The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 03, 1915, Image 2
at (be Postoflkw At ffcunter, b.
< .. as Second CUm Matter.
I'HtMiN \i, MENTION.
Milte? Appell, of Manning, spent
Friday In town
Mies Mollle Ellerbo. of Rembe.t.
was In the city on Friday.
Mr. W. P. Raskin, of Hose Hill,
wag e visitor In the city Friday. Mr
Pnakin brought in with him a sped il
variety of long stsple cotton grown
himself si seventeen hales nt
something over IX cents.
Miss Adelle Bowman Is spending
the week-end at home
Mr A K Sanders. of Hagood.
spent Saturday In the city.
Messrs. 8. R. ( handler and Samuel
Sanders have gone to northern mar?
kets to purchase spring and summer
?fork fet O'Donnell * Co.
Relatives and friends rejoiced Fri?
day over Mrs. Oeo. Tweed's return to
Humttr.
Thursday Mr?. (luv Nelson returned
te Ptateburg from a week's visit to
her old home in Clarendon county to
nurse snd cheer her brother whom
she left convalescent.
Miss Ruth Harrington snd Miss K.
Ptehens. formerly teachers In Wedgc
fteM, 8. C spent the week-end
nith Mrs. Russell Ramsey. Miss
Harrington neat teaches In Sumtcr and
Miss Pickens In Rennettsvills.
Mlis l Singleton of Wedge
ficld, waa In town three days this
week on business and was the guest
of Miss Ingram at 'The Clarendon."
Misses Mae Jacobs and Adelside
Allston. who hsve been north to the
northern markets have returned to the
city.
Oov R. I. Manning spent the week?
end at home in the city.
Mrs. W. M. Utch snd daughter.
Mine Eunice, of Eastman. Oa.. are
Ttstttng Mrs. Utch's Bieters. Meedatnes
White and ScotI on South Harvln St.
Misses Naomle Meldenden and Her?
tha Parker, after spending a few days
with Mrs. E J. Wochner on North
Church street, returning from the 13.
T. P. U. convention In Darlington,
?eft for their home in Columbia this
seeming.
Mr. anC Mrs at C. Lord, of Dar
tLggtoa. former regs^ettes of ftumter.
*wers visitors In the city on Monday.
pete*
**Mrs. Marens H, Brown widow of the
late Eugene L Brown, formerly of
this city, ded February l*th. at her
hems In Bufauln. Ala.
t iitertslned for Mr? Bennett.
Numbered In the series of parties
for Mrs. Herbert Bennet during her
visit to h?r etaer. Mrs. Watson, win
ons which Mrs. Watson gave in her
honor Wednesday afternoon at her
hom* on Ulanding street. Playing
the gams of bridge were: Mrs. Ben?
nett. Mrs. Edgar Means Thorn
sirs. Augustus M. Meetse. Mrs. John
A. Willis. Mrs. Walter H Jones. Mrs
Alanander Wright I'olltn. Mrs. i.u
ther McKsy Hawkins. Mrs. James A.
Hoyt. Mrs. Frank D. McNulty. Mrs.
?I? 8. Woodburn. Mrs. W. Ernest Augh
tr\. Mrs. Edipund H Norcum and Mr*.
Charles Csrrington Stanley.
The guest souvenir and the prize
svf.ro both imlrs of white kid gloves.
Mrs. Bollin winning the pair for
score. R was a daffodil party, the
r< - ni.H being decorated with a profu?
sion of the sunny floyers and each t?
ble being marked with a great sheaf
of them, which was cut for by each
group of players as the cousolati >u
after refreshments had been served.
Mrs. Aughtry. Mrs. Frank McNulty
end Mrs. Meetse curled ?ft the three
golden sheaves of Mowers.?Columbia
Stats.
I.ynohburg Social Affairs.
?>n laat Saturday afternoon Mrs.
MoCall gave a "violet tea'' In h
of bsr guests. Miss Mclntyre of Flor
eaca snd Miss Harvey After an en
>>ysh|? hour spent at rook, the guests
wars asked to enter a guessing en
test At this Miss Emmie Clark waa
the prise, a hag of candv decorated
with violets, while the connotation,
s pises of embroidery, was awarded
to Miss Linne? Critcher. Salad nno
ssndwiches were served, followed by
caks and hoi r mrolate.
IlMiik I Xnqulttnf.
Savannah. Feb. 27.?firming TtgsV
l*y was acquitted in the federal court
today of the rhurgt" of gssMpg+lylng
Itt.OOO of the funds of the Mer
rhanta' National bank v hil he was
s director.
Mr J. II Miller, of VY J. Itnd?) A
Co Rock Hill. S. c . manav?rg of the
Equitable Life of \ ??? \ Y<-r.? for South
Cirohna and vc' rn Nord Carolina
is in the rii\ porftetlse ihe detalfc
In conneeinm with th? opt ml log of
*A st88JM Punhnse Fb?n v.beh has
I ro sppr??\.i tint ersU as spore ted In
lie ? Nj vf Suinl* I .
HAS SPECIAL LONG STAPLE.
W IV Haskiu Tells <?f Ills Method of
?Hocting Ills Seed anil Keeping up
s nndanl.
Mr, w P, Deakln or the Root iini
seeth.n of Lee county was a VlMtOff lO
the city on Friday, he having come tu
mak< of 17 hales of long staple
cotton, a \ailety which was originated
and SOU lopOd by himself and which
Ihm boon proved by the United states
?apeilmeni etntloni In Ulla nate to
t?e as good, if not bettOf than any oth?
er breed of Ions staple now grown In
this Unto, The Baekln need and cot
ten ha.-, been proved to be able t<?
boM it-'; pinee In competition with nol
only long, hut short staple as well.
Mr. Itaskin. as Is well known, is an up
to 'I ite farmer and one v. ho hftl made
i eooceei or farming
Mr. Pnskln in talking of his cotton,
which was sold for something over
13 cents, and was not of his best
long staple grade at that, when or?
dnen short staple cotton was bring?
ing 7 6-8 on the local market, said
that he 4M not try for yield. This
did not count at all in hi? crop. He
counts on profit and he has made this
every year he has planted his cotton.
For the past thi?e or four years Mr.
Haskin has grown the Haskin long
staple exclusively, although he gfjs.
gfOWR the cotton much longer than
that.
In seelcting his seed Mr. IJaskin
state ! that he did not follow the gov?
ernment directions. Every two years
he plants a three-acre seed plot. In
this patch he picks out the best bolls
of the best stalks, having especlul
reference to the length of fibre, which
must be one and a quarter inches in
length at least, to go with his seed
cotton. In this way he gets new seed
every two years instead of every three
or four years, as he would have by
following the government directions.
In ginning Mr. Baskin is extremoly
careful not to get his seed mixed.
First he cleans out the gin and all of
the seed boxes. Ho then gins cotton
from his field, several bales, when he
again cleans out the seed boxes, lie
then run*. In his special variety of seed
cotton and catches the seed as they
come from the gin, thus insuring their
purity and quality. In this way he
has been able to develop his variety
of cotton to a high standard and one
of the best varieties now planted in
this section of the State.
lk>> sw-out Luncheon.
From the Dally Item. Fcb jh.
Vesterd?, altcrnocn at the V. :i. Ci
A. the Boy Scouts of the City llne?' up
thirty-six strong to elect officers and
to divide the troop Into patrols. Af?
ter having a picture taken and the
"eats" had vanished new members
were received into the organization.
Everyone reported a flne time. Tho^
following boys now form the Sumter
troop
Patrol No. 1.
Aubreth Prndham. Leader,
Julius Pltte,
George Wilson.
Johnnie Sandel.
Stanley Welnburg.
DyOff Barnum.
Hazel Witherspoon.
Patrol Xo. 2.
John Blnnding. Leader,
Henry Edmunds,
lt. K. China.
Albert Phelps.
Charley McGrew,
Clinton McGrew,
James Blandlng,
Putrol No. .1.
LMaud Edmunds, Leader,
Alston Brown, Jr.,
Charles Show,
Uniey Sholar.
Hughson Green.
Edward Booth.
Willie Huff.
Patrol No. t.
Hat"bl DcLorme. Leader.
John I'rimTM.
Austin Beck.
Ambrose Beetham.
Harr] Don bow,
?helton Reynolds,
AP i Tteoale,
Marlon llur:?t. Substitute Leader.
stfOSUOS TO CLOSE EARLY.
i SSShSJ Merchant* Adopt (? O clock
Hole Iflsjff March I.
Manning, Feb. lt.?-All or the more
Important mereantlle houses in Man?
ning have signed an agreement to
( P?se their respective place* of bust*
it i p re every das eseept Satur?
days from March i lo September i
Thli will give the merchants and
talesmen ample opportunity to put in
tome profitable work. In their reepec?
live fumtlv gardens. It has been SUg?
te i thai tie ' organise themeelves
Into i parties elnb ami put op prises
for the moot eoeoeeeful gardens en I
the greatest variety of vegetables,
< hooper Bread Noon,
Chicago Pea 17.?The price ?1
bread Is Chicago ami other rltles ?'lll
shortly retnm In ?*? cents n loaf as lln
reeoH ol I he government Invenllgatlon.
Other foodstnrYs are sine gettlni
ki 'per.
COL, DXHGAN ON EDUCATION.
Thinks Sumter County Should Have
Ad similar to t hat Passed tor Rh h
laiul County.
Editor Watchman and Southron.
1 have puit ?Iiis moment finished
reading In tin- statt' newspaper of yes
terday S Nummary account ol the
Rlehland OOUnty .school act. enacted
, by tl ? legislature, now adjourned,
ami approved by the governor. And
1 am Impelled to enter at once into
work, through the newspaper and
! ' around home," to try to have a sim?
ilar act pamsd next winter for the
betterment <t educational matters In
skmter i ounty.
My proposition In I ml meetings be
held, without dein . I i every school
district in the county, to start off a
campaign for this object. And I now
invite ull the people interested in the
'white school of district No. 11. to
meet ;t the General Sumter School
house on Friday afternoon at 3
o'clock. March 12th. to hear this n<A
read and discussed and to Institute
systematic work to carry a petition
from Sumter county to the meeting of
the legislature next winter, asking
i that something similar to that whloh
has been done for Rlehland county he
done for Sumter.
1 hope many men and women will
attend the meeting at the school
house named, to be held on the 12til
?lay of Murch at o o'clock p. m. And
1 trust. Mr. Editor, the good cause, as
It ?eems to be to some of us, will com?
mend your confidence and able assist?
ance in its prosecution.
(Signed) John J. Dargan.
Death of II. I In sell Brand.
From the Daily Item, Feb. 27.
Mr. H. Hasell Brand died this morn?
ing at 11.25 at the residence of hrs
mother, Mrs. S. a. Brand, 2 South
Harvln street, in the fortieth year of
his age, after an illness ol* several
weeks.
The funeral will be held from his
mother's residence tomorrow, Sunday,
afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment at
the city cemetery.
Mr. Brand was a Sumter boy and
will he pleasantly remembered by
many of his friends here. He leaves
a wife and one child. Mrs. Brand was
before her marriage Miss Carrie Lee
Clifford of Grovetown. Ga. He is al?
so survived by his mother, Mrs. s. a.
Brard, and four brothers. Messn?. R
a. Brand, Wilmington. N. C.: W.-ir.
Biand AugUStOi Go?i J. n. Brand,
Jacksonville. Fla., and C. M. Bra ml.
Sumte: , and four slaters. Mrs. Kosu D.
Duffle. Sumter. Mrs. John a. McMur?
ray, York county; Mrs. C. W. Hewitt
and Mrs. Sam Garner, Darlington, S.
C.
The deceased has been connected
With the Atlantic Coast Line railroad
for many years. Up to recently he
resided at Ocalla, Fla.
Chamber of Commerce Notes.
Sumter must positively have that
wheat grinding mill, and a plant for
grinding the coming big crop of corn
into meal, and into feed stuffs for
hogs, chickens, cattle, ete.
With thousands of hogs and chick?
ens raised In the country districts,
and a city with hundreds of profit ible
vegetable garden i, and thousands of
rhu kens, with the farmin? districts
harvesting big crops oi tobacco, corn,
wheat, oats, and thousands of tons of
vegetables, It begins to look like a re?
turn of permanent prosperity to Sum?
ter county this spring and summer,
and it looks like there will be "some
money" in circulation this summer to
spend with Sumler's merchants.
With the eradication of the cattle
tick and the releasing of Sum;er
county from the quarantined '/one.
live stock raising has had a fresh
start, and wherever in agricultural
section raises plenty of live stock there
you find the prosperous farming sec?
tions.
Live stock and poultry go hand In
hand with profitable farming. "Uc
erbody Is getting ready to live at
home" said a business man yostcrd ty.
That's the kind of talk And "spend
Sumter money in Sumter" matches up
well with the "live at home" slogan.
TALKS WITH ANGELES,
Wilson's Representative sees \ Ma Go.i
era I.
Washington, Feb. II.?Duval West,
personal representative of President
Wilson conferred at Monterey yester?
day with Qen. Felipe Angeles, one of
don. villa's chief lieutenants. It was
the first ol i series of conferences \|r
West has undertaken to obtain f<>r the
preeldent definite Information about
ondltlons In Mexico.
Mr. West was accompanied to Mon?
terey by Qeorge C, Ca rothers, who
has now gone with him to Aguasca
ii? ntes to visit G.-n. Villa
Trade ComiuJM?ioii Continuation,
Washington. Feb. 21 The subcom?
mittee ol the senate toduy reported fa
voi.ii.iv on th< appointment of Davis,
Hurley, Harris i < loot riu I und Parrj
* mem Ix rs ol the f? Ueml trade com
mission. Ruble* l New Hampshire!
, o held i'p M furthei uousldvratlou
J. Ii. M'LA I'll IN TO SPEAK.
state Warehouse Commissioner to
Make Address i<> Fanners' Union on
Friday at 11.3(1 A. M.
The regular meeting of Ihe Bumter
County Fanners 'Union will be held
, Friday of this week at the court house
beginning promptly at 11.30 A. M.
ah locals are requested to send a full
delegation and all members and farm
[ors are cordially invited to attend this
meeting end hear an address that
will be delivered by our State ware
house commissioner at 12 o'clock on
the subject Some of the Benefits that
May be Derived fror, the Cotton
Warehouse Law." Our commission?
er, Hon. John L. MeLaurin, is not only
.informed on the workings of this law
j but he knows all about the financia.
laws relating to the farmers and the
day will be well spent to come out
and *learn all you* can from this ad
dress. Mr. McLaurin's address will
be open to the public.
J. Frank Williams.
President Sumter County Farmers'
Union.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE VISITS TOWN
Mayesvillo Guard J louse and Stables
of J. B. Goldman Destroyed?Ne?
gro Prisoner Burned.
Mayesvflle, March 1.?Mayesvillo
was visited by another destructive and
what might have been a very serious
tire about 1 o'clock this morning. The
town guard house or jail, a substan?
tial frame building, was completely
destroyed .the lire starting in one el
the cells in which a negro prisoner
had been placed on Saturday night
for stealing a ride on the train. There
is no doubt but that this negro set the
fire. He is pretty badly burned and
is in a serious condition this morn?
ing. He is a strange negro in this
community from all accounts. The
town carried $500 insurance on the
jail. Probably a modern, brick build?
ing will be built at an early date.
From the jail the flames spread to
the stables of J. 13. Goldman which
were destroyed! All of his feed was
saved but the stock was gotten out.
Next the blacksmith shop of F. J.
Price was destroyed but he saved
nearly all of his tools .although los?
ing quite a lot of material. The shop
was the property of Mrs. S. L. Mayes
and was not insured.
I Had it not been for the little wind
'ivlA^ing and lh? fa^ct thu: there were
,io -buildings near the jail in the 0i
r eti.-n of the sparks, the fire might
na?e been a much more geriffllH one.
This is the ?hfrd destructive lire in
Mayesvillo since January 22, besides
I a number of small blazes.
Death at Mayesvillo.
Mayesvillo, March 1.?Miss Hen?
rietta McLeod died .on Saturday at
the home of her brother, Henry Mc
Lcod. where she had made her home
for many years. She was the daugh?
ter of the late McWhorter and
Amarintha McLeod. the former set?
tling near here from Connecticut soon
After the War Between the States.
The deceased was about 70 years of
age. She leaves two brothers, Ker
shaw and George McLeod. The fun?
eral services were held on Sunday af?
ternoon at the Methodist church here,
the Rev, J. T. Inabinet, the pastor.
otHciating. Interment was made in
the Mayesvillo cemetery.
In The Police Court.
The following cases have been
tried in the police court by the re?
corder:
Sam Jackson, disorderly conduct,
paid a line of $10.
Alex Wilson, vagrancy and breach
of trust, plead guilty to the second
[charge and was given a sentence of
$30 or :50 days, the second charge be?
ing left open.
Willie McCutchen, selling whiskey,
> $7 ". or 30 days.
Willie Jackson. Howard Riles and
! Wash BenbOW, riding sidewalk on
bicycle, $ 2 each.
Left rand Ihokson, exceeding speed
limit in automobile. $10 fine paid,
i Horace Scales, riding sidewalk at
night without a light, tC or 1" days.
Willie Johnson, storing whiskey, $tc
or "0 df.ys, the remainder of the tine
b? ing suspended on payment of $50.
i>av" Kennedy and Isaac Young,
'disorderly conduct sl*? or -o days
each.
Lam be r I Ford and Dave Burrows,
disorderly conduct, and cursing a*- t>>
Lambert Ford, $10 or -<> days ror
Ford and or 10 days for Burrowa,
Geo H. Hurst,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
f'rompl Attention to eay or
Night Calla
AT J. 0. Craig Cid Stand. N. ??ln
Phones n&mzoi
FORD AUTOMOBILE STOLEN.
L. D. Jenning s Car Taken from in
Front of Methodist Church.
Automobile thieves were abroad
Sunday night, for whan Mr. L* D. Jen?
nings tame out of Trinity Methodist
Church, after attending the evening
services, he found his car gone and up
to the present time neither he nor the
police have been able to tind any
traces of the car or any information
as to who was the party or were the
parties who took the car off. The ma?
chine is a new Ford touring car.
which Mayor Jennings has had for
about one week.
At first it was thought that those
who had taken the cor were simply
gone for a joy ride end would return
the machine later in the evening.
this proved not to be the case, for
watch was kept at the church and at
Mr. Jennings' residence for the re?
mainder ot the night, but the car fail?
ed to turn up. Communication has
been had with all neigl ring points,
but no information has been obtain?
ed, the only piece of information
which might prove of value is that
last night a Ford car passed through
VVedgetleld going south.
Mr. Jennings this morning announc?
ed that he would give a reward of
$25 for the return of tho car to him
and $25 additional for the arrest of
the party or parties who stole the
car, with evidence to convict them.
FOR ROADS IN GREENVILLE.
Governor Signs Bill Providing for,
Bond Issue.
Columbia, Feb. 26.?Gov. Manning
this morning signed the bill providing
for an issue of $950,000 of bonds by
Greenville county to build good roads.
The hill was put through the recent
session of the general assembly by
the Greenville delegation. The gov?
ernor signed the bill this morning fol?
lowing a call made on him by Editor
George W. Brunson, of the Greenville
News, and President C. S. Webb, of
the Greenville Chamber of Commerce.
TO HAH OUT DISEASE.
Virginia races Poof and Mouth Prob?
lem.
Richmond, v*a.. Feb. 28.?After
the discovery today of 125 cases of
foot and mouth disease in a herd of
300 cattle on a dairy farm near this
city, Gov. Stuart issued a proclama?
tion imposing further quarantine reg?
ulations in an effort to prevent th*
spread of the disease. He also an?
nounced that the State tomorrow
would seek an injunction in the courts
against IS railroads and steamship
lines in Virginia to compel full com?
pliance with his recent proclamation
forbidding the transportation of eith
1 er cattle or cattle feed without the
proper federal certificates having first
been secured.
In today s proclamation the gov?
ernment states that Virginia is facing
ja calamity, which, if not arrested,
might prove almost, if not quite, as
disastrous in its consequences as the
War Between the Sections."
The question of the reopening to
: morrow of the Union Stock yards
! here, which have been closed for sev?
eral weeks on account of the disease,
j was before the governor tonight, but
\no decision was announced.
ITALY BUYING WHEAT.
i Home, Feb. 2S.?Steps taken to
supply Italy with wheat were defonl
| ed by Slgnor Cavasola, minister of
agriculture, yesterday in the chamber
Of deputies. The minister declared
the government had made enormous
purchases in the United States and
Argentina. The total amount con?
tracted for approximated 48,400.000
bushels. About one-third* of the
amount already has arrived.
The minister declared that in viair
of the governments precautions a
wheat famine would be impossible be?
cause the supply would last until af?
ter the Italian harvest.
After th j speech of the signor, the
Socialists provoked a political test
I vote and were defeated. 314 to 44.
The Difference
Between good health and bad is often the
matter of a good, ^jnd set of teeth.
"Tooth Neglect is Health Neglect"
I am now back at my office prepared to do
dental work at prices to suit the times.
N. G. Osteen, Jr. T*u?JmW*o
Atlantic Coast Line
The Standard Railroad of the South Ramifies the "Nation's Garden
Spot" Through the States of
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama and Florida
FOUR FAMOUS TRAINS
"NEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL" (January
to April); "FLORIDA AND WEST INDIAN LIMITED,"
"PALMETTO LIMITED" AND "COAST LINE FLOR
IDA MAIL."
Dining Cars?a la carte service.
All year round through car service from New York to
both Port Tampa and Knight's Key, connecting with steam?
ships to and from Havana.
For beautifully illustrated booklets and copy of the
"Purple Folder," address,
T. C. WHITE, W. J. CRAIG,
Gen. Pass. Agent, Pass. TratT. Mgr.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
I New Corn Mill I
1 have installed an electrically driven corn
mill of the most improved pattern, and am
prepared to do grinding for the public.
This mill turns out meal and grits of the
best quality.
N. G. Otfeen, Jr. XZSSTi \