Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Sumter Watchman was found? ed in I860 and the True Southron in lift. The Watchman and Southron ae* has the oombined ctroulation and Influence cf both of the old papers, aad la manifestly the beat advertHSng medium In Sumter. Cole L. Blease is the choice of a majority of the people of South Car olina for Governor, and he will be the Ohlef Executive of the State for two ream. That Is a settled fact which we have accepted with a good graoe. therefore we do not propose dlecuaslng him or his alleged short doiags and delinquencies and we can umm mo possible good that can re? sult from any discussion along that line. When he enters upon the dls charge of the duties of the office to which he has been elected his poll das aad official -eta will be proper aubjeets for comment, and we expect to make such criticisms as may seem proper. We are not conscious of any Mae er prejudice against Mr. Blesse, although opposed to his election, and we oaa. we believe, view his official ?aas with a fair and Impartial eye. If hie administration is deserving of commendation* and endorsement, we propose to say so. but if his course should be condemned, we do not pro pose to withhold criticism. We trust we shall find more to commend than ta condemn, for the better Governor he makes, that much better It will be for the State. It would be no satisfaction to us for Mr. Blease to turn out so badly aa Governor that we could eay, "we told you so." ? ? ? Darlington county Is getting ready to hold an election on the dispensary question. The county has been nom? inally dry for several years, and those whI favor the re-establtshment of the county dispensary and the legal sale of liquor rather than the contin? uance of present conditions, are cir? culating a petition calling tho elec? tion We have no definite Informa? tion aa to the probable outcome of the election, but we are satisfied that the re-establishment of the dispen? sary in Dar tngton will be the death ? dew to prohibition in this section of the State. Sumter county and Lee county will promptly follow suit and re-establish the county dispensary at the first opportunity, for there is al? ready considerable dissatisfaction In this county with present conditions and the non-enforcement of the law la the rural districts. In this city present conditions are an Improve? ment, in many respects, over those that obtained under the dispensary regime, thanks to the vigilance of the city officials, but It is probable that If an election were held now and a full vote polled the dispensary would be voted back. A great many who voted for prohibition a year ago Have declared themselves disappoint? ed with the results. T1IF. BOYS' CORN ( LIB Instruction* Sent Ont as to Harvest? ing Crop. The feU/wing circular letter has Sfjg? sent to each member of the Sumter County Boys* Com Club for their guidance In harvesting and measuring their crops from prise acrea: "The time for gathering the corn In The Boys' Corn Club," is draw? ing nigh and the following instruc? tions will be expected to be carried out No corn is to be gathered be? fore the first day of October and must be gathered by the fifteenth. A msn will be appointed by the Ex? ecutive Committee v/ho. with two others, selected by the boy, will wit? ness the measuring of the land and the weighing of the corn as It Is gathered K. h bap |g reminded of bis promise to contribute one bushel >f the best seed corn In the ear. whbh will be adjudged and the boy having the best bushel will b?> given t prlzM of fifty ($50.00) dolalrs, con? tributed bv the <>>?t.en Publishing Comp my for that purpose. The writ? ten account describing the method of cultivation, fertilization, etc. must state * herber '.r not the boy did all the work. and. if not. the reasons for u ?r IS doing. Th?' man appointed by the executive committee will confer with the boys in his Township as to date for gathering corn. "The first prize Win be cash. mr*y nty-flve > ?7*.> dollars, with hi- ? of winning other prizes amounting to seventy-live dollars or more There will be eleven Other prtass ringing all the way down la Hve ant mere." S. D CAIN Co. Supt Bin, J. V. WILLIAMS Sept. iT,t., r 17th. 1910. A small gl.n urred at the resi d??nce of Mrs Hall, on South Harvln street .?n Monday, but was qulcklv put out No d un ig? of any conse gvefjM srai <i??nc. The ejtp schools opened an Moa* I iv with the largest enrollment they hive ever had on the opening day. The march pf the human rnlnd Is slow?Burke. RURAL school PROGRESS. l?rof. W. K. Tat?* Tells of Improve? ments Noted In Kural Schools of the Stnte. [Miring the past ten days it lias been my privilege to visit several communities in South Carolina which are making commendable advance? ment toward the consolidated com? munity type of school which in my opinion is destined to prevail in the prosperous agricultural communities of South Carolina. The first of those schools was at Cross Keys, twelve miles from Union. The people of this community have built a good three-room school build? ing, and last year enrolled 183 pupils. The Principal- of the school la Mr. W. C. Pitts, a graduate of Clemson College, and the two assistant teachers are graduates of Winthrop and Limestone Colleges. On the opening day there were twenty-two high school pupils In attendance, and there Is every evidence of Interest In the school on the part of pupils I and patrons. The school has a li? brary, and Is planning a campaign for school Improvement during the coming year. Adjacent to the school house is a baseball ground for the boys and a tennis court for the pupils of the high school. The dis? trict has voted a special two mill tax for the support of the school and Is now considering an Increase of this special levy. There are two other small schools In the district and these will, no doubt, be consolidated with the central school as soon as the roads of the community have been somewhat more Improved. There is a growing feeling in the community that the small one-teacher school cannot do the work of the consolidat? ed type. Four miles from Cross Keys at Sedllia, three small schools have been consolidated and a $2,500.00 concrete building has been erected. This movement has been led by rep? resentative L. J. Browning and Mr. J. E. Miller. $500.00 for the build? ing was raised by private subscription and $1,700.00 was borrowed. Every bouy in the community is now en? gaged In an effort to wipe out this debt. One of the first acts of the Board of Trustees was a resolution that all teachers in the school must be college graduates. Mr. Adams, a recent graduate of the University of South Carolina, will be the principal for the coming year. At the first session of the consolidated school there was an Increase of 21 pupils over the sum of the enrollment in the three schools which had been con? solidated. This fact is typical of all of the consolidated schools. Last Thursday was spent In Gody vllle District of Cherokee County. The people of this district have two good school houses a little over two miles apart, and have voted a four mill special tax to supplement the regular school funds. This Is dis? tinctively a white community, and both schools have good enrollment. Mr. Henry A. Wise, who came from Jonesvllle as Principal of the Me Master school In Columbia, has just finished a two month's summer ses? sion at one of the schools. The peo? ple of the district are convinced that they can never have satisfactory edu? cational facilities until the two schools are consolidated into one at a central point and three teachers are employed. This will double or treble the amount of time which a teacher can give to the pupils i f the various classes, and will give a place to the social Incentives which make up so large a part of the school in? terest. The feeling of the commu? nity was well expressed by one of its prominent .citizens who stated that in order to hold its best citizens it Is necessary to furnish better educa? tional facilities. It was stated that one of the best supporters of the school had bought the lumber for a new house and was waiting to see the outcome of the present conscllda tlon movement in order to determine whether he would build on the farm or in the town of Jonesvllle. 'l ie last school of this type which we have visited is the Zoar school in Baluds County. The district In which the Zoar school Is situated Is occu? pied f??r tbe most part hy white peo? ple who own and cultivate their own farms. For several years they have endeavored to have a good school, mid lor th< last three years the dis? trict has maintained a high school aided by the State Board of Educa? tion The community has supple no nted the school funds by a special tax. and. In addition. ban nils.si $2so.i?o by private subscription to BUPpb men! the funds for the coming year, Last year this community had Ave boys in Wofford College, from which two of ihern graduated In June. The young ladles, graduates of the school attended the Gro< li vlllo Female College last year. These 'students entered college With the preparation they received at ihe /oar High S. hool. It Is somewhat dllhVuJt in this i immunity to maintain the school term more than seven months on ac? count of the fact that the boys are needed on the farm, but the parents are making sacrifices in order to prolong the term and preserve the recognition by the State Board of Education. The people are proud of their school and are unanimous in its support. W. K. T?TE, State Superinvbgkzq xzfiflff z xzfiuff State Supervisor of Elementary Rural Schools. PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. E. D. Sallenger. representing the News and Courier, was in the city today. a a ? Mr. Harrison Sanders, of Stateburg, who is at home on furlough from the Naval Academy at Annapolis, spent the day In town. He will re? turn to Annapolis about the end of the week. He is the youngest mem? ber of his class and stands among the first in scholarship. see Mrs W. S. Smith, of Smithwllle, is spending a few days in town with Mrs. N. O. Osteen. ? 'at Mr. David Alexander has returned from a visit to relatives at State burg. ? ? e Mr. Earl C. Page, of The State Co., was in the city today. see Rev. C. C. Creighton, of Green? wood, spent a short while in the city today. i ? ? ? Mr. R. S. Howie, County treasurer of Darlington county, was in the city today. ? ? ? Hon. O. C. Scarborough, of Sum merton, was in town today. see Mr. L. I. Parrott went to Colum? bia this morning to attend the meet? ing of the State Executive Commit? tee. see Mr.iR. O. Purdy went to Colum? bia this morning to attend the fun? eral services of Mr. Jacob Barron. ? ? ? Mrs. T. C. Proctor and daughter, Miss Mabel, have returned to Char? leston, after spending the summer with relatives in Brogdon. see Miss Kate Brogdon, of Brogdon, passed through the city this morn? ing on her way to Winthrop Col? lege. e a e Rev. M. W. Hook left for Spartan burg this morning. LEAVE FOR COLLEGE. Large Crowds of Students go to the Different Institutions of Learning Throughout the State. It might be said that the Coast Line passenger station wa ? for about an hour this morning, the property of the college boys and girls return? ing to the different institutions of learning throughout the State, for everywhere about the station could be seen groups of them giving a last farewell to relatives and friends, who had come down to see them off. There was the "Winthrop girl with golden curl," "the Furman boy so full of joy," and others too numer? ous to mention, all of them happy, and seme of them perhaps with vis Ions of that Christmas turkey afar oft', but for that reason none the less distinct. Besides the large number of students who went to their respective colleges from this city, every train Which came in was crowded with other laughing collegians, who had come to this city to make connection. The Columbia train, of course, took most of the students away from ihe city, end it was compelled t'? wap tibout twenty nvnutes after the ]>:? i*cngc**a had been taken i ,:. in order to load the large number of trunks and suit cases belonging to the students. Among those who left for college this morning and the institutions they attend are: To Winthrop: Misses Teresa Chan? dler, Maggie May Seale, Caritta R?n? dle, Alice Hill, Vivian and Annie Mc Crllough, Eleanor Elughson, Louise Veadon, Irene Bryan, May Candy. Florrle Lamp ton. The the University of South Caro? lina: Robert Purdy, Willie Marshall. Noble Dick, Edwin Boyle; Ernest Hureh and Cornelius Kollock, of Darlington; Bobble and Marion Wil? son ,of st. Charles; David Perklna of I Darlington, To Furman: B. K. DeLorme, ?'Un? ion Walsh. To Clemson: Wade Wllllford. To Washington and Lee Universi? ty: Julian Bchwarts. To Wofford: Edward Hook. To Georgia School of Technology: \ i t i t d i DeLorme. Received yesterday load Horses and Mules Several nice saddle and driving horses, I Mares In this I?1 id, Sevi rnl very line mules, Prices right, Ilooth-Harby Live Stock Co, it. SATURDAY is THE DAY. Everyone Expected to Contribute Their Earnings on September ? Ith to the Orphan's Fund. We submit to our readers another word in reference to the Orphanage "Work Day" in order that all may be encouraged to remember it. It is proposed by the officers of our var' ous orphan Institutions in South Carolina that all the children, all the older people and all between these two extremes shall work one day for the fatherless ones in our midst. The ?Jay suggested is Saturday, next, September 24th. It Is honed that many thousands of people will ob? serve the day and devote the earn? ings of one working day to the worthy cause. So deserving an en? terprise should be its own appeal without argument from this or any other newspaper. DEATH FROM OLD STAB Negro Youth Dies From Wound In? flicted Upon Him Several Months Ago. A peculiar death occurred yester? day morning at Rocky Bluff, when Ben Franklin Martin, a negro youth, died from the effects of a stab wound Inflicted upon him last March by Joe David Leonard, another negro boy. The wound was inflicted in Mar? tin's head with a knife, and had caused him trouble several times since the affair happened; so that A'hon his death occurred on yester? day, coroner Flowers held an inquest over his remains, the result being that the jury placed the blame for his death upon Joe Leonard. From the evidence brought out at the inquest, It seems that the two negro boys got into a quarrel at a church at which they had gone to practice for Easter. They parted in anger, and the next day while they were at the house of Robert Yates, colored, became involved in another quarrel. This time they came to blows, Leonard finally stabbing Mar? tin in the head with a pocket knife, the blade breaking off in Martin's head. One of Robert Yates' sons witnessed the fight, and alarmed his father by running into the house asking for a pair of pinchers with which to pull out the blade. Yates testified at the inquest, that he then ran out and attempted to pull out the blade himself from Martin's head, but failed. He immediately carried Martin to Dr. Maxwell, and had the blade removed from the boy's skull. The wound continued to trouble Martin at times, however, and an abscess forming on his head, and an taken to Dr. Mood's infirmary, where a part of his brain had to be taken out. Dr. C. J. Lemmon, who examined the dead body of Ben Martin, Btated at the inquest that, in his opinion, death was due primarily to an ab sess on the brain, caused by a stab wound, produced by a knife. After hearing the evidence the coroner's jury found that "Ben Franklin Martin came to his death by a knife wound in his head in? flicted by Joe David Leonard. The members of the jury were H. T. Turner, Z. Scarborough, N. A. Spann, W. C. Hudson, S. H. Hudson, Tony Colcough, John Mack, Jas. Mack W. M. Holmes, J. H. DuRant, J. E. Norton and W. W. Skinner. Leonard, the negro who did the stabbing, has been arrested and lodged in jail. He is about 16 years of age. Society Children on Motion Films. (From the New York Press.) Society women who are accustomed to spend from $8,000 to $10,000 a year for photographs of themselves and their children have seized on a new phase of this idea. They are taking to motion pictures and the phonograph. They want motion pic? tures of their children at play or at parties, so they may have them in after years just as they have their children photographed several times a year to keep until the children are grown up. Likewise they are keep? ing records of the voices of the chil? dren by phonograph. When the time arrives that both the motion pictures and the phonograph can be made to work synchronously the value of the picture snd auditory records will be increased. The idea of society wo men at present is to take moving pic? tures of their children and to show them at Christmas time or on other occasions when the members of the family are gathered together. The fad. of course, is somewhat expensive, but society women have taken to it. Tin y have tried to keep It secret be? cause it i? purely a family affair. And Mr Aldrlch, perhaps, lias ob? served that a new recruit has joined the ranl<s of those dissatisfied citizens who "actually prate about a moral issue in the making of a tariff law." Milwaukee Journal. \ killing frost before October 15th would cut the cotton crop off and make the balance worth twenty cents B pound. SUICIDE IN SPARTANBURG. Wife of City Editor of Spartanburg Herald Shoots Herself and Will l ikely Die. Spartanburg, Sept. 10.?Mrs. Max Henrid, formerly Miss Ernestine Vaughn of this city, wife of the city editor of the Spartanburg Herald, in a moment of despondency here today attempted to end her life by firing a pistol ball Into her breast. The ball entered the body between the sixth and seventh ribs on the right side, ranged slightly downward penetrated the lungs and liver. Its further course being undetermined at this hour. She Is at Dr. Stedley's hospi? tal tonight, where an operation has been performed and X-ray photo? graphs have been taken in an effort to locate the ball. Mr. and Mrs. Henrici were mar? ried here about six months ago and left immediately for New York, where Mr. Herlci held a position on the staff of the New York Her? ald. Mrs. Henrlci's health was not good in New York and a few weeks ago she returned to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. V. Vaugh an, of this city. To be with his wife Mr. Henrlcl resigned from the New York Herald's staff and accepted a position on the Herald here. He is an exceedingly capable newspaper man and though he has been in Spartanburg only a short while, has made many friends. No cause other than extreme ner? vousness and momentary despon? dency is assigned for the shooting. The shooting occurred about 4 o'clock in the room of her parents' home. The pistol used was of .38 calibre and belonged to her father. A MASON OF HIGH DEGREE. Masons of South Carolina Pay Last Tribute to Departed Brother. - I Columbia, Sept. 20.?The most im- 1 pressive funeral exercises ever held in South Carolina will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock when all that Is mortal of the late Jacob T. Bar ron, whose death occurred last Fri? day, will be consigned to earth. The Grand Lodge of Masons and other branches of Masonry will have charge of the funeral, and a dozen! bodies of this order will form the parade. The Richland County Bar Association will also escort the body to the cemetery, and the office force of the firm will act as pall-bearers. Cotton brought 13 1-4 on the local market today. ? o Those stores which are closing ev? ery afternoon at 6 o'clock are not loosing anything, while those which arc not closing at this hour are los? ing a great deal, viz: the g->od opin? ion of some of their patrons, who would like to see the clerks released from work at 6 o'clock. o ? A number of the players in "The Soul Kiss" were very much Interest? ed this morning in watching the work of a cotton gin. -o The warm weather is very pleasant after the chilly mornings of the past few days. In the Recorder's Court. W. H. James, white, charged with public drunkenness, did not appear at court this morning and so forfeit? ed a cash bond of $2.50. Mr. H. T. Edens was fined $2.00 for keeping hogs within the city limits. The Honorable William Lorlmer's resignation of his membership in the Hamilton Club of Chicago may have some pertinence; but it is not so completely and convincingly cogent as a resignation of his membership In the United States Senate.?Pitts burg Dispatch. In 1908 the American merchant marine carried only one and a-half per cent, of the freight between the United States and Uruguay. The trouble with some of the back to-the-farm enthusiasts is that they want to return only during the har? vest.?Atlanta Journal. Als?? it might be remarked that cavalierly is as Cavalicri does.? Springfield Union. Received yesterday load Horses and Mules. Several nice saddle and driving Horses. 16 Marcs In this lo;.<!. Several very fine mules. Prices right. Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. It. FOR SALE?Farm 8 miles from Sumter, on clay road, 890 acres. 625 cleared, balance original growth; 13 tenant houses; 2 neat cottages, 4 rooms each, with store room and kitchen, all brick chim? neys. About three-fourths of place clay sub-soil, balance little light. Part of place slightly rolling, bal? ance level. One new store house with barn and stables. Price $"?0 p? r acre. Address "K." care The It. m, Sumter. S C. 9-20-lt lw Peruna Tablets Teste! Wh.it are the Peruna Tablets good i for? Has anybody used them enough ' to know what they will do? Read the following letter and s ? . If you have any doubt as to the genuineness of the letter, write to Mrs. I .Jir, enclose a stamp for reply, and s e whether ber testimonial is genuine or not: Ravenna, Mich., June 16,1908. \ The Peruna Drug Co. In regard to the Peruna Tablets, I have nsed about ten boxes in all. While I was in Chicago my oldest daughter was bothered with a cough all the time. 8he has had it for tour years. Sometimes it would go away, and in tbe winter time it was so bad that the doctors and professors said that she had consumption, and the only | way to give her any relief was to per form an operation. I spend so much money for different medicines, and for doctors also. Noth? ing seemed to help her. So I saw the Peruna Tablets adver? tised in the paper, and I got a box snd tried them. She could get acrme sleep by taking them. She would be nn til night and cough. So in all she took six boxes, and never was bothered any more. I will leave this for any one to in? quire at our old residence, where we lived In Chicago. All our neighbors would say that she could not live with a suoh a cough. You don't know how thankful I am. She is eighteen years old. My oldest son also was bothered with his stomach, throwing up, and bis bowels so loose all the time. He was all run down for four mouths. I also doctored with him. One would say this y and the other something else. I started in to give him the Tablets, and now he is all right and healthy looking. He took four boxes. That is all he wants to take whenever anything ails him. So I praiso your Tablets just as high as I have your Peruna. That is all the medicine that ever comes in my house. Whenever I travel I take some * with me. I have had three of my cbll- ? dien sick with scarlet fever two months ago, and that is all I used, was the Pe? runa and the Tablets. I did not lose any of them. if there is any more information yon want, why just let me know and I will be glad to do so. Yours truly, ( Mas. L. Lohu, Ravenna, Mich. PELLAGRA NOT CONTAGIOUS. Superintendent Babcock Denies with Emphasis Erroneous Report. Columbia, Sept. 19.?Because he died of pellagra, a report was cur? rent here today that Mr. J. Perry Glenn took this dread disease at the State Hospital for the Insane, of which he was a regent. Dr. Bab? cock in an interview, denied that such could have been the case. Mr. Glenn, who died yesterday In An? derson, paid frequent visits to Co? lumbia, In the capacity of regent of the Hopsital. There Is absolutely no ground for any surmise to the effect that Mr. Glenn caught pellagra at the State Hospital for the Insane," said tbe superintendent of the Hospital, Dr. J. W. Babcock, in reply to a ques? tion. "Our own observations have convinced us that pellagra Is not contagious," Dr. Babcock continued, 'and a recent letter from Dr. C. H. Lavlnder says that after three months of hard investigation in the pellagrous districts of Europe, he is tirmly of the same opinion. Aside from this, Mr. Glenn has never come in contact with cases of pellagra." A million dollars in gold weigh a little over a ton. The West should contribute to the fund that is being raised to commem? orate the centennial of Horace Oree ley's birth on February 3 next His advice to young men to go there and "grow up with the country" has doubtless assisted "the course of em? pire" in that direction.?Boston Tran? script. COPY SUMMONS FOR RELIEF (Complaint Served.) The State of South Carolina. County of Sumter.?Court of Common Pleas. H. D. Croswell and J. K. Croswell, Plaintiffs, against R. M. Ives, Ellsa betb E. McLeod, Adelle McLeod, C 11. Ivos, Maria J. Langly, Martha A. Smith, B. J. Kelly, A. P. Moses, Re becca D. Jennings and W. M. Ives, Defendants. To the defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and re qutred to answer the complaint in this action of which a copy is herewith served upon you. and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office in the City of Sumter, S. C, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclu? sive of the day of such service; and if you fall to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plain? tiff In this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated July 30*h, 1910. To the Defendant, C. H. Ives: Take notice, that the Summons and Complaint In this action, were filed in the office, of the Clerk of said Court on the 20th day of Sep? tember 1910. L. D. JENNINGS, Plaintiff's Attorney. 9-20-1 taw-1 wks.