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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-11-29
DARK CORNER.

Dark Corner, Nov. 25.-Nothing
new to relate this afternoon. NO
sick in this corner to report, though L
am sorry to hear that Mr.. W. =. holo
near Privateer is and has been very
sick for about three weeks with some
kind of continued fever. At one time
| it was thought it was typhoid fever,
but / understand that DR.. R. B:
Furman says it is not typhoid. Bill
is a good fellow and l hope ne WILL
soon be we'll again.
Mr.. J. Dargan Osteen had one OF his
barns burned about II O'Clock last
Sunday, night. together with all of
its contents, hay &C.. and if it had
not been for the help ard hard work
of Mr.. Merry Christmas and others Of
his neighbors his corn barn and mules
would have been burnt. It is sup
posed to have been set. so it seems
that all of the fire bugs are not dead
or moved of yet.
A few years ago j. W. Osteen, Alex
Osteen, J. R Avin and Eddie Avin
were all sufferers from incendiary
fires and now it has started in the
same neighhorhood. Mr.. j. R. Avin
tells one ON himself and my old Ia
mented. friend John N. Ingram, who
died recently. He. Avin. says a
week or two before Mr.. Ingram's
death they started out on fox hunt
as usual, and it was not a great Gay
for hunting; but they not only caught
reynard but also caught negSn and
"a, coca (raccoor) which I think is
pretty good work for one day for two
old Johnnie fRebs.
stThere was quite sensation in
PinewoSd one day last week One
Moses Dickerson. a cclored boy tried
to poison Dr.. P. NJ. Sally's family
with Paris green: He (the bow put
the Paris green in the milk and am
told that some Of the family drank
some of the milk before it was dis
covered. The boy has been arrested
and is in the Manning Jail.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. ". Scott returned
to Soeven last Sunday accompanied by
Mrs. S. S brother, little Charlie Weeks.
Miss Hattie Geddings and brother,
Richard, of Pinewocd, Miss Mamie
Geddings, Of Calvary Miss Emma
TimmoDs and Master Harry Timmons
of Paxyille visited Mr.. and MIS-. and
". j. Ards last Sunday night.
There was man aud a woman
passed through here yesterday travel
ing in a old plantation cart begging.
They said they were from Orange
burg. 1t seems strange for I don't
think Orangeburg would let any of
her citizens that are worthy to have
to get out and beg for living. l
have never heard Of the ike being
done by Sumter county people.
Mr. Editor I want to take in s me
of the sights in you city next Wednes
day and Thursday. Have not been
in your city since the 22d of last July.
Hope you all may have huge time
next week in your city.
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EDWARDS.

Edwards, November Owe are
have very cool weather at this time.
Mr.. and Mrs w. j. Gibson visited
in this community Saturday and Sun
day.
Mr.. J. r. Mcleod was in Camden
last Saturday.
Rev. S. H. Booth filled his regula.
appointment at St. Johns M. E..
Church last SUNDAY.
Mr.. j. W. Weldon was in Bishop
Vile last Wednesday.
Rev. Mr.. Howerton preached at
New Hope Presbyterian church on
Sunday and announced his marriage
at Bishopville to Miss Mabel Croswell
on the 14th of December 1905.
Mr.. G. L. Britton was in Bishop
vile last Thursday on business.
We have no sickness to report.
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Max.

Max. Nov. 27.-Rev. and Mrs. B. 4.
Truluck spent last Wednesday and
Thursday in Florence.
Mr.. J. C. Truluck went to Florence
last week on business.
Mr.. L. ]. Strauss of Mayesville
spent Sunday here with one of the fair
folk.
Mr.. C. C. Carraway received an in
yitation to attend his friends, Mr.. J.
D. Kinds, marriage to Miss Mary
Townes, in the First Methodist
church. Littlton, Ala, on Nov. 26. Mr..
Johnnie Kinds has many friends who
wish for him much happiness.
Mr.. James Burgess and Miss Selma
Burgess of Mouzons, were married
last Wednesday. Mrs. J. L. Moore,
aunt of the bride, and Mr.. Douglas
Moore. attended the wedding.
Rev. Carl Barth preached at Beau
lah Sunday morning. and afternoon.
Miss Bennett performed at the organ
and Mrs. A. E. Chaulier led the sing
ing.
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Educated at Yale.

Louis A. Graves, a negro graduate
of Yale University, was arrested at:
his home in ST. Louis, Mo-, last Sun
| day charged with forgery and obtainal
ing money under false pretences.
According to a dispatch in the New
York Sun. Graves is accused Of forg-
ing the name Of Louis A. Celia in five
cases, and the signature Of Paul Brown
in three cases. In sixteen cases,
Graves is accused Of obtaining money!
on forged checks and in half Of these
his sister is named as an accomplish
His mother says that she has borne
eleven children, and that Louis is the
only crook lamong them-the only
one who had received an education.
She blames his education and asso-
citation with whites for his wrong
doing"
This unfortunate incident will be
regarded, of course, as an argument
against the education OF the negro,
but there are some negroes in the
country who have been we'll educat-
ed, and who have not been guilty Of
the offense charged against the Mis-
souri, COON Moreover, here are some
we'll educated white men, a great many
of them who have been guilty Of
obtaining money under false preten-
ces. There is Capt. Carter, formerly
Of the United States army, who was
highly educated at the expense Of the
government and who is now serving
out his sentence in military prison
at Kansas City. Then there are his
associates, Greene and Gaynor, in
jail at Savannah waiting for trial.
Both of these men were highly edu-
Gated. Then there are the McCurdy's,
and the Hydes ad the McCalls, in New
York city and hundreds of others WHO
took their diplomas in the best col
leges of the country and who have
been guilty of misappropriating mil
lions of dollars that did not belong
to them. Yet no one would think
for a moment of argument against
the higher education Of white men
because there are so many white
thieves and sharpers. 1t would have
been better, doubtless, if the Missouri
negro had never been sent to Yale
college, but his departure from the
naths of rectitude can hardly be
charged to the education which he re,
ceived in DR.. Hadley's great school,
News and Courier.
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DOWN AND OUT.
McCurdy the Biggest CRATER of All to
Follow Hyde in Retirement.

New York, Nov. 27.-The unofficial
announcement was made this morning
that Richard A. McCurdy, president
Of the Mutual Life, mas placed his res
ignation in the hands Of the trustees1
Of the company. It is stated that the
resignation will be accepted as soon
as his successor can be found. y
tentative offer, according to the report
to become the head Of the company
has been made to Jas. B. Fogan, pres
ident Of the First National Bank Of
Chicago, who was once an Equitable
director 1t is said that he declined
to consider the offer.
1t is also unofficially announced
that President NcCurdy's son. Robert
H. McCurdy, general manager of the
Mutual and his son-in-law, Louis Al
Thebaud, a favored general agent,
have also resigned.
The investigating committee Of the
Mutual, or so-celled house cleaning
committee, did not accept President
McCurdy's offer to cut his salary in
half, because such acceptance would
have pledged them to a continuance
of the McCurdy regime.
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RENIBERT.

Reubert. Nov. 2S.-The balance Of
the cotton crop now in the hands OF
our planters here is being held tor
higher prices.
Some of larger planters are ship
ning their cotton to the warehouses; IN
Camden and Sumter and hope to get
the Is cents price by next March.
There has been large oat crop
planted in this section, and our farm
ers have taken greater care this fall
in preparing their oat lands than
even before. The weather is fine and
good stands are noticeable every
where.
Miss Daisy Bowman, the principal
Of St. Matthews school here, will close
her school after today for the balance
of this week and will take in the Sum-
ter carnival. A large attendance may
be expected from this place.
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
items OF Interest Condensed and Par
agraphed for Quick Reading.

/ Bose Durham, a colored tailor. was
struck by southbound passenger
train Thursday While walking along
the track near Winnsboro and died in
few hours. He was deaf.
Hugh Creighton a Wofford College
Student, disappeared Saturday snd
no trace of him can he found. lie is
son of Rev. G. W. Creighton.
The dwelling house of G. R. Smith,
who Ives three miles from Columbia,
was set on FIRE by two white bird hun
ters OH Monday and buried to the
ground. There was no insurance.
From statements made by Mrs. Smith,
who was the only one at home at the
time, ths house was fred for spite
for being ordered off the place.
The body of Martha Orr Patterson,
who died few DAYS ago in Los
Angles, CAL, was cremated by her
direction.
The Central Hotel in Marion was
burned Monday about l a. m., the
loss on building and contents was
about $1,000 IL was owned by Rogers
Bros.
Two small store buildings and Z box
car full of cotton were burned at
Monetta depot Sunday night.
Two stores were broken open and
robbed in St. Matthews Sunday night.
The answer of ex President T. G.
Duncan, of the Union Cotton Mills
in the bank 1ptey proceedings was not
filed Monday as expected.
John M. Abercrombie, white, was
found dead in Deals township, Laurens
county, Monday morning with half his
head shot off. 1t is thought he COM
mitted suicide.
The Isle of Palms has been sold to
the consolidated Railway Go. for $50,
900 by the Seashore improvement Go.
Mr.. Joseph L. Breeder the oldest
citizen of Bennettsville is dead
Margerite Attles, aged IS, killed
Amy Osborne, aged 81, in a fight at
the Chester County Aims house last
week.
Several cases Of smallpox have been
reported in Manning.
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EVANSVILLE WON MAIN.
a Cock Fight in Which Scne of tic
Birds III the Pce-Dee We're Pitted.

Florence. November 23.-The cock
fight near Mars Bluff today between
Mayesville and Timmonsville proved
to be a very interesting event for a.
large number OF sports. who came
here from various points in the state.
lfayesvi!le Won out by score of five
TO four and Won the main The own
ers Of the birds that fought We're DR..
Claude King, of Mayesvi!le and Capt.
Jake Berger, Of Timmcnsville.
There were ten fights. Or. King won
five and Mr.. Berger Won four. The
tenth fight resulted in a draw, thus
giving the main to Mayesvil!e. 1t is
said that each of the battles fought
was interesting and prolonged and for
a time it seemed as though it would
be tie. The birds used today were
some of the finest that have ever been
placed in the Mars Bluff pit, and their
owners were justly proud Of them
News and Courier.
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DURANT.

Durants, November 24.-Miss Flor
ence Upsher is visiting Miss Williams.
Cards are out announcing the COM
ing marriage of Miss Bessie Duranl
so Mr.. Early Thompson. The mar
ziage will be at New Harmony church
un the twenty EIGHT of November at
half after three o'clock.
Several from here attended the cir
srus at Manning yesterday.
News reached here last Tuesday OF
1he death Of Mr.. Belts of the Belts
Lumber Co. Consequently the mil
was closed on that day.
Mrs. w. P. Montgomery attended
The marriage of Miss Berta Pringle
Wednesday.
Mr.. ]. NJ. spann arrived yesterday
dor a visit Of one or two days.
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STATEBURG.

stateburg, Nov. 27.-Mrs. James
Pinckney and Miss A. n. Moore re-
turned last evening from Sumter
where they have been visiting Mrs
A. P. Manning.
Rev. w. H. Barnewll spent last
week in Sumter.
Miss Tillie FLUID left on Thursday to
visit Miss Ethel Cross Of Chester.
Mr.. H. L. Pinckney Of Charleston
is spending a few days at his country
home, Oakland.
A good many of our people are
preparing to take in the pleasures Of
the Sumter Gala Week
Our young people are rejoicing
over the fact that Thanksgiving day
comes during the week so that they
can have one day away from the
school rooms.
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respect Of anybody whose respect is
worth having. Unless this epoch shall
manage to regain svn1e Of that spirit
Of the Old South expressed in an ad-
dress Of one of Ben Tillman's prede-
cessors in the United States Senate,
the last session of the Thirty-sixth
Congress, the chapter OF the twen-
tieth century will be an ugly one in
the history Of our republic.
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Senator Augustus o. Bacon, of
Georgia, who recently returned from
Europe, wears on the lapel of his coat
a tiny watch, not bigger than man S
thumb, says an exchange. In spite OF
its extremely delicate mechanism the
watch keeps good time. Senator
Bacon's purpose in wearing 1t so
conspicuously is to curtail interviews
with tedious persons The man who
can talk with the Senator on any
unrmrortaut subject for any great
length of time with the little watch
staring him in the face and marking
the passing minutes must be possessed
of considerable courage or colossal
nerve.
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MANNING NEWS NOTES.

Cards are out announcing the COM
ing marriage of Mr.. R. Early
Thompson and Miss Bessie DuRant
at New Harmony church Nov. % at
$50 O'Clock.
There is now in the county Jail a
negro boy, Robert Dickerson, COM
mitted by Magistrate Ragin Of Pine
wood for attempting to poison the
family of DR.. P. NJ. Sally on last
Friday, by putting Paris green in the
milk. Fortunately the poison was
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GALA WEEK NOTES.
Growing of the Queen-Riding and
Driving Contests-Football-
Grand Gala Week Ball.

Miss Margie Monaghan, queen Oh
the Gala week ball has selected
as her maids OF honor Misses Nellie
Epperson and Earline White. The
coronation will not, as previously
announced, be in the ball room, for
the committee have decided that this
event to which so many will seek ad-
mittance will interfere too greatly
with the dancing, and in order that
all who desire to see the coronation
exercises may be comfortably seated,
the conclusion has been reached that
the Opera house would be the most
suitable place for the event.
This will take place Wednesday eve
ming. Just previous to the crownlng
of the queen the Opera house will be
used for the commencement exercises
of the Sumter Training School for
Nurses, which will commence at $50
o'clock and will last for an hour.
Immediately at their conclusion, the
coronation will take place.
The grand ball will be one Of the
greatest events of the gala week.
Prof. Schumachec's full orchestra has
been engaged, and one of the largest
crowds that ever graced a ball room
will be present on that occasion.
There will be no complimentary tick
cts issued. Tickets are now obtain
able at Harris Cigar Store, at the
price of $3.50 each.
Mr.. c. w. Smith, who is in charge
of this event, desires all contestants to
report promptly at the hour men
toned.
Captain and Manager ]. B. Cole
man of the South Carolina football
team is now in the city. The ball
park is being put into condition for
the game, which will be played on
Thanksgiving day at II o'clock a. m.
Tickets for the game are now on sale
and if you desire to avoid the rush at
the park, procure your tickets at Har-
ris' Cigar Store, where they are now
on SALE A large number of college
boys and a great many people from
Columbia will come to Sumter to root
for the garnet and black
The Country Store is in full ope-
ration. The ladies in charge have
a large stock of goods, and trade has
been very brisk. Mr.. Wesly Brad
ford has put the carnival spielers all
to the bad. Remember that two
grand prizes will be awarded; the first
an elegant leather sofa, and the sec
ond, a beautiful framed picture.
The carnival shows have had large
crowds ever since the tents were rails
led. The nerry-go-round is affording
amusement for vast throng of chill
dren, while the older people find pleas
ure in the various attractions under
canvas Don't fail to visit the splen-
did shows Of the Smith Amusement
company.
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discovered lelore any damage W

discovered leioro any damage was
done.
/. Messrs. E. L. Wilkiops, J. q.
Lesssue, T. Finley Cofey, Doctor
usgcoa NooGs and +. q. Thomas
where they 60 to represent themselves
and other purchasers Of the Frisco
Townsite Company's gold bricks:
Fortunately, there is no water TO
cross, and the railroads have not tor
bidden the use of cross ties TO pedls-
TRANS, therefore if nothing unforeseen
nappeus rhls party will be able to re.
turn to nome. sweet home, sadoer' ou =
wiser men, perhaps, but then they
NIGHT reach home With the deeds to
valuable property in the great woody
west and then in that event they WILL
be adjudged wise men from the east, t.
bnr should It be otherwise, tney are
cuumps.-Manning Times.
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GIVEN A $4,000 PURSE.
Memphis Physician Rewarded for
Serving Through the Quarantine.

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 2s.-Dr. He
Der Jones, president of the Memphis
board of health, was today presented
with purse of $4,000 subscribed By
large number cf citizens, in appre-
citation of his successful efforts in
maintaining a prohibitive quarantine
during the recent yellow fever cpl
demic. 1t was generally understood
that DR.. Jones was compelled to fore
go a large private practice by the ex-
acting duties of his Office.
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ABDUL HA+ID YIELDS.
Hc Will Acccdc to the Demands OF &c
Powers fo" Control of Macedonia

Paris, Nov. 27.-Advices received IN
diplomatic circles are to the effect that
the sultan will yield to the demands
of the Powers for control Of the
finances Of Macedonia tomorrow The
Turkey ruler still objects to the use
Of the word control in the demand
made upon him.
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HAGOOD.

Hagood. Nov. 27.-W. w. Mellette
has sold his fine plantation for $4,000,
Or nearly s45 per acre. So you see
that land near the peninsula is not
cheap while on the peninsula it is not
for sale. I am sorry for the sake Of
others that this is true, especially as
we are going to lose Mr.. Mellette,
whom we hate much to give UP. He
moves near the city, and will be
a valuable addition to the community
10 which he goes being a progressive
farmer, full Of energy, live man.
Mr.. 7. o. Sanders has moved his
saw mill on the lands of R. NJ. James
Timber has become an item sure
enough, and men are hunting a good
substitute, not too costly and possess
ing all the qualities Of endurance.
This your correspondent thinks he
has found in rock now in his pos
session, that When dry is fully as
light as brick and will stand any
amount Of pressure. It lies near the
surface and can be easily mined, an
Old axe and a wedge being all that is
necc ssary to do it.
The indications are as see them,
that tremendous acreage Of cotton
VIII be planted another year. If the
cotton association intends to look af-
ter that matter it is high time they
were up and doing. Your remarks
about the leading men in the assocla-
ton debating its policy. etc., We're
1imely.
We have succeeded nicely and if the
newspapers will safeguard us by such
articles with pith and point we will
have greater reason to expect success
in the future. Too much cannot be
said in praise Of the press. 1t certain
" deserves all and more patronage
than it gets. No man today need be
an ignoramus with the facilities he
has, so cheap, so convenient at his
hand. listened at colored barber
the other week talk about affairs in
fhe east and the Russian government.
But for his bad English, scarcely no.
ticeable, you would never have sus-
pected that he was uneducated. He
predicted that the Russian crisis
would be on the home coming of the
army, and rumors from the east seem
TO indicate that he was correct. From
whence had he this knowledge and
information, but from the newspa-
pers?
Every intelligent citizen takes his
county paper and all who want to be
intelligent must take it. # you want
to know when to pay taxes, when to
give in, when court convenes, who are
jurors, whether you are to be tried,
whether your place is to be sold, when
a sale comes off, or other important
business is transacted, whether you
got left in the election, and great
deal of other necessary information,
you must look in your county paper
or your neighbor's, and in these days
OF II cents cotton especially, it is bet
Ter to took in your own. Friend take
The Watchsnan; don't be so stingy; it
don't cost but one and a half collars;
a clean paper worth many times that
amount, that will educate your chill
dren. That is the truth.
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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
wEvsY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE-
CIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
Isezns Of interest From all Parts OF
Sumter and Adjoining Counties

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Mail your letters so that they will
reach this Office not later than Tues
day morning. When the letters are
received We dnesday it is almost an
ampossibility to have them appear in
She paper issued that day.
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Columbia. Nov 2S.-The hearing
before the Supreme Court in the mat
ter of the validity of the Sumter wa
terwo-ks bonds has been set for 4.30
o'clock this afternoon. The Sumter
lawyers who are here pressing the
matter expect to return with the Or
der they seek tonight, the validity of
the bonds affirmed.
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WOMAN MUST HANG.
United States Supreme Court VIII
Not Interfere.

Washington, D. c., November 81
The supreme court this morning de-
c;ded not to interfere in the case of
MIS- Rogers, the Vermont murderess.
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Washington, Nov 2S.-President
Roosevelt has decided 20 favor the
construction of lock canal at Fana-
ma, at level of thirty feet. This is
the type Of canal recommended by
the FIVE American engineers. who
signed the minority report Of the
board of consulting engineers.
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Washington, D. c., November 25.-
The First National Bank at Lineville,
Ala, has been closed by order of the
board of directors Bank Examiner
S. H. Cooper has been appointed re-
ceiver. The resources and liabilities
of the bank at the close Of business
November 9th, were S75.12 each.
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Washington, Nov. 2S.-President
Roosevelt and wife, with Secretary
and Mrs. Root and Capt. and Mrs.
Cowlas will attend the Army and
Navy football game at Princeton on
Saturday.
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Red Park, n. j., November 2S.-
The machine shop, paint shop and
pumping shop of the government
works at Sandy Hook were destroyed
by fire this morning.
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A Brice law election was held in
Anderson county Saturday and the
dispensary was voted out by a two to
one majority. \ light vote was
polled.
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The Excelsior Granite Co. will
build g, railroad six miles from Heath
Springs to their quarry.