Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 1 ? ? v u urn a. final inu frflttlrtt SATURDAY, APRIL 23. 1910. Cutervti mi Um> Postolllog at niuu r, S ? .1? ??(Uni Clus* .Mutter. ' ? ? NEW FIUISEMI \ IS It Murra) I lair?New Jewelerv Store. The Sumter Clothing Co,?OVI Ability. IM KS(?\ \l. Miss Hennle MoUey, of Jonesvllle. Is the guest of Miss Ellen Heath on Wut Liberty street. Mr. Z. E. Ferrtll. of Devil's Lake. North Dakota, was the guest of his sister. Mrs. J. F. Moore, two days the past Week. Miss Minnie M.?ses has returned from a \lsit to Charleston. Mr i: W Siegers, of I >al/. ll. ^vas In the city Tuesday on business. Mrs. Paul J. Kennedy, who has been visiting relatives here, left 01 Tuesday for her home in Spartan t>urg. Mrs. E. C. Haynsworth left on Tuesday for Greenville, where she goes to visit relatives. Miss Irma Smith has returned from a visit to Kembert. Mr Murr >od spent Satur? day and Sunday at Kembert. Dr. C. H. Craven who has been at Chinas drug store for about a month, has retunraA.to his home in Troy. N. C. Mrs. W. B. Lynam is visiting rela? tives at Dalsell. Di W. T. Munn. who has been on a vacation for about a month has returned to his work at China's drug store. Mr. Harry Bradford, of Oswego, was one of the recent visitors to Sum ter. Magistrate J. L. Ollhs. of sWberl was In the city today. Miss Ouasle Hood, who has been visiting for the past seven months in California. Arizona and Louisiana returned to Sumter Monday ac . ..mi> ini?'d \<v her < ouslns, l-'ranklin and Jamie Corbett. sons of Mr. W. J. Corbett. of Tucson. Arl. Mr. Samuel J. McFaddln, of Harv Ins, was welcomed by his many friends In Sumter while In the city Tuesday. Mr. Isaac M. Loryea will be In Manning and vicinity for the remain? der of the week. Mrs. A. B. Holland and son have gone on a visit to relatives In Char? lotte. N. C. Mrs. John 8. Klggs, of Charleston, Is the guest of Mrs. W. Y. L. Mar? shall. Mrs. T. P. Koblnson, who h is been visiting her PrSgB4t. Mr. W. 13. I'p shur. lift Wednesday for Plnevllle. where she goes to visit Mr. and Mra Dick. Mr Dukes Carson, of Dalsell, was In the elty Wednesday. Mr Kotiert M Cooper, of Wlsacky, was In the city Wednesday. Mrs. D. W. Alderman, of Alcolu, is visiting h. r d.iMkcbt. r. Mrs. 1>. C. Shaw. Miss Julia Stiles left Wednesday for Eastover. Mrs D. E. Du rant, who has Seeg at the home of Mr. James Scar? borough for treatment has sufficient? ly lmpro\ed to return to her home In Blshopvllle. Mrs. J. W. Young is visiting her sister at Dalsell. Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Ooddard. of Rldgeway, who have been spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Sammd P. Mitchell, on Broad street, return? ed to th? lr hoiio- W? dnesday. Mr. and Mrs. C. McO. Slnkler. and Misses Emily and Caroline Slnkler. of Eutawvllle, are guests at the home of Hon. Richard I. Manning. Mr. J. F. Horton, of Trinity, was a elty \Pator Thursday. Mls.n S. Gladys Sudler, from East? ern Shore, Md., Is visiting her cousin, Mrs. C. T. Mason. It. M. I?ofton. Es.|., of McClellan vllle. Is In the city on business. Mrs. Clarence Durant Is visiting In Blshopvllle. Mrs W. C. Chandler went to Man nlng Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. < laudo F. Hurst treat to Colombia Thursday. Mr. T. P. KutUdge has returned from a business trip to Charleston. Mrs. (Jowan Dusenbury, of Con? cord. N. C.. M the guest of Mrs. Qeo, L. Kicker. Mr. L. L. liaker, of Blshopvllle. wan In the city Thu-- lay. Mr W. A Taoatp ?n left on Thur^ day for Columbia to attend i meeting al the South Carolina Opti? cal ajaoeiattoa, Wat b. Clor k and Jewelry repair Ing. also engraving, promptly and nc curately done. Charges reasonable C. M. Joye. At Savoy. 4-15-1 w One of the Queerest Stories ot Doubles In History. AUDACITY OF THE IMPOSTOR. He Deceived Not Only the Sisters, but Evon ths Wife, of the Man Whose Place He Usurped?The Return of the Real Guerre and the Exposurs. Perhaps the most remarkable case of doubles In all history is that of Martin Guerre, a French man. who was born near Bayonne in tlie tirst half Of the stxteeutb century. Marlin Guerre was the sou of a well to do fanner and brickmaker, aud. as was the custotu of the coutitry at the time, be married at the age of eleven Ber trande de U0I9, who had then reached the age of ten. For eight years they IIwm] together. I nfortunately Martin stole a bushel of corn from his father. Frightened by the helnousuess of his erime, he de? serted bis wife and fled to Spain There he entered the service of Fin peror Charles V. and after several years of campaigning Reems to have forgotten his wife, Bertrande, and his baby boy. Sane ho. At any rate, he ceased to write home, and his family lost all trace of him. His absence stretched on to eight years. Then one evening a stranger arrived at the inn of the village where the de? serted wife was still living. He at once told his host that he was Martin Guerre und recounted the adveutures and hardships that had kept him from home so long. The rumor of Martin Guerre's return soon spread, aud his four sisters hastened to the hostelry to welcome him home. They fouud him much changed. He had gone eight years before, scarcely more than a boy. Now he was a mature man. bronzed aud bearded. Nevertheless they welcomed him. embraced him and carried the news to his wife. Bertrande hastened to him at once. When she saw him first she started back with misgiving. But he address? ed her teuderly, repeated word for word their parting conversation and mentloued details that only a husband could have known. He even spoke of the clothing he had left behind and where It could be found. Bertrande was convinced. She begged forgive? ness for her doubts and threw herself into his arms. An uncle arrived. He. too, hesitated, but the newcomer de? tailed to him all the minutiae of their business transactions eight years be? fore, and he also was convinced. The upshot of the matter was that this newly arrived Martin Guerre re? turned home with his wife and lived happily und without suspicion with her for four years. During this time they had two children, and Martin's father at his death bequeathed him a farm. However, a soldier passing through the village declared that he had seen Martin at the siege of St. Quentin. that he had lost a leg there, but that he was still alive, and the soldier left a written deposition to that effect. The rumor spread that the man living as Martin Guerre was an impostor. Bertrande at this filed a criminal Information agalust the man to whom for four years she had granted the rights of a husband. lie was describ? ed lu the accusutlon as Arnault du Tilh and was committed to prison. The prisoner said that the uucle had lutlueDced his wife and that the whole charge was a conspiracy to deprive him of Ids fortune of 8,000 llvres. He submitted to a searching Interrogatory, after the French fashion, and an? swered all questions satisfactorily. He told of his campaigns and revealed the most intimate details of toe family his? tory. He relied for his defense, too, on the four sisters who still called him brother, ou his four years' life with Bertrande with her conseut. and press? ed her in the presence of the judges to swear that he was uot her real hus? band, declarlug that if she so swore he was ready to forfeit his head. Ber trande refused to take this oath. She was confused by his confident manner. lu the trial 1?0 Witlf*nei were exam? ined. Of this number forty deposed that the man was the real Martin Guerre, fifty deposed that he was Ar? nault du Tilh. aud sixty declined to pronounce uny opinion, owing to the extraordinary resemblance. lu spite of the conflicting evidence the Judge pronounced him guilty. He at once ippealed to the parliament of Tou? louse. Ou this appeal thirty witnesses were re examined. Ten deposed that he was Martin Guerre, eight that he was an impostor, and the remainder confessed that they were too bewildered to have ?ny opinion. The Judges were sorely perplexed and leaned to the side of the prisoner. By a curious coincidence Just at this Juncture the real Martin Guerre made bis appearance on the scene. He show? ed the same murks on his face as those borne by the prisoner. The men were confronted with each Other in court. F\en the four sisters, who till now had clung to their belief in the prisoner, confessed their mlstnke. The prisoner lost his nerve, confessed als crime and bogged forgiveness. lie was condemn cd to death and executed. The real Martin was restored to his rights.? Conrad <>ak In New York Tribune. Originality. "Whv did you accept George?" "He erat so much more original than the Other fellow s." ?'In what way?" "He was the one thai asked me to |>e his wife." PlKk. HOBOaty Is not greater where elc ganee Is less.?Johnsor . A HOTEL BADLY NEEDED. Nothing is Needed Worse in This1 Town Than a Good Hotel. The question Ol to the need of S 1 modem h< tel in Sumter allows of no' debate, everybody admlti that. !t looks like thai matter of a hotel would appeal to the business men of Sumter ai i business proposition. This is a railroad center and travel here is great. Another hotel could lust double the business now done here In hotel lines. Take Florence as an example. Florence had a splendid hotel, one of the best in the State and whir another was started just across the street many predict? ed ruin for both. But what was the result. Both places have gotten all they could do and time and again people had to be turned off for lack of accommodations. Thf Question naturally arises, where did all these traveling men OOmt from to give both hotels more than they could do. If one will watch the trains and see the people leaving Sumter for Florence to spend the night or Sunday, the answer is had at once. Travelling men go to Florence from all the nearby towns because they can get the accommo? dations they want. Sumter is one of the best towns in the State. Taking it all in all it is hard to find a better place. The citi? zenship here is a unit. There is no town anywhere that the citizenship pulls together more than here, and it Is a pity to have the good reputa? tion of the place hurt by lack of a \otel. when one would be a paying investment. The Spartanburg Herald had an in? terview from Dr. Pell, of Converse College along this line which will be ?ord with interest here. It is as fol? lows: "President R. P. Pell returned re ently from a trip to Little Rock, \rk\, to attend the Southern Educa? tional conference and to several oth? er points in the South on business for Converse College. Ho says that nowhere did he see livelier evidences of prosperity and progress than right here in the Piedmont, although the entire South is on the move as never before. "In respect of one thing, however, he says that other thriving towns are already far ahead of Spartanburg, viz.: in hotel accommodations. In this connection he went on to tell of sor ie enlightening facts he learned on this trip as to the effect of the build? ing a hotel of the very first grade in any town upon the trade of other hotels already established. Contrary to expectations, the dreaded compe? tition of such a hotel proved to be a groundless bugaboo, for in every case where it has been tried the older ho? tels have found themselves better off than before. "It seems that a new, up-to-date MIHMMMMVMHMMX S The D. a 2 Phone 16 a aannnaaaannaa: hotel, providing all that a certain class of exacting customers desire, are willing to pay for and are deter? mined to have, can charge higher j rates, thus drawing this class to its! doors and into the town where it ex- | ists. But this movement advertises I the town, gives a trend toward it, at? tracts others to it. not able to pay the higher r;ite, and thus, while the! now hotel draws for itself largely a clientele that would not otherwise come at ail. it is indirectly a means of devclo] Ins business for the other hotels otherwise lost to them. 'Among other specific instances cited by Dr. Pell, he to 1 of a little town of some 10,000 or 15,000 peo? ple, down in Mississippi, where a wealthy lumberman fell out with the management of the principal hotel there, and forthwith set about run- | ning it out of business. He had a hotel built such as spared no expense in architecture, decoration and equip? ment. Then he put in charge the best manager he could find. Instead of the expected result, while this new hotel, quickly becom? ing well known and proving up to the standard of the most exacting customers, has developed heavy pat? ronage. The other hotel is more pros? perous than ever. Dr. Pell states I that he learned these facts on the j spot, and was greatly impressed by | them in view of the situation so long com pained of in Spartanburg. A similar situation, so he learned, ex? ists in Chattanooga. He is therefore convinced that Spartanburg might well duplicate tili?? experience?and "do it first" among rival cities of this immediate section, thus making sure success." Hon. Richard I. Manning of Sum ter, who has been regarded a prob? able candidate for Governor in the coming primary this summer, has made a definite announcement that he will not run, which announcement will he received with disappointment by his legion of friends throughout the State. With Mr. Manning out of the reckoning, the voters will have an opportunity to decide between orohibition and local option, Col, Featherstone and Capt. J. G. Rich? ards, representing prohibition, and Lieut. Gov. Thomas G. McLeod and Hon. Cole L. Blease for local option. It is our opinion that Mr. Manning will be heard from when there is a vacancy in the United States' Sena torship.?Manning Times. Very little politics is talked these days. It looks like some of the can? didates would begin announcing themselves. Possibly they are wait? ing for the county convention. The Trinity section is to have a physician. Dr. Bush, of Orangeburg, has moved to that section for the practice of medicine. ? ?It J. Chand' 6* ? ? ? ? ? ? ? SMMMMMXMMM'HMM) MAJOR HEMPHILL SPEAKS AT YALE. South Carolinian Dellvera Bromley Lecture. \' \v Haven, Connu., April 21 ? Major J. C. Hemphlll, editor of the Ri hmond Times-Dispatch, made a ph :\ for cleaner journalism and clean? er newspapers in an address at Yale University tonight. He was deliver? ing the first lecture under the Brom? ley Foundation, provided for by Mrs. Adelaide Bromley, in "memory of her husband, Tsaac M. Bromley, Yale '58. The subject of his lecture was "The Public and the Press." "The press in these abundant times." said Major Hemphill, "speak? ing generally, is in the business for the money there is in it. The most potent factor in shaping and direct? ing the thought and sentiment of the country, it is yet a beggar at the door of patronage. Little or no import- | a nee is actually possessed by the journalists who preach independence, j It must be said, however, to the cred- , it or discredit, as you please, of the public, that it reflects largely the character of the newspapers by; which it is served. "The yellow streak runs not less i through the press than through the people. The same of the press is j that It has catered to the worst ten- J dencies of a corrupt and malodorous age. Its mission ought to be the ele vation of the public: instead, it ad- 1 vertises its degradation; fairly shriek? ing against any restriction upon its liberty, it converts its liberty into li? cense. "Broadly speaking, the most sen- J sational and irresponsible newspa- j pers make the most money, and there i has been noted for years the gradual degradation of the American press to the American level. Some of the cleanest and most self-respecting newspapers are published in New England; but even here the tendency towards a lower conception of jour? nalism cannot have escaped the ob? servation of those who are interested in the development of our civiliza? tion. "The ideal newspaper does not ex? ist; it is doubtful that it ever will. The newspapers of today, like the churches, represent this or that view of political questions; this or that In? dustry or individual, or section; they possess the enthusiasm of advocates, they lack the wisdom of the judge. "There is no profession so exacting none requiring so extensive and accu? rate knowledge of history and philo? sophy and political economy, none calling for so great patience of oppo? sition, such clearness and firmness of judgment; such courage of convic? tion, and such careful regard for the rights of others. That is why, In my opinion, the newspaper should be in fact the judge and jury and not (MH*?H*NHKMHMft) EVER overlook the fa always on view to 01 depends in a great m< es how you are sized u] ?J You can find here, Sir, the r that will be worn this Season b best dressers. 1$ You will see the handiwo Artist in the cut of the liberal drape of Coat that outlines the the graceful ease and hang of th <J Two and Three Button Mod ?s $10, $15, $2 ?fl Every Man, that wears a]S here, will know what it is to be ed. ler Clothi Sumter, South C IIIiaiHSIHHMMR! the swift witness or the paid coun? sellor in the ease on trial before the people. "There is not an bid man or a young man in this audience who has ever known the issues, involved in a poklctl campaign to have been fair? ly presented by the oppostion press. That newspaper is unworthy, which for personal profit or political gain for itself or its party, misrepresents the postion of a professional or poli? tical rival; that follow! any particu? lar course because it is 'popular;' that jolni in the defamation of any man because there is something to be made out of it, either in the way of increased circulation or adven? titious importance. "What both newspaper makers and newspaper readers mo-it need, tf they would reach the best settlement of the question in which they are in? terested, is not party spirit or sec? tional fervor, hut broad tolerance of opinion and speech." DEATH OF MRS. R. R. BRIGGS. Summerton, April 19.?News of the death of Mrs. Richard Ragin Briggs, which occurred at her home here yesterday evening, has cast a gloom over the town. Mrs. Briggs had been in very ill health for over four months, having only a few times been able to be out since first she was taken sick. Upon those few times, however, and all during her illness, so cheerful and hopeful of her re? covery did she seem, that her many friends were disposed to trust like? wise. She became decidedly worse on Saturday, and continued in a semi-conscious condition until her death. Funeral services were held this af? ternoon at the Presbyterian church j of this place, of which Mrs. Briggs | had been a faithful and loving mem? ber. The remains were taken on the evening train to Charleston, her na I tive city, and the interment will take place there on Wednesday. Both Major and Mrs. Briggs have ever been closely identified with j Summerton, and her people, and were the oldest resident couple. This fact, together with the high esteem J and love in which they have both I been held, makes the death of Mrs. Briggs .one of keenest sadness and : sorrow?* , Dr. William Tarbox, who is a mis , sionary in Brazil from the Southern 1 Methodist church was in the city for several hours Wednesday. He is in the ? United States to attend the meeting ? of the General Conference, which ( meets in Asheville in May. He will appear before the Board of Missions in Nashville prior to the meeting of I conference. He is in charge of Gran berry College. Engraving of all kinds. C. M Joye, at Savoy. 4-15-lw (MfeMfefefefefefefefefe LL! I M _ fe 1.?IIHIWHIIMII H SI fe? et that you are JJ ther people, and * ?asure on your lew fabrics y the very figure?and ie trousers. ? ? m m m fe ? fe? at rk of the g lapel?the g fe fe? els, fe fe fe 10 to $30. * uii bought M well dress- ? fe fe - M ? * fe ng Co. 5 lardina. ? Sfefefefefefefefefefefel