Make no mis=
take iii sign
"IT'S YELLOW"
THE WATCHMAN AND SOUTHRON, OCTOBER 31, 1906.
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The Yellow Sign
Guides
YOU RIGHT.
The Embarrassed Sale of the Edens Co, Stock begins
;
Thursday, November 1st, at 9 A
PRICES PARALYZED
PRICES PARALYZED
We were sent here to turn this stock into money. Dry Goods, Notions, La=
dies'5uits and Skirts, Millinery, Shoes,Clothing, Underwear,Groceries, etc,etc.
Everything Must Go
No Goods Held ie Reserve
You may have had sales and sales in your city, but the PARALYZED
PRICES offered in this EMBARRASSED sale are SO DIFFERENT, SO DIF?
FERENT. Come and see that what we advertise is true.
Watch for Big
Yellow Signs
The Right Place
Edens Co. Store
Sumter, S C.
Yellow, Yellow,
Yellow, Yellow
Sign.
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
HEWSY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE
CTAI* CORRESPOXDEXTS.
Hems of Interest From all 'Parts ol
Sumter and Adjoining Counties.
JFOCTCE TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Mail your letters so that they will
reach this office not later than Tues
iflay morning. When the letters are
received Wednesday it is almost an
Impossibility to have them appear in
the pap?r issued that day. /
STATEBXJRG.
Stateburg, Oct. 22.-Misses Tillie
and Sadie Flud have returned from
delightful visits to relatives and
Iriends in Stateville, X. C. and Ches?
ter. S. C.
Mr and Mrs. Wallace Anderson
have returned to their home, after
a pleasant stay at ''Hill Crest." the
home of Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Ander?
son.
Mrs. W. H Earnwell spent several
days in Columbia last week.
Mr. Early Mellette spent Sunday at
home
Mrs. T. S. Sumter, of Sumter, "was
the guest of her sister, Mrs. John
Sumter on Sunday.
Mr. Frank P. Burgess spent Sunday
at home.
Rev. W. H. Barnwell is visiting
friends at Hagood today.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Saunders are
?pending today in Sumter.
BROGDOX.
Brogodn, Oct. 25.-After a week of
.wind and rain and cloudy weather,
the bright sunshine of ?'.oday is indeed
"welcomed by everyone.
Cotton picking has be?n resumed.
Owing to the scarcity .-?f labo/ and
the continued rainy weath?r. & large
portion of the cotton crop is still in
the field.
Mrs. J. C. Stukes, who has been
sick for some time is convalescing.
The friends of Mr. M. H. Plowden
-will regret to know that h's ?t^e
daughter. May, continues very ill. *
A colored man, named Amos Gar?
con, on Mr. S. E. Davi's place drop
-ped dead a few days ag> while load?
ing a wagon with cotton. The man. it
ll said, was young and apparently in
perfect health. Believing that the ne?
gro died from natural causes, thc
coroner held no inquest.
Br. and Mrs. A. J. White, of Fores
ton, have been on a visit this week to
their daughter, Mrs. A. D. Smith.
Mr. J. G. White, of Hagerstown.
Md., was thc guest of Mr. and Mrs. R.
3?L Smith on Sunday last. ,
I
* Mr. Clinton Brogdon is in Colum
bia today taking in the pleasures o
the State fair.
It is with sincere regret that we
have learned that Rev. J. M. Holladay
has accepted a call to Winnsboro, an,d
will leave Manning soon. "We who
have been listening to him for nearly
three years will miss him. Indeed,
we do not now feel that his place can
be easily filled. "Winnsboro is fortu?
nate in securing this accession to its
social and religious life.
1 ' MAX.
Max, S. C., Oct. 29.-Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Gaskins, of Leo, are visiting
relatives here.
I Mr'. Juan Gonzales, of Orangeburg,
I
is visiting friends here.
Mr. W. M. Locklair and Miss
Cora Connor were married last Sun?
day. They did not bother about the
; trousseau, cards or feast, just went
? to a magistrate and were united.
! Mr. Tom Stokes has sold out and
! will move to North Carolina.
Mr. Lige McElveen moved to Beu
j lah last week.
j Mrs* A. Mott, mother of Messrs.
j Elijah and John Mott, was giv
j en a sumptous birthday dinner by her
children and grand children last
j Thursday. She is near eighty years
; of ag}.
DARK CORNER."
j Dark Corner, Oct. 29.-Well, I did
j not write last week, not that I did not
j have any thing to write that was*ex
j citing, as we had a killing here on !
I the 15th, when Grant Ross killed j
i Clifton Smith, as your readers have ?
i i
: seen. And then again on Sunday j
evening, the 21st?*we had a mad dog ?
scare. I hear the dog first went to j
Hamp Scotts and bit his dog, then j
went to Caezar Richardson's, colored, j
and bit his dog, then it went to Wash !
Scotts and bit two or three of his !
chickens, and then attempted to go '
into a pen where Scott had a !
pig, and Mrs, Scott knocked it down j
with a hoe, then the dog left. Mr. j
Scott was not at home, or he would j
have killed the dog. Where the dog |
went is not known. It is supposed the ?
dog belonged to a colored woman, j
Eliza Galluchat, who lives near Ram-'
sey, on Dr. Bossard's place.
We are having some pretty days
after so many cloudy ones. Hope they
will continue so we can finish gather?
ing our crops.
There came very near being a seri?
ous accident here at Mr. James Mc
Cutchen's saw mill last Friday even?
ing when the cylinder head blew out
and passed between Ben Geddings and
Lee Shular, just missing them. But
fortunately no one was hurt.
R. Rufus Ardis, of Rocky Bluff,
spent Sunday, the 21st here with his
brother, W. J. Ardis, returning: home
Sunday evening. His mother, Mrs.
Sarah A. T. Lackey accompanied
him and spent the week with him at
Rocky Bluff.
Mrs. L. Newton Barwick, Sr., is
quite sick and Mrs. Robert W. Ardis
has been sick, but is better now.
T. H. Osteen, R. W. Ardis and W. J.
Ardis spent last Wednesday in your
city in attendance on court, in the
Ross Smith case. I heard a gentleman
say that he was very much hurt when
he saw Ernest Collins, white,
and Grant Ross, colored, brought in?
to the Court House last Wednesday,
handcuffed together.
Mrs. W. J. Ardis, Mrs. G. W. Scott
and T. D. Weeks visited at Ben Ged
ding's near Pinewood yesterday.
INDIGESTION" A CRIME.
Don't You Want a Keen Appetite and j
Perfect Health Once More.
Don't you want keen appetite, vig?
orous digestion, strong heart action,
pure blood, nerves of steel, and natu?
ral strength and health restored to
you once more?
If you continue to suffer with the
ills of indigestion, such as headaches,
backaches, sleeplessness, nausea and
distress after eating, specks before the
eyes, despondency and nervousness,
now that you have been told of the
good Mi-o-na stomach tablets will do
you, then your indigestion . is an ab?
solute crime.
Mi-o-na will strengthen all the or?
gans o fdigestion, so that you will get
from your food the nourishment that
is needed to support the vital forces
and strengthen the nerve powers; the
flagging spirits of mind and body
will be rejuvenated; hope, courage
and strength will be restored.
Tho fact that Mi-o-na is sold under
an absolute guarantee by J. F. W.
DeLorme to strengthen the digestive
system and restore health, or he will
j refund the money, proves most clearly
and strongly the great merit of this
remedy.
Ask him to show you the guarantee
ho gi vos with every 50 cent box of
Mi-o-na. This will show his faith in
the remedy, and Mi-o-na itself will
soon demonstrate its health-giving
j qualities.
J. A. Massey, a white farmer from
Chester county, who was beating his
way to Columbia, fell from the top of
a train Thursday and received injuries
from which he died that night.
Court Proceedings.
Daily Item, Oct. 24
After recess Tuesday afternoon the
j court entered upon the trial of Guy
? Richardson and Rachel Richardson,
charged with violating the dispensary
law. The defendants were represent?
ed by L. D. Jennings, Esq. The jury
returned a verdict of not guilty.
A true bill was rendered by the jury
in the case cf the State vs. Harry
Morn and Harris Nathaniel, larceny.
A bench warrant was issued by Judge
Hydrick to compel the attendance of
billie McKnight upon the court as a
.witness.
The case against Harry Boyd,
charged with housebreaking and
larceny, was placed upon the ^'contin?
ued" docket.
The following persons were arraign?
ed and plead guilty to the charges ?s
indicated:
Charles Dsvis. housebreaking and
I larceny, three years; Dudley Solo
I mons, two cases of housebreaking and
larceny, four years; William Robin
, son, forgery, two years; Solomon Wil
I Hams, forgery, one year.
A second case against Charles Da?
vis, in which the prosecution was the
Fame as in the first case, was nol
prossed.
Solicitor Wilson also nol prossed the
case of the State V3. Elbert S. Bailes
and H. G. Bailes.
Henry Small, alias Campfire Bill,
alias Jack McCoomer and George Spiv
ins, charged with murder, was next
taken up. The defendants plesd not
guilty, and Friday was assigned as
the trial day.
True bills were rendered against
Clara Holland and Mary Council for
aiding au escape from jail.
Earnest B. Collins, 16 years old,
white, plead guilty to grand larceny
and was sent to the State Reformatory
for 18 months.
Grant Ross, charged with murder,
was permitted to plead guilty to man?
slaughter, and he too was sent to the
State Reformatory for two years. The
defendant was almost 15 years old.
Thc Solicitor nol prossed the case
against Tom Richardson, charging
him with violating the dispensary
law.
From the Daily Item Oct. 25.
Two cases were concluded by the
Court of General Sessiona yesterday
afternoon. They were the State vs.
Harry Moore and Harris Nathaniel,
charging grand larceny, and the State
vs. John Mickecs, for seduction.
In tba first case a verdict of not guilty
was rendered, the defendants being
represented by L. D. Jennings, Esq.,
and John H. Clifton, Esq., respect?
ively. Mickens was convicted on the
charge against him, and was sen?
tenced to hard labor for a period of
five years. He was represented by
H. D. Moise, Esq.
Fire at Pinewood.
Tho residence of Mr. Bruce W. Des
Champs, of Pinewood, was burned
Saturday night, together with all his
household effects. The fire is supposed
to have been caught by a defective
flue. There was no insurance and Mr.
DesChamps lost heavily.