The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 10, 1906, Image 5
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER IO, 1906.
Entered at the Postoffice at Sumter, S.
C., as Second Class Matter.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
H. G. Osteen.-Wanted.
M. Lu Moore-For Sale.
Miss E. Saunders-For Sale.
Pawnee Bill's Wild West Shows.
Mrs. T. L. Eberhardt-For Sale.
Charleston's Greater Gala Week.
Schwartz Bros.-Wearing Apparel.
O'Donnell & Co.-Fall Underwear.
The Bank of Sumter-That Person
is Wise.
T. W. Lee, County Treasurer-Tax
Notice. \
Standard Oil Co.-Pei ?eetion Oil
Heater.
The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.
The Rain Coat.
PERSONAL.
W Mr. John I. Brogcou spent Friday
in town.
Mrs. W. ,F. Carr has returned from
Plorence.
Capt. R. J. Brownfield was in town
Saturday.
Mr. Porcher Gaillard, o? Spart?n
J% imrg, is in town.
Mr. N. S. McLt jd, of Oswego, was
vin town Saturday.
Mr. J. S. R. Brown, of Oswego, !
was in town Friday.
Mr. Edgar Scott, of Wisacky, spent
..Saturday in the city. !
Mrs. Wilson McKay is visiting at
Bsv. W. J. McKay's. j
$ Mr. W. H. Gaillard, of Clarendon
" County, is in the city.
Mr. A. K. Sanders, of Bagood,
;?pent Thorsday in town.
Mr. A. P. Too mer, of Charleston,
/spent Friday in the city.
- Mr? A. D. Harby bas returned from
?L a business trip to Manning.
T Ker. E. P. Easteriing, financial
nagent of Welsh Neck High School,
-was in toe city Wednesday.
Mr. George Cooper, of May es vi lie,
..spent Thursday in town.
Mrs. A. S. Ledbetter and son, John
?Scott, have returned from Henderson
^ville, N. C. v
tt Mrs. A. D. Kicker returned home
friday from the North, after a stay of
?wo months.
Tbe family of Dr. Vickers have ar?
rived from Kentucky, and Dr. Vickers
will reside on Sumter street
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Levi, of Manning,
anent ~S-?c!*y in the city as the .guests
? of Mr. and Mrr. Mitchell Levi.
F Mr. J. E. DuPro was elected Modera
~tcr of tbe Black Fiver Baptist Associa?
tion at Greeley viii? Thursday night.
Miss Ethel McKeithan, who bas
>been visiting the family of Mr. J. D.
?Coleman in Florence, has returned
?home.
^ Rev. J. C. Holliday, pastor of the
9? Manning Presbyterian Church, bas re?
lived a call to the Winnsboro Presby?
terian Church.
Mr. Charles Triswald, who has been
-employed by the Telephone Factory as
.die-maker, has moved his family here
Tfrom New Haven, Conn., and wilr
make Sumter his future home,
fe Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Wedeman, of
.Newberry, are in tbe city on a visit to
Mrs. Vf edema n's brother, Be v. T. B.
lEpting. Mr. Wedeman is on bis way
-to Baltimore to attend the College of
"Physicians and Surgeons.
Mr. W. S. Manning, Jr., who was
with this paper as local editor during
the month of September, has received
.4. -and accepted an ofiei of a position on
T tbe staff of the Ne- York Times. The
- offer was received about ten days ago
-and Mr. Manning went to Bicbmon?,
Va., by invitation to meet a repr?
esentative of The Times before reach?
ing a decision. After the interview
.he accepted tbe position and went di?
rect from Bichmond to New York
f to begin work. Tbe Times stands in
the front rank of tho great New York
.dailies, and Mr. Manning begins his
-career in the metropolis ender the
-test possible auspices.
CoL Blandinas Condition.
A message from Heriots Saturday
ung was to the effect that Col. Bland"
dng, who was stricken with paralysis
"Thursday, was no worse and although
one side is paralyzed he has not lost
-consciousness at any time since he
was stricken.
One of the attractive features
~of the Charleston Gala Week will
be a floral parade. Handsome purses
are offered for the best decorated ve?
hicles and automobiles. Mrs. T. M.
Mordecai, 39 Rutledge avenue, is
-chairman of the floral parade com?
mittee and will furnish information to
-those who desire to participate \n the
parade.
Tax Notice.
The County Treasurers office in
Court House building will be open for
the collection of tares, without pen?
alty, from the 15th day of October to
the 31st day of December, inclusiv-?,
1906.
The levy is as follows* For State, 5
tmills; for county, 3 1-2 mills; Con?
stitutional School, 3 mills; PoHs,
$1.00. Also, School District No. 1.
Special, 2 mills; No. 2, 2 mills; No. 3.
2 mills; No. 4, 2 mills; No. 16, 2
'mills; No. 17, 1 mill; No. 18, 2
Knills; Shiloh School District, 3. milts.
50 cents capatation dog tar.
A penalty of 1 per cent, added for
month January, 1907. Additional pen?
alty of 1 per cent, for month Febru?
ary, 1907. Addkional penalty of 5
?per cent for 15 days in March, 1907.
T. W LE 3.
DEATH.
Mr. L. M. (jordon, who conducted a
sruail jewelry and grocery business on
East Liberty street, died on Friday
morning about 6.30 o'clock. The
cause of his death is said to have been
from acute alcoholism He leaves a
wife and several children.
CAN BE TRIED IX SUMTER.
Negro Who Killed Mr. Ga llard Sub- '
ject to the Jurisdiction of the Coun- !
i
ty and Will Likely be Tried Here :
Next Week. I
j A question that has given rise to
; considerable discussion since the sad
death of Mr. J. E. Gaillard is -whether
or on the negro to whom the crime
is charged is subject '.o the jurisdic?
tion of the courts of Furn ter County
and whether or no there is a likeli
nood of the alleged murderer having
I to meet trial at the next term of the !
Cour of General Sessions for Sumter j
County, which convenes in this city j
on Monday, the 22nd of this month. ]
j It will be gratifying to the friends
j of the deceased to know that section
119 of the Criminal Code of 1902,
Vol. 2, will permit of a special in
i vestigation of the crime, and that the j
j trial can be had in Sumter during the I
I next session of the court instead of
j waiting several months until the
criminal court of Clarendon county
again convenes.
This is Section 119, above referred
to: "When any person shall be
struck, wounded, poisoned or other?
wise injured in one county, and die
thereof in another, any requisition or i
indictment thereon found by jurors !
of their county shall be as good and
efficient in law as if the stroke,
wound, poisoning or other injury has
been committed and done in the
county where the party shall die, and
the person guilty of such striking,
wound, poisoning or other injury had
and every accessory thereto, either
before or after the fact, shall be
tried in the county where such in
indictment shall be found, and, if
convicted, punished in the same
mode, manner and form,, as if the
deceased had suffered such striking,
wounding, poisoning or other injury
and death, in the county where such
indictment shall be found."
BOOKER T. JR., MISSIXG
Son of Negro Educator Has Disap
peared From Massachusetts School.
Rowley, Mass., October 3.
Booker T. Washington, Jr., is
strangely missing from Dummer
academy. He has not been seen since
Monday afternoon when he boarded
a car for Newberry port. A search?
ing of tight, one of whom will die.
port yesterday has returned without
results.
NEW PARLOR CAR LINE
Between Wilmington and Columbia
Via Atlantic Coast Line.
Effective Wednesday, October 10,
the Atlantic Coast Line will inaugu?
rate Pullman Parlor Car service on
train No. 55 leaving Wilmington
daily 3:45 p. m., arriving Columbia
10/55 p. m. Returning leave Colum*
bia 4:30 p. m., train 78-50 arriving
Wilmington 12:05 a. m. This service
will insure a pleasant and delightful
trip.
Local Cotto^f Market.
Both New York and Liverpool
opended at an advance over yester?
day'* closing quotation and the spot
market stiffened in consequence. On
the streeas today buyers were paying
10 1-2 for cotton and the indicatior <
were for higher prices.
An Announcement.
The first week in November the
Second Regiment Band will hold a
bazar for the financial benefit of the
organization. This affair is going to
be one of the best of the kind ever
given in Sumter and should be well
patronized. The young lady friends
of the band, as well as others, are go?
ing to use every effort to make you
enjoy yourself. The exact date and
place will be coming shortly, so hold
yourself in readiness with a helping
hand.
Mr. J. F. Reid, who appeared be?
fore the board of county commission?
ers on Tuesday in behalf of himself
and the other public cotton weighers
in reference to the construction of
the term of the contract between the
county and the Sumter County
Warehouse Company states that cot?
ton weighers did not file a formal
complaint against the warehouse
company but merely to obtain, from
the board in whose presence the
contract with the warehouse com?
pany was made, their interpre?
tation of the section of the contract
relating to the payment of $290 a
year by the warehouse company as
compensation for a clerk for the cot*
ton weighers, a difference of opinion
having arisen between the cotton
weighers and the warehouse company.
The board having: decided, the I
question there .. ; "Ob?b?y be n'? i
KILLED BY TRAIN.
Mr. J. B. Ellis Jumps or Falls Into
Heavy Switch and is Killed.
From The Daily Item October 5.
Mr. J. B. Ellis, a white man, 26
years of age, a native of Sunbury, X.
C., met a violent death by falling or
jumping from the Atlantic Coast Line
passenger train, Xo. 32. going to
Florence about 6.45 o'clock Thursday
afternoon.
The first intimation that any one
had that the accident had occurred
was when an unknown negro woman
ran across the injured man near one
of the large double track switches on
the Coast Line yard. She became
frightened and gave the alarm.
Mr. Edward Richardson was the
first person to reach Mr. Ellis. He
i found him in a sitting posture, still
I alive, but unable to speak. Mr. Rich
I ardson asked him several questions,
which he endeavored to answer, and
a mere gurgle in the throat was all
that his efforts to articlate could ac
complish. A physician was immedi?
ately sent for. but in a few minutes
Mr. Ellis died.
An examination of the body reveal?
ed some bad cuts about the neck and
head, which were inflicted by the tin
signals attached to the switch. His
skull was fractured from the blow.
Mr. Ellis was accompanied to the
I depot by Col. Kirby, one of his clos?
est and most intimate friends. They
boarded the train for Florence togeth"
er, and Mr. Charles Ellis, brother of
j the dead man, who went to say good
j bye to his brother, fell while disem?
barking from the train after it was in
motion, and it is thought, that in
trying to see whether or not his broth?
er was hurt by the fall, Mr. Ellis
leaned over too far, lost his balance
and fell to his death.
h.
The coron?r's inquest this morning
disclosed the facts above given. The
verdict of the jury, which was em?
panelled by Coroner Flowers, was
as follows:
*"That in their opinion, the deceas"
ed came to his death by jumping or
falling from the Atlantic Coast Line
passeger train, No. 32."
The remains of Mr. Ellis will be
taken to his home for interment.
He was a member of the Hoo-Hoos
and of the Knights of Pythias.
Tlie Recorder's Court.
In addition to the six or eight al?
leged vagrants who were before the
court Friday for examination, there
were two cases for trial.
John Simmons was charged with
disorderly conduct and drunkenness,
creating a disturbance by brickbatting
a house. The sentence was $20 or 30
days.
Willis Moses was found guilty of
cursing and paid $3.
Rosa Dozier Xo. 1 and Rosa Dozier.
No. 2 were found guilty of vagrancy
and sentenced to pay a fine of $10 or
30 days imprisonment.
Saturday the preliminary hear?
ing in the case of the State vs. Na?
than Wilson, charged with the car?
rying of a pistol into the county jail j
I for the purpose of aiding some of
the inmates to escape, was reopened
on motion of Geo. D. Levy, attorney
for the defendant, on the ground of
duress in the procuring of testimony |
upon which the case was sent up to 1
the circuit court Thursday for trial, j
The grounds for the motion were i
based upon the written statements of ?
two of the witnesses who are pris- j
oners in the jail, one o'f whom swore j
that the testimony given by him at J
the former hearing was not true and j
that he was flogged to say what he did
and the other swore also, that his
testimony w*as false, and gave as his
reason for testifying against the de?
fendant that he feared a flogging if
he refused to^swear falsely against the
accused. The witness also swore that
a rope was placed around his neck
and that he was lashed by the jailer
when it was first thought tha*t he had j
some knowledge of the plan to effect
an escape from the jail. Jailer Nor?
ris substantiates this statement.
The defendant was, however, held
for trial on an alleged subsequent
confession, arid the case will come up
for trial on the facts at the next term
of the court of General Sessions.
The annual anti-vagrancy crusade
is now under way In quite a number
of Southern towns and cities and the
loafing negroes " are being run out or
put to work on the chaingang. No
crusade has been started in Sumter
and the vagrants are taking life easy.
There are hundreds of loafing, idle
negro men hanging around the streets
who cannot be induced to work at
any price. They should be put ~r
the chaingang.
A raid in search of vagrants v. ?a
made in Epperson's Hundred Fri' ;
morning and only three men were
captured. Two of these proved t:. ti
they had regular work and were* (
missed. The third entered a plea ot -,
inability to work regularly on ic
count of a gun shot wound in
leg received at Kingstree seve
months ago. He was held for exai ?
nation by a physician. The reas >n
that so f<?w of the vagrants were ci
i ired was thai :: had been pas*
9?S
ain Coat!
Copyrigh: 1906 by
Hart Schaffner Marx
The man with an umbrella
only, go?s out on a rainy morn?
ing-gets his clothes wet and
keeps them on while they dry
out.
His clothes are certainly not
improved in appearance and he
is taking the risk of a hard cold.
It takes a rainy day to make
a man
Prize a Rain Coat.
Still they are just as useful
when the sun shines, for they
include all the smartness and
durability of an overcoat. You
can wear a Rain Coat
ANYWHERE IN ANY WEATHER.
The materials are handsome
Oxfords, blacks, mixtures, etc.
Price range :
Men's Guaranteed Rain Coats, $12, $15, $18 & $20
Boys' Rain Coats, ages 10 to 16, $6.50, $7.50, $10
- - - - and $12 - ?- -
ID. J.
Phone 166 * Sumter, S. C.
Wearing Apparel
THAT IS
\
ORIGINAL, EXCLUSIVE and RIGHTLY PRICED
We could not have builded the most gigantic Dry
Goods business in Sumter without THE MOST ESSEN=
TIAL FOUNDATION STONE--MERIT. And merit has
only been earned because quality and right pricing
have worked hand in hand.
We lay particular stress on The Dress Goods, The
Silks, The Tailor Suits, The Cloaks, The Hats.
Always Something at a Saving for You !
Friday We Place on Sale :
IO dozen Heady Made Bleach Sheets, worth 60c, this day - 44c
75 extra size White Quilts, worth 90c, sale at - - , - - 69c
50 extra size fine White Spreads, values $125, for this day - 89c
40 pieces Apron Gingham, all colors, worth 7c, sale at 5c
A CORSET BARGAIN.
25 dozen Ladies' Corsets, the best shape, hose supporters side and
front, the best of 50c kinds, thij* sale .... 44c
Sale of New Muslin Underwear in Gowns, Skirts, Corset Covers, etc,
at 25c, 49c, 89c and up.
SCHWARTZ BROS.
. -Cotton buyers are complaining that
there is an unusually large per cent
age of false packed cotton being sold
.on this market at present. The sellers
of the cotton are packing the bales
with good cotton on the sides and the
rest " the bale filled up with stormi
When bales of this character!
: .-rur.pled in the usual manner only I
g 3 vd cotton is touched and the
bought and paid for as high
otton. But when the false
bales reach the hands of the
?ort ouyers the fraud is discovered
ind . local buyer loses the differ
enc between the price paid for high
. Dtton and what he receives
I e exporter for storm cotton.
3e it is a cheat and fraud to
r.ttnn "n thA manne?* described
man guilty of i>e fraud is a j
The law so regards h'm and *