The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 17, 1907, Image 8
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3CSWSY LETTERS FROM OUR SP^
CI?L CORRESPONDENTS.
IfcBM of Interest From all Parts of
Sunter and Adjoining Counties.
JTOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.
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reach thu, office not later than Tues?
day morning. When the letters are
^received Wednesday it is almost an
tapossibilitj' to have them appear in
tte paper issued that day;
SALEM.
lier home on Friday after a. stay of
several weeks at the infirmary in
Sumter.
Mr. Weeks, of the Item, spent a
few hours in Mayesville on Saturday
"between trains.
Miss McDonald;, a graduate of the
Jehus Hopkins Training School, of
Baltimore, came down from Winns
"boro, where she had been doing pri?
vate nursing, on Friday morning to
spend a few days with friends. Too
soon she will take her departure via
Washington for Baltimore, to resume
lifer duties, but not before she had
taken in the city of Sumter on today, j
Mr. Hudson Warren left on
Wednesday for Asheville, N. C.. on ?
business and will, in all probability,
he absent for some time.
Mr. Walter Raffield, of Sumter, was
seen to pass through this section
twice in one week, going to see his
"best girl, it is presumed.
Salem, April 15.-The weather has
been fine of tate for hog killing, and
those who carried over porkers for
late eating, have enjoyed them,
Much corn when last seen was just
as on the day it was planted. Still we
keep looking for it to come into
sight, while others, less patient, have
planted a second time.
Those who planted cotton early,
ie~l that if seed can be procured, it,,
"too, will have to be planted again.
Jack frost was in evidence on Sun?
day morning, biting like a rabid deg.
There was a neighborhood fish
?ry at Shaw's lake on Friday, and the ?
ferny tribe was in abundance.
The fourth Sunday in April is ap
.pointed for the installation of Rev.
"W. H. Workman as pastor of Brick
^ Church.
Sev. Mr. Grier will deliver the
charge to the congregation, while
Ttev. H. A. Knox will charge the pas?
ter.
Mrs. John H. Wilson returned to
When Supervisor Seale's 49 get
Qirough with Turkey creek canal, we
will be pleased to see his stripes over
fins side. We feel that he has kinder
?given this section the go-around.
There is an old colored ex-Confed?
erate soldier here who" claims to
be ninety-two years of age and
who was wounded by the explo
-sion of a shell on Morris Island,
he claims. Now at this ripe old age,
and being crippled for life and inca?
pacitated for making his living, asks
tfor a pension, and very \|ustiy so it
seems. But some one will have to
interview the pension board in his be?
half, if he gets any help from that
source.
DARK CORNER.
Dark Corner, April, 13, 1907.
One of the scarcest things is news,
And the farmers ail have the blues
As they think the fruit crop is lost,
And most every morning we have a
frost,
And the wind has blown for fifteen
days.
Don't know how many more before
it lays.
There is very little news' in this
corner. No cotton planted here yet.
as I know o;\ Some still complaining
that they cannot get their guano,
which they oruered in January. They
say that if they cannot get it this
week they will not have it when i:
comes, for they intend to commence
*o make their cotton beds Monday;
say that if they cannot get -it this
but from the weather we have be< n
having. I am in no hurry to plant my
little patch. I think the prospect for
a fruit crop is very slim after s-,
much cold weather. ' We have had
several heavy frosts this week and
the wind is blowing cold now.
Misses Mabel Meilett and Mary Leo
Ardis visited at W. J. Ardis' last
Sunday evening.
W. J. Ardis dined last Sunday with
Mr. Joe M. Ardis.
Miss Nealie Ardis visited Mrs. W.
J. Ardis yesterday.
Mrs W. J. Ardi.-? and Douglas
Weeks visited the latter's sister, Mrs.
Ben. Geddings, near Pinewood, yes?
terday.
Mrs. Geddngs has been quite sick,
but is some better.
Augustus Weeks and Ben'. Ged?
dings went to Cane savanna yester?
day to try their luck with the finny I
triba which was poor indeed, one
sucker and one poor little silver fish.
Stubbs Turner and Mack Avin
tried their luck at Weeks' mill here
last night with pretty fair success.
Mr. Joe M. Ardis has been quite
sick this week, but was some better
yesterday.
Blanding Ardis goes from here to
your city next Monday, the 15th, to
serve as a juryman.
A negro woman died rather sud
denly in Pinewood one day this week.
She said that morning to her hus?
band, "Press, I want you to telegraph
fer my sister." Press asked her for
what. "I want her to come so I can
give her our baby, for I am going to
die." He (her husband) said. "On,
no, I will go and get something for
vs to have a good dinner," which he
did do, and when he brought in the
things he had bought for dinner, his
wife told him she could cook them,
but she would not want any. as she
was going to die. And she did die
before she could eat any of the din?
ner. She complained of a pain under
her left arm. her husband called in
Dr. P. M. Salley, but she did not live
five minutes after the doctor got to
her.
Augustus "Weeks killed some large
fowl at his father's mil; one day this
week, which all who saw it said th es
did not know what it was, as they
had never seen anything like it be?
fore. It as white and blue spotted.
MAX.
Max, S. C., April 15.-Oats are be?
ing badly injured by insects.
High winds have prevailed for sev?
eral days, and it will be almost a
miracle if any frut matures this year,
after so much cold, except strawber?
ries, which are being enjoyed by
those who have the plants.
Pea seed is very scarce.
Rev. B. K. Truiuck is having a res?
idence built near by and on the
southwest of Bethel church, a much
more desirable location than his
pr?sent home.
Mrs. Bessie Hicks is spending some
time with her uncle, Mr. G. M. Hicks,
of New Zion.
Miss Effie Trucluck, of Darlington,
is visiting relatives near here.
Mr. Isaiah Chandler, an aged verer
an of the late war, died last rvght.
Alfred Chandler, an industrious
colored man, died Saturday.
Mr. George Brockington and Mrs.
Minney Chandler were married Sun?
day afternoon by Rev. B. K. Truiuck.
John Miles, while fishing, had the
end of one finger bitten off by a
cooter.
PISGAH.
Pasgah, April 13.-This is winter
with a rush. Old folks say they
have never seen such a long cold
spell in April before. Those who
planted cotton early look rather sick,
especially those who have no seed to
plant over. Most of th** iarmers
saved only enough to plant one time.
Cotton planting has been going on
rapidly this week. Corn looks badly.
Poor stands, and some to pla.it over
The oats look like the\ are in a spell
of fever. May and June will tell the
story of the peach crop. If the ker?
nel is damaged or dead it is gone
The cool weather has brought on r
lot of sickness, and the decors art j
kept busy attending to their pa?
tients.
Lucy Hutcherson, who died from
hydrophobia in Atlanta, was buried
at Pisgah church on Thursday after
j noon last, after divine services, by
Rev. Mr. Inabinet. A 'arge congre?
gation was present who testified their
deep sorrow at the death of the little
girl. an*d especially for the parente
in this their great trouble.
The country is fuil of dogs and
what good they are doing I car.'t see.
Xearly every negro has from one to
five, half starved all the time. There
is no game to hunt, and as yard dogs
they are no good. The people ought
to do as the folks about Smithville
do-shoot them- and our country
i would be rid of a number of pests
that are not worth the bread they
- eat. j
STATEBURG.
Stateburg, .-?pril 15.-Amid all the
rural attractions of the institution,
the Gen. Sumter Memorial Academy
has again been the scene of a most
te?ghtful ocasi?n. In order to en?
large the school library, an entertain?
ment was "billed" for Friday even?
ing, the 12th, and with the usual dis?
play of talent and training, the fol?
lowing programme was presented by
the teachers and students of the
school, with the aid of the young peo?
ple of the neighborhood:
Chorus, "Hunting Song"-By stn
dents of G. S. M. A.
K-citation, "School Days." by
Whittier-Miss Wilhelmina Dargan.
Recitation, "The Reason Why." by
Paul Hamilton Hayne-Miss Harriet
Sanders.
Play. "Six to One." in one act.
Characters:
"Mrs. Dodge Pomeroy"Mi.-.s Eu?
genia Dargan.
Nieces of Mrs. Pomeroy:
"Gladys Quincy"-Miss Julien Fri
erson.
"Maud Lawton"-Miss Janie Nel?
son.
"Nina Crosby"-Miss Sarah Nel?
son. .
"Ethel Davis"-Miss Theodosia
Dargan,
"Alene de Valence"-Miss Georgia
Dargan.
..Elliott Champney," nephew of
Mrs. Pomeroy-Mr. John Fricrson.
"Rose McCary." negro servant
Miss Lottie Nelson.
Chorus, "Moonlight on the Lake"
By students of G. S. M. A.
After the closing selection, delici?
ous refreshments were served, the
menu being of a most puzzling and
unique form, and in choosing a dish,
the visitor might have expected to
have been served with anything from
a toothpick to a most delicious plate
of ice cream.
"The Art Gallery." arranged by the
students of the school, was a place of
great amusement; the "paintings" be?
ing constructed of anything ridicu?
lous in apearance, or absurd in selec?
tion, r
The remainder of the evening was
spent in dancing and merry-making
by the young people present.
F. E. T., Jr.
DALZELL.
Dalzell, April 15.-I don't know if
I can collect my thoughts long
enough to write. The writer has one
of those awful colds that makes a
man feel more like committing sui?
cide or fighting than writing.
We have started planting cotton,
but the weather favors hog killing
time more than cotton planting.
There are some of the early birds
we feel sure will have to plant over.
Some have already planted their corn
over. Seed corn and cotton seed are
scarce in this neck, and planting one
time was about all some can do, so
a second planting will be doubly hard.
Mr. H. D. Boykin's mules ran away
one day last week as they were com?
ing from his house to Dalzell and as
they got in front of Messrs. Bowman
& Moore's store one ran on one side of
a telegraph pole and the other on
the other side of the pole, the wagon
tongue striking the pole right cen?
trally, breaking the pole square in'
two about three feet above the
ground. As they. struck the pole it
knocked both mules down, and as
the end of the pole dropped down it
struck one of the mules on the hind
I leg and broke it, so the mule had to
be killed. The pole was nine inches
through and perfectly solid where it
broke, and no one who has not seen
it would believe it possible for such a
thing to be done. All the damage
done to the wagon was the breaking
of the double-tree and a foot or so
of the tongue being broken off. It is
a heavy blow on Mr. Boykin. The
mule was worth about $200. j
The ice cream festival was a sue- j
cess, notwithstanding the cold weath?
er. About $20 was added to the li?
brary fund. Miss Barnett deserves
credit for the efforts" she put forth in
making it as good as it was.
Mrs. K. J. and Miss Grace Carson
?re at home again after a stay of
several days in Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stafford, of |
Bishopville, visted the former's pa- i
rent~ Sunday.
Rev. J. C. Bailey is spending this j
week in Summerton.
The hours foi* service at Tirzah
will ce il o'clock on the second Sun
cays, and 4.30 on the fourth Sundays
fer th;- next few months.
WISACKY.
Wis-icky, April 15.-We have been
having cold, stormy winds for the
past few d.w.-, and frost am! ice. the !
past night, and ali vegetation seems i
to be hilled. Today is calm, with \
bright sunshine, but still very cold. !
Many farmers in this section had fin?
ished planting corn and had good
stands; some few had planted cotton,
but I suppose it will ail have to be
done over again. The oat crop has
been greatly injured, and the fruit
crop is entirely gone.
The health of the community is
moderately good at this time.
Mrs. Robt. McCutchen and daugh?
ter. Miss Bertha, of Bishopville, have
been visiting in our midst recently.
Mrs. Eva Smith, of Bishopville,
and her brother. M. L. Williams, of
Wisacky, visited relatives near Tim
monsville on Saturday, returning the
next day. They drove through the
country, and suffered greatly from
the cold, stormy winds.
Miss Dora Williams is visiting rel?
atives and friends in Bishopville this
week.
ELLIOTT.
Elliott. Apil 15.-Elliott was the
victim of a destructive fire last Fri?
day night. Five of lier store houses
wore burned, and at one time it
looked as if three others would sure?
ly go. In fact, if friends, among them
lots of colored men, had not worked
so hard they surely would have boon
destroyed. The wind was fearfully
high*at the time.
Messrs. Carter & Harris are occu?
pying the Everett House now, and
will accommodate all travelers with
both meals and lodging. This house
is conveniently located at the junction
of the two railroads-a few yards
from the depot.
Farmers are surely having back
sets by the wholesale. Lots of them
around here have plowed up and
planted their corn over, and I am
afraid some cotton will have to be
treated likewise. Some planted in
March.
We have not been having March,
but January, weather for the last
three weeks, and to finish up with
this morning, everything in the way
of tender vegetation was fozen to
death-ice everywhere. Our pump
had to be thawed with warm water.
Some fifty odd years ago, I can't
recall the year, but it was the 15th
day of April,, there was a heavy snow ,
storm. Vegetation was much further
advanced than now. I guess folks
made a fresh start. This will be the
plan for us to adapt, so let us be up
and doing. Maybe the cold is over
now.
MAYESVTLLE.
Mayesville, April 16.-In the sec?
ond election held yesterday for an in?
tendenta Dr. W. W. Gardner was
elected over W. M. McElveen by
seven votes. This election has excit?
ed more interest than any held here
in yea~s, as in the first election the
two candidates received an even
number of votes.
Dr. W. W. Gardner was the regular
nominee of the mass meeting held
several weeks ago, and Mr. McElveen
was brought out as an independent
candidate.
Dr. Gardner has held the office for
two terms and has given general
satisfaction in his administration of
the town's affairs. Many improve
merits have been made during his
incumbency and better things are ex?
pected of him in the future. The al?
dermen elected on the council for the
coming term are: M. C. Mayes, clerk
and treasurer; J. F. Bland, Jr., R. J.
Mayes, Jr., an- H. L. Thomas.
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