The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 27, 1912, Image 8
COMFEDERATE RK-IMON PLANS
South* rn I tall way u> Provide \ct*om
aaudatlona for Many tar**?S|Nx?lal
. Train.
alaeon. Oa,. March 21.?Temporary
improvements In itn local facilities for
hanJll'ui paasengera. Involving an ex
pendlt i.. .f more than $10,000, will
be made by the Southern Hallway to
provide for the comfort and conven?
ience of the great crowds that It will
bring to Macon to attend the Twenty
second Annual Reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans, to be held fn
this city. May 7th. 8th and 9th. The
Improvements will Include new bag?
gage rooms, extension of platforms
and enlargement of ticket offices,
public comfort buildings, and park
tag space for 60 Pullman cars with
complete srangements for light, wa?
ter and sanitation, thus furnishing a
substantial addition to the hotel facil?
ities of Macon. The location of these
will be within two blocks of
osnter of the city and occupants
reach them without croaelng any
track*. A large number of parties
have already arranged to live In their
while at Macon. The Southern' a
mger station Is wr?hin one block
of Central City Park, in which the
Veteranu' Camp will ha located.
Arrangements have already been
by the Southern to :*un a large
iber of epeclal trains to Macon
various) points throughout the
South and It Is expected that a
number of others will r* arranged.
Two adltlonal trains* each way per
day between Atlanta and Macon will
to operated May Ith, 7th, 8th, and
tth, which with the various special
trains will allow passengers reaching
Atlanta at any hour to secure Imme
connection to Macon.
la order to handle the reunion
with the utmost dispatch, the
ithem will have a strong organtsa
on the ground and every detail
service wilt be given the most
aut? attention.
PAIR WKATHRK PROMISED.
la Wmmmm Pleasant Weather
^ Teamperacare SlightJy Below
4 %ha fleasoa's Average.
Washington. D. C, March 84.?Fair
weather over the great part of the
itry i Ith temperatures s Ightly be
the asason's average during
next several days Is premised by
Weather bureau in a bulletin to
"Raln or snow Is probable, how
earar." says the bulletin, 'or Monday
ta the North Atlantic 8tato? and the
eatracne upper Ohio valley. The next
lurbance of tmportawer. to cross
country will appear in the Far
Peat Tuesday or Wed need i y, eroi
Middle West Wednesday or
Thursday and the Atlantic 8tates near
eloae of the week* this dlsturb
w1ll be proceeded and attended
try a general rise In temperature and
leeal rains In Southern und rains and
anew In Northern State?, and be fob
towed by conalderabl: colder weather,
which will appear In tie Northwestern
Thi.rsday or Friday.
AFtY SN ELL IN FliORENt E
Mate Fine loipr >*dou at Meeting of
Chiisnhcr of Commerce.
The Florence Times had the fol
to say of the speech made by
ury Snell at the Florence Cham
of Commerce banquet Friday
"Secretary Snell. the live wire of
the Sumter Chamber of Commerce,
talked of the work there and the
atsnllartty of the towns in this State
aad what the i .-d, and str?*aed
? aperatb.n among them for a great?
er town and a greater State and a
greater South.
He spoke of the benefits to be de?
rived from the co-operation of the
seat chant* In the > r. lit association
which had been explained by Mr.
Margen In reference to Florence.
Ha said that \v?. w?r. forming an
army here In the State and In the
Snath, and the secretaries were only
the leaders In the fight for the
building up ? ?( ||M ?.ntry. the real
army. th?. fighting men were the rank
a.>d fll?? of tb.? membership.
He talk.-d of dra'nuge and the
benefit* af ad \>>r\i.??lng :he city
and for th<- looting Of OOUBtry, and
pointed on- h<>w inoaTOolual were
the efforts of th?? Individual OttlOl
aad how they mint and h? believed
were now ready, to form an gggai I I
tlen for ttie State.
He made a fine talk, and be made
every t*d\ f- Bfl Hp and
shouting, and be ha* eemented the
two cltle* of r'lor n< >? and Sumter
the closer together l.y his visit and
his talk last night."
win tti.? of living arof some
4>wn? n+k.4 i ? ontempor n >. It does.
?n the hr?t ft i w rv month, and romes
down hard, lOOV ?'harleston post.
I'o! Koos.veil BOjrs; ' f expect to
fuce a new be evcr> day Well, whv
did he pursue a course In whh-h he
mould be nur? to meet up with a pack
a< llea" Wilmington Star.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE.
Third Annual Meeting of Stinduy
Scliool Work er* Held at Manning
on Thursday.
Manning. March 21.?The Third
Annual Conference of the Sunday
School Worker*. Sumter District >'. .
E. Church South, met in the Manning
Methodist Church today, with Res.
Walter 1. Herbert, Presiding Elder,
of Sumter, In the chair.
The first session began at 11 o'clock.
I >evotional exercises were conducted
by Rev. J. H. Wilson. Field Secre
atry J. M. Way made an entertaining
and Instructive practical application
of II Timothy 2:15 to our Methodist
Sunday School Work. Mr. Way Is an
enthusiastic, Intelligent and practical
man. Ho la thoroughly prepared to
present the details of the work in all
of Its departments. No Sunday School
Convention can fall to be helpful
when ho participates.
The following members were en?
rolled:
Rev. J. V. Davis and W. J. Wise,
Fort Motte; Mrs. W. W. Horton and
Mrs L. F. Truesdale, Kershaw; Miss
Ida Brown. *Nloh; Mrs. R. L. Bel)
Damascus; ttev. J. S. Berkley and J.
E. McFaddln, Lynchburg; T. J. Keels
and Ernest Qlbbs, Trinity; Mrs. W.
P. Newman and Mrs. Robert Law, St.
Lukes; W. E. Lemmon ?nd Mrs. M.
B. Tallon. Wells Church; Rev. F. H.
Shuler, Jos. Sprott. Mrs. Jno. D. Ger?
ald. Mrs. Jos. Sprott, Charlton Du
Ran'., Mrs. W. O. King, Mrs. Louise
Cantey, Mrs. H. B. Blgby, Mrs. F. H.
Shuler. Mrs. C. R. Sprott and Mrs.
R. H. Jenkins. Manning; Rev. T. W.
Munnerlyn, Oswego; M. J. Michau
and A. C. Moore. Bethel; L. L. White,
Zoar; J. H. Burgess, Mayesvilla; Rev.
J. B. Wilson; J. R. Oriffln. W. O.
Elwell and Mrs. Mary Griffin, Pine
wood; Miss Viola Ross, Andrew Chap?
el; Mrs. F. S. Geddings and Miss Eva
Curtis. Pax vi lie; C. M. Hurst. Miss
Mary Purdy and Miss Irma Smith,
First Church, Sumter; W. P. Smith,
and J. Lb Fox, Manning Avenue Mis?
sion; Rev. R W. Humphries, D. W.
Brown and Mrs. J. W. Turner, Broad
Street
On motion of Rev. F. H. Shuler a
committee on resolutions was appoint?
ed, consisting of Rev. J. B. Wilson, M.
J. Michaux and Miss Eva Curtis..
Announcements for the afternoon
session were made, the benediction
was pronounced, and the visitors
scattered to the hospitable homes of
their Manning friends for dinner.
The second session of the Confer?
ence convened at half past three
o'clock in the afternoon. After a short
song service, and prayer by Rev. J.
M. Steadman. a lecture was given by
Mr. Way on "Our Standards of Ex?
cellence for Sunday Schools." Then
followed Rev. J. B. Wilson on "De
veloplng Strong Christian Character
through Bible Teaching In the Sun?
day Schools." "Making the Teatner
Training Class Go" was the subject
of an Interesting address by Rev. J.
M. Steadman. Next on the program
was "Making the Wesley Adult Blbli
Clsss Go." The speaker to whom
this subject had been assigned was
not in attendance, and Mr. Way was
called upon to 1111 the breach. He
did It.
Rev. A. R. Woodson of the Pres?
byterian Church and Rev. II. R.
Williams of the Baptist Church were
introduced. Announcements were
made, the doxology was sung, the
Pnsldent pronounced the benedic?
tion, the second session had ended
The third session of the Conference
win held at eight o'clock P. M. De?
votional exen l ?? s were conducted by
Presiding Elder. Two topics wert- dis?
cussed, "The Superintendent and His
Work." by 0, M< Hurst, and "General
Qualifications for the Successful Su?
perintendent." by R#V, lt. W, Hump?
hries.
The Conference will continue to
l morrow.
Wot LD REMOVE DISPENSARY.
Petition Designed lo Make Tinun.ms
Ollo Dry Now Being Circulated In
That Town.
IVmmoiurvllle, Meroh II.?A p I
th>n( seeking to cause the removed Of
the <llsp,?nsary in this town, is now be?
ing circulated, ami is being largely
signed Nearly 100 voters of this pre*
elnei have signed, many of the prom
im nt citizens Joining in the move?
ment. It Is likely that the petition
Will be presented to the dispeli-aie
board at Florence at an early meet?
ing, and that a committee will prOOOnt
themselves before the bonrel in an at
tempt to have the dispensary closed.
The dlenenonry here is one of the
mainstays of the Florence county dls
i.cirv, eervlng a largo territory) and
a gr? at deal of "boo/e" being dis?
pensed, tap* Intly on Saturdays, and
It Is likely a staunch fight Will be
made to retain It here, It |l mtd about
i.aif of the rotere nt fhis point have
already signed the petition, but the
caranahni win be pushed on In an at?
tempt to secu? i a large majority <>f
the voting elttsene.
UNETHICAL METHODS CHARGED.
i^ift and Roosevelt Leaden latiie
Statement Alleging t'so of tlu* Pa?
tronage Club,
Waslngton, March 22.?Counter?
charges that efforts had been made to
OOerCe the federal officeholders of
Texas are made by the Taft and
Roosevelt national headquarters in
Waahlngton( In statements given out
here. The Koosevelt managers de?
clared that the Taft managers were
making an "open and unblushing at?
tempt to coerce the Republicans of
Texas into selecting Taft delegates to
the Chicago convention by means it
the patronage club."
In a counter statement the Taft bu?
reau declares that Cecil Lyon, Repub?
lican national commltteeman for
Texas, has been making efforts to
force federal officeholders into line
for Col. Roosevelt's candidacy, und
that attempts have been made to col?
lect funds from officeholders for
Roosevelt campaign purposes.
HARMON WALL STREET CHOICE.
Commoner Declares He Will Make
Active Fight .Against Nomination of
Ohio Governor.
Llncon, Neb., March 22.?Declar?
ing that Gov. Harmon is a reaction?
ary and the choice of Wall Street, Wil?
liam J. Bryan, has given out a state?
ment attacking the candidacy of the
Ohio governor. Mr. Bryan comments
on the attitude taken by Senator
Hitchcock favoring Gov. Harmon,
and adds:
"Gov. Harmon can not be nomi?
nated without the active aid of Wall
street and Mr. Bryan has worked too
hard and too long for progressive
Democratic principles to become In?
strumental In surrendering the party
into the control of predatory inter?
ests. If Nebraska's Democracy in?
structs for Harmon, Mr. Bryan will
refuse to serve as a delegate, in
case he is elected, but will instead, go
to Baltimore as an Individual and as
an individual, do what he can to se?
cure the nomination of a progressive
Democrat."
RECEIVER FOR LEXINGTON
BANK.
Named by Judge Prince?Institution
Owned by W. P. Roof.
Lexington, March 21.?Under a pe?
tition filed by State Bank Examiner
B. J. Rhame, of Columbia, and by
the agreement of the attorneys for
the bank, and by consent of the par?
ties interested, Judge Prince, of An?
derson, today signed an order ap?
pointing W. P. Townsend, of Colum?
bia, receiver for the Lexington Sav?
ings Bank, of Lexington. Mr. Town
send will qualify at once and will take
charge of the institution tomorrow
morning.
In the petition of the StaL? bank
examiner, asking that a receiver be
appointed, it is stated that an exam?
ination of the bank showed assets to
the amount of $378,5:18.79, and lia?
bilities of $323.651.70. The attor?
neys declined to make a further
statement tonight, and it is impossible
to get fuller information.
The Lexington Savings Bank is the
Oldest bank in Lexington County, hav?
ing been organized in 189 2 with a
capital of $10.000. W. I*. Roof Is
sole owner. Icing president and
cash! >n
TO UNITE TENNESSEE PARTY.
Democratic Polltldnna and Editors
Hold Convention,
Nashville, Tenn., March 23.?Aa
the combined result Of the two con?
tentions here today of Democratic
politicians and Democratic editors of
the State a harmony plan was adopt?
ed, which, it is hoped, will reunite
the discordant elementi of the party.
The net result of the meettngi waa
the adoption of a resolution providing
for a State convention, to be held at
Nashville on May i."> for the purpose
of nominating a candidate for judgo
of tho supreme court, judge of the
I
I court of civil appeals, the nomination
i of presidential electors, the selection
of delegates to tin- national con' eu ?
j tlon and the lelectlon of a new State
J committee.
I It was further provided that in the
event that a majority of the mem*
bets of the tWO Slate executive com?
mittees ratify the proposed plan by
I April, they shall constitute the har
Imony Democratic executive commit"
tee >o direct party attain until their
successors are named In the event
that a majority of each committee
declines to ratify the agreement! an
I other conference ol Democrat! is to
be held in Nnshvllh on April IS for
the purpose of calling the conven?
tion and to effect the reorganisation
of iho party,
it |s now predicted that Georgia's
/each crop will be the largest in the
history ol peach growing in the state.
North Carolina's peach crop never
f. IIa to Visit Wrlghtevllle Leach dur?
ing the iummer.- Wilmington star.
C. K. MA YES WITHDRAWS.
Improvements Being Made at Mayea
villo?Much ObttOll Picked this
Week.
MayeivUlo. March 22.?C. K. Maycs.
ward' n from Ward 1, has decided not
to rim lor re-election, as announced
se veral dayi ago. This action of Mr.
Mayes will be received with regret by
his many fronds. This was his first
term on the council. His withdrawal
from the rnce leaves the field open to
M. C, Mayei, whose candidacy whs
announced some days ago. He will
hardly be opoosed from the present
outlook. No other candidates have
been announcevl from any of the oth?
er ward3.
New board curbings are being plac?
ed on the sidewalks in the residen?
tial parts of town, which Is a great
improvement. The lighting system
in town is perhaps better at present
ti.c.n in several years. The Pitncr
system, represented here by E. W.
Foxworth, who has charge of the
lighting of the town, has been in?
stalled and it is found to give entire
satisfaction so far. It is hoped that
at some time in the not distant fu?
ture, the the town may be able to in?
stall a modern electric lighting system.
Much money has been expended by
many councils in the past ten or
more years on lights.
The good weather of this week will
probably wind up the p '?king of cot?
ton in this section, which has been go?
ing on with many interruptions since
the new year came in. Several plant?
ers have picked most of their crops in
this year. On the O. C. Scarborough
and W. S. Chandler farms in Lee
County, about three or four miles
from town, the harvesting has been
about the same as usually seen in
September or October. Quite a lot
of plowing has been done this week,
too. The oat crop around here looks
very promising.
Mies Fannie Chandler went to Co?
lumbia this morning to visit hor
brother. Mr. W. B. Chandler .
Mr. C. D. McKlnney of Mayesville
passed the State board of pharmacy
examinations successfully this week
in Columbia and is being congratu?
lated by his many friends here.
Marriage License Record.
Two negro couples secured mar?
riage license Saturday, James Brad?
ford and Carrie Bradford of Provi?
dence, and Stephen Bracey and Eliza
Bracey of Sumter were the contracting
parties.
Meet at Clemson tlrds Week.
Clemson College. March 24.?The
date for the meeting of county su?
perintendents of education and farm
demonstration agents at Clemson are
March 2'. 28 and 29.
SOAKS GREAT HEIGHT.
Walsh, Plying at Augusta. Makes
What Army officers Believe is Sew
World's Record.
Augusta. Oa., March 12.?What
army ofllcera believe is a new world's
record, certainly they hold a new
American record, was made by Avia?
tor Walsh here tuis afternoon at the
army c mp with the Curtlaf machine,
built to meet special specification by
the war department. In in unfavor?
ably wind Walsh carried fuel ample
for four hour's Hying, weighing 180
pounds, 4so pounds ad led weight, an
aggregate load of 6 go , minds on the
biplane, and climbed to an altitude of
910 foot in seven minutes.
The final test of the list of specifi?
cations, which required an altitude of
2,000 feet with this weight and
amount of fuel in ten minutes will
be made at College park.
DEPUTIES return from big
raid.
Two Thousand <iallons of "Moon?
shine" and "Near-Moonshine*' De?
stroyed by the Officers.
Greenville, March 24.?A party of
raiding deputies returned to the city
last night from the jungles of Eas
tatoe river section of the mountains.
Several big "plants" were cut up and
over 2.000 gallons of "moonshine," or
near-moonshine, was destroyed. At
one place, in a deep ravine, a big
sheet iron outfit wae located. The
} still was in full blast when sighted
from the hilltop, but when the offi?
cers got there no one was in sight.
Several women were at work nearby
and these were taken in custody, but
released after being questioned.
Four stills were also destroyed in
the Dark Corner in a raid earlier in
the week, besides destroying several
thousand gallons of beer and mash.
ARRESTED IN SAVANNAH.
Bridegroom Accused of Getting Money
Under a Else Pretense**.
Savannah, Ga., March 22.?Return?
ing from Columbia, where he was
married on the previous day to Miss
Frances A. Charles, R. Brooks Baker
was placed under arest upon his ar?
rival upon charges of receiving money
under false pretenses, preferred by
Miss Susie G. Verner, from whom
Baker is alleged to have borrowed
various sums at different times un?
der promise of marriage.
Miss Verner claims that the date of
her marriage to Baker was postponed
from time to time, and that in the
meantime she continued to supply
him with cash. She swore out a war?
rant for him immediately upon learn?
ing of his marriage to the other girl.
Baker says that the only proposal
of marriage was made by Miss Ver?
ner herself and that he rejected that.
GREENWOOD BUYS FIRE TRUCK.
Town SulVorlng Kis'ont Heavy Loss
by Flames [MniM it* I*rotecUon
for Fuluro.
Greenwood, March II,?At a spe?
cial meeting held at city hali Tueaday
? v? iiing the city council bought an
auto hie truck wl ich, with a steam?
er, that is t<> say, a steam engine to
be drawn by the auto fire truck, will,
it i** believed give the town of Green
WO ?d all the fire protection it needs
and will obviate the pressure problem
that ,s such a menace. Technically,
the truck ig a combination truck or
chemical and hose wagon of 80 horse
power. The machine is to be used as
a tractor and will draw a steamer
which has been negotiated for. The
fire auto is of the six cylinder type,
air cooled motor, with 560-gallon
chemical tank and 1,600 feet of hose.
The machine is powerful in construc?
tion and weighs 7,500 pounds. It
has combination gas and electric
lights with self starting apparatus.
3efore purchasing any engine, the
council sent the city engineer, J. W.
I Wells, Capt. F. S. Evans and J. L.
; Beaudrot of the city council on a
tour of Inspection to various towns in
this section. The car bought is tho
i
same type used in Birmingham, New
Orleans and other large cities.
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DEATH DUE TO CONCUSSION OF
BRAIN.
Eugene Dargan Killed by Blow De
liven d by Bud Davis.
The coroner's jury which heard the
witnesses testify at the inquest over
tho body of Eugene Dargan, which
was held on Brand street Friday af?
ternoon, returned a verdict that death
was due to a blow from a bottle de?
livered at the hands of Bud Davis.
Dr. H. M. Stuckey, who was called
upon to make the examination, could
not find any bruise on the body, so
he was obliged to perform an autop?
sy, when he certified that death was *j
due to concussion of the brain by a
blow from some blunt instrument.
The witnesses testified that the
row between the two boys had start?
ed in Mr. Gregg's store. Dargan had
struck Davis three times, when Mr.
Gregg put them both out of the store. g\
On the street the difficulty was con?
tinued and Davis threw the bottle at
Dargan striking him In the back of
the head and knocking him sense?
less. This was about 8 o'clock Thurs?
day night and death followed about
noon Friday, Dargan never regain- j
ing consciousness.
Davis took leg bail immediately af?
ter the occurrence and has not been
located up to this time.
Secretary A. V. Snell went to Flor-,
ence Friday afternoon to speak at a
meeting of the Ad Club at that place
Friday night.
OUR
Is Worth $100.00 We Couldn't Collect,
THAT'S WHY WE SELL BETTER GOODS
FOR THE SAME MONEY.
EASTER
J Is Coming, we have the Goods and Can De?
liver Them.
Tut I s to The Test.
Try one of our Eagle
slllrta for business divss
or tra\el Colors guar?
anteed?at $1.00, $1.50.
$2.00 and $2.50.
Thompson's Oxfords.
Yon stand in them ami
we stand i>ohhui every
pair, at $3.50, $1.00 and
t5.00.
Baste* Hats.
Made of straw to fit all
kinds <>f beads, yours too,
at $1.25, $1.60, $2.00,
$3.00 ami $1.00. Panama
special at $.?.oo ami $<;.oo.
Tie to i s tut Bester Ties.
At 25c, Mk?, $l.oo. $t.:>o
ami $2.50,
Nilk 1-2 II?.m\ Bpeeiol at
25 ami .%.???.
14 S. MAIN ST
SUMTER. S. C
? -.
WE SELL FOR CASH ONLY