Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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attumun anb *outbron. wtOftlaUAV. AUGUST 12, 1908 ?I tha P*>e*osace at Susnter, & CL ? aecaad qm NEW ADVCHTIHilHNTH. Nolle*? Primary Election. Sur? Mutual Life Ineurmnce Co. To the Public?W. D. rrtereon. H. Fran* Wilson, Maeter?Sole. Foe Railroad Commlaeloner? Banks L. Ceughman. R B. Be leer?Real Estate Wants. MAL MENTION. Mr. Paul Kennedy and little son are viel ting relatives In Humter and vl r Mrs. F. H Bpann has gone to Flat p Rook. N C. MV. T. H. Clarke and family Isft Wednesday for Headersoovllls. N. C. Mr. m. C. Hayns worth Isft Wednes? day for Caesar's Head. Mrs. Q W. Stanetll and children went to Hsnsersonvtlle Wednesday ta spend the summer. Mrs. Robert Shelor is visiting In Bnowville. Vs. Miss Lola Cooks Boykln returned to the city Wednesday morning. Mrs. r. B. Orlsr Is visiting frlsndi at Mt Airy. N. C. Mass Msrgaret and Carmel Me K elver and their aunt, Mrs. A. Mo Kelvor. are spending some time with relative* sad friends In the City by ths nee, Miss Katie McKelver, of this elty. Is visiting Dr. and Mrs. King, of Flor? ence. ? M seers. John Leo end He am on Rich? ardson ere visiting friends in Colum Mr. J. Bemsinsan, of Darlington, Is In the elty visiting on buslnesa Mr. J. Uadeey Rosa, better known h as "Long Lost Charlie." the energetic ^saleesaaa ef Petroleum Oil Co.. An? derson. Is la ths city visiting his friend Mr. J. WL Auld. Mr. and Mrs, J. D. Shlrer went to Otena Springs Wednesday. Mr. W. F. Rhams and Ernest ^Rh?sas went ta Caesar's Head Wed ff%mf morning Mam Lunette Burbage has gons to Hendsreouvtlle to spend awhile. Mr. J. M. Woodley. of Daisell. Is st basso from as satended trip through the far West He first attended the Imperial Council of Shrlners In I ' Faul aad then visited the Yellow ?tone Park. Denver snd other points of tanwist m t>s Rocky Mountain I Flosses Rlley and little Balls of Orange burg, are on a visit Is Mrs W. D. Sturgeon oa Hsr anai Mr. W. 4 Pringle Is spending the nasser at Horse aooe. N. C. Mr. Lou Mart, of Jacksonville, Is In elty. Mr. Laetaa Btrauss. of Maysavills. Is In Iowa. J. W. thaw and J H. He have gone North to do the far Shaw sY HeCoUum Hercan Company. Mia, Leaks Lyonp ha? gene to Hen istssnvUle to spend the^ummsr. / |Hsa Lsaa Baraatt nan gone to theJ 'snsVntalao s/ North Carattaa for the of Ose summer. Bdythe Lorysa Is spending a as tan sttyJ^ Mr. Jamie Cuftlno. of the* Bras of | fhsttlne a HclOslght. has returned to Baa esB/.'after a two tusks' pleasure trip to points fa the* #i(AjoNaJn* of this Benh? snd North Carolina. Mr. snd Mrs. J. H. Levy Isft Thurs? day night for Richmond, Va They will visit Ocean View before return? ing home. \/,, Mrs. L. W. Foleom Is vtslflng friendsi at' %t? ach borg. MBjs Minnie Farsbow has been call 04 to hsr horns in Oxford. N. C. on oocount of the Illness of her brother. Hr. Frasar Dick Is visiting frlsnds nt Wsverly Hills. 8. C. Hiss Healh Johnston, from Chester. Mus? Sadie Crnlg. from Blackstock, ?nd Hiss Flossie Jenkins, from St. Chor 10?. are visiting Hiss Jennie Chandler on Church street Mrs. wi Ham M. Lyles. of Charlotte. Is visiting her son. Hr. Lloyd D. Lyles, clerk st the Jacknon Hotel, v Hiss Julia Schwerin has gone to H?ndereonvl'le to spend the sum? mer. Hies Maude Brudham has returned to her heme on Church street, after several weeks' stay with relativen near Blahopvllle. Mr. Adam Crook, of Cameron, spent Saturday ' . town on buelne^e. Mt?? ( ?eo Speere, of Darlington. Is visiting Mr* (?11.? Yates on Liberty street. Mm Th.lnui J-'r<lin. ?if Ltm.ir, Is Vtslttng Mrs. Olli? Yates. Dr and Hr* K H Itooth returned to ft * city Friday night fr?>m Hend.-r sonvl?e. kr? ?ieo. f. Bjnapraaa, mi>* i*oui*e Hppereon and Master OSafSJ* hnTI gone to suiiivsn'H fanaad t<? nasa i a whl's. Klus Annie Howl, of I<ekc City. M vlfltlng Mm. T B. Reynold*. Wilt. Ma eon hui been lodged In Jail In Oreonvluuo county, charged with klliJng Msnh.il Xherard. floth are ear Miss Jennie Walsh returns from Johnston this afternoon after a two weeks' visit to Miss Stanslll of that place. She Is accompanied by Miss Stanslll and Miss Cox, of Newberry, her college friends. Mr. J. R. May has returned to his home in Mississippi, sfter a pleasant visit to his brother, Mr. P. R. May. Miss Maggie Graham and Mrs. H. O. Hill left on Monday for Hender sonvtlle to spend the summer. Mr. Lew R. Hoyt went to Hender sonvllle last Monday to spend a while before returning to Jacksonville. Mr. snd Mrs. Ralph Loyns have re? turned to the city from Wrightsvllle Beach. Mr. W. B. Burns, who went to Sal u da with his family a short time ago. Is reported to be sick with fever st that place. Mr. R. I. Manning left Monday after? noon for the North on a business snd pleasure trip and will be away for about ten days. Hiss Emma 8tanslll. of Johnston, 8. C. and Hiss Mary Cox. of Belton. S. c, are on a visit to Hiss Jennie Welsh. Hr. and Mrs. H. A. Hoyt. who went to Saluda, N. C, some days ago, have been called home on account of the Illness of their little son. Hiss LaRee Pate left this morning for 8mlthvlllle. N. C where she will spend a while. Hr. Goo. Warren went to Charles? ton Honday morning. Hr. and Hrs. W. F. Shaw and the Mimes HcLaurin have gone to Paw ley's Island for a week's stay. Hr. D. B. HcLaurin, of Wedgefleld, was In town yesterday. Hrs. C. F. Schwerin Is spending a while st Rose Hill with friends. Hrs. Beorge Bruner and son and Hiss Emma Bruner leave this even? ing for Stapleton. N. T., where they will spend a while with friends. Hme. Roee Ivy, accompanied by Hiss Anna Smith and Mr. Sam I Cordes went to Blshopvllle yesterday morning to give a concert there to? night. Hiss Carrie Outlaw, of Camden, S. C. Is visiting Hiss Annis Haye on Bast Liberty street. Menter Daulton Haye has returned home after a pleasant visit to Blsh F*pvl1le. Hrs. Nslll O'Donnell snd Hisses Cecele O'Donnell and Annie Shaklin, her guests. Isft Honday for a week'* stay on ths Isis of Palms. Hrs. H. H. 8tucksy snd children left yesterday for Henderson, Ky., where they will spend some time vis? iting Hm. Stuckey'e parents. Hiss llnuna Bake/ has, gons to Se wenes, Tenn., to visit relatives. Miss Janlo Mlksll haa returned from Flat Rock. N. ft Hrs. Atkinson has gone to New York. Hr. J. H. Chandler'has gone to New York to purchase fall and winter goods. Hr. Henry Holllday went to Glenn Springs on a visit yssterday. Hr. O. A. Lemmon Is spending s ?hort tlms at Glenn Springs. Mr. L. M. Allen has gone to Rieh? mood. Vs., tor a fear days, visiting relative* - ; J% tit ..m?m ? ii eei ??> i i ? : Hr. Richard Ortfflh. aired IS, son ef Mr. R. M. Orlfdn. Of Wedgefleld. died in this elty Monday night with hemor rhagtc fsver. Hr Qrtflm came - to Sumter Saturday evening on a visit to, friends ^hnd was taken sick at the sta? tion and died last 'flight about "12 o'clock Ths body was*taken to Home , -where the Interment will be made thir afternoon. " t M A RR I KD. ? -? u The friends of Dr. J. R. Morse have received carde announcing his mar? riage at Plalnfleld. N. J., on Wednes? day. August 6th. bride was Miss Verns May Carpenter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theophllus L. Carpenter, of Plalnfleld. N. J. On the evening of August 4th, Robert Fletcher McLellan and Louise Mai Gregorle were united In marriage by the Rev. Henry H. Covlngton, at the home of the bride's mother, at 2S7 Church itreet, Sumter, South Carolina. Mr. .J J. Wood, of Sumter. died ?udednly in Mayesvlll* Sunday night of heart trouble. The .Manning Avenue Sunday Scliodi. On Sunday evening, the 2d instant, the young; psaals as well fl| th" < hll dren connected with the Mannlnfl Arenas flnnday School, which i* uated a little off the Manning road flhOUt <?n?- mils from the elty. had tjUttS an Interesting entertainment in the form of Children's Day service. sssnastigej of dialogues, ?pesehesa songs, etc. Thin SShool has In a ShOTt time made sonsldcrablc advance and the prospect Is that It nil I continue |0 grow In 0SSfulnest In the community a here it t< located The great troa? Ide embarrassing it Is the need of ihore r ?om. ax the little school h > use where \h* Sunda: school n .v. ,me? tq filled to overflowing. LOCAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. T. C. Towies, of Charleston, who has recently graduated from Ox? ford University, England, a scholar? ship to which he won on a competi? tive examination, was in the city Sat? urday on a visit to his brother, Mr. W. C. Towies, of the Carolina Hard? ware establishment. Mr. Towies has a place as teacher In the Char'eston city schools, -o The Farmers' Union of Sumter County met on Tuesday and was well attended. President J. J. Brunson, of Concord, was in the chair. Mr. H. DrAne Tindal was elected business agent, and arrangements were made by the Union to do business. The ses? sion was not public and the other pro? ceedings have not been given out. -o Mr. C. L. Bogate, of Charlotte, N. C, who has been connected with some of the best hotel? in the Carolinas and has many friends among the travel? ing men, is now associated with the Hotel Jackson. o The rlrst open boll of cotton of this season shown at this office was brought by Mr. Irving Ryttenberg from his Brick Yard farm on Tues? day, the 4th Instant. The cotton is the Early King variety. Mr. W. C. Wise, of Augusta, Ga., Is one of the Inte adltions to Sumter's population and business energy. Mr. Wise is a practical furniture man, and abo funeral director and embalm er, with ten years' experience in this particular line. He has bought an in? terest in the old and well known J. D. Craig Furniture Company, and will have the management of the bus? iness. Mr. Wise will bring his fam? ily here as soon as he can secure a residence convenient to the business. The railroad depot at Oswego, was burned Saturday at 11 a. m. The fire was discovered in the roof, and is supposed to have been set by a spark from a passing engine. All freight In the depot was removed, and only the building and the tracks adjacent were destroyed. The loss is stated to be about $1,500.00? The dog muzzling law is another of those dead-letter laws that encumber the city statute books. Law-abiding cltlsens have their dogs muszled or keep them confined, but those who do not feel disposed to obey the law permit their dogs to run at large as they have always done. There are fewer dogs to be seen on the streets. | than before the muzzling ordinance was enacted, but there are still top msny dogs running at large. Not Tooey Moses, Oflcer H. Q. McKagen resched Sumter Wednesday night from Rock* Ingham, N. Co where he went some dsya ago to see a man who was . in custody there, and It was thought was the (fugitive Tonsy Moses that killed Officer Clyde. The man turned I out not to be Toney, not answering] ths description either In size or, weight. He had been arrested at Hamlet for boating his way on a train, I sad was put en the chaingang for . St days. He gave his nsme as lohn Knox and that his nick-name Is [-?Dollar Bill." and claims to be./rom I Columbia. S. C* f.sti ' Mr. MceCagen says that ha had a hard trip; having first went to Ham let."and^Ksh* ' to' TtoOTiltham. and from tfjeje to where the chaingang. was?about |5 miles each stay.,. HjeJ was treated very kindly by the officials 1st every place., the. chief of police of I Hamlet. Mr,., Hubbard, being especial? ly .kind, and accompanying j him all the way. from Hamlet to the chain gangs?two of which were visited. The. University Infirmary. The new Infirmary at the Univer slty now nearlng completion Is one of the most complete institutions of the kind in the country, and parent* sending their sons to the University may rest assured that they will re oelve the best of attention In case of nlckness. One of the most striking features of the building is the contagious ward. wh?re patients suffering from infec? tious diseases may be Isolated. The institution will be known as the Wallace Thompson Memorial in? firmary, and Is the gift of Mrs. Ann II. Jeter to commemorate the memory of the late Wallace Thomson, an alumnus Of ths South Carolina Col? lege. Ths Infirmary will be In charge of .i competent nurse of wide experi? ence. Excellent Health Advice. ?Mrs. M? M. Davlson, of No, 379 Gilford avenue. San Jose. Cal? says: "The worth of Electric Bitters as a gsnsral family remedy, for headache, biliousness and torpor of the liver and howell Is BO pronounced that I am prompted to say a word In Its favor( for the benefit ol those seeking relief from such afflictions. There is' u,ore health for the digestive organs In a pottle of Eleetric Bitters than in any others rmedy I know of." Bold under1 s/bhrantee nt BrbertM Dhhf Store. Due. THE MOSQUITO PEST. Health Oanccr Weeded \vii<> will Rid City of Mosquitoes. Mr. Editor: I have been moving around to a limited extent and for a limited time seeking for cool weather and rest, and have met sundry and divers persons who occasionally visit Sumter. Most of them have a pleas? ant word for our little city. They praise our streets (which is strange), our well-equipped and attractive stores, the general appearance of thrift, the energy shown by our busi? ness men, and the continuous growth of our various enterprises, but they all have one criticism to make of. Sum? ter. The mosquitoes, oh! the mos? quitoes! And they wonder how and why we so patiently endure the pest. And that reminds me that I have suf? fered from the same affliction and sigh for the days that are past and gone when we had a health officer. You can remember, Mr. Editor, for it has not been so many years ago, his vigilance and energy. He made it his duty to look after the health of the city, to investigate nuisances and to endeavor to abate them. He was an ideal official, and we want another like him. It is not pleasant to go poking into garbage barrels, examining under kitchen sinks and other odorous and malodorous places, but it must be done if we are to keep down epidem? ics and reduce the mosquito to prop? er subjection. It has been done once and It can be done again. We found a suitable official once, he can be found again; and our city fathers can? not perform a more important work or one more urgently needed at this time than to elect such an officer, and require that his time and talent be given to the specific duties appertlan lng to that office. It is said that mos? quitoes are not migratory, but they will cross over a neighbor's fence no matter how cleanly the neighbor's premises are kept And that Is where the health officer Is needed. He can require the mosquito breeder to cease his nefarious business of raising mos? quitoes to annoy all who live near. Yes, Mr. Editor, try to have the city council elect this official who can at an early day have the stigma remov? ed from Sumter that It is the worst mosquito infested city in South Caro? lina. Viator. Team Selected for Camp Perry. As the result of the recent contest for marksmanship the following mem? bers of the militia have been selected tg? represent South Carolina at the in? terstate contest for rifle practice at Camp Perry, O. The names are listed In the order of merit: Private Dan Miller, Company A, Third Infantry, Charleston; Quarter-, master Sergeant W. A. Moore, Com? pany A, Third Infantry, Charleston; Private R. C. Richardson, Company A, Third Infantry, Charleston; First Lieut. C. V. Boykln. ordnance depart? ment, Charleston; Sergt. MaJ. A. P. McGee, Third infantry, Charleston; [Sergt. E. B. Cantey, Company A, Sec? ond Infantry, Camden; First. Lieut. G. C Warren, Company L, Second In [Jaatry, Sumter; First Lieut M. T. Abet Company C, Second Infantry, Columbia; First Lieut. H. O. Whlt lajrton, t Company B, Third Infantry, Charleston; Sergt. L. B. Lea,; Compa? ny JV First infantry, Cheraw; fca'pt W. J. Tiller, Company F, . First in? fantry, Cheraw; Sergt. Leroy Jones, Company C. Second infantry* Colum? bia; Capt. E. L. Flshburne. Company K, Third Infantry. Walterboro; Cor? poral W. S. Lee, Company L, Third infantry, Orangeburg; Capt C, J. Eppe, Company H, Third infantry. Conway. The last three are alternates. The national shoot will commence on Aug. 10 and end on Aug. 29. Camp Perry, the location of the rifle range of the State of Ohio, which has been selected by the National Board for the Promotion of Small Arms Practice, the National Rifle As? sociation of America and the Ohio State Rifle association, as the place for holding the shoottng tournament for 1908, Is located on the south shore of Lake Erie, 29 miles east of the city of Toledo and five miles west of the county seat town of Port Clinton. It is on the Sandusky division of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail? way, and from the little station of LaCrane, spur tracks with ample ter? minals run direct Into the camp grounds. The camp grounds contains about 4 01? acres. It is so located that the rule range enables the shooting to he done due north from a com? mon dring line which secv? i tin ihorti mid and long ranges. The Socialist national committee is arranging to send a special train, painted in bright red, on a sixty-day tour of the country, beginning August 30. with Eugene v. l>e?>s, the presl? dentlal candidate, aboard. Debs is scheduled to speak from three to live tlnru s a day. Wo have been Informed thnl the Messrs. Rhem, of Rhems, s. c. expect to harvest sonu tiling over twelve hundred bushels of corn from about t?? ii acreSr~~"P*ore'cto>vnl Item. BAGGING ===== AND ===== T -1 - E - S. HE indications are that we will have an early cotton crop and consequently a very early demand for bagging and ties, which we are prepared to meet, as we have already received large shipments of these ma? terials. The price of bagging is much lower than it was last year, and we do not think any farmer can make a mistake in anticipating his wants, on a basis of the present market, for it is practically certain that based upon the present prospective demand they |will not be any cheaper, and may go considerably higher. We buy this class of goods from first hands, and we are in a position to meet all legitimate competition. Our ties come direct from the Pittsburg Steel Co,, and our bagging from the factories that make it. OUR OFFERINGS CONSIST OF New Jute Bagging, F^to Second Hand Jute Bagging New Sugar Sack Bagging New Arrow Ties. We do not handle piece ties at allas we find that they are not satisfactory* Our second .band Jute bagging should interest ginners when they do the gin? ning and furnish the bagging and ties for a' consider? ation. It is about 2 cents per yard cheaper than the other, and will make a satisfactory covering. WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN. Conditions In South Carolin* so Shown by Report of Section Direc? tor Bnner. Columbia, Aug. 12.?Section Direc? tor Bauer yesterday issued his weekly whether bulletin. The bulletin shows the. conditions In this State for the week ending Honday'and Is a com* plete resume of temperature 1th re? ports from various observers. It is given below: ^??*- .' ;"' 1 ? The temperature, though generally favorable, was very high during a part of the week, the precipitation ample in most places, though defi? cient over considerable areas, and the sunshine much above the normal In the eastern division and normal, or slightly below, in the western divis? ion. The weekly mean temperature was ?lightly above the normal over the en? tire State. The average was nearly as high on the coast and in the moun? tain districts as in the central por? tions. The daily maximum tempera? tures were generally in the 90s, rising to between 95 degrees and 100 de? grees on several days early in the Week. The last two days were con? siderably cooler, with the maximum temperatures in the 80s. The ex? tremes were 100 degrees at Black vllle ??n the 3d and at Anderson on the 4th, and 64 degrees at Con way on the Sd. The average precipitation for the State was below the normal, having been about normal, or above. In the eastern and western counties 4 where the we< kly amount! ranged from over one Inch t?? over three Inches, and was much below the normal in the central counties where tin amounts were generally less than an Inch, in the latter division tin rain? fall was unevenly distributed, some localities having received ample mois? ture while others are suffering for i rain. Not Muri; I nder fnlliwition. Oul of a total area of Korea, about 52,477,000 acres, only s.r. i r cent., '>r 1.441,000 acres are \?t under cul? tivation. The poll is fertile and much of the unused land Is ai ?nie. Desperate i Fight Between1 Officer sad Huge Rat, ' ? New York, Aug. 8.r-Wm. T. Frhe gerald, a mounted policeman attach? ed to the qiymar street station, WB> llamsburg. was badly bitten on ton right , hand today during a fight wKkt n hugs dock, rat^ The rodent of first attacked 'flR," tJie policeman* horse, and, befor? he ,was.finally kitt? ed, he. had, almost caused a staav^ nede amppgvtb,e ptiher. gnlmals at tha? , stable,. Mll When,the police raa/i went in to get his horse,,, be., ^n; fjbj beast reartasju on its .hind, tegs and trying to brisk; its halter. . Investigation revealed tbsr big rat In thp .feed bog and the horse's- ~ nose 8 ho we, d jthat.jbje J\*d been fight? ing. FJtzgefaid. , 'drew is club and. struck at the rat. (It flew at his neck. , but misled , and fell to the ground. Again the policeman hit at it and thbt time he grabbed, his right hand. Again . land again it wgs Celled with the club... and again and.again it leaped up and ' bit him. on the same hand. Finally Fitzgerald screamed, for help and Dr. Trayner, a vererlnary surgeon from across the street, and several men from the Clymer street fire house came to his aid. They Anally fought the rodent oft and the doctor killed it with a shot. Fitzgerald's wounds were cauterisedL and he was sent to his home. Would IWciMSr lnvor <;raftcrs? The Lanahan-Bleaae matter has never been disposed of. There ha* been no answer from Blsnns to the following appeal made by Lewis W. Perker In a card to the people of South Carolina under date <>f Feb. 17. 1108: "In justice to Mr. Please himself, sn 1 in Justice to the memory of Mr. Lanahan, Mr, Please is now. it xecms to me, called upon to say who wi the high State official a*hom Mr. Linah, m employed ? as Mr. Hleast? h is acknowledged full acquaintansss* ?hlp in the matter. Whilst 1 cannot conceive that I have been mistaken a* to -t 1 ten ents made to me I y Mr. Lanahan, siiil if there be eirof in what Mr. Lanahan stated to me. Mr. Blease can clenr it and should do <o."