Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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<bt Matomaii and *ou!Droii 4*i<?i v*t mi lue l*\h?ojlt< < ui Sumitt, s. Im? sal acsiaad t ia?* Mailer. I'MWONAI, Mies Ms'lie Hujsey. who teaches at Boyk n. la apendlng the week-end ? horn \ accompanied by her friend, Mies Jessie Owen? of Lioykln. Mr, W. N. Wei's, of O.,wego, was In the city Friday. Mr. K \V. Dahns, President of the State Farmers' I'nton. was In the city for a ?bort while Saturday on his way back from Walhalla, where he has been In the Interest of the Farm? ers* I'nlon. Mr. J. H. ('handler has returned fr?.ni New York, where he has been to pure hat? spring and summer goods Miss A. Wv Bryan return >d to Co rusnMti und i) lag after spend Ing a few days with hi r ?ar.mts n the city. Miss Grace ? \u j is spending a fem* days In the city, before returning to Columbia, where she Is visiting her brother. Pr ?i a. <'. ?'irs.m. Mr. Hen Hill Brown, s rising young lawyer and Influential member of th.? legislature from Hpurtanhurg, srtopped over In the chy for a while Saturda* with I':. G.-o. \Y Dteh. Sum tar Is always glad to welcome sut it visitors. Vir. R. a, Bethea and family have moved from Blah op v Ilia to Sumter nod are now residing on Hampton avenue *t Idr W. H. Ingmm's formet resld-r Bt^ru K - KU Ki: N IIAKI .It. Yosn; t'oapk* Married Thursday y. \ riling. A msrriage of much Interest to the many friend* and relatives of the bride snd groom was that Off Thurs i day evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Bostlck, when their only daughter. Kathleen, was wedded as Mr. Sydney Rickenbaker of this city, ihe Rev. D. M. McLasod of the Kirnt Methodist church performing tha ceremony. The residence w aa most elaborately deeorated throughout in white and green, the color scheme used for the occasion, showing the exquisite taste snd pains of tha decorators. By ? o'clock a large number of friends snd relatives of ths bride and groom had assembled to wttneas the ceAmony snd ns the strulns of Masdlessbon's Wedding March were plajsd by Miss Bessie Marvin of Man? ning the bride entered the parlor, where the c??rem >ny was performed in a solemn mann? r Mies Katie ?Mark wss maid of hon? or to the bride and Mr. Willie O Rosttck acted as best man. The bride wore a traveling suit of purple broad cloth snd thj maid of honor wan dressed la lavender chiffon over satin, ^"immediately after the ceremony the guests were ushered Into the dining room where a salad course wss serv As the bride came down the stair? way abe throw a bouquet of roses asrong her friends below to see which gg them would first follow her ex? ample. The bouquet was caught by Miss Marvin of Manning. The brides' hook waa also passed around in which all of the guests signed their namea and wrote their good wishes for the bride. The happy young couple latsr In the evening lefr on the train for Orargeburg at which place they would make a short stop. lauter they were to go on to St. George, the for? mer home of the groom, to visit his relatives st that place. Before re? turning home they will visit In t'har leaton. returning here next week which oirt- ?? will be their future home. Among the out-of-town guests pres? ent for the wedding were: Mr. Hlck ssibsker snd the Missis Rickenbaker of St. Oeortfe. Mrs It. ? . Marvin. Miss B?sel*- Marvin. Miss Susie Marvin, of1, Manning; MffSL Hunysn Marvin of fcWtt?*.m rton; Miss Result- I Mis* Hesttle of Charleston, and Miss w i > r st i ;.-..rgs. Htuckey-Kln?. invitations announcing the mar? riage of Mb? Arrle Stuck.-, ami Mr. J. E. King of thl?? cpy have been sent <*st as follows Mr. snd Mrs. A. | st | request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their daughter Arrle Camilla to Mr. James Kr\ln King ort Thursg.iv evening. January the twentv-flfth nineteen hundred and twelve at ?e\ en o'clock Prenbyterlun ? hurch Sumter. s,?uth Carolina. Msnwstsag Mssness it. Only one marrlnge lb-en* . whs Is? en Monday. This went to Mr. r*, !r Tb " ? ' 1'' Ml"* S-di" B. Jones, of Sumter. CLOTH Fl) IN KKMINi: OOWN. (?unuHiM'k Cit) Wrapped In Beautiful IfM of White ? Snow Storni Heavier Now Tliau Since 18?5. Kr.im the Daily Item. Jan. Ii, This morning the people 9f the Gamecock elty awoke to lind that during the early hours before dawn the elty had been wrapped in a heau t ful gown of ermine. And they Also found Unit the weaving of the gown was still going on. for "Mother Goose" still had her shuttle at work and Wal rapidly working away at ihe gown which would hid. g|) of the bareness and ueformlties of Mother Barth when she was held In the grasp of King Winter. The -now commenced about half past four o'clock this morning and was still falling when ths townspeople Sjagag moving around and thinking ? f gelling breakfast and going out to their respective idaees of business. Cp to about K o'clock the flakes were flno ? ml drifting, almost UkS llsSt, l)ut then they became larger and con? tained thus until 1 o'clock, the time this was written. It Is the Afsl time In four or five rwari that the people of Bum have had a real "old fashioned" I v. StOrm and up to one o'clock the ??now was letween six and seven ln? ehes deep in open places whore there was no chance of drifts. The storm Is the heaviest fall o. snow which Sum? ter has ? \p. i . m 1 sue ? tin big snow storm of when for two weeks the whole town and county was clothed in a shroud of white. The' snow was still falling at one o'clock with no sb-rns of abatement, and if '.he w ather reports are correct, will con? tinue through the day and night, making !t one of the heaviest falls of snow which this section of the coun? try has ever experienced. The children?and some of the old er folks too?were enjoying them? selves tu the fullest today playing in the mow and snowballing each other and other peopld out on the street. They did not seem in the least to mind the falling snow, but rather that seemed to add to their enjoy? ment. It is the first time that many of the.n had seen any large amount of sno'v and they made the most of their opportunity. M KM OK IA Ii TO 1>R. KXAIT. Committee* Appointed to Secure Cum I- for Memorial to Great Southern Farm louder. A sixty day campaign has been In? augurated to secure funds for a suit? able memorial to tbut great friend of our Southern farmers. Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, organizer and director of the Farmers' Co-Operatlve Demon? stration Work of the United states D 'purtment Ss Agriculture. No other man In the hlatory of the > e^Jth probably ever did as much as Dr. Knapp to interest farmers in bet? ter methods of farming and dlvcrslti catton of crops and to get them out of their slavery to cotton. The demon? stration work and the corn club work, developed under his fostering care, for the first time brought our people to see that the South is itself In the SOTS belt, and that there is no reason In nature why our farmers should be dependent upon a single crop. We are glad to know that the cam? paign for raising funds in this coun? ty has now begun. A special com? mittee has beim appointed and sever? al local collectors are now at work, a handsomely engraved pltcure of Dr. Knapp and some of his sayings being given each contributor, even if the Bmount be only a dime. Kvery farmer In the county should give something to perpetuate the BJI mory of this great man. CIVIC LEAGUE NOTES, Tag Day to Its- Meld .lutiuar> 2Hth? Called Meeting Wednesday. There will be a called meeting of the <*iv:< League on Wednesday after* noon at I o clock In the Chamber of Common ,, rooms. Kv ry member of the league Is urgently rSCjUSSted to bs pf. sent to dlscusl ths all Impor fan! tr.luestlon. The ladles of the Civic fSlSgUl bars decided le have Tag Day on Prl? day, the Nth of January, for the par >< I Ol raising money to aid the nhambtf of Commerce In putting the trees of the i I) In good condition, Thai < onftdentl] hops thai ins cttl sens of no- town win cheerfully assist them In tills much needed work. No Teacher*. Meeting Saturday. It ? - m that tlw teachers at ? working in bard lu< k these days, ab/er) meeting ?heb has I.n hold thi- year has some how or other bsetl --n I dav when Ihe weather was extrem? ly motsnsSAl. Sat ut day was no exeeptloti to thi- rule. Indeed tlo- weather was so bad that there u.is no mseUng al all, Kot sven any of the < it v leas nets attended the meeting, and Ihe fire t>iat the Janitor made was not needed after all. except poantbty to keep the wnter pipes from free/inif. The ?peek Of who WOS to hntfe OOSns from Columbia never ? 1 '?*> and Ihe meeting has been p<i Upon d until oiii i i iter date. "PING" PAID THE BILLS. McMWK.Al RECEIVES DYNA? mit!] FEES i kom mysteh lors PKRSON. Man Behind got linkcoff Therefore informer Ressaed to Work wttii Him and Went in With James Me Namara. Indianapolis, Ind., J;in. 15.?Tele? grams ami Utters sigm-d "Ping" ami purporting to contain a code system for civing Instructions about vi .ducts, bridges and bulldingf thai were to be blown up, wore road before tin- fed iral uran<i jury today in connection with Orth? McManigal's confession as to who was Implicated with him in tin- dynamite conspiracy, This elgnature, according to lie Kanigal, waa not tii^t of tin* afcNam aras, but was used by another person whom he named. In .Tun.-. 1910, at Cincinnati! McManlgal iaSd, In re? sponse to ? telegram from 'Ping" he ? -it t;? Cleveland and there blow up a viaduct for which he received $1-5 pi Id ,hira later by "Ping" In Toledo, it was because of hla belief that ??P'.n'i" was receiving $200 for each ??job" and WM giving him only $12.". t afellanlga] layi he refused <?<> work with iiini and later arranged Hi rough Jo im J. McN'amara, secre? tary-treasurer of the [international lOOiation of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers, to do jobs with the ai.? i James i?. McXamara. Tiu* feature of the investigation having to do with the movements Ot I men who. IfcManlgal says, accom? panied him to various cities, received an impetus by the issuance of 3ub poenaes for new witnesses today. The witn sses wert- ordered railed a<"ter Ivcar Lawyer, special assistant to the attorney general, arrived from Wash? ington and conferred with United States Attorney Charles W. Miller, who is conducting the inquiry. All the indictments against W. J. Bums, the detective, and James Ho sick, a special otllcer from Dos An? geles, charging them with kidnapping John J. McN'amara last April, were dismissed hy the county criminal I court today. This action followed the action of the federal court, which 'ast week released Hums from an? swering to the Indictment on the ground that the detectives in taking McN'amara to California had acted legally. CLEMSON COLLEGE LETTER. <.oo<i Komi I u Accrue from Combina? tion of Demonstration and Exten? sion Work. Clemson, Jan. 15.?The combina? tion of the Farmers' Co-operative Demonstration work in South Caro? lina with the division of the Exten? sion work and Farmers' institutes of Clemson College which has just been ?fleeted will he of vital interest to the farmers of the State. It is expected by the promoter! of the movement that it will result in more efficient help being given the farmers by both the college and experiment station here and the Demonstration workers. Dr. Kiggs. our president, went to Washington about the last of Decem? ber to oonfer with Mr. Bradford Knapp; und, as a result of this con? ference, an understanding was reach? ed and later approved by the board of trustees. Ciller this arrangement, Mr. Knapp, the apeolal agent of the Uni? ted States Department Of Agriculture, and the college, jointly select and pay the salary of an otllcer who combines the functions of the State agent and tin- superintendent of the extension division of tl?e college. This officer will have his home at the college and will be a member of the Agricultural fat uity. Of necessity, he must be a man of scientific attainments as well as a man of ability and experience in demonstration work. This officer will i>e selected as soon as the proper man can be found and agreed upon. When vaoanciea occur in the force Of district and local agents, these po? sitions will be tilled by men mutual? ly satlcfactory to both nartlea This arrangement comblnea tin- extension \\<>rk of the college with the demon? stration forces. Also, the agricultu? ral department and the South Caro? lina SXperlment station are behind the work to give it assistance. The local agenta will have the help and advice of the extension experts, and tins.- agenta will have In turn the as? sistance of the local agenta in push? ing th' ir respective lines of work. The college haa much to gain by the com? bination. With an agent Ot the 0Ol? lege In every county to help along \he lines of public eervlce In which the college is engaging, the usefulness of Clemson t<> the people will be greatly multiplied. For example, the local age.itH can keep the college entomolo? gists posted on the appearance of in? sect peats In their comities, and oan report the appearance and etxenl of cotton wilt, anthracnose, ami other plant diseases to the botanists. ThCSC local agents can also notify the col leg ? veterinarians promptly Of any out' real-; t of COntSgloUl diseases among animals in the country and learn the necessary sanitary measures. They can assist the co-operative ex? perimental work and in the distribu? tion of seed from the Clemson experi? ment stations, and aid in the live? stock eanltary work, and tick eradi? cation. Also they will assist in plan? ning and advertising the farmers' in? stitutes and the visits of the demon Btration train. Thus the local agents will form the connecting link be? tween the College and the farmers. J. M. W. A Bad Case of Exaggerated Ego. in regard to Anancea: 1 promised the people to light for ledu ?? io.l ot expenses and to veto extravagance un.d have done everything that i ?.ih'. l would do In my campaign prom s and havo n<.t done anything that i said i would not do. The above paragraph from the an? imal message of the governor of South Carolina to the Legislature of that State, now in session, betrays two things: First and i< remoSt, the most acute ease of ''exaggerated ego" on record ?the pronoun "I" appears live times in seven ILiea??and, next, a palpable effort to make the word "economy" cover a multitude of sins. But this is not the first time the present governor of South Carolina lias betrayed aggravated aymptoma of "exaggerated go." nor will it be the !aat?for he threaten! t<> -end aev er.il other "messages" to tlie South Carolina Legislature, at intervals, it is really, a aad caw?one "more to be pitied thin censured"?and we fear it is a hopeless one. Since the day that political accident happened in South Carolina which placed in the governor's chair a man who, by the widest stretch of the imagination, could hardly be deemed qualified, for the position, the "result" of the accident began to take himself se? riously; even more seriously than ever. A boy with a new toy was never half so ardent and energetic in show ? ing it off as Cole lllease has been try? ing to impress people with the fact that he is "SOrAS governor." And a sorry mess he has made of it. Not that he has suffered, or could suffer much, by the performance; but the people everywhere have, naturally, wondered what sort of a State poor old South Carolina can, possibly, be. after all. And. it must be confessed, Cole Hlease has managed to keep himself and South Carolina very much in the limelight all the while? if it so be any one can relish being placed in that sort of "light." liut, maybe, we are prejudiced; maybe WS are too much of a stickler for dignity and a bit of modesty in our governors, and that we do not plaoe a proper appreciation upon fireworks?and "economy." That d- ar old campaign word, ' economy," with which the voters Is so often beguiled* However. we are not M > prejudiced that we would deny Cole the privilege of giv ing in our columns, over and over again?once v sterday and again today?his estimate <>f himself as a governor. And here is the modest, self-effacing w ia which he does it: "if you will take int?? cn ration the amount of money which in been save'1 to the State by my vetoes of the last appropriation 1 the amount saved by not appoint! ig s; ec ial judges, by cutting off all newspa? pers, by requiring each county t? pay for its own requisitions, refusing to issue useless rewards, refuel 11 j to hire detectives to do the Work which should be performed by regular offi? cials, the amount received from the appointment of notaries public, the lov rate of interest at which money was borrowed, the securing of Int -rest, on this money while on deposit, the amounts of contingent fund, stamp and Stationer) fund, and fund for the ? enforcement i f the law and order which have not been used, and in other ways you will lind that during my twelve months of service, I have saved the people of the state more than $100.000, by practicing economy ami ludding down expenses." Assuming that the above Is a true and correel statement of tin- case? Which we do not. at all and that Cole has, really ami truly, saved the good obi state of South Carolina a cool hundred thousand dollars. we Would Still lie forced to tile COnClUSiOll that it waa poor "economy" consider? ing the Kind of advertising .-be has had with Cole as lor governor. Doubtleaa, however, there are cor tain kinds of i.pie in South Curollna who will prefer to look at ?'.des "economy" record, as stated by him? self?rather than his pardon record, and his lynching record, and bis dis? pensary record am? hli all round don't-glve-a-d for-anj body-and anythlng record ami try to make themaelvea ami others believe 'hat a proud old Southern State, like South Carolina, needs thai sort of hairpin in any Official position within the c.ni of lief people. We sac mayb ? Iher< pie like this bm. w ?? trust, no many. Augusta (Chronicle. ?hsaluiely Pure The only Baking Powder made f mm Roya8 G rape C ream of Ta rtar NO ALUM, NO LIME PHOSPHATE CHAMBER or COMMERCE XOTES. i ? mmlsslon Pom Of (?ovcrnmcnt for SumtCff?Flan Outlined and |>is cussed. That sooner later the question . *' tiit- establishment of the Commis? sion Form of Government in Sumter \\ II he presented to our voters id cer? tain; At the general meeting of the members of the Chamber of i'um mercs in December this question was iak m uj> but there was no discussion at that time. A special committee S I appointed to draw up an act and this committee met at the office of . i\ L. 1). Jennings <?n last Friday nlght. At tiie meeting the question was thoroughly discussed and the committee was unanimous for the plan which was outlined in the Hem Saturday and in the State Morday. Tli committee will meet again on Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at the same place and would be glad to re eive any suggestions or criticisms on this plan in the meantime. There are now about 1G0 cities in the United States which haft S adopted this form and it has been in oper -1;'?11 about, ten years in Galv-ston and for shorter periods slat where. The name "commission form" is un? fortunate inasmuch as it is often con f'.sed with the various commissions which have sprung up under the state governments and with which it has no points of comparison whatsoever. After the Galveston flood, at the re? quest of the citizens of that city, the Governor of Texas appointed a com? mission to look after the affairs. La? ter this form was adootoH >" Gal? veston and the COmmil ted. The name still clings >rm but is misleading. In - of the cities which have i don government, the "Des in" is adopted, modified, 1 suit local conditions. ei era] plan of having a < hf been generally adoptee I understood that ther ee many modifications ai ?ns. This, perhaps, is one mg points in its favor for 1 ?ns should always be consii As generally unders lan contemplates having a of from three to seven mer ....ich the mayor is a member with no great? er powers than the others. These co mm lsslonsrs are elected by the city SI a whole and for longer terms of of fice than is usually the ca3e with the old council. Their terms of office do not all expire at the same period, thus insuring to the city a continuous council and the experience of those who hold over. The smaller cities have generally adopted the plan of having but three commissioners, a mayor and two councilman. These ei mmissioners have been paid good salaries and have been expected to devote a part of their time to the work of their departments. In man> respects this plan has met with sev? eral objections. Any man who is re quired to devote one-half of each day to the city and the other half to his business, can not be expected to per tt nn either task particularly well. The salary, also, is not large enough to attract the best talent of the city and is often an inducement to mere poli? ticians, in practically ail commission governed cities, the entire govern? ment has been placed in the hands of this body and all other commissions and boards, with the exception of the school board, have been abolished. They have the appointment of all tumor officials and they alone are re? sponsible to the city for good govern? ment. Heretofore the city government has been bo complicated that any t it - ? a having a complaint has had con? siderable difficulty in ascertaining who is responsible. Inder the com? mission form ward lines have been wiped out. a few men have been made responsible tor good government and a business-like administration has been established which has resulted in the saving of thousands and a I systematic plan of public improve? ments. In Staunton. Va.. a city of about tin- slse of sumter and in Newport, R. I., the councils became so disgusted with their lark of system and business administration that thee derided to >mploy a city manager at a salary that would engage the services of a man thoroughly competent to manage ihe entire city and who would be sub |ect to no one but the council and the citizens as a whole. The result In otpunton has eon., far beyond flour tpectattons, in one case done, the < n. &nv< d t' ? rFy nv re hi3 salary. A large contract for side? walks was to l>e lot Kvery bid was so high that it was determined to build these sidewalks under the gen? eral supervision of the city manager and the work was done at one-half the cost of the lowest bid. This man? ager devotes his entire time to the City and is employed by the coun? cil. In other words he occupies a similar position to the citizens that the manager of a manufacturing plant holds in relation to the stockholders thereof ard the council is the board ol directors. The Sumter plan contemplates the combination of the best of these two forms, u commission consisting of three members, a mayor and two eouncifmen elected to hold office for six years, one being- elected every two years, and the city manager to be em? ployed by this commission. By thi3 method the city secures a systematic, business auministration at a compara? tively low cost. The members of the commission are paid nominal salaries for their time and a city manager is secured who is required to devote his entire time to city affairs. To him will go all complaints and petitions for improved service. "The Ameri? can City" writes of this plan: "We are very much interested in what you say regarding the proposed new plan for Sumter. There are indications of an increasing tendency toward some SUCh plan as you propose for smaller cities, and we believe Sumter would be doing a very enterprising thing to adopt BU< h a charter." As this plan adopts the referen? dum, initiative and recall; the people aie granted complete power to con? trol the actions of the commission, to demand that any ordinance or fran? chise be referred to them for final ac? tion, to initiate any legislation or to re? call any official by a majoriity vote. iiUS Men. Fargo, X. D., Jan. 14.?Leading Democrats of the United States will be present at the "get-together" meet? ing w hich is to be held here next Wednesday and Thursday. Among those expected are: William J. Bryan, Qov. Judson Harmon of Ohio, Gov. Edwin L. Norris of Montana and Gov. John Burke of North Dakota. The latter, it has been said, is an aspirant for the position of vice president upon the Democratic ticket if Gov Harmon Is nominated. Gov. Wood row Wilson of New Jer? sey has announced that he will no' be able to attend the meeting. T. II. Peebles. Jr., in Raw for AUor ney General. T. H. Peebles. Jr., of Blackvill* member of the house from Barnwel when seen yesterday by a represen? tative of The State, confirmed the ru? mor that he would be a candidate for the office of attorney general in the primary next summer. This is the first term in which Mr. Poeples has served in the legislature. Columbia State. Jan. 12. FOR SAUS?<>m (1) extra tine pure bred Berkshire brood sow, 50 to 75 pigs. $2 to taeh; 300 bushels iron peas at $2.25; selected Marl bore prolific seed corn at $2.00; pue Moneymaker cotton seed at $1.00. Would like to buy 2 or 3 cheap mules, one second hand top buggy. J. II. Myers. R. F. D. No. 4. Telephone 712-2. DOST?White small sized female pointer, with lemon colored spots. Had collar on when last seen. Reward if returned to N. O. Csteen. Jr., at Item Office. WANTED?To sell choice gilts and pigs . both sexes. Berkshire and grades; also sheep and goats. K. W. Haidts. Mayesville. S. C. WANTED?To sell choice hams, shoulders and breakfast strips from young bogs not overfat. K. W. I ?abbs. Mayesville. S. C. FOR BAUS?Dixie Wilt resistant cot? ton seed, made this year on land that blighted last year 1,600 pounds Of seed cotton to the acre. Address B. B. Colclough, Oswego, s. C. i L'-r.-tf. WANTED?To buy at once several carloads 4-foot pine, okk and slabs. * npty Commander's Wsod Yard, ?umter. B. C. in-\M-tf.