The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 22, 1910, Image 4
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
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nt?t and Adjoining * ountb s
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Is printed Tuesday afternoon
Saturday's paper Friday after
EGYPT.
?gypt. Oct. 18.?We are having
weather for picking cotton. Tho
farmers are b 'ginning to gather
their corn and plant oats. The cot
tan crop will be very short. Quite
g> crowd from this place attended the
fttVIri? circus In Camden last Sat?
urday.
atlas Eva Brltton has gone to Ker
ahaw to teach school for this season.
The new chureh at 8mithvllle Is
aot yet complete but it Is hoped
that It will be finished within a few
atlas Belle McCutchen spent the
week-end In Egypt.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. White have
gone to Blsbopvllle today.
Mr. Jones Smith of Rldgeway
spent a few days of last week with
Mr. J. R. McLeod of this place.
The school* around Egypt have
wot yet opened. The health Is very
There will b? a basar given at
home of Mr. J. R. Kirk ley Wed
.y evening. Oct. 26. Everybody
as Invited to attend and bring a well
tilled purse. The girls are asked to
bring a box with supper for two.
Everybody la promised a good time.
The proceeds will go to furnish the
new plrati h at Smlthvllle.
ROCKY BLUFF.
iky Bluff, Oct. 18.?Corn gath
haa commenced and every?
body hi real busy, tr>lng to get the
corn. ? .ot>n. psjpj Mai kg) til m%
for some think there will be stormy
weather now soon.
Mrs. J. J. llatfleld went to Sum
tee Saturday.
Mise Eva llatfleld spent Satur?
day night and Sunday at home.
Mr Willie McLeod and family
spent Sunday with Mr. O. P. Josey.
Mrs. J. M. Fogle and little son
James, spent Sunday night with Mrs.
W. R. Wells.
Mrs. W. F. Rarneld and HUM
daughter. Ines. spent M.>e.da\ m
Sumter with her mother, Mrs.
Broadway.
Rocky Bluff was SJOtl represent, d
In Sumter yesterday. Among those
who went to the circus were: Miss
Kate MeLood. Mr and Mrs. W. I
Baker. Messrs. j. L and j. K. .Me?
Lood. w r, BarmeM I j. laiigUr
Bonnie Watts. Otis Pttmnn. Kugeno
iewy, Master Donald McLeod and
Master Jamns llatfleld.
LlttK Hoy and Carl Baker spent
Monday with their grandmother.
Mrs. J J llatfleld.
Mrs. Johnson White, and children.
ar? spending a few days with her
another. Mrs. Benn>? Mitchell.
Mrs. W. P. Williams and grand
Jaagr* r. Miss Willie Joiner. of
?asnti r. are visiting friends here.
There will not be preaching here
ow next Sunday night, an was ex?
ported. It will be Impossible for
llatfleld to act hen- then
DARK OORNETt
>ark CorniT, ?>ct 19. ? Farmers
getting on the home stretch In
Oering their sot ton. In? rain
night put a stop to cotton pick
and hay cutting. Some of the
le h*?re have some tine hay cut
sew whuh will be lost If this weath?
er continues many days.
Mrs. T. D. Weeks was fpiite sick
toot week but. thanks, to the skill of
Dr. It H. Kurman. she In now get
Uag better.
Mr J L Ardla was quite sick last
Fftday and moat of last week with
chills *nd ffver but he Is now lm
swwvtng.
Thers was a funny sight seen at
Week*' mill a few days ago. One
ssaefce (known as a sting snake) had
ht aa eel and there were two
r snakes trying to take the eel
away from It on* would choke
whlls the other would try to
II It away. One of Mr Weeks' n.ne
and killed them.
Mr John Windham .f W. ik, n? i<t.
d Mr. W J Ardls hint Sunday
r lohn M- i ?ulnlsx, .? tr.iv eling
i. Stopp? fl v; ? * i r I i v aOjhl and
y with W. J. Ardls
Mr. and Mrs. Dog Oedefttga Of
ff*1ne\? SjSjd ? IMOSd Mr USO V1r< I I >
Weeks hint Sundav.
rs It. B Ueddings of Pine
and Marry Tlmmons of Pux
vtllo visited relatives h?r>- list Sun
day
Tber#> wera few that attended tlw
m thla c.rnrr. on the 17th.
Personals I nn? Mux.
Max, Oct. 20.?Dr. Carl Neuves, of
Tlforvllle. Is visiting hiH sister, Mrs
B. K. Truluck.
Mr. J C. Truluck carried his
little daughter. Mabel, to an eye
Up* ialtlst m Sumb r last week.
Norwood academy school opened
Monday with M i-N Spears. Ol l< W
vllle. as teacher.
Mr. J. T. Mi Noll attended the
Piosbrlori at Bench Mi|go.
Mr. II K Tomlinson lost a h MTSC
by staggers last mm k
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Truluck an 1
little granddaughter started on a
visit to a son at Lake City a few
di.s ago. but when a few miles
from home the mule became fright?
ened and turning suddenly, over?
turned their buggy Into a ditch.
Fortunately, the occupants were not
hurt, but the buggy was broken In
several places.
Mrs. W. D. McClam Is spending
this week with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Moore.
Mrs. Newton Dlckerson is slightly
improved after a serious illness.
Mrs. Mellissa Tomllnson was bur?
led at Bethel last Thursday.
MAN CHARGED WITH ARSON.
John Ware. Well-known Resident of
Warrenvlllc. Accused of Burning
Mill Company's Store.
Alken. Oct. 20.?John Ware, n
well-known white man of Warren
vilb. has been placed In the Alken
Jail, on the charge of arson, the of?
ficer's charging him with burning
of the company's store at Warren
vllle some months ago. The arre.-t
of Ware has created quite a sensa?
tion, and the outcome of the case
will be watched with Interest. Ware
was committed to jail by Magistrat?
E. J. Craig.
The store, which is run by the
Warren Manufacturing company,
was burned at night some time ago,
and the Indications were that the
?lore bail been burned by an Incen?
diary. The officers have been dili?
gently working on the case since, but
nothing definite could be pla- d
against any of thOSI suspect. I
Wednesday Ware was charged with
the crime. It is said that he some
time previous to the burning had a
ite at the Store about en a<
?ount. in which he Is said to ha\e
alleged that |1,M too much Wx%*
charged against him. He Is married,
and Is about :50 years old. At the
time of the burning he was an em
p!oye*of the Wan. nville mill.
INTEREST IN WORLD SERIES.
Columbia I nns for Athletics III
< luunpion?diip GfUSSBe,
Columbia, net. 19.?More than
SeUSl interest is being taken by Co?
lumbia baseball fans in the games
between the 1 Mi i la de l ph ia Americans
and the <'h eago Nationals for ti.
championship of the world. From
the expression that come over the
telephone, it Is evident that the Ath?
letics have more supporters In Co
tumbiu than the rubs. At least one
crank, and possibly more, Journey?
ed to Philadelphia to see the first
two games. The b ams will not play
today, but will meet In Chicago on
Thursday and Friday, will return
to Philadelphia Saturday and If anoth?
er game Is required will journey back
t<? Chicago, when they will pay Sun?
day.
In The I*ollce Court.
Tuaodaj for the first time in ? ere< ?
there were several Oases, heard in the
Recorder's court. Most of them wa r
the resell Of tOO much "big time"
01 c!fSUS day.
The first case up was that of Ed
Skinner on the charge of public
drunkenness. As Skinner was not
present to plead to the charge hit
bond of $4.00 was forfeited.
Lemuel Arthur pleaded guilty to
the charge of drunkenness, and was
let off with a fine of $2.00
James Edwards. alias Jarnos
Sharpe. Wallace Duglas. John Gary.
Albertus Elliott, and Washington
James were all up on the charge of
gambling with playing cards and
dice. James Edwards was not pres?
ent, having won enough money in
the game to get out on bond, which
he forfeited, the same being $25.00
Wallace Duglas was tried and found
guilty and given a sentence of $25.00
I or 30 days. The other members of
j the gang were not present.
The wife of Henrv Sumter was up
on the charge of disorderly conduct
on the circus grounds, pleaded guilty
and paid a fine of $5.00.
Jerry White was up for several of
fOSJSes <"mmlttcd on Friday night
and Saturday morning, the various
? mints being assault and battery
against bis wife and cursing, on Fri?
day night and drunkenness. firing
pistol ,n fin- streets and carrying
concealed weapon larger than the
tan allows. The first ?b?rge he
pleaded "not guilty," hut the evidence
showed that he was guilt,- of the
rharge; le the other offenses he
pleaded guilty; the IttSI total Of b I
tiros amounting to $41 or 7*> days.
The tines Store paid.
HTKAMKR PICKS UP CREW OFF
NORTH CAROLINA COAST.
Blown From Ills Cour*?' by St roilV
Winds, Aviator and Crew Decide
to Glee Up the ship.
New York, Oct. is. ? Man's first at
tempt to crou any ocoan In an air?
ship has failed, but Walter Well
man, live companions and a kitten,
who eeeayed the voyage, are sale.
The airship?the Qlant America?is
a battered aerial derelict, abandoned
at sea, perhaps still In the air, per?
haps beneath the waves with her
OOetly equipment. When deserted she
had been in the air probably 72
hours, a new world's record for dir?
igibles and, driven by the wind, had
tavelled doubtless SCO miles. Wheth?
er the distance recorded for dirigibles
?870 miles?also will be broken, re?
mains to be computed.
Picked up by the steamship Trent
early this morning off the North
Carolina coast, Wellman and his fel?
low air navigators are due in New
York at noon tomorow. They loft
their craft because she was in dis?
tress and Idown so far from the
course of the steamer's travel that a
continuation of the voyage to the
British Isles was hopeless. So, sum?
moning aid by wireless, the difficult
and dramatic transfer to the Trent
was accomplished and the America
left to Its fate.
For an incident without parallel in
history?the transfer of passengers
from an airship to a steamer?mea?
gre were the details obtainable by
wireless during the day. Wireless,
at all times more or less uncertain,
was rendered more so by the tropi?
cal wireless station in the vicinity of
New York picked up from the Trent
a word here .and a word there am
pllfying on the earlier dispatches.
It was learned that Wellman had
found It necessary to rid the airship
of the burden of most of its gasoline,
retaining only enough to reach land
In the event the Trent had not come
to the rescue. When the steamship
heeded the call of distress and drew
near Its aerial sister, Wellman shout?
ed hts predicament through a mega?
phone and decided that he would
lower his life boat, which swung
from the dirigible's belly. As a pre?
caution the Trent lowered her life
boats, which stood by until the trans?
fer was effected and Wellman and
his companions, even down t?? the
frightened squirming kitten wer.
safe on board the line, surrounded
by the excited passengers.
The rescue was accomplished at a
time when two continents awaited
breathlessly the fate of the dirigible
and her crew.
Having been spoken by wireless,
presumably in the vicinity of Nan
tucket, at 12:45 P. Iff. on Sunday, it
was a surprise then when the news
came that the America had encoun?
tered the Trent. homeward bound
from Bermuda, in a longitude and
latitude nearly 400 miles southward
and 250 miles northwest of P.ermuda.
Thrilling must have been the ex?
perience of the America's command?
er and crew as they were thus swept
out ?f their course.
Capt. Down, of the Trent, flashed
first news of the rescue in a mes?
sage to the New York Times, which,
with the Chicago Record-Herald and
the London Dally Telegraph, con?
tributed $35.000 for the purpose of
the expedition.
Capt. Down also advised Sanderson
Ar Son. New- York. for the Royal
Mail Steamship Packet Dine.
Subsequently more details came in
a dispatch to the Associated Press.
Further wireless messages reach?
ing New York tonight say that one
of the motors had broken In the
America, which had made more se?
rious the predicament created when
Sil the gasoline that could l>e spared
was cast Into'tho sea.
The America Is, or was, 228 feet
long and 52 feet in diameter, with
a lifting capacity of 23,050 pounds.
The envelope alone weighed two
tons. There were thre? gasoline en?
gines aboard, two of from 80 to 90
horsc power for the propeller and
the smaller for the operation of a
donkey engine. Taken as a whole
the craft was practically the same In
which Wellman made his two starts
for tho North Polo in 1907 and 1909,
respectively. Neither of attempts
were successful, both were made
from Spitzbergen and one from B
group of Islands In the Artie Ocean,
between Kranz Josef Island and
Greenland,
t>n Board Stetner Trent. Oct. 18.?
(By United Wireless to New York,
October 18.)?The crew of the air?
ship America, in abandoning their
craft, lowered themselves into tho
life boat which swung beneath it.
They then cast the life boat off and
Were afloat on the sea. The airship.
r< |ie\ed of the life host, shot up Into
the .lit- and was rapidly blown away.
The transfer of the Wellman party
ttom the life boat to the Trent was
effected with much difficulty.
At I.SO a. m. today the steamer
Trent Sighted the airship America
und wireless communication was Im
mcdintely established. Irwin, the
operator on Hie < rshlp, informed
Ginsburg, the operator on the Trent,
to.!* the airship America's, crew
wished to andon the ballon. Wire?
less communication was kept up
from this time on between the air?
ship and the steamer.
Day Ugh I was rapidly approaching
and the Trenl was requeated to
follow the America, which was then
drifting at the rate of \'> miles an
hour. After a consultation held on
the airship it was decided that the
only means of rescue was the life
i><.at. This was such a hazardous
undertaking that much time elapsed
before the manoeuverintf was exe?
cuted, as the tail of the airship, con?
sisting of tanks of gasoline and
wooden blocks, threatened to capsize
the life boat as it dropped Into the
water. This danger was at last
overcome and the operation was car?
ried out with success. In the opera?
tion the trailer struck Wireless Ope?
rator Jack Irwin and Louis Ijoud, the
engineer, and also knocked a small
hole in the side of the life boat.
The airship, immediately on being
released of its weight of the crew
and boat, shot skyward as the boat
shot downward.
A moderate sea was running at the
time, and after some slight difficulty
the crew were taken on board, to?
gether with the life boat, at 7.30
a. m.
All the members of the crew are
well, after a thrilling experience
Wireless telegraphy has distinguish?
ed itself by showing the great as?
sistance in accomplishing the work
of rescue.
The Morse lamp signalling also
took a great part in the communica?
tion between Jack Irwin and the op?
erator on the Trent, who gave the
signals leading to the rescue. The
crew was picked up in latitude 35.42
north, logltude 6-.IS west. where
the America was abandoned.
Wellman said that the airship had
been blown far out of her course so
that it was inadvisable to proceed.
The foregoing is the first story of
the thrilling rescue and was sent by
wireless direct from the steamer
Trent to the Associated Prt.~?.
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a man may be true.?Shakespeare.
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6 S. Main St. Sumter. S. C.
In The Police Court.
Several hackmen ?rare up in the
Recorder'! court Th?rs.lay for viola?
ting thut pari of the hack ordinance
making it r punishable offence if tag.s
?re not placed in Home conspicuous
place in their hacks stating the fare
for carriage of persons and baggage
Some of the in? n did not know any?
thing about the ordinance; others
new about it but they had lost their
UlgS)?the same having been torn off
by cht? Iren and other persons or
lost under similar circumstances.
As this part of the ordinance ha.s
not been strictly enforced hereto?
fore, and as it w.-us shown that It
wii? a hard thing to keep tbx fcigr:
posted in conspicuous place?, the
Recorder, much to their delight, let
off the offenders for this time with
the warning that they muirt sin
against tho ordinance no more or
he would be hard on them. Ali
hackmen were notified that they
must have tho placards pooled in
their hacks and that they ooold get
them at any time from Chief Brae
ford.
Albertus Blliott was up for gam?
bling with cards on Jftonday and
pleaded not guilty, when hia oase
wan heard he was lined $1? or 34
days.
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IfVe receive ex?
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THE PEOPLE'S BANK,
A
The New Bank
Capital $50,000.00
Makes Its bow to the business public soliciting their furors,
Offering it's facilities to assist them in business or handle
their crop;..
We are located at No. 12 \V. Liberty Street, call and sie
us. open an account with us and see how easily we can
do business together.
UE?r* Money Loaned on Cotton at Six (6) Per Cent.
The Prosperity Jlr Bank
Increases with the prosperity of the surround?
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our interest. We are working for you and re?
spectfully solicit a share of your business.
?Our organization is up-to-date and we have
the facilities for giving you the service that
you want.
The Bank of Sumter
The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co.
Established 1905.
Capital Stock and Surplus.$ 165,000.00
Protection to Depositors. 285,000.00
Its Board of Directors have a combined
wealth of more than. 2,000,000.00
Centrally Located, Conservatively Managed, it invites
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SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA.
Farms For Sale!
Six farms. ranging from 50 to 150 acres to the farm, aggregating 600
acres in all, will be sold as a whole or in separate tracts. Land makes more
than a bale of cotton to the acre this year. Suitable for cotton, corn or truck.
Several of the farms arc admirably adapted to tracking. All Wttkls two miles
of the city.
Also several desirable building lots on Hampton Avenue and Broad Ht.
If You Want A lloree. Mule, Wagon, Buggy Or a Farm, to
W. M. Graham, Hampton Avc,
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