The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 08, 1916, Image 5
ntre\ U Strauss aad son. Mstbett,
esite returned to the city after a stay
? MW M? as AteMetf. With ths
forsaors tena^tey
ifra XSmm% famlth of fetlores Is
lathe el^ fftwcUg her sahvftter, Ma*
UttrsL Oftrar Jsmcs Bohd. of Caar
>a. Is ranting her sister, Mrs U
M?r%h ^aslhhftsn St.
r ct Sumspierton, a
?ioiter, was in ths
today. *
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Railway's new el
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taken In the de
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of export coal
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est today, said ties
assBsneW tsotsad, drew insyd Btreeaele
enisle* then ne had narloctsd
that April II would remain
?f?*? **? far rsnteden
aad
uncheag
the
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taw arlsawar dff war, aae re-J
4 as**** at ?1 health. King
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of an array'
*^B? aa sWtaSsn sans.
4 Hi \nit t\ mtfi
' Iflss^aaVsaaV as snoot th
s^ew^aww^naavnawsenv saw ena^ew?ww> awn
m IMe? delation of the Wo
asnVn ?trl?n temperance Union
wiM be*!* session in ths city of Bum*
tWe* tlw 4+tb. Ifth and Hth of
hei OSt tHs first Sunday In
an
aft** Anna (forden, ths national
erenWent sfid tad wotteS secretary
of ?TitnnSau's CVrWein Tempsr
anew toWok win 14 We en the first
ettsjday Is October, atisj ?eraaa has
a tentls winsome menhir, to hear
her, ie to loVe her. ins was for a
ens* be r of years Hiss Frances Wll
lasjN Mretarr and th*y Madia vtattd
teawther to every fcais in the Union
ss law jeWeVest af a*npc|-anf*
?ff feat* ;ha* no other meeUlis
was Bnssjisi at en** Hmai ea that we
ssaW aeniw ahnt aHoanay of Mtss Oor
a gasjanti retry day.
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df Assart
A s). fccjeje of WlnaaV
Mae Hodge of Pus
saatrted In hie office by
H. I* aearbcraush. tat
hf had
a sT. wNHads af Tlrtdal and Maw
Ell? a>are Messend of Pine wood were
raarstsst an Taasday In his Office by
H. la. sawrboiosnn. clerk of court.
Mr. Cuften Brown has tans to At?
lanta SS taw Wtllsrd Storage Battery
Cs\, and is taking a course with this
company that Mr. Brown may be In a
resit In a to repair and charge day
etsrane battery. He was accompanied
by his wlfs snd Miss Msrgarct Dltt
msr. They will be gene for about
ten says. The new enterprise th.*t
will soon open In Sumte* is called the
Mirror. Cycle and Music Co.. snd will
occupy Knight's old book store. It
win start with a cspttal Of 110,000
and wfH be financed by fihm B. Miller.
Mr. CBftoa Brown will be manager
The suit of A. J. Andrews against
114 Atlantic Coast Uns rWlroad Co..
ike Southern Railway Co.. Jos. H.
Btannard, engineer, and B. 8. Mott,
conductor on a Southern Railway
freight rtaln, and Joseph Gales, emri
neer oil a A. ?. ? passenger train No.
?I between Columbia and Maxton, N.
C, was commeneed In the court of
corn Won pleas this morning and will
probably last the rest of the week.
Th? plaintiff asks for $25,000 for al?
leged Injuries received in an alleged
wtftg caused by an A. C. L. Train, on
which he was railway postal clerk,
running into a Southern Railway
train on a portoin of track
Jointly by botn' A. C. U and
road*. It Is alleged by the
itln* that he was badly injured
it the need, arm and hip and has
neon tob Ul ever since to resume his
m*
tteesra L. D. Jennings and A. S.
Harby are'on the side of the plaintiff
" 4 Me?srs. J. H. Clifton, U W. Mc
ahd Mark Reynolds for the
Une and tee sY Motse for tne
Seeuthern ttallroad.
$nm ease Is one similar toothers
jh|ch have been tried here In recent
years referred to as neurasthenic
e?eas, because of the fact thai the
plaintiff alleges that his nerves have
been affected as the result of Injuries
received In the wreck, as In other
cm*W The wreck la alleged to have
oetferred on July 7, MS. near Roy
on the edge of tne city of Co
ibia.
is case of if. V, Sounders against
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
it resulted In a verdict of
actual and fill punitive d*m
for the plainulT. Mis* SauhdeVs,
plaintiff, alleged that she lost eer
valuable Jewels In the A. C. L
ting room at Burnt er.
Lee County
, T^je^vewnor haa announced &
IoUowln|r appointments: Township its*
Waters for Lee county:
C. L. Sttidtey, Blahopvllle, R.
0. No. 5, Cypress tnwaah.p, vice J.
y. Davis, moved out of township; W<
fiaJJesi, R. P. D. No. I. beweiro.
kee%enlveclUe township, vice N. 8.
tafeeod. dec eased; T. C. Roberson, R.
r P. Ho, 1 Ramberts, Spring Hl>|
f"^WWt^ u a Vlnsojfc movftd
p^ivm^ p- r p.
No. J, St. Charles, vice B. C. McCoy,
removed from township.
oiricKtt? or flour m
tn
At a meeting of the directors of t!*e;
Sumter flour mills yesterday the fol?
lowing' officers were elected for one
year:
President and Manager, Perry
Moeea, Or.
Ylce Prasideni, g ,A. Lemmqn.
??pertnfcndertt, J. W. McDonald.
Secretary, ?. 1. Reardon.
1, It wee decided to materially la
crease the capital stock and to instil
aflftv barrel per day mill. Jesars. J?.
*r. Harby and J. J>. Bboth were ap?
pointed a committee to arraiiie tfo
additional capital stock.
President Moses was dlretced to
for a charter. The name of
a corporation will be "The Sumter
Flour Mills."
Mr. J. W. McDonald, of Bennett i
vute, an experieneed and juwoeamfiii
n^U|wright and flour mill operator au d
superlHterident. arid a stockholder In
the Sumter Plour Mill* was MecUd
superintendent. Mr. McDonald bbmcs
with the very highest a| recent
meadations as a man of, high integrity,
biJ&ness ability ?nd experienceo* In
gvei* phase of the Hour mill boMness.
a committee appointed especially
for the purpose wAJ* Superintendent
McDonald Will purchase en up-to
date n??r min at ?nce and II Will be
Installed In ample time to grind the
tut
One of tfte gratifying features con
nected wtth the meeting yesterday
was the fact that a number of the
directors expressed the opinion that
title Hour mill wty prove to be one
of U\m beat paying Investments and
voluntarily doubled their subscrlp
tlorti to the capital stock, and offer?
ed to take more.
The Sour m|ll wlU be located at the
corner of Hampton Avenue and Green
streets, nearly opposite the Beabo?rd
Air Uno depot, end will have aide
trank facilities with the A. C. U and
B. A. I* lines.
ooCAtv boakd meeting.
i ? I. ?
Deputy Sbertff CHVen Use of Soper
vesOt's Case Off Car.
The County Board of Commission
I are hold Its regular monthly session
Tuesday with all of the members
present, except Mr. W. J. Young, who
is still qiilie sick and unable to be
I present.
Ths board discussed the printing
of the monthly statements and au?
thorised the clerk to request bids
for the same from the county pa?
pers.
Four notes continuing the loan of
f2M00? from the National Bank of
Sumter were executed and the mon?
ey placed In the bank to be used when
wanted In the erection of the new Jail.
Deputy Sheriff J. H. Forbes was
granted the use of the old car of Hu
pervfsbr Pitts, which has been replac?
ed with ft new car, In exchange for
the county's use of Mr. Forbes' blood?
hounds, which hs Is keeping at his
own expense
j A number of claims were gone over
'and ordered paid.
STAUT OH ODOKNELL STORE.
W, Lee Harbin Haa Band? Cleaning
W. Lee Harbin, the contractor who
will erect the O'Donnell & Co. store
on the site of the burned building, on
Tuesday started work on the lot and
is getting everything In readiness to
put up the neW building. A force of
hands was at work yesterday remov?
ing all of the old brick walls left on
the premises and cleaning up the site
for the new building,. Others were
erecting a temporary tool house at the
rear of the building and doing the j
other preliminary work necessary in
building operations.
Mr. Harbin is not a new man in
Sumter for he has done a great deal
of work here before, having been the
contractor for the City National Bank,
the Bank of Sumter, the Trinity
Methodist Church, the Imperial Ho?
tel and ?ther buildings. He is Well
known by the business men of Sum?
ter, who are glad to have him back
here.
REDUCE BANK ASSESSMENTS.
?ii mm
County Board of Assessors Heeds she
Plea of Bankers.
The county board of assessors on
Tuesday heeded the complaint of the
bankers that they wer? assessed at a
greater per cent oh the value of
their property than any, other tax?
payers and It consequently reduced
the assessment down to one-third of
the real value, a rate at which it
had been placed previous to the ac?
tion of the Ida commission last year.
This action will probably sa jfy the
fankers, although, as stated at the
meeting Tuesday, it is a higher rate
On the value than most property is
returned for taxation.
a large numebr of negroes stated
that they did not have dogs, mules or
Sws which had been Placed against
dm and these were removed from
e returns. )
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OFP|CERS FOR CHAMBER.
Conimnreial Organisation Re-elects
' fleJser |pre>idcnt--Plaiis New Work.
Ttie directors of the 'Chamber of
Commerce at their weekly meeting
yesterday unanimously accepted mem?
bership on the business men's recep?
tion committee for Field Day under
frpofnimcnt by Secretary Reardon.
Tile president, two vice-presidents,
treasurer, directors and managing sec
retary will meet at Chamber of Com?
merce at 10 o'clock Friday morning
and attend the exercises of Field
Pay in a body.
Election of officers for the present
fiscal year resulted In the unanimous
re-election of the following officers:
President, R. B. Belser.
First Vice President, Q. A. Lem
niqm.
Second Vice President. J. W. Mc
KteVer.
Managing Secretary, E. 1. Reardon.
Mf. R. K. Wilder Was elected treas?
urer to succeed Dr. I. 7?. Hearon, who
retires,from the boanj of directors
with Messrs. H. M. Stuckey and E.
L. vVitherSpoon. e.
The newly ?le^ted dirccrois, Messrs
E. fl. Booth, It. K. Wilder and H. J.
McLuuxin, Jr., are in official harness,
dialing at the bits ready to "start
something" to make things hum for
sumte*.
Mrs. Wesley A. Brown was reap
polnied as assistant Secretary by
secretary Reardon.
The directors unanimously endorsed
a motion by Secretary Reardon for
the Chamber of Commerce to take the
lend in a "clean-up and paint-up'
campaign of one week for Sumter.
The establishment of cream routes
was made a special order for the
nfxt monthly meeting of the Cham?
ber on next Tuesd ? j. Demonstrator
J. F. Williams has been Invited to dis?
cuss this matter with the Chamber
next Tuesday.
Telegraphic salesmanship.
Manager Murphy of Western Union
Attended School in Clihrlotte.
Manager Murphy of the Western
Union office has just returned from
charlotte, where he and thirty-five
other managers from the principal
offices In the two Carolinas have been
schooled In the art of telegraphic
salesmanship. The lessons were
practical demonstrations by instruc?
tors And members of the school. Mr.
A. C. Kaufman, general commercial
agent of New ~*drk, conducted the
meetings In an inspiring and benefi?
cial manner, and General Manager
Worthen, of Atlanta, touched upon
tlie administrative duties between
acts. Mr. f. r. Veale, superintend?
ent at Charlotte, was the local spokes
mad and ably arranged all local mat?
ters and made many valuable sug?
gestions.
The object Is to te.ach the puMIc
the greatest use and efficiency of the
telegraph as a business ally, and the
night letter will be the chief instru?
ment. The slow moving malls will
be largely supplanted by this special
service to speed up business.
The idea a few years ago was con?
sidered a dream, but the practicabil?
ity of the Idea has been proven by
putting it into use throughout the
country for the past year.
Death.
Jacob M. Hodge died at 11 o'clock!
today at tho Touiney Hospital, after
an illness of about two weeks.
He was aged forty-seven years and
was a well known farmer of the Tin
dal section. Tho funeral services and
Interment will be held ut Providence
church, near Tlndal. at 11 o'clock to?
morrow.
It Is suggested from the sheriff's
office that automobile owners num?
ber their Cars according to the direc?
tions given in tho State act providing
for euch numbering. The deputy
sheriff states that car owners who
have their numbers on the front of
their cars Will be made to change
them so that they are on the hack of
I th? cars, as provided by law.
Levl Bros. Win Soil From Coast Lino
?Jones Against Parker.
From The Daily Item, April 4.
In the court of common pleas this
morning the suit of Robert U Jones
by his guardian was commenced
against E. W. Parker, .F. H. Mc
Cathern and Mrs. L H. Parker. Jones
alleged damages to the amount of
$3,000 for his alleged forced removal
from a store which he had rented
from Parker and by his being for?
bidden the opportunity of handling
goods in the store thereafter. It seems
that Jones sold out his stock of goods
to Parker, but moved out before a
full settlement was reached and he
claims that he was never paid the
full amount he was owed by Parker.
The suit of Levi Bros, against the
Atlantic Coast Railroad Company
Monday resulted in a verdict of $127.
33 and penalty of $50 being returned
for the plaintiff, this and costs being
the full amount sued for. It was al?
leged that three bales of cotton were
shipped from Paxvllle for the plain?
tiffs, but never reached their destina?
tion and the loss thereby was $127.33.
BANKS PROTEST ON TAX PLAN.
Want Their Taxes on Parity With
Other Property Bankers State.
From The Daily Item, April 4.
A number of the bankers of the
city met In the auditor's office this
morning at the annual meeting of
the county board of assessors and
protested vigorously on the action of.
the State tax commission last year
in raising their taxes from the assess?
ment at which they were returned to.
4$ per cent, of their real value.
They asked that'their property be put
on a parity with other property, as i
returned for taxation, saying that
the law has been so changed by the
last . session of the legislature that
auch a change was permissible and
could not be changed by the tax com
roils8loh, except as it related to the
returns as made by other counties.
They stated that bank property
should not be made to pay more than
Its proportion and just share of taxes,
as the banks had unjustly been
forced to do last year.
Messrs. C. G. Rowland, R. O. Purdy,
p. D^ Molse and Nelll O'Donnell made
short talks on behalf of the bankers'
' f *"
plea, although there were quite a
number of other bankers present.
The members of the county board
Of assessors present were: H. J. Mc
Laurln, Sumter, chairman; R. E.
Aycocfc, MIddleton; W. J. Ardis, Man?
chester; Howard Jones. Concord: .1.
K. McKhven, Shlloh; M. Dorn. Provi?
dence; T. M. Rogers, Rafting Creek;
T. S. Stuckey, Stateburg; Robert
Muldrow, Mayesville.
Take a Smile With Ton.
Take a smile with you, that's the good
old way;
ThoSdouds are flying o'er 'twill make
a brighter day.
Do not feign It either, but let it be
true.
Helping many others while it's help
ing you.
Put it In your labor, put it In your
Play,
Put It in your life work on the beat?
en way.
Take a smile with you, that's the old,
good way.
Take a smile with you, neath the
chasten!nx rod,
'Twill pierce the thickest darkness
looking up to God;
It will lighten burdens, It will lift
your load,
Make a better pathway of a stony
road.
Make a better pathway of a stony
road.
It has heartened heroes cowering In
dismay;
Crowning with a triumph In the
mighty fray. <
Take a smile with you, that's the old,
good way.
Take a smile with you to the man
that's down,
It will serve him better than if you
wore a frown;
It may ease his burden, help him to
succeed;
Just a smile this moment Is his sorest
need.
Help your fallen brother, lift him up
today,
Hear his cry for succor, do not say
him nay.
I Take a smile with you, that's the old,
good way.
?Uagood Bethea.
Rembert, S. C, April 4, 1916.
Swat the Cattle Tick.
1. It kills your cattle.
2. It reduces the price,
3. It prevents shipping to the
I best markets.
4. It prevents bringing In breed?
ing slock.
5. it ruins the cattle business.
6. It robs you of your cattle food.
7. It costs too much.
The dipping vat will do the work.
Swat him now?don't wait. The
boll weevil Is coming this way and
will refuse to cooperate In th<
tie business until the tick leaves.
ly and
ie cat
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Facts
GET the facts on the operating cost
before you buy any automobile.
Find out the truth before?not
after. And don't be satisfied with hear?
say or a salesman's claims. The price of
gasoline is high; so is oil and there is sure
to be an increase in the cost of all tires.
So, what you want is the car that will
give you most miles per gallon of gasoline,
per gallon of oil and per set of tires.
Here are the facts proved by the Mas
well stock touring car that recently set the
World's Motor Non-Stop Record:
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Maxwell World'? New-Stop Record Facts
Miles without a motor stop.. .22,023
Average miles per day (44 day?). 500.6
Miles per gallop of gasoline.2 LAS
Miles per gallon of oil. i. 400
Average miles per tire.. _9,871
Remember that this was a Non-Stop
Endurance Record-Mn order to prove that
the Maxwell car was exceedingly sturdy,
reliable and trouble proof.
No attempt was made or could be made
to save gasoline, oU or tires. So these fig?
ures merely indicate what would be possible
under ordinary" driving conditions.
Right now we have a Maxwell we can
deliver to you, and if you don't want to
pay cash, make a deposit and pay the
balance as.you use the car. But don't p?t
it off. We know the Maxwell factory can't
get half enough freight cars to carry their
doubled output. Later on we may not
be able to supply you. But we can
NOW. Better phone us for a demonstra*
tion today*
Touring Car, $655
Roadster, $635
Price a F. O.B. Detroit
: < \i fir :
T. N. GRIFFIN, Lynchburg, S. O.
Distributor, Sumtcr, Lee, Florence and Clarendon
JOHNSON MOTOR CO. Sumter, S. C.
DISTRIBUTORS FOR
MaxH^tt
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The National Bank of
South Carolina
The Bank with the Big Clock.
The Bank with the Big Capita*, and
Surplus.
Correct Tim*and Correct Methode
Resources $905,000.00
We want 1000 new accounts
during the year 1916.
Let yours be among them.
C. 6. ROWLAND, 6. L KARREN,
Pres. Cash'r*
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CONFIDENCE
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That is the word upon which we base our
success. The confidence in th s Bank is
proven by our recent statement.
! The Finft National Bank
The Oldest Banking Institution in the County