Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^IK <l<H;ite!)mun air? ?outbron. WtmSOAY, JUNK 2, 1909. ?t tbe Pueiofflce at Sumter. & C ae Second Canee Matter. ??BBBaemjj.^JU_i_? PERSONAL. Mr. J. P. Wilder use called to Charlotte Thursday on account of the sudden Illness of his wife, who M on a visit at that place. Mrs. Conrad, of Oresnvllle. Is tho truest i>f Mrs. Ella Tuomey. Rer, J. Prsston Marlon went to Stateburg Saturday to deliver an oSifaoi at the gtateburg Hglh School sued to attend the picalo at that place. Miss Marlon Oil land of Klngstree. ,1s spending a few days with Miss Theo Oreeg, on her way home from Converse College. Hattle Frlemon, of Manning, la vtattlng the Misses Tlsdale. on Chestnut street Mass Qrace Handle left Saturday tor Rock Hill to attend the com tuen cement of Winthrop College. Mr. and Mrs. N. Q. Osteen left Sat urday for Rock Hill to attend the Winthrop commencement. Miss Marlon Satterwnlte haa gone to Rock Mill for the Winthrop Col? late commencement. Mass Annie D. Martin went to Charleston Saturday on a short visit. Messrs. J. H. Guthrie and Luclan A Strauss, returned Saturday from Summerton. Mrs. M. P. Cordsa left Saturday for Bock Hilt to attend the com? mencement of Winthrop College. Mass Maria Ires, of this city left Saturday for Cam den. where she will spend some time i letting friends am* relatives. Miss Ruth Matthews, of Efflngham. a C. la visiting Miss Bessie Bing Mr. T. H. Edwards, of Virginia, haa accepted a position as draftsman , Wtth M soars. E. J. and W. K. Dunns. woEOflss Virginia Lenolr is spending a fe^Mjays with relatives at Hagood. Mr\|Ienry O. S. Jackson, of Lake City. SAC, district manager of the Kew Engend Mutual Life Insugjnce Cox, woa la Jown Monday on business. Mrs. A. IX Strange and little slaughter. Gladys." and Miss Charlotte mOln. who has beoi~ the charming , gmssts at the Misses Kins', on Purdy wtroot returned to their home In Wll Tlungt >n Sunday. a*astir Hoy Wllliford. of Columbia. r*o %Ult! >g bbj brother. Mr. Fred W11? lrf.^g. <.f this City Mr. ?>r?ui?j ?Vtievu. oi MajrotvlUs. wwe to the city Monday. ' Mr. D. W. Alderman, of Alcolu. woo In town on buitnet? today. Mass E. W. McLean left Monday for her home In Caeraw. Mr. p. P. Kelly haa gone to Q?s? ten te ou a business trip. Mrs, Y. C. Scaffe afte/ rtattlng her ton In Baltimore for the past two months returned to her home Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs L. I. Parrott left on Monday for Detroit. Mich., going via Norfolk and thence by steamer to New Y<o-k. from which city they will go by rail over the Hudson Riv? er and Niagara Falls routs. Mr. Par* rott goes to Detroit to attend the meeting of the Sovereign Council of the Woodmen of the World, as one of tho representatives of the Head Camp of South Carolina. The coun? cil will be In seeslon about two weeks. R?v K. A. McDowell, of Ninety-Six to spending this week In the city, the guest of his sister. Mrs. John Team. Mrs James H. McLeod. of Rem berts. la vlstttng her sl'ter. Mrs. John Team, on North Main street. In tho Recorder*? Court. A aamber of eases were before Re? corder Hurst on Monday for public drunkne?* and disturbing the peace, lor ^hich the city realised a right good little sum. Frsnk Rose John Wesley snd Wm Zewell. were committed *.o Jail on the charge of highway robbery to await a hearing before the court of general sessions. Harry Larkln, Joe Dingle. Wm Fraser and Fred Jones appeared to ouewer a charge brought agalnt them for gambling, but were released. A Book Reception. A book reception will be given by the Civic League Library Cr>mmn:t'o ou Thursday afternoon, June 3 from r I ? I o'clock. Everybody Is Invited t> come and bring a book! The com? mittee will be on hand to solicit members for the library. The membership dues will be $2 per year for adults or 60 cents a quarter Children 50 cents a year. The majority of the books will b* \h*> latest, up-to-date literature. Ev? erybody is urged to be on hand and Join. Don't forget the date, Thursday Jane tri, at the Nurse's room on Main striet. Th#re Is more gas works tatk In the air. DEATH. Mr. T. V. Pearce died at 4:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, after an ill? ness of three weeks, aged 36 year.*. His body was taken to Darlington on Monday where the funeral was held. Mr. Pearce came to thi.s city from Darlington about three months ago and opened a grocery store and had succeeded In building up avvery satisfactory b islness. He was a member of Hollywood Camp W. of W., and Messrs. C. 2. Beck and J. W. Archer accompanied the re? mains to Darlington as the represen? tatives of Hollywood Camp. Mr. Pearce Is survived by a wife and five children. Mr. E. Bartow Shaw died at the Sumter Hospital on Monday after several week's Illness of yphold fev? er, aged 47 years. The funeral ser? vices were held at Concord church at 10.30 o'clock Tuesday morning. Mr. Shaw was one of the beat known end most successful farmers of Sum? ter county and his farm In Concord township was a model in every re? spect. As a man and citsen he was respected by all who knew him and his death In the prime of life and usefulness is a distinct loss to the community. He had a great many friends snd the news of his death will be a source of sincere sorrow to them all. LOCAL NEWS PARAGIL\PHED. terns of Interest Gather* >d in aad Around the City. E. J. A W. K. Dunne have been se? lected as architects for th? new high school building at Little Mountain. S. C. by ths trustees of tha: district. The Sumter Ice, Light and Power Co. will make extensive improve? ments in the plant In the near future. The growing demands fo* light and power from regular patrons of the company and the renewal of the contract with the city for a larger number of street lights calls for an enlargement of the power plant and the new machinery will 1>e Installed at an early date. The grounds around tho passenger station have been nicely cleaned up and the grass mowed under the dir? ection of the Civic League. It is now up to ths court house of? ficials to have the grounds around that building cleaned up. The grass is sadly in need of mowing. Tf a dog census will keep tha dogs off ths streets by all meats have the Seaem taken at once. Messrs. E J A W. K. Dunn* have been selected erehltsejlg to prepare plans for an $8.000 Methodist church to he erected at Elioree, 8. C. Cherokee County wss one of the first to vote out the dispensary under the provisions of ths Brio lew, and despite the assertion so often made that prohibition has proven absolute? ly satisfactory, there Is a movement afoot to vote back the dispensary in August and a petition for ths election 1? being circulated in that County. Sumter County will hav? no sum? mer school for teachers this year, State Superintendent of Education Swearingen having ruled that the County Board of Education Is with? out authority of law to hold the school and pay the expennes of the same out of the contlnger t fund of the board, as has been customary for several years. The story of near-graft In connec? tion with the purchase of liquor for the dispensary in a certain county in this State which was published lu the Item a few days ago seems to have stirred up a muss and Dispensary Au? ditor West has been busy making in Investigation for several days. The re? sult of the investigation has not been made public but further revelations are predicted. While Auditor West is Investigating he should look into the manner In which liquor samples are analyzed and tested. There Is a story current, for the truthfulnesn of whleh the writer does not vouch, lhat a cer? tain county board submitted to a chemist for analysis three separate simples of liquor taken Irom tho same original package, and received from the said chemist three separate reports, with accompanying analyses, all different. From a reading of the chemist's reports one would have thought he had tested and analyzed three very different sorts Ol! whl-key. when In fact, he was really testing three samples from the jame bottle. At a country fair out n Kansas says The Argonaut, a man went up to a tent where some elk were on exhibition and stared wistfully up ut the sign. "I'd like to go In -.her?'." he said to the keeper, "but it would be m?<an to go In wtlhout my falmly, ard I cannot afford to pay for my wife snd seventeen children." The keeper stared at him In astonishment. "Ar., nil UMge your children?" he gasped. "Every one," said the man "You wait a minute," said the keep* er. "I'm going te bring Um ilk on! and let them see you all." Virtue that has nev?r been put to the test Is a poor asset. We Handle Only the Best Grade The Scriven Elastic Seam Drawers that we sell are of the best quality. The famous Lot 50 that Scriven made his reputation on. It is not generally known that The Scriven Mfg. Co., has put on the market a cheaper grade, made with a single elastic seam to retail at about 50 cents. The Lot 50 that we have always sold is made with elastic insertions on both sides and is of a better quality of cloth than the lower price drawers. We sell ours for 75 cents, and they are fully worth the difference. The D. J. K? COMPANY i Phone 166, Svimter, S. C. DEATH OF W. H. PHILLIPS. Dies Prominent Cement Contractor of Blight's Disease. W. H. Phillips, a prominent ce? ment contractor, died at the home of Mr. Wm. M. Carter In East Side, this city, yesterday afternoon. He had been sick for more than five months, ind among other complications de? veloped Bright's disease, which was the immediate cause of his death. During his business career Mr. Phillips has been connected with some of the largest cement contracts in the South. He came to Laurel to do the cement work on the Jones County court house and In the em? ploy of Frank Gardner who superin? tended the construction of the large concreate reservoir for the water works plant for the city of Laurel. He was a very active and efficient man. Deceased was born in Sumter, S. C, January 23rd. 1856, and had made his home In Atlanta, Ga.. for the past 20 years. Mr. Pllllps leaves a widow, who has been faithful to his bedside dur? ing his long Illness. L W. Phillips, brother of the de? ceased, was with him in his last mo? ments and accompanied the remains to Atlanta, where interment will take place on Sunday afternoon.?Laurel, Miss., Chronicle. The annual commencement of the Lincoln Graded school was held in the Opera House Friday night with a large audience present. Supt. Ed? munds presented the diplomas to the members of the graduating class. The Sumter High School team has made arrangements to play the Co? lumbia High School team here on Thursday, and are now doing a lot of practice and are confident that they will be in a better position to meet their opponents on equal foot? ing than they wera last Friday, as j the game was arranged at the last 1 moment and the boys had had wry little practice. Everybody knows whai the High School team can do, and the Columbia High School boys have ? j a fast aggregation and a good exhibl tion of ball is expected when these two teams cross bats again. The game will be called at 5 o'clock on j Thursday afternoon at the ball park. Birnie's Drug Store, 6 W. Liberty St. Sumter, S. C. Dealer In Pure Drugs and Medicines, CHOICE PERFUMES AND FINE TOILET ARTICLES, COMBS AND BRUSHES, PATENT MEDICINES AND DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, A FULL LINE OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO. :: :: :: :: :: OUR MOTTO: PURE AND RELIABLE GOODS. Our stock is complete and we cheerfully solicit your patronage. :: :: :: Wireless From Mr. O'Donnell. Mr. D. W. Cuttino has received the following message which was sent by wireless from mid-Atlantic: S. S. Carpathia via S. S. Freder ck Wilhelm, via Halifax, May 30. D. W. Cuttino, Sumter, S. C. Nineteen hundred miles out. De? lightful trip, pleasant company, re? gards to all. Neill O'Donnell. A friend's faults should be known but not abhorred.?Portuguese. Tindal-Sublett Case. There was a reference held in Ma ning last Monday before Joseph Rhame, Esq., as Referee, In the ca. Tindal against Sublett, for an a counting, which resulted In an agre? ment on the part of Mr. Sublett t pay a rental for the property < $1,000 a year from the death of Mr Tindal. This ends one of the blgget land suits ever held in Clarendon - Manning Times. The remembrance of past labor 1 sweet.?Irish. Who Needs a New Summer Lap Robe == ? = Special Reduced Prices For a Few Days. $1 50 ROBES, SPECIAL 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 II II $1.15 .93 .79 .69 .39 These very attractive prices to clean up a small lot quickly. YOURS. O'Donnell ? Co.