The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 12, 1911, Image 5
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tSmeroil at the l\**tom<f at Su alter, s.
Cm m Seoniul Claas Matter.
pkhmon ai?
Mrs. Alec Burroughs, . f Congarce,
and Mm E. F. Hurroughs, of Provi?
dence, were in the city Friday.
Mr. Theodore Uw. ?4 Hlshopvtlle,
was in the city Friday.
Mr. A. F. Smith, of Dal/a 11. was
In town Friday.
Mtiteea Georgia I>arKan. Sadie Flud
and Vlrninla Banders, of Stateb.?rg,
were in town Thursduy afternoon.
Mra. J. T. Drew, of Columbia. Is
the guest of Mra K. W. Vogel on
Weit Hampton Avenue. a
Mr. Joseph P. Oalley. of Philadel?
phia, la here for a few days visit to
his aUter. Mra. H. M. Crowson. on
Harby avenue.
The Rev. Hope H. I.umpkln. of
Darlington, spent Thursday in the
elty. returning home Friday morn?
ing.
Mlae Madeline Fraaer. of Columbia,
?pent the week-end with her
?later. Mra J. M. Dick.
MI? Mary and Mise Elisabeth
White and Mlae Mary Haynsworth
have gone to Charleston for a visit
to Magnolia Qardens.
Mr. John R. Miller, of Washington.
W. C, arrived in the city Saturday
vn a visit to his brother. Mr. E. F.
Miller.
Mr. J. F. Olenn went to Yorkvllle
Saturday for a visit to hit brother of
that place.
Miss Ret Ruff, who has been visit?
ing Miss Halite Jones for some time,
left Saturday afternoon for Florence,
where she will spend some time be?
fore returning to her home at Rldge
aray.
Mr. Philip Ard has gone to Char?
leston and Florence for a few days.
Mrs. Frederick Barrett, of Rich?
mond. Va., is in the city on a visit
to frlenda
Mr. N. O. Osteen. Sr., and Mr. B.
C. Wallace left Monday morning for
lie to attend the State c\>n
of Red Men at that place.
Vellle and Bertha Chandler
spent Sunday in Manning.
Mr. Charlie Emanuel. of Borden,
was in the city Monday.
Mr. Pwcher Oalllard. of Dalsell.
It >v< ?r olac? Monday. ,
KM vim
Mr. John Ktrthaw Frlxede died
Sunday afternoon at his home in
Savannah. Oa.. after a long painful
Illness. He was a brother of Mrs.
Louis Darr of this city.
ND.RO MKS OF Ul HNS
Hughe* Page Die* ut Siimu r Hospital
Sunday Morning.?Others I'.xpeeted
to Live.
Freen the Daily Item, April 10.
Coroner Flowers was called upon
Sunday morning to hold an Inquest
over the body of Mughey Page, a
negro with the Williams Famous
Troubadour shows who was badly
burned Saturday night when the car
In which the show people slept caught
on fire at Hartavllle.
The verdict of the coroner'e Jury
was that the man came to his death
from burns received in the fire which
was caused by the storing of Inflam
matte stuff In the c.r. The Jury
stated that while they believed the
htmfng *o have been accidental. 4.J
?lue whether or not the tite
I h) the negligence of those
ty In storing the Intlam
f hi a car In which people
were sleeping.
It was stated at the hopsltal this
morning that the other five ..f the six
negroe* brought here Saturday nl?ht
would probably Uv . The manager
of th?> show was . re -t the newroes
brought here arid b. Was i.iii' of those
Who t? >tifl? d at tie tUMUest.
Dr. Smith's 1.4 ? iure.
Dr. Henri beujia Smith nil! de?
liver a lecture en Thneedey evening
..Ii edlK.ition at th-- l'i ? sb\t. Ha a
church at v :?>. Tho . who have
heard Dr. Srnth will be delighted t-.
igiin; thox- who have got
? ?> I * ? -wr?\ biv e a tr. :.t in
a\ ? u* <i on Monday ft< r
a gfeeh's Int' rmlsnlon ? luggd '?>* the
uwliesm *>t Jndgju J. w. Devore and
pro. ?. <b .1 to take up aoaaa <.f the
equity cases now on the dockst.
Ther.- N nothing that ehoWl a ? t
l?en*? kfVS fof his town more H |g
his efforts t<? beautify It.
? ?*D.?nn#di x- Cotnpnay*a Bnntef ad?
vertisement In laday'i panel la nreM
worth th?- att? nthm of tie- publle,
The Hank of Latnar jelled ??> 0O< n
Sntur.biv. ..wing t ? th" Illness of the
president, who was In ? barge ol the
hank without ?sist.tu.e , , tb>
? ? - th. ? .-hi r a fen dan
PIRi: SATURDAY NIGHT.
kitchen of House Owned by Dr. i\ S.
ktiigsiiioro ami Occupied by Mr.
"-am Dukes llunicd.
The kitchen of a house owned by
Dr. C, S. K ingsmoro an<l occupied
by Mr. Sam Dukes was burntd Bat?
PJfd night about 7 o'clock by a lire
UM origin of which is unknown, but
which was supposed to he incendiary.
The loss was probably about $200 or
$:b?ii which the Insurance dOOl not
fully cover.
The house Is situated on Hampton
OVOnOO next to Dr. Kingsmore's resl
dence and ha.< no one living in It at
Bjfl SSUt The family that has been
livitik' in it is now in Orangeburg, al?
though their furniture is still In the
house. Mr. Dukes had been in the
house that morning to look over the
furniture to see that everything was
In the house, but no fire had been
started anywhere in it. The (ire started
in the Interior of the kitchen and
when discovered It was too late to
save anything out of it. It was only
by hard effort that the firemen were
able to save the rest of the house.
STILL RAIDED AT MANCHESTER
Much Door Toured out on the (.round
?SUH Destroyed?One Arrest.
Saturday night Deputy Sykes with
Detective John R. Bracey, Constable
H. D. Q. Muldrow. having on Satur?
day gained a clue that led them to
the determination to make a raid upon
a still which has been operating off and
on for several years In the "Dark
Corner" in Manchester township, set
out for Wedgefleld at which place
they were joned by two revenue offi?
cers who came on from Columbia for
the purpose. Their reward came after
they had waited most of the night for
they reached the still along toward
one In the morning. Here th"?y set
to work and overturned eight barrels
of fresh brewed beer and nine more
barrels of mash. The parts of the
still were all destroyed except the
copper pan which was kept and
brought back to Sumter as a trophy
of their successful raid.
The only arrest made was that of
a negro named Singleton who sold
the officers some whiskey before they
attempted to make any arrests. The
two white men who were supposed
to own and operate the still, Lee and
Haker by name, escaped although
Deputy Sykes stayed behind to make
any more arrests of persons whom he
COOld In tSktf Way connect with Oto
running of the still.
The raiders on their ret .in separat?
ed at Wedgoflel in two rovenw
officers going fri in there to Cclui
and Deputy Muldrow and Detective
Dracey coming on back to Sumter.
Deputy Sykes remained at Manchester.
Did you observe Clean-up day?
NEGRO MINSTRELS BURNED.
TWO PEHI8H IN BAGGAGE CAR
l'lUi: AT HARTSVILLE.
Six Other Members Ol Bph William?
Company Dsdlj Burnod, Borne
Probably Fatally.
Hartavllle, April s. ?Two memben
<?f the "Bph W illiams Famous Trou
badoura Company" wora burned to
death ami six others very badly burn
ad ami Injured in a baggage car fire
which took place on the siding at
Hartsvlllo at about 5 o'clock this
morning and tha six others so bad?
ly burned, it is probable that two or
three may not rooOVOr. This negro
minstrel company gave two pN P
formancOl here, the last of which
was Friday night The'r tent and
several trained animals and other
fixtures wer?' gotten into a baggage
car after midnight, and in this car
the flreoccurred.
It seems that some ten or twelve
men are accustomed to sleep In this
car, with the animals, scenery, etc.
The animals were hitched and all
doors shut tight and the fire, which
was small In itself and did little
damage to the car or baggage, was
so intense and rapid in the close car
that the inmates were burned by the
superheating of the air within and
suffocated by smoke and fumes.
One negro was found dead, ap?
parently not having aroused from
sleep, sitting in the seat of one of
the show buggies; the others made
frantic efforts to get out of the car
and succeeded in getting out of the
doors open finally and in getting some
of the animals out alive. But two
men in the car escaped entirely, the
others being horribly burned about
the face and upper extremities. Of
the eight or more splendidly trained
animals, two w?re burned to death
i
and the others so badly burned as to
make their recovery doubtful.
I The alarm was given by the oil
mill whistle and a small crowd at
once collected at the spot. The doc?
tors were called and arrived on the
scene at once. The sight that met
the eye was a most pitiful and dis?
tressing one. Naked negroes were
runring wildly around, burned in a
frightful manner, and begging for
some relief from their misery, alter?
nately rolling over in agony and
running wildly through the water and
mud around.
Opiates were quickly administered
and for^porprv dremdne--. dop a fe>r
the poor fellows, and they were hur?
ried ! the barracks at the town jail,
where they wars made comfortable
until this afternoon's irain took them
to the Sumter Hospital. They were
carried over in a special baggage car.
The occurrence has hoen a most
horrible one for Hartsville to have
wltnossed. It was a case of being
caught in a trap with no chanc j at
all. The wonder is that it did not
happen looner, as it was inevitable,
under tin- condition! <?f packed men
and horsea ami hairgage in one car,
where it was a puzzle t<> to I where
tin y were all put. How it happened
is m>t known or < ven conjectured by
the owners of the show, one of their
men paised the car a few mlnutea be?
fore tin lire and saw no light within
at all. The general opinion is that
a cigarette-smoker dropped his light?
ed cigarette near some old clothes or
rags foui d to have been bumd. It
needed email fuel or time in this air?
tight hole ta do the re t.
Th<> preprb t<>r ?f the show was
very solicitous for the care of the men
ami apared no > xpenae to have them
properly looked alter. Their names
it was hard to get or their homes. It
seems they are picked up from month
to month and at various places and
become scarcely known by name. One
of them, however, was a young ne?
gro well known here, who had gone
to work for them that night. Me
died after some hours' suffering. Many
people were attracted to the scene of
the burning and to the jail. Citi?
zens who were early on the scene
were quick in their response to the
demands of the occasion and con?
tributed anything needed for the re?
lief of the suffering.
Eph Williams, the show's proprietor,
a very intelligent negro, expressed
great appreciation for everything that
was done for his men. Superin?
tendent Waring, with Mr. Meeks and
Mr. Stamand, came upon the morn?
ing train and spent the day here
rendering what assistance they could
in the matter.
The Department of Agriculture is
losing no time in its preparation to
apply the Appalachian National For?
est Reserve bill, recently enacted and
signed. The sooner, the better?
Manchester (N. H.) Union.
Ross Cox's hike to Indiana proves
that the wicked who flee when no
man pursueth also scoot when some?
body is on their trail.?Louisville
Courier-Journal.
MONEY TO LEND?On improved
farming lands. Long time, easy
payments. Borrower pays actual
cost of perfecting leans. No com?
mission charged. John B. Palmer
& Son, Sylvan Bldg., P. O. Box 282,
Columbia, S. C. 3-21-8t
MONEY MAKER COTTON SEED?
Witt nov y>u If you tire t* 1
o'ton. if you are not P^at d, '*
wllj pa\ jrou to Inveattgate, v can
( furnish a limited quantity 01 pure
i
? ? !. raised on < ur farm ?>bere
I there has never been any blight
$1.00 per bushel. Let us book your
order at once if you intend to plant
Money Maker. C. P. Osteen Co..
Sumter, S. C. \ 2-1-tf
CATARRH DESTROYED
MY APPETITE.
PES RUN A rarely fail* to restore tho
appetite. Immediately upon begin*
ninj.: ih .4 u?e of Peruna patients begin
to eat and digest. This is the universal
testimony, coming from all parts of the
civilized world.
Catarrh Is a very frequent cause of
loss of appetite and disturbed digestion.
The beneficial Influence of Peruna on
catarrh completely r< -tores the appe?
tite in such cases.
To prod the digestive organs with
medicines that are merely stimulants is
a poor way to remedy such cases.
"/ am now cured and cheer?
ful in spirits, all through the
agency of Peruna, which has
cured me effectually and restored
my appetite.
"My only regret is that I did
not use Peruna sooner and J
would have avoided all my pre?
vious suffering and misery*'
?Mr. Joseph //. Conlan.
Removed Catarrh, Restored Appetite.
Mr/Joseph U. Conlao, 487 7th AveM Brooklyn, N. Y., writes:
"I suffered from catarrh which completely destroyed my appetit? and
weakened my entire system.
??I am now cured and cheerful in spirits, all through the agency of Peru?
na, which has cured me effectually and restored my appetite.
"My only regret is that I did not use Peruna sooner and I would have
avoided all my previous suffering and misery."
Torpid Liver, Stomach Trouble. !
Mr. James O'Byrne, 626 Madison St.,
Topeka, Kas., conductor Santo Fe Rail?
way and member Order of Railway Con?
ductors, writes:
"I Suffered with a torpid liver and
stomach trouble, which made my com?
plexion very sallow, and I felt misera?
ble and tired all the time.
"An aunt wrote me that she was tak?
ing Peruna with such good results that
she advised me to try it, and I finally
bought a bottle, although I disliked to
take patent medicines.
"However, 1 found Peruna very agree?
able to take, and effective, as I felt bet?
ter in a week. I took only five bottles
In all and I found that was ail 1 needed.
"I am most grateful to you for what
your medicine has done for me."
Dysentery Entirely Relieved.
Mr. W. N. Casey, Leamington, III.,
writes:
"In two weeks after beginning your
treatment I was wen. I used nine bot?
tles of Peruna. My case was bowel
trouble or dysentery.
"I also tried Peruna for a cough, ac?
cording todirections, and it exceeds any
cough syrup I ever used.
"1 wish every one afflicted would give
Peruna a trial."
Pe-ru-na as a Tonic.
Capt. R. B. Smith, Greensboro, Ge*
writes:
"After using several bottles of Peru?
na I can recommend it as one of the best
catarrh medicines on the market. As a
tonic it has no equal.
"Peruna is all that is claimed for it."
Catarrh of Stomach.
Mr. Henry Neely, First Lieutenant,
Co. "F," 86th Regiment, O. V. I., Box
623, Trenton, Mo., writes: "1 suffered
for years with catarrh of the stomach.
Seeing an advertisement of Peruna, I
bought a bottle and every dose made ma
feel better. Seven Dottles complete1/
oured me."
VIOLATION OF LIQUOR LAW.
Ilnery Sumter, a Negro Hack man.
\r rested for Transporting I iojuor
at Nii-.hr.
not known.
Sumter has been arrested once or
twice before for selling liquor in
; ' Lolailon ? i the State dispensary law,
I this not thi Ural time that h?
I has been put in JalL
lent f
negi
was arrested Friday nighi about three
o'clock, a. m. by Policeman Ward
for transporting six gallons of liquor.
Ii was supposed that he brought the
liquor into the town from the coun?
try, but exactly from what place is
Dancing school from now on will
be held only on Wednesday nights.
The attendance up to this time has
been excellent much interest being
taken in the meetings of the school by
the young people v?f the city.
EASTER SUNDAY
O MAN will want to appear on
Easter Sunday in the dulled and
dingy clothes he has worn through the
Winter.
Don't do it. The time is ripe to buy.
In one of this season's beautiful Suits
a man will be proud of his appearance.
Suits $10, $15, $20 5 $35
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