Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cbt 4JR*tt!)m;ui ;n?> ScittrjrtJi. !????! Ml III* ComIwiU-^ ?4 tHMBMf, H f S* ?? IBJ ClflMM MMttr. I" I mm Mr. K. Jackson, of Klh.ree. spent Tuceda In the city. Mr. Manning Prakeforo. fgj Char? leston. ?? on a visit to his parents near Mayesvlllr. Basal Estelle Jone? of gSJUlSt nmn Ijr was one of the recent graduates from thr cr.ingehurg College. Mr. Havt Wlnn. of lllshopville. was ^n the . il> for awhile Wednesday Mis* L>eul has returned home from Coksr College, which she has been at? tending. ? Mrs. A. V. Snell of Sumter, Is visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Oeo. W. s Hart. In Yorkx Hie.? Yo. k viile Kmtulrer. Mr. Taylor Keels left here Sunda\ for WMmlngton where he has eepted a position with the Atlantic Coast Line In the superintendent's of? fice. jp. Mr. Vppelt. of ManninK. in the ^elty Wednesday. Miss Luctle Iseman. of Manning event the day In the city Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. i?Jd. of Wiscaky spent Tuesday night In the city. Mr. T. H. Psrker. of Hlshopville. ?_was In the city Wednesday. Mise Olive Sturgeon, of Lake Cl?y la visiting her aunt. Mrs. T. 8. Joye. Mr. and Mrs. Slnkler and daughter Miss Carrie Slnkler, are visiting the family of Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Manning. y Mr. Thomas 11. Tatum. of Hlshop? ville. was ? visitor to the city Wed? nesday. \i Bj Bennett of sumter was the guest of Miss Thelma Jorda.i last areek.? Hartsv nie Messenger. Mr. W. T Hunter spent Wednesday B?tn the city with his brother. .Mr. L. L*. Hunter, gsj his way to his he sag at Kearbern a Miss Lorctta M? Kam is at h-im after teaching for a year at Marion. Rev. J. W. McKay left Thursday Charlotte, where he will spend several days. Mies Aim ? M ?-i < a ml M r*. I'u-k ney. of Stateburg, were In the cl?) Thu raday. HIH I KHT ('t)N FFKF.NCF MKT. ft Isaege Nusartrr of Delegates Prcsvu: at ? ferro? e Whir 11 Wus Organis? ed Thar>tday Morn.ng. The Sumt-r District Conference oi glhf Mfth<>di-t ('hm h met in Sumte? ^Wednesday night for their first seislo1. and formally organized Th?rs, v morning and prepared for the bust res?, which will come up in the tat" slon. which will hi continued through Sunday. There sen* a large number of I delegates present from all parts of the district when the confereira- I I called t ? order Thursday b> Pre? siding Cider Walter I. Herbert who presided i.o?r the sessions of the con? fer- Bj ?ml ggveifd more are '?** peeled hegggg the end Sd the week. I TheeS present ere not only from the Sumter district, but from all parts of the State and there are man, well known and prominent divines of the Methodist church and educators from all parts of this State and oth? er States represented In th?* gather The first session of the conference was h?Od Wednseday night at the Breed Street Methodist Church, al? though at that time the < ..men-rc ? had not been regulativ organised. A strong Mfsaon was pr- uhed by the a Rev. J. E. Kdwards of Mshopvllle, ' One of the del gates to the conference. Wednesday evening ami Thui morning a committee consisting "f Messrs. I'. Wi Humphries, pastor tf the Hro.ol Street Methodist Church. Harold M< ? o. and I' A. The. ? w a ' hept busy meeting all trains to erel tome th" delegates and to < undue: them to the h-unes it wtihh ?h? y wdl be entertained during their stav n the elty. Plans haw I.n formulated for busy and Interesting Bjegteg oi the ft in i i.e Mire <.i. iMMy two tegni arete tri??i in list po|p ? e.iurt Thursday: c c. Moore was saetfeneed le pny Ym ft- t 4 days lor tiding a be yi I. at nisht without a light. Sam Peterson was irrested f >r aault and battery with Intent le kill. He waiwd a preliminary hearing and wan *?nt t'> (ill to await trial at Ho Court of General Se-.dcf,-? His bond \m ^ Peteraog claimed that hat grist had goto* ofr with s set hat mns> tontrnry |t Mi orders and he could not and Bjgsjld not stand fgf IMa Hi tsgsti quenlly caught his wife and made a iw tt ???. n the back of her nach with a JON Fs-YFAIHiN. Well Known Young People of CltJ to IV Married on June tttli. The following invitations have been issued to the wedding reception for Miss Hallie Jones and Mr. Yat-s Yeadon. two popular young peopV ul this city: Mr. ami Mrs. William S. Jones request the honor of your presence at the marriage reception of then daughter Hallie Buff and Mr. William Yatea Yeadon >n Thursday afternoon, the six of June One thousand nine hundred and lg elve at half after tlve o'clock Three hundred and eight West Calhoun Street Sumter. South Carolina WOMAN KOllHF.n OF 92,000 GFMS. Burglar Le\cU Pistol at Mrs. Giliuoie lr t nlontown a ad Gets Jewelry. Qaxette Times. t'nlontown. Pa., May IS.?One of the most daring robberies in the hl<? tory of Fayette county was perpetrat? ed at 11 o'clock tonight when a mask? ed burglar entered the home of Gu> Ol'inore. a wealthy coke operator, at the edge of I'nlontown on the MoClel land road and forced Mrs. Oilmore. who was alone, to give him $2,000 worth of Jewelry. The servants were out for the even? ing and Mr. Oilmore had not arrived home when Mrs. Oilmore, who was sitting In the library on the Hrst llo*r was surprised to see a large man. closely masked, enter the room. Pointing a revolver at Mrs. Oilmore he commanded her to give him all the jewelry in the house. Mrs. Gil more at the burglar's command was made to walk upstairs and give him her Jewelry, but not all In the house. Tho burglar even look a diamond ring from her linger. After obtaining what he thought was all the Jewelry In the house the robber walked down the stairs and disappeared in the darkness. Mrs. Oilmore raised a window and hot screams aroused the neighbors. Mrs. Gilmore will be remembered here as Miss Nellie Epperson, a daugh? ter of Sheriff W. II. Epperson. SCORPIONS AGAIN VICTORS. Alligators and Turtles Tie In tonal Game. Scores 11 to 11 ami g to "?. The Scorpions defeated the Lizard HKaln Tuesday evening at the Y. M, ?'. A., winning by the score of \* to This is the sixth game which they have won to the one which they have l'?St. In the game between the Alligators and the Turtles, neither team was ghli to defeat the ether. The score at the end of the game was 11-11, the game having to l>? (ailed in order to kii\. the other two teggfll a OtlgDCt to 1 lay. MIXED BY FAST MAIL TRAIN. Henry Power*. Well Known YOMMg Man of Msrs Huff, loosest Ills Life Florence, May 10, ? Henry Powers, a well known young farmer of the linn Btttfl section, was killed by a hurt mail train on a OTOgStng near Mars Bluff station last night. It ll s ippo.sed that the young man Wai ? I Mod by the el eti ic headlight, and M there arg two tracks on that I??<? t Og of the road he got on the wrong "n> to bt the train go by, The Inquest was held this morning, t ie railroad compr ny having taken i it- of the body i (st night. I?. A. II. I le ction. At a reeent meeting of (hunter's Home Chapter. i?. a. R the follow tng officers were re-elected < ibgent. Mm s. i *. H?her? Yi.e-ib^ent, Mrs <\ w. Kinsman. S r etary. Mrs. L. I >. RppS, Treasurer. Mrs. Perry MOSSS, Jr. Iteglsler, Miss Alice Mos? s. Historian, Mrs. w. s. Dlnhlna, hlrtlnls im IVnnnnnsJilp, i or the |..?st year er IWO the public schools ?.f the city hnve devoted spe elnl gl tent Ion to penmanahlp, in or? der to atlmulate Interest four medals am offered i.> gentlemen ?>f the city to the Kirls and hojl of the third and fourth years of the high school. Tin year these four medttll ar.- offered by: Messrs. U i. Parrntt, R, i Wrlffht, Honrs Hnrby, and II, l< s. irhorough, The S. ,| has put a cement put ding from Cnshuu ilree Miasenger ds? pot a I leg ha ? 11 improi ? merit In t be < lo ir groui ? i near Ihe lra< iffton Xewi >^ Pr. CHANGES ON SOUTHERN, itoad win Make Changes in Scheel? ulrs of Southern Train-. Leaving Sumter. In order lo provide ? letter SChed ttle for Cnmden and Hock Hill and points between Bumter and Colum bia and those points the Southern RglWny company has decided to make certain changei in the achedulej now enlatlng for trains running between Columbia and Rock Hill and Sum tci and Sumter Junction ami '.ving ville. These new schedules Will g ? into effect May 28th and will b- of Intereat to people in Bumter who nave freojuently to ride over the Southern* Train No. 140. the present train leaving Sumter for KlngVlltc at 7.30. will leave Sumter at ?>.."U> a. in. and make connections at Sumter Junc? tion With the Southern train fron. Columbia, No. 118, which arrives at Hock Hill at 11.10 a. m. Crom Sum? ter Junction No. 140 will go on to Kingville making connections with the Southern train from Charleston, and returning to Sumter as No. 141 and arriving at 10.15 as at present. In the afternoon train No. 142 will leave Sumter at 3.30 p. in. instead of at 2.05 p. m., as now, making con? nections with No. 114 at Sumter Junc? tion which will arrive at Columbia at 6 p. m., instead of 4 p. m. as at pres? ent. It will make connections with No. 14 arriving at Charleston from Columbia at 915 p. rn. The trains between Columbia and Hock Hill over the Southern will be changed at the same time so as 11 operate daily, instead of daily except Sunday, as at present. There has been considerably com? plaint from the points between Sum? ter Junction and Rock Hill of the Southern schedule and the matter was taken up some time ago by As? sistant General Passenger Agent, J. L, Meek of Atlanta who has given close attention to the schedules and decided that the above changes Will meet the needs of the cltlli ns of Kock Hill, Lancaster, .'amdtn and other points affected. Sumter citi? zens will probably be v eil pleased with the new schedules a3 it Jives them better oppoi tunities of "-'in* to Columbia or returning than they hn\ c had heretofi re. THINKS Liss COTTON PLANTED. Watson Re I kwgl Crop Condition, for New York Paper. Colombia, May 22.?Commission*! gr Watson, in reply to a query from the Wall Street Journal, on the con? dition of the eott ?n crop throughout the cotton belt, sent the following review: "It is difficult to give any tiling like an estimate of the coming cotton crop at this stage. 1 fe 1 from the reports in my hands and from my observations, and, indeed, my know lewge f conditions, that the average will be about 18 to 2?> per cent less than that of last year for the entire holt? Not alone has the Hood damage In the bell States been very severe and is such, but all over the belt, with possibly the exception of por? tions of Texas the unprecedented rainfall of the winter has prevented preparation of soil ami set back the planting season most materially. Under theae conditions, while what COtton has been planted is coining to an excellent stand in the South Atlan? tic States, with the prlmlse of a good production per acre. I cannot possibly look for anything like a crop that was prodm ed last year, when not alone the acreage was unusually large, but climate condition- were s.? combined as |0 make the individual plant pro? duce more cotton to the plant than had perhaps ever been known In the history of cotton." Manning Keim?l Closes, Manning Tinos. I >n next Hunda) morning at half past eleven o'clock the commence? ment sermon will be preached by Dr. D, M. oDuglns in the graded school auditorium, i ?n Monday evening at 1,30 the graduating exercises v ill titkc plat e. iIon, Mendel L. Smith of I ?n luden Will deliver the address. New York Cotton Market. New York. May 23, I ipen. < 'lote. May. 11.05?08 July.11."0 11.10?1? Aug. 11.17 ?19 < ?et.11.80 11.80 - ?29 |>ee. 11,43 11.38?-36 I 'losed barely steady, i .i vi ?: it pool m utKirr. Liverpool, May J'.. Open. Close. May. 810 Ml May?June. ?'? I B 1 June July. 020 July?Aug. 822 H Aug--Sept. 82 2Vj Closed dull, Loral Market I in -i* m'ddllng i 1.75. NEWS AM) VIEWS OF PI8GAH. Cleveland School Clooca a Prosperous Year?Hon. M. L. Smith Made ?VI. dross. 1 isgah, May L'o.?The heavy rains a few days ago itoped farm work ,m til the ground got dry enough to atir This week progress will be ma le ii we don t have another flood. Cotton is not as line as we would like to have it. but it is like the eats that, it is said, have nine lives. It aril! come all right, but not l'ke last year. Miss Alma Brad ley'? school clos? ing exercises wer?; interesting. The children recited their piece3 and per? formed their parts in a very creditable manner. While all did so well it is hard to specify, but Miss Sadie Hog? ers rendered her piece, "Curfew Shall Not Hing Tonight." in a very fine manner. Madge Hogers. Nell and Gertrude Gillis. Eula Haker, Sybil Cole, Hubert Bradley, and Llnwood Cole did remarkably well. Saturday quite a number enjoyed n picnic at the same place. Having accepted an invitation from the teachers of the Cleveland school, Kershaw county, to attend their an? nual picnic last Saturday We went there. Quite a large number were present to enjoy the day and hear the speaking. Hon. M. L. Smith, Mc? Kenzie, superintendent of education. C. W. Blrchmore, editor of the Wa teree Messenger, and Hew Mr. Sharp of the Methodist church, made in? teresting addresses on educational lines. Each spoke about twenty-:'w minutes, after a pleasant Introductory by Mr. Brace, who presided. Mr. Smith divided his subject in three parts: 1st. the home influence, th" raising and training of the child 1 v the parents, especially the mother? and Instilling into it the principle which would be the foundation for its futuro life. L'nd. The influence of the church and that life, and 3rd, Its education. Each one of these he developed In a very Interesting man? ner, after which, he showed how education had progressed for many generations. The different system** of this country and the world. Ho said a commission, of line educators, viz: S. H. Edmunds, of Sumter; 1?. 'V Johnson. President Winthrop Col? lege; W. 11. Hand. Superintendent ?>f state High Schools, and the State Superintendent of Education, ha I prepaied a bill for the most perfect educational system our state ever had. but for some reason the bill d'd cot |et Ihrough the last ?estlon of tin legislature. He paid a hue compli? ment to the Cleveland school, a .id t.o patrons ami school where tin people had Improved In many ways. He closed by showing school statistics of the two races in this State, and warned the people of the danger "f not being up and doing if We wisp to preserve things as they now are. His address was listened to with a great deal of Interest. After the speaking the ladies set a most bountiful table. Ailed With good things, which was heartily en? joyed by the hungry crowd. Cleve? land School house is a tine building, two Stories high, painted white, with green blinds and sky blue Inside. It is very conveniently arranged for comfort. A flag flies over the build? ing. Miss Nell Simpson and Mis Ida Mae Evans are to the teach rs. and they did their work so well, thai the school board has elected them for next year. in the afternoon the boys played ball and the girls had music. Many candidates were present, but poli? tics was not mentioned. One man said he was still hunting for two things, votes ami a wife, We hope he will succeed In getting both. We saw one fellow that was sind all to pieces by Cupid. Poor fellow, he bus mj sympathy, i.ate in the evening all Went home feeling what a pleasant day they bad experienced, if any one did not have a nice time it was his own fault, for a more hospitable people is hard to find, M:\HO\Itl) MAY DO BETTER. Reader Glvee Reaeoni Why stations Between Sumter end Kummerton Were Poorly Repreeented| As to it. It. Appropriation and Other Tiling*. i had the pleasure <>f attending ihe commencement of the Bethel School last evening. The program was well rendered and was enjoyed by a large crowd of patrons and friends. I note that the people between Sumter and Bummerton were "poorly represented and had no one to speak in th. ir behalf" at the R. II. Commis? sion hearing yeate day. Well, what was the use to watte good time on a losing game? There were several) representatives there, and the Com mlalon knew of the conditions here, so if the Commission wants to give us justice it can do so, they will do as they please anyhow, and we are like the old riddle about the cigar? "A lire at one end and a fool at the other"?so we will get the worst of it every time. But it is an ill wind that blows no good, and may be we will get a better schedule if the Sea? board comes through. I noticed an artule from Mr. J. C. Hawkins a few weeks ago and expeet eed to see something more about it before now. I did not understand his meaning exactly. As I understand the affair the coi nty officers had nothing to do with it. My impression is that last summer or fall, the Cham? ber of Commerce opened up nego? tiations with the Seaboard relative to its coming to Sumter, which it agreed to do. if the twon would pay $20,000 to secure right-of-way. A petition was circulated among the business men of Sumter and they agreed to do this. The country people e/ere aevef asked anything ghoul it. Messrs. Clifton and Dirk, on the la>t day of the session Introduced this hill to pay th?- town $1 2,000 out of the coun? ty money. Now this kind of legislation Is had for town and country for it tends to array them against each other, and gives the Impression that Sumter de? liberately planned it. I do not believe, however, that the Sumter people, as a whole, knew anything about it, who did plan it will probably never be known. No one seems to be able to explain why it was necessary for the legislature to have anything to do with it. The country people seem to want the railroad, and it does seem that they, at least, might have been asked about it. And why did they wait until the last day to bring this matter up, and pass upon it, after one of the members had gone home These and some more questions are being freely asked, but no answer has been offered yet. I do not understand Mr. Hawkins' position on the affair, so I cannot not give him any help, unless he explains. Header. School Kxhibit. On Monday afternoon from 5 to 7 there will be at the Hampton school an exhibit of the work done by the pupils for the past year in Art and Penmanship. There are two super? visions of thes-e departments. Misbes McLean and Satterwhite. Visitors will be gratified to see the work of the students. The public is cordially invited. Remember the date. Monday the 27th; the hour, I to 7. Be sure to be present. Make no other ap? pointment for that date. Am You Going Away? THE Going-Away Season is nearly here. Time you were thinking of a Trunk or Suit i A roller-tray is the most conveni on the market. Straight trays and Steamer Trunks for Gents. We have them in all I grades. in Suit Cases Our 24 inch All-Leather |Case, with Linen Shirt folder, straps and clasp. ffor $5.00 is the best value we have seen. Let us show it to you. Many other grades from $1.00 up. in H & Company. ITHE BEAUTIFUL SLE OF PALMO This Kver Popular Seashore Resort Will Open its 1912 Season SUNDAY, MAY 26th Du ring the past Winter over $100,000.00 have been spent for important improvements and additional attractions and amusements. Everything New but the Ocean 3 Military Band Goncerts Daily SKA POOD SURF BATHING SEASIDE SPORTS Reduced Kates on all Railroads. Consolidated Co.. Charleston, S. C.