The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 16, 1911, Image 5
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PFItSON At.
Mm. 8. K Rowland and son have
Sirlved from Henderson, N\ C. and
Mr. and Mr*. Rowland have estab?
lished their home at Nfl PtK Wee*
Hampton avenue.
Mre. John Ha>n*\\orth has return?
ed to the ? Ity after a visit to relative?1
In Wlnnaboro. |
Mian Edith Moore, of Charleston, la
visiting Mrs. Nelson on Church St.
Sheriff Hubert Muldrow, of Blsh
opvllle. waa in town Friday.
Mr. W. D, DuBose, of Hartsville,
; passed through the city on Friday
on his way to Columbia.
Mr. Pilney Kllgo, of Bishopvllle,
passed through the city on Friday
on his way home after a week'a stay
at Glenn Springs.
Mrs. Charles DeSaussure Clarkson,
I of Charleston, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Ed. P. Kieker, on North Main
street
Mrs. Archie Chins. accompanied
by Misses Minnie Williamson and La?
dle DeLorme. have returned from a
delightful trip to Niagara Falls and
a- Canada.
Mr. J. C. Lowry has accepted a
positior with the A. C. L. freight
department In Columbia and left for
that place Saturday morning.
Mr. Clarence Myers patted through
. the city Saturday on hla wtv to
' Congaree to visit relatives.
Mr. Ii. C. Haynaworth has gone to
Greenville for a stay of two weeks.
Mr. Frank P. Burgess, of Summer
ton stopped In town for a sh >rt time
Saturday on his way to Wedge
field.
' Mr. Alex. M. Broughton \? ent to
Columbia Saturday.
Mr. Murray Nelson has returned
from a pleasant stay at Wrightsville
Besch, N. C.
Mr. Edwin Rrunson left Saturday
P for Columbia where he has ac?
cepted a position on the Columbia
Record.
Miss Edith Moore who has been
spending some time vlettlng Miss Nel?
son on Church street, returned home
Saturday.
P Mr. R- I. Manning has returned
bom.- from his trip to Boston where
he attended the Convention of Ad
verttalnr Clubs V
? sj Atya Bf *d?> , ? , l< ft oa
latardavy f"r l:idgewa> whore she
will* spend soate time with r atWea
J Hf
Mr. W. M. Manning has returned
to the city after s stsy of a couple
of days In Charleston.
Mr. J. D. Shirer made s trip from
here to Charlotte and back Thursday
r in his Maxwell runabout car.
Mr. W. D. Vlnson, of Raft In*
Creek, was In town Saturday.
Mr. H. W. Beall. of Malesvllle, v
In the city Saturday.
Mr. Henry Moore, of Wedgetlel
was in the city awhile Saturday.
' Little Miss Katherlne McKagen
">ae returned to Camden after a visit
to friends in the city.
Miss Margaret Myers of Camden.
Is on a Melt to friends In the city.
Mlases Sarah and Adele Hurlot, of
l'r< \ideace and Mr. Robert B. Wit*
^ son snd daughter, Miss Gwathmey,
of St. Charles, are the guests of Mr.
snd Mrs. Eugene A. Brown.?Camden
Newa
Mrs. K. E. Muldrow. Sr., waa sent
to the hospital last week at Sum
^ ter. She stood the trip well and la
making good progress for recovery.?
Bishopvllle Vlndw ator.
Miss Emma Boyle, of Sumter.
spent Monday In Camden.?Camden
News.
Mia* M.tud Bradham, || Manning,
spent Saturday In the city with Mrs.
B. J. (irler.
Mlas Th?-n Stokes ha? return?
ed after ?pending two week* in ('run?
den.
Mlas Margaret Louise Bryan has re
' turned from a trip of three WsatU
spent In Aahe\ lib .
Mr. Gerald Ryan, of Wcdgetleli
waa In the etty Monday.
M?ft*r*. F. R. and R. II. Maaon
Irft <>n Monday fur Greenville,
Texna. to reaume work at thet place
after ap**nritng a holiday of six weeks
with their par.-nta In the city.
Mlas Clam Jordon. of BSSMSSttSVfllSv
atopp?*d t.y h?-r?? for a SSSJfds of days
on her way from Jarks ?nvllle, ITi..
where ehe has b* ? u v l*lt I r. g h? r
slater. Mrs. Lew lloyt.
i Mr. G. F Ifaynsworth left M.?r\
(iav for Ilendersonvllle for a ten
da. * stay at that pho?? and at Ashe
vllle.
Mr*. It. I? I'.urr w ? r< t |s Gatasabft
Monday morning to \ Mt relatives at
that plar.'.
Mr. Wlllb- Marshall b ft Monday
k for a trip to f'nlumbli and Li'l
??ena.
Mr. Jamex Cfcaadlef left lists >n? rn
rlng for Davidson ?'??'.?.-. folns by
way of Camden, where ho will stop
o\er for some time.
Mrs. Lew Hoyt. of Jacksonville,
Flu., Is visiting relatives In the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Ahe KytenU-rg have
returned from u stay of se\t-ial weeks
at Atlantic City and other point!
north.
Mr. K. M. Warten has returned
from Htndortonvllli where he
spent last week .
Mr. P. L. Shenck passed through i
the city Monday on his way to [
Camden after spending the week-end j
In Charleston. He will go on to Da- J
I vldson College with Mr. James j
Chandler of this city.
j Miss Edith Moore, of Charlotte, is
spending some weeks with her cous
j In, Mrs. M. S. Nelson, on Church
strest.
Mr. and Mrs. ft, B. Belser have re
! turned from a trip to Canada and
Niagara Falls.
Mr. W. A. Spann, of Providence,
spent Monday in the city.
Death of an Infant.
1 Dorothy, the infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Rowland, died
at 1:30 o'clock Friday at Henderson,
IN. C, where Mr. . Rowiand and
family are now visiting. The funeral
services and interment were at
Henderson Saturday morning.
, Death of Mr. J. W. Dlxon.
News reached here that Mr. Joseph
? W. Dlxon had died suddenly at his
daughter's home at McBee, last Friday
i about 4 o'clock a. m. Mr. Dixon bad
I gone to his daughter's and took sick
I soon after getting to her home. His
body was brought to Bishopville that
evening and carried out to his
I brother's home. Mr. R. O. Dlxon. and
next morning at 10 o'clock the Masons
took charge of the body and the fun?
eral services were held at the Pres?
byterian curch, conducted by Rev.
H. R. Murcblson and his body laid
to rest beside his wife in the old
grave yard.
Mr. Dixon was 69 years old and a
member of the Methodist church. He
was quite and unassuming In manner
but his comrades in army say, "no
braver soldier ever met the enemy,
none count so many battles fought as
he or of individual valiant deeds.
Mr. Dixon leaves several children
and a large circle of relatives and
friends to mourn his death.?Bish?
opville Vindicator.
Messrs H. V. Reld and James Bur
kett left Saturday morning at 11:30
for a trip to Charlotte and arrived
at that town at 4 o'clock In the af?
ternoon. They stopped at Camden
for a 30-mlnute dinner, giving them
four hours time on the road. Mr.
Reld reported that the roads from
Camden on to Charlotte were in fine
condition.
THE MAYF.svil.i.i: ELECTION.
Managen of Election at Tliat Pro?
duct Make Statement Respecting
Manner in Which Election Was
t'oiR^'tCil.
To the suitor of Tin [tern:
Mayesville luts kept silent during
the recent election for bondi for
good roads and the newspaper ur
ticles that have appeared In ths press
concerning the issue both before and
alter the election. Nothing would
have appeared from thit town and
Vicinit) in "the columns of this or
any other newspaper in regard to
the issue had it not been for the
gctlon of the county election com?
missioners in throwing out the
Mayesville box, thus giving the good
roads bonds advocates a majority.
We, the managers of the election at
this precinct, wish to place on rec?
ord that the election was conducted
according to law at this precinct in?
sofar as the instructions issued to pa
are concerned. The instructions
printed in the newspapers said noth?
ing concerning the presentation of J
registration certificate! and there
were no instructions issued with the
ballot boxes. Accordingly, it was pre?
sumed that the election was to be
conducted as a regular primary elec?
tion. We will leave this to any at- i
torney not prejudiced or any honest
minded citizen to investigate for hlm
self if he so desires.
Again, in regard to the fourteen ,
names said to be found on the poll
list and having voted in this election
but whose names do not appear on
the registration books, we wish to
?ay that if affidavits could be secured
from these gentlemen as to how they
voted, we believe it would be found
that at least one-half voted in fa?
vor of the bonds, thus showing that
the managers did not attempt to show
discrimination in allowing persons to
vote. We are willing that this secur?
ing of affidavits be put to the test.
Further ,it Is very strange that the
boxes at Shiloh and a box in the city
of Sumter were not likewise thrown
out. If two votes were thrown out
of the box at Shlloh on account of
the voters namer not appearing on
the registration books, why was not
the whole box thrown out? This
would have given tho "yes" eide a
still larger majority. If a voter in
the city of Sumter cast his vote In
the wrong box, why was not the box
thrown out? If he voted In the wrong
box, he could not have had his name
on the poll list of that ward or box,
consequently he was an illegal voter
and the managers of that box allow?
ed him to vote Illegally. We would
like for some one to enlighten us
along these lines. Perhaps the hon?
orable county attorney can do so.
It seems to be a matter of pure
discrimination against the Mayesville
box and we simply wish to place the
matter In its true Light before the
public, As to why there was such a
large majority agalnet the issuing
of the bonds at the box here, we
have nothing to say, although some?
thing could be said on the matter,
but we believe that if the vote here
had been reversed, and the whole
vote in the county had been a tie, this
box would never had been thrown
out.
W. N. McELYEEN,
J. A. FOX WORTH,
J. C. JONES.
Managers of Mayesville box.
MayeJvttUe, Aug. 11. 1011,
STATEMENT OF PACTS.
Why Mayesville Doi Was Thrown
Out by Commissioners of Election?
Mayesville Managers Had No Fx- j
cum? for Disregarding Law?
Mr. Editor:
As Clerk o fthe Hoard of Com
mlssoners of State Elections, I desire
to give a few facts by way of reply
to tho article signed by the managers
of the Mayesville box.
At least one of the managers, Mr.
McElveen, has had considerable ex?
perience as an election manager and
he certainly knew that an election
called by the Commissioners of State
Elections was not a primary. The
ether mnnagers were Intelligent men
and should have known this also.
Neither of the three came for the
box, but a message was sent them,
< by the gentleman who was asked by
them to get th\> box and instructions
from me) to be strict as to enforce?
ment of all legal requirements, I
^ent blank oaths, tickets, returns
and other blanks, together with the
registration book, and the sending
of this book was in itself sufficient
notice to intelligent men that the
election was not a primary election*
The votes which were thrown out
In the Shiloh and Sumter boxes had
been challenged and were enclosed
in envelopes by the managers and
were passed upon in that condition.
They were never counted either by
the managers or Commissioners.
The Commissioners signified their
willingness to Investigate any box in
the county and it seems to me to be
in very bad taste for the managers of
the Mayesville box to make the
charges they have against the Com?
missioners, who acted intelligently
and strictly according to law. These
managers should either know what
they are writing about or keep out of
print.
The Commissioner* counted the
voets of the entire county very care?
fully and made ? record theerof.
The law requires 'hat a certificate
if nd tax receipt t>e presented by th<
rrrrrr fccfr.io he is allowed to cast his
ballot. While It was known that
thcase requirements were not observ?
ed in the Mayesville box, yet this be?
ing a purely technical question no
boxet were objected to on this
ground. The Board wert requested,
however, to check the poll list of
the Mayetvillt precinct with tht
regtltrttlon book of that precinct and
it was found that fourteen men had
VOted Whoee names were not upon tht
registration book and who were,
thorefort, not entitled to vote..
The very serious charge against
i
I the Commissioners that they had de?
cided the question according to their
own inclinations will doubtlttt be |
Laken up by the Chairman. Mr. J. E.
I >uPre.
B, F. MILLER,
Clerk Board Blacetton Com.
MM, WARREN WAS REGISTERED.
Editor Item:
Please publish the following state
ment:
I notice my name among others
published in the Item by the Board
of Election as not being registered.
Now I do not know anything about
the other parties, but wish to say that
they have made a mistake about me.
aa I am registered and have voted in
e\M ry election since 1J75.
Yours truly,
J. B. WARREN.
Mr. WaiTSn't staement that he is
a registered voter may be correct,
but his name was not on the regis?
tration book used at Mayesvillt in the
election and this would have pre?
vented his voting in the election un
1< tt he secured a voucher from the
county clerk that his name was on
the original of the registration
books.
Calling a Halt to the Paving.
The Sumter colony at Beaufort, in?
cluding one of the alderman, has
taken a vote, Mr. Editor, and we sre
unanimously opposed to stopping the
laying of the Main Street paving out
of consideration for the cotton W*>
gous, The opinion largely prevails,
hem and elsewhere, that the cotton
wagons lined up on Main Street are
a nuisance anyhow. The cotton is
bought and sold by sample, the
weighing is done near the depot, and
there is no need for the long array
of wagons on the principal street of
the town. The city fathers should re?
member that we have long waited
for what is now being clone-?the
paving of the street, and it is to be
hoped that in their wisdom they will
consign the wagon display to Sum?
ter or Harvin street, and allow the
I good work of paving to go on. I am
I wtitlttg; ttf?i In H e interest of a long
suffering people, and I am glad to
? kr ?v that you r.re leaning to this
samt tl"! oi th< quts Ion. I hont
\ i a i i t tzores ' tursell f j'i' *
forcibly, and generate a strength of
public opinion that will cause our
aldermen to sit up and take notice.
C. C. BROWN,
Beaufort, S. C.
FIRE MONDAY MORNING.
Ilou>c Near Those Burned ^aiunlay
Caught on Fire.
Ont of the wooden shacks, facing
<.n Main street, near the scene of the
lire Saturday, caught on tire Monday
morning shortly before noon and con?
siderable damage was done the roof of
the building, Which is owned by the
Sumter Commercial Heal Estate com?
pany.
The tire caught from a defective
(lug in a part of the building In which
Luelien T?te runs a restaurant and
cook shop. The tire burned very
slowly and she was given time to
move all of her things out and no
damage was done save that done by
the water which was not a great deal
as most of the goods were moved
cut before the water reached them.
The fire burned very slowly and
although it took the hose wagons
some time to reach the scene, it did
not break out until just before the
witer was turned on.
I IKK MONDAY AFTERNOON.
Lightning Strikes House of Mr. Mott
Lescsne on Calhoun Street.
Monday afternoon shortly before 3
o'clock lightning struck Mr. Mott
Leeesne's house on W. Calhoun street
tearing a number of the shngles off
and scorching part of one side. The
lightning also set the house on fire,
and the alarm was sent in by Mr.
Charley Rhame who saw the fire
when it started, but before the blaze
could spread someone climbed on
top of the house and put out the
blaze.
The hose wagons were called out
and a large crowd collected and went
to the scene of the fire, but the Are
department had no fire to fight when
they arrived upon the scene as it waa
already out.
Mr. E. Wf Parker, one of the up
to-date and prosperous farmers of
the Providence section, sent to the
Item office today one of the largest
melons seen in the city this season.
The melon, besides being a beauty to
look upon, was of delicious flavor and
every member of the Item office force
showed his hearty appreciation of
the gift when the time came for the
eating.
t
Now that most of the trees have
been cut down JO Cft'd
J md gotten out the s/aj . storm pipe
; Uns is oeing laid on the street and
Ipreparations uie being mads to wid
I en the street. f.>ur feet having
v... tu me City from their lot
by Messrs Manning, Rowland and
Shore and the same width having
been purchased from Messrs. Kress
and Company by the city for the
purpose of widening the street.
Jusl: a Glance at These Prices
ON
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
will tell you that you ought to save a little clothes money
right away. There's a real opportunity here. It comes
twice a year and no more at this sl:ore.
ALL $25.00 SUITS
REDUCED TO
$16.65
Strictly Cash.
ALL $22.50 SUITS
REDUCED TO
ALL $20.00 SUITS
REDUCED TO
$15.00
Strictly Cash.
$13.35.
Strictly Cash.
The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.