Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1910. Th* Sumtfr Watchman was found? ed In MBU und the True Southron In lift. The Watchman and Southron mow hna the combined circulation and Influence f both of the oM papers. 1 and t? manifestly the best advertising ' medium in Snmter. Weather Forerun. For 8outh Carolina: Partly cloudy with local showers , tonight or Wednesdav; moderate j South and Southwest winds. Every man in Sumter county, who la Interested In good roads should attend the meeting to be held in Sumter Tuesday. July 26th This good roads meeting is one of a series t-> bfl held In every county of the State under the auspices of the C'dumMa Record, which Is con? ducting a vigorous good roads cam? paign with the assistance of the good lands bureau of the Department of Agriculture, wheh has detailed Mr. Wlnslow, one of Its experts to accom? pany the ' good roads party. The meeting will be held In the Court House and will be called to order at 11 o'clock a. m. an Interesting pro? gramme will be arranged. ? ? ? The building of new cotton mills In the Piedmont section does not bear out the reports that the cotton manu? facturing Industry In South Carolina ts not as prosperous as it has been. is of the up-country newspapers are predicting that either McLeod or Blease will be In the second primury with Featherstone. and that the chances are that Featherstone will be defeated In the second race. If It looks that way in the up-country Featherstone In a goner, and McLeod will be the next Governor of South Carolina ? ? ? Mi' >i J nningfi ntatea that he has decided to forbid the exhlhtlon of the Jeffrlen-Johnson prize fight mov? ing pictures In this city. He does not anticipate that the exhibition of the pictures would be productive of disorder or a race riot. but. as the low forbids prise fights In the State, he Is of the opinion that the repro? duction of a notorious prise tight, auch as the Jeffries-Johnson mill, would be no less obnoxious than a flght between individuals. He Is of the opinion that the law forbidding prise Mifhtmw: Is ample warrant for his decision to prohibit the moving I picture Jeffries-Johnson exhibition in I j Sumter. I J s a e Last fall this town ?.n 1 countv ??? re thoroughly canvassed by the agents of a North Carolina nursery who were J about the smoothest and be.-t tall: - i ?rs that h.>\..me this way. Vhn sold only guaranteed fruit trees, rose and otb?-r ?mam- ntnl plants, and Un? priced they charged and colic ted wore from t hree to four times as! muc) or Unary The extra high netten ware taxed op to cover the; ?nan t m l th.- agentd pr im . I th.it Ihoj m old make good each and ?very ? tr.r other pi ml that did H t |] a and flourish. In dee timi * n I es i n I pit nti srrh sd an l wer ? ? ? ut. ' u| a gr -t m my of them ? ?? ?? ' :' t I these tv< > i ? sur\ i i ire hol Sourtshln f, I ?me of the l ii ? ?? . : t;,.. tr-. ? and >nts , ha\M ritt n t ? the nut ery t And out i hat the guarantee on the p]%nt* I U W l ' th t! f . ? pi . r,I . ., < ud . ? mon< ?? p il I, hut i 11?? ? been r k\ed< i It h i'i ' i nmc t I since writing for ? . r t<? h tvo I* eg r>?: irflfl I It hml t'i. 1 nynfi ,.f htth t.ri- - ed t?l ? ?? an -ring. ? ? ? A ' man ^\h" i- \ery an> mm is iusntei hev< i goad ie t< I |<W the ? mm? 'I ?nun of I M tru\.' ins pi i. makes a SUSJltHlOW that w* Werth t reneidsration, fot it ap? pear* to off Of a practicable Solution ??f MM problem at a minimum eoet, hi-- Men I to buy the sfaennlr Tern* pie ii ? r-model it from to to bot? tom an I onwrt it Into a first class eomn ? r I hotel. Th- location Is rentr.il gnd eg that lOOOUnt most dc strab). hi . i ?r ? - ?h. traveling men are i >n . rned for tb? v. almost with? out e o-. ptlon. prefer a hot. I near til ? busin. ? rttnfl of a town. Th" |q| on u ,i,?. the building is lit tinted Ii impL Iirge for tile purpose desired a'd ??' k I it has light and VentIP*? ttoii . r Unpeg eldest, The man who M k-1 I In uggction |g net in* rest" ad o 11 prop, rty in any way and th?- 8*;.- 4 th.- Masonic Temple and Its . unserem into a hotel would n >t benefit him a cent. It is merely I MUKKC.Htioh but It looks no r. ason.i' !?? tt, it Ii id befof ? th?- huslneii men of Sumt. r for consideration an 1 Ui.< smmteti. if the pinn eng be worjie 1 out it Mill be a good thing for the tov a, t >f the necessity Tor a nntol g?a M s K | iter all the , A new MtdLtti cdtoti mi:i to make || goods \ id be built ?? ? 'hen nee. Si ir? iuluirg countv. GOOD ROADS RALLY. PAKT! WILL n IN ITJHTER TUESDAY, JtXY HTH. Hon. i>. II. Wl?Inn Principal Speak? er?Several Practical Talks on Road Building and (ho Value ol' Bettor Highways. Tues lay. July Lb;th. is the day sal for the good roads rails in Sumter county. The good roads party will m il . a tour of the State in automo? biles and study the condition of the r?>;ols, and at the same tins hold good roads institutes. Hon. 1). H. WlnalOW, superintendent of good roads construction, has boon assign? ed by the Department of Agriculture to make the tour. Mr. Winslow is one of the best posted men in the country on roads. He has given the subject a great deal of thought and study and knows what he is talking about. Mr. C. W. Moorman, formerly sec? retary of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce will also make an ad? dress. The meeting will be held in the court house beginning at 12 m. pro? vided court has adjourned by that time, otherwise the opera house will be used. The meeting will be presid? ed over by Mr. Peter M. Pitts, coun? ty supervisor. Mr. It. II. Heiser,1 who has made an exhaustive study j of the subject and who reeently took a trip to the West to study the suh i m t will tell of his observations while gono. Th? it is no subject that i.-> of mor< gem ral interest than that of the j road Every man is interested and a large audience should turn out to , he 11 the i Idresace, CONVENES AT BETHEL CHURCH. ?ajMta Summer AaoOOnMj Convenes July 2.V? Attract l\e Programme Arranged. The Santee Summer Assembly will ] Donvene at Bathol church, Bumter ? ounty. July 25. the object being to inllghten us concerning a few of the vital questions pertaining to the , Kingdom of God, and will last until July 30. j Bach church is entitled to as many \ lelegates as will attend, and there- 1 Pore a large number is expected. Quite a number, fifty or more, are j irranging to camp in tents on the ?hurchyard. Tents can be borrowed ? r bought Mid to any who ore con- ! tens plating camping Mr. W. J. Wild mt can give Inforihatlon concerning he cost. The Bethel brethren will provide j homes, however, for those who do u >t occupy tents. Quite a number of attractive tea- j [uns have been arranged for. The aftOmOOM will be surrendered i to the younger folk for amusement md games, and ROV, V. 1. Masters, , i Atlanta, will ocenpv a part of two ' ?venlngS with pictures from i store- '. ?pttcon. Visitors from neighboring assocla-1 lions win he welcomed and entertain-1 cd. j The committee i a ? rr ngetnenty Includes Messrs. I! nsworth, To ir, \Vild?r and BfOWn. Tin programme f< II wa: Ilth. ft w. Lids ?Introdu tor St rm< n. 8 p. m. 16th. .i. R, Bampi:? --.v : m, fl'c i . th< r of believers. c, v. Brown?-Rome, L. A. Cooper Money ind the igd< >m. .1 11 Muggins?-Tht Epii of Jude -Genuineness, authenticity, and ?tth, J. !*.. 0am pey -Job, the ?* ul-tried saint. C, C Brown?*Romanlani in Ftom< ? !?. Moon?The Executive in li of t?t?- s. s. Howard L. Jones?Literary Ad? dress. v. i Mast* rs M >me Mu dona un? tie? tie Btereopttcon. Sftth. J. R. Bnmpey?Moses, the I..?Wgtl er . ?i P Moire rio Teaching Por?>es i?( tie- s. s. Howard l* Jonen ? Literary Ad? d r? l -< . Jao a. Brunaon -Old Testament i Tophe< les. v. i. Musters? Home Missions un ?1? r tie- iSereoptlcon Stth. Jao. a Brunaon -? m?i Tes? tament Prophecies, .1 ii Mit. heii - .Tin tardshtp of Jesus as shown in the Drat Gospel, .1 i- Moore- The pupil and his x. eda. V I Masters Tin i Malm? of Home Missions. t omit > Summer ^< hool, The Humter Count) summer school for teachers will open August 1st <>ud continue for foui weeks, The laatrut tori nrc Mr. s. 11 Edmunds, MhM H \V M l.aio and Mis \g?,. | . Itl? hardson. The cour ? of stu Ij this year will be the mosl complete, comprehensive and practical that has ever been offered the teachers ??! Sumter county in a summ? t' B( hool and it Is hop,, l that all public school t nchers In the county will att< nd Roads That Are Missing. The Charleston Automobile Club has a right to feel very much grati ^ fled at the hearty response which has been accorded its suggestion that a good roads rally he held In Charles? ton. There is every promise that to- I I morrow's gathering will he one of the largest and one of the most interest? ing events of its kind ever held In South Carolina. That intelligent and concerted work ; for improved highways in this State is greatly needed is so well known I that a statement to that effect fails j I usually to arouse the attention it de aervea We need concrete illustration to bring home to us a realization of its truth. One such illustration is af ' forded in letters recived by Col. Cos- , j grove from Messrs. E. I. Keardon, ' of Sumter, and H. II. Husbands, of j Florence. These gentlemen write I that between thirty and forty auto- , : mobiles from Sumter and Florence i 1 have been compelled to abandon the j trip to Charleston on this occasion because they cannot get across the t Santee River. Mr. Reardon says: MI lind that Sumter automobilists were very anxious to make the trip, I and we would have sent at least thir? ty-six well-filled cars to your city if there were any means of getting across the Santee River and swamp The only way in which we can get to Charleston in automobiles Is to go around by way of Camden and Co? lumbia, which would necessitate l about two hundred miles in the round trip additional." After telling of the failure of ef? forts to arrange with the railroad people to transport the cars across the Santee, and stating that a num? ber of Sumter people will tome to Charleston by train for the rally. Mr. Reardon continues: "Charleston is unquestionably the loser on account of the lack of facil? ities whereby the Eastern Carolina people are kept from reaching yorr city by public highways. It seel ? nicer to me that in those prorgessive times It is not feasible to reach Char? leston by automobile from Sumter, Clarendon, Darlington and other Pee Dee counties when there are living in these counties today hundreds of men and women who tell von of the trips they used to make to Charleston BO years ago to sell cotton and to do their trading." It is easy enough to explain why these roads of which Mr. Reardon speaks feu into disuse. The extension of railroad service and the changed methods of marketing crops and pur? chasing supplies tell that story. Rut ther? is no reason why they shoul i not now be reopenedi put in better ?haps than they ever were in the past and used to the great advantage I of this city and of the territory through which they win stretch, [< The matter is one which Invites ^?????ggggg?^_. the attention of tomorrow's conven? tion. In our judgment a good roads nnd drainage league for lower South Carolina ought to be formed tomor? row and some definite plan looking to the betterment of the highway fa? cilities in this part of the State should he decided upon. This plan, we think, should provide among other things for intelligent supervision of the work to be undertaken and should call for I in immediate campaign for the build- I ng of at least two highways by State lid, one of these highways to bisect be State from .;orth to south, and lie other from ea?t to west.. South j 'arollna Is one of the few progiessivej Mates whore such work has not been j entered upon by the commonwealth it Is time that we were getting in dne. The next Legislature ought to make provision to this end. Good roads in the low country fui aish the key to drainage?and drain? age spells rapid development and an almost incalcluable enhancement of the wealth and productiveness of this part of the State.?News and Courier. -j COTTON CROP DETERIORATES. Reports Show That Condition of the Staple is Worse Than It Has Rcen. Memphis, July 10.?The Commer? cial Appeal will print this summary of cotton crop conditions tomorrow: A comparison of reports received this week under date of July 7. with those of June 23 show that in the pe? riod between those dates the cotton I crop about maintained itself in North Carolina and Tennessee; made small gains as compared with a normal in Oklahoma and Texas and also de? teriorated sharply in other States, the %use of the deterioration being ex !esslve and long continued rains. "Reports show that during the past iveex rains were general east of Tex? ts and Oklahoma, making practically the third week of continuous rainfall. There are local exception and Ten? nessee and North Carolina have not had as much precipitation as other States. There are a few good re? ports .in this, the rain territory, but they are the exceptions and not the rule. "Generally speaking, the fields are becoming grassy .the plant Is showing ill effects from lack of cultivation ?nd on the lowlands much of the lelds have been submerged and there tins been or will be some abandoment >f acreage. Some of the damage can not be re? covered, although it goes without laying that two weeks of bright iveather would work a groat im ?rovement. RICO Flour. Car fresh rice flour direct from :ii ills, best and cheapest all round 'ced for horses, cows, hogs and ?hickens we have ever used. Booth larby Live Stock Co. 7-9-^ GOT HIS BOOZE BACK. Wisdom (Jans Had Two Gallons For His Sick Niece. ? \ Saturday morning Sergt. Harwick ! and Ofmer Williams raided the house' j of Sallie McDonald, colored, and got about two gallons of booze out of ? ! closet. Sallie claimed that th?- boose was ? the property of Wisdom Gass, ;? boarder of her's. who used the same ' closet she uses, and that she did not know It was there until the officers ; brought it to light, as Gass had stor? ed it while she was away working, j Sallie also stated that Gass was ac- : customed to drinking ginger ale and ! corn "lioker" whenever he could pro- i cure it. Gass admitted, through his attor ney, C. Capers Smith, Esq., that he \ had stored the liquor, hut only until he could carry it in the country to his j sick niece. { As the city could not prove that he had the liquor stored "for illegal pur? poses," and as the city ordinance : reads thus, the case was dismissed, I and the darky allowed to remove his boose. The other cases disposed of in the Recorder's court Monday morning were: liurrell Myers, assault and battery, ' plead guilty, fined $5. James McLain. Peggy McLain, and Anna Johnson, fighting and cursing. Guilty as to McLain, who was fined $T>. Guilty as to Anna Johnson, also, who was fined $2. McLain through his attorney, C. Capers Smith, Esq., gave notice of appeal. Anna Johnson paid her fine. Marion Moses, fighting and disturb anceof the peace. H weas fined $15. Rosa Johnson .larceny, rase dis? missed. STOI.F. BICYCLE. Negro Thief Caught With <ioods at Cameron. A negro. William Brown, stole Mr. W. M. Barfteld's bicycle from his boarding house Saturday night, and succeeded in getting as far as Cam? eron with it. Here he tried to sell it, but being suspicious of the negro, the dealer communicated with the authorities here, and found that the wheel was stolen property. Mr. Barfieid went to Cameron im mediately, and brought wheel and ne? gro hack to this city. Thy, negro admitted to Magistrate Harby that he had stolen the wheel from Mr. Barfteld's hoarding house. He claims to be from Columbia. Brown was committed to jail in default of $::00 bond. Senator Culberson says it cost hhn $27 to get re-elected. It was Sena? te.rial "bargain day" for Uncle Sam, of course?Washington Herald. Rice Flour. ('ar fresh rice flour direct from mills, best and cheapest all round r< ? d for horses, cows, hogs and chickens we have ever used. Booth Harby Live Stock Co. 7-9-6t WANTED?By young lady, * college graduate L. I. Degree, position as teacher. Good references. Adress S. L. Care Osteeen Pub. Co. 7-12-2t AN OPPORTUNITY?In January af? ter the last horse show in Sumter I purchased the handsome horse which was awarded the blue rib? bon (first prize) 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 horse that is not often on the market. Having determined not to keep a horse, I am offering him for sale. C. P. Osteen. M. D., Sumter, S. C. The way to get out of self-love is to love God.?Phillips Brooks. Announcements of candidates will he printed in this column until the close of the campaign for $5. No cards accepted on credit. FOR CONGRESS. I hereby announce myself as a can? didate for the Democratic nomination for Congress from the Seventh Con? gressional District of South Carolina and pledge myself to abide by the rules and regulations of the Demo? cratic primary. A. F. LEVER. THE SENATE. I beg to announce to the voters of Fumter County that I am a candidate for the State Senate, subject to the rules governing the Primary election. A. K. SANDERS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I am a Candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary. R. B. BELSER. FOR MAGISTRATE. I hereby announce myself a can? didate for Magistrate for the Third District, Sumer County, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. HORACE HARBY. II mj?mm r ? n?. 8 ? na i **? 7 y's Clothing= ?1 > \ The Commences Tuesday, July 5th, i And Will Continue For cn Days :: :: :: :: :: The time is opportune?three months more of Summer Weather in which you will need Seasonable Clothes, and five months longer in which you can wear Summer Clothes. Our stock is large, we can please you and we will interest you in a Clothing Proposition. All Mohair Suits The Ideal Mid-Summer Suit?are Included in Our Sale We have genuine bargains to offer, and if you desire to get in the push come early Tuesday morning. 25 to 30 per cent. Discount During Sale, For Cash Only. Clothing Company.