The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 04, 1914, Image 5
S?ven Keys
I TO
Baldpate
iv * 4<r* tip
UiMMll DIGGERS
ClifHiVt WU.Wf ????? MwUI
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good." replied tbe other. "Good
night -end good luck."
Tbe 'old uwi a moved off down the
passageway
After him crept Mr. Mngee. lie fol?
lowed too professor to tbe east bal?
cony sod saw Mm pause at tbe open
window of No. 7 There the old man
100 keel slyly about, us tbougb in doubt.
He peered, Into tbe room und one foot
woe across tbe sill when Mr. Mugee
came up and touched him od tbe urm.
urofsssor liolton leaped lu evident
fright out upon the balcony.
"lfsj-lts a wonderful night." he
?aid. "1 jf as out for a little walk on
the balcony enjoylug it. Seeiug your
open w?uJsvw i. was afraid"?
"ThVhlgbFyou speak so highly of."
replied; Mr. Magee. "Is at you- left.
You have lost your way. Good night,
professor."
lie itepped Inskle and closed the
window. Thou, ho pulled down tbe
curtains In both rooms of bis suit am!
speut Jsome tUiie ? xplorlng. Finally
ho poised bofofe the ? replace, aud
with Jhe aieVof a knife unloosed a
brick. 4 Under this bo placed the pack
ago oQ. money, removing tbe traces of
his acO-a* best he could.
"ThdV can't piny without me?I've
got tee ball/' be repeated, with a
smile.f And. safe In this thought, he
closed dri* eves and slumbered.
Tbe gayest khlgnt must nave a morn?
ing efier. Mr. Mngee swakened to his
to ?u4 suit 7 wrapped again in its
favortje |h>lar atmosphere. Filling the
door feeding to tbe outer room, he be?
held the cause of bis awakening?the
roe Tort of Reoton. Mr. Cnrgun regard?
ed hirn with the cold steely eye of s
Dtsrait lo action, but when be spoke
ho evened the Jaws of a cocktail
soUerV
"Wsjl. young fellow." ho remarked.
"It seems to me It was time you got
up and fsced tbe responsibilities ot
the day First of which. 1 tuuy men?
tion, kf a little talk with me."
He stepped luto tho room, and
through tue doorway he flCnlsd Mr.
Mai <romo slinking Tho unlovely face
of the foe of susplclou was badly
bruised, and be looked upon tbe world
with no cheerful eye
"Yon use?I us pretty rough last nlgtt
lu the? snow," Corgnn went on. "Thals
why 1 uint disposed to go in for kl 1
gloves and diplomacy this morn Inj;
It's my ex perlet h-e that wheu you're
des I lug with nuun who's got tbe go?l
okl I Hah iMimo of Mngee It's best to
bit first and debute afterwurd."
"1?1 used you roughly, Mr. Car
gsu?" sskl Msgee.
"No debute, mind you." protested tbe
mayor "Lou and me are making this
morning call to Ingulre after u llttb
package that went astray somewhere
Isst n1,vfht There's two courses open
to you?band over the package or It t
us take It I'll give you a rip- the
flrst ? the best If we have to take it
wo might get real rough In our gs>
?ons?'
Mr. vImi slipped closer to tbe becl
an ugly look on his face. The mayor
glared fixedly Into Ma gee's eyes. The
kuight who fought for fair Indies lu
tho snow l&y-en his pillow und cor
siderod briefly.
1 %vx what 1 go after," . n marked
Cnrguu emphatically.
??Yes." sparred Msgee. "but the ret I
point U keeping what you get aft?. r
you've gone after It You dldu't make
mOjch if im impression on me lust
night hi tbi.t line. Mr CarRim."
T never cared much for humor," n>
pfrd tbe mayor, "especially at this
early b^ur of the morning."
"And I bate n fresh guy," put la
Max "like poison"
"I'm not fresh," Mr. Ma gee smllec.
"I'm stnting facts. You say you've
come for that package. All right
but you've come to tbe wrong room. 1
haven't got It"
Tbw h? you haven't!" roared the
mayor "I^?u. look about a bit."
??Ijeok Shout ull you like," agree 1
Msgee 'Von won't lind it Mr Ca:
gsn. 1 aiUsIt Unit I laid for you lunt
night. 1 saw now onog the safe uc
cording to the Intent approved met!
od*. ?nd I tuiw you come forth with i
psrtaige of money hut I wasn't
rough with you I might have been,
to he frfluk. but somebody beut me
to f
"sflstl"
,-(fhe man with the seventh key, 1
?npfcose? thnt man ltlund beard walk
Ing'about lust night when we wen
st ilnner l>on't tell me you didn't
fie Milm In tbut tnlxup at the foot of
the* steps."
???fell, i did think there was nnotb
er guy." the mayor nuswered, "but
Lou ssld I was cruiy "
"lou does you an lnju*tl< e. There
was another guy. and If you are itnx
loon to, fecover your precious package
I advise yon to wake him up to the
rssponslblllttee of the duv. not me."
L: . c, A r-d Mi. Mat
who had hastily made tho rounds of
the three rooms, came back with emp?
ty hands.
"Well," ??kl the mayor, "I might us
well admit It-I'm dp In the nlr. 1
don't know Just at this minute where
to get off. lint that state of Uffeln
don't last long with me, young fellow.
I'll go to the bottom of this before tho
da> M out. believe me. Aud if 1 can't
du anything else I'll take you back to
Kouton myself and throw you lu jnil
for robbery.'
"1 wouldn't do that,'* smiled Maeeo.
"Think of the awful Job of oxplnlnlug
to the white necktie crowd how you
happened to ho dynamiting n safe on
lluldpate mountain at midnight''
"Oh, 1 guess 1 can get around that.''
said the mayor. "That money belongs
to a friend of mine? Andy Uuttor. I
happen to go to tho inn for a little rest
and 1 grab you dynamiting tbe safe.
I'll keep au eye on you today, Mr. Ma
gee. And let me tell you now that if
I catch you or tiny of the bunch that's
with you trying to tnal.o n getaway
from Bnldpato there's golug to be n
war break out."
"1 dou't know about the other her?
mits," laughed Mugee. "but personal?
ly I expect to be here for several weeks
to come. Whew! It's cold lu here.
Where'* the hermit? Why basu't he
bven ur to tlx my Uro?"
"Yee. where Is he?" repented Mr.
C'argan. "That's what evorybody'd like
to know, lie hasn't sbowef! up. Not a
sign of breakfast, und mo us hollow as
a reformer's victory."
"He's backslid," cried Mugee.
"Tbe quitter," sneered Mux. "It's
only u quitter would live on tbe moun?
tain in ? shack nuyhow."
"You're rather hard on p?or old Pe?
ters." remarked Magee. "but when I
think that I have to get up and dress
lu u refrigerating pflegt I cun't say I
blame you. If ouly the lire were light
od"
llo smiled his most ingratiating
smile ou his companion.
(To be Continued.)
eTODGG KHNBHT HARY DKAD,
Senior Circuit Judge Passes Away
in Columbia.
Columbia, July 1.?Kniest Gary,
faajaaj of the Fifth circuit, died short-J
ly after noon yesterday at his home,
13l?n tJcrvuis strict, Columbia, in the
lith year of his age and in his ISrd
yeur of continuous scrvh a on the
bestell. He was the senior circuit
ii ?Ige among tho II, his election hav
l.ig antedated by some years that of
tbe Judge next him in point Ol senior?
ity. Jud.-e Clary bad boon la bad
health for several years.
Jndga Qary was born, January it,
lH5, ut Cokesbury. lie was the sec?
ond son of the late Franklin F. (Jury.
M I). Ills father was i surgeon inj
the Confederate .-lutes army during
the War Between the loetloan, was
for several terms a inemher of the
general aaeouibly, was chairman of
?
(tie Slate hoard of health, was prcs
Ident nfl the South Carolin i Medical
a atOOlatlon ami In Masonry was most
o\< client grand high priest. "Qtllck
perceptions, studious habits und a
most genial i ispo.-dtion characterized
In. Clary and made for him many
friends."
F?rbest of the Kn.iwn .\4peiican an
ctatnrg of Judge Clary was John With
erspoon, horn near Olnagow In I?70,
who lied with his family to Irelaml
under the persecutions of the Stuarts
1
.ami theme emigrated in 1714 to thai
Iat <'tout of Mouth Carolina DOW known
as Williatnshiirg county. Withcrspoon
Waa the grandson of Mrs. I,ucy Welch,
heist If a granddaughter of the
doughty Hoottlah preacher and re?
former. John Kiin.v, whose wife was
Lady Margaret Stewart, descendant of
Kohort, Doha of Albany, aaeond son
of Robert It, King of Scotland.
Judge Qary'a mother, who aurvlvoa
tum. atOJI before her marriage Miss
Mary Caroline Uhu khouru, daughter
of I hO late Stephen Ulaokbum of
Newberry county and doaoendant nf
William r.lackhurn, an olliccr of tin
Amern an army w ho died in the bat?
tle of King's .Mountain. She is per
h.|>s the only woman Hvlnn who has
had throe aons on the bench i?t the
same time.
Rmeat Qnry waa for aovoral years
a student at the Cokeshury Confer?
ence achool in hla native village. He
read lag in /fcuguala, In the olllce pi
his Uncle, Ma.i. Win. T. Qnry, and af
1? 1 ward Waa the lnw partner at
Kdgotleld of another mu le. den. Mart,
v. (Jury, until Qen. Qary'a death In
||< then became nasoclated In
the practice of law nt Kdgotlcld with
^f, <5. Kvnns and this lairtnerahlp nn
du red nntu 1 \. hen Mr. I lurj an
1 ma 1] 1 he Im nch.
Meantime Mr Cary bad heefl ?!??
Ilvt t\ In pu'-lle ur,-. ho bei im? 11
no in lie r o( tin gt n< 1 ?! .1 1 mbly 111
.IV*?; was roclocted I" Ihhn und iiwulu
in 1 hjmi mid served In 11m hout ?
j repl ohoiit.it l\? M With ' on-'no.IS l?bH
My; notnhl) ua rhtitrmun of ?h? Judl?
lekiry eoinmittei lit wua die?? county
chairman ?-r I Im 1?. mm* ratk parly In
Kdael ? Id, wua a dek ante '?? at . 1 ral
\ lieiiits rath stit' convent luta und In
1 at i w as n olc< lor nt lurge on llu
I? mo. rutli nation til Ik ket
I "m ju ? oh Hrevanl Korulmw oi
'C nnden h.\hm declined feile?
|ns bulge of 1 hi* Fifth ludlebil 1 ireuit.
I 1 lie t < '? 11 W a 1 ? I? 1 t. a l?\ t h< Joint
laaaembly in tats to succeed him nml
alm e then .?- hut aaveral lernia huvc
u.i' 1 v ? ??? ??? ( " roele? led
IMI'KOV l\<. RO\l>S.
Improvement of Road BotWOCn
Rlaek River and County LI no May
Rrlng Tobacco to Sinnlcr.
ReocntI) Supervisor ruts has had
a force of nun from the chain sang
working on the road from the now
crossing on uiack Itivor to the coun?
ty lino mar Sardinia. This road has
boon much Improved ami is now in
prstty good condition, it is thought
that this work may mean considerable
to Sumter during the summer, as it
may Induce the people from around
Sardinia to bring a part of their
tobacco to Sumter. There is a
great deal of tobacco planted in
this locality ami it is expected that
the Sumter market will be sufii
CJently Strong to warrant the people
Coming hen." to sell. Formerly this to
boooc has all gone to Manning or
< mutts.
Work will also he done on this road
from the new crossing at Black River
toward Sumter before the tobaeeo
season sets In, so that prisons bring?
ing produce will have a good road all
the way to Sumter.
The recent intensely hot weather
j has delayed w ork on the new road
between Black River ami Bhlioh, it
belns so hot down in the cypress bot?
toms, where the gang was employed
that it was thought best to set them
to work somewhere else until the
Weather became cooler, as the heat
was dangerous to the men on the
gang and the animals used with the
gang.
WIN Timor EXAMINATION FRI?
DAY.
Several Scholarships Offered by Or?
ganizations.
Examinations for entrance ami
scholarship! to Winthrop College will
be held Friday at the court house, be?
ginning at '.? o'clock in the morning,
or as soon thereafter as feasible.
While there are no vacant county
scholarships this year, there are a
number of free scholarships for which
students desirous of attending Win?
throp College may compete.
The Winthrop Chapter of Sumter
County has offered a free one year
scholarship to tome girl from the
county; the l\ I>. C, are giving a full
four-year scholarship und a scholar*
ship for one year in the business
COUrsOi The State Federation id*
Women's Clubs are giving two free
scholarships, which will be contested
lor by pupils throughout the State.
This year applicant! will have only
three HUbject! for examination, his?
tory. Bngltsti ami mathematical geo?
graphy being dropped.
On tin- same day as the Winthrop
examinations! examinations will be
held for the College of Charleston.
Examinations for entrance and
scholarships to Clcmson College will
Im: held on the following Friday, July
HMh. There is one vacancy for a full
four-year scholarship from this coun?
ty this year.
Ill OA l/l II KXI'KItTH AT WORK.
Prom The Dally item. July 2.
The party of health experts In
charge of Dr, H. It, farter, senior
surgeon, and of whom Dpi, Robert C.
Derlvaux, I>. M. Mulloy, II. A. Taylor.
M. LoPrince, are members, which ar?
rived in the city yesterday afternoon
on tins morning commenced their
work, Turkey Creek being the initial
Hold, of mosquito eradication and arc
making good progress.
The party was taken over the city
and throughout the outskirts in auto?
mobiles yesterday afternoon ami shown
Condition! here. This prepared them
for the work they had to do and they
were road) to net out this morning.
Madcap Madge.
hollowing, is the cast of charac?
ter! !taglng Madcap Madge at the
Academy of Music, on July 8th, IHM.
The play WU! written by local author,
and local talent will Btugc it. All In?
t? rmlMSioll! Will be pleasingly lilb d by
the best musical talont that Suiutcr
affords, accotupuidcd by tirclie!tra.
Colin utid lot U! entertain you for :i
couple of hours, with fan und rrolic.
l*roccod! will go to swrll the Civic
|.4uiguo llhrur) fund. ('ohm oik-.
come all. Popular price!, Adults,
r*Uc; general udiid?ioii, children
der i - > * ;< i's, l'."a-.
l ull I'ssl,
Hnutuhu Jcnkliii . . M rs. I ?uum I ?obb>
m i. , up m idac. . . . MIsh KrlMtlunson.
Mary Ann. . . Min* lleorgh Mcctham.
I . || v Dcwdrop.. . . M Ihm I 'l ?im I 'hilds.
Furutci licwdrop ..Marlon Hcu brook.
i m 11 i Minlnp . . . Wurroii H, Klshel.
I;, i. 11 RtiMtli unit. . . KclHlcr Maek.
I-1-Ii ni i? \ o(.Art bur i lurby.
Dei i : i Hum ley., . . . . Harold Mel 'oj.
I 'op.
I.sili ycock . . . < leorge IU ? ? hsi in
Hub Ititlihln .. ..Ainlirose Mcolliam.
Hum .-'?d' k? t.II It, Chin.i
I'OHtlllUU.
Real I -1 ?le Tran-Irr?.
\\ |i Wilson t?" Virginia Harb;
i -| hnn . lot nn ' 'hurt h !l?< ot. | s.uwti
i II iU VVIInou und Llsxb Vuiwlw h
W lib '?? ?? lot h.V *""
m:yy i:xrm:ss rates ix effect
< liungcs Rccommcmted by Soiitli Car?
olina Freight Rates Association und
Ordered l?ut Into Effect by Huil
roud Commissioner.
New express rates for Intra-state
Shipment In South Carolina went in
id effect yesterday, July 1, which are
a radical change from the formerly
existing rates. The new rates tend
toward an equal!/ lion of rates and
arc based upon a much simpler classi?
fication that before. The new ratesi
are higher in some cases, remain the
same in some cases and are lower In
other instances. While it would be
Impossible to say just what effect they
will have on the general public upon
whom the company depends for most
of its business, it seems from a cursory
investigation that the new rates will
to a great extent lower the cost of
small sh!| ments, while it will to a
similar extent increase the cost of
larger shipments.
The new rates for intra-state ship?
ments are based upon the inter-state
express rates which were formulated
by the inter-state commerce commis?
sion and put into effect by all express
companies on first of February by
order of the inter-state commerce
commission. The State is divided in?
to blocks and the rates are based on
mileage, according to the block Into
or from which the shipment is made.
There arc comparatively little changes
on the whole, probably, from former
rates. Formely there were live class?
es of shipments, while the new rates
provide for only two classes of ship?
ments.
The putting into effect of the new
rates has kept the express company
employees busier than usual for the
past few days, but It is thought that
ratings will come easier, after the now
rates are absorbed by those who have
to deal with them.
famous corn KAIsfk DEAD.
Hennettsville, July 1.?Zuchariah J
Drake, who has held for a quarter
century the world's record for max
imuin production of corn upon a test
acre, haying harvested from one acre
in INN!? corn to the amount of 85
bushels, died Tuesday night In his
71st year at bis plantation home near
I Make. The funeral and interment
will take place Thursday morning at
the Drake cemetery near Blenheim.
Capt. Drake was u member of one
of the oldest of American families
the lirst of them having come over
from England and settled on the
coast of Virginia. This original sturdy
immigrant, who was an otliet r In the
American army during tho War of the
Revolution, Is said to have been in
direct line of descent from Sir Francis
Drake, England's great admiral.
Details of Capt. Drake's still un?
rivaled feat In corn production is
given In circular 1& Of the State de?
partment of agriculture, commerce
and industries. Commissioner Watson
had been in search of contemporary
data on this record crop, but had
nothing of the sort, except memoran?
da contained in a handbook of the
department and an old copy of the
"Book of Corn," until there was
found In a scrupbook compiled by
the late It. Means Davis of the Uni?
versity of South Carolina an original
clipping of the circumstantial report
printed In 1888 In Tho American Ag?
riculturist. It was under the auspices
of this journal that the contest was
conducted In Which Capt. Drake made
his record. The account covers six
printed pages of law brief size. The
dimensions of the Held and the quan?
tity harvested are cert died t<> by Win
13. Alford, registered civil engineer and
also magistrate; J. C. Campbell, rep?
resentative of The American Agricul?
turist; P. L. Freedom planter of
Marlboro; s. A. Frown, editor of the
Marlbor?? Democrat, and by three
witnesses on behalf of Capt. Drake,
these being O. V. W. Dunn, J. W.
Reynolds and John J Tart.
Manchester, x. II.. July 2.?Three
men wen burned lu death this morn?
ing when a lodging house on Flm
street was destroyed by lire.
illi i;i is NOTlMNt; i.lki:
liming your wheel well looked nf
ler. We Know all about wheels and
gelling them in good shape; we Im VC
ample fact little* and ask only fair
prior, for doing HrM rla*i work.
H. L. TISDALE,
49 S Mil in St. Phone 482
PLAY GROUND FOR CHILDREN.
Apparatus Ordered and (.rounds Will
He in Readiness Sometime Daring
Month.
The apparatus for the playground,
which the Civic League is prepar?
ing on the lot on the corner of Main
and B?rtlettt streets, which was of?
fered to the Civic league for this
purpose by the trustees of the China
estate, has been ordered end is ex?
pected here sometime during the
month, when it will he installed and
It is thought that the children'! play?
ground will be in readiness for them I
by the middle or latter part of the
month. The lot has been built Up and
levelled off by the city force under the
direction of the Civic League and will
be a great boon for the smaller chil?
dren, who have long needed just
such a place in which to take ex?
ercise and fresh air.
A JUST PARDON.
Alabama Convict Twenty Years for
Stealing Fifty Cents.
Mobile, July L\?Frank Williams,
a Hale county convict was paroled to?
day by the Governor after serving
twenty of a fifty year sentence for
stealing fifty cents. His health is
broken.
New York Couon Market
New York. July 2.
Opening
July.12.( 5
Oct.1 2.4 5
Dec.12.(4
Chicago Product* Kxchnnge.
Chicago, July 2.
Opening
Corn.C5 1-8
Ribs?July . . .11.1,7
Ribs?Sept. . .11.?2
Close.
12.58
12.28
12.39
Close,
65 1-2
11.70
11.70
A license to marry has been grant?
ed to John [. Johnsen of Asheville and
Clara odom of Sumter, colored par?
ties.
Coroner D. W. Owens this morning
signed his bond and sent it to the
Secretary of State. His commission
goes into effect as soon as this bond
is approved.
I
Geo H. Hurst.
Undertaker taj EaSSMt.
Prompt At* *-tion to Day or
Mfot?l Calls:
AT J. D. Cralfl Sgl Stand. N. Main
Phones N?gh6t2oi
W? Uwk R*?kk.*pUr, A.nklnr. Hhorlh.nil. Txprwrii? PeMMSfcl?. Aritkartle ?jwl ? ??la?*. Latter WrlMa?.
Our eonrpc? are thorough' and our Collen? la the most highly recommend*^ Our graduate* an
always preferred because of the thorough training they receive here. - ^r~r -
"?????.r "THE SOUTH'S BEST'-' V^SRi^
s
Time snows all
the one way to
independence*
a Bank
Account.*
i ?
19i \' t
?
H July 4th?Independence day marks our
Nation's fight for liberty, and should re?
mind all to strive for individual indepen?
dence by starting a bank account.
If Without effort there is little chance
for accomplishment and none for oppor?
tunity. If you earn money, it is a duty to
save part of it and we are ready to aid
those who have the desire to become inde?
pendent. Start with $1.
4 Per Gent Interest Paid on Savings.
THE
BANK OF SUMTER
ESTABLISHED 1889
"Waste Not-Want Not"
YOU are wasting energy in trying to carry
financial details in your mind. It's the
want of good banking service which
forces such procccdure. The check Account
system of this bank promotes economy, in?
creases business prestige, and supplies the
wants of many business men.
The First National Bank
OF SUMTER
1905 1914
The Bank of South Carolina
SUCCESSOR. TO
THE FARMERS' BANK ? TRUST CO.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $350,000.00. I
Our ability increases each year. In every depart?
ment of banking wc arc prepared to make good.
C. G. Rowland, Prest G. L. Warren, Cashier ,