Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? j? ?tatf ira ?nw jswitiljfliit. G Ci O WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20,1907. Entered at the Postoffice at Sumter, S. C., as Second Class Matter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Schwartz Bros.-Spring Opening. The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.-. lEasy to Wear. Charleston Biscuit Works-The X?ttle Darling. Estate of M. G. Ramsey-Citation. PERSONAL. . -o Mr. L. E. Richardson, of Atlanta, ; A 3s in the city on business. Mr. Porcher Gaillard, of Provi? dence, came to the city yesterday. Mr. Earl C. Page, of the State, was lhere for the day. Mr. W. H. Ramsey, of Wedgefield, ?was in the city today. Mr. John DeLorme, of New York, is in the city/ Dr. Haskell Durant, of Columbia, is in the city business. Mr. R. M. Cooper, of Wisacky, is ?spending the day in the city. Mr. Bernard ^Manning is at home from the University of South Caroli? na. . Miss Maggie Carpenter, after spending some time in Georgetown, v lias returned home. H. Harby, Esq., left Monday after? noon for Charleston, where he will attend the United States court now in session. Mr. Henry Richardson and Col. O. D. Harvin, of Pinewood, were in he ?city today. Messrs. S. W. Gillespie and H. F. "Woodward returned to the city this morning after a week's stay with Mr. -James McCutchen at Wateree. Messrs. A. S. Ledb?tter and C. Li -Johnson left yesterday afternoon for ICew York, where they will remain for a week. Messrs. Ledford & Mitchum, con- j tractors, on Tuesday closed a con- i tract for the construction of a two- j story brick office building for Wither? spoon Bro3. & Co. ;he erection cf the building will begin at once . Messrs. Geo. L. Bicker, E. S. Booth, ?G. A. Lemmon, Geo. W. Dick, A. S. Xedbetter and L. I. Parrott went to .Charleston Wednesday night to take .part in the institution of Omar Tem? ple, Mystic Shrine. Mr. W. E. Lea, of Timmonsville, .^spent the day in the city. Mr. Lea, ?who is one of the best known and most successful tobacco warehouse? men of the State, has many friends in -Sumter, where he lived for several .years prior to locating in Timmons -vilie Dr. Arthur L. Harvin. who has $>een for several months associated ?with Dr. G. R- Barringer in his den? tal parlors on Main street, has moved to Camden, where he will now be permanently located. Dr. Harvin made many friends here during his short stay, all of whom wish him *mich success in his new home. Mr. C. Guy Gunter has spent the last several days in the Piedmont sec-! tion of the State in an endeavor to j interest some of the cities in a base- j S>all league for this summer. He vis? ited Spartanburg, Anderson, Green? ville and Union, and from the inter? est that he succeeded in arousing, he feels much encouraged and is ex? tremely gratified with the results of !his trip. Mr. Gunter thinks- it a certainty that Anderson, Greenville and Union will be in the league, and there is a strong probability of Spar? tanburg entering. At any rate, it looks very much to him like goof" /baseball for the summer. If we kept a quantity of lime han? dy we could knock out many a big old smell. The new addition to the Atlantic Coast Line freight depot is about completed and the office department .was occupied today. The steam shovel for the Sumter Brick Works, after traveling two months to cover a twelve-days' jour? ney, has arrived and is being install? ed by Mr. Avery, of the Thew Auto? matic Shovel Co., Lorain, Ohio. The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. advertise today their famous Varsity suits. This line of ready-to-wear suits is the perfection of style and they always fit. Made of the best material by skilled workmen, they al? ways give satisfaction. While unloading a crate of bed? springs at Elliott on Friday Capt.M. S. Chase, local freight conductor, was painfuly injured. It apears that the .crating of the springs burst and the full force of tho entire crate struck Capt. Chase in the face, fracturing his jaw bone, knocking out several teeth, and rendering him otherwise unfit for duty. He was relieved from duty at once and is now at home herc suffering intensely as a result of the accident. Ladies of the Singleton neighbor? hood will give a hot supper at the residence of Mr. Robert P. Bramwell on next Thursday night, the 21st in? stant, between 5 and 10 o'clock. *phe object of the supper is to raise fui.ds for the construction of a building un? der the auspices of a Union Mission. The cause is a worthy one and should he liberally supported. DEATH. Mr. John R. Haynsworth died at his home on East Calhoun street at 10 o'clock last Thursday of pneumo? nia, following an attack of grip, after an illness of about three weeks. He was the third son of the late W. F. B. Haynsworth and was in his thirtj ninth year. He is survived by his wife and two children, besides three brothels and two sisters. He was a native of Sumter and had a great many friends throughout Sumter and adjoining counties, who will hear of his death with sincere sorrow. LAID TO REST. The funeral of Mr. John R. Hayns? worth was held at the cemetery at il Friday. The services were conducted by Rev. F. M. Satterwhite, pastor of the Bartlette Street Baptist Church, of which the deceased was a member, assisted by Rev. C. C. Brown, of the First Baptist Church. The attend? ance was very large, testifying in some measure to the esteem in which Mr. Haynsworth was held by the peo? ple who had known him from his youth up. Dr. Brown read the following beau? tiful tribute : The quest of the Holy Grail-the mystical cup of blood-belonged to an age when knighthood was in flower. The story lingers in the world's his? tory as the dream of one of its gifted dreamers. But the search for the se? cret of a beautiful life has been the aim of thousands cf human hearts, and here and there one has come upon the golden secret. If one should ask me, "What is the beautiful life ? I should say it is the quiet, unobtrusive ?ife of righteous? ness-right doing, right feeling and right being . It is the unostentatious life of service, seeking no " place for self, and using self as a means of blessing others. It is the patient, gen? tle, uncomplaining life that takes up its daily cross with a smile and lays it down with a prayer. It is the life that wins confidence, and commands love a<! a masterful king over his sub? jects. It ?s the life which needs no overhauling at evening when the shadows have grown long and the night is nigh ; but goes to the grave as to the couch, in joyful hope of sweet repose. And these are the graces which made beautiful the life of our friend and brother at whose open grave we stand. Where is the lip that has a criticism to pronounce, or the heart that bears malice toward him? His was the beautiful, quiet life of hope and rest and trust, full of gentleness, patience and love. His forsooth, was not a life without shadows, but it was a life without gloom. John was hand? icapped by physical infirmities which could not be controlled; but no word ! of complaint ever escaped him. The j heavier his crosses, the greater his strength; The man who went forth in search of a perfect integrity, could halt at John's feet. I say this in the presence of this multitude who knew him, nor is there one who thinks I am over-stepping the bounds of truth. To God and to man he stood four-square, and if he was untrue to either, it was an infirmity of the flesh that was fallible and mortal. It seem? ed so eminently fitting that such a soul should live to bless the world by being in it ; yet these are they who make up the white-robed throng which John has gone to join, and we who linger behind him can do nothing now but recall his graces and excel? lencies, and think of him as the man of the beautiful life. "Go to the grave in all thy glorious prime ? In full activity of zeal and power ; A Christian cannot die before his time; The Lord's appointment is the ser? vant's hour. Go to the gravel at noon from labor cease; Rest on thy sheaves, thy harvest task is done: Come from the heat of battle, and in peace, Soldier, go home-with thee the fight is won. S Suit has been entered by L. B. j Dozier Co., of Columbia, against Wil? liam J. Wilkins, of Florence, who has the contract for the new Presbyterian Church, on a claim of $1.070.00 for material furnished. The Presbyteri? an Church is made a party to the suit and notice has been served on the building committee not to pay any more money to Wilkins on the con? tract. Simi1 * proceedings have been started by j. W. McKievcr, of this city. No appointment has yet been made of a member of the board of Supervisors of Registration to suc? ceed Mr. T. E. Richardson, who re? signed when elected Judge of Pro? bate. The Camden and Xew Orleans Polo teams will play a series of games in djamden on April Sth, 10th and 12th. and the events will be the occasion of a great gathering in Camden. It is stated that a special train from Sum ; ter to Camden on the days of the g?mes has been promised by the of? ficers of the Northwestern Railroad. The Spring Milliney opening at Schwartz Bros.' store will be held ort Monday, March 25th, and an invita? tion has been extended to the ladies of Sumter and vicinity to attend it and inspect the latest and most fash? ionable designs in millinery. The stock includes imported Parisian models and selections from the In s: designers of this country. The local blind tigers .'ire neither more numerous nor more acive than they were under the <>M regime. The lav.' forbidding the illicit salo of liquor was always better enforced in Sumter than in most other places owing to tho co-operation of the police and consta? bles and at present the city authorities are enforcing the law to the best of their ability. BITTEX BY A MAD DOG. Mr. Hutchcrson Carried His Two Chil? dren to Atlanta Tc Receive Pas? teur Treatment. Mr. Gorri?n Hutcherson, of Smith? ville, passed through the city yester? day afternoon with his two children, a little boy about six years old and a little girl several years younger, who were bitten by a mad dog, on his way to Atlanta to have them take the Pasteur treatment for hydrophobia. The dog that bit the children was a pet bird dog that had been raised around the house and had never ex? hibited any indication of a vicious disposition. The little boy was bit? ten about two weeks ago, but nothing was thought of it as the wound in? flicted was not serious. On Thursday of last week the little girl was bitten in the face, and the dog then began showing signs of madness, biting at everything within reach. Mr. Hutch? erson became alarmed and killed the dog at once. The head was sent to the Pasteur Institute in Baltimore for examination, and yesterday a tele? gram was recived by Mr. Hutcherson which stated that the examination showed conclusively that the dog had hydrophobia. He at once made ar? rangements to take the children to 'the institute for treatment, but final? ly decided by the advice of friends to take them to Atlanta, where there is also a Pasteur Institute, and is nearer than to Baltimore. Mr. Hutcherson is a man of small means and a subscription was raised by his friends at Smithville and in this city to assist him in defraying the expenses of the treatment. You are cordially invited to attend ! my Millinery Opening March 22 and 23, Friday and Saturday, at Wells Dry Goods Store. Yours to please, Miss S. A. Murray. 3-19-4t* Hurt in a Runaway. In a runaway Sunday Mr. T. C. Blake was thrown from a buggy and badly injured. It appears that Mr. Blake was returning from a drive and upon reading Epperson's stables the horse became frightened, running down Main street. The buggy was ? capsized near the Court House and Mr. Blake thrown to the ground with consid?rable force. He was carried to I the Sumter Hospital where his wound, consisting of a broken finger and severe bruises about the head, were dressed. He is still at the hos? pita', but is doing nicely. Cottage Prayer Meetings. The ladies of the Baptist churches throughout the Southern States will observe this week as a week of self denial and prayer. At the close of the week, an offering will be made to the work of the Home Mission Board, whose field lies among the destitute sections of the South. The women of the First Baptist Church of this place will observe the week. Cottage I grayer meetings, as they are called in England, will be held at 5 p. m., as i follows: Thursday at Mrs. C. L. Cuttino's. Friday at Mrs. Ada Dowry's All the ladies of the church, and any others who desire to attend, are cordially invited to do so. C. C. Brown. Many business men are short? sighted in not looking into things. They are daily losing money by not t adopting the great Hollister Rocky I Montain Tea system. Makes them well and keeps them well. 35 cents. I China's Drug Store. You have heard the song of "the old oaken bucket that hung in the well," and the song of "the steeple on the hill," but the man or woman j who will in poetry or song compose "the old trash barrel at our back door" will have a monument erected to him by his fellow-men. In the Recorder's Court. The following cases were disposed of in the Recorder's court Monday and Tuesday: Moses Jacks? \ assault and battery on Sidney Du- it, :ined $20 or 30 days. A. Wallace, ; ic drunkenness, on E. Liberty stree:, fined $2 or 4 days. Wm. Brown, larceny of goods from Beck Bros., forfeited bond of $5. i Bella Durant, larcenv of goods from- Beck Bros., allowed to put up j $5 and not appear for trial. Henry Prescott, refused to do street duty or pay taxes, fined $3. Wm. Cannon, vagrancy and carry? ing concealed weapon, sent to the gang for 30 days on each charge. "Sing" Wilson, larceny of pocket book and $30 from E. W. Kennedy of Miming avenue, continued to March 14th. Daneil Gass, fast and reckless driv? ing on Liberty street. S2 or 5 days. Today the docket was made up of only one case*. Mm. Johnsen was charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct. He got $5 or J" days. There's naught so sweet as love's young dream. And it would sweeter be. If lovers would only take A little Rocky Mountain Tea. -China's Drug Store. The Road to Summerville. It will be easier traveling to Sum merville from. Charleston when the new big road is built than it was yes? terday over the bridle paths which were laid out by somebody's ancestors several hundred years ago. The route which the new road will follow is very attractive the greater part of the way. It will run for a considera? ble distance in sight of the Cooper River and through fertile fields and beautiful forests, by splendid old es? tates, with glimpses here and there of magnificent avenues of great live oak trees, spectral witnesses of the days that are dead. It will be the most attractive reoadwajr in the south when it is finished, and it will be ready for service by this time next year if all the resources of the com? mission do not fail. The tour of inspection to Summer? ville yesterday was very interesting in a good many ways. The members of the highway commission, most of whom are survivors of the horse-car period of our rapidly broadening civ? ilization, and were taught enough when they were young to learn some sense, indulged in reflections of a purely Lenten character more than once during the hard and at times perilous journey. They had heard remarkable stories about the per? formances of the automobile, but they were not prepared to find that it could do almost anything but climb fences and jump ditches. The an? cient holes in tho present dishonoring Dorchester road only added zest to the journey, and it was really re? markable how high a man of much avoirdupois could be bounced without breaking the springs or losing his temper. Whether the machines were going through ploughed fields, dodg? ing inconvenient and obtrusive trees, or swimming in rivers of water with which the road was deluged, they went right on without protest or ob iurgation with superhuman power. To make the trip from Summerville io Charleston in one hour and twenty five minutes actual running time, as the Reo machine did, in spite of the condition of the roads, was the best test of edurance that could have been made, and the forty-mile gait which the machine struck when it reached the State road with its Belgian blocks was proof sufficient to the speechless .and half-timid passengers that there is such a thing as going just a little too fast to suit the perfect sense of propriety which comes sometimes to those who do not feel quite prepared to depart hence and be no more. Of course, it all seems to be very natural now that it is all over, and there will probably be heard in the club cir? cles and at card parties about how exhilirating it was; but, as a matter of fact, there was a secret longing in the heart during the trial for the hay- i burner, which was reasonably safe, j even if it was never sure.-News and Courier. The business of the postoffice has shown a steady growth this year not? withstanding the hard times in some lines of business. The town is grow? ing in spite of short cotton crops and the resulting depression. It is now up to those who own land in the vicinity of the pumping sta? tion to donate sufficient land for park purposes to round out the proposed park. In the course of time the city will spend a good deal of money on the park and those who own the ad? joining land will be largely benefitted through the enhancement in value of their property. Talk of establishing another dis? pensary in the city has been revived, but so far no action has beer taken 3n the matter. Another dispensary blight increase the sale of liquor, which is not desirable, but it would also certainly increase the expense of operation, which is not desirable. One dispensary can sell all the liquor the public ought to consume, and noth? ing shouid be done to foster or extend the drinking habit. Even-thing which you can get re? paired or manufactured in Sumter such as job wrok. castings, doors, sash, blinds and any other article which you send off for, you build up your manufacturing enterprises and induce others to come here to trade. Bad breath, coated congue, a lan? guid feeling is entirely unnatural. Your lazy liver and bowels need a tonic. The best soothing tonic to ev? ery organ is Hollister's Rocky Moun? tain Tea. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. China's Drug Store. A number of citizens are com? plaining because of the excessive speed at which automobiles are per? mitted to sorch through the streets. Anyone possessed of an observant eye knows full weil that the speed limit is exceeded more often than it is obs.-rved. This should not be per? mitted for there is an ever present danger of serious accidents, so long as thc speeding is permitted. There -is no need tor such great speed and rights will be too late when a fatail accident has occurred. if popular nomination for United States senators become general, there are a lot of men in the senate at present who will not be defeated for re-election. They won't run.-Phila? delphia North American. Money in the Philippines. The call of the Philippines is for capital, and there is no country where its investment will yield a richer re? turn. Think of what can be done in the great staples, tobacco, sugar and hemp! On Oct. 8 of last year there had been shipped into San Francisco from Iloilo some 8,000 tons of sugar, on which was paid a duty of $213, 249. Sugar can be brought from Ma? nila to San Francisco for $3.50 a ton. It can be brought from Manila to New York in steam vessels for from 27 to 29 cents a hundred pounds, or about the same rate as between Omaha and Chicago. Sugar can be produced in the Philippines for less than a cent a pound. The fact that 8,000 tons of sugar were produced by the primitive methods in use in the Philippines, shipped across the Pacific, paid a high tariff, and sold in competition in this country indicates what will be accomplished with more modern methods. Think of what can be accomplished in tobacco! In the wonderful Caga yan valley of Northern Luzon, one of the most fertile valleys in all the tropic Orient, the land produced un? der the tobacco monopoly of the Spanish Government often, it is said, 3,000 pounds of tobacco an-* acre, which brought 75 cents a pound in Rotterdam. Now, after the abolish? ment of the monopoly, when the na? tives without supervision produced it themselves, 'they grow but 1,000 pounds to the acre, at about 15 cents a pound. The entire cost of produc? ing tobacco is not $50 an acre. In Spanish days the islands produced vast wealth for Spain; but the people were continually ground down. The local bosses forced the people to work for them and always kept them in debt. Now, under the American pioneer, the native is getting cash for his work, something he has never had before.-Leslie "Weekly. Why a salute of the lips, ordinarily known as a kiss, should be given such prominence in the literature and dra? ma of the world both biblical and his? torical, writes Harriet Quimby in Les? lie's Weekly, cannot be solved by re? course to any written authority; yet during all these years since the be? ginning of time this peculiar saluta? tion does not appear to have lost ts value, nor is there any immediate prospect of it so doing. What the play right, the novelist and the poet would do without this peg upon which to hang a plot it would be difficult to say, and this applies especially-to the playrights, for dozens of familiar dramatic productions, several of which have graced the New York stage this season, have found their greatest fac? tor, the wheel upon which the ma? chinery of the scenes run and the plot depends, in a kiss-that of a man and a woman. In France only half a cen? tury ago a code of regulations by which the theatre of that country were governed provided that an actor kissing an actress without her con? sent, regardless of what the play might be, would be subject to a fine of many francs. Nothing is easier than safe stealing -not stealing safes. All you need is sangroid and plenty of daylight. I told you of the men who stole aniroa jack in Sixth avenue between 12 and 1 o^clock. The workmen on a new steel construction were eating their noon? day meal when a chop in the garb of a laborer picked up the jack frorn the shoulder. Neither he nor the jack was ever heard of afterward. Fifty men. saw the act, but everyone supposed he was attending to the business of the contractor. S. L. Clemens ("Mark Twain") tells an amusing story about an ap? pointment to the lecture which he was unable to keep. A temperance lectur? er was invited at the last moment tc fill his place. The audience did not know Mark by sight, and cheered so loudly when his substitute appeared that they did not catch the explana? tion. As they expected to be amused they greeted the unfortunate lectur? er's remarks with laughcer directly he began to speak. "Intemperance," he said, "is the curse of this country." The audience seemed so much amu? sed that the unhappy man felt his tie and looked himself over to see what was the cause of their mirth. "Rum slays more than diseases," he went or. and the laughter grew louder. "Wc must crush the serpent." The audi? ence by this time were rocking to ano. fro, and at last the indignant substi? tute rushed out of the hall, shaking his fist at the crowd. An Atchison young man not maur years ago commenced to call on a girl. He kept her out on the front porch late at night,, he mad- life a torment for her if she looked oe any other mai? and finally he married her. He is poor, and her father was in fairly good cir? cumstances, so that for the first time in her life she began to taste privation and self-denial. She cooks fer him. cleans, sews, mends, and slaves for their two children. Do you want co know why this man put her in a po? sition where she would experience such hardship in addition to his tyran THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COT72TTY OF S??HTSB. By Thos. E. Richardsoa, Esq., Probate Judge. Whereas, W. H. Ra*rgey has made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administre; tion, with the will annexed, of the Estate o? and effects of Matthew G. Ramsey, late of Sau ter County, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon? ish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Matthew G. Ramsey, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held, at Sumter C. H., on the Stn day of April, next, after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, I if any . they have, why fee said administration should not be grantee!. Given under my hand this 19 th day of March, A. D. 1907. THOS. E. RICHARDSON, 3-20-2t Judge of Probate* 4 Per Cent. 4 Per Cent. COMPOUNDED QUARTERLY. Eemember we are now paying interest on Savings Deposits Quarterly. -:- -:- -: JANUARY, APRIL, JOLY, OCTOBER. Our Next Period Begins April I. -THE ank ol Sumter, SUMTES, S, C. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. THE LITTLE DARLING of your house calls for iced Coffee Cakes. (HONEY I88IDE-15 GENTS PER POUND RETAIL) SHE SAYS they are nice, sweet and fine-AND SHE LIKES THEM. -ASK YOUR DEALER OR WRITE Charleston Biscuit Works, CHARLESTON, 5. C. Jan. 23, 1007-'?rn