The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 05, 1913, Image 5
IM et the Pottoflk? at Saunter, 8.
On aa Otacood Class Matter.
PERSONAL NEWS.
Mrs. M. C. Murtin, of Mulllns, and
daughter are visiting Mrs. Charles
Thames on Harvln street.
Messrs. Herman Myers and O. E.
llayniworth spent Thursday in Co?
lumbia, attending the State ball that
night.
Misses Virginia. Harriet and Fran?
ces Saunders, of Stateburg, and Miss
r?M?le Trlppett, of Ooykln, are some
of thoee well known in Sumter who
attended the State ball.
Miss U ag Cheyne spent the week?
end at home from Winthrop College
with her father, Dr. Walter Cheyne.
Mr. Alfred Scarborough came home
from Davidson College for a brief
visit to his parents.
Magistrate H. L. B. Wells has re
truned from a trip to Boston, Mass.
Miss Eva C. Klngman has returned
home after spending some time in
Baltimore. Mr.. and Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. J. O. R. W ider and Miss
Irma Smith left tr Is morning for
Rockingham, N. C, to attend the
Htansill-Shannonhousa wedding on
Wednesday.
Mis* Helen Beaumont left Satur?
day for Marlon, where she will teach
thla winter.
Mr. D. C. Shaw has gone to St.
Louis to buy another ear load of
horses and mules.
Death of Mr. C. K. Stubbs.
Mr. C. E. Stubbs, who was stricken
with paralysis Friday morning, died
at 4 a. m. Monday at his home
on South Washington street. He was
unconscious from the time he was
stricken and no hope of his recovery
was entertained from the first. The
funeral services were held at his
late rseldence at 10.30 o'clock
Tuesday monrlng, and the Interment
was at the cemetery. The following
gentlemen served as pallbearers:
Active?H. I. Scarborough. U. D.
Eppe, vieo. D. Shore. Ferd Levi, Q. A.
Umroon, Dr. H. M. Stuckey, C. M.
Hurst. C. M. Brand.
Honorary?Capt. E. S. Carson,
Capt. R. D. Cooper, Capt. A. W.
Sud er. Dr. H. J. McLaurln, Judge T.
B. Fr?ser, Judge K. O. Purdy, D. J.
wt .n. w. W. Rowland. F. O. Bowman,
N*|U O'Donnell. W. P. Smith, W. M.
c^aaaaw.
Mr Stubbs was born and grew to
sj hood In Marlboro county. At the
outbreak of the war in 1861 he enlist?
ed in 23rd regiment and was in active
service until the surrender at Appo
matox. Ills comrades spoke of him
as a faithful and gallant soldier un?
der all circumstances during the try?
ing campaigns in Virginia, who bore
tha hardships with patriotic fortitude
and was ever ready to do his full duty.
He was a member of Camp Dick An?
derson C. V. and was ever inter?
ested In keeping green the memories j
'' 'his comrades in arms who laid
wn their Uvea on the field of bat
in defence of their native land.
?loon after the close of the war Mr.
ibb? located in this city and soon
became Identified with the business
Interests of the place. For many
years he was the local representative
of Alex Hprunt ft Son and was the
leading cotton buyer of this section of
the State. He knew everybody in thla
section of the State and was widely
popular. About ten years ago he re?
tired from active business but never
lost his interest In the welfare and
development of Sumter or In the pub?
lic affairs of the State. He was elect?
ed to the house of representatives In
it 10 and served one term. At the
time of his death he was a member
of the county board of supervisors of
registration.
He was twice married and is sur?
vived by his second wife and two sons,
llovt Stubbs and C. Klvln stubbs, and
two daughters, Mrs. W. Y. Spunn and
Miss Alice Stubbs.
Broke In Store--Captured.
Willie Brown, colored, was cap?
tured Thursday morning by negroes
who chased him from the house
where Ben Brunson, colored, re
aides. Willie. It la alleged. broke
into Hrunson's house and stole a
quantity of stuff. The other negroes
saw him aa he wn* eoiulng out of the
house with the goods and they ut
onca gave chase, hi* capture being
their reward. The sheriff was tele?
phoned for und m. nt In puty Epperson
to the scene to brln* an Hrunson and
lodge him In the county jail The
affair occurred In the Concord section
of the county.
The anntial meeting of the Boys'
Corn Club will be held before
Thanksgiving on a date to be an?
nounced by County Demonstration
Agent. J. Frank WillUm*. at whhh
Cme the corn will be Judged and the
prises awarded. On the *amo day it
H planned t > have an exhibit of the
products of the Olrls* Tomato Clubs
and the trophy cup will be awarded
tu th? club r taking the best reco/d.
PHOT. REMBERTS LECTURE.
Discusses Topics of Interest Connected
with the Y. M. C. A. anil Its Work.
Prof. A. G. Rembert of Wofford
Colege spoke Sunday night at Pres?
byterian church under the auspices of
the Y. M. C. A. to a large audience
on topics of interest connected with
the Young Men's Christian Association
and its work for the building up of
the citizenship of the State. Mr.
Rembert spoke for nearly an hour
and seemed to Interest his audience
throughout.
All of the other churches in the
city had closed their doors for the
occasion and the Presbyterian church
was packed. Prof. S. H. Edmunds
presided over the meeting and the
speaker was introduced by Mr. R. I.
Manning who introduced him to his
audience as a Wofford and Sumter
man, as he was a native of Sumter
County.
Mr. Rembert brought out many
Interesting points in his talk and gave
his audience something to think
about. He paid an eloquent tribute to
the Sumter schools, saying that they
had the best method of holding and
interesting the boys of any school he
knew of anywhere.
THE COLUMBIA AUTO RACES.
Keels and Trlbbio Made a Fine Rec?
ord at the State Fair.
Alva Keels and George Tribble made
a very tine record in the State Fair
automobile races considering that it
was the first time either had ever
been on an auto race track. As an auto
driver Mr. Keels is king; he has no
equal in this part of the country. He
won second and third in Columbia and
we feel sure he would have won first
but for a little trouble that overtook
him in the third lap. Mr. Charles
Kavanaugh was his mechanician in
the pit and when the engine trouble
came, Kavanaugh was right on the
Job. Another car had the same trou?
ble exactly as that which bothered
Mr. Keelti and while Keels was out ot
the race for only two miles the other
car was out five miles. This shows
who was the best and quickest
mechanician in the pit. Kavanaugh
was < ry fast and located the troublo
quickly, but 1 the other mechanician
was slower and fumbled a little.
Georgo Tribble served as mechanician
for Driver Keels, and h<- showed all
the nerve that anybody nt .ds and the
car could not be driven too fast for
hint When Keels was driving his
fastest lap the hood on the car came
loose and Tribble had a risky and
dangerous job, but his nerve did not
fail him at this critical Juncture?he
Just climbed over the car and fas?
tened the hood in place. I feel cer?
tain that Keels and Tribble will be in
the big auto meets some day and will
win the big races in great style and
make reputations that will extend all
over the country.
Grand Stand.
SUMTER COTTON MARKET,
Corrected Dally By Ernest Field
Cotton Bayer.
Sumter. Nov. f.
Good Middling 13 6-8.
Strict Middling 13 1-2.
Middling 13 3-8.
Strict Low Middling 13 1-8.
Low Middling 12 5-8.
Staple coton 14 1-2 to 16 1-4.
New York Cotton Market.
New York, Nov. 3.
Open Close.
Jan.13.36 13.27
Mar.13.35 13.30
May.13.32 13.29
July.13.21 13.19
Nov.13.60
Deo.13.67 13.52
Hallowe'en Party.
The Sisters of Mercy gave a Hal?
lowe'en party on Friday evening to
the pupils and their parents. The
young ladies of tho Academy gave a
very pretty witch play, introducing
sweet songs and beautiful tableaux.
After this treat the guests were in?
vited by tho Sisters to the dining
hall whero the decorations were in
keeping with the night, for on evory
side was tho witch and black cat. The
room was beautifully festooned with
smilax. The tables which wero tilled
with OSdnty sweets of all kinds were
lovely with tall vases of roses and
chrysanthemums, with candelabras
which shed a soft light. At each place
Were cards with pen pictures of
witches with appropriate verses. Sou?
venirs of witches wore given each
guest.
Every one delighted, bade good
night to their kind hostesses, ending
a most enjoyable evening at St. Jo
seph's.
1 t'larlnda, Iowa, a city of 4.000 In
habitants, recently adopted the "City
Manager" plan of municipal govern?
ment.
The Tenehers* Conferen OS will
probably draw every teacher in the
county Into Humter on Thursday and
FiidMy. November IStb and 14th.
GINNERY BURNED FRIDAY.
J. T. llrogdon Suffers $7,000 Doss by
Fire?Ten Bales of Long Staple Cot?
ton Lost,
Mr. J. T. Brogdon suffered a very
severe loss by fire Friday afternoon,
when his ginnery with ten bales of
long staple cotton was destroyed by
fire. The fire occurred about 4 o'clock
in the afternoon and la thought to
have caught from a match in the cot?
ton.
All efforts to extinguish the fire were
unavailing and it soon spread over the
entire building, which included gin
house and cotton house, which was
burned to the ground. Tho loss was
estimated by Mr. Brogdon at $7,000,
a very heavy one for hirr. There was
no insurance on the building or cot?
ton. He had kept insurance on the
place up to last week when he re?
moved it
NEW BANK BEGINS BUSINESS.
The Cmmerclal and Savings Bank Has
Auspicious Opening.
The Commercial and Pavings Bank
opened its doors for business Satur?
day morning and its first day was
considered most successful by the of?
ficers of the bank. Many of the di?
rectors and their friend* of the in?
stitution called in during: the day to
wish the institution a good beginning
and see how things wcr j running in
tho, new bank.
The bank has begun cperations at
45 S. Main Street, where he old post
off ce was established. Mr. R. A.
Bndham is in charge and was kept
busy Saturday receiving deposits, an?
swering questions concerning the new
Institution and doing tho numerous
other duties attendant upon the open?
ing of a business and the carrying on
of a banking business. The auspic?
ious opening of tho institulon was
highly pleasing to those connected
with it and tho bank bids fair to do a
fine business in future.
The officers of the bank are: Pres?
ident, A. L. Lesesne; vice-president, J.
K. ('rosswell; cashier, R. A. Brad
ham; attorney, R. Dozier Lee, other
directors, H. N. Forester, P. M. Par
rott, S. M. Pierson, J.' Z. Hearon, J. H.
Myers, T. B. Jenkins, J. Clinton Brog?
don, P. M. Brown, C. J. Lemmon, and
H. P. Moses.
S. 8. WORKERS TO MEET,
Sumter County Sunday School Asso?
ciation to Hold Convention.
At the meeting of the officers of the
Sumter County Sunday School Asso?
ciation, Thursday night, October 30th,
It was decided definitely to hold a
convention in Sumter December 5th.
Committees were appointed and ev?
ery arrangement will be made to in?
sure a pleasant and profitable time
for the Sunday School workers of the
county. Entertainment will be pro?
vided.
CIVIL COURT CONVENES.
Case of Julia V. Beck Against North?
western Railroad Commenced.
The court of common pleas convened
Monday morning for a three weeks
session. The roster is a long one and
it is probable that all of the cases
cannot be completed, even within
three weeks. Judge Thomas S. Sease,
who presided at tho term of the ses?
sions court the first of the month, is
presiding.
The first case called was that of
Julia V. Beck against t^e Northwest?
ern Railroad. This ^ase was tried last
year and resulted in a verdict of
$5,900 for the plaintiff, but this ver?
dict was set aside by the court and a
new trial ordered. The suit is for
110,000 damages alleged to have been
suffered by the plaintiff by the re?
moval of earth from land which both
the plaintiff and the railroad claim ti?
tle to. Crops growing on the land, it
is alleged, were damaged.
*
Married.
Miss Flora L. Edens and Mr. Moses
J. Mooro were marriet' Sunday even?
ing, November 2nd, at 6.30 o'clock at
the home of Mr. R. M. Edens, near
OswegO, tho Rev. James P. Attaway
officiating.
Mrs. Moore has been teaching In the
< ISWSgO section for several years and
has many friends there and In Sum?
ter. Mr. Moore Is well known HI
Sumter and has the congratulations of
his many friends here.
The high school hoys uro taking
much interest In the game which they
are to have on Thanksgiving Day
with the Charleston High School.
This Kaum promisee to one of the best
that has ever been played In this city,
as the locals will be in better shape
then than they wert two weeks ago
when they were defeated in Charles?
ton. Booth will probably he hack in
the game am! other members will be
back in their old places. The next
game is with Darlington next Friday.
The locals are scheduled for some
hard practice during the wt*ek.
JAIL records broken.
Lurgcr Number of Prisoners in Jail
the Past Month Than Ever Before.
All jail records were broken dur^
in? the past month. More prisoners
were in jail during the month of Oc?
tober than ever before in the history
of the jail. During the month ninety
three prisoners have been in the jail
under the care of Jailer Owens. Of
course, all of these were not in the
jail at the same time, but they have
been in there from time to time, the
majority of them having been clear?
ed out by the sessions court which
was held at the first part of the
month.
At present there are only thirty
three prisoners in the jail as the oth?
ers have been sent to the peniten?
tiary, to the chaingang, been ac?
quitted or released on bond. Several
of those in jail are white prisoners.
The majority of the prisoners were
city convicts, who were in jail a few
days from time to time as they were
sent to the gang by the recorder's de?
cisions.
The greatest number before this
month of any month on record is
seventy-one, showing by what a large
margin the record was broken.
Death of Mrs. J. s. Beck.
Florence Times, Oct. 31.
Mrs, Jacob B. Beck, a lady well
known in this community both for
her own sake and for the good she
has done in the community, and for
the sake of her late husband and
fine children, died last night and is
to be buried this afternoon. Mrs.
Beck had been in bad health for a
long time, and for some time lately
her children and friends have been I
very much concerned about her con?
dition.
Mrs. Beck was Sarah Ransford,
and she was born and raised in Sum?
ter. She was married to Capt. Beck
in 1854, and lived in Kingstree and
Timmonsville before coming to Flor?
ence in 1880, and being pioneers in
the building of this city.
Mrs. Beck's children are Mack H.
and Charles C, of Sumter, and J. s.
and S. J. of Wilmington, Delaware,
and Mrs. Isabelle Allen of this city.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following transfers of real es
tae tave been left at the court house
.luring the past ten days'to be record?
ed: .
W. B. Boyle to Annie P." Pigford, lot
on Salem Avenue, $800.
"E. C. Haynsworth to Leona
Smith and J. H. G. Smith, tract In
Privateer township, $401.
W. *B. Boyle to Robert P. Yates,
lot on Salem Avenue, $600.
R. D. Lee, I. C. Strauss and Davis
D. Moise, to Elijah Prince, lot on
Villa Sites, $50.
T. P. Chavis to P. J. Chavis, tract
of 42 acres, $600.
E. W. A. Bultman to I Her Ander?
son 4 acres in Sumter township, $47.
Mattie Wright to Minnie Wnght, lot
on Manning Avenue, $200.
Robert P. Yates and Annie P. Pig
ford to W. B. Boyle, lot on Salem
Avenue, $1,900.
W. T. Andrews to Susie E. Prince,
lot on Olive Street, $400.
Samuel Lane to W. T. Andrews, lot
on Brand Street, $125.
Martha Davis to E. W. A. Bultman,
her interest in 14 acres in Concord
township, $82.
Benjamin F. James to E. W. A.
Bultman, lot containing 3 acres in
Sumter township, $168.
H. I. Dinkins, et al, to S. R. Chan?
dler, lot on Liberty street, $6,000.
S. R. Chandler to L. D. Jennings, lot
on Washington street, $5,000.
Richard I. Manning, agent, to E. W.
McCallum, two lots on Edwards
street, $500.
E. C. Hayns,worth, master, to Al?
bert L Moise, trustee, one-half acre
on Calhoun street continued, $35.
Mrs. Sarah A. Guill to Richard
Jones, lot on Purdy street, $250.
W. G. Moses, Armida S. Brunson,
et al, to Emma E. Thomas, two lots in
city, $625.
Mollie Whiluker to Mark Reynolds,
her Interest to tract of 170 acres In
Rafting Creek township, $300.
I Robert J. Geddings to Tully W.
Nichols, 35 acres in Privateer town?
ship, $1,000.
Robert Ramsey to Elijah Rogin, 25
acres in Manchester township, $200.
I A. J. Coleman to Minnie O. Mc
Elveen, 51 acres in county, $1,600.
Ella 1). Murray to Edward W. Mur?
ray, l>5 acres in Providence township,
$1,000.
W. T. Andrews to Samuel Lane, lot
on King street, $150.
Henry T. Edens to John J. Britten,
15 acres in Concord township, $100.
Marriage License Record.
Licenses to marry have been la
sued to Mr. M. J. Moore and Mis*
Flora Edens of Sumter; also to Mr.
A. W, Bradford and Miss lassie Jones
of Sumter.
The following negroes have nlso se?
cured licenses: John Wilson and Lu?
Olle Johnson of Sumter; Holtett An?
derson and Mary Jano Nels? n. of
Bumter; Roland James and Ballna
Dow, of Mayesvllle,
COULD SCARCELY
WALK ABOUT
And For Three Sommers Urs. Vin?
cent Was Unable to Attend to
Any of Her Homework.
i
Pleasant Hill, N. C.-'i suffered for
three summers," writes Mrs. Walter
Vincent, of this town, "and the third and
last time, was my worst.
1 had dreadful nervous headaches and
prostration, and was scarcely able to
walk about Cctdd not do any of my
housework.
1 also had dreadful pains in my back
and sides and when one of those weak,
sinking spells would come on me, 1
would have to give up and lie down,
until it wore off.
I was certainly in a dreadful state of
health, when 1 finally decided to try
Cardut the woman's tonic, and I firmly
believe ! would have died if ! hadni
taken it.
After I began taking Cardui, 1 was
greatly helped, and all three bottles re?
lieved me entirely.
I fattened up, and grew so much
stronger in three months, 1 felt like an?
other person altogether."
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acting. Its ingredients have a mild, tonic
effect, on the womanly constitution.
Cardui makes for increased strength,
improves the appetite, tones up the ner?
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Cardui has helped more than a million
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It will surely do for you, what it hat
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OCTOBER CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.
Month of New Tariff Shows Little
Falling Off.
Washington, Nov. 1.?Although the
new tariff Act with its lowered rates
of duty has been in effect, practically
a month the customs receipts so far
have shown little falling off. Accord?
ing to the treasury statement today
the customs receipts amounted to
$30,138,000 for October, just about
$80,000 less than those of October,
1912. The deficit for the fiscal year
to date, the statement shows, is $5,
757,627, about $3,900,000 more than
the deficit at the corresponding pe/iod
lasi year.
Pension payments under the Shei
wood Act apparently are largely re?
sponsible for the larger deficit. The
payments for the period in 1912
through October amounted to about
$52,500,000 and for the same period
this year to nearly $57,000,000.
The net balance in the general fund
I of the treasury at the close of the
day's business was $124,923,123 and
the grand total of cash in the treas?
ury was given at $2,037,646,293 with a
total gold in the trust fund of $1,
098,955,169.
The past week was a good one for
cotton, despite the fact that the State
fair week is usually a poor one for cot?
ton sales. During the week 3,060 balee
of cotton were weighed by the cotton
weighers, about 850 of this number
coming in Saturday.
LOST?White and lemon pointer dog
pup eight months old, near Cain
Savannah, about October 3rd Re?
ward if returned to Robert Shelor.
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