Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i\st Mt;Utbm;m;tiu Soutfcm fuuiercHl AC Use !V>*l4?irht> ml Sm inter, 8. C, mm Jsoc?buI Class Matter, i i PERSONAL. Mm Hugh Eraser Bad httle daugh? ter, of Charleston, art* visiting Mrs. T. H. ('lurk M| OlMfttl street. Mr S. P. Galllard. of P ilr.ell, was In the elty Tuesday. Mr. E. A. Jenkins, of Columbia, spent Tuesday in town. Mr. I* I* llaker. district farm dem? onstration agent, was in town for a snort while Tuesday. Mr. L. 8. Vlnson. of Plagah, BjBOBt Thursday in town. Mr. and Mrs. A. P Vlnson, former resldeats of this city, are visiting In the city. The many friends of Mr. L. P?. Du Kant will be sorry to hear of his critical Illness An I huid.l, where he has been spending the winter. Mise Celeste Hughson was brought home from Timmunsville Monday Morning, where she has been teach ins; daring- the year. Miss Hughson was taken at once to the Sumter Hos? pital where she was operated on for appendicitis. She Is reported to b? getting on nicely. Miss Marguerite McLeod has re? turned to the city after a month's visit to relatives In Brunswick, Jack? sonville and Pernandina. Mr. Eugen? Hogan has gone on a business trip to Whit.vllle. N. C, for a few days. Mr. W. D McOrew, of Columbia, Is In the city visiting relatives. 1 >r. and Mrs. Clarence Lagon. of I 'rangeburg, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Liffon i . Oakland avenue Mrs. Abe Ryttenberg has returned to the city after a pleasant visit t? Sa? vannah. Mr K. 11. Earle, of Greenville, spent Wednesday night In the city with relatives. Mrs. H. A Well, of Sa annah. is visiting her daughter. Mrs. Abe Ryttenberg. Mr. Palmer Brown, of Chicago, Is visiting his mother. Mrs. Manning Brown In the city. Mrs. Edward McCallum has gon?j to Marion to spend the week with frlenda Mr. and Mrs. Henry P.. Richardson, of Mannng. are in the city visiting Mr. Richardson's parents here% M.I. PLAN* III INi, PREPARED. t'Itsnit* i of Comment' Want* to K.iow Who E.\|*?ci to Visit Colum? bia on Carolina Day. The special rates o\er the A. C. L. to ? idumbb. $2 for round trip und admission to the ?'orn Exposition, In? cluded, are cheaper than the cost for a special train, and the Chamber of t'oi .uo rce has therefore decided not to r in a special. However, the band will go to Co? lumbia Tuesday morning, and w'th It will go a large number of Sumtonians, who will march behind the banu in the South Carolina Pay parade All who Intend going to Columbia that day are urged to notify the Chamber of ornmerce. The A. C. L. ?r .mis ready to put on extra cars, and sssjsj run extra trains. If travel war r r, ir I the >? n 'ar\ of the * 'ham? ber of I'ornmerce 1h anxious to know In advance about h? w many passeng? ers the load ? >n count on huving, in order to post the otflcials and thus help to make *ure of extra accom? modations. Room No. 7 in the Arcade, ground Moor, main wing, w 11 be headquarter* for Sumter city and county. In II w'.:; banUfonie di pP\ >?{ pictures, catalogs. articles manufactured In Sumter and sutnpb | of Stanli QfOBSJ Ol Fnnit<T C 'linty The room Is SO ar rang? d, Hith a b.,s?>ment. that it will afford ample at seenmodatloas for Sumtonians wh<? *ant e b.atlng place Whl!e In the h<u*t of the eity of Co lumb'a. and all Sumter < outity visi? tors to the exposition arc invited, and afp d. t<>o. to make the room their 1st MAejssjrtofi BretyIhlag will be Sksaa lb if 11 BjSjSSjftats la furnish strangers with Information about S im t< I rtt] Sad <<Minty. and to furnish Banstet oil) and coaaty folk with In? format on r? | ird Bg Colambia and tie exposition. Pon t forp t that gag are wanted leh.nd fhe hand Taeeday la Um pa? rade ml don't forge! to notify the Chamber of Commerce Ihnl yog- ex? pect to go to Colambia that day. I?Top u postal or no* up the oillce, i'Ou The ..flee for." i* <>n snob ? hump' getting Ihlng* r- idy, that dropping a postal U probably the lat? ter plan siork on the rann is n?-re, you should ?.,.? |? i SU.iw Iioul IhOSe mi pi? m? nts > y Bs ? i lb?s i tie Ir id in this issue, it - go.,,1 re \m t . yofj Advt I>F M il OF EL LIOOX. iVoiMiiK'tit sumter Mun Mad ut Hone F.uri> Thursday Morning. His many friends in the eit> were lUddeaed Thursday to hear of the death during Ihe early morning hours of Mr J antes Richard Llgon, a well-known und highly respected * iti/.en of shunter, Mr. Ligon Had heen In failing health for ? number of years ami his friends and family knew that death must come at an sari) date, but they did not expect it t.i come so suddenly. n> Wedneeday he was in apparently a better state ol mind ami body than he had been loi some time previously. Wednesday night he sat up In bed talking to mem? bers of his family, among whom were h.s brother, Mr. A. C. Llgon, ami wife of orangeburg. who bad come ami the day before to see him, until nearly mill night, w hen he retired in seemingly as good health as usual. About l'.uU a'eloeb he was suddenly taken with an attack of coughing, which was followed by a hemor? rhage. Death followed In less than five minutes. At his bedside were his wife and brother and his brother's wife. The funeral services were held from the residence on < Oakland Ave? nue Friday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock and the interment took place at the cemetery Immediately following the funeral services. I>r. Ligon was a native of Orange? burg County, bnl had lived in Sum t ?r for nearly twenty >vars. He was born in IsTl' at Brunchvllle, where he spent his boyhood. Graduating from the South Carolina College in 1891, he went from there to Charleston. wher?> he entered upon his profession of pharmacy. Two years later he came to Sumter, which place has been his home ever since. He was first employed in the De Lonne Drug Store and later became a traveling sales? man fer Henry K. Wampole of Phil? adelphia, with which firm he remain? ed connected until he was unable to continue in active work on the road. In 1895 he became interested in in? surance and real estate business in Sumter and has been engaged in this business up to the time of his death. Mr. LJgoa led an active life up to the time his health became such that he was unable to attend daily to his business. He was elected to council in 1908 and served one term of two years on that body. While on coun? cil he was ( halrman of the important polite and sanitary commission. He w a* appointed on the board of health May 10th. 1910, and served in the aap IClty Of chairman of that body until he was forced to resign on ac DOUM of circumstances which pre? vented his giving the duties of that othVe the att -ntion which they re quired, His resignation was accepted February 21, 1*12. The deceased was s member of Claremont Lodge No. 64, A. F, M., and of Clam* Cnck Lodg? . Knights of Pythian He was a member of the First Baptist Church of this city. Mr. Ligon was married to Miss Lela Nash "f this city, who, with two children, Maurlne, a girl of sixteen now attending the female collegj at Anderson, and Henry, a boy ? f seven, 1 survive him. A \Yom> OF COMMENDATION', Dr. C. C, Brow ii Makes Appeal in Bo hnlf id" Ciy Nurse. I have been a residen of Bumter for qule a long time, and must soon take m\ place on the ?atalog of the an dents. 1 have known Sumter from the day when Mose Harrison crept along the streets, with a ladder and a kerosene can, 'rimming and light? ing the lamps, down to the present time. The public spirit of the place has won for us a good name over the whole State, and Sumter, without the backing of buzzing cotton mills, is a problem which some other towns cannot understand. The majority of our citizens take hold freely of every enterprise which commends itself to them, and upon tills fact the secret of our grov th and development is founded. Among all the movements going on in our midst, I venture there is not nne which produces a larger revenue than the work accomplished by the City Nurse In her daily round of min? istration. The reports sh<* makes now , and then of the hundreds of visits paid, the food and medicine supplied, , and the help rendered the sick in a variety of ways, must compel the no? tice and admiration of those who read them. Still, the fact remain-* that to this work our citizenship is not giving the ! support it deserves. A few of us subscribe a little money, the collecting I of which is worth almost as much as ' the money collected, while a large proportion of our people seem to think that the Civic League women have a large fund stored away on which they can draw at will, without fear of exhausting it. The men of Sumter should be unwilling to allow so noble and gracious a work suffer for support. We should look upon It rather BS a privilege to be allowed to help it. Those who have a home and a means of subsistence cannot know how much the nurse resembles an angel when she brings her administa tions to the homes of the poor ami needy. We have thrown the women too much upon their own resources, and ?houd be ashamed of ourselves that . this Is true. A hundred dollars a i month would scarcely meet the de? mands of the work, and yet it re quires unceasing effort on the par! of the woman to collect even a smaller sum iharr this. I am writing these word- to bring the cause to the attention of our peo pe, and to plead for help. Some of the good women have taken me Into their confidence! and i know the bur? den they are hearing. I have prom? ised them to exert myself in their he half, ami ir Is my purpose to carry out my promise, SS shall hereafter ap? pear, it Is my abiding conviction that it is a beautiful charity to have a. trained nurse among us to minister to the poor and lick, and I hope to aid the ladies in setting on foot a plan to put the work on a safer .and surer foundation. 1 shall be glad te have the co-operation of all the peo? ple in Sumter who have hearts to feel for those who have fewer of life's blessings than they have. Mon? ey sent to Miss Armida Moses will be wisely used In furtherance of this work. C. C. F.Tow n. WILL BE WI LL REPRESENTED. Game Cock city to Bend Many Cltl- j ?ens ami Exhibits to Grant Com | show. i Sumter will be abundantly repre? sented and well displayed it the Na? tional Corn Exposition. The Sumter band will lead the Sumter Marching Club in the great South Carolina Pay parade, and permanent headquarters for Sumtonians Will he established in the Arcade, the beautiful business building in the heart of ti?C elty. The headquarters will be an ex? hibit of Sumter manufactures and Sumter county agricultural resources. The display, carefully selected for quality and scope rather than amount, will not occupy a great deal of space, but it will be such that the most casual visitor will be impressed. Na? tive woods and finished products, machinery, magnetos, rubber goods, and medicines are among the local manufactures that will tell the visi? tor an eloquent story of this little city's big doings. Maps will show soil types and railroad importance without the necessity of words. Photographs will show business con? ditions and social atmosphere. Every Sumtonian who intends to visit the fair for a day or two, is urged to arrange to have next Tues? day one of the (lays and fall into line behind the Sumter band. It is the hope and purpose of the Chamber of Commerce, which is handling the whole matter, to have a marching club that will impress all who see it The Parrott Milling Company plant is nearlng completion and in a short time we shall be able to obtain home ground meal manufactured from home raised corn. \ <Mu. 11 und ml D>r ? em Investment. ? usta I !hronicta. Whenever anybody begins to talk I about good roads?that, is, gay thins* th h really mean something?two classes of people stop and take- notice. I Oat in the country it hit* mar the heart ati<l pocketbook ef the people, because it means development and convenience or ?tultlncatlon to them, according as the results of those talks g<?. To the people in the cities backed up by good, thrifty rural dis? tricts it means Increased trade and development .Study the situation out, and it means thai good roads all over a community mean and make for more good in that community than a good railroad. It hits the masses nearer home. By way of consprison it can cor? rectly be argued *ha.t one community might easily have too many good j railroads, but ia isn't possible tor ?ny community to nave too many good j country roads: nor is any community | ever going to get to the end of mak? ing roads good The other day Hon. Locke Craig, of Xorth Carolina, was inaugurated governor of that State, and in his in- , augural address took occasion to de . \< te himself Interestingly to the sub? ject of country roads, when he sum? marized their worth and meaning to a community as follows: "Irniprowd highways are the ar? teries of the country. They create organized communities of isolated families and make these immunities a part of the life of the great world. Dynamits and the steam shoveL are making through the hills and through the granite of the mountains pathways for the locomotive. The improved roa J would give the farmers access to the railroad, to the church, and to the school during all the seasons of the year. Good roads stimulate im? provement. They enrich the soil. They build anew the schoolhouse, the church and the home. They arouse ) ambition and general emulation. They i increase the value of every acre of , land that they touch and the value of every man, woman and child whose house they pass. No community can hope for progress without the good road. We cannot have the benefits of modern civilization without it. It is not an expense; it is an invest? ment that pays 100 per cent dividend every year. And more, it brings cul? ture and contentment and a better social life. Every community in the State must have it. The cost is much less than it was a few years ago." Governor Craig s remarks are worths- of and should be commended to the attention of every governor of every Southern State who has recent? ly taken or Is about to take office, and they could all do far worse than giv? ing consideration to an idea of con? certed Southern action aiong the line ? ?to something more than a re awakening ol the "good reads spirit,'* which went through like a wave & short nme .mo. bot seems to have been panned more rapidly than it should have. Complete development is not frfdng t. come to the South un? til this pectlon of the country has ru? ral highways that will compare with highws si in the best of other sections of the country. SUM TER COTTON MARKET. Correer.id daily by Ernest Field, Cot ion Bayer. Bunder, Inn. 2 3. Good Middling 12 1-4. Strict Middling 12 1-8. Middling 12. St. Low Middling 11 5-8. Low Middling II. Sti*ple Cotton Nominal. New York Cotton Market. Xew York. Jan. 23. Open. Close. January.12.62 12.45 March.12.26 12.OT star.12.10 ii.9o JxCy.12.02 11.78 MOKE JUDGES ELECTED. S?*ax\ M. riMM im? r and I*rinee Have Xo Opposition Columbia, Jan. 23.?The joint As? sembly today rt elected Judge T. S. Sease, of the Seventh Circuit, Judge R. W. Memmingei, of the Ninth Cir? cuit and Judge T. E. Prince, of th3 Tenth Circuit, all of whom were un? opposed. Real Estate Transfers. John R. Cl?ck and Robert J. Bland to Mrs. Marie Alpert, lot on Mag? nolia street, $2,000. W. T. Brogdon to R. Alford, lot on Harvin street, $550. Mrs. Bertelle B. Ivy to F. Carrie Brunson and Emma G. Brunson, in? terest to lot on Sumter street, $5 and other consideration. R. Alf reu Burgess to Ben Gate, lot on Harvin street, $680. Mr. Q. P. Williford is taking a month's course in long staple cotton under Mr. D. R. Coker.?Hartsville Messenger. WANTED-"he following hard wo in any quantity: oak, ash, hicko maple, locust, walnut, holly. Wri me what you have and price p cord >un P. Cl FOR S ton seed rn Isll crop pri< per bushel, sound and pure. E. Colcolugn. Oswego, S. C. R. F. STAPLE COTTON?Sun Flowci seed variety. Only a few left. 'J. M. Fraser, Oswego, S. C Route 1. THE SUMTER DRY GOODS COMPANY'S BIG WHITE GOODS SALE Begins Monday, Jan. 27, tKS?* Wednesday. <][ This Great Sale will be the most important event of the season in WHITS GOODS Selling, for the reason that the bargains offered will be the season's latest, and tojour patrons out of town, we extend a special invitation to visit the Sale, as we desire that all may se? cure their share of the good things which will be many. ===== An Added Attraction ===== Will be the display of Beautiful Undermuslins in Corset Covers, Princess Slips, Gowns, Combinations and Skirts; also Children's Good Quality Summer Underwear at 5c and up. 27th--Remember the Time and Place--30th The Sumter Dry Goods Co.