The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 29, 1915, Image 2
t Wurman ano Scuttnni
?? M rjkt PtyjU)?c? m Hussies?, &
CUM
PEKSOXAfi MENTION.
*Ir. Lu B. Lesesne, of Atlanta, Ga.,
Is In tho city to spend Christmas \n 1th
his father. Mr. J. I. I-#esosne.
Mrs, I hie SSWI her dauKhter, Misy
Annie May Llde, will spend the
Christmas holidays in Manning.
Mr. John Hook, of Virginia, is visit?
ing his brother in the city.
Mr. H. C. Parrott. of Columbia, is
?pending Christmas with his mother.
Mrs. C. B. Huff has gone to Foun?
tain Inn to spend Christmas with her
parents.
Misses Irene and Abblo Bryan aiv
at home for tho holidays.
Miss Oenevieve Bandle is spending
Christmas at home with her parents.
Mr. James Chandler is at home
from Baltimore Medical College to
spend the holidays.
Miss Margaret Cheyne has coin
home from Hickory Grove to spend
the holidays.
Miss Rebecca Hall, of Columbia, Is
spending the holidays with her sis?
ter. Mra Lt R. Williamson.
Mr. Ansley Yates is at home from
Richmond to spend the holidays.
Miss Julia Wright Is at home from
Hollin? College. Va., to spend
the Christmas holidays with her par?
ents.
Mr. J. C, Dun bar. of Dalsell, was a
visitor to the city today.
Mr. E. W. Dabbs. of Salem, spent
Friday In the city.
Miss Duelle R?ndle Is st home to
spend Christmas with her parents
Mr. Ha-old C, Smith, of Greenville.
ap?ndlt ? Christmas in (he city. Mrs.
Smith and son have been visiting here
for some time.
Mr. and Mrs. Ii. II Earle, of Green?
ville, are spending Christmas In Sum?
te r with the latter'a parents.
Miss Lucle Johnson and Mr. Edwin
Johnson, of Manning, and Mr. E. J.
Myers, of Columbia, are the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Johnson during
the holidays.
Mr. Mack Stubbs Is at home from
Washington and I^ee Cnlvorsity to
spend the holidays.
Mr. Julius Alfred Stubbs, who Is
attending Wofford College, Is spend?
ing the holidays at home.
Miss Marian Satterwhlte, of Win?
throp College is visiting In the city
during the holildays.
Mr Harold Molar \n spending the
Christ uia* holidays in IM afty.
Mr. Richard Hood. Jf , Is at home
spending tho Christin? holidays I
with his parents. Mr. an t Mrs. R S. i
on North Main Street. Mr.
been with the Westinghouse
edfee Company for nearly two
rs now and this is the llrst time he
been at home In that time.
Jo|m I> Gtltesple of the Colum
d- ;ie il Seminary at Columbia
idlng sonic of his holidays in
m i ly,
Kathleen Moore, of Columbia,
*? MW a teacher at Fayetteville.
I Is visiting Miss Teresa Chan?
dler.
Richard Mood Dollar.! left this
ig for Augusta, where be will
remain for several days visiting
friends.
Mrs. Mills, of Statesvllle, N. C. Is
visiting her duugh ? N-i " w s?a
brook
Miss Margaret Bryan spent Christ?
mas at home from Columbia.
Mrs. J. A. Middleton and little
daughter are spending s*n oral days in
Darlington visiting relatives.
Mr. S. L ResM I is in Rock Hill,
where he went to spend Christmas
with his parents.
Messrs. Wilson Green and Alon/.o
Forester spent Sunday in Florence.
Rev. Harry D. Cull, of Klngstrec,
wss In the city today.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C Mm ? ire spend?
ing the holidays In N? wherry.
John I>. I#ee. Es?p. of Columbia is
?pending a few days In the city.
Mr. William Wmn is VistMfSl htS
parents. Mr. and Mrs. I >. Jas. Winn.
Misses Eileen and Mddred Hurst
are spending the ho||da\s in Savannah
vUiting their Nlster. Mrs. llubbard.
Messrs. James I'itts and Ansley
Hurst, are at humc for the week from
Massey liusine.s.s Coll' a. Richmond,
Va.
Mr Eugene Jones spent Ninas a*
home, returning te his business In
Richmond. Va.. last night.
In The Pol lev I onrt.
Dave Sanders, colored, was up on
the charge of dhv-barging tirearms In
the city limits, disorderly conduct, car?
rying concealed weapons, and s.i
grancy. und upon his Sntortag a plea
of guilt} *aus given a seSltSaes of *:;n
or 30 dayn on MM h ? hat*;* Baaders
?hot Alex Wilson, eaotMf negro,
shooting off one of the latter h fingers.
The shooting took pi.ire ;?f Mr, QrSgg*s
Store on Manning A enue Wednesday
afternoon.
Kd Founti'lne. petty hmcny, bond
of $7.6*) forfeited.
c .tton seed bulls are now Sailing St
11 ."? 00 n ton?more than the average
pi i e of seed in former years.
health or c ity good.
Loss Sickness Tills Full and Winter
Than in Many Years.
The health officer reports that the
Chrietntaa sea eon will find the city of
Samt? IT free from slekness to u
greater extent than at any Christma
in a number of years. In fact save
fot l olds and such minor ailments
Inert is no tick new in town worth
talking about.
This morning a physieian stated
that there had been less sickness this
Tall and winter than at any time In the
past fifteen or more years that he had
been practising here, and Snniter was.
to be c ongratulated on its freedom
from all forma of disease.
These reports arc indeed encourag?
ing to the people of Sumter and indi
Omti that the Hoard of Health and
Health OTlcer are looking out for the
best interest of the eity in its most vi?
tal department.
Torronsward.
(From the Wall Street Journal.)
A twelfth State, Nebraska, has
adopted the Torrens system of land
title registration, and by an over?
whelming majority, a thirteenth,
Pennsylvania, has just passed a Tor?
rens amendment to its Constitution?
Importance In this fact lies not so
much In the acceptance of a plan for
land conveyancirg that passes for new,
and reve lutionarily so, although it is
almost GO years old, and based upon an
Idea centuries older, but in that, after
twenty years of criticism such as few
reforms have had to pass through, two
sovereign States have found fit to
adopt such a system. This alone is
large answer to the objections that
have been brought against the sys?
tem. And it is to be noticed that no
^tate, . however much opposition and
interested control over the law may
have nullified its operation and suc?
cess, has llnally abrogated the law
when once passed.
In Virginia, Maryland, Louisiana
and other Commonwealths there is
active effort tending toward Torrens
legislation. Opposition comes from
patently interested parties and finan?
cial Institutions und from sections of
the legal profession wedded to ritual
and to routine, conservative to the
danger point, delighting in the scare?
crows of antique procedure and fear?
ing that the flesh-pots of conveyancing
may be taken from them.
If the Torrens law has achieved one
paramount success it has been in Its ,
triumphant progress through Courts j
attesting its constitutionality, Is sa>
the commissioners on unlfoi ? State
laws: "Few members of the Ameri?
can Par have taken the time to study
the provisions and operations of Land
Koglstratio. Acts," and "Every Act
bears on its face the scars of desperate
conflict. It is doubtful whether any
legislation has ever been assailed with
moro bitterness or greater persistency
than this: and, unfortunately, its an?
tagonists have generally succeeded in
marring the Act even when they have
been unable to defeat It." The state?
ment that It is a local law is an?
swered by the uniform law just draft?
ed by these commissioners. This can
take its place with the Hills of Lading
Act, the Certificate el Mock Act, the
Negotiable Instruments Act and other
titles of personal property.
For sixty years dire prophecies have
been made. It has been predicted
that in Torrens procedure assurance
did not assure that the State could
not guarantee Indefensible possession
Of land and that terrific consequences
WOttM follow the adoption of such a
law. "In point of fact, in the practi
oal op ration of land registration, none
of the terrible predictions of Its oppo
nents has been verified."
Torrens laws are making perma
nenl progress despite: frenaled effort*
at estoppel or nullification. Reasons
for this advance are manifold. Tor?
rens procedure means security, cheap*
ness, common seme dealings, ulti?
mate reduction of the overweening
charges f??r conveyancing, through
lawy . or com pan lea it meana State
guaraol it appeals to the business
sense of the community by its speed
and Simplicity. It will make land ai<
rapidly negotiable as any other asset.
It will reduce interest charges on lh<
realty of the poor man. And. as said
of it by Lord Chief Justice Coleridge,
of Great Britain; "The man who
denies ike practicability of applying
it might as well deny that two and
two make four."
Mr. <i?o II Hurat, Jr., was one of
those a/ho recently stood Ihs exami?
nation before (lie State Hoard of lini
hnlmera ich) \sas admitted as a li
eensed entbultncr and undertaker
Mr. Mural te.ok a course In embalm*
ing at Cincinnati a year age and could
have passed the state examination
then, but was too young. Since then
the rub* not t<> lie* use und? i takers Un?
der twenty-ons has been changed and
in therefore took the examination and
is now the youngest licensed embalm*
er In I he state, and probably In the
South, as he has yet one or two years
I before he b* omes of ago.
CH1II8TMA8 A VERY QUIET <>N1
Popping of Caps and Few Firework;
Only Methods of Enlivening Day.
Christmas 1915 has come and gone.
Many small hearts were made glad
by Kilts of toys, candies and othci
tilings that are so much In evidence
especially at the Christmas season.
Everywhere good tidings and cheer
seemed lO reign and only happiness
and pleasure was to be seen on the
countenances of those persons on the
Stn StS during Saturday and Sunday.
Christmas this year was not as dull
as some, but it was a quiet one. The
brisk wind tended to keep '?eople from
wandering about the streets during
the day and a quiet, for Christmas,
reigned lUCh as has not been known in
Christmas In S number of years. On
Friday night and Saturday the pop?
ping of caps was the only source of
amusement indulged in to any great
degree by the young folks, and many
seemed to enjoy this form of amuse?
ment. Friday night there were few
fireworks and the high wind on
Christmas night prevented those who
had them from sending off their fire?
works. In fact fewer fireworks were
sold this Christmas than at any time
in many years?at least this is the re?
port of the merchants. The belated
Christmas trade was much better than
was expected, say the merchants, and
this helped the shopkeepers, although
they were tired out by the close of
Friday night.
Saturday practically all of the bus?
iness houses were closed and every?
body observed the day as a holiday.
Services in the various churches com?
memorated the anniversary of the joy?
ous event which was being celebrated.
Others less sober minded spent the
day at home or sought pleasure by
other means. A few of the more
hardy hunters ventured out, but the
w hid was toe high to lind or kill much.
Sunday was clear and beatuiful, after
the windy cloudy Christmas day, and
everybody enjoyed the magnificent
weather. Today business was resumed
as usual with a clear sky overhead.
Many of the merchants were prepar?
ing to take stock and have already
started out in this teelious undertak?
ing, preparatory to starting business
for the New Year.
As an indication of the orderliness
which has reigned in the city during
the past three days, not a single ar?
rest was made by the police and re?
ports show very little disorder of any
kind in or near the city. Only one
f?re, t.:> gui >'morning lust outside
?In city limits, maried the period ol
reel and peace.
Talk . eai Thrift.
Harry Lauder, the famous Scotch
comedian, who has made millions
laugh, anel who commands a fabulous
salary for his vaudeville sketches, be?
lieves in thrift. He wouldn't be a
Scotchman if he did not. "Easy come,
easy go," is the rule in professions
where big money is made for little ef?
fort. The theatrical profession is no?
ted for its spending propensities, but
Harry believes in saving. Out of his
earnings he accumulated enough tho
subscribe $50,000 to the British War
Loan?patriotism at four per cent.
Harry has a few homely maxims e i
thrift that have been widely circulate
during the war period, in the ho]
that his followers would profit thereb
' .Mither wadna waste'' says Harrj
and I would be disgracing her mem
ory il I wasted." Here are some o
his rules:
Behave toward your purse as yoi ,
would to your best friend,
View the reckless spending of mon
ey as criminal and shun the companj
?f the reckless spender.
Dress neatly, but not lavishly. A
bank pays a higher rate of interest
than your back.
Take your amusements judiciously.
You will enjoy them better.
I'ou t throw away the crusts?eat
I hem. They are as nourishingejis beer.
It is more exhilarating to feel mon?
ey in your pocket than beer in your
stomach.
Remember it only takes twenty shil?
lings to make a pound, and twelve pen
nles to make a shilling.
You can Bleep better after a bard
dav's work than after a hard day's
Idleness.
? let good value from your trades?
men. They watch out that they get
good mom y from you.
A bank book makes good reading?
better than some novels.
C1IEROKEES ON RAID.
Marching on Muskogee to Avenge
Murder of Tribesman.
Muskogee, Okla., Dec. L'7.?A posse
of Cherokee Indians, is marching to?
ward here from Talequah to avenge
the murder of Policeman Neal, a
fellow tribesman, whose alleged slay?
ers were spirited out of jail during
the nicht to prevent lynching. The
militia is on duty.
The tini" for paying State and coun?
ty taxes is growing short, bm there
was no crowd of t .payers at tie
treasurer's office today. The usual
ush will occur Thursday and Friday.
WO UK TO STAUT.
? lxi Broken for High School
Building for Girls.
OW afternoon at 1 o'clock
til he broken for the girls'
ol building. There will be
?rmal ceremonies; but it has
ght best to have the ground
Ulldlng broken by the hoys
urth Year High school. It
1 event to which they will
?k hack with pleasure and,
US this building is to be used for girls,
it is Utting that the boys should rend?
er this service. The members of the
Hoard of Education will he present
and, of course, the public is invited to
bo present. The exercises will be very
brief and very simple?In faci nothing
more than the actual breaking of
he ground. Had school been In ses?
sion the ceremonies would have been
more elaborate.
The workmen are now cleaning up
the grounds to be used for this build?
ing and much material is already on
the ground. Mr. I la-by, the archi?
tect, states that he is determined that
there shall be no delay on account of
lack of material; that what usually
delays the progress of a building Is
'he steel to be used in construction.
This be already has on band. The
contractor, Mr. Vaughn, says that he
expects to push the building with as
much haste as may be consistent with
first class construction.
News and Views of Pisgah.
Pisgah. Dec. 27.?Christmas day
passed off quietly with no casualties
that I know of. A large quantity of
the one thing needful was laid in by
the colored people, and some whites
too, a few days before Saturday, but
it vas so good that it was all drunk
up before the proper time, so there
was nothing to feel rich or lively on.
Only a few firecrackers and one
or two guns were heard to disturb the
quiet of the day.
Now let the legislature cut out the
gallon a month law or reduce It to
one quart a month. As the law now
stands the country is as full of whis?
key as the ability of the people to get
it. By ordering in different names it
can be always on hand as long as
there Is any money to buy with. A
legislator that is afraid to do his duty
In correcting a public evil should step
down and out as a signal failure.
Ex-Gov. Blease and Jno. L. McDau
rin will speak in West Waterce, Ker
shas. county, on Januarj 1st. Thh
is considered the openii u gun of Go^
Rleaso'a candidacy. A largo crowd
. if* . Lend.
t: ni Indications he Stats will bt
In as great a turmoil as In 1800 when
Hen Ttllman stirred it up from the
montains to the seaboard. Blease
says he will win. Kcrshaw county is
hot for him.
The killings in this State go on in a
rapid rate. Kentucky used to be the
dark and bloody ground but South
Carolina has left her in the shade.
Ford, who is the head of the Ford
peace party, must be unbalanced in
mind. What this government can't
do towards peace, he certainly can't.
Common sense should have shown
i'ity of such an effort,
ir In Europe will go to a
d may the best cause win
it suits all or not.
the time to make manure
.' crop and let guano alone. A
on crop will bring big mon
bale clear is worth more
belonging to some one else.
11 examinations at .Miss Ha
lOol, at Pisgah c hurch, re
y satisfactorily. Those who
igh marks in the different
re Misses Hula Baker, Dcrslc
Vanray Kenney, Kerfoot
arrle Baker, Ethel Watson.
vVatson, Ann well and Devi
ertrude and Lula cdiis,
. tnney and Levy Hogers,
iray Kenney and brother
ve gone to Orangeburg to
loltdays,
ing can be disgusting to the
nd, the continued writing
>sidenl Wilson's marriage
The president should b;i \ e
le than to be continually
f it. Alice Roosevelt's mar
?d the nation wrong sid 1
now we have a not hei" ropo
Xo wonder as a nation we
"sensational fools" and
in some things.
Death.
E. Rrown died on Wednes
oon at his home at Shan
fter an illness of several
fed 26 years, The tuners!
d Interment wi re held ul
i h and burying ground ??n
t noon. Mr. I Irown is sur
is w Ife and one child.
1age License Iteeord.
to marry wire issued to .i
and Miss Ulanchc Cato
el Hiotte A. Davis and Mi^
Tis, Snintei-. Also to til
adored couples: Hurrell .)
d Mindy Pearson, Bumter
intey and Itosn Helle Item
?ort.
SALEM SCHOOL WINS PRIZE.
Celebrates Christmas Season by Giv?
ing Tire for Pupils?News of Com?
munity.
Salem, Black River, Dec. 24.?The
teachers and patrons <>f Salem school
are very much pleased t<> win the
jiLT? State prlxe for improvement
during the past year, if it had been
known when the improvements were
being made that prizes would be
awarded, thla school mlgh have won
?I first prise. here was no thought
of entering for the prizes until Just
in time to file the report, and even
then the clean-up day rcj ort was not
made out in time.
Yesterday a beautiful Christmas
tree marked the closing of the ses
sion. Some of the tots had never seen
a Crist mas tree and it was to them a
peep into fairyland. Mis.- Mcllettc,
principal, and Miss Shaekleford, as?
sistant, deserve much credit for the
sewing lessons, domestic art and room
decorations that they are training the
children to be proficient in.
('wing to a case of diptheria in the
school and one in the neighborhood,
three weeks ago, the December meet?
ing of the School Improvement Asso?
ciation was postponed to January or
February, when Prof. Thompson of
Winthrop is to make an .address, and
the children wilj give a play.
Yesterday the new State flag pre?
sented by .me of the patrons was
thing to the breeze for the first time.
We did not know before how pretty
the State flag is. A 3x5 foot flag costs
only $2.1J, postage prepaid from
Clemaon College and la a wonderful
addition to the appearance of a
schoolhouse. Prof, ('has S. Doggett
of Clemaon will send one to any
i school for $-.1 I. We arc publishing
his address and the price because
some patrons and trustees may n t
know how cheap it is.
i Saw mills galore are busy CUttt'l C
the remainder of the l ine timber ??
this section.
A good deal of moving, as usual.
Merry Christmas to the Watchman
and Southron and Hem force from the
Veteran Editor ami Publisher to r.l?,j
newest newsy; also to Hard Times ar I
ill the readers. E. W. D.
Additional Christmas Contributions.
Additional contributions to the
Christmas charity .und are:
Previously acknowledged.. ..$681.83
Charlie's Cafe. 2.00
S. H. Mitchell. 1.00
P. M. Pitts. 2.00
.T. C. Phillips. 2.0S
H. .J. McLaurtn, Jr. 1.08
Total.$5S'?.s:;
I
Geo. H. Hurst,
Undertaker mi Ewbilmer.
Prompt Attention to Day sr
NlgM.Callt;
AI J. 0. Cralg Old Stand, N. Bain
i Phones STJh8t?oi
31-PC-SET *A558 COLONIAL.
y -
V
? Cups a pgisrTLw
SAUCERS fj J^jj |rx
1>P\
' J is} ' '
11
C- v ? ? IN. P.. A", ti.
SET or
CHINA
FOR ONLY
This Set is a fine grade of American China,
and is sold in Crockery Stores everywhere for
$4.75 to $6.00 the set.
By agreement with the factory, newspaper
publishers, who annually use many car loads of
these sets as premiums, hw been able to obtain
a special low cost price, and we have made ar?
rangements to secure the same price to give this
China Set a try-out as a subscription premium.
Subscribers to this paper can obtain one of
these sets for its exact cost. ?2.18, by paying this
amount when they pay their subscription ac?
count. Those who are not now subscribers can
obtain a set by subscribing for the paper and pay?
ing one year'sJ>ubscription and $2.18. the exact
factory cost of this fine 31-Piece Set of China.
This is an exceptional opportunity to obtain
a fine set of china and one year's subscription to
this paper for less than the ordinary retail price
of the china set.
We have a supply of China Sets on hand and
make immediate delivery to those who accept
this offer at once.
Watchman & Southron, 1 year $1,50
Retail Price China Set ... $6.00
BOTH
FOR
$3.68
Osteen Publishing Company
18 W. Liberty St.
Surnter, S. C.