The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 10, 1910, Image 3
PK04.lt! ss|\i: P\WILLE.
Growing < laimiTown Erects
Handsome School Building.
Pexvllle, 8. C, Aug. 3.?For sev
eral years this little town, which Is I
situated In >ne of the richest and
most progressive Prmlng sections of |
Clarendon, has enjoyed a steady |
growth and today the outlook for the j
future is brighter than ever before.
The people hero have every confi?
dence In the town and. believing that
self help is the secret of substantial
growth and the basis of permanent
prosperity, have gone quietly ah.sj l
with public i nprovements that the
town and community needed, until
today there aft few better equipped
towns of the vise In the State.
For several years an excellent
school has been maintained, but th 1
attendance ha* grown so large tha*.
the old school building was inade?
quate. Seeing the need for a large:
school building, modern in design
snd equipment, the people of the
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FACTS ABOUT TUE PEE-DEE.
Mr. W. F. Clayton Writes Intercut
engly of the Confederate Gunboat.
Te the Editor of The News and
Courier: In your Issue of yesterday
yea have a short article on the rais?
ing of tho C. S. gunboat Pee-Dee. In
that article It is stated that the Pee
Dee waa a very formidable boat, and
Intended to break the blockade at
Georgetown That no guns Were
found upon her and no reason Is
known why she was burned. Also
test ahe never had an opportunity to
get to sea. Now, as I was paeeed
midshipman, doing lieutenant's duty
aboard of her, at the time of her de?
struction. I can answer all of these
Inquiries.
The Pee-Dee navy yard furnish l
th* most of the marterlal that went
Into the Confederate boats at Charles?
ton and Wilmington, being about half
way between the two cities an 1 UV
dspeadent of that duty; the Pee 1 >
waa built and put Into commission, a
side wheel river boat and also a steam
launh were likewise launched, but
not completed.
The Pee-Dee was built for a cruis?
er. What her length and breadth of
beam were I have forgotten. She
drew nine feet forward and nine and
one-half feet aft as she lay In the
river, without ballast, and was intend?
ed to be brought down to twelve feet
draft While she was perhaps OM
of the best boats built by the Con?
federacy, she was by no means a
formidable craft, but a fair model of
naval architecture of that day.
She carried three guns mounted on
pivot, a six-Inch banded and rlbed
Brook gun forward, a nine-Inch
Dahlgren shell gun amldshlp. and a
even-Inch rifle Brook astern?a for?
midable battery. She was schooner
rigged, two-masted and double pro?
peller and fairly fast. Her officers, as
I remember, were Lieut. Oscar F.
Johnson, commander; Lieut. Haskell.
executive officer; Lleuts. Price and
Telfar with Passed Midshipman W.
F. Clayton and Master's Mates Golden
and Congdon. Her pilot was a
Georgetown man. Gilbert by namn,
and her engineers wer^ Drewry and
Hanks, with '?nother whosi name Is
lost. ITer surgeon was Dr. Tucker.
At that time Lieut. Means, of Fair
field fountv. 'omminded |hi navy
yard. If th#-ro were other officers I
have forgotten them.
Just prior to the Mearanaa freshet
we received orders to put t. >?.? i on
the first high wat.-r, and in obedlSR1 *
tcj that order I was sent t> Augu.it i
t ? purchase such supple s gg are m o l?
ed for a sea voyage. Having m ide
my purchase. I found It difficult to
got transportation, but upon nnl iiu'
? proper showing to <??mi linns, be
ordered a ir placed ?t mv dl-ip.i i
and for It to be attached to the pas
ng.T triin fbtt ? tm-? oat f th.it
city over the Mouth Carolina Hall
road, snd during the night fwo left
In the evening.) wo eaejld hear th"
bring bftwern Sherman-i army and
the few confederate cavalry opposing
him The next div be ruf til! road
? >n mv return f found our sea orders
enncelled. We eaves knew whv, but
after tho war I heard it. rum ?red
that the ship w ? r> i . I f r Presi?
dent Davis and h's Cabin | | . . i-pu
In. This rumor, how,-,, j never,
could trace to any authority Wi
community dot tiled to erect luvt) i
building and agreed that while they
were about it they would build for the
future M WtU as for present needs
They therefore held an election ana
by a practically unanimous vote au?
thorized a bond Issue to provide the
money needed for the building. The
election was held several months ago,
the bonds sold and the material for 1
the building is now being plac- i
ed on the ground. Work will be ?
commenced within a few days and
the construction will be puehed as
rapidly as possible. I
The building is to be a handsome |
two story and basement brick hii uc- I
ture with red tile roof. Jt will con- |
tain a sufficient number of class
rooms for the present and future
needs of the school, a large assembly
hall, cloak rooms and all other con?
veniences. The building complete,
which will cost 412,000, is shown In
the accompanying cut. The plana
and specifications for the building
I were prepared by E. J. and W. K.
I Imnne, architects, of Sumter, S. C.
boo I Building.
to cut him off. We received orders
to proceed to Cheraw and protect
Hardee. It had been continuously
raining and the waters had Just com?
menced to rise when we started for
Cheraw. At Cashua Ferry we ground?
ed, and remained all night. The next
day we were afloat, and reached Che?
raw that evening. We remained there
I several days and until Hardee had
; crossed, and the bridge had been
' burned, when we returned to the
I navy yard.
With all communication cut off,
Johnson and Means held a council of
war, in which we junior officers par?
ticipated, and it was deemed beet to
destroy the navy yard and the ship
and save the men if possible. We
threw the guns overboard at the place
the shop was then lying, also the shot
and shell, leaving the powder, scut?
tled the side wheel steamer and the
launch, and proceeding with the Pee
I>ee through the draw bridge, about
three-quarters of a mile, the freshet,
then begin at its height, we bored
auger holes through the bottom of
the ship and set fire to her. When
avM have gone to sea on the Sher?
man freshet.
Shortly afterwards Charleston WS I
evacuated, and Gen. Hardee was rac?
ing wlh his small army to reach
Cheraw ahead of Sherman, and Sher?
man, equally alert, was on the run
the fire reached the magazines, she
Mew up and sank on the right side
of the river going down stream. Ihe
never Interferred with navigation to
any great extent afterwards, and at
extremely low water her remains
were visible and her irons were strip?
ped off by farmers, as near as they
? ild, for blacksmith farm work. We
proceeded by tail to Sumter thence
by wagon to Camden. At Camden.
Lieut. Price and myself were detach
t i and ordered to carry dispatches to
Augusta. The balance of the com?
mand Joined Johnson's army, and T
have seen none of that crew since the
day We parted at Camden, except
Capt Johnson and Surgeon Steward
'Vrtis. now a Baptist minister. We
were surrendered at Augusta, May 5,
1 s IB.
W. F. Clay tor.
I Florence, S. C, August 2, 1910.
She Matt Have Been Trained as Well
as Pretty.
Police comm Isaloner Bing ham oi
MOW York was praising the pollct
work on the ten Belgien watohdogi
that were recently imported at a t ost
of but $10 apiece, have reduced tie'
burglaries In the neighborhoods they
patrol from log to two a month.
They Work well," said the com?
missioner, "because they are Well
trained, Training* yoo know, Is every?
thing "
He P i Used and smiled.
Two physicians were discussing,"
be said, .i eertala pretty aurae.
'Was she a trained nurse?" said
the tlr.-,t pbvsl- ian.'
She must have been,' replied Ihe
? ?h r. Uhc hadn't boon in the hos?
pital .i week before she was engaged
? ? Ihe richest patient.* "
?In buying s oough medicine, don't
be nfrnid to (jet Chamberlain's Cough
r nedy. There Is no danger from it,
und relief la sure to follow. Especial?
ly recommended for coughs, colds
and whooping cough. Sold by W. W.
Sibert
ANOTHER VICTORY FOR SUMTER
The l ast Hoard man Team Sent Down
To Defeat In Decisive Manner. A
line Game Full of Features. Some
if the Details.
Thursday ths Sumter Colleglnas
went up against the fast team from
H rdman, N. C, reputed to be one
of the strongest amateur organiza?
tions now playing in this section,
and administered a defeat to the vis?
itors by a score of 5 to 2. It was a
goo.i, snappy game, abounding in
plenty of live and sensational fielding,
and those who witnessed it went away
highly pleased.
Sumter cinched the game in the
second and third Innings by bunch?
ing hits, and fast base running. Three
times during the two innings, a run?
ner scored from second on a hit to
left fie 1. Phelps, Chandler, DuBose
and Jones did the swatting in the
second round that netted three runs,
DuBose, who pitched a magnificent
game for the locals, smashed out a
drive that brought two of the runs
across the pan. Moore, Duffle and
Chandler's stick work brought in the
two runs of the next Inning, Moore
smashing out one to deep center that
counted for a pair of bags.
I The visitors scored one in each the
fourth and sixth innings. DuBose
fell down in trying to handle an in?
field hit. and the first tally counted.
Tb' other run came as the result of
a single by Fox and a corking three
base bit by Smith. It was the long?
est hit of the game.
The pitching of DuBose, who yield?
ed but four scattered hits during the]
nine sessions, was the Mature for tho
locals. Phelps played a brialliant
game at second, and Moore received
in fine style. For the visitors the
work of Perritt and Tucker, T. fea?
tured. The game was a corking good
one
The score:
R. H. E.
Sumter, 032 000 OOx 5 7 3
Boardman, 000 100 00f) 2 4 2
Batteries: DuBose and Moore;Mc
Call and Fox. Umpire Miller. Scorer,
Levy. Time of game: 1:20.
JUDGMENT FOR FULL AMOUNT.
John T. Duncan Loses Case in Mag?
istrate's Court.
Columbia, August 2.?The case of
S. L. Fedder against John T. Duncan
was heard today. Duncan did not
file an answer nor did he appear.
The plaintiff testified that he came
from Old City, Penn., to manage
D mean's paper, upon representations
of Duncan that he was worth $100,
000, and that he would pay him a
salary of $35 per week. After hear?
ing the testimony, Magistrate Easter
ling rendered judgment against Dun?
can in the sum of $99.50, the full
amount sued.
ILLINOIS BRIBERY PROBE.
Investigation Resumed by Sugamon
County Grand Jury.
Springfield, 111., August 1.?The
Senatorial legislative Investigation
will be resumed tomorrow morning
by the Sagamon County Grand Jury.
Twelve witnesses have been summon?
ed.
It is understood testimony will be
heard relative to three bills which
were introduced in the 46th General
Assembly, and which were defeated.
These are the slot machine bill, the
"loan shark" bill and the measure
permitting children to be employed
in theatres. j
SWANSON SUCCEEDS DANIEL.
Former Virginia Governor Appoint?
ed to United States Senate.
Richmond, Va., August 1.?Former
Governor Claude A. Bwanson, of
Chatham, Will occupy the seat in the
United States Senate made vacant by
the death recently of Senator John
\v*. Daniel. Governor Mann today
signed the formal commission op
pointlng Mr. Bwanson for the unex
pired t< rm, which ends March 3
next.
? h ?1 ri Gang Camps Moved.
i ?? chain gang has completed th<
work on the Manning road and was
m< ed Friday to the Pocataligo road,
here the camps will be pitched,
Suervlsor Pitts states that tho hill
?n the side of Pocataligo going to?
wards Sumter, as well as the causway
over the stream, will bo clayed.
'Mm mileage of the two clay roads
? Uth of Pocataligo swamp will Ir?
in, leased, also.
ho Sumter Ice, Light and Power
Company are installing a new boiler
hi th< ir plant on South Main street,
which win increase its capacity 2"')
>>? ?rie power,
?When tho digestion Is all right,
th. action of the bowels regular,
there Is a natural craving and relish
for food. When this Is lacking you
may know that you need a dose of
Chamberlain's stomach and Liver
Tautet*?. They strengthen the diges?
tive organs, Improve the appetite and
rep date tho bowels. Sohl by W. W.
Sil" rt
HAMON CONTRADICTS SENATOR
GOltE'S TESTIMONY.
lie Answers Every Charge With Mat
Denial, Iiis Evcdeuee Consuming
Whole of Committee's Session.
Muskogee, Okla., Aug. 5.?With
United States Senator Thomas P.
Gore reasserting his charge that ho
had been ottered a bribe of $26,000
or $50,000 to influence his action in
congress and with Jake L. Hamon,
accused by the senator of having of?
fered the bribe, denying he had ever
done any such thing, the investigat
tion of the Oklahoma Indian land
deals by a committee of the national
house of representatives today sim?
mered down to a mass of denials.
For four hours Hamon, former
chairman of the Oklahoma State
committee entered a continuous se?
ries of denials relative to his alleged
relations with what are qnown as the
McMurray contracts, by which, ac?
cording to Senator Gore, $3,000,00, or
10 per cent, of $30,000,000 to be real?
ized from the sale of Indian lands to
a New York syndicate was to be di?
verted from the Indians in the shape
of "attorney's fees."
Answers Creager's Denial.
Hamon also answered Congressman
C. E. Creager with a denial. Replying
to the congressman's charge, that
Hamon had suggested that an "inter?
est" in the contracts might be avail?
able to the congressman if the latter
helped remove opposition to congres?
sional approval. Hamon testified:
"it was just this way: I was down
here in Oklahoma attending to my
business when a friend told me Crea?
ger had said I had approached him
improperly in regard to the McMur?
ray contracts. So I hopped on a train
and went to Washington. I got hold
of Creager and said: 'Look here, you
know I never said any such thing.'
I "Then Creager said: 'Now, Jake,
I that certainly was the impression I
1 got?that you suggested I might get
I an interest in the contracts.'
I "I replied: 'You are certainly mis
I taken.'
Promised Not to Go.
"Then Creager said: 'Well, if you
saiy I should not go, I won't go be?
fore that investigation committee
down at Muskogee and testify that
you approached me.' "
Among Hamon'8 denials were the
j following:
He denied that at any time had
he been closeted with Senator
Gore in the senate at Washington
to urge the approval of the contracts.
He denied that he had ever men?
tioned Vice President Sheramn, Sen?
ator Charles Curtis of Kansas or
Congressman B. S. McGuire of Okla
1 homa as being "interested" in the
j contracts, as charged by Senater
Gore.
He denied that he had ever spoken
of a bribe to anybody about any
legislation or that he ever was in?
terested in the McMurray contract*.
Denies Creager's Charge.
I He had not called up Congressman
[ Creager at Washington asking for an
appointemnt, but said Mr. Creager
j had called him up. Mr. Creager pre
I viously had testified that Hamon had
' asked an appointment, at which the
j "interest" in the contract was
spoken of.
Hamon denied that he had ever
said: "Dick, the senator is becoming
mighty hard on his friends," in the
presence of D. F. Gore, brother of
Senator Groe.
He denied that he had ever said:
"I want to make a lot of money and
don't care much how I make it," in
the presence of J. LeRoy Thompson,
Senator Gore's stenographer. Thomp?
son previously had testified Hamon
made the remark.
A Hard Question.
Interrogating the witness, Congress?
man E. W. Saunders Of Virginia, a
nruiiiber of the committee, sa'd* "No v.
Mr l.?mon, you have denied the tcs
timonj ">f all of the witnesses who
h:i\e preceded yoa. You have branded
the assertions of the senator, hit
Don't Neglect
Your Eyes-=
call and hive our optician examine
your eyes if they are troubling you;
by having this done you may not have
to wear them long. But to continue
straining them may necessitate you
weiring them yoar lifetime.
Our optical parlor fitted with
every device for thoroughly examin?
ing the eye. We have Installed a
lense grinding plant and do our own
l;nse grinding and drlling; carry a
stock of compound lense frame
mountings and optical goods.
We can till your prescriptions at
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Graduate optl lan In ' barge.
W. A. Thompson,
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brother, his clerk, and the congress?
man as being absolutely false. It
would appear from your denials that
a conspiracy had been entered in'o
grossly to misrepresent you. How
do you account for that?"
"That's beyond my power of con?
jecture," replied Hamon. "I never
had one n/nny's interest in the Mc
Murray contracts and never offered
the bribe to any one."
"It is barely possible that I did see
Senator Gore on May 6, last, when he
says the offer of a bribe was made. I
saw him frequently, but at this time
I believe he took me up into the li?
brary of the senate and closed the
doors. He wanted to talk over with
me his coming campaign and see how
I could help him out. Although I am
a Republican pnd he is a Democrat I
was in the habit of helping him up."
Were Good Friends.
"You and Senator Gore had been
good friends, had you not?" asked
Chairman Burke.
"Yes, I had known him as a friend
for about nine years and had business
dealings with him."
I Asked to explain some of his busi?
ness dealings, Hamon said several
years ago at Lawton, Okla., when the
government decided to sell at public
auction some lands belonging to the
I Indians, he, Senator Gore, and others
entered a combination not to bid
against each other so that the prop?
erty might be obained cheaper.
All of them secured some of the
land, he said.
Chairman Burke?"Don't you know
there is a federal statute against a
combination to prevent competitive
bidding?"
Hamon?I didn't know of that law
then, but I have since thought of It.
It was just a desire on the part of all
of us to get the land as cheaply as
possible. It was understood among
us that we would not bid against each
other."
Congressman Miller?"You knew
that the proceeds from that sale were
to go to the Indians, do you think that
was honorable towards the Indians?"
A Different Outlook.
Hamon?"We did not look at it
that way. In fact we don't do things
out West just in the same way you do
in the East." In some of his business
transactions with Senator Gore, Ha?
mon testified, money loans were In?
volved.
"Just before congress adjourned,"
said Hamon,. "the senator came to me
and said that he had to pay $6,000
which he said he owed to Senator
Owen. He said he had $1,000 of the
cash and wanted me to raise the other
15,000 for him from a client of mine."
More evidence from Senator Gore
porbably will be heard. The senator
announced he intended to accompany
the committee to McAlester, where
sessions will be held Monday. Sen?
ator Curtis and Congressman McGuire
will probably testify tomorrow.
THE MISSISSIPPI IS VERY LOW.
steamboats Can't Run. But Pearl
Hunters Are Happy.
Kansas City Times.
It is only within the memory of
the oldest of river men that the riv?
ers forming the great Mississippi
system have been so low in the sum?
mer as they have this year. The old
timers say the low stages this year
can be compared only with those of
1864, when the catfish had to climb
out into the fields to moisten their
parched throats with the dew.
North of St. Louis steamboat traf?
fic is almost at a standstill on ac?
count of the low water in the upper
Mississippi. The Diamond Jo Line
has been forced to take off its through
boats to St. Paul and has great diffi?
culty In getting its local packet
DROP IN
It's a Delight to the Shopper
to see our Display of
Bedroom Fur?
niture?
Displayed for comparison
arc all the popular styles
in brass beds, brass and
enamelled iron?chiffon?
iers, dressing tables, bu?
reaus and complete bed?
room suits. You get tne
same display in all of our
other departments.
Shop here this month
for L< WEST prices.
Witherspoon Bros.
Furniture Com?
pany.
through to Burlington, la. Many ex?
cursion boats are tied up. federal of
the boats have ben damaged in an
effort to navigate. The river van bo
waded in many places, and u 1a a
common sight to see wagons fording
the stream to save bridge tolls.
But while the steamboat interests
are suffering the pearl button facto?
ries and the pearl hunters are reaping
a harvest. Hundreds of men, women
and children can be seen along the
water front of every town hunting:
clams. The shells are sold to the
button factories after being search*
ed for pearls. Many fine pearls havt
been found. One found by a Du?
buque man was sold for $400.
Conditions along the Ohio river are
getting serious too, though the situa?
tion there is not as bad as it was last
year, when practically every one of
the hundreds of steamboats along that
stream were either stranded in tho
river or tied up at the bank.
T' it were not for the water that
comes out of the Missouri steamboat
traffic would be suspended between
here and Carlo. While the Missouri
has not risen this year to within fif?
teen feet of the flood stage it has
maintained a steady flow of water,
enought to keep the steamboats going
I on the Mississippi and enough for
the boats running on that stream.
Still unless there are rains soon In
the north the Missouri is likely to go
very low this fall, although not as
low as it has been in some years.
It has been many years since the
Missouri has fallen below the zero,
stage. It is now eight feet above
that stage, which is about the usual
flow in the fall.
NOTICE.
The following dates for the County
Campaign meetings have been made:
Privateer?Aug. 9th.
Shiloh?Aug. 16.
MayesvlPe?Aug. 17.
Dalzell?Aug. 26.
Sumter?Aug. 26 at night in the
Cov'rt House.
Sumter?Aug. 27 in the Court
House.
Day meetings will begin at 11
o'clock a. m.
The assessments are as follows:
Senate, $25.00.
House. $12.60.
Auditor, $20.00.
Treasurer, $20.00.
County Supt. Education, $10.00.
Supervisor $20.00.
Probata Judge, $10.00.
Magistrates. Districts Nos. 1, 2, 4,
6, 7, $2.60.
District No. 3, $5.00.
District, No. 5, $3.60.
Pledges must be filed by 12 o'clock
M. Aug. 8 th, with County Chairman
or L. I. Parrott, Clerk of Court.
All Candidates are also required by
an Act of the General Assembly to
file with the Clerk of the Court a
pledge that an itemized, account un?
der oath, of all campaign expenses
and expenditures will be filed up to
the day of election and a similar ac?
count after the election.
The Executive Committeemen will
please send to the County Chairman
at once the names of the managers
for their respective Clubs.
JOHN H. CLIFTON,
County Chairman, Sumter County.
7-25-ltaw-4t.
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