The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 25, 1907, Image 3
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Items of Utercst Condensed nn?l Par
agraphod for Quick Reading.
Loanle Weatherford. a young white
hoy of Darlington, waa kidnapped by
two man, but he managed to oscape
from hit capture.
Capt. H. K. 3eard. for 80 years
manager of the Wentern Union Tele?
graph office la Torkvllle. hus had his
salary Increased to $100 per month.
Three c?4ored men. driver* of ex?
press wagons In Charleston, have
been arrested on the charge of rob?
bing pacokagee containing trading
Kampa.
The waste house of the Woodslde
.'Hill In Oreenvilla was destroyed by
Mr*. The building was Insured.
The cltlaens of Alken held a mass
meeting and discussed the question of
prohibition In Alken county.
A fanner In Manning It paying $1
por hundred pounds to get his cotton
picked.
John Jenkins, colored, of Florence,
was bitten on the leg by a rattlesnake.
He died several Sours later.
D. B. Shan oh nan and Corrle E. Pue,
both%whlte. are being tried In Colum?
bia on the chirge of living In adul?
tery.
The merchants of Charleston have
decided to put on a fall festival No?
vember lb to 18.
4 A Columbia negro stole a pair of
shoes from one pawn shop and pawn?
ed the shoes to another pawn shop.
Orsenvtlle business men have un?
dertakes to raise SlUjO.OOO for the
proposed railroad from Knoxvllle. via
Waynesvllle to Orenville.
Mr. Fred Wannamaker. of Wash?
ington, bat formerly of Orangeburg,
will Vet uns t- Orangeburg to take
editorial chart* of the Patriot
The grand . ury of Anderson county
is ravestt gating the escape of Allan
Emeraoa. Tt rs possible thst thare
may be some developments.
A nil wss arrested In Oreenvllle.
charged with stealing a suit case
from W. Oackll). He said?his name
wasTaylr si.u he liv*d in Oaffnsy.
Bight telephone girls In the ex?
change at Column!/ walked out of
the office because J. U Oliver of
Charleston, rofused to recognise their
us ion.
While dri dng across the Southern
road In Tore coenty. tho wagon in
which Edwin Walker was riding, wss
struck by s trsln snd Mr. Walker
was thrown not snd painfully wound
ad.
J. F. Alt rand, who recently died
In Alken, lot property valued at $7.
tet to sl Thaddens Episcopal Church
of which he was s member.
As s result of s dispute between the
City Council of Msrlon and the water
company thst supplies the town with
water for fire ssd domestic purposes,
the water supply has been cut off and
tho fire hydrants soldered up. A live?
ly fight In t*e courts In In prospect.
The libel suit of W. K. Qlllam
against Allan Nicholson, editor and
publisher of the Progress. Union, s.
C resulted In a mistrial. The ac?
tion arose out of an article publlsh
de in the Progress connecting the
defendant with the allegro murder of
Moss Hughes.
T. O. Will Ism*, the Newberry coun?
ty dispenser)- constable, and J. C.
Domlnlck h id a fight In New berry on
Wednesday. Domlnlck hit Williams
with s stick and Williams drew s pis?
tol and fired at him once and th? n
struck him with his fist.
The Spi rtanburg Journal says:
"Persons w v> have seen money lately
report that the new $10 bills are very
attractive.**, We do not know, and
hearsay Is no evidence.?Union Times.
Chat. 'Watson, colored., of Etloree.
was shot by Constable Orlfhn and
Watson's wife wss sh?d by Constable
Dan til er The negroes attacked the
officers.
The Increase In the sales In the
C harleston dispensaries has been 163
per cent In one month.
Rev Mil* s C Comptoii. .if 1 .a.ii ? n-.
died on Sunday night gfsSf an alines*
of seversl weeks. He was a Hiptl-t
minister.
The Railroad Commission has de?
cided that the Western Union Tele
grsph Conrpanv has \lolated Its char?
ter In sending paid no-** i?. ? hv mail
The Bts tdsrd OH Company practi?
cally fixed Its own price In buying til
from Independents for export, ac?
cording t? testimony in the govern?
ment's sul*.
J me ?li tli.iiii, of Single, m ar Lak<
City, was killed at her home >n s?? -
urday night. Either her husband of
her paramour did the shooting. All
are ootoeod. ?
MemphD Walker, esloroa, who ?
wanted In ChsstSf on the charge of
robbing a mall pouch, was atte-t d t t
Hamlet N 0
Captain W M Dum. I . win fell
from an Atlantic Coast Un< t .hi
ntiir I re. lib- I ?t ??? - ho in
; NC. from lb IS juris* i i
c '. d
Th* ?? of Rev Q, W w III irrw,
?n?t *r Sl a colored church In \.
nnd his wife, have been dismiss I ?
the rhargs of n oa They wai
cased >f snmlng the parsons**
ciiaiuj?kton waking up.
Rill Hoard Compuiiy Purs Cheerful
Advertising Stv>tt* Around Ceme?
tery.
Hill hoard advertising has taken
possession of the country, but the
probabilities are that no city In the I
I
world has within Its limits a cemetery,
in fact two cemeteries, fenced In with !
artistic advertising displa\s of the ;
wants, amusements and pleasures oft
man. Tho two old colored cemeteries
located on the corner of Columbus j
and Hanover are now attractively i
adorned In raiments of the loudest!
hue. and passengers on the Belt Line i
car will now hardly recognise th* m
in their new habilaments. |
The cemetery enclosures at the
place mentioned are owned by two dif?
ferent colored religious denomlna- I
tlons, the Methodists and the Luther?
ans, the former being situated in the
corner and the latter Immediately to
the east, fronting on Columbus street,
Up to a short time ago the fences of I
these enclosures were in a very bad
?t?te of repair, and from all appear?
ances nothing was being done towards
their betterment. Notice was taken
by the Charleston BUI Posting and
Sign Painting Company of the desir?
ability of having an advertising board
erected at this point, it being located I
on the most popular route from the
new Union Station, which rumor
states will be opened some time this
year perhaps. Proposals were first
made to the Methodists for the rent-J
lng of their frontage on both Hanover
and Columbus strceta by Mr. Charles I
R. Matthews, the president of the ad- j
verttslng concern, hut the deacons In j
charge were at first reluctant towards J
making the agreement, but after an J
entlcin pecuniary pei suasion was laid
before them they gladly took up the of- j
fer. The Lutherans were absolutely
unwilling to allow their dead to be hid
from public view by a view of a favo- J
rite soft drink or an artistic view of a 11
coming dramatic attraction, and ~ no 11
terms could be entered Into with them I
by the sign painters. I
Work was Immediately, begun on I!
the right purchased from the follow- I(
era of Wesley and Whitfteld and a
most substantial fence was built by
the advertising company, on which I
were painted the signs that showed I
the unequalled advantages of a large I 1
numbir of local enterprises. The H
Lutherans looked on with Interest.!!
but soon the thought of what the M
">ther crowd were receiving from the J1
building of the new fence made theme
feel as If they had done wrong In re- 11
fusing Mr. Matthews' offer and con?
ferences were held by the' trustees of I <
that body. Very soon a delegation I
representlr * the followers of Martin I <
Luther appeared before Mr. Mat- j <
thews and asked that the same agree- I'
ment be made with* them as was en- J i
tered into with their neighbors. After 11
much discussion an agreement was|<
completed, and the BUI Posting Com- I
pany has put up a most substantial I ?
fence. The method now In use for I
making advertising displays is to j I
paint the boards instead of using pa
per posters as formerly. The new J
boards are now painted with various
advertisements of local enterprises. I
Should the shades of the departed
Lutheran-* and Methodists see fit to I
take a short trip to the Union Sta- I
tion to ascertain whether there has
been a large amount of money spent j
by the generous railroad corporations I
toward giving Charleston a fit place I
<?f entry for railway travellers, or I
whether this much talked of edifice is. J
like themselves, g mere nothing, they j
will no doubt pause awhile and read j
the signs that hide their present J
home* from public gaze.
If they fed blue, ghosts are gene?
rally white, a trip to Wonderland, so
the bill-boards informs them. will
drive quickly away such an unnatural
condition. A certain prominent citl
sen of this city is reported by the
boefd to be dying, but the probabili?
ties are that this man's condition is
well known to the dwellers of spirit
land and no anticipation of his Imme?
diate arrival In that country Is laid by
them, if they cannot see clearly to
read the valuable Information given
IC them by the signs a certain section
of the ix-urd-i informs them that a
Oertr'n optical company is prepared
to lit every one with glgSOes and will
guarantee the san.e. "If in doubt,"
r? ads another sign, "drink a bottle of
the most delicious, refreshing and In?
violating drink that the world has
ever known." The rest of the bill?
board spie- bean notice concerning
all sorts and descriptions of things
gaefai. necessary, ornamental and
amusing, and the probabilities are
tl ' the gh > t- of thli eeetton of the
R are loud in their thanks for the
great beneflta lately received.~?Newi
nnd Courier.
.\ Hasannc \ppeui.
*.\ hwnant eitlaon of Richmond,
Ind. Mr. 1). c. William?, i<?7 West
I n at ret I says: " i appeal to nil
person- with weak lungs to take Dr.
K'nu' -? Pfew Discovery, the only rem
. iiy tli.it hai helped me and fully
q meg Jl? to the propr! tor'- recnm
i sndatton." it saves more Uvea than
.p other throat and i mg p n ?
put h g. h r Used as a c ?ugh
and cold cure the world over. Pures
. tthma, bronchitis, croup whooptiu
cough quinsy, hoar* riees end phth'n
Isi stops hemorrhnqva of tin lung
*nd builds them up Qoamnteed al
bert'i Drug Store, lee and II. Tri
al b ?ttle free.
NEW LOCOMOTIVES
The Const Lino Puts u Xuiulicr of
New Engines Into Service.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company has received all of the loeo
motives that they had placed an order
tef early In the spring, so that they
now have sufficient motive power to
move traffic promptly and without
delay.
In addition to the large number of
monster locomotives that are In ser?
vice on the various divisions over the
entire system, the Coast Line has now
at Rocky Mount, N. C. twenty-eight
large freight engines, numbering from
977 to 1,004 Inclusive, and one at the
Jamestown Exposition, the No. 1.005.
In addition to these freight engines
they have at Rocky Mount sixteen
switch engines that are awaiting dis?
tribution at various Junctlonal points
for yard work.
These new engines are just from
the Baldwin shaps, and have been
side-tracked at Rocky Mount, N. C,
where they have been "white leaded"
in order that their machinery will not
rust and become defective. As soon
as needed these monsters will be set
up and placed on runs over the differ?
ent divisions.
The Coast Line is now in better
shape than they have ever been, so
far as motive power is concerned,
and are ready for any emergency
rush.
In adddition to the above locomo?
tives, twelve monster passenger en?
gines of the "Pacific" type have been
ordered, and which, as soon as they
arrive, will be placed on the Florence
e
Rocky Mount-Richmond runs. These
engines, it is said, will pull twelve
Pullman sleepers and make a sched?
ule of sixty miles the hour without
the slightest trouble.
The laying of the 90-pound rail
over the Coast Line's main line, from
Richmond to Jacksonville, Is pro
greeslng rapidly. The track force
have reached Winona, on the Wil?
mington, Columbia and Augusta divis?
ions, and will soon have the entire
stretch from Richmond to Florence
completed.?Florence Times.
Letter to .lohn J. Rrltton, Jr.,
Sumtcr, S. C.
Dear Sir: Todd & Downing, con?
tractors and builders, Morgan City.
La., have painted Devoe for 3 or 4
fears. They say It takes less gallons
Devoe than of any other paint they
have used. That means that a Job
josts less with Devoe; not only for
paint, for labor as well.
They paint nothing else, Devoe ex?
clusively.
They have said nothing about the
comparative wear of Devoe and oth?
ers; oversight, may be; perhaps too
<oon for that. But Devoe is the
strongest paint; that's why least gal?
lons; best wear, same reason. Least
cost and longest time between Jobs.
Yours truly
19 FW DEVOE &\ CO
P. S.?Durant Hardware Company
<clls our paint.
The New Pure Food mid Drug Law,
"We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles Is not affected
by the national pure food and drug
law as It contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs, and we recommend it
is a safe remedy for children and
adults. Sibert's Drug Store.
The Busy Ten Hollar Rill.
Mr. Brown keeps a boarding house.
Around his table sits his wife, Mrs.
Brown; the village milliner, Mrs. An?
drews; Mr. Black, the hoarder; Mr.
Jordan a carpenter, and Mr. Hadley.
f.ed and lumber merchant. Mr.
Prown took $10 out of his pocketbook
Find handed it to Mrs. Brown with the
remark that there was $10 toward
the $20 he had promised her. Mrs.
Crown handed the bill to Mrs. An?
drews, the milliner, saying: "That
pays for my new bonnet." Mrs. An?
drews in turn paused it to Mr. Jordan,
remarking that It would pay for the
snrp inter work he did for her. Mr.
Jordan handed It to Mr. Hadley, re?
questing his receipted bill for lumber.
Mr. Hadley gave the bill back to Mr.
Brown, saying: "That pays $lo on
my board." Mr. Brown again passed
it to Mrs. Brown remarking that he
had now paid her the $20 he prom?
ised lo r. She In tum paid Mr. Black,
to settle her bread and pastry account,
Mr. Black handed it to Mr. Hadley,
asking credit for the amount on his
Hour bin. Mr. Hadley again remark
ad hit it setihd for that month's
board, whereupon Mr. Brown put it
back Into his pocket hook, observing
that ho hadn't supposed a greenback
would so far.
Cut nuppos< Mrs. Blown had pent
to ;i mall order house for a n< w hot.net,
then the $B> wouhl hnv< gone out of
town never to come back.
The reaaon why afr Taft has to no
home.?-Form and Factory.
*< occasional headach? . bei hing, bad
la t< In the mouth, lack of appetite
and slight nervou cos- are symptoms
r?f Indigestion which when all >w< i t ?
no uneared for, will d< v? lop into a
case of dyspepsia thai will take n loni
lime to u'et rid of. l>on*( neglecl > ur
stomach. AI Ihi Ural Indie tlon oi
trouble l ike ion ? thing lhat -> 111 h '??
? t along i'? i< work of digesting the
food you ?;>t. Kodol for Indlgi t
and dyspx pi la v III do this. Ko ( I
will mnkt your food do yon good and
will enable you to i njoy what you e,,t
Sold by all druggists
Auction of Wartime Merchandise.
Wlnsted, Conn.. Dispatch to the New
York World.
One thousand persons attended tho
auction sale today of a stock oi* war
time merchandise owned by the late
John s. Wheeler, of Colebrook, a
country village, five miles from here.
Bx* Sheriff .Mlddlebrooks, of Wlnsted.
was the auctioneer. He yelled himself
hoarse in two hours and was succeed?
ed by H. S. Manley, of Sandisneld,
Mass. The latter also had to be re?
lieved, H. I* Ayers, of Toddtngton,
taking his place.
The store had been closed for thir?
ty-five years, and on account of the
eagerness of the buyers the stock was
taken outside and sold.
Wheeler bought the goods at war?
time prices and rather than sell at a
sacrifice he closed the store in the
early seventies. Today most of the
articles sold "at wartime prices.
Thlrty-five-year-old cigars were
sold for $1.00 and $1.30 a box, and
the purchasers treated all who would
smoke them. Women bought all the
men's old-fashioned high and flat
hats. Leather boots, with red and
green tops and brass toe places sold
for $2.50. hoop skirts and stove black?
ing brought 50 cents, a box of old
fashioned tallow candles, $1.50, white
stockings and women's hair nets, 45
cents, hair oil 15 cents a bottle, Mrs.
WinslOW'S soothing syrup 25 cents a
bottle, a bar of castile soap,- 65 cents,
babies' shoes, 60 cents, linen trousers
and coats 55 cents.
?To check a cold quickly, get from
your druggist some litle Candy Cold
Tablets called Preventics. Druggists
everywhere are now dispensing Pre
ventics, for they are not oaly safe,
but decidedly certain and prompt.
Preventics contain no quinine, no
laxative, nothing harsh nor sickening.
Taken at the "sneeze stage" Preven?
tics will prevent pneumonia, bronchi?
tis, la grippe, etc. Hence the name.
Preventics. Good for feverish chil?
dren. 48 preventics 25c Trial boxes 5
cents. Sold by Sibort's Drug Store.
Free Advertising Abuse.
The demand for free advertising Is
In extent, persistence and Ingenuity
beyond the belief of any but those
who have had experience In the bus?
iness. A man who would never think
of going Into a grocery store and re?
questing the proprietor to donate u
barrel of flour or into a shoe store and
telling the owner that if he has no ob?
jection he thinks he'll help himself to
a pair of shoes will walk confidently
Into a newspaper office and prefer his
request for several dollars' worth of
free advertising and feel mightily of?
fended if refused.
The solicitor of free advertising is
always sure that the proprietor would
be "glad of something to help fill up
the paper." He Is just as glad as the
groeeryman Is glad of some one to
help carry off his stock without pay?
ment. Time and again under the
guise of news items matter is pr> s nt
ed which is plain advertising and if
used at all should be paid for as such.
The newspaper proprietor expects
to furnish a certain amount of free
advertising to religious, charitable and
public enterprises. If he didn't h'
would be looked on as a heathen,
hardhearted mercenary, lacking in
public spirit. His contribution is ac?
cepted as a matter of course, and
rarely is he accorded a word of
thanks. Sometimes he refuses to
donate as much space a - the promoter
of some enterprise desires, and then
he Is looked upon as unreasonable and
disobliging. The proprietor also ex?
pects and Is willing to give a lltth
free advertising to thos? who run
paid advertlsments in his paper.
This is a matter of business cou?
tesy which is rarely abused. Put with
the hordes of solicitors for free ad?
vertising whieh constantly besiege the
newspaper offices, with no possible
claim upon his courtesies save the
hope of getting something for nothing,
the proprietor hap no sympathy what?
ever.
The duties that the newspaper pro?
prietor and editor owe to the public
are numerous, diverse and exacting
It is high time that the public should
understand that tin so duties do not
include the sacrifice of a considerable
amount of valuable -pace for the b< n
efit of individuals or enterprises
which give nothing in return.?Rot k
Hill Herald.
Had Tetter for Thirty Tears.
?I have suffered with tetter for 30
years an i have tried almost countless
remedies with little, if any. relief.
Three bo\es of Chamberlain's Salve
eured me. it was a torture, it breaks
out a little sometimes, but nothing to
what It used to do.?P. il. Beach.
Midland City, Ala. Chamberlain's
"Slvo i- for -air b> peLorme's Phar?
macy.
Nil.Ht inojtiia nets are in use dur
Ing the herring season by the 800 fish?
ing smaekH of ?h? Netherlands. A nol
lasts about three Reasons, but owlns
to u? ises t'iom styirms and other
causey between 10,000 and 50.000 new
n t Hi e boughi yen i ly.
CASTOR IA
For Inianti and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Hears tin* '/
Signature ol 7ti'tlcZtM
SUMTER, SEPTEflBER 28
Show Qrounds, Baseball Park.
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2?O MEN, WOMEN m CHILDREN. 1
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SherwinWiluams
paints & varnishes
An appeal to the pride
of the owner of a home
Everyone who owns a home is
anxious that that home shall make
the best appearance possible. Two
things are necessary to produce satis?
factory results in painting and var?
nishing a home:
First?A satisfactory color scheme.
Second?Paints, varnishes, stains
and enamels of such good quality that
they not only give the exact color
effect required, but are sufficiently
durable to keep up the attractive ap?
pearance of the house in spite of the
wear and tear of living in it.
These are offered by the Sherwin
Williams Paints and Varnishes. The
Sherwin-Williams Co. not only make
every kind of paint and varnish used
for a house and the best quality of
that kind, but they make suggestions
for the selection of colors, varnishes,
stains and enamels, so that any given
idea can be carried out, and car?
ried out with the best materials.
Vou should see to it that when you*
buy paints and varnishes for your
house, or any part of it, or when you
give an order to your painter for any
painting and varnishing you want
done, that Sherwin-Williams Paints
and Varnishes are purchased.
In large work it is always best to
have ft practical painter; but there
are many little things about the house
that you can readily finish yourself
by usiag Sherwin-Williams ready-to*
apply paints. -u?^ii|a?i '??
Come in and have a little paint
talk with us. Now is the time to
"brighten up" your home for the
long winter months. We can tell
you the best product to use for any
purpose you may have in mind and
secure complete finishing specifica?
tions for you from The Sherwin
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special work. Our line of Sherwin
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we are in a position to take the best
care of your paint and varnish re*
quirements.
, Carolina
Hardware Company.
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