The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 19, 1921, Image 5
C||i J?fcrlrbnum anli ^titliroit.
Batered at the IVstofNce ut Sumter,
R C., ee Second class Mattel
person m,
r Mr. mihI Mm Georgi C Harding <'f
RocSie*t< r. \ N mhI Mr. ami Mrs.
<\ W. Beaufort of Augusta, Qa . hav<
returned honn ift.-i \ i<ntmg Mr. ami
Mrs. \n all ? P Rivera
Messrs | ind Hob Bernstein, of
Chicago. ur?? vlmting their sister. Mrs.
Freu Deal on w Uhertjr Si
Mr l: t Ulnnchard left this
momma on a business trip that will
carry him to Augusts. (hi.
Mr. J. Burnett, of Dalaell, left this
morning f<?i i short tup to Colum?
bia,
Judg< It <> I'uidt returned to
afJumter this morning from Hates
aJharg where he has been en a short
Mr. w. II relder left this morn
lag for Kings ree on a ' usmcss trip
Of several da>n.
Mr. I Skinner left today for i
short tr? to Elliotts.
Mr. John Moore Is spending the
day in the city.
Miss May Haynswo-th of t'oker
College Is spending the week-cr. 1 at
Sher horns.
Mr. Eugene Purdy returned from
Columbia this morning after spend
log yesterday and last night In that
dtv
Misses Janet Thomas and Miss
rRuth Cain are the visitors of Misn
Pauline Hayns vorth ut her home on
Waren Street.
Representatives Robert Cooper ol
Wliacky and AlcCutchen of W.lliams
tmrg. are ?pending the woek-end at
their homes, there being very little
doing in the he uee nt this time.
. Mra J. F. Manning and two chil?
dren. William und James, have re?
turned to their home In Spartanburg
after a visit to Mrs. Elisabeth Felder
on N. Washing on St.
Miss Ernelia Carlson has returned
to Spartanburg after a pleasant visit
to Miss A nsiic- Folder on X. Wash?
ington St.
Miss Haxel Hnnna i f turned to Flor?
ence this morning after visiting for
Several days in he city.
Mra George II. Hurst und daughter
Kmmti. left tonight fo ra visit to rel?
atives in Florida.
Mlsa Annie Stttbbe of Salisbury, who
has Irren the visitor of Mrs. C. L.
Btubbe on Ham >tor? Ave . 'returns to
her honi" tomoiTOW.
Mrs, W. Y. Apann and daughter,
Mise Reha, return to the city tonight
after a visit of several weeks in Gib?
son, N. C.
Miss l.<>; i Halle Hilton of Colum?
ns* whs the attractive we?-k ? nd guest
t Mlssee Lellah and Lilah Smith.
Mr. Ambrose Beethum spent the
Week-end In Columbia.
Miss Lela Sires returned to Sumter
this morning art.u a few days' visit In
Wilson.
Mr. Robert Raker left this morn?
ing for Columhi i
Mr. Harold Rull left for Greenville
?There lu- will spend several days.
Mi. Hi arj Spann hit for ?!hui It i
ton this morning.
M s \v M Clark returned lo sum
ler tins morning.
Mum Kathryn McKagen returned t"
Ihe nt' ihiv? morning after visiting
Miss Ruin Briggs in Bilver,
Mr w. M, Lev I returned t<> Bumttr
'Iiis morning alter a s tort trip t<?
Ureenwood, which he made while on
ius return trip from Spurtunhui^.
Meanru Manning Brown, J, H. Har
gro\A-. apeelgl a^< nt Df the A. I*. L.
Railroad and Chief .1. M. Harwick
leave far Columbia today where they
will attend a special aesaion of the
lTalted states court which is to bt
lit Id there ilu.-, w et k.
Attempt Made to Wreck Train.
'i huraday night train had a very
clott ? all and narrow pucapc from a
maltoioui wrack which probably
would havt bean serious, had 11 not
bt en for the watchful eye of the en
glneer on duty ut Iiis pus .
The train was speeding on its way
to Sunder from Florence and hail
gotten tilt-* side of Mave.sv.lle when the
engineer saw a dark pile loom dp be?
fore him on the track ahead. lie
slapped on Iiis brakes in the nick of
time bringing tue train to a stand?
still ttot far from the pile of ero ?
tics which were piled up in the imd
dle of the track, The ties were plac?
ed on the track by part lea unknown
and for purpos s aot known. After
the removal of the ^rossties the train
proceeded on its way arriving here
rufe and sound.
No punishment should be too good
for a criminal who possessed such
cold"btoodoaneaa as to premeditated"
ly attempt the wreckage of a train.
He place? himself in the class with
the destroyers of passer ger ships
loaded with innocent men, women
and chl'dren.
Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses have been issued
to the following colored couples:
Ranson Young and Fannie Stevens
of Rcmbert.
James Prescott of Wood row and
Rosanna Payne of Spring Hill.
'Sam W ilson of Sumter and Viola
Bruaaon of Tlndal.
Mr. Isaac Schwartz is now away
visiting the mill districts of the North
and Mast in the interest of that
great annual event for Sumter, the
Schwartz White Sale, aa event so well
known to the buying public further
comment li unnecessary, The word
gaga out to you all '.iust watch and
wait." Schwartz Bros.? Advt.
There :s not much probability of
an extension of the lime for payment
Of -axes and thoge who have the mon?
ey on hand should call on Treasurer
\s alia* e.
Taxes will never be materially or
satisfactorily reduced by cutting off a
fSH dollars from the sularbs of ofti
cials. What In needed is less office
holders and less n-edh ss and useless
lOhf ti be Ailed by cheap arm in 11?
i cleat man,
FI BE l)\M\(.i:s iloMi
OF mi: UOIIKKT siIKLOlt.
Above live or nix thousand dollars
damage was done to ih? beautiful
home of Mr. Itobert Shelor on Weiil
Cnlhoun street, by a lire which began
abortly before j o'clock Friday morn?
ing. i
The house was being occupied by
.Mr. and .Mrs. Hal llarhy, who Blmul-j
tanooualj awoke this morning, al
about two o'clock, discovering the
dressing mom on the second floor,
[which adjoined their room, aeeth
ing n.ass of Hume. Mr. llarhy made
j haste i?? telephone In the Are alarm,
which almoat Immediately was re?
funded lo Uy Iii?' arrival of the lire*
trucks and the full force of firemen,]
who were forced to abandon their
warm hens when the aummona to
duty was tent out, No time waa lost
In stretching Ihe hose and getting
two ati earns of water playing upon
the lire thai had already made a
. fair dejm e of heada'ay in one of the
rooms and had spread up Into the
utile and was. burning under the roof.
IThe firemen worked hard until the
lire was entirely extinguished. The.
fact lhat the building was of hriek
and very carefully constructed was ,
the greatest aid In Having the house,
from a much larger damage.
From all appearances the lire seems
I to have started from a defective
i chimney or Hue ns the course fol?
lowed by the lire and the greatest
damage done was in the neighbor?
hood Of the chimney in the upstairs
dressing room. The fire may have
been smoldering in the walls around
the ehlmncj for aome hours
The home Waa partially covered j
by insurance and the damage done to
the personal effects Of Mr. and Mrs.
I llarhy will be covered by the insur
1 UnC6 Which they were fortunate in
: having.
Murraige Licenses
The following licenses have been
Issued:
Mr, Georg? P. Kolb of Sumter and
Miss BSUlah James oi Tlndal.
Colored:
Harry Howard of Borden and Fran?
ces Mitten of Providence.
Hen Holton and Emma Wells of
Oawcgo,
i Charlie Windham and Flora Forbes
!oi Sumter.
Firewood is far more plentiful and
easier to get than last winter and
w inter kx fore when fuol profiteers
charged anything up to twenty dol?
lars a ec.nl for WOOd. This is one
benellt of the hard times
it la predicted that noi more than
sixty per cent a? muoh tobacco will
!<;? plant! 1 in Butnter county this year
as last, and last year the acreage was
' lees than in Ills,
The plan to place in the hands o.
county cl< rka <d" court the collection
Of automobile license taxes is not in
the line of economy and efficiency,
Why should forty-live men bt called
in to do a job thai is now done
.. hrough <me oft ice ?
Lucrative Fur Crops Ready For Harvest by Rural
Dwellers Who Outwit Denizens of Forests and
Streams While King Winter Spreads
White Mantle Over Greater Part of
Nation
Trapping season. Winter brings I
out the boat fur on animals and at J
the name time give! the farmer ami his
boys itiie days and the scat for fol
lowing a line of traps, says specialists
? )t' the biological survey, [Tnited States
department of agriculture.
it ih the season when the rural
dweller In nearly any pan of the
United States van harvest u ir<>p tt?
which be lias devoted no other labor.
Much Mann? Ibroad.
Rabbits siainy from the under?
brush; muskrat a and minks skitter
around streams and marshes. iji
some localities foxes still prowl
through the wends looking tor stray
mice und unwary birds, and occa?
sionally \ ature to the lien yard. The
Blinking weasel Is abroad, and in re
glonn of protracted snow h? puts e>u
the protective coloring ?>i white
which transforms him Into tin- li?
mine et* commerce, one of the most
valuable small pelts. The raccoon
(onus from his tree and the skunk
from his burrow on an occasional
warm day. Both will be out regu?
larly with early spring. So it is a
good time to gel out the various traps'
and plan the catch.
Wild-animal trapping looks easy to
most farm boys until they have tried
and folk il. Success demands knowl?
edge of the animala and their habits.
The h d fOX, fOr instance, must be
ght by wiles as cunning as his
own. Trapa and the ground where
they art> Bet must be tree from hu?
man acents. Steel trapa and cleaned
by boiling with pungent twigs or by
1 urying or leaving In runlng water
or a daj or two, after which they
should be handled only with leather
or waxed cotton gloves. Breeding
grounds, hunting grounds, and pe?
culiar habits of the animals ahould
la* well studied beforehand. Traps
are sometimes set in springs that do
not generally freeze over, a little Is?
land la built up some time before the
trap Ifi < :. -\ No. - or No. '? steel
I trap la embedded In the soil with a
pieCQ oi moss covering the pan. a
bit of tainted meat, preferably game.
Is usoa for b 'it The trapper should
walk In the water and avoid any tell?
tale odor;.
in making a land set. a shallow hole
is made to conceal the trap and the
Stake and chain which hold if. The
earth rt moved should be placed on
a cloth., and all that is not used should
I be* carried away. The trap is covered
I with dry earth, free from anything
: which WOUld Clog t he ja WS.
Foxes often follow piths or trails.
' and. taking advantage of these, the
' trap may be set where the fox In
stepping over a log naturally would '
place his foot. .V large carcass placed
mar the set furnishes a lure, and j
and many trappers use specially pre
pared scents, dray and kit t<>\cs are :
leal wary, and may be caught easily j
by 'the same methods used for red
foxes,
Muskrats llv< in ponds, streams,
and marshes, and may be delected
either by their houses of mud and
weeds or by hobs in mud banks. They '
may be t aught In No. ] steel traps
set In the runways which they make:
through the weeds. A pie." of car- i
rot, parsnip, or sweet apple, suspend- j
ed ovet* tile nap. forms an effective j
bait. A box trap with an Inward
-winging wire gate, set in the water,
also catch m them. Muskrat Hesh is
a prized dellcai . In many localities.
Minks are caught In No. i steel
traps set in holes in the banks of
small streams or in driftwood, with
a chicken or rabbit head, a Hah, or a
place of muskrat meat placed be- ond
the trap. Traps arc also set an inch
under water between abutments of a
bridge or between ledges or bowlders
Skunks are usually trapped with
i No. l or No j steel traps set unbait
ed at the entrance of their dens
Care Should be taken to fasten the
chain so that the skunk can not get
tack into his hole. They also may be
caught in box traps and drowned with?
out being removed. A trapped skunk
may bo approached slowly and killed
without disagreeable consequences by
' striking it a sharp blow across the
back With a stick.
Raccocns arc caught In No. 2 or
, No. :i BtC"?l traps se t at the entrance
J to their holes and baited with meat.
They also may be caught In traps set
slightly under water close to the bank
of a stream, with nothing more than
0 Small mirror or piece of bright tin
: fastened on the pan to attract their
curiosity. Rabbits are easily captured
in box traps or snar?*s.
(Skinning the t'atch.
Fox -kins should be stripped off
while like a glove, and stretched fur
side out. Mink and w eased skins are
1 stripped In the same manner and
"cased" fur side n. This is also the
(best method with skunk skins. Rac?
coon and muskrat skins are dried
dat, fastened to a board, ('are should
always be taken to cut the skin as lit?
tle as possible In getting it off. All
Hesh and fat should be removed and
the skin stretched as tightly as pos?
sible.
gUCcesi 'nl trapping, even as a side
issm. repines careful study; many
farm boys though have made com?
fortable sums of pocket money and
their education t. selling peltrlea?
L'scful bulletins on the subject can
h? obtained from the Untied .State?
Department Ol Agriculture, Washing?
ton, l?. C.
SUMTER LOSES
TO COLUMBIANS
in tho ae< (.'j<i game this eeaaoq with
the "outlaws' . the faat basket ball
team of Columbia V M. (.'. A.. Sumter
waa outdistanced in the piling up ?of
the score at thr Imoaota. The gam*
wan played In Columbia lust niaht
at the Columbia v. at. c. A. and eng?
ii? <s?-.i by only ? small showing of
?peetatora
Columbia see ma to, have been in
better form than at the initial con -
teal and has boon materiaty strength?
ened reoently by the addition or s< hir
mer ami "Slim" Martin. The team ia
going good and la now said to l>e >n?
of the strongest of 1h" - V" tOggM Of
the State.
The game laat night was fast und
?nappy and brought out some excel?
lent playing on both sides. The 'Out?
laws' are re i nthetr best form, aaid
while Sum'.? r played good hall, they
Were unable to prevent the Colum?
bians from aocumulatlsg the score of
41 to 21* ? gainst them.
Th?. stars for Sumter wa r?- Heidt
M( Knight. The Ou t la ws" were de?
scribed as being "five in one" mean?
ing that they played so well together
that an Individual star could hardly
be singled out.
The lim -np and summary follows:
Outlaws (41) sumter (20)
Perbam .. RF . Shaw
Bhlrmer LF .Heidt
Martin ................ C McKnight
Park .JIQ. Lcvi
Wat ins ....... LC, Hurst
Substitutes: Wnght for Levl and
Wray for Hurst. Referee. Duncan.
Timekeeper: Sims. Scorer. Casque.
Bum tor's next game is to be played
in Bpartanburg tonight and better
lue is being1 wished for them when
they come up against the Spartanburg
! "Y" team which is described as being
among the best.
Murr luge licences
Marriage licensee have been issued
to the following colored couples of
the county.
M 'Lain Spann and Mabel Cook of
()sw go.
Joe Hai \ in and Violet Rallcrson of
Wed g? die Id.
.Marriage
Ol e the afternoon of Tuesday. Jan?
uary 11, the wedding of Mr. Bennle
Longo of Mil ford, Mass., and Miss
Bertha Rk?hbourg< ^f FXueatoa, s. C,
was soh'inui/aal at Charleston, .S. C.
The fri. nds ??i thla couple wish them
every happiness in life.
Washington, .Ian. 15.?The situa?
tion arising from the fatal shooting
by a Japanese sentry of Lieut. Lang
don is expected to remain in status
quo until the report of the findings
j of the American naval court has been
I transmitted to Washington.
COAT SUITS GO LIKE THIS:
1 Wu $95.00
1 Waa .$92.50
3 Waa .$87.50
2 Was .$85.00
3 Waa .$80.00
3 Waa .$75.00
YOUR CHOICE
$39.50
2 Waa .$69.50
5 Was .$65.00
4 Waa .$62.50
3 Waa .$60.00
5 Waa .$59.50
3 Waa .$57.50
5 Waa .$55.00
8 Waa .$50.00
3 Waa .$47.50
2 Was $42.50
3 Waa .$39.50
THE ANNUAL
Schwartz Clearance Sale
Means a Mighty Blow has been Struck at High Prices
THE LAST CALL^T CLEAN UP
$29.50 Sale Starts Monday, Jan. 17
January Merchandise Clearance
YOUR CHOICE
YOUR CHOICE
$19.50
8 Waa $27.50
4 Waa .$25.00
15 Was .$23.00
1 Waa $22.50
YOUR CHOICE
$9.50
GINGHAM DRESSES
YOUR CHOICE
$1.49
15 Dm. Children** Was YOUR CHOICE
$2.50. $2.00 and $1.50 98 Cents
20 I>>z. Indies' Was
$3.50. $3.00 and $2.50
OUTING GOWNS
15 Doz. Was $4.00
$3.50 and $3.00
YOUR CHOICE
$1.49
GEORGETTE WAISTS
Entire Stock at One-Half Price.
SILK FLOUNCE PETTICOATS
bout 100 in AH Will Be Sold @ $1.49
HATS
Waa $3.1.00 YOUR CHOICE
Waa $25.00
Were $18.54
>re $15.00
'ere .$12.50
The order is to Clear the Deck. For the Big
White Sale is the Next Big Event. These
Prices Will Make the Room For Us
DRASTIC PRICE REDUCTIONS-READ THEM
ITS HERE: The Time for Action in Clearing the Decks. The Time
When the Retailer Must Further Co-operate with the Public. The Time
When He Must Take His Loss at Any Cost and SELL, SELL, SELL.
ITS HERE: The Time for the Business Pessimist to Forget his inertia
and Get Btiay, Wake up to conditions and work down to facts; put his
shoulders to the wheels of Progress, and sound tho death knell of inflated
values.
Schwartz's shall be Ihe first to start the ball rolling?therefore READ!
Entire)Stock of Silks, Wool Dress Goods, Shoes, Sweaters, Underwear, Ki?
monos, Skirts, Blankets', Shirt Waiafa.
All Go at Half Price
The Joss is ours; the gain is yours. Our object is two-fold?Public Service
and to m ike room for the carloads of White Goods soon to arrive for Sum?
ter s Annual Big Event?THE SCHWARTZ WHITE SALE. The above all
goon Sale beginning Monday Morning, 9 o'clock.
chwartz Bros.
DRESSES GO THIS WAY:
SILKS
J Was.$56.50
I Was .$50.00
1 Was .$45.00
3 Was .$44.50
6 Was .$42.50
Was .$38.50
YOUR CHOICE
$19.50
2 Was
2 Was
2 Was
1 Was
$36.00
$35.00
$31.50
$29.50
YOUR CHOICE
$14.50
4 Was .
8 Was
11 Was
6 Was
?> Was
$27.50 YOUR CHOICE
$25.00
$22.50
$20.00
$19.75
$9.50
CLOTH
l Was
1 Was
1 Was
1 Was
I Was
1 Was
$68.50
.$58.75
$52.50
$48.00
$46.50
$45.00
YOUR CHOICE
$22.50
1 Was
I Was
I Was
I Was
1 Was
$42.50
$37.50
$33.51
$30.00
$28.50
YOUR CHOICE
14.50
KIMONOS
Entire Stock of Silk and Crepe de
Chene will be sc;ld at12 I*"ce
:i Hals Were
l"> Hats Were
"p Mais Were
H \TS
$10.00 YOUR CHOICE
SS.(K)
$3.95
7 Hats Were $0.00 YOUR CHOICE
j 15 Hats Were $5.00 $2.45