Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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*Cbr ddlutcbnnn anb ^outbroii Kiiit'itMl ?i the rostollic? at Suiiiur, S. ms >*s ood t Ii???? Mat na ? ] A party constating o Mr. and Mrj, M l'nV?aux Moore, Miss Ann e I' ?. Mi. lohn I'.. M'???i.*. and M>*. L. H. QfOgOCy, left Tuesday foi Be we nee, Tenn.. where Mr. Moore will attend a reunion of hin elass, this be? ing the first reunl ?n of the class that he has attended since his graduation, After staying BOSns time at Sewa the party will go on to Mt. Airy where they will spend the summer. Mis* Moselle Alderman of Alcolu has been \lsitlng her sister, Mrs. I>. C, shaw, returned to hei home this morning, home Tuesday. Mr. K. I. Manning went to Char? leston Tuesday. Mr. W. M. Scott went to St. Charles Tuesday to visit relatives. Miss Netta Coooer who has beer visiting friends In the < by, returned to her home at Wlsacky Tuesday. Miss Minnie Williamen, who ha been visiting .her aunt. Mrs. An hb China has returned to her home lr Columbia. Mr. O. L. Olllls, of Kembert, was In the city for awhile Tuesday. Mr. David Lortng. of Wilmington spent Snnday and Monday in the city. Mr. B. Frank Kelley passet! through the city Tuesdsy on nil way from Btshopvtllc to Columbia tc to attend a meeting of the State Dis? pensary Winding-up commission. Mr. Don White Is In Sumter for s visit to relatives after having beer away from here for several years or a cruise with the United States navy Messrs. J. B. Warren. J. K. Mr Blveen. E. M. McElveeu, were in the city Tuesday to meet the boar<! of commissioners In behalf of a new road leading from McHride to Sumter This road Is very much needed bj the county and city of Sumter. Mr. J. H. McCollum. Sr.. is critical? ly ill at the residence of his son Mr. J. H. McCollum. Jr. on Broad St. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bowmun and Miss Adele Bowman went to Colum? bia on Tdesday to attend the closing exercises of the University of South Carolina, when Mr. Paul Bowmsr Will be one of the graduates. Miss Louise Parrott, of I ar"natoi Is vlsitln* Miss Mab? I Patron r Haskell street. Miss Aslle Mellette. >r Wedgeeld, i visiting Miss Sadie Nettles. Rev 11. H. ( nvlngton went to Dar? lington Wednesday. Mr. Edwin Handle returned from the Porter Military Academy Wednes? day to spend the summer holidays. Miss Marguerite Cromer left Wed? nesday for her home in Newberry. Ilei many friends will regret to learr that she has resigned her place in the city sehaols and will not return tc 8umter In the fall. ?n. A. K. Sander.v of llagood, was in the city Thursday. Mr. W. Marlon Scott left this week for Chicks Sprlr.gs, at which place he will spend the summer. Mrs. K. M. IhUb hr md. of llagood and Dr. Frank San'b rs . f Charleston, were In the city Wedmggggf night. Mrs. M a Pennal left Wednesday for OtOOV, where <he will spend several mouths. MI.vwm Louise Yeadi/n, Louise t 'ar? son. Iren?- I'.ryan. Franke Lesesne, and May Senk, arrived in the city Wednesday afssfnoSM from Winthrop < dlege to spend the summer holidays. Miss Alice Hill panned through the city Wednesday afternoon on ner way to Wlsacky from Winthrop col? lege. Miss I."in-..- Y. .id? h. who graduated fr ?rn Winthrop ( ?.Hege at the recent commencement, has accepted it posi? tion Hfl I^etln teacher at Gantonla, N. C. Mlaees Gertrude Dick ami Sarah llerlot, of llcriot. are two of the Y. W. C. A. delegates fron? Winthrop college to the South, rn Y. W. C. A. Cenventl ?n at Ashevlllc. Miss Oonevlne Handle represented Winthrop library society In the Inter soclety debate at Winthrop during commencement. Mr Harry Hreen, of N. w Y?.rk, Is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Moses Green. >Ir. Mark lb \ redds, Jr., has return? ed from Porter Milit?rs Academy for lldays. ? -w n and M I leb n la. Fla., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. V. II. ?'helps. The Rev. James McDowell, of Man? ning, passed through the city this morning on his way to Columbia. By special refines? Dr. P. C, fir0WH win presan ? ssrmoi the ? i\ nurses it the Klrst I'.apt 1st church on I iv night WILsoN-WI.STItl.lUtV. Wedding Mil Chime at MayesVllle. M ifmn ill.-. .June I, Miss ASils Wil? son, youngest daughter oi Mr. m.l Mis. s. W. Wilson, ami JoMph West l.orry of Harleyville were married at UM home of the hride yesterday af? ternoon at four o'eloek. Itev, H. A. Kno\ of the Mayeevllls Presbyterian church and JicV. W. 11. Workman Of sah in (Black River) church Officiat? ing. Miss Klizaheh Wilson, statet of the hride. acted as mald-of-honor. an.l Mr. Scott of Greenwood as best man, while Miss Doar of Harleyville and Mr. I hikes of Harleyville w ere the Other attendants. I The parlor was tastefully i and handsomely decorated and the mar? riage was a very pretty one. Only a few close friends of the family were present. The bride and groom left 1m 1 mediately after the ceremony for 1 Charleston and will be at home to their friends in Harleyville today, i where a reception will be given this I evening in their honor at the home of the groom. G. j I Approaching Marriage. i Invitations are out to the approach? ing wedding of Miss Pauline Manning, daughter t ' Mr. and Mrs. J. Meeklns Woodley, to Mr. Clarence David Rol? lins, of Lake City, S. C, on Wednes? day evening, at the Methodist Episco? pal church, Dawson, Ga. Mrs. W. C. Chandler announce* the * J marriage ?. * her daughter, Nellie, to dr. Leon M. Galloway of Manning, at ( her residence on Tuesday afternoon, i June 20th, at 5 o'clock, i Mr. J. 11. McCollum Head. Mr. J. H. McCollum died Tuesday afternoon at the home of his son, J. Hugh McCollum, on Broad street, after a short Illness, at the age of 7 3. Mr. McCollum moved to Sumter five or six years ago to live with his sons here and has lived here tdnce that time up to the time of his death. He was a native of Marlboro county from which place he moved to Clarendon county in the Summerton action where he farmed for many years. His sons were all raised at Summer ton, from which place he afterwards moved to the Hethlehem neighbor? hood, coming from there to Sumter. Ii? leave- s? .????? sons. Vcsr- i v? . , J, Hugh, Warren, Hilgens T. and j : nd MeCoJlum of Bumter and Henry and Angus McCollum, oi ; MiMiiitt. ii.o ...fo d.c?; ?iral years j ago. Mr. McCollum was a Confederate soldier, having served during the four years of the war. He was for many years a member of the Methodist church and had moved his member? ship to the Rroad street church only a short time previous to his death, so that his church might he easily reached from his home. The funeral services wer?- held at the residence Wednesday at 10:?0 o'clock and the interment took place at the cernot.-ry afterwards, a num? ber of friends and relatival uniting in paying their last tribute of respect. Mr. afcColluaVl sons acted as pall hearers. Mr. (.co. e. BaassssosH Desalt Mr. c,e ?. k. Beaumont died Thurs? day morning at his home on Haskell street after a long Illness, aged 89 years. He leaves ? wife ami four children in Sumt. r and his father and mother and five brothers of Baltimore. Mr. Beaumont moved to Bumter thirteen yean ago from Baltimore and has been living at this place ever since that time. in the years that he has lived here he has always been oonneeted with the Bumter Telephone Manufacturing Company, as foreman of one of the departments of that establishment. He was regarded in the highest esteem by his employers and by his fellow workmen, with whom he was oloaely associated for thirteen yearn and in his death the Telephon, Manufacturing Company has lost one of Its best men. Mr. Beaumont was born In talti rnore, which place was his home un? til h moved here to take his position with the Telephone Manufacturing Company, He was. while in Bumter, an aetlve member of several secret societies nnd orders, in many of Which he held various offices. At the time of his death he was secretary of the Sumter Council. No. 7. Jr. O. 17? a. m : Keeper of Records and Seals Of Game Cock L ?dgo, K. of P.; 100? rotary of Clarefaoni Lodge, No, M, a. i\ m j a member of Dick Anderson Lodge. No, 1 B| I. <>. <>. F., and a member of the Baglsi* Club, He was a member of the I'list Methodist ehureh and was f.?r many yeara connected with the Sunday school, a Philadelphia paragrapher got | fired the other day. II. wrote this . "If the rebels dhl as hero. ? in Melt ' mo, da the federals Dias i wards?'1 GOVERNOR, PRISON DIRECTORS AND HEALTH BOARD MI LT. Sanit?r) Conditions at Penitentlarj ai Reported by stair Board of Health Conalderod ? Governor Blease Again State's Determination of Abolishing Hosiery Mill?Situa? tion Explained by Chairman San? dci Columbia, June 7.?The hosiery mill will be ab ilished. Following the session of the iVni*entiary hoard of directors, with members Of the State hoard of health and Governor Blease present, this afternoon, late tonight the announcement was made that the recommendations of the board of health will be carried out. In these recommendations was the finding that the hosiery mill should be abolished. While all the details have not yet been worked out, the tact that the hosiery mill will be no more is an aboslute faet now, and thus Is ended the disc ussion over a proposition that has stirred the State from one end to the other. The rumors as to tubercular condi? tions at the Penitentiary were called to the atentlon of the Legislature by Governor Blease, who asked that an investigation be ordered. The investi? gation was ordered, the work being done by the State board of health. The State board of health made a number of recommendations as to sanitary conditions at the Peniten? tiary and. among other things, recom? mended that the hosiery mill, where are worked 300 convicts, be abolish? ed. In response to a request from The News and Courier correspondent, Mr. A. K. Sanders, the chairman of the borad, explained the action of the board today as follows: "The hosiery mill matter has not been fully adjusted yet. Will say, however, that the recommendations of the State board of health will be carried out. The board will hold a special meeting on June 21 to try and adjust the matter satisfactorily to Capt. Graham as to the time of clos? ing the mill. "The meeting today was very harmonious, Governor Blease and the committee from the State board of health meeting without board." Chairman Robert Wilson, Jr. of the State board of health, of Charleston, wai urgent at ,v>e meeting Tr; re plj to a question, i: 1 Stated, Hr. Wil? son said th'it th< one reined as ( the hosiery mill wtu to do away with ? his form of labor. ine following are the members of the board of directors of the Pen? itentiary: A. K. Sanders, chairman, Hagood; John G. Mobley, Winnsboro; W. H. Glenn, Anderson; J. D. Deas, Summerton; Jasper M. Smith, Smoaks; John Taylor, secretary, Co? lumbia. The Capt. Graham refered to in Mr. Sanders' statement above is Capt. John Graham, of this city, who holds the hosiery mill contract with th. State. The contract was to run for years, from January of this year. The previous contrac t was for twenty years, linder the new contract the State did not have the right to with? draw, it is understo id, however, that, upon a proper settlement, Capt. Graham will not stand in the way of the abolishing of th.- hosiery mill. Under the state board of health's recommendation, the convicts in the hosiery mill will have to be given iutdoor work of some kind. Governor Blease, when Informed late tonight of the announcement made by Mr. Sand era said be was pleased that the board had agreed to oiopt the recommendations. At the joint meeting this afternoon In connection with the hosiery mill proposition. Governor Blease told the "iid that in accordance with his letter, be first called upon the Pen ten tlary board to annul the hosiery mill contract; that If the hoard did i d do so, he would ask the State ?oard of health to pass a resolution condemning the mill; that if the State hoard of health would not act, ie would ask the Legislature to an? nul the contract; that if the comi? ng Legislature did rot act, he would 10 before the people and ask them o sleci a Legislature that would act n this matter. "The hosiery mill nUSt go," the Governor explained. The work now going on to straight in the AlCOlU railroad, it Is said, has 'or its ibjecl a connection sooner or ater with the Seaboard that is work ng its way to Florence, if there is inythlng in this reporl then WC may lonfldently expect tin- road to come ?n through Manning, cross the San? as over the bridge built by the San .e Cypress Lumber company ami on o Charleston. There Is something n he wind but Just what It is cannot >o learned as the parties interested lo not disclose their plans in ad tince. Manning Tim- s, When Is an armistice not an armls Ice? When it is made in Mexico. HOED ONIONS ON SUNDAY. Neighbors Sweep Porch end Paint Gate, Resulting in Three Arreste. i Moun Ranier, Me., June ?RaidJ <?n Sunday-law violators here resulted in the arrest of R, Ii. Win.'low, ? aught hoeing his onions; T. L. Funk, accused <d" stirring up dust on his front porch with a broom, and W. A. Cleave, charged With painting his front gate in broad daylight. < 'ollfg't < onimciiccment. Invitation! are out to th<- conn* mencement exercises of the College of Charleston t?? take place in the HI bernian Hall <>n Tuesday evening, June 19, The commencement closes the 120 years work at the college. The principal address at com mencement will be made by Prof. Wflllam Spenser Carrell of Washlng t a ami Lee University. CONFIRMS sINVli: NOMINATION. < Mh? ial Stamp of Approval Tim oh Ap? pointment to Federal District Bench. Washington, June <.?The gerate today conmned the nomination of Henry a. Iflddleton Smith of South Carolina to he Cnited States district judge for the district of South Caro? lina to succeed. Judge William II. Brawley, who recently resigned. Owning a Typewriter is not as Ex? pensive as is Generally Believed TEN CENTS A DAY $10 CASH TEN CENTS A DAY For a Fhort time, buys either of these Standard Machines; and we keep them in repair free of charge dunn ; the life of our guarantee. 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