Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NDI SUITEI GAO?. Iii >lll than half million in nkw IUI1.LMM.H within ykah. The 1st That Suinter t* <.rowing BubwtalntialJy and lUpltlly 1m l*rov ed by the Number of New Hulld lue? and tlu* I .aw Amount of Money Invented In Thorn. That Humler la growing very rap idiy la a fact that la dally impressed upon residents and that is brought to the attention of visitors very shortly after their arrival in town. Every? body knows that Bumter is growing, but how much it Is growing few per? sons realise; a few real estate deal? ers and contractors perhnps know approximately how much When it eomee down to actual figures, they eoald not come much nearer to the actual value of the work now going on. or which has been completed In the present year, than others who have not been over the entire city and who axe not so much intersected. Therefore, when it is stated as an actual fact that at the present time and during the present year there has been spsnt In Bumter In im? provements on old buildings. In the erection of new buildings, that there will be spent on buildings, now In eeuree of construction, considerably ssere than half a million dollars It Is shown In concrete figures of Just how much Bumter people and outsiders believe In Bumter and Its present and future growth and prosperity?figures that may be am ax In* to those who do not visit ths city oftsn and who don t know what progress Is being made at this time. These figures are not the result of snore I less work. Thsy were obtained from reliable contractors, real estate mea, architects and owners, and were given for as near the approxi? mate cost, an these persons could estimate ths value of the buildings Ir which they themselves were Interested. The results added together give something over 1*00,000, and then, of course, in a survey of the town there will be numerous smaller build? ings and lesser Improvements, and probably some expensive improve menta, which are omitted. Nor is this growth of Bumter con? fined to one locality or one kind of structure a visitor being taken ever the town would be struck with ths fart that rmlldlng* are going up lu a'l sections of the city, ant With Mia trarlr y -f buildings Isj oastf of eeastr jet >n or just completed MYarfl part cf t wn and marly every r?i . < bj represented In the building boom and nearly every class of building is among those which have recently been completed or Is In course of erection. a short tiros ago the ad? vance agent of a circus, after gotag over the town, stated that he had Just been on a trip through the South and Middle West, but nowhere had he seen any town which had grows so rapidly and made so many Inserovements In the last four years, as had Bumter. He said that to him things appeared tpilte different from what they were when he was here four years ngo. Never had he seen such a growth in all directions and every class of business and variety si building as hs saw in Bumter. The retoark of this gentleman very well express.** the Idea of the growth of Bumter In the past four years, and in this four years ty far the greater purt of the building hi t.t ? n done within a p?rl..d of eighteen or twenty months pi seeding the present time, the ma? jority of which In turn has been done within the pn so nt year. To classify and name all of the bubdlng* would be an almost impos? sible task, although Sumter is still a ?mall city of 10.000 inhabitants?I, 10? Inhabitant* was glven ty the cen? sus of t> 1 o. although the city direc? tory of 1912 shows a list of 11,180 ssm** If will be of interest, how eve-, t.. know < f some of the chief hulldmo completed during the year and now in course of erection which will be completed early !n the gSjgff iiis. The greater number of build- j trigs erected at large SOOt are busl aeftw hsjsjgst Ig 11m besdness section of the Sftf some helrg In the very near? of the city and Dtheri being on ths outskirts of the bSJSjhMSsl sec t ion. Two of tfeggg btllld SgS Will BSjSJti com? plete, ut IgSjgJ |tl,#M eadt, while other* wni < out in in, neighborhood Sf f&O.OoO In giving a parti.?1 Met of the bui'd Ing* whb-h have added to the <tty's slse It would not be amiss to com? mence v?nh ifcem af bhmM Isjinsjflsjgjrs, snd whi h have sjttffsjetew Um grsat? est amount of attention 10 th#m gsjgess hi i to"^? buildings which sre of sjgsjjgfgjl interest t?? the pejfclM st >arg?- Among this class of build? ing- ?h? 'v* . h r? It perhaps, tome first Th?*? two buildings, one on the '"no: of llartlette nnt| Main Str? ? -n at. 1 1 ? r < ri Marvin ?f reet, fach,? the SjgggOSjfjei ttatlog park, repn*. n? an outlay of nrSjBtB allv t . . ? and when < t.mpb led Will be .itttjii', -uffl? I? nf to affortl accom? modation for *ll visitor* to Sumter, whether Ihese visitors are here on business or for pleasure. The Cl?re? mont Holtl i? being erected at a coat of $80,000 by the Messri Pas? ehal ol Richmond. Va. It Im a tour story building equipped with all mod? ern conveniences, und will have 7& rooms for guests. The Imperial is t+Us] erected b\ Mr. A. In Jackson, of this ally, nt a cost of $40.000 and Mill contain &0 rooms for guests. The Importal is a three story structure and will be provided with all mod? ern equipment. The Claromont Ho? tel is now nearly completed, while the Imperial has its walls erected up to the third story. Coming next to the two hotels the two bank buildings attract a great amount of attention. These are be? ing erected in the heart of the city on opposite corners of Main and Lib? erty streets. The City National Hank building is Sumter's llrst and only "skyscraper." a seven story building of pressed brick, limestone and terra cotts, This building will cost ap? proximately $76,000 when com? pleted and will be Sumter's main of? fice building. On the opposite cor? ner the Bank of Sumter building Is nearlng completion. This is a two story structure of limestone and means sn Investment of $30,000 in the building. doing West on Liberty street from Main Street one conies to a large four story brick structure, Sumter's T. M. C. A. building, a structure of which Sumter Is extremely proud and of which she has a right to be proud. The building was completed at an out? lay of between $36,000 and $40,000 and is now serving as a second home for many of Sumter's young men. The building was completed the early part of the year. Still further on the same street the visitor comes to the Trinity Methodist Church which will be com? pleted in the next few months. This building; represents an expenditure of $1.5,000 and when completed will be Sumter's most beautiful house for re? ligious worship. Turning at this cor? ner and going north on Church street, at the corner of Hampton and Church is T:Tiple Sinai, the Jewish Syna? gogue, wMch has recently been re? modelled and "nlarged at a cost of approximately $10,000. With these more Important struc? tures glsnced at in passing, the visi? tor Is taken back into the business stctlon of the city to view the nu? merous store*, all of them with at? tractive fronts of pressed brick, and, emblnsd, rssriesntlng an outlaj of j tio.ooi to |ito,otff, rive of tht ? stv res ?\r ? <n L5b?vty kiu i neu ^.rw-r street ind nr* put up by the ?ste Is (f Herges Harb) u;? I b) aft, H. J. Harby. Five more stores are erected, now practically completed, on the east side of Main street be? tween the Hotel Sumter and the postoff.ee. Three of these were put up by Mr. J. K. Cross we 11 and two by the Real Estate Holding Com pa'.y Just opposite is the McCallum Realty Company office and the office of Wal? lace and Moses building which was erected within the year by the Mc? Callum Realty Company and just next to their office is a store, Just com? pleted, also erected by them. Op? posite on Main street E. W. A. and Willie Rultman have broken ground for another two story store, but which Is yet in its initial stage. Coming back to Liberty street one store has been erected by Perry Moses, Jr., and associates and ground has been broken for another. Improvements representing an outlay of $1,000 were also made on the Pierson stores oc? cupied by the Cash Dry Ooods Com? pany and 11? arou s Pharmacy, big plate glass windows being put In and other Improvements made. A little farther **J the New York Hnkery have established their plant on Hampton avenue near Harvln street at a cost of $4.000 and have tuken possession of it wlth.n II a ysajT, A litt' farther on down the South Carolina Western station Is on the corner of Hampton avenue and Oresg street, a building completed within the past month at n cost of probably $4,000. Off In the outskirts Of the city The Sumter Gas Plant has awarded a contract for Improve? ments estimated to cost slightly over ||,?00 without Counting In tho ma I hinery and gas and ether tanks which make Ihe total cost amount up to nearly $10,000, The Sumter Light? ng Company has also spent largely in improvements during the year. They have remodelled the greater part of the plant and built an office ?S up to date In app-aranee and equipment as any anywhere in the State Again coming back lo tio- busl nem Section and taking up those buildings not already mentioned. W. A. Thompson's work on st?r? s on Liberty street v-ui be quite an ed? dltlon and Improvement when com? pleted The building occupied by Ihe Wltherspoon Hroi s>. Factory, Jusl completed, and arse ted by C, Q Rowland, ? number of warehouses In the rear of Ihe I a run rs l.ink an I Trust Company, three ol which u<re built b] H, Si Harby and tuo by Mi. Rowland, and i number of small res? taurants and shops on Harvln street .ml the giloy along b) the Urs station should be noticed as recent acqui? sitions to the number ?t building! in the city. There uu- three stores, not mentioned heretofore, which are now Hearing completion which COSt the builders something like f iy.000. These stores are all in < n?- tWO-Story build? ing arid are being built by Messrs Manning, Rowland, .-bore and Wil? son. They are now Hearing comple? tion and will probably, when com? pleted, be the three handsomest stor?? in town. They are on Oald well street and will be occupied by the Southern Express Company, the Central Carolina Dry Goods Com? pany and some other business enter? prise. One more building erected for u special purpose was Graham's Stuhles which were completed tills you- at a cost of $3,000. This build? ing Is on Hampton avenue facing north. Having gone over the list of semi public structures and business houses a few of the larger and more costly residences which have been complet? ed this year will also be mentioned. Among these, perhaps the largest and mos" imposing, is the residence built b> Mr. D. C. Shaw on the corner of R-oad and Church streets. This residence was completed in the spring and cost $16,000, Mr. Robert Bhelor hits Just completed a residence on Calhoun street, brick veneered and modern In all details, at an estimated cost of $10,000. On Hampton and Harby avenues, Just opposite from ei.ch OfbgTi Dr. E. 8. Booth has erect? ed a handsome residence at a cost of $10,000, while Dr. H. M. Stuckey's residence cost between $8,000 and $?.',000. Roth are brick veneered buildings and completed with all modern equipment and conveniences, On the corner of Rroad and Salem, Mr. W. B, Boyle, has just completed another handsome modern home at a cost of $8,600. Next to this is the residence of Mr. W. C. Boyle, now in course of construction, a smaller frame building, which will cost ap? proximately $2,600. On Calhoun street Mr. F. M. Spann 1* now com? pleting a fine frame building at a cost of $?,000 and Just opposite Mr. I* W. Jenkins enlarged and remodelled an old building at a cost of $2,000. On Liberty street Mr. C. L. Tisdale has built during the year a nine room frame building at a cost of $5,000. Another building which was begun only a few weeks ago is a residence for Mr. E. D. Witherspoon on War? ren street. This building will cost In f neighborhood of $7.00? and w*n (<?? .i large 10 room trams iu ictui ? an< Ll sf 1 uns recently completed Is that of Mr. I*, c Manning on Nor Main street a building on the bunga low style and different from any other in he city. This building presents quite an attractive appearance ant was completed at an estimated coBt of $3,600. Mr. C. Stewart Mason is now building a residence on Church street at a cost of about $5,000 and Mr. J. M. Harby completed one dur? ing the past summer on the same street at the same estimated cost. Resides these residences Mr. J. L. McCallmum has built three residences on Calhoun street and one on Oak? land avenue at a cost of $11.000 and is building one on Oakland avenue costing around $1,600. Mr. E. W. McCallum is building a residence on the corner of Rroad ar.d Corbett at a cost of $2,000 and has constructed four on Rurdy Street costing $760 each and two on Salem avenue cost? ing $5*00 each. Residences are be? ing built or have Just been completed on Calhoun street by Mr. John S. Ruck and Dr. E. Mood Smith, and on Hampton avenue by Mr. Joseph Ralm er at costs ranging from $2,000 to $2,"5r The McCallum Realty Com? pany has spent in erecting houses on Cheetunt street and South Main street and in Improvements on another house, making six in all, five of them new residences, $f?,3a0 Mr. M. R. Rarhnm has repaired damage on his home on Hampton avenue at a cost of $600 and Mr. T. W. McCollum invest? ed around $1,200 In remodelling his residence on Washington street. The Nurses' Home on Bumter street was moved and repaired at a cost of ap? proximately $2.000. Mr. Arthur Wilder moved three buildings from Hampton avenue to Lev! street and remodelled them at a cost of $1,000 each, converting them Into nice look? ing houses. The Schwartz houses on South Bumter street are being re* moved back from the street and re? modelled at a COSt of $1,000 each and put In \?ry presentable condition. ilesldei these business houses ami residences there are probably some more which have been omitted, but a list this long gives 'he reader some Ides of tin- comprehensive building boom ami how groat the extent of the Improvements, in so fa:- as buildings hre concorened, and how rapid the ?Towth of the city, Then, besides, these buildings, which sre being con itructed and which have recently been completed, there are numerous oth'-r building projects now nn foot which will hear fruit in ihe ?hupe of new buildings in varloul parts of the illy in On near future, Hurlng the p ur on< enterprise f as been formed for the erection of buildings in the t Ity, the Real Estate Holding ? Jom pany, with a capital .stock of $50,000, Thli c< mpany has already built lev era! stores in the business section of the city and contemplates the erec? tion of others In the near future. a summary of the construction work In the city thus allows $066, 960 worth of work going on at some time during the year, if not at pres? ent in course of progress. The sum? mary shows the erection of 17 stores at an expenditure of $96,50u; two ho? tels at a cost of $1120.000; two banks costing $100,000; two churches at an outlay of $71,000; 40 residences cost? ing $127,000; one office building cost? ing $0,000; and single enterprises comprising impr OVCmentS at the gas plant, the Bumter Lighting Company plant, erection of South Carolina Wes? tern station, stables. bakery, shoe factory and garage, representing an outlay of $43,000. SCHRANK ADJUDGED INSANE. Man Who Shot RooMmelt Sent to Asylum for Life. Milwaukee, Wie., Nov. 22.?John Schrank w ho shot and wounded Theo? dore Roosevelt on the nlgbt of Oc? tober 14 in Milwaukee, is .asane and was late this afternoon committed by Municipal Judge A. C. Backus to the northern hospital for the iDsane, near oahkosh. until cured. Before being led back to jail to await preparations for the trip to ths asylum, Schrank said: "I had expected they would find me Insane because It was in the pa? pers two days ugo. I want to say now that I am sane and knew what I was doing all the tlmo. 1 am not a lunatic and never was one. I was called upon to do i. duty and have done it. The commission has sworn away my life. Each member went upon the stand and s-iid I was incur? ably Insane. They car. lury me alive if they see fit. I don't care what happens now." Commitment was pronounced fol? lowing the presentation of an exhaus? tive report by a committee of five alienist in which the defendant was unanimously adjudged insane, and following the introduction of prlma facie evidence of several witnesses. Questioned as to whether the de? fendant had anything; to offer, Attor? ney James O. Flarrders, following a whispered conversation with Schrank, informed the court that the defense had nothing to say. District Attorney Zimbel submitted a ' - ml?< r of questions bearing upon n.vil rvi terms to ?? i ?.lienist. all Ol which brought forth sli Mar replica, he i ibstaw b? Ing that Behrui .> was m . . . , I all of the physicians agreed that It was doubtful if the disease could be cured. Failure in effecting a cure of Schrank's mental disorder means he will spend the rest of his life in the asylum to which he had been ordered committed. Schrank probably will be taken to the asylum Monday next, ac? cording to Sheriff W. A. Arnold. LOOKING FOl'R YEARS AHEAD. Suvannah, Ga. November 22.?Be? lieving that the Democratic party should now prepare for the tight which will come in 1016, William F. MeCombs, chairman of the nation? al Democratic committee, this morn? ing stated that the office In New York would be made permanent, and Offices will be opened in Washington In a short time. "On my way North about Monday 1 am going to stop over In Washing? ton and make the plans for the open? ing of the office there," he said, "at that time I will also take up the de? tail o e Inaugural parade, of which I. as chairman, will bo one of the di? rectors." Mr. MeCombs, In explaining his rea? son for planning to open permanent Offices for the national committee at Washington and maintaining perma? nent offices at New York, said: " With offices in these cities, the committee will be an active factor in the party and will at all times be at work. There is a great deal of work that can be cone by it in the next four years and with this committee ban! at work keeping in touch with the affairs of the country, I see no reason why the Democratic party should not remain in power for twenty years. In my opinion it Is impos? sible for a party or a committee to pick up tli*- tangled skein <?f po? litical affairs two or three months be? fore a campaign and do efficient ! work." Mr MeCombs left tonight for At la n1 a r-^twj irmrnr race*?**. ?1III.WI Geo. H. Hurst, UKvKRTAJiKit AVD l-TsCRAIiMICR. l*r?M,pt attest*** to sbtjr sr night sssTfs. AT OL? J, l> tr&AfU STAND. 202 V liana W w**et. Day riione ?ttt ft. Igtet Phone 201. GET HOTTER TRAIN S<X>\. South Carolina \S? i n Kalluay Will Put on Train for PaMseiujers Oulj Probably within Next Pew Days. - A representative of the South Car? olina Western Railway. in talking with an Hum reporter Saturday morn? ing, stated that the mixed train now being operated over the road would j noon bo discorded for a regular pas? senger and a regular freight train. He said that this would be done as soon as the work of getting things along the line settled had been ac? complished, and the road had been formally accepted by the directors. Several cars of lumber and other bulk freight have been hauled in over the South Carolina Western; H ttoa has been coming in over the new line for some time. * POOTBAUj Foil THE 20T1I. ? ? _ ? * After much ?'iioJt tim eom- ? ? uititee appointed by the Cliam- * * ber of OoBUgsfifCe lia?s MNCured ? * a game of football for the 2tftli * ? between the Darlington and * ? Sum lor High Schorl teams. ? Continuous Application Brings Results. Make the Effort if you Would Reach the Goal. An account with a Strog, Conservative Bank is an anchor to windward. The Farmers' Bank & Trusft Company. For horses, mules, wagons, buggies, surries, harness, etc. coll on ue and get prices. Terms and prices right. Agent for the Rock Hill buggy. A full line of Moline plow implements, consisting of one-horse, two sises of two horse sb.el turn plows (Blue Bird), middle bursters, harrows, groin drills, cotton and corn planters, pea hullers, etc. Have you seen the 1913 Fords? Take a look at it. Reduction in price, but better in quality. Touring cars, $600; roadster, $525.00, F. O. B. De? troit. We will have a large and complete line of Ford ports in stock in a few days, so that you can get any Ford part from us. D. C. SHAW CO. 10-12 & 14 Sunitcr St. Rhone 553. Ju^l So It's Hardware? We ? lave it. Stove* tvaugesy, Cooking Utensili. Table Cutlery, Dishes, Harness, Tools, Locks, Shells, Guns. Burns-Lowry Co, Specialties for the Housekeeper. TEETH AND MONEY. Money spent on teeth is a gsod investment and one that give* you daily returns. Money the Medium of Rzchange. . is only good bo far as It gives us the things which contribute to our health, comfort and happiness. When Spent on the Teeth It brings V? all Three of the AXwve. The Sumter Dental Parlors are de? voting their life work to the cars of the teeth, let them look your mouth over. Sumter Dental Parlors, DR. C. H. COURTNEY, Prop. OVER MRS. ATKINSON'S MTLUTN FRY STORK. WHEN IN NEED OF A GOOD WORK SHOE EASY. HONEST AND WELL MADE, i Ask For the CRAFTSMAN LINE Manufactured By Witherspoon Bros. Shoe Mfg. Co. SUMTER, S. C. Sold by all RESPONSIBLE merchants. Buy them and cut your Shoe bill 25 per cent. Satisfaction guaranteed.