The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 15, 1908, Image 8
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of Inter cm From \|| purls of
Samte aim! \djotniux Counties,
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Mall your Utters no that they Will
h this ofllce not later than Tuts
morning. When th ? I ;t s ar>
red Wedaeedey It Is almost an
wlblltty to have them appear In
paper Issum) List day.
WISACKY.
Wlsacky. Ju.y II.?An "At Home"
sjtven at the home of Mr. W. A.
Green lost Tuesday evening, in hon
see of Miss Kiln Hsrrell, of Green
was a most enjoyab'e affair,
a number were present. For
llty was thrown to the winds, and
-*sirsi jbody .was made to feel perfectly
Stt home. The evening was given over
a? games and music.
Mise Harrell left Thursday morn
Msg. She expects to visit Darlington,
?Cheraw. Columbia and other points
.aefore returning to Greenwood.
Ml*s Annie l*ee Shaw, of Blshop
*II)e Is the guest of Miss Lldla Des
Ctatnpi
Mr. W. W. McCutchsn has return
ad to Hendersonvllle after a week*
here.
Mr. H. Wilson Scott Is visiting reta?
in Chora*'.
Lottie DesCham ps le a guest
-sM the home of Rev. Coke Mann, of
.Went Union. 8. C.
Mr. J. W Weldon, of Smith vi lie,
visited his son, Mr. A. K. Weldon, of
this place, last week.
Mise Marguerite Scott la visiting
eel stives In Mayesvllle.
Sallle Lucius, of Columbia, Is
her prother. ('apt. H. W.
of this place.
An abundance of rain fell here
from Wedneeday noon till Thursday
aeon. The shower was light, but
aontlnuou* throughtout almost the
time.
Crops In this section are fine?as
^ ought to be pot having suffered
m drought of flood during the en
??
community at large has the
eraac. From two to four days
n week finds old and young, male
I female, at Lynche* river. 'Tis
fun! If the country all was ss
aeky Is, manufacturers of bath
?Ults would, grow rich.
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gTATaEBTJRG
tateburg. July II.?Mise Emma
ftiereon le at home for her sum
1 vacation. .
Marshall Westcoat. of Sumter,
t Sunday In our midst.
Amelia de Hon. of Sum mer?
le visiting Misses Nannie and
Moore, at "The Ruins."
Mr. V. B. Upshur, of Sumter, was
? gue?t of Mr. W. D. Frlerson on
y.
ha Virginia Saunders Is at home
after a pleasant visit to reta?
in Florence and Darlington.
Mr. Frank P. Burgees, of Manning.
Ss at home for a few weeks' visit.
Miss Saflle Norrls returned on
Wedneeday after a pleasant vbitt to
?relative? In Blshopvllle.
Ju'la Holmes leaves tomorrow
Macon, Ga.. after a visit of three
ks to her o d home.
Mr. J. Singleton Moore spent Sun
ly at "The Ruine."
DaLZKLL.
DaMell. July 8.?St. Charles went
?wn In defeat by the fast aggrega
from Dalsell yesterday afternoor.,
to the tune of 10 to 4. The gsme was
Interesting throughout, be'ntr
rhed by brilliant plays by both
The feature of the game
the batting of H. Parker and the
of Pbelps on second. Parker
led five safeties out of six rim. -
at the bat. on? the delivery of the
??great" Shaw, who did such remark?
able "stunts" 'or Clinton the past
college wa?(in Phelp* accepted six
Chances, without an error to his cred?
it, some of which would have been
hits had It not been for his fast field
tag and sensational "pick ups."
Bateriee: St. <*harles. show and
Corbett, Dalsell, Parker and Jon*??
Umpire. Chandler.
PRTVATCKK.
Privateer. July I.?Mrs. Dr. R. B.
furmin la spending some time on
Sullivan * Island.
Mr. Robert Hall and Ml*s Junnlta
Brown, of Sumter. spent the week's
and at Mrs. L. B. Jenkins.
Mr. and Mm. Willie Brown, of
State burg, ?pent Sunday at Mr. G. A.
Mettles'.
Mm. Rlgby, of Manning. Is spend?
ing? some time at Mr. S. A. Harvln's.
Corn In thl? neighborhood gener?
ally Is small and not as good ss It
was lest year. Cotton Is growing
nicely and is better than It was at
this time Isst year.
?JA LFM.
talem, July 11.-?One week ago t ?.
Aar we made ? prediction that pan
and out verbatim on Saturday. It
was not that we considered ourself a
prophet either, but knew whom und
what we were prophesying on and
about. This prediction was, that the
explorers who navigated and peram?
bulated the quagmires of Black river
in search of alllgitnrs would be suc
aj t'ul. From the first trip t<> those
U:li- d hooks, and each time the bait
had been taken gave new hope to
Messrs. Willie and Jas. Montgomery
"f Eastern, McKay Mel] v en and
Hudson Warren of WVstein Black
rtvtfi that some big game WM In the
wuter for them. Saturday was the
day appointed for nnoth? r visit to
the hooks. Between 10 and 11
o'clock the party set sail from Shaw's
lake. Sailing in a kinder northwest?
erly course, then wtstcrly, until every
point of the compass had been travel?
ed over, and a mile and a half of
rough sea had been perambulated
when the hook was reached.
We got him yelled one. Dad
blamed, cried another, and so on.
The cord was pulled and up came the
game that some <>f the party thought
was 17 feet long and weighed 1,000
pounds.
But, of course, they were excited,
and drew on their imagination with
their eyes growing bigger and big?
ger as the 'gator's length did not
stop coming from the "deep" until
10 feet 9 Inches and a small portion
of the tail was still Invisible.
When this much was in sight, a
dash was made for the high land with
draft of 3 5". pounds to be gotten back
to Shaw's lake.
It was decided, (contrary to general
principles) that dead weight would
be easier handled than live weight,
and lots were cast as to who should
commit murder. The lot fell to Mr.
Warren. Without a moment's hesi?
tancy he advanced In front of the en?
emy with only a breech loader and
No. 9 shot, and In lees time than it
takes to tell It the end came to him
who had been cock of the walk and
ruler of his kingdom for a period
unknown to his slayer.
' This much accomplished, next came
the task of getting ashore. Again
lots were cast as to who should land
the game. This lot, too, befell Mr.
Warren. Disrobing, the corps was
attached to a rope and the home
stretch begun, Shaw's lake the sea?
port town to stop at.
Over logs, through mud, in water
over his head (which is about six
feet above high cut shoes) he plod?
ded onward, upward, downward, and
every Imaginable way of navigating
until finally the objective (not objec?
tionable) point was reached, for they
were hot and thirsty. This being the
only watering p'sce on the journey,
and the shank of the day only being left
they stopped and quenched their
thirst. Then It occurred to them that
the Inner man had been slighted and
a home stretch was made in the next
Inning, which stopepd this Inner
man's murmuring*.
After all unpleasantness had been
ottled In full, the -game of skin was
played, and Mr. Warren will have a
suit case made of It, and be prepared
to join the next party who sets out to
capture the North pole.
Titles are now In order for these
fishermen of men. So small a thing
as colonel won't begin to do, and
since there are four to be provided for
we may have to call on our friends to
help us out.
j One more who aided and abetted In
this capture and who should come In
second, if not first, place in this bus?
iness, and whom we came near fail?
ing to mention, is Mr. G. W. McBride.
It wa-< his dog that brought the crane
sshore that baited the hook that did
the work.
It was Mr. McElveen who shot the
crane and had this faithful dog nit
been along there would not have
been anything to bait the hook with,
for the crane fell In the water, and
had Mr. McBride not been along, his
dog would not either. It was on the
trip previous to the last that these
technlcalltlea arose.
Mr. McBride was not at the capture
and claims no honors, on this account.
But his friends think him equally as
Kul'ty as either of the others, and I
think the whole trio guilty of Impos?
ing on Mr. Warren because he stood
higher In his stocking feet than any
"f the party.
MAX.
Max, July 13.? Relatives and
friends of Mr. E. It. Goodman nnd
Mr. P. A. W. McOee joined the faml
ttej In celebrating their birthday. July
at their respective homes, In sump
hsSSJM dinners nnd social Intercourse.
Growing corn has Improved.
Mr. J. Moultry Tru'uck and Miss
Annie Sutcliff, of |<ake City, were
married last Thursday, and left for
Washington und other places on u
pleasure trip.
An excursion will go from ?Hanta
to iMaek river. Alcoltfj, next Thursday.
Mr. John LsmWIOg gs)d family vls
ttd i.i Darlington recently.
y..t< Bi Tru'uci has returned
. mi i visit to her atatSFi Mrs. J. u.
'Inaley. Of Hymans.
Measra. W. D. and M. E. Truluck
Ittsadad tn? campaign meeting In
Sumter.
DARK CORNER.
Dark (Vnu-r, July 1C.?We are
surely having some warm weather
about this time. We have had Ahe
raini since my last, and corn seems
tO be doing fairly wel', though it is
rather small for the time of year.
Cotton generally looki yellow and
some of the leaves are red and fall?
ing off, while others are brown spot?
ted; all of which, I think, is caused
by lice, as it has been lotlty l"??r some
time.
There la one of the largest peach
crops in this section that I have ever
seen, I believe. The trees are break?
ing down with them. But they are
ima'l and wormy.
Mrs. S. C. Kojb still keeps very
sick; no better at last accounts.
Miss Sallle Johnston is improving,
a little at least.
Mrs. W. J. Ardls and Gus Weeks
have been sick, but are some better
today?able to be out again.
Politics Is still cool hereabouts. No
candidate has called on me as yet,
and they need not come, for if I am
going to vote for a man I will vote
for him whether I see him or not.
John Ardls attended a shindig at
Mrs. Laura A. Ardis', near PaxviTe,
last Friday night.
John Ardis and Dud Weeks visited
at Mr. Joe L. Uartlett's last night.
Well, I supopse we will have to
take a Bill for the n?xt president of
the United States. Bill Bryan or Bill
Taft. But won't we have a big one,
though. Bryan must be like John
Bunyan said, twice or thrice you fail,
try, try. try again; time will surely
bring reward if you will only perse?
vere. So try, try, try again. Let us
hope we will be rewarded this time.
Let us trust in God and do the right,
remembering that the race is not al?
ways with the swift or the battle to
the strong.
It was my privilege and pleasure
to attend old Calvary church, near
Pinewood, last Thursday, where Rev.
James N. Tolar was carrying on a
protracted r. eeting, w hich lasted all
j of last week. . .
I see that the home talent of Pine
wood will give an Interesting per?
formance, Comrades, tomorrow even?
ing at 8.30. These are the names of
the performers: Messrs. E. C. Ged?
dings, Howard Scott, H. B. Richard?
son, Jr., James Weeks; Misses Mary
Weeks, Henri Reynolds, Maisey
Brailsford.
The meeting at Calvary c'osed on
last Saturday night. Rev. Tolar was
assisted In the meeting by Rev. Cop
cring, from Dillon, S. C, who is an
able and earnest speaker. Rev. Tolar
preached on Sunday and will preach
on next Sunday when the ordinance
of Baptism will be performed.
THE BIG PICNIC.
Farmer**' Union Has a Great Crowd
The Sumter County Farmer's Un?
ion pictd \ Which was held at Cane
Savannah Crossing Wednesday, was a
very largely attended and most suc?
cessful and enjoyable affair. A con?
servative estimate places the crowd
at five or six hundred. Dinner was
served in the pleasant grove at Mr.
J. Singleton Moore's place and
such a bountiful provision had been
made for the expected guests from
afar that there was more than enough
and to spare.
The crowd was representative of
Sumter county, for there were citi?
zens from every section and every
walk In life. The majority was made
up of farmers, but every other pro?
fession and occupation, including the
politicians and office seekers, was
well represented. Although the poli?
ticians were present, there was no
politics In the meeting and the
speeches that were delivered by Mr.
R. I. Manning. Hon. A. F. Lever, Mr.
B. Harris, Mr. E. W. Dabbs and oth?
ers were non-polltlcal, dealing with
agricultural questions and methods
that are of interest and Importance
to the farmers of this section.
Taken altogether the picnic was
one of the most enjoyable gatherings
that has been held In this county in a
long time and it is hoped frit it will
be repeated at no distant day.
Nitrate of Sooa 5?.'IIa Cows,
Mr. A. Lee Scruggs, treasurer of
Fairfleld county, lost nine cows Friday
evening in a very unusual to; aner.
Mr. Scruggs had boon putting out ni?
trate of soda that day and was wash?
ing the sacks when a heavy rain came
up. He went to the house, leaving
the water In which he had washed
the sacks In the tubs. When his
cows came they drank freely of this
water. The next morning there were
dead and by noon six more had died.
These nine cows were easily worth
about $L'."><>.
Mr. Scruggs' misfortune should be
an example to others to be careful
with their nitrate of soda, which
seems to be poisonous.?Winnsboro
N< wl and Herald.
Manual AtWOOd was cut to death in
Newberry county. Bunk Hay is
charged by the coroner's Jury with
having slashed Atwood to death.
at Cane Savannah.
REMARKABLE YOUNG MAN.
either Great Heat Nor Poisonous
Adds Seem to Harm Him,
Prom the New York P'.">>.
I know a rheumatic, a Wall street
broker, who kept his shriveled arm
in a tube heated to 4 20 degrees?heat
enough to broil him in a jiffy?for six
minutes. The increase of temperature
was gradual for about 1- minute-,
from 212 degree* up. He is 67 years
old, and after a few treatments can
play the flute better than he did 30
years ago, when he was an expert.
Put he is not to be compared for a
moment with a Spaniard from Tole?
do, who must have been reared in
the infernal region, because he is
capable of enduring the greatest de?
grees of heat without being incom?
moded.
Marco Martinez is a sherry sales?
man. He is 23 years of age, and in
an amateurish way gives exhibitions
in the presence of friends. For six
minutes he bathed his legs in oil at
250 1-4 degrees without injury either
to his sensibility or to the surface of
his skin, and with the same oil at the
same temperature washed his face.
He held for the same space of time,
and without inconvenience, his legs
in a solution of muriate of soda heat?
ed to 261 1-2 degrees. He stood on
and rubbed the soles of his feet with
a bar of iron white hot, held the iron
In his hands and rubbed his tongue
with it several times.
Martinez never made a cent out of
his performances, nothwithstanding
he received high offers from amuse?
ment managers. He gargled his
throat with concentrated sulphuric
and nitrous acids without the small
Sbt injury or discoloration of the skin; ;
the nitrous acid changed the cuticle
to a yellow color. With the acids in
this state he rubbed his hands and
arms. Three glasses of pure water
were brought to him. In one a few
drops of sulphuric acid were infused,
in another a pretty large quantity of
sea salt, the third contained only wa?
ter; he drank the three blindfolded,
and was able to tell te difference be?
tween them.
This remarkabale young man re?
mained locked in an oven heated to
185 degrees and was with great dif?
ficulty induced to get out, so com?
fortable did he feel in that high tem?
perature. The fellow would make a
fine stoker for the Mauretania or
the battleship Missouri.
WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN.
For the Week Emling July It, 1908?
General Survey.
The temperature was favorable
throughout the week, without any
marked extremes; the precipitation va?
ried greatly in different sections, being
excessive in places and in other places
very deficient, and the sunshine was
much below the normal in the coa<t
and mountain districts and normal,
or slightly above, in the central dis?
tricts.
The mean temperature was below
the normal in all portions of the State,
but the greatest departures were less
than 3 degrees. The daily maximum
temperatures were generally In the
eighties, a few places recording 30
degrees, or above, on several days.
The extremes were 80 degrees at
Florence on the 8th, and 60 degrees
at Santuc on the 8th, and at Easley,
Liberty and Spartanburg on the 10th.
The precipitation was not well di??
trihuted/^ The western counties re
ceived weekly amounts above th
normal, the central and eastern por
tions generally less than the normal
though excessive amounts fell i
Florence and Barnwell counties. Tl
greatest deficiencies occurred i.
Charleston and Richland countle.
The week's rainfall occurred durin
the first four days, except light show
ers on the coast on the 12th.
Fire at RIslinpvillc.
Bishopvil'e, July 13.?The pre
cottage of Mr. J. TV Watkins, Uttel
bullt, and occupied by himself an
family, was burned at 3 a. m. Su
day.
This Is the third fire for Blsho
ville within the month, Mr. John Dc
.is* house having been burned
lune 12 and Mr. Woodward's ba
two weeks ago.
The telephone directories of t
current issue in New York city wo
make a pile seven and a quarter mil
high, if placed one on the other.
Just a Few Clothing
Specials to Clean Up.
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f I E have not annoyed our friends much with
111/ I clothing talk this season, we did not have
? to, as that branch of the business seemed
to have taken care of itself, for we have
less clothing on hand than we have had in ?
many years at this season, but there are a few odd
lots that we are anxious to clean up, from 1 to 3 suits
in the lot, and if you are fortunate enough to get a fit
you get a bargain. Some people in cutting prices use
a knife, but that is not effective enough for us, we
use an axe, and as a result see the prices marked in
plain figures in our show window.
The Suits We Are Selling At
$15.75
Are as good values as were sold in the early part of
the season at $22.50 to $25.00.
At $14.50
We are giving you value equal to the best of
the season's offerings at $20.00 to $22.50.
For $9.50
We are selling a suit that could barely be
duplicated in the early season at $15.00.
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T is too much of a sacrifice to be selling merchan?
dise at such prices as these, but we do not want
to take the chances of carrying a few broken lots
into next season, and prefer taking our loss now.
A PAIR OF OUR $4,00 JUST RIGHT OXFORDS AT
$2.90
Would Make a Good Combination W ith One of Our
Cut Price Suits.
Our Half Hose
Are Rolling Rapidly.
It is no wonder when a man can b?y for $2.00
what he has been paying $3.00 for, there is no room
for hesitation.
O'DONNELL 6 COMPANY
Are You On A Gash Basis?
Do you pay all your bills with cash, and perhaps
pay them twice? Do you argue and dispute
over the amounts ? Do you try to keep all such
records in your mind ?
A checking account with this bank will eliminate
all such troubles. Deposit your money in this
bank?pay your bills by check- that is the safest
way, the modern way of doing business.
Come in and let us start you. It's easy.
THE BANK OF SUMTER.
N. G. OSTEEN, JR., Dentist.
18 West Liberty Street - - - - Up Stairs.
Hours:?8.30 to 1-P. M?2 to 6.
Office Phone?M o. 30 - - - House Phone 382
THE FARMERS' BANK & TRUST COMPANY.
CAPITAL PAID IN.$120,00(3 D??8 ? general banking business; safe and conservative.
cttwpittc ,tmn Special care and attention given to trust funds in our
i>UKl l.\J>>. -5,000 BavingH department, where we allow 4 percent interest,
STOCKHOLDERS LIABILITY_12C,0C0 compounded quarterly. No accouuts too large or too
_small to be accepted In this department. Parties having
funds seeking absolutely safe 8 per cent investments
PROTKCTION TO DEPOSITORS, $265,000 and those wanting money on first clsss real estatecolls
teral will find it to their interest to call 00 us.
(\ (J. ROWLAND. President. U Q. PUBDY, I ... K. L. RDMUNDt\ Cashier.
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and Rheumatism.
RELIEVES
30 days' treatment for $1.00. Satisfaction |? ^ \^
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