Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^ur Qiilauumaii uno ??uiuiun. SMiteetxl *>i the 1-uetothcc <u Su ruler, 8. C, ae SecosMl Class) Matter. PERSON AI*. Mr. Ransom H. Hair, of Florence, Trainmaster of the Florence division Atlantic Coast Line, was la the city Monday. Mr. W. Taber Murray, of Moun? tain Creek. Ala.. Is In the citv on a visit to his fath- r, Mr. W. ?. M irray. Dr. W. A. Alston, of lie good, spent Wednesday in the city. ? Messrs, W. R. Scarborough. D. J. Wtnn. Jr.. and Is L. Baker passed through the city Tuesday on their way to Charleston. Mr. J. R. Ugon went to Columbia Wednesday. Mrs. George S. Morrison, of Colum? bia Is visiting relatives In the city. Mr. C. Capers Smith has gone to OreenvllH for a visit of several /Hon. T. O. McLcod, of Blshopvtlle, passed through the city Tuesday af ^tar.ioon on his way home. Dr. D. R. McCallum and Mrs. Ruth UcLsur i w?nt to Coumbia Wednesday to attend the wedding of Mr. J. U McCallum and Miss Lucy Quattlebaum at that place that af? ternoon. Mr. W. A. Spann, of Providence. Spent Wednesday In town. Mrs. Herman Bultman sp*? it Tues? day In Columbia. Miss Nell Ar 1 is visiting her aunt. Mrs. G-orge Bruner, in Flore ?ce. Mr. J. K. McElveen. of Shlloh. was In town Wed leeday. Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Marlon return? ed to trr? city Tuesday afternoon from Laurens, where they have spe it the past thre*) months. Mr. Mar'on has entirely regained his health and strength and will resume hV work as past. *? of the Presbyterian I hurrh. Mra J. T. China has returned to her uzrr.* in Hartsvllle. Mr. Frank Spann went to Colum? bia Thursday. Miss Mary Pitas left for Spartan burg Thursday morning for a visit to frtonds. Mr. lrvl.ie Reiser, who haa been In the city for several days has gone ii Columbia. r * \ 111 vi. in < \ciic<lll> McsnrxnrM of Negro Social Club Land In Police Court. Some of the socially Inclined youn - I* negro bucks of the 'town recently formed a social club which was the means of getting them in the Police court on Tuesday, although they managed to get out again without having to fork up any money to pay ovtr to the city treasurer. The club committee went to the city clerk and told him that they wanted to glvo a dance and asked him If It was necessary for them to g*?t a license to do so. He told them that It would not be If the Jance waa to be a social affair and not a money makl.ig scheme. The young sports SSSSjfl ahead anl secured a hall and gave a dance to which they took their best dusky beauties. it hap? pened that while at the dance one of the young commltteemen took a lit? tle too much punch?or possibly It was something stronger that he took before he we.it to the dance that caused the trouble. However, it was. during the course of the evening he became afraid that some guests would enter the hall without the con e*n* of the committee In charge and rew his gun to keep out the In? ert. He testified that It was a Ing knlf^ with which he had i cutting bread that he drew, but others stated that It was a pis? tol. However. It brought the police to the scene who not only arrested th" disturber of the p^ace but the whole dance committee for giving the dance without a license. Wh?n the recorder asked one of the committee how often they expect? ed t ? give the dance the committee man Stated that th ? < lllb lutll expect ed to giv?? a dance quite often but ss th~? first one had turned out so disastrously to tbem he did not think that any more would be giver. Faster Election*, At the annual congregational meet? ing >f the i burch of the Holy Com? forter, which was held Monday night, the Raster election was held with the following results: Matk Reynolds. Senior Warden; W. prrry Smith. Junior Warden; Vestry? men. Guy I* Warren, J. O. DeLormc, W. Q l^? R O. Olbson. It. L Manning. W. 11. I'pshur, J. C. Spann. Treasurer. John ft. Sumter. I>elegates to C ount 11. R. I. Man SjSJSj Mark Reynolds. II. Q. Gibson, W - v i\ I1ts*e>a1 ? IJuattlehaum- Mi ( a II um. On Wednesday afternooi at the First Baptist church In Columbia Miss Lucy Quattlebaum was mar? ried to Mr. Julius Li. McCalum, a prominent young business mai of this city. The ceremony waa per? formed by the Rev. Dr. Finlay, pas? tor of the bride. The church was tastefully decorat? ed for the occasion and a large num? ber of friends and relatives of the bride and groom wer? pre3ent to witness the ceremony. Mr. S. M. McLcod of this city Was best mat and Miss Quattlebaum. a sister of the bride, was maid of honor. Immediately after the c.remoiy was performed the newly married couple left on the Southern train for I points north, where they will spend ?MM time visiting cities and places of Interest. On Tuesday afternoon a reception was given to the bridal party by the parents of the bride. DEATH. Mr. W. D. Pariah, overseer of Mr. K. H. Moses* farm, died suddenly Wednesday. He was in town Wednes? day and while not feeling well could not be aald to have been sick. 1 The cause of death baa not been as? certained. Mr. Parish cam? to Sum? ter County from Marlboro a few yiara ago. He Is survived by his wife and several children. IN THE POLICE DOUBT. Two VsgrantH Plead Guilty and are Sent to Chain <>aug. There were several cases tried in the Police court on Tuesday one of th^m being a case that consumed al nv Jt two hours. This the cas? St Isaac Wallace and HoDker Thom? as, for stealing something over twen? ty dollars from another negro, Os bourne Samue\ Monday afternoon. M. J. Frederick ippeared on behalf of Booker Thomas. Th-v case was a tedious one. The evidence as put up by the State was that Samuel had gone into the store belonging to a Greek on South Main street to pay off what he owed and had been called to th? rear of the store t? take a drink with Ike Wal? lace and Booker Thomas, who were In the back of the store. He claimed I 'hat a eon-.piracy had be* n forme 1 by Thomas and WallaV ? to rob him wh"n th- y saw him take out hit- roll to pay "Caj.r." ai they ten, ed the eck. A policeman had been called in as soon as the money was missed and he had searched Thomas thorough? ly, but bad failed to find ihn money on his person and later another Po? liceman had been called in who ba3 also searched Thomas but bad like? wise failed to find the money. While one of the officers was gone with Sajnuel to get a warrant for the ar? rest of the two negroes Thomas hai gone out of the stop? and into one of the back lots. H? was later arrest? ed and confined in Jail, as was Wal? lace. The money was found later on in the afternoon In the back lot where Thomas had gone when he left the store. The defense asked that the case against Thomas be dropped as there was no evidence to show that he had taken the money and It could not be proven that he bad taken It and hid It in the lot when he had al? ready been searched twice by the po? lice who had failed to find the mon? ey oa his person. The recorer overruled this motion and found the two parties guilty and sentenced each of them to pay a fine of $75 or to serv* 30 days. Willie Cantey was charged with trespassing on A. C. L. property and refusing to get off when ordered to do so. He admitted the trespass but stated that he worked for the A. C. L. an was waiting on his train at the time he was arrested. IL> was dis? missed with a warning that he must In future be more careful where he st i?t. Maary DeLeney was charged with disturbance of the peace for which he was fined $5.00. Two unusual cases were heard In the Recorder's court On Wednesday \h n two negroes were tried for Vagrancy. The cases were unusual ii? two ways, in that it Is seldom that charges of vagrantcy are made in the police court and It Is a most unusual thing f..r those charged with belnf! I 'grants to plead guilty. POltCSjfaen Marwick and McKag?-i mads the arrest of Anderson Brew* er. alias "Hlue Habe," as they had sein him about for some time with? out any apparent object In view. He plad guilty to the charge and was saute toed to pay ? tine of $16 -or to ?Srve II days on the county chain gang. The other person arresb'd was Mooes Devore, the arrest having been aaads by Policeman MoKasan. DeVore als > plead guilty to the ~v-rgt r-* trngrane? s ?d w*a .pninnr. j ed te nay a An t tm 'he , tuv ? Practical Thoughts f< (Conducted by K. W. Dahbs, Presi Co Some Handon Thouughts. The biggest event in the history of the rural schools of the county was In all probability th3 Field Day meet in the Court House last Satur? day. The committee in < harge of the programme deserves the "well done" and the heartiest thanks of every one interested in the develop? ment of the county. Among all its resources, and its soil, climate and material advantages are unsurpassed, its biggest assets are the boys and girls. In this day of ready made, store-bought articles it was a revel? ation to see the handicraft of the boys and girls thtt was exhibited in the Court House SaturdLy. It show? ed that something beside the three H's is being taught the rising gener? ation, and judging by the quality of the articles, they are being taught thoroughness in all they undertake. ? ? ? We see by the papers that Farm? ers Union enterprises are being char? tered in o\her sections, th latest the Farmers' Union Ginning Company of Lake City. It will engage In sev? ere) other lines of business, among them manufacturing shipping bas? kets for fruit and vegetables. Probably the best equipped busi? ness In this part of the State U the Farmers' Union Warehouse at Marion Court House, The way they are tixed i to do business makes our Union Hrokerage Company look small. It ?.s only small In appearance though, for it is shipping goods to other coun? ties, gome nearly to the Savannah river. But If we expect It to meas? ure up to Its full value we will have to double its capital, and enlarge its floor space to keep up with the growing business. set i In two more weeks the County Union will meet again at Cain's Mill. Just two years ago the meeting of the Union at Cain's Mill adopted the plan of the Union IVokerage Co. We should mi tke the coming meeting a fitting c '.. oration of that event. I [wonder It the brethren hive forgotrj ten thrl meeting amur^ the L-oi:^ wf the swamp, with a stump for the President's chair? There were with us State President Harris. Frank Parrott and Brother Waddell, since gone to his reward. How we labored to get on a . working basis! And amid all the discomforts of the hot sun, the mo3qultoes and red bugs, stuck to our posts until every plan of the subject has been carefully consid? ered and the best features of every suggestion Incorporated in our plan. I have a premonition that the meet? ing two weeks from now on May 5th will develop just as much inter? est, and he as far reaching in results as that other meeting in 1909. E. W. D. Notes and Comments. "Why not build a silo this year?" asks the Editor. If every farmer fully understood the value of ensil? age It would not be long before ev? ery farmer would have a slli. There is no more profitable way to use the corn crop than by making it into silage and feeding it to dairy cows and beef cattle. There is no more theory about this, for I have made and fed thousands of ton3 of silage, at one time storing 600 tons annually, putting Into the silo corn that would have made from 50 to 75 bushels of grain if left to mature. Hut it paid better In the silo than as grain. In fact, any corn that we can carry further, and put Into a more valuable shape. Is more profit" ahle than selling the raw product. Of course, the Southern farmer has to sell his cotton lint as a raw pro? duct, but he can more profitably feed the meal from the seed In connection with eorn silage than by selling the seed and depleting his soil of nitro? gen. Cottonseed meal In moderation with peavlne hay and corn silage will ennhle the farmer to feed stock profi? tably and get the manure for his land. I hnd SS soon try to farm with oit a barn as without a silo.?Pro? gressive Farmer." \\ hipped Into It. A cotton grower in South Carolina Ones said to me that the COtton farm? ers will never go to farming system atlually till they are Whipped Into it. Years ago the very low price of cot? ton did pome whipping and for a time made some Improvement in farm practice. Then the advancing prlee of the staple caused many to revert to the old practice of all-ed ton Then the boll weevil came and nion News D ? 3r Practical Farmers ilent Fanners' Union of Sumter lints*) ter farming like these little insects. Whore farmers have beeime accus? tomed t > expect the ravages of the weevil they have learned how to la.m and grow cotton in spite of him. and they are growing more of other crps. The South is going to continue to make cotton, weevil or no weevil, and she is going to make more of other crops and going to farm htter, so that the weevil is not an unmixed evil.?Progressive Farm Cure Meat at Home. I have reecntly seen the statement j that every farmer In Kansas buys an annual average of $55 of packing? house products, while selling his hogs on foot. This reminds me of a con? versation I had with a German farri? er in Nebraska. I was studying the beet sugar industry there for the factory seriously interfered with hi* general cropping. Pointing to hii corn held, then matured, he said: "You can see no sunflower in that." That meant that the corn had been worked clean, for the sunflower is a great pest there. 1 ask-ed him what corn was worth. "The elevator pays 25 cants a bushel, but I sell no corn to the elevator. I feed it to hogs and they walks of? at 50 cents a bushel." 1 told him that I noticed in the town near him that all the hams and ba? con came from Chicago packing? houses, and I thought that it would pay the farmers to cure some of the meat and get the same, or a better price, than the packers' meat was re? tailing at. "I think that a good Idea too," said he. "I think 1 can cure tome moat and make the oorh bring 15 cents a bushel." Doubtlem he could. But what I want especial? ly to note Is, that the Western farm? ers ae-em to depend on corn entirelv, and It Is said that the lack of prolifi? cacy of the Poland China breed of hogs has been brought about by too nna h corn feeding. \\ < need the bacon h"g in Iii : South, and plenty of crops for him to gather for hlm_: :-eif with onl> a little coin to finish the auimtti ?yji lite knife, The Smith field hams of Virginia bring far bet t ter prices than the packing-house meat, and just as good can be made all over the South with the right sort [ of hogs and the right feed, but can not be made with the Western lard hog.?Progressive Farcer. St. Philip's, Bradford Springs. The Rev. W. B. Gordon of Camden will hold service In St. Philip's church, Bradford Springs, next Sun? day morning, April 24th, at 11 o'clock. ???-_ (.(>()!) ROADS TRAIN. Southern Train to Travel Over South? ern States in Behalf of Good Roads. Washington, D. C, April 19.? Starting at Mobile, Ala., on Monday, May 1st, the Southern Hallway Com? pany, working in conjunction with the United States office of Public Koads, for the purpose of advancing the cause of good roads throughout the South, will run a special road Improvement train. Stops will be made at all the more important points along the Southern Hallway and affiliated lines and the tour of the train will not he completed un? til October. The "Road Improvement special" will consist of throe cars?one pro? vided with lantern slides, stereopti can, and screen, another with ex? hibits and working models, and a third for the men who will travel with the train. Free lectures and demonstrations will be conducted by I), h. Winslow and H. C. Weils, Su? perintendents of Road Construction, United States Department of Agri? culture. W. J. Hurlbut, Agent, Land and Industrial Department, Southern Railway, will accompany the train. The object of this train is to give practical instruction in tha building of good roads and their repah with the view of inducing their construc? tion, thus saving millions of dollars annually t > the farmers of the South In the movement of their crops to market. -. Do you need printing of any de scrietioaT Come to headquarters? Osteen Publishing Co. For nearly fifty years Osteen and geed printing have meant the same thing in Sum? ter. ?10 CENT COTTON?We have left a few bushels genuine "Sunflower," long staple cotton. This o ?tton ? ?- v. ?V.l.. ????) j,,,, IN Tili: MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Case <>t' Ja -ksoii Lumber Company vs. A. C. Ii. Result* in Verdict Vor the Plaintiff. The case of the Jackson Lumber Company against the Atlantic Coast lane railroad which was tried in th" Magistrate's Court Monday af? ternoon resulted in a vet diet for the plaintiff, the amount of damages sued f ?r being given them. Th'.i case was >ver a carload of j lumber which was shipped by iFlor ence where it was weighed. It was shown In the testimony that an over ? Btimate of twenty odd dollars was made on the freight charges and that the shipment had been sent by the wrong points, delaying it consider? ably. The amount sued for was $46 which was recovered. Mark Rey? nolds, Esq., appearel on behalf of the defendant and D. D. Moise. Esq.. on behalf of the Jackson Lumber Company. J. H. Christmas, th? white mai who was arrestel several days ago for operating a still in Manchester township and on whose land the st was built, was brought to to^ again Tuesday. This time he was 0 charge of revenue officers who r quired him to put up bail of $5< for his appearance for trial in tl Federal Court. When a medicine mus. be given young children it should be pleasai to take. Chamberlain's Cough Ren edy is made from loaf sugar, and tfc roots used in its preparation give It flavor similar to maple syrup, mak ing it pleasant to take. It has n superior for colds, croup and whoop ing cough- For sale by all dealers. Send v.s your Job tvork. MONET MAKER COTTON SEED? Will pay you, if you are ralslni cotton. If you are not posted, It will pay you to investigate. We cas furnish a limited quantity of pur? 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 Maker. C. P. Ostean Co., Sumter, B. C. I-l-H O'Donnell 6 Co. S HOES sold by O'Donnell & Co. are made especially for us, therefore what you get from us in footwear is fresh, clean stock and always the besl: of its kind. Our stock of Ju& Wright Oxfords are up to the Jusit Wright standard. Jbe Just Wright ?hoe Here is Tan Gau Met? al, high heel and rais? ed toe. Just the thing for the warm days ahead of you. The Just Wright Shoe 2s. The Just WrigHT Shoe A Black Gun Metal is a very desirable dress shoe, and polishes as brightly as patent leather. A Patent Colt is al ways'in order for the well dressed young man, and nothing wears better than Just Wright. Ju& Wright Oxfords fit the ankle as well as the foot. Come in and try on a pair. O'Donnell 6 Co.