The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 09, 1910, Image 8
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STATEBURO.
Stateburg. July 4.?Miss Anne M.
?wall, of Wilmington. N. C, Is on
a atiort visit to her parents. Rev. and
i. W. H. Barnw?dl.
Mra. C. L. Boyte. after a pleasant
It to her mother. Mrs. W. R. Flud.
raturned to her home in Hender
awatilla. N. C.
Mr. Frank P. Burgess has lately
returned, after a stay of several days
with his sister. Mrs. James O. Simons,
at Butawvllle.
Mr W. H. Barnwell la spending a
Ca? daya at "The Rectory."
Mr. Alex Norria. of Columbia, la
tha guest of his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Norria
Mr. Frank P. Burgess spent Friday
la Manning.
Mr. Frank B. Harrla. of Thomas
?ilia, Oa.. li expected here tonight.
While In the neighborhood, he will
tap the gueat of Mr. and Mra. E. F.
Holmes.
Mr. Barnwell, of Greenville, la
a>ending a few days with Rev. and
Mra. W. H. Barnwell.
Mrs. A. M. Lee, of Charleston, has
been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. It. Q
Richardson. Jr., for several days dur?
ing the past week.
Miss Sarah Moore was In Sumter
on Friday.
Mr. St ott. who has been spending
aome time with Mr. and Mrs. W. J
NorrK has returned to his home at
Kastover.
Mr. Murray Moore, of Statesvllle.
N. On has been on a visit to his both
or. Mr Screven Moore.
The dally showers continue with
ainabated res' and though not as co?
pious as those of the preceding
weeks, are quite enough to interfere
eerloualy with farm work. This la
aapeclally unfortunate Just now, *?
the farmers are trying to "lay by"
their cropa in good ahape and need
stry weather, and plenty of sunshine
to enable them to do it.
UAGOOD.
Ifagood. July S.?Rains have been
very frequent In this section and far
aaers aeem very much worried about
their crops, the cotton being small
tor this season of the year.
Several families are beginning to
go away for the summer months.
Mra. T. P. Sanders and children are
at Suttlvan'a Island, where they ha-e
a cottage for a month.
Mr. and Mra. Crawford Sanders are
occupying th^ir cottage at Providence
Springs.
The Miss** Ellerbe will leave in
a fow days for Waynesvllle, N. C,
where they will spend the summer.
Mra. Julian Sanders has as her
guests, her sister, Miss Agnea Becker,
of Spartanburg. and Misses Willie
and Lillian Delgar, of Sumter.
Mrs. Sanders entertained delight
tally at cards, complimentary to these
young ladles, on Tuesday of last week.
Miss Sarah Sanders also entertain?
ed Mrs. Julian Sanders' guests at
tsrd? last Monday afternoon.
Misses Helena Weinberg and Ida
Dwight. of Wedgefleld, who have
Keen \i.-IMng Miss MotHa Ellerbe,
hate let Wed b<>me.
Mr*. Alvn .I. ll. tt Is in Wedgefleld
for the Mellett-McMlllan wedding to?
night
\\ BMBfUUh
Wedg.tb'd. July t;.._The Fourth
waa a day of disappointment to our
peoph> from a weather standpoint.
On aceount of the pienlc gotten up
by the Boy?' Corn Club, and ball
game arranged between Wcdgehehl
and St. ?'harles. everybody looked
forward with a gn it ?!***? of pleas?
ure to the day.
After Ho address by Mr. Singleton
Dwight. Messrs. II L. Scarborough,
8. D. Cain and J. Krank Williams,
who has <-harg| of the <hmonstra
tlon work at the ?i S. M. A., prepara?
tions wen made for dinner, and be
fore the I ir?<- crowd present had
fally satisfied the inner man. one of
th* hardest ISlM of tho season came
up without much warning, and ev?
erybody had to seek shelter.
After the ground drier! off the
ball gam*' eommere ? <l. irnl before
five Innings had been played, a sec?
ond rain came tip. The score was 6
to 2 In favor || Wedgefleld.
ft Is hoped that the boya will try It
ovor again at some future date, when
pom lb I y the elements will not weep
so, and our farming- friends are In a
better mood to entertain.
The continued rains for the past
month have made It impossible to
clean the crops of grass.
Miss Queenle Mobley, of Columbia,
is spending some time with Mrs. R.
Walker Buce.
Mr. I. T. Billups and Misses Athe?
na and Julia Mellett, of Summerton;
Misses Mary and Alice Qasque, and
Dr. E. F. Mason, of Mullins, were
am^ng those who came over to at?
tend the Mellett-McMillan wedding.
Miss Sudle Wright is visiting rela?
tives at Rocky Mount, N. C.
Mr. A. E. Aycock is exhibiting a
prise tomato grown in his garden. It
weighs two and a half pounds.
EGYPT.
Egypt, July 7.?We are having
beautiful weather for the grass now.
and crops are growing rapidly. The
corn Is fine and bids fair to make a
good crop; the cotton in places is
very good.
Rev. R. E. Sharp spent yesterday
in Egypt.
The ladles of St. John's church are
serving ice cream every second and
fourth Saturday afternoon, proceeds
to furnish the new church.
Miss Louise Simmons, of Summer
ton, Is visiting Mrs. W. A. White, of
this place.
Mr. J. R. McLeod spent Saturday
in Camden.
The Fourth passed off quietly at
this place.
The negroes gave a baseball picnic,
and during the day a fight occurred
which gave work to Judge Munner
lyn. Willie Young was sent up for
60 days and James Green for 80
The county needs the labor as the
roads are in terrible condition.
The new church at Spring Hill is
being rapidly finished.
The health is unusually good. No
sickness in Egypt.
On Saturday afternoon, July 30.
there will be an ice cream festival at
the home of Mrs. F. G. Peebles, pro*
ceeds for the new church. Public
cordially invited. j
ROCKY BLUFF.
Rocky Bluff, July 7.?What a time
our farmers are having, almost be?
fore the land gets dry enough to
plow we have more rain, but then
we can't complain, God's will must
be done.
I.ast week seems to have been very
unfortunate for the chicken eaters or
for those tha steal. On Sunday Mr.
J. M. Fogle killed a very large chick?
en snake in his chicken house, on
Thursday Mrs. J. J. Hatfteld heard
tht chickens making such a fuss
In ti e poultry yard that she ran out
to see what was the matter and
found a large snake in one of the
coops. She caleld In help and they
succeeded in killing it and it measur?
ed six feet one inch; and on Thurs?
day night something caught one of
Mr. Josey's chickens and they set a
trap expecting to catch a dog, but
instead caught a large owl.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Broadway, of
Oswego, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Karheid Saturday.
Mr. Johnson White and family
spent from Saturday night until
Monday morning at Mr. Bennie
Mltchels, and Monday and Monday
night at Mr. J. K. White's.
Mr. and Mrs. Fogle went to Sum
ter to preaching Sunday morning.
Mr. J. J. Hatfleld and family spent
Sunday at Mr. W. F. Baker's.
Mr. and Mrs. Josey spent Sunday
afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Mel^eod.
Mr. and Mrs. Fogle and son spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
W. K Wells.
Mr. Eugene Josey visited relatives
at Concord Sunday.
Mrs. R. R. Ardis spent Sund> y am'.
Monday with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Geddings at Wedgefleld.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Barfield and
little daughter spent Monday In
Biumter.
Mrs. J. M. Fogle spent Monday
with Mrs. Wells.
Mrs. W. F, Maker and children
spent Monday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. J, Hatflold.
Mr. W. R. Wells and son Ric hard.
went to the picnic at Wedgeflel I
Monday.
Mr. .1. M. Fogle and little son
I mo i attended the pi< ni<- of the K.
of P. at Pocalla Springs.
Mr. Fred Geddings, of Wedgefle'd,
is visiting his sister. Mrs. K. R, Ar?
dis.
RKMBKRT.
Remitiert, July ?Tie many
' ii? ruls of lion. A, K. Sanders are
glad to know he will make the ra- ?
f< r State Senator this year. He la
no stranger to the people of Bunter
County, He is a cultured gentleman,
a man of marked executive ability,
which shows his fitness for the man?
agement of* the affairs of all business
pertaining to the interest of all class
es throughout the entire county He
Is a logical man. a friend to the
poor, and a farmer- friend, and 1
trust the roten of Bunter Count)
will support him this year, as It Is
time now for a c hange.
?' dton has Improved some and
Is growing nicely. Still our crops
hero are three weeks late. Very lit
tie grass, and with good seasons from
now on, we will yet come to the
front.
Corn is not so good, badly spot?
ted. Mr. H. C. McLeod has the
finest I have seen this year.
HOW TO AVOID FIRE.
A Few "Don'ts" To Prevent Catas?
trophes.
From Good Housekeeping.
Attics and closets are the breeding
places of many tires. An attic Is
generally the asylum for all sorts of
inflammable material, and as it nev?
er is properly ventilated Is becomes
a fire incubator when the summer
sun strikes the roof.
Among the odds and ends that
make up the contents of the average
attic are old varnished furniture, dry
as tinder; rags, many of them greasy
and ripe for spontaneous combus?
tion, painting oils, liable to take tire
when the sun beats on the roof;
broken toys and old cloths, the pock?
ets of which may contain matches.
Attics and garrets often have a tem?
perature of 110 degrees Fahrenheit,
which is the Ignition point for
matches.
Floor sweepings under furniture
or in a closet are liable to take Are
spontaneously or from a Aying match
head. Sawdust used In sweeping
floors, if left in a corner where there
is no current of air to carry off the
heat it generates, is very likely to
become hot enough to light itself.
A preparation advertised for
sweeping carpets is composed of
sawdust, sand and a mineral oil to
give it color, together with tincture
of benzine to give it odor. Fires
have frequently started spontaneous?
ly from heaps of this material.
Greasy overalls kept in a light ward?
robe have been known to Ignite.
The most dangerous closet is that
under a stairway, because inflam?
mable materials may hide there, and
if a fire starts in It the best avenue
of escape from the upper stories is
cut off.
Furnace ashes in the cellar have
in them so much fine coal and litter
that they are liable to spontaneous
combustion if an open window per?
mits them to get wet by a rainstorm,
mits the yto get wet by arainstorm.
The tine coal from the winter's sup?
ply may ignite if wet.
Playing with the fire and matches
by children Is a prolific source of
(ires in residences.
One's ability to extinguish a start?
ing fire depends on intelligence and
self-control. If the blaze is just
starting throw water on the burning
material, not on the blaze. One buck?
et of water will do more good if
thrown on by handfuls or with a
broom than if dashed on at once. A
small fire may be smothered with a
rug or blanket, or beaten out with a
wet broom.
If you cannot put out the fire In
a minute then give an alarm at once.
Do not leave a door open when you
run out to give an alarm. If the
doors and windows are closed when
a fire starts you may c able to get
the firemen there In time to put it
out while It Is In only one room. The
fire soon consumes all the oxygen In
a closed room and may die out If it
gets no fresh air.
I>cxiine of Lying.
(From the Louisville Courier-Jour?
nal.)
Nowadays the line is fairly well
drawn between tact and fiction, be?
cause It has to be. In the good old
days when there were no telegraph,
and when transportation facilities
were indifferent, the credulity of the
audience could be safely trusted to
anyone with a penchant for pictures-,
qus narration. Marco Polo adhered
to the truth pretty closely because he
actually saw more surprising things
than even the vivid imagination of an
untraveled man could picture, but
many Invented interesting detail,
!'? oling sure that their readers or
hearers would not find out for them
selves the falsity of their narratives.
A modem explorer In Africa set it
down In his book that the gorillas car?
ried torches t<> guide them when they
wcnl on midnight foraging expedit?
ions, and libraries are full of books
with yellow leaves that show a simi?
lar carelessness of truth based upon
a similar feeling of security from ex?
posure. Nowadays everybody reads
and mi ny persons travel, and the
monumental liar cannot hold an audi?
ence even at a crossroads' store, it
has become dangerous to describe the
superior ragout to be had in an OUt
of-the way restaurant in Paris, a roast
? be f??iind in a certain Inn of an?
cient appearance In London, or the
Mood pudding that one gets in a
minor German city. One must stick
to tiie verities in anticipation of suc?
cessful contradiction at once or In
future through tiie medium of a
souvenir postcard.
Do you need printing of any de?
scription? Come to headquarters?
Oateen Publishing Co. For nearly
fifty years OMecn and good printing
have meant tho same thing in Sum
ter.
ALL AT
COST
BI G
COST SALE
Everything
At Cost
Beginning
Monday, July the 11th
For Four Days
About
$30,000
WORTH OF
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Matting,
Rugs, Trunks, [House Furnishings, Etc.
= ALL AT COST?
S Nothing Charged at Sale Price. ^
SHAW 6 McCOLLUM MER. CO.
13 S. Main St. Phone 68 Sumter, S. C
ON ASTRONOMY.
By Bill Nye.
There is much in the great field of
astronomy that is discouraging to the
savant who hasn't the time nor
means to rummage around through
the heavens. At times I am almost
hopeless, and feel like saying to the
great yearning, hungry world:
"Grope on forever. Do not ask me
for another scientific fact. Find it
out for yourself. Hunt up your ovr
new laid planets, and let me have a
rest. Never ask me again to felt up
at night and take care of a new-born
world, while you lie in bed and
reck not."
I get no salary for examining the
trackless void night after night when
I ought to be in bed. I sacrifice my
health in order that the public may
know at once of the presence of a
red hot comet, fresh from the fac?
tory. And yet what thanks do I
get?
Then, again, you take a certain
style of star, which you learn from
Pro lessor Simon Newcomb is such a
distance that it takes 50,000 years
for its light to reach Boston. Now
we will suppose that after looking
over the large stock of new and sec?
ond-hand stars, and after examining
the spring catalogue and price list, I
decide that any one of the smaller
slse will do me. and I buy it. How
do I know that it was there when 1
bought it? Its cold and silent rays
may have ceased 49,000 years before
1 was born and the Intelligence be
still on the way. There is too much
margin between sale and delivers'.
Every now and then a new astrono?
mer corns to me and says: "Profes?
sor, \ have discovered another new
star and Intend to file it. Pound *t
?
last night about a mile and a half
south of zenith, running loose.
Haven't heard of anybody who has
lost a star of the fifth magnitude,
about thirteen hands high, with light
ranne and tail, have you?" Now how
do 1 know that be has discovered :
brand new star .' Mow can 1 discover
v hether he is playing an old thread
bp. I star on me for a new one?
\\'e are told that there has been no
1 e.voptible growth or decay In the
Star business since man begin to
roam around through space, in his
mind, and make tigures on the barn
door with red chalk, showing the ce?
lestial time table.
No serious accidents have occurred
in the starry heavens since I began
to observe and study their habits.
Not a star hifs waxed, not a star has
waned, to my* knowledge.. Not a plan?
et has season -cracked or shown any
of the injurious effects of our rigor?
ous climates. Not a star has ripened
prematurely or fallen off the trees.
The varnish on the very oldest stars
1 find on close and critical examina?
tion to be in splendid condition. They
will no doubt wear as long as we
need them, and wink on long after
we have ceased to wink back.
In 1860 there appeared suddenly
j in the northern crown a star of about
I the third magnitude and worth at
least $250. It was generally conced?
ed by astronomers that this was a
! brand new star that had never been
used, but upon consulting Argeland
er's star catalogue and price list it
I was found that it was not a new star
at all, but an old faded star of the
ninth magnitude, with the front
breadths turned wrong side out, and
I trimmed with moonlight along the
seams. After a few days of phenom?
enal brightness it gently ceased to
draw a salary as a star of the third
magnitude, and walked home with
an Uncle Tom's Cabin Company.
It is such things as this that make
the life of an astronomer one of con?
stant and discouraging toil. I have
long contemplated, as I say, the ad?
visability of retiring from the field
of science and allowing others to
light the northern lights, skim the
milky way and do other celestial
chores. I would do it myself cheer?
fully if my health would permit, but
for years I have realized, and so has
my wife, that my duties as an astron?
omer kept me up too much at night,
and my wife is certainly right about
it, when she says If 1 insist In scan?
ning the heavens night after night,
coming home late with the cork out
of my telescope and my eyea red and
swollen with these exhausting night
vigils. 1 will he cut down in my
prime. So I am liable to abandon
the great labor to which 1 have in?
tended to devote my life, my dazzling
genius and my princely income. 1
hope that other savants will spare
me the pain of another refusal, for
my mind is fully made up that unless
another skimmist is at once secured,
the milky way will henceforth re?
main unshaken.
The Wide, Wide World.
An old dweller in the hills of Ar?
kansas who had lived all his life in
one township, recently took a trip to
Little Hock, forty miles away, anil
was full of his subject on his return.
"By ding," said ho, In voicing his
impressions, "If this hyar world's as
big crossway8 as hit is f'm hyar to
Little Hock hits shore a whopper!"
?Success.
LINEMAN ELECTROCUTED.
B. C. Graves Killed in Colombia To
Day.
Columbia, July 7.?Lineman B. C.
Graves, of the Bell Telephone Com?
pany, who came here four montha
ago from Harriman Junction, Ten?
nessee, was electrocuted today by
coming in contact with an arc light?
ing circuit. He was twenty-eight
years old and unmarried.
KSPOBT Or THE CONDITIO* OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BARI?
OF 8UMTER,
At Sumter, in the State of South Carolina,
at the close of business. Jane 30th, 1910.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts, $478,784 60)
Overdrafts, secured and unse?
cured, 6,276 38
D. S. Bonds to secure circula?
tion, 26,000 06
Premiums on U. 8. Bonds, 500 00
Bonds, securities, etc., 8,000 00
Banking house, furniture and
fixtures, 3.000 00
Other Real Estate Owned 3,499 06
Due from National Bank*
(not reserve agents), 8,178 13
Due from State and Priv te
Banks and Bankers, T n-t
Companies, and Savings
Banks, 128 62
Due from approved reserve
agents, 11,692 91
Checks and other cash items, 2,633 3ft
Notes of other National Banks, 1,H80 00
Fractional paper currency,
nickels and cents, 1,225 9H
Lawful Money Reserve
in Bank, viz:
Specie, 16,800 30 16,360 30
Redemption Fund with D. S.
Treasurer, ^5 per ct. of cir?
culation,) 1,260 00
Total, |8<Mf 4S
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid Us, $100.000 00
Surplus fund, 60,000 00
Undivided profits, less ex?
penses and taxes paid. 35,603 86
National Bank notes outstand?
ing. 25,000 00
Due to Other National Bank-. 1,206 M
Doc to State and Private
Banks and Banker* S,7f4 41
Divideuds Unpaid, 4,000 00
Individual deposits subject
to check, 342,844 30
Total $562,359 4:<
state of South Carolina, | ss
County of Sumter. S
1. J. u MoCALlA'M. Cashier of the
above named bunk, do solemnly swear that
the above statement Is true to the best of
mv knowledge and belief.
J. L. McCALLUM, Cashier.
Subscribed an i sworn to before me thi*
7th day of July 1910.
GEO. L. RICHER,
Notary Pnblic.
Correct Attest:
N Kl LI. O'DONNELL, )
R. D. LEE, f Directors.
GEO. D. SHORE, )