Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4ur Mtak?nwn aiio SKmtttm. ? i?| ?I Mte ;'ih><III' <' mi ?tmiter. 8. i .. im !?? < ????! CImm* kiMltca ? ? " ? " '. '? ?. ? *M* 11 pfrsonal. Pr. W. A. Allsten, of Hagood, was In town Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. WIMon. pi Charlotte, are the guests afl Df and Mrs. W. J. McKay. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson aBSM through the country from Charlotte In their car. Mr. A. K. landers, of Hagood, Is In the v ir\ in attendance upon court. Mr. T. D. Havenel, of Orangeburg, was in the city Sunday. Mr Arthur Isaacs, of Ktngstrec. was in the ctly Monday on business M ihs Willie Dargan and Mrs. James Pagan, of Stateburg, were In the city Monday. Mrs. M Jackson, of Klloree, Is visiting her daughter. Mrs. C. W. Mc Orew. Miss Louise Murray, of Columbia, spent a few days this week In the city. Mr Raymond Schwurt? spent Sun? day at home from the Cnlversity of South Carolina. Mr. Pierson Dick la at home from Davidson College for a few days. Mr. McKenzie Anderson, of Rich? mond, who Is visiting relatives In Stateburg, was in the city Monday morning. Mrs. Mark Reynolds and her moth er Mrs. W. W. Anderson, left Monday motmng for a visit to relatives In Montgomery. Ala. Mrs. Reynolds will be gone for a week, while Mrs. An? derson will spend the winter in Montgomery. Prof, and Mrs. A. C. Carson und children of the Cnlversity of South Carolina, were in the city Sunday. I?e?th of 0. Capers Smith. Seldom has this community been shocked wiih grief, as it was Sun day afternoon when a telegram was received by his friends hero an? nouncing the death of Mr. C. Capers Smith, at lx>omls. N. Y., at 1 o'clock Sunday morning. Mr. Smith came to Sumter in June, liO?s. tu begin * e practice of law here. So?, n of :er arriving here, he wns elect ed principal of the Roys School, whu h position he held for two years and then gave It up to devote his en? tire time to hia chosen profession. However, in lees than two years, the aeed which rupldly developed the disease causing his death were dls ? ? > w - red by him shortly after his re? signing the position in school, and in the hope that he- would be able to re cow r, be left here m July. 1SJ1I, for treatment at the place where he died. Although Mr. Smith attended the Samter Military Institute here, when a boy. yet he ?u? better known as a member of the bur than otherwise, and In this profession he made splen? did progress and had the brightest hopes of ultimate success. His ex? ceedingly pleasing mani.ers, together with his untiring effort und unques? tionable fair dealing, won for him the esteem and < ontidenee not only of hi* clientage hut of all whom he no t. and nothing I at expressions of sor? row were heard when his death was learned Mr. Smith was In his jyth war. He was a graduate ,,f the law depart? ment of the Unhrersttj of loath Car I oiin.i aad f the I niwrsitv of North 11 is father W.* S at his bed? side when he dh i, Ylaitnl Munter for I n hi Time. Friday a negro wars of w,,^ In the c'.'y fo: the llrsi time in hl? life. Calvin Oamble was h s nams and he lives on Mr. I?. K. K. tag' place in Ctnreadoa Ceant] ihlrtj miieH from la niter, He Mated last he had been to Kingstn* ,md M in? ning, but othernOsi hoi never been anywhere, and that Sumter was by far the largeMt town he had evef seen If ther? w? n few more of this elaH of darkey on the farms throughout the State conditions In the rural dis? tricts would at wry muck Improved for the *hlte people* Kilter FHF.fl.IIT <>N M W lto\l?. < or? n Maaaj iimugtit in on ftoath i arollna Wcntein Railway. The hr*t freiicbt to be brought In on the south CafOllan Western Rill way I inir in I iturdav aad fOailgtsd of a aamheff of bales of cot loa. Prom now as list root win be open for freight on a small Stale until side tr.o ks are put in and stations built etoag the Ihne a hen it \wii be regular l> ags I I d Sp for traffic. It is understood that there will be ? pi t?, a number of side ?ra? k* placed aetwecs Sum lei iad Bleaopvllle ao tb.it a!| i--svj?,|? is*lstanc?- \\,|| be k ? r, ihe farmers In handling their produi e Vails ?t Ihe name time the rallr > nl may iref ihe beacal of this hi kjrht RECITAL WKLL ATTENDED, Largo Audience Hoars Plofi Gillinaii IMay on Now Organ. The organ recital at the 1'lrst Hap tlst Church Friday night was very largely attended and VII a very in? teresting event of lilt work. The church was s<> crowded that many had to be turned away from the doors .there being no room for them in the building. The recital on the organ by Prof. Oilman was listen? ed to with the greatest attention and was most pleasing to those present, as was Mrs. Oilman's singing. The organ is a ruagnitlcant Instru? ment which has Just been secured and installed in the church and la nnc of which the members of the church are extremely proud, and of which they have a right to be. The organ was heard for ihe first time In church services on Sunday. SOME UNSETTLED WEATHER. (.ulf and South Atlantic states to See Changes. Washington. Oct. 13.?Unsettled rainy weather throughout the Gulf and South Atlantic States during the first part of the coming week is pre-^ dieted by the weather bureau as n result of reports of a tropical storm now entering the Gulf of Mexico from the Carrlbean sea. "Elsewhere over the country the weather will be fair during the next several days," said the weekly bul? letin 'although a disturbance of mod? erate intensity attended by local areas of precipitation will develop over the Far West Tuesday or Wed? nesday, cross the Middle West about Thursday and the Eastern States Fri? day. Seasonal temperatures will pre? vail throughout the country until the passage of this disturbance when a change to considerably lower tem? peratures is probable This change to colder will appear In the Northwest Wednesday or Thursday." Hev. W. T. Capers, rector of Christ Jhurch Cathedral of Lexington, Ky.. has been called to the rectorship of the Church of the Holy Apostle of Philadelphia, Pa., one of the great metropolitan parishes of the country. It has over three thousand communi? cants, three large chapels and six as? sistant ministers. Itev. Mr. Capers is well known In Sumter. having served as assistant rector of the church of the Holy Comforter dur? ing the rectorship of Uev. John Kor? an.:w. There is a considerable amount of < OttOB at the OOttOn platform just now. tut both the So iC.ern and Coast Line are eiiKm'ed in loading can with it preparatory to shipping to points off. STREET CAR STRIKE MAY EM). Coli O'ls'ary Says "Doth Sides Know What |o Expert if it I* not Settled.*' Augusta, Qa., < >et. 13.?Col. o'Leary expreaeea confident belief that the Au? gusta street car st?*ik will be set tied tomorrow, and ho says. "Both sides know what to expect if it is not settled." The company has (lied its answer to Question! of arbitration with the board of mediators, bin It remains nealed until the reply of the strikers is tiled. That has been postponed . pending the arrival of International President Mahon tonight. Shortly after 7 o'clock report was Blade to the authorities of a car hav lug been tired on from a negro house j on Fifth street. The sheriff has ar- ( rested 1 negro, and further investi- ! gatlon is now being made. NO PARDON FOR JOHN J. JONES. ! Dioaso Frontier! Reduction of Sen? tence Later, However. Columbia, Oct. 12.?John J. Jones, who is under sentendce of ten years and thirty days in the State Peniten? tiary for killing Abo Pearlstine, of Hranchville, and whose sentence will begin on Tuesday, wrote a letter o Gorenor Blease beseeching him for a pardon. Replying, the Governor told Jones that after studying the case thoroughly he was satisfied that the verdict of manslaghter against him was just from a legal standpoint and that he could not set aside the verdict of the jury, but said: "The sentence of the court, in my opinion, is excessive and at some fu true dato I will reduce it." The Gov? ernor expressed his sympathy for Jones In his letter of reply. CASES IN COURT. Court Rconvened Monday Morning? Assault and Dattery Cane Taken up. Court reconvened Monday morn? ing for the hearing of further crim? inal cases on the docket. At first there was some difficulty in getting a < axe which both the solicitor and the opposing attorneys were ready to hear, but the matter was settled af ter some time when the case of the State VI Moses Holmes, assault and !?: Itery of ? high and aggravated na Ure, was called. This case wag the first taken up. M r. D, 1). Molse and the Solicitor rep n aented the statt? and Mr. Jennlng. the defendant. Holmes was accuse of Idling off a part of another ne groe's ear in a tight with him. The cases in which the late C, Ca oeis Smith was attorney were all con t'nued on motion of Mr. L. E. Wood RUSHED TO PENITENTIARY. Humors of Lynching Attempt i? Camden?Trip i>> Auto. Camden, <>ct. 18.?It waa rumored on the streets here this afternoon that a mob was aaaembllng to lynch John Hough, who is charged with murder? ing his father-in-law, Mr. Weat, and as a measure of precaution Hough was taken to the Penitentiary in an automobile. Hough came to Camden from Ker -haw this morning and gave himself up to the authorities, it la said that a number of Mr. West's kin people and friends were coming Into town this afternoon and that the situation be? gan looking serious. Coroner Dixon, Conatable Sinclair and Chief of Police Whit taker got wind of the mob as? sembling and at 4 o'clock endeavored to get an automobile to rush Hough to Columbia in. It was after o'clock before they succeeded in getting one. They were afraid they would be In? tercept, so they had Mr. Willie Wat kins to t his large touring car and J wait for he officers at the corner near the r. gro school house. Constable Sinclair and Chief Whit taker got Hough and cut through the lots back of the negro church, near the jail, and met Coroner Dixon at the waiting automobile. No time was lost in getting away after the prisoner was safely placed in the car. It is rumored here that Hough had had a promise of a pardon before he killed Mr. West, and this is said to have excited the kinsmen and friends of Mr. West to a feverish extent. The News and Courier correspondent In? terviewed Hough in his cell a few minutes before he was taken o Co j lumbla and he said that this was the first he had heard of the rumor and knew nothing about it. He said that he knew public sentiment was against him, but that everything would come out all right at the trial. He said that it is doubtful if he would have a preliminary hearing or apply ft r bail, as court would, convene here the sec? ond Monday in November. Hough seemed very calm and readily ac? companied the officers to the car. A number of persons visited the jail yard this afternoon, but, it is thought, through curiosity. The first meeting of th Sumter Ru? ral School Improvement Association will be on the first Saturday of No? vember, thia year At that time be? sides the reorganization of that as? sociation, steps will be taken to re? organize the County Teachers' As? sociation which has done auch good work during the past two years. Mr. A. J. Ard has been awarded the plumbing for the guard room, and the work of installing closets will be taken up at once. GEORGIA RAILROAD STRIKE EN Da\ Effortil of Mediator Nein Prove Sac Atlanta, r;u., Oct 12.?The Georgia I Railroad strike was officially called off at s.:io o'clock tonight, after rep resentntlvea of both tides had signed the agreement In the rooms of Medi? ator Charles P. Neil!, at a local hotel. j Vice Presidents Murdoch and Gregg Immediately delivered the order to the 300 striking trainmen and con* i ductora on the Georgia Railroad and ! tht) forty-six strlkere of the Termi? nal Company, which resulted in their \ reporting for duty at once In Atlanta i and August;). It was announced. however, that no train-* would be operated before file regular schedules Sunday morn? ing. Mr. Thos. S. Sumter has brought to this office an egg which is probably one of the largest ever seen in this city. The egg weighed 3 3-4 ounces and Mr. Sumter stated that he had been feeding ills hens on lime, which he attributed as the cause of the hen's laying such a large egg. oeogful. SVMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected Daily l>y Krnest Field, Cotton Buyer. Sumter, (xjt 14. tJOOd middling 1" 3-4. Strict middling 10 5-S. Middling 1U 1-2. St. Low middling 10 1-4. Staple cotton 13 to 16. Receipt! Saturday 733. Estimated receipts today 200. New York Cotton Market New York, Oct. 14. Open Close. January. . . .10.50 10.54?55 March.10.6U 10.72 May. 10.78?80 10.81?82 October. 10.29?33 December . . . t0.4i 10.54?56 Last week there were 2,867 bales of cotton sold on the local market. The receipts Saturday were 733 bales. WE INVITE ' Gentlemen from the country to visit our up-to-date BARBER shop. Moseley's Barber Shop. ON COR OPP. POSTOFFICE. Soaps! Soaps! Soaps! | Cet a Supply From WATSON'S Now. SPECIAL OFFER: BOX OF THIS And ALL FOR 60c Get Yours Now. 6 OF THESE fl PALM OLIVE REGULAR 50C VALVE. REGULAR 75C VALVE Watson Drug Company, "A 603i Drug Store" 51 S. Main St. ! Thursday, | 17th ! i AT i New York j Bakery ! The Best Food is BREAD The Best Bread is Butter-Nut Bread "Rich as Butter?Sweet as a Nut/' AT ILL LEADING GROCERS. GIVE US A TRIA 0,UR new Fall Suits?our new Overcoats ?our new Hats and Haberdashery are all lined up ready for your choosing! The first picking-the early picking is always the best for the "plums" go first! Fall models of Suits in many new and handsome fabrics. They're certainly beauties. Overcoats in dignified or snappy styles. A splendid showing. Correct Fall Hats, new Neckwear, Shirts 2nd other choice Toggery. Classy and exclusive styles. SUITS 810 up to $30. OVERCOATS 87 50 up to $30. But what can you tell-'about values by reading figures? Not a solitary thing. Come in and look at the new Outfitting, that's the only proof that counts. 4i.??? r *hu co. The D. J. Chandler Clothing Company, 14 NORTH MAIN STREET.