The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 21, 1914, Image 5
Ct)t dfdt;ittbm;m nft $outbron.
Entered et the Postofllce at bumter, 8.
0., aa Second Claas Matter.
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. M PERSON AID NEWS.
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Mr. and Mrs. Da\id 1?. Folder have
returned from Hull bridal trip to
J icksonvllle.
The attorneys who went to Colum
bta Friday t<> attend the meeting of
the State Bur Association report a
pleasant and interesting session
? f that body Frida; night.
Mr. Kdward T. Tuytpr. president of
the Navassa Qua no Company of Wil?
mington. \. C, is in the elty visiting
friends,
Mr. M M. Stanley ?f Norry, chair?
man of the committee on privileges
and elections in the nous.- of repre?
sentatives, spent Sunday In the city
as the guest of j idge k. o. purely.
Mise Alllene Ridglll, who has been
employed in this city for several
month*, has returned to her home at
Surnmert'ai
Miss Hi. hards, n. of < ieorgi-town.
Is visiting her siater, Mrs. M. II.
Flaum.
Marriage.
Mis* Nora Ammons of this city and
Mr. J. Leslie Urown of Oswego were
very quietly married Thursday after?
noon at 5 o'clock at the residence of
Mr. and Mr* L. W. Jenkins on Fast
Calhoun idreet, w lere the bride has
made her home for the past ten
months. The ceresjsjsjf was perfc*rm
ed by the Rev. Mr. Attaway, pastor of
th? Bethel Church near Oswego, and
only a few Intimate friends and near
relatives were preaent.
After the marriage light refresh?
ments were servet when the happy
young couple left 'or their home at
Oswego, where Mr. Brown is engaged
In farming.
llollada)-WeUs.
Summerton. Jan. 15.?A quiet home
wedding was that of Miss Julia Hoi
laday to Otto H. Weiss Thursday aft?
ernoon. January 8, at 4.30, at the
home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Ann
Holladay, near Summerton. Only the
Immediate relatives were present. The
Rev. It. M. Du Hose officiated, using
the ring ceremony.
and Mrs. Weiss left on the aft
>n train for points of interest in
' . touth. The bride Is a young wo?
man of sterling character, a graduate
of Winthrop college, and a successful
teacher In tho graded schools of both
South Carolina and Virginia. The
groom Is a young man of promise of
Portsmouth, Va. He Is engaged in
the lumber business in South Carolina.
Mc< utchcn-Crosswell.
Leader and Vindicator.
A very quiet marriage ceremony
was performed bj Ib-v. O. F. Fdwards
st the parsonage of the Methodist
church Wednesday evening, January
7th. at 7 o'clock .making Mr. J. ?
CroMwell of Bishopvllle. and Miss
Mettle S. McCutchen of Manville, man
and wife. They are at the home of
the groom's parents. Mr. and Mrs. L.
M. Crosswell, and will soon go to
housekeeping on the farn.
Engagement Announced.
Ellieott City, Md., Jan. 15.?Mr.
and Mrs. Harold llardlnge. Sr., an?
nounced to lav the engagement of
their eldest daughter, Miss Rachel
Linthlcum Hardlnge, to James Byrd
Keith of South < 'and na.
Miss llardlnge Is well known In
Howard county and daltimore. Mr
Keith Is a young bumsiness man of
Tlmmonsv ille. s. C. The wedding
will take place some time in the
early spring.
Miss llardlnge trSBlted Miss Kva
Kingman In this city last spring and
the annoumSJSSjSjH of her engage?
ment will be heard with interest by
those who met h? r at that time. Mr.
Keith is known by f. rnu r Clemson
CollOSSl students In Sutnt?r from
which he was graduate,! two yean
ag..
( \ty Manager W F. Robertson re?
ports that almost daily he rsOOlVOl
letters from places ull over the Cnit
ed States concerning the "City Man
Sger" form of ?"w rinin nt under
Which Sumter has been ruled foff tin
past V ir. lieeently he has received
a request from the Ke\iew of Re
views for a photograph and later fof
Information a* to the works Of the
form of government and a photograph
from a civic organization in Dayton.
ohn?. Ho Is always ready to gi\e the
desired information und generally
hands the letters, after he has ans
wered them, to the Ohamo, r of Com
sneroe In OTdSI thai furthOf inform
tlon concerning Suisjtef sat) bi sent
out.
P Map!? < SjHUBJ
k We sre In the rn n k? t t<>r all grades
of stsple cotton at fu" prices See us
before selling- olM.nneli a< Co.?
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TWO FIRES SUNDAY,
Store Occupied by C< C? Moore and
Furciic llogun's Hum Damaged by
lire.
In the early hours of the Sunday
morning, probably about fifteen min?
utes to tWO (/clock, the fire depart*
ment was called out by an alarm oi
Are from the store on Bast Liberty
stiert occupied by C. C. Moore. The
bleat caught Ifl some Way in the rear
of the store and a great deal of the
gOOdf in that part of the btlildlni
Wen badly damaged. The tire de?
partment handled UM blaze in a skill?
ful manner, but it could not prevent
the damage to the dry goods stacked
up in the place.
The lire again caught up about G
o'clock in the morning and the de?
partment was again called out to ex
tingiBbh the blaze.
The other tire wa? between one and
two o'clock Sunday afternoon and was
in I kitchen in the rear of Hugene Ho
gan's residence at the corner of Salem
and Brotd streets. The fire was partly
extinguished when tho department
arrived, a delay having been caused
by the sending in of the wrong num?
ber. However, the chemical was used
and the blaze extinguished in short
order. The fire burnt x small hole in
the roof of the building before it was
put out.
CHURCH TO RAISE $3,000.
Washington Street Baptist Church In?
augurates Campaigi to Secure
Funds.
The Washington Street Baptist
Church is confronted with the abso?
lute necessity of raising $5,000. To
Meal this need a plan has been devis?
ed to appoint five committees, each
committee to be responsible for rais?
ing one thousand dollars, within the j
week commencing Monday, January |
26. Each of these committees will
consist of five members. Reports of
progress will be made every evening
at the church. In this campaign for
subscriptions the church has not gone
outside of its membership to solicit
subscriptions. A few friends, how?
ever, have kindly volunteered to sub?
scribe and these contributions have
been very gratefully received.
It la hoped that the members of the
Church will rally to her in this hour
of great need and that this campaign
will be successfully concluded.
Iff* o. W. TO CELEBRATE.
Banquet to be Given at Telephone
Factory Building Wednesday Night.
One of the biggest affairs of its kind
in this city la the banquet of tht
Woodmen of the World which will
bS given on the second floor of the
Telephone Company building on Har
vin atreet on Wednesday night, Janu?
ar) -1st. Hollywood Camp has about
eight hundred members, at least six
hundred of whom are expected to at?
tend the banquet, which is strictly lor
members of the local lodge. In order
to make the affair a success the lodge
at a recent meeting appropriated $1.
000, if that much was found neces?
sary, with which to provide suitable
entertainment for its members at the
banquet.
Three invited speakers are expect?
ed to attend the banquet, all of them
Well known high officials in Woodmen
circles. They are Col Ton; Hainer of
Bennettsville past Head Counsel; Hon
Robert P. Lide of Orangdjurg, past
Head Counsel; and Hon. C A. Powell
of Laurens, Head Counsel.
The committee in charge of ar?
rangements consists of Messrs. L. I.
Parrott, chairman; C. C. Heck, J. A.
Warren, J. M. Hrogdon, J. M. Bred
ham, A. i). McKay, H. M. Phelps and
K. S. Hood.
RURAL POLICEMAN INJURED.
Sunday afternoon about half past
four O'clock Rural Policeman Alex
Norris received several painful and
?eeefO bruises about the head and,
fat I when his motorcycle collided
with a bicycle ridden by a negro. He
was taken to the hospital Immediately
Offer the accident, where he was
liven surgical aid.
The aeel lent occurred near the cor?
nel- Of W. st Liberty Street and Sab in
Avenue. It IS understood that the tWO
men met neer the corner and In eome
Way the) turned their machines to?
ward eeeh other Indeed of away
from eeeh other. The collision result
ed and Norrie woe thrown frc/rn bis
motorcycle His feet was terribly
cut und bruleedi but it is not thought
that there arc any serious injuries. He
was still at the Torney hoepltal on
Mondayi where he was reported to be
getting on nicely under the clrcum?
stances.
I'or Frost llltc? and Chopped Skin.
I'or frost bitten ears, finger I and
loco] chapped hands and hps. Chll
ni uns. < old SOrO| red and rotlgtl skins,
there is nothing lo equal Bucklen'i
Arnica Balve, stops the pain at ones
und heals Quickly. In every hem*
dl? th should be n bos handy u11 th<*
time. Beet remedy for nil skin dis?
eases, Itching ee/.eina, tetter, piles, ete.
><? All druggists or by mai il. II. B,
[guckten * c<>., Phlledelphla or st.
' l.ouls.?Advt.
CHICKEN THIEVES CAUGHT.
policeman ii. (? afcKagen Ronndi up
Two Boys uiul Recovers seven
Hens.
Friday about noun while In Weath?
ers' lane, collecting street taxes, Of?
ficer H. Q. McKagen saw a boy pass
with a tack on His back. He heard a
hen squawk and proceeded to investi?
gate. One of the tWO boys who had
Charge of the sack ran, but the of?
ficer outwitted him ami caught him
behind a nearby house. The other
boy stood his ground and was also ar?
rested. In the sack there were seven
hens. At lirst the boys told various
tales of how they came to have ihe
chickens, winding up by stating that
they had stolen them from W. M.
Graham'^ place on the southeastern
edge of town. B. R. DuRanti who
lives there, was communicated with
and upon his arrival Identified the
fowls as belonging to him. The boys
then confessed to stealing four oth?
er hens from the same place a couple
Of days previous. They told where
they had sold the chn kens and their
statements were Investigate d and
found to be correct, one of the hens
being recovered.
The boys were tried Saturday by the
recorder and upon the plea of guilty
were sentenced to pay $o0 or serve 30
days on each charge, making $60 or
60 days for each. The boys were
John Ralney and KQrnest Ford.
MISSES DELOHME ENTERTAIN.
Interesting BooU Event at Sumtcr j
Club on Thursday Afternoon.
Misses Lucile and Marie DeLorme
were the hostesses on Thursday af?
ternoon at one of the very interesting
social affairs of the season, given in
honor of their cousin, Miss Elsie
Dowden, who is on a visit to them
from New York. The entertainment
was given in the Sumter club rooms,
the Whole apartment being thrown
open and made very attractive by a
profusion of carnations placed about
tho room.
Heart dice was the game of the
evening and nine tables had been
placed for the players. Throughout
the evening the piano player was kept
going and the music aided in making
the afternoon a delightful one.
Pour prizes were given, a guest prize
which was bestowed upon Miss Dow
d< n, the guest of honor; Miss Jennie
Walsh scored highest and won the
first prize; Miss Lula Coolte Hoykin
cut cards for the consolation prize,
and Mrs. Hartow Walsh was given the
prize, as she had the lowest score.
Alter the usual number of games
which drew to a close with the pre?
sentation of the prizes, the tables and
chairs were pushed aside and dancing
was enjoyed for the remainder of the
evening. The participants in this
pleasant social affair were:
Miss Dowden, the Misses DeLorme,
Mrs. M. B. DeLorme, Misses Julia
Rowlandi Mary Wilson, Jennie Walsh,
Leonora Williford, Holly Brown, Jes?
sie Moise, Theo Lopez, Lula Cookc
Boykln, Margaret McLeod, Nata?
lie Norman, Sada Seay, Bertha
Bultman, Adele Bowman, Bs
telle Crowson, Eleanor Mason, Reeta
McLaurin and Mesdamcs. Hal Darby,
J. J. Williams, H. N. Forester, S. C.
Lord; Clinton Walsh, Bartow Walsh.
Robert Brown. W. S. Benton, King,
James Graham, A. L. Jackson, D. C.
ItcKnlght, C. C. Bennett, Archie
China, S. C. McKeown, J. W. Jack?
et >n.
College Notes.
R, O, Purdy, Jr., was elected as an
oncer of the Euphradlan Literary
Society at the University and Harry
C. Brearley and James McD, Dabbs as
assistant editors of the Gamecock, the
University publication, recently.
R. B. Hood, Jr., is manager of the
Clemson Glee Club.
Messra Robert Heaves and Nor?
ward Du Bant, former high school
boys, are members Of the Clemson
baseball team this year.
E< W. Dabbs, Jr., la president of
the cadet Y. M. C. A. at the Citadel.
Through Pullman service has beet,
put On A. C. L. trains Nos. 6S and
89 between Maxton, X. C, and Co?
lumbia, the service having gone Into
effect Thursday. Tin- service Is be
! ing put on at the request of patrons
I of the road and will be given a fair
trial, when it will be removed, If
found to be unwarranted by the
traffic.
London. Jan. 19.?Lord Strathcona,
British High Commissioner of Canada
is sinking rapidly tonight. Mop.- of
his recovery has been nbandoned<
Long and Short Staple
Cotton.
i am in the market for ail grades
and lengths <?l' cotton; make a MfMX'htl
t] ol Long Staple. H will be to your
advantage to see mo before selling,
ERNEST FIELD
Belser Building 26 N. Main St.
A REMARK ABLE INCREASE,
First National Bank shows Deposits
$122,000 Abend Of Last Year.
The statement of the Frist National
bank, published elsewhere in these!
columns today, shows a remarkable
growth in the general prosperity of
this institution; in fact, Mr. J. L. Mc
Callum, cashier of the bank, stated
this morning that it has just closed
the most successful year in its history.
Its deposits at ibis date are $122,000,
greater than at the same time last
year. The First National will before
many months occupy its handsome
new home on South Main street.
GUILTY UN NINE CHARGES.
Robert Anderson Took Goods on Way
from Freiglit Depot.
Robert Anderson, colored, plead
guilty to nine charges of petit larceny,
in the recorder's court on Friday and
one case was left over for trial on i
Monday. Anderson, it seems, was sent
to haul the stuff from the freight de?
pot to various places about tow n. < >n
the way from the freight depot to
the place the goods were consigned to
he would remove part of it and mark
it short on the way bill. On the ,
tenth charge he stated that he w as'
not guilty. Sentence was postponed
Until Monday, when the other case
is heard.
Chief j. n. Bumter and Officer J.
M. Berwick arrested Evander Mc?
Donald Saturday for transporting
whiskey. He plead not guilty, but
wee found guilty by the recorder and
sentenced to $100 or 30 days.
I You are Waiting On Us.
Of course you are. You'll be glad
too, and not disappointed. The
grandest of all white sales is due soon.
Now watch. Schwartz Bros.?Advt.
Federal Prisoner Taken Away.
i
Lee Mormon, the negro arrested at ^
Providence several days ago by Rural1
Policeman Scale on a warrant from
the District of Columbia charging him,
with non-support of his wife and chil?
dren, was sent for Thursday by the
federal authorities, the deputy mar-j
shall from Charleston coming for him
and taking him to Charleston, from
which place he will be sent on to
Washington.
Take Your Time Please.
That's what we are doing. When
We say ready come, and you'll see the
greatest collection of all new fab?
rics ever shown, even by us. You'll
see, too, a real white sale. The
Schwartz, kind. Now j'jst watch and
wait. Schwartz Pros.?Advt.
A Five-footed Fig.
Mr. Tom Jones has a freak pig
which has attracted coneiderable at?
tention from persons in and about the
city, a number of whom have seen
it. The animal is a live-footed piff,
all live feet being perfectly formed
and used by the animal in walking1
about his pen.
The bifid feet Of the pig are ap?
parently normal, while one Of the
front legs branches out near the hoof
and tWO fully developed feet are no?
ticeable. The animal is now on dis?
play, as it were, at Mr. Eugene Ho-1
gan's meat market on South Main!
street. J
Mind You, Everything New.
Everything different! Everything;
cheaper than you can Imagine. Lots
Of surprises. Just wait, for the real
white sale. That's all. Sohwartz
Pros.?'Advt.
FOR SALE?Hastings blight up?
right two bale cotton mostly 6
lock. Nancy Hall potatoes, $'r..O0
per bushel. International hay press
cheap. Order promptly. J. IM
Fraser, Oswego, Route 1.
FERTILIZERS FOR SALE?We are
wholesalers and importers, handle
both domestic and foreign fertiliz?
ers, buy direct In large quantities
and In bulk. We have built up
our large business by selling di?
rect to the farmers; we save them
money. Get our prices before buy?
ing on the following: Acid Phos?
phate 16 per cent, KainiU Hard
Salt, Manure Salt, Muriate Potash,
Plood, High Grade Tankage, Fine1
Ground Fish and Nitrate Soda. Ad?
dress Calhoun Agricultural A In?
vestment Co., St. .Matthews, Cl Ihoun
County, S. C.
roll S\Li:?Two cars mules, at J. N.
Phillips' farm, l 1-4 miles nortli of
city, on Main street. Uall before
buying. Can save you money, D.
P. Keithly.
Geo. H. Hurst,
UNDERTAKER AND K 4HALMKH
IVompt attention to d?}? or Sight
calls.
AT Olil) J. D. CRAIG STAND, SOI V
Main Street.
Day Phone SSC. Night Phone SO .
AfosoluMyP?ice .
Cakes, hot biscuit, hot breads, and
other pastry, ere daily necessities
Sn the American family. Royal Bak?
ing Powder will malce them more
digestible, wholesome, appetizing*
No Alum ?Ho Lime Phosphates
BUMTER COTTON ||ARI?T.
Corrected Daily Dy Ernest Viele
Cotton Bnyer.
Bumter, Jan. 19.
Good Middling- 12 1-4.
Strict Middling 12 i-S.
Middling 12.
Strict L<?w Middling 11 5-8.
Low Middling 11.
Staple cotton 12 to 14.
New York Cotton Market.
New York, Jan. Ii?.
Open Close.
Jan.12.42 12.40
Mar.12.?;?; 12.ci
May.12.4? 12.43
July.12.40 12.36
Aug. 12.17
Qct.11.77 11.73
Mind What You do. Do.
There is a great big rousing white
sale due to occur soon. That's the
real Schwarte white sale, but then you
all know. Schwartz Bros.?Advt.
Marriage License Record.
License to marry was issued Thurs?
day to Mr. Geo. L. Brown of Oswego
and Miss Xora Ammons of S'?mter.
Licenses were also issued to . ae fol?
lowing colored couples: Solomon
Johnson, Paxville, and Mamie Rich?
ardson, Lynchburg; James Nelson
and Rebecca Gadsden, Sumter.
Coining Events Cast Their Shadows.
You know what the past has shown.
Now remember the Schwartz white
Bale that's coming. You have our
\v< rd, it's to be bigger and grander
I than ever. Schwartz Bros.?Advt.
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Tells the Story
The fact that THE JEFFERSON STANDARD
LIFE INSURANCE CO. is investing thousands of
dollars in South Carolina securities tells the story of
why it is such a popular company in this State. This
a company offers every beneficial feature besides ad
% vantages of its own.
W. B. Upshur,
I GENERAL AGENT SUMTER, S. C.
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Arriving To-Morrow
SATURDAY, JAN. 17th
40 Head
Mules Horses
We have saved the best for
last. We have in this load some
of the finest mules you ever
saw, come around and look
them over.
There are other things we
have that we would like to
show vou.
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