The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 12, 1906, Image 6
NEW YEAR'S BALL.
Swater Serman Club's Second Bail Will
Be 6iven 0? January I, 1907.
The second hall of the Sumter Ger
.man Club will be given in Armory
Hall ou the night cf Tuesday, Janu?
ary 1, 1907. The committee bas been
appointed by the officers of the club
and they are already making arrange?
ments ior the ball, which they hope to
make one of the mest enjoyable and
brilliant ever ?riven by the club.
The committee is composed of the
following: Messrs. R. D. Graham,
X?eo. D. Levy, J. H. Lew, Jr., H. W.
Barby, W. A. Alston, D. J. Winn,
Jr., Lucian Strauss, A. B. Wilder.
Herbert Parrott and Henry Richard?
son. A meeting of this committee is
called at 7 o'clock on Monday night
?ext at the office of the Citizen's
Insurance Agency.
The committeemen for the'firsc foal}:
will be : Messrs. L C. Straus?, S. W.
W?re, Robert Shuler. L. R. William?
son, W. H. Flowers, J. A. Yates, A.
Weathersbee, Thomas Jenkins and ,J.
J. Barby.
TRA6EDY IN SPATANBUR6
little Boy the Innocent Agent of a Fear?
ful Accident.
Spartanburg Dec. 6.-Special:
What will probably prove to be ?
triple tragedy occurred this after?
noon at Cedar Springs, by the ac?
cidental discharge of a shot gun
in the hands of Heintish Coggins,
aged 8 years. His twin sister,
Hattie Lou, is dead, and Heintish
and a colored giri are fatally
wounded.
Lisco Coggins, the father of the
Coggins children, had just return?
ed from a hunting trip. He
placed the gun in his room and it I
was picked up by young Coggins, j
who pointed the gun at his sister. j
The gun went off accidentally, the j
load entering the body, of thc
boy's twin sister, killing \her in?
stantly. A colored girl, who was
standing near, received a portion
of the.load aud may die Lt any
moment. When the gun was dis- !
charged it recoiled, the butt strik- j
ing the boy in the head, inflicting \
a serious wouiid.
THE NEED OF SEWERAGE.
Hearth Officer Reardon and His Fight
Against Dry Wells.
The ordinance against dry wells
within a half mile of the water sta?
tion has beeu thronen a legal fight of
some length. H. D. Moise, Esq , has
been fined twice for digging a well
within the prohibited ar ea, and sn- ?
other warrant was issued against bim j
j by Recorder Hurst Thursday for the !
j same offense, upon affidavit m*de !
I by Health Officer E. L Reardor. The j
! esses were appealed from the Record- j
er's Court by Mr. Moise, in behalf of !
himself ano} ene of his clients, but the i
Circuit. .Court sustained the ordi-!
na?ce. . Mr. Moise has paid his two j
fmes? but as he has net discontinued ?
the tse of the well, the Health Officer i
will continue to prosecute as fast as j
the legal machinery will permit, un- i
less in the meantime Mr. Moise :
^decides to discontinue the use of the I
, 'd:ry well. j
j The other party to the violation of
?"the; ordinance has paid bis fiue and
rci^ms to h ave discontinued the us^ of
j'-th^^??ll for which he was prosecuted,
pai??^is using another old well it' an
j ot?eryard, which had been in contiu-1
j ual use before the passage of the ordi
! nance, which by a provision, allows
j the use of dry wells within a half mile
j of the water- station if constructed
prior to the passage of the ordinance.
A question to be decided nnw is
"whether the Health Officer can fill np
either of the new wells, even though
they be not used, provided that they i
are disconnected, and not used for the I
purposes for which they were con- j
! strusted. j
Death Sentence Commuted.
Atlanta, December 6.-The par?
don board to-day commuted the
j death sentences of Jesse and Mil?
ton Rawlings to life imprisonment
The crime is the same for which
their father, J. G. Rawlings, .and
Alf Moore, a negro, were hanged
at Valdosta Tuesday. The recom?
mendation of the pardon board
goes to Governor Terrell, who
undoubtedly will approve the de- r
cisi?n.
There is talk of establishing a fur?
niture factory in Columbia.
The store of Caesar Alexander was
bumed in Darlington Wednesday
night.
WE HAVE A FIRE.
Engine Room of Ostcen Publishing
Company Burned Out This Morn?
ing-Engine Seriously Damaged.
Fire broke out in the engine room
of the Osteen Publishing Company
between 8 and 9 o'clock Thursday,
and although it was discovered al?
most immediately the fiamos spread
os rapidly that he engine room was
a seething mass of fire before the
Monaghan Kose Company from just
across the street could stretch a line
of hose and get a stream turned on.
As soon as the water was turned on ?
the fire was quickly subdued. The
fire was confined to the engine room,
ano the only damage done was to
the engine, the engine room and the
glass in the rear windows of the sec?
ond floor of the office.
The total amount of damage lias
not been determined, as it will be
necessary to have the engine rebuilt
before it can be used again. If it had
not been for the quick work of the
firemen there would have been a se?
rious" fire.
Fortunately the Osteen Publishing
Company has a second engine which
is kept in reserve for use in case of
break down or other emergencies, and
the work was carried on after the
fire was extinguished in the engine
room. The work was seriously hand?
icapped today and the Daily Item is
issued this afternoon under difficul?
ties.
Fire Thursday Morning.
At 1.30 a. rn. Thursday the
wood house on the premises of Mr.
A. W. Crosswell caught on fire and
necessitated the calling out of the
fire department. The wood house was
completely destroyed, the fence in
the back yard burned in part and the
kitchen was slightly damaged, all of
which loss is fully covered by insur- J
ance.
Joe Evans sbot Will Hngbey to
death in Greenwood county Sunday
night. Evans had fiist assaulted
Hnghey's wife and killed .him wneu
be remonstrated.
Watchman and
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KEV. CREIGHTON EXPELLED.
Recommendation of thc Trial Com?
mittee Made After Being Up All
Night for Verdict.
Columbia, S. C., December 5
Rev. C. W. Creighton has been
dismissed from the ministry and
has been expelled from the mem?
bership of the Methodist Church,
South. This decision was reached
yesterday at dawn by by the com?
mittee of 12 which had remained
in session 63 hours of actual time.
Just what transpired in the com?
mittee room will never be known
and just how the committee stood
with reference to the final verdict
will also be a closed chapter.
The presiding officer of the
trial was Rev. L. F. Beaty of
Nashville, "Tenn., the assistant
Sunday school editor of the gen?
eral conference. He was not a
member of the committee, being
merely the presiding officer, rep-,
resenting the bishop. When the
verdict was announced to him, he
wept.It was whil? he was pastor at
Edgefield that Mr. Creighton de?
cided to quit the practice of law
to enter the ministry.
"I don't believe Charley Creigh?
ton had any but the highest of
motives when he entered the
ministry," said Mr. Beaty yester?
day, "The verdict of the com?
mittee means that they regard
Mr. Creighton to be guilty of the
charges preferred, and I have no
reason to vuestion the righteous?
ness of that verdict.but yet I wish
that this unfortunate contention
could have been spared the con?
ference."
Rev/E. O. Watson, secretary of
the conference and one of the
members who was outspoken in
opposition to Mr. Creighton, also
wept when the verdict was placed
in his hands. He recognized in
Mr. Creighton as an individual
a man to be loved, although his
views and those of Mr. Creighton
differed widely.
MR. SPENCER'S WILL
Bulk of Property Lefft to His Widow
and Her Children-Estate Valued
at About $75,000.
Washington, Dec. 7:-The will
of the late Samuel Spencer, presi?
dent of the Southern Railway
company, was today admitted o
probate. The document was exe?
cuted in New York city, July 27,
1905. 1 All his household furniture
pictures, paintings, plate, horses
and carriages are given to the
widow, Mrs. Louisa Vivian Spen?
cer, absolutely.
Mrs. Spencer is also given, the
residence and real estate in Tuxe?
do Park, Orange county, New
York, or the residence and real
estate in this city. She is also
given the use for life of the resi?
dence which decides not to take.
At her death the residence so used
shall revert to the surviving chil?
dren of Mr. Spencer in equal
parts.
The residue of the estate is to
be divided into three parts, one of
which is to be given absolutely to
Mrs, Spencer; another share is to
be held by the executors in trust
for Mrs. Spencer during her. Life
and at her death to revert to the
children of Mrs, Spencer or any J
descendants of deceased children;
the remaining part of the estate
is to be divided among the chil?
dren.
The heirs of Mr. Spencer are
stated to be Louisa V. Spencer,
the widow; Henry B. Spencer,
Vernona Spencer Laying and
Vivian Spencer, his children.
The personal estate is given as
"in excess of Sio.ooo," and the
real estate is estimated at $75,000.
The executors are the widow, two
sons and son-in-law, James B.
Laying, Jr.
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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; Po!ls,
$1.00. Also, School District No. 1.
Special, 2 mills; No. 2, 2 mills; No. 3,
2 mills; No. 4, 2 mills; No. IS, 2
mills; No. 17, 1 mill; No. IS, 2
mills; Shiloh Sch rbi Distr'xt, 3 mills.
50 cents capitation dog t:ix.
A penalty of 1 per cut. added for
month January, li'07. Additional pen?
alty of 1 per cent, for month t-Vhru
ary, 1907. Additional pen-n'y of 5
per c.-nt for 15 days in Match, 1907.
T. W. LE 3,
Oct. 5, 1906. County Treasurer.
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