Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COHRtSPOKOEXCt. UBfTKM FROM OCR SP?% CKAL CORRK?PON DK>X8. of tenvreet from all Partii of oad Adjoining Counties. * _ TO OOfeRESPON DENTS, pour lottere to Uiot tLey will not Inter than Tues Whm too letters ars Wsdneeday it Is almost on ftlUty to have them appear In that day. Man. Maf 11 ?It Is reported thai r twins on ths tide of Douglas g, aear here, actually held the handles for two days, but It Is also ghat there wars extenuating ocea, that a sufficient sum of plow handles could not be se? hest then. Another gentlemen here found It necessary to re his table ware. By a joke of > of a crowd of children tflve or six hie own end one visitor), on being I with the supper tebls. they pro to feed severs 1 hounds, which B to fighting when ons of , the send called out just for fun, there's gead dog. Thea ell. rushed onto one as of the table All came down with The fun was over. Bettle Lewis has made her with Mr. and Mrs. Evsnder The letter Is her sister. Mr. Whit lock, of Scran ton. passed here lest week. Melissa To mil neon Is critically I. M. Truluck Is Improving several days* severe Illness. ^ Or. and Mrs. Klrby and three Is dies weot to Woods' mill this morning. They ' enjoyed ig fish and fathering pond Cotton chopping will soon be done Mr. Bob Chandler, of Darlington, his sen. Mr. T.' J. Chandler, May It.-?We are glad to have a fear more days of pleas after so much oc?d wind, a let of cotton was killed from i eeid wrad gad sand, and bee had aa gloated over. Very few of us have not had to plant over e Off oar crops. Those who did | fat tpjoer cotton killed ere chop now, gm era eee bat few perfect end eU looks badly. Corn Is Ige gleg badly. Don't think Mr. i'e stunting process will be this pear, ss It already has enough. rsU, DeJesli was well represented hssstsr on Friday, and ell whom hoard express themselves en the meeting very much. It , as If svpry.one present wee In e humor and having a good time. ' Weih there wee a good many vls Shere la the neighborhood Sunday. v Mr. C W. Wingste. of Bobbins. H ?CL, visited friends hers. \ Mr. aad Mrs. Qtllseple ScsrJbrough utsHsd the former's parents, col. end ewre. W. D. Scarborough. Miss Msdge Klngman and Mr. RsJtVld. of Sumtsr. and Mr. W B. all attended service st Tlr Ladlss' Church Building Ho? ot the Tlrssh Presbyterian ;h will hsvs an les cream festi? st tbs horns of Mr. E. W. Psrker, Frovfdence, on Friday night, the ltd it. The public Is Invited to ad. Come snd help a good cause. There will be an Installation ser cenducted by Rev. J. P. Msrlon. Off Sumter. on the fourth Sunday, af? ternoon, st 4 o'clock, st Tirsah. Service st Providence on next Sun? day at 11 o'clock, end at St James at d p. m. by the pastors. P18GAJL Plsgah. May 11.?Poor Richard amid **Me that by the plow would thrive. If must either hold or drive." This clsss havs their crops In good shape. Cotton chopping will ho gnlshed the first time this week. The cool westher has made the crops look badly. Spring oats are a failure. Too cold gad dry for them. Politics sre coming to the front here. Numbers sre going to ran for insglstrate In this judicial Sasstrkt It looks ss If Brysn will be nomi? nated snd It further looks as If Ii wir? be detested. No use In talslng about dlfferene*? among Northern Republicans. Th y will vote solidly for the nominee of the Chicago con? vention next November. # 0 In his short stay In the United fgtotes senste. Col. Joseph H. Earle odvocsted messures that n now practiced. He said when new sens tors were competent It was thTOgg f N them to wait for years . nd be over? shadowed by old senator-* fgfi timing to the front and be useful, ftlm ? then prscedent has i? a dis> gg. end the nsw senators sro I from ths start. church observed memorial services yesterday. After Sunday school and a short talk by Editor H. S. Cunningham, of Blshopvllle, the Sunday school classes marched in a body to the cemetery, followed by the old soldiers and 'the audience and put flowers on the old soldiers' graves, after which all returned to the church and listened to a fine address by Mr. Cunningham, who was invited to speak on this occasion. His remarks were chiefly on the war and the in? accuracy of Northern history. He spoke of Lee's surrender, when he was surrounded by thousands, and only had good, effective men when he surrendered. Northern history said 11,000, but all but the good were sick and disabled. Said we would soon have a Southern history that would tell the truth. Spoke of the self-denial and patriotism of the wo? men of the South. The dire straits to which they wont to help the lost cause. The contempt they had for cowards and shirkers of the war: spoke of their homespun dresses and shuck hats (and this writer says that they looked just as pretty in their plain clothes as the women of today In their finery). He gave some Interesting anecdotes and closed by reading a fine piece. Mr. Cunningham has many friends here who were glad to see him and hope he will come again soon. Col. John J. Dargan, who spoke at 8mlthville Saturday, was Invited to be present, and It was a great disap? pointment to his many friends that he could not be here. Rev. T. L. Cole, the pastor, could not be present, had to go to Mispah church to perform a burial service, being the second sad death in two successive days. V Solicitor McLaughlin spoke at An tloch church yesterday morning, end Lieut. Oov. McLeod at Mispah In the afternoon. Mispah. church has been recently painted and Antloch church will soon be. mm?mmmmmt \ WEDGEFIELD. 'm . Wedgerteld, May IS.?Cotton chop? ping is the order of the day around here now, and it sie looking as bad as you would like'to see. Some folks ha\e had to do some planting over [and replanting. Mrs. M. L Parier returned from Greenville yesterday, where she at? tended the meeting' of the South Car? olina Federation of Women's Clubs as a delegate from this county. Mr. and Mrs. W,?. Aycock and In? fant daughter, of Columbia, are spending a few days with their moth? er. Mrs. Jas. H. Aycock. Mr. B. W. Nettles, of Sumter, has been employed by Messrs. J. H. Ay? cock as superintendent of their farm nearest Wedgefleld. Mr. H. W. Scott, to the regret of his frleads and acquaintances, will not act In the capacity of principal of the Wedgefleld graded school another year. He has accepted a school In Rlchland county. Miss K. M. Picken?, of Mt. Pleas? ant, has been elected one of the as? sistant teachers for the coming es slon. \ Miss Eunice Mellette left for Che raw on yesterday, where she has ac? cepted a position. WISACKY. Wlsacky, May 9.?We are having very strange weather for this season, high winds and very cold at times, which are quite an injury to the crops. Cotton is d\ing out in places, and the outlook la rather gloomy. The health of the community Is moderately good at present. Mrs. Eva Smith and family, of Blshopvllle, have been visiting rela? tives here recently. Miss Ledlngham, accompanied bv her niece, Miss Smith, visited friends near Tlmmonsvllle last week, and saw one of the farmers picking cotton from last year's crop, having gather? ed eight bales recently. The Wlsacky school will close next Friday, the 15th. They will have a quiet closing, without a picnic, aa they first Intended. The next day the teachers. Misses Gibson and Mills, will leave for their homes In Newber ry. They have given perfect satisfac? tion, and the patrons are hoping to have them return for next session. ANOTHER FIRE IN ATLANTA. Half a Block of Buildings Burned? Panic In Theatre Threatened. Atlanta. On., May 11.?One hun? dred and seventy-five horses, two of them show prise winners, and half a block of buildings burned with a hun? dred thousand dollars losr?; a threat? ened panic in a crowds thea? tre nearby, and half a dosen persons injured,, none seriously, summarizes a fire which tonight started In the business section of Atlanta, and for an hour threatened to make a cleaner sweep than did the llames last week, which destroyed a million and a i quarter dollars' worth of property In j another section of the city. The Black Handn/>eople ought to be ashamed of themselves trying to wske up the mayor of Philadelphia. DEATH OF 1\ M. SI HKS. Highly Esteemed Citizen of Stun mervlllc Passes Away. Summerville, May 9.?Mr. F. M. Sires, one of the oldest, most substan? tial and most highly esteemed cltl I sens of Summerville, died this after 1 noon about 2 o'clock. Few men have ' died leaving behind them the record ! of a life as exemplary or fuller of i energy and earnest effort for that which was best than has Mr. Sires. Mr. Sires was in his seventy-fourth year; was born in Charleston and has resided in Summerville for the greater portion of the past fifty years of his life. During his early years he followed the business of a contractor in Charleston. Olving up his busi? ness there he was connected with the old South Carolina Railroad for nine years in the capacity of trestle build? er, which position he resigned to as? sume the duties of superintendent of ' Chlsolm's Phosphate Works. Later he engaged in the contract to build the Laurens Railroad, after complet? ing which be became superintendent of the Greegs Phosphate Works. Af? ter some years spent at Gregg's Mr. Sires decided to enter upon a mer? cantile life and conducted business successively and successfully In Manning, S. C, where he was asso? ciated with his son-in-law, W. C. Chandler, and In Florence, S. C. Re? turning to Summerville, he engaged In business, where for many years past he has conducted successfully the business of a furniture dealer and undertaker until the time of his heath. Mr. Sires married Miss Julia C. Co burn* daughter of P. K. Coburn, of Charleston, whom he survived a few months more than eleven years. Of eleven Children, six survive him. They are Messrs. F. W., O. C. and J. M. Sires, and Miss Eva Sires, of Sum? merville; Mr. O. D. Sires, of Charles? ton, and Mrs. W. C. Chandler, of Sumter, S. C. The funeral services will be held at the residence of the sonxof Mr. J. M. Sires at 11 a. m. Sun? day, and his remains will be interred in Magnolia cemetery, after the ar? rival of the 12.40 train. BASEBALL NOTES. ' Sumter will be ready for ball by the time the next series Is played on the local diamond. ' s ? ? "Sumter seems to have the Orange burg team in the State league out? classed. Theta ig no doubt but that Felix Dingle has gotten a fast aggre-' gatlon together. There are some men on his team who would make good in the Carolina league."?Greenville Newa "Would make good in the Caroline league." Oh, my! Don't that give you a pain? If Greenville will hump herself and win the pennant Sumter I will challenge Manager Stouch for a I post season championship series and prove that Dingle's bunch is qualified for higher company that the Carolina I league. see I stowers and Shea, of Macon, have I been sent for to come and join the I local team. Mattney, of Virginia, will I also be seen with the local aggrega I tlon.?Orangeburg News. e ? e Sumter plays in Orangeburg Wed? nesday, Thursday and Friday. As I Sumter and Orangeburg had three days lay-off this week, President I Smith allowed them to begin the se I ries on Wednesday Instead of Thurs? day. Nearly every business place In I Orangeburg will close at 4.30 on I Wednesday for the opening game and the usual large crowd is expected. I e. e / e Manager Dingle is keeping his men [at regular practice and they will be J In good shape for the Orangeburg J game tomorrow. They will put up a hard fight to hold the 1000 per cent. I o- e o In Garner and Cowell Sumter has two youngsters who will make a big I noise in baseball circles as slab as I fists. Look for their names next I season in the line up of the higher class leagues. ? es I Ball players and ttinn k :ow what Ham and Lee nia:* ! ? expeoted to fin, for they have a record, but the young* |sters will surprise every Ham that comes up against them. CiUNTEIt GETS FIRST. Matthews Won Ills (.nine by Driving Out Home Hun. Rock Hill. May 14.?Gunter's Ca tawbas beat Chester today in a slow game with many errors. Features were Matthews* hlting, winning an uphill game, his four-bagger over the fence, for which a purse of $25 had been made up, James' batting and Newman's batting for Chester. Hem rick Is a sntlsfoctory umpire. R H ? Chester.000 220 002?6 11 I Rock Hill.000 205 10*?8 11 4 itatteries: For Chester, Sheppard. Viekey. Yount and Miller; for Rock Hill, Vasblnder, Matthews and Swlnk. l'mplre, Hemrlck. Time 2 hours. THE SAME HOB WON. Of A SENSATIONAL GAME SUM TER DEFEATED OF .NGE BUUG BY SCORE 6 TO 4. COMMENCEMENT. The Superb Pitching of Garner, the Hitting of Springs and Dingle, the Fielding of the Visitors and the Umpire. From Daily Item, May 9. The largest crowd that has ever witnessed a ball game in Sumter was at the league park yesterday after? noon to see the opening game of the season with Orangeburg. The grand stands and bleachers were crowded to overflowing, many ladies finding it difficult to find seats, and a large num? ber of men w.re forced to stand dur? ing the entire game. Every rooter, especially the ladies, had sticks Or umbrellas decorated with purple and white ribbons, and there was a lively smattering of orange and purple, the colors of the Visitors. All were eager for the game. After a very pretty address by Maj. H. Frank^ Wilson, promptly at 5 o'clock, the two teams ran in forma? tion to deep field, and while the Sec ond Regiment Band struck up a lively tune, and the crowd cheered until the very air was rent by the noises of the enthusiastic assemblage, Manager Dingle raised the pennant bearing the words "Champions, 1907." The game was on. For the first three innings not a runner crossed the plate, though the Game Cocks were hitting Jones at a lively clip, yet luck seemed to break hard for thee hicks, and they could not get a man across the plate. It would appear a little premature to discuss this subject, but when you consider that some of the schools will be closing the latter part of May, the girls who are fortunate enough to be in the graduat? ing class, and even those who are not, will soon be looking around for the material to make their suits for that very important occasion. French Organdies Always popular as a com? mencement suit Price 60c down. "\ I White Batiste 20 cents to 25 cents. Colored Organdies In the delicate shades of pinks and blues. l(b down. India Linens Always popular for occa But in the *\Qb\$ of this kind. 35 cents fourth things went bad for the locals, down. Moran up hit safe for one sack.NPrim was out on grounds to Dingle. Glaze reached the initial sack on an error Figured Silk Mulls by Wynne. Morris fanned. The . , , , . Avarrat got a Texas Leager to left, Th* whlt?8' Pmkfi and b]u<* and by a series of most unfortunate make very swell cornmence throws every runner scored, giving ment Suits. 50c ft yard, the visitors a lead of three runs. It was a terlble mix up, and would not likely happen again the rest of the season. In the fifth the Game Cocks got a brace of runs. Stephens drove a right for a bag. Garner was out to catcher. Dingle drew four bad ones, White Albatross 60 Cents. COMMENCEMENT HOSIERY and Springs brought both runners The dainty lace Stripes to home with a beautiful drive to center match tfae 8Ujtg lgctd for two bases. It looked better. In the seventh Jones was hit by a hard pitched ball from Garner's de livery, and was put out of the game He was replaced by Sawyer. There was more scoring in the eighth by both teams. It was in this inning that the visitors got their only earned run by a single and a stolen base by i Prim and a two base hit by Glaze. But the Game Cocks got in their good i stick work also, In this inning, and won the game. Springs hit safe for the fourth time. Murrow and Ab burry went out on easy chances. Surrelland Murphy followed with clean hits which scored Springs./ Avarrat dropped Stephens hard chance to right and Surrell scored. Then Garner won his game by cloud? ing one to deep center for two bags, scoring Stephens and Murphy. The particular feature of the game was the magnificent work of Garner in the box for the locals. He really yielded but four hits, but on account of the decision of his umps the scorer was forced to charge two more against him. He fanned twelve of the visitors, had them all with speed behind them, and should never have had but one score made against him Persian Lawns Makes a very dainty suit for such occasions. Prices. 1241 to 50 cents. Wash Organdies 10 cents the yard. 'mamamaaamam?Masaasi. 40 inch Lawns These are great values for the money. 12J to 50cts. French Lawns , A very dainty and sheer material well adopted for commencement suits. 15 and 25 cents. -1 Jap Silks. Can be used with very good effect. 75 cents down. Cream Serges A 50c. 75c and $100. COMMENCEMENT CLOVES. 16 button length, pure silk. $1.60 $1.25 and $1.00. ^ Laces! v Laces!! Laces!!! This has gotten to be one of our specialties. You cannot make Commencement Suits without them, * and here you will find the greatest variety to select \ from. We have just received another one of those lots. At Fifty Cents a Dozen. Platt Val Laces This is one of the greatest values we have ever offered, they come in match sets, widths up to 4 inches, at the yard, 6 cents. Fans ! Fans !! We always have hot weather for commencement week, and you must have a fan. Our line is complete from $1.60 down. O'DONNELL 6 COMPANY. Springs and Dingle laced the leather like fiends, the former making it four out of four times up, on for an extra sack, and the little manager batted 750 by getting three safe ones out of four times at the bat. The fast fielding of the visitors was also a feature. Avarrat, MilleV and Morris made sensational put outs of very difficult chances. Their work was roundly applauded. The game was a sensational ex? hibition, and one that will make the fans come out In full force for the rest'of the series. The teams are well matched, and either one will have to get up and do a few stunts to win. The score: "THE KNIGHTS OF THE GRIP" Have come and gone, but the same or? ganization that enabled us to offer them superior facilities for their exchange needs makes it possible for us to offer you a standardized service in all departments of Banking three hundred and four days out ot the year. When in need of Banking facilities come in and see us we will appreciate your business. The Bank of Sumter. RICHARD I. MANNING, President. MARION MOISE, Vlci President. W. F. RHAME, Cashier, R H E 6 12 6 4 6 3 <umter 000 020 04* Orangeburg 000 300 010 Batteries: Garner and Stephens; Jones, Sawyer and McCormick. Umpire, Odlorne. Scorer, Levy. N. G. OSTEEIN, JR., Dentist. 18 West Liberty Street-Up Stairs. Hours:?8.30 to 1-P. M?2 to 6. Office Phone?No. 30 - - - House Phone 382. THE FARMERS' BANK & TRUST COMPANY. CAPITAL PAID IN.$I20,000 Does a general banking business; safe and conservative. ci TR DT nc ?e nnn ^P60'*! rare, and attention given to treat fuuds in our oui\i . ^,uuu savings department, where we allow 4 per cent interest, STOCKHOLDERS LIABILITY_I20,000 compounded quarterly. No accounts too large or too _ small to be accepted in this department. 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