The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 19, 1910, Image 3
?itrrnJ a* Uko Po*torhec at Sumter. S
C, as Sc?*>iul Class Malier.
PKHHONAL
The Misses McCreary, of Clinton,
Ml** H u\l- Hull. a| S.iv.mn afc, MSM
Pattl? Oaf*, of Theater, and Messrs.
Barl Kamtner. of Columbia. Wil?
liam James, of Chester, and A. Q.
?Uloon. of Bishops llle are attending
k\ home party at the residence of
Mr. R. M. Cooper at Wtsacky.
Mr Oeorge Tlndsl. 1 of Pn
wae in the city Tuesday.
Mr. 8. W. Ollleaple. of Claremont.
epent the day In town.
Mr A. A. Brearley. of 8t. Charles,
waa In the city Tuesday.
Mr T I. Kahn, of Mayesvllle.
wae in the city Tuesday.
Mr L D Jennings went to Cam
? dVoa Tuesday.
Mrs. Lehman, of Brunswl k. Oa..
is visiting her sister. Mrs A. I>.
Harbv.
Mlas Virginia Harhy has return. ?1
from New York.
Mrs, & C. McKeown left Wedrc?
day morning for a \j|it to relatives in
Chester.
Mr k. M. Coper of Wlsacky pass?
ed through the city We tnesday on
hie way to Columbia.
Mra Jake w* inhurg, of Manning.
Is In the city visiting her brother,
Mr. IVrry Moses. Jr.
Mr Abe Kyttenburg and Mr. and
Mrs. I. C. Strauss have returned
from Savannah where they have
been on a visit for several days.
Th?- Hon. F. M. Thompson, of Co?
lumbia, waa In the city to attend
court one day this week.
The Hon. I. W Mel .emore, of
Florence, of the law firm of Wille?x
4k Willcox, waa In the city Wednes?
day attending court
Mr. A. T. Toon, of nishopvllle. tire
adjustor of the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad, was In town Monday to at?
tend court.
Miss Holly Brown went to Bishop
.vtlle Wednesday.
Mr. X. O. Osteen wont to Columbia
Wednesday on business.
Mr. C. A. Ellerl.... ,.t kembert. was
In town Wednesday.
Mr. W. D. Carson, of Dalsell was
the city Thursday.
Mr. J. F. Rhame, Jr.. of Blshop
vllle. 'yea In the city to attend court
Thursday.
Mrs. J. J. Watson and c'.ildren, of
Columbia, are. on a visit to/ Mrs. li.
K. Doli > me.
Dr. J. C. Spann went to Spring
Hill Thursday.
Dr. C. C. thrown has gone to 1 lorry
count* t" att'M'd the Wace.im.iw
Baptist association. He will return
In time f??r the regular weekly prayer
meeting on Friday evening.
Miss Qusslc Jtaffleld has gone to
Sardinia to \lsit trends there for a
week.
Dr W. W. Daniel, of Columbia,
spent Wednesday night in town, re?
turned to C dumbla, Th?rs lay.
Mr. R. M. Cooper was in town
Thursday.
H. F. Kelly. Esq.. of Blshopvtllc.
was m town Thursday to attenJ
court.
I
In The MngUtrutc'* ('Shirt.
Magistrate Wells heard one case
In his court Thursday. Charles Taylor
and Frank Lewis being up for shoot?
ing a d<>g belonging to F. L. Stewart.
The testimony all went to prove
that Charles Taylor was the guilty
party, he having shot the puppy with
a shot gun. On this testimony Davis
was acquitted and Taylor w.is s.-n
fenced to pay a tine of $10 or to
serve twe-ty days on the county
chain fan,,-.
Hervler at Bradford Spring*.
Ssrvics will he held at St. 1'hlllps
church, Bradford Springs, Sunday
morning. November 2?th. by Ree. II.
H. C.?\lngton
In The Police Court.
There were few offenders t'o be
tried in the kecorbr's ?'..urt Wed?
nesday by Mayeg pro iem Wright
acting It.rder. those on the docket
being up f??r the usual ofttn** of rid?
ing bicycles on forbidden .-bb walks.
The offend* i were I he Wlldet
Horace M?ller and T. N. I'.r .wu.
each of whom contributed 11.00 t-.
wards the city's expense*.
A ( aril.
On account of the necessity of hav?
ing a *e< ..nd primary to determine
who shall be Auditor of Sumter
County, I beg to announce to my
friends and the \-.ters of Sumter
County, thnt I am still In the race.
I also wish to thank my mmr
friends f<>r their liberal support MS
the first prlmarv and hope that thoy
will continue same in the second.
lt. FCO KM-: WILDER
Ha 22 W-2t.
Notier of Death*
Mrs Naomi Phillips, widow of Mr.
Ilyram Phillips. formerly a well
known contractor of this city, died
in Atlanta at the residence of her
IniKhter. Mrs. K. li. Watson. ISO
OrSBOad street. She is survived by
six children. Mrs. S. (\ Davis, of
Springfield. S. 0., Mrs. <\ M. Bd
nsrdg. gf Tyler. Tex.. Mrs. K. L.
Wlngate, of Mayesvllle. S. C, and
L. W. and E. M. Phillips, if Atlanta,
(la. The funeral was held from the
residence Thursday at 10.30 a. m.,
Nov. 10th. 1910. interment being In
West view cemetery.
In the Polleo Court.
ThHre were only two cases In the
Recorder's court Thursday, and the
tines paid into the city treasury were
correspondingly small.
Walter Rlley. for riding a bicycle
on Har.Hi street sidewalk, paid a
fine of $1.
Phillip Rlchberg. for not paying
street taxes ai the proper time and
refusing to do three days work on
the .streets, paid the tax of $1.50
and an additional tine of the same
amount for delinquency.
Meeting Of The Art Club.
The eg tog Q meeting of the Art
Club was held Tuesday afternoon at
the residence of Mrs.. A. J. China,
on South Main street, Miss MaHe
1 Lonne being the hostess for
the afternoon.
The members of the club met at
4:30 p. m., and for more than an
hour worked, and talked of their
work and other topics connected
with their social and daily life, each
one contributing her part to mak?
ing the meeting one of the most en?
joyable and successful affairs which
she had ever attended. The mem?
bers besides showing each other
their art work, discussed ways of
Improvement on the old, and how
to make new fancy pieces and dainty
\\ orks of art.
During, the afternoon a dainty
?glad course was served w hieb w as
much enjoyed gad helped to make the
gutting enjoyable. The president,
Miss Luclle DeLorme, has called a
business meeting on Thursday after
B >on at the residence of Miss Marie
Drown on W. Hampton avenue, the
geat regular Tuesday afternoon meet?
ing of the club, also being with Miss
Prow n.
The guests of honor for the oc
I latoa w.ie Mrs. B, Km l ?- Lorme.
Mrs. A. J. China, Mrs. J. J. Watson,
of Columbia. Mrs. J. A. IC CK night,
and Mrs. (Jeorge DeMedicls.
The members of the club present
to tajoy the evening were:
Mesdames W. S. b- nton, V. H.
Williams. C. D. McKnlght. S. C.
McKeown. MlggaSi Leanora Will l
fOfl I. Natal!* Norman. Karline White.
Roily Brow a, Marls Browa, Jeaslc
LaMotte. Qussfi Hood, Bgtt lie Crow
son. Marie D< Lorme. Lucllt De?
Lorme.
st mim IN HARTSVTIXE.
Maurice McDonald KmU Life With
Strychnine.
Matirh M Donald. a (derk in
the Baak of Hartavtlle, coraralttad
suicide Wtdasgday by taking a does
of strychnine in the Hotel Marguerite,
when he locked himself In a room
before taking the fatal dose.
There Is no (barge of a shortage
In his accounts, though the young
in in Is alleged to have killed himself
on account of dissipation, which he
it 'tinted for by saying that he had
BlOffi work than he could do.
After t iking the polaon McDonald
? ailed for a physician, who arrived a
few minutes before he expired.
si RON?. MW DROPS DEAD.
Cornier World'* Amateur Champion
Die-, of Heart failure.
Lynn. Mass.. Nov. 13.?Charles
Breed, of thbl city, formerly world's
amateur champion strong man. and
one of the moat prominent Methodist
Episcopal laymss in Neu Baglsndi
dropped 'bad from heart disease to?
day. Mr. Creed was ">4 years of age.
As a young man he became famous
for bis satraordlaar) strength and
travelled throughout the country giv?
ing exhibitions of muscular prow
. ~s, meeting strong men everywhere
and never once being defeated In
strength tests. It Is said of him that
1 SOUld lift a barrel of Hour and
hold P at arm's length above hll
bead.
W. tft md surprised that Mrs.
Potter Paltmr has given up her
r- itdenca in the British metropolis.
London must be dull indeed alter
Chicago!?-ChlcagJO Inter Ocean.
' What s tin matter with Missouri?
Shes all right"' sxctstmi the (Jlobe
Dem-M rat. which. considering that
Champ Clark still resides at Howling
Qrssa, is a very tempsrstt s*ay or
putting It?Omaha Dee.
If hero mean sincere man. why
may not every one of us be a hero'.
?Carlyle.
VOTE FOR STATE OFFICERS.
Small Vote Cast for Officers?Amend?
ment of Conatltutlon Creating
Fifth Judgeshlp Carried.
The managers of the elect'on for
State officen for t-his county mot
Tueada) and tabulated the vote of the
County at the recent election, In
oldentallyi tbey looked into the mat?
ter of Rnanclng the election, all of
the accounti tent In by the man?
agers of the election being audited so
that they could be sent to the State
board of electors with the pur?
pose of fettling them at an early
date.
The total vtde for State officers
was as follows:
For Governor and Lieutenant Gov?
ernor 609; for other State officers
613; for State Senate 627; for House
of Representatives 628; for county
officers 6 26. The box for Concord
DOUld not be found so was not count?
ed in the tabulation of the votes In
the county.
There Wai very little Interest man?
ifested in any if the proposed con?
stitutional amendemnti except that
for a fifth Judge on the Supreme
Court and there was little voting for
I or against the amendments. For the
amendment for s fifth judge in the
Supreme Court there were 286 for
and against the amendment.
Little Interest was manifested in
the election In anything except the
race for auditor for which a second
primary will he held on Tuesday,
November 22.
SHOOTS ONLY SON.
Troy Hanks Lose* His Leg SS Result
of Wound Inflicted by His ratti?
er.
Leesvllle, Nov. 16.?in an effort to
protect his mother from a brutal at?
tack made on her by his father,
young Troy Banks, living two miles
from Leesvllle, was sind and se?
riously wounded last night.
Lee Hanks, the husband and fath?
er, has been the terror Of the com?
munity for the past five years and
frequt ntly beat his wife and drove
her from their home to spend the
night at any place she could obtain
shelter. Young Banks, w ho is now
a bright lad of 17 years, last night
attempted to hi Ip his mother, but Le-3
Hanks, in a drunken rage, took a
gun and drove his son off. Running
at full speed he was stud in the left
leg and fell some distance from the
house, Physicians who were sum?
moned found the bones so shattered
that amputation was necessary.
.\itcr the operation was over Banks
I saulted 1 IF. Uiscr. a young physi?
cian from Leesvllle, who had charge
of the case. An altercation ensued
In which I >r. Uiser re-ejved some
slight bruises. Lanks was arrested
and carried to Lexington this morn?
ing. Troy Banks Is a manly lad and
has be, n working hard in. order to
secure an education.
?For pains in the side or chest
damp1 0 a piece of flannel With Cham?
berlain's Liniment and bind it on
over the seal Of pain. There is noth?
ing better. For sale by all dealers.
The commissioners of election met
Tuesday and tabulated the returns of
the election, In the Federal boxes
Lever received 829 votes, less than
one-third the number he received In
the primary election. and K. H,
Richardson, the republican candi?
date, received 7*.? votes.
?Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets do not Sicken or gripe, and
may be taken With perfect safety by
the most delicate woman or the
youngest Child. The old and feeble
will also find them a most suitable
remedy for aiding and strengthening
their weakened digestion and for
regulating the bowels. For sale by
all dealers.
Candidates' Cards. H
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the office of County
Auditor, subject to the rules of the
Democratic party. As I have had
three y< ars of experience in this of?
fice under the direct!) n of my late
father, 1 feel that l am fully com?
petent to discharge the duties of said
office.
K. EUGENE WILDER.
Having made a set of books for
three successive years, made the set?
tlements with the Comptroller Gen?
eral, and performed other duties of
the Auditor's office, as Assistant Au?
ditor, and being acquainted with
much of the property and many of
the ctttsens of the county, 1 an?
nounce myeelf s candidate for the
office of Auditor of Sumter County
In the ensuing Democratic primary.
T. s STUCKEY.
WANTED?Young men and ladles to
take three months practical course,
We give written guarantee to se?
cure good positions for each grad?
uate. Write for catalogue. Char?
lotte Telegraphy School, charlotte,
N. C.
IN THE POLICE COURT.
Court Proceedings.
'rimiiuiU
from The "Helfer Pen" up
ngaln Today.
h
Tuesday th?
'Heifer Pen,"
nsr," were up
from the
'Dark Cor
acting Re
crlmlnala
Sumter's
>efore the
sorder, Mayor pro tem Wright, who
found that they were not satisfied
with the medicine dosed out to them
yesterday and were ready for an?
other <los?- of anottp r kind of hit?
ters today.
It setnts that sometime ago. some
on "gave up" on a dark eolored den?
izen of the "pen" and he was re?
captured and returned to the chain
gang from which he had escaped.
Over since that time the other den?
izens of the "pen" have had it "in"
for "Yanigy" Davis, who was sup?
posed to have given up the criminal
to the police. On Monday several of
the residents of that section of the
city were up for lighting and curs?
ing and were fined by Recorder
Wright. Last night after they had
gone home they got into another row,
which brought four of the offenders |
to the guard house. In the Record?
er's court it was shown that the fuss
was started by Mary Wright and
her daughter Ada Wright, Ada, how?
ever, had taken to the dark cor
nes of hack lots upon the arrival of
the police and could not be captur?
ed, and Yanigy Davis had been tho
person who had been the cause of
the row. although she did not in?
dulge in any of the cursing or dis?
orderly conduct herself. She
dismissed, while Mary was fined
'he progress made in the Court
Common im<;is during the week
; been fair, several cases having
1 < n disposed of during the past
four days.
The cases tried this week were:
T. i'.. Reynolds VS. R. L. Arrant, ver?
dict for the defendant.
QHflln-McLeod Mercantile Com?
pany vs. A. C. L. Railway, verdict for
the plaintiff, to the amount of $334.3?;
lt. M. Jenkins vs A. C. L. Rail?
way Company, verdict for plaintiff
to the amount of $1,693.72.
i '.ooth-Harby Live Stock Company
vs. J. M. Reasonover, verdict for the
Plaintiff for $150.
Dr. Archie Chino vs. J. L. Courtney,
verdict for plaintiff for $152.
?"I do not believe there is any
other medicine BO gOO 1 for whooping
cough as Chamberlain's Cough Reme?
dy," writes Mrs. Francis Turpin.
Junction City, Ore. This remedy is
also unsurpassed for colds and
croup. For sale by all dealers.
The work of claying Harvin stre?.t
is progressing rapidly, already it has
1.n clayed from Liberty to V.en
drlCk Street.
ACT QUICKLY.
Relay Has Reen Dangerous In Suinter.
?"I am pleased to recommend
chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the
best thing I know of and safest reme?
dy for coughs, colds and bronchial
trouble," writes Mrs. L. B. Arnold of
Denver. Colo. " We have used it re
peatsdly and It has never failed to
give relief." For sale*' by all deal
j era.
The county taxpayers are some?
what slow about COBllag in with their
taxes this year, although this week
has been a busy one for the county
Treasurer. The payment of taxes is
far behind what it was this time last
year, possibly becauss of the late
cotton season.
?There is little danger from a cold
?r from an attack of the grip except
was! when followed by pneumonia, and
this never happens when Chamber- ,
, Iain's Cough Remedy is used. This New York? sol?i agents for the United
15.00 and Rosannah Blending, who
Do the right thing at the right time.
Act quickly In the times of danger.
Backache is kidney danger.
Doan's Kidney Tills act quickly.
Cure all distressing, dangerous kid?
ney ills.
Plenty of evidence to prove this.
Mrs. Charles Browning, 101 E. Ca?
nal St., Sumter, S. C, says:
"For some time my kidneys were
disordered and the secretion from
these organs became unnatural. I
also suffered from dull, nagging back?
aches and had distressing pains
through my loins. My head ached
constantly, I could not rest well and
in the morning I felt tired and lan?
guid. Since using Doan's Kidney Pills
procured at China's Drug Store, I
have been free from backache, am
able to rest well and the kidney sec?
retions are regular in passage. The
? headaches have ceased and 1 feel bet
' ter in every way. I give Doan's Kid
l ney Pills* the credit for this improve
I ment."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
had indulged in much laughter was
fined $2.30, and Ada was given the
choice of $10 or 20 days when she Is
captured. Mary paid her five bucks
but Rosanna, being unable to furnish
the spon. was contined in the guard
house.
R. B. Phillips for allowing his
horse to run at large at the Union
station was fined $2.00.
W. T. Andrews, Jr.. was fined ?t
for riding on forbidden sidewalk.
Others fined the same amount for the
same offense were: Eddie Woods and
Thomas Anderson.
M. B. Randle was fined $3.00 for
exceeding the speed limit In his auto?
mobile.
take no other.
remedy has won Its great reputation '. States,
and extensive sale by its remarkable
cures of colds and grip and can be
relied upon with implicit confidence.
For sale by all dealers.
-Doan's?and
No. 20.
useh9 s I
Golden Seal Stock
& Poultry Medicine
an Ideal renn dy lor I U um s.
i owB, Mules, ltot:s. Sheep
and Poultry. Ni * er fails
to give relief. Acut dir? ? t
ly OB the liver. i\\ civ
Stock and Poultry raiser
should la! \ e a can bandy
for ubs when needed. Sold by druggists
anddeab rs. Price 25c, BOc and (uns
can. Also Busch's Disinfectant snd
Dip, guaranteed to destroy MITES4
id* l; on duck? ns. Sample on request.
Golden Chain Remedy Co., Inc.
EVANSVILLE, INI).
Can be Placed in the
Jewelry we Sell You
We arc receiving every day j
some of the newest and exclusive 1 ty ir
designs in sterling silver, cut trlass A\
I HI. La.A*I Iw?M
FOR THE NEWLY WEDS.
BIBERT'8 DRUG HTOKJ&
and novelties, which we offer for
your most critical inspection.
Our prices will also prove to your
liking.
W. A. Thompson, j
Jeweler and Optician.
6 S. Main St. Sumter, S. C.!
Our furniture display will be
found to offer the fcrVntesi vaHe
?the i awe*1 prices,
rehensivc showing of
'hal will en
fine lire that will en iblc you
to s L thi 1 '
save money.
I or fine furniture p,o to
Witherspoon Bros.
Furniture Co,
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no money saved in buy?
ing for an active Boy a
cheap School Suit.
School Suits
made too well.
can not be
We know all the Clothes re?
quirements of the mo^t strenuous
School Boy and we are equalj to
the occasion.
Suits made by Makers that
know exactly "how" Fabrics,
making and trimming are com*
bine d for perfection
in
School Suit making*
Suits at $3. $4, $5 to $10
Doubl i Breasted,
Blouse and
Norfolk,
Russian Styles.
The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.
Phone 166.
Svi .nter. S. C.
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