The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 21, 1909, Image 3
8ATUR0AY, AUGUST 21, 1909.
Bettered nt the Postofnce at Suroter, 8.
C, as Second CUm Matter.
N EW AI> V KRTISEMENT8.
N. Brown and T. D. Walsh?Notice
Mlr.nl?? McDowell?Master Sale.
PERSONAL.
Mr. W. T. Hemmingway has re?
turned tu the city after a visit to his
parents In (Georgetown.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Tiller, of
Georgetown are visiting In the city.
Mlseea Marie and Kate DuRant
went to Aeheville Wednesday on a
?Mi
Mrs. M B. Handle. Misses Grace
and Viva Handle left on Wednesday
for Brevard. N. C, where they will
epend the remainder of the summer.
Mr. John Lee hae gone to Hender
sonvlll* and Ash?vMle.
Mr. Andrew A. Manning is spend?
ing some tlm* in Sparenburg.
* Messrs Noble Dick and Julius
?,Baacock?, Cooper left Wednesday
tor Hendersonvllle. Waynesvllle anJ
Brevard.
Mr. Perry Moses. Jr.. went to At?
lanta Wednesday on bualness.
Mr. Ransom Richardson left Wed?
nesday for the mountains of North
Carolina.
Mies Cornelia L. Klngman is spend?
ing the remainder of the summer in
the mountains of North Carolina.
Miss Harriet Strlngfellow, of Ches?
ter, Is visiting her sister. Mrs. Leon
C. Dove.
Mr. Lucius Durant left Wednes?
day for the mountains of North Car
Una. Hla nephew, Master Charlie
Webb, of Anderson, will accompany
mm.
Mrs. L. B. DuRant went to Colum?
bia Wednesday for the day.
Dr. Plumer Clerk. Mr. I. I. Reardon
and Mr. J. Edward Reardon. promi?
nent professional, business and so?
ciety young men of Manning, are
spending a while In Sumter.
Mr. B. T. Wlndhsm and Mr. B. C.
Hatchet left Wednesday for Peters?
burg. Richmond. Washington and
Baltimore.
Mrs. B. C. Hstchel and little
daughter. Gertrude, left Wednesday
for Columbia to visit relatives.
Mr. C. P. txum has returned to the
city from Glenn Springs.
Mr. I* J. Marker and Dr. John S.
Durbar left Wednesday for New
Tort and Baltimore.
4 Mrs :/>uts Loyns. Miss Eradne
Lo\ns am* Mr. Edgar Loyns went to
Charleston Wednesday on a visit.
Messrs. T. H. Clarke and J. L.
Haynsworth have gone to New York
fa Ike Interest of the Sumter Dry
Goods Company.
Miss Bessie Hood went to Laurena
this morning on a visit.
Rev. 8. A. Nettles, of Spartanburg,
spent Wednesdsy night In the city
with Rev. W. M. Hook.
Mrs A. W. Knight end children, of
Bamberg, are spending a few days
In the city as the guests of Mrs. F. D.
Knight
Mr. Jos. M. Chandler left Wednes?
day afternoon for New York.
Mr. J. I. Brogdon. accompanied by
Misses Susie and Kate Brogdon. Ma?
mie Blackwell and Mabel Proctor,
left on Thursday for Saluda. N. C.
/ Messrs. Jake and William Brog?
don have gone to Saluda. Henderson
ville and Ashevllle.
Mrs L Atkinson left Wednesday for
Washington. Baltimore and New
York.
Miss Sallle McDonald has gone to
Washington to spend a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Green have gone
to Washington and Baltimore.
Dr. E. W. Palmer, of McClellan
vlll?, ifl In the city.
Mr. Ralph HUI and his mother
went to Columbia Thursday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Spann, of
Oreeleyvllle. arc In the city.
Miss Marguerite Broughton, of
Arkansas. Is visiting Miss Lola Brown
on Salem avenue.
Mr. Willie Cos. formerly with the
Dally Item returned Wednesday from
Washington, where he hss been fur
several weeks.
Mr. George Stokes, of Lynchburg,
spent Thursday In the city.
Mr. A. H. riowere Is visiting rela?
tives at Lumberton. N. C.
The excursion to Washington Wed?
nesday carried a large crowd from
Numt. r and vicinity.
Mr. W. D White and Mrs. J. E.
Wilson went to Sumter yesterday.
Miss Rosalie Evans Hpent last week
with Miss Jessie Owens, of Boykln.
Mm. Frank Peebles and Mrs. Tom
Orler spent Tuesday at the home of
Mr. and Mr*. Jam* s Robertson.
Mr. and Mrs. J. \V. Weldon nsasri.
Wednesdsy with Mr. and Mrs T. <\
Rob.-rt <?n.
Mrs. T. D. F??xw<>rth and children
spent W-droMday with Mrs. J. W.
Hobe ft SOW.
Mr. J E. Wilson was taken to the
Infirm m v l ist Wednesday by Dr. T.
D. Foxworth.
Mr. J. W. Robertson went to Cam
den last Thursday.
Misses Mally and Clyde Weldon, of
Herlot. spent last Thursday with Miss
Colsey Robertson.
Mrs. J. W. Robertson spent Satur?
day night and Sunday with friends at
Smlthvllle.
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.
Mr. D. W. Cuttlno. of O'Donnell &
Co., today r.oelved a telegram from
Mr. Nelll O'DonnelU announcing his
arrival In New York.
A Law and Order League with ac?
tive branches In every township In
the county would do much to prevent
prohibition from being a farce. But
unless the men who compose Uld
league will work up cases and prose?
cute the blind tigers it will be a farce
Itself. A mere organisation with an
imposing array ot officers will accom?
plish nothing, while a working or?
ganisation, zealous and fearless in
the prosecution of law breakers of all
classes will be a real force for good.
With Florence wet to the east of
us and Richland wet on the west, a
certain amount of dampness is bound
to percolate Into Sumter county.
The annual mountain excursion
over the Atlantic Coast Line carried
a large crowd to the up country
Wednesday. Trains passing through
this city were crowded, ae usual,
and quite a number of Sumter peo?
ple took advantage of the lew rates.
The city of Sumter Is now collect?
ing 10 mills taxes for ordinary city
purposes, which is the maximum
which the charter permits to be
levied. Therefore It will be necessary
to curtail expenditures very material?
ly, for the closing of the dispensary
deprives the city of $25.000 Income a
year. The only way the loss In In?
come can be made good is by increas?
ing the assessment of real and per?
sonal property and Imposing heavier
license taxes. #
There Is a great* rejoicing In Sum?
ter over the abolition of the dispen?
sary in Lee county.
The dilapidated macadam on Main
street is not a credit to a progressive
city.
The Sumter county dispensary, ac?
cording to the last report, has about
930,000 worth of liquor on hand
which must be sold between the day
the election is officially declared and
November 16th.
If every prohibitionist would take
a total abstinence pledge and live up
to ft. the example would do more to
make prohibition effective than all
their campaign speeches or their
rotes,
DEATH.
Mr. John C. Manning died at the
home of Mr. HamlRon Boykln, at
Boykln, on Monday night after sev?
eral weeks Illness. Mr. Manning for?
merly resided In Clarendon county,
near Plnewood, and was well known
In this city.
Mr. B. J. Jackson, a well known
and highly respected citizen of Priva?
teer township, died at his home at
3.4 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon of
heart disease, aged 49 years. His
death was very sudden and unexpect?
ed, occurring while he was In his
commissary paying off farm hands
when he was stricken. Death follow?
ed the seizure within a few minutes.
Miss Mary M. Horton, a sister of
Mrs. J. B. Wltherspoon, died last
night at 10.35 o'clock, aged seventy
three years. The burial services will
be conducted at the Cemetery at 5
o'clock this afternoon. Miss Horton
lived with her sister. Mrs. J. B.
Wltherspoon. since her father** death
thirteen years ago, and moved with
the family here four years ago. She
leaves surviving her three brothers
and four sisters, many nephews and
nieces, among them Messrs. Wlther?
spoon Bros, and Miss Rosabelle, all
of whom will miss Sister and Aunt
Mary (Polly). Miss Rosau die was
absent visiting in Lancaster county,
but will return today.
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
Hollywood Camp Receives Heeord
Brcaklng Number of Applicants.
Hollywood Camp, No. 19, held Its
regular monthly meeting Wednesday
night, with an attendance of about
225.
Five candidates were obligated.
One hundred and forty-one appli?
cations were accepted. , There is no
doubt now that Hollywood Camp will
havt her 800 members by January,
1910. for she has already Increased
her membership by about 200 since
March, when the promise was made
to have 800 by that tlm?*.
The special Inducement of allowing
new members to make application at
the reduced fee Ol $4 00 und that
Ho y would not have to be Introduc?
ed, was continued until the BeptOAV
hi f meeting,
Hollywood camp is. or is determin?
ed to be, the largest Camp In tin
State and from thv Intereet manifest?
ed h> the members In seeurlm ep?
piaations, there's no poestbllKy ot
j falling short of that Intention.
GAS PLANT ASSURED.
PLANT IS TO BE IN OPERATION
IN FIVE MONTHS.
Mr. J. L. /Uiratt Writes From New
York Tliat He IIa? Closed the Deal
for Construction of Gas Works?
And Also I)is|>osed of Bonds.
It seems that the last vestige of
doubt about the establishment of
up-to-date gas works in Sumter has
been removed. Mr. J. L. Alnutt who
has been working for the establish?
ment of a gas plant for several years,
has at last succeeded In the under?
taking. Mr. Alnutt who has been in
New York for several weeks in the
Interest of the gas works company,
has succeeded in placing the bond
issue of $75,000, and has closed a
contract for the construction of the
plant, and nothing now remains to
be done but get the work started and
push the plant to completion within
five months.
Mr. Alnutt writes as follows from
New York:
"It will probably interest you to
learn that I have completed the deal
for the complete construction of a
gaj works at Sumter, to produce 100,
000 cubic feet of gas In 24 hours.
The contract calls for the comple?
tion of the plant In five months.
The bond issue Is $75,000.00.
I have had exceedingly good luck
In being Introduced in the right way
to the banks and trust companies,
here and In Philadelphia, which
makes my work of placing the bonds
at a good figure, much easier than I
expected.
I will reach Sumter Sunday or Mon?
day next. ?
HELP THE ORPHANS.
An Ap veal for Aid for Thorn well Or
plumage. Whose President Was Re?
cently Severely Injured.
To the Editor of the Item, Sumter
S. C.
Dear Sir: Many readers of your
paper are friends of the Thornwell
Orphanage, Clinton, S. C, and proba?
bly personal friends of its President,
Rev. W. P. Jacobs, D. D., who a few
days since suffered a serious accident
In Washington, when he was run over
by a surrey on Pennsylvaia avenue
and very seriously Injured. His re?
covery must necessarily be very slow
and It will be many weeks before be
can be active again at his office work.
The Income of this institution, com?
ing as it does from the benevolent
people In the South Atlantic State?
almost exclusively, depends to a larg*
degree on the activities of the Presl
nt of the Orphanage in his office,
that Is upon his personal letters and
his writings. And without his ac?
tivities in the office, the receipts ol
the Orphanage will fall off to a ter?
rific degree. The Institution Is th?
home of about 300 orphan children
The treasury Is nearly empty, so 1
am advised by the treasurer. This 1?
the season of the year when gifts are
smallest and when It Is most difficult
to make both ends meet, so that the
injury to the President of the institu?
tion is a dire calamity for all of the
S00 children In the Institution. Thie
Is my excuse, as son of the President
and as director of the Orphanage,
for making an appeal to the people
of South Carolina, Georgia and Flor?
ida through the dally and through
the religious press for assistance in
this emergency. Every friend of the
orphans is urged to do what he can
to meet the immediate needs of the
Institution. It will be many weeks
before Dr. Jacobs can be heard from
again In his usual way and If the
friends of the Institution, through
lack of communication from him,
shall fail In their ususal gifts, a dire
calamity would befall the 300 orphan
children.
I suggest that those who respond
to this pressing appeal make their
checks payable to the treasurer, Mr
J. A. Bailey, Clinton, S. C, as my
father will not be able to attend to
any business, not even the signing ol
checks, for some time to come. I
wish to thank, In advance, all who
may respond to this appeal and to as?
sure them that on my father's re?
covery, proper acknowledgment will
be made of all remittances.
Very truly,
J. F. Jacobs.
NOW FOR ENFORCEMENT.
Meeting Calle?! to Form a Law and
Ottler League.
Mr. Editor:
The fight has begun against whis?
key and if we are to rest now all
that has been accomplished will be
lost.
1 suggest that we meet at the
Court House next Monday night at
8:30 for the purpose of forming a
law and order league for the pur?
pose of keeping out the liquor.
p. c Bowman.
?if your liver is sluggish and out
of t<>ne. and you feel dull, bilious,
constipated, take a dose of chamber
Iain's stomach and Liver Tablets to<
night before retiring and you will feel
all right in the morning. Sold by W
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BLIND TIGRESS CONVICTED.
Lorene Rhodes Sentenced to Thirty
Days and Sentence Suspended Dur?
ing Good Behavior.
Mr. Hurst had before him Wednes?
day Lorene Rhodes, a negro girl
eighteen years old, charged with sell?
ing liquor. The case which was work?
ed up by Officer H. G. McKagen, was
made out and the girl was sentenced
to thirty days' imprisonment, but ow?
ing to the fact that she was ill the
Recorder suspended sentence during
good bhavlor.
It was developed during the trial
that the girl was the tool of Carrie
Smith, a notorious blind tiger, who is
now a fugitive from justice after for?
feiting a $50 bond, and was practical?
ly forced to sell the liquor.
The Smith woman was arrested a
few days subsequent to the arrest of
the girl and put up $50 for her ap?
pearance for trial on Monday. Know?
ing that conviction was certain she
left town Monday morning, and If she
never returns the town will be the
gainer.
The police force has Instruction to
keep the tigers on the run and it fl
the intention of the city authorities
to make the town dry if such a thing
is possible.
Off Duty.
Wlnnlfred, six years old, was tying
paper boots upon the kitten's paws
when his aunt remonstrated with him
for teasing the kitten, saying, "I
thought you belonged to the Band ??1
M ? ny."
'Yea, auntie, I do," said Wlnfred,
"but," he added, apologetically, "my
badge is on my other coat."?The De?
lineator.
Saving
Has been advised through all the ages.
The cumulative power of compound interest
is one of the greatest factors in growing
fortunes. We pay compound interest on
your savings.
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Bank of Sumter.
RICH. I. MANNING, Prst. M. MOISE, 1st V-Pres. R. F. HAYNSWORTH,2d V-Prtt
W. F. RHAME, Csthier.
You should Join the procession and take your account to
FARMERS' BANK AND TRUST COMPANY I
the number of whose patrons is growing each day. as is evidenc?
ed by an increase In its dally exhibit of from $413.967.61 on July
28th. 1908 to $525,167.91 on July 28th, 1909. This bank has both
the inclination and ability to take care of all desirable business.
Progressive People.
he business man knows the value and convenience of a Check?
ing-Account; so does the up-to-date professional
progressive farmer; and. too, tin
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man; likewise the
o shall be glad to initiate people into t
checking-account.
wide-awake business
woman.
he details of keeping a
First National Bank, of
Sumter