The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 11, 1912, Image 5
iU ?shtcbman anb ?cutbron
ritt? ,mi hi the I'omimMi?-?? ?t HttMiMr, 8.
i , h* nn u?41 Clem Matter.
riOCMlXAI.
Mr. If. W. Blake, assistant post?
master .it Marlon. 1* in the city for .
?hort stay. Mr. Blak.? was fonnerb
a resident of Bumter and hi* man)
friends will he glad to see him ho-.'
again.
Mr*. Nina Solomon? has returned
home after a stay of Iwg months with,
the family of her brother, Mr A.
Moise In Philadelphia.
Mrs. Anslev Havis. of New York, is
visiting her mother. Mrs. K W. Molse.
Mr. K. T. A ulham. who suffered a
slight stroke of paralysis ?.
weeks ago. has improved rapidly and
was able to walk down town loiay.
Miss Kmina Snunders, of Hag ?od
was in the city Wednesday.
Mise Mabel I'.owman went to <',.
hSSgl I Wednesday.
Mes-i * I*. rr\ M . s. W. M. t '.1 a ?
bam and O. W. Mahoney are attend -
Ing th*? Confederate Reunion in Ma
con.
Mr. Thomas M Bradley, of Braun,
was in the city on business Wed u s
dsy.
Mr. t. m. jfuitej sad daughter,
of B..i..n. wer. in the city Wednes?
day.
Vr CKQ Nelson, sd Stateburg, was?
In the city Wednesday.
Dl Usf Mrs. W. W. Sihert have
I to H*>t spring?. Arkansas, to
stav for some time.
M gist rate W. J. Rees, of Wedge
t I was In the city Thursday morn?
ing.
Messrs. Edwin Wils .,, and Knglish
Cooper, of St. Charles, were In town
Thursdsy.
Mr P.. M. < ooper. Mrs. M.
Cooper. Jr.. and Misses Vir- 1 la and
Netta Cooper, of Wlsacky, were in
the t Wednesday night to attend
the .Meistersingers concert.
Mr. H. Frank Kelly, of Bishopvllle,
Was In Ihe I Iff Thursday morning.
l?KATH.
Mrs. Maria Brltton. wife of Mr.
Rembert Brltton. of this city. | ? 1
at her home on West Liberty street
earlv T o al >> i- reJUM of heart
brought on by asthma. Mrs.
i death was a great shock t<>
i knew her, as she had not
ck at all previous to her death
.is In apparently good health
the day before, although she was a
chronic sufferer from asthma.
The coroner was notified of the
death and investigated at esjoe, a I out
4 o'clock that SAOmlngi but saw no
need to bold an inuu.st. and as
the family did not wish one held, none
was held.
Mrs. Britto,, v a ^ a i|i ight.r of Mr.
R. M. Jones of this city. She leaves,
besides her husband, two small chil?
dren.
Mr^ J 0, White the widow of the
late Capt. J. Q, White, of the go*?
nelght'oi ho.-d died .it h? r home very
?eddenrj Tuend 19 aftemoog after a
very short Illness. Mrs. White ,\ 11
over si\ty years of age and had m iny
friends ?nd relatives In this county
and elsewhere, besides several s,,ns
and daughters.
The funeral SOfVlseS UJfjfl held at
the residence Wednesday at 3.30
o'clock and the interment i.diowed M
the local cemetury.
Mrs. whit.- leaves' Ava son--, m.-sis.
J B. White of Allendale- S. J. White.
Krsnk White and K B. White of the
Rrcgdon section and J. I>. Whltt of
this cltv. and three daughters.
M W> ^< <?BI H M \UK <i \MI H,
f.l/nnl- liest Turtle?, and ggugpnlssl
win I iom MNgntne*,
Tv\o K?me- <.f imh>.,r bgSJetslll WCTS
pl.ived ?t th. Y. M c. A gymnasium
Yuc-d.i before an nnnsuallv small
audience, th,- weather man probably
b/dng r< ?|??.ti.|i.|. for the fact that
more did not com?, out. The ^a o>???
Were featured by th? number of
Scores made h\ em h side atid by the
playing of Ihe Scorpion who |?a\.
*on thr?#? straight game* and M<?ID
on the right r*> ol to Nrll Ihs iegs
nant.
jiii tiMt gases ami a#J between
the Usunh and the TuHleU, the
former winning by the sc..-,. .,f
tWtVe to sis. The second game in
Ihe championship series were pn led
off hy the gcorplolM and th?- Al'iv <? an
ami ihe gcorplonj ugala came out
vi? I actons.
The Charteetog i...>s left fof hems
\\ . .la i e iftersjnua happy ever their
t 1 I nd I I .lining Itfngjgfif than
evei Ihe high school championship
I . ah ill lea na ?.f ihs Mats
The ??..11 ng 1 b. Mi Hindi I church
\* gsjfgg faxt,.1 than eves lust now ami
a ,.iM..ri b?is to t?k#> a look at the
bnlldtna ever? d if b> s,.,. n.. \ fa. t
II I iilldsns : ' slug eft eied,
Punch and 1 had schemed to dls
fii so ourselves and lead Uncle Peter
up to our own sreclally engaged book
maker, Ikey Schwartz, at the raee
tiack. In order to conserve the coin
h? <vas losing by betting on the
ponies.
i gelt Peter left Iluraldene quite
eariy on the day of the race and Bp
hou, or two later 1 met Bunch a:
Zurberg's madhouse near the track.
Bunch had engaged a room nnd was
In there unpacking a trunk when I
answered roll call.
What's the deal with the duds?" I
Inquired as he hauled a lot of farce
comedy clothes out of the kick and
tossed them on the chairs.
"These are for the makeup," he ,
answered "You don't suppose we're
going to pull this play off in straight
face, do you? Bite luto the strych
nir.e, JohQ, Ht.J get nervous! get
nervous."
Hunch was General Jackson at the
head of the brigade for sure, and the
in v ? it he took in the scheme to save
busy Uncle Peter wae astonishing.
i hat am 1 supposed to play in
tin production?" 1 asked, as I gave
lbs uiugu rugs the freezy look over.
Well." replied Bunch, "in the old
collige days you wtre considered one
ol our best little smile pullers. In
those days you were rated high as a
comical cuss when it came to acting
out. so you for the little bunch ot
lhilallys on the chin, and do a Reub!"
I do a Reub!" 1 gasped. ' V.n I
supposed to put on the Keokuk coat
aim PlkatOWg pants and chew hay
around the track all day?"
"Say. is Uncle Peter your relative
I p I_ - I
Issued from Zurberg's hotel a Dago
bootblack and a Long IslanJ. Reub?
a catchy pair, believe me!
lkey had gone on ahead to take
down the shutters. He had full in?
structions how to break into Unole
Peter's good graces and tie up to the
old fellow's staff. We were to play
soft music around the fringe of so?
ciety and try to push my spendthrift
relative over against the philanthro?
pic brace game, but under no circum?
stances were we to crony up to lkey,
unless he yelled for financial help, a
contingency to be carefully guaided
against by all of us.
Bunch surely looked the part. His
face had been treated with a hand
painted complexion that took him to
Genoa and back on the same steamer,
and he had the Guinea crouch down
fine.
With the store clothes, and the wig,
and the imitation Panama hat made
out of cracked oats, and the neat lit?
tle group of wind-teasers on the chin.
I was a regular Silas Tobasco Per
Kins, from 'Hickory Comers, ?'goitil
We separated before reaching the
gate, alter naming a spot where we'd
meet in an hour to compare notes.
Bunch joiued the push of pikers on
their way through the turnstile to the
Promised Land, and a little later I
followed.
It was now up to me to do a gwak
specialty and I went after the record.
I rubbered my way into the bet?
ting ring, law that lkey was at his
post and then I went on a still hunt
for Uncle Peter.
While exercising the elastic in my
neck just outside the bettiug pit I
"I Was Introduced end Underwent the Initiation With Flying Colors."
I
or mine'.'" Hunch came buck. "Are |
you going to back pedal now when |
i the show is ready to open? If you i
want to save this tnoney-spllllng old !
Gi sjggsjsj you'll have to roll up the
sleeves and play b:.11. I tell you those.
How are you going to tout hiiu up to |
our counter so we can get his coin ,
If you don t wear the blinders, huh?"
"And wnat fat part have you cast
yourself for?" I asked, more than '
half way inclined la let Uncle Peter
go the whole distance on the Per?
th' on pike.
Why I'm going to do a Dago boot- ,
black," Hunch replied. ''I've got all the
goods right here. Say! this whole
scheme hits me Just about right. I
ggtteipgti rolling up a large bundle of
laughs, and, besides, doing that foo! \
Ish old man a big favor. Say, .lohn,
ggg you catch me shining old Uncle
I'? >>r s shoes and steoring him on to
a sure thing, eh. what? It's a pipe, j
tint's all it is."
Hunch's enthusiasm Boon dispelled
a': my doubts ami in a minute we
Wire Into the details of our makeup
; e en'ly lkey S( hwartz called as pgr
Bg > eui<nt with Hunch and we went
OV' the wh(?h* plan Hunch had
? I lg i dough in the overalls to !
?Uliars things in case anybody caught
II ? .? ?Ith a logg shot, hut the latter
promised to make the prices so untn
v ? kg to outsiders that there would
be nothing doing ground the bataar
t or Uncle Peter.
<i like a tlnch trimmed vvith
i ad to do v as to coax Uncle
p< i in to the receiving teller and
i hin there till he bad a headache
in the bank, account Then wed lend
hill OUl In a vacant lot somewhere,
j ich hliu a few line* on tin- ? vils
ot the hefting fing, 'and give ri'in
ba< i his faded cush
in my mind's aye i could see grate*
ful Uncle Peter falling upon our
necks Hnd bleaalng us in seven differ
e'1 language* tieeause through our
U" elfish Tort- we had pulled him
em oi the elulcheg of Ihe Orabhelmer
gum .i,?i had saved lovable old vnnt
Martha from the dlatraag ol having
ti go to work In I cigur factor) III
bei old age
Hure thing! ^ e ears two good
ho> < 10 dg 'his kindly deed
And so a few niluutes later there
semi US your Jo'- work.
carelessly put one of my elbows Into
the dining arrangement! of a hurry?
ing stranger and the next moment he
treated ine to about a pound of the
wannest verbal remonstrance I ever
listened to.
With his first word I turned and
recognized my old friend, the Ken?
tucky horse trainer, Murf Higginbot
rom.
"Yo' all cert'nly should know that
my stomach ain't no place for yo' el?
bow, mh!" he expostulated. "Ain't
they room enough in this big world,
suh, for yo' e.bow without lacerating
my personal property'.' I don't know
much about medicine, suh, but I know
enough to tell yo' all that a stranger's
elbow ain't got any business in my
stomach, sub!''
I tiied to apologize for bombarding
his Little Mary, but Murf was sore
all over.
"Yo' all can't cut a gully through
my right of way. suh, and then square
yo' self by laying the blame to acci?
dent, sub!' Murf spluttered. "1 made
it a rule all my life, sub, to bump
them tbat bump me. ami If yo' all has
any of the true ge'man In yo', suh.
yo' beHt iollow me to a quiet spot
and get yo' bump, BUbT*'
Thtg I leaned over and whispered
the pass word In Murf's ear. He
Jumped as though shot and looked at
me keenly. Then he cracked open a
loud laugh and asked for the particu?
lars.
'Yo' all cert'nly did fool yo' obedi?
ent servant," Murf chuckled "And
I'm iholy glnd yo' didn't follow me to
a quiet spot because yo' all was
i ert'nly ?lue to get bumped, John? yo'
cert'nly was! '
We'll go to the quiet spot anyway,
Murf," I vald. I must put you wise
to the vaudeville act I'm playing and
get your help to win out."
Whan I explained the whole situa?
tion to Murf tie laughed till 1 thought
his mind would explode.
W hen I fuss met yo' I'ncle Peter,"
he managed to gasp after a bit, "we
didn't cotton much to each othah, hut
when I gt(t 10 know him hettah. suh.
I felt more Ittndi.v dispoaed, and later
'??? go? tn be fuss elans friends. If I
can d<. anythlug to help yo' all save
yo Uncle I'etei from beating his
: i no\ to death command me, suhl"
All I v a ,t you to do. Murf." I
uiswered Is to Introduce me to
Send us your J<d> work.
Uncle Peter as Hlrara Dodd, a friend
of yours from Swampscott, Conn.,
and give me the name of a likely win
ner In the third race this afternoon. I
want to tlrrnly establish my friend?
ship with Uncle Peter by handing Dim
a winner, first crack oat of the box
Are you next, Murf?"
"I cert'nly follow yo' all closely, all
the way around," Murf answered.
"Tell bin to lay a few dollars on
Eppy Grams in the third race?it
sholy looks like the money, sub.!'
We strolled around a bit and pres?
ently ran across Uncle Peter who
recognized Murf and greeted him ef?
fusively.
I was introduced and underwent the
Initiation with flying colors. Uncle j
Peter played me for Hiram Lodd to |
the limit, even going so far as to tell
me he knew several members of the
Dodd family in Connecticut
Murf excused himself and by easy
stages I led my esteemed Uncle j
around to the horses. It was about
time for the third race and I men- |
tioned Kppy Grams as being a fancy .
bit of pipe.
Just about that time I found myself
in front of Ikey's come-on camp, so 1
halted and begau to dig for some
dough.
"How do you do!" I heard Uncle
Peter exclaim as he got a flash of
lkey. "You're the young man I inet (
while I was with Mr. Lawrence, and
1 promised to do some business with
you, didn't 1?"
Ikey spread out a grin and an
?wared, "Yes, sir, Mr. Grant."
"What is the nai.ui of your choice,
Mr. Dodd?" Unclfl Peter inquired i
turning to me. 1
"Eppy Grams," I answered; j
"frieud of mine down Swampscott
way hear'n tell as how that colt is {
faster n a streak of home-made j
lightnin', so 1 reckon I'm about due tu |
peel off ten dollars and plant It whai
Eppy Grams can make It grow."
I rend the lines for Ikey's benefit
and I certainly had him on the ropes
The first sentence gave him an attack
of cholera morbus and when Uncle j
Peter asked for the odds it was all |
Ikey could do to get back In time to
answer.
Uncle Peter placed a hundred on
Eppy Grams at 3 to 1 and after ex?
pressing a desire to see more of me
he bade "Mr. Dodd" good-by ami
rolled off to watch the race.
Ikey asked me where Hunch was
and then it suddenly occurred to me
that 1 hadn't kept the appointment.
1 hustled around to iocat*? my com
panion in the life saving business but !
j not a sign of him anywhere until pres
sntly, attracted by a crowd over near i
the gate, I rubbered through and?
picture!
In the center of the crowd stood the
sullen Bunch surrounded by six or
seven real I) go boot-doctors, all ges
tlculatlng and giving my friendless
pal the double cross in Italian.
The biggest member and leader of
the besieging party had worn his ton
sils down coaxing Bunch to fight it
out, but the latter stood there wild
eyed and silent.
Bunch realized that if it came to
blows the first crack would change i
his complexion and he'd probably j
get pinched as a suspicious character,
so he had to stand there and let those
Guinea shoe-beaters shower verbal
spaghetti all orer him. |
I knew that if I interfered togged
VP in the Reub harness I'd only make
matters worse, but I was just going
to take a chance when a track Cop
pushed through the crowd and in?
quired for particulars.
"Onea beega slob!" the leading j
man in the Dago troupe yelled; "he!
makea de cheap shine; bee;.; t slob!"
"No gotta da Union ca:d!" yelled
another native of T.ilermo,
Oh! oh! I could leel the loud laugh
on Bunch creeping to the surface.
Delighted with the ingenuity of his
disguise he had danced into the at n:t
but no sooner did the regulars in th<?
bootahinll g industry get a peep at
tha luckless Bunch than they held j
him tip as a non-union man und a
scab.
CAi! Oh!
"Onea beega slob! makea du pin?h!
makea da pinch!" the Da^ob yelled
in unison and it was up to .Vr. Cop
to get busy.
"What d'ye mean by buttin' in
here'.'' the Cop asked, but Bunch
didn't dare open his mouth and Jis- |
play his assortment of phony Italian. !
"Get ( ut of here, ye cheap skate,"
tne Cop yelled, grabbing Bunch by
the shoulder and pushing him over to
the gate. What d'ye mean by cut
tin' prices and tryin' to become .i
Pierpint Morgan at the expense oi
these r? gtilar shines?"
The Dagos yelled witb delight, and
l ducked so as not to add to Bunch's 1
misery h> letting him get a pet p a*
me.
Now get out of here,-' commanded
the Cop as he gave Bunch a hard
push through the g ite, "and slay out,
ye Guinea slob!"
The patent leather pounders on the
inside screamed with Joy as the Inter
loper want bouncing out of their
Eden Bunch turned angrily and was
about to speak, but suddenly chang d
his mind and rushed off in the direc
t'.un ot the hotel
When 1 got back to Ikey the race
was over. Eppy Grams win and the
delighted Uncle Peter cashed in amid
great applause from himself.
Uncle Peter saw me and wanted to
buy me a box <>f cigars hut I excused
myself and he rushed off. flooding lie
earth with joyous chuckles
Making an uppolntment with Ikej
lor the morning I hurried to join he
dlsgi unl led hunch
Oh! Oh!
When I found him he consisted ?
one iHvgc sole spot
oh'
tC T' r' :t '.y rj \\ Dlilinghaiu C??.)
rid us your Joit work,
Mills! I KSI\<?I.RS PLEASK,
Large Audience IVeely Anninad* so.
lections h> Cliarleetan Quartctf
Twice Wednesday CharleHion was
ihe winner In Bum tor ? the drat
time In the afternoon ?it iho
loc i baseball park when the
teams of the two high schools played
against ?ach other, and the second
time at night when the Meistersingers
wt n the hearts <>f their audience by
their sweet and harmonious singing.
Charleston's crack male quartette is
good, at least everybody said that last
night after the concert, and the re?
porter, who does not claim to know
music, supposed that they knew and
said so also. From the time that the
CUt'inln went up to the time it went
down the singers kept their audience
pleased and many times they Wer<
encored. They at least highly pleased
one of their audience for this person
Bent up a biff and beautiful bunch of j
dowers to the appreciative Singers?
The program as sung during the
evening was:
PAKT 1.
I, Wanderer's Night Song?Lent*.
_'. (a) Wide River?Negro Melo?
dies.
(t?i Heaven.
Tenor Solo?"I Hear You Call?
ing me.'*?Mr. STolght.?Mar?
shall.
4. The Rosary?Xevin.
5, Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup?
Johnson.
PART 2.
1, (a) Crossing the Bar?Anon,
(b) <>ft In the Stilly Night?Arr.
Matthew.
2. Kentucky Babe?Gelbe!?
Negro Camp Meeting Song.
Pass Baritone Solo?"Invtctus"
?lTurn?Mr. Brueschweiler.
I, Annie Laurie?Arr. Gelbei.
5. Arion Walt/?Vogel.
New York Cotton Market.
New York, May 9.
Open. Clos^.
May.11.2S 11.39?41
July. 1 1.37 11.49?50
Aug.11.41 11.53?54
Oct. 11.55 11.68?69
Dec. 11.05 1 1.77?7S
flosed barely steady.
Liverpool Market.
Liverpool, May 9.
open. Close.
May. 628
May?June.029?29 629
June?July.629^?30 029 \
July?Aug. 029 Vi?32 031
Aug?Sept.029?30 V| 630
Closed firm.
Local Market.
Basis middling. 11.25.
Col. w. D. Scarborough and Mr. 1
J. Cummlngs, of Dalaeil, were, in th
eity Wednesday.
HAHMOM WALL STREET I'AVoR.
rnc
Bryan sa>* Ha Has Evlstesaat, support?
ing < barge.
FTndlay, Ohio, Hay I,?"I haw ob?
tained ? letter in evidence that Gov.
Harni.?n is favor.-.1 by Wall Street.*'
This Ktatement area made in a speech
here today l.y Wm. J. Bryan. Mr.
Bryan said that in J-Vbru.iry. 190v
QOV. Harmon hoped to be the Wall
Street candidate for president; that
Harmon's friend- imped to nominate
Hin? in Denver? and thai they tried to
buy f.?r Harmon Bryan delegates in
ohio. The Xebraekau said he would
produce the Wall street letter if Har?
mon would write ? m?te denying that
his friends tried to buy Bryan votes.
Wtsncky Parses i^x?k v. mi.
Wisaeky. May I.?It has be?n rain?
ing all the afternoon and is still rain?
ing. We are glad to have it, for
jats and late planted cottoi. The
fanners are about through planting.
Stands of corn are very good* Cot"
ton will be good also. W< have be?
gan to cultivate our crops. Some are
chopping cotton. i >ats are doing
fine.
Wo had I full attendance at our
county convention yesterday. The
meeting was very harmonious. but
was dominated by the Bleasites. We
sent a strong delegation to Colum
| bia. uninstructed.
1 am glad to see so many improv, -
mentS going OU In your beautiful
town. Every one Will tend to beau
i tify it still more. There are improve*
I ments going on .vith us also. Mr.
I Willie McCutchen has begun building
Iiis beautiful new home, it will ex?
cel anything else in this section. He
hopes to complete it by October.
Mr. I>esChamps will soon rebuild
where his old home was burnt, also
building another home for Mr. J. F.
Held, his efficient bookbeeper, who
wa> unfortunate in losing all his
household goods when the house 'n
which ho lived was burned some.
months ago. Both dwellings be?
long to Mr. DeeChampa and were
recently burned.
The gardene are looking ard doing
well. We will soon have lots of vege?
tables1 The fruit crop is abundant
Peaches ire shedding rapidly* which
is fortunate as the trees could not
have supported the quantity they had
on them.
Mr. Robert Coo|
bride, after a tou
and Cuba, have
home.
Mr. and Mrs. M, _ ._ ...
visiting at the home of Mr. Des?
Cham ps. where Mrs. McDonald has
be.n quite sick for a week. I am
glad to say she is much better.
Mr. Ben P, Myers, of Hagood. spent
Wednesday night in town.
First Annual Sale
D
WE OFFER ALL MILI?
NER Y AT A GREAT RE?
DUCTION.
SPECIAL:
$8.00 to $12.00 Trimmed
Mats at.
$5.00 to $8.00 Trimmed
Hats at ... -
$5.00
$3.00
Friday and Saturday
May 10 and 11
ss
M. C. Jacobs
Opposite Court House.