of Chamberlain's
<''".ii,r*:! Remedy, i tried it. and after
using two small bottles. ? was com
pletely cure." This remedy is intend?
ed especially for coughs and colds. It
will loosen and relieve a severe cold in
less time Dian by any other treatment
and it is a favorite wherever its supe?
rior excellence has become known.
For sale by all druggists.
NUMBER THE HOUSES.
Hie Houses Built Since the Numbers
Were Put up Should Be Numbered
at Once.
Since the houses were numbered
some three or four years ago there
have been built in Sumter not less
than three hundred houses of one sort
or another. All of these new houses
are without numbers and all need
them. Within the same period quite
a number of new streets have been
opened and all of them are without
street signs, except a few that have
been mai-ked by the real estate men
who opened the streets.
The city council should take steps,
without delay, to have numbers placed
on the unnumbered houses and signs
on the new streets.
There are so many of these number?
less houses that it is becoming almost
as difficult to locate a house definitely
as it was before the houses were num?
bered. The man who occupies a num?
berless house has to give a long-wind?
ed description of his residence every
time he wishes to tell a person where
to find it. and it is a source of constant
annoyance to the mail carriers, mer?
chants and others who deliver goods
and packages.
Hogan in Manning.
It is said' that Eugene Hogan. Jr..
the young man who left the Sumter
court without permission, was in Man?
ning Saturday night, went to the tele?
phone office and inquired if he could
get a message through to Sumter. He
was drenchiig wet, and had the ap?
pearance of a man that was being pur?
sued. The young lady at the office
did not know him, nor anything about
his escape from justice, but from her
description those who know Hogan
are very sure it was him. When he
left the telephone office, he disappear?
ed in the night, and no one knows
which way he went.-Manning Times.
They Behaved Themselves.
- Supt. S. H. .Edmunds has received
the following self-explanatory let?
ter from Mr. H. A. C. Walker, princi?
pal of the Summerton..Graded Schools:
. Summerton, S. C., April 16. 1906.
Dear Mr. Edmunds:
I write this to say that your boys
who came down on the 6th bore them?
selves in a gentlemanly manner, im?
pressing all of our people with' their
quiet, dignified conduct..
I take pleasure in giving this testi?
mony, based on both personal obser?
vation and comment of others.
The game, though not a brilliant ex?
hibition, was clean and sportsmanlike.
We hope they will come again.
Very truly yours,
H. A. C. Walker.
The Delineator for May.
The May Delineator, with a com?
plete display, pictorial and descriptive,
of the latest spring fashions, contains
a wealth of suggestion for those who
wish to be smartly gowned, and many
other features of interest to women.
Hon. Justice David J. Brewer con?
tributes an article on "Woman in the
Professions" in which he comments
on the significance of the fact that the
status of women has changed in the
last half century. Miss Winslow's club
story. "The President of Quex," draw?
ing near its end, deepens in interest,
and the author supplements the in?
stallment with a chapter on "Club
Women and the Child Labor Ques?
tion.'-' In "Famous American Songs,"
Gustav Kobbe gives the story of the
origin of the popular air. "Ben Bolt."
and in an interesting historical sketch
of Annapolis. Hester D. Richardson
vividly pictures the romantic interest
attached to the spot where the body of
John Paul Jones is to rest. Florence
Rockwell writes of her experiences in
j playing Shakespearian rolos and
j speaks of the need of a national thea
! tre. Avery Abbott and Juliette B. G.
! Towne contribute short stories for
older folks, and Alice Brown a fairy
tale for the little ones. There are
other features to delight young folks,
including a chapter in the serial,
"Sunlight and Shadow*' and pasttimes
by Lina Beard. In the "Campaign
for Safe Foods" Mary Hinman Abel j
writes of coloring matters and eom
I
mercial cheats, and the pages devoted
to the household are full of sugges?
tions for the kitchen with many other
helpful hints to the housewife.
*Don't drug the stomach to cure a
cough. One Minute Tough Cure cuts
the mucus, draws the inflammation
out of the throat, lungs and bronchial
tubes, nea! ,. soothes and cures. A
quick curt for croup and whooping
cough. Its constantly increasing use
for many ya rs tells of the fact of its
absolute usefulness. Sold 1 y all drug
FREC??L*? arti! PIMPLES
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worst cases in twenty days. 50c. a-.d $1.00
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is co?ibiGcrc?. oj the high'
est authorities in the country to
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cotton blight.
"Yellow Leaf Blight59 and "Red
Leaf Blight55 are the result of impov?
erished soil, which Kainit cures.
Our 90-page book, "Cotton-Cul?
ture/5 is full of practical cotton infor
mation5 and is free for the asking.
A.:l?rc33, GuSBOX?T* 7" \~ I T7CBXS,
'*' Broad Street.
The weight per rod and size of wire .must be
taken into consideration ; also the CONSTKUC
tion of the FENCE.
Heavy wires and the best galvanizing ara
always used on the AMERICAN, and the quan?
tity already in service on farms is good evi?
dence of its merit.
The HINGE JOINT on the American allow?
for CONTRACTION and EXPANSION, to with?
stand sudden and severe pressure from contact
with animals, without bendings stays, the fence
springing back to place the instant pressure
is removed.
The most secure, lasting fence is the AMER?
ICAN. Sold by
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The Faint that covers and wears-and is 0
therefore the cheapest. The whitest, white
FAINT made. Strictly Pure Lead and Zinc and
Pure Linseed Oil. Ten to twenty per cent,
cheaper than other paint and STRICTLY \
GUARANTEED. Half a million dollars behind
this guarantee. Buy some tor your next job
and be convinced forever.
The Durant Bardware Co. *
4 ^ -;1 $ L
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i'bj ' li ji ' '1 '
Ml * I . ib lt
Thg Farmers5 Bank and Trust Co, ^
Capital Stock $60,000. -:.
-:- Undivided Profits $11.500.00.
WE CO A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
4 per cent, interest, compound?
ed quarterly, allowed c?n deposits 0
in our savings department.
WK GUARD OUR PATRONS' INTERESTS
Your Patronage Solicited
C. G. ROWLAND. R. F. HAYNSW?RTH.
President. V. President.
R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier.
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