Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Kbr c?Hattbmau ano ?outbron at taw PsgMaaafrS at snau?r, s. C_ as Heoond llatm Mat PERSONAL Mrs. Arthur If. Lucaa of Savannah. , la visiting relativ*?? rore 1 Mr. George R. Kocster. Business Manager of the Morning News, the new daily paper which Im to be tabllahed in Columbia. publication beginning January 1st. 1911. was In the city Tuesday. Mr. Koester estab ISBSliil the Columbia Record and moil It a financial success despite great obstacles, and his experience will he a valuable asset to the Moro? ni n# Newa Mr. O. C. Scarborough, of Sum saerton. was in town Tuesday. Rev J. P. Marlon and Dr. W. J. McKay left for Newherry Tuesday. Mr. Marlon wa? a nonpanb-d by Mrs. darlon who will visit relatives in Lauren* for some time. Mr. J. K. Kennedy spent Sao Its |4 Elliotts Mr Alex McBee. Jr.. of Greenville, le visiting his aunt Mrs. \V 0 v UrouKhton, on W. Hampt -n avenue * Miss Netta Cooper, of Oawego. passed through the city Thursday os) her way to Columbia. Judge Prince and Solicitor Stoll left for Hlshopvllle on Thursday .where court will be convened. I Mr. R. L. Btfumi imed Sun day night from Charlotte where he was operated on for gallstone sev? eral weeks ago. Mr. 8. Prank Parrott and family left Tuesday for Oaffney where they will make their home In the future* Miss Grace Brogdon. of Brogdon. spent the day in town. Mr. Henry Richardson, who has bean sick with pneumonia at Pine wood, te at home again, convalescing from his recent attack. . Dr. Oeo. W. Dick, who has been tin Baltimore for the past week with his father, has returned and says that the captain, who is In a hospital there under a speclallst, is doing as well as they expected, but It will be several weeks before ha can be . brought home. [ Mr. r M Jenkins, of st Chart*-?. In the city Wednesday. ^U^j^hn Roykin of Dalsell spent S&st * Iward o *rb roi'gh el I I They ? wsv Mm Minnie Loryea Barnett af dng passed through Sumter Wednesday from a three months stay In Ashevllle. ft C. Her father Mr A. Loryea and daughter return? ed from Ashevllle several weeks ago. mi iiiiim.n r > hi: iili?\iiui> Will < omiiuu- RiimIim?*-? tit New Quarters. The buildings adjacent to the Hotel Jackson which were badly ) damaged by nre Tuesday night will be repaired as soon as the amount Off Insurance for the d image done to the buildings has be?n adjusted and paid In to the owners. This was the sum and substance of what was learned today from those most In? terested In the matter and who were sufferers from the Hre. The building owned by Oeo. D. ?store will probably be renovated and returned to its former condition ss far as possible under the present damaged conditions of the building ^The Rowland Mock of buildings will "be repaired, but It in not probable that the second story will be put on them at the time they are repaired. Wit her spoon Bros, are moving th*ir furniture out of their store end will not probably open up again un ? til the present quarters are repaired. ? E. W. Vogel la mo\mg that part of his stork that was sa\ed to a store on Liberty street, where he will continue btialnesM during thu repairing of his former quarters Ralph Hill will also move his hk-ycle *hop Into new >r* and continue his former r ?; I irtr ^buslne In tlw? Pnlfce Court. fo -uses came up in the U? < ord? er's court Tuesday. IMnk Uurreggj for \ iolatlng hack ordlnam e. pleftd Eoii'ty and was lined $2. Julius Zuell for cursing, drunk and disorderly conduct, was nor peesenl to answer to the . barges and forfeit eel has hon i of $io. For Sale: Four thousand bushels mi ssed oats at prices that win ennse you to wonder how we can do It. Booth Harby Live Stork Co . Sumter 10-20HI I The iotton In many parts of the county has been badly damaged SJ the continued rains of the past three days. Pot Sale: Four thousand bushels oats at prices that will cause to wonder how we can do It Booth-lfsrby Live Stock Co., Sumter. ). i 10-2081 PKATH. Mr. J. Diggs Wilder died Tues? day about 6 oelock after only a few hours Illness, aged 71 years. He was at his office In the Court House dur? ing the morning, and few heard of his lllnest* until the announcement of his sudden and unexpected death wan made. Mr. Wilder was a native of Sumter and the greater part of his life had been spent in this city. II" was known throughout the coun? ty and the fact that he bad held the office of County Auditor for fourteen yearn Is proof that he had the re? aped and confidence of his fellow citizens. He waa a Confederate Vet? eran, being in active eervice from the opening of hostilities until the surrender. He went to Virginia with the first company from this county, the old Sumter Guards, but later transferred to Garden's Battery In which he held the rank of 1st Lieu? tenant. He was a member of and <>ne of the organizers of Camp Dick \nderson 1*. 0, V. and took great Interest In all things pretalnlng to the organization. lie served two terms Ml.1 commissioner of Sumter ? ?ounty. Mr. Wilder Is survived by his wife and live sons?It. K.. J. G. H., A. II. Kugene and Julian Wilder, all of whom are well known and popular citizens of Sumter. The funeral services were hold In the First Baptist church at 4 "Ylork this afternoon. oYlock Wednesday afternoon. The funeral of J. Dlggs Wilder was held Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the First Baptist church, whero many relatives and friends of Mr. Wilder gathered to see the last solemn rites paid to the remains of their departed friends. The body was taken from the resi? dence to the church, where a short service was held. No sermon was preached, but Dr. Brown delivered a few appropriate remarks, telling of tho worthy life led by the man whose body was now waiting for in? terment. From the church the pro? cession made its way to the ceme? tery, where with much solemnity the body was laid in its last resting place. Throughout the whole of the cere? mony the rain came down in a steady drizzle, which, no doubt, pre ? vented many from attending the fu? neral who otherwise would have been present. ' > >\ > i n IM) A KD MFFTIXG. Public I ottool Weigher J. F. Held Ruled to Show Cause. From The Dally Item, Oct. 18. The County Board of Commission? ers met In special session today to l onslder and take action on com? plaints filed by various parties charg- j lng neglect of duty on the part of public cotton weigher J. F. Held. After full consideration of the va? rious complaints the following or? der was adopted State of South Carolina. County of Sumter. OOOtOOOf. 1*. 1910. TO J. F. Held: You are hereby notified that the OOunty Board of Commissioners at a special meeting passed the follow? ing order: "It Is ordered by the Board of County Commissioners that Mr. J. F. Held show cause before said BoOfd of County Commissioners on November 1st, 1910 why he should not be removed from his office of Public Weigher for the following cause: "Neglect of duty during tho month of October 1910 and previous thereto." "And It Is frther ordered that the (Merk to the Board of County Com? missioners serve Mr. Heid, or have him served with a copy of the fore* going order." IV M. PITTS. Supervisor. J. H. Sumter. i ;ierk to I 'o. i lommlasloni ra Negro 1'ouml Dead. I: W. Brunson. a negro brick? layer, was found dead in s new house on Bdwards street. belonging to Barton Levant on which he hud been working on Tuesday morning for Barton Levan. It scorns that several n< groes had soon tho negro Monday afternoon King on the Boot Of the building and when asked by them what was the matter be said that he was very As he had the appearance of I ? lng under the Influence Of whiskey Si |he time, they thought that he was drunk and did not bother with him further He probably returned to the house after the circus Monday afternoon and remained there that night. No regular Inquooi was held, but Dr. F. K. Hoi man made an exami? nation: of the body and pronounced death to b<> due to acute alcoholism. All th? witnesses testified to having BOOS tlrunoua drinking on Monday hh he was known to be a hard drlnke Just rooolved a oar of mules as fine as evor came to Sumter. Also a car of horses. Three extra fine horses Call and h?.. them, also in .ther car of F, M f*?, Shaw and Drake. I&W10-20-3t JACKSON HOTEL BURNED. HUNTER VISITED BY A MOST DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Ii re Originated about Midnight Oil flfHTOWl Story, Destroying Jackson llotot, Hill's Bicycle Shop, VogoTs stun*, Wltherapoon's Furniture sion' and One Residence, Prom The Dolly Item, <>ot. 19. a tire which originated back of the stairway on the second story floor of the Hotel Jackson, a little before midnight last night. destroyed the hotel and almost all of the Rowland block adjacent to the hotel, a resi? dence belonging to Oeo. i>. shore & Bros, and occupied by O. E. Boa Hell . How*thc Are originated Is un? known and Is apt to remain so. Mr. J. Hlrshmann. a traveling man from Charleston was the first man to dis? cover the tire, a short time before midnight and a few minutes after he had retired. All the guests were In their rooms at the time and for next I few minutes Mr. llirshmann ran from door to door waking up the OCCUpantl Of the rooms. This was not an easy job, as the hotel was I crowded and it was sometime before all were aroused to their danger and ready to leave the building. Many, In their haste and fear, leaving thoir I belongings behind them, some rc I turning for them and some leav? ing them to be destroyed by the fire. Another gentleman, Mr. F. S. Ver noy of Columbia reached the build? ing about the time that Mr. Hlrsh I mann was waking the people and he also went from room to room beat? ing on the doors and trying to get I the occupants out from the building. This did not take long, but the fire 1 was burning rapidly all the time and I spreading at an astonishing rate. I The alarm had been turned in to the tire companies, but they had mis? taken the number and started up j Main street instead of toward the fire. Mr. Vernoy and others as soon as J the occupants were all aroused, se? cured an automobile and started out J to find the fire wagons and bring them to the fire, meeting with them on their return from their trip in I the wrong direction. When the fire wagons arrived and turned on tho water from the hose tho fire had J spread almost over the entire build I lng and was still spreading at a rapid rate. I All their efforts to stop the fire seemed for a while to be fruitless. I but at last with the help of the rain, they got control over the fire, but j only after It had spread from the I hotel to the buildings on each side j of it, the Rowland block being al? most entirely destroyed, tho resi I dence of Mr. O. B. Bottlok having I been burned to the second floor. I Tho tire burned from about midnight j to 6 o'clock this morning before it I was Anally put out, the smoking ruins attracting much attention today. The J botet WM entirely destroyed, Ralph I HHPs bieyele shop was entirely gut I led) us were Vogel s two stores. I Wlthernpoon's Furniture store lost I considerable from the fire, but not all of the stock. On the hotel which was owned by Mtvmre. Perry Moses. Jr.. Davis D. Molso and Henry J. fiarby, the in? surance w.'lh $16,000, the estimated valu* being $18,000. Mr. A. L, Jack? son, who was running the hotel, lost about $400 dollars worth of table linen and bedding. The Insurance on the Shore building was $500, whfto the damage was estimated at twice that amount. Tho pool room situated next to the hotel was val uned at $3,000 while the Insurance was about $2.000. The Rowland build mg* were Insured for $5,000 white tho loss was estimated at about $16.tOO. In these buildings about half of the stock of bicycles of Hill's Bteyoli shop were saved, the Insur? ance on the whole being $1.200, uhlle the loss was estimated at about $HS0. Vogel's two stores had a stock in them valued at $5,000 while the insurance was only $2,000, tho loss being almost the entire contents of the store. Witherspoon's Furniture store has a stock of goods valued at $:i,0t0 while the loss was about 75 per cent, which was entirely covered by insurance. The hotel was full of guests at the time that the fire originated and, as there was no watchman, porter, or other employee about the build? ing at the time to give warning or to rescue the occupants, it is pos? sible that some of them would have been burned had it not been for the prompt action of Messrs. Hirschmann and Vernoy who woke and warned all persons In the building. There were no tire escapes from the build? ing, the call bells to tho rooms were out of working order, making the place almost a trap for those inside had tiny not been warned In time. \s It was, one of the gentlemen in one of the third story rooms was not warned in time and before he could make his escape from the building he was badly burned about tho hands, face and parts of the body. The only policeman on the ground at the time that the fire started, also went In tire building and helped to 1 wake up those within. There were \ no apparatus situated in the build- I ln?j w ith which to fight fire in ease j of such an occurrence as happened last night. Thoae Who were In the hotel at ! the time of the lire were: H. G. Mcllvine, ES, Y. Ginn, C. P. Williams. Charles B. Dorkey, 11. li. Freeman and wife, L. Ii. Tindal, L. J. At- , , kins, J. G, Reynolds, M. II. Swlm ; mifigflelds, li. c. Bternberger, Nor ! ris Cohen, E. H. Lewis, J. G. Stead ? man, 11. 1?. Lee, J. J. Lamb, E. N. Gooseman, Fred Murgott. These were transient guests; besides these a number of business men of the city had rooms there. The injured were: Mr. P. S. Ver noy, burned about the arms and cut with glass in trying tu wake up per? sons In the building; Mr. Charlei K. Beldenkopf, badly burned about the head and hands; Tom Bradley, a fireman who was knocked down and bruised by a hose on which he was trying to put a nossle when the hose was under high pressure. He was carried off from the grounds, but later recovered and was able to be about today. Herbert Morris was ! also knocked down by the hose and | bruised but not seriously injured. Those to lose possessions in the ! fire were ciem Anderson who had a room and office in the building and all that he had. Mr. Beldenkopf al? so lost everything that he had with him, barely escaping with his life. He lost a diamond pin worth $t)00 a ring worth $-10, a watch, $5S in cash and all his clothing except a pair of pajamas which he was wear? ing at the time of his escape. H. B. Freenman lost all of hin money. There were several more who lost various belongings whose names could not be learned. Mr. Beldenkopf was the only oc? cupant of the building who was at any time in danger of losing his life and he had a close call, escap? ing when it seemed impossible for him to be saved. It seems that he was in room 30 on the third tloor of the building and was not awak? ened, as he is very hard of hearing, when all the other occupants were aroused. The first he knew of the firo was when he awoke with the flames shooting over the transom and scorching his hair and almost blistering his skin. He at once jumped to the window and tearing out the wire screen with his hands he called for help. At first no one heard him and after they did hear him they could not help him for there was no ladder anywhere to reach up that high. Some one did in his excitement bring up a step ladder about six feet hlerh, but this was no help to him. He th^r. climb? ed out of the window on the pipe that carried water from the gutter on the roof of the building to the ground. He remained here for some time but the heat dove him off and he at last slipped down this to the ground where he was caught and carried off to the other hotel and at? tended by a physician who dressed bis wounds. Mr. Beldenkopf is irom New York, and travels for the lioot Newspaper Association and the I ?ry Goods Economists. The Sins of The Father." Prom The Daily item, Oct. 20. The Biblical admonition, "The wages of sin is death," was forcibly, yet repugnantly, presented last even? ing at the Academy of Music in Thomas Dixon's latest dramatic pro? duction, "The Sins of the Father." This is another play emanating from the brain of the Author of "The Clansman," and dealing with the so? cial and political conditions in the South during reconstruction, hut treating it in a manner vastly dif? ferent to any of his previous under takings in his endeavors to estab- j lish pronounced racial distinctions in J tlie South. Heretofore Mr. Dixon's endeavors have been in the direct- j ion of the preservation and mainten? ance of Anglo-Saxon supremacy, the domination of the white race social? ly and politic ally. He has also en- 1 i dcavored to establish in his The ^ Leopard's Spots" that one drop of negro blood makes a negro, the im? possibility of the amalgamation of the races, and the terrible probabilities anything approaching social equality. In "The Sins of the Father," Mr. Dlxon has gone to the very limit of racial contact. He has used the no- ; gro race to land force to the violation of a law human and divine. Ha has gerne back to Mr. Sinai for the very theme of his play, and taken it from the tablets of Moses. He has pre? sented a loathsome situation in a manner calculated to shock the finer sensibilities and cause the blush of shame and embarrassment to suf? fuse the faces of the pure minded. The play passes the suggestive stages, and becomes and Is vulgar. What good does such a play accomplish? What new moral lesson does it teach? The play was presented by a very strong caat under most adverse cir? cumstance*. During the first act, the lights alternately went out and came on with almost mechanical pre? cision, spoiling nearly every climax, it must have been * disconcerting to the actors. Ont* of the big drawing cards was Mr. Tboma. play, in th? pearance bt unfortunate Fahr at WjightevMie Beach on last Sunday. While Mr. Dlxon appeared a little ill at ease during the first act, and his poses seemed rather studiod than natural, during the re? mainder of the play he rose splend-' idly to the requirements of his lines, aad received liberal applause, >\hi h m*t merited. Mtofl Ethel Wright, au> Helen Wins low, did masterful work. There were great possibilities in her role so replete With emotional situatio t% and to them all she proved herself aa artlet. She had her audience weeping with her in her distress and laughing with her in her happimss. She delighted. Ho better Impersonation of ihe negro character has ever been s? en to Sumter than that presented by Mrs. Charle? G. Oraig, as Au ity Minerva and Arthur J. Pickens, as Andy, "A Gentleman in Brown." They forniahed the bright spots of mirth in the story so dark with sorrow. IS Mr. Dixon had searched the country over, he could not have fcound actors more suitable for their respective parts than the ones hat he secured for the play of last even? ing. The play was. therefore, rr.ost forcibly presented and aside from the moral feature that has hereto? fore been touched upon, no better production has ever been on the boards of the Academy of Music ?Hoarseness in a child subjec -to croup is a sure indication of the approach of the disease. If Cham? berlain's Cough Remedy is given at once of even after the crouD c.ugh has appeared, it will prevent the at? tack. Contains no poison. Sol:* by W. W. Sibcrt._ Cut Glass . . . We have just received a large sample line of Cut Glass?All se? lected articles and many hand? some pieces?that we will sell at a very low price. If you want anything in this line it will pay you to see what we have. STORE. W. W. SIBERT. Telephone 283. 6 S. Mcdn St. Excellent Trousers D O you know of the goodness of our Trousers, Sir ? Been paying your Tailor "big prices" for Trousers? Do you think you are oblidg ed to do so in order to get a per? fect fit ? Do you think it necessary to do so to ^et a stylish pair of trousers ? If You Do, You're Wrong! Try a pair of our splendid Fall Trousers to prove our state? ment. Fabrics new?cut artistic and absolutely correct. Trousers made by experts. $2, $3.50, $5, $6.50 to $9 Boys' Knickerbocker Trousers, 75c to $2.50 The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. PHONE 1(6. :: :: SUMTER, S. C.