The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 22, 1919, Image 5
ASfSKd ?S tfee POffDOiBc* At Soxstrr. 8.
G? ?s Second CtutH? Miitw-j
PERSONAL.
Capt. and Mrs. it. W. Peatros arc
the, rguescs of-his brother, Mr. Garnett
Peatros at the Claremont Hotel. Capt.
trrVd' Mrs. Peatross are from Dallas,
Texas.
Mr. Bak.er Spann, who is with the
Southern Railway at Columbia, is
spending a week at home recuperat
ing' from a recent illness.
Lieut. LouiirC. Bryan, military ob
server with the aviation corps in
France, 'who landed in-New York
last week, arrived in the city -Mon
day. He has not y*rt received his for
mal discharge from the army, but will
-i^o*bam~y "do so in the near future.
Lieut. Bryan spent six months in
France ? ami was at the front when
the arma:t:ce was signed.
-2*Jr. and Mrs. ?bejftytteriberg have
?returned from a. "visit "to New York
and Atlantic- :City.
" Private William "Brogdon, who has!
been in service in France for the past I
twelve months has received his dis-1
jcttacrge and has returned to his home!
at^Brbgdon. He is a son of Mr. W.'T. j
Srofdbn.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ryttenberg ofj
tNew York are visiting/ Mr. and Mrs. j
Abe Ryttenberg, 10 South Washington j
street.
'" Mr. W. "H.'Strickland of Shaw &:
McCoIlum Mercantile Co. leaves to- J
jjtght for New York on business.
Mrs. J. j. Myers of Congaree is
visiting her daughter. Mrs. J. H.
Johnson, on Broad street.
/."?'.^?sses Lila Brown. Reha Spann,
May Blanding and Blanche Spann
. this morning . to .model for the
annual fashion show which is to take
place in Darlington Thursday even
ing. Mrs. Richard Wilder accom
.panied ,the'm as "chaperon.
SeTzed Jamaica Ginger.
Policeman' islanding ^DuRant ?r
* rented Blandjhg Heriot. colored,
/^e?nesday morning and seized for
t/bottles of Jamaica ginger.
' ^Pftb arrest and seizure followed im
^?^la^ately upon the delivery of the
^j&tid&ge of ^ginger to Heriot by the
rl?rbifess wagon.
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I Fatal Auto Accideflt7
i _ ?
I Little Bov Knocked Down Bv
Car on West Liberty Street
Skull Crushed and Death Oc
j curs Within a Few Hours.
??
I Sidney Smith", aged six and half
; years, a son of Mr. S. A. Smith, who
j lives on West Eartlette street, was fa
J tally injured yesterday afternoon
i about four o'clock, when he was
i knocked down and run over by a car
I driven by Dayton Wilson, coolred, of
j PineWood. The accident occurred on
; West Liberty -street near Trinity
j Church. According to statements
! made by eye-witnesses, the little boy
'was riding or the back of a wagon
j which was being driven west along J
; Liberty strert and just as the car driv- j
en by Wilson, which was going in the
same direction, approached and' was |
; in the act of passing the wagon, the
? boy jumped off the rear of the wagon
j and ran in front of the car. The
j fender struck him on the side of 'the
I head, knocking him down and the car
I passed over his body. He was taken
'at once to the hospital and everything
i possible Was done for him, but his
I skull was seriously fractured and he
! died about 7 o'clock without regain
l, ing consciousness. When the boy was
taken to the hospital no one knew
who he was and considerable difficul
ty was experienced in having him
identified.
An inquest was held today by Cor
oner Scale and a verdict was found
that tho child came to his death as
the result of a fracture of the slfll.
Dayton Wilson, the driver of the car
was arrested last night and is being
held in jail.
The*body of the little boy was tak
en to Conway, the former home of the
family, where the funeral services
were held today.
Paris, Feb. 20.?The Question is
being asked if the attempt upon Pre
mier Clemencau's life was of Bolshe
vik origin. The Matin today recalls
that a few days ago a Geneva news
paper" announced that the. Bolsheviki
in Lusanne, Switzerland, were plot
ting against M. Clemenceau's life and
that two Bolsheviki had crossed the
frontier to carry out the plan.
The Paris police, says The Petit
Parisien, were warned recently that
a plot was brewing against the pre
mier's life._., ...
Good Tires Speed
Deliveries
No car is better titan its tires.
And time lost through tire troubles cannot
be replaced.
Good tires are the best practical guarantee
of ^o?r car's continuous and economical
service.
United States Tires are good tires?the best
tires our 76 years of experience in the rubber
business have taught us to fiiake.
You have your choice of ;five different
types for passenger car or light delivery use?
'Nofcby', 'Chain', 'Uscq% 'Plain', and the
famous 'Royal Cord'.
There is also the 'Nobby Cord' for heavy
duty vehicles, as well as the Solid Truck Tire.
Among these good tires you will find
exactly the treads best suited to your car and
your driving conditions.
Our nearest Sales and Service Depot dealer
will gladly point them out to you.
United States Tires
are Good Tires
White Man Fifty-Seven Years
I Old Shot te Death by His
Nephew at Atlantic Coast
Line Station This Morning.
j A homicide f an- unusual charac
ter occurred . the Atlantic Coast
Line passenger station Wednesday
about ."?.30 A. M. Irby Israel Baker,
white', used "57 years was shot by his
rnephew, William .Morgan Baker, who
used'a single barrel shot gun at such
-close ran?o that the entire load of
NO. % shot passed entirely through
the body. Death resulted from the
'effects ..- of thex wound within iwd
hours. The wounded -man. was tak
en to' the Tuomey Hospital, but he
was beyond human help and he died
Without-making a statement. He told
Officer Carrfgan that he wanted to
tell him all about the trouble, but he
lapsed into unconsciousness before he
could do so.
The story of the killing is told in
the testimony of Officer Carrigan bo
fore the Coroner's inquest, and be
yond r.hese facts little or nothing is
known of the circumstances of the
tragedy.
The dead mar. was an uncle of Wil
liam Morgan Baker and the girl with
whom he. Irby-1. Galt er was eloping
was the daughter of William Morgan
Baker. All of the persons concerned
in the tragedy are residents of Lee
county, in the vicinity of St. Charles.
According to reports Israel Baker
and the girl walked to this city last
night and :the father of the girl
learning of their intention to board
the 5 o'clock train-for Augusta drove
through the-country and waited for,
the eloping couple at the stetion. j
Then* seems to have been ho words j
passed between the two men when
they m^t at the station?they met and
the shooting followed intsantly.
: 'Wrlilahi Morgan Baker and his J
brother Mack Newell Baker are- ip j
jail and will be held;- ponding a pre- i
iiminary. . '
The testimony taken at the Coron- ;
er's'inquest and the verdict of the ;
jury follow :
A. C. Carragan. sworn, says: 1 am j
i policeman of the city of SUniter. On ,
February 19, about 5.-30 a. m. 1 met!
Mack Newell Baker (brother of the,
man vt ' ?. > did the shooting) at the
gate of'the A. C. L. Station. I saw he
had a doublebarrel shotgun' behind his
back. He seemed to be looking for
some one. I asked what was the
trouble and who he was lookins for.
He said he was looking for a couple
who was going off on that train. His
brother's daughter and his uncle were
the. couple. He wanted-to take them
off, or have them! arrested. About
that" time I heard a gun fire about 20
feet down- the track and-I'turned in
time tor'see.trby Israel Baker, deceas
ed, fall. I rushed to the man that had
been shot. I saw Wm. Morgan Ba
ker about ten feet across the track
From the'-man that had been shot. I
arrested Baker and took a singiobnrre*
breech loading gun from him. I ask
ed Why he killed that man. He said
TSecause" he was'going off with my
daughter." I turned the :gun- over-'to.
Policeman J. D. Chandler. The,
-laughter of the man that did the
-hooting came up and gave me .32]
Colt pistol. I also gave this to Mr.
Chandler. I don't know where she j
?ot the pistol.. She was kneeling by
the wounded man and when she got
:p slie handed me the pistol. Ai^out
hat time Mack Newell Baker, the
irst man I' saw with a gun, came up
ind I had a Mr. Strange (with the^
3u!f Refining Co.) take the gun fromj
him. He unloaded the gun, took out|
two u'iffircd shells and gave them to;
me. I also turned this gun and si i el Is"
over to "Mr. Chandler. Later we took?
\ pistol off of Mack Newell Baker.
Mr. Chandler also has that pistol. I
*:ook the wounded man to the Tourney
Hospital and phoned for Dr. Leminon.
I asked Wm. Morgan Baker why he
shot the man. He said "because he
was runnng off with my daugher."
Lewis Hamflfon, sworn, says: This
morning about 5 o'clock I saw Wm
Morgan Baker at entrance to the
"adies' room. I went to mail some let
ters on train and when I started Pack
met Irby I Baker, accompanied by lit
tle girl that looked to be about 15
vears old. They were" going to train
I saw W. Morgan Baker pass fhem and
ho looked back as he passed, tin ned
and fired his gun directly at Trby
Israel Rs.ker. I don't know what
<ind of gun. only know it was a shot
gun and not a pistol. I didn't see
the man that was shot pull a pistol
or fire arm of any kind. All of this
hapened at passenger station of A. C.
L. R. II. in the city of Sumter. S. C
J. D. Chandler, sworn, says: 1 am
a policeman of the city of Sumter.
About 5.20 a. m. 1 got a phone oies-J
sapre to come to A. C. L. depot. Ii
went. Mr. Carrigan was at the gate I
With two shot guns in his hands, one1
hand on Wm. Baker and M. X. Ba
ker was standing off some distance. I
arrested M. N. Baker. Went down to
Mr. Carrigan and took charge of a
j single barnd shotgun and a double
barrel shot gun and one .32 Colt Owl
head pistol which Miss Edith May Ba
ker had turned over to him. which
she claimed she got from dead man's
pocket. 1 took charge of all and came
to city hall. There was a recently
tired shell in single barrel gun. The
double barrel gun was empty. W. M
Baker said he was looking for his
daughter; said he was walking down
track, saw Irby I. Baker. lie had his
hand on his pistol and I fired. After T
got to city hall I found on W. X. Ba
?4?r a .3S calibre Bull Dopr pistol.
i That w<- the coroner's jury find that
ion Wednesday. February 10th. 1010.
ja. m. at the Atlantic Coast Line Bftil
road ? .?Station in the city of Sumter,
county of Sumter. State of South Car
olina, one Irby Israel Baker came' to
his death by a prunshot wound at the
hands of William Morgan Baker and
that Mack r ewell Baker was acces
sory to the shooting of the deceased.
There is no doubt .bout, a curtail
ment in the use of fertili7.fr this year
The financial si.nation will pr< vent
the usual lavish expenditure of mon
ey for this purpose. It is up loathe
.farmers to reduce the acreage .is"r,>e
ommended by the cotton cpnfyiejice.
Igte? " -'s
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1AY your smok^t??t?
-flush *ip ag?a?fik
Estehmg p?st-^? ^M^ :; ^
get the Prince Albert caM,M right l
You'll hunt ajiininy pipe so quick and
get so much tobacco joy out ?t&fcTy
puff you'll wish you had 4fc?n twrn
twins! For, Prince Albert puts over a !6irn S
new to every man fond of a pipe or a home !
made cigarette. It wins yxjur glad hand coin- ?
pletely. That's because it has the qualityi
And, right behind this quality flavor and quality fra- |
granee is Prince Albert's freedom from bite and parch %
which is cut out by our exclusive patented process. %
We tell you to smoke your fill at any dip?jimmy
pipe or makin's cigarette?without a comeback !
Tcppy red bags, tidy red tins, handsome pound and ?
half pound tin humidors?and?thai clever, practical
pound crystal glass humidor with sponge mclslener
top that keeps the tobacco in such perfect condition.
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Sale?^ N.-C k
I Situation Grows Serious to Farmers
and Railroads.
i
Thn;t the fertilizer mvement has
been slow this year and that conges-1
tion of traffic is probable unless farm- j
ers put in their orders at once, is the i
burden of a statement issued yester- }
day by Regional Railroad Director i
Winchell, which Is as follows:
"Please let me say a word to our
farmer patrons.
"The normal yearly movement of
fertilZers'in this region runs from
three- rtfillion? tb five million tons; This
means,' in round figures, ifiO.f'OQ car
loads to be handled. ?. ?
"Ordinarily most of 'his very large
item of traffic is thrown on the rail
roads in the months of January." Feb
ruary and March. Great- activity on
their part is necessary to handle the
same well.
"By February 10 at .least 40 per
Cent Of the whole fertilizer' tonnage
has usually been shipped, but this
iyear less than 5 per cent has mov
[ed'so-far; that is to say,: the move
:.ment up to date is about .50,000 ears
short of what it should have been.
"It is easy for you to see what 1
fear.
"A flood of business at the last mo
ment cannot be moved to the satis
faction of our patrons and complaints
will surely follow. We are anxious
to avod complaints, but it is obvious
that we cannot move all of this ton
nage at one time. In order to do the
job right it is necessary "that it be
well distributed throughout the whole
three months.
"During the . past . four or five
weeks ear conditions and weather
have been favorable, but the fer
tilizers have not moved freely and
immediate activity is now necessary
to avoid a condition which will be
serious alike to the farmers and the
railroads.'*
He Acted Like
A Drunken Man
His Liver Was Sluggish and
Dizzy Spells Often Attacked
Him; Other Troubles Also Re
lieved by Dreco.
There are hundreds of people right
here in this state who suffer from a
sluggish liver, weak kidneys, derang
ed stomachs, thick. slow flowing
blood, with weary eyes nn< 1 sallow
skins, who arc nervous, weak, run- !
down, and victims of constipation.
;\"o remedy ha.- reached the popu
larity in removing these human ail-j
ments, as has Dreco. the greai her-1
bal remedy, eompounded from Xa-J
ture's own roots, herbs, barks and I
berries, as is being proven by the
signed testimonials of responsible
parties. For instance, Mr. .f. I;. |
Chllders, of Route l. [nraan, S. C. i
{says: j
j "My kidneys were weak, stomach I
J did noi assimilate my food: gas j
'bloated mo tin; I was full of rh^uma- 1
tism; my ton?aie was coated; breath]
'fold, and sometimes I would get so j
dizzy, I would go around like a,
drunken man.
"I've always had faith in herb :
remedies, so when Dreco was adver
:':..<!. I ; <>! a boirle, .-nnl it sure has
done me worlds of good: in fact, it!
has just knocked out all my troubles j
and I'm well now as ever in my life." |
Dreco. the medicine which did so i
much for this man can how be bough! '
at all good <lruK Stores and is hi hiy,
recommend^ in Suniter by Sibert's
Drug S,pre.--->.dv'.
A Plea For Cotton
Wants Removal of Export Re
strictions.
Washington, Feb. 19.?Removal of
restrictions on the expori.aiion o"
American . goods to neut- a. countries
was urged in the house taday by Rep
? resentatwt s Won;!, Indiana, Ropubli
Ican. and Heflin. Alabama. Democrat,
j If the war trade board's rulings on
i trade with neutrals were "continued
[another three, months s -if? Repres^n
tative Wood, foreign manufacturers
[would have a lead which American
firms could never overtake. Repre
sentative Heflin asked especially that
restrictions on the exportation of cot
ton and cotton goods be removed and
reiterated his demand for an investi
gation of the New York cotton ex
change. .
Under the rulings of the war trade
board said Mr. Wood, exporters of
Norway, Sweden, Holland or oiher
European neutrals must obtain a per
mit before a license could be grant
ed.
"Exporters find it impossible to
obtain such permits." he continued
"because the Netherlands overseas
trust, which is dominated by British
influence, and officers see to it that
they are net given. England natural- ,
ly does not want our manufacturers;
to compete with hers. You cannot j
blame England but you can blame i
the administration which should have j
seen to it long ago that the restric- j
tiohs were removed."
Representative Heflin said cotton
producers are being forced to accept
an abnormally low price for their
cotton while the foreign demand was
greater than at any other time in
history. Referring to the Caraway
resolution for investigation of the
New York exchange he declared)
that "nothing but a conspiracy and j
concerted act;on on the part of the |
exchange could have driven the price j
of cotton futures below the price of:
spot cotton."
RED CROSS NOTES.
The Home Service Department.
Men may be the best soldiers in
the world, hut if things are not well I
with their families at home they lose j
efficiency through worry, and the J
morale of the army cannot help but
begin to fail. So it was that the I
Kfd Cross took over home service
work, a work that was devoted a'
most entirely to the home folk of the j
soldier. J
:l ha: taken oy-j tie- easv ?.-f the se
dier h?. seif. '???, ? '-earning s. ofei:
. .s is the :.> :??? servici department
'he same wh<?le h arted ass stance
hat the Red Cr; -?. gave him during
the days of fighting There are
countless ways in which this depart
ment helps. XoL only may the sol
dier appeal for his family and for
allotments for them, hut for employ
ment for himself. The disabled sol -
?iier. through home service workers,
is put in cmeh w th -ocat er?al
schools No request s t ?o ' ]: er too
little, tha the soldier or his family
might make.
Summer Pas had a home service de
partment since the first days of the
var. bat not until lately his the
interest become so great. Miss Ma-'
mio Chandler is uow at Atlanta
headquarters taking a course that
will enable h?r t<? be secretary of
his department. .Miss Lang and
Miss Lockeridgc. both from head
lUarters. have made a great success
in getting this d^partm^nt firmly
?"fejabTishcd. it now remains for the
keer ihis ins: it et io^. ?= successr ...aV
Fo* thai iv'-i).' two workers fronY.
Atlanwu? Miss '?.Vci?;f.'iik and ;M1sfe*
Thbre?iiftt.tJi'-?.-(.v? been graphed, for,;:
Th ? rv-rd ..- : and classes' must-.
L't-ji'h.i at < a ?? . .These ladies, both,
sk i:ed * ? ? : - wiil offer a two--'
we? i s ; ^s-n.-ivv training in home ser-'
vice. T'ue t?ni> conditions' of. enroll^
mom which meed bv laid ?? di)&n* are;
seri a.?.??.<> of purpos? . and a willing
ness 'v d<> I he work involved;; -Trie
lectures in the,, course take up. all
bran^nes of- s?-c:?.d 'Ifane >yrviee,
and so must prove doubl} intere?tf?g*
Co anyone who h-: a desire for such'-"
st> wledge. At'-th? same time, these
ectuns combined w'th the theoreti
cal work, will fit one to be an assist
ant to the sec.-etary of the Home Ser
vice Department.
The first of these c'asses Trill be:
held Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock?
at the Y. M. C. A. Everyone that is .
the least bit interested is urged fb
come, and we can assure you* that'
your interest will become a porma*--.
nent one. The work is so interesting,;
besides doing so much good, thai,
one cannot fail to be enthusiastic.
If any further information is de-r
sired, phone Miss Lockeridge at
or Miss Purdy at 32$, and don't for-,
ret that upon the first nieet|ng de
pends much of the success that Our
Home Service Departmn: must at
tain.
LOCAL.
p. ?;. bowman. Cotton Buyen ' .
(Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock No?n)i
:cod Middling 25.
? Strict Middling 24 1-2.
Middling 24.
Strict Low Middling 22. .
XFTT YORK COTTON MA URFTS
Tes't'd'ys
" ?- Open High :'.?";v.- Close" C?0S9
M^h . 23 10 23 3 ? 2" AT, . ? V2 i i
May . . 21.90 22.50 21.97 22 Si
July . . 21..s.5 21.68 21.13 :1. :: 20:(tf
To Arrive Sunday
Dost?n Fell 20. -The transport
?, i. Washington, bringing Presi
.* Wilson from France wiP . reach
I'ost--.- Monday, according :.o a wire
less from the steamer today. The
message did not indicate the hour
tii* may be expected.
Th? Oee.r?re Wash hgton u : reach
?he harbor at 1 o'clock Monday? af
ternoon, according to a radio'mos
s?re today
SiKrlilfFV ii?NPS?Bought and sold.
i( >?< buwi'.e bonds that* you can
ea> for or have to sell. s-*e us.
?Vi;I pay cash for them or seil
them for you. Guthrie vv < "osnpany.
DeLorme's i'.->-ug Store.
t. OTT X SF.FD- I sell ear lots, ar.
tn nr'cs. subject bity
,,e?- e.->t:ditio?j on brokerase basis.
List tout seed with ny, ? C? . J.'
Dwver, Sumte r.* S. C.
: ki swax wanted An.\ ruantity
large oi s' ?11 : ? ;" ?<--'' be*c
cash price. Se? nie if you have
"v V -.-. Osteel.
FOR SALE?F. O. B. cars. Camp
Jackson, stable manure; very little
straw Car load lots only. ? Chemi
eal and Fertilizer value rat?d xjpef
bieh by Clemson college. A. A.
u auss, Sumfcer, S. C. -