Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"fhf Cdlatcbncin ani ^antbron. SATURDAY. MAY 21. 1910. Filtered Ml the PostomYc Mt Siimtrr. S. C. mm Swond Clu**s .Mutter. I'lHSOWL. Mr Kotiert Multlrow, of MayeO* \i>V. was in SumtiT Wednesday. Mrs. John T dret-n who has been Vint ting relative* at Wlsacky has re? turned home. Mr. John J. Hrogdon was in the . it\ Wednesday. Messrs. Qrenvllle DeLorme, Henry Farnett. H.trvin DesChamps. Allen wers. Haskell Durant. B. C. Wal? lace anil I?oek Flowers left Wednes? day for Sumter Junction for a day's t'shlng. The\ <\rathered the elements and stuck to their Job. They may he well repaid as today Is said to he a good day for fishing unless the comet Interferes. Miss Pauline Woodley, of Summer ton, was In the city Tuesday on her "?ray home from Lake City, where she has been teaching. She was the guest of Miss Oussle Hood while here. Miss Rebecca Dennis, of Dlshop vllle. was shopping in Sumter Tues? day preparatory to her trip to Eu? rope. She will leave In two weeks for a stay of several months In England *r?d on the continent. Capt. J. A. James. Mr. John DlngU*, Mr. L, T. Fisher. Miss Mildred James i. of Summerton, wer* In Sumter Tuesday, coming through the country In a car. Mrs. George Held and MIsj Iona Htld of St. ?'hartem, were in Sumter shopping Tuesday. Mrs. George Barchel! and Misses Isahelle an ! Fmma have gone to the rth for the summer. They we *e accompanied by Mr. Hurt-hell, who will return to the city this week. Mrs. T. P. Rutledge has teturnel from a visit to Darlington. Mrs. J. W. Jackson has gone to Ra bdgh. and other points In North Car? olina, where she wdl spend the sum? mer. Mrs T. A. Scarborough, of Camer? on. Is spending a few days In the clt> li'-n. Yates Lesesne, of Manning, stopped over in the city on his way from the Democratic convention. Mr. Lesesne Is a candidate for congress from his district. Hon. George M. Stuckey. candidate Nf the senate from Lee county, was in the city Thursday campaigning. I ?r. C. C. Thrown has returned from Belt or.'Tv. where he went to attend the Southern Baptist convention. Mr. Ralph Hill went to Columbia Thursday. Mr. C. A. Lowery has gone to Beau-^ fort for a ten days' Ashing trip. Mr. John ?'lack, who has been on a business trip to Wlnnsboro, has re? turned to Sumter. Mr R. E. Dennis, of Blshopvllle, was in the city Thursday. Mr E. K. Plowden, of Manning, was a Sumter visitor Thursday. Mr. Henry Spann, after a few days ?tay with his family here, has return? ed to his duties on the road. PltoVKI? HIS ( ASF. Heaaior Smith Satisfied With Prcsen tatlou Against Those Who Charge Hull Cotiiptra? ) Washington. May 18.?R. P. Stack house of Dillon and J. C. Hlckey. of Henderson. Texas, testified today be fore the senate cost of living commit? tee, being other witnesses Senator Smith had summoned to prove that the prb ?? of cotton was not now ah normally high Mr Stackhouse sub? mitted flgur- ?? from farmers. hard? ware no n and others to show that In the last ten years farming imple? ments had Increased In price 50 pel cent., grocery and other necessities ?'.0 p.-r eent.. mules and horses from 100 to jno ,?.r cent. Mr. Hlckey testlfle 1 that hi* . vo.r.enee generally confirm? ed the*.- .silmatcM. Senater Smith declared that h'.m ? Me pr.i illy proved, that instead of cotton being advanced in restraint of trade the conditions are being made so that ,i legitimate price can bv? got. No* to Be < heated. Tins Is a mighty dishonest world, \ou know,"' said Henry D! <ey, "and It doesn't hurt to be ?aapieouu' of some people. I sympathize with the old in - Kro who (ame to a watchmaker with the |a o hands of a ? lOCBb " I want or fer to fix up deal ban's. Def ain't hop no cornet time for mo* den six munt<.' " 'Weil, where hi the i peek f de? manded the w it< hmak< r. " *< ?iit to my cabin.' "'l'.ut I must ha\e the etocfcV ? Didn't I teil ynf dar'i nuflln1 <ic m tter aid the elereh lceptln' de ban s 1 An' h< M b V I Von > s' w tut de ? ha ?> SO you kin tinker It and . barge me a big pi b e. Gimme I a< k deal haa's.' Young's Magazine. Fiel.? joe faaaea aeHaeea in as? suming an Optimism if you have It not. 1)1 C ATI 1. Mr and Mrs. Bryan Jenkins. Of St. Charles, had the misfortune to lose their one-year-old hahy last week. The little one had been siek but a short while. Mr. William A. Muller died at the Sumter Hospital last Sunday after? noon at i o'clock, after a protracted Illness. The immediate cause of his death was heart trouble. He had bot n In the hospital for a month. His Wife was with him when he died. His remains were shipped to Cutbort Ga., his homo. Mr. Muller was at the head of the advertising department of the Pest-Cols Co., and was a man well thought of and liked by all who knew him. He was a member of the Elks. Little Jack Ragan the 17-month-old ?Ofl of Mr. Sam K. Chandler, died on Tuesday afternoon at 7:10 o'clock af tSf an illness of only three day.* The remains of the little one were laid away in the cemetery at 4:30 Wednes di\. the funeral services being held at the grave. Mr. Chandler hed two children taken at the same time with gastritis. There is some hope of the older child recovering. A little child of Mr. J. J. WhilJen died at 10 o'clock Wednesday at Florence. The remains wert brought here that evening and were in? terred Thursday afternoon the fun? eral ?orvlOSf being held from the home of Mrs. Nettles on North Wash? ington street at 5 o'clock. lt. F. 1?. Curriers' Meeting, The Sumter County Rural Carriers' Association will meet at the court house in Sumter on Monday, May 30th at 11 a. m. All carriers in the county are requested to be present, whether members of the Association or not, as bujiness of importance is to he transacted. Delegates to the State Association to be held in New berry, July 4th and 5th are to be ap? pointed. JNO. M. PARKER, President \. J. Ard, Secretary. Real Kstate Transfers. The following deals in real estate have recently been made: Mark Reynolds to Julia Ramsey, 14 a- rf s, $225.00. Friday Smalles to W. B. Moore, lot in Sumter for $225. W. T. Andrews to Mary LaCoste, lot just outside city of Sumter for $60. Polly Gary to W. T. Andrews, lot in Sumter for $200. H. J. Harby, A. D. Harby, J. M. Harby and H. Harby, trustees, to H. J. Harby, interest of estate of Horace Harby In two lots in Sumter for $12, 000. The following literary curiosity is going the rounds of the press. In each instance the answers to the ques? tions are the titles of well known pro? ductions: Who is dead? The Merry Widow. How old was she? Ninety and Nine. How did she die? The Easiest way. Where did she die? Forty-five Min? utes From Broadway. When did sho die? At the Witch? ing House. What made her linger? Fighting Hope. Who found her first? The Servant In the House. Who got her Jewels? The Thief. Whal did the news spread like? Wildfire. DM she leave any family? Yes, Three Twins. Who came from Europe to attend her funeral? Miss Hook of Holland. HOST was the news sent? Via Wire? less. Who spread the news? The Travel? ing Salesman. Were there any well known people there? Yes. The Yankee Prince. Who prayed for her? Salvation Nell. Where was she buried? Fifty Miles From Boston. What military company acted as pall?.carers? The Boys of Company B. Who assisted in lifting the coffin? Sa rns.on. Who furnished the music'.' The Mu? sic Master. W*l the undertaker paid? Yes, Paid in Full. What did they pay him with? Brewster's Millions What was it? The Talk of the Town. Where did she go to? The Devil. in a live Innlngi game the Bumter high school Wednesday afternoon de? feated the graduates of tho hl^h school i-' to I, Brown for the high I.I twirled a beautiful game and I Haynsworth caught s high fly in left ? Id, .\b yen for the graduates star? red st the bat while .loins caught n r.I game, The ? rowd enjoyed the cue and the n.ding '.as loud and 1 Voejf, fOUS The ?'i.ie League Is in need of eggs ;in? I miik for sIcH patients. Anything that the itch . an eat v ill be gladly accepted, but egge and milk sre espe? cially needed. < ami: near being serious. Condi Was Derailed Wednesday Af ternoon in the Yard. But for the presence <>r mind of ('apt. V. Baldwin, engineer on the Bennettiville train Wednesday after noon there would have been a serious accident and possibly some loss of litr. As the train was pulling out of the yard, just as it was clearing the switch, which was previously opened for the train to go out. ('apt. Baldwin fslt a jerk or jar as If something were wrong. He at once shut off the steam and put on the emergency brakes. In? vestigation of the cause of the jerk? ing disclosed that the rear coach had jumped the rails and in a moment more would have turned turtle in a ditch. What the consequence would have been is hard to say, for there were a number of passengers for Blshopville on the coach. Fortunately there was no more se? rious damage than some delay in get? ting the coach back on the track. Dixie's Resources ami Receipts. !t ceasei to be a matter of marvel that the South is today the most pro prestive and proseproui area of the whole United States when the pheno? menal assets of this section are duly taken into consideration. In the first place our climate is un su massed. If It lack? the monotonous mild? ness of the sub-tropical latitudes, it also lacks the stern rigor of tht Northern winters. It combines the four seasons in just the proportions Which are needed to secure the most salutary result, giving abundant scope and variety to out-door llfe and yield? ing long hours whether for labor or diversion. Southern California may suit invalids. Alaska may beguile for seekers who are prepared to tack? le Iceberg! and blizzards. But for the average man who is ambitious to achieve success i.. life there is no tiner commercial and industrial arena in the world than is offered by the South. Bet us look for a moment at some of the figures which show this sec? tion's wonderful resources: In the first place the South posses? ses 16,000 miles of inland water-ways which are open to navigation. The coast lines of the South Atlan? tic and Gulf States aggregate 2,500 miles; and better harbors are difficult to find anywhere than those at New Orleans, at Norfolk, at Charleston, at Mobile, and at Brunswick. With the opening of the Panama canal the business of each of these seaports will be marvelously stimu? lated. The South's railway lines aggregate 70,000 miles. In manufactures the round sum of $2,000.000,000 is invested. The banks show an aggregate de I posit of $1,400,000,000. On the baris of tax returns the Scuth's properly is WOtth $21,000, I 00,000. Scattered over this section there are 845 cotton mills, 830 cotton seed mills, and 125 blast furnaces. The variety of ehe South's indus? trial products is emphasized by the fact that they severally represent 26 5 kinds of industries. It is conservatively estimated that our mines contain 490,000,000,000 tons of coal and 10,000,000,000 tons of iron. The South's population is 28,000, 000. Wre occupy an area of 806,947 square miles. Our farm lands com? prise 350,000,000 acres. In our streams there is 5,000,000 horsepow? er. Wre own 35,000,000 head of live stock. So much for the assets of the South. But what are we producing annual? ly with this splendid equipment? From our factories each year we derive $2,675,000,000; from our farms we get $2,550,000,000; from our forests we get $400,000,000, and from our mines we get $300,000,000. The value of the South's cotton and cotton seed crop is $1,000,000,000. We produce grains to the value of $700,000,000. Our dairy products bring $175,000, . our poultry products $170,000, 000, our fruits and vegetables $150, 000,000, and our live stock $180.000, 000. We mine annually 90,000,000 tons of coal. We 'produce 30,000,000 Oer? rels of petroleum. The Bouth*i tobacco crop Is $76?? 000,000, To foreign countries we export raw and manufacture.I products worth ? t, SO,000,000, Kven the most casual Klane,. (lt this cNhit.it Will BUfAce to show that the prosperity of this section rests upon solid foundations. Nor Is there any equivalent area of the whole republic which today out? strips the South In the substantial In? ducements which nr< (?ff? rod to cap? ital aiel Immlgrnl n Mr II. Von < ?b -. n, Sr., has decided not to open ?Mi hi i harn? ? i o nd buggy repair shop, but has bought nn In t rest with his former pnrtner, Mr. J. i >. Shlrer, and will again connect himself w Ith that business BRYAN'S PLEA FOR ISSUES. o Unbounded Enthusiasm for Him At Opening Of Campaign in stau* of Nebraska. (Nebraska City Dispatch in X. Y.1 Tribune.) William .T. Bryan opened his cam? paign tonight against the Democratic leaders in Nebraska who refused to follow him into prohibition. He fore :; crowd Which literally packed the Overland Theatre, he paid his respects to these leaders, as well as to the liquor interests in general. Be? fore the meeting there was a parade, headed by a brass band. It was held in drizzling rain. The crowd in the theatre paid close attention to Mr. Bryan, but the unbounded enthusi? asm which has accompanied his speeches in Nebraska was lacking. Before entering into a discussion of the Intiative and referendum and the call which he has made upon the Governor for a special session of the Legislature to pass such law, Bryan devoted some time in rebuking the county commisisoners of this county for their refusal to permit him to use the courthouse for tonight's speech. He characterized their action as an effort to prevent free speech, and said the liquor Interests were behind tho refusal. Regarding the saloon in politics, he said in part: "The liquor interests are responsi? ble for the forcing of the county option question into the arena of pollth s and they have only themselves to blame for the results that shall follow the growing indignation against the Impudence, the insolence and the sordidness of the liquor in? terests." In closing, Mr. Bryan admitted that he had not recived enough pledges to call a special session of the Legisla? ture, and that, if the special session was not held, it would be because the liquor interests were opposed to the initiative and referendum and were strong enough practically to control the Legislature. The re-entrance of Nebraska into the Republican column with the re? election of Burkett to the United States Senate and a clean sweep of all State and many minor offices is pre? saged by the flight which Bryan has started within the Democratic ranks. Mr. Bryan has been "turned down" hard, but he has rallied enough to his old-time Democratic ticket this fall. Bryan cannot possibly elect his own candidiates, but he can so divide the vote that no Demicrat can be ejected to a State office, and in addi? tion the State Legislature will change its complexion and become Republi? can, thus insuring the election of a Republican Senator this winter. When Bryan came home from South America three weeks ago he found Nebraska Democracy trium? phant, more virile and popular than it any time for twenty years. In one week Bryan changed all this, put the leaders of that party "on the run" iJid attempted a stampede for county >ption. In another week he dropped county option and began agitation for a special session of the Legislature to pass an initiative and referendum law. During the third week of his home staying Bryan has so mixed things that the defeat of the Democratic tickets is looked upon as a certainty j by Republican leaders. I Indeed, there is no doubt that since the last "paramount Issue" was launched by Mr. Bryan the schism in the Democratic party in Nebraska is more serious than it has ever been, not even excepting the days of the free-silver fight, when so many old line Democrats left the party. And with the Democrats split to pieces the success of the Republicans is assur- j ed. Bryan is credited with the irtten- j tion of asking Republican members \ of th* Legislature to help him out of j the hole in which he has plunged on \ his chase after the initiative and ref? erendum, but according to various Republican leaders, as well as to a number of newspapers, that party is not likely to assist any faction in the opposition to strengthen itself. Demo? crats failed to rally to Bryan when he asked for the calling of a special session of the Legislature, and, ac- j (-Ording to reports, Mr. Bryan is con? templating an appeal to Republican members to assist him in calling an extra session. However, if any Re- J j publican members have a leaning to ward the initiative and referendum they have not come forward with I any offer to assist Bryan in his fight. "AD Tilings Come." The magnate looked up impatiently from his work. "Well, my good man," he snapped at the diffideat and rural person who stood twirling his rusty hat, "what can I do for you?" "I guess ye don't remember me. Hank," faltered the caller. "But you an' me useter go swimmln' together in th* ol' town. Then you got a job in th* bank, an* I got a job in the grocery store." "This is all very Interesting, and I seem to remember your face. But I come to the point?my time is valua 1 hie." "Yes, Hank. Y'ou got a better offer an' left the old village. I stayed plug gin' along in th' grocery store." "Well?well?" "Well, Hank, when you left you owed $73.62 on a grocery bill. Here's where you pay up!"?Cleveland Lead? er. The Sheriff's office has collected $1,624.90 from delinquent tax payers. They are in behind them and will round them all up before long. John W. Gates and Jolin K. Madden Thus End Litigation Over Block. (From the New York Times.) John \V. Gates won a lawsuit against John E. Madden yesterday by two Hips of a cent. The first flip gave Gates the costs of the action and the second flip gave him a $2, 500 settlement. Dame Fortune was called in to decide the issue of the suit after H. Snowden Marshall, ref? eree in the case, had heard Madden's testimony. The suit concerned a transaction in the stock of the Texas Oil Company, of which Gates is the promoter. Gates contended that Madden had broken a contract to accept $11,000 worth of the stock. The real difficulty, how? ever, issupposed to have arisen just after Madden's 2-year-old Uncle had won a race at Belmont Park on June 5, 1907, at odds of 3 to I. Madden told Gates before the race that his 2-year-old was sure to win, and it was reputed that Gates won\ $50,000 on the race. Gates then told Madden, the latter testified, that he Would repay this favor by giving him some valuable inside* information on the stock market. This took the form, according to the testimony ad? duced yesterday, of Gates' .purchase on Madden's account of the oil com? pany stock, which Madden refused \o ratify. When Madden completed his testi? mony Gates walked over to where he sat and said: "John, I guess you've told a correct story as you understand it. I'll flip you a copper to see who pays the cost of this reference." "You're on, John," replied Mad? den. Gates pulled a cent from his pocket and tossed it in the air. "What is it?" he asked. "Heads," said Madden. It was tails. Gates smiled. Then Madden spoke. "Now I'll flip you," he said, "to see whether I'll pay you *2,500 to settle the case or whether you settle it for nothing." "It's a go," said Gates. Madden flipped the cent and Gates called tails. It was tails again, and the counsel on the opposing sides in? formed the referee that they had set? tled the case and would pay the fees of himself and the stenographer on presentation of the bill. In a few days the Supreme Court will be asked to mark the case settled. The pecan tree at the south en? trance to the court house has been trimmed. This will probably save some eyes, as the lower lrmus were just the right neight to catch a man in the face. Christianity is humanity.?Theo? dore Parker. E X T|R. A G O O D School Suits! BARTELS PAT ? fr DRESS the Young Man in a Good School > Suit this Spring and he will bring home a better report at the end of the term. No boy can do his best when he is ashamed of his clothes. %\ We've School Suits that are ex? tra good from the fact that they were made with the greatest care by an expert maker of Boys' Clothes. ?J The fabrics?the trimmings? the tailoring?all are EXTRA G 0 0 D. We contracted for extra good suits and we've got them. ?J I )ouble or Single breasted Reefer or Norfolk style. $4, $5, $6, $7.50 to $10. The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. PHONE NO. 166. - - - SUMTER, S. C.