The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 30, 1914, Image 4
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etf ta lilt and the Trao Boathron In
INi Tbo Watchman and Boathron
aaw has tha oomblnod oiroolatlon and
ha to arm a of both of tha old pap era,
tad hi manifestly tha boat advertising
snails aa la Bnaator.
Btaanping Oat a Droad Disease.
Dr. F. Aabury Coward, of the Statt?
board of health, announces that moat
aatlafactory rsaulta have been obtain?
ed from the uae of the antl-typhold
vaccin? In this Bute. During the past
year the laboratory department of
the board prepared more than 40,000
doaee of the prophy .actlc, of which
19,111 were malted to physicians, ac?
cording to the annual report of the
department. This number is early
double that sent out during the pre?
vious > ear and la more than has been
sent out in all previous years put to?
gether
Aa investigation was undertaken to
ascertain the actual results by means
of sending out return question cards
to 835 persona or Inatltlutlona uaing
the bacterin since its free distribution
was begun. Replies were received
from 2>7, of whom 61 reported 96
eases of typhoid developing after at?
tempted Immunisation, and 4,660
cases among the uninoculated.
"Our typhoid bacteria as prepared
and distributed for the past three
years is safe and has produced no
serious 111 effect so far as we have
been able to determine by exhaustive
Inquiry," aaya Dr. Coward.
"There ia nothing In our results to
dlcats danger from the so-called
egatlve phase.' since practically all
our Inoculations have been begun
?ring community or natitutlonal
?-ridemlcs. or In tht " ea of per?
ns already ah lift old fever.
There has been p rer* reflores
?nee or latent tu ;? . (allowing
oculatlons with to.
The apparent In com
. .tad with the brill. . . s n the
t ilted 8 tat es army t ? from
e facts tliat there b ind
1 of personal and g* ni?
ton, that the bacteri a Bs>
tcrlminately before. nd
er typhoid infecth tat
3Se InoouUted inclu xea
d all ages.
"This work P per noat
nerally . opular of t \ 1 lab
it ory is doing." wr ward
his r?port. "Thoa i who
plied to our quest' nanl
ius In wishing a e of
is service. Theli were
ten laudatory In tl Many
It that antl-typh lattons
ould be compulsoi stated
us a fact that it hi ed or
ollshed typhoid in llties.
\e severeet crltlcisi was
? rn a physician wl t the
%te should repay hi hlch
. i could no longer for
- sating typhold fsver!
A tabulated statemei 'hat
.990 persons received ore
i see of bacterin. of wl re
.ved. tho complete ?i
atmsnt of three dones .t
? number only 30 ca? s
rted as occurring ten ? g
'*.er the full treatment f
i ess cases were said to
artanburg Herald.
Liberty Expert.
John Doe will have to pic
to the steel cage and then
comblnatlona through nevei
Yale specials before ho wa
from the county Jail again, a
' Davla Doe. who waa last
tptursd after dodging the
sheriff for some time, snya It
not mads that will hold him
haa told vlaltora to the jail
will escape again.?Seneca Fa
Factory.
Ilelginn It. lief Pjinri.
Prevloualy acknowledged . . .
Bethel school, through S. A.
Harvln.
Ingram school, through H. A.
Harvln.
T. B. DuDoae. Jr.
Mrs. T. B. Du Hose. Jr.
R. A. Burgees.
I I
Woman Burned tc Deal I
Jonsaboro. Tenn.. Dec. 2H.?Mrs. 8.
J. Kirkpatrlck wus burned to death
early todny when her night clothes
Ignited from an open grate.
WOMAN'S BELIEF IN FRANK.
IA Letter Sent to Rim to Show South
era Womanhood's Attitude in Case.
New York Times.
The Times has received a copy of
following letter written by Mrs. Pattie
Stone of Farill. Ala., to Leo. M. Frank
who is under sentence of death at At?
lanta, Ga., for the murder of Mary
Phagan. The letter was written, Mrs.
."tone says, so that the belief of South?
ern women that Frank is the victim
of "a lie born of alcohol" in the testi?
mony of the negro, Conley, might be
known. Here is her letter:
Farill, Ala., Dec. 12, 1914.
Mr. Leo Frank, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir: The hearts of the women
of the South who have made a per?
sonal and a prayerful study of
your case are broken over the way
the Georgia court has treated you. I
have done what I could to make the
unknowing see the light of truth and
Justice, but I And the ones against
you are hypnotized with the tale of
that debauched and drunken negro?
so much so that they have never
studied the case from a human-nature
standpoint.
From the abundance of the heart,
the mouth epeakoth. Every word
from your lips stands a challenge to
ev try word from the lips of the negro.
Your beautiful rhetoric stands out in
contrast to the rum-besotted notes of
tho negro. The ^ Fountain cannot
send forth both bitter and sweet It
was as impossible for you to drop to
the state of the negro, as it was im?
possible for the negro to have risen
to your position.
I live in the country, and I read the
newspapers closely, and I studied your
case as I did the Dryfus case, and I
saw that you had even more to con?
tend with than Dryfus did, for I
felt that the lie of the negro had
burned Itself into the m'nd of the
mob, and that there was no man
there to fire into the mob. And
yet, I have never felt the super?
iority of man as I have felt it
since your martydrom. Just to think
we can snake ourselves a part that
the mob cannot touch! How surely
and truly the Christian heart has felt
this since your imprisonment. I hope
to God that your people will not get
the Christian mixed up with the
Georgia court.
If the worst comes to the worst in
our lives, our souls are ours to rise
triumphant. I feel that from your
prison cell will go a light into dark
places hat will rouse sleeping souls
into horror that the word of a drunk?
en negro stood for more than th<
truth of sober people, and that thi:
will work against alcohol and agains
ignorance, prejudice and ungovern
able passion.
Your God and my God is the sam
though you in your way know Hir
and I in my way know Him; and I
in His way knows us all; and as I.
children, we will all, in the end,
saved from the powers 01 **VL "
Is enough, though it is hard t
reconciled to pain and misery.
If there is aught that I ca*
will be so glad to know it. I *
preachers would set a spe
for us all to pray that the
truth will be revealed to yo
before it is too late, so
world goes. I fear that
that is left to us; but tl a
to know. The good oe
South know you as t -> a
lie that was born of
Yours in deepe
(Mrs ne.
In a postscript ? let?
ter be made public ? Mrs.
Stone adds:
"For I want the i that
there is a multituo in the
South as much o > e great
and cruel injustlc >u, by a
hypnotized mob, h is.
LAWYERS VI ? -"RANK.
Concerted Actio "To Pre?
vent MLscf istloe."
Chicago, De< dnent law?
yers of Chlcag ha *ed a move?
ment to save :o M. Frank
mder senter for murdor
t Atlanta. been sent to
lembers f xternity by At
rney L icr, reading in
rt:
' in I orous efforts have
en -in for this man a
e' dement and a new
i "Kai proceedings arc
ated, with littlo pros
essful determination,
oelief that some concert
hould be taken to devise
hod whereby this unfor
.an's life may be spared and
?ut a great miscarriage of Jus
For this reason you are invited
?In us In our efforts in behalf of
talented and, as we believe, much
iged man."?Special to N. V.
?s.
parts of the west where trees are
re, sage brush Is used for fuel, In
da the large main stems are trlni
Mmt by Indians ut $:i.0u a cord and
?b Uvcn d to the user at about $?>.:?>).
Sago brush burns rapidly ami Is rath?
er dirty, but produces good heat.
THE OUTLOOK FOB PROHIBITION
With United Force? It Was Never
More Promising tlinn at l*r?scnt.
Prohibitionists of Sumter County.
Never before has the outlook for
prohibition been so promising. In
every county of tho State there are
men at work, circulating the petitions
for tho referendum. Four counties
have already called for additional
blanks, these being Laurens, Darling?
ton, Marlboro, and Clarendon.
That prohibtion can prohibit, and
will prohibit when we have laithful
men in office, is proved by the example
of Russia, and the experience of
Kansas. This great corrective meas?
ure was imposed upon the people by
the Czar, and the benefits have been
so apparent that we may expect it to
continue in force permanently (In
The Outlook of December 16, ie a fine
study of prohibition, which I very
earnestly commend to your consider?
ation.)
Our temperance forces are united in
the demand for prohibition. We fa?
vor the petition for a referendum be?
cause the leg.slature will be much
more ready to grant a referendum,
thereby submitting the question to the
people, than to enact a law outright,
without a clearly expressed demand
by the people; furthermore, a cam?
paign for prohibition will be not only
educative, but will evoke a compell?
ing sentiment for prohibition which
will tend powerfully toward the en?
forcement of the law.
This is our time, and we muat not
leave any step untaken which will
contribute to a happy issue.
We are opposing a business cleeply
entrenched and heavily armed. For
our success we must have the unstint?
ed cooperation of all who favor pro?
hibition.
lours very sincerely.
J. K. Breedin,
Secretary.
BABE BURNS TO DEATH.
Little Martha Singleton Loses Her
Lifo at Kingstrcc.
King8tree, Dec. 26.?Martha, the
2 1-2 year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles H. Singleton, was burn?
ed to death Thursday afternoon At
about 3.30 o'clock in the afternoon
the child was discovered to be on fire.
. . u?,ir earlier she, with other
had been enjoying herself
. sparklers and it is thought
lothing caught in this man
H< clothing was almose entirely
The little victim could not
. ? e pain and shock and died
Thursday night. Mr. Sin
. ently moved his family here
tucker and is well known in
.1 and other sections of
h earolina where he has for
rs been a building contractor.
I IOIDE AT GREENWOOD.
. ? . 1 ighcs Shot to Death; Ed Bealo
Accused,
enwood, Dec. 26.?Will Hughes,
j, ah.J 35, was shot and Instant*
dlled yesterday. E. Beale, white,
accused of the shooting. The two
ere sitting around a stove in Joe
daxwell's meat market. Both men
were said to have been < iking.
Beale claims the shooting wa* entire?
ly accidental. There was no testi?
mony at the Inquest to indicate any
previous quarrel or any malice to?
wards Hughes. Hughes leaves two
sisters in this county. His father is
an inmate of the Old Soldiers' Home
in Columbia.
FIVE ASPHYXIATED.
Whole Family Wiped out When Tene?
ment Was Burned.
New York, Dec. 24.?Frank, Charles
and Harry Corso and theic motner
and Grace Amedale were asphyxiated
early this morning when their tene?
ment on West Forty-ninth Street
was burned. There were twenty ft m
ilies in the five-story building, the fa?
talities occurring on the top floor.
There wero many narrow escapes.
SHIP CLEARED FOR ACTION,
North Carolina Tlircatcncd Beirut
When Foreigners Wore Attacked.
New York, Dec. 28.?It was learn?
ed today that the American cruiser
North Carolina had cleared for actum
and prepared to shell the Turb sh
towns of Beirut in Novembe., when
attacks were threatened on foreigners.
After threo days the crisis passed
without trouble.
COTTON intai IN RUSSIA.
Washington, Dec. 2S.?American
Consul Bnodgrass at Moscow reports
cotton to he abnormally high in
Russia, which supplies only *'?0 per
cent, of the raw cotton used in Rus?
sian factories. He urges American
exporters to srrangs for shipping cot?
ton there.
River Floods Chattanooga.
Chattanooga( Dec. il,?The suburbs
of the elty were Inundated by
Tennessee river today, No loss ot
Is repotted.
A Pl?n to Santa Claus.
Oh Santa Clans, Dear Santa Claus,
Upon thy way a moment pause
And view the need of them that lie
Prostrate beneath the Iron Heel
Or warriors grim, whose potency
Rest not on love, but warring steel.
Look o'er the dark ensanguined scene,
Where happy homesteads once have
been,
But whither now the carrion bird
Hath winged her way for human food
To find in shambles red interred
The wreckage of man's brotherhood.
For all the little ones that weep,
Where once they sang, dear Saint, oh
keep
Thy heart wide open as of yore,
.And mid the din of war's alarms
Bid them to weep and fear no more
As in a loving father's arms.
And in the hearts of all mankind
May the glad dawn of Christmas find
A gift from thee of such good will,
So vast, so pure, of such true worth,
That Love and Brotherhood shall fill
To overflowing all the earth."
Tax Return Notice.
I will attend in person or by deputy
at the following places and on the
dates given for the purpose of receiv?
ing tax returns, on all personal prop?
erty, rond, polls and dogs:
Tindals, Jan. 5.
Privateer, Jan. 6.
Levi Siding, Jan. 7.
Wedgefleld, Jan. 8.
Claremont, Jan. 11.
Hagood, Tan. 12.
Rembert, Jan. 13.
Dalzell, Jan. 14.
Brogdon, Jan. 15.
Oswego, Jan. 18.
Mayesville, Jan. 19.
Pleasant Grove, Jan. 20.
Shiloh. Jan. 21.
Norwood Cross Roads, Jan. 22.
R. E. WILDER,
County Auditor.
Notice Teachers' Examination.
There will be an extra teachers' ex?
amination for Sumter county, January
15th. This examination will bo held
in the Court House, beginning at 9
o'clock. The Questions will be based
on the text-books prescribed by the
State Board of Education, for the ru?
ral schojls of the State.
J. H. HAYNSWORTH,
County Superintendent of Education.
A Quick
Seledtion
of a suitable gift can easily be
made if you come direct to this
Storp. In our mammoth holiday
stock of Jewelry* silverware, etc.,
there's a pleasing gift for every?
one. Shop early?Shop here.
W. A. Thompson,
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN.
"8. A II." Stamps Give*..
Geo H. Hurst?
Undertaker and Embalmer.
Pr ,npt Attention to Day or
Night Calls:
AT J. D. Cralg Cid Stand, N. Main
Phones S?kttoi
J. Sumter Moore?
COTTON
L0N6 STAPLE EXCLUSIVELY.
1218 Washington St. Phone 585
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Send samples from both sides of
halo and I will name you boat price
for cotton lauded in Columbia.
' Vulcanizing
Our Tiro Repair Service embodies
Everything from a simple puncture to
perfectly remedying the most serious
cut or blowout in casing or tube.
A-l equipment plus A? materials
with exacting, expert care in every de?
tail insure you Promptness, Service
and Satisfaction.
Here you will find a Tire Repair
I Plant equipped With every Modern
Vulcanising apparatus.
mbia Vulcanizing Works
sidy St- Phone 1711
ATLANTIC COAST PLANT CO.,
Wholesale Cabbage, Beets and Lettuce Plants
MAINE GROWN SEED POTATOES. IR St COBBLERS. HOULTON ROSE VARIETIES A SPECIALTY
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V rfingg Inland, 9. C? Nov. 23. IfU,
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Parents, do you reali/c that tlio aWMCaa of your children v-ill
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When as a Christmas gift for your son or daughter, you start
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System of the Unit
THE soundness and ability of the ban
THE MEN behind that bank are investigated neiore ine uuiied
States Government will allow a hank to become a member of
the Federal Reserve System. Once a member of the Federal ReserTe
Svstem a bank is one of the VAST ARMY of responsible banks which
STAND TOGETHER for each other's protection; and the U. S. Gov?
ernment at Washington, i). C, through its representatives on each
Federal Reserve Bank Board supervises and assists all member banks
Your monev is absolutely safe in our bank and YOU CAN GET IT
WHEN YOU WANT IT.
The First National Bank
OF SUMTER.
Capital, Surplus and Profits Nearly . - $230,000.00
ffn?tnm?tn?i??imiinmmim?numnin?miw
Opens Monday, Dec. 21
Christmas Savings
OF
The Bank of Sumter
?In 1914 we had 999 members.
?We paid out $17.499.68.
?We want more members and
increased savings for 1915.
The War and Hard Times
is no excuse for not joining our club, it
Is a Reason For Saving!
?Those nickles and dimes will be needed next
year. This club is an excellent plan to make
you save. Come in and join with the other
hundreds who will not be in want next year.
The Bank of Sumter