The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 28, 1910, Image 2
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i ||h n Sessions of t ourt.
Columbia, May lit.-Charging that
Col. W. T. Brock. Assistant Adjutant
Oeneral, spent too much of the
State's money on the annual Inspec?
tion trips and that there was wrong?
doing in the turning In of hotel ex?
pense accounts. Adjt. Oen. J. C. Boyd
sat today before the Court of Inquiry,
recently appointed by Governor An?
sel, as accuser. The hotel feature of
the Inquiry will probably over-shad?
ow other matters, although for the
opening day of the session this part
of the case was barely touched upon.
An unexpected announcement at
the opening of the inquiry came from
counsel for Oen. Boyd. to the effect
that Gen. Boyd wished to abandon
the charges growing out of the "poli?
tical situation" against Col. Brock.
These charges. It will be recalled,
were that Col. Brock had deceived
Oen. Boyd as to the possibility of the
lattsr's election In the approaching
primary.
When counsel for Gen. Boyd made
the statement that the charges be
abandoned In respect to the political
matter, counsel for Col. Brock ob?
jected unless It be spread on the min?
utes of the court that the charges
were without foundation. It was ex?
plained that the Idea of the Court
of Inquiry should bo to Investigate
and sven though Get. Boyd wished
to abanJon the "political charges,"
this should not be done unless the
name of Col. Brock be cleared in this
oosnsectton.
The court took the position that
testimony should be produced on Col.
Brock's aide, even though Gen.
Boyd put up no witnesses In connec?
tion with the political matter. Gen.
Boyd takes the position that this was
purely a personal matter between
himself and Col. Brock, and that It
should not, therefore, come before
the court. However, he made the
statement, through counsel that he
had m apology o make for the
charges, except that he wished to
abandon them.
The startling remark was made by
Attorney George R. Rembert counsel
for Oen. Boyd. In reply to pressure
for an outline of the "case " that each
hotel bill or Col. Brock's for the last
four years would be the basis for
< harges as to use of the State's money
wrongfully.
DEATH PREFERRED TO PRISON.
C. R. Roland Attempts Suicide Book?
keeper for Savannah Firm.
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Savannah, Oa.. May 23.?Fearful of
arrest by an officer who waited for
him at the front door, C. R. Boland
this afternoon sent a badly aimed
bullet at his heart, after drinking a
liberal quantity of carbolic acid In a
double effort to suicide.
Boland wss bookkeeper and confi?
dential man for Shetflngton Brothers,
wholesale merchants, where there was
a shortage In his accounts. The
charge of forging an endorsement on
a $400 note at one of the banks also
Is hanging over him. Boland's condi?
tion Is critical, though he may re?
cover.
Boland's home Is at Prosperity. S.
C. He bought a high priced automo?
bile a few weeks ago, the first trace
of the extravagance that he had man?
ifested.
M \Rn|| M l. NOW ON TRIAL.
Hatamnih s<M-tct> *l?n Killed Two
Negro* - With \ iitomobile.
Saannah. Ga.. May 23.?Alfred M
Marshall, the young society man. who
at the whe?d of an automobile, on
the Grand I'riz. race morse. ran
down and killed two negroes*, a man
and a woman, on April 1. was placed
on trial, charged with iquribr. In the
Superior i'o'irt t'"l u. Witnesses de?
clared he w ,n intoxicated.
The solicitor general warned one
sTUMss tb it " this was no laughing
matter" When the witness seemed to
treat t.u .ase v.i ( h it v It > . The auto
nioi.lle ride v as de?i. rlhed as a "mail
ride of death." The e.?*e probably
will le concluded tomorrow*
l sjm - Not Im pnno Respect,
It does not in? reuse rcspc< t for the
law when . ir nit Judges gnnt stay,
of senfen.... <,i , ;, h? like tint ol W.
T. Jone*, .-.ho i is convicted in Union
of the murder of bis srlfs and WSjOS*
ssarrtstAssi hi- bean opnehS '?>- ins
snpr. SJM -urt .,f the State. Ju
Watts, who granted this St if, Is th
same Judge who released Blgham
another wife murderer, on il.'.O'i
bn'l. Ringham ?kippe.I out and ' II
novel been heard of The su
pr no- . . ..t also afllrm* d hi, eumlc
tlon. out the sent, ii.f tb. la.v has
been m??le ? nullity by the ait ol
Judgo Walls?Spartanburg Journal.
\ PLEASANT STRAW RIDE.
\ FoSUNHoTSC Wagon Load Go to
Proi klence,
I Btfjlit of ten eouplef enjoyed ono of
i the pleasantest straw rides Mond iv
night that has over bssn given in this
neighborhood. The wagon t'tarted
from the ROM Hill plantation and
went by ITeriots and Galllard's Cross
roads, Anally stopping at Provldsnce
Spring* Than the young couples,
w.-ll ohaparoaad, made their way to
the old Providence Pavillion at which
place they enjoyed danoins for the
?f t time this season. After dancing
a while all went down to the spring
v. hart they ate from their baskets
and watched the moon in eclipse.
The four-horse wagon not only had
girls and boys loaded in it but also
tin horns and whistles; Roman
oahdlai and other fire works, so that
any one who happened to live on the
route of this crowd last night would
nave thought that Xmas had come
again.
CLEKK <>P COURT COMPLIMENT?
ED.
Judge Sonso Says Sumter Has the
llc?t In the State.
The following clipping from the St.
Matthews Advance of May 18th is
very complimentary to Sumter's clerk
of court, Mr. L. I. Parrott:
"We are informed that our efficient
Clerk of Court Mr. J. A. Wolfe, was
highly complimented at the closing of
court here Monday afternoon by
Judge Sease. The Judge told Mr.
Wolfe that with one exception he was
the best clerk of court in the State.
The best dork he said was Mr. L. I.
Parrott, of Sumter. Mr. Wolfe nat?
urally feels proud of the compliment
as he should be."
The Parcels Post.
Will congress ever give the people
the parcels post? Or will the express
companies prevent it? Merchants also
oppose it, because they claim that If
the parcels post was established hun?
dreds of packages would be ordered
from the large department houses.
In European countries parcels have
been handled by post so long and sat?
isfactorily that the question of abol?
ishing It would not be raised. In
Germany the charges are graduated
according to distance. Many people
in the cities get fresh butter and veg?
etables by post. In France a uni?
form charge is made without regard
to distance.
In Germany in 1907, 228,000,000
packages value not declared were
sent; 13,179,000 packages valued at
$4,922,300,000 were sent by post.
With everything in favor of the
plan congress will not adopt it be?
cause the express companies have in?
fluence enough to prevent it.
It looks as if when a bill Is pro?
posed, the lobbyists see the leaders
and say "what will it cost to kill the
bill." Then the bill is killed.?Spar
tanburg Journal.
Mr. L. I. Parrott, president of the
Union Brokerage Co., was in Flor?
ence county Saturday attending a
meeting of the Florence County
Union. He says that the meeting was
in enthusiastic one and well attend?
ed. The brokerage company here
will be the business headquarters for
the Farmers' Union in this section of
the State. The capital stock will be
increased this fall and a handsome
warehouse put In. The business has
Surpassed the expectation of the
Union so far. It has been all that
could be expected.
It is reported that Mr. J. E. DuPre
will probably be a candidate for the
Mouse this summer. Mr. DuPre has
not decided definitely, however.
A tennis court for the use of the
young ladles at the conn house is be
ing made just off the court house
grosmds to the Southwest. This will
glVS them recreation In the long af
t? rnoons this summer.
John Bllloti Weeks, the colored boy
who turned his horses loose Monday
had his case dismissed by the Record
' r upon bis paying $1 Into tho paving
fund and agreeing to replace the
fem?' :it Mr. Schwartz's pln<v, which
was brok< R d< w n.
Winthrop College
SCHOLARSHIP .mil ENTRANCE
i:\ \MI NATION.
Tin- examination for the award of
vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col?
lege ami for the admission of n, u
lenti will be held at the County
Court House on Friday, July t, at ft
a. oi. Applicants must be not less
than fifteen years of age, When
Scholarships are vacant after July i
Ihey will be awarded to (ho e nuking
i ? highest average at this examin?
stlon, provided tin y meet the condi?
tions governing the award, Appll?
holarshlps should write
rresident Johnson b< lore the sx?
ruination for Scholarship examina?
tion blanks,
.' : Nr. hips are worth $190 and
free t ut on. The next session will
pen September II, lilt, l or furth?
er Information and catalogue, addrcs:
Prva, I?. it. Jalissuwi. Rock Hill, B, C
BX-CONVICT "SQUEAL?" ON PALS
IN SUGAR FRAUDS.
Lashed I > His Consciencoi Oliver
Hpltscr Obtains Pardon from Presl
fienl u> Uive Evidence in Trial of
su?ar Trust Olllclnla Charged With
Defraii ling Government?Appear?
ance in Court Creates Great sur?
prise.
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New York, May 28.?Oliver Spitzer,
a m.in whose conscience hurt him,
cams back t?? New York tonight, like
i spectre from the grave, and with a
pardon from the President in his poc?
ket gave testimony at the trial of
CharlSI U. Heike, secretary-treasurer
of the American Sugar Refining Com- ,
pany, who, with five subordinates, is
charged with conspiracy to defraud j
the Government in underweights of !
sugar imports.
Spitzer, as superintendent of the j
company's Williamsburg (Brooklyn) I
docks, got two years in the Atlanta j
penitentiary for his participation in
the frauds, but he was quickly par?
doned by the President last Thursday,
after serving only three months and
having made full confession from now
on that he will aid the Government in
its attempt to convict his former as?
sociates. Spitzer's story on the stand
today did not directly connect Heike
with the frauds, but his confession re?
sulted in one new arrest tonight.
COMMENCEMENT AT REMBERT.
Prominent Speakers to Address Pu?
pils and Patrons.
Rembert, May 24.?The commence?
ment exercises of the Rafting Creek
high school will take place in the
school auditorium commencing Tues?
day, May 31st in the forenoon at 11
o'clock. Several very distinguished i|
speakers will be present and deliver
addresses along educational lines, and
the diplomas will be delivered the
graduating class ahd debates for the
gold medal in the morning. In the
evening commencing promptly at 8
o'clock there will be an oratorical
contest for another gold medal be?
sides drills, debates and interesting
recitals by each member of the
school. They are expecting delightful
music during the evening. This school
closes one of the best years since the
founding of the school and Mr. D. P.
McCain has been re-elected principal,
with Miss Lou A. Ferguson and her
sister, Miss Lela as assistants. The
music teacher is yet to be selected.
Miss Annie Alford did not apply for
re-election.
The entire community Is cordially
invited to be present as this annual
commencement is a feature of mutual
enjoyment and pleasure, and those
who can attend I assure them a de?
lightful evening.
Crops are greatly improved. Good
stands of cotton and corn, and chop?
ping is about half finished. Oats are
fairly good and will commence cut?
ting next week.
COMMENCEMENT AT G. s. M. A.
Ho v. J. C. Rowan, of Camdcn, to
Preach.
Stateburg, May 24.?The com?
mencement exercises of the Gen,
Sumter Memorial Academy, will be
gin on next Sunday morning, th<
29th inst., at 11:30 o'clock, when the
commencement sermon will lie
preached by Rev. J. C. Rowan, of
Camdcn, at the High Hills church.
On Monday morning the 30th inst..
at 11 o'clock, the exercises of the
graduating class will take place in th
assembly hall of the Academy. On
Monday evening of the same day and
In the same hall, the pupils of the
department of music will give their
programme, and an operetta, "Flora'
Birthday" will be given by all of the
pupils of the Academy. The public
is cordially Invited to attend ail of
these exen Ises.
?The splendid work of Chamber?
lain's Btomach and Liver Tablets
dally c mlng to light. No such grand
remedy for liver and bowel troubles
was ever known before. Thousands
ble l them for curing constipation,
sick headache, biliousness, jaundice
and indigestion. Sold by W. W. St?
iert.
Sooner or later the world ?onus
round to see the truth and do the
right.*? <!? orge s. 11 lllard.
Chamberlain's Stomach und Liver
Tablets will thar the i >ur stomach,
sweeten the breath aid create
heulthy appetite, They promote the
flow of gastric Juice, thereby Inducing
good dlg< Hon. Sold by W. W. Slbert.
Mr. K, I. Ri irdon Is a candidate
for the office of commercial s.etary
for the Charleston Chamber ol Com
tnerce, Mr. Reurdon ha.1 had consid?
erable e\j erl< n? > at I.Hi .1. f, I t that
is w hat is w ant. ?l Ik can do that t ?
perfi ? t ion.
?A touch of rheumatism or i
twinge ol neuralgia, whnti vor the
trouble Is, Chamberlain's Liniment
drives sway the pain at once and
cures the comi lain! quickly. First
application gives relief. Sohl by W. I
W. Slbert. I
WHITE MAN CONVICTED.
Will Martin of Williamston Found
Guilty of Assault and Battery of an
Aggravated Nature.
Anderson, May 23.?Will Martin of
Wffllamston, a young white man of
prominent family connection, was
found guilty of assault and battery of
B high and aggravated nature tonight. I
He was arraigned this morning on j
the charge of attempted criminal as- i
sault on a 19-year-old white girl. At?
torneys for Martin will argue a mo- j
tion for a new trial before Judge
Watts tomorrow morning.
Solicitor Bonham is as yet undecid?
ed as to whether Calhoun Harris,
former secretary of the Orr cotton
mills, will be arraigned on the three
indictments of forgery remaining on
the docket. Harris was acquitted on
three counts of forgery and one of
breach of trust on Friday.
REWARD FOR AVANT INCREAS?
ED.
Georgetown Sheriff Offers $250 For
Capture of Fugitive.
Georgetown, May 23.?Nothing
whatever has been heard of W. B.
Avant since the receipt of the letter
from Atlanta. Today Sheriff Scurry,
on behalf of the bondsmen, has in?
creased the offer of reward for his
capture from one hundred dollars to
two hundred and fifty dollars.
Nothing of public interest or im?
portance was contained in Avant's
letter to his wife. The bondsmen are
much perturbed over Avant's flight,
since the payment of the bond will
take practically from each the accu?
mulations of years of diligent labor
and economy. The bondsmen are the
1 ncle and brother-in-law of the fu
?e.
?Never hesitate about giving Cham?
berlain's Cough Remedy to children.
It conta ns no opium or another nar?
cotics and can be given with implicit
confidence. As a quick cure for
coughs and colds to which children
are susceptible, it is unsurpasssed.
Sold by W. W. Sibert.
The showers that are falling come
as welcome gifts to the farmers. A
few days like we have been having
will make considerable improvement
in the cotton crop.
?John D. Rockefeller would go
broke if he should spend his entire
income trying to prepare a better
medicine than Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for
diarrhoea, dysentery or bowel com?
plaints. It is simply impossible, and
so says every one that has used it
Sold by W. W. Sibert.
CERTAIN RESULTS.
Many a Sumter Citizen Knows How
Sure They Are.
Nothing uncertain about the work
of Doan's Kidney Pills in Sumter.
There Is plenty of positive proof of
this in the testimony of citizens. Such
evidence should convince the most
skeptical doubter. Read the follow
ing statement:
J. H. Grady, 16 Wright St., Sumter,
S. C, says "I have no hesitation in
recommending Doan's Kidney Pills as
they proved of great benefit to me,
I used them for kidney trouble and
they helped me more than any other
remedy I had previously taken. My
back ached nearly all the time and 1
had severe pains in my kidneys. The
kindey secretions were irregular in
passage and when allowed to stand
deposited sediment. I finally used
Doan's Kidney Pills, procured at
China's Drug Store and they regula?
ted the passage of the kidney secre<
lions and removed the lameness from
my back. I have had no return of
kidney trouble."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for th* United
states.
Remember the name?Doan's?and
take no other No. 17.
IS EXEMPLIFIED
In the I ui nil ine we offer HKRK
you see the b< si products ol the
most perfectly equipped furniture
factories ol today. Kvery article
we have on sale is an example <>t
the wonderful strides made these
modern times in the products <>t
perfect; handsome strong dur?
able furniture.
Our prices are as low as the
furniture is excellent ? as you will
find out if you'll stt,> in and look
us over.
Witherspoon Bros.
Furniture Go.
The Kind Ton Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of
and has been made under his per
Jtf-p J*'s Sonai supervision since its infancy.
f'&ttJU'lC Allow no one to deceive you in this*
All Counterfeits, Imitations and ** Just-as-good" are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment*
What is CASTORiA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare*
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium? Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and aMays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea? The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signatare of
The KM You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
TMS ?KNTAUM eOVMHV, TT MOBItAV ?TUKCT. NEW venu crr?.
The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co.
Is the people's bank, it gives careful attention
and absolute protection to all business entrust?
ed to its care. If you are not a patron we
want you to become one.
Sumter,
South Carolina.
DEPOSIT
With
First National Bank
THAT'S ALL.
As Good Roads
Promote the commerce of towns to which they lead, so good sidewalks should
encourage the patronage of Business Houses along their borders.
Thanks to our City Fathers, backed by the progressive sentiment of'the
tax payers, we at last have a system of good uniform sidewalks to our doors
Nojonger will you have to stumble alongjover brick-bats to get to the Hank.
Thls'up-to-date improvement removes the last remnant of an 'excuse for
not handling your financial affairs in an up-to-date manner by keeping a check?
ing account with us.
A trial of the newjsidewalks and our established service will convince you
of the^merlts of both.
^ Bank of Sumter.
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and Chicken Feed.
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Lime, Lenient, Shinnies, Laths, hire Brick. Acme Wall
Plaster, Drain Tine, Etc.
Our usual assortment of Horses and Mules. And
eg a full stock of Buggies, Wagons and Harness to select
from.
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