The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 03, 1914, Image 5
Chi J?alrbra m Souflpw.
t ltertxt et the I*'- t<?nu??? at Sumter, 8.
C, as < ??int < i'^^ Matte*.
IIIIn? ?NM, m:\vs.
Mr v >v h n :k forn e? manager o!
thf Mm Th. Im Ii i m In ng in
North Carolina, wuu in th?? city Mon?
day and Tuesday.
Mr. Augustus H. k',in.l. s. of Ha
good, wne In tho ^ ity Tuesday.
Mrs. S. K. Bponeor, of High Point.
N. C. Is visiting h? r daughter. Mrs.
A. P. Surlos os Wright Street.
Mr. Carlylo McLeod. Ol Artltflggg.
Is in the city visiting his brothers,
I'M and l\ A. M Lood.
Misses Peuhih and Sarah Hal ?
of Washington. i >. i\, ttre spending
the holidays with their aunt and
uncle. Mr and Mrs. 1.. M. Allen.
s Charley und Clinton Me*
Ol m are visiting in Calhonn coun?
ty.
Ming Madeline Farris. of Charlotte,
N*. c. is a elfttof at Um home of Mr<
1a W. Folsom on Proud Street.
Mr. Legette Spencer, of Cheraw, is
In the city to visit Mr. DOOM Wan
namaker.
Miss Louise Shannon, of Sardinia,
spent Wednesday in the city with rel?
ative*.
Miss BoJlti ('.in is,who has beer,
in town for the Hood-Williams wad?
ding returned home Thursday morn?
ing.
Mrs. H. W. Milliard, of Virginia. |fl
visiting Mrs. J. W. Cox on Past Liberty
Street.
Miss Iris Skinner is spending flu
holidays at Lynchhurg.
Mrs. Jessie Turner and daughter
are visiting relatives at Cheraw.
Miss Mary Poddy, of pock IUI, is
visiting friends In the city.
Tin: ai uopi.wi: (joes u\
l*?*4?l>l? of Slimier Tor JPlrst Time Sei?
Airmen Circle Over Their Heads.
For the first time in the history of
the city people here saw a hirdmun
circling OVOf their homes, It being the
first aeroplane Bight which a great
many of them had ever witnesses.
I v or Pmeliarf b ft the gf .und at
the 'oot of Liberty street si on aft
thr < o ,-loek \V?-iln-Sjvj iy eftOfftOOfl
and spent probabl> thirty-five minutes
the air before, d? si riding He sail
high up in the air und circled over
e olty several timis, the r? port of
mot. r b? ing the first indication
hu h many had of In* .dug.
Marriage I.Ic?mi?*o Pc? onl.
I have been Issued |
t" Mr Arthur Welch, P\n< hburg and
Miss ?da l-'P.vd Of olanta; Thomas P.
Owen und Mary Proadway, Paxvllle;
.1 Mir. I QrlOff a'.d Miss Cora 13.
Morris of Sumter. Also to the follow?
ing colored couples: Henry LuPant
und Linie Planding. Sumter; Jack
Prunson und Lillle Johnson, Wedge
neld; G. W. Coiisar and Louisa Pen.
Shiloh. Frank BfOWa and Harriett
Allston. Dalzell.
Stouling From Trains.
Passengers on trains have suffered
considerable of late from tho petty
depredations of thieves. Several s it
cuhcs huve been tak? a off the trains
while they were in the station yards
urol just us passengers wa r?- alighting
Loin the truin. The C>n\.*l Line ??Moers
nr> on the lookout to catch the IfeJeVOfl
and Hi polic- are in behind them,
too.
lie Holiday I \e ( I it I? Paiicc.
The New Year s tla ice of the Holi?
day Eve Club, given in the Armory
Kill Wednesday Right was a great
ggjOgggg from every ?und point. There
was an excellent attendance, the ir.u
sic was line for duncing. the floor
was in good condition and the hill
wns tastefully d >i ited for the oc?
casion. There were about fifty
< ouples on tho floor.
The llrst part of the < veiling V
Kiwi ipWi to raid dm-?-; which con?
tinued until suppir. which was serv?
ed sometime alter Midnight Alt? t
supper the german wa darned, many
leautifil figures being executed in tin
Course of the dam? Which Was led by
Mr. .1 iba? II. Le\ V
Am >ng the numerous visitors pt?
ent at the data g w?r. Mi g, II \ rl |
?an Of Columbia; Mrs. Pear. of
Pi! tb; Mi*s Nathan of Charleston]
M.ss llnllle Cannon of Caindeni
MMgOl Hariiet .,-,| g*j ,|, , | Samplers.
or giOjtojgggfS] Miv Wilton Harle ?'i
Qtoeavllloi Mkm i ronin? Michigan.
Mhk Pi n l?owd? n, N? vv Jersev Mi -
Clarice Kilns. Pab-igh; Miss CattlttT?
i '/? mp. ? ineb n Mi . i Mill v
pod iy, Hoot 111ii. and Messrs, w m
Hard. i"h ,rl.-a,,,,. In.k p. . m .That
leston; HeefOtt Lo> 10, Kolter, i'bo ?
em < . \ c. in ;., Ii.,,, \ ilb , M.n k
poyiiln. ? 'oluinbi i,
The carnival hud a good attendance
Tio-nduy night eoneklerlng Ihi bad
eeather. The glHiWM ?ff I mi und
i ii ?erest ing.
PARBOTT-WAHREN WEDDING,
Interesting i:\rnt Take Place at Trin?
ity Methodist (huirii Tuesday
I von lug.
a wadding ol mon than ordinary
Interest hen was ihm Tuesday after*
noon ai :> o'clock at Trinity Methodist
Church, whoa Mim Mabol Parroti and
Mr. Ooo, C. Warron wort married in
the proaonoi of s largo number ol rel"
atives and frltnda
The church was tast. fully decorated
for the occasion In white and pink
with a baokground of green imilax,
terns, palmi and other potted plante.
The bridal party entered to the ?trains]
of the WOddlni march played by Miss
Lautet Parrot! of Darlington, a cousin
ol the bride,
The attendants entered in the fol?
lowing order; Ushers, Messrs. H. (-.
Pairott, v. a. Parrott, Prank Chandler
and Joaeph Chandler; bridesmaids
and groomamen, Miss Alloc Dixon with
Mr. Perry m. Brown] Miss Louis
King, of Mayeevllle, with Mr. Murr
Hall; Miss Mamie ('handler with Mr.
11. a. Brad ham; Miss Marie Cronin
<?r Michigan with Mr. s. McBrido
Rhodea ol MayeeviUe; the dame ol
honor, Mrs. V. A. Parrott, who wore
a dress of white satin and carried
pink carnations; the maid of honor,
Miss Ha aal n Parrott, a sister of the
hride, who wore green crepe meteor
draped in chiffon and carried pink
carnations. The bridesmaids wore,
shadow lace over green satin and ear-|
ried pink onrnations. Little Misses
Ruth Flowers and 1.urlin Parrott Were
the flower girls and Master Laurin
Parrott, Jr., was the ring hearer. Tlx
brido entered with her father, Mr.
Laurin I. Parrott and was met at the
altar by the groom, who was attend?
ed by his btst man. Mr. Guy L. War?
ren, his brother. The OOromony was
impressively performed by the Rev,
l. l. Uegteri of Blahopvllle, a cousin
of the bride.
4fter the ceremony the bridal party
and the members of the two imme?
diate families of the contracting par-1
lies were tendered a reception at the :
residence of Mr. and Mrs. L. 1. Parrott,
the parents of the bride, on Hankell
?tree!
The young couple left on an evening
train for a short honeymoon, when
they will return to their home at
Mayeevllle, where the groom is cash?
ier of the Farmers' Bank and Trust
Company. He hi ? popular and ener*
kft-tic young business man of that
place and the bride has many friends
Aero, who regret to see her leave
-Hunter.
Some of the out-of-town guests her
for the Wedding are: ReV, and Mis.
L. L. Lcgters, BishODVille; Mrs. ('lira
M. Cooley, Lob Angeles, Cal.; Miss
Marie Cronin. Mi. Clements, Mich..
Miss Louis ? K'n:r. M tyesville; Mr. ami
Mrs. w. a. Parrott, Darlington; Mlai
Louisa Parrott, Darlington; Mr. w. (';
Dlcksoa, Darlington; Mtaa Nellie Dick?
son, Harlingtoi ; Mr. S. M. Rhodea
Mayeevllle; Mrs. u. x. McLeod, Green?
wood,
Death.
Mrs. Rmma H. Harby, the widow of
the late Horace Harby, dl< d at her
home on Church street Tuesday night1
about I o'clock. Mrs. Harby has be<
in ill health for several yeara, but her
condition was not considered critlcul
until a few days ago.
Mrs. Harby was the daughter of the
late Dr. fcSdward Solomons she is
survived by aeven children, ail of
whom are well known in this Cltj
is. Isaac Harby an architect of
I ong Island; ami Messrs, Ansley D., J.
m . and Horace of i is city; and Mis.
Davis i?. Molati Mrs. Raymond Bhelor
nd Mra L a. Prince or tins city.
Death ai Past Wet,
News was received here Sunday of
the death at Paxviiio Saturday nigh!
of Mr. \Y. F. Tlsdale, a prominent
farmer of that community, The
funeral BOTVlCOt WCfC he'd Sunday at
i.n at Paxv?le.
Mr. Tlsdale was about forty years
age and has been n very energetic
and prosperous farmer, lb* was one
of the influential men in this neigh*
hoi hood. lb' leaves a Wife and one
Child BUrVlVlng him. He was a neph
ew of Meatra C, and .1. s. Tladale,
who live a few miles south oi town,
and is survived by three brothers and
m\ steten Flarendon county.
I inn IVoin JfOVS Hoot la Wants In
'? 1 inn a?n.
Seep tare Lealdon is in receipt of
, 1.11 r 111 Inquiry from Amin rat,
Nova Heotia, rrom manufactunra ol
hoi sir appar itua and steam ntiIns
parnpht i ! ai?a asking for Information
about sumter. under the clt) managt r
form of go> eriiment?
The set r. t iry Is wondering why an)
etts oi- indlvslual ahouM ihlnk that
Ho- Hitmtcr Chamber of Commerce I?
lUthorlty on "hoi air'' apparatus.
Jake Wat k, negro wanted foi
son,, lime by Ihe l??cul authorities 01
I he charge of burglary, wan brought
in Wedni da] morning by Rural F
lleemiin Wvs Morris, who 1 tug hi Ihf
negro ;.i Weilaetleld, where ho Is alst
wanted on the charge or hotisehronk
it y and larceny*
M.W YEAR BRINGS CLEAN sL.Vn:
Health of city in Good Condition at
Tiiis Time?No Contngtoua Diseases.
Tho Xew Year brings a clean slat?
ci" health int?? Burnt er. The report
from the health officer states that
there are no contagious diseases and
thai there is comparatively little sick?
ness in the city.
The cases of small pox which were
kept in the peat house for some tine-,
all of them Contracted elsewhere and
brought in here, have been released
and tho pest house is empty once
more.
NOT HIDDEN IN MINE
Adjutant General Thinks Henrich
sons Have Escaped.
Pineville, Ky., Dec. 31.? Explora?
tion of the abandoned mine m ar Ely
today convinced Adjutant General Li
Iis that "Happy Jack* Hendrickson
and members of his clan wore not
concealed in its recesses ami he or?
dered militia, and deputies who have
been guarding its six entrances since
last Friday to return to their homes.
At 11 o'clock today 34 armed men
ent< r? d (he mine and searched it until
o'clock, it is believed '"Happy Jack"
and his men re ally entered the mine, ,
but Immediately left it by a secret
exit, leaving a few men to present
themselves at the entrances from time
to time to delude pursuers.
The capture of the men will he left,
it is belived, to the slio;2?Ia of the
mountain counties in which the men
are expected to take refuge.
ACCUSED OF MURDER.
Young Man Arrested After Alleged
Duel of Nerve,
Bristol, Va.-Tenn., Dec, 31.?
("nas. Tippen, aged l\">, was arrested al
Ablngdon, Ya.. today charged with
the murder of William Dorton, aged
30, a wealthy cltisen of Russell coun?
ty, Va. it la alleged that the two had
a falling out and that Pippen had de- i
olared that it* he had a gun he would
kill Dorton. The latter la said to have
handed a shotgun to Pippen and de
fled him to make good his threat.
Pippen Is said to have accepted the
challenge.
VOLUNTEER STUDENT CONVEN?
TION,
Several Thousand Gather at Annual
Meeting tu Kansas City,
Kansas City, Dec. 31.?Several
thousand noted educatt " and church-',
men, from forty-six States and seventy
foreign 'countries are in Kansas City,
for the Student Volunteer Movoment
Convention, The meetings began to?
day and will close next Sunday even?
ing, In point of attendance and en?
thusiasm this is the largCBt gathering
which ti? - Student Volunteer Move*
mc td has yet he! .
(ine of the most Interesting of the
it 'aides at the convention Is Robe P.
Wilder, the founder of the movement.
Mr. Wilder and other student- formed
the first strah nt Volunteer hand, it
was through his Influence and activity
at the Oral conference of Christian
students, which was held in Mount
Harmon, Mass., tn 1880, that tho Stu?
dent Volunteer Movement won found?
ed, He was the organisation's first
traveling secretary. Ho has spent
many years In India as a missionary
and more rec? utly has been working
among the atudenta of Europe.
Automobile Damaged by Fire.
Thursday morning, ushering In the
Xew Year, a lire occurred on Dugan
street at a few minutes before on"
o'clock. An automobile belonging to
T. w. Briggs was considerably dam?
aged before the chen leal engine ar
rived and extinguished the blase.
City Manager Robertson will bring
OUt th split log drags, which have
been In retirement for several months,
and put them into service again as
soon as the weather perm ts.
NOTICE.
The annual meeting of Union Brok?
erage Co., will be held on Friday,
January Oth, 1914, at 12 o'clock M .
County Court llouee. Election of
officers ami any other business proper?
|y to come up will be transacted,
E. T. Ml.MS,
Preside nt.
On account of confusion
on the p irt <?! the Postoffice
and Railroad Co., we arc
forced to bhangc the name
ol <nir business irom "Sum
tei 11imh-ss vJo." ti? MA, K.
Itobbitl I larness Co."
Pull line nt 11arness and
ncccfl ioi ies,
Prices clo.? c an 1 service
prompt,
A. R, Bobbitt Harness Go.
"Terms Cash" 5 E. Liberty St.
TA X Ks C ( J ;.i i X < i l N PAST.
Large Amount <d" Taxes Collected
Tuesday and More Coming In Wed?
nesday.
Tm ?day and Wednesday were the
two final dayi for tho paym< nt oi
taxes without n penalty attached and
the taxpayers from all parts of the
county lU.eked to the county treasur?
er's office to pay up their dues before
the penalty or one per cent which
got a on at the first of January for ono
month went Into effect* More than
$10,6oo was taken In Tuesday and It
is probable that nearly twice thai
ann.unt will be taken in Wednesday,,
before the office closes for the day. :
All of the railroads hove- paid up
their taxes amounting in round num?
bers to $26,050, as follows: Atlantic
Coast Line, $18,000; Southern, $6,
000; Northwestern, $1,600; South
Carolina Western, $460. The tax eol?|
lections are considerably ahead of
what they were last year at this time
and the year bids fair to be one of 1
the best ever had In the collection ofi
taxes. Tin sheriff's office is getting
things In shape for collecting taxes
turned over to them und expect to
make this their best year of COllec
Lions.
Judge Wells Denies Report.
Magistrate H. L. p. Wells stated
Tuesday that he Wished most em?
phatically to (b riy the report, which
someone had circulated about town,!
that he would not remain here to be
tried, but would leave town before the
February term of court. Magistrate
Wells stated that he had no thought
of leaving and the report was false In >
Its entirety.
Marriage License Record.
Licenses to marry have been issued
to the following couples: Mr. L. M.
Jackson and Miss 1 orena Kolb of
Sumter; Mr. Qeo. C, Warren and Miss
Mabel C. Parrott, Sumter; Mr. .7. J.
Williams and Miss Qussie Hood, Sum?
ter; Mr. B. A. Smith, Cowards, and!
Miss Leila Carlisle, Ware Shoals.
Also to the following colored couples:
William Plowden and Florence Per?
ry, Brogdon; Calvin Johnson and Fan?
nie Johnson, Moyesville; Henry Du-|
Haut ami Lltsie Blending, Sumter*
Lecture at The Lyric.
The lecture at the Lyric Sunday af?
ternoon under the auspices of the Y.
M. c. A., on "Joseph, the man who
understood," was attended by one
hundred and sevonty*one persons, j
which was considered remarkably fine
attendance by those In charge.
The pictures were good and the
lecture was listened to with the
closest attention by those present,
who seemed to find it very interesting. '
Heal Estate Transfer.
Fannie Gardner to Mack Fulton and
Maggie U Fulton, lot In city, $350.
! WHY TAKE ? CHANCE OF
FORMING i m mi \
When by the use of Gowans, II
King of Externals, for that
colil or symptoms of croup,
you run no risk of drugs or in?
haled fumes. You just rub t
Gowans on, it penetrates. It I
scatters Colds because a cold II
is congestion or inflammation, |
One bottle works wonders.
Your druggist handles it.
Three sizes, 50 and St.00.
Your druggist will refund
your money it Gowans fails to
do all claimed for it. Be on
the sate side. Keep away
from the drug habit and use
the King oi Externals.
Gowan Medical Company,
CONCORD, N. C.
Tax Return Notice.
1 will be at the following places on
th 1 day upi olnted, either In person or
by deputy, for tho purpose of taking
tax; returns for fiscal year beginning
Janu ry I, 1914.
Returns this year should be made
of ;,u Ueal Estate, personal property,
? npitation toad tax, poll and doga
Auditors office will be open fron
Januar) I to February 20 for takln;
returns. ?"?,' per cent penalty will b<
charged agalnBl all failing to inak<
1 et urns.
Tindals, Toe.- day, Jan.
1 ?1 ivutoer, Wednesday, Jan. 7.
Levl Hiding, Thursday, Jan. B,
v.?< to Id, Friday, Jan. '.?.
Claremont, Tuesday, Jan. 13.
H;,:,.1, Wednesday, Jan. 1 *?
Itembert, Thursday, Jan. i">.
1 ?alzell, Friday, Jan. 16.
Hrogdon, Tuesday, Jan. 20.
Mayo; v.M.', Wednesday, Jan. 21.
? 1 \< ego, Thursday. Jan.
Hea wtnl Uro> 0, Monday, Jan. -?'>.
Shlloh, Tu? Bday, Jan. 27.
Norwood CrosH Itoads, Wcdnesdn;
January 28.
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Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
We're told, but :i good ?ortr:.lt of tin absent one will keep the recollec?
tion more v f. Id? ;'i.?i i*omforl many :. lonley boar of separation.
We makes specialty ofPortr?ts e. and oar studio is exceptionally
equlppee' tor fins portrait work.
Th i Man Who Knows Portraiture, Seil?
??r"^T "T*? a 1 h i Man Who Know* Portraiture, Sells
W 1 I! 111 I V Picture Frames and does Kodak finishing
, V ?ALIj>*,&Z. La^ i0 / <QijTt! MAIN STREET.
shingles, laths.
wood OLiid coal
j 1 ship
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j ?^ ' !-->S We have the Goods at, Right Priese.
j h ;.;*< *'j y - ! 1 No Ordet U>o Lar-o or -.oo Small.
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Wmt' ' LUMBER CO.,
L "v*; Pto 56 i A. R3Wf.il. Mgr.
I Lumber, Lime, Cement,
BUILDING MATERIAL.GENERALLY
AND FEED OF ALL KINDS.
Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co.
Successors*to BoOth^Hsrby Live Stock Co. :ia?J Central Lssnhot Co.
Geo. Epperson's Old Sto,nd Opp Toxirt House
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"PEOPLE'S SAVING CLUtt"
opens first Monday in Jan?
uary?join it and have a Hap?
py New Year.
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A Great Endorsement.
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Statistics have j??~t been published tli.it 25,000,000 Americans T
are banker depositors. A mighty bis percentage of the grown t
X people of our country. Et is an empalitlc Indorsement and indl- +
^ ration of the widespread conllence of the public In the American T
banking system, '< la also a now Index thai people feel tho need T
X and helpfulness of banks as tlicy never ?Ii?! before. Americans X
X do n?>l tic tlicmselves long <?? things that rail t<> satisfy, or that X
X tlon'l pay. If you arc not I cling r business In this modern T
T method, open your aeeouni in ti> a National Bank. ?
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