The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 02, 1911, Image 4
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The snmter Wstchmsn was round?
ed In list and the Trus Southron In
lift. Tan Wstchmsn and Southron
now has tbe combined circulation and
tamflweno* cf both of the old papers, I
sad Is manifestly the best advertising.
Ham la Burnt er
Refuge In Philosophy.
it misfortune lo your ploaaures
be* *?nt yon to philosophy for relief
-rmnWlB,
gsx Equality,
ting albbling. a woman oats
saat about as much as a man - Atchl
saa Globe
ClassifiestIon of Diamonds.
Tbe diamond called a brilliant has
? facets. A rose diamond is faceted
?sly oat ta?i top; it has a flat bottom.
?arty Advks to Children.
thy father and thy mother"
written among tho three laws
it revered righteousness.?Ass
ssvylus. COO B. C.
Use for ttrest Rubbish.
City authorities of Amsterdam are
considering tbe conversion of the
rubbish as a mssa int j combus
arlqusts for beating boll are.
Plenty of Chinese
tt never Is nsoaaeary to bunt for
sang or to travel far If one la looking
lav a cbnnce to do a goou deed.?Chi
Record Hr raid.
The Odd Change.
The rsJue of tbe farms in Kansas
fa owry ?l.t?t.#**,nnnai rh*? elstv
oo)o coots was for a new wrench and
? quart of gasohn. ? Kanaae Indus
trialtft
fcleelr *eal Cu ary Utsr.aMi
Kte< tries) culinary utensils are gen?
erally odorless, being made on the
vacuum principle, by which the va?
pors are retained inside the recep?
tacle.
Common Custom.
When a native Mexican girl falls In
lovs with a young man. 'no elngs
songs to him?and in due tlms they
are married. It's very much the same
wey in tbs 1'nlted States, if the young
lady la e singer.
Ides In Paper Manufacture,
tt' hi proposed to manufacture pa?
per from pulped blue-gum timber
Tevta have been carried out at Eng
liar paper mills and are said to give
a product equal to that made from
African esparto grass
?stsntlvs Use of Potash.
Potain enters Into ths msklng of
glsss. soap, bleaches, dyes, photo?
graphic chemicals, medicine, explo?
sives, fertilizer snd It uaed In gold
mining and many other industrial pro
Humorous Tssrs.
If you ars feeling downhearted, tell
your sad story to a fat man and get
hin? to crying about it If the tears
rolling down bis vast expanse of cheek
fall to make you laugh, you know
where tbs rlvsr is?Atchlson Globe.
Per Moving Picture*..
Ths tsklng and eihlbltlng of mov?
ing plcturea baa been greatly Im?
proved by the use of the gyroscope.
This stesdtss the tripod while the ex?
posure of the film Is being; made and
lessens tbs vibration while It Is being
projected on the sheet.
Get Pros Trsntportatlon.
Pailroada ?irr* postal clerks derd
bead," and Ibis free transports Ion to
Uncle Ram's *? rvotits Is Mrured hv tho
carrler? to he worth ,i million ?I >llars
a year The roads sre subject to dnm
ages to Injuries pasjat ?d on trains by
the posts! clerks.
New variety of Burglar,
flatbush awoks tbs other morning
to find, to Its surprise, that there Is
one type of burglar which has never
boon brsnded and labeled. Heretofore
tt waa supposed that a specimen ot
every form <<f burglar waa on file at
headquarter*, but no record waa found
of tbe burglar who skins the silver?
ware and cssh and confine* himself to
cold cream, talcum powder and mili?
tary brushes New York Herald
Checking Motton of Ship.
In actual practice the rolling of
ships In the sea has been reduced from
11 per cent to 2 p?-?r SOUt if the
Invention <>f n? rr fYahrn of Hamborg,
His system makea use of water tanks
extending ?hrough the hold transverse?
ly from one side of he boat to the oth?
er and ?he pasaag? of the water from
? ?? other ef
WOMAN'S RICH SECRET
IT IS DISCOVERED WHEN HER
GRAVE 18 OPENED.
Exhumation of Marl* Slgrist's Body
In New York Reveals Bank Books
Which Wars Burlad With
Har.
Naw York.?A remarkable story of
how documents representing a fortune
ware burled with an old woman and
not discovered until her body was ex
burned four months later has been dis?
closed In the surrogate's office here.
The woman was Marie Clemance
Slgrlat. wbo died suddenly in West
Forty-sevon?h street, iu July, 1909.
She bad lived alone for years in com?
parative luxury, and st her death her
relatives were lad to believe she had
been possessed A a large fortune.
But when It cams to collecting her ef*
fects th< re was nothing of value to be '
found, except some old furniture,
books, and clothing. The only money
found was a few penniea. Several
nephews and nieces of the dead wo- I
man recalled she had sold valuable 1
property a few years before she died.
They were at a loaa to account for
the disappearance of the proceeds.
Edward Jacobe, a lawyer, started an
investigation, with the result that an
old will, executed by Mlaa Sigrlst In
1891, was found. At ths time the will
waa drawn Miss B(grist had three sla?
ters living and she bequeathed her
entire estate to them. The sisters
died, however, within a few years, but
no change was made in the will. So
when Marie Clemence Sigrlst died In
1909 her only living relatives were her
nieces and nephews. Tba surrogate
at once Issued letters of administra?
tion to Josephine Sigrlst and Clem- I
ence M. Wedun. nieces of the dead j
women. Then the body of Miss Sigrlst I
w&a exhumed. Carefully concealed !
about her neck were four bank books,
ahowlng she had $11,000 when she
died, and other papers disclosed she
was the owner of property worth thou?
sands of dollars. The only explana?
tion of the burial of the bsnk books
and other documents is that the under?
taker either did not take the trouble
to redress the body before It waa in?
terred or that if this was done, the
undertaker overlooked them. The fact
remains that the nieces and nephewa
of the dead woman have come Into a
fortune that would probably never
have been discovered had their aunt'a
body not been exhumed.
STOLEN KISSES ABE. COSTLY
Wealthy Ranchman Paid |171 for a
Pair < / The-n BVl Declare* They
Were wo.
Adell, Neb? W. A. Slocumb, a
wealthy ranchman living near here,
holds the record for paying the high?
est price for stolen kisses in Nebraa- j
ka. Two of them cost him $175. ?
They were stolen from Mrs, P. L.
Ramsey, whose suitor he is asld to
have been a few years ago.
While on his way to town recently
be noticed Mrs. Ramsey pushing fv
carriage In which slept her baby girl.
Stopping his automobile, Mr. Slocumb
walked up to Mrs. Ramsey and plant?
ed s kiss squarely upon her Hps.
"How dare you!" was all the wom?
an said, aa she fled to her house.
Soon her angry husband, with s war?
rant, was following on horseback the
man In the motor car.
Before Justice Peck, Mr. Slocumb
was fined $75 and costs, which he
paid. Then be walked over to Mrs.
Ramsey and said:
"That kiss was worth all that I paid
for It, and I am going to have anoth- j
er.M He carried out his word.
"How much is the fine?" asked Mr. ;
Slocumb. as he escorted Mrs. Ramsey
who appeared as If she was going to ,
faint, to a chair.
"One hundred dollars, and not a
cent less," thundered the Justice. The
fine was paid.
POISON FOR PRAIRIE DOGS
Texan Contracts to Kill 50,000,000 Ani?
mals on 463,000 Acres of
Ranch Land.
Spur City, Tex.?Charles D Mooie
Is engaged in poisoning 50,000.0(0
prairie loss on the Spur ranch, of
463.000 acres, in Dickens. Kent. Garza
and Crosby counties.
These ground squirrels will cut
down and carry away a field of grain
in a night. Their destructive propra?
alties ari wonderfully developed. '
?They store their winter supplies in
the fall
Allowing rrom 100 to 300 to fin acre,
they so<>n denude the land of grass
or any growing vegetable or grain.
They are dlsapi>earlng like the In?
dians, buffaloes and antelopes. They
can't Uff arben the white man holda
sway
Shot Puts Out Qlsss Eye.
aftddletown, n y While John Con?
nor of Andes. Delaware county, was
walking there wuh a stinging sensa?
tion in his glass eye and the frag
inenta fell at his f?*et. A shot from
an atrgun In the hands of a boy who
had aline,I at a cat had struck the
artificial optic Connor suffered no
Inlu
Tramps Get 22 Years.
I'ottHvllle, i'a. Tramps h> the score
sura i sred out of Behuylklll county
vaa learned that Judge
I sent IW0 of trelr num
her I fof twenty-two year* each.
UNIQUE WEDDING BALL
MARATHON DANCERS STOPPED
ONLY WHEN EXHAUSTED.
Greek Bride Wat Feted at Ball That
Lasted for Houra?Wedding Cere?
mony Lasted Over an
Hour.
St. I ?ouls.?Hundreds of Greeks
danced all night and afternoon to cele?
brate the wedding of Miss Kalllope
Papadopoulos to Jamea Koutsukos at
Druids' Hall. Ninth and Market streets
hero. Continuous dancing at a wed?
ding is a Greek custom and Is kept up
sometimes for two days. As a rule
the dancing ends when the last dancer
drops from exhaustion. The bride
leads the dancing until she is exhaust
ad. This night the revelry was un?
abated save for several of the weaker
dancers who left the floor.
A chair was placed near the musi?
cians on which the male dancers
placed $1 bills as they passed. This
money goes to the musicians. After
the guests had been dancing for two
hours, the cbalr was covered with
money and much bad been laid around
on the floor. There was then over
$800. It was said there would be about
$1,000 for the four musicians when
the dancing should conclude.
The wedding ceremony proper,
which followed tho ritual of the Greek
Orthodox church, was preceded by a
parade of all tho guests in automo?
biles and taxlcabs, led by tho affianced
couple, from the home of the bride to
Druids' Hall. Ten patrolmen wore
kept busy at the home of tho bride, 6
North Grand avenue, to keep the
crowd In order before the parade
started. Tbe line of march was north
on Grand avenue to Law ton avenue,
oaat to Chestnut street and to Ninth
street, and south to the hall. Tt waa
watched by hundreds of spectators.
Rev. P. Phlambolls of Holy Trfirity
Greek Orthodox church officiated at
the wedding ceremony, which lasted
over an hour. Throughout it the
bride and bridegroom each held wax
tapers, which had burned low when, ft
ended.
The dancing began immediately aft?
er the ceremony. It was Interrupted
for refreshments about 5 o'clock. Dan?
cing was resumed after eating, but re?
freshments were constantly served
thereafter. Koutsukos is reputed b?
be one of the wealth lets Greeks In SL
Louis. His bride Is a belle of the
Greek colony.
ch!1 n ?ND collapses;
8rake?van on a Dig four Engine PilOgl
Alert! l'eatr of L.ttle
Girt.
Keuton, Ohio.?J. W. Brauck ui
Carey. Big Four brakeman, standing
on the pilot of a locomotive rushing
toward a little girl caught half way
across a long bridge spanning the
Scioto river, grasped the child's pet?
ticoats and lifted her to safety beside
him as the train passed over the spot
on which she had stood.
Th? child, six years old, had started,
across the bridge, with a brother
younger than she. The children saw
the approaching train before the en
ginemen saw them. The boy, run?
ning ahead of his sister, jumped on
an abutment supporting the bridge.
The girl, panic stricken, stopped. She
was crouching to Jump to the water,,
forty feet below, when Smuck shout?
ed to her to stand still. He realized
that the train could not be stopped j
In time to avoid killing the child and !
reached out his hand in a desperate
attempt to save her.
Smuck collapsed after the train was
stopped. While the train crew gath-1
ered about him the rescued child |
scampered away without telling her;
Lame.
Dldnt Appreciate Pipe's Color.
"The meerschaum has indeed fal- :
len on evil days when its most devout- j
ly to be wished for condition arrives i
and is mistaken for a fault," a pipe
repairer said as he produced a finely {
colored example of its kind for inspec?
tion. "Thia is a very good pipe and
you see how beautiful it turned out
after being boiled.
"The young chap who brought It In
to me, though, had a different idea
about the matter. After pointing out
the discoloration caused by the tobac?
co smoke he demanded that I remove
it and mako the pipe white again. I
thought he was Joking at first, but
finally concluded that 1 was actually
talking to a man who had no concep?
tion of the number of generations who
have burned their tongues and parch?
ed their throats to get their meer?
schaums Into the condition his was
in at that minute.
"Finally I convinced him of the
true state of affairs and ho left his
pipe with me, not to bo made Immac?
ulate Once more, but to be boiled un?
til the COlOf was permanently 'set.'
"I suppose that's tho kind of peo?
ple," the pipe man moodily conclud?
ed, "who want to have all the weath?
ered bran as statues scrubbed ami pol?
ltsbed unth they shine like brass."
Holstein Cows In Demand.
I Tbe Holstein cowa are now in great*
i er demand in dalrj localities than any
other brood and they have boon In*
creasing In value t<r the past few
years.
Sunratb for Milk Vessels.
Milk pani and palls are nil the bet?
ter for a good sunbath in a sweoti
airy place, after having boon washed,
scald. ?1 and drb l
Send us > our Job woi k?
Chamber of Commerce Note*.
Telephone 100.
rhe Retailers tssoclatlon of the
tnerchanta of Sumte.*, is now an as?
sured lad. on Wednesday a meeting
was held, at which By-Laws were
adopted, and the following oillcers
elected: Mr. J. 11. Levy, of Levy &
Moses, President; Mr. Josepl Al,
Chandler, Vice President; and Mr. A.
V. Snell, Secretary and Credit Mana?
ger. Forty Rotation were represent
ed. The following is u list of the
members Of this association:
Bakers,
New York Bakery,
Bicycles.
H. L. Tisdale.
Hooks & Stationery.
Knight Bros.
Parrott'a Book Store.
Buggies, Carriages, Wagons and
Harness,
Booth-liarby Live Stock Co.
Epperson, Geo. F.
Cigars & Tobacco.
King, J. K.
Clothing A. Men's Furnishings.
Chandler, Jojeph M.
Chandler, I>. J. Clothing Co.
Stubba Bros.
Sumter Clothiaig Co.
Drujjaists.
DeLormo's Pharmacy.
Hearon, J. Z.
Dry Goods Sc Notions.
Sumter Dry Goocfif Co.
Schw.-.rts Bros.
Shaw & McCollum Mercantile Co.
Flcotrical Contractor St Supplies.
T. M. Bradley & CbV
Furniture.
Wltherspoon Bros.
J. D. Cralg Furniture <T<k I
Vogel, E. W.
Mercer, J. C. I
General Merchandise*
Ducker & Bultman.
Lev I Bros.
O'Donnell & Co.
Grocers.
Cuttino & McKnight.
Levy & Moses.
Phelps, V. H.
Strauss, A. A. & Co.
Hardware.
Hums Hurdware Co.
Durant Hardware Co.
furnter Hardware Co.
Jewelers.
Folsom, L. W.
McCormack Jewelry Co. j
Thorn peon, W. A.
Meat Markets. j
PfsmbfTi riiutei lit : iit or o.n^ j
Job Prim r>.
cum.. ? ' Tinting
? fateea Publishing Co.
Snsh & Doors.
McKlever, J. W.
Shoes.
Bultman Bros.
The object of this association is for
tfiorn'jgh cooperation among the
merchants of the city. By this co?
operation, the merchants expect to
be able to eliminate useless and fraud?
ulent advertising. They have agreed
that no member shall advertise
through any medium, or in any
form, except in the newspapers, per?
sonal letters, circulars and billboards,
without the endorsement of the Ad?
visory Board." Hereafter no adver?
tising wll be done through special
mediums as special publications, j
which return litle or nothing to the 1
merchants and are In fact pure
donations, and not legitimate adver?
tising.
The secretary was instructed to
proceeed at once with the organiza?
tion <?f a Credit Bureau. With this
Bureau will be tiled statements from
each merchant, showing the paying
qualities of each individual customer J
for the entire trade territory. This
Information will be at the command of
each ami every member of the Be
tall Association. Fach merchant d^-|
sires to make a good Showing of
every Individual customer In this re?
port. It Is hoped*, therefore, that all
outstanding accounts will be adjusted
as rapidly as possible,
, The Retail Association will fur-;
ther take up the collection of old ac?
counts through Its Credit Manager.
The Association will affiliate with
the credit departments of othei
Chambers of Commerce In this and
j other states. By this system, credits
and claims r;m be secured and col
looted bi practically every large city
1 in tin- country:
I The merchants will later organlsea
bargain day for Sumter. Other mat?
ters, such as streets, sidewalks, win?
dow decorating, advertising and or
l
dinances relating ti< their Interest,
will be discussed f?r?m time to time
;it the various me titles of the aSSO
I elation,
( At this meeting s committee was
appointed to wall on the city coun
?11 and request that they order thai
? the police keep the sidewalks open
' for traffic al all times. The side?
walks are constantly crowded With
loungers who obstruct traffic and
?tade and win-in the police, it Is re
quested, will order to stand out along
the . urb or to move on, This is a
condition th:i! WOUld Dot be tolerated
in any City,
\ hiir picnic was held al Pocalla
Thursday,
WAMS TO MOVE PLATFORM.
raiioUtf Affairs in and Around
Mayest llle.
.'pedal to The Daily Item.
Itayeevllle, July ;?.?There is
some agitation now a* to the loca?
tion ?jf th ? coton weigher's platform
for the aj proachlng season, w. s.
Chandler, who was re-elected to tbe
position aid has held tho same with
general satisfaction for several sea?
sons, ha* heretofore rented ;i lot
from J. W. Cooper and has his plat?
form [oca sd on a very convenient
spot, but he Hayes Hardware Com?
pany wish* ? to extend its store about
thirty feet ami this extension will
somewhat block tbe weigher's plat?
form. Ag tin, some of the buyers
want the ( OttOn weighed at the depot
platform or their convenience and
have been agitatinK this move for
the past st i3on or two. Mr. Chandler
Is willing t > move his platform to suit
all parties concerned and if the mat?
ter can be arraivgod satisfactorily
with tho railway authorities, the
weighing \ ill probably be done at the
depot as s the case In many towns.
Crops ai e beginning to look rath?
er wilted as the result of the dry
spell and *otton has lost appreciably
in the last week while' the corn crop
is alnu- t ? failure in some sections
of the cou i*y. If ther.' is no consid?
erable rai ?fall within the next day
or two, there is no telling the dam?
age to the Cotton crop. It has been
many year, since it has bad" the wilt?
ed appeal ance It bears now. The
fruit and garden crops are .-ufferinr
greatly ami most garden true'/, is be?
yond rederiptlon as It is.
The hanJsome Mayes I mild'..g on
the cornei of Main and EatfayetftB
Streets is lbout ready for ojcupancy
and the Punk of Mayesville has al?
ready moved Its safe Into the vault.
i This bank will have one of the moot
j convenient and handsome banking
; houses in the State considering that
j it Is one < f the younger and smaller
, banks. The store rooms in this build?
ing have bean rented and will be oc?
cupied wit lin the next two weeks by
merchants carrying a complete and
j up-to-date stock of goods.
1 AJ already mentioned last week.
I work has been dela\ed on the new
i hot-^I building being erected by W. N.
McElveen >n account of delay in get?
ting lumtx r. However, this building
has b^en progressing satisfactorily,
r ? n* f^<> most com
particular. T. B. eon .... u
is the cont "actor of this building.
Messrs. H. Newman, one of the
leading gr >cers of the town, and
King and Gardner, one of the most
popular trug firms, will install a
large erect ic light plant within the
next few .veeks. They will supply
fights to a large number of the busi?
ness house: and fan power, also. This
will be a great improvement and one
long desi 'ed and the promoters
should mal e a success of the under?
taking. Electric lights for the
streets wil no doubt follow within
a short tin e as the town authorities
have alwa>d had trouble in securing
good street lights, although they have
tried a number of patented lights
and expenced a goodly stun cf mon?
ey for the same. The present lights
are giving very good satisfaction,
however.
Mrs. Rota Shannon and Miss Mil?
dred Mille ? of Jefferson, who have
been visiting Miss Eime Mayes, re?
turned home this morning.
Mrs. Edit abet h W. Mayes and sons
will leave tomorrow morning for
Pork Shoals, Greenville county, to
visit Mr. a id Mrs. W. P. Xesblt.
Miss Cat Tie Mayes. who been at
home on i visit, left this morning
for Whitev lie, N. C. to resume her
duties as ttenograbper there*
Miss Kathleen Calift, of Barnwsll,
who has been visiting Miss Leila
Uurgsss, returned home this morning.
Miss Lizzie Wilson It visiting ner
?laier, Mrs. j. \v. Wastbury of Har
kyville.
Atlas Etabacaa Heid, "f st. Charit >,
Is visiting her Bister, Mrs. W. G.
homaSt
Mrs. W. W. Gardner h;.s gone to
Mr. Pleasant to spend SOBSS time wiih
retatlveai
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Chandler left
this morning for Glean springs in
th.-ir tourlni oar.
Lev. H. A. Knox and family have
gone on a month s vacation, spend?
ing some time at Kiohland, S. C, and
in Statesville, X. C.
Messrs; Isaac Goldman and J.
Denemark left Sunday afternoon for
Baltimore and other northern points
on a business trip.
Mr. J. C. Jones has returned from
an extended trip to Florida points,
where he has b*?en visiting relatives
and attending to business matters,
lie was accompanied home by his
brother, Mr. Pritton JOnea; who lives
in Florida.
Mr. W. J. Muldrow and family of
Anderson are visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Muldrow.
Mrs. R. A. Chandler. Sr., and Miss
Fannie Chandler have returned home
from a visit in the Piedmont section.
I "W. T. G."
Hay Fever, Asthma nnd Summer
Colds.
Must be relieved quickly and Fo
ley's Honey and Tar Compound will
do it. E. M. Stewart, 1034 Wolfram
St., Chicago, writes: "I have been
greatly troubled during the hot sum?
mer months with hay fever and find
that by using Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound I get great relief." Many
others who suffer similarly will be
prlard to benefit by Mr. Stewart's ex?
perience. Sibert's Drug Store.
Storm pipe connections and sand
traps have been installed at the cor?
ners of Main and Canal streets and
Hampton avenue and Main street,
nnd are now being put in on the
I corner of Main and Liberty streets.
A King Who Left Home
set the world to talking, but Paul
Mathulka. of Buffalo. X. Y., says he
always keeps at home the King of
all laxatives?Dr. King's Xew Life
Pills?and that they're a blessing to
all his family. Cure constipation,
headache. Indigestion, dyspepsia. Only
25c at Sibert's Drug Store.
-
Vets are good things in their
om Afeeuas Ssass 01 i ay.
Kidney trouble and the ills it breeds
means lost time and lost pay to
many a working man. M. Balent,
1214 Little Penna St., Streator, 111.,
was so bad from kidney and blad?
der trouble that he could not work,
but he says: "I took Foley Kidney
Pills for only a short time and got
entirely well and was soon able to
go back to work, and am feeling well
and healthier than before." Foley
Kidney Pills are tonic in action, quick
in results?a good friend to the
working man or woman who suffers
from kidney ills. Sibert's Drug Store.
NOTICE.
I have sold my interest in the firm
of The S. M. Pierson Co., to Mr. S.
M. Pierson and will after August
15th be with Mr. J. J. Whilden. who
bought out the firm of Von Oshen
and Shlrer last January, Is doing
business in the same lines at the
same old stand on Bast Hsmpton
avenue. I shall be pleased to have
my friends send there for work in
hi3 lines. Mr. Whllden is prepared
to give satisfaction in horse shoeing,
carriage, buggy and wagon repairing,
in fact, any kind of blacksmith work.
I st sill use my best efforts to give
prompt service and satisfactory
work. T. V. WALSH.
8-l-.?,t.
Large Assortment of
FRUIT JARS
When in need of these [goods conic to Sibert's
1 )i uo Stotv.
We have Ihe K. Z. Seal and Mason Jars in all
si7es, also extra tops.
Would appreciate your calling on us when in
need ot these goods.
Sibert's Drug Store,
W. W. MBl KT.
8 South Main St
Phone No. 233