Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Qtlttatctiianuu *outbion. Published \\t'?ln ^d i \ ,111.1 Saturday. ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SI MTKK, S. C. 1 emu per annum?in advance. Ad\ crtlMinciii-. Oa* Square nrat insertion.il.OU Every subsequent Insertion.II Contracts fur thrv- mouths, Of longer will at m ide at reduced rates. All communication i which sub? serve private Interests v. ill be charged for us advertlseiiw i, . Obituaries at.d tributes Oi PtgpSCt Will be charged for. The Sumter Watrhtc.an wm found? ed In 1850 ami the True Southron in lift The Watchman snd Southron now has ths combined circulation and smfluencs cf both of the old .papers, and Is manifestly the best advertising ssodlum in Sumter. i?\iti?o\ or NELSON SHAW. in 1902 Nelson Shaw, colored, a prosperous farnvr and merchant who lived on his own farm near White's mill, was convicted of murder, w th a recommendation to mercy, and sen? tenced to Imprisonment for life. ?>n Tuesday he waa granted a pardon by Oov. mease. Th! ends the record or oae of the most brutal and inex cuslhlo murders that has been com? mitted In Sumter count;- within the past twenty years. Shaw's victim WM a little negro boy, the sou of a woman who was living with Shaw. The SWJ who was about ten years old, was liter.illy flayed alive by Shaw, who in a tit of rage beat him with a leather hanie-striru' until his body was a saass of raw. bleeding cuts and con? tusions. The testimony at the in quc?t. und. also, at the trial, was that bhnw whipped the child until he was tired out. then after resting his Wearied arms and refreshing himself, ha beat the boy again as mercilessly and cruelly us before. The child died In agony within a hour or two after having been beaten. Those wh> slew? ed the mangled little carcass at the Inquest had not a doubt that the boy wa.s done to death In t no-st hrutai 11 i [ i lerer was a flan 1 v human pity in b" H sing pornesso?.' '? Of r. .vas abb* to . emph v < is ably and rigorously defended when he came before the court for trial, arid, to 'his ftreunostAi < ??, slot.. ed h4* ease' * ?'?> throjg i the Inn r Sllllbly i s creel that gui ?atlon to Just ind i In the ex lowed 1 V the galV a life inprls. nlto i go t n4 i ??ni jestx f the die r. ,| in th. been d??ne 1 * nine \ ;ir? Im pun * I meal far s**n \ iw com penal:.- has no of the State. 1 N. isn't Shaw Is exerut've eh men Would be Justlfle snd free pardon now ,n the p. rtib ;;\ tlin r"J,T h 'iis. al of Shaw, and n received was in haw was guilty of tan murder and. t a recommen u'd ha\.- been a t. Bat the Jury discretion nl ?d Sh.nw Irom i s lit' to ed to has served i free man |0 h :'ls. The ma ive bang vln ft m If bav <ti-?n it. II is adeaaate crime uch as Nol the d ?atu le statutes ?n granted garalat of < v Means' ng a full nurdt rer Tlo i-j.,, . dings pensury ajansV ap i oaaaalssl sgt Sled mfo a ' ?kc. .lea of att. to|. iug to pre*) waylci T. lt. fei b r, or Is. ..f graftin. bribery at o de fraud - Ii th. t. st mo . Ivan.-. aini i tut i lall Town , trial woubi e i >..i t of Ju . die perf": ri.anc... w ith t1..- c d Jury : BSjhlai in th.- \jth pictur I of a hi* silk 1 ? I low-b.M ks, and IWO ? r iug she k. n ? ever bef<?? a'.-. rio ? 11 d oi iii i ? - ? th?- I; ? hl ind I e.,t,,!,., v < righ'iiiK to b dd la-t te ten gaus. ted as Ihoes w b'i' el :h.nfusloa, tun ! srn i i engende) sd h\ \ Feld, i d I he r f 11. tols a gag both pi ".it ai d in in> ii oi\ erted graft* r ? ? ? 1 11 ?? . -Mill l| plee. if ! ? i f?|?*ni*4>n di.ee p. hob- Ik faet th e it la t?? i eertaln t State Institution in order t payment .f dam ages to Dr. ' Sfhos?. lands have been dam;. the eaawtraetloa "f d>k.-s en t lege pi ..p. 11 \ if i ?r. Hoope? Just claim, if he hai suffered . damage*, he ihould be Indem by (Memson r.dbore or the ^f.it. gouth <' ? r dina. . . . Senat r r..nby, who Is tl.rigl f snd mosf persistent authority faff t Statement that the seiii. i s. ritt. SUMTER HIGH SCHOOL tions which w.is printed in the Sun-| Of tin* 53 members of the gradu ?i:*> News and Courier is reproduced j ating ciat?s 13 girls hav?- expressed tl rough the courtes) of thai paper, j their determination to go to college NI :\\ s rot Kills 40MMI Ms ! w pi paled Ii) Mr. I.n and Z\ boys will attend higher institu? te gPLKNDlll RECORD Ol1 '' lam' Con spond tit, ti*>n> ? t' learning. SCHOOL, ' ^' s und Courier, who is an Ul the remaining i?, are undecld - .> mil..i.- ? i in - Sumter High School, cd. This means ths.l of the ;?:?, only v Flft? riurec Graduates in Class ul " ;" the graduating have definitely decided not to go to i Iim i?Boge Ureatlj Outnunihcr | c'.u ? ? - .a pi- High school. Thlslc lleje. Olrlai showing Growing Teutleiwy < n I I ? ? th< record for grad- Sumter's school record ihia year to <ii\e l oiiue^ All IMueaiional i n South Caro'Jna aus u tendency thai should he Advantage* PonalMr?Man] Will T ? 'mi v: cuts >f the mem- rat:i'/?ng to every citizen of that \tieml College, The following article with Illustra? te'? cf the 1''i i graduating class of '. ? humter lib School, shoeing ZZ n\ uilent*" :'? 1 h >ys and 22 girls county and is an example to be emu .ated by other counties in South Ca in Una. That Is to keep the boys in YOUNG LADY GRADUATES. ? Prom Left to Right ? Hack Row: Misses Anna Strother, Agnes Bryan, Sue Duffle, Pauline Blanding, Evelyn Praser, Mary Louise Ramsey. BecordRow: Misses Margaret Cheyne, Elisabeth White, innls Cuttino, Nancy McKay, Susie i>ick, Adele Bowman, Adele iMtts. Third Row: Rosa Cheyne, Anna Sanders, Annie Barnes, Fanny MelhHte, Mary Mellette, Front Row: Read left to right: Misses Vermelle Plowden, Anna Brown, Ger? trude Kohn, Susi*? Raffleld, > \?. MKS tili ADC U :s, .': m ????ft to Right? Vet; Row: Brochs Btuckey, Shepard Nash, Th ? ? ? Biddall, George shore. Allen Richard n, Denward Bultman Char.ton BurKotte, Itaymon Bchwart*. S >?? ad Row: .lohn Join s. Ervln Shaw, Pierson Dick, Archie Le Grand, Leon L*e Grand, Ben Folsom, Reh '.hau" rd. Robert Haynsworth, Irvin Richardson. Third Row: Mellette P! is. Craig Hurst, Braxton Wallace, ?v.ing Gibson, Kara Rowland, Al? to ' Scarborough; Eugene J.mes, Harold McFaddln. front Row: Harry Rreariey, Motte Lawrence, Wilfred Shs ar, M.nion Pate, Virgil Corbet t, Walter Moore. Ihe higher grades. Thnt thirty-one thai the boys, too, are entitled to, i tors are struck noi only with th boys graduated from the school is and have all ihe more reason to ox-1number of students In tin graduatin proof In tsalf that there Is being de- pect, at leas! a hi; h school education j class, but with the maturity of th yeloped more and more Ihe Ide; thr ugh the tenth grail ? ?i the I students. One visitor was recentl ? rlni t i the boys <in full term cf ilvah d thereof. heard to remark that the class lool ! ars In the grad i ami high schools. !'?ut net one d . the Si ? r hoys led like a group of college students, S t so many years ago, even In th ? : ? d ;;iris l a- e dec ded advantages, as in the girls' sein? d the past yei Stunt er schools, the girls far outnum- shown hi the r cords In the schools of j fine work lms been done In drawir and manual iraining. In addition to the advantages the ?? hools of Sumter the pride the loyalty of the student body h bered Ihe bbys in the higher grades th community; thej are, i the case ami especially In Ihe graduating ein s. of n majority < i thi graduati -. sent This i ndltlog prevails, neu. ur ass. on to ti>.. collegei to linish th lr edu la other sections of the Htote today, cation, Th< i s ison that the girls ha' out- As dated above, of thit year's grad- j oi the alumni. In this the school numbered the hoys In Ihe higher lie in: class nearlj two thh Is of thejtem in re has also been likened cl sees Is the ilmph one thai the hoys gfrla will go to college and three- I college. l; vo been made to go lo work befor fourths of th< boys, if those who have , In the sy tern there are ;. uddltli n to th.' I ? nine who ar< yel . s ii, Kdmiinrl? 11 j pertnti ndent, 11 a-* in former years, As ihe edue - .\\u. >t.\.|^ arc. Tl ?nag ? tern advances the Idea has th< sexi mal< teac _j_l ?? . .. Mima r grades n nd m Texas Is t he greatest II ? Ing Dem- I i, , lors o| in ami the court on last resort on | high scho< tttutlonal nuestlona is getting! Th< mil to switch over "ii the LnrtmerIMjhject Hat iuu com ln< ? d the enlor j There Is r from South Carolina that j under command iie11 -r he ?u - lh< hool life Is completed and the definite)) decided girls have alone, In many in I tnecs, ?"" out of r?;i ivh< ? ? n g:\< n the advantage i f o com- to collegi there plete education In Ihe graded schools undecided ?f the State. ti . . , ,..,. . i Tin . however, Is not any longer i he case to the same ? \t- nt i hat if ? ???'?.??????. ? ? .? ?? ? ? ?? ? regation of I in the ?...ys1 ystem iti the fh whoolj di i i< in '.'i mmar and i ades, girl ? and hoys, y feature has been the mm h ? oinmendat Ion. taliou of tout- companie fiduate of the i'itadel. ihe mllitai j colli ge, <d* ichool buildings, iwu being erected he lasl few years. ! The uniform succesi thai has tended the as- f Chaml >erla In's Cp Cholera and ! i;irrh >ea Remedy made i: a favorite everya'here. can always be depended upon, sale by all d< ilers. r iss an Innocent man, grossly ed, Balie) has hi i u iirk cul unconvlnce his friend and ad South (Carolina, There is ;?n atmosphere of cordial? ity and harmony In the ichiols. VTsl- " deah Miss Nellie ('htindh r wa? it' an the carriage in which I'idlnM Wednesda afterno >n w.is returning from the and i a dlv bruised. It is worse than useless t- take any medicines Internally for muscular or chronic rheumatism. All that is needed is a free application of Cham herlain's Liniment, For sale by all i.\k(.i: vi mi \< k si:i s buili, A XII UK A IIS DKCLAMATIOXS. Vllon Brown Win? Medal in Competi? tive Drill?Presented b> lion. K. I. Manning?Declamations Arc Mi Excellent?Rand Furnishes Music. A l;t!????? and appreciative audience saw and heard the boys of the grad? uating <!uss from tin- high school 1 the first night of commencement, tli.- exercises in this occasion having been turned over t<? tin- boys and they ably did tin '., part as t'.i?- representa? tives ? f their school. When the curtain rose promptly at eight o'clock tin- graduated were to he seen seated on the Stage in two semi-circls, the girls of the class in th.- front circle and tin- boys in the circle just behind the girls. All eyes were turned upon the sta^e, hut as the girls were seated on the front row few persons cared to look pa*t them to the boys seated in the shad? ow, for while the boys performed in the exorcises the girls w? re the whole sh<>w. Dr. C. C. Brown was called upon to pronounce the invocation which he did in a solemn and befitting man? ner. Following w as music fr om the Sumter Band which played with old time Best. Then crime the competi? tive drill, when six < f The boys of the school battalion lined up on the stage and executed with precision and ac? curacy the commands which were given by Capt. W. Bf. Scott und Cap turns irvimr Richardson and Allen Richardson. The drill was a good one and it was some time before the judges. Major J. w. Bradford and Capt. Goo. tWarren, were able to throw out all of the contestants ex? cept Allen Brown, who was declared the winner of the Manual of Arms medal. The boys in the competitive drill were: Allen Brown, Wilcox DesChamps, Hohen Dougherty, Roger Siddall, Wilson Spann and Archie I.e Grande. Toe medal was presented by (he Hon. R. I. Manning who made a few remarks .tolling of the origin and or? ganization of the high school bat? talion and the good that it hau done at the boy's school Since its for? mation, lie also congratulated the winner upon his success. Again the hand played and after? wards cam.- the declamations by the ?even members of the 1 er-, Hi nary nteet bet i [fl th Bey's , vveoKs ago. in* *o.?...i.?.> ?v.... ??^ ?. and many of them showed that they had in them the material for future orators and statesmen. The judge-? a >ated in one of the boxes to the right i f the house, kepi tab on the speak? ers and marked them according to their ability to dech im. The name ? tie- wtnn< r was withheld until to? night when he will be presi nted with tl ?? Rhame Declaimers' Medal, which his been driven at commencement ev? ery year for the last fourteen years. The audience frequently broke into applause during the exercises and each of the declaimers was applauded] '?:s'i'v, a-- he deserved to bo. With '.lie closing of the exercises on tid --. the first night of th ? commence? ment, comes the first act of the clos? ing of the most prosperous year that th? high school h is . ver had. The thirty-one boys of th" clasa are some*! thing of which all . f Sumter may wed he exceedingly proud and. it is needless to say, Prof. Edmunds, who is always proud of t very clam that he- turns out. and he has cause to be, la more than proud of tins, the larg? est (las-; that the school has ever graduated. i ua- feature of the evening was the rain which came during the latter part of the exercises and continued until long after the la-t of th" audi? ence had returned home. Several of those who had brought umbr lias were jerred at unmercifully hy their frfrnds when they came In, but later it was those who had not brought umbrellas who were sorry. This is the first time In more than fifteen years that it has rained during the '?< mmencemi it ex< reis? At other times it has rained during tie after? noon before or th" nl rhl after, lap. not .In; in? the ext reis s. However, nobody minded the rain a- it was so in l ea needed overs ywhi re. Fi (lowing Is the proj ramme: i ford and Wi rn I I Pros ntatlott of M? d >l for Main;.-.! I ?f Anns, ?'. i'. Brow n and R, i. Man? ning. Music, Band. I lecls mat ions: Con st a n 11 Iis and tin Lion, Alfred Scji rboroiigh. Patrick Henry's Speech, Barb lb>\\ land. Music, Hand. The I '? rlaratlon of ind< p< ndenc< Harold McFadden. Spartacus to the Roman Envoys Brooka Stuckey. I Music, Hand. I l > ira, Reb Bradford. The Conquerors. Raymon Rchwarta. Music, Band* The Death of Lafayette, Harry ?r arley. Musi*-, Baad. Yotts From Kembert. Rimbert, May 31.?-Quite s number ?tr people were at the High Hills -i Sunday. They arere perfectly de? hted, praising 111 * ? Rne sermon of \ p. Lido, th.- excellent singing, <n act everything connected with the bereis? i of the day. Col. Dargan, of course, was < n tiand snd, ai always, was at his beat* <n. te a number graduated at the General Sum'er Memorial academy ind Rafting Creek high school. I understand that the prea nt corps ?f teachers "f the latter sch >ol ean not be employed for anotl er term. Prof. Kir.avd. principal of the State* burg school, will ii"t a< < j>t work an? other tortr. l?ut goes to Tat urn. B. C Prof. Jesse B. Jackson, who has been teaching in Southern Georgia is at home again. Speaking of these two young men, I hear it rumored that they expect to make a tour of the West in the near future. Mr. o. FL Lenoir, of Camden, is in our community. 4 Miss CoUTtenay Atkinson will be in attendance upon the closing exercises of the Sumter high school. Harvesting oats has been and is still the order of the day. Many peo? ple, since they have learned to make corn talk of cutting out the oat crop It comes at that season of the year when the other crops demand atten? tion. Besides oftlmes it is a wet sea? son and the oats arc wholly lost or badly spoiled. tTncle Sam and whoever will tan count out the harm done by the i drought) but one thing is certain to the close observer, it is certainly c? nslderable not only here but in oth? er sections of the State. The health of our community is fair, there being little or no fever and chills. I I have been plowing cotton, "sweatln" and "frettin." I have heard it affirmed' that whoever worked ne groes and mules could aot be a Chris? tian, i deny this affirmation, but I do say that, if he has n >t the grace of God In his heart, he will burn brimstone sometimes, it Es worth 15 rents a pound and move to make cot? ton and put it on the market. "Hagood.** ? o v. di r ;? ts that ? \n*< pie there ai much '." . up over the latest n of the new dispensary winding*up eonmsie* sion, the arrest of Dr. W. I. Murray, and that if the commission tries 'o enforce such arbitrary acts the people will not Stand for them and con.-e quences which will be regretahte are ^ apt to follow. HIDDEN DANGERS. Nature Glees Timely Warnings That \o sumter Cltlxen Van Afford to |j tore. DANGER SIGNAL NO 1 comes from the kidney secretions. They will w arn you when the kidneys are tv. Well kidneys excreats a cb ar, amber fluid. Sick kidneys send out a th'.n, pale and foamy, or thick, red, 111* smelling mine, full if sediment a.id Irregular of passage. DANGER SIGNAL NO. 2 comes from the l ack. Back pains, dull and heavy, or sharp and acute, tell you of si. k kidneys and warn you of the danger of dropsy, diabetes and ?right's disease. Doan's Kidney P lls are for sick kidneys. Here's Sumter proof of their merits: William Yeadon, 27 Haynsworth Btr< et, Sumter. S. C, says: 1 am confldi nt that Doan's Kidney Pills act cist as represented and are worthy of endorsement. 1 have taken them for dull backache and trouble With the kidney secretions, getting my supply at China's Drug Store 1 have always received most prompt relief and con? sequently I have no hesitation in giv in j this preparation my endorse* ment." For sale by all dealers. Price 00 cents. Poster* Mllburn Co. Buffalo, \- w Voi k, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. No. 3 mm m HUNT'S "Nif in ibo one unfailing scientific dressing which instantly relieves ami permanently cures ail harts, ( tit', barns, bruises, sprains ami wounds Of t'oiv kind. Pain Icetcs at once because ttic air >> excluded, ami the oil covering nets as artificial skin. Tin* Quick* est, fastest liealing oil known? ill \ rs lightning ovtx s3 cents and 50 cents bottles, A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO.. Sherman, roxas, sold By SlHKIt I'S l>Kl ?. STORE.