Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cfct SSiattjjmaii ani jMutjjron. PabUehed Wedisoaday and Saturday. _ ?BY? OtJTKKN PUBLISHING COMPANY. ? UMTKK, a C Tanas: fl.lt per annum?In advance. Artier Uses nosrta: Dae tquaxe flrat In?rtion.fi.oo atvary tub?quent Insertion.SO Contracts for tare* months, or iongsr will be made at reduced rates. AD communication* ?hieb sub? serve private tatereeta win be eher?ed tee ee advertleementa. Obituaries and tribute* ot respect Will be oharfed (or. The ItU&Ur Watchman was found? ed hi lilt and the Tree 80uthron in lift. The Watchman and 8oathron ?ew has the combined circulation and bag?a? e? both of the old papers, end In seealfeaUy the beet advertising sn edlem in Bum ter. Henry Ford, a practical and suc? cessful business man. got out of his sphere whnn he undertook to shepherd a bunch of visionaries. politicians, cranks, freaks and notoriety seekers on a peace pilgrimage to Europe, and he seems to have realized his error promptly. No one should question the truth of the statement that he Is a sick man. but if he is too ill to con? tinue the pilgrimage it is strange that he did not go to a hospital for treat m I t Instead of risking the discom? forts of a trans-Atlantic voyage in mid-winter. Mr. Ford is doubtless very sick of the Pandora's box of militant and irreconcilable peace pil? grims he had herded together on the Oscar II. The Oscar II must have been leae to be preferred than trench fighting by a man who really loves peace and harmony at all times and under all circumstances. The Day of Days. Editor Daily Item. If the? words: "He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord" be true, and it Is only the fool who hath said In his heart there Is no God. the peo of Surnter. In raising such a liberal t for the poor on last Sunday af ioon. have made a loan which will 1 them abundant returns and which ecured by the word of God Him It would be impossible 10 con e of a more appropriate and beau 1 way of commemorating the I ?test event that has ever occurred he hlstorv of the world, the birth ol . habt in 1. dim.'i ? 1 1; i'cth ' ru in. : 0. rhe ieetuv 1 10 elv? his !ife in ?x iaMon of the sine of ?II .he bun.an j re ., end who. wfetle on earth, went' at ut doing good, heating the sick, j ng sight to the blind and making lame leap for Joy. and who even in time of supreme agony, while ?ging on the cross, spake words of don to the dying penitent thief, 'hen too if the passage quoted ve was not sufficient to move the rts of the people to this beautiful ll'Mon of their love and faith, they ?e in addition this promise: "IMess 1s he that conslderoth the poor, Lord will deliver htm In time of uble." and this promise, a definite one. will ever stand as firm as the everlasting hills. The writer, In sending these lines of appreciation, but fohews the prompt? ings of his heart, and earnestly in? vokes for the good people of Surnter the blessing and protection of Him who holds the universe In the hollow of his hand, that they may enjoy a large measure of material prosperity, that as the years roll round they may grow in the knowledge and love of God and when the star of each one of them shall set at life's close, that it may set as sets the morning star, .which goeth not behind a darkened west, but melts away Into the brlght ness of the coming morn. W I>. Woods. Christmas, 1915. The Rev. T. Er? t'olo Dead. Greer, Dee. L'J ?The Rev. T. L Cole, a Baptist minister, died bOTS Wednesday morning, between I and T> ? look. He was II years of age and is survived by his wife and live chil? dren. Mr. Colo moved to OfOtf last November, coming here fr<?m Rem? l?? rt. Sumt.T I m:ui;v. For 12 years h?* hid be??n in rh?- mmistrs Among Ins charges have been St. Charles and Cartersville. He came to Greer to ac? cept the pastorates of the churches of PnttTlOW. Mt. Lebanon and Mlllford. The funeral was held today at the Greer Ha pt 1st church, conducted by the pastor. Rev. C. S. Hlarkburn. as? sisted by the Rev. J. Dean Craln and others. The Interment followed in Mountain View cemetery. H?ren?v Dispensaries Sell Out. Florence, De.- 21. ? The two Flor? ence dispensaries sold out every drop of liquor on hand and closed doors for good at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Tho miles were heavy and the dis? pensers were worked hard through? out the hours that tin) rum mills Vim- o|m-n. Tili: TORREX8 LAW. The Farmers of South Carolina Should Avtakc to Their Own Interests aiul Demand I uacinu nt oi' Land Itcgls tration law. Kditor Daily Item. In your issue of the lind I see a very interesting and strong article from the Wall Street Journal on the Torrens system of land title registra? tion, which I wish every farmer in South Carolina would read, peruse and analyze that they might see its advantages. Should they study its merits, they could see the disadvan? tages, inconveniences and cost they have to undergo in obtaining money and credits to do business; and after seeing those cumbersome and costly channels through which they have to pass, they would then be in a strong position to demand, as a class, the re? lief that is so much needed. The greatest misfortune that overshadows the majority of the farming element is, the> do not read and study the vital questions pertaining to their own interest, but just leave it to the other fellow, to run things in a way that suits him best, regardless of the best Interest of the majority of the voters, that majority being engaged In agriculture. Should the farmers post themselves on the needs or the day and then make the demands on the legislative bodies, in a business? like way, those bodies would heed quickly in giving the farmers what they ask; but as long as we stand supinely by, conceding to our law-makers that they have all of the brains and that we are a set of Ignoramuses, contented and proud of the privilege of suffrage, gloating over the fact that we can vote for whom we please, letting personal likes and dislikes predominate, instead of con? sidering principle and fitness, just so long will we pay for the whistle that blows for the other fellow. The Jour? nal tells us, there has been opposition of the strongest kind in some of the States after the land title registration act was passed, that there were as? sertions and predictions, that it could not stand the test of the courts, and all that kind of stuff, there was railing and lamenting over it and that the ef? fects of ft would ruin the country; but yet not one of those awful predictions and prophesies have been verified. I am ready to concede that the law making bodies of our country are a pretty bright set of men, but am not as yet ready to submit that they know it all, and will further say if they have the patriotism at heart for Iheir constituency as ihey etalm, they wilt awaken to i ?< 'Oi of Justice betweei man and man and sec if tJit} can n*?t do something to relieve the farming element of some of the burdens they havo to bear. The farmer is not asking any special advantage? or privileges over men of other vocations, but all men having been born free and equal, when it comes to a sense of Justice, he only asks that he may enjoy some of the fruitions of equal rights to all and special privileges to none. We need a land title registra? tion act, that we can negotiate for money, without having to pay fees to an attorney every time wo want some accommodations. We as a class have to use money as well as other people and have as safe security as can bo found. We are tired of paying the cost of examining title? every time we want to negotiate a loan, or buy a piece of property, when one fee for having a piece of property properly registered sets the matter at rest for all time. J. C. Dunbar. Dalzell, S. C. Dec. U. Death of ( apt. D. J. Ilradlinm. Harvin. Dec. 25.?Capt. D. J. Brad ham, Confederate soldier, statesman and one of the leading politicians in Clarendon county during the greater portion of his life, since the Confed? erate war. died last night at his home in Manning at an advanced age. Capt. Bradham served throughout the Con? federate, war until be lost an arm at the second battle of Manassas and ?ven then be returned for what ser? vice he could render his country in his weakened condition. He served I WO terms in the legislature from Clarendon and was twice Sleeted sher? iff of his county. He held on various ether orossioni in ids long life many Other positions of honor and trust and was magistrate at Manning until two years SJTO when he retired from active political life. Through NN his entire life Capt. t'rndham has ever been B friend of the poor and adviser and aid to those ic trouble. Those who really needed b* lp always eoughl and secured Ins advice and aid. His verbal narratives nt war Incidents and his great mass Ol logical information pertaining to IhS entire Confederate struggle WAS at all times most interesting and cn naming an-l it is a fact to be regret t a that one so well versed and so ca? pable Of having Written a brief and most interesting history of the Con? federacy did not during his long life w rite such ? aar rath s? A good and useful citizen, a pa? triotic statesman and a gallant con Ifederate soldier has gone lo his re? ward. A LONG LETTKIl FROM WED FIELD. All Of ||M Nous of Hie Town Tol an interesting Stylo. Wedgefleld, Dec. 21.?I notice tills weeks' issue ol* the Watch' uiul Southron. Hani Times Is won ing if we have gone to take a h in the European Struggle. 1 can ? speak for one. I am still on the hills of Surnter. I have one or I acquaintances of German descent, when they call with thin grips feel like keeping a safe distance e from them. Rev. J. E. Carter, who has ser the Providence Circuit Tor two ye . living in the parsonage here, mud the regret of his friends here, leave lor Florence this week. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Weinberg, Mrs. Carrie Brohun and J. W. Rogers visit? ed the city by the sea the past week. Mr. Frank Cain of Privateer, an in? structor at B. M. S., Greenwood, was a visitor here on yesterday. Mr. Jerome Weinberg, a student at Clemson, is at home for the holidays. Mr. T. D. Rrohun who is engaged in railroad survey work under th.3 gov? ernment in Pennsylvania, is at home for the holidays. Miss Sudie Wright who is taking a business course at Draughon"s Busi? ness college in Columbia, is at home for the holidays. The Wedgefield graded school will close on Wednesday for the usual two weeks' Christmas holidays. Prof. Henry Watkins will spend his holiday at his home near Asheville, Miss Muncaster at Florence, and Miss Irby in Virginia. Miss Jeanette Thomas, the music teacher, gave a musieale at the resi? dence of her mother, Mrs. F. E. Thom? as, on last Friday evening. The par? ents of her pupils and a few invited guests enjoyed the program very much Mr. Alex Norris, Rural Policeman, and Mr. J. J. Geddings, deputy, have been doing some successful work in rounding up blind tigers. They bag? ged three on last Saturday. Since the establishment of a dispen? sary at Eastover it has been a source of nuisance, and January 1st will be welcomed when those incubators of crime, will, I hope, be forever banish? ed from our State. Then the fight, must be kept up un? til we have national prohibition, then a wave of prosperity such as we have never dreamed of will sweep over our country. The hunters report partridges as be ing plentiful this season, and '?.11* re*I port good luek, i '?\ Is a pltj something could not b# j ri ?:. t.> stop ths uaelesa slaughter of J non*Kam ! .> . nnv oeonle of ? both color, when they go out with a gun, shoot anything that is in the shape of a bird. The greatest enemy though, to bird life is one that so few people seem to know anything about, we call him tue Jack Daw. It is the same size of a cro v and can only be detected by his out-cry of "Egg-nog." They will light In a tree and make a business of hunt? ing bird nests to destroy the eggs and young birds. They spend the summer hero but go South In the winter. The snow which began to fall this afternoon brings joy to the hearts of the youngsters. I hope I will live a long time, but I am sure T shall never forget the joy it used to bring to my life when the sn ?w began to fall, and I think it is unfair for parents now to put on a long face, expressing sorrow, when it gladdens the hearts of the youngsters so much. Let them enjoy It. Unless I am mistaken, Brer Rabbit will have a hard time of it to? morrow. Mr. Editor, this is wishing you and your faithful co-workers and all of your correspondents a happy Xmas, and let us try and keep sober and be-, gin the Xew Year with a resolution to do our part In making The Daily Item and Watchman and Southron better papers; our homes happier, our community and towns more attractive, and for a general prosperity for our county and State. Philadelphia Grip Epidemic. Phlaldelphla, Dee. 27.?The grip epidemic continues, a hundred now CS les being reported. - . ^ The Most Appropriate Xmas Present Is Jewelry and silverware b cause It Is the most beautif of all arts and the most lastii gift. Let us show you our stock these goods, we think it is t best we have ever shown, you can't come write us yo wants. Our prices are reaso aide. We will bo more th pleased l<> show you and h< you with your suggestions. W. A. THOMPSOI Jewelar and Optician Phono No. 333 41 S. Main I \ ill Preach at Baker school. . W. E. Thayer of the First t Churc h will preach next Sun ternoon at the Baker school at ;!:;i? o'clock. The public is ly invited to attend, people of the community will B Watch Night service at the house Friday night. The Iii? Event. Schwartz clearance sale is now ome daring the entire week. your needs. The clean-up is h the entire store. Schwartz -Advt. holiday trade, especially on aas eve, was good, all of the nts handling Christmas goods had a rushing trade and sue- j ceeded In disposing of practically all of the holiday stock. The Great Schwartz Clearance, The clean-up sale at Schwartz's is ? now on. Continues throughout the i week. We want you all to supply your wants. Sale is this week only. Schwartz Bros.?Advt. WANTED?To sell a gentle home- j I raised horse, with harness, single and double; also a brood mare, weight almost 130a pounds. Poth at a bargain. Apply P. M. Dwlght, Wedgefield, 8. C. Tax Return Notice I will attend in person or by deputy at the following named places, and on the dates mentioned, for the purpose Of receiving tax returns, on all per? sonal property, polls, roads, and dogs: | Tindal, Tuesday, January 4. Privateer, Wednesday, January 5. Levi Siding, Thursday, January 6. Wedgefield, Friday, January 7. Claremont, Monday, January 10. Hagood, Tuesday, January 11. Rembert, Wednesday, January 12. Dalzell, Thursday, January 13. Brogdon, Friday, January 14. Mayesville, Monday. January 17. Oswego, Tuesday, January 18. Pleasant Grove, Wednesday, Janu ary 19. Shiloh, Thursday, January 20. Norwood's Cross Roads, Friday, January 21. My office will be open for the pur? pose of receiving tax returns from January 1st, 1916 to February 20th, 1916, inclusive. El, B. WILDER, County Aud I A Welcome Xmas Present Will be a membership card in the Xmas Sav? ings Club. Old and young will appreciate such a good start for another year. Take out a card in the lucky one's name, make one or more payments and put it in his or her stocking for Christmas. The National Bank of Sumter, ESTABLISHED 1889 "SAFEST FOR YOUR SAVINGS" Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. BOOTH & McLEOD, S accessor* to Booth Shular Lumber Sc Supp'y Co. Goo. Epperson'* Old Stexnd Opp. Court Hoom Our Big Annual Cost Sale -?--BE GINS-? Monday, December the 27. Our $:ock cons^i^ts of Coat Suits, Coats, Skirts, Dry Goods, Blankets & Comforts Also a General LineM Notions and Shoes This is the Opportunity of the Year to Supply Your Needs haw 6 McCollum Merc. Co. SUMTER, S. C.