The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 25, 1911, Image 3
BIG BANQUET 10 BE HELD.
I X I ? I I IVI HO\lll> OF CHAMBER
or (OMMnu k decide to
havk booster meet?
ing.
Prucreaolve Cltlien* of Sunilor to tict
i >>z< 'Um i for A Larger ami More
IVogrojalM* lily?Much I tore hi
Taken.
At a meeting of the Executive
oard of the Chamber of Commerce
I eld Monday afternoon in the office
f President Jenninga, plans were
.n iched for a big "get-together han?
tlet" for the Chamber of Commerce
I i be held March 14th at which time
y organisation will be placed In a
etter position for the upbuilding of
bigger, busier and better Sumter.
t is hoped that the "get-together
anquet" will create a wide-spread In
>re?:. on the part of the progressive
itlsens of the city, In the Chamber
f Commerce and the work which it
? striving to accomplish.
In speaking of the banquet to a
epreeenUttve of the Item President
ennlngs stated that It was an effort on
he part of the progressive and w'de
wake cltlsens of Sumter to get to
ether and have a general boosting
low out In the Interest of a greater
umtev.
Already * considerable amount of
.itereet Is being msnlfested In the
anquet by the leading and represen
atlve business men of the city, and
he Indications are that it ^111 be one
f the largest banquets of Its kind
?ulled off In the history of Sumter.
II is hoped ?.hat at least three hun
<fcred of Sumter's progressive citizens
fill attend the "blow-out" and particl
ate in the speech-making. While
no announcements have been made by
be committee on arrangements It hi
nderstood that out of town speakers
vfill be present and that a number of
)cal business men are scheduled for
boosting' speeches.
no NKt.RO NOTARIES WANTEIL
'oanty Clerk Asked to Hold up Com
ml-Hlon* of Ml Negroes ami Notify
Governor.
County Clerk of Court L. L Per?
ot t Tuesday received a letter
Tom Governor Cole L, Dlease asking
ilm to make sure that no colored per
10.1? r*K y\* ? fcf ni no
Saftes puhjic. U>- :aul the it .eg a
ttr*. f ? ?*f.uy steine ch <
gase Immediately. As soon as ne
heard of it he would take steps to re
saove the official head of the colored
party holding the commission.
This notice probably means that
?orernor Blesse removed all notaries
from office so that he could leave all
negroes out of that office in his re
appolntment of notaries. It being an
office which the Incumbent holds at
the pleasure of his majesty, the govern
nor and It being the governor's pleas?
ure that no negro notaries be appoint?
ed, It seems a difficult proposition for
any of them to get around. No ne?
gro baa as yet applied to Mr. Par
rott to register 11 his office as no?
tary puhll'
ln the past week fifteen more no?
taries have registered In the county
Clark's office, two or three coming
each d.iy with their newly filled out
rommlMlona to sign up during the
pleasure of the governor.
Numtrr-Carollna Club i nunc.
The Friday Evening Dance Clui>
having recently changed Its name to
the Carolina Club held Its third regu?
lar danee SSJ M on day night at the
Arm -ry hall with Misses Mayo Rj ?m
and Kdna Tobln as hostesses.
The splrP. of the club Is to
make as much pleasure as possible,
and on th- [ < caslon this motto was
lived up to it In I . lb nt style. The
delightful course of refreshments
served by the hostesses and the
charm of the mush and dancing com?
bine t > make the oerustof enjoyable.
The cl.aperonea absorbed themselves
In the ?ume of ?vhist. whilst the dan?
cers stepped to the rythm of the mu?
sic, as the hours glided by. The
club disbanded ai 1 :10 a. m.
The ? hapero u < \a>u Mr and Mrs.
John R Sumter. M?. and Mrs. R.
Oosler Lee. Mrs. Thomas Childs, und
Mrs 't ? ? Kb h irdw.
The dancers wer
Missen Kdna Tobir, Xa'e Tobln.
Mayo Uses*. H o or Lang. Ml.ma
RlrhHrdson. Llszb Richardson. Nan
nie Itlrhardson. Iteatrb Sumt- r.
Alme, m. Nancv m .ore. Virginia
Rand. r?. \|- , <'hllds. t'lara t'hilds
and Mall I*. g kin.
Hnejgg C'rry Hrown. AMen Hrown.
It 0 Bff] lasses Bryan, Ifoatajawg
P. Mo..r Tb. . bo . I ? Itavenel. Jr..
Marlon W s- ihr?<?k, Rernard Man?
ning. lr\oi" Richardson, Seaman
Rb hardson. William CfOSJgogfr James
Orshnrn. Mar ..rt S it. Murray N. I
son, T I?. I'o .bun. Wilson Oreen.
Henry Me. II r? r r \t ?, t;...,rge
Wurr^n, R II. Alb n. K- nin th Har??y
and Monltrle DsLetSna,
It Is e*My to believe any'nlng that Is
of no importance.
IN THE RKCOKDKK'S (OlTIT.
Many ('u^x Come up Before Tho Re?
corder for Adjustment.
There were several cases tried In
the Recorder's court Tuesday but
they were pushed through In a hur?
ry by the Recorder.
Tho first case was one against
Julius Edwards, Jr.. for riding a bicy?
cle on a forbidden sidewalk on Lib?
erty street. He was given the choice
between a tine of $1.00 or two days.
Solomon Lewis was called up for
discharging firearms in the city lim?
its. He plead guilty to the charge
and was sentenced to pay a fine of
$15 00 or to serve 30 days.
Shaw Davis for being drunk and
discharging firearms In the city lim?
its was fined $25.00 or made to serve
30 days on the county gang.
John Washington for public drunk?
enness and disorderly conduct, to the
first of which charges he plead guilty,
was fined $5.00 or made to serve 10
days.
Harte Johnson for exceeding the
speed limit in an automobile was forc
I J to pay a fine of $3.00.
Calvin Pringle, a young man of
color, was charged with disorderly
conduct and resisting an officer. Tt
seems that hg refused to move out of
the gateway at the A. C. L. passenger
station yard Sunday afternoon when
he was asked to do so by Officer Mc?
Kagen and then when Mr. McKagen
put him out of the gateway, he made
threats against Policeman McKagen.
He was immedately arrested and
Monday he was tried by the Mayor '
In his absence, found guilty and sen?
tenced to lose his bond of $10 or to
serve 30 days on the county gang.
SHOOTING AT BENNETTS VILLK.
Gary Smith Kills La Fa yet to Rivers.
"Doable" Brothers-in-Law.
Bennettsvllle, Feb. 18.?C. LaFayet
te Rivers was shot and Instantly
killed here this evening by W. Gary
Smith. The homicide occurred in a
room in the rear of the Matheson
building, on Broad street, near the
Bennettsvllle and Cheraw depot. No
one else was in the room at the time
of the shooting. Rivers was shot in
face, Just below the eye, the ball en?
tering the brain. Smith was shot in
! the neck, the ball entering from the
front SflgtttVy tfJ the right, and pass?
ing through the neck. The testimoi
Slid circumstances Indicate thai R4V?
' era fir*?d the first shot.
The homicide was a deplorable af
lair. Kiv*>r? muir.cu S eiStSI 0.
and Smith married a sister of Rivers.
The deceased was about 37 years
j old and leaves a widow and two
children.
Smith is about 35 years old and
' his wife and three children are liv?
ing.
Smith was Arrested and is in Jail.
The coroner's Jury returned the for
' mal verdict.
! Smith's wound Is not regarded as
necessarily fatal. The two men, with
other friends, had been In the room
' several times during the day and all
had been drinking. A two-gallon Jug,
partly filled with corn whiskey, was
j found in the room.
MOONSHINING IN UNION COUNTY
Bggff Still Cupturod Near Joncsvlllc?
Prosecution May Follow.
Union. Feb. 20.?On last Sunday
morning Deputy United States Mar
' shal H. H. Hicks, Constable U. D.
Kltclons and John Whltlock Jett
I'ulon at 1 o'clock and went to the
plantation of Mr. N. B. Elson, about
j three miles and a half east of Jones
I vllle. and captured a still. They ar
! rived about 5 o'clock and at 6 that
morning made the raid. They captur?
ed HI gallons of beer and probably
7 5 gallons of low wine and a still of
about 100 gallons capacity.
They poured out tho beer and low
wine. Tracks led to a certain house
nearby und It is probable that the
guilty party or parties will be prose?
cuted.
UNUSUAL HOUR FOR COUNCIL.
Minor and Aldermen of Gary, Ind.,
Haw SeNtdoii at 111! a. m.
Chicago, l et,. 1H.?If there Is an>
thtng in tie adage about early rising.
Mori health, wealth and wisdom are
due the common council of Gary,
h d \i? mi l r? of the i one ii attended
i [?? 'i ii ii .. iing at I 11 o'clock this
morning.
The netting of this gho tly '.our by
the Mayor ? development in a
fight eonoernl ig the handling of a
lawsuit In which the e.^y Is IntSrSStSd.
The Ma\or Is said to desire the with?
drawal of the suit and the early risers,
eniib d and slsspy, bad then rsvsngs
when they defeat, d a resolution to
that ?ff* t
We thinke no greater bllsse than
such
To be as be we would,
When blessed none but such as be
Tin- same as be they should.
?William Warner.
DON'T LIKE BLEASE METHODS.
GOV. BLEASE ORDERS WHISKEY
CASES TO MAGISTRATE.
Ho Had Hoard Cltf Would Cut Wat. r
Off IVom Governor's Mansion If
Veto Wan sustained.
Columbia, Fab, 21.?Gov. Blease
has instructed Ins whiskey constables
in Richland county not to bring any
more case? befove the recorder of the
city of Columbia. He has instructed
them to bring ull violations of the
dispensary law before a magistrate.
Gov. Hlease said that the lines re?
ceived from the cases of violation of
the dispensary were considerable and
that he would see that none of ?his
went into the city treasury of Colum?
bia. Gov. Blease takes the position
because there was some talk of cut?
ting the water off from the governor's
mansion should the veto of the item
of $7,500 for water have been upheld.
There is some question as to whether
the governor's mansion is a public
building or not.
The personnel of the constabulary
for Richland county is as follows: E.
L. Klbler, chief; J. W. Henderson, G.
W. Coleman and W. S. Taylor, Mr.
Klbler said yesterday that he had not
received instructions from Gov.
Blease.
The amount of revenue derived
from the bringing of whiskey cases
before the recorder can i*ot be defi?
nitely estimated. The amount de?
pends on the activity of the con?
stables.
SWIFT INCREASES CAPITAL.
Additional $15,000,000 Voted by
Stockholders Brings Total to $75,
C00,000.
Chicago, 111., Feb. 15.?Net pfgltl
of Swift & Co., for the fiscal year end?
ed September 30, 1910, were, accord?
ing to the figures presented at the an?
nual meeting yesterday, $7,050,000.
This is equal to 1.75 per cent on the
outstanding capital of $60,000,000.
These profits compare with 13.66 per
cent earned in 1909 and 12.60 in 1908.
The company paid 7 per cent in divi?
dends, leaving $2,850,000 to be car?
ried to surplus, which item now stands
at $24,850,000.
The stockholders voted to increase
the capital to $7 5.000,000. Share?
holders of record January 16 will
ha\ C th- ; ight tO M I TO*
i t.. theii holding! one share oi i
stock f.>r <.?:,. h foui shares pfr*- j
iO isly held.
'i ha Mnanci il stats rv ? it ?miu d I
at the meeting of stockholders show?
ed an increase for the year of $2,000,
525 in cash and $2,558,700 in accounts
receivable. The inventory Jumped
$6,749,471, being $33,795.488, against
$27,046,017 the previous year.
Among the liabilities, bills payable
increased $10,622,550. This of course,
Is offset by the gain in quick assets.
L. F. Swift, president of the com?
pany, said among other things to the
stockholders:
"Swift & Co.'s result sheets show
less than 3 per cent prollt on sales
during 1910. A profit Is made 01 by
products, which were wasted before
we had learned how to utilize them by
the aid v?f modern machinery and
scientific handling.
"There Is no Industry in which che
selling price follows the cost more
closely and with so small a margin of
profit.
"During periods of plenteous sup
ply, and lower pric. s for live stock
and finished product, the producer
may be dlssatiafled, and criticises the
packer.
"During the periods of short sup?
ply, and consequently higher prices
for live stock and finished product,
the consumer may be dissatisfied and
criticise the packer.
"Thus it is seen that the packe.* is
indeed a "middleman." but the fact
lost sight of that with varying costs
and selling prii es the packer re?
ceives a uniformly small margin >"
profit on sales. While Swift & Co.'-.
profit is under 3 per cent on sabs for
th*. year, we believe, considering all
conditions, that this result Is satisfac?
tory.
"The report shows that a recorl
corn crop has been harvested in the
United states, which should be grati?
fying to cattle raisers and packers as
well as thosr interested in Indus'rlea
dependent upon the crops of the coun?
try, and i believe tin- prospects art?
r lonably good for satisfactory busi?
ne.?- ? for tin> year to come.
Ve are obliged to pay higher
prices for raw material than formerly,
and It takes n ore money to do busi?
ness now than in times past. It also
takes more capital for construction of
plants and buildings and the operation
?.f facilities necessary to handle ami
keep ?'iir various products up to tin
high standard requirements, and your
board of directors think it advisable
that the capital stock be increased
from $00,000,000 to $75,000,000."
it is announced that "las! year we
imported 1200,000,000 worth of em?
broideries." Please note how we
blOW In our neues Just to please some
f dks we like. 'Wilmington Star.
WOMEN HEBEL AGAINST BAN.
Female Employes of Russian Govern?
ment Are Fp in Arms Over Case's
Latent Edict.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 18.?The wo?
men employed by the Russian state
as functionaries of posts and tele?
graphs are In rebellion. The govern?
ment, having acknowledged their civil
rights by making them functionaries
of the telegraph and post department,
has curtailed their natural rights by
forbididng them to marry any but
functionaries of the same department.
They now complain that this edict
condemns them to sempiternal spin
sterhood, because the male officials
are too poor to wed. Accordingly
they have forwarded a petition to a
member of tho parliamentary op?
position, who will publicly question
the postmaster general respecting this
view of matrimony.
LEGISLATIVE STANDING COMMIT?
TEE.
Senators ami Representatives Who
Have Been Selected for Extra
Work.
Columbia, Feb. 19.->-The following
standing committees for the recess
have been announced by Lieut. Gov.
C. A. Smith and Speaker M. L.
Smith:
The committee to examine into ex?
penses and appropriations for State
educational institutions, Senator J.
W. McCown and Messrs. J. F. McDow
and S. T. McKeown.
Committee to examine into books
and accounts of penal and charitable
institutions, Senator G. K. Laney and
Messrs. Olin Sawyer and O. L. San?
ders.
Committee to investigate and check
up books of certain State officers,
Senator L. M. Lawsor. and Messrs.
W. C. Vinvent and J. R. Harrison.
Committee to Investigate progross
of code commission, Senator Robert
Lide and Messrs. L. M. Gasque and
Geo. W. Mower.
As Gov. Blease has not yet signed
the act to investigate the dispensary
affairs, Speaker Smith has not ap?
pointed the members of the commis?
sion. He will make tho announce?
ments later. Lieut. Gov. Smith has
appointed Senators G. W. Sullivan of
Anderson, H. B. Carllshle of Spartan
burg and John H. Clifton, of Sum
ter.
h ? a emo (otn i Ts i ei \ <
of Man Paroled fn ?
Columbia, Feb. II,?"Hold remlt
tltur in Wash Hunter case until fur?
ther order of Court." Associate Jus?
tice Eugene Gary has telegraphed
C'lerk Brothers of the Supreme Court.
Hunter's appeal to the Federal Su?
preme Court was fruitless and the
State Supreme Court has upheld the
court below, which gave the defend?
ant a sentence of eight years for man?
slaughter. The stay of the remittilur
keeps the case within the purview of
the Supreme Court.
Governor Blease yesterday parolled
Hunter until July, when Hunter ex?
pected to make an application to
the Circuit Judge for a new trial on
the ground of after-discovered evi?
dence. Such motion could not be
made until the rcmlttitur should be
sent down, because until then the case
would be In the hands of the Supreme
Court.
BACH McGIIEE GROW8 WEAKER.
Condition Alarms Friends ? Little
Encouragement from Physicians.
Washington, Feb. 19.?Friends ofj
Mr. Zach McGhee, for several years
the Washington correspondent of the
Columbia state, are considerably
alarmed at the fact that his condition
shows no im prove mo 1.1. About six
weeks ago he was taken 111 with stom?
ach and blood troubles, and at first he
! elieved that it was only a tempor?
ary character. Since that Urne, how?
ever, he has been growing gradually
weaker and his friends are now very
apprehensive,
Both of Mr. McGhee'l sisters, Misses
Hehn and Mary McGhee, are with
him, and Senators Tillman and Smith
and sev. ral members of the South
Carolina delegation In the House have
been frequent visitors at his apart?
ments at the Brunswick. While those
who called to ask after Mr. McGhee
toda> are hop. ful that he may Im?
prove, attending physicians do not
throw out much encouragement.
Town Being Washed into Sea.
Hoquiam, Wash., Feb. 15.?The
town of Moclips is being washed away
by the sea and the residents are panic
stricken. Half of the summer hotel,
containing 325 rooms, has toppled in?
to the water, and the rest of the struc<
ture has been abandoned.
The sea wall has collapsed and 100
feel of land along the shore has been
OUt away. A strip five or ten fee I
w ide is washed away with * very tide.
Tho public school building, Forward
Brothers' Jewelry store and several
other buildings went today.
ROMANCE OF OWEN KILDAHIO
Enwt Side Orphan Neurale and Prize
Fighter Became an Author of Not**,
Through a Woman's Love.
Owen Ktldare, who wrote "My
Mamie Rote," and who was sometimes
called the "Bowery Kipling," died last
week at the Manhattan state hospital.
Beyond question, he was one of the
most remarkable of all the remark?
able men who have come out of the
tenements. "My Mamie Rose," the
w? rk which made his reputation, was
.in autobiography Of his rise from il?
literacy to the position of a man who
earned his living by writing, and it
may truly he said that the wildest
llights of imagination could not have
framed a more original Story. At 30
Kildare could not read or write. He
was a prizefighter, bar tender and
"bouncer" by profession., His only
friends were the men and women of
the Bowery. Then, by a rornatic meet?
ing with a young school teacher,
whom he saved from the Insults of
a gang of his own friends, the course
of his life was entirely changed.
Of course, he was not to blame for
his early life. He was born in 1864 on
the top tloor of a tenement in Cath
arine-st. His father was Irish and
his mother was French. She died
when he was born; his father had
been dead three months. What would
hnve become) of the child is not pleas?
ant to contemplate had it not been
for a kindhearted Irish couple on the
tloor below. When Kildare was seven
years old, he received his tirst pair of
shoes and on that same l)ecemb?r
night, when snow covered Cathertne
st. and the Bowery, his drunken foster
father took the shoes from his feet
and kicked him out into the street.
Near midnight he crept back to the
door and felt about in the darkness,
because he knew the love of Mary
McNulty, who, when his own mother
was dying, had. refused to allow him
to be taken to an "institution." The
shoes were there, although it had cost
her a heating to recover them for
him.
An hour later he was in Park Row
warming himself In the steam which
came up through- the sidewalk grat?
ings from the press rooms of the
newspaper buildings. While he shiv?
ered in the dim light, a boy, little ola
er than himself approached.
"Goin* to sell poipers?" the boy ask?
ed.
"Yes," was the reply.
[t was hi .... ? kpll . newsboy, j
and his new-found frien? was "Little
Tim" Sullivan.
In seven years, Owen Kildare was
the champion of the Park Row, "new?
sies," and was rapidly developing
into a pugilist of merit. Two years
more added weight to his body and
gave his figure time to knit and he
graduated from the ranks of the
"newsies" to become a full-fledged
prize fighter.
One of the first places he worked In
was "Steve" Brodie's dive, on the
Bowery, and after that he became
"bouncer" in the dance hall kept by
"Fatty" Flynn, an ex-convict, at No.
3 4* Bond street. In those days one
of Kildare's best friends was a youth
known as "Skinny" McCarthy, who
w as no better and no worse than him?
self. They passed a good part of their
time loafing just outside the saloons,
and the principal diversion they had
at such times was insulting any wo
i ian who happened to pass by. One
day when Kildare and "Skinny" and
a few more of their kind were stand?
ing in front of one of their favorite
haunts, Kildare idly listening to the
remarks of his companions, he sud?
denly heard a woman say: "And you
are men'."
He looked around and saw a slend?
er girl with a look of contempt on
her face, staring back at "Skinny"
McCarthy's flushed.face. Why he did
it, he did not know, but b fore "Skin
ay' had a chance to give voice to the
words on his lips, Kildare knocked
him down. Then, with a sweep of his
trm, he ch ared a space around the
?jlrl, ami stepped to her side.
"I'd better walk with you a little
sray," he said gruffly.
He walked with ln r t i her door,
ind on the way she drew from him his
name and an account of bis life. Her
name she said was Marie Rose Deer
ing, and she was a school teacher.
Without ln r knowing it. he would fol?
low her about the Bast Side to see
that she did nol come to barm. But
inally one day he plucked up cour
ige to station himself in lnr path
>\ hen she w as on ln r way home from
school. To his \asi astonishment she
-topped and said:
"How do you do, Mr. Kildare'.'"
From that day he was her slave. He
i
vas willing to do anything she asked I
d him. And when one night she in
ited him to a church entertainment,
tnd gave him a card for it, he con?
tented to go.
"Where is it'."' he asked.
"1 don't remember." she replied,
but the card shows.'
Instantly her face was crimson.
Whether he held the card UPSldC
down, or just what happened, he
n? ver know, but she had seen that, big
man that he was, he was unable to
read a line.
The next day he began to study un?
der her direction, starting, like a
child, with the alphabet. Kildare gave
lip his prizefighting and his Job at
"Fatty" Flynn's dame hall and be?
came a baggage agent, earning $8 a
S7< ek. By working day and night he
managed to obtain many increases in
pay until by 1000 he was earning what
he considered sufficient to justify his
asking his "Mamie Hose" to marry
him.
The wedding was all arranged, the
day was set, but when it was one week
off Miss Heering died. Kildare never
fully recovered from the shock of that
tragedy. He was sick for weeks, and
when he was able to be up again, it
did not seern worth while to continue
the fight that he had begun for his
"Mamie Rose." He partially drifted
hack to the old life, and met again the
w recks who hang about saloon doors
and sit on the benches in Union
Square. In 1901, however, his rest?
less spirit made itself felt, and he
went down to Venezuela with a for?
eign legion that fought on the side
of the revolutionists who tried to oust
President Castro. This venture must
have had a good deal to do with his
regeneration, for when he came back,
although he was practically penniless,
there was some hope in him.
He saw the printed newspaper of?
fer of a prize for a love story aad de?
termined to write the story of his own
life. He obtained a bundle of yellow
wrapping paper and wrote out "My
Mamie Rose" with a stub of pencil.
Two days later he saw his name in
print for the first time.
In the preparation of his story he
had met a Miss Leita Russell Bogar
tus, who was a newspaper writer her?
self. In a short time they were mar?
ried, and Kildare continued to write.
His fiction was in general demand
among the magazines. He even be?
came an associate editor of Pearson's.
"My Mamie Rose" was followed by
three other books, "The Good of the
Wicked," "The Wisdom of the Sim?
ple," and "My old BaiPwick." He
S is in demand as a lecturer, and had
a paragraph in "Who's Who." He
was head of the Kildare Publishing
company, a trustee of the National
Newsboys' association ,a director of
the Social Betterment movement and
a member of the Reformed church.
Then trouble came afresh. Arnold
Daly was looking for a pla: I. lidi".
and he g??i the idea that ??. drama til
ation of "N 7 isnii Bom*' s ? lid
version. It was offered early in the
season at Wallack's theatre, under the
title of "The Regeneration," and it
was a failure. Kildare had written it
in nineteen days, and he had worked
desperately on it after the manuscript
was finished. He suffered a second
nervous breakdown such as had visit?
ed him when Miss Heering died.
Financial troubles followed and a fall
in the subway completely wrecked
him. His wife, who had stood by
him sturdily hitherto, found it neces?
sary to apply to have him sent to
Rloomingdale. From that place he
was removed to the Manhattan State
hospital on Ward's Island. He never
quite recovered, although he was able
to take an Interest in all around him
and was a cheerful patient, tho doc?
tors said.
l^ale last year his wife went to the
town In Massachusetts where they
had been married and obtained an an
nullment, retaining the custody of
their live-yenr-old daughter. She im?
mediately married a retired lieutenant
commander of th? United states navy,
but at the same time she made it clear
that her interest in her first husband
had not I "en abandoned. She fre?
quently visited him at Ward's Island,
som< times taking their daughter to
see" him, and she bail given orders that
sh< was to be called whenever his
condition became serious. Both she
and her husband made it their duty
to sec that Kildare lacked for 'thing.
She last visited bin to the day before
he died.
Agricultural SocJet) Meeting:.
Editor Dally Item:
On behalf of the faculty of the
General Sumter Memorial Academy,
l extend a most cordial invitation to
all persons Interested in the effort to
l etter country life to attend >b. reg"
ular annual meeting of the Sumter
Agricultural Soeiet) at the General
Sumter Memorial Academj on the
i ;th day of March, nest. Matters <>t
unusual Interest will c< me up for
discussion and we pledge ourselves to
spare no effort to make the occasi< n
of unusual pl< ssuri and profit to all
who attend
Official notice <f the meeting will
appear in due season, and a call will
be made b) oui 11>< .iI Farmers' Fnlon
Club to the County Union to mute
with us and thercb) greatly promote
the success the day.
John .1 11 irgan.
President Gen. Sumter Mem trial A< a*
demy.
Yours ma} be S bed of rose? -but
beware Of the th>rus.