The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 13, 1911, Image 7
mou>: oiisiiiiv vnoxs.
IHM off The Rea?*<m Why Wo Should
Ha*e a County Fair.
Much Interest Is manifested In the
proponed iiitr.i ultural and live stock
association. Chairman I. I. Parrott,
of the Rural Relations Committee re?
turned to Sumter last Saturday after
an ahsencs of several days. He has
conferred with the promoters cf ths
association and will immediately
send out notices to members of his
committee for a meeting one day
this week.
In addition to the Hural Relations
Committee of ths Chamber of Com?
merce, the following other committees
of that Organisation will l>e called
In conference with Mr. Parrott's
committee on the Agricultural and
Industrial Kilr Asoclatlon question
this week Finance. Extension of
Trade. Encouragement of Home
Supply. Farn? Improvsments, Educa?
tion, and Advisory Bosrd of ths Re?
tailers' Association.
Mr. E. 1. Ueardon has been busy
Interviewing lumbers of Surnter bus?
iness men. snd has spoken to a num?
ber of our Isxdtng farmers about the
proposed association. Secretary
Snail, of ths Chamber of Commerce
is working heartily with Messrs Par?
rott and Reardon. and It now looks
oo though ths preliminary work of
organisation Is wsll under way.
A thorough understanding and
eo-epoeatlon. between the promoters
means a great deal towards success.
Those things are assured. What Is
now needsd Is widespread Interest
on ths part of the membership of
the Chamber of Commerce, the Re
tall Association, and ths farmers of
Sumtei county.
A "Orsater Sumter" now looms up
In ths picture. Things look bigger
for the future. Tsmporary adversity
often strengthens determination to
win out Ws profit by the lessons
of hard ttmee. That never say die
spirit, so characteristic of Sumter
comes sturdily to ths front when It Is
needed.
One sesson of sight csnt cotton csn
not keep back Sumter enterprise.
With an sntlrs ysar of hard work
on the part of the farmers, their
wives, sons, and daughters, exhibited
In the fall of ths year at a county
fair, ths spectacle of what Sumter,
county can do. shown In concreto
form. In many ways, will bs a big ad?
vertisement of the superiority of
Sumter county aa a dsstrebls place in
which to llvs and maks a good living.
But there must be some Incentive
or isdueemsnt to stir up ths ksen
Industrial rivalry necessary to bring
about results. Our business men
most get togstbsr and arrange for
prises of such a kind as will stimulate
competition among the people 'f
Sumtsr County.
The Sumter merchants will be big
beaeffktartco of a successful counvy
fair. Se will ths real estate dealers,
sad all other business men. But to
sum It up In short order, every?
body in Sumter will bs benefited by
a big and successful county fair held
In Sumtsr each fall. Ths financial
ban f t? o ? nung directly from the
preeenes of thousands In this city an?
nually ittendlng a county fair, while
gstg*. srs nevertheless inconsider?
able when compared with the wide?
spread benefits arising from ths In
tersst aroused among the agricul?
tural masses towards raising hun?
dreds of th?? <?nd of dollars worth
of home necessities Instead of send?
ing off for those comuvreial , >mmo
dltles as ws do now.
Back up the proposed Agricultural
and Industrial Fair As*n-latlon. If
the Orsngeburg County Fair cleared
14.000 this veer upon an in\estm rr
of 92.500. there Is gej reason win
stock In th.- gl >poaed Sumter Agri?
cultural and Industrial Fair Associa?
tion can not be made to pay as big
dividends.
With eight lines of rsllway tit pres.
ant. and the ninth Ilm? soon t > he
OOnip?"ted to Sumter tthe Seaboard
Air Lina), Sumter has the very best
geographical location for drawing
thousands of people from the coun?
ties of Fast Carolina to an annual
fair.
With th.nVSSjIegg morning and
afternoon schedules over nine lines
of railroad which thH city will have
vary soon, penetrating many counting
from different polnta of the com?
pass. Sumter Is the natural center
for an ?*ri ???? ,rn ,nl hv sto. k as?
sociation
The business tahH-dinont?? ,,f
Sumter must get Into the clos >st
possible elbow touch with the fanner <
snd country merchants within n ra?
dius of one hundred gfUfg of Sum
ter. The magnllhent railway fa
ellltb^ make this comparatively
easy. If the Sumf r business men wl'l
pull together f??r get |asjgfg*ss ge>
castors such as eounty fairs, bargain
days fall or spring f?-dlvals. conven?
tion*. .? ,| other advortlslng and trade
drawing occasions.
Th#? pr<.|M.He.l booster and eduea
t'.m ? I 'rip of Sumt- r and Sumter
Countx business SgeSj and firmer* to
Beaton New Tork. Wnshir gton. H .I
thsiore. ICIehmond and othet manu
Ose?o*ti m ^"** tf ea^ ?a md retr M trade
centers will be one of the moat profi?
table and at the same tlme<%ph-asant
and Instructive events ever to be
pulled off by our local commercial
organization.
From fifty to one hundred business
men thrown continuously together
for ten days, eating, sleeping, and go?
ing about sight seeing together for
that length of time will certainly
bring about a feeling of co-operation,
"get together" spirit, and ex?
change of Ideas that will mean a
great deal for the future of Sumter,
city and county.
With a modern ho el of such size
as to accommodate conventions Sum?
ter could easily capture some of the
numerous trade and other conven?
tions that are going t<> other places.
Sumter should be a convention city.
Our location makes Sumter an ideal
place for conventions. All that Is
needed Is additional hotel accommo?
dations.
It is dollars to doughnuts that Sum?
ter city has more paved residential
streets than any other place in South
Carolina, Charleston excepted, and
In proportion to population, area and
square mile*, more than Charles?
ton.
Sumter has as pure, and health
promoting drinking water U3 can be
found anywhere In the world. Sum?
ter la aa free from epidemic diseases
as almost any place you can mention.
Our winter climate is superior to the
climate of many of the elaborately es?
tablished and well patronized winter
resorts of the country. Tourists who
have spent months here say this. A
modern hotel will get the winter tour?
ists trade alright, with a little judi?
cious advertising, and the Southern
Railway, tne Seaboard Air Line, and
the Atlantic Coast Line, through their
traft!. and industrial departments will
go a long ways towards advertising
Sumter's magnificent winter climate
If we get that large and modern hotel.
The Chamber of Commerce will also
do a lot of advertising that will at?
tract attention to Sumter.
"Observer."
To Reap That Which They Sowed.
Manning Times,
The supreme court has refused to
grant Garllngton and Toung a re?
hearing In the case where they were
convicted for their connection with
>e Semlnole swindle, and unless the
attorneys have another means to
keop their clients out of the peniten?
tiary there is nothing left for them
but to serve out their aentencea.
There has been a large petition from
Leurens county sent to the Governor
asking him to pardon these two young
men, but what the governor will do
remans to be seen; they were tried
and convicted after a fair trial, and
It seems to us they should pay the
penalty for their misdeeds the same
as If they were not members of pre m
inent families, the fact of their com?
ing from good people should have
deterred them from prepetrating a
swindle, and practically atoallng mon?
ey from Innocent people, who trusted
them because of their faully stand?
ing. The governor should not per?
mit himself to show sympathy for
these men. We realize that It is hard
for a man to refuse a petition num?
erously signed, but when he considers
that Oarllngton and Yourg did not
confine their pecu.atlons to their
home county, but sent ou their en
tlclng dragnet over the Stato. then
a petition from the hone county
ought to hsj hacked Hp by those who
were duped In the State before any
I iflon be given for clemency.
Marriage Mcviim? Record,
M . s w.ro is-oird Weu
?ajtdlf
Mi it:., and Mteea
virgi: Harby ?>f this city
>avta and Mln Mi?
ll' Bunter,
d Cterftf Lawson
? f W olor.-d. also obtained
i tttSfMeV
Mercl.riiM Do <iiil?dmUM Decorating.
?' "i more meeoheati have
Join d Mo liar] f those who have be
Kon t>.. i Chtratmajg decoration of
Ibetf wladewz and tin-re are stm
gftgfi v ho will fl] their show wln
I i la attractive holiday style in
th?' i." lew d ays.
I* I'.d . ; has put In some
' hfl work In whit.' und gr.-.-n OH
one of his ?hov windows ond afoaei
ur'-.?n ha* g display of Chrtetmoi
lost to please the children*! hearti
Parrotfs Honk Store has get forth t..
th?> gri'p ?.f peeaertby a beautiful line
?>* stationery and Phelps bag dis?
played some nuts, fruit? und gro?
? r gg to tempt the minds of |bg
ggrOOOwifi already beul on buying
Christmas gQOdlOQ Slciw gnd Mc?
Collum and the Sumt*>r Pry Hood*
hav?? nrran*r<-d tbe|r v | dOWl In
Cbrtotgaag attire, with tori dress
vnodn holiday aorettlea lc? t?n gt?
traettvoly displayed,
The OUSaher of falso alarms and
Otbof nsi gaj . .11 wbleh have h an
nods on the fire department lately
should warrant the fire department
comm tfee in tnklr.g gomo *t.?ps to
CHAMBER OP COMMERCE NOTES.
Automobil?- Factory.
The Chamber ??f Commerce Is in
correspondence with a concern that
desires to establish a factory in the
South, manufacturing a light com?
mercial car and automobiles. This
concern has $40,000 in assets and
911,000 liabilities. They desire ad?
ditional capital of |S6,000, The
concern is bel?g managed by three
brothers' who are skilled mechanics.
They will employ from forty to fifty
hands. They wish to secure B live,
energetic man with capital to act as
treasurer and manager. This inquiry
must be answered at once and if there
are any parties in Sumter who desire
to take up this proposition, they
should see the secretary at once.
I SJ ?
Committees.
Executive Committee, composed of
Chairman of standing committees of
the Chamber?Finance: Nelll O'Don
nell. Chairman; Thomas Wilson, R.
I. Manning, G. A. Limmon, C. G.
Rowland. L. D. Jennings, D. R. Mc
Callum, Jr.
County Highways?R. B. Belser,
Chairman; W. M. Graham. E. C.
Haynsworth, J. D< Blanding. L. I,
Strauss, C. P. Osteen, P. M. Pitts.
D. C. Shaw.
Manufacturers?J. W. MCKeiver,
Chairman; W. Bultman, E. W.
Molse, H. N. Forrester, E. H. Moses,
W. Percy Smith, I. A. Ryttenberg, E.
D. Wlther8poon.
Extension of Trade?J. H. Chand?
ler, Chairman; C. E. Hurst, U I.
Strauss, Abe Ryttenberg, J. K.
Crosswell, W. Percy Smith.
Rural Relations?L. I. Parrott,
Chairman; J. M, Brogdon, E. W.
Dabbs. S. A. Harvln, C. C. Beck, M. B.
Randle, John R. Sumter, J. H.
Scarborough, E. W. Hurst, B. C. Wal?
lace, R. E. Wilder.
Encouragement of Home Supply?
Abe Ryttenberg, Chairman; E. S.
Booth, J. M. Brogdon, George F. Ep?
person, W. A. Thompson, W. A.
Bowman.
Education?S. H. Edmunds, Chair?
man; J. H. Haynsworth, H. Harby, H.
A. Moses, R. O. Purdy, Dr. E. R.
Wilson.
Farm Improvement?H. L. Scar?
borough, Chairman; J. P. Booth, H.
T. Edens, T. H. Clark.
Advertisement?H. G. Osteen,
Chairman; J. H. Cunningham, G. A.
Lemmon* John R. Sumter, Geo. D.
DeMedlcis, P. D. Knight, J. R. Lig
on. E. K. Friar, P. O. Leak, J. F.
Glenn, E. I. Reardon
Chairman of the above committees
are requeated to Interest themselves
in endeavoring to notify the members
of their respective committees of the
meeting and inducing them to at?
tend.
Mr. J. C. Dunbar, of Dalzell, was
In the city Friday.
DANGER IN DELAY.
Kidney Diseases Are Too Dangerous
for Sumter People to Neglect.
The great danger of kidney trou?
bles Is that they get a firm hold be?
fore the sufferer recognizes them.
Health is gradually undermined.
Backache, headache, nervousness,
lameness, soreness, .umbago, urinary
troubles, dropsy, diabetes and Brlght's
disease follow In merciless succession.
Don't negle* t your kidneys. Help the
kidneys with the reliable and safe
remedy, ]>>;?n';s Kidney rdis, which
has banafltad people right here In
Sumter.
Mrs. K. K. Br >wn, 204 W. Liberty
street. Sumter. S. C, says: "For over
a year 1 was greatly nnnoyed by kid?
ney and bladder trouble and nothing
brought me relief until 1 obtained a
supply of Doan's Kidney Pills ot
China's Drug Store. They were s?>
beneficial in every way that I have
no h< station whatever in recommend?
ing them."
For sale by all dealers. Trice BO
cents. Poeter-MUbdrn Co., Buffalo,
N'ew York, sols agents fur the United
States.
Remember the name Moan's?-and
uike n?> Other, No. 7
DO TOUR YMAS SHOPPING PARLY
AND AVOID Tin: RUSH OP
THE 1 I . \V DAYS.
We h i\ s ..i prices that
wil' suit you, ind latest designs
in Jewelry, rings in all blrthatonea,
braoeleta io< keta, LaVallers, mono?
gram fobs made while you wait, um?
brellas, patasols, toilet sets, itisterling,
plated atui genuine Ebony, manicure
and military sets. HawkOS cut glass,
sterling silver and plated Mat-ware,
from Ihs mal leal pieces to the large
cheat, We engrave any article bought
wlthoul charge any design, while you
wait. Every article guaranteed, We
i. now s hat vre ssll is good.
W. A. TH0MPS0w
Jeweler and Optician,
5 S, Mahi St. Sumter, S. c,
sr.MMKRTON DOG HAD RABIES.
Several Persons Bitten by Dog Taken
to Hospital for Treatment.
Summerton, Dec. 7.?Many were
the expressions of regret and appre?
hension on the streets yesterday
when a telegram was received from
physicians in Charleston stating that
the dog- which ran amuck and
bit several people here last week was
suffering from a genuine case of
hydrophobia. It will be recalled that
an account of the attack of a vicious
bulldog, the property of Mr. T. L.
Fischer, upon several persons was
sent out from here, but at the time
it was not known whether the animal
was "mad" or simply bad tempered.
The head of the brute was sent to
Charleston on Saturday where an ex?
amination has proved the fears of
many here to have been correct.
As a result of the telegram Mr.
Root. Carragan. the uncle ot Janie
McKnlght, the young girl so badly
bitten, took the injured child to
hospital In Charleston, where she is
undergoing treatment. On the night's
train for Charleston Dr. Llnoel Stukes
carried to Charleston, Ezra, the sjn
of Mr. Fischer, who was bitten on
the finger by the same dog. A negro
boy named Blackwell, who was also
bitten by the dog, left for Colum?
bia yesterday, where he will receive
treatment.
It Is known that the dog bit several
other dogs In and near town, and It
Is hoped that early and strenuous
efforts will be taken by the proper
authorities to protect citizens from
these dogs.
. . HUNT'S .. ?\ 11
LIGHTNING UIL
Is the one unfailing scientific
dressing which instantly relieves
and permanently cures all hurts,
cuts, burns, bruises, sprains and
wounds of every kind. Pain
leaves at once because the air is
excluded, and the oil covering
acts as artificial skin. The queck
est, fastest healing oil known?
HUNTS LIGHTNING OIL. 25
cents and 50 cents bottles.
A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO.
Sharmaa, Taxas.
Fir Sale bj Sibert's Drug Store.
Tax Returns lor 1912.
Sumter, S. C, Dec. 11, 1911.?No?
tice Is hereby given that 1 will at?
tend in person or by deputy at the
following places on the days indicat?
ed, respectively, for the purpose ot
receiving returns of personal proper?
ty and poll taxes, for the fiscal year
?ommenclng January 1st, 1012.
All males between tho ages of 18
and 55 years, must make i 'turns as
to whether or not they are liable for
road duty for year 1912.
Tindai, Tuesday, J;m. 2.
Privateer Station, \ 7eC nesday,
January 3.
Mane bester, Levi's Bidlnj, Thurs
dany, January 4.
Wedgefleld, Thomas' Store, Friday,
January 5.
Claremont Station, Tuesday, Jan.
9.
fiagOod, Wednesday, Jan. 10.
Remberta, Thursday, Jan. 11.
Dallell, Friday, Jan. 12.
W. T. Brogdon's Store, Monday.
Jan. 15,
Mayesvllll (Barnett'a sure).
Tuesday, Jan. 16,
Pleasant Grove, Wednesday, Jan.
17.
Shiloh, Thursday. Jan. IS.
Norwood, Cross Roads, Friday,
Jan. 19,
OsWOgO, Monday, Jan. 21.
All persons, whose duty it is to
make returlns, should be prompt to
meet at those appointments. All re?
turns must be made before Feb. 20.
1912.
it, E. WILDER,
Auditor.
Foley
Pills
What They Will Do for You
They will c ure your backache,
Strengthen your kidneys, cor?
rect m inp.ry irregularities, Suild
up the worn out tissues, and
eliminate the excess uric acid
thatc ^es rheumatism. Pre
nt Bright's DI m id ria
bates, and restore health and
Btrength. Refuse substitutes.
SIBERT'S l>'l? ' KT* Ml I
Bad Spells
* 1 suffered, during girlhood, from womanly weakness,"
writes Mrs. Mollie Navy, of Walnut, N. C "At last, I was
almost bed-ridden, and had to give up. We had three
doctors. All the time, I was getting worse. 1 had bad
spells, that lasted from 7 to 28 days,- In one week, after I
gave Cardui a trial, I could eat sleep, and joke, as well as
anybody. In 8 weeks, 1 was well. I had been an invalid
for 5 weary years 1 Cardui relieved me, when eveiything
else failed."
f% TAKE jj1Q
UVRDUI WomansTonic
If you are weak and ailing, think what it would mean,
to you, to recover as quickly as Mrs. Navy did. For more
than 50 years, this purely vegetable, tonic remedy, for women,
has been used by thousands of weak and ailing sufferers.
They found it of real value in relieving their aches and
pains. Why suffer longer?' A remedy that has reiteved
and helped so many, is ready, at the nearest drug store, for
use, at once, by you. Try it, today.
KxSptcial
Wrtu to- Ladies' Advisory Dept. ChutUoooca Mtdtdoc Co., fTmllMwm. Teas.
tdal Itutructiont, and 64-pag ? book. Hook Treatment lor Women." aeeTtrW jST
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"The Real Sting of Poverty is
the Inability to Help Others."
A Safe Conservative Bank is
Always Prepared to Take Care
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The Farmers' Bank and
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Sayings of Eminent Men on Saving
Money
Marshall Field, the Great Chicago Merchant, says :
"If you want to succeed, save. This is true, not so much
because of the value of the money which the young man
who saves accumulates, but because of the infinitely greater
value of the system and organization which the practice of
saving introduces into his life "
Hegin the practice of saving a part of vour income, by
opening an account in the SAVINGS DEPARTMENT of
THE BANK OF SUMTER.
GEORGE H. HTJ
J r y
UNDERTAKER AND
EMBALMER
124 N MAIN STREET
Day Phone 539 :: :: :: Night Phone HI
r
Undertakers and Em balmers,
and Private Ambulance
HEARSES FOR WHITE AND COLORED
Ring 1 1 or 251?Day or Night
Prompt Service,
J, D.Craig Furniture Company
8, 10, 12 West Liberty Street