The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 22, 1913, Image 6
CORN RH STONE OF l> ALZELL'S
NEW SCHOOL fll'ILDINO LAID
WITH MMllMi CKUE?
MONIES HY si M i l it
MASONS.
Interesting Spr?he? Made Along I <l
?oath ?11 a I Li i Kfi by Messrs. R. I.
Mannin? ami M. L. Smith?J.
t runk Williams Tells of Need of
Experiment Station?III? Crowd In
Attssulanco ujnm Event Cilven
tlouiiUful Dinner.
Dalsall. Oct. 20.?Friday at noon
the Masonic fraternity from Sumter
were on tho grounds and as soon aa
they could form in procession, re?
paired t > the northeast corner of the
new shcoo) building and there, with
fitting ceremonies, laid the corner
stone. The procession, followed by
the speStators, then marched to a
grove nearby, where a stand was
erected for the speakers and seats ar?
ranged for the audience.
Mr. R. I. Manning was introduced
s.i first speaker. He held the riveted
?/tent lor of the people for ahout thir?
ty minutes with a very logical and
practical speech. Ho emphasized the
need of education in all Its phases. Ho
touched on the literary, the moral, the
spiritual and practical. He said he
was glad to see the people were work?
ing up to the Importance of higher
and better schools in the rural dis?
tricts and that the move at Dalzell
was the oeginnlng of a new era along
educational lines. He said the wealth
of this State was based on agriculture
and that was an evidence within It?
self that the rural people should give
the subject greater and greater atten?
tion that the coming generation may
be better enabled, as well as the
present, to exercise the economics
that were necessary to attain to suc?
cess. If the farmers were educated
?Jong the proper linos, the time
would soon be when Instead of pur?
chasing so rnucn manufactured fer?
tilisers, they would know more about
rotation of crops and thereby build
up their soils to that state of produc?
tion that they could vastly curtail
that enormous expense and would be
enabled to have a better bank account.
His speech was very forcelul and
Interesting all the way through.
Mr. M. U Smith of l'imden was
next Introduced and his talk was de?
livered with a k. oil deal of vigor. He
spoke of the necessity of education In
?very sense of the word, how the
people needed It that they inlRht know
and understard more ahout things
pertaining to the government; that
the people should he able o see their
needs and at the same time be able to
make their demands in an intelligent
manner, with sufficient forsc and em?
phasis that their demands be heeded.
He told of the vast amount of money
that was being expended annually In
support rf the great fertilizer manu?
facturing companies of tho State and
that education was tho means by
which those millions of dollars could
be reduced to a considerable extent.
He too, told of the progress that is
being made over the country in tho
way of education.
Mr. Smith's talk was given earnest
attention all tho way through.
After he got through, Mr. J. Frank
Wilhams, our county farm demonstra?
tor, spoke along the lines of agri?
culture and the importance of an ex?
perimental farm In connection with
the schools wherever practical. He
touched on rotation of crops, planting
legumes, that tho soils may be built
up. so that tho school toy, seeing
those different crops and cKperirnents
being put In operation will learn prac?
tical lessons, that will go with him
through life. Ho believes In putting
what you learn into practice; if you
want it to stick. Ho says the stu i>
of chemistry is no good, unless you
have the laboratory, where you can
put to a test what you leurn.
At the close of Mr. Williams' speech
the meeting was adjourned and pret?
ty soon dinner, which was ierved on
?"thr ground, was announced and the
??wd were treated to bountiful sup?
ply. After dinner a good manj hft,
having business to attend to, but a
good many whih-,| away the afternoon
In a social way. A k.I many who
had never seen the building before,
went over It and expressed themselves
ms highly pb n.M. I.
It all meant the celebration of the
beginning of a new era.
I J. C iMinbar.
There U Some rlnss
To Um "Wrkjk* * i'-i-im* kadie*
tin* shoes. S?n< ily lmn<| mad? soft
turns and welts. tVrne fry on a pair.
See how they IP, look and f? I. Mom
srtlv now. aren t they "different"
gold only at the Schwartz .shoe spur.
?Advt.
Trsde In Foreign Countries.
In PSCSkjM < >untries win SOSJM into
gejgnpejitlton wltt IBM ?" ?< Roods from
SjeSjrj land A ri article must have
merit of the bl?hest order to wot
esteem In many 0)1 IBtSJM eounitie;
( h ? ? c, mi h Itemed V I
the i .puhir medbdne in use for
rough* and i olds bSCnUt If Ml IttS
keet. For sale by all dealers. ?Advt.
BRIEF 1 11 1 l? IX THAW OASE.
Question Raised Whether Hoqulsltlon
for Esca|H?d Lunatic Has Any
Foundation.
Concord, N. II.. Oot lfi.?In a pre?
liminary brief in behalf of Hurry Ken?
dall Thaw, to he presented to Gov.
Felkcr, it is declared that Thaw has
been detained under arrest nearly six
weeks on a defective requisition peti?
tion supported by the allegation of an
indictment which never existed and
during all that time no indictment has
been obtained.
The brief questions whether the re?
quisition for Tnaw's extradition is
made in good faith ami whether the
Stato of New York demands Thaw's
return for the purpose of trying him
for conspiracy or for the purposo of
reincarcerating him in the Matteawan
hospital for the insane.
"If it la the latter purposo which
actuates New York,' the brief says,
"it is illegitimate and for the governor
of New Hampshire to honor the requi?
sition would bo Illegal."
The brief then gives what It de?
clares to be the facts as to the at?
tempt to indict Thaw. In conclusion
the brief says:
"It is open to the governor of New
Hampshire to make due inquiry
whether Thaw is indicted In New
York; and when the facts are ascer?
tained due weight should be given in
considering the vital questions of the
good faith of New York, to the fact
that up to the present time there
never has been an indictment for
Thaw in New York."
LOWER INTEREST FOR NEW
WEST.
Senate Committee Advocate Changes
in Current'! y Bill.
Washington, Oct. 15.?Changes In
the administration currency bill that
would give lower interest rates to the
people of tho new States of tho West
today were advocated in the senate
banking and currency committee.
Senator^ Hitchock, Democrat, and
Weeks, Kepublican, insisted that all
sections of tho new country should
enjoy the same rates of rediscount
under the Federal reserve bank plan.
They conceded that such a system un?
doubtedly would bring down interest
rates in Western States where mon?
ey now is earning high rates. They
insisted, however, that all parts of
the country wero entitled to equal
benefits. The bill, as it passed the
house, would permit the Federal re?
serve board to tlx different rates in
tho different reserve districts.
William H. Hucholz, of the Omaha
National Hank; N. F. Han tie Id, of the
First National Hank, of Austin, Minn.,
and William Ingle, 01 the Merchants'
and Mechanics' Hank, of Baltimore,
and Senator Thomas, of Colorado to?
day were before tho committee.
Mr. Bucholz declared that many
Nebraska bankers opposed the ad?
ministration bill, as it now stands;
and that many national banks in that
Stato wero preparing to resign their
charters and become State banks un?
less some of tho desired chunges in
the bill were made.
A plan to issue government bonds
that would be exchangeable at all
times for a special form of currency
was presented by Senator Thomas to
the committee. Some committee
members expressed the opinion that
such a plan automatically would regu?
lato the volume of circulating cur?
rency.
Mr. Manfleld, represctlng country
bankers, urged tho committee to
chango the bill so farm mortgages
running tlvo years could he taken as
security for loans by hanks. The Mil
now limits such mortages to one year
and ihn amount of such loans to 25
per cent of u bank's capital and sur?
plus.
A mild, gentle and effective laxative
is whut people demand when suffer?
ing from constipation. Thousands
swear by Dr. King's New Lifo IMUs.
Hugh Tallman, of San Antonio, Tex.,
writes: "They are, beyond question,
the best pills my wife and 1 have ever
taken." Tin y never cause pain.
Prloa lie at druggists, or by mail.
If. lv Ihickleri & Co., 1'hiludelphia or
St. Louis?Advt.
Mhii Loses Both Legs.
Florence, (?ct. 1M.--??Hubert Meltun,
while, about :hr) years of age, fell as
ho attempted tu catch a moving
freight train out of Florence this at
|0f|.ri and had both legs cut uff
between tie RflOi and ankle. He \v;im
from Chesteitlehl cuunty and had
boon i'i WofO?Ot soi ie lima, He was
taken tu an Inllri.mry for treatment
by a railroad phyaiclan.
Ouhk Help t4i Back a ehe and lllieii
mutism.
?The man or wuman who wants
illllck help from backache and rheu?
matism. Will Und It In I'uley Kidney
Pill?, Tin y art so quickly und with
such a:ood effect that weak, Inactive
Kidney I that do not keep tho blood
' ban and free of impurities, are
lonod up and strengthened to healthy
vigorous action, Qood results follow
ihelr us,, promptly, Blbert'i Drug
Store. Advt.
BOB KILLED IN WRECK.' *
SOLDIERS MEET DKATH IX
WRECK NEAR STATE LINK,
MISS.
Besides Dead, loo uro Injured Wlicu
1 uliro Train Falls a Dfatftnoa of 25
1 Vet on M. & Ot Railway.
Meridian, Miss. Oct. 19.?Twenty
soldiers were killed and more than
100 persons were injured when a spe?
cial train on the Mobile & Ohio rail?
road plunged through a trestle near
State Line, Miss., this afternoon. The
entire train fell a distance of 25 feet.
The wreck was caused by the engine
tender Jumping the track ubout 200
feet from a trestle. The engine was
not derailed and passed over the tres?
tle safely. Tho tender broke loose
from the engine, however, and
plunged with the baggage car and
three coaches to the ground, 25 feet
below.
At 9 o'clock tonight 16 bodies had
been taken from the wreckage and
Superintendent Pigford said in his re?
port he was sure four more bodies
were in the debris, which will not be
cleared away for 24 hours.
One hundred and seventy-nine sol?
diers were on board the special train.
They were from Fort Morgan and Fort
Baraneas. They were en route to
Meridian to participate in the Mis?
sissippi-Alabama joint State fair.
They were under tho commaitd of Maj.
Taylor. The men had been taken to
Mobile early Sunday and at noon their
ill-fated special left Mobile.
As meagre news of tho wreck fil?
tered into Meridian a special relief
train bearing physicians and nurses
left for tho scene. Other trains left
from Mobile and Whistler, Ala. When
it was learned in Mobile that a train
bearing the dead and wounded was
bound for that city another train car?
rying more doctors and n arses was
sent to meet the one bearing the vic?
tims.
As is usual with troop trains, the
coaches were well filled and when the
three cars tumbled thiougV the tres?
tle the men had little protection. The
dead, and injured were entangled In
twisted mass of wreckage, miking it
difficult to remove the dead bodies or
rescue the injured.
Because of the confusion due large
ly to poor wire communication it 'was
impossible tonight to ascertain how
many of the injured wore expected to
die or who they were.
Tho first report of the wreck sent
to the war department was that 12
had been killed, but soon after it was
sent other bodies were found. Sui?er
intendent Pigford is llrm in his belief
that at least four more bodies are in
the wreckage, but until the debris is
cleared away a final statement of the
casualties can not be made.
Tho Thirty-ninth and One Hundred
and Seventieth companies of coast ar?
tillery, stationed at Fort Morgan, were
taken to Mobile this mrning, arriv?
ing at 10 o'clock and at noon boarded
the special Mobile & Ohio train hound
for Meridian where the soldiers were
to participate in a fair. On the train
were 179 officers and men.
Belief trains were sent from Mo?
bile, Meridian and Whistler, Ala. The
train from here had aboard several
surgeons and nurses. It was reported
that the track would be blocked for 24
hours.
FEARS FAR SHORTAGE.
Commerce Commission Calls for
Bettor Methods.
Washington, Oct. 18.?Imminence
Of a serious car shortage on Ameri?
can railroads induced the interstate
commerce commission today to issue
a vigorous appeal directed to both
railways and shippers to give "close
attention to methods of loading, un?
loading, moving and promptly re?
turning to use the cars now availa?
ble."
Complaints received from all parts
of the country indicate the danger of
a car shortage. The commission be?
lieves that "the present supply of
cars Is sufficient for all purposes,"
but that it will prove adequate for
the movement of all traffic offered
only in the event of its being em?
ployed fully and promptly.
MAY LOSE HIS FOOT.
C. W. Wall Badly Hurt at Manning
Oil Mill.
Manning. Oct, 18,?Mr. ('. W. Wall,
night superintendent of the Man?
ning OH Mill, Inadvertently stepped In
a seed conveyor about yesterday morn?
ing and had ont foot badly lacerated.
He was taken on the morning train to
a hospital In Columbia for surgical
treatment* it was thought that am*
nutation would possibly bo necessary.
Mr. Wall canto here recently from
Birmingham) Alt , but it is said that
he is a natlVC of Marion, this State.
HAD EYES UOUUEI) OUT.
Columbia, Oct. 20.?In a light tit
Blythewoodi near heu?, J, a. Brown
had both eyes gouged, It is reported,
and otlu r persons' were badly hint.
KELLY. NELSON CONVICTED.
V. II. Gregory Case Results in Mis?
trial.
Cases against Kelly Nelson and V.
H. Gregory for selling alcoholic
beverages were tried Wednesday af?
ternoon in the Recorder's Court, the
former resulting a verdict of guilty on
three counts and the latter resulting
in a mistrial. The case is set for
Thursday afternoon.
The cases against Kelly Nelson
were lumped together, two being
for selling whiskey and one for trans?
porting. The witnesses against Kel
ley were R. S. Griffin and A. D.
Owens in the two cases for selling
and Policeman H. G. McKagen for
transporting. The evidence was that
Griflln had been searched by Mr.
Owens, had gone to the house and
purchased the liquor from Nelson on
the 3rd and 4th, the former In the
evening and the latter time about 2
o'clock In the afternoon. At each of
these times pint bottles were sold for
one dollar each.
The defense was that on the oc?
casions mentioned Kelley Nelson was
dead drunk and doped and therefore
unable to make a sale of whiskey.
That if Griflin took the whiskey it
was without the knowledge of the oc?
cupants of the house. Mrs. Nelson
and a neighbor, Mrs. Geddings, were
in the house on the former occasion
and did not see the sale, both testify?
ing to the fact that Nelson was drunk.
It was also stated that Mrs. Nelson
had ordered Griflin out of the house.
There was no defonse as to the trans?
porting of the whiskey, it being stat?
ed that Nelson was an habitual drink?
er and that he was transporting the
whiskey for his own use and had a
right to have it.
The jury considered the case for
about fifteen minutes at the close of
tho arguments by Messrs. Merrimon,
for the defense and J. H. Clifton, for
the city, and returned a verdict of
guilty on all three counts.
The Recorder imposed a sentence
of $300 or 90 days on the three
charges.
The case of V. H. Gregory was
next called, and each of the live
counts was taken separately. The
testimony for the city was that on a
certain day R. S. Gritlln had gone to
tho Imperial Pharmacy and had
bought from Gregory a concoction of
of cherry smash, lemon extract, al?
cohol and water. Gritlln testified that
he had told the defendant he wanted
something that would take the place
of whiskey and tho preparation, was
made, up for him. He had taken it
to Mr. Owens, who had watched him
while it was being prepared. Their
testimony was that the sale had taken
place In about ten minutes.
Gregory admitted selling the stuff
to Griffin, but stated that dt was at
the plea of the latter that he had
been on a jag and that he wanted
something to sober up on. He had
prepared what he considered a good
tonic and had given it to the witness
for seventy-flvo cents, really not
charging as much as the medicine
was worth. There was a great deal
of testimony given as to the sale of
patent medicines which contain
whiskey or alcohol in various quan?
tities, all of which were kept by all
druggists according to the testimony.
It was stated that preparations were
made by various druggists, most of
them containing a percentage of cl
cohol, which took the place of whis?
key. The defendant stated that he
was a registered apothecary and had
the legal right to make up prescrip?
tions and to prescribe.
The jury after considering the case
at length agreed upon a mistrial. It
is understood that the jury stood live
to one for conviction.
Most Dangerous of Minor Ailments.
Of the minor ailments a cold is by
far the most dangerous, not in itself
but the serious diseases it so often
leads to. Pneumonia and consump?
tion always start with a cold. When
you have a cold you are much more
likely to contract the infectious dis?
eases BUCh as dyphthoria, scarlet fev?
er and whooping cough. Colds are
easily cured, in fact, Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy i.s famous for its cures
of this most common ailment, and
is pleasant and safe to take. Why
take such desperate chances when so
reliable and trustworthy a medicine
may be obtained for a quarter. For
sale by all dealers.?Advt.
CHAMBER ()F COMMERCE NOTES.
Letters oi' inquiry about farming
lands in Sumter county are coining in
to the office of the secretary of the
?'hamber of Commerce from all over
tho United States. Inquiries have been
received fron? Virginia, New Hamp?
shire, California, Indiana, and other
states, and one Inqulr) comes" from
Vancouver( British Columbia.
Home-Keeping Women Need Health
and Strength.
?The work of a hon e-keeping wo
man makes a constant call on her
?trength and vitality, ind sickness
comes through her kidneys and blad?
der oftener than she knows. Foley
Kidney Pills will Invigorate and re?
store her, and weak back, nervous?
ness, aching Jotnti ami Irregular blad?
der action Will all disappear when
Foley Kidney Pills are used, Rlhert's
1 >rug Store. ? Advt.
MENTIONED FOR St'PREME
R EN CIL
Number or Circuit Judges Among!
Those Who Seek Position? Nude
Vacant by Resignation of Judge
Woods.
Columbia, <>< t. 17.?The general as-;
sembly at its next session will have
to elect a successor to Judge c. a.
Woods who resigned us associate jus?
tice of the State supreme court on be?
ing appointed by President Wilson
to the Federal bench.
Less has been said and written
ahout this race than any previous con?
test for a judgeship in the memory
of political observers. One reason Is
being assigned and that is the pre?
cedent that it was sought to have
set of members of the judiciary not
being in a scramble for ollice. A few
years ago one member of the bench
in this State wrote a card to one
of the papers saying before he would
enter a scramble for the position of
justice of the supreme court he
would rather lose the fight.
Several members of the circi.it
bench have been "mentioned" for the
vacancy on the supreme court to
succeed Justice Woods. Prominent
I among these are Judge J. W. DeVore,
of Bdgefleld, and Judge Geo. W. Gage,
of Chester, Judge R. Withers Mem
minger, of Charleston has als^p been
mentioned for the position as being
well qualified. It is not known defi?
nitely just Which members of the
circuit bench will he nominated, but
these names have been talked of re?
cently.
(>ff the bench mention has been
made of a few prominent lawyers in
the State for the position. George
S. Mower, of Newherry, a member of
the House is regarded as probably
candidate at the hands of his
friends. Mr. Mower was a member of
the senate at one time and served
in the old bond cases in a judicial
capacity.
The supreme court as now consti?
tuted since Judge Wood's resignation
consists of only four members: Chief
Justice Eugene B. Cary, Justices D.
B. Hydrick, It. C. Watts and T. P.
Fraser. The term o;: ofiice of a jus
t!co of the supreme court is ten
years, having been increased from
eight at the time tho court was
enlarged from four to five members,
a few yean ago, by the general as?
sembly. The election of justices is
with the legislature. Governor
I'd ease in a message to the general as
I sembly advocated direct election of
. the judges.
Should a circuit judge bo elected
to the supreme court an election to
fill his place would he held also at
the approaching session of the leg?
islature. The general assembly con?
venes the seconod Tuesday ii Jan?
uary.
Nem From Dark Corner.
Dark Corner, Oct. 16.?We have
the county chaingang" with us and they
are giving us a nice good road, which
is sure appreciated, as we had pulled
trough those sand beds so Ion?. They
have put a new bridge across Weeks*
mill swamp and will soon have the
Cain Savannah road clayed to the
Clarendon county line.
It is said that all things come to
them that work and wait, so we have
been working and waiting for good
roads, which have come at last.
Mr. Oeo. W. Qriflln'e house (here)
was broken into last Monday and rob?
bed. They look a new suit of clothes,
two fine shirts and twenty or twenty
live dollars in cash. Mr. Griffin values
his loss at about This is the sec?
ond new suit of clothes he has had
stolen from him in the last few
years, which goes hard on a poor
man with six motherless children.
Magistrate Ragin of Pinewood must
be something of a hustler, as he
took in over five hundred and twen?
ty-live dollars in fines for Clarendon
county from Monday morning until
Saturday noon of last week, which I
say is going some. Who can beat it?
Cotton picking is all the cry?too
much cotton for the number of pick?
ers. Cotton is turning out fairly well
in this corner and the pea and po?
tato crop is better than it was thought
to be at one time.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Graham of
Paxville visited at the Sycamores
last Sunday.
Mr. J. E. Johnston visited Mr. J.
H. Geddings near Pinewood last Sun?
day.
Mr. and Mrs. F>. D. Geddings of
Ramsey visited at Elmhill last Sun?
day.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Ardis of
Pinewood visited Mr. L. L. Ardis
near Ramsey last Saturday and Sun?
day.
The health of the neighborhood is
good, no sickness to report.
Rev. M. W. Gordon of Summerton
preached a fine sermon at the Reid
School house on Sunday night tho
5 th inst.
Miss Eunice Osteen opened up the
Reid School Monday, the 6th.
The Sunday school at Reld's is get?
ting along nicely, good turnouts ev?
ery Sunday afternoon.
Mr. T. EL Osteen is having lumber
hauled to build a dwelling houso on
his Weeks place, just across the road
from the Sycamores.
"Hard Times."
?The changeable weather of early
fall brings on coughs and colds that
have a weakening effect on the sys?
tem, and may become chronic. Use
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound.
It has a very soothing and healing
effect on the irritated and inflamed
air passages, and will help very quick?
ly. It is a well known family medi?
cine that gives results. Sibert 'a
I >rug Store.?Advt.
'Donneil 6 Co.
Don't Charge
It to Me.
A great deal is being said abuut
the High Cost of Living, but I am
not responsible.
For more than 25 years I have
been adding to your comforts, and
while that out of which I am made
is more expensive, and those who
manufacture me get better paid for
their services, still I am to be found
today at the same old stand, and at
the same old price you paid for me a
Quarter of a Century Ago.
You can have me in the plain or
fancy plaids, all sizes.
Your Friend in Need,
TAR HEEL BLANKET.
Ttonnell 6 Co.