Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cbt$$taUbma?ar? Jonlbron Published Wednesday and Saturday. ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTKK, S. U. Terms: 11.10 per mnnuin?In advance. | - All? IT! i HC II IC III f. . One S^piare flret Insertion.$1.00 ?very subsequent Insertion.50 Contracts fur three months, or longer will be mado at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will \>e charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect Will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed In 1860 snd the True Southron In lift. The Watchman and Southron sow hsa the combined circulation and Influence cf both of the old papers, and la manifestly the bent advertising medium In Sumter. Pliddliu; Swampy Han S4t*n Growth. While some 20 years ago the name Pudding Swamp might have been a name of reproach in some sections, among some folk, yet today it is a syn onym of progress* and prosperity. It Is .said that in tho long a g<?, when the natives of this nc< ton went to Sumter jr some other market ?n<i when some thoughtless person applied the term ' Pudding Swamp' to the visitOT, it meant a sure tight to the finish. To? day how different?men of all walks of lifo are glad to proclaim that the} hail from Pudding Swamp?the home ? ?f the finest toh.n????? thut is produced i? nywhere in the South. Twenty years ugo where the town of Turbevllle, With Us half dozen gen ? ral itores, two drug stores, bank, livery and ginnery ai d other enter prlaes stands today, was tho site of Si lone store and a turpentine distillery. Perhaps no otner crop so much as tobacco has brocght about this* < haiiKc. While tot ...... a general < rop In this section as early as h'JI, yet prior to this time a few progres ? ive farmers had been experimenting with thla nop with m>re or le*m suc? cess. Among these pioneers were It. t. and J. B. Tomllnaon. W. II. Coker. v. T Buddln. J. K. lhard, It II. Often nd others In no year, since the cultivation of ohacco Was begun, has the crop been g large, the quality so fine or the j ?rice so good as has been the lilt ?n>p. B. N. Green and L. M. Turbevllle .?ach sold a four acre crop for more than $1.000, while the price of a six Acre fleld brought nearly $1,500 to J. C. Dennis. In no instance has the I rice per acre been less than $100. lurbeville sold her tobacco this year it the warehouses at Olunta, Tim ;nons\ilb. Manning ami Lake t'lty. It s more than probable that by the line for another crop she will have i f ewn warehouses. While this section has for sonn time lucked for the best railway fa cllitiea, yet the Aldermen's road from Alcolu to Mlanta passes through this section, and freight und express of? fices are at Seloc. There is a balk though another road will S?0g pgaSI through this se? tion. This would doubtless cause the country t?i develop more rapidly* Still should no othof road lnter>e? t here. tin- wave of pro peritv woubl ? ontimu- |e roll \>< SJMSM the people tielieve in progreSSJ they have push. intelligence and an ab ?! lug faith und eoiitbb-ncc in tin ir WK? tion and in them > \: > . Hooetty a new site for a new school house has b?en aeleetoel The bond tu ereet a Ii rger gra lad sehool build - inc have been sohl and tho motu y Is In ban.I to ereet a building that Will be a great credit to any com? munity in South Carolina. As an index to the prosperity of Turh? \ille perhaps the BSmklasj ligures Will show it better than any other; way. About two years u\'n the Bank of Tin i-e\Mb- eras engnnftoed with a lapital of $12."????. Its deposits now are about fsgsj tunes the amount of ita caplt.il. No Heel ion Is greater than Its riti senship. The QfOSaOi TttrbOVllles, Geose\ ('okers. Buddlrts, Onmblee, I i ir.ls. Morrisses. QlbbenOi Smith ar.I ?her? have mob- Turbe\ Mb- and PudditiK Swamp what it Is today.? M iiiiiIml; Tune-. I oimtl ssfhe in Banana-. t Ylndeli ('br. ii.. b . While setting a CUStomCf an or b . of bananas. Mr ft I1.. William?. ?h m mager of the ?". t \ fit.r . Wed? SjSeSSSy disco\ ereil a sinke a anil H f.. ?| end a half bo - . oib-d in th-t i,i. Hi n. Ho Killed the reptile end noe r. is it in alcohol en eahthltlwi nt hit store. The snake is suppose.I to be one of the deadly poisonous Speeles und bkeiv setae from some tropical . eejatry v\ lo re the frail m is pe<1 ? 1 Ii s head hi diamond shaped nnd U lllllike aaj Seen III these part". II ol it not been fee list fael Ikal tie renalis ?.me numb and sle< p? from the , Mm ? of Iti.M Mr. W i i.ams gen] have been bitten aa Kb band came v. i \ < b.s? t.. t h- snake ; h* geti Nous From Dal/ell. I ?alzell. < h i. |S, We have had m< ari> kinds ? I weather for the last wo< \. Frost, ran.. Wind and sunshine, wint effect the trust hat had "ii the lop crop of cotton, is hard i<> teil? N?' doubt it lias out off ma? turity to pome i xtent ami that mean* short cotton in proportion. The potnto orop is now ready foi harvesting and the uverage farmet will be busy for ? while getting his StrnW and other material ready aa Well as digging, We have that crop, and U We can save them, why with hog killing time rapidly approach Ing, you sr- we will soon he in the swim. The season for putting in oats is on us and in g lew days we expect to hear the gee and haw as it wafts it? self upon the gentle breezes. We have no news of importance to send you this week and all of our neighbors hnve promised to quit talking al?out each other. (loss ps always bring news stub a sit is, and we don't want any such as it is. 1 ti our ignorant wa.? We have been wntchlni the follow Muertn and we are about to decide that be s some? what of a bully. If he k? eps on fooling with President Wlson. the Drat thing be knows be will get ? free trip ever the moon, president Wilson ;., a dynamiter himself. The McNumurUI are not a circum Stance compared to him. I will bet nobody else ever blew up that < lam - bon dyke, and unless Huerta is more of an expert than he has a reputation for. he had better not bu k horns with our president. If Huerta persists in making demands that Woodrow can not aOOede to. why he had better get bis telescope and other eye glasses ready, so if he docs take that trip' up among the planets, that after his return he might be able to teach astronomy. While President Wilson has made a rep as a dynamiter, he is making the bankers understand that he too is a mat . He has already let that fellow. Mr. some kind of I.ip knOW that he is opposed to one man bnn4Bansj nil tin- money, even if hi dors live in New York, and we think hi* is right, for that fellow might be a little cnrslseS as to how he handles other people's money and let some of it stick to his fingers. Speaking of our president being a great dynamiter, I hope he will be I little csreful, when he goes to touch her off again, for should he blow up the canal and it should happen 0 fall over in Mexico, some of those anpltnllntl who are t acking the pro? visional president in his efforts to legislate and execute, might n ?t want to give it back to us ami that might precipitate a row, Now we are not especially Scared over these matters 1' it we always think it more respec? table to keep peace, if Uncle Bam I* provoked to that degree, that he will have to give the Mexican government a licking, i expect the next move will be to hnve him arraigned before tho next meeting of the Hague charged with assault and battery with intent to Hog. RIDER DEFIES DEATH, ,b aM PhelpB HI Thrown Over Han? dlebar* While Doing "Dili of Death/' Columbtu, Oct 10, lesse Phelpe, the 11 yent old motorcycle rider at th< motordrome nt the corner of Lady and Assembly stn eta, was badly bruls sd yosti rday afternoon about o o'clock while trying the "dlp-of-deathi" Hj eras traveling at the rate of nbout mlb ?n hour with his armi stretched out, when the front tii*> te but motorcycle blew out; the sudden ?lowlni down of the motorcycle three Its rider over the handle-bars, ami after turning two somersaults on the sides of the motordrome ho rolled into the pit. He was knocked tin nSSioUi by the fall and sustained brumes ? n his left arm, right knee, lingers gnd back. About :'..:;?? o'clock Phelps said: "i am rendy now to no buck on the track. As fa: as the accident is concerned. 1 arai at the top rlni and was just turn? ing to corns down when the tire blew out. It threw me OVO? the handle ban and the next thing I remembei was that they were sousing me with water. I'm feeling all right now ami am golns over to hnve n new front wheel ami tire put on my mnchlne en I . an ride tonight." HI in is no K.in itvnx llorenre Chamber or Commerce 1'mlertuueM the t am|ialgn, Florence, Oct. It, The local Chamber of Commerce has under? taken a campaign for I ? tter freight rates to Florence and from Florence Hint there might be some greatei . lopment of t he lru< king and I lobtdns business of Ihe communltj ti . same body has In hand also a fight for more prompt delivery of freight both outgoing and Incoming :i ti? i is trying lo locate several live merehonts and industries that are i i ticking ;it the door of ihe los n ib.it builds more than one house every i tin) for cat h year. THI TII IS PERVERTED. Teacher Criticises History Taught in Smith Carolina schools. Tho author of Montgomery'! 'The' stmh nt's American History," page 118, ;:. speaking Of the assault made by Congressman Preston 8, Brooks of South Carolina upon Senator Sumner .! Massachusetts in the United States senate chamber says: "Brooks struck him blow after blow over the head with a loaded cane until his victim fell senseless and bleeding to the lloor. Senator Sumner's injuries were so se? rious that he had to withdraw from political life for several years." Was there ever a greater perversion of the truth'.' In that connection the author continues: "Jefferson Davlfl warmly commended Brooks, but Scward said, 'The blows that fell on the head of the senator from Massachusetts have done more for the cause of human freedom than all its friends have ever accom? plished hi congress.' " Again on page 411 the author speaks of "Jefferson. Davis ami Rob art ToombSi popularly known as Mire enters.'" Again, page 431: "Emer? son spoke of John Brown as that 'new saint' who will make the gallows like the cross of Christ." There are other statements equally objectionable t<? the fair-minded and well informed sti dent of American history and that show equally as venomous partisan l?i; s. Not to nolCC Mr. Kmerson's Sacrilege) does not the author of the text show his narrowness and sec? tional bias, not to speak of an utter UV k of common politeness, by re? ferring to "Jefferson Davis" and "Sen? ate r" ToombSj when both were sena tOl s? My object in calling attention to' theso glaring misstatenients is to show what kind of history we are forced to teach in our schools. Is it not a pity that our Southern children must be taught such untruth? ful and one-sided statements and made to accept as history attempts to revile the cherished leader of the Con? federacy? <>f nil virtues history should be fair and truthiul. As a teacher of' United States hife torj I can not ami will not stultify my own self-respect and manhood nor strain the credulity of those under me by teaching BUCh so-called history. J. B, O'Neal Hallow.ty. N\w berry. MAY SURRENDER CHIHUAHUA, _-, Refugees say Governor Plans to Give up City Without Battle. El Paso, Texas, Oct. 29.?Five i special trains are under steam in Chi? huahua City to bring the Federal gar? rison of 5,000 to the border, according to Americans*who arrived from there on a refugee train today. The Americans said Gen. MCTcadu apparently is planning tu give u] the city without a tight when Panchu Villa attacks. They report Villa within thirty miles of Chihuahua Tin sday and moving rapidly. Another refugee train from Chihua? hua is mi route, and is expected to reach Juares tonight. Villa, it Is Clalmsd by rebels, has ;i force of sev? en thousand, NEGRO km.1.1 i) BY TRAIN. Bo Budly Mangled by Train Mnj Never Is* Identilied. Fayettcvillc < Observer. An unknown negro was killed In this city last niKiit or Very early this morning by an A, C. Ii. train. A por? tion of his body was found beside the track on Wlnslow street, between Mumford and Franklin; the main part nb( nt in front e>f the* passenger sta? tion on Hay strei t, and from there to a point beyond the intersection oi the a. ('. U ami a. ft v. tracks, near the Fayetteville i< <? factory, portions of the mangled remains were picked up by the nu n from J. M. Rogers' undertaking establishment, The poor fellow wai so badly crushed that ii would be Impossible to recognise him. Failure ami Success. I 'b trlotte ( >bser\ er. We often hear of the success ot different parties who have gone from home, but tor each man who stie? ret ds, there are o hundred w ho fall, We seldom hear of the failures, nor do the people stoj. to think about that point. Tin- West is full of North Carolina people who have failed so badly that they cannot raise the mean.', to get "back home." The Ob? server has ,\ letter from one who has enough of it gwny from home and i w Illing tu admit it. j (e writes for some information that will aid him to an early location In Charlotte, lb' Is one ol Ihe fortunate few w ho scemi to have ri me way ol raising money t< gel bock on. Fixe Well Diggers Hurled. Frederk k, ??Uli. < n t. jv I i> men digging ;i well Were killed her? today when Ihe earth walls collap s. d The well w.is fort) ? deep Among the victims wn> Moni Dean, . onti actor, 15,000 VERDICT A T BAUN WELL, - Plaintiff Demanded Damages of. $50,000 from Coaal Line. Barnwell, Oct. 28.?The special October term of the court of Com mon Pleaa for Barnwell County was adjourned sine die Saturday. The largest verdict rendered al this court was that for $15,000, given the plaintiff in the suit of Fannie Broughton vs the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, in which $50,000 was asked tor personal injuries, a motion for a new trial was made in this case Saturday morning, and it this Is refused an appeal will prob al ly be taken to the Supreme Court. BATTLE AT MONTEREY. l ighting Resumed There, According to Ad\ Ices. .Mexico City, Oct. 28.?Fighting haa been resumed at Monterey, according to late advices received here. Tele graphic communication which was reestablished alter the first attack, has since been cut out. A serious up? rising is also reported among the Oaxaca Indians. The Indians arc .said to be well supplied with arms and ammunition. RECEIVER FOR POPE MFG. CO, Big Automobile Concern Financially Embarrassed. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 28.?An? nouncement was made here today that the Pope Manufacturing Com? pany had been placed In the bands of a receiver. The company mach' mo? tor vehicles of various descriptions. Col. George Pope, treasurer ol the company, has been made temporary receiver, and has qualified under a bond of $200,000. YOUTH UNDER ARREST. Held on Charge of Embezzling $55, 000. New York, Oct. 29.?John C. Schild knecht, the 20-year-old former cash? ier for the Washburn-Crosby Flour company, was arrested today, charged with having diverted $55,000 of the funds of the firm to his own use. H< Will be arraigned on the charge to? morrow. According to the story of a detective agency who detained bin at a Brooklyn boarding house last night he recently returned as a stowaway from South America, where he lied when the story of his pecuatlons be came public. r AbsenGe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder We're fold, hul H pood portrMl' f the absent one will keep the recollec? tion more vlvla- and comfort many h lonley hoerof separation. We make n ttptcialty of Portrature, and our Studio i> exceptionally ctiulppcc for line portrait work The Man Who Knows Portraiture, SelU Pict ure Frames and does Kodak (irishing 10 V. SOUTH MAIN STREET. Winburn, SHINGLES, LATHS. WOOD o,nd COAL WV have the Goods ;it Bight Prtcee, No Order too Large or too small. SUMTER RETAIL LUMBER CO., Phone 56 A. A. Howell. Mgr. Races! ^C6S ? ? THE BIG BICYCLE RACES AT Sumter, Th?rs. Nov. 6. Ten mile Men's Race, open to all. First prize, Columbia Bicycle; Second prize, $10.00 pair tires; _rd, $5.00 saddle. SPECIAL RACES FOR BOYS 14 years and u ider. Prize of $10.00 worth of any bi? cycle accessories in our store. You can enter, no fee, just notify H. L. Tisdalc, Sumter, by Nov. 1st. Come to Sumter Nov. 6 and have a big time. Races arranged by FL L. Tisdale, ' THE BICYCLE MAN' SUMTER, S. C. The Sew "Electric Mo? del" nn ?leelric house ilicvs that will sell like Lightning. IValsi has < mivciiiciii cciiicr from aliening, sinipl) mudc with gibsoil plaits, nock prettily linlslietl with hroiltl rillllltl collar, laced with ? ot rusting work, color binding, nlso I lie wai-t line pocket and rtifTs. m utcrluli?poreulcs bluc or m cy clmmbruy, liltick or white el let i>?, mail) other new ami ef? fective KtripcM. checks ami llgures ? Manx liter -1 x to sclccl from. Kanni.-:*?*! a^JS^p^nnCTMinWB BK?E T Phone 601 AMONG THE HOUSE = DRESSES = DO you make your own house dresses, or do you buy your house dresses ready made? We have a great surprise for you?an exhi? bition of house dresses, that when it comes right down to it, is as important to you as one of the Parisian custom styles. We have just received a large lot of Electric House Dresses and will sell them ail at one price? el When you see these dresses you will wonder why any one would even try to make one, when it can be bought at SO low a price: and style and fit cannot be duplicated at other stores to say nothing of home Vv orfc. 98 Cents the price is too little to talk about. Read the description and remember that they are all guaranteed fast colors. Don't fail to see these House Dresses on display in our windows. ? - STORE, <? Sumter, S. C. ?TS: Call us up and let us send you a couple of the .1 on approval. ?cS>fT