Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ftuiu<r?? el lite Fonlofllcv ut *uiutcr, s. C. Ml MX<?)IMl 1 Immm Muiut Mlaaes Mary Hrcnson and Marlon I Batterwhlte w.-nt to Columbia Tri- | day to attend the Music Festival. Mr. I?. P. Kelly went to Htshop vllle on business Friday. Mr. J. E. DuPre, of IMsgah, aui In the city Friday. Mr. B. W. Dabha was in town M buatneaa Friday. Miaaea Netta and Mary Cooper, of Wlamcky. went to Columbia Friday morning to attend the Columbia Mu? sic Festival. Dr. II. M. Htuckey returned to th mktf Friday m ?rnlng after spending a couple* of days In Charleston at the meeting of the State Mbd lea I Associ? ation and attending a reunion of his clean. Mr. Louis Appelt and daughter were In the city for awhile Fri Frtday morning. Mr. William J. Orooms. an ener? getic farmer of Lee C junty, returne \ to hi* home in Btahopville Friday after being In the clt yfor seevral daya. Sheriff Robert Muldr>w, of LH County, paaaed through the city this morning on his way to Columbia. Mrs. W. J. Lawrence, Mrs. Hertha Brogdon and Miss Llsale Brltton left for Columbia on Friday to attend the Music Festival at that place. Mr. R. M. Jenkins. Jr.. Of St. Charles, waa In the city awhile on Friday on his return from University of South Carolina after ?pending some time at h >ro*. Mr. Jim Shaw, of St. Charles, was la the city Friday >n his return from lumbla where he went to attend the Music Festival. ) Mrs. E. F. Parrott and Mlsa Alice Dtckeon went to Parllngton Saturday morning to visit relatives. Mr. Pllney C. King, of Hlsh >p vllle, waa in the city Saturday. Meaara. Quay Wllliford and Fred Nlgela are at home from Davidson ooltdge for a few days. Mr. W. J. Young, of Rembert. was ? Sat or lay. tlsh. of Richmond. I hll elater. Mra. W. H. street. M?. *-. ??. ij+ovm of Goodwill, w is I tn th? lity Huturda> Mr. . >t?ph MulHrj^- f sirwr waa In t<>?n on Saturday* Mr H. C. Bland, of Mayesville. spent Friday In town. Mr. Hoaer W. Woodward, of Hijh opvllle. was in the city Friday on bualneaa. Mr. W. Rogers Scarborough, of Btahopville, waa In town Saturday. Meaara. Klwood and Marion Myera apent Sunday in Hartavllle. Mr. W. T. Myers, of Columbia, ?pent Sunday here aa the guest of Mr. and Mra. Frank O'Donnell. Mr. and Mra. Robort L. Burkett paaaed through the city on Monday on thalr return to Dalzell after spend Ing Sunday with relatives at St. I harlea Mlaaes Holly and Marie Brown left on Monday for Atlanta, where they will visit for torn) time. Mr. H. J. Rhame. of Spartan burg, waa in the city Monday. Mr. J. D. Graham and G. E. Haynjcvorth wer?? am >nfj tho?) to go from her? Sunday to Btahopville to attend the dedication exercises of the Presbyterian church at that place. Mlaa Mary Wilson has returned to th* city after spending a week on a nous* party at Darlington. Mrs. Joseph Far) am) daughter. Miaa Wilton, of Qf*e*)vtlle, who ha\e keen Vsstting Mr-< < ?; Koulanl have gone from here to Alken |a visit at that place. Mr? itosa Motoa aad oalldren, of Mountvlll >. S. C. are visiting Mr. and Mra. W. Y. L. Marshall. Mra. P. C. Fogartv. of Columbia, is visiting Mr. and Mr*. W. Y. L Marshall. Mrs. P. It. Allen. ??f Moultrle. Ga.. la t letting her sister. Mrs. L. L. Drake. Mr. W. P. Nevwnan. of Kllotts, was In town on hustii?'*.4 Monday. The Hon. H. 15 lll< h ir.lxon, Jr.. of I'lro .i im-' ? 'i i hi i>ijkh Hu' i if v on Mond.iv on his way to C| nison College wh? re he. with other inem bera of a committee of tw nty-four appointed from the State legislature by that body, will lnsp? < t the work that la being iaM ' y the college. Mr. W. Robert MfaT, <>f Ander eon. la In the city for a few days atay. Mrs. Thoa. Wood, of Hrevard. N. Om te Matting her sister. Mra. D. P. Kelly on Oakland avenue. Light frost waa observed In low placea on Monda] M r",r 'bought the frosit was sufficient la seriously damage cotton, of which there is food deal already up to a stan 1. Milllgun-Morgan. On Thursday afternoon Miss Gladys 1'. Milligan was married to Mr. W ilt, r J. Morgan at the parson age of the First Haptlel church, L>r. t\ C, l'.r<wn performing the 000 tnony. Th marriage was a very <jui t ai lalr and there were only a few oloa* nalti\?s and friends of the bride and groom present to witness the p* i formoner of thrl ceremony. The happ] young oouple left Immediately uft r the oeremony on the a>tlantlc c sjMd Um for " trip throuKh several W i Sl< I'll st,.l< s Mr. Mo-gan is a well known and p .pultir conductor on the Atlantic Coaal LUN railroad. He Is from PI IF0UCI and Is well known in rail? road circles all WOf the State. IflM Milllgon had been living in the city I sj only a short time, having moved last Wlater from Mllligan's station, hut hus made many friends here since she has been living in Btunter? l>aigan-Frlersoii. Miss (leorgta I>argan, the daughter of Col. and M?. J. J. Dargan, of Stateburg, was married at Maraden, the home of the bride's parents, to Mr. John Frlerson. The ceremony was performed by thd Rev. Mr. W. IL Barnwell. Miss Dargan and Mr. Frierson are both very well known in Sumter and have the best wishes of their many friends here. Captain John Reld Dead. Capt. John Reid, a retried business man of Sumter, died at his home on W Calhoun street Saturday about 6 o'clock at the age of G9 years, after a long Illness. Mr. Reld was well known In Sumter and formerly was one of the prominent business men of the city. Mr. Reld was born In Port Rush. Antrim county. Ireland, on May the second, 1842. His parents, Sajn and Eliza Reld of that place, moved to America and settled in Charleston when he was a boy. Mr. Reld served through the Con? federate war, he having volunteered from Charleston and Joined the com? pany known as "Trentham's Squad." Immediately after the war Mr. Reld moved to Sumter and commenced lllatai as a In the etor. of J i'. BoJotnoai he entered busi? ness for 1 Irai arai for many your? a icaaii goodi merchant of Bunter, i d the town In the capacity of warden ard after Sum? ter was chartered as a cFy, served as an alderman In the &ty Council. Mr. Reld married Miss Mary Frlerson of Stateburg, this county, in 1871, by whom he leaves five living children, four sons and one daughter, all of this city except Mr. J. F. Reid of Wlsacky. The funeral services were held at the house Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. ( laude K. Sanders l>ead. The body of Claude E. Sanders, son of Mr. W. M. Sanders of Ha good, was brought through the city Saturday on its way from Jack? sonville where Mr. Sanders died. TIN Interment took place at Catchall. Mr. Sanders was raised In thia county near Catchall and was wall known In that vicinity up to a few years ago when he moved to Florida ? here he entered into business. Up t ? the time of his death Mr. Sanders was getting on very nicely in Jack? sonville. He was ^9 years old and u n married. I Mod from Wound. Hannibal Oourdln, the negro who was shot three weeks ago at Hagood by Isaac L. Sanders, the son of Mr. C W. Sanders of Hagood, while he was trying to enter the residence of Mr. \V. A. Alston, for whom he worked, died Sunday afternoon at Ho Sumter hospital Where he was brought for treatment Immediately af? ter the shooting and where be has been staying ever otnce. It will be remembered that Qourdltl S If drunk at the time he was shot sad after Banders had several times warned him to keep out of the house, Sunders did not shoot the negro until he ' ailed him a vile natu?' and tried satei daaplte Banders' warning. CUfOfjef Flowers called a Jury to I ther t'> yleu las body of the negro sfter which he dismissed it until Wad hi soay at noon, w hen me teettmony will hi taken of the witnesses whoac ?II from Hag.1 Sanders was not urraatod at tho time of the shooting as It was not thought at the time that the negro was seriously wound Ml Do you need printing of any de icrlptlon? Come to headquarters? r>*teen Publishing Co Tor nearly '?fty vesrs Oataea und good prtntlns have mesnt the same thing Sum ter. "A COTTON BELT DEMOSTHENES." "Who's Who Ami Why." in the Satur? day Evening Poet. Whereupon( the Senate being in! consideration ol the lull to create a tariff hoard, the da) being Thursday, March 2, and tire hour 1 o'clock in the afternoon( the Honbrable Ellison Du Rant Smith arose und, proceed? ing to a conv< nient station at the end i Of the centre aisle neardlt the main entrance, turn< d to the Republicans, who happened to b ? In their accustom? ed places, and let loos.- the long yell. Presently, when Mr Smith was in the midst of an eloquent and appar? ently important paragraph concerning raw materials, Which he was deliver? ing with gn at declamatory effect and with suitable gestures and elocu? tionary elOQUem e, the venerable Shelby M. Cullom arose, also, and waited composedly until Mr. Smith had enunciated the immortal doc? trine that the producer of raw mater? ial, nnd W the law of trade, is forc? ed tO tell at world prices if he pro? duces sufficient to ma)et the needs not on.y of his people but of the world at large. Judging that a good point at which to separate Mr. Smith from his flow of thought, the aforesaid ven? erable Shelby M. Cullom aske3 mildly that Mr. Smith rest his larynx for a time and allow the Senate to go into executive session. Mr. Smith paused and tapped his brow. "1 yield," he assented, "al? though I am not near through. This is the drat opportunity 1 have had to give my views on governmental af aflrs. I have been a novlatiate in thi3 body and have tried to follow th*l old established rule that you have to be here two years before you speak at length; and I was desirous of giving this body a thorough sample of just what I was capable of when '1 was in the Spirit on the Lord's day'?and I am today." The still venerable Shelby M. Cul? lom smiled benignly at Mr. Smith and asked for the question. It was put and an executive session was declar? ed. At the conclusion of that execu? tive 3ession Mr. Smith resumed botn his station in the centre aisle and his speech. JProm this very moment It was evident that what Mr. Smith had said before his Interruption was as mere sounding brass and tinkling cymbals to the real thunders of elo? quence he had in reserve. Having stated, as he did, that he intended to show the Senate just what be w-?<? ca? pable of he showed the Senate what lie was capable of. Tt wn.? after the Cullom break tn the stream :r.nt he Atnt broke into poetry; and it i Mas some minutes after he nroae Into poetry that he began to get really good?before he really did start showing off, so to speak. Still, he had the goods. Thare is no denying that. He had the real, standard, genuine, time-tried oratori? cal goods; and he laid them down where all, and particularly tho3e Re? publicans, who were not at luncheon, might see and hear. Ho was no frivo? lous youngster, bobbing into a debate wdth a Hue of unconventional ideas of producing new and untirad figures of speech. Not so. Here was an orator who knew the good old stuff?the stuff that always brings 'em to their feet and 'sets 'em cheering and cry? ing. ills lirst sample was from the time tried and always effective "mother" bin. Dashing back the hair from his 1 forehead, he raised both hands high in the air and let go with a few lines of bleeding and suffering?and then to it, thus: "1 want the Senate to remember one thing. Thank God! the love that a mother and father have for their children is not meas? ured by the number of dollars they"? the fathers and mothers, not th? chil? dren?"own. In spite of the calico dress; in spite of the work-distorted hands; in spite of the seamed cheeks from which the bloom of beauty has been smitten by the crue] hand of poverty and adversity in spite of the stooped form thank God! underneath that calico dress, despite all those physical distortions, the poverty stricken mother loves the bright dar? lings about her feet with as glorious and divine a love SJ ever burned in the heart of a Queen." The- listening Senators there to be shown by Mr, Bimth just what he could do took this bale and marked it "Exhibit A." waiting Interestedly for the ne xt sample. The wait was not long. In a few moments Mr. Smith swe pt gallantly to his second demon? stration, Which was a fancy exhibit of "farm" rhetoric. Deprecating the cry to "Back to the farm!" Mr. Smith Inquired passionately: "in a word, Mr. Prealdent, In any great wealth producing profession, vocations or avocations, have you heard any man i lamor 'Hack to the law! 'Back to medicine!1 'Hack to the railroad busi? ness,1 'Hack to tin great manufac? turing enterprises?' N<>. The cry has bean: 'Bach t<> the farm!' We nead a broader foundation for id ceding hearts and proverty stricken bodies In oreier that our velvet-shod feet may walk a little smoother." It was universally conceded by the listening Senate- that that foundation of bleeding hearts for velvet-shod feet was pretty hot stuff; and it was put down as "Exhibit B." Spurred by tiiis evident approval, Mr. smith next Bhowed aoxne prime "plain people" frills. He was at his best by this time, making the welkin ring bo rapidly it Bounded "like an alarm c lock. "Thank God!" he said, "l am a repre? sentative direct from the people? from the field, l have no other pro? fession! vocation or avocation; and yet, because l am not trained In the law to split hairs and to differentiate to the shadow of a shade the Supreme Court Intrepretatlona of tin- law, Borne hear me indifferently." There was a murmur of protest at this. All were hearing him with groat delight. Con? tinuing: "The people themselves arc no more competent to understand these abstrusities than I; and you have no right to make a law that tha rank and Ale, though they be unedu? cated, cannot understand." Proceeding passionately along these lines, Mr. Smith came again to what i evidently he considered his strongest exhibition of what he is capable of, | for he recurred to the original line of spell-binding. Picturing the dismal | conditions that surrounded a young i man and his wife, who were certainly I in poor luck as farmers if they were j only In half as bad case a.3 Mr. Smith j described, he said: "I have seen the mother, with the loving mother's heart, laboring and toiling; willing to do any drudgery; willing to put her j body in the stony roal of poverty in order that the feet of her darlings might have a smoother road to travel than mother had walked." Mr. Smith also told something about the tough situation of poor father whom he had seen "with mute, helplessness written on his careworn i facs; where was depicted the tragedy of unjust legislation.' And he pledg el himself anew to strive to remedy these conditions?which pledge con? cluded hi3 part of the entertainment. Owing to the press of other mat? ters, it being within 4 8 hours of ad? journment, there was no consensus of opinion concerning Mr. Smith's, ex? hibition \ot what he is capable of along the lines of connected thought and real elocpuence; and the subject wa3 left for future determination. Still, there was i large inquiry as to the identity of Mr. Smith; and it was speedily discovered he had every reason to feel that, after waiting pa? tiently for two years with much burn? ing language within him, he could hand the Senate something that would make it sit up and take no let Ellison D Rant BmM I b all i hi knoty, la the colleague f B. ft. Pill man the United Stab - Senate. H Uvea In Flor< i o. South Carolina, a'.td is the son of a minister. At college he won gold medals in debate?mark that'- science and literature in his sophomore, junior and senior years. He served In the Legislature from 1S96 to 1900, and began what, in his autobiography, he calls the cotton 1 movement, in 1891. He finally he- I c une field agent and general organiser for the Southern Cotton Association, his territory covering the entire S'iith and his service lasting from January, 1905, to June, I'.hjs, when he began his race for the Senate. He \\;;s ? hosen at the primaries in Bep t. mber, receiving, as hs points out, i the largest majority ever given to a candidate for this office in the State. That, of course, is interesting, hut has not so much hearing on the case . i a further statement, which reads "Became a national figure on account of addresses at New Orleans, Birming? ham, Dallas and Shreveport." Clear as day?now, isn't it? why Senator Bmlth desired to let the Senate hear' What he was capable of A thorough? ly justifiable ambition, say I. And he did so. And mark you. a highly de? scriptive middle name?that of the Senator's, DuRant. That's what he do. In the Police Court. Recorder Lee had several culprits up in the police court on Monday on the charge of gambling, the parties la ing all negroes who had be?n rounded in by Policeman McKagen ! on his rounds about the city Sunday afternoon, i The first case that was tried was I that against Willie Johnson, other I wise known as Willie Jones, who was arrested by Policeman McKagen on ! the charge of vagrancy. Johnson had quite a different tale to tell the Recorder than that he told Policeman McKagen after he had been arrested.' He was sentenced to pay a fine of $15 or to serve 30 days. Those who were arrested in the charge of gambling were: Alfred Farmer, $10; Rlanding Her rlott. $10; Eugene Parker, $5; Jas. ! McLean, absent; Johnnie McLean, ? absent; Fred James, $10; John Din kins, $5; Sam Gary, $5; Eddie Par? ker. $15; Ed Poole, absent; Tom James $5: W. M. Young, absent: Cur S til Ford, absent; Mose Willis, absent, ANOTHER NEGRO DIES. Coroner Flowers Kept Busy Holding Inquests and Investigations. Coroner Flowers is kept busy these 1 days holding inquests and investiga This morning he was aii d to the hospital to investigate hi death of Tannle Campbell, one of the negroes of the Eph Williams Famous Trou badour show who was burned at Hartsvllle two weeks ago and brought to the Sumter Hospital here for treat REV. J. G. DUKES Writes: Afy wi?t ktXl been in a very bad state of health. Nothing seemed to do her any good until she began TO USE PERUNA. MRS. J. G. DUKES. Rev. J. G. Pukes, Pastor of the Uni? tarian Church of Piuetown, N. C.f Writes: '?My wife has been in a very bad state of health for ?everal years, and nothing seemed to do her any good until she began to use Peruna one month ago. ?ince then the color has returned to her (&ce, and she is gaining in flesh every day, and I believe ?die is a well woman to-day. ?'My little boy, ten years old, was pale and had but little Ufa. He began to use Peruna the day his mother began. To-day his face is rosy, and he is out in the yard running and jumping with the reet of the children." Stomach Trouble Relieved. Mrs. T. J. Ballard, Pryor Creek, Indian Territory, writes: "I am happy to tell you that I keep free from my old stomach trouble; f^el no catarr* t| symptoms at all. I am able to do my work, eat and drink what I want, and rejoice that I found a sure cure in your valuable medicines, which I failed to flud in the best of home physicians." ment, who died from exhaustion from burns at the Sumter Hospital this morning. Coroner Flowers did not hold an In? quest as he had been informed by an attorney that an Inquest was not nec? essary and that the evidence of a physician was sufficient. Dr. Baker, the physician, testified in a written statement that the negro, Tannie Campbell died fror- exHaustl n from burns, mor than two-thirda of his, .'1 la not known \Otere the negro if 'ro t. m whether he h..d any rela? tives or not. Hi3 body is now in the possession of the undertaker. Send us your Job work. UR School Suits We are very strong on our lines of Boy's School Clothes. Kvery garment is built from the inside out?built as Boys' Clothing should be built so that wear won't kill its shape. Kvery strain point is stayed and dou? bled - stayed ; every buttonhole is reinforced. Stylish patterns of Cheviots, of Casstmers, of Tweed and Wor? steds in very strong fabrics ? Reefer, Norfolk a n d Blouse Styles. $3.50, $4.00, $5.00 to $10.00 Sizes for Boys from 4 to 17 years of age ? Kxtra Trousers if ;> ou w ant them. THE ? -??? D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. Phone 166. Sumter, S. C.