The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 12, 1913, Image 7
OMB HIGH LOOK POOR.
NRW YORK ENTERTAINS mOVTB
AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE
Swarthy-Looking Magnates Take Uie
Costliest Suttee In Ho?eis n* Eas?
ily Ah One Rents n Hall Hod
rooni.
vHenry Tyrell. in the New York
World >
if you observe a saffron-colored
stranger leaning against one of the
old bronse Ilona in front of Stevens
House st Howling Oleen, smoking a
corn-husk clgarotte and inquiring in
Spanish where the aubwuy runs to,
don't be too hasty in 9lzlng him up as
en impecunious European immigrant
seeking his fortune in the cold Wes?
tern world.
He may be s tin mine monopolist
from Bolivia, with poHsesaions footing
up to $100,000,000 ut lowest estimate.
Not every swarthy loking individ?
ual who buys mangoes and alligator
pears from fruit stands in South Wil?
liam street or breakfast in some ob?
scure hole-in-the-wall restaurant with
a Latin-American name, where they
have frljoles and chill con came, Is
necessarily actuated by motives of
economy or unacquainted with Pel
monlco'a
He la quite likely to be a rubber
magnate from Brasil seeking (In vain)
for what he considers a decent cup of
? ? aTee or perhaps a sugar fultan who
could corner a good part of Cuba's
1*18 crop of 2,300,00 ) tons of the
sweet stuff.
The average New Yorker, indeed,
would be simply astounded at a detail?
ed statement of the number of widely
known or Influential persons from
Central and South America and the
West Indies who are almost dally
coming Into town, with wcrld-famoua
political or military recorda or count?
less millions of money behind them or
stupendous commercial propositions
up their sleeves without ever getting
the glad hand or a "welcome to our
city."
Here, for Instance, is Senor Don Au
v eto R Legula, es-president?also
? ? led-presldent?of Peru, stopping
Uli his two sone at the Ritx-Carlton
this week?-and not a Peruvian flag In
sight, nor the national anthem played
by the orchestra in the palm garden
so that you'd notice it.
gen ore Dickinson, bello of Buenos
Ayree and one of the wealthiest wo?
men of South America, has also look?
ed in upon us. Being the daufhter of
1 States parents, though herself
In Argentina, the senora did not
pass quitt unnoticed or unintervlew
ed. She sin i,
Your New York In grand, magnifi?
cent?but 1 love Argentina. You estl
nrxte me worth $40,000,000? 1 hope
we have ae much aa that?but I don't
know. You must ask my husband. '
Gen. Enrique Terry, special envoy
of the Chilean Government, comes
With the important mission and huge
governmental appropriations of In?
creasing trade relations between Chile
and the United States and with plans
for the immediate establishment of
; bureaus of informat on and exhibition
for the products of the Republic of
Chile in New York, as well as for the
products of the United States in Santi?
ago de Chile.
Senor Simon Ituro Patino. the
"Tin Plate King" from Oruro. Bolivia,
will be remembered on Broadway un?
til and long after he returns from his
trip arounc* the world?and he Is due
here again in time for the opening
of the Panama Canal.
Senor Patino slipped in on a fruit
steamer and put up so modestly that
Hudson Maxim and Robert Lee Dunn,
of the Pan-American States Associa?
tion, got lost In the crooked down?
town streets trying to locate his hotel.
"Come up Broadway with us and
see some oi the rest of the town,"
they proposed after they had finally
unearthed him.
Patino, a sturdy, keen-eyed, jovial
boy of 4 5, who spoke nothing but
Spanish and had never been so far
away from Cochabamba before, went
along cheerfully but questlonlngly and
had the time of his life. They took
him to the Knickerbocker Hotel. It
appealed to :?im Instantly, although
he was frank enough to own up that
he had never been In a passenger
elevator before, except the kind that
go up and down mine shafts.
Picayunes,
New Orleans Picayune.
A baby may be the sunshine of the
home, but more often It Is the storm
center.
"To him that hath shall be given."
A full house generally gets all the
chlpa
The bill collector says there may
be a lot of nice people on earth, but
he doesn't meet them.
Have you ever noticed that nearly
every fat woman wears her dross too
short in front?
A woman can truly be said to have
her ups and downs when she runs
up bills and runs down her neighbors.
It may be because love is blind that
somo women can't see that the but?
tons are off their husband's shirts.
Many Prizes 00 to Loo County.
Hishopville Leader and Vindicator.
Mr. L. L. Baker, Division Farm
Demonstrative agent dropped in to see
us last Monday and was enthusiastic!
over the show that Lee eounty made
at the State fair notwithstanding she:
had no regular county exhibit. He
had in his pocket a review of the I
premium list und awards made to Lee
county exhibitors.
In the State corn contest conduct?
ed by E. J. Watson, commissioner of
agriculture and industries, of the five
prizes offered by Carolina Insurance
company and a handsome trophy cup
Lee won the cup and three prizes.
In the Girls' Tomato ctnning clubs
there were five valuable prizes won
by the Lee county girls. In the prize;
offered local agents for the Girls' To?
mato club making best showing Lee;
won seconu prize of $50. Several I
blue ribbons were won ty the girls;
and boys and farmers of Lee.
C. W. Josey of St. Charl?s who won
the silver trophy cup thi s year, has
Won first prizes as follows: For best
display of cotton, one ton high grade,
fertilizer; for best live stt Iks of cot-]
ton. cash $6; second best display of!
corn, one ton high grad.j fertilizer,
lift Josey was the first farmer in'
eastern South Carolina, according to
one of the agents of the farm demon?
stration work, to commence work un ?
der the direction of the national de?
partment's agents. At thit time he
wus heavily In debt and had his home
mortgaged. He is now out of debt, has
money in the bank, condtcts his af?
fairs on a cash basis, all at< the result
Of making more of each crop plant?
ed per acre nt less cost and winning
many handsome prizes in .noney and
cups. Ho Is a living demor stratlon of
what scientific farming will do for the
farmer. L, L. Baker says tr at the first
man he approached after being ap?
pointed to his position as "arm dem?
onstrator was C. W. Josey. He took
up tie department's plan at once and
with enthusiasm and has ituck to it
ilnoa,
Mr. Charlie McLendon won 12 blue
ribbons besides several gooc prizes of ?
fered by merchants of Columbia,
among them were a parlor rifle, a tine
pair of ladies' shoes, a bolt of bleach?
ed sheeting and other small prizes. In
addition to the prizes, he sold ?115
worth of chickens
Being one of the yo n f. est coun?
ties in the State, Lee ccunty has
made a splendid record.
It Is understood that another Ice
plant will be put in operation here
next year by one of Sumtcr's enter?
prises.
BUY AT HOME.
Patronize Home Merchants and Home
Industrie? and You Save Money and
Help Yourself.
Following up the line of argument
in yesterday's Daily Item about pat?
ronizing home enterprises it might be
said that Sumter merchants rent
stores, employ hundreds of men and
women who rent houses, buy clothes,
meats, and other necessities of life.
These merchants and their employ?
ees also purchase many thousands of
dollars worth of chickens, eggs, truck
and farm products from Sumter
county farms.
Every dollar spent with a Sumter
merchant helps to extend the recipro?
cal trade relations between city and
country, and between people in town.
Every citizen of Sumter county
stands a chance of getting back a patt
of every dollar spent at home, wheth?
er with the farmer or the city mer?
chant.
Two instances have occurred lately
in Sumter which demonstrated that
home merchants can sell just as good,
and in most instances better, goods
for the same or less money than the
mail order houses which some peo?
ple believe in.
A farmer went to a local jeweler
and said "I am about to order u
watch. If I could get this watch in
Sumter for within two or threo
dollars of v * at I am about to pay I
weuldr rather pay a little more and
keep the money at home." The lo?
cal jeweler asked about the watch to
be ordered and the price. He thon
told the intended mail order custom?
er to look in his show case at watches
marked in plain figures. The identical
watch, in every respect was marked j
for fifteen dollars, Just what the mail
order house charged. The local
jeweler sold the watch, gave a writ?
ten twenty-year guarantee, which 1?
a guarantee worth having, not only
because of the reliability of the local 1
Joweler, but because the local jeweler
has to "make good" in order to ma'.n
tain his business reputation among
Sumter county people with whom he
does business.
Another man, this time a Sumter
city man, took a watch to another lo?
cal Jeweler to be repaired. Said the
Jeweler "this is not the watch you pur?
chased from me some time ago?" "No.
said the watch owner, "I ordered it
from Chicago."
"What did you pay?"
Said he, "I paid two dollars more
than you offered me as good if not
better watch for. I don't know my?
self why I did it, except that two
other men working the Bamc place I
?MR ordered watches and got me to go
in with them. Now I am compelled to
bring this watch and pay \ou for re
pairing it or regulating it. Had I pur?
chased this WG.tch from you I wouiJ
either pet another watch or you wouid
keep up repairs at your expense IM* \
der your guarantee."
These two instances can be proved
by two local jewelers and the two cus?
tomers.
ARCTIC EXPLORERS HEARD
FROM,
Canadian Expedition at Northern?
most Point in Alaska.
Ottawa, Ont, Nov. 6.?Stefansson's
Canadian Arctic expedition has been
heard from at the northernmost
poir.t of Alaska. At the geographica?
?urvey offices today it was announced
that advices received by mall stated
that the Karluk, the Mary Sachs and
thi Alaska, bearing the explorer and
hia party, passed Point Barrow August
I, 16 and 20, respectively. The expedi j
tion, learning from the natives that no
lot had been reported, hoped to reach j
Hereschel Island by August 24. All o*>
board the three vessels were well, It
was stated.
STREET CARS STOPPED.
Trouble in St. Augustine Over In?
come Tax.
St. Augustine, Fla., Nov. 6.?-Be?
cause the St. John Electric company
neglected to pay its income tax to the
city, all Its cars were stopped today
I by the city authorities and service
suspended.
Today's conference between the
j mayor and officials of the street rail*
wya company failed to result in a
j settlement, and tonight police still
were on guard at the car barns. No
cars were operated today, and none
may be run tomorrow. Another con?
ference between the mayor and offi?
cers of the car company iu to be held
I early tomorrow.
McMANIGAL t*EEKS SAFETY.
Witness Against Dynamiters Going
to South America.
I Los Angeles, Ca.l., Nov. 6.?Jail of*
; ficials today received instructions to
ship to Tampa, Fla., all the effects of
? Ortie E. McManigal, confessed dyna?
miter and witness against the afcNtv
: mara brothers and others in the dy
, namite conspiracy. McManigal was re
? leased on Monday. It Is said that Mc
> Manlgal's destination is Havana,
I whence he will go to South America.
CURED BY THE KNIFE.
Two Prisoners Relieved 0t Monti
Defects.
Benton Harbor, Mich.. Nov. 6.?Two
prisoners sent from here to Chicago
by Circuit Judge Bridgeman to under?
go operations for the cure of moral
delinquencies, today faced the court
"I am a man now/' said George
Corbet as he stood erect Before the
operations his shoulders sagged. Hi*
eyes were clear and he looked sound,
morally and physically.
Clarence Chappell, the other, had
pleaded guilty to burglarly and was
known as a ring leader.
"I bei eve 1 am cured," he Had;
"I want to lead a decent life."
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BRIDGE TEETH
By this work the den?
tist is able to fix per?
manently between the
teeth left to you artific?
ial ones that are perfect
in appearance and use?
fulness. See Dr. Court*
ney. He makes this
work his specialty.
Have an inspection.
Get his opinion.
Sumter Dental
Parlors,
Dr. C. H. Courtney. Prep
Over Shaw 4 MsCsltun.
V
Greelyville
BUSINESS SCHOOL
Individual Traltlng fir lip Hi
Btrto.
XVI coarse of all Bngllaa ems Shea
? shorthand, typwrlUsg sad beet*
keeping offers unsurpassed opportu?
nities to the youths of roar county
at a very reasonable price. Boars
can be obtained In town. For parti?
culars address,
J. M. JERVEY,
GREELYVILLE. &. C
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LET US FIGURE WITH YOU
ON YOUR
Pal!
urniture
We have the largest and best assorted stock of Furniture and House Furnishings, including
Stoves and Ranges, in Sumter.
And besides, you will find the prices are right too.
That means a few dollars saved on your household needs, and an extra dollar always comes
in handy.
Do you know you can buy Quality Furniture at this store for the same money you would
pay for inferior goods elsewhere, and you know it always pays to buy the best
Besides all this, we are giving away with a $50 or more cash purchase an elegant 72-piece
Dinner Set free of charge, or a 42-piece one with a $35 purchase, and you can take our word
for it that it's fine china. The best way is to come and see for yourself.
Cherry Bros. Carolina FumitUre CO. Cherry Bros.
18 N. MAIN ST. Sole Agents Globe-Wernicke Elastic Book Cases. SUMTEIC, S. C.