The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 18, 1906, Image 5
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1906.
Entered at the Postoffice at Sumter, S.
C as Second Class Matter.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. D. Wilder-For Auditor.
Robt. Muldrow-For Auditor.
John H. Clifton-For the Senate.
Geo. W. Dick-For the Legislature.
O'Donnell & Co.-French Garments.
John H. Clifton, Co. Chairman
Notice.
PERSONAL.
*
Mr. R. L. Wright has gone to Beau?
fort.
Mr. R. I. Manning spent Sunday in
the city. .
Mr. V. R. Pringle left Monday for
.New York.
Capt. W. E. Zeigler, of Orangeburg,
is in the city.
Mr. John K Crosswell spent Sun?
day in Columbia.
Mrs. C. B. Yeadon is visiting
friends in Charleston.
Mr. S. M. McLeod is spending some
time at Glenn Springs?.
Mr. T. P. Sanders, of Boykins,
spent Saturday in town.
~ Mrs. C. L. Cuttino has gone to Sil?
ler to visit her mother.
C. L. Cuttino. Esq., has gone to
Washington on business.
Mrs. H. A. Lowry left for Hender?
son ville, N. C., on Monday.
Mrs. Atlamont Moses has gone to
Conway on a visit to friends.
Mrs. S. R. Smoak has 'gone to Or
4U}geburg to visit her parents.
Mrs. D. J. Auld has gone to Hen?
derson ville to spend a month.
Mr. G. M. Dorn has gone to Glenn
Springs to spend a few weeks.
? Mr. J. W. Bronson, of Orangeburg,
is in town for a few days' stay.
Mrs. F. M. Spann and soo, Baker,
*?eft Wednesday for Salada, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mcilwaine
lieft on Monday for Saluda, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Jenkins are
spending some time in Asheville,
N. C.
Mr. T. B. Reynolds and children
have gone to Lee county to spend some
4ime.
Miss Louise Murray left Thursday
-afternoon for Darlington to visit
-friends.
Mrs. J. D. White has gone to Hen?
derson ville, N. C., to spend a month
?or more.
Mis. W. H. Achurch, of Charleston,
is ou a visit to her mother, Mrs. E A.
.Cuttino. f
Misses Mary and Marion Girardeau
?ave gone to Heudersonville for a
short stay.
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Bowman are at
home, after spending a few days at the
Jaie of Palms.
Mrs. H. M. Sanders has gone to
'Concord, N. C., to spend several weeks
with her mother.
Miss Laura Burgess and Miss Trent
.Dye, of Jesup, Ga., are visiting at
Mrs. M. Pierson's.
Mr. Horace Harby returned yes?
terday from a trip to Atlantic City
-and Trenton, N. J.
Mrs. E. A. Jenkins and children
lia ve returned from a visit to rela
~tives in Charleston.
Miss A. C. Weeks has gone to Ker?
shaw to spend two months with her
sister, Mrs. Rollins.
Miss Emma Schwartz left on Monday
?afternoon for New York, where she
will spend several weeks.
Mr. L. F. Murray, of Macon, has
-accepted a position with the Western
TJnion Telegraph Company.
Mrs. G. A. Leonhirt and children
iiiive returned from a pleasant visit to
relatives in North Carolina.
Mrs. J. M. Harby and little daugh?
ter. Marguerite, have returned from a
-trip to Wrightsville Beach.
Mrs. George Foxworth and little
Marion have gone to Heudersonville,
N. C., to spend the summer.
Miss Mitt Durant has gone to Spar?
tan burg to accept a position as steno*
egrapher with a firm in that city."
Mr. John Buckner, who ha? '^een
-on a pleasure trip to New YO*A for
-several weeks, has returned home.
Mrs. E. J. Mires, of Timmonsviile,
and Mrs. L. J. Williams, of Bennetts
-ville, are visiting Mrs. M. H. Beck.
Mrs. R. H. Moise and Miss Dulcie
Moise went to Heudersonville, N. C.,
on Monday tb spend a month or more.
Miss Moneta Osteen and Misses
Octavia and Pauline Dove, of Doves
yllle, went to the Isle of Palms Sat
;srday.
Mr. Edmund R. Murray, who has
been living in Montgomery, Ala, for
-the past six months, is in the city on
.-a visit.
Mr. H. C. Parrott, of Darlington, a
brother of Mr. L. I. Parrott, is now in
.tie city as bookkeeper for the Burns
Bard ware Co.
Dr. J. H. Morse will left on last
Wednesday for au extended trip to
.Philadelphia, New York and other
-points North.
Mr. Geo. D. Shore was called to
Winston-Salem, N. C., Monday by a
telegram informing him of the illness
-of his father.
Dr. B. B. Breeden was called to
Bennettsville Friday night by the
?death of his mother, Mrs. W. K.
Breeden, which occurred at 5 o'clock
Friday afternoon. j
Mr. R. K. Timmons, Presbyterian
Missionary from Cuba, is spending a
few days in town with his brother,
Mr. H. L. Timmons, of the firm of
Timmons and Johnson.
Mr. C. H. Newman, A. C. L.
Icosdmaster at Florence, was in the
-city Saturday. He is off for a holiday,
&nd after visiting his old botne and
relatives in the Lewis Chapel neigh?
borhood, will go to Tennessee r.nd
Kentucky.
The arrival of new automobiles has
ceased to attract attention in Sumter.
Scarcely a week passes that there are
net new machines put into service.
DEATH.
Mr. Robert C. Webb died Wednes
day, aged 40 years, after a long illness
The funeral was held at the cem?
etery at 10 o'clock Thursday.
Edwin, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore A. Scarborough, died at
12.25 Monday. The funeral services
were held at Mr. Scarborough's res?
idence, No. 203 North Main street, at
10 o'clock yesterday morning.
RECEIVER APPOINTED.
I. C. Strauss, Esq., to Take Charge of
Bank of Mayesville,
At the request of State Bank Exam?
iner Holleman, Judge Purdy has is?
sued an order appointing I. C. Strauss.
Esq., receiver of the Bank of Mayes?
ville. Mr. Strauss is required to give
bond in the sum of $20,000.
POSTOFFICE SITES.
Statement of Methods Employed by
the Treasury Department in Secur?
ing Sites for Federal Buildings.
Whenever an Act of Congress au?
thorize the acquisition of a site for
a proposed public building-whether
by purchase or gift-the treasury de?
partment invites, through an adver?
tisement inserted in a local newspaper,
bids for the sale, or propositions of
donation, and directs that the same be
submitted to the Secretary of the
Treasury at Washington. This adver?
tisement gives such information as tc
the approximate dimensions of the
site required and the general condi?
tions and requirements as will enable
intelligent preparation and submission
of bids or offers.
The bids and offers obtained in this
way are opened at the Treasuray De?
partment in Washington at the time
stated in the advertisement, and as
soon thereafter as practicable an agent
of the department is sent to make a
personal examination of the properties
offered, and upon this report, together
with representations in writing from
other sources, the Department makes
selection, conditioned, nevertheless,
that the tile to the property be ap?
proved by the attorney-general. When
the land is thus acquired on which
buildings are situated which are re?
served by the party selling, notice to
remove the same is given after land
has been actually acquired and title
approved.
? Whenever the department is unable
to obtain an acceptable site at a rea?
sonable price in the manner above
outlined, it frequently makes selection
and autnonzes the Department of
Justice to begin and prosecute con?
demnation proceedings in which the
price to be paid is judicially deter?
mined. *
As soon as practicable after the ac?
quisition of the site, plans for the pro?
posed building are prepared and a
contract let for the construction there?
of.
Dr. Dick a Candidate.
Dr. Geo. W. Dick, former mayor of
Sumter and one cf this city's most
popular citizens, has decided to enter
the race for the House of Representa?
tives and his card appears today. Dr.
Dick as alderman and mayor of Sum?
ter made aa enviable record as a ca?
pable and progressiwe public servant
and if he should be sent to the Legis?
lature Sumter county has the assur?
ance that he will discharge his duty
there equally as well.
Crop conditions in Sumter county
are becoming quite serious and the
outlook is more unfavorable than for
several years. The continued rains
have damaged both cotton and corn
to an extent difficult to estimate and
the rains still continue with no indi?
cation of cessation.
Trade unionism must be growing
j strong in some sections of South Car
? olina, conclusions being drawn from
1 the number of candidates who have
t the Union label on their cards.
The Second Regiment Band will
attend the encampment at Chicka
mauga.
Work cn the new Court House will
begin in che near future.
Removes the microbes which im?
poverish the blood and circulation.
Stops all trouble that interefres with
nutrition. That's what Hollister's
Rocky Mountain Tea will do. Tea or.
Tablets, 35 cents. China's Drug
Store.
Mr. Robert Muldrow, of Mayesville,
announces his candidacy for the office
of County Auditor. He is a graduate
of the South Carolina College and is a
young man for fine ability and charac?
ter and? well qualified to fill the
office.
"'Through the instrumentality of the
secretary of the Chamber of Com?
merce, Mr. E. I. Reardon, electric
lights will DOW be placed in the Atlan?
tic Coast Li np passenger depot. The
Electric T Company and the Coast
Line had me differences as to terms,
and, rea' mg the necessity of the in?
stallation of the lights, Mr. Reardon
got the two together, and this addi?
tional convenience will now be pro?
vided.
A STRANGER DEAD.
J. J. Hennessy, a Travelling Printer
and Linotype Operator, Found Dead
By the Roadside.
From the Daily Item July 12.
J. J. Hennessy, a linotype operator
who drifted into Sumter about a
month ago and has been working a
few days at a time as a substitute op?
erator in this office .since his arrival,
was found dead near the R. M. Pitts
place in the Jordan neighborhood this
morning by Mr. John Burkett. He
was lying under a tree a short distance
from the road with his coat folded
under his head, and when first seen
was thought to be sleeping. When it
was discovered that he was dead. Cor?
oner Flo .vers was notified and an in?
vestigation was made. Dr. H. M.
Stuckey, who examined the body,
made the following statement over his
signature:
"This is to certify that I have this
day examined the dead body of J. J.
Hennessy, and I found no marks of
external violence on his body. I found
him lying on his back without coat,
the coat was under him, and from all
external signs I would say he laid
down to rest. It is my opinion he
died from natural causes."
Hennessy was a man apparently
about forty years old, but as he was a
physical wreck from the excessive use
of liquor, it was hard to determine
his age with any degree, of certainty.
! Since he has been in the city he has
I been drunk the greater part of the
time and was not able to work except
j at intervals. Efe was last seen at this
j office Saturday afternoon when he
! came in to draw pay for the work done
j last week.
j He came to Sumter from Columbia,
but his home is supposed to have been
I Pittsburg, Pa., as a working card
? of the Pittsburg Typographical union
j was found in his pocket.
His body was taken charge of by
the Craig Furniture Co., at the re?
quest of the Union printers in the
city, and it will be given decent in?
terment if nothing is heard from
Pittsburg in reply to a telegram sent
this morning.
SHOT BOES SISTER,
While on a Spree Olander Brunson
Commits Murder.
Olander Brunson, a negro from the
Shannon Town neighborhood, got on
a drunken spree Sunday afternoon
and accidently killed his sister Mary.
A number of negroes had assembled
at the home of Orlander for services
on Sunday and from the condition of
the occupants of the home after the
homicide they were evidently drinking
heavily. Olander went to his trunk for
the purpose of getting more whiskey,
and at the same time took out his re?
volver. By some unaccountable means
the pistol was discharged while in the
hands of the owner, and the ball en?
tered the back of Mary Brunson, his
sister, and passed through her
body. She ran into the yard and fell
in an unconscious condition. She was
then removed to the house, where she
died in about 25 minutes. Brunson
has been arrested.
SMALL POX WARNING.
Health Officer Reardon Gives Notice
of a Case and Makes Suggestions.
There is a case of. small pox
in - Epperson's Hundred. There are a
number of colored servants from that
section working out. Also a good deal
of washing done there for families.
The health officer says that is safer for
all parties to withhold washing from
that section (Epperson's Hundred)
until after further notice from the
health department, and to see that all
servants are thoroughly vaccinated
who live in that section. Colored
nurses have t een taking children in
there before it was announced that
there was an/ smallpox, and mothers
should be careful to see that
nurses do not go in that neighbor?
hood. The case is under quarantine
and the inimit?s of the other houses
vaccinated. While a general outbreak
cannot occur, owing to the fact that
our population is kept vaccinated,
nevertheless sporadic outbreaks may
occur as long as any unvaccinated j
persons are in the city. The case j
was brought here by a wandering ne?
gro, who had the disease.
Tied down tc his d^sk in the office.
While others are free and at play,
Papa fancies he is having a vacation, j
While drinking Rocky Mountain
Tea.-China's Dru? Store.
Miss S. A. Burkett, who has hereto- j
fore been substitute clerk at the post
office is now on the regular force, an
additional clerk having been allowed
by the department. A substitute clerk
will have to be appointed in the near
future as well ns a substitute cnrrier.
ns Mr. Julian Wilder, now substitute
carrier, will soon go on duty as fourth
regular carrier.
For eruptions, sores, pimples* kid?
ney and liver troubles, constipation,
indigestion, use Hollister's Rocky
Mountain Tea. Carries new life to
every part of the body. Tea or Tab?
let, 35 cents. China's Drug Store.
THE MAXXIXG KICKERS.
The Unjustifiable Charge That the
Umpire Robbed Them Out of the
Games in Sumter.
From the Daily Item July 13.
The Manning papers are charging
that the Manning baseball team was
robbed by the umpires in the games
played here this week. So far as we
are informed neither of the editors of
the Manning papers witnessed the
games and their charges are, we pre?
sume, based on hearsay. The writer
witnessed but two of the games, those
played Monday and Tuesday. On
Monday there ?was a great deal
of dissatisfaction expressed on the
grand stand and bleachers with the
decision of the umpire, both Manning
! and Sumter people asserting that
wrong decisions were made. If eith
I er team got the worst of it Sumter did
especially in calling balls on the pitch?
er that appeared to spectators to be
directly over the base. Manning nev?
er had a chance to win the game and
but for Buesse's home run would not
have scored. In the Tuesday game
the umpire was changed and Mr.
Burroughs who has umpired a number
of games with other teams and given
satisfaction, was asked to umpire at
the personal request of Manager
Dwyer of the Manning team. The
game started badly. Odiorne, the first
man to the bat being put out of the
game for cursing the umpire when he
was called out on strikes. When
Odiorne made use of profane lan?
guage Umpire Burroughs called Man?
ager Dwyer and told him that Odiorne
would be put out of the game if he
did not stop cursing. Odiorne ad?
vanced toward Burroughs saying that
he lied if he said he had cursed. They
came together and a few blows passed
before they could be separated/
Odiorne was then ruled out of the
game. The game proceeded without
incident until a Sumter batter hit a
fair ball over third base. Buesse in
attempting to field it failed to do so
and the ball rebounded* from his
hands and fell just without the foul
line. The umpire called it fair,
Buesse began kicking and made no
effort to field the ball while two Sum?
ter runners scored. There were two
other decisions that Manning objected
to, one at first base when a Sumter
runner was declared safe because the
Manning first baseman did not have
his foot on the sack and failed to
touch the runner, the other a very
close decision at second when a
Manning runner was declared out
when he was apparently safe. But
even granting that all of these decis?
ions were incorrect, which we do not
concede, Sumter won the game by
heavy batting later in the game, not
to mention two or three close decis?
ions that were in Mannings favor and
to which there was objection on the
part of Sumter spectators.
The third game the writer did not
witness. It was umpired by Mr. A. K.
Sanders and it is stated that there was
not a kick by either side during the
game.
Sumter people do not stanc? for dir?
ty ball playing and every
team that has been here has been giv?
en a square deal and whenever possi?
ble a disinterested out of town umpire
has been secured so that there might
be no reason for charges of unfair?
ness by disgruntled teams that suffer
defeat.
The candidates for magistrate in all
parts of the county are said to be do?
ing the only active work in the county
campaign.
Go-Fly keeps flies off horses and
cattle. Sold by China's Drug Store,
DeLorme's Pharmacy and King &
Gardner, Mayesville, S. S. 5-30-8t*
The Atlantic Coast Line and South?
ern Railways have agreed to close
their freight warehouses at 5 o'clock
p. m. instead of 6 as heretofore, and"
no freight will be delivered or received
for shipment after 5 o'clock. The
closing hour in all cities is said to be |
5 o'clock and the determination to
close at that hour in Sumter was
reached after careful consideration.
The railroad officials desire to extend
every possible accommodation to the
public and to do everything within
their* power to facilitate and expedite
the dispatch of business, and if it was
thought that the closing of the ware?
houses at 5 o'clock would seriously
inconvienience their patrons or inter?
fere in anyway with business the
warehouses would not be closed at
that hour.
THE ALCOLU RAILROAD CO.
Will offer for sale every Friday, Satur?
day and Monday during June, July,
August and September. 1906, round
trip tickets over its road at reduced
ra'es, gjod to return until the follow?
ing Tuesday. This notice is subject to
change or withdrawal without notice.
Your patronage is solicited. For fur?
ther information, address P. R. Aider
mart. Traffic Manager, Alcolu, S. C.
6-6-4m
Where Go-Fly goes flies will not go.
Use ii on your horses and cattle. Sold
by China's Drug Store, DeLorme's
Pharmacy and King & Gardner,
Mayesville, S. C. , 5-30-St*
Washable Suits
for Little Fellows
We are now showing some
beautiful styles in washable suits
for the little fellows.
And trimmed entirely different
from anything heretofore seen.
These suits come in G-alateas.
Chambrays, Drill, Duck, etc. j
Washable Sailor Suits, 5 to 9
years, $1 to $3.
Russian Blouse Suits of washa- j
ble material, sizes 2% to 6 years,
$1 to $4.
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M?S?M?a
Phone 166 Sumter, S.C. I
FRENCH GARMENTS
Our stock again replete with pretty
PARISIAN styles in
Ladies' Muslin Underwear.
Plain, hemstitched, lace and em?
broidered effects. These garments
fit and are warranted to, give satis?
faction.
Night Robes.
Sizes assorted. 50 cents, 75
cents, $1, $1.50.
Corset Covers.
In all sizes. 25 cents, 35
cents, 50 cents.
Undershirts.
In all lengths. 50 cents, 75
cents, $1.
Drawers.
Tucked, with lace and em
broidery finish. 25 cents, 50
cents, 75 cents, $1.
Correct an Evil.
Mothers will ask to see our PURITAN
BRACE and SPINAL SUPPORTS for misses
and children who are inclined to stoop in neck
or shoulders. This brace is perfectly comfort?
able in fit and supplies the double purpose of
brace and support for undergarments.
Price, $L
O'Donnell 6 Company