The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 27, 1915, Image 4
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new has the combined circulation and
hmlasnse of both of the old papers,
nnd Is manifestly the beet advertising
snedtum In Sumter.
Sumter county has two years, or,
perhaps, three years more In which
tu prepare for the boll weevil. The
all-cotton farmer will l>c put out of
business und those who depend upon
cotton exclusively as a money crop
will be In a worse condition financial?
ly than they were last fall when the
war panic was on. The menace of tin4
boll weevil is neither an unfounded
scare nor a bad dream, but a disaster
bringing reality. Small grain, bay,
peanuts, tobacco, truck and live stock
will have to be substituted tor rotten?
to a large extent, as money crops and
ties, who h.irn t<> njSejSJ these crops at
a profit will not hi ruined by the boll
weevil.
ess
Tho rnllltla companies of Charleston
have proved that the militia is not
a useless and purely ornamental or?
ganisation, in Charleston they stood
for law and civilization, and by their
pesovnee put down, without strife or
bloodshed, the lawless clement that
had started on a career of anarchy.
(.AMI.C<K K MAIM.I POlt GOYEHN
OR.
MUs lloochcr l>cl/ormo to Present
Hon. It. I. Manning with Decora?
tion for Jubilee Parade.
Oov. Itlchard I. Manning will be
highly honored next Wednesday after?
noon Just beforo tho Harvest Jubilee
parade starts. Her Majesty Queen
Boucher Del/ormo, will, In behalt of
herself and her royal escort of maids
of honor and Sumter county sponsors,
present (luv. Manning with a pretty
and appropriately Inscribed "Game?
cock County" badge and small coat of
arms of the City of Sumter for His
Excellency to wear during the jubi?
lee parade.
Tho coat of arms will form a com?
bination effect with a picture of Gen.
Thomas Sumter, a thoroughbred
gamecock, and u palmetto tree. The
design of tho coat of arms Is a repro?
duction of the coat of arms of the
State of South Carolina, with the pic?
ture of Gen. Sumter. and the gamc
cok instead of the State emblems.
Oov. Manning has been invited to
rldo up to tho Sumter Moat to receive
his "royal decorations."
NEGRO KILLED AT MAVESVILLE.
Train Hits Joe Harry at Crossing?
Hod> Taken on to MayesviUe.
Joe Hary, a colored man, was kill?
ed on Saturday night at a railroad
crossing just beyond svllle when
he waa struck by engine No. 91 draw ?
ing A. C. I* train No. II from Flor?
ence to Columbia. The man was cross?
ing tho track at the Hit, it Ii b at tu l.
An Inquest Into the cause of death
wss held on Sunday morning at
Mayesvtlle. whero tho body was taken
Immediately after the man was struck,
and the e\ hh n< - given there by C. A.
Johnson, engineer on the train, Tout
I h-mmlng. the fireman, and Lawrcnco ]
Slngb-tary. a man who was with Har?
ry at the time, was such that the cor?
oner's Jury returned a verdict n.i
above stated, that death was due to a
blow revived from the engine of A. C.
L. train No. 65. The pilot struck the
man and he was thrown up on top
of it, where his body remained until
the train reached Maycsvillc, where a
doctor was summoned and the man
turn? d over to his care.
A Creditable Edition.
Publishers Auxiliary.
October 11, the Sumter (S. C.) Daily
item issued a special 315-page edition
It commemorate the twenty-first an?
niversary of the establishment of the
Daily Item. The edition contained a
mtIch of articles that marked the Im?
provements and developments that
l .> been made in Sumter and Sum
|af county during the life of the news?
paper, nnd it was Indeed ? very ered?
liable edition. The Oatsss Publish*
Ing company are the publishers and
Hubert G. Oateea hi the editor and
g? m r il manager.
The success of the rattle and hot;
show held In connection with the
horse show Is an Indication of what
eoubl be Asset in Sumter county with
a full-Hedged county fair If tho prop?
er effort was made.
A LETTE It PROM sot TU GEORGIA
Mr. G.. E. Murtiii Renews His Ac
oiiiilnutntv With Watchman Road
ggg?lit* Tells of Thomas County
Crops, Fair ami Otlicr Things.
I received your gent.e little re?
minder in due time, and you will find
enclosed check to cover same.
I went to Richmond and my old
homa IB North Carolina some days
ago and intended stopping by Sumtcr
on my way hack, hut while I was gone
I was taken sick with a severe attack
of rheumatism, and as I could hardly
walk .t all, I came back home without
having hid the pleasure of meeting
my Sumtcr friends, a fact which 1
K uretted very much. I am still suf?
fering, but hope to get well enough in
the near future to pay Sumter anoth?
er visit. The" Watchman Is always
looked for with pleasure, as we al?
ways want to know what is going on
at bome, as we call it.
Wall, M I am writing I will tell you
a little of what is going on over here.
We had a dry year, though the grain
crops are (Ine. I have never seen bet?
ter corn crops than we have this year
and we have a good many hogs, so
we are sale, If no disaster comes on,
for provisions for another year. The
late crops have all suffered from the
drought, especially care and potatoes,
the latter being a big crop with us.
The cotton crop is short-?not over
fifty per cent., but prices are good
for cotton and seed and, as the people
have lived very close this year, most
everybody la wearing a pleasant smile,
and we don't hear so much complain?
ing about the government not helping
the cotton growers. They are learn?
ing to help themselves.
They say we have the boll weevil,
but I have not seen it yet. Jt is said
that one was discovered on the ex?
periment farm, but this Is the only one
I have heard of about here. I can't
tell what the result will be when they
dona, but no many things arc planted
l. Tc, one will not starve If he half
tries.
We had a lino fruit crop this year.
Quito a number of car loads
of pears were shipped from our sid?
ing. Tho Lecont pear was shipped
In barrels. The buyers paid $1.50 per
barrel for Lecont pears at the siding
and furnished the barrels and did the
grading. The Keifer pears were pour?
ed loose in the car. They only
brought fifty cents per barrel, which
was very low, but the orop was so
heavy it amounted to a good deal,
then they are not Bfl ,
On two acres .
and I think half of that amount was
left on the gro I
barrels of Leco
tri es in my yard and did not get any?
thing like all of them. Tbls will glvo
you somo idea of what kind of a fruit
crop we had.
The Thomas County Fair will come
off on November 1th and 5th and we
are preparing for tho bigges time in
tho history of the county. On Novem
I" r Ith they are preparing to have a
barbecue dinner sufficient to feed
fifteen thousand people, and they are
expecting that number to be thore.
< >ne of our big hearted law yers has
agreed to furnish enough beef, pork,
mutton and kid to feed live thousand
people. The city and county will fur?
nish the rest of the barbecue. The
'Possum Committee is to furnish 150
'possums. They have a large cage
full of them now at the fire depart?
ment and the liremen are feeding
them, so they will be fat and fine for
the big day. There will be a parade
made up of lloa ts from all the towns
and large farms In the county, from
the finest decorated automobile to tho
old time ox cart. Also all the school
children in the county will participate.
The parade Is expected to be four
miles long. Now, Mr. Editor. If you
or any of my frlonds will just como
Over, we will bt able to convince you
that there is plenty in Thomas County
for all who come.
Thomasvllle is having quite a lot go?
ing on this wetk, The superior court
la in session; a big revival meeting is
being conducted by Rev, Arthur
Moon, the south Georgia evangelist,
and Rev. Charley Tillman of Atlanta.
Is conducting Co musical services.
MOOS is ? line preacher and Tillman
is r ime singer. Alee the IIrat tourists
ove r the nixie Highway from Chicago
tO Miami ani\ed yesterday and was
royally welcomed. They said they
had found the I-est roads in Georgia,
they had been over <>n the whole
route, and then we are to have a
shoa tomorrow, so there is something
going on to keep us an .ke.
gjUgar cane grinding Will soon he
the order of the day and sugar cane
boilings Will l'? plentiful. There will
be cane juice and b?ick to drink, and
cane to chew, syrup and batter cakes
for breakfast, and I extend you, Mr,
Bdltor, and fill m\ friends an invlta
llofl to come over and be with us.
With best wishes to all readers of
the Watchman and Southron. I am.
<;. B, Martin.
Thomasvllle, Ga . < ?et. 10, i I .*-.
County Parin Demonstration Agenl
.1. Crank Williams Will have an e\
rellent exhibit of Humter County farm
products at the State Fair.
II VERY FINE CIRCUS.
MOST AND BEST TRAINED ANI?
MALS EVER EXHIBITED HERE.
Largo Crowd Attended Afternoon Per?
formance and Fair Sized Audience
at Night?All Highly Pleased With
fl I agon bock-Wallace Shows?Circus
Goch to Charleston lor exhibition.
"There was only one objection to I
the circus," many of those who at?
tended it Saturday have been heard
to remark, "it was simply impossible
to see all the things that were going
on at one time and there were so
many Interesting things that I missed
While I was watching something else,
seemingly equally interesting." That
is about the consensus of opinion
here as to the Hagenhcck-Wallace cir?
cus which paid a visit to this city on
Saturday for two performances.
Many others were still more enthus?
iastic and pronounced it unqualifiedly
the best circus that has ever come to
Sumter and the best that they had
ever seen. Without a doubt Hagen
beck-Wallace circus is the best that
has been to Sumter in the past five
years and one of the best which has
ever been here. Though not so large
as some, it has by far the largest num?
ber of well trained animals in any cir?
cus ever seen in this section of the
country. The trained animals were
the great features of the show, al?
though there were other wonderful
exhibitions and numerous novel acts,
such as had never been seen before.
Altogether the people of Sumter are
highly pleased at the circus and it is
hoped that it will come through here
again next year.
It would be impossible to mention
all of the wonderful acts, each one of
which sent thrills up and down the
spines of the spectators, but probably
those which excited more comment
than any others were the marvelous
?Ilde down an inclined wire on his
head by one of the performers, the
whip snapper, the performing tiger,
the dancing mule, the trained pigs
and tho wonderful black driving
stallion. These were merely a few of
the marvelous acts, but they stood out
prominent from the others as wonders
of training and practise. The aerial
trapeze swings were hair-raising and
tho perch balancing stunts were the
best ever seen here. The numerous
clowns, mere than in any other circus
which has ever visited Sumter, afford?
ed no end of fun by their continuous?
ly ludicrous and mirthful perform?
ances. Th< n to cup the cllmsx, the I
whole shou wai eisen and the spec-J
tators were left with a good taste* inj
;'ltinj? i.i*.w?ubii two j
hours of thrills.
ItlXALL IN SPAltTANBURG.
Petitions Started Against the Mayor
and Two Commissioners.
Spartanburg, Oct. 23.?-Five pe?
titions asking for a recall ot Mayor
John F. Floyd and Commissioners
Waller and Fielder are in circulation
in Spartanburg today, as the result
of a controversy that arose In the city
council lu re last week over a loan of
$85,000. The money was borrowed
from a local bank, with which tho
mayor is associated, at 4 1-2 per cent.
Commissioner Hudson, who is in
charge of finance, presented a bid on
the part of another local bank, offer?
ing the city money at 3 3-4. Mr. Hud?
son claimed that the mayor had ig?
nored him in the transaction and
that a higher rate of interest was be?
ing paid than was necessary. A heat?
ed controversy took place in council
chamber, and since it has been a sub?
ject of discussion on the streets.
While no one lias acknowledged re?
sponsibility for the present effort to
bring about a recall of the mayor and
commissioners who voted with hlin,
this issue is known to he the begin?
ning of the agitation.
Commissioners Hudson and Gall
nan are now Hearing the end of their
terms, their offices having been abol?
ished by Act of the last legislature, re?
ducing the city's governing body from
a mayor and tour commissioners to
a mayor and two commissioners.
Under the city's commission form
of government charter 20 per cent of
the Qualified electors signing a peti?
tion for a recall election it will be
held at the order of the governor.
When Completed, the petitions are
filed with the governor, together with
a statement ?d the grounds upon
which the recall is asked. The gover?
nor orders the election not later than
thirty days alter the receipt of the pe?
tition.
CONDITION OF HANKS.
Abstract on South Carolina Institu?
tions,
Washington. Oct. 22.- The abstract
of the condition of ihe nntional banks
of South Carolins al the close of bus?
iness on September 2 as reported to
the comptroller of ihe currency today,
shows the reserves held as 20.76 per
cent; lonns anil discounts, $28,670,
gold coins. $152,671; lawful mon?
ey reserve, $1,910,(lift; deposits, $1*\
I 12,613,
CHEEKS FOR PHI SJDI NT
Crowd Applauds Wilson and Party as
TbCy Start lor Washington.
Washington, Oct. 2.??.?rrcsidcnt
Wilson, Mrs. Norman Gait and Miss
Margaret Wilson motored to lOmmitts
burg, Md., ten miles from the (Jettys
bUrg battlefield, today to take lunch?
eon at the home of Sterling Gait, a
brother-in-law of the president's
fiancee. A crowd gathered from
neighboring towns around Mr. Gait's
home while the president was at
lunch, and applauded when he ap?
peared to begin the return trip. In
towns and villages along the way Mr.
Wilson was recognized frequently.
Tho president and his party left the
White House early, merely telling of?
ficials that they would not be back
until night. Until they reached Fred?
erick, Md., i>0 miles away, officials did
not know in what direction the party
was traveling.
Mr. Gait, a newspaper editor, met
the president and his party at the
edge of the town, but efforts to keep
the visit quiet failed. The White
House party returned to Washington
early tonight.
Two Hundred and Fifty Stories.
And every story a good one. They
are entertaining, but that Is not all
you can say about them. You know
there is hardly a periodical published
that is not full of time-wasting stories,
but not a single story in The Youth's
Companion Is a time waster. Take
the stories of C. A. Stephens. It would
he hard to pick out one from which
you can not learn something useful
and yet entertaining.
Some of the Companion stories re?
fresh your knowledge of geography;
some tell you the mysteries of chem?
istry, some reveal the secrets of for?
estry and of general farming. They
cover a wide range. They are chosen
with an eye to the possible likings of
every member of a Companion family
?stories of vigorous action and stir?
ring adventure for boys, stories of col?
lege life and domestic vicissitudes
for girls, stories that range all the
way from sheer drollery to deep se?
riousness for men and women. There
are no stories quite like those in The
Companion.
If you are not familiar with The
Companion as It is today, let us send
you sample copies and the Forecast
for 1916.
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191G will receive free a copy of the
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Fine Mountain
=Apples=
fl When in the city call
at our store for Apples.
Selling very cheap.
j Fruit h Produce Store, \
THE APPLE MAN 39 N. MAIN STREET
ATTENTION FARMERS!
Owing to some misunderstanding
by certain parties, as to the charge
for grinding Wheat, we will, from
this date, grind on a toll basis,
charging for scouring, separating
and cleaning?1 1-2 quarts, and for
grinding?3 1-2 quarts to the bush?
el. We will continue, however, to
exchange for those who prefer do
iog so.
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HAGOOD, S. C.
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The National Bank of
Sumter,
ESTABLISHED 1889
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A Checking Account is indeed a business necessity;
and he who tries to get along without one is at a great
disadvantage.
It is not required that a person should have a large
bulk of business iu order to open an account.
Professional men, farmers, and even many women,
are running checking accounts. If you have never
done business in this way, and are not familiar with
the plan, come to us and we will get you smarted.
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