The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 23, 1908, Image 8
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
DAI IK CORNER.
Dork Corner, Sept. lt.?Farmer?
lathering their cotton those
pretty daya we have been having. Some
feet have commenced to gather corn,
win eh a light crop in this sec
Mr. Oeo. P. Ardls continues sick.
Mr. Jim Ardls Is better again.
iusanah Caroline Kolb, of the
tore* died on last Sunday even
the ISth. She was In her eighty
year, being born Jan. 16th, 1824.
i Ian reo three daughters, Mrs. Thos.
?stren, of the Sycamores, Mrs.
ink J. Graham, of Paxvllle, and Mrs.
Moot N. Owen, of Orangsburg. Sev
grandchildren and one great'
jhlld. She was hurled at Cal
church, near Fine wood, last
lay afternoon at 4 o'clock, and
s funerallnSd by hsr pastor, the
e. Jnmea N. Tolar, of Summerton.
? following acted aa pallbearers: J.
Kolb, R. M. Berwick. W. B. John
n, W. J. Ardis, B. P. Broadway and
F. Christmas. She had been a
since March II, lt?f. She
n native of Alabama, and her
in name was Powell.
Mrs. Meek 8. Avin was found dead
i bad bast Sunday morning ni an
hour, having died some time
the night before. She leaves
n neeband and nine children, the
lagert only three weeks old. She
burled at Bethel church. Prlva
Monday morning at 10 o'clock,
wae funsrallaed by her pastor,
William Haynsworth.
Hugh and Henry J. McLeu
through here on bualness
Tuesday
nesos Nsalle and Mary Lee Ardls
on a vhrlt to their uncles, Messrs.
and Mr.rvln McLeod, near Man
Qua Week* snd John Ardls vlsltei
OA Joe L. Bartlette's. near Plnewood,
seat Sunday.
Mrs. W. J. Ardl* and Dud Weeks
eealted at Joe H. Geddings', near
Ftnewood, last Sunday evening.
John Ardls la spending a while at
Mr. J. L. Bartlette s.
Well. m\%. Editor, the primaries are
?sail over. Some are happy and some
tew are not, but such la life. I beg
?save to congratulate the Bull Dog on
bta victory. Hops he may so perform
ejno duties of his office that he will
Teeelve the well done of every one
his time Is out. And may he sl
remember that all Is well that
wall.
A good shower of rain would do
hers about at this time to peas,
P sen tors, cane, etc.. as we have h id
no rein In two weeks tonight.
8TATEBCRG.
?tateburg. t?pt 11.?Mr. J Single
Moore, oC Sumter. spent Sunday
?or midst.
Besets Barnwell left last Tues
for Raleigh, where she will enter
garvs Collsgo.
sssr*. Richard; Rlchardton and
Moses, of Sumter, spent Sun
bsrs w'th friends.
Janls Nelson has returned
Florence, after a very plessant
Mr. P. P. Burgess, of Manning.
Sunday at home.
Mrs. James Plnckney and Miss
uo Moore are visiting n Sum
snssrvllle.
Missis. Andrsw and Windham
using and Marshall Wescoat. of
i 1st. were numbered among the
ws here on Sunday.
Mise Haitis Norrls haa returned
Hartsvllle. where shs has been
ssawing her sister. Mrs. Los Coksr.
Misses Frances and Amy Moore,
brlt tent wssk for Charleston, where
have gone to attend the Mem
rr School.
Mr. W. D. Frterson, of Sumter,
npent Sunday at horns.
Master Hall Ramsey has returned
so Sumtsr, where he will resume his
Studies at the Sumter high school.
Mass Annie Holmes returned on
Friday from Saluda. where she has
been enjoying the mountain breexes
for ths past all weeks.
Mr. Wllllsm Barnwell left yesterday
for Augusta, where he goes on a bust
Mas trip.
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Mas, Hept. 21.?Mrs. Mary Plgate
Welch, wife of Mr. Robt. Welch, died
this morning a few miles below
Lgnchburg.
A mule belonging to Mr. Zollle
SJanrth broke loose from his hitching
sind ran agr Inst a mower and was
badly Injured, one night l.i t week.
Misses Annts. Dessls and Flossie
Rrocklnton and Misses Marie. Lillio
and Mousell? Truluek will leave for
Limestone College next Wednesday.
Mr. snd Mrs. P. T. Drlggers. of
-SDlaoLs, will leave at an early date to
what their daughter and family,
mm.ith. of Washington.
Vegetables are scarce,
ground ?s very dry.
W1SACKY.
flsncky. Sspt. SI.?Mr. Editor,
t you think our county Is to I
Jated?to hold a court and
A single cose to be tried. There
on record to bent It. There
Is not a prisoner in jail. If this con?
dition continues to exist we will have I
very little use for our beautiful new'
court house, which is nearlng com?
pletion.
It seems this is a record breaking
year. The recent freshets in Lynch'*
river surpassed anything of the kind
n the memory of our oldest clftrens.
Our county supervisor is having tho
damages repaired as rapidly as he
can. The chaingang is now at work
on the Fields bridge and crossing. One
f the convicts, Mose Robinson, who
was serving a sentence for eight years,
was drowned in the river last week.
Diligent sea -eh was made for bis
body, but it was not found until the
fourth day. His shackles had fasten?
ed to a snag on the bottom of the
river, where the water was about
sight feet deep. It Is thought he used
this means ? take his own life.
Numbers of our young people have
left or will soon leave us?some to
teach, but a larger number to the dif?
ferent colleges.
Mrs. Bridges, from Florida, Is vis?
iting her old home and family.
ltr. and Mrs. J. C. Scott, of Char?
leston, after spending the summer In
the mountains, ars on a visit to their
daughter, Mrs. Willie McCutchen.
Mrs. Keels, of Sumter, Is visiting
her sister, Mrs. J. N. Scott.
Mr. Scrlvon Smith has decided to
return to New Mexico, much to the
regret of hi* many friends.
Our school has started of very sat?
isfactorily, under the charge of Miss
Latham from Chester county.
The farmers have had unusually
fine weather for picking cotton, and
have made good use of it. There will
not be much left to pick after Octd
ber. If this weather continues.
UND AL.
Tlndal, Sept. 21.?The farmers are
very busy now gathering Hay and
cotton. The cotton crop in this sec
tloriywtll fall far short of what It was
expected to make. As some fields art
now about finished opening, very few
green bolls are left.
The Children's Aid Society of Prov?
idence cburch will have an ice cream
festival at the school house on Tues?
day afternoon. Sept. 24.th.
Miss Dora Brlstown, of Darlington,
Is spending a few days with Mlsi
Edith Rlchsrdson.
BROGDON.
Brogdon, Sept. 19.?Mrs. T. C.
Proctor and daughter, Miss Mabel,
have returned to their home in Char?
leston, after spending the Sjummer
with relatives here.
Mrs. C. E. Nolan, of Columbia, spent
a day or two with relatives here this
week.
Mrs. M. C. Oregg, of Sumter, is vis?
iting frler.ds In the neighborhood.
Miss Grace Brogdon haa returned
from Tlmmonsvllle, where she has
been spending some time with her
friend. Miss Blanche Rose.
Miss Sudle Stukes has entered the
Sumter High School.
The Graham Graded School opened
this week with Miss Jones, of Newber
ry, as principal and Miss Smith, of
Virginia, assistant.
Mr. J. J. Hrltton and family have
removed to Sumter, much to the re?
gret of their many friends of this
section.
The store house of Mr. W. T.
Brogdon, which has been In course of
construction for some time, Is now
completed. This building Is quite a
modern structure and presents a pret?
ty apeparance. It Is furnished with
an elevator snd Is lighted by a two
thousand candle power Kltson light.
Farmers are blue over the low
price of cotton, and those who still
have their lsst year's cotton are very
blue. Judging from appearances this
season's cotton crop will soon be har?
vested. Short crops and low prices
seem to be the portion of the farmer
this fall.
P1SGAH.
Plsgah, Sept. 21.?It now looks as
If the cotton will "be all ploked by Oc?
tober the first. I never saw It open
more rapidly than this year. Fifty
cents per hundred Is paid, which
makes a hole in the crop at tho pres?
ent low price.
The pea crop Is almost a failure;
what the trouble is I am not wise
enough to say. The shortness in the
cropn Is noc caused so much from the
lack of rain as the Intense heat
through July and August.
Financially the country Is not as
Vsj|] off us last year.
Dr. J. W. Parker, from Willlam
ston. has been on a visit to his friends
ro-re, but has returned home.
This section needs a physician, and
some good doctor would find It very
profitable to locate In this section.
Mrs. C. T. Evans bas gone to Co?
lumbia f??r medical tr? atment.
Rev. T. L? Cole carried on a meet?
ing ?;*st week at Antloeh church. He
J was assisted by Rev. C. A. Waters, of
Manning.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Olllls went to
"umter Saturday.
Mr. W. M. Coulter and family, who
i:io\ ( d to Columbia some time ago,
have returned here.
It looks as If a mountain out of a
mole hill Is belns> made as to whether
E. D. Smith had anything to do with
the Haskell movement In 1895. Let
Smith deny that he voted for Haskell
ami that will end It. But can he deny
It? If he did, he endorsed the move?
ment and Haskell.
The consolidation of the Republican
fUCtlonj North on the electoral ticket,
the accumulation of an immense cam?
paign fand to be used by the finest
and best disciplined party the world
has ever se/-n to buy votes, and it di?
rected by the most astute politician In
America?Roosevelt?bodes no good
to Bryan's election, besides the fight
on him by the renegade Hearst, and
his tool, John Temple Graves, and
the little flees of other political
sprouts. If Bryan wins over such
odds' It will be his own force and
manhood and the Justice of the Dem?
ocratic claims on the American peo?
ple. If he loses, and the house goes
republican, the strong probability ir
that the South will go to pieces po?
litically, and new parties be formed.
Let us hope that we will be exempt
from such a catastrophe. Bee stings
are good for rheumatism.
AXTTOCH.
Antioch, Sept. 21.?We are having
very dry weather now, and cotton is
opening fast. The crop is going to
be very short in this section.
Miss Mabel Jetrouer and Mrs. Re?
becca Feaster, from Rochelle, Fla.,
are on a visit to relatives here.
Mr. J. K. Rlchbourg was In Camden
on business last Friday.
Mrs. L. L. Inabinett, after a visit of
several weeks to relatives in Plckens,
has returned home.
Mrs. L. A. James has returned to
her home in Bishopvllle after spend?
ing several days In our midst.
The health of the community Is very
good.
LYXCHBURG'S DISTINGUISHED
SONS.
Lieut. Governor MeLood snd Senator
Elect Smith Speak ot Their Old
Home.
Lynchburg, Sept. 17.?In response
to an invitation by the Knights of
Pythias Lodge of this place, Hons. E.
D. Smith and Thos. G. McLeod, two
sons of Lynchburg, addressed an en?
thusiastic and appreciative audience,
in ?he open, last evening. Rev. S. O.
Canty, who presided, first introduced
Lieut. Governor McLeod in a few well
ehosen words. The speaker certainly
thought fast and well, impressing' all
who heard him with his oratory, logic
and forcefulness. His was an address
on pythianism with its ally?educa?
tion. Just about the time he had
about concluded he brought the au?
dience to their feet by remarking that
his voice could not compete with the
votes f>t freight train, which was rap?
idly npproaehing. so he WOttld give
place to the "gatllng gun," E. D.
Smith, who was amply qualified to
?nter a contest for the "right of way."
Just here a few minutes were given
for the service of strictly temperanee
refreshments. Hon. E. D. Smith, sat?
isfied that Mr. McLeod had done full
Justice to Pythlanl-m, selected for his
subject Incidents of and pertaining t")
the senatorial campaign, Just closed,
and explained and Illustrated the
traffic question, thus simplifying ihl?*
great complex (?) question. Some of
his Jokes were side-busters.
Indeed, It seldom occurs that a
United States senator, and governor,
closely related, meet at the home of
their birth under such circumstances
and so pleasantly entertain their old
friends and relatives in such a man
r.er.
Mr. B. T. McLeod, the aged uncle
of both of these gifted speakers, was
I present and seemed to greatly enjoy
[their speeches. One is his sister's son
and the other his brother's son. The
meeting was not well advertised, but
the crowd was estimated at between
300 and 500 persons.
Mr. Smith's talk and demeanor
throughout was free from anything
ukin to ostentation or vanity, but dis?
played evident signs of deep gratitude
and sincerity.
Had to Come Sonic Time.
Here is the lateit storyette about
honeymoons, says the Detroit News
Tribune:
This time the happy couple hid
gone to the lakes foi thi r 4r!;> and
spent the first morn;::.' outfns *', '?
rlously about Windemure.
"Oh, Tom," exclaiu.e 1 the b: id. ,
"isn't It heavenly? Let's send a tele?
gram to papa and mama and tell
them what a perfectly scrumptious
time we're having. Let's say: 'Get?
ting on splendidly. Grand row before
breakfast.' "
Forty minutes later n telegram was
laid on the breakfast table of the pa?
rents.
The old man read it and sadly shook
his head.
"Ah," he exclaimed dolefully, "they
have begun already, my dear."
"What is it?" anxiously Inquired
the fond mother.
"Listen to this, my dear: 'Grand
row before breakfast,' Well, well, I
suppose It had to come some time."
The 22T?th anniversary of the First
Baptist Church of Charleston will
be celebrated Oct. 11. Many preach?
ers of note will attend the celebra?
tion.
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CHOLERA PLAGUE IN RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG SCOURGED IIV
ASIATIC CHOLERA.
Ptsenoo Spreading Rapidly?Has In?
vaded Eastern und Southeastern
Districts of Czar's European Pos?
sessions?Situation Grave.
St. Peterburg, Sept. 20.?St. Peters?
burg is in the grip of the Asiatic
cholera, which already has exceeded
in severity and numbers the visitation
of 1893. The disease is increasing
daily at an alarming rate and unless
the authorities show in the future a
much greater degree of ability to cope
with the situation than they have in
the past there is every reason to fear
that it wUl get out of hand.
The government has threatened to
apply the provisions of martial law
and this threat has driven the mu?
nicipal authorities to bend all their
energies to the campaign of clearing
the city of the scourge. The alder
manic council today voted a prelimi?
nary sum amounting to $250,000 to
enlarge the hospital space, to pur?
chase and distribute disinfectants, the
supply of which In St. Petersburg is
well rilgh exhausted, and to expedite
the Interment of bodies, which has
been notoriously slow. The dead
houses are overcrowded and many
corpses He unburled.
The situation, which has always
been serious since the very first case
was reported, assumes a graver aspect
from t,he appearance today of a very
virulent type of the disease, in two
cases of which death followed within
15 minutes of the first symptoms.
The cholera was at first reported
this year about the end of July. It
was of a virulent type and the per?
centage of mortality was high. The
disease spread rapidly Into the pro?
vinces along the Volga, down both
coasts of the Caspian and in the ter?
ritory of the Don Cossacks; in other
WOrdg, In the eastern and southeast?
ern districts of European Russia. By
the end of August there was an aver?
age of 1,200 cases reported each week,
with a mortality of upwards of 50 per
cent.
THE GEN. SUMTER MEMORIAL
ACADEMY.
Visit anil Inspection by Prof. Ira \V.
Williams of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
Editor the Watchman and Southron:
We thank you for the space given
to the announcement that Prof. Ira
W. Williams of the United States De?
partment of Agriculture, would be
here on last Thursday, the 17th In?
stant, to carry forward the work In?
augurated by Dr. Knapp on the 14lh
ult, for it helped us to get out a con?
siderable number of people to hear
him In addition to the school.
His address was such as to win the
confidence of the audience In his
ability to carry out the work that had
been begun here and he won the sym?
pathy of all In his expressions of
high sentiments of morality and re?
ligion in connection with the scien?
tific work which he is carrying on.
His inspection of the lands was
thorough and his preparation for the
procuring of proper machinery for
the cultivation of these lands and the
fertilization of them was very' mark?
ed, indeed. And, too, he evinced such
an interest in the history of the com?
munity and of the county and of the
State, us to show that no narrow edu?
cational scheme was In his mind. It
will be seen very soon, we think, that
hf will aid the school In attracting
help of every character needed for
Its progress and in the general up?
building of the community's best in?
terests. He exhibited the highest in?
telligence of his search for the ob?
stacles in the way of the school's ad?
vancement and his suggestions as to
the best way of removing them were
most admirable.
We are now ready for Prof. Hand
to come and pronounce on our high
schoor equipment, for we have the
le^ulsite pupils in that department
and are ready to move vigorously
along in the prosecution of this work.
John J. Dargan,
Prin. G. S. M. A.
Stateburg, S. C, Sept. 21, 1908.
Gaodwyn Rhett in the Wext.
Mayor Khett Is going to make half
a dozen speeches for Democracy in
Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska. We are
confident the South Carolinian will
not only Impress Westerners favorably
with our grade of men, hut that he
will give them the food for thought
on political questions that will result
in making converts in Democracy.
But we should prefer having Mr.
Rhett speak in New York, Maryland,
and New Jersey. He is the type of
?UCCesful and intluencial business man
that In those States is for Taft, and
his arguments would tend to remove
their prejudice against Bryan. He
move that prejudice in the East, and
Republican defeat is absolutely cer?
tain.?The State.
Revenue officers destroyed an illi?
cit still In the lower part of Lexington
county.
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ITHOUT a doubt
the Three But?
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Breasted Sack
will be the favorite style
of Suit this Season with
most Men.
This style of Suit is
always the best expression
of a conservative sjyle and
is always found on the
backs of men who desire
gentility.
No detail that should
enter into perfect Suit
making is omitted from
the cut or tailoring of these
dignified Suits.
THE PRICES RANGE
v $10 to $27.50. v
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However, don't let any price inducement influence
you until you have seen the Suit.
It s always Quality rather than price that tells the
JJj story,
Quality is what we offer. Prices are quoted every?
where.
COTTON CHOP TWO-FIFTHS OFF.
At Meeting of Farmers at Columbia
FM imate is Put at 59 Per Cent, or
Normal.
Columbia, Sep*;. IT.?The gathering
of the executive committee of the
State Farmers' Union and county pres?
idents concluded Its session this af?
ternoon. The following information
was given out from the meeting,
which was held behind closed uoors:
From reports from each of the 25
counties represented at the meeting
the piesent crop was estimated at
from 68 1-2 to 5i? per cent, of normal,
which means that the State will pro?
duce about S00.000 bales this fall.
Encourar/ing reports were heard from
the State's delegates to the National
Convention at Fort Worth. Definite
steps were taken to complete the or?
ganization of counties. Marion will
be organized next Monday, and Clar?
endon, Marlboro, Calhoun and Alken
counties will fall Into line soon after.
Secretary F. H. Weston, of the Cot?
ton Association, and President T. B.
Stackhouse, of the Warehouse Com?
pany, addressed the meeting on the
cotton movement and the importance
of storing. A resolution was unani?
mously adopted which requires all
members of the union to sell not a
bale until there Is advance from the
present prices. The minimum is held
secret.
Steps were taken to place the Farm?
ers' Union Sur. on a firm financial
footing with $10,000 capital and a
well equipped plant, the raising of
stock being prorated among the sev?
eral county organizations. The deter?
mination is to make the Sun a strong
agricultural paper, second to none In
the country, and to this end arrange?
ments were made for various depart?
ments of the paper to be edited by
eminent agricultural speeialsts.
BO BALES OF COTTON BURNED.
Cotton Was Ready to Be l oaded on
Cars at Starr.
Anderson, Sep:. It.?Fire this af?
ternoon at Starr. 12 miles south of
Anderson, destroyed 50 bales of cot?
ton on the platform at the depot. It
had been weighed ami marked and
was being loaded Into cars. The rail?
road will bear the greater part of the
loss. The fire is supposed to have
been caused by a spark from a passen?
ger train.
M. L Smith of Camden, recently
elected to the legislature, will not
be a candidate for speaker of the
house.
Vast Area Covered by Pall of Smoke.
Smoke from the extensive forest
fires that are burning in widely sepa?
rated districts of the eastern portion
of the United States and Southern I
Canada, has enshrouded the entire
section beneath a murky pall, so
heavy In some places as to obscure
the sun, and through so wide an area
to interfere seriously with transporta?
tion and various occupations of every
1 day life. The haze is not confined to
I the land, the smoke banks extending
well off the coast and enfolding the 1
routes of coastwise and partial Trans
Atlantic shipping in their hampering
embrace.
From the Canadian woods and the
forests of Maine down through the
Adirondacks to the Catskills and be?
yond to the Pennsylvania lumber re
i gions, fires are burning in the forest
mountain regions. In the immediate
vicinity of the fires, which of them
l selves are causing heavy damage, the
clouds are ascending to the regions
of the steady air currents seemingly
being driven eastward for the most
part. The fires themselves have in
some localities held up railroad trans?
portation, and in others even far re?
moved, have so thickened the atmos?
phere as to make fast running dan?
gerous.
TEDDY S FAREWELL.
Oyster Ray Folks Will All Re at the
IH?pot To-day.
Oyster Bay, X. Y., Sept. 21.?Presi?
dent Roosevelt tomorrow morning will
end his vacation and with his family
and executive staff will leave for
Washington.
Xo formal farewell has been pre?
pared by the residents of Oyster Bay,
hut practically every one in town will ?
be at the railway station to say fare?
well to the president.
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