The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 27, 1907, Image 8
CORRESPONDENCE.
W% LETTKKS FROM Ol H SP'^
ClAL CORRESPONDENTS.
cff Ina<rest From all Part? of
?lev and Adjoin Inn Count lew.
?OTICK TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Mall your Utters so that they will
this office not later than Tuea
Burning. When the letters are
il Wednesday it la almost an
Iblhty to have them appear In
pai er Issued that day.
BROT.DON.
Broglon. Nov. 12.?We are In the
of a rainy apell. which Is quite
a hack ?et to farmers In gathering In
the last of their crops and in putting
an email grain. Very Ittle cotton is
fcelng marketed Just now. some are
storing In the warehouses. v%hlle ch?
are are holding at home. Several
farmers, as yjt, have not sold a baU>
ac cotton, while one gentleman has
swt even ginned any portion of this
p*s crop.
Now that Thanksgiving day Is near
the year drawing to a close, we
tve realry and truly a great deal to
i thankful for. Ther? has been no
? destroy what has been made
Instead there never was a prattler
irmi snd the gathering time was
ono could wish for. Indeed an
rat nd good crop has been har
Ths colored people especial
Mi pleased with their year's
rhu A good many of them hive*
iccounta and are quite happy.
While the train from Charleston
aaa ptjedng here a few mornings ago.
-a aaaa waa seen to leap from a coach
herein* his hands tied with a rope. He
asm rapidly toward* the woods and
good his escspe. It is not
whsther he was some one be
ftngj taten to the penitentiary or some
tauest I r being eent to the asylum.
jn?thlif has since been heard of him.
|t Wi Indeed gratifying to the com
aaanlt" In general to know that the
Ore ham congregation have at last
?i to build a manse snd have a
Isr of thslr own. Work oea, ths
nsge hi eoen to begin.
WH lam Brogdon and Marlon Da
a of the Snmter graded school are at
to spend Saturday and Sunday
is has the honor of having, made
se hast report this month out of a
aea of thirty boys.
Clinton and Allard Brogdon at
?de<l Paul Ol I m ore's comedy, "The
il of Love." at the Opera Houae
week.
? MAYESVILUE.
Mayesvllle. Nov. 15.?Ths Floyd
isrston company, the second
aessaher pf ths lyceum course, appear
aal here on Saturday night aad the
aantertalnment was enjoyed by all who
' amended, although the audience was
an large on account of the weath?
er sued the fact that It was Saturday
adajbt. too. The performance was a
ajsiatcal one mostly, taterspersed with
>w asunologues and songs. The lyc?um
lass famished good entertainment so
Sar and It Is hoped that the next r um
nasr a 111 be still more largely patron
? TStm Ladles' Aid Society of the Pret
%yt*ri an C hurch will serve an oyster
sapper on tomorrow (Tuesday) even?
ing for the benefit of funds being rais?
es! to put In an artesian well at the
parsonage. A good crowd should st?
and help '.n thle worthy cause
the ladles are striving to acoom
?? I a
PRIVATEER.
Privateer, Nov 21.?We are having
4 rainy weather now, hut hope it
t continue font, a* everything
aeems so dull d?rlng had weather.
Meter* Willie Nesbltt and Wallace
Atkinson Visited at Mr. S. E. Nea
1 last wsek. i
Mr. C. T. Neebltt. of Columbls. vls
hls parents at Privateer last. Sat?
urday and Sunday.
Mr. Aahton White Is spending some
ttme at Mr. 8. K. Nesbttt'a
Mr. B. T. Nesbltt visited st At
last week.
Mrs. H. W. Prltchard visited near
?(tat s last Sunday.
Thanksgiving day la not far oft* now,
how many of ua will apend that
In thanksgiving? I *m afraid
of as will apend It In sp MfJhMJ
d of thanksgiving, as such Is al
the case.
BETJLAH.
Beoiah, Nov. 21.?Rev. Woodson.
f Manning, left Beulah Saturday
?rnlng, after preaching several In?
aaar? sting and Inspiring sermons. Rev.
?nholm continued the meeting till
anday. Seven members were add
I to the church.
Misses) M. Smith. Alice Williams
id HUen Carraway. who teach here,
aght on Saturday Instead of on Frl
after Thanksgiving.
Th?t Methodists and Presbyterian*
re handsome new church buildings
Th? Baptists have a lot on which
. hulld in the near future.
Wf SACKT.
wiaacky. Nov. 2ft.?Th" farmers,
who have not finished plantinK oats,
regret to see these continued rains we
leave been having for the past week.
All farm work Is over now, except
some scattering cotton.
The health of the community Is
very good at present.
Mr. Clifton Leddlngham has gone
to Timmonsvllle on a business trip.
Miss Dora Williams, of Ocala Fla.,
after spending a year with relatives
and friends in this State, will leave on
the 25th for her home In Fla., to the
gnat regret of her many friends and
relatives. She will be accompanied
by her cousin. Miss Berta Williams,
of Eastover. They will stop In Char?
leston for a few days.
Mrs. Perclval Stuckey, of Bishop
vllle, visited relatives here a few days
since.
Master Myron Smith has gone to
Camden to visit relatives there and
in the country.
The teachers of the Wlsacky school
taught the pupils on Saturday in or?
der to give them a longer vacation to
attend the carnival In Bishopville.
MAX.
Max. Nov. 25.?I failed last week
to say Miss Annie Truluck atended
the W. M. Union as a delegate from
Bethel's W. M. S.. which convened in
Columbia. She reports a pleasant
and inspiring meeting.
A fine mule belonging to Mr. B. F.
Brocklngton was missing from his
stall Sunday morning. It. is supposed
that the mule wa? stolen.
Mr. J. D. Moore is home from
Ookesbury College to recuperate af?
ter a severe attack of measles.
Mrs. Eunice Tomllnson spent Sat?
urday and Sun'day at Mr. J. L.
Moore's.
ANTIOCH.
Antloch, Nov. 25.?The weather has
at last faired off. We have had sev?
eral days of very had weather and ve
are glad to see the sun shine once
more.
Gathering Is at a standstill at pres?
ent but there will be a little more
cotton to pick a little later on.
There was a hot supper at the home
of Mr. C. 8. Evans on last Friday
night for the benefit of Pisgah Bap?
tist church. It was a very rainy night
and so consequently t?ere was not a
very large crowd, but they seemed to
have plenty of money, Judging from
the profits.
. A box supper and hot supper com?
bined will be given at the home of
Mrs. M. C. Brown for the benefit of
the parsonage at Smlthvllle on next
Thursday night (Thanksgiving night.)
The public Is cordially invited.
This is carnlvsl week In Bishopville
and some of the folks around here in?
tend going and taking it in.
Messrs. Marvin Weldon and Law?
rence White spent last Friday in Cam?
den.
Mr. Olln Munnerlyn Is spending
some time with his brother, Rev. 8.
W. Munnerlyn, at Bethune, 8. C.
Mr. Howard Davis is spending this
week in Bishopville.
Rev. T. T. Inablnet passed through
our beat this morning on his way to
conference. He seemed very cheeri'ul
and said that he would report a clear
sheet at conference.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Weldon have
gone to Sumter today.
Mr. Walter White visited at Luck
now last Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Marvin Weldon, our greatest
sportsman, visits lots of late. He
visited at Mr. T. M. Grlers on yester?
day and wants people to think that he
lust wonted to see Mr. Grler's new
house, but we all know that those
'blue eyes there" have more attrac?
tions than any kind of a new house.
The Poor Editor.
A little boy in town Was given the
task by his father bf wilting an essay
on editors the einer day, and the fol?
lowing was the result of his effort:
"I doat know how newspaper*
come la fee in the world. I think the
editor is one of the missing links you
read of and stayed in the bushes until
after the flood; and then came out
and wrote the thing up and has been
here ever since. I don't think he ever
dies. I never saw a dead one and
never heard of one getting licked.
Our paper Is a mighty poor un: the
editor goes without underclothes all
winter, don't wear no socks, and paw
hain't paid his subscription In more
than five years.
If the editor makes a mlrtake he
has to apologise for It, but If the doc?
tor make a mistake he buries It.
If the editor makes one there Is
a la* suit, swearin' and the smell of
sulphur, but If the doctor makes one
there Is a funeral, cut flowers and the
smell of varnish.
"A doctor cap use a word a yard
long 'thout knowing what It meuns.
but If the editor uses It he has to
.??pell It.
"If a doctor goes to see another
man's wife he chsrges for the visit;
but if the editor goes he gets a charge
of buckshot.
"When a doctor gets drunk, it's a
csse oaf 'overcome by heut,' and If
he dies, It's 'h?*art trouble.' When
the editor get-< drunk It's a case of
too much b )OXe. and if he dies It's a
cas.? of dellrlm tremens.
"Any old college can make a
doctor.
"You can t make an editor, he has
to be born."
MANY PERISH IN FLAMES.
I -
anew vork tbnkmknt hol sk a
death trap,
Thirteen People Wore Hurried to
Death.?Fire Is Thought to He
Work of du*? mlltii'y.
New York. Nov. 25.?Thirteen per?
sons lost their lives and several other!
writ" Injured early today In a ten?
ement house tin' at One Hundred and
Ninth street, and Second avenue. All
the dead wit** Italians. Seven of the
13 were children. The bodies were
found huddled together in rooms on
the top floor of the four-story build?
ing, where the terror-stricken people
had been driven by the flames, whie.ii
rushed up from the lower floors. They
had succumbed before they could
reach windows which led to thu flro
escapes. Some had been enveloped
In the flames and burned alive. Oth?
ers, overcome by smoke, were spared
the agonies of death in the flames.
That the fire was the work of in?
cendiaries who sought revenge If tin
opinion of the police and firemen,
who made the first hasty examination.
Three weeks ago three Italians were
caught in the act of attempting to
rob a safe in the saloon of Gulseppe
Cudano, on the ground floor. Ihe safe
contained over $2,000. which the sa?
loon keeper's friends had withdrawn
from banks during the money panic.
The would-be robbers were arrested
and are now awaiting trial. The fire
of today started la Cunado's saloon
and the police believe that it may
have been the work of friend? of the
prisoners, who took this means of
squaring the account with the saloon
keeper.
Fitness for the Farm.
Farming was once an almost univer?
sal occupation, but ft is now a special?
ized calling, like any other, and a cer?
tain fitness for it is as necessary as it
Is for business, law or medicine. Peo
yplc, farms and the modes of fitting the
people for the farms vary so widely
that one finds It difficult to adjust mat?
ters properly.
There are some people who could
not be fitted for any farm; and there
are some farms for which no one
could be fitted; and there is a certain
kind of fitting that would ruin any
person for any farm.
If a person is properly fitted for
farm life the fitting of the farm to
himself will follow. The improvement
of the farm follows If the farmer has
been educated for his work. The farm
cannot be attractive unless one has
been educated for it; one cannot be?
come attached to any pursuit unless
he feels that he understands it and
can make of it a success. To make a
success of farming one must know
it as a trade; he should be as good a
business man as the merchant; he
should be practical in his methods of
thinking and reasoning.
If one has fitted himself for farm
life, he will understand the methods ot
making the farm attractive and pro?
ductive. It will be his place of busi?
ness and his home. He will study Its
weak and strong points, its capacities
and its peculiarities, and he will come
to know by experience and good Judg?
ment how to manage the different
parts Of it to the beut advantage, each
will keep a detailed account each
year, as any other business man will
do. He will study probabilities, the
markets, the demands and sources of
supply, and he will keep his mind
open for all new ideas.
One properly fitted for the farm
will lead in all that tends to the im?
provement social, political and educa?
tional, thus helping to develop a rural
life of wholesome and satisfying sur?
rounding*,
A large quantity of liquor has re?
cently been seised in various parts of
Orangeburg county.
Tom L Johnson may now take his
ear from the ground and smile. The
St. Louis Democratls club, "represent?
ing 10,000 voters," nas adopted a res?
olution proposing the mayor of Cleve?
land for president of the United
States.?New York Sun?
Man never Is but always is to be?
gin saving.
Women would eat health food if it
was labeled beauty restorer.
A girl can't help looking coquettish
even at a man's picture In a news?
paper.
Boston Globe: The porous shirt?
waist Is going out of business for a
while. The porous plaster is fash?
ionable now.
It is a wonder babies don't learn to
swear before they can speak as a re?
action against the kind of language
that Is talked to them.
Phlladelphlt Telegraph: Bven a
turkey doesn't OUt much lee unless
It is well dressed.
Washington Herald: Somehow, we
don't seem to hear anybody criticis?
ing Ihe looks of Uncle Sam's money
from an artistic point of view these
days.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWb.
Items Of Interest Condensed und Par?
agraphed for Quick Heading.
An incendiary fire in Clinton de?
stroyed the dwelling of Mr. lt. J. Bur?
gen.
Two men and 1100 gallons of
"moonshine" were captured in the
"Dark Corner" of Greenville county.
The trustees of the South Carolina
Industrial School at Florence held a
meeting on Wednesday in Columbia.
Saul Witherspoon, colored, was kill?
ed at Georgetown by Thomas Farrelly.
He was shot through the ankle and
bled to death.
A warehouse at Pelzer Cotton Mills
was partially destroyed by fire. Very
little cotton was in tht warehouse and
the loss is not heavy.
J. C. Young, of QreenvUle, was
awarded a verdict of $1.000 against
the Southern Road for injuries re?
ceived about one year ago.
A negro child was burned to death
at Johnston by being left alone in the
house.
It is reported that county treasurers
are refusing clearing house certificates
for the payment of taxes. It is said
that such certificates cannot be re?
ceived acocrding to the law of the
State.
Two bear cubs were captured in
the Santee swamps and are being
exhibited in Manning.
Examinations for civil service po?
sitions will be held in Columbia on
December 11 and 12.
Only six R. F. D. routes in this
State handled over 25,000 pieces of
mall for the quarter ending June 30,
1907.
W. O. Bradley, an Abhtovile man,
died of paralysis in Washington. He
was employed in the 3cae> Depart?
ment.
A young white man of Gaffney has
confessed to rdbbing a railroad car
of the Southern and has implicated
several others.
The handsome school building at
Bamberg was destroyed by fire Tues?
day morning. The building was val?
ued at $15,000.
Mr. Wm. A. French, of Wilmington,
died in Florence county on Tuesday
while hunting on his son's plantation.
Lee Dc rn and George Banks, col?
ored, were shot and killed by Mill
edge Silas, also colored, at a hot sup?
per at Ridge Springs.
Mr. Furman Moody of Darlington,
was shot and wounded by an unknown
party in a corn field while out hunt?
ing.
Capt. Robert W. Frick, aged 71
years, is dead at his home at Chapin.
He was one of the first promoters of
that town.
Lewis Conner and Barkley Rush,
of Orangeburg county, had a shooting
affair at Melicans station on Thursday
and renewed it later in the evening,
when Conner was killed by Rush.
The National Loan and Exchange
Bank of Columbia has negotiated
a loan to the Anderson Traction Co.,
for the purpose of completing the line
between ftelton, Anderson and Green?
ville.
Rev. Howard L. Jones, D. D., of
the First Baptist Church of Chatta?
nooga, has accepted a call to the pul?
pit of the Citadel Square Baptist
Church in Charleston.
The number of letter carriers in
Spartanburg* have been increased ow?
ing to the large amount of mall being
handled.
The city of Torkville has decided
to issue bonds in the sum of $25,000
for the purpose of installing a water?
works plant.
Lewis B?rt?n* A Xewberry county
negro, convicted of burning barns, has
been sentenced to be hanged. Decem?
ber 21,
The Farmers' Bank and Trust Com?
pany has been organized in Lancaster
with a capital stock of $25,000.
, Sam Porcher colored, was struck
by an Atlantic Coast Line train near
Charleston and killed.
The Klrven case, a suit against the
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company,
in Darlington, was non-suited by the
court.
Luther Durham, who was arrested
In Greenville on the charge of op?
erating an illicit still, has been re?
leased on bond.
State Superintendent of Education
Martin would have all examination
papers for teachers' certificates pass?
ed upon by the State board of educa?
tion.
Preseley Bros.' grocery store and
the general merchandise store of
Young & McDIll, at Due West were
destroyed by fire. The total lose Is
estimated at $15,000.
A commission was issued the
Bank of Swansea Friday, the capital
stock to be $20.000.
The truck farmers around Charles?
ton have lost heavily by frost, the
splendid bean crop being a total loss
Governor Ansel was asked to par
don Peter Brewer, convicted of homl
clde hi Kershaw County, five days af
ter the death of the prisoner.
EH Beck, of Darlington, lost hi.
house by tire Saturday ni^ht. Hi
made a fire in the heater and went to j editorial charge of the Pee Dee Ad
si. ep and when he awoke he had to vocate.
hustle to get out of the Hanns.
George P. Holler, a well known bus?
iness man, died at his home in Rock
Hill.
An injunction has been secured
against Vincent Chlcco of Charleston,
restraining him from selling liquor or
allowing his place to be used for
drinking liquor.
A warrant has be~n issued in Co?
lumbia for the arrest of F. \V. Bent
ley, who is wanted in that city on
the charge of manipulating several
crooked deals with banks and busi?
ness men.
W. M. Maddox, a farmer living
near Donald's, lost nine bales of cot?
ton, 400 bundles of fodder, buggy,
harness and cotton seed hull.s and
meal In a fire that destroyed his
narn.
A disastrous fire at Due West on
Saturday morning was fought valiant?
ly by Erskine College students.
The preliminary work on the Geor?
gia-Carolina road which is to connect
Anderson with Athens was com?
menced Monday.
4
A delegation of business men of
Charleston are attending the national
drainage conference in Baltimore.
A case has bfen made out in the
police court in Charleston against
Mayor Rhett's automobile on the
charge of exceeding the speed limit.
The South Carolina branch of th
National Red Cross Society met in
Charleston Monday.
Dr. R. Williams, Sr., one of the
oldest citizens of Kershaw county, is
dead at his home in Camden.
Robert Connelly, a Bamberg coun
ty negro has been lodged in jail
charged with killing his wife. He
claims the shooting was accidental.
W. F. Caldwell has resigned as sec
retary and treasurer of the chamber
of commerce at Chester to assume
It is reported that the R. and W.
road will use the C. and VY. <\ iragk
from Spartan burg to Charleston.
An unknown negro man was man
gted by a freight train on the Charles?
ton & Western Carolina road near
Fairfax.
Commissioner Watson Is receiving
many letters from people in the
North who are thinking about set?
tling in this State.
REMOVE THE CAUSE.
i
How to Keine*Iy Much of the Suffer?
ing in siimter.
tel'j
rre
There is hardly a family in Sumt<
where there are not one or man
members who suffer at times from
the effects of a weak stomach.
It may be that this occurs only af?
ter eating some food that does not
agree, or because of a supper late at
night; or it may be that the stomach!
s so we? k that scarcely any food can
be eaten without pain and distress.
The only way to treat a condition
of this Mnd successfully is with Mi
o-na. It removes the cause of indi?
gestion, weakness of the muscles of
the stomach and bowels, and restore
the whole digestive system to healti
and strength so that it .takes care df
all the food that is eaten.
Get w<ill and strong by using Mi-o
na tables. Take the remedy at the
first symptom of indigestion, when
you can be cured easily with a few>|
doses. However, no case of stomach
trouble is too severe or chronic for
Mi-o-na to overcome.
J. F. W. DeLorme sells it under an
absolute guarantee to refund the
money unless it cures. A 50-cent box
lasts for a couple of weeks, and wills
do more real good than a dozen'
boxes of the ordinary digestive tab?
lets. 11-27&29&W
PUBLIC SALE, i
While in Kentucky I arranged witb^an expert of THOROUGHBRED
HORSES to boy 28 colts, yearlings and 2-year olds. The Colts will arrive
here on Saturday, Nov. 80tb, and will be sold at Public Auction
Wednesday, Dec. 4th, 1907. \
Make your arrangements to be'at sale as Colts will positively be sold.
Catalogue and full description will be furnished on application to
W. M. GRAHAM. "
$S*Sale Commences at 10 O'clock Sharp. 3
NOTICE OF SALE
*-AT-*
THE YELLOW STORE
Cor. Council St. & Oakland Ave.
.Commencing.
9 A. M. Monday,
DECEMBER, 2nd.
This stock of Merchandise consisting of,
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, Caps, includ?
ing, Groceries and too many things to mention
now will be sold at ACTUAL COST until stock
is sold out, ?:- -?- ->
Strictly cash, nothing charged or sent out^
on approval. -:- ??- m>
This stock is all New and Up-to-date. Iam
going in other business and need the cash, and
will exchange goods for cash. Call and be con?
vinced that it'a no fake.
The entire stock was bought for cash and
all bills were discounted, therefore, you get the
entire benefit of same I will sell all the stock
to one person, also rent them the store, if
desired.
R. H. B1GHAM, Prop.