The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 15, 1913, Image 5
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tutored at toe Postofflce at Soiater, &
C . aa H*c?ih1 Class Matter.
PERSONAL NEWS.
Miss Marie Geddings, of Summer
ton, hns returned home after a very
pleasant visit v.o relatives in Dor?
chester county, where she attended
India Kield < 'umpmeeting.
Mr. ami Mrs. J. D. Graham have
returned to the city from their bri?
dal trip.
Mrs. W. I). Carson of Summerton
wan in the ci y Saturday.
Mrs. a W. Uillespie and son, S. W.
Jr., were in town Saturday.
Mtas Ft be! Moore of Summerton
spent Saturday in the city.
Mrs. M. Is liarnett. Miss Annie
l.oryea and Mr. Isaac M. Loryea have
returned home after spending the
numrner in the mountains.?Manning
Times.
Mr. Her? mn Huhman of this city
has been elected president of the
rhrenakosmian Literary Society at
New berry College.
K. S. Hunbar, of Dalxell, has been
elected editor-in-chief and Curtis
denn of this city business manager
of the literary maganise at the Baiiey
Military Institute at Greenwood.
Mr J. A. Warren has gone North
on husinrss connected with the Sum?
ter Kleetrlcal Company.
Mrs. Paul Garher .with her l>aby.
of Batesburg, I* 'isiting her mother,
Mm. Rrie Htrauus.
8upt. J. J. Crosswell of the South?
ern fclxpress company, whose head?
quarters are In Fayettevllle, N. C,
spent the week-end in the city with
his suiter, Mrs. W. C. liroughton.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred An Id, of East
over, spent Monday in the city with
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stansill.
Stricken with Paralysis.
ltinhopville leader and Vindicator.
Mra. 8. N. Welch waa stricken
with puralysis on last Sunday, a
week ago and she is still in a very
precarious condition. The whole
right side Is affected and even her
"i ,.. h t.? such ap extent that it
is difficult to understand her. It
does seem thnt trouble never comes
nlngle. It has been only a short
time since their dear boy mot with
a terrible accident that caused his
death. They have the sympathy of
their friends.
XlXillO IS SHOT.
Hural Policeman Is Forced to Vsc
His Revolver.
Lamar, Oot 11.?Qua Glover, a
negro, who works at the Lumar Fer?
tilizer company was shot today by
l'o k'eman Odom. Odom went to the
fertilizer work.s to serve a warrant
on Glover, who resisted arrest taking,
tht policeman's club froin him, heat?
ing him down with it. Odom then
drew his gun and fired one shot,
which passed through the negro in
the region of the abdomen. The negro
was carried to a hospital in Florence,
but there is little hope of recovery.
Considerable excitement prevailed
her? during the day on account of
the affair. The negro is a newcomer
to Lamar anil very little is known of
him.
Killing at Smlthvllle.
D ports of a killing at Smithvlllo
reached hero shortly after noon Sat
iii I; y. Very little information has
been received concerning the matter,
but from what has been heard, It
seeirs that Tillman Sessions, colort'l,
?hol and killed another negro. The
causi of the shooting haa not beer
lamed. Saturday afternoon Lee
county officers were on the lookout
for Sessions, who escaped after the
shooting.
Heal Kstatc Transfer's.
The following transfers of real es?
tate have been left with the auditor:
B. F. Fstridge to Sarah F. Brun
son, lot on the corner of Oakland ave?
nue and Salem Avenue, $3,800.
MK'allum Kealty Company to
Mane He O. Parker, lot on Chestnut
street, $2,300.
Changes at. Lamar.
Lamar, Oct. 11.?Of much Interest
in business circles here was the pur?
chase today of the Palmetto drug
store jy S. W. P. DuBose and Dr. A.
T. Minn. This business which was
established several years ago by the
late S. C. Parnell and which was
owned until today by S. L. Parnell,
has enjoye I a great degree ol' pros?
perity and Is extremely valuable.
Mi'. Du Hose is connected with tho
Farmers' Knterprise cornpriy, a $10,
000 corporation of Lamar, while Dr.
Munn has been for the past II months
manager of Dr. J. F. Watson's drug
store. Dr. Munn, who will assume
control of the Palmetto drug store in
a few days, is a young man who has
unade many friends during his stiy in
l.amar. He will have charge of the
drurf siore and will employ an as?
sistant.
DEATH OF J. 1). DEAS.
Prominent Citizen of Clarendon
County Dies Suddenly in Columbia.
News of the death of James Doug?
las Dens of Summerton, Clarendon
County, Which occurred at Columbia
on Saturday came as a shock to
relatives and friends here, who up to
Friday had not heard of Mr. Dens'
sickness. Fl iday evening L. H.
Deas, a son, received a messago tell?
ing him of his father's serious con?
dition in Columbia and he at once
left for that place. Saturday an?
other son and other relatives went
to Columbia, to make arrangements
for the removal of the body to Cam
den, where the funeral services were
held Sunday morning at 10
o'clock at the Camden cemetery.
Mr. Deas wras a native of Camden
and was the son of the late Dr.
Lynch Deas. Several years ago he
moved to Summerton, where he has
been engaged in farming. He was a
well known citizen of this section of
the State and had many friends here,
as well as In Kershaw and Clarendon
counties lie was for many years a
member of the board of directors of
the State penitentiary, which office
he held up to the time of his death,
having left here last Saturday for Co?
lumbia to attend a meeting of the
board*
He is pro-deceased by his wife,
who was Miss Richardson o? Claren?
don county, a sister of Col. R. C.
Richardson of this city, and is sur?
vived by the following children: Mrs.
James Button of St. Louis; L, H. and
J. D. Deas of this city, Dr. Henry
Deas and II. B. Deas of Summerton.
The number of bales of cotton
ginned in Lee county this year prior
to September 25, is 7,94 2. The num?
ber of bales ginned during tho same
in 1912 was 7,375. This is the olTb lal
report as made to tho government by
Mr. John M. Davis, collector of sta?
tistics for Lee county.
LOST?White and lemon pointer dog
pup eight months old, near Cain
Savannah, about October 3rd Re?
ward If returned to Robert Shelor.
WANTED ? Position as overseer.
Have had 23 years experience; can
furnish best of references from my
past employers. J. H. Dohrmann,
Sumter, S. C, R. F. D. 4.
fjOST?Large white and liver" colored
pointer dog. Liver colored head.
Very broad between fore legs.
Wore collar with lock. Reward for
Information and return to J. W. Al?
len,
Why Shaw and
McCollum's Shoe
Department
Is Proving an Important Factor to
Our Many Customers:
THE first idea in buying Shaw & McCollum's shoes is to of?
fer a line that gets away from the mere price-cutting
element of retailing.
Tp do this we purchase lines which show real quality in ev?
ery detail from the buying of leathers to the last touch of the
workman.
Shaw & McCollum's Service insures more than quality of
construction. We believe our styles are the foremost in the
shoe trade in Sumter to-day. Shaw & McCollums service offers
you an efficiency in the size of our stock that means a full line
of sizes in popular styles always ready to be found in our store.
?
You will fmd our shoes the substantial kind of merchan
that you will want to buy again.
SHAW 6 McCOLLUM
MERCANTILE CO.
13 South Main Street
Sumter : S. C.
\m Car Load Mules & Horses *
mmmm = came in Saturday = |
f Our Mr. Booth has telegraphed that among others shipped, the following deserve special
mention: Two Combination Saddle Horses, worth more than one sold by us last week for
$400. Four pairs Black and Bay Mare Mules, closely matched, weighing twelve hundred
pounds, Four ponies, two especially nice and gentle?it's the kind you have been looking for.
Four Brood Mares, the heavy draft type, both weight and quality to these.
% Our usual complete line of Buggies, Brockway, Rowland, Hackney and Sumter makes. If
it's a buggy or Carriage you want, we have it. Just received a car of the Old Reliable Hackney
Wagons. All Steel Standards. The only improvement possible was this feature.
f We can now show you a complete line of Farm Implements. One and two horse Steel
Plows, Stalk Cutters. Spike Harrows, Disc Harrows, and Osborne Mowers and Rakes.
(fi Anything in the Vehicle and Accessory lines handled by us.
BOYLE LIVE STOCK COMPANY
SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA