The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 30, 1914, Image 5
en Keys
Btldpate
^ti*k*mL Mr. Magee sought the soli
Vt4$Qi Ne> T.
"JEtW alt I'm here to work," bo told
hsntseft " AJhrm* tad excursions and
are* a*et mm sot ton mo from my
ton* \ Lot? see-whst wss my task?
sVaVsav heart ttarnning toovos, s novel
fcosi of rabid moltdroma. It becomes
.djjacolt every si louts horo at
sat Jan. Bui fast should only
store sett to the straggts. I de?
lta aest two boors la thought"
f Wm als chair op bsfors the
sod assed lato tao rod
refused to
last wss to so
Tbej rosmsd fa
?tri so sissot to
sr got srooitd to it
Fifth arenas. Thon
easy trooped to a far mors
human girt a so pross
oambrrc to her face la s
station, walls s ginger haired
" through tao bar* ileoo
thoughts wore eflmbtsg
there to wander la
ssas of ghostly aawfos which
_ pom tao shadows, holding
1 ttfempb gigantic hoys. Mr.
?and sloat hat little tao night
ratAck December dash fill
t When ho awoke with a start
anrntod Mmosit ts think that probably
4 daaa aa on/y is tad that ho
Bd tkora. nattily itrsajhtsaliai
aad dasatna tao traces of alssp
? eyes with the aid of cold wa
groat bare room was In dtrk
saro for tao faint red of the are.
sat the girl of the
with a
r . naht aas looked m
" ehe aahl -to bo lote at
Mr. Mages
f m taaaaaad aardoaa,
laaaaoi 1 fsil snloep and droaxnsd of
?% flfrl was wept |n n ralway am don.
ans so ahawothor charming 1
tsar mynslf nwey*
*f rear." she Isaatitd. "yon are old in
he wsye of the world. A pssslon for
^seems to hare seised the ber
fbe pro ranter has gone to his
loom for that purpose, and Mr. Bland,
ata broken heart forgot slumbers over
there." 8ho pointed to the hnhordnsh
sr inert In n big chair drawn np near
?hfrtsrVs dshk. "Only you and 1 Jo
a? saa morld swalre."
"Pretty mnostmo, teat ltr Mr. Ms
tote gmnced over his shookfor nt the
?hadoere that crept in on them.
1 1 was asjttUsj It very busy whsn
nLfsanar she answered. "You see.
aft known tao inn when It was
I nay warn summer people, end as 1 eat
there by the ore I pretended 1 saw the
of s lot of the people 1 know
in hho dusk. The rock
ltr dast sailed by"
.jrtiatr
} ^hW on* aytng. docks cleared for
wc?on-l saw the rocking chair fleet
go b|- Ban smiled faintly. "We al
cslled them thnt Bitter, un
m who sit hour after
on tho Veranda and rocked ana
jmmtosdgnd gossiped and rocked,
r ??And 1 saw some poor little ghosts
woaplng In s corner." she wt*nt on;
re fesr-taet the fleet bed run down
>nd snia m me sea of gossip. A little
whooo mother had not been nil
hove been, end the fleet
ever had Its admiral,
that makes Baldpate to
And s few who
fsroyv yssi isss bshjbk terrible of all
.to them tao float showed no mercy.
<And s One promt ?Irl, Mym Thorublll.
Srho was engaged to s man named
Kendrtck, and who never Oared corns
Jbere again after Kendrtck suddenly dle
Jiff to tod hoonass of tho wtlspered dis
I i #ajaa flu I li |i 1 upon hie heed."
4 -^?Kfatkod womenr told Msg*.
~tki wtoasdmt women In tho work)/'
answsasd hat girt "But every tum
imer loaett Staat hsvs tm fleet 1 doubt
U aasV atas
thonajL aad
PISBUSL
"Its admiralT
?Yes. He Isn't really that. 1 Imagine
? 'i sttli er a rice or so nssistont or
whatever It In, long ago retired from
^tbe nnvy. Every summer he comes
hero and the piece revolves about him.
etil so funny: 1 wonder If any
r crowd ?tuins such heights of
Mshnsse ss that at a aummer re?
sort r It s the admiral this, and the
Isdmlral that, from the moment be en?
ters4'tho door. Nearly every day the
manager of Baldpate bat a new pic?
ture of the admiral taken, and bangs
It bore in the hotel. I'll show them to
* yoa when I ft light There't one over
theo*?t>v tho desk of the admiral and
? tao manager together, and the man?
ages? hoe thrown bin arm carelessly
over the admiral's shoulder with 'nee
"bow weffH kaow him' written all over
< *, VfSfsV Oh. what snobs they
; ?*<i th#haWP eeaad Mr. Mages.
ins him. Thov nek all day
rot a smile from Ulm. They ?ecp track
Of oil goings and comings, and when
kg I? In too card room playing his yiiiy
old gains of solitaire ttiey rao down
their victims In subdued tones so as
not to disturb him."
"What nu interesting place?" said Mr.
Msgee. "1 muse visit Baldpate next
summer. Shall?shall you be uereV*
"It s so amusing." she smiled, Ignor?
ing the question. "You'll eujoy it
And It Isn't all fleet and udmlral.
There's happiness and romance and
whispering on the stairs. At night
when the lights are all biasing and tue
band is playing waltzes in the Casino
and somebody Is giving a dinner In the
grill room and the girls flit about In
the shadows, looking too sweet for
words?well. Bnldpate Ion la a rather
entrancing spot. 1 remember those
nlgbts very often now.**
"Many men have loved you." he said.
"Are you reading ay palm?" the
asked, laug hing.
(To he Continued.)
A CALL FOR ORGANIZATION.
I Dr. Joynes Indicates Importance of
Local Alumni Association of Univer?
sity.
To the Class of 1889 and other|
Alumni:
I wish to congratulate the alumni
of the class of 1889 upon the choice
of their distinguished classmate, Wil?
liam A. Barber, as the alumni orator.
I Who does not remember Barber?
handsome, bright, genial and loyal?
distinguished as a student, as a law?
yer, as attorney general of South
Carolina, and now an ornament of
the New York bar?end above all a
gracious and true-hearted Southern
gentleman? Of all the bright stars
of that brilliant chum none has shown
with a brighter steadier light than he.
Shell he not have a cordial welcome
home, not only from his classmates,
but from other alumni and citizens
of the University and of the State
which he has so signally honored?
Mr. Editor, It is an old pussle with
me why so few of our alumni attend
the annual meetings or otherwise
show any active Interest in their alma
mater. It Is not so with other insti?
tutions, which present no higher |
claim on affectionate loyalty than
does our own University: I might
mention some whose annual com?
mencements ere thronged with re?
turning alumni. Let me relate a per?
sonal incident.
A few years ago I had occasion to
spend a few days in our charming
and unique city of Charleston. I was
welcomed by the local alumni asso?
ciation of the University of Virginia
which I had left fifty years before;
and of Washington and Lee which I
had left thirty years before but I
found no such organiaztion of the I
alumni of Caroline. When I enquir?
ed I was told that no such organisa?
tion existed. My friend Mr. ?, a]
member of the class of '89 answer?
ed: "This city Is full of our alumni,
but we do not know one another."
Why is this thus? The utmost ef?
forts have been made for years past,
to encourage such local organizations
but I regret to say only with poor
success.
Let me add, in conclusion, that the
prosperity and usefulness of a uni?
versity or college depend more on its |
alumni than on any other agency.
Trustees, professors, and students are
temporary but the alumni as a self
recruiting body live for ever. They
stand permanently for what the Insti?
tution Is and /or what it has done.
What it can do is measured by their
affection and loyalty?shall we not
now have a new birth of seal In our
alumni, and as un earnest of this shall
we not give to our honored Barber a
crowd and a rousing welcome!
Edward S. Joynes.
University of South Carolina.
GREAT FIRE IN CLEVELAND.
Lumber District Swept by Flames
and Loss Is $2,000,000.
Cleveland, May 2?.?Flames still
raged today In the lumber district
along the Cuyahoga river. Conser?
vative estimates today placo the loss
at $2,000,000. An unknown man
leaped from the Central viaduct into]
the heart of the flames and was in?
cinerated. Three firemen have been
injured. The viaduct has been bad?
ly damaged and Rlngling's Circus
nearby was forced to discontinue the
performance and was damaged |&>
000. The heaviest loser Is the Fisher
and Wilson Lumber Co., whose loss Is
$1,000,000.
Attention Veterans.
Dick Anderson Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, horeby
invite each and every Confederate
veteran ?n Sumter County to attend
a dinner June 3?Jefferson Davis'
birthday?on the court house grounds
in Sumter at 12. SO o'clock.
The male quartette of the University
of South Carolina will pay a visit to
Sumter at some time in the nenr fu?
ture under the uuspiccs of the Sumter
Y. M. C A. basebull team. The quar?
tette is highly recommended and
hWOVI of ?heginej sre uio inland * treat.
PRIZES FOR SCHOOLS.
FORTY AWARDS TO BE MADE
THIS YEAR.
Miss Mary Eva Hite Gives all Her
Time to Improvement Campaign
Rules of Contest.
Columbia, May 28.?Through the
support of the State department of
education the South Carolina School
Improvement association is able to
offer $1,250 in prizes to be awarded
In 1914. This amount has been di?
vided into 40 prizes and will be giv?
en to the schools showing the greatest
amount of improvement during the
year. There will bo ten first prizes
of $50 each and 30 second prizes of
$25 each.
Announcement of the prizes was
made yesterday by Miss Mary Eva
Hite, president of the association,
who has her office with the State de?
partment of education. Until recent?
ly Miss Hite was located at Alken.
She is now giving all of her time to
the school improvement work.
Regulations governing the award
of the school prizes are as follows:
"1. Improvements must be made
between October 1, 1913, and De?
cember 1, 1914.
"2. Only rural schools can com?
pete for these prizes. Districts bar?
red by the State high school act or
by the State rural graded school act
are Ineligible to enter the competi?
tion.
"3. Prises will be awarded by the
State executive committee of the
School Improvement association Im?
mediately after the entries close.
"4. All applications must be sent
through the county superintendent of\
education, the rural school supervisor
or the county organiser of school im?
provement associations.
"6. Prices will be awarded In
checks sent from the office of the
State superintendent of education to
the county superintendent of educa?
tion. The money will he deposited
to the credit of the district in which
the prise winning school is located.
This money must be spent for the fur?
ther Improvement of the school win?
ning it.
"6. All reports must be made on
th? printed blanks furnished by the
association.
"7. In making application for a
prase, the clean-up day score cards, a
brief description, a photograph and
any evidences of improvements should
accompany the regular prize score
card."
SUMTER COUNTY PROGRESS.
Farmers Have Hay to Sell and Less
Western Hay is Imported.
Clemson College, May 25.?Reports
from Sumter county indicates that
the people of that county are not
putting their all into one crop and
having to buy feed for their stock,
but instead are having hay to sell.
This and other encouraging facts were
contained in the latest weekly report
of Demonstration Agent J. Frank
Williams to Clemson College. He
said:
' Hon. R. I. Manning met me this
wcok and Inquired of me If I knew
of any farmer in the county who
wanted to buy hay. He said that this]
waa the first year in Sumter county
that he ever had had hay to sell and
could not Und a purchaser locally at
this season of tho year. I answered
Mr. Manning by telling him that
there wero about 500 farmers in Sum?
ter County that planted oats and vetch
last fall and that are now cutting
two and three and four tons per acre]
of the very best hay.
"Tho blooming fields of vetch pre?
sent most beautiful sights to one
traveling along the roads at the pres?
ent time. I have had some views of
tho best fields photographed and I
wish that 1 could have had a hundred
taken. I am besieged with inquiries
as to the best time to cut oats and
vetch for hay. The days are num?
bered when a dealer can sell shipped
hay in Sumter county.
"We had a severe wind storm that
blew the sand and killed and dam?
aged a great deal of cotton in the
sandy sections of the county. 1 no?
ticed that where cover crops had been
turned and where the soil wan filled
with humus, even on our lightest
lands, very little damage was done.
"About every third man to whom 1
demonstrate tho Clemson College My
trap says he is going to make one for
himself. A boy rode three miles this
morning to see the trap again to get
some details to help him out in mak?
ing a trap."
From all reports, there appears to
be little doubt that the farmers ol
Sumter County have become ready
converts t?? the saving doctrine ol
winter co
I l Infant.
nemini ?Died, Blanch
Annie, 1 nonths-old child
of Mr. a J. Myers, after B
month's - Friday afternoon
at 4 o'ci Mr grandparents'
home at I? The bereaved
parents lympathy of the
cnrmniim
NORSE KILLS CHILD.
SON OP W. C. SMITH SUCCUMBS
TO POISON.
Poison is Administered With Murder?
ous Intent, According to Confession
of Mary Edwards.
Clio, May 27.?Rivaling the Joe
Malloy case in the murder of two in?
nocent hoys, comes the confession
this afternoon of Mary Edwards,
nurse for W. C. Smith, that sho on
Monday administered to the 4
months-old son of Mr. Smith a quan?
tity of poison with murderous Intent,
from the effects of which it died this
afternoon, despite the heroic efforts
of the physicians here.
She attempted some t.vo months
ago the same deed by placing some
poison in medicine the child was tak?
ing but no suspicion attached to her
at the time, as it was thought that
it was placed therein by mistake, but
her confession this afternoon cleared
the mystery.
After her confession to Mr. and
Mrs. Smith she was taken In automo?
bile to the county jail at Bennetts
ville. An inquest is now in progress
by the coroner. The girl hails from
Lynchburg and has been here as
nurse for some months.
WINE OR GRAPE JUICE.
Presbtyerit ns Will Have Right to De?
cide for Itself Whether to Use Fer?
mented Wine.
Kansas City, May 26.?The question
of the use of fermented and un
fermented wine in the communion
service today provoked commission?
ers attending the general assembly
of the Presbtyerian church in the
United Stales (Southern) into a live?
ly discussion. Advocates of unfer
mented wine or grape juice apparently
were victorious. 1
The discussion was precipitated
when the Rev. J. S. Lyons of Louis?
ville, Ky., representing the commit?
tee on bills and overtures, read an
overture from the First Presbyterian
church, Savannah, Qa., asking if the
session (the ruling board of the local
church) has the right to choose be?
tween . fermented and unfermented
wine for use in communion.
A second question which the church
asked the assembly to answer was:
"Is unfermented wine equally scrip?
tural with fermented wine?"
The-- committee recommended that
the general assembly give the sessions!
the right to choose between ferment?
ed wine and grape juice. After a
great deal of discussion the part of
the committee's report permitting the
sessions to choose the wine used was
adopted.
The thanks of the assembly were
voted to the Rev. S. H. Chester of
Nashville, Tenn., who retires now
from the executive committee on for?
eign missions after 20 years' service.
The Rev. L. E. McNair of Nashville,
Tenn., today presented a report which
told of the work of the American
Bible society acting in conjunction
with the various denominations.
Last year 1,706,459 Bibles were dis?
tributed through the nine home agen?
cies. This was an increasco of 280,
222 volumes over the preceding year.
No account was taken in these figures
of the society's distribution of the
Bibles through the trade. The total
issue for tho year was 5,500,000
copies, an increase of more than
1,000,000 over. the year before. In
commenting on the report Rev. It
D. Porter of Richmond, Va., asserted
that the. best way to Americanize im?
migrants was through tho Bible.
"If we could put the Bible into the
hands of every immigrant who enters
our country, the problem would be
solved," he said.
The remaining business, chief of
which is tho discussion of tho report
of the systematic beneficence commit?
tee, will be rushed in tho hope of ad?
journing Thursday.
Very Remarkable Cure of Liver Com?
plaint.
Mr. Albert Walker, of Procious, W.
Va., suffered intense pain In the
stomach and right side at intervals
for fifteen years. He had consulted
eight or ten physicians and while they
all agreed that ho had liver trouble,
they fulled to relievo him. He was
eventually cured by Chamberlains
Tablets. If you have any trouble
with your stomach or liver, these tab?
lets will certainly do you good. For
sale by all dealers.?Advt.
Dalzell School Closes.
The Dalzell school closed its ses?
sion of Friday with an all-day picnic
near the school grounds, which was
largely attended by the school chil?
dren and patrons of the school. An
excellent dinner was spread out en
the grounds and was heartily enjoyed
feature of the day's pleasures. Dur?
ing the afternoon addresses were
n,n,l Haynsworth and Mr
J. I -nis.
Sur ire of Stomach Trouble.
j lank, of Chelsea, Mich.
wai tomach trouble and in
|ttac ?? that he lived for two
mil mewater and milk. lie
tht i?K Chamberlain's Tab
let "l am seventy-six years
of ver in my life used any
in cured in such a short
tu nberlain'a Tablets." For
Advt
AGAIN TAKES CHARGE.
Rev. S. A. Nettles Once More Edits
Tho Advocate.
Greenville, May 27.?With this
week's issue of The Southern Chris?
tian Advocate, ,the South Carolina
Methodist conference paper, the Rev.
S. A. Nettles, who laid down the
work when he was convicted, at the
Rock Hill conference, of conduct un?
becoming a minister, again assumes
the editorship of the paper. Mr. Net?
tles, who was exonerated by the com?
mittee of appeals of the general con?
ference at Oklahoma City two weeks
ago, announces his resumption as fol?
lows:
"The court of appeals of our chur
has reversed the trial commit*,
verdict on every charge and on every
specification on which they adjudged
me guilty. My friends will rejoice
with me in this complete vindication;
and I assume that even my accusers
will be glad, for I will not assume
that any Christian, whether preacher
or layman, prefers to believe a min?
ister of God is guilty of gross im?
morality, rather than to know that
he is innocent, and that he can con?
tinue to serve that Master, whose ser?
vant he is, without reproach upon
His name.
"The highest court of our church
has unanimously declared that I have
not been proven guilty of any immor?
ality; and if I have sometimes acted
impusively, this court has held, also
unanimously, and with the full facts,
before them, that my acts in no case
have been grave enough or offensive
enough for the committee to have
jurisdiction even to place me on trial
for them.
"But I was placed on trial. I was
convicted, and sentenced; and I have
fully carried out the sentence im?
posed?suspension from the ministry
for three long months of humiliation,
of shame, and of anguish. That I
should be convicted and degraed
from the ministry for wilful lying?
I who have loved the truth and hated
a lie from my youth and I pray the
merciful Father that one of my ac?
cusers, or judges, or any other brother
of the conference may ever know the
agony of my Gethsemane. It I have
ever wounded the feelings of any
brother, and he has sought conp? n;-:a
tion or revenge against me, surely I
have made ample atonement!
"As to the charges which were
brought against me and the manner
in which they were prosecuted, I shall
say nothing. The Jew Zacchaeus said
to the Master, "If I have wronged
any man by false accusation, I restore
him fourfold." I believe that the re?
ligion of Christ is no less exacting
in such matters than the religion of
the Jews. But I neither ask nor de?
mand anything of my accusers or
prosecutors. That matter is between
them and their God.
"Our conference, at its session in
November, 1912, gave me and mv
management of The Advocate a full
and overwhleming indorsement. At
its session in 1913 a majority of the
same conference requested the bishop
not to reappoint me as editor of The
Advocate. This action was taken ex?
pressly because of the charges
against me which were then pending.
Had the conference known that I was
not guilty of any offense against our
church, either in law or in fact, as
found by our highest court, it is in?
conceivable that they would have
taken such action on such grounds.
I had previously been elected editor
and publisher of the Advocate by the
publishing committee, who had full
power from the conference to do so.
I am under contract with them to do
that work. After the judgment of
the trial committee, in deference to
the sentiment caused by their verdict,
and with the co\currence of the pub?
lishing committee, 1 employed another
editor, for who? efficient labors 1
am deeply grateful. Since the decision
or the court of appeals, I stand ex?
actly where I was before the con?
ference. There Is no longer any rea?
son or excuse why I should not pro?
ceed to carry out my contract with
the publishing committee. With this
issue I therefoio again assume the
editorship of The Advocate.
'But I wish to lay down this work
soon as possible. I have published
.d edited The Advocate for eight
ears. In that time I have more than
doubled its circulation; sending it into
thousands of hoi .es where it never
went before; carrying the news of
Methodism, and the teachings of our
religion, and the words of wisdom of
those godly men who have contributed
to its oclumns. J reduced the price
jto one-half its former cost, and am
giving more reading matter than ever
before. There is 1,0 other conference
paper in Southern Methodism sold
for less than douUe the price charged
to the Methodist of South Carolina.
But in order to uo this I have had
to do the work of two men?both
editor and publisher. And 1 have re?
ceived for this double work less than
the former editors received for doing
the editorial work alone. I am get?
ting to be an old man?nearly three
score years have passed over me. This
strenuous work Is too much for me.
I shall ask to be released from it as
soon as satisfactory arrangements can
be made for my relief.
"I have no hatred against any of
the brethren. In the case of most
of them they knew not what they did.
And now may the peace which passeth
all understanding be and abide with
us all, for Christ's sal .
"S A Netiles.**
An Excellent Cough v. < t.
The soothing aM. he . . rttee
of ?? Chamberl&ln's Cough K aedy
makes it especially valuable for
coughs and colds. It . and
safe to take and conti u no nar?
cotic. For sale by o'l dealon*?
AdvL
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Marriage License ' .<???nrd.
A license to marry has be eh su^o
to Dr. C. C. Brown Mrs
Hogers of Sumter.
Unequaled for a Bad ''old.
Ask anyone who has iried it and ha
will tell you that Chain bei U!u*^
Cough Remedy has ne\ - : been equat?
ed. Miss Clara Outer, H - ngs,
Mo., when speaking of this remedy*
said: "I feel sure thar Cham! iln's
Cough Remedy is the i>n the
market to cure a > ougn ui ?. bod cold
on the lungs. I am only too pleased
to say a few words In its praise." For
s.alo bv all dealers.?Advt. _
NOTICE.
To the Members of the Sumter Coun?
ty Democrat In Committee.
The members of the Sumter County
Democratic Committee are hereby
called to meet at the Court House of
Sumter, S. C, on Monday, June the
first, 1914, at twelve o'clock M., In ac?
cordance with the new constitution
and rules of the State Democratic
party, for the parpose of reorgan?
izing -the Club Districts, and providing
for the enrollment of the party's
members, and for such other business
as may be necessc y to carry into ef?
fect the new constitution and rules.
JOHN H. CLIFTON,
County Chairman.
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