Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A Farewell Shot. C0S^ Hagood, Dec. 27.-May be, but . may it not result as -one of the great riot in Lancaster more than 20 years ago, a negro, clean escaped, as he dashed across the public square, feel? ing himself* safe, ' fired back over his shoulder as he hurried away. In an orher moment he lay pierced, by o hallet as a reward for his malig Court was in session, with Judge Mackey presiding. When the re-fir? ing began old Mr. John Bailey, an errpaneled juror, with hat in hand, rushed^for the door. "Come back, Mr. Baily/ the judge called out, not halting, he replied, "Ah, my boys are out there." I am saying "good-tye" to the many readers of the Watchman and ^> Southron, because, as many of ;hem do net know, the Methodist church has |pyen me work at Darlington. A number of years ago, almost a total stranger, I came to Sumter to fi ?rm. My experience has been varied -and worth the whiie may be. If I thought I knew how to farm I learn? ed I did not. Mine has not been a "bed of roses nor a bed of thorns. I always had great faith in the Game Cock City and - county, and would have been willing, had I had them, "to have put up the stakes, and what? I would have been a winner in every instance. What growth and devel? opment, beyond the dream of vis? ionary. In astonishment, a lover, an admirer of Slimier enterprise and thrift, I find myself wondering what "- Ike end will be. Sumter is a wonder? ful place anyway. To begin with, on liberty street, I think it is, a gray headed man, uncorrupted by the boodle, undaunted by the threats of carpetbag misrule, preferring a crust "with peace of conscience to* the pre? ferment of corruption whatever that might mean, still labors at the press, "honored and respected by all that know him. The first time I visited Sumter I stopped at the Jervey House, and the impression, then made upon me still lingers,, that "Uncle Jim," bless* Ids jolly soul, is a dispen ser of hospitality/ I can never forget him and his kind wife. Hard hy is a mSn with a slick hat and looks in kind, that to common mortal is a ?neer cus (one s if you please)-cus with a dash may mean many things, but in this case it means one of the sunniest^ one of the most genial, one of the livest, one of the strongest, in county, State and church. But he is j a busy-body, and in other men's mat? ters, aiding the weak and helpless. Don't I love him? He has a worthy coadjutor in a fine (shall I say old?) bachelor, a lover of blooded horses, j ' My earlier years in Sumter were ! ' i.-.- / . ' . without, almost, without friends or ? credit. Now I trust I have both. I'll not ^forget this bachelor soon. The first people to trust me in Sumter were the Ryttenbergs. I was trained to hate a Jew, but I boast I have outgrown my training, for which this noble family are largely respon? sible. If the people referred to in this article #111 pardon me and you will allow .me to finish at another time this letter of personalities will grow into something else if. not something better. Gould one and all look into this bosom and see the promptings of this effusion they would palliate if not excuse it. Hagood. Why Suffer With Rheumatism? *Do you know that rheumatic pains' can be relieved, If you doubt this just try one application of Chamber? lain's Pain Balm. It will make rest j and sleep possible, and that certainly j means a great deal to any one afflict- ; ed with rheumatism. For. sale by J. J F. W. DeLorme. "It looks a little strange," says the j Chicago Chronicle, referring, of j .course, to the South Carolina immi- j gration case, "that congress should j have passed a law carrying a provis- ! ion -for its own nullification, that it j should have Laken a dozen years to I find it out, and that a southern State j should be the first to profit by the I discovery." It does, indeed, but we j are none the less glad.-Charlotte Ob- ? B&'&J&P'Ts: A t. ' '"- I server. 1 Died From Exposure. John Hammett, colored, died sud? denly on Christmas day from the ef? fect of excessive drink and exposure. Hammet. who had been imbibing freely during,the day, was taken back of the dispensary by some of his friends, ?nd left there to rest. While there, parties., who saw him, say he was frothing at .the .mouth and show? ing signs of a ^person freezing to death* ? After some time Hammet was re? moved to his home, where he died shortly afterward. . The exact cause of his death, therefore, is not known, but it is supposed that exposure to the cold air was too much for him in the condition he was. *E. C. De Witt & Co., of Chicago, at whose laboratory Kodol is prepared, assures us that this remarkable di gestant and corrective "tor the stom? ach conforms fully to all provisions of the National Pure Food and Drug Law. The Kodol laboratory is a very large one, but if all the sufferers from ?Indigesti?n and stomach troubles could know the virtues of Kodol it would be impossible for the manufac? turers to keep up with the demand. Kodol is sold here by all druggists. "To oblige a woman 2,270 western business men signed a petition with? out reading it, and have made them? selves liable to a total sum of $600, 000. Cassie Chadwick will find plen? ty of them left when she gets out of the penitentiary.;-Washington Post. ?R?.??LEl> ?r??) PIMPLES ?a Ten Days. -f^M. . 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En? tirely over and above this review? ing section, it has more original matter and iilustratiOLS than most magazines, and the ibcst timely and important articles printed in any monthly. The REVIEW OF REVIEWS covers five continents, and yet is American first and foremost. WOMAN'S HOME COMPANiOtt has the largest subscription list ?j of any ten cent magazine-toree million people read this one maga? zine every month. Besides f>e helpful, intimate things that wo? men want to know, there are de? lightful stories and articles b> * Kate Douglas Wiggin, Elizaletb Stuart Phelps, Jack London acd Mary E. Wilkins Freeman ; in? spiring editorials by Dr. Edward Everett Hale; Miss Gould's fash? ion pages, ber dressmaking lesson and ber free shopping service; Miss Farmer's cooking depart? ment; the childrens own pages: in all twelve useful departments -something for all the family and for the woman-everything. SUCCESS MAGAZINE enters upon its- tenth year with an editorial plan and policy differ? ing from that of any other existing periodical; It aims to be the one indispensable magazine in the homij -"Toe Great Home Magazine of America " While still retaining as a foundation principle the idea of Inspiration and Uplift, it bas broadened into a far wider field the Work of the World. In the lighter and more entertaining Se? rial and Short Stories, and its Spe? cial Departments, it will present the best work of the most brilliant writers of the day. The art cov? ers of Success Magazine are fine productions of paintings. REMEMBER-the three great magazines above cost $5.00 if bought sepa rately and THE WATCHMAN AND SOUTHRON costs $1 50 too. W Si offer all four to you for a limited ftme only for $4.15. Send in your order today. Do 2 it now. This offer will be withdrawn. A SHOOTING SCRAPE Northrop Handy. Colored, is Shot in Neck by Lot McCoy. Northrop Handy, colored, was shot in the neck by Lot McCoy on Thurs? day morning-, and is now in a serious condition. McCoy and D. S. Owens were shooting at a target behind the Express office, where McCoy is em? ployed. Handy, whose place of busi? ness is next door to the Express office, came out of his shop and peered over the fence, which separates the two lots. According to McCoy, the latter playfully aimed his pistol at Handy, telling him to look out as he was go? ing to shoot. Handy asked him not to do so, but McCoy, as he states, thinking the pistol unloaded, fired, in? flicting a wound in Handy's neck. Handy's exact condition cannot be determined at the present time, but he is resting easily today. ? SHOT IN THE ARM. Jim Davis, Colored, is Accidentally Wounded by Uncle. On Christmas day Jim Davis, color? ed, was accidentally shot in in the arm by his uncle, Tom Davis. The muscles of Jim's arms were terribly lacerated, inflicting a painful wound. It appears that Tom was going out hunting- and carried his gun under his overcoat. "When Jim was approach? ing, by some motion of Tom's arms, the gun was discharged with the above result. Medical attention was se? cured at once, and Jim is doing as well as can be expected. ?Open the bowels and get the cord out of your system. Kennedy's Laxa? tive Cough Syrup opens the bowels and at the same time allays the in? flammation of the mucous membranes. Contains Honey and Tar. Drives out the cold and stops the cough. Abso? lutely free from any opiates. Con? forms to the National Pure Food and Drug Law. Pleasant to take. Sold by all druggists. * Gave Baby Concentrated Lye. Bessie Thomas, a colored woman of bad character, living in the Stokes Bridge section, was arrested last week by Deputy H. E. Mooneyhan and lodged in jail for giving: a little child of Charlotte Wesley, about one year old, a dose of c?nc?ntrated lye, ^flich caused its death. The jury of inquest returned a verdict in accordance with the above facts. It seems that it was a malicious deed caused by the wom? an committing the deed being jealous of the other.-Bishopville Vindicator. Fifteen Cars or a Southern Freight Train Jump the Track Near Blaeksburg- ?nd Traffic is Delayed. Spartanbur, Dec. 2s\-One of the worst freight wrecks 'in the history of the Southern railway occurred this morning near Blaeksburg, fifteen <iars jumping the rails, and the track is reported to have been torn up for 300 yards. The track hhs been blocked since . early this morning, and no south-bound trains have''passed Spar tanburg since 5 o'clock this morning. No lives were lost in the wreck. T?X RET?BKS F ? R 19 0 7. OFFICE OF COUNT? AUDITOR, SUMTE ^ COUNTY, SUMTER, S. Cs Dec. 7,1906. Notice is herebv givsn that I will attend, in perFon or by Dei uty, at the following placid on the days, ind caled, respectively, for the purpore of receiving returns of per-oual property and poll taxe? for t^e fiscal year, commencing January 1st, 1907 : Tindall's Store. Thursday, Jan. 3rd. P ivateer, Jerkins' Siorc. friday, Janu nary 4th. Manchester, Levi's Store, Tuesday, Jan? uary 8>h. . Wedgefield.Thursday, January 10th. . Stateburg, Friday, January 11th. Hagood. Tuesday. January 15th. R?roberts, Wednesday, Januay 16th. Dalzell, Thursday, Janna-y 17ch. -Jordon's Mill, Friday. January lSth. Mayesville, Tuesday. Januarj 22nd. Shiloh, Wednesday, January 23:d. * Norwoods X Roads, i hursday. Jan? uary 24-th. 0=wego, Friday, January 25th. The law requires that all persons owning property or in anywise having charge of such property, either as agent, husband guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, etc. return the sarre under oath to the Auditor, who requests hil persons to be prompt in making their returns and save the 50 per cent penalty which will be added to the property valuation of all persous -who fail to make returns within the time prescribed by la<v. Taxpayers return what they own cn tho first day of January, 19C7. Assessors and taxpayers will en er the first given name of the taxpayer in fall, also make a separate return for each township where the property, is located and also in each and every case the Num? ber of the school district must be given. Eve ry male citizen between the age of twenty-one and sixty years on the first day of Jatuary, 1907, except those incap? able of earning a support from bein# maimed or from other causes, are deemed taxable polls, and except Confederate sol? diers 50 years of age, on January, 1st. 1907. All retarns must be made on or before the 20th day of Februarv, next, I cannot take returns after that date had all returns made after the 20th day of February, are subject to a peualtv of 50 per cent. J."DlGO i WILDER, Auditor Samter County. ' The Wood, WTire and Metal Lathers' International Union has gone on rec ord as opposed to the custom of local bodies of holding their meetings in saloons. *For 20 years W. L. Rawls, of Bells. Tenn., fought nasal catarrh. He writes: "The swelling and soreness in? side my nose was fearful, till I began applying Bucklen's Arnica Salve to the sore surface; this caused the sore? ness and swelling to disappear, never to return." Best salver in existence. 25c at Si bert's Drug Store. The Scuth Carolina delegation in congress are working hard to* get a sub-treasury in this State and the presem indications are they will suc? ceed. Congressman Legare wanted, of course, to have it established in Charleston, but rather than jeopardize the chances of getting it in the State, he joins Congressman Lever in. pull? ing fdr Columbia, thus making the delegation a unit. Lever never loses a chance to help his State and the dis? trict he represents must appreciate him. It would not surprise us in the least to see him made the successor . of United; States Senator Asbury Lati [ mer, who has a seat still in that body, Jbut who has developed into a very [artful tax-dodger.-Manning Times. A Texas Wonder. ?There's a Hill at Bowie, Tex., that's twice as big as last year. This wonder Is W. L. Hill, who from ? weight of 90 pounds has grown to over 180. He says: "I suffered with a terrible cough, and doctors gave me up to die of consumption. I wa*? reduced to 90 pounds, when I began taking Dr. Kings New Discovery for consump? tion, coughs and colds. Now, after taking 12 bottles, I ha-ue more than doubled in weight and am completely cured." Only sure cough and cold cure. Guaranteed by Sibert's Drug Store. 50c and $1. Tia! bottle free. Wedding at Bishopville. Bishop ville, Dec. 26.-Mr. Jake Shuford and Miss Ola Smith were quietly married Sunday night at the parsonage by Rev. Charles B. Smith Mr. Shut ord is one of the most .popu? lar young men of Bishopville and Miss Smith is one of the prettiest girls here, who moved here with her pa? rents from Waxhaw, N. C., about four years ago. They will make their horne at Bishopville.-The State. Mr. Shuford is well known in Sum? ter, having been in business here jfor some time. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a Safe Medicine for Children. ?In buying a cough medicine for children, never be afraid to buy Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. There is no danger from it, and relief is always sure to follow. It is intended especially fer <".?..; "'-rs, colds, croup and whooper.?- .;. ..rv-.. and there is no better medic ... the world for these diseases., lt is not only a certain cure for croup, but, when given as j soon as the croupy cough appe?rs, j will prevent the attack. Whooping cough is not dangerous when this remedy is given as directed. It con? tains no opium or other harmful drugs, and may be given as confident? ly to a baby as to an adult For sale by J. F. W. DeLorme. ?For chapped and cracked hands nothing is quite as good as an applica? tion of Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Put it on before going to bed, use an old pair of gloves and see what a dif? ference the morning will bring. Sold by all druggists. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF The Bank of Sumter Located at Sumter, S. C., At the Close of Business, Dec. 20,1906. RESOURCES. Loans aDd Discounts, $291,031 85 Overdrafts, 5,760 73 Bonds and Stocks owned by the Bank, 14,500 00> Furniture and Fixtures, 1,000 00 Other Real Estate, 17,550 00 Dae from Banks and Bankers, 88.625 60 Currency, 10,878 GO Gold, 245 00 Silver, Nickels and Pennies, 1^17 93 Checks and Cash Items, 1,325 19 Total, $432,134 30 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in, $ 75,000 00 Undivided Pronta, lees Cur? rent Expenses and Taxes Paid, 41 973 25 Dae to Banks and Bankers, 3 126 53 Due Unpaid Dividends, 3 000 0O Individual Deposits Subject to Check, 195,589 61 Savings Deposits, 73 441 89 Bills Payable, ' 40,000 GO Total, . * $432,134 30 State of South Carolina-County of Sum? ter. Before me came W. F. Rhame, Cashier of The Bank of Sumter, who being dury sworn, says that tbe above and foregoing statement is a true'condition of said bank, as shown by the books of file in said bank? W. F. RHAME. Subscribed to and sworn before me, this 29th day of December, 1906. R. L. WRIGHT, -[n. s.,] Notary Public for S. C. Correct Attest : RICHARD L MANNING? MARION MOISE, E. C. HAYNSWORTH, Directors. Dec. 29,1906. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE Farmers' Bank and Trust Go., LOCATED AT SUMTER, S. C. At the Close of Business Dec. 20,1906. RESOURCES. Loans and Disccunts, $229,985 76 Demand Loars, 9,315 16 Overdrafts 5,880 26 Banking House, . 375 00 Furniture and Fixtures, 1,647 25 Due from Banks and Bankers, 100,675 44: Currency, 9,500 00 Gold, 170 00 Silver, Nickels and Pennies, 5 490 28 Cnec ts and Cash Items, 2,353 80 Tctal, $365,392 95 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock palo in $60,000 00 Undivided Profite, less Cur? rent Expenses and Taxes Paid, , * ? . 12,666 39 Due to Banks and Bankers 6 244 82 Due Unpaid Dividends, 4,800 0O Individual Deposits, subject ,to Check 210,026 07 Savings Deposits, 70,878 20 Reserve for Tax?e, 877 47 $365,392 95 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) County < f Sumter. ) Before me came R. L. Edmunds, Cashier of The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co., who teing duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of. said Bank, as shown by the books of file in said bank. R. L. EDMUNDS, "Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of December, 1906. GEO. L. RICKEB, Notary Public, S. C. Correct Attest : . GEO. D. SHORE, R. J. BLAND. ' C. G. ROWLAND, Dec. 28. 19C6. Directors. Attention, Farmers We make a specialty of insuring . COTTON GINS, (system and old style,) COTTON at gins and COT? TON CN PLANT &TIOKS. See us for rates, before insuring. ft Sister linn Ipi Ipi No. 10 N. Main Street, Sumter, S. C. e-i~1--x tag' a Fence The weight per rod and size of wire must be taken into consideration : also the CONSTRUC tion of the FENCE. Heavy wires and the best galvanizing are always used on the AMERICAN, and the quan? tity already in service on farms is good evi? dence of its merit. The HINGE JOINT on the American allows for CONTRACTION and EXPANSION, to with? stand sudden and severe pressure from contact with animals, without bendings stays, the fence springing back to place the instant pressure is removed. The most secure, lasting fence is the AMER? ICAN. Sold by CAROLINA HARDWARE CO. AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING COLUMNS OF THE DAILY ITEM WILL BRING RESULTS.