The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 29, 1911, Image 5
Kht (?Olatcbman and .^oiit?ron.
?u*ter*si mi U*e I'owioilo e at ggSBjSJgt?, 8.
* . a* >e*ond L'lu*s Matter.
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I'lh.M.S VL.
Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Strauss Ml
Sunday afternoon for New York city |
where they will remain for several ;
weeks. I
Miss Boucher Ivl.orme has gone
to Columbia.
Mr. K. M Cowfjaf, Jr.. passed
tbrouffh the city Tuesday on his
-way to Wlsacky from Charleston.
Mr. H. F. Myers. of Hagood. was
In the city Tuesday.
Miss Ines Mc('urteil, of Lancaster,
passed through the city Tuesday
on her way from St. Charles, where
she bsd been attending a house par
ty.
Mrs. T. 8. I>oar and child have re?
turned from Walterhoro after a stay
of several weeks at that place
Mr. Wllllai.i Lunn. of Tlminons
vtlle. was In the city Tuesday
Mr. Fred 8. Jones, who has I
on a visit to hl.? sister. Mrs. Jones.
Civic League nurse, has returned to
his home In Marion, 8. C.
Miss Pauline Anderson, graduate
of the Magdelane Hospital Training
School for Nurses, Is visiting the
city nurse, Mrs. Jonea
Misses Mulla and Willie Dargpn
passed through the city on Tuesday
on their way to their home In
Stateburg from St. Charles, where
they had been attending a house
party given by Miss Elolse Jenkins.
Mr. Luctan Strauss has returned
from a trip to Atlantic City, New
York and other Northern points.
Mr. W. H. Ingram has gone to
Albany, Oa.. on business and will
spend a week or more in southwest
Oeoraia,
Miss Lucile Bracey returned to her
hon? ? on West Hampton Avenue
Thursday after an extended visit to
her uncle. Judge O. V. Ramsey, of
Brooksville. Fla. Miss Bracey also
paid a visit to friends In Tampa on
her return trip home.
Mr. Ellis C. Lowery. of Selma.
Ala., and Mrs. Ada Lowery and
children have gone to Florence to
visit relatives.
Prof. W. S. Schumacher, of Little
Rock. Ark.. Is In he city. H's mony
friends are ?lad to welcome him
their only re
.11 rot make a
F. Stoudenmlre
and daughter, Jacqueline, are spend?
ing some time on Sullivan's Island.
Mr. L. C. Molse has returned to
the city after a stay of several weeks
on Sullivan's Island.
?News was received in the city on
Tuesday of the Illness of Mr. W. H.
Ingram In Albany. Oa., where he bad
gone on business. At first it was
stated thst Mr. Ingram was seriously
III. but by means of the long dis?
tance telephone, a communication
was secured that night with the
manager of the hotel at which Mr.
Ingram was stopping, snd it was
learned thst be wns much better and
was getting along nicely.
Messrs. H. V. Frb rson and J. J.
Kolb have returned from a trip to
Wrtghtsville Beach. where they
went to atten.l the Insurance Men's
sanfsrenca. They report a most en?
joyable time.
Col L M. Green, of Columbia,
waa !n *h? c??y Wednesday
Mr. S. M. McCall, of Providence,
spert Wednesday i ? *he city.
l>r. E. P. Durant has closed his of?
fice and left the city until September
1st. having recently lost his wife.
Mis* Mary J. Low rs has gone f..
Saluda to spend several weeks.
Mr. Juliu* A. Cooper of this city,
who has been attending a business
college at Poughke? psie, N. Y.. has
returned to the city.
Miss Sue Hurtle left Wednesday for
Jacksonville. Fla., where sho will
take a steamer to Saratoga, N. Y.
with her unele.
Mrs. W. T. Brook, of FayetteviMe,
is visiting Mrs. Rosa Jenkins.
Mr. Patrick Gallagher has gone to
Waynesvdh- to spend his vacation.
Miss Pauline Gumming*, of I?d
xell. was In the city Thursday.
Mr. lt. S. Hood went to Colum?
bia Thursday morning.
Mrs, G. H. I>.,rn and Mrs. 'arl
T. Mason left Thursday for Slkk
Rc*ck to spend several Weeks.
Mr. Murray Nelson left for
Wrlghtsvllle gSJSjSS Thursday,
where no will stay for several WSSBUh
Miss Uonuru Wllliford Is visiting
Miss Boberta Williamson at Provi?
dence.
Miss Margaret Cok.r of HsrtS*
vllle. Is visiting Miss Vcvu Kandis,
on Washington street.
Miss Helen W.|g, of 1 ?arlington,
Is the guest of Mix* LsjSjgM Ycn.'on.
on llaynsworth StTSSC
Mrs. J. A. Schwerin, after spending
several WSSjkS pie ? *antly In Charles
tun, returned home on Tuesday, ac?
companied by Miss Louise Solomons,
ot Troy, S. i\. who will make an ex
leaded visit here.
Mr. J. C. Dunhur, of Dal/ell, was
la the city Thursday to attend the
PC idl m.-ettng.
Mr. \V. 11. Murray Dead.
Mr. W. B. Murray, a well km?wn
I in/en of Sumter. died early this
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morning at his reoldnca on Hamp- <
fon Avenue after being seriously ill I
tor several months. He wus 61 j
nan of age and bad lived In sum
t i most of bis life where he was
engaged in mercantile business for
many years.
The funeral forvlcoi and Inter?
ment will take plaCO tomorrow, Sat- j
ird.iN, at noon at the Church of the'
Holy Croon, ?tatobnrg, where Mr.}
Murr I parontl irotfO buried and!
wlo re he was born and raised. The I
funeral procession of friends and rel- I
a lives will leave the house shortly
after einbt o'c lock in the morning.
Mr. Murray was the (ddest sou
Of Mr. and Mrs. YV. B. Murray of
Stateburg. He leaves the brothers:
Messrs. Matthew, George, Goodwin,
James and Samuel Murray, of Tex?
ts, and three sisters: Mrs. S. C. Nel?
son of Stateburg. Mrs. Carrie M. Hol
combe of Velle Crucis, N. C. and )
Mrs. J. T. Krierson of Charleston.
His mother was Miss Goodwin of
Columbia.
Mr. Murray was married twice,
tlrst to Miss Mariana Taber of Fort
Motte, a daughter of the late Wil?
liam Taber of Charleston, who was
killed in a duel with Judge McGrath
Just before the war. By her he had
three sons, Messrs. W. Taber Mur?
ray and V. B. Murray >f Montgom?
ery, Alabama, and Edmund 11. Mur?
ray of this city. Mr. Murray mar?
ried for his second wife, who sur?
vives him, Miss Susan A. Ander?
son, a daughter of the late Jamc3
Anderson of Christ Church, S. C,
and a brother of David B. Ander?
son, now of Birmingham, Ala.
Three girls came from this marriage,
Misses Louise. Essie and Marie Mur?
ray of this city.
Born and raised in historic old
Stateburg, Mr. Murray came of one
of the oldest and best families of
that place; and as a gentleman of
the old type he was honored and
respected for his unfailing polite?
ness and courtesy wherever he was
known. Even in bad health, from
I which he suffered for several years
I previous to his death, he always re?
tained that air of composure that
marked a gentleman of the old
schools.
His many frlend3 join in with hi3
family in mourning his loss and
ha* e for tham the deepest feelings
of .sympathy.
AUG VOTA OUT OF THE RUNNING.
Georgia City no Longer Member <>f
south Atlantic League.
Augusta, July 26.?-Augusta is no
longer a member of the South At?
lantic la-ague of hasehall clubs.
Secretary other wired Mr. T. C.
Williams, specially commissioned
agent of the League, at s.30 toninht.
the local owner surrendered the
franchise. The Augusta club goes
to Columbia to play the next three
games, originally scheduled here,
and from there will go to Charleston.
Thereafter It will be operated by the
League as a "floater."
Crops in Rgypt Damaged.
Egypt. July 2B.?The drouth con?
tinues in this section, We have not
had a good season since June 8.
The corn crop is very short and
without rain soon the cotton will
also fall far below the average. The
cotton Is dying from blight in
places. We still have high winds?
Monday was a real March day?
and the cotton li showing the ef?
fect-;. The walls and mill ponds are
dr\lng up and a water supply is a
real treasure here.
Messrs. Lawrence White and
Charles Peebles attended the good
roads rally at Itembert today.
Miss Iren? Weldon has returned
to Btshopvllle, where she has a po
sltlon in the postofllce.
The Hose Hill second nine went
over to St. Charles last Saturday af?
ternoon and lost a game, 13 to 4.
The children's day exercises at
Mlzpah last Sunday was quite suc?
cessful. Several hundred people
attended the services.
Miss Ethel Smith has returned to
Camden after spending two weeks
with Miss Pearl Smith of Smithville.
Messrs. W. T. McLeod and J. K.
Rlchhourg wore in Camden last
Saturday.
Mr. W. T. McLeod has recently
put up a canning machine, where
he Is canning fruits and vegetables
for the winter market.
Miss Sallle Chambers of Union Is
visiting Miss Belle McCutchen of
Smithville.
Mrs. J. H. Kirk ley has gone to
Orangehurg to visit her parents.
Mrs. W. S. Smith has gone for
a few days to Sullivan's Island.
Misses Anna and Fannie Mae
House of Union a.*e visiting friends
at Smithville.
The health In Egypt is very good
?not a case of sickness.
Since the marriage license law
went into effect Egypt has not had
any marriages.
St. Philips, Bradford Spring*.
The Rev. H. H. Covington will
hold service in St. Philip's church,
Bradford Springs, next Sunday
morning, July 30, at 11 o'clock.
HOKE SMITH S Von: is NEEDED.
Senator? Suprlsed That Georgia
Double-Action Officeholder will not
Qualify.
Washington, July 26.?Surprise was
?xpressed by Democratic Senators
today when it was learned that Sen?
ator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, prob?
bly would not be in Washington In
time to qualify and vote on the wool
bill. Th?- desirability <?f having him
here in view of the prospect of a close
vote had been canvassed among the
leaders Tuesday, and there was an]
understanding on the part of some j
that s.-nator Martin, chairman of the i
Democratic caucua, was to telegraph!
him to he present. Some Senators j
were so assured on this point that
they '-tated to newspaper men that
such a message had be, n Sent. When
it became known last ninht that Mr. ,
Martin had not felt authorized to act, '
Senator Reed Introduced a resolu
lutlon In the Democratic caucus last
night, declaring it the sense of the
meeting that the Georga Senator
shall he in Iiis Seat. No action was
taken, however.
Rocky BlUfl Dots.
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Rocky Bluff, July 28.?The con?
tinued dry weather, the hot sun and
high winds, together have about tin
lahed the corn. Corn that would
! have made a hundred bushels t an
not now make more than 40 or 50
bushels.
We are having strange weather?
days hot and nights so cold that
one ha3 to sleep under a heavy quilt,
j Although the seasons have been
so unfavorah e, some have nice wa?
termelons. Vegetables are bring?
ing better prices in town this year
j than ever before?green peas ten
! cents per quart, and other things
j about the same way. Fruit is also
i high. Peaches are 5 0 to 80 cents a
peck.
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Josey and sons,
Messrs. Eugene and Charlie, spent
a part of last week with relatives
at St. Charles.
j Mr. W. F. Baker spent Sunday
at Pisgah with his mother, Mrs. C.
j S. Baker.
j Mr. J. J. Hatdeld spent the first
i part of this wee< at Borden.
Mr. Henry Winkles and family
' spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Holiday, near Samter....
Mr. J. J. Hatf.eld spent a part of
this week with relatives at Borden.
Mr. E. J. I^angley, of Sumter,
spent Monday at Mr. W. F. Bar
field's.
Messrs. G. W. Hatfield, of Borden
and B. F. Hatfleld of Concord spent
Wednesday at Mr. J. J. Hatfield'3.
I Mrs. M. W. Capelle and children
I of Borden are spending some time
j with relatives h>?re.
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Preserving
Season
WE HAVE A FULL LINE
OF
FRUIT JARS
And at prices that are right.
See us before buying,
There are many other things
on which we can make you
interesting prices, as our buy?
ers are now getting ready to
go North on August 1st in
search of Fall stock and there
are some items in nearly every
department we want to clean
up before they leave.
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CLEARANCE SALE OF FINE CLOTHING
NCE a year we offer regular values in light weight suits at very
light weight prices. Now is one of those times. You are fa?
miliar with the goods; they're
HART SCHAFFNER ?Sc MARX
clothes; best made. Better get familiar with these prices.
All $25 Suits Cut to
$16.65
Only for Cash.
Ali $22.50 Suits Cut
to $15
Only for Cash.
All $20 Suits Cut to
$13.35
Only for Cash.
Great Reductions on All Summer Goods.
The D. J. Chandler Clothing Company