The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 08, 1910, Image 5
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 8. 1910.
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PFKSUN \L
Mr David C vane ot i 'ha dburnc. X
C. In visiting; his grandnc 'her. Mrs.
M. 8. King, on Purdy street.
Mr. W. J S mi is. u! Hag.I. W?S
In the tHy Thursday.
Mr. K. Alexander, or P. Hill, was
in the city Thursday.
Mia l.ids Hallou. who has been
attending the University of South
Carolina, has returned home to spend
the rummer Nat ation.
Mr. C. E. May es. of Mayesvllle, was
In the city Friday.
Dr* F. M Plight and L. M. Parier,
of Wedgefleld. were In the city last
week.
Mrs. 8. M. McCall. of Florence. Is
\lsltlng her father. Col. W. D. Scar?
borough.
Col. W. D. Scarborough, of Dalzell.
was In Sumter Friday.
Dr. W. E. Mills went to Charleston
Frlu..'.
Mis* Olive Sturgeon, who has been
attending school here, left on Frl
dsy for her home in Lake City.
Cspt. C. K. Glllesple Is relieving
Tapt. Lucius on the Olhson run for a
veek.
M.-ssrs I>. C. and F.rvin Shaw went
0 Darlintgon Friday.
Mr. W. L. Tisdale went to Oswego
'rlday morning.
Misses Mabel, Edna and Annie
ewman went to Oswego to a picnic
rlday.
Mrs. F. P. Cooper, who has been
siting relatives In the city, return
1 to her home In Anderson Friday
ornlng.
Mr. James Corbett. passed thorugh
i.nter on Friday returning from
hmond to his home in Rlshopvlle.
Mr Hoh.-rt M. Cooper, of Wlsacky,
1 ased through Sumter on Friday
turning from Columbia, where he
?nt to see his daughter. Miss Netta,
uluate at the College for Women.
Dr. W. W. Garner, of the U. S. De
rtment of Agriculture. Bureau of
int Industry, a tobacco expert, who
Is Investigating the conditions of the
?acco crop In this section, passed
Hirnusjh the city Friday morning.
Ion A. K. Sanders, of Hagood, was
town Saturday.
Ir. Howard Jones, of Zoar. was in
city Saturday.
Ir. William Sims, of lie* lud. c-iu.e
Sujnter Saturday.
hm. W. O. Cain, of Privateer, was
umter visitor Saturday.
r-?f. Chas. F. Hrooky. Supermten
t of the Llshopvllle graded schools
at Friday night In the c ity. Prof,
oks has accepted the superinten
?y of the Ninety-Six schools an
*r y*?ar.
Irs. J. J. Parrott. who has been
ting her duughter, Mrs. l'.urkett.
irned to her home In Darlington
r.ty Saturday morning.
Irs. O. A. Illand and child, of At
i. ?; i . i . i he guest of .Mr. and
. C. c. |:,., k on West Hampton
nue.
tlss Agnes Haynsworth has rcturn
from the Callage ff?r Women In
imbia.
Ir. Thomas Du I lose, of Sardis. WU1
iumtiT Saturday.
ol. Jas. It. Muldrow, of Mayesvllle,
In S u m t ? r Saturday.
rs. Julia H. Past, of Springlield.
?. Is the gn- -d of her friend. Mi<<
I Xels .n on church St.
r. n. K. Dei.orme returned home
irday from Greenville, when he
been attending rurmaa Pitting
K>l.
eg, chas. Brown, ol Darnwell,
siting at the home of her broth
Mr i:. w. Vug*
r. Ahrs Greeg returned home
r lav from the University of
h c.ip.Mna t ? spend the summer
tlon.
r. J. D. P.aih y Was tailed to his
i at Beam > on Monday on ac?
t of the Illness ol his mother.
m imford Scott, of Florence,
t Snndav in the stty with his tin
Mr w. II santat
ss gggfcsf a. Meh, of Abbeville,
ending a f? w da;, s in t he , ;tv.
?. Gilbert c. Huntington, af Char
Pi C. Interstate V M. fj, \
?ary *>t the Carolinas, and Mr
'. WMttams, of Ober tin, Ohio, are
o city.
?. Bnhgfl Green is at home from
Fnhersity of South Carolina.
A. C. Durunt had hi b n o and
es. at Btshogvllle, burned to tie
ml sunday. lb ddes flu build*
ic lo d ? ? mules and a bor s, I
?f farm rnm blnery. vvairon . -t
all the grain and forage in tin
:ing. nis lean smi about $l\ *.<>?.
no Insurance. The tire was aus
y lightning.
DEATH.
The sad news was received hert on
Thursday by phone, announcing Ihc
death of Miss Maggie Rice at her
bom*- In Denmark. Miss Hire was a
daughter of Kev. W, 1?. Rice, and was
formerly ? resident Of Sumter and has
many relatives ami friends hare, who
mourn her death.
Mrs. Jalts Q. Rice, widow of the
latt Rev, w. i?. Kite. i?. D.i of Ihe
Baptist church, died at her home in
Denmark Friday afternoon, after ?
lomj Illness, Mrs. Rice was the old
eot daughter of the lets Rev, Noah
Qraham, and l sister of Mr. w, M.
Qraham and Miss m. c, Graham and
of the late Col. Jas. D. Graham, of
this c ity.
Scott the s-months-ohl son of Mr.
T, s. Watson died Friday night after a
brief illness. The body was taken
Saturday to Wadesboro. N. C., for
int.rment.
Mr Samuel H. Board, of Warreii
vllle. S. C, died at the home of his
?Itter, Mrs. M. 11. Law. at Elliotts,
Sunday and his remains were ship?
ped to Warrenviiie on Monday, Mr,
Beard was ? sufferer from tuberculo
sis at! 1 has lived fOf some time at
Bill ittl in a tent. fie leaves a wife
and two Children. Hi was about II
years of age.
Death of W. B. Carnes.
BlahOpVllle, June I.?W, B. Carnes,
who has lived here all his 65 years,
died at the home of his sister, Mrs.
R. L. Hethea, on Church street this
morning about 3 o'clock after several
weeks' suffering from general health
failure. Mr. Carnes was one of the
oldest citizens of this community. The
funeral and burial took place this
afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Presby?
terian cemetery. Mr. Carnes leaves
two brothers, R. E. Carnes and H, W.
i'arm s, and three sisters, Mrs. R. L.
Bethen, Mrs. J. S. Corbet! and Mrs
T. B, Manning, all ??f Pdshopville.
FtffO Thin-day Night.
The tire alarm sounded a little af?
ter 1 o'clock Friday and the de?
partment turned out to find a three
room house on West Liberty street
owned by Angellne Wertz, and occu?
pied by Louisa Wallace, in flames.
The building on the east end was
ready to fall in when discovered, and
the occupants failed to save anything.
I he firemen did not throw any water
as all danger of the tire spreading was
>\er wh?n they reached the scene.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
I beg to snnounos my candidacy
for the offtCs Of Governor, subject to
the decision of the Democratic vot?
ers of the SUt<\
Campaign promises are easily made.
My purpose is, if elected, to give the
pOOpk a plain, honest and bttSlnt ?
.ike administration. Of course, 1
shall advocate good roads. good
.tools ami good government, my at?
titude as t<? the r ime being well
known to the public for many years.
i consistently advocated prohibition
and was among the Just to give
money snd lend Influence to push thai
movement more than twenty y? ar*
ago.
As a business man my chief aim.
If sleeted, win be to conduct ? state
government along business lines.
F, H. HYATT,
Columbia, s. c, June ?;.
Mr. W. H, Sea's brought t'? town
i'ri.some tilier gotten from a cot?
ton wood tree in the swamp. The
Abet looks very much like cotton, but
is much shorter.
Mr. M. 11. Beck has had another
well sunk to supple his pond at Po
callo Spring, The pond Is about full
now and the bath houses will be
erect.-d In a few days.
The signs notifying antes to stop at
the street corners have been put up.
The ordin?re e will be enforced rigid?
ly fr<?m this on.
A runaway horse caused some cx
? it. men! on Main street on Friday.
At the corner of Main and Lib. rty
?treetS he tan into an auto, but m>
damage was done.
The lish dam at Pocallo Spring
broke Saturday. and let all the
wate* off. With the water went all
the fish. Mr Beck had Just put (00
It in the pond, lish that had been
furnish* d him by the government.
Ti. are now in pocotallgo Creek,
a team drlv< n by a Mr. Thomas came
near being caught in the flood as it
rushed to the swamp. Me was driving
along the road, His wagon and bar
re wer,- broken by the animal in its
fright.
The gumter Cotton M?l was sohl
by tb. Master ni "i tlott Monday, lion,
Hieb nil I Vlatiniti as agent for tin
bond leid, r . 1 mghl II in for $11,<
?11,
Tin meeting nf the gumter County
Farmers' Union at Oswego was well
attended, ami ? most bountiful dinner
was spread. Those who attended
speak of the dinner drat thing.
PROBING NEGRO KILLING,
Ma) be Sensational Developments In
Lexington County Case,
Lexington, June 4.?What bids fair
tt> be one of the greatest sensations
tins county lias ever known is Just
coining to light, it will be recalled
that I b ury Mitchell, a negro, was
killed near Fredonla on the night of
the Ith of May. The following day,
which was Sunday, an inquest wan
held, conducted I y a magistrate. Ab?
solutely nothing was brought out at
the Inquest, the jury returning a ver?
dict "that the deceased came to his
death by a gunshot wound Indicted
by a party or parties unknown to the
jury." This Inquest was closed and
the report tiled in the otli'-e of th'
clerk Of the court. The coroner was
not notified of the homicide, neither
w as the sheriff, it Is said.
The negro was shot with a shotgun,
the load taking effect just behind th,'
knee, cutting the large artery. He
ran for a few hundred yards and fell
dead In the middle of the road. It
was stated at the time by the magis?
trate and others In the immediate
vicinity, that it was Relieved that the
negroes were engaged In a little
game of "skin." as cards were found
on the track Of the railroad. Al?
though the negro was killed near the
home of another negro none of them
seemed to know anything about the
trouble. It is said by a person who
went to the scene next morning, that
the negroes appeared very scared
and refused to have anything to say.
A day or two after the negro was
killed rumors began to fly thick and
fast, and it was not long before it
was stated that the negro was kill?
ed by a white man, and that other
white m^n were eye-witnesses to the
tragedy. It is believed, in fact, it is
Stated on what seems to be good
authority, that the white men went
to the place where the negroes were
gambling for the purpose of catching
them in the act, and when they came
upon the men, ordered the negroes to
surrender, whereupon the latter be?
gan to run. As Mitchell ran off the
white man fired with the result that
the negro was killed.
The matter was called to the at?
tention of Solicitor Timmerman, who
at once took the matter up with Gov.
Ansel. During the past few days it
has been rumored that the white man
ir question, who is married and has
five Children, has skipped the coun?
try. A gentleman was here yesterday,
though, who stated that he had not
left, hut was still at work on the
plantation, where he has been em?
ployed as foreman for some time.
In order that no mistake might be
made, and get the true facts in the
case, the News and Courier corres?
pondent called up Solicitor Timmer?
man at his home at Batesburg and
ssked him for s statement. Mr, Tim
merman gave out the following for
publication: "As soon as the killing
of this negro was reported to me, i
wrote the Governor calling his atten?
tion to the matters that had been
ailed to mine; and later 1 wrote him
ngaln to the effect that the party, or
at le:'st one of the parties, charged
with the killing had left the commu?
nity, Some action will be taken by
the Governor as soon as he can prop?
erly do so. lie has written me to
that effect. The public may rest as?
sured that this case will be properly
ventilated In the Courts, and all will
be done that is reasonable to bring
the guilty party or parties to Jus?
tice."
The matter has caused considerable
talk all over the county, and future
developments will be awaited with
keen Inter* st.
George Tlndal, a negro barber on
Main street, was tried by the Record?
er with a jury Monday for selling
whiskey. The Jury consisted of
Messrs. M. Levl, rharbs Schwartz.
<>. B, Nettlei and T, A. Nettles. They
rendered a verdict of not guilty. Two
white men. W. A. Hosey and Mood
Minis, testified to the sale, while Tln?
dal testified that 'footer Wilder went
out and bought the stuff. Kniest
Riven testified to seeing Tooten Wil?
der s' nt out for it. idle defendant
was represented by Geo, i>. Levy, Esq.
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AN OPPORT1 MTY?In January af?
ter the last horse show in Sumter
I purchased the handsome horse
Which 1 1 i awarded the blue rib?
bon (first prize i by the judges, they
having decided that he was the
best single harness horse on exhibi?
tion. He is without blemish, kind
and sensible and the kind of hone
that Is not often on the market.
Having determined not to keep
a horse, I am offering him for sale.
C P, (Isteen, M. I >., Sumter, s. C.
W WTI D To buy hardw.I log .
Poplar, Cypress, Ash and White
Oak logs for our mill at Sumter.
Write or call on US. Thomas Lum?
ber Co, Calhoun s\ A, <'. L. Ity. Sum
ter, s. c. 5-21-8tW.
W WTI'.D 'I he Farmers of Sumter
County to know tin y can get pro?
tection for their crops against de?
struction by Hall by a policy in the
Carolina Hall Insurance Company,
G, B, Haynsworth, Agent, lt, 1-2 N.
Main St., Sumter, S. C. 5-6-lt.
THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN.
CANDIDATES ASSESSED BY EXE?
CUTIVE COMMITTEE.
County Democratic Executive Com?
mittee Met and Arranged For Coun
ty Campaign?six Meeting to r?o ,
Held.
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From The 1 ?ally Item, June i.
The County Democratic Executive
Committee m< t t >day at the call of!
County Chairman John H. Clifton for!
the purpose of making the necessary I
arrangements for the county cam?
paign.
The m??st important matter that i
uas brought up for consideration was I
the assessments to be levied upon
candidates for the purpose of raising
sufficient funds to defray the expenses
of the campaign.
After a full discussion and a can?
vass of the whole matter the folllow
ing assessments were decided upon,
and a resolution was adopted enpow
erlng the county chairman to collec
the said assessments from the candi?
dates when they fde their pledges:
For the Senate?$25.00.
For the House?$12.50.
For Auditor?$20.00.
For Treasurer?$20.00.
For County Superintendent Educa?
tion?$10.00.
For County Supervisor?$20.00.
For County Probate Judge?$10.00.
For Magistrates?$2.50.
Except for Magistrates In District
No. 3?$5.00; District No. 5?$3.50;
District No. G?$3.50.
Each executive committeeman was
requested to furnish the county chair?
man with the names of managers for
th primary election for his box on
or before August 1st. In case of fail?
ure of committeemen to do as re?
quested the county chairman is em?
powered to appoint the managers.
i resolution was adopted requiring
candidates to fde their pledges and
pay the assessments on or before Au?
gust 8th, at 12 o'clock m.
Campaign meetings appointed as
follows:
Privateer?August 9.
Shiloh?August 16.
Mayesville?August 17.
Dalzell?Augut 26.
Sumter?August 26?At Night.
Sumter?August 27.
The picnic given by the Sunday
school of the First Baptist church
Thursday was a very pleasant affair.
There was plenty to eat and amuse?
ment for the little ones all day. While
going out one pair or horses became
frightened at the children's noise and
became unruly, but otherwise there
was nothing to mar the pleasure of
the little ones.
There were two cases of booze sell?
ing before the Recorder Saturday
that were continued.
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Savers to be Found at the
Big Store.
Ladies' Extra Quality Lisle Finest Gauze
Vests, the best ever for.
15 Dozen Root Top Ladies' Lace Hose. Our
Regular 50c Stocking. Special.
35 Pieces New Summer Organdies, all new de?
signs. Special at.
One Pound Linen Paper, 50 Envelopes.
Worth 45c. Special.
One Pound Tins Colorado Talcum Powder.
The best you have ever used. Special.. .
3 Cakes Violet Glycerine Soap. Buy this once
and you will always use it. Special.
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J. B. McCoy, the colored porter
for the Burns Hardware Company,
asks us to state that he and Joe Koy,
who was convicted of selling booze
Saturday, are not the same. The
similarity of names worried him
somewhat. He does not like for any
one to think he is in that class.
A gentleman friend of Mrs. M. S.
Nelson, a Mr. Mitchell, of Charleston,
who is cSS years old, has seen Halley's
Comet twice, once when he was a lad
13 years old, and last week when he
I w as 88 years old.
The clerk of court was called upon
to perform the ceremony that made
W'alter Sumter and Mary McQuilla
man and wife. The two were country
darkeys, and they wanted it under?
stood that it was not a runaway case.
The girl had the consent of her fath?
er. After the ceremony the bride and
groom were told to kiss each other
and the bride did most of the kissing
and assisted in paying the fee.
Ed Poole was fined $10 by the Re?
corder Saturday for disorderly con
j duct and resisting arrest.
75he Doctrine o/
ummer Suits!
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IN SUMMER your suit is constantly in your
own and your associates' sight. One suit
gets tiresome?and tired ; needs a rest,
cleaning and pressing. The logical solution is
two suits?
One a Blue
Serge
HEN you are right and ready for any
emergency. One suit always pressed
and fresh. Frequent changes will do
both yourself and the suits good.
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WE'VE right serges for you?closely
twilled from fine spun pure worsteds,
some fancy blues, some plain?a
plenty of both.
$12.50, $15, $18,
$20.00 to $27.50.
The 9. J. Chandler Clothing Co.
PHONE NO. 166. - - - 8UMTER, S. C#