The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 11, 1912, Image 7
J ( UHR SHOO I's SELF AT
UMAMKH.
'as Well Known and Influential CUi
arn?? frontier Manager of New*
PoMlehlng Company.
Lancaster, Dec. I.?A. J. Clark, one
of Lancaster 's ro? *t prominent and
Influential c It liens. who recently re
?lf ned the position of manager of the
Lancaster News. c?>mmlted aulcldc
early thia morning In the Presbyterian
cemetery at this place, using as an
Instrument of death u 32-callbre pis?
tol, with which he shot himself
through the neck, the hall entering
fr? in the U-ft side and lodging In the
ba?e of the brain. From the nature
of the wound Indicted the physicians
who examined ttu body say that
death must necessarily have been in?
stantaneous.
No probable motive is yet assigned
f r Mr Clark's rash act which has
caused universal sorrow und regret in
this community where the deceased
has lived and w orked the best pan
of his life, enjoying the confidence
and esteem of all with whom he came
In contact.
The body was found at 2 o'clock
today by parties walking through the
cemetery It was under a large oak
tree near the grave of his wife, who
died here some 18 months ago.
When found the deed was at one
reported M the members of the fam?
ily and to a searching party which
since dawn this morning had been
looking everywhere for him.
alts body wan found In a reclining
posture. He was partially dressed
and had In his right hand the pistol
with which he put an end to his life.
XIr. Clark was a native of North
Carolina from which place he came
here years ago to engage in newspa?
per business. For 17 years he was
editor and manager of the Lancaster
Enterprise, which paper was Anally
merged with The ledger and Review
to the Lancaster Publishing com?
pany. He was elected manager of this
company, which position he has held
continuously ever since until about
two weesk ago. when, on account of
falling health and close conftne
ment In his office, he wan compelled
reluctantly to resign.
. KOREANS TELI OF TORTURE.
st?rte? of Iii Treatment by the Police
Occupy Court In Conspiracy Trial.
Seoul, Korea, l>ec. 6.?Tales of tor?
ture by the police formed practically
the sole testimony given by the four
men called to the stand for examini
tion today In the trial of the 106
Koreans accused of -onsplrlng against
the life of Qov. Qen. Terauchl in 1910
and 1111.
At the close of today's proceedings
counsel for the defense Intervened
on behalf of one of the witnesses who
admitted on the stand today that he
had given false testimony at the first
trial and had plea?eu that he had
been Induced to do so by the tortures
Inflicted on him by the police. Coun?
sel urged the court to secure fads
which were really material to the de?
fense, such as alibis and the evidence
of neighbors and friends of the ac?
cused. The attorney said:
I have head many of the r rls
oners say that they#have be^n tor?
tured but we counsel do not believe
such stories which are ineffective for
the defense."
Croupy < ?Muchs ami Wln?c*y CohU.
?The quickest slmph st way t?? rid
th?- < hildren ??f ?langerous croupy
SOMglsf and wheezy stuffy c? dds Is to
SjtVl them Pasty*! Honey and Tar
Oonsgsmnd. It glvo* alm??st instant
TelUf and tt??i?s S cough pr< mptly. It
?sjsjsjsfi ojfci he ?ix. Contains n<? opt?
Siberia l?rug Store Advt,
NF.tt* FROM s. C. C, L
Cadet Runhar Won Mm Drill IM?
ul?suint<t County KtudcutM oll ,
Honor Holl.
The regular monthly competitive
drill of the South Carolina Co-Kdu
? ation.il 1 nstttutc was h?dd in the au?
ditorium Monday evening. Cadet
Dunl'ar, of Sumter County, wan the \
winner of the gold medal.
The following students from Sumter i
County lire attending this institution.
Q H. Hurgess, H. C. Kdens, John |
F.dens, Mitchell Kdens. Harry T. Joye
and Miss Ruth Cain.
I>r V. I. Master?, of Atlanta, Ga.,
gave a lecture in the college audi?
torium Saturday night, last.
A number of friends of Capt. It. H.
? 'am will take a hunting and fishing
trip over in Sumter during the Christ?
mas holidays.
Col. F. N. K. itailey is attending
the state Haptlst Convention.
The following students were on the
honor roll for this month: ' Misses
Nell** Jones. Kuth Cain, Ida Lou Mor?
gan and Miriam Norris.
MOHR1S COLLI*. K STILL
OPF.N.
Furniture Removed from Building,
ll<placed b) President of Institu?
tion.
Morris College has not been i losod
on account of the removal of some
of the furniture Wednesday and
Thursday by parties holding a mort?
gage on It. The furniture which was
taken away was all replaced by Rev.
J. J. Starks. the new head of the in?
stitution, who procured the new fur?
niture on his own personal account.
The removal of the furniture did
not occasion any cessation on the part
of the school work, as the furniture
wa.s taken late Wednesday afternoon,
after school hours, and early Thurs?
day morning, before school hours.
In the meantime, as the authorities
of the college had been previously in?
formed that the furniture would be
taken away, they had time to make
arrangements and secure other fur?
niture to take Its place. The school
Is now going on as formerly and is
doing some good work among the
colored boys and girls attending It.
Recently Rev J. J. Starks, former?
ly of Seneca, has moved to the city
and taken charge of the college. Hi
'< has had previous experience as a
teacher and head of a school, as he
was president of the Seneca Institute
for some time, which he conducted
most successfully. Since he has tak?
en charge of the school the new head
has udded an Industrial feature to Its
work and chickens and pigs are being
raised at the school and all of the
surroundlriK land Is being farmed by
the institution, except such as is used
for a playground.
-1
i They Always Help Kldcrly People.
I ? Foley Kidney Pills give Just the
help elderly people need to tone and
strengthen their kidneys and bladder
and regulate their action. John Mc
MiiMters. Streator, 111., says: "I feel
better and stronger than I have for
many years, and Foley Kidney Pills
did It " SlberF- Drug Store.?Advt.
Master's Sale.
The following list of Master's sales
were made Monday:
CofeSf and McCoy to H. C. Hayns
WOr|kV attorney, lot at Oswego, $500.
Rland and Millet! to Purdy &
Rand, right, title ami Interest In 95
.ores. $sOm; same in 55 acre tract,
Hit,
Rhame and Richards to Samuel
Richards, 111 acres on Cnstaway
bnrneh, $51 per acre.
Clark ami Cunningham to R, (>.
Purdy, l<?ts OH Hampton avenue and
J? nkins streef. $1.950.
My Doctor Said
"Try Cardui," writes Mrs. Z. V. Spell, of Hayne, N. C
MI was in a very low state of health, and was not able to
be up and tend to my duties, j did try Cardui, and soon
began to feel better. I got ' ,e to be up and help do my
housework. I continued to *ke the medicine, and now I
am able to do my housework and to care for my children,
and I feel as though 1 could never praise Qudui enough
for the benefits 1 have received."
The
WomatfsTonic
Cardui is successful, because it Is made especially for
women, and acts specifically on the womanly constitution.
Cardui does one thin** ana does )t well That explains
the great success which It has had, during the past 50 years,
In helping thousands of weak and ailing women back to
health and happiness.
If you are a woman, feel tired, chill, and are nervous,
cross and irritable. If s because you need a tonic. Why not
try Cardui ? Cardui builds, strengthens, restores, and acts
in every wty as a special, tonic remedy for women. Test
ft for yourself. Your druggist sells Cardui. Ask him.
Wrm to- butt?* M+Hon Dtot.. CjnlMSSfJ, MtdtohM Ca. ftattMort?-. Tron.
tor foortof /nfrnrttou. an J 44-oft* bo**, Hm*Trmtm?mt brWoni,1 ?eotW. J So
f%> TAKE
Cardui
t. HUGH MEIGHAN am) \v. s.
s i i ;\v \ IT, PROMINENT CITI
UfiNS OF COLUMBIA MEET
1>1 Mil WHEN CAR
skids.
W. C. UwufAetd, Theodore Bell ami
\vuiiaiu Watson injured?Cnr Bkltli
on st?n?|i Hill and Turns over, Full?
ing Into Dttdl?
T. Hugi Meighan and William s.
Stewart were killed and William Wat?
son. Theodore Bell and William C.
SwafAold vere seriously injured as a
result of a skidding automobile on the
Hyatt Par* road last night. The ac?
cident OGCttrred about 9 o'clock on the
hill about 200 yards south of the
Smith branch bridge on the road go?
ing to Kidgewood club. The heavy
machine turned completely around
and then "turned turtle" in a gully
ten iect deep. The occupants were
caught under the automobile and
were pinned there. A few minutes
latOf assistance arrived and they were
removed. Mr. Meigban was dead
and Mr. S.ewart was dying when the
car had boon raised sufficiently to
render assistance. Mr. Bwaffleld Was
carried to the city on a passing street
car and Mr. Hell and Mr. Watson
were taken to the residence of Geo.
\V. Newman, a few hundred yards
away, anc given medical attention.
Later they were removed to local
hospitals in the city.
News of the accident reached the
c ity almost at once. Waites Thomas,
who was following in another ?auto?
mobile, saw the light in the gully and
at once telephoned for aid.
In the meantime W. A. Towell, who
is employed by the Columbia street
railway company, also hurriedly sum?
moned aid and tried to raise the over?
turned car. With several other men
lie managed to lift the car sufficiently
to extricate Mr. Swaffleld's left arm,
which had been caught beneath it.
Then he had a negro put Mr. Bwafflold
on a street car. Mr. Powell went
with him as far as the corner of Main
and Hampton streets where an au?
tomobile was secured and Mr. Swaf
fleld was rushed to an infirmary.
When Mr. Powell reached the
wrecked automobile, the gaa lights
were still burning. Gasoline was
pouring out of the tank.
When physic ians, who rushed to the
scene of the accident arrived they
took charge. The bodies of Mr.
Meighan and Mr. Stewart were taken
to an undertaking establishment and
the injured men in the party were
taken to Mr. Newman's home tempo?
rarily. There was very little inquiry
necessary.
It was brought out that the party
had gone to the country club for
a lunch. The road leading into the
city is very wet and therefore very
slippery, on the hill climb which
starts Just about 100 yards from
where the accident occurred the gear
was c hanged and then the machine
started to skid. Then, according to
expert machinists, the fatal mistake
was made. Brakes were applied and
the machine swerved around and
went over in the ditch, turning over
and falling in the opposite direction.
it was an accident that might have
happened to any driver, according
to those who examined the road.
The speed of the car bad nothing to
do with the complete revereaj of the
machine. The car, according to the
experts, w |i running at a low .ate
of speed and when the skidding start?
ed Mr Meighan reversed ids gear
Just be side the gUlly.
Hundreds of people on bearing of
tin- accident hurried to the scene and
offered assistance. All of tile party
had numerous friendi in the city and
as a result those in charge had diffi?
culty in ke -ping back many who went
to Mr. Newman's house.
An exandnation showed that Mr.
Bell had s iff. r. d from a broken col?
lar bone ; nd several broken ribs;
that Mr. Watson had broken an arm
and several ribs, and that Mr. Swaf
lleld had broken an ankle and two
ribs. Union Internal complication!
result they ate in no danger, They
will i?e ooftfined to their rooms for
several we ks.
Tie deaths of Hugh Meighan and
William Stewart east a sadness over
the entire ity. On the streets and
everywhere the Announcement came
IIS a Shook It could let P.- realized
coming an II did und rail after call
en me in la si night to the office ol
riie siate for confirmation of the
rumor.
The f un ines received hundreds of
messages of sympathy and offers of
service The funeral arrangements
will )??? am outlet d later.
Natural Trait.
The peop e who ftro weighed in the
balance um' Found waiting ??'?' spl to
tomplaln '?.?? the scales are out of
Perional ty Demanded.
Meanty maj win an ephemeral ruo
jobs for a n uslcal comedy n< tress, but
anlefiu it is Milled with p^ersonulli/
ihHt Bwccess Ii not likely to last very
long.? bond ?n Answers
FOR WOHLD CONGRESS.
Committee Requested, to Take dp
Possibility of Internal Conference
of Standardised Tare..
Washington, Dec. 6.?A committee
consisting <>f Senators Hoke Smith
of Georgia and E. D. Smith of Boui
Carolina and Representative Burls*
son of Texas and Rrantley of Georgia
and one representative each from the
department of commerce and labor
and the department of agriculture
has just been requested by resolutions
adopted by the Association of South?
ern Agricultural Workers at Raleigh,
X. C.i to formulate a plan and take
the necessary action to bring about a
conference of representatives of the
various cotton interests of the world.
The purpose of this action is to devise
some plan by which the tare on Amer?
ican cotton can be standardized with
a view to eliminating the evils grow?
ing out of present tare practices. It
is suggested that the conference be
held in Washington under the aus?
pices of the United States government
and that congress be requested to ap?
propriate a sut?cient sum of money to
defray the necessary expenses. It la
understood that these men will take
the matter up immediately in com?
pliance with these resolutions.
Smothering: National Integrity.
Manufacturers Record.
The denunciation by some news?
papers and public men of the propo?
sition to Carnegieise the ex-Presidents
of the United States is inconsistent.
Have not Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Rock?
efeller, in their schemes to create ed
usatlonal trusts of ths most far
reaching possibilities for evil, been
enthusiastically applauded by the
press and the people generally of the
country? Have not cities vied with
each other, standing hat in hand beg
jging Mr. Carnegie to make them the
objects of his charity? Have not the
college and universities of the land i
i sagernly scrambled for the crumbs
1 which have been thrown from the
overloaded table of the Rockefeller
General Education Board, wiling to
tie themselves up, if need be, in all
sorts of contracts in order to be made
the recipients of these crumbs? Have
not denominational school* Violated
the sacred honor of trmteeship in
seeking to escape from the control of
the denominations which made their
existence possible in order to become
pensioners upon Mr. Carnegie's boun?
ty?
Then why should the newspapers
and the people, who now see the in?
evitable working' out of these plans,
be shocked that Mr. Carnegie should
seek to attach to his entourage the
ex-Presidents of the United States?
Has he not found the people of
thousands of towns and cities eager
to build into their municipal life an
enduring monument to his name?
And Is he not, therefore, justified in
feeling that he has the ri^ht to of?
fer, with the expectation of its being
sagerly applauded, an annual pension
to all the ex-Presidents and to the
widows of the ex-Presidents, provided
they do not remarry?
Who COUld possibly study the in?
evitable working out of the plans of
Mr. Carnegie and the Rockefeller Gen?
eral Education Board, with the vast
power of wealth put into the hands
of a limited number of directors, to
say who shall be pensioned if. in the
opinion Of these trustees, they are
not good, to say what school shall
live and what school shall die, what
professor shall be advanced and what
professor, by failure to toady to this
element, be destroyed, and expect
anything else than this plan of Mr.
Carnegie which has suddenly stirred
tin.' country? it may be In the pow?
er of a small coterie of affiliated trus?
tees representing these two interests
to make or unmake public men, col?
lege and university professors, and
colleges themselves, and thus shape
to their own way of thinking a very
large proportion of the molding Influ?
ence of the colleges and universities of
the country upon the thought of the
land.
Prom the beginning the Manufac?
turers Record has persistently criti?
cised these plans. It has s? ? n in them
possibilities of danger to the country
of very great Import. Possibly the
tremendous power of evil, so great
that it is umazlttg that the American
people have not before this realized it.
will now begin to dawn upon the
public
Valuable Dog?Some Day.
Brother Jlmpson pays ho owns a
dog that not only points and retri ves,
hut be has taught him to spin on his
tall llbo a top when be strolls gaso*
line. Brother Jlmpson says he's try?
ing to develop a breed of dog* that
will be invaluable in warfare, to point
fighting aeroplanes trying to sneak
over camp at night,
An Inference.
There died in Chicago the other day
i man of Whom ll Is said that he knew
tho intimate history of every Import'
Hit family in the city. Some members
Df some of the Important families must
tie mighty glad that he died.?Savau
aah News.
BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION TO
VI i:T THERE NEX1 VIAll.
Tuesday After rir>t Sunday Ui De?
cember Date Fixed for Una Meet*
llIB?Dr. S. C. Mitchell Selected to
Preach 93rd Annual Bcrmoo Ac?
compllalimenti of Meeting; .iu*t
i 'looed?
Abbt-vili?', Dec. 5.?At Ben.r?etts
ville, on the Tuesday after the first
Sunday in December, 1913, th<* 93rd
annual sermon of the Baptist State
Convention will be preached by Dr.
S. C. Mitchell, president of the South i
Carolina University.
h< session, which came to a close
tonight, will long be remembered by
those participating, not only as one
of the most pleasant and harmonious I
ever held, but as one in which won?
derful progress was noted in ail the
lines of Christian work, in which the
denomination Is engaged for the
evangelization of the world, as well
as one in which foundations were laid
for a broader and more sympathetic
and more effective endeavor to help
the world to better living.
(Jreat stresi has been laid at this
[Convention upon the need of Chris?
tian education and the responsibility
entailed upon the Baptists, by reason
of their numerical strength, to meet
this need. That the denomination is
wonderfully performing its part in
this work was attested by the splen?
did showing made by the various de?
nominational institutions. Delegates
are returning home with renewed in?
spiration to increase their efforts in
this worthy cause.
Two important matters decided at
this Convention were the establish?
ment of a sanitarium and the re?
moval of the State headquarters from
Greenville, which were both decided
affirmatively by the Convention after
long and free discussions.
WILSON AT WORK ON MENAGE.
Begins Preparation of Ills Last Com?
munication to the legislature of
New Jersey.
Hamilton, Her., Dec. 6.?President?
elect Woodrow Wilson today began
the final stages of his vacation in
Bermuda by starting work on his
message to the New Jersey legisla?
ture. He practically has concluded
his period of recreation and social
engagements and expects to work
steadily from now until he starts on
the homeward voyage
The House of Nc Walla.
Idleness is the gate of all harms. An
idle man is like a house that hath no
walls; the devils may enter on every
eide.?Chaucer.
Till: DEADLY PISTOL.
Hugh L. Stokes Suffers l atul Wound
When Revolver He Was Handling
is Discharged.
Florence, Dee. .?Hugh L. stokes,
on?* of the nr.->st popular young men
in the city, died this morning at 6
O'clock as the result of a self-inflicted
accidental VOUnd in the abdomen last
niKht. He was playing with a pistol
which was discharged in his band,
the position of the wound appearing
very mueh as if be had attempted to
breech I be ; Letol
For several days the younp man
had been playing with pistols, charm?
ed rather with the working of the
mechanism than anything else about
them. Last night Mr. Stokes took
up the pistol which Mr. Cahill had
just loaded and laid down, puiting
out of his hand another that he had
entered the office from the ware?
house with in his hand, snarping
it.
Mr. Stokes was the youngest son of
Dr. W. S. Stokes, formerly of Co?
lumbia, and now reading clerk of the
senate. He was born in Winnsboro.
The coroner's inquest could learn no
further facts and the verdict was giv?
en accordingly. The boy had not
given the very least sinn of melan?
cholia or of anything that might lead
one to think that the act was in the
least intentional.
Dr. Stokes and his mother and
elder brother came through the coun?
try in an automobile and the hoy was
still alive and conscious when they
arrived.
Farmers Bank & Trust Co.
The regular statement of the Farm?
ers' Bank & Trust Company, which is
printed today, shows that institution
to be in excellent condition and the
officers are gratified that they have
been aole to maintain the record of
growth and development that the
bank has had since its establishment.
The features of the statement con
| sidered worthy of attention, are the
', small amount of money borrowed, the
small overdraft account, the com?
paratively large profits after paying
expenses and setting aside $1,739.05
for taxes, the heavy deposits and the
small loans and discounts, and also,
the fact that the bank is carrying 6
per cent loans on more than 1,000
of the four thousand bales of cotton
Can't Qet Awsy From Them,
The proor of tic p;do'?;a. Is id tha
car: $ ;c i : t f-"nf asAy from
that," says an advertisement And
the Manhattan Mercury adds: "There
are a lot more equally trite bits of
wisdom that It seems Impossible to
get away from."?Kansas City Star.
For hones, mules, wagons, buggies, surries, harness, etc. call on us and
get prices. Terms and prices right. Agent for the Rock Hill buggy. A
full line of Mollne plow implements, consisting of one-horse, two sizes of
two horse steel turn plows (Blue Bird), middle bursters, harrows, grain
drills, cotton and corn planters, pea hullers, etc.
Have you seen the 1913 Fords? Take a 1? ok 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 parts in stock In s>
few days, so thai you can get any Ford patt from us.
D. C. SHAW CO.
Ml-12 & 14 Sumter Pt. Phone 353.
TEETH AM) MONEY.
Money spent on teeth is a good
Investment and one that gives you
daUy returns.
Money the Medium of Exchange. .
is only good so far as it gives ui
the things Which contribute to our
health, coin l ort and happiness.
Whoa S|Kmt on the Teeth it brings
Us all Throe- of the Abo\c.
The Sumter Dental Parlors are de?
voting their life work to the care of
tb teeth, let them look your mouth
e\ er.
Sumter Dental Parlors,
DR. C. H COURTNEY, Prop.
OVER MRS. ATKINSON'S Mll.l.l\ ERT STORE.
MOLES and WARTS
Itellioted with M'H lMH T. without pain or danger WO matter
how large, i?i how fur raised iiIm?\o ilie Mirfa?v ?>t ilie nkln. lud
ihe> will never return, and no n.oe i?r near will he left MOLI B%
"II i- upplUsI direct I j to the HOLE or WART, which entire!)
dl*lip|>Cftt'N oi alMiiit ?.i\ days, killing I lie gcrtll ami lea\ itu> the *kiu
smooth and natural.
MOLESOPF i- put up mil) in nn?> hollar hot tie*
Koch bottle Is neailj packed in plain case, accompanied bj full
direction*, und contain! enough reined) to remove eight ?'t' ten
ordin?r? MOLK.S ? WARTS. W* tell MOLESOPF under a positive
QLTARANTKK if it fails t> ?? c your MOLE or WART, We will
pro . \ refund the dollar.
Florida Distributing Fompanj p? pertinent, Prnwaooln, Fia.