The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 31, 1906, Image 5
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3!, 1906.
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Entered at the Postoffice at Sumter, S.
C., as Second Class Matter.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
"Dr. E. P. DuRant.-Dentist.
T. L. Jone's.-Wanted.
O'Donnell & Co-Fashionable Furs.
Schwartz Bros.-One of Those Big
"Events.
The Bank of Sumter.-Just a Few
Years Ago.
The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.
A. Top Coat.
Clearing House Association.-Sale
.'Begins November 1.
PERSONAL.
?
Mr. J. E. DaPre was in the city ,
^Saturday.
Mr. W. B. Richardson, of Pinewood,
is in the city Friday.
Rev. R. A. Snblett, of Summerton,
was in the city Friday.
Mr. E. B. M cid row, of M ay es vi He,
?spent Saturday in town.
Col. J. R. Muldrow, of Salemy
spent yesterday in town.
Maj. Henry B. Richardson, of Ful?
ton, $was in town Friday.
Sheriff Mnldrow, of Bishopville, is
in the city attending court.
Miss Saidee Kelly has reta med home
? ifrom B*ndersonvil!e. N. C.
Rev. John Kershaw, Jr., of Sum?
merton, spent Monday in the city.
Assistant State Bank Examiner B. J.
Shame was in the city Monday.
Miss Emily Dantzler, of Laiuar,
spent Friday night in the city with j
friends.
Misses Marguerite Cromer and Mil?
dred Simmons spent Thursday in
'Columbia.
Mr. Jas. H. Fowles, of Columbia,
.spent Sunday/ in the city with Mr.
.1?. C. Moise.
Misses Daisy Bowman and Ellen
Barrell visited relatives at Dalzell,
S.-C., on Saturday.
Miss Octavia Dove, of Manning,
spent Sunday io the city with her
-sister, Miss Nena Dove.
Messrs. Warren Moise and Harry
"Weeks drove a Buick car from Colum?
bia to Sumter Thursday night.
Miss Ruth Harrington, who is teach?
ing at Wedgefield, speDt Saturday and
Sunday with Mrs H. G. Osteen.
Mrs. A. C. Phelps and, children left
Thursday for spray, N> -C., which
' 3)lace they will make their future
home.
Rev. J. JP. Marion and Mr. D. Jas.
Winn have gone to Laurens to attend
the annual Synod of the Presbyteriau
Church.
Mrs. J. W. Brunson and children
le?t this morning for St. Louis, where
?they will tremain for two mouths
with friends.
Miss Louise Jones, cf Newberry,
who has hpen visiting her sister, Mrs.
? A. Scarborough, cn North Main
street, returned to her home Thursday
morn 1 r.s.
Mr. J. K. Jones, after an extended
stay it Fayetteville and Wilmington.
N^ CU -ha? returned io the city and
has resumed his position with the
Edens Company.
MARRHGES.
Wednesday night at 8.30 o'clock Miss
Minnie Sims, of Sumteii, and Mr.
Herbert C. Glaze, of Orangebarg, were
-quietly married at the home of the
Kev. Father A. J. McNeal on East
"Liberty street. Mr. and Mrs. Glaze
remained in Sumter until next morn?
ing at which time they left for
'.Columbia.
The marriage of Miss Edith Quincy
and Mr. John M. Barwick was solemn?
ized Wednesday evening by Rev. Mr.
Epting at the home of the bride's
brother-in-law, Mr. Henry Hammond,
on Liberty street. The contracting
parties are both Sumtonians and are
well kiiown in the city.
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Hold-up Near Camden.
Camden, October 26.-Last night
Mr. Charles Price, a well known
young man, was returning to his home
in the country and when several miles
from Camden, was held up and robbed
cf ?46 in cash and his watch and chain.
?He was pulled off his vehicle and
choked while the highwaymen did
their dirty work. There is no clue to
thegu'lty parties. Mr. Pricers a sou
-of Mr. J. C. Price, a prosperous
farmer and lumberman of this county.
WANTED-The public to Know that
I am prepared to roll, jack up and
repair houses. Apply to T. L. Jones,
R. F. D. No. 3., Sumter, S. C.
10 39 -Jt*
XOR SALE--^At Hagood, S. C., 100
acres of land that brings over a bale
of cotton to the acr^. Address,
Miss Emmie Saunders, Hagood, S.
C. 10-17-tf
WANTED-To buy several car loads
of oak and long leaf pine cord
wood. H. G. Osteen.
TOR SALE-5-horse farm, Rafting
Creek township on Charleston road,
opposite Mr. E. R. Alston's T. P.
Sanders.
{state of James ?. Young, Oeo'd.
ALL persons having claims against
-aforesaid Estate wiil present the same,
duly atte=ted : R::J all persons in any
-way indebted to said Estate, will make
immediate payment to
MES. MARY A. YOUNG,
10-17-31 Administratrix.
FOR SALE.
103 acres of cleared land, 1-4 mile
from Hagood, Sumter county, ad?
joining lands of Miss Emmie Saun?
ders, and on public road, will bring
a bale or more cotton per acre. Ad?
dress
(Mrs.) T. L. Eberhardt,
10-10-4t Hagood, S. C.
If you want to read the news of the
dav subscribe for The Item.
JAMES D. BLAXDIXG.
From The Daily Item, Oct. 24.
Col. James D. Blandina, the Nes?
tor of the Sumter bar, and for many
years one of Sumter's best known,
most public spirited and patriotic
citizens, passed peacefully away at 4
o'clock this morning at the home of
his son-in-law, Mr. W. E. Dick, of
Heriots, Lee county, with whom he
had made his home for the past year.
Col. Blandir;.? had entered his
eighty-sixth year, and. apart from the
infirmities and feebleness incident to
his advanced age, his health was good
until a few weeks ago, when a
slight stroke of paralysis confined him
to his bed until the end came. His
mind was clear and active and he re?
tained his interest in current affairs
and events to the last. He was pos?
sessed of great energy and although
of ratner frail physique, was an in
defatigeble worker and no man who
has ever lived in Sumter worked
harder, more untiringly, more un?
selfishly or to better purpose for the
upbuilding of the city than he did.
As a lawyer he won distinguished suc?
cess, and for many years the firm of
which he was a member enjoyed the
largest practice of any at the Sumter
bar. As a citizen he was patriotic
and gave of his time, talents and
means with an unstinted liberality
that was an example and an inspira?
tion to the community. As a man he
was chritable with an unselfish gen?
erosity that rendered his gifts and
the aid he extended in other ways to
those overtaken by misfortune real
benefactions. In public place and in
private life, in peace and in war, he
performed every duty of a? man and
as a citizen faithfully and well, and
the impress he made upon his time
and generation was for good and for
righteousness. His life was em?
phatically a success and if there were
more men" like him the stability and
purity of the republican form of
government would be guaranteed in
perpetuity and the future would not
be so darklv over-.- - idoxn H. H
a Democrat of the old scho who!
not only professed :: sith in
principles, but lived them md ex?
emplified their verity as a public ser?
vant, when called upon to fill official
positions, and as a worker in the
ranks. In the troubulous years be?
tween 1865 and 1876, he was a leader
in the fight for the redemption of his
State from misrule, and no man in
Sumter county did more, and few as
much, to drive out the carpet baggers
and scalawags and restore the county
and State government to those best
fitted to itile and to administer our
affairs with honesty and the laws with
justice. Endowed with business abil?
ity of a high order, he had opportu?
nities to acquire great wealth had he
been of an avaricious, money-getting
disposition, but there being nothing
mean or grasping in his make up, he
accumulated no more than a compe?
tence and this he expended in the up?
bringing and education of a large
family. The remainder of his estate
he administered on and settled some
y arr, ago when he retired from the
active practice of law. His declining
years he spent with his children, di?
viding his time between them.
He is survived by the following
children: Jiflige J. M. Blanding, of
Corsicana, Texas; Mr. W. D. Blanding
and Dr. A. L. Blanding. of Lexington,
Ky.; Messrs. R. C. and D. M. Bland
ingi of Sumter; Mrs. Haman, of Miss?
issippi; Mrs. T. T. Upsher and Mrs.
Mciver Fraser, of Virginia; Mrs. R.
A. Brand, of Wilmington, X. C.. and
Mrs. F. V/. Dick, of Heriots. Three
daughters, Mrs. Sloan, of Texas; Mrs.
E. H. Holman and Mrs.?L. W. Dick,
predeceased him by several years.
The funeral of Col. James D. Bland?
ing, which was held in the Presby?
terian Church at noon Thursday, was
conducted by Rev. J. P. Marion, Jr.,
the pastor, assisted by Revs. W. J.
McKay and J. C. Bailey. The church
was filled with a large congregation
of those who had known and honored
Sumter's v-nerable citizen in life and
by their presence paid the last and
only tribute possible to the memory of
their friend.
The Sumter Bar Association, Camp
Dick Anderson, U. C. V., Camp James
D. Blanding, Sons of Veterans, the
city council and Dick Anderson Chap?
ter, U. D. C., attended the services,
the Veterans and Sons of Veterans,
acting as an escort from the house to
the church.
The services were brief and simple.
As the funeral cortege left thc church
for the cemetery, the City Hall bell
began tolling and continued until the j
tale of eighty-five strokes had been
told."
All place; . . . -Josed.
from 12 to 1 o'clock while the fu?era
services were in progress.
The interment was made in th<
family plot in the cemetery, and Col
Blanding will sleep his last long sleei
beneath the sod of the land he lovec
so well and served so pai-'.ioticall:
throughout a long and useful life.
The following sketch is from "Mer
of the Times." ^
Jaipps Douglas Blanding, son o:
Abram Blanding and Mary C. (net
DeSaussure.) "Was born in Columbia
S. C, June 26 ,1821. From the Acade?
my in Columbia, he entered the Soutr
Carolina college, and graduated wit!
distinction in the class of 1841. Beac
law under his uncle, William F
DeSaussure, in Columbia. Admittec'
to the bar in December, 1S42. Th(
following year, 1S43, practiced a:
Camden. Removed to Sumter, De?
cember, 1S4S, where ho continued th(
practice with his uncle, under th<
firm name of Blanding & DeSaussure
He married Lenora A. McFadden, oJ
Sumter County, February, 1849. Sec?
retary cf the board of trustees ol
>the South Carolina College from 1S4?
to 1852, during which time he com?
piled the. catalogue of all trustees, of?
ficers and students of the college from
its beginning to 1S53, which was mad?
by LaBorde part of the appendix tc
his history of the college. Before thc
wa/r he was a trustee of the Sumter
Academical Society, and after the war
a trustee of Davidson College, North
Carolina; also of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of South Caro?
lina, from its re-organization in ISIS
till IS92. Intendant of Sumter from
1852 to 1S56. Member of the Legis?
lature from Sumter County, from
1852 to 185S. Served as chVirman Qi
committee on education. and on the
judiciary committee. He proposed
two amendments to the constitution
of the State, both of which were car?
ried through; one of local interest be?
ing the change of the name of Clare?
mont to Sumter Legislative District,
the other of general interest, that all
elections of the State should be held
on Tuesday, and for one day only, in?
stead of Monday and Tuesday in
October of election years. He was
colonel of the Twenty-Second Regi?
ment, South Carolina Militia, in the
forties. Was mustered into United
States service in IS46, and served
from the seige of Vera Cruz to the
capture of trie city of Mexico. Served
as adjutant and promoted to Captain
after Colonel Butler was killed. Mus?
tered out of service in September,
1S48. He raised the first company in
Sumter District for State service,
which became Company D. of the
st sond ?f the ten regiments raised by
tho Stat? in anticipation of th?.* Ord?
nance ol* Secession. It was the fir-/
regiment i<_> ic<n,n Morris JU
fore fall of Fort Sumter. This regi?
me tn was made the basis for the or?
ganization of the second, the ninth,
and the twelfth regiments mustered
into Confederate service from South
Carolina, under the command of
Colonel J. B. Kershaw, Lieut. Col. J.
D. Blanding and Major Dixon Barnes.
Col. Blanding carried the ninth to Vir?
ginia, reaching First Manassas on the
evening of the battle. Ecing disabled,
he again tenderd his services to the
Confederacy and was ordered to re?
port to the inspector-general, and
was assigend to duty as inspector of
sea coast batteries from Charleston
to the North Carolina line; and for
the regiments of reserves on the coast.
He also did duty in the ordinance de?
partment and so served until end of
the war. Democratic, chairman of Sum?
ter county from 1S70 to 18S4, and in
the memorable campaign of 1S76, his
county, with five negroes t o two
whites, elected a full delegation to
thc house and all county offices.
Served in* all the Democratic State
Conventions from IS 7 6 to 1890. By
that body in 1SS4, he was nominated
and elected presidential elector, and
as such had charge of the campaign
in the so-called Black District, and
of course voted for Cleveland, whose
nomination ho had advocated in the
State convention. He retired in
1S90, at the head of Sumter County's
delegation from the Democratic State
Convention, and participated in or?
ganizing the Democratic Conservative
Convention, and was a member of the
State Executive Committee of that
faction. Over forty years a deacon
and elder in the Presbj terian church.
After fifty years ot professional work
he retired on account of hardness of
hearing, the primary cause cf which
was the bursting of a shell near his
ear during the Civil War. He organ?
ized the scheme, and was president
of the Three C's Railroad, in oper?
ation from Camden, S. C., to Marion,
N. C., now known as the South Car?
olina and Georgia Extension Com?
pany, the section from Camden to
Sumter, thence to Lanes, and thence
to Georgetown, having been con?
structed by separate compaies and the
connection from Marion, N. C.,
across the Alleghany and Cumberland
Mountains to the Ohio river, being
now built by a combination of com?
panies. When completed this will
be the shortest railroad route
from Cincinnati to the Atlantic const.
The Sumter and Wateree Railroad,
now a part of the Southern, was also
constructed under his organization
and presidency.
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Copyright 1906 by Hm siAff Marx
The Top Coat is never a
"has been." The length
changes a little from sea?
son to season, the vent
deepens or contracts, but
the Smart Top Coat reap?
pears every season as pop?
ular and as useful as ever.
This is the time of year
when a Top Coat is almost
indispensable. \
A good one lasts for
years and pays for itself
Over and Over Again
You will need to be par?
ticularly careful this sea?
son-cotton mixed fabrics
never masqueraded so suc?
cessfully for all-wool, as
they do today.
TOP COATS AT S1fl3 $15, $18 to $20
The Covert Cloth is the
favorite fabric, but still we
have Cheviots and other
natty weaves for young
men.
Phone ?66 & Sumter, S. Co
The approach of winter is heraled
by the advertisement of O'Donnell &
Co., who gave notice of the arrival of
their stock of furs, which are both
fashionable and useful.
SehWartz ?ros. have an adVertise
naezit today of ass especially attractive
Jin*" of bargains for this weeks of?
ferings.
Whenever you have any sympathy
to bestow, direct it towards the young
woman who" never used Hollister's
Rocky Mountain Tea or Tablets, 35
cents. China's Drug Store.
Sumter will surely have an electric
street railway in the near future now
that there are two parties contending
for a franchise.
Occasionally one has the fortune to
meet women who are ideal in looks
and figure. Ninety-nine times out of
a hundred you will find she takes
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Tea '
or Tablets, 35 cents. China's Drug
Store.
Bl. E. P. DPRMT,
DENTIST,
Upstairs, Belser Building ; Court
Square.
HOURS-8.30 to 1; 2 to 6.
Oct 31-lm_<_
NOTICE.
Sumter, S. C., Oct. lt;, 1906.
We. the undersigned as committee
of H. W. Cooper, will apply to the
Judge of Probate of Sumter County
on November 17th, 1906, for a Fi?
nal Discharge as said committee.
? FRANK P. COOPER and
A. T. COOPER.
10-17-4t Committee.
Tax Notice.
The County Treasurer's office in
Court House building will be open for
the collection of taxes, without pen?
alty, from the 15th day of October to
the 31st day of December, inclusive.
1906.
The levy is as follows- For State, 5
mills; for county, 3 1-2 mills; Con?
stitutional School, 3 mills; tolls,
$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. IS, 2
mills; Shiloh School District, 3 mills.
50 cents capatation dog tax.
A penalty of 1 per cent, added for
month January, 1907. Additional pen?
alty of 1 per cent, for month Febru?
ary, 1907. Additional penalty of 5
per cent for 15 days in March, 1907.
T. W. LE 3,
Ort. 5, 1906. County Treasurer.
Subscribe for The Daily Item,
only 10 cents a week. '
City council passed an ordinance
last week to rid the business district ?
of the cook shops and shacks that |
now disfigure the vacant lots. This
is real civic improvement, as was the
.rdinance to remove
Signs thai
suspended across the navements. j
Ono of ; ie splendid results of phys- ;
beautifying ii
to ?
create an ambition to be beautiful in
every way. When a woman gets a
good start by taking Hollister's Rocky
Mountain Tea she is all right. Tea or
Tablets, ??5 cents. China's Drug
Store. -
Notice is hereby given that a spe?
cial election will be held at "Acton,"
(Gen. Sumter Memorial Academy) ir*
School District No. ll, on Monday,
November 5th, for the purpose of
v ?ting on the question of levying a
special tax of two (2) miite to be
u?e? to supplement the school fund
of said district.
The election will be held from ll ?EL
m. to 3 p. m. T. S. STUCKEY,
Chairman Board of Trustees.
R. M. Cantey, Sec. of Board.
Oct. 24-2t
We carry a more extensive line of rich,
stylish effects in Furs this season than
ever before and feel sure that from our
very elaborate stock we can pl?ase the
most fastidious. We can show you a
handsome line of Scarfs (the hit of this
season) in fine French Coney, Red
Sable, Hares, Opossums (in both Isabella
and Martin) Gabrella and Sable Fox and
many other styles in Skins.
we show you a dainty line made in
French Coney, Isabella ?Fox, Japanese
Mink and Sable Squirrel. The above
selections ?range in prices to meet the
wants of all classes. From a Black or
Brown Scarf at 88 cents to an elegant
imported scarf at $22.50. Our $2 to $8
sellers are especially attractive for the
price and will prove excellent wearers,
Askjto see Misses' fluffs
and Scarfs ai 50 cents to $7.50.
O'Donnell ? Company