The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 10, 1911, Image 8
COUNIY CORRESPONDENCE.
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cial couiii:m*om>i n i n
??f liiN irM i i. all Part* ol
nicr an?! \dpdnlng Counties.
KOTK'K TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Mall your Utters so that they will
reach this office not later than Mon?
ti) when Intended lot Wednesday'i
paper and not later than Thursday
far Saturday's Issue. This, of course
applies only to regular cone-pond
sacs. In case of Hems of unusua
aaws value, send In Immediately bj
snail, telephone or telegraph. Suet
aaws stories are acceptable up to th<
aour of going to press. Wednesday'i
paper le printed Tuesday aftsrnooi
and Saturday's paper Friday after
8TATKBURG.
Stateburg. June 6.?Mr. Ilenr;
M >ore, of the Charleston Medical Col
tage. Is at horse for his summer va
cation.
Miss Hessie Barnwell Is vUitinf
friends In Columbia.
Dr. Sullivan, of Pelxer, Is spending
a few days in Stateburg.
Mrs. James H. Parker, of New YorV
city, spent a few days last week witl
her sister. Mrs. E. F. Holmes. Mrs
Parker was accompunled by hei
another, Mrs. Jones.
Master Paul Barnwell Is spending
some time In Columbia.
Miss Nannie Moore, of Cane Savan
nah. spent Sunday with Mrs. James
Pickney.
Mr. Ransom Richardson spen
several days here during the pas
Miss Sarah Moore will leave or
PftdaV to visit friends in Charleston.
The long drought has at last beer
broken, and we have had rain dur
Ing the past week, two showers
Vegetation begins to show som<
signs of reviving.
MAYESVILLF..
Mayesville. June 7.?The trustee!
of the Mayesville ichoo] elected tin
following teachers this morning foi
tme nest session: H. if. Haiti wan
of Columbia, principal. anc
Klma Mayes and Netta Cor
Wtt, assistants. The assistants an
both from this town. Miss Mayes
taught here for the four past sea
stons. Mr. Haltiwanger comes high?
ly rscommen.le,! and has taught sev?
en years in the school", of the Stuf.
He Is a native of I., \ington county
an I a gradual > (,f Newberry college
assistants are loth graduates ol
Inthrop college. The next sessior:
of the school will probably open or
Monday, September 11. The school
baa been growing constantly and witti
the efficient corps of Instructors, 11
should have a most successful session
during the coming winter. The la?
dles of the Civic League ate arrang?
ing to Improve the scho d grounds by
having a eon* n t? ? aoloeorg placed
around the grounds in the near fu?
ture.
An effort is being made to have the
merchants close their stores on the
first four afternoons of the business
week at 6 o el ?<k. The closing of the
stores at an early hour during the
summer months has never been suc?
cessful heretofore in this town and
the Idea of lea\lng the last two after
nx>ns of the week optional with the
merchants, when business Is always
at its best, may pn\o to be a solu
tlon of the problem wbfeh undoubtedly
means much to anyone working In a
store during the hot months. The
merchants generally have ilgned the
agre It Is reported
Arrangements are under way f .r I
game of baseball with Inlke City on
Friday afternoon and maybe on
Thursday, also. TJ?e lovers of the
?port ar?? anxious fop ihe game and
If the \Uttors have a good team as it
Is rep >rt. d. the game will be a good
one. The legal team Is being
strsngtheiied and should put up a
fast exhibition ,,f Pall playing. The
local* have won two our of the three
games playel so far this seas n. win?
ning one .from the Sumt.r high sch >ol
snd breaking even with the Wedge
field team. It Is hoped to have a
g?w?d numbef ad games now that all
of the ceOenn students are at home
to organ /? i nd h< lp t heir respeel i\ e
team
Capt. and Mrs. H. A. Wells ?f
Kl >rence are visiting at Mr. N G
Mayas'.
Miss Hattle Mayes has returned
home aft.-r a pic M int \lslf to |e'a
tlvae In Florence.
Mis* S I ?.rant or Ihe W i.thr -p
< o|b>g,< faculty H at home for a few
weeks \ a< atb?n.
Mrs. It \ n, . ndh r. Jr.. ami
daughter have returned home from
a visit to relativ, s al g> < k ly inn.
Messrs T. II. N. \? m in and .i. ?
Jones h*ea gone og ? pi. isur< Irlp i ?
Jackson\ III. . n I T mi pa.
Miss Ma\ i \|. K "re j ha reluri d
from Sum!, r -?\ I, ? -h? has 1 ? I
visiting her at ??? i Mrs J, U. Itafl
Mr. H II. Halttf in ft of ?*ol
Ma, who hm leeepted Ihe principal*
*hlp of the s< I.I ! i > i ? , v int.. ,< n
this morning for several houi
a.
TEDDY Nor PLEDGED,
Colonel Demo l icit He Has \^r? < d
to id i|> \n) Man to I lie Presidency
-1- i
?prlnnn>ld, Mass., June "??(' >1?
I Rooeeveij said today with reference
to ,i published story to it he would
rapport Taft in the i st preeldential
onmneisjn i
' 'There si no truth in the report
thai I have ukreed to support any
? man for president in I tit, i have
' not sands any such statement nor
? even oteeusned the matte?, The st>ry
i~ mad< oul of whole cloth."
Col. Roosevelt passed through tins,
ty thli afternoon on his way to
White River Junction, Vermont,
>\ here he sp ?ko tonight, i
Tin- Wilmington Star says: "We
>ughl t<> be raising millions of sheep
in North Carolina, but the free wool
idea would not make it V' ry attrac?
tive proposition to a North Carolina
farmer." Add t<> free woo] the free
dog, and wo have a combination about
;;s destructive as could be desired.?
Charlotte News.
Married for Twelfth Time.
Pendleton, or.-., June 7.? Peter Ii
West, noted divorce lawyer, i.s d<-a<i .
here with b record of 12 marriages ! 1
and 11 divorces himself.
Congress may have an oflu lal Inves- j
tlgatlon of the social clubs in Wash?
ington? Several new members have i
been blackballed.
The city politician is getting t > be
a thing <?f the past in the commission
governed cities.?Montgomery (Ala.)
i Journal.
Coronation note: Mrs. v. S. Cash
ppeared Ln a handsome gown made
f l,uii ?,ooo gold dollars, but it was j
<>.? heavy for her to wear i'^.'iin, ai I
he has given it to the cook.?Wash*
ngton Post.
It seems it cost a trllte mo;v ,r>
lethrone Dias than it will t<> crown
viiiK George.
it Is said that ball gowns ;<r*- t<
ut lower in tin- bach next season,
?ut w< don't Bee how they are going
) mar age it.
The heaviest rain of the year oc
ctired Wednesday night. The rain
was almost continuous throughout the
night, but at nj time ems il a heavy
downpour and was just what the
crops needed. The rain sras prcced
< d by considerable wind about 7.30
o'clock and for a few minutes there
was the threat of B dust Storni sueli
. i was ? xperlenced a few weeks ago.
A Baltimore man left part of his
money to a girl who had been dead
years. Felt certain, perhaps, It
wouldn't b.- wasted.?Pittsburg Post.
Copyright Hart SchaiTner ? Marx
Vhe D. J. Chandler
Phone 166. -
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