Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m EftteTed at' <Che Post office at Sumter, - S^C, as Second-class Matter. i..UAJ-^i-Xi^--,. .' r"?"" ' Mrs. W. B. Xynam; Mrs. L. R. Wil liams and.Mr5..L\;I>..Moise are in At- ! lanta attending the Grand Opera. Mrs. -Douglas China and daughter have spendh^g a few days at | Winthrop College. Mr. W. A. jfirayn returned Tues day from v a business trip to Chi cago^ New" York and other Northern markets in.the interest of the W. A. Biy^n-Ciothing,.Co,,^ which will open for business in^a short. time^ ..-Mr* A. ,W.r^?roughton, cashier oft the-Peoples Bank, is spendier today t in Richraon^N Va., at a bankers' con- j vention, by especial invitation, with all? expenses paid. . Mrs. Samuel ??edd Carter, of Ash-j land, Vaw withrher two sons, is vis iting her father,.- Coi. R. T>. Lee, on Warren St. '. Mrs. ii?e Seaman and daughter, of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Latta. of Shreyeport. La., -are spending a few . days with Mrs. H. S. Waddell.. Mr. Jerome V. Wilson, of Columbia, was in the city oh business today. Mr. J. Knox -Carbett, of-Los Ange- j les, Calif^,: Mr. an'd' 'Mrs. H*. S. Cor- j h^tt and son, of Tncson, Arizona, are! .' Vlsitftlg relatives and friends in the j .city..: * ..-1 / ' Mrs. Willie Shaw and eaughter, Miss Florence Shaw, are in Atlanta this week;attending grand opera.. Mrs. Chas. L. McMahon, of Okmul-j gee, : Okla.-, is visiting Miss Bethen j Chandler at ll X. Washington street. Mrs.'-"-"McMahon- will be remembered . in Sumter as Miss M. C. Jacobs. Mr. Eugene McCollum will^leave to . .night, for Flint, Mich., on business for the McCollum Auto Co. Mrs. F. W. Brawley, of Gastonia, N~ C;., is visiting her sister, Mrs. R. S. \ Churchill on West Hampton avenue. ? Dolors T. R. Little John atfd Milton , .'.Weinberg are attending the ?Conven tion of the American Medical Asso ciation in New Orleans^ They-witl be absent from Sumter about ten days. Mr. H. J. Lawrence is visiting his daughter, Mrs. W. Cofield, of ? Greenville. lAr. Cardoza, representing the syn dicate that has purchased Hill's Rex "'< theatre, is in the city * to takfe charge on May. 1st., 1 Messrs. J. H. McCollum, David Cuttino, William Blackwell and Leon % Furse left last night for Detroit to get Dodge cars which they will drive ;? through the country to Sumter. " The cotton crop of Sumter county Win average thirty days late> this sea son, according . to estimates . .of some observers who claim to be qualified to; express an opinion.. _ . ? --? ,. , ;i* If you need a suit or coat it will pay r'you to see'the special values oiteied *? . the Ladies Shop.?Adv. Death. Manning,. April 27.?Died, last Thursday- night, at the home of her brother; ~in this city, Mrs. Gist Gee, after an illness of several months. She is best remembered, as Clara Belle Da vis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Davis, of Summerton. About IS years ago she left her na tive land for China, and upon her ar rival there was married to Gist Gee, who held a professorship in Soochow university. Mrs. Gee became ill about sfeg months ago, and failing, to improve, left for the States in hope that the change would restore her health. Af ter visiting Mayo brothers and other eminent physicians in this country, she came on to Manning, arriving here about two months ago. The best of' care and, 'attention that friends and laved ones'could render failed to give, her any permanent relief. ( The funeral.service was held at the; home of her brother, Joseph E. Davis, j Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock and the 1 Body, interred in Manning cemetery. ! The floral offerings were beautiful. ? the grave being literally banked with; flowers, attesting the love and-esteem : in which she was held. \. She is survived byher husband, who } is now upon the seas, Jmt not expect-; ed to arrive till the last of the week, j and four children, the youngest of j which is seven months old and which j was left in China in the care of a She is also survived by her father j She is also survive by her father { and mother and the following sisters'; and brothers: Mrs. Sue A Pitts, Mrs.! F. R. Dingle. Dr. T. J. Davis and i Charles B. Davis of Summerton, Mrs. . C. R. Sprott. Mrs. J. D. Gerald and \ James E. Davis, of Manning, and Mrs. ? Marion Stokes, of Korea. __? The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Earle i A-xJey will regret to learn of the j death of the latter at Nashville, Tenn., on April lCth. after several months' i illness. The funeral services were held at MeKendree church Tuesday j afternoon. April 18th. Mr. and Mrs. ; Axlc-y came to Sumter last year toj make their.home, but on account off iliness Mrs. Axley .returned to her j former-home in Nashville in January j for treatment. 1 DuBose Club DuBose Democratic Club met and' reorganized Saturday, April 24th. The; following officers were lected: President. M. lorn; vice president, ; R..J. Yates; secietary, M. R. Rivers;; member county executive committee.; Willie Burrows. ' Delegates to county convention, T. \ S. DuBose, Jr., Stanyarne Burrows, j Alternates, R. J. Yates, M. R. Rivers. Trinity Club. Trinity Democratic Club met Sat urday, April 24th and reorganized. The following officers were elected: j President. C. V. Green; vice presi-1 dent, W. P. Player; secretary, T. R.1 McElveen; member county executive j committee, T. R. McElveen. Delegates to county convention, T. j J. Keels and T. R. McElveen. i ftp One of the Convicts Who Mur dered Guard Sox at the State Farm Arrested Allen Griffin one of the negro con viets who killed Penitentiary Guard Sox, at the State Farm, near Hagood, last week wasf arrested Wednesday on Mr. S. J. White's place on the Manning road hy Rural Policeman Sam Newman and Mr. J. R. Hinson. j Mr. Hinson saw the negro pass his! place early in the morning and sus- j pecting that he was one of the escap- j ed convicts followed him until he went j into hiding in a tobacco harm Mr. j Hinson then stood guard and sent for i Khral Policeman Newman to come j 'and; make the arrest. Griffin was unarmed and submitted j to arrest without resistance. He gave j his correct name when questioned and j did not deny that he had escaped I from the State Farm. He was taken i -to the Penitentiary in Columbia on j the 11 o'clock train. The two other es- j caped convicts are reported to have j passed through -the same neighbor-,. hood several days on their way to- i wards Charleston. One of them was! sent up from Charleston county and the other from Beaufort. Griffin: was sent to the penitentiary from Dor Chester county. , ?? Griffin, isince his escape, has been' hiding in the woods in the Dalzell j and. Woodrow sections, and when ar rested was wearing clothing which he j had stolen or obtained from some'per-; .son living on Mr. B. W. Segars' place, several old memorandums in the poc- . kets of the coat t proving, this fact, sheriff Hurst and rural policemen spent a part of last night searching the Dalzell and DuBose sections for Griffin, having; been informed that he was hiding in that part of tho county, but found no trace of him.. XEW MEDICAL BOARD. Governor Xauit? Examiners Under New Act. Columbia, April 28.?Governor Cooper has appointed the State Board of Medical Examiners under the new act passed at the last session of the general assembly. Members' of the old board are re-appointed. They are as follows: First district, Dr. J. T. Taylor, Ad-' am's Run? second district, J. S. Mat thews, Denmark; third district. Frank, lender. Williamston; fourth district, Basiter Haynes, Spartanburg; fifth district, J. R. Miller. Rock Hill; sixth district, G. B. Edwards, Darlington; seventh district. J. H. Taylor, Colum bia; from the State at large, A. Karle Poozer, Columbia. : Married. ?Mr. J. Ryan White, of.Sumter, and Miss Annabelle Higeman, of Chester, were married Saturday morning at the parsonage of the Methodist church, Chester, by Rev. J. W. Kilgo. I NAMES BRIDGE COM^SS^OX.' IX -. _ ? Members of Board Who Will Build w v Bridge. Columbia, April- 2S?Governor! hooper yesterday named the mem bers of the Savannah bridge district. | rreated at the recent session of the! general assembly. This will direct j the building of the bridge over the | Sa vannah river, which is to be joint-1 ly by a group of counties in South j Carolina and the State of Georgia. I Federal aid will also be used in the project. Members of the new board j are: . . ' j . C. A. Verdier, Pritchardville; C. B. Perry, Ridgeland: Dr. E. Hj Wyman, Etsill. Wreck on Northwestern The morning train from. Camden. on the Northwestern Railroad was wrecked near White Siding, three miles out, Tuesday at 8:45. The engine was derailed and an oil tank car also got off the track. The de railment was caused by sand having been washed on the track by the heavy rain last night. . The only per son injured was Engineer Brown, who was bruised, but not seriously, when he jumped from his cab as the en-1 gine left the track and turned over! on its side. The passengers weroi brought to town by Messrs. J. H. Mey-1 ers and J. M. Bradham, who werej near the scene, of the accident when it occurred. The track is blocked and; trains on the Northwestern will be an-' nulled until the wrecking train can be brought here to put the engine hack; on ttje track. The wrecking train iSr. now working on a wreck on - thc^ Coast Line near Charleston, and it is;. not known how soon service on the r North western can be resumed. The mass meeting, to be held at I ! Providence school house, Privateer, i : Thursday night, to discuss the high-i ? way* bond issue, is not one of the reg-: ; ular meetings scheduled by the com-1 i mittee. but is called by the people of j the neighborhood. It is stated thai' > there is great opposition to the bond, issue in that section, and it would be] well for.'thoso who advocate the issue j to take advantage of the invitation: extended to have a speaker present to \ present the arguments in favor of] good roads. The idea that there will he practic- ?: ally no opposition to the good roads; bonds issue and that people of ; SUrnter county will vote three to four] to one in favor of the bonds, is mis-: taken.' There is oposition-and those j who are leading the opposition are. working quietly but effectively to de- j velop antagonism. They are perfect-j !y willing.for the good roads crpwd to j believe that everything is lovely* and \ 'to go to sleep on the job. The oppo- \ kition will have their votes at the polls' ?in election day. . New York, April 2S?With onei hundred and sixty-six precincts miss- i ing General Woods leads Scourer; Johnson by 533 votes in the New Jer- j sey Republican presidential primary.' Whiskey Still Captured. Sheriff- Hurst und the posse that were searching for escaped convict^ Tuesday night failed to lind convicts i but they did not return to town, emp- i ty-handed. On their way home they visited the house of William, Mc- j Duffie, colored, who lives on the farm ; of Mr. Taxes, near DuBose cross roads, i and found a still in operation. The still j and a small quantity of whiskey were seized and McDuffie arrested. When the sheriff approached the house before daylight he observed a smoke coming from the chimney, which was a suspicious circumstance as informa tion had been lodged with -the Sheriff some days ago that McDuffie; was run- j ning a still. When the sheriff knock ed on the doer and demanded admit tance for the purpose of making a search McDuffie was defiant and re fused to permit the officers to enter, declaring that no man could-search ! his home without a warrant. Sheriff J.J Hurst produced a warrant and Me- j Duffie. wilted and admitted that he was.j running a still, saying? that "when all fellow is caught he is caught, and it 1 is no use in lying." McDuffie was! brought to town, but was later re-j leased on S200 bond. ? . c Ladies' coat suit, values up to $75 j: at .$?7 50 at The Ladies Shop. ! -?-? ji Baltimore, April 28^?Samuel Levine; a boy fourteen years old, shot and.; killed a negro today when the latter i threatened his mother. . 2 ? 'J Raffield Nominal The m unieiB?l primary- ,?~ ? day to nominate a candidate AeS?vL eilman to fill the vacate the resignation'^^ in the nomination of Mr. J: A. field. The vote was as follows: J. A, Raffield ?. Henry -P." Moses C. C. Beck .<...._ The total vote cast was less , ' anticipated and not as-igfeat:rasvtj vote in the early part of the day. ii dicated. ? . ' - , ? -., . ,-!-' MAKP4AGB LICENSE ^RETOPi). George River> jwtd Mary GiHen'Vof D?z*lL S. C. :' ?? v: - ^ John Moore and Refressia Prince, MayesviHe. . - v . r?' Henry Cain and Cleo Hudson.yoi' Mayesville*. ? .-? . -?? \ Oliie White and Emma JBraWfof Sumter. ? - .?' > \ ? j---- ? Mr. Roy W. Cjouserrrecej^eda tade grram Saturday advising, of- -the death of his father, ;Mr. ?&/y7.:.Cii6Xt&$?a? - Huntington, ? W. Va.; -thai; (.manspg from the results of a fall,: JtoV Cv^SJ^ Crouser was a mill ,.m^n'.and^,wa^|4 resident of Sumter for-seyeral-m^^hs some years ago, ?b.eing.. at.-::J2?Jat . time connected--with. Penn-Si^ft ter Lumber Company. . ? li yen need ;.a-;S^it--;Or^;eWi^?!t:^t.. >; th-t sole at The .Ladie^Shop get. tfSfey fr? (n. j ou.?Ady^; -r ?^li-;^y~& 9 Sale jof Spring We Are Now Offering Any of Our Early I SPRING HATS AT ONE-THIRD OFF I You wifl be sure to find something you like in this | large assortment that we have. MISSES CHANDLER Second Floor McCollum Bros. Price SUing Sale in Ladies' Ready-to-Wear At STAFFORD D Beginning Today and Lasting All Week Jy$t returned from the markef where I purchased over 150 Dresses for nearly half of their original prices. The manufac turers needed the money and we bought them at some values. r Today we hiave included nearly every garment in our Ready-to-Wear Department at exactly half their selling price and many at 331-3 off. This is one of the greatest opportunities offered in the history of our store at this early patrt of Jhe season to sacrifice every garment in our store at the wonderful values offered. You will find included in this sale a selection of dresses afid suits that far surpass any showing that you haye seen this season. All of the mid-season's best styles and values: Colors in all the light shades for summer weiar. x Dresses in Navy, Turquoise, Orange, Orchid, Light Green, Flesh, White, Printed Silk Crepes. Sport dresses for the seashore and many others that the heart will desire. It's a real treat to see this showing of garments whether you want to buy or not, and content yourself with the wonderful values. COAT SUITS?We will sell every suit and coat in our house at exactly half of their selling price. Now is the time to buy that suit. 50 Spring Suits carried over last season, good ? style, values $40 to $70, your choice for. $15.00 $125.00 Dresses, on sale at. 62.50 $100.00 Dresses, on sale at. 50.00 $75.00 Dresses, on sale at. 37.50 $50.00 Dresses, on sale at. 25.00 Don't fail to visit this sale. It will pay you whether you want to buy or not. We will expect you. COAT SUITS $125.00 Suits, on sale.$67.50 $100.00 Suits, on sale.r -? $75.-00 Suits, on sale.i. 37.50 $40 00 Suits, on sale. 20.00 $35.00 Suits, on sale. 17.50 ? SHIRT WAISTS 100 Georgette, Beaded and Embroidered Waists, that value from $8.50 to $12.50 each, on sale as long as they last, your choice. .$ ?.?8 Complete line of Voil Dresses at very attractive j>nc&. Special prices during this week and next on all goods in the entire store, where we are showing a most wonderful line of Voiles and Organdies in any shade that you may like. See those pretty Blouses on sale at prices that you will be pleased with. One lot of beautiful Georgette Dresses for children from 10-year to 16-year sizes. Wonderful values ready for Commencement. >