The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 24, 1912, Image 5
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Mr. A A. Brearley. of St. Charles,
was In the city Friday.
alias Moses, of Colorado. Im on u
visit to friends In this city.
Mr. W. K. Tladale. of (Marendon.
stopped over In the city for awhile
Thursday evening on his way from
Columbia where he has been attend?
ing the Fnited States court.
Dr. J. H. Haynsworth, county su?
perintendent of education, has re?
turned fr?.m Columbia where he has
been for the past few days ittending
the meeting of rouaty superintend?
ents. Dr. Maynsworth reports a very
interesting session.
Master Leslie McNuir Itrower. of
Heaulersonville. N. C. Is visiting hi*
grandmother, Mrs. j. IX Graham.
Miss Oussie Hood has gone to
Laure.is on a visit to friends. Before
returning home Miss Hood will visit
at Greenville. Spartanburg and Co?
lumbia.
Mrs. I?eroy Reeves, of Columbia, is
visiting Mrs. J. M. Knight on Hamp?
ton avenue. Mrs. Reeves, as Miss
Belle Duncan, wss formerly a popu?
lar V'un*- lady of this city.
Col. W. D. Scarborough, of Dalzell.
was ?. visitor to the city Saturday.
Mr. TV. M lagram. a former rosl
d>r?. of this city, but now a r -sided
of Columbia was In the city Friday.
Mr. Hush Reiser, of Silver, was in
the **lty Friday.
The members of the legislative
delegation from thin county. Messrs
J. M Ci.fton. Qeo. W. Dick and R. P..
Reiser, returned home Friday 'is the
legislature had adjourned Thursday
night until Monday.
Magistrate Flayer, of Shlloh. was
tn the city Monday.
Mr. and Mr*. N. 8. Ortttlin and
daughter. Nell, of Fine wood, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Griffin's mother on
Oakland avenue.
Misses Lee Gregs and Schuylor
Cooper spent the week-end with the
former's parens. Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
D. Oregg. in Florence.
Miss Margaret Manning, of Latta.
-active guest of Miss Ines
Hampton Avenue.
K. Scarborough, of lilshop
i ?d through the city M'-ud iv
morning on his way home.
Mr. Jessie Psrker, of Scranton, s.
C. spent Sunday In the city.
Miss Pauline Davis, of Charlotte. Is
visiting Mrs. Geo. L. Kicker.
The Schwerts white sale begins
Monday.
Annual Mams Meeting to Raise Funds
to F.n<ply City Nurse for the Poor.
A m-4JS meeting for the purpose of
raising funds to employ a City Nurse
for the poor will be held at th ? i n c.
Baptist Church on Sunday evening,
January ISgfc, at 8 o'clock.
?he ministers of the city S/lil
sai| nd nt*ht s.-rvj. ,tt ifcetf r.sp.e
tlve churches so that the people will
all feel free to attend this mass meet?
ing, and aid this worthy cause.
MR F.l.W TO VIslT STATE,
Will Make Addresses tu i Uarlc?. on.
Tellhis of Dairying in Denmark.
Washington. I?. C, Jan. VV?
ftuboaquent to the Fourth Annual
Contention of th.- Smch.-m Commer?
cial t'i?n?rrf.o, to he held in Nash' ill".
April * to to. Minister F.gun. ol |>*n
mnrk. who will attend the Congress
and explain there the co-oper 11Ive
dairying system ??f Denmark. will
take s tour through the South, taej h
Ing the following st it Kentm ky.
MiMK'iirl. Arkansas. Texas, Louisiana.
Mt?* ?nippt. Alabama. Florida. C o
gia. South Carolina. North Csrollns,
Virginia.
Minister Kssn will be In South Car
ollna Mi v trd anil Mb. a- A. \V. Mr
Keind. i f ihe Chtrl-ston Chamber
< f ??ommnrve. will arratme meeting
for blm in his city on thegej dat. jg
Ib.it ?.real Rig l.\eiit.
The Schw?rt? whit*- sals begins next
Mondnv \\ want every lady w ti i
reads this to tie present Watch In
Ihe re\t Frld i\ Watchman for th ?
lar??e page ad. which will give gejq
the detaila Schwurt* Pros.
Lfjgff??>ne Rerkuhlre sow and two
?boats with spots on thegs, ItrgJrOd
f'- in place near Oswegn two weeks
a?i?. Reward. W. f.. llrunsoo.
I umter. S. C
FOR s\i.|;?Dixie Wilt resist mt | ot
ton seed, made this year on land
that tdlabted Inst year l.r.OO pounds
i* ......i i ..tt.ui ?<? th ? acre. Address
Ft. B. ColclOUgh. OMWego. S. C.
! J-?'-tf
WWtT.D?To buy at once several
?ds i foot nipe o?k and slabs
I ? ..mmand?r s W <od Vard.
nnmter. 8. 10 24-tf.
i
Where He Got j
The Pictures
By Adele Mendel
Where did ?011 gat that photo?" al
mdVt shouted Hob.
"Whut'a it to you?" retorted Bill.
"A great der.l. 1 e.in't believe she
gave U to you."
"Which one do ycu mean?"
"That one In the corner. Why.
there's another and another. It's pre
posterius. It's disgraceful of Lucille
to distribute her pictures around to
grace another fellow's college room."
"Their mine. I decline to explain
when, where and how I came in pos?
session of them." sr.id Bill, thinking
he'd have some fun with jealous, sus?
picious Bob.
"If you won't tell. Lucille will."
"Lucille," commenced Bob, the next
time they met. "Protaise to tell me
the honest, sober, naked truth, and
nothing but the truth."
"Don't couple my name with a false?
hood. Do you think I shade the truth
when I confess you're the only fellow
In the world for me?"
"Evidently not when Vher chaps
have your pictures."
"My nlctures? You must have been
seeing spooks."
"Bill Thornton-"
"Who's Bill Thornton?" Interrupted
Lucille.
"Are you in the habit of presenting
your facsimile to young men whom
you do not even know?"
"Are you sure he has my picture?"
"Not only one, but three. I saw
them encased tu gold frames in his
room in company with a lot of cheap
song and dance rrtlsts' pictures."
"Now deny it," added Bob in an ex?
asperated tone.
"Indeed not. If you doubt my verac?
ity in that manner you need never
spe^k to me again. I'll give my pic
ture to whom I please. Kindly re
turn those I gave you."
For all her haughty Indifferent man?
ner, Lucille was miserable after Bob's
?'Where Did You Get That Photo?1
departure. When her best friend
made her appearance, she found a de?
jected woebegone-looking girl.
"Can't you come to dinner tonight?"
began Edna. "I want you to meet my
cousin. Bill Thornton."
"Of course I will," answered Lu?
cille with alacrity. "It's the height of
my ambition to know him."
"But I thought Bob and you?"
"Don't think so much. Edna. Intro?
duce me to Bill Thornton and I'll be
your friend for life."
When Thornton met Lucille he was
dumfounded to recognize the original
of the pictures.
"Were you ever at Mickinic?" he
asked.
"Yes. last summer. Did you see me
there" Mow strange I don't remem?
ber you." answered Lucille.
"I was there only a few hours.
While trying to get a snapshot of
the island from the roof of one of the
cottages you came along and I have
some dandy pictures of you."
"You have?" Will you give them
to me?"
"If you insist, on one condition, and
that is that you will never divulgo to
Bob how I procured those photos."
"Thank you A little mystery now
and then won't hurt the best of m"n."
laughed Lucille
Bt>h Sfgfl overjoyed at receiving I
mess:tgn faun his sweetheart.
"Kudosed find pictures, .she wrote,
"which war sent to me this morning.
As you value nvy everlasting love,
never, never Inquire how Bill Thorn
ton came In possession of them
'V our own truthful Lucille."
"By JOeV ejaculated Hob. I'll hnve
to let w< II enough alone Suppose
T uollV nhould question me as to
where all the nlctures I had taken
%ere distributed "
Now They Don't Speak.
"Kwr Ste I ba( < lose up?" asked
Mlldr. d of Arthur
"Sit, and l \e novel been on one,
?Uber, m there!" he returned Indlg*
nstiH\
"Well, don t ggf ; eeved I refer to
the flying kind, that you hear at night,
that hum S9 kmdly, fog know, as they
flit among the trees I would like to
see one at lose rum o, hut I wouldn't
like m I ivn <-ne alight on Bjy head"
"Why '' ashed Arthur, innocently.
'BeessjM i understand if one alights
In OfsVl half II g^ts so inextricably
I ' Bfjd np la It thai one would have to
h?v? nil her hair rut off to release
hits*"
"ii- nil Ui but what nbonl the rat?
I r wouldn't there be (. battle?"
Which terminated i summer friend*
sMp that had promised to bo 10ms
' thlpp of seHnnq mnm/?r*? *o
J-end us your job work.
WHAT SHOULD ONE DO?
Ne?TO Kills Mun for Spitting in His
Hut ion*?Asks Pardon.
Atlant i, Jan. is.?If a man de?
liberately spits in the plate from
Which you are eating, does that justify
you In killing him? If you oughtn't
to kill him. what ought you to do?
And 'f : ou do kill him, what is a
reasonable punishment for the homl
elds?
'!'..? u Interesting questions arc be?
ing pondered most seriously by Gov?
ernor John M. Blaton, and will have
to he answered by him shortly. Not
that anybody has spit in his plate.
Perish the IhoMght, If anybody had.
the governor would probably have
killed him Ars< and figured it out
afterward?at least he might have.
But this DSM relates to a poor negro
whom the governor met and talked
to on the State prison farm.
He seemed to be a good negro,
with a kindly face and honest eyes.
Yet he was up f<r murder, and had
already b< rved twenty years.
He sought out the governor to ask
h'.ni for clemency. II?; said he had
never committed any other crime,
.md that he wouldn't have killed the
man if he hadn't been "jes' bleeged to
dt it."
'Why did you kill him?" the gov?
ernor asked, and the negro respond?
ed:
"Well, him an' mo was working on
a job in Savannah, an' when dinner
time came he keep leanln' over my
plate. An I tole him not to lean
over it that way, an' do you know,
governor, he spit right In my rations.
Dgt'l why I killed him. I'm sorry T
done it, but I think twenty years is
long enough to serve."
TREE TAG DAY NEXT FRIDAY.
The City Beautiful.
' My. this is a beautiful city. I
should like to live here." How often
t
have you said this yourself, and how
often have you heard others say the
nine thing? Why do you say that?
Is It not because the city has im?
pressed itself upon you because of its
beautiful parks, streets, trees and
buildings? Have you ever visited a
city that Is devoid of trees? If you
have you are sure to be impressed
with its poverty.
Sumter's main claim to beauty Is
the fact that it has so many tine old
trees. Every true citizen is or should
be proud of his home city, and he
should bend every effort to make it
more beautiful and more liveable. It
should be his duty, therefore, to aid
every movement which is working
with this object in view. The ladies
of the Civic League have long been
trying to interest the people of Sum
ter In this subject, especially by
planting and caring for the city
trees. it takes almost la life time to
grow a really fine tree. Should not
our people be interested, therefore, in
the effort of the League to raise
money for the purpose of saving these
old trees? When you pass these trees
on your way home or to the otflce,
notice how many of them are par?
tially decayed and need Immediate
attention If they are to be preserved.
Xotlco how many of them need trim?
ming and proper care. You will be
asked on next Friday, Tag Day, to
contribute for this cause. If you
are loysil to your home and home
city, you will not hesitate.
BOY kills HIMSELF.
Benjamin Dunham. Colored. Acci?
dentally shot Sunday Afternoon,
News was received by Coroner
Flowers Sunday afternoon of the kiii
Ing on Mr, w. J, Stafford's place sev?
eral miles out of town of a small
negro boy named Benjamin Dunham.
Coroner Flowers at once Investigated
the killing and found it to be entire?
ly accidental, so no inquest was held.
it seems that the boy and his fath?
er had been trying to ti\ some part
of the gun which was <? ut of repair,
but had failed to do so and the boy's
father bad gone out in the field to
ittend to some work. The boy's broth?
er wai in tic yard cutting wood when
both the lather and brother of the
boj heard the report of the gun and
ran into the home to find the boy
already dying, 'The gun had gone
off and the load h;u| taken effect
In the boy's stomach, Death was al?
most instantaneous.
t ?n .Monday the > o. v fathet tnd
Mr. W, J, Stafford came Into town
and explained as near they knew how
the circumstances connected with
the killing, and after hearing this
statement it was deemed unnecessary
to hold an Inquest,
Lesson of Chivalry.
The lesson of chivalry, quite as Im?
portant In the lad .?I In his father, In
different d< grees of course mny bo
taught in ?iii" attentions to mother
und younger lister- helping about the
! qu ie, r ?log provl It i i w hick w 111
. ,v. , - . nil ny * * dqi It his
gbsenoe i ??<! escorting slstei 10 and
from Kcbool.
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eveiy m^edlmt has to pass the 111 I
iest of our ovm laboratories % I ' 1
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NEED OF "SOFT PEDAL."
Editor Bocognizod Propriety of Gov?
ernor's Answer. According to Judge
ESwing,
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 19.?"Well
I'll have to put on the soft nedal."
This is the exclamation that Col.
George Harvey, editor of Harper's
Weekly, 1 sdeelared to have made
when Gov. Woodrow Wilson, forced
to reply to Col. Harvey's query, said
he feared editorial support la the
Weekly, is declared to have made
statement purporting to be a descrip?
tion of the meeting between Col. Har?
vey and Gov. Wilson with Henry Wat
terson in New York was given out
here today by Judge Robert Ewinr-,
middle Tennessee representative of
the State Woodrow Wilson organi?
sation. Judge Swing, who is related
by marriage both to Gov. Wilson and
Mr. Watterson. asserts the gover?
nor's statement to Col. Harvey was
made against the dictates of person?
al friendship and with the realization
that "Harvey support had brought
him (Wilson) to the front."
Judge Swing's statement begins:
"Col. Harvey's intimates will know
that his editorial utterances were
wholly untrammelled. He had been
brought into close friendship with
Gov. Woodrow Wilson and had con?
ceived the highest estimate of his
character."
Then Judge Swing goes on to tell
how Col. Harvey, through editorials
in Harper's Weekly, championed the
cause of Woodrow Wilson for the
Democratic presidential nomination.
"Many, not knowing the i i! inde?
pendence of Col. Harvey,' th Ptate
ment declares, "and seeking lo tarm
the Wilson cause, began to Indulge In
all sorts of conjectures and unfa nd
ed intimations. As a result a num?
ber of Wilson's real friends I e<?an to
be of the opinion that per!,ans the
Weekly's earnest support WOs milita?
ting against bis (Wilson's) p.speets."
Judge Swing declares Gov. Wilson's
opinion was decidedly contrary to
this view, appreciating that Col. Har?
vey "had brought him to the front,
appreciating liarvey's support and
feeling it to be valuable."
Then followed th ? meeting l.i New
York between Gov. Wilson. Col. Har?
vey and Col. Watterson. .lodge Swing
declares that at the close Col. Har?
vey arose and saiil to Qov. Wilson: "1
wish to a-k you a question, and I ex?
pect b frank answer. Do you believe
that the Looming nature of my ar?
ticles in Harper's Weekly Is injur?
ing your cause?"
Judge Swing says QOV. WlblO.l'S
friendship for Col. Harvey demanded
that the governor answer in the neg?
ative io the question, hut that Col.
Harvey had demanded frankness and
thai Qov. Wilson was obliged to make
BUCh reply that later his name as can?
didate for the Democratic presidential
nominee was removed from tin> edi?
torial columns of Harper's Weekly.
Judge Swing asserts Col. Harvey ex?
claimed: "Weil, i n have t.? put on
the S"ft pedal!"
wilson silent \s to in? i mi n t.
GnwTimr Declines to Comment on
Episode?Mas Sever Itoply ???
\\ attcrson.
Grand Itaplds, Mich., Jan, 19.?
Gov. Woodrow Wilson ol New Jersey
tonight still maintained stolid silence
regarding the Harvey-Wilson incident
????,1 the criticism of him by Col, Hcn
rj Watter o.i, absolutely declining to
make any statemenl whatsoever on
I the subject. When pressed on the
matter and asked if he would make
a statement and when if any, he re?
plied that he could not say now if
he would reply to it.
The governor, after leaving Detroit,
made two rear ear platform speeches
and a speech to the students at Ann
Arbor before reaching this city.
lie was met o.i arrival here this
evening by a committee of represen?
tative Democrat!. An hour later he
delivered an address before the
Ladies' Literary club along the line3
of the topic the club members at
present are studying?"Problems of
Government Befofe the People."
At the close the governor was es?
corted to a hali, where he addressed
0 large audience. He took for his
theme "Business in Politics." He
said the country was suffering from
too much politics in business and too
little business in politics. Political
machines were the dominating force
in legislation in which the business of
the country was vitally interested.
Ite laid what the country needed and
V, hat the people are demanding is
emancipation from the control by ma
(bine la State, city and federal po?
lities. The governor said until there
v. as a readjustment of present con?
ditions too much politics in business
rill dominate legislation in the in?
terest of the few of the detriment of
the welfare of the country.
Nchraskan Will (.ive Hi* Opinion of
Wilson-Harvey Kplsode in The
Commoner.
Tampa, Fla., Jan. 19.?William J.
Bryan was honor guest at the ban?
quet given by the Woodrow Wilson
club here tonight at a local hoft.
Mr. Bryan made no reference to the
tri-eornered controversy between Col.
Henry Watterson, Woodrow Wilson
a.id Col. Harvey. When asked di?
rectly as to his opinion, he stated that
he would state his views on the in?
cident in the next i3sue of The Com?
moner. Mr. Bryan declined to discuss
the presidential situation, but reiter?
ated his statement that he had aever
said he thought Mr. Wilson the most
available man for the Democratic
nomination.
Have You Kver Attended?
A white sale at Schwartz's? Well,
come to this one. The greatest event
j in all Sumter's merchandising. Car
! loads of white goods are being opened
now for you. To sold at prices
never before equaled. Come, see for
\ yourself. Schwartz Bros.
OUR LOSS, YOUR GAIN.
We find ourselves overstocked
on these articles, which we offer,
for a LIMITED TIME at follow?
ing prices:
Eagle Thistle Soda, C1
60 pkgs. to case at 9 * ?
Mendleson's Lye, CO OC
per case, at PCft* J
Swift's Pride Cleanser, CO 1Z
50 10c. cans to case, at PC?miJ
nnell 6 Co.