Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"ibr d?l;itcbm;m ;ino Soutbnm. ICntered mi the l*???tomcc at Humter. 8. i'., as Second Class Matter. I't KHOXAL. I'on. B, Frank Keiley, of Hlshop \\iU\ was In town Tuesday. Mr. Hubert llaynsworth who has been visiting friend* at Stateburg has' returned to the city. MUm Olive Murray who has been visiting Mrs. E. Mood Smith has re? turned to h? r home at Mount Holly. MUs Helms Thorn of Klngstree, is visiting Mrs. W. H. Sett. Mrs. Walter Henneker, of Charles? ton. Is visiting her mother, Mrs. J. C. Dove. Miss Esther Watson, of Georgetown, In visiting her brother, Mr. T. M. Wat? son, of this city. Mrs. J. P. Patton and Mrs. J. M. McColhmgh, who have been v'slting Kelly, for several days, left for Columbia whete th? y will visit ror some time. race Harby has gone to .... . Oa., to visit relatives. Miss Louise Held, of St. Charles, spent Wednesday In the city. Miss Madge McDowell, of Fletcher, N. C. spent Wednesday in the city with Mlsa Pate. Mt. . nd Mrs. ltunb II and Mrs. Wil? lis Sttiid. rs left f..r Cam.b n Thursday. Miss Sarah Moore, of Wed*. Held, was in the city Thursday. Miss Blam h v. u. of Darling? ton. Is visiting her brother, Mr. J. A. Mlddleton. Miss The.? Or egg left for Charlotte Thursday to visit her friend. Mrs. Dodenhoff. Mtas Virginia Sanders, of llagood. Is visiting friends In the city. Mr. L. I. i'arrott who has been in ColuirSim tor a couple of days hus returned to the city. Mr. Porter Oalllard. of Dah-cll. ?pent Thursday In the city. Dclk-llakor Mise May ltelk and Mr. John Henry Baker of this city, were united in marriage \\ ? .lio-sday at the parsonoge of the First Methodist church. Hff, I>. M. McLeod. performing the cere mony. Imrwdtatclv after the n n nuity was completed the y<*ung oe ipti awi lead ed a reception st the \om- of tht ??? bb m ' ir^nta. **~-??**?? - ? ! ?ii^i.Mud aUtftflAG 111 UDUfi. Methodist Missionary Institute Met at rnrsoruagt? on Tuesday. The yearly m eting of the Metho? dist Missionary Institute for Sumter district was held at the parlors of the personage of the First Methodist chureh on Tuesday morning, much in ^ terest being ?hown in the missionary work by the large ati-mlmce present. Among the speakers were Mr. U. E. Turntpseed of lb nnettsvllle, who spoke verv Interestingly on the work that was P.-f -re the d.stin t and what had been done during the past year, and Mr. Charlton lniltant, a promi? nent young attorney of Manning. The other part oi the meeting was taken up by a general discussion of the sub k Jeet <>f missions. ' It wus decided that all missionary dues In this district would be ptld by ^ the first of M t\ .f this year, some? thing . :. unusual In this line. Ihuuv Much F.njoycd. A very Urge attendance was present on Tuesday night to enjoy the third of the series of dam es given during the year gf ttw Holiday F.ve Club, and the ? hue. w.i. i onttnued u nt" early Int ? w dnendny morning. A full orchestra ?vas present to faralsh music for the occaggesv and dellshtful refreshm< nt.4 were nerved during the course of the evening. iiesidc? the meaahera of ihe olab from tb?* < it\ ami ci.untr\. ther? wer.? a large miml.tr <-f \l- tors present, both gentlemen and ladles. HD. I 11(1 \ I I \M \lt II -.moated ut SJO.oon Damages? I Ifti < u lliillilliuei Burned. Umar was visited Wednesday night by the most ib -iiu tiv?? fir. In Its hit tory, fifteen stores having been burned at a loss of a>...ut $20,000. The tire t*t s.ild to hive originated 1 In a barber sh<?p som?wh< re m ar the hotel and gradually burned on down towards the railroad station. The cause of the origin of the fire Is as yet unknown here. All of, the buildings destroyed were wooden structures and will make room for more modern structures, al? though th?? loss to the owners Is prob? ably considerable. The railroad sta? tion narrowly missed vh>? conflagra? tion and was only saved by hard work. The brb k stores were also saved from the fire although it wns thought at p one tlrr* thn* the? * M would go ? i h the other buildings. BONDS WILL BE ISSUED. IMTJS OF $25,000 TO ME HADE AS iti:si lt OF IMTEHIIAY*! KUDCTIOIT. Vote Cum \ or> small, and Went Thrc** to Our For the Issue of the Bonds. Fron Th?' l>aily I ton, Feb, 15. Th?- election yeste rday was a suc . ess .is far as the paving of Main street was concerned, for out of a total Vote of 1>>2. 1 :i0 volt s wore c ast for the Issue of the bonds, while 4G were again: t Issuing the $25,000 bonds. This means that Main street, Sumter's principal thoroughfare will be put in a presentable condition, and If the desire of the council and of the citizens Is carried out will be paved in a way that will mean that the improvement will be a lasting one. The electlo?. came off without a single hitch or unpleasant occurrence, very few people, comparatively tak? ing the trouble of going to the polls to cast their ballot. Some did not vote because they had neglected to have their names put on the new vot? ing lists which were made up In 1910. Some were even turned down at the polls because of this. ?____? 1 PASSENGER YARD BLOCKED. Passenger Train Delayed Becgfjgg <?f t 'remhi Train Bio? king Track. i rOCg the I felly Item, Feb. 16. The yard at tin A. C, L. pass, nger station was blocked for more than j half an hour this morning by several freight trains that arrived about the time for the regular passenger trains to arrive. All of the train. except the train from Charlsston ire re kept waiting for some tine before Ihey could pull I up to the station because of the fuct that the freight truins were in the way. in this way tin- passengers on I the Gibson irain who wanted to go I on to Columbia, If there were guy of j them, did not make connections and I had to wait for the SSCOnd train for Columbia, The train from Orange* burg Which ordinarily If the lust train to come In after H o'clock in the morn? ing was the last this morning, several Of the passengers being QUlte w orn out before it did imaiiy arrive, Fattier Seriously 111. " in the Daily Item. Feb. 1G. lr. R, I>. Kpps was called up on long distance telephone Wedncs afternoon and informed that his i ler, who has been seriously 111 for several weeks, was In a dying condi? tion and for him to come at once. He Imme diately prepared to go, leav | Injr on the evening train for Charles? ton. In The Police Court. The case against C. L. Robertson and C. W. Smith for breach of peace was called in the police court Wed? nesday morning at 10 a. m. and at the end of the hearing Mr. Robertson was given a sentence of $10 or 20 days by th" Recorder, while Mr. Smith was discharged, the evidence huvlng show, d that Mr. Robertson was the aggressor and that Mr. Smith had only acted In self defense. Jury Duty. Last week the legislature passed S bill relating to Jury exemptions which will, we trust, have a beneficial effect on our Jury system. The bill provides for the exemption from jury duty only of state officers, members of the Senate ami House of represent* Ittvei during the SSSSiOOS of the gen? eral assembly, members of Congre ss, judges and justices of any court, c ounts iiudito'-s and treasurers, clerks of court, sheriffs and deputies, coron? ers and c onstables, mnrshnlls of the United States and deputies. counsel? lors and attorne ys at law, postmt sters and those actively engaged as phy? sicians or licensed pharmacists. The list as it Is, is quite long en? ough. Under the ed?i law, preachers, sdlteea, school trustees, bank casb> tad a number t?f men in othei occupations were exempt, Many of tins.lupatloni ere In themselvsi evidence af the man's Atness for Jury duty. Jury duty Is, we suppose, about the- unpleasantest demand made of cltlsenshlp, but it Is one e.f the most important, and it is no use for people to sit bach end crltlclss the verdicts of "packed" Jurh s, s?? long as no n of Intelligence re-fuse or evade sitting .on a jury themselve s. - -Carolina Spar I tan. Carteln pe rsons belonging In the sheriff's ofllee whose sworn duty it Is to preserve the psacs seem le think that they are exempt front this duty wlo n they are CTltlelBSd -<?r not do? ing what they ought to do. Constable J. .\. LawTence, who has been working with sfs gist rate Wells, has resigned ami accepted a position as lumber InepectOf with the Mills Lam bar tinsnpsnj Mr. j, b. Baker has taken Mr. Lawrence's place- as c i nstal ic. LEARNING TO READ NOWADAYS. The- Old Fashioned C-u-t Cat Method "Hew If a little child taught to read in tins.' daya? is a question that troubles many parents. "The man who went to school until he was old snough to go to work re? members how he ? was taught to read ami, "acoordlng to a svrlter in Teach? er and Home, ' thinks he knows what a dreary time his child is having. "He sends his small son to school only to discover that the child is ex? pected to read before he can spell 'cat.' This lather would like to know how a child can read without know? ing how to spell a word. "The great problem In teaching reading to beginners is to form an unerring, almost automatic connection between speech, ear language and eye language. "We recognize that we must reach the child's mind through his senses by the way of his instincts, and that having reached his mind vte must im? press by means of drill those arbitrary signs which represent thoughts. "These principles have led to the use of stories, rhymes, poems, dramat? ization and other devices which par? ents do not always understand and therefore condemn OS nonsense, even sometimes putting them among the fads and ft ills. There is no nonsense about them, but the soundest com? mon sense. "When 1 want you to know my friend Joins do 1 show you a derby hat, a purple necktie and a gray over I coat ami expect you to know Jones when vim SOS him and to he abls to call him by name? Sfet this Is what ' children an expt cted to do when they are taught In the good old way,' be? ginning With tic alphabet and then Spelling their words as lirst steps in reading. "Under Ihs old plan children were I taught to call c' by the name 'see;, i 'a' by the name 'ay\ and 't' by the I name 'tee;' then they nwre expected ' to put 'see, ay, t> S" together and say the word 'cat*' No wonder reading was such a drag; the marvel is that hey SVOr barmd to read. "What i really do about Jones to make him known to you is to tell you a little tale about him. 1 tell you that Jom s lives in a three room apart .nent and keeps four dogs; then along t omes Jom s with his four dogs and I introduce him to you. What hap? pens? Your mind Is ready for Jones, you look at him with interest, and the next time .you see him, whether the dogs are with him or not, you know him. Later on you may notice that he always appears In a derby hat, purple necktie ami gray overcoat, but the main fact is that you know him again whenever you see him. "NOW it Is Upon this common, or? dinary, everyday method that we teach beginners to read. We tell a little story to rouse the children's in? terest. This story lias some central thought contained In the wajrds the ohlld will be expected to read. Ws repeat the story till we are assured that every little tot knows it sufficient? ly well to repeat the central thought with Its sxact words. "Now we put that thought on the blackboard and tell the children we are going to lei them read. Here again we are satisfying the chllden'i Inaltlncta for little ones love to imi? tate their elders, and In these days of much reading every child tries to read before he kom m t > school, "Now the teat lo r asks a question that will be answered In the words on the blackboard, such as, "Who was Bab?' "The child answers, 'Bab was a brown baby.' "Then the teacher asks the same question again, and as the child an MONEY MAKER COTTON SEED? Will pay y >u, If you are raising cotton. If you are not posted, it will pay you to investigate. We can furnish a limited quantity of pure seed, raised on our farm where there has never been any blight. $1.00 per bushel, Let us book your order at once If you Intend to plant Money Mnker. C, P, Osteen Co., Bumter, B, C, 2-1-tf No Longer In Use. will cure and skin disease. That's the price of Hunt's Cure, and It in absolutely guaranteed, BIBERT8 MH O STORE. ?weis she points to the words. Now several children come up and point to tin1 words as tiny say 'Bab was a brown baby*1 " 'By this time many children can distinguish one word from another and they will lit- able to recognise 'baby,' 'brown1 or any of the words whenever they see them. Next these wordi arc combined Into new sen? tence* If a child hesitates over a word he is sen* back to the key and studies it until he is able to get the word he could not remember. The next sentence Is taught In the same way, and 80 on." I Mr. John II. Bedingham, who was stricken with paralysis nearly six weeks ago and who has been In r. semi comatose condition ever since, died Tuesday night, February 14, use 73 years and 4 months. Mr. Bedingham was a native of Kiehland county, but moved over here more than forty years ago. He mar? ried Miss Mag McCallum, who pre? ceded him to the grave about t n years ago. He was a man of the old school, polished in manners, upright to his fellow man and honest to the core. His whole life was that of an exem? plary Christian, showing by his daily walk and conversation those traits of character that brighten the homo cir? cle, cheer the community and raise the drooping spirits of veteran com? rades. He was a gallant soldier of the Confederacy and served from begin? ning to end of the struggle in the old Six South Carolina Regiment.?Blsh opville Vindicator. St. Philip's, Bradford Springs, 'it. Rev. \v. a. Querry, Blsh >p of tic diocese of South Carolina will visit St. Philip's church, Bradford springs, Monday, February 20th, and will con? duct service at n o'clock in the morn ??Well, there's no king that I can't talk to," remarks the Colonel, thus announcing that he is a prodigy as a linguist, also.?Coin nbla State. The people ??f West Waten e voted against annexation to Rlchland coun? ty at an election held at Blaney Tues? day. It is said that King George is a man of nerve. It certainly looks so; he has asked his court chaplains for longer sermons.?Columbia State. If you hurry to plant your garden or field, don't plough your ground too wet. The cost is too great, as you will he continuously paying for your rashness in more ways than one.? Wlnnsboro News and Herald. DEATH. log. The bottom has dropped out of th?* egg market in Chicago .rnd hen fruit is worth only sixteen cents a dosen there. Keen Charleston dealers ar selling eggs at 20 to 23 cents per dosen at retail. An even dozen more notaries pub la have registered as such on the county clerk's hooks. It seems that something should be done by the railroad officials here to keep the passenger station yards clear of freight trains when the passenger trains an; coming in. Hillboards have been erected at the corner of Marvin and Iiartlette streets. The case of smallpox just north of the eity is almost re overed and no near cases have been discovered any? where in the country. The re is little passenger traffic and much fre-ight traffic going on now. J. Edgard Shumate, superintendent of the Pelzer Oil mill was caught ir. the fly wheel and crushed to death Wednesday. Seed Potatoe fA 45c Peck SPECIAL PRICES ON SACKS OF ELEVEN PECKS :: :: :: The Famous Red Bliss and Irish Cob bler Seed Potatoes JESU This Week r> UYING these goods in solid car lots direct from Maine, enables us to sup? ply you with the genuine article at the lowest possible price. These seed have proven more suitable to this soil than any we have ever handled. The amateur and professional gar? dener will find here the seed moift suit? able to his special needs. A full &ock of the celebrated Ferris, Crossman and T. W. Woods fresh garden seed to seledt from. O'DONNELL 6 CO T3EFORE buying spring clothes you 11 find it worth while to examine the nobby blue-gray mixtures, new shades of brown and tan, and blue, in the beautiful Spring woolens just sent to us by Ed. V. Price S{ Co. MERCHANT TAILORS CHICAGO Wei take your measure and have your selection made up as you want it, at a price within your ability to pay. And the clothes will satisfy you in every particular or you needn t take them. See Our Window for Display IKE D. J. CHANDLER CLOTHING 0.