The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 25, 1915, Image 2
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PERSONAL MENTION.
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Mr. Tom Brand of Augusta In \-tstt
Ing relativ?? in the city. \
Mlae Hattie Hanks, of Georgetown.'
I? spending some time with her broth?
er In 8umt??r.
Mra, Oeo. P. Epperson has re?
turned home, ufter n visit to her
daughter. Mrs. Htimson. nt Savannah.
Mr O. E. Haynsworth is spending
acme time at T?te Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. W r. Lnw. or Sum
tar, have been spending a week with
their relatives. Mr. I-aw's health has
greatly Improved and his looks show
It It sayn while he enjoys living
among the sood people of ?umter. y? t
hl? heart is still in Kishopville and
he hopes to he hack here before nl
ways?Btahopvllle Leader and Vigil
eator.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hums, with
their little daughter. Corlne, are home
from a charming trip in the up-coun?
try, during which they vUlted in Sum?
ter. Columbia and Newberry. being de?
lightfully entertained in each place.?
Charleston Post.
Mlsa Kva Bennett returned to her
home In Latta this morning, after
gsjbndlng some time In the city with
trie n da
Mrs. A. H. Wilder, and daughter.
MIm Sarah, and Mrs. Sallie Wilder re?
turned last night from Flat Rock. N.
C. where they *pent the summer.
Mrs. Florence Scarhorough has been
called to Biahopvllle on ucount of the
ihnen? of her father
After three weeks spent delightful?
ly with friends in Sumter. and ten
day In Casadogi, Miss Virginia Tup
per was at home for two weeks, and
Is bow In Brevard to spend some
time, leaving town Friday morning.?
Charleston Post.
Mr. P. It Veale. superintendent or
the Western I'nlon headquarters at
1 Charlotte, was a visitor In Sumter to
isgj
Mise Helen O'Shnughncnsy, of
Charleston, and Mis* Sarah Wioas, of
Sumter. are spending some time with
MIm Illls at Itemhert.
Ml? J Lafg King. J Lern King
Jr . and Mian Mary King have re
tsrm-d from WU mington.
Mr J e Shaw has gone to Hen
dersonvtlle and other points In the
Marth Carolina m. "ii ? ... ?,? n i .
leesspte of weak a
m Mr W. H. St, kkIsjuI. who has been
r^rtl parcrtaas good* for Snaw e\
Medium Men ant lie cum pa ii) hm
returned to the city.
Mr. J. M. Chandler has gone to
?New York and Baltimore to purchase
Bin fail stock of goods.
Mr. A. P. MIm*. or IM: cvvood. was
a visitor to the it> toda)
Mr. H. If. Burnett has returned
' from a month s stay at Atlantic City
and New York
Death of J. M. Hodge.
From The Daily Item. Aug. It,
James M. Hodge died very suddenly
on Thursday evening at hin home In
the Concord section of this county,
having been In his usual state of good
health until about half an hour before
his death, which SI thought to have
fceea caused by heart disease. The
funeral services and burial took place
this afternoon at 5 o'clock at Lewis
Chapel. Concord.
Mr. Hodge was bout seventy-four
years of age and was a Confederate
veteran, having served throughout the
entire war with credit. He Is BWvtt
ad by his wife, three daughters Sjsf
son.
In The Police Court.
Several cases were disposed or In
the police conn I ri'l.iv James I*ew
ts, non-payment or Stfecjt t (\ and dis?
orderly conduct, got $r? or 1?> days on
the nrnt charge and Ho or 20 days on
the nerond char...
Dave Sanders was charged with1
vagrancy and noti-paym* nt of street
tax. He p'**ad guiltv to the ' second
count and Sssj ?i\en $ I or II days.1
While tbe first charge wan held
open for further evebi.C'
Several charges sj| riding sbbw ,|]
were entered and bonds of $? were
forfaited In i i? b ? Me.
Jsines Purkett forfeited a bond mi
$10 for exceeding the speed Hunt In
Bub'
J??e Orcen. non-payment of street
tas. I'i or in ilavs.
Hi \ i \ M \ r BETHEL cm Rt II
I>r. Ha\ Palmer of \tlanta lo \*-d>t
Pa-.tor si Prlmteer HuptM < Imn Ii.
IVom The Dally Item. Auk. IL
A revival meeting lasting one w? ? k
Will Ih'MIii at Bethel Baptist church.
Privateer, tomorrow morning. Tb?
pastor, tbe Rev. William I lavajsg orth.
Bill be assHtod In the meeting by tin
Rev Dr Ha. Palmer or Atlanta, w ho
In well known Tor hl? eloquent nnd
powerful dlsroiimes. The ??erv |re-< wlM
be held twice dally, nt D) R m . and
1.15 p. m
GREAT GAME JUMBLED.
l hfPlBJC Ht Hltow s PUT GAME
HU DceDlons Phenomenal and Sensa?
tional?Called Game In Flghth
With ggSJgCJ Tied A to A?( handln
J>c*crvcd to Win?Flowers Touched
u| Mvclj?some of the De tails.
Frosa The Dally Item. ;Nug. 20.
There tins a wild crowd of tans in
the stands and on the side lines y< s
tci d,i \N#rhan khimter and Lunar open?
ed theit "series of two games at the j
local park, which resulted in a tie,
the inn] score standing, according to
the otlicial scorer's hook, | to .'5. It
should have boon Bumter'l game, and
it probably would have been, hut for
one reason. I'mpire Durrows. His
lamps were working badly, ami at
lome staues, they seem- I I
.detely out of commissi ?
ed calling them bad nt first
fans started to heckle him, and the
BJOff they heckled him the worse he
got. until, in the final inning, with the
?core tied, after calling Drevenstedt
out OH strikes, at which the stands
roared, without any reasonable justi?
fication or excuse, he called the game
while Flowers was at bat, because,
.'orsooth, some of the spectators were
watching the pitcher's work behind
the plate. Policeman I^awrcnce was
.hen present to remove the specta?
tors had they been in the way, and
vould ha\e done so If, in the opinion
>f His I'mps. it was necessary. This
ifforded the dramatic culmination to
i series of decisions obviously adverse
10 the home team, and the fans were
n a state of frenay. The Sumter team
lues not want the edge on any visit
ng team, but they want an even
n ik. There will be another umpire
'dictating today.
There is no question in the world
i?ut that the game should have gone
o Sumter. Chandler uutpitehed Flow?
ers, and the Gamecocks outhit the
.lsiturs, even with the uncertainty
hat the batters must have experienc
?2ven at that Sumter should have
.von, and an additional hit in either
the third, fourth or sixth tunings, re?
gardless of everything else, would
aave put the game on Ice.
Utmar scored first. In the third in
ilng. Flowers led off with a hit. and
a as advanced to second on O'Neale's
sell placed bunt, and scored when
.1 ihry hit to left Held n:>d Pparvrt er?
red the ehanc".
iri l:.c thuxl end foneth innings!
N; i .t ( I pa s on w an mm- i
down, but there wur no hit coming .
when neetieu ana lite tUiitieiM u?eU on 1
the sacks.
The fifth inning was g bad one for
Sumter. Chandler fanned the first
two up, and Hutnar, the next man up,
seemed clearly out on strikes, but .was
given a pass. That started the trou?
ble. Powell followed with a single,
advancing 1 lamer to third, and then
promptly stole second. Hamer then
SJKMTtd on Flowers' second single, and
Powell crossed the pan on Mabry's
passed hall. O'Neule retired the side
00 I p?>p gf to Flowers at third for
Sumter.
Old luck> seventh was good to
Sumter. Spann was called out on
strikes, Doyle followed with his sec?
ond slgnle; Frank Chandler was out.
pitcher to first, and Doyle scored on
White's clean hit. Tupper then drove
out a single, advancing White to
third. It was then that Joe Chan?
dler uncorked a stinging drive over
second, and on the wild throw to
the plate, everybody counted. On
ground rules, Chandler was sent back
to third Then Mabry was called out
on strikes. The score was tied tight.
ami so remained natu Burrows loosen?
ed up with his big surprise.
l>rc\enstedt broke i* ' the lime
light mith his nenal thr?
left field fence. It \vj^ .ui .o,
good wallop, nnd it was i ihame thai
he had 111 die on thud. Flowers came
Wlthl ns few inches of making the
scon count Rveryone hated to see
Krank Chandler eased out of ? well
merited victory, and thai is the great
1 ent regret or the gages.
The note; It. 11. K
Lnmnr.oo i fag neji?;i | 2
[Xuaiter.see tee ;\xx?a x 1
Batteries: FloWOfS and Hamer;
Chhadlrr, F.. and Mabry. Umpire,
I Burrows; Scorer. Levy.
Good lobaCCO is "selling for fair
prl< ta, poor tobaCCO br ings poor prices.
Thai i* I he whole story. Those who
are disappointed with the returns
from tobacco should blame ine eurer,
n>\ the buyer. Tobacco is a crop
that requires Careful and Intelligent
handling from the planting of the
s?.<>d-l>ed until it is placed on the
warehouse floor nnd unless a former
is prepared t<? give it the necessary at
lentlon If i*! an unprofitable crop.
When von hear a man kicking about
the price of tobacco ask hint nboul
I he m" .lily of his tobacco. It is true
[however, that lohneeo prices are low
r this rear lane for several years
? tain is dnc to general trade con
Iilltloan uid to the quality of the rro]
?Wim Ii Ui not up to the uveiage?
ON BLINK.
ed on the call of balls
LAM Ml COPPED.
Second Game Goes to UM Visitors by
skjoro <>r 2 to o. Kims Come in
Opening ImUne;, Tbc* Opposing
pitchers iimi Tapper the stars.
From Tho Dally Item, Aug. 21.
With the hits tour to three in Sum?
te**! favor, and with the errors bal?
anced all at one each, it looked like a
?hailMi for locals to lose the game with
LA mar yesterday. They lost fighting
gamely, and, even In the last Inning,
it looked as If the tide might be turn?
ed, and tlie boys from Lamar had to
put up glltedged ball to land the vic?
tory. The game was lost to a good
team of gentlemanly players, and to
such a defeat there is no sting, only
a little pang of regret.
It was all over after the opening
inning. O'Neale, lirst up, drove a
scorcher down the third base line, and
landed nn first L Flowert laid
\ . .?t to \\ eke, who first
fumbled the ball, and threw too late
to second to catch O'Neale. Carter
went out on a ball knocked in front
of the plate, Mabry to Boyle; but
O'Neale took advantage of the throw,
and w as home like a Hash with first
run. It was a fine piece of baserun
ning. Mabry singled, scoring Flow?
ers, and the next two batters were
easy outs, leaving Mabry on second.
Alter the lirst, the Sumter boys
tigtened up, and the best that Lamar
could do was to get one hit in the
eighth inning, and that with two
down. Both pitchers worked wonder?
fully, Weeks yielding only three hits,
while O'Neale gave up four, two of
those came In a row in the sixth, but
Plummer's catch of Spann's drive cut
off the only chance to count. "Old
Horse" Mabry did so*me line hsad
work, and interchanged Weeks and
White on the mound, working Weeks
when right-handed batters were up,
and sending White in to pitch to the
lefters. O'Neale had a world of
steam, and not satisfied with pitch?
ing" like fury lor the nines, he worked
between innings to keep his arm
right. Some iron man from Charles?
ton!
The fielding honors are all with
Tupper. He accepted seven hard
chances at short without an error,
and some of them were of the diffi?
cult variety. Besides this, he landed
safely on the pill once, and was rob?
bed of another hit in" the ninth,
which, however, was errored, and
left him safely at lirst.
T>r. DtvRanl umpired a fr*"*0'? game,
und gave ur< verum satisfaction t"
both teatguj and the fan*.
The score.;
L;tmar.200 Mi tog?| B 1
ouiulei . . . .00" 000 000?0 4 1
R. H. E.
Batteries, O'Neale and Holmes;
Wfeeks, White and Mabry.
Umpire, Du Bant; Scorer, Levy.
?BdJBE WKLL KNOWN JUDGE.
-? I
J. II. Drcvciistcdt of Ruffulo Will Act
at Snuiter County Poultry Show.
The Sumter County Poultry and
Pigeon Fanciers' Association has been
fortunate in securing J. H. Daven?
stedt of Buffalo, N. T? poultry edi?
tor of the Poultry Fancier, one of the
best poultry magazines in the coun?
try, and one of the best known and
most capable poultry judges in the
country, to act at their show which
will )e held in the tobacco warehouse
on November 10th, 17th apd 18th.
Mr. R, L. McLeod, secretary of the
association, this morning received a
letter from Mr. Drevenstedt In which
the latter stated that it would be
agr able for him to cotno at that
time and offering to do all in his pow?
er l ? make the show a success. Of
additional Interest to local people is
. .dr. '? ustedt, besides
I . .nu, u poultrymn * oi national rep?
utation, is the father of 11. IS. Dreven?
stedt of this city, an engineer at the
.Minder Lighting Company, who is j
very well known for his active part
in baseball and basketball circles.
It was partly to the tact that Mr.
Drevenstedt desired to come down to
see his son and to come South that
he consented to act as judge.
I The committee of the poultry or?
ganisation itate thai they are already]
assured of between live and six hun?
dred fowls for exhibition and they
want to have a thousand tine birds, il
Judicious advertising ami numeious
prises ran induce poultry raisers
I throughout the South to solid tin t
many birds.
The plans sit lo have th ? show
in the tobacco warehouse, which will
assure plenty of light, air and room
for poultry and spectators. The coin
I mlttee Is hard at work over the
pSjsblems, Which are coming up in
connection with the show and these
sre being solved as soon as they ap?
pear, so as to Insure everything be?
ing in readiness in plenty of time,
without nn.V rush or crowding at the
last minute.
Marriage Licence Record.
A license lo marry was Issued lo
Johnson Andrews rind Rllxnbeth L' -
I irti of Sumter, It, F. D. No. . M.
LAMAR WINS LAST.
In a Free-1Utting Game the Visitors
Capture the Last of Berten by a
Hoove of ?"> to 8. Sumtor Team Con*
sUlcrubly Weakened. White Op?
posed DnBOOO on Mound.
The eumter team went into the
game with Lamar on Saturday con-1
sidcrably weakened. The Infield had
to be patched up, and Drcvonstedt was
forced to take center held, and to add
to the trouble the pitcher who was
slated to work for the locals missed
his railroad connections, and White'
was sent to the mound.
The game was full of real live sit?
uations and there was an abundance
Of hitting on both sides. The Sum
ter boys landed for nine safeties, two
being three-baggers, while the boys
from Lamar smashed out eleven cl '.in
ones, one a three-bagger and two dou?
bles.
White pitched a remarkably good
game against a team like Lamar sent,
and, with the exception of three in?
nings, he held things tight, and, from
the first looked as if he was going to
get away with a shut-out. There is no
doubt but that his work far excelled
that of Du Rose, and it was fast work
behind the visitor's pitcher that saved
him. The Sumter team was literally
shot all to pieces, and team work was
noticeably lacking. With better base
running and a little more life on the
coaching lines, the game most likely
would have resulted in a tie.
"Old Horse Mabry" broke into the
hit column with a 'single and a triple,
and everyone was glad te see him
get out of his slump. He worked
hard, and held the team together as
best he could.
The game was a good one froidj
the spectator's point of view, ar*j|
there was enough excitement rapped
up in the eigh innings of play to
satisfy the most enthusiastic fan.
The game was called at the end of
the eighth, by agreement, in order to
allow the visitors to catch a train.
Score: It. H. E.
Lamar.013 000 lOx?5 11 1
Sumter. . . .002 000 Olx?.'i 9 0
Batteries: Du Dose and Holmes;
White and Mabry. Umpire, Duliant;
Scorer, Levy.
MORE CATTLE AltRIVE.
t
L. I>. Jennings Gets Carloud of Angus
From Kentucky.
From The Daily Item, Aug. 20,
MayOr L d. Jennings thte week'hasj
received another carload of the bl^od*''
ed cattle which hr purchased several I
n nthi on a ;..i*< u> Kentucky*
This time a carload of fourteen head
of full blood Angus cattle came In
from Shepherdsville, Ky. The cattle
arrived In good shape and have been
placed with the heard of eighteen
shorthorns which arrived some weeks
ago.
In the herd were one large bull, a
bull calf, a heifer calf and all of the
others were heifers and cows. Two
cows in the car came to H. W. Harby,
in addition to those for Mr. Jennings.
This gives Mr! Jennings a good start
for raising beef cattle, and a change
In agricultrual methods is apt to re?
sult from farmers bringing in cattle
to commence a new industry in this
section of the fr-'tate.
Clover Leaves.
The winter legumes offer to the
Southern farmer opportunities that
are almost boundless, and the farm?
er who uses them intelligently is go?
ing to be rewarded with crops he
hardly thought possible. When we
see yields of corn and cotton being
actually doubled from one or two
clever crops plowed under, we mar?
vel at the thought of the newer and
better South that Is to come when
these riops are generally grown.
Don't let the "inoculation bogey''
scare you. Inoculation is really very
simple, as you will find by reading the
articles in The Progressive Farmer,
and, unless you are absolutely cer?
tain your soil already has plenty of the
bacteria, as evidenced by previously
successful crops, don't neglect to in?
oculate. To do so is an invitation to
almost certain failure.
Winter legumes not only add from
fifty to one hundred and lifty pounds
Of nitrogen to each acre on which
they arc grown, but they also add
great quantities of humus or decaying
vegetable matter, which serves to
unlock and make available a good
deal of the insoluble phosphoric acid
and potash in the soil. Farming
without humus is a little like eating
bread without butter?a rather dry,
sorry, unsatisfying sort of business.
Don't forget either, that while the
J clovers are busy during the winter
adding nitrogen and humus to our
'soils, they are also guarding these
sods, from washing and leaching. Bv
| cry winter thousands and thousands
of tons of our best soils go away to
tin- rivers and the sea. a total loss,
Where the "carpet of green in win?
ter" Is, the Hood waters run away
[clear and clean, unfrelghted with the
j l est of our lands.- Progressive Farm
' or,
FIRE DESTROYS BUILDINGS.
FIVE FRAME STRUCTURES ON
MAIN STREET BURNED THIS
BIORN1XCJ.
Buildings the Proper!) of Thomas
Wilson and Partially Insured?Dig
Crowd Watches Fire spread?Ban
Franklin lladly Injured.
A big crowd of people stood on
Main street this morning and watched
a lire slowly spread from one build?
ing to another until all of the five
wooden buildings between Lee &
Moise's ofllce and Hampton Avenue
had caught and were practically de- |
stroyed by the Harnes. The corner |
building caught and burned very slow?
ly, the tin roof and sides preventing
the flames from making rapid bead
way, but it caught good before the
lire was extinguished.
The Harnes caught in the building
occupied by l'eter Anderson, Nancy
Lewis, Sam Franklin and Essex Ken?
nedy and the lire had spread over
much of the roof of the building
when the alarm was turned in, and
was making rapid headway when the
lire department arrived. The firemen
set. to work with a will and their ac?
tions proved effective.
All of the property was owned by
Col. Thomas Wilson and was pur
tically insured. The negroes occupy?
ing the shacks and burned out were
Lucius J. Jefferson, restaurant, loss
not known; Peter Anderson, store,
loss unknown; Essex Kennedy, restau?
rant, loss unknown; Nancy Lewis,
store and restaurant, loss unknown;
Ed Price, barber shop, loss unknown;
Sam Franklin, store, loss unknown.
None of these had any insurance on
their propert. Their loss in each case
was small, Franklin being the heaviest
loser. H. W. Waties, loss unknown,
most of stock saved, and insured par?
tially covering loss; Wm. V. Moore &
Son, saved practically all their stock,
but lost fixtures, partial insurance.
These buildings have long proved
unsightly for the city, and the gener?
al public seemed gratified this morn?
ing at the fact that they were burn?
ed, there being no sorrow expressed
except by those colored stor keepers
who had lost in the lire.
Just after the arrival of the fire de?
partment and w hen most of the roof
of the store occupied by Sam Frank?
lin had been burned and 'If1 fire had
i'e^n partly extinguished, FranK
ran into the store to try to save
ofher articles. Borne one called to
him to pome nit, the front p/ae falling
<iau as iie stepped out the timbers fell,
striking him on the arms, head and
shoulders, and carrying him to the
sidewalk. He immediately got up
and ran across the street, where he
yank down in a heap. He was pick
ej
cd up by negroes and placed in a ve?
hicle and taken to Dr. Birnle's of?
fice. Here he was examined and re?
ceived first aid remedies. Later he
was taken home and was said to be
Kitting on very well, considering the
extent of his injuries.
David Cuttino, one of the firemen,
also had a narrow escape- from the
falling timbers. Duckily he saw them
in time and stepped back out of the
way just as they fell. Several others
also were very near at hand and nar?
rowly escaped the falling timbers.
As the lire had been extinguished on
the pieces of wood, Franklin suffer?
ed little from burns.
COTTON BERNE? ON TRAIN.
Engineer Ran His Train to McColl to
Extinguish Blaze.
McColl, Aug. I*.?Forty bales of
cotton consigned from Clio to Nor?
folk, narrowly escaped destruction
by lire Monday afternoon. The en?
gineer discovered the cotton was
alire when he was near Fletcher's
siding. After throwing out eleven
burning bales, he raced his car back
to McColl stopping at the side of
the water tank, quickly turned in
an alarn , using the water In the
tank while awaiting the fire laddies.
All went to work but the cotton was
badly damaged, and the woodwork
of the car completely burned.
MI CH BEER IS SEIZED.
Sheriff Martin Repents to the Gover?
nor.
Columbia. Aug. l'o.?Sheriff Martin
reported to the governor's office yes?
terday that his constables had seized
0,39 4 bottles of beer and much whis?
key between August 1 and August 15
in Charleston.
The follow'ag additional seizures
were reported: Several barrels of
beer, 231 quarts of whiskey, 485 half
pints of whiskey, seven quarts of
wine, four gallons of whiskey, 469
glasses and one beer machine.
The Regional Banks may have all
the money necessary to finance the
cotton crop, but it will do the pro?
ducers of cotton, a majority of whom
are small farmers and tenants, little
good, unless some scheme is devised to
tleal more directly with the producers
than heretofore. If there are to be
three or four intermediary money
changers between the Regional Banks
and the producers with each one get?
ting a rake off the producers will have
to pay the usual high rates of interest
or sacriiice their crops to settle their
debts under pressure.
OptfJoVER!
RAT CORNl
Best rat and mice exterminator made.
Kills quickly nndabsolutely witboutodor.
Mummifies?thus preventing decompose
tiun. Better than alltbe traps In the
world. Insist on 'Jenuine RAT CORK.
2fn\ 60c. $1 at dealers or by mall, poaV
paid.
BOTANICAL MFG. CO.
4th A Race St: . Philadelphia. Pm
Lumber, Lime, Cement,
BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY
AND FEED OF ALL KINDS.
Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Go.
Successor* to Booth-Hai by Live Stock Co. and C irral'Lumber Co.
Goo. Epperson'* Old Stevixd Opp. Court House
SUNDAY EXCURSIONS
TO THE
SEASHORE 1
Round Trip
Fare From
SUMTER to
CHARLESTON
$175
Tickets sold only for trains specified below on Sun?
days, limited to date of sale.
Schedule Going?Leave Sumter 6.30 A. M., Arrive
Charleston 10.30 A. M.
Schedules Returning?Leave Charleston 8.25 P. M ,
Arrive Sumter 12.05 A. M.
For futher particulars, tickets, etc., apply to
O. V. Player, Ticket Agent,
SUMTER, S. C.
W.J. CRAIG, T. C. WHITE,
Pass. Traf. Mgr. Gen. Pass. Agt.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
I AtlanticCoast Line
The Standard Railroad of the South
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