Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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[OfttttCAY. JANUARY I, 1908. OL? mm sWwasa Chum Matter. AI>VBlKTXSKMKNT&. i* Oln Co.?NotteV * McLellaa?Civil Engineers. f$ Drug Sturm?Our Stock Is Dcnawrl $m Co,?Stock-Tukin? D a> Chandler Clothing Co.? Sweep. PERSONAL. . Barry Carr Is spending the hol? la the city, r. R F. DsjeChampo. of Mays* was In the city Thursday. .0?Pt- J. E. Atkins, of Mayesvllle. ?fct Thursday In 'he ctty on bu*l ^a .tev. j J. B. Rarneld. traveling auditor the Atlantic Cosst Line in Florida. Th?rs lay In the city. Mrs, H A. Wehs of Florence, and ggg? Hattle Msyes. of May?*vtlle, are signing Mr aud Mrs. O. H. Nettle*. Mr. A. A. Strauss and son, Mr. CarMale Strauss, of Mayesvllle were *j the city Monday. .lev. J F. Mahoney, who conducted n hero In May. la visiting Mr. Mrs. XHU OTXmnHI. ?g, S, K Edmunds went to Co? on Monday to attend the 1 Convention of City School Su? perintend en u. Mulligan, of Rock Hill, la v?ait Oranvllle D*L->rme. Addle Burner, ef Columbia, la Mm. W. H. Ingram. J. M. Woodier, mi Dalsen, spent in the < Ity B\ W. Raflleld. ef Goodwill. Friday in the city, and Mrs, j. H. Spann are vtsit hgf feeaUvss la Mayesvllle. Masi Agneo F.lchardaon went to Osjjgejetown Thursday night to visit ^ tar. and Mrm. R. m. Warren re turn Bight from Henderson vi lie. A. A. Strauss, ef Mayesvllle. is la the city. KaU Roper, of Flat Roch, N. visiting Mr*. D. P. Kelly on W. street r. J. V. WUsoa has returned from S3 to Columbia. fMmT> M. O Ovteen and family have from Cheraw. where they Christmaa week. *igT. W. T. Cooper and son. Lauren, die. were la the city renter* R. C. McPadden. of Concord. I the city yesterday on business. J. B. Ooldman, of MayeevUle, yeterday In the city on business. C. T. Evans, of Hmlthville. was city yesterday. ST. W. H. Workman, of SaJem, la the city yesterday. EH Jackson and Miss Minnie kpgfeman, of Elloree, are visiting la the city. Mrs. J. W Withe re poon and nlecis. Stocky Mount, K. C are visiting V H. Aul l, on West Calhour v. h Mr. Chester Hutchinson and sister. Mlae Eth-l Hutehlns n. who have been visiting their slater. Mrs. H. M Stacks v. returned to their home In Henderson. Ky . Monday. Uent. I 4. Carson, of the IT. S. A., efaltoned at Kort Roblrtson. Nebraska, la on a vl-it. with hia wife and child, to Ca.pt. E. S. Carenn and family. They ?*n accompanied by Misses Ethel and Mary Carson who have re? turned home after spendli g the sum wlth th'lr brother and family at Robinson. Harmony Pre- r?ry held a called loa at th.- Presbyterian church yesterday morning. It la all over and everybody had a sjaod time, so they any. The greatest of all holidays passed off quietly in Somter and there were no serious dis? orders. The asrveragf *ofk is still progress A-Ing very aatlafactor?v. One force of hands is at work on Telephone ?treet, ?ear Harvln and Ihe other on Hamp g avenue. n?sr Malr. It la reported that Mr. Nick Brit of the Zoar section of tills coun* fty. shot and kill?.I i negro Weines day in Clarendon County. It Is said that the affair was accldentlal and the cororo r exonerated Mr. llrltton. The ennounerrmnt of the <h ith of Raw. Jas II. Thornwell was rec?*l\.?l with deep regret in Sumt*?r ? i i Ul> SJBonff the many Pythl.ms. who prob? tahlv knew him better than most peo? ple. The work of remodelling the old eeant house la progressing rapidly The archway in th?? centre of the hsjlldlne. faring Main street, has ??? gfl rut In and the ?tepe leading to the second story are b iryg built It will not b* a vsry er??Ht srnlle before this 0*4 building; ' St h has bssjai o an eye-aore to nearly at ryone. will be transformed Into a hand? i - and office building that will be a credit to the city. f MAU KI KD Monday. December 23, at 5.30 o'c'ock, at tho home of the bride's pa? rents. Mr. and Mr*. J. J. Teams, on North Main street. Miss Huttle Teams and Mr. Robert M. Sanders, son of Mr. and Mis. B. R. Sanders, were united In marriage, Rev. J. P. Marion, officiating. The newly wedded couple left on the evening train for Charles? ton to visit relatives. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Sanders wish thfrm much happiness. Mr. Frederick W. Mclntosh and Miss Cornelia M. Bellamy, both of Oregon, were married on Tuesda> evening. Dec. 24. 1907, by Rev. W. B. Duncan. Mr. and Mrs. Mclntosh will mak" Si.mter their home. Mr. Me? int? ti is a traveling man having this gltj m ' s headquarters. DEATH. Catherine Rowland, dien at N. C, her home, on Dec. 2 Ith. at ? o'clock. Mrs. Rowland ..other of Mr. C. G. Rowland of this city and was in the 89th year of her age. The many friends and acquaintances of Mr. Rowlnnd sym? pathise deeply with bim in this great bereavement. WtUlc Jones, of Jordan, Killed Acci? dentally Lust Thursday. Willie Jones, the son of Mr. T. L. Jones, of the Jordan neighborhood, was accidentally thot and killed last Thursday by a shotgun which was held In the hands of his brother. Very meagre details only of the deplorable accident have been received here, but the above facts are reported to be the trulh. A BRUTAL MURDER. Walter Blending, a Negro, Killed in His Store Last Night. From the Daily Item, Dec. 24. Coroner Flowers returned this afternoon from Pinckney's Cross Roads, near Htateburg, where he in? vestigated the death of Walter Blend? ing, colored. The negro was the owner of a store and was found bru? tally cut up In his store this morning. No one knew anything of the affair, and Coroner Flowers did not empan? el a Jury. Dr. H. A. Mood made a written statement concerning the cause of death. From all appearances, the murder was caused for purpoees of robt-ery as only 98 cents were found In tho store and the deceased was said to have been doing a good business and well off. The body was horribly rouilhUed with gashes Inflicted with a natchet and a knife that were found near the body and that were covered with blood. The affair is being Investigated and further light may be thrown on this cold-blooded murder, and It Is hoped that the assassin may be brought to Justice. Adam James colored, lost his house by fire Thursday. The fire was acci? dental, from all accounts, and James lost everything in the building. The .legro was one of the well-to-do farm era of the Dalzell section. The drawing for the handsome gold watch, valued at |60. which W. A. Thompson, the Jeweler, advertised to ||ssj away, took place on Thursday, and Miss Annie Telcher received the "< h. holding the lucky number, \hlch was 7602. Atta M. Pate was the one who drew the number. Daniel Olllis, of the Plsgah section, who Is charged with thooting young ' Hurst, gave himself up to Sher 4ff Epperson and is now in .all In this city. Mr. Hurst is reported to be doing well. Mr. Glllls did not at? tempt ?o escape as first reports indi? cated. The buggy used by OiUls ant' Hurst was owned by a brother of Mr. r.lllls and was returned to him by Mr. Daniel OUlls after the -hootlrg. New garden seed at Slbert's Drup Store. 12-30-2: \ TKKKIHI.K RECORD. rive Men Killed In Louisiana and Mississippi Within 21 Hour*. New Orleans. Dec. 14.?Five men killed by pistol or knife in Louis? iana and Mississippi during the last 1\ hours, is tho record of Christmas ueeVs fights In this section. At On ling teg Henry Route, a ne rro, was shot by llradhy, white, inviting the latter to settle a naanoy matter by "coming out to le >t It out.1* Hrudby killed the negro, At New Albany. Miss.. Kd. f. Hill? h ois?>. ,4 section foreman, shot and killed m;titln Arnold, also a section SJSSSV ?'.ob white. Valden, mi^., was the goons n| ? lOffflbls flicht Which cost the lives of b >t?i part* i Mnnry iiavla, and WUHgnj Spins, a negro, A love affair at (Jreenville. MIsC, caused Kd -onlth, a negro to s? ek out and kill Jim Kngllsh. another negro. A "League'' for Hund? r. A call has been promulgated in the city of Sumter for the formation of a municipal league, the plan proposed POlng similar to that Of the organiza? tion formed recently in Columbia. The Sumter Item ably and vigorously re? bukes the proposition, asserting that it is !n no way necessary, that the Democrat ic pilmary plan is not a failure in Slmter, and that through it municipal oflicers Of character and intelligence have been regularly chosen. If Uli Municipal League Of Colum? bia had no other object than the in? ducement of good men to stand for municipal oflice no serious objection might be urged against It; but a lea? gue would be a cumbersome machine for so small an achievement. The an? cient method of petition is effective enough to bring any man who has a decent conception of public duty into activity. Our objection to the Columbia or? ganization 13 that It includes, by clear Implication, a pledge that the mem? bers support as a unit such candidates as the League nominates. Let us sup? pose that the Democratic voters of Sumter number 1,000 and that 600 are members of the League. The League meets, 300 member* are pres? ent, and 151 vote for a "slate." The result is that 600 Sumter Democrats must, if they do not violate the obli? gation voluntarily assumed by joining the League, step up to the polls and elect the "slate." The 151 are thus able to overcome a possible majority party numbering 849. Obviously such a plan is utterly destructive of the Sumter City Democratic organization, and converts it into an empty and lifeless shell. This., of course, is pre? dicated on the assumption that the Sumter League would follow the Co? lumbia lines. For years the towns of South Caro? lina had no municipal Democratic or* ganlzations with the result that the negro vote became a corrupt and cor? rupting factor in elections. Munici? pal elections in many instances were conducted in a scandalous manner. The Democratic primary plan was then generally adepted, and has met all reasonable demands. The spread cf the Columbia Idea would, in all likelihood cause the abandonment of the primary and return to the old plan with all its disgraceful incidents. ?News and Courier. VEGETABLES IN DECE?iBi:U. The following letter is self-explana? tory and of interest to many peaople: Stateburg, S. C, Dec. 30, 1907. Editor the Item: The Stateburg Improvement League offered a pre? mium for the best display of vegeta? bles, fresh from the garden, by any member of the. league, made on the 12th day of December; and Mrs. T. S. Stuckcy displayed twelve varieties and carried off the premium. Several others reported five and six varieties. See what an impovement league can do for a rural community. T\velve varieties of vegetables on the 12th day of December! | This shows, too, what a wonderful soil and climate wc have here In Sum? ter county. (Miss) Georgia Dargan, Secretary of the League. Progress of the Canal. \ Some idea ot the progress which is being mnde In the consti uction of the Panama canal may be gathered from a few Items from reliable sources in Washington. The excavation of last month, which amounted to 1,8:18,486 cubic yards, would, It is said, cover ten city blocks to a depth of forty feet, far exceeding the record of any previous month. As further illustra? tion it is claimed that every fifty days the commission Is moving an amount of naterlal equal to the pyramid of '/hoops, which required the labor of 10'j.OOO men twenty years. At this rate the Suez canal, which was built by De Lesseps in ten years and re? garded as a wonderful fea*:, could have r>eon finished In one-third of the time. The same relative progress ap? plies also to the Manchester and the Kief canals, In the saving of time, as to their completion, had equal activ? ity In the throwing of dirt prevailed. It must be borne in mind, however, that the work now under construc? tion is attended with less complica? tion und can be much more speedily carried on that will be the case be? fore a great while, being Ohlofly th> excavation of earth which can be done with steam shovels, Later, when excavation Of rock and tlv laying Ol the foundations of the locks ant. dams constitute the chief work, the visible progress will not be so great. Bill with the excellent tanltary con? ditions on the Isthmus and the thor? ough organisation of the labor as In? dicated by the statistics given, there Is every re:ison. should there bf no w n or pestilence; to retard ths work, to look for Ihr completion oi the ca? nal at an earlier day than seemed poi Ibis a vorn or two ago, Onion sets at Sibcrts Drug Store. 21 Send us your Job Printing. C hristinas Bundle Contains Bottle ol High Explosixo and Igniting Apparatus Erie, Pa., Jan. 24.?While distrib? uting Christmas bundles in the sev? enth sub-postofficc an employe be? came suspicious of a package, the end Of which had broken open, and upon making an investigation the package was found to contain an infernal ma? chine so constructed that the opening Of the box would cause an explosion that would have undoubtedly killed all persons near and set fire to every? thing In the vicinity. The package was addressed to Ar? chie Carr, 2,208 Cherry street, anC had been mailed in this city. The box was turned over to Postmaster Sto bel who called in Chief of Police Wagner. The chief cut out the side of the box and exposed a bottle and contrivances so arranged that the opening of the lid would pull the cork and Ignite several matches. The following inscription was on the inside wrapper: "You may perhaps find the cover will catch a little when you open the box, but pay no attention to it. Mer? ry Christmas." Dr. J. W. Weight, health officer and chemist, after an examination of the bottle 3aid it contained a high explo? sive. ItAlLROAH WORK IN SOUTH. .Miniated That More Than $75,000. 000 Has Been Spent During the Past Year. Chattanooga, Tonn., Dec. 29._Sev? eral hundred milts of railroad have baen constructed in the Southern states during 1907, and it is estimat? ed that more than $75,000,000 has j been spent by the railroads of the South in improving the systems dur? ing the past 12 months. The largest contract given during the year was in Southwestern Vir? ginia where the Virginia and South? western raiload is being constructed. Thift work ha? been from different points and coal sections of Virginia and West Virginia via Bristol, tc points in North Carolina where con? nections will be made with the Sea? board and kindred lines. It is said to be a part of the great Tidewater system. When completed the line will be over 150 miles in length and will cost nearly $100,000,000. It is I through a very rough section and the 35 or 40 miles completed during 1907 aggregated a total cost of nearly $15, 000.000. The cost of one tunnel was in excess of $2,000,000. The Queen and Crescent hai done double tracking to the extent oi over $15,000,000. Work continues on the Southern's Lookout Mountain tunnel, hut other GOOd Digestion and C.ood Health \ Improvement! are suspended. Thirty miles of the Savannah, Au HAI HA! HAI Bring Joyous Life. Do not blame the poor dyspeptic fOf being blue, cross, nervous, irr!-j table and grouchy. He hasn't got. a hearty laugh in his whole system. Before there is any joy or merri? ment, it is necessary (to tone up the weak stomach muscles and get diges? tion working naturally by using Mi o-na stomach tablets. This prescrip? tion cures all stomach troubles by strengthening the digestive machinery and putting it In such perfect order that it will care for all food that is eaten without distress or indigestion. So certain and reliable la Ml-o-na to euro indigestion and all atomach weakness, that J. F. W. DeLorme sells It under an absolute guarantee to refund the money unless It cures. Try a ?0-cent box and see how quick? ly you will get relief from Indigestion and forget you have a stomach. 1-1A3&W gutta & Northern have been graded. The contract for construction from Savannah to Chattanooga are for $12, 000,000. The Tidewater developments, the Flagler and other systems in Florida and numerous enterprises in Louisiana and Mississippi have baen very active in the year just completed. There are numerous coal lines and minor branch systems of different railroads which have been started and completed dur? ing 1907. We guarantee SIbert s Mentholated Cough Syrup. 12-30-2J If you want the Sanltol Toilet prep? aration you must send in order to? day. Slbert's Drug Store. 12-30-2t When making New Year reso? lutions, resolve to advertise more In 1908 than In 1P07. New garden seed at Slbert's Drug Store. 12-30-2t Remember to make that advertis? ing contract for 1908 as soon as possi? ble. Don't lose a day. The night came on, the good wife *? smiled To herself as she softly said, "Thank God, we're happy, heaithy and bright, We all take Rocky Mountain Tea at night."?Slbert's Drug Store. Local Cotton Market. Receipts today, light. Good middling, 11 cents. Dally New York Cotton Market. Open Jan. 10 59 March 10 77 Mnv 10 87 July 10 82 High 10 73 10 94 10 98 10 95 Low 10 59 10 77 10 87 10 82 Close 10 73 10 94 10 98 10 95 Tone?Very Steady. Onion set.^ at Siberts Drug Store, tt Stock-Taking Week. -0 Christmas has come and gone, but the most disagreeable part of our year's work is now upon us, that of taking stock. We are obliged to do this for two reasons, one of which is, an insurance protection, and the other, ii t A glance through our stores will prove to even a casual observer, that we are not overloaded on any partic? ular line, but there are many items that we would like to as it is much easier to count money than goods, and we will be glad to SWAP COLLARS on anything in our during O'Donnell 6 Company AX ENTIRE FAMILY CREMATED. Mr. ami Mrs. John C lark of I'.??ton ami Their Three Children Die In i he Pleases. Boston, Dee. 2 7.?Five persons were burned to death in a fire which de? stroyed the house of John Clark at Every member of the Clark family Watertown, a suburb, early today, met death in the flames. he dead are: John Clark, his wife and their three' children, John, aged 11, Philip, aged 9 and Doris, aged 2. The flamaa had made great head? way when first discovered by a neigh? bor, shortly after 1 o'clock. The houso was about two miles from the centre of the town and by the time the flramen reached the scene the house had been burned almost to the ground. The firemen were able to locate the bodies of the father and two boys, but the mother and little girl were not found until the rums of the house had cooled sufficiently to permit a more thorough search. Mr. Clark was a salesman in a seed -tore on Faneuil square, Boston. Mrs. Clark was a Southern woman. CATARRH A GERM DISEASE. Success of Hyomei Guarantied by J. F. \Y. DejjQsssje, Catarrh is not a blood disease, but is caused by germs that lodge and Tow in the air passages, causing ir? ritation with poisonous and offensive mucous discharges. It is an insidious disease of most d structive tendency. Ks approaches are alarming, and Its victims are well on the road to a, chronic state of dread consumption before they realize their danger. Stomach dosing is ineffective in the treatment of catarrh. The only heal? ing agent is Hyomei, which is inhaled with the air you breathe, killing all catarrhal germs and driving them from the system. The sooner you use Hyomei the sooner you will be free of catarrh. J. F. W. DeLorme will sell you a dollar outfit with the understanding that if it does not give satisfaction your money will be refunded. 12-31&1-2&W NOTICE. I i Office .County Board of Commis? sioners. Sumter County, S. C, Dec. 9, 1907 The tnnual moc-tiny of the Count) Board r Comralssionsra f:?r fc'umier Coualy will be hel l at Sumter Court Houjc on -tmreday the -<th day of January. 1908. All persons holding claims against Sumter County, not previously pre? sented, are required by law to file the same with the Clerk of this Board on or before the first day of January, 1908 In order that they may be ex? amined previous to the annual meetr? ing. THOS. E. RICHARDSON, Clerk County Board of Commission? r3. 12-10-law4L Executor's Sale. Pursuant to the terms of the will of the late Dr. James W. Hudson, deceased, we will sell at public auc? tion, to the highest bidder for cash, on salceday in January next, the same being the 6th day of said month, between the usual hours of sale, a certain lot of land directed in said Will to be sold, and described as folio wa: All that lot of land situate in the County of Sumter and State of South Carolina. containing twenty-eigth acres, more or loss, the lines of the same being delineated on a plat made by Lee & McClellan. surveyors* dated the 5th day of December, 1907? and bounded: North by lands devised to \\ H Hudson under the will of Dr. t. vv. Hudson: east by the LaFayette ?-ub lie road; south by the public ro >i to Sumter, and west by Scape u er s w amp. B. M. COOPKR, GEO. G. COOPER, :i;-lS-2t Executors. REMEMBER Our stock is larger and more complete than ever before, and we are pre? pared to handle a much larger business this com ing year than ever. Would be pleased to have you con e ami look when you need anything in our line. W. W. SIBERT. Phone 283 - 8 S. Main StreeL