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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-10-01
RUNAWAY ON MAIN STREET.
Horse Frightened by Automobile
Takes To Sidewalk and Store of Mr..
g. q. Beck's.

Thursday about 10 O'Clock a
horse owned by Mr.. A. r. Atkinson,
an insurance man of this city, was
frightened by an automobile coming
up behind 1t and plunged off. throw
ing Mr.. Atkinson out of his buggy
and dragging him some distance along
the pavement.
Mr.. Atkinson was by himself
In the buggy. which was in
front OF the Shmter Dry Goods
store. at the time that the
frightened horse started off
and before he could check its prog
ress. the horse had run against the
sidewalk. overturning the buggy and
throwing Mr.. Atkinson in between
the wheels. He held the lines, how
ever, and was dragged along the
street for about fifty feet, when the
horse turned and started into Mr..
Beck's store. The buggy struck the
door jams and the harness was torn
loose from the horse by the force of
the impact. the buggy remaining
there and the horse continuing its
way to the rear of the store, where
1t became entangled in a bolt OF
cloth and was captured and let out
through the rear door.
Mr.. Atkinson's arm and leg We're
severely bruised and scratched by
the stones and his clothes were AL
most torn from him, but otherwise
he was not seriously injured. The
buggy was kicked and broken in sew
eral places and was considerable
damaged. In the store the horse
broke big show case. scattered
garments right and left and ended his
mad career by smashing several
trunks, which impeded it's progress.
The horse itself was uninjured.
This makes the second runaway ON
the streets this week, and the fourth
oie in the vicinity of the city in that
time. one OF which proved fatal to
the driver.
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the embankment work out near the
cemetery, his bids for this work be-
ing higher than that of any of his
competitors.
Mr.. Glenn did not see why the city
should pay as much as $50 a thous-
and for the lumber, when it could be
bought so much cheaper, but it was
showed that it was impossible to find
out how much of the lumber would
be needed or exactly what kind Of
lumber would do for the work until
the work was under way and there
fore the price was uncertain. and
that in cases of the sort the contract
ees always gave the contractors the
benefit of the doubt. The bids wert,
very uneven, that is, a person bid
ding high on one thing would bid
extremely low on something else, but
it was found that the bid of Ber-
ghaus & Moffatt was lower on all
the parts of the work except for the
6IHDdnKnGnC
work. 1t was decided to communi-
cate with Mr.. Berghaus through his
agent, who was in the city waiting
to see what would be the outcome of
councils action on the bids, it being
understood through him that Mr..
Berghaus might lower the bids on
these two parts Of the work. It was
then decided to adjourn till Mr..
Berghaus was heard from when the
Mayor would have a called meeting
Of the council
Just before council adjourned the
matter of granting Mr.. Epperson
permission to put the gasoline filler
on the sidewalk in front Of his ware
house was brought up and after a
very brief discussion, it was decid-
ed to refer the matter to the COM
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smithville, Sept. 26.-we are still
having hot weather. and very little
peas are being made. although the
vines on many farms are very fine.
A lot OF peavine hay will be cut this
fan.
Forty-two years ago. In December.
1883. NJ. w. Phillips. editor of the
Southern Farmer, a publication OF
that day. wrote an article In which
re gave description OF a cotton
seed huiier perfected by william r.
Fee. OF Cincinnati. The new huller
required the attention OF two men.
while at the same time a third man
had to feed IL. Two horses were
necessary to operate II and II would
hull one ton Of seed day. from
which forty gallons of oil were made.
A writer In De Bows Review said.
THE time will come when cotton seed
wfii bring niger price than wheat"
Think OF that coming at a time when
the gin houses were posting signs
forcing their customers to take
away their seed--generally TO some
ssvine or branch where they were
dumped out and allowed TO wash
away. Judging from the present
prices. the time Is not far distant
when that prediction will material
Inc. Then look out for the bears and
English bankers as Il is thought
their bill OF lading scheme Is only a
clique TO aid the bears In forcing
down the price of cotton.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. C.. Robertson
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
~ Weldon. OF Heriots.
The school OF Smithville Is pro-
crossing nicely. Miss Pearl Napier
n principal and Miss Belle McCutch-
On is assistant teacher.
Mrs ID. J. Robertson and chill
dren are visiting relatives at Beu-
lah.
Tom Stuckey. colored. died a few
days ago. at his home. after several
months illness.
An infant whose parents live on
Mrs saliie Robertson's place died on
last Tuesday
Beulah has another pellagra pa
ftent. Miss Holland. daughter Of Mr.
John Holland Is critically I'll with
peilagra. No hopes are entertained
for her recovery.
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ONLY ONE.
ihe Record i'm Sumter Is Uniaue
One.

If the reader has a bad back" or
any Kidney i'll and is looking for re-
Het and cure, better depend on the
ohIy remedy endorsed by people you
Know Doan's Kidney Pills relieve
qulckiy-cure permanently. Sumter
citizens testify to this. Here is a case
OF 1t:
P. r. May. lis E. Liberty st.
sumter. S. c., says: 1.-TWO years ago
l was injured and as the result my
kidneys became disordered. NV
pack ached severely and 1 had such,
acute pains through my loins that 4
could hardly move. tried linimenfs
and several remedies but did not re-
celve relief. My kidneys were also
weak and the secretions from these
organs contained sediment and were
irregular In passage. Since using
Doan's Kidney Pills. procured at
Chinas Drug Store, the backache and
iameness has all disappeared and INV
kidneys are more normal. I feel f1fty
per cent better and it therefore gives
me pleasure to recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills."
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster -Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York. sole agents for the United
Remember the name-Doan's and
take no other. No. az,
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IN THE RECORDERS COURT.
Many Cases Come up Before the Re-
cOrder for Settlement.

The first case to come up in the
Recorders Court Wednesday morn
ing was against Jerry White for not
paying his landlady for his board.
Harriet Jackson was the person he
owed. and IL was shown by his
testimony that he had owed her the
amount Of one dollar and five cents
for some time. He was fined two
dollars. plus that sum. The fine was
paid.
Tillman Brown was called up for
cheating his landlady, Susan Bur-
roughs. out of s2.25. He plead
guilty Of owing her part Of that
amount but not all Of 1t. However
that did not keep the Recorder from
fining him $4.25 or 10 days. He paid
the fine.
The next case was that Of Alex
Peterson against William chatham
for striking him with a stick so as to
seriously injure his working ability.
chatham was fined IS or 10 days.
He preferred to part with the money
rather than work for the county.
James Thomas, Familiarity known
as "Sug" was called up for reckless
driving and, as II was shown that he
had run into another hackman, he
was forced to fork up so to turn 1t
over to the city.
Saul Pringle. charged with dis
turbance OF the peace by cursing and
striking Jane Prophet. plead guilty to
the charge and was fined $40. or 20
days.
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From The Daily Item, Sept. 20.

From The Daily Item, Sept 90.
The adjourned meeting of City
Council met last night at $50 o'clock
to continue the discussion on the
bids for the sewerage work to be
done on Okland avenue, all members
of council being present except AL
derman McLaurin. All of the mem
bers present seemed anxious to get
the matter through with as soon as
possible, while at the same time they
did not wish to act precipitately, il
being considered entirely too import
ant a question to be hurriedly act
ed upon. Mr.. Geo. F. Epperson
ell was heard first. Mr.. Epperson
asked permission to put up a gaso-
line filler three by four feet, on the
edge of the sidewalk in front Of his
Office. He said that similar filling
stations were put up in cities and
that after the filler should be placed,
would be left and that this Id be
wider than the sidewalks at other
places in the city. He further said
that it would be a great convenience
not only to him but to the general
public at large, who would have,
with the gasoline filler on the edge of
the sidewalk, only to run up their
automobiles and have them filled
from the tank
The question of allowing the
Thomas Lumber Company to carry
on business in the city without pay
ing the town license, or tax, was re-
fused, and it was decided that the
company would have to pay the tax
If 1T wished to continue business
here
These matters being through with
council returned to the matter of
the bids for the sewerage work for a
long and hard session.
The bids had been opened at 8
o'clock the night before and after
summing up the totals from the va
rious prices offered for parts of the
work, Major w. l.. Lee, City Engi-
neer. had found that Berghaus e
Moffat, Of Orangeburg, had bid the
lowest by almost $4,000, their bid
being $14,412 and the next bid to
that being somewhat over $4,000.
The estimate Of the City Engineer
was about $4,000, after allowing a
commission of 90 per cent for the
work and, as it was deemed unadvis-
able 20 accept a bid with a difference
of al amount Of that size. il was de-
cide] to confer with Mr.. Berghaus
and Sc If he would not reduce the
price bid on the septic tank and for
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by the fact that the cabinet was
to be so constructed with glass front
doors SO that the light could not get
through to the samples. The matter
was left to Mr.. McKeiver to act, il
he could have the cabinet construct
ed at a moderate cost It was decid-
ed that the best place for the cabinet
was in the lobby of the City hall.
Mr.. Cuttino brought up the mat
ter of the pool rooms not conforming
to the city ordinance in the matter
of curtains, and allowing minors to
play pool in them. The matter was
discussed for some time, finally be-
ing referred to the police committee.
All matters being finished except
that concerning the sewerage bids.
council adjourned until eight O'Clock
when the session was resumed.
At So'clock the meeting was re-
sumed. The first matter was the
opening of the five bids, which had
been submitted for the sewerage
work on Oakland Avenue. City En-
gineer Lee thought that the work
ought to cost about $4,000 and as
the bids submitted averaged consider
ably more than that 1t was deemed
unadvisable to act on them at once
and the council went into executive
session. the bidders leaving the hall.
At this time Mr.. Thomas, Of the
Thomas Lumber Company, came
before the council to ask that action
be taken by council towards remov-
ing city tax from his lumber plant
which had been moved here some
time ago for the purpose Of manufac-
turing lumber from hard wood logs,
he having understood that new en-
terprises Of the sort were not taxed
until five years after their establish
ment In the town. Mr.. McLaurin
said that this plant would come un-
der the act which was passed by
council for the protection Of new in
dustries and that he thought that it
would be we'll to allow the firm to
have the privilege Of non taxation for
the five years. Council decided to
act to this effect later.
After the bids for the sewerage
work had been opened, it was sug-
gested by one of the contractors
present that he had a proposition to
make if the city should decide to
have the old works strengthened and
repaired instead of new works in
stalled. This was discussed for some
time but the prevailing opinion was
that 1t would be better to have a
new system installed than to have
the old one repaired and strengthen
ed. City Engineer Lee said that he
could make no estimate for what
would be required in repairing the
old work and that in his opinion 1t
would not be best to try to replace
it or to repair it. After the matter
had been discussed for a considerable
time the council adjourned to meet
again tonight at o'clock, when the
matter would be acted upon if pos
sible
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DARK CORNER.

Dark Corner. Sept 2s.-Miss Henry
Reynolds Of Pinewood spent a few
days OF the past week with Mis- Eu-
nice osteen at the "sycamores"
Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Smith. Mrs.
Jessie Turner and daughter. Gladys.
Mr.. Charlie Smith. Miss Irma Smith.
and Irrna Fielder OF Sumter and Mr..
Fritz Graham of Paxville. spent
Sunday at Mr.. r. III. osteen's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben ID. Geddings,
and Mrs. W. J. Ardis visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Geddings near Pinewood
last Sunday.
Corbett Weeks and Jack Ardis Of
this Corner visited at Mr.. John Wind
hams near wedgeheld last Sunday.
Mr.. G. l.. Griffin. the first merchant
TO open n store at Pinewood, and the
nrst postmaser. and for a while mag
i-trate at Pinewod. died at his home
last Sunday morning. and the in
terment took place at the Pinewood
cemetery Monday a. m. Mr.. Griffin
is survived by his wife (who was Miss
Lizzie Moore. OF wedgefeld) and
four brothers. ]. r.. Il. D.. s. c.. and
A. w. Griffin and one sister. Mrs. f..
II. Geddings. and ore half sister. Mrs.
John w, Ards. and several small
children.
Cotton picking is In full blast ar d
10 II not failing TO open these hot days,
some hay is being cut and some corn
has been gathered. Cotton seed Is
bringing fancy price. so cents for
thirty pounds. OF SO cents for s2
pounds.
Your Snithville scribe said some
time ago that I was I'm the dark and
wished 20 remain so. Well, am
aware OF what the Dutchman said.
1T Is hard 10 get the behindmost
word NIT a oman" But / will VEN
turo TO say this much that have not
met a blind tiger or drank any of
their booze or ordered any myself
since the dispcnsary was closed M.
and 1 have never ordered nor expect
To order any booze. But / do not love
To hear anything croak but frogs
for that Is the one thing our
Maker made 20 croak. / shall
be happy II the day comes
when there Is no booze. How
ever that day viii come no more
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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.


NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENCE.
Mail your letters 30 that they will
reach this once not later than Mon
oAy when intended for Wednesdays
paper and not later than Thursday
Tor Saturdays Issue. This. Of course,
applies only to regular correspond
eno~ In case OF itons OF unusual
nsvu value. send In Immediately by
Daii telephone or telegraph. Such
nsws stories ere acceptable up to the
hour q going to press. Wednesdays
paper 10 printed Tuesday afternoon
ana Saturdays paper Friday after
nsoa-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-10-01

DON'T waste your money buying
plasters when you can get a bottle
OF Chamberlain's Liniment for twenty
nVe cents. A piece Of flannel damn
ened with this liniment is superior TO
any plaster for lame back. pains in
the side and chest. and much cheap
or Sold by w w. Sibert.
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'"Can be depended upon" is an ex.
preston we all like to hear. and
when Ii Is used In connection with
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy 1t means that II
never falls to cure dirrhoea, dysen.
terry or bowel complaints. II is pleas.
ant to take and equally valuable for
children and adults. Sold by w. w
Slbert.
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'Cham5erlani's Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy Is today the best
known medicine In use for the re-
lief and cure Of bowel complaints. II
cures gripping. diarrhoea, dysentery
and should be taken at the first un.
natural looseness If the bowels. II
is equally valuable for children and
adults. II always cures. Sold by
w. w. Sibert.
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fNot n minute should be lost when
a child shows symptoms of croup.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy given
ms soon as the child becomes hoarse,
or even after the oroupy cough an
pears. will prevent the attack. Sold
by w. w. Sibert.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-09
Suicide Threat Not Believed.

z. II. Delaney, OF Kendallville, Ind,
left the home Of his uncle, Samuel T.
Beck, No. IL Sixteenth-st., about
8 D. m. Saturday, and has not been
seen since. IT is thought that he may
havee committed suicide, because a
letter, purporting to have been writ
ten by him after leaving the home OF
his uncle and received by friend In
Detroit stated that he intended to
drown himself in the Detroit river,
near where his uncle worked. Mr..
Beck Is employed as a switchman In
the Wabash yards. Delaney, the let
ter states, has lost his job in Ken
dallville, and for that reason, in ad-
dition to being in debt and trouble,
means to take his life. His relatives
don't think he has committed suicide.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-09
COIN PAID STRANGER.
Claim Made That He Settled With
WRONG Man For Goods.

Justice DeGaw has an interesting
problem to solve in the case of Stein
berry Bros, New York wholesale
concern, against Samuel Cohn, who
does business as the Detroit Dry
Goods Co. The plaintiffs are suing to
collect for bill OF $3.50. which Coin
says was paid.
Cohn claims he mailed a check to
the New York firm asasoon as the
goods were received. and that a few
days later a man who said he was
one of the Steinbergs came into his
store and asked him to cash this
check. The man said he got it out OF
the mail, but did not have time in
New York to cash II, and being in
need OF ready money for his trip, ask
ed Mr.. Cohn to cash It, Mr. Cohn
hesitated, and the stranger then went
on and enumerated the dealings OF
the two firms for several years, and
showed that he was familiar with all
the transactions. Mr.. Cohn says he
thereupon handed over the cash.
The New Workers. say they didn't
get the money and have no idea to
whom IL was paid.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-09
80 PURSES FOUND
IN hEGREss' ROOM
Mary Hamilton Also Had Flush
Money" When Arrested-Hus-
band Nabbed, Too.

In the arrest of Mary Hamilton and
Lonnie p. Hamilton. colored, by Pa
trolman d. o. Smith, the police be.
lieve they have two persons who will
bear the closest investigation. The
woman. who is "a years old. was TAX
en- In late Monday night. on the CON-
plant OF q man who said She had re-
lieved him of $25.
A search Of the rooms where she
lived, No. 143 Madison-ave.. revealed
the presence OF more than fifty peck
etbooks of various descriptions. Be-
sides there were a number OF swell
silk dresses and other goods. When
searched, q number OF "phoney" bills
were found on the woman, together
with q bunch Of spurious coins, which
the police call flash nancy" An
opium outfit also was found In the
rooms.
Lonnie p. Hamilton, who. the wom-
an says, IL her husband, was taken in
to custody early Tuesday morning
He told the police they had been in
Detroit four years. The woman prev
iously had told them they had been
here only four days and did not in
tend remaining long In town.
Hamilton Is 20 years old. Both are
held In the Central police station.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-09
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.

Aug. 9, 4S B. c.. on the plains OF
julius Caesarsdissolved the
The Detroit times., 1910-08-09
POLICE INVESTIGATE CASE
OF JUVENILE INEBRIATE
sIxteen-Year-oId Lad Says He Got
Liquor In Frank surshsrdt's

Saloon.
Lieut.. Breault, Of the Juvenile de-
partment In police headquarters, IL In
vestigating the case of Alton Leschner.
16 years old, No. 20 Napoleon-st.,
brought into the station Monday after
noon In a deplorable state Of intoxica-
tion. The boy declares he became In
toxicated as the result Of sundry Wis
its to the saloon Of Frank Burghardt,
No. 664 St. Antoine-st.. who was exon.
Grated, Monday, by coroner's jury OF
the killing of James Green, Negro, IN
his place,
According to the lads story, he 10
employed In the truck yards owned by
Burghardt In conjunction with the ga
loon. He says o number Of the team
sters engaged In q drinking bout, Mon
day afternoon. Numerous pals OF
beer were bought In the Burghardt
emporium, and the boy says that he
was sent several times to have the
pail replenished.
Young Leschner tells Lieut.. Breault
that the men forced the liquor upon
him, but the officers think this part
of the story will bear investigation. az
he says Leschner has been In before
under similar circumstances.
The police take the stand that In
view of the late unpleasantness In
which he has been involved, Burg
hardt can Ill afford to have boys OF
such tender years coming into his
place for any purpose. There Is talk
of inaugurating q police' campaign
against the place.
The boy was held ct police head
quarters until he was In condition to
go home. His father came after him.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-09

began to think he was some general.
Meantime, however, julius Caesar was
out conquering a few outlying pro-
vinces himself. While julius was
away, Pompey got the senate to I'LL
the Offices with Caesars enemies and
to name Pompey as sole consul. Phar-
salia, which was almost as well adapt
ed to fighting as Reno, New, was the
scene of the first meeting between
Caesar and Pompey thereafter Pom
pey managed to get out of the in
closure, however. in spite of Caesar,
and fed to Egypt, leaving the Roman
theater to Caesar.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-09
PB0H|b| I I0NIsTS
sC0UR STATE FOR
CANDIDATES
We've Spent Over $500 Trying to
Find Man to Make Run for
Governor Walls E. W.
Mason, Local Leader.
Other Nominations Going Begging,
Too-Primary Law il Disadvan-
tage to Cold Water Folk.
WANTED-Candidates for gov.
ernor and several other state on
Gers. Apply Prohibition party.

Do not be surprised II an advertise
ment such as the foregoing appears
In the want columns some of these
days, for the Prohibition party Is strict
~ up against II for political timber
this year. II was hard enough to In.
duce candidates to run for the state
omces under the old convention sys-
tenn OF nominations, but under the
primary system the difficulty is mag.
nified several diameters.
I'VE have spent over $500 trying to
md a candidate for governor" said Z.
w. Mason, one of the local Prohibi-
ton leaders. to The Times I'VE have
secured the state, but as yet have been
unable to find anybody to make the
run. Well have a candidate all right,
but the time Is getting short and We
are getting trile anxious. All peti-
ions must be In Aug. %. and this Is
the ninth, SO you see we haven't mucn
time.
The new primary election law
works greatly to our disadvantage.
Under the old convention plan we used
TO nominate candidates against their
Will and by the mere force OF oratory
anu ehtnusidstlC uenOnstTatlOu per-
suade them to run In spite OF them
selves, but It's different, now. IL a
man refuses to file petition that set
ties IL.
What Is true of the governorship
10 true OF practically every other i'm
portant state Office, as far as the
prohibition party Is concerned. There
IL no dearth OF candidates for the
minor Offices and there will be some
strong local tickets in the field in the
various counties.
The Socialist party will put up an
entire city ticket this fall, the petit
tons having been filed with the city
clerk Monday. Michael F. Martin, a
molder, OF No. 1870 Leverette-st., Is the
candidate for mayor. Charles l..
Brockett. No. 10 Craig-st., also a mold
err. is the candidate for city clerk;
Andrew M. Weir, toolmaker, No. 1866
IL Third-st, would be city treasurer
and Mrs. Ida M. Kummerfeld, No. 442
Clinton-ave., Is the candidate for JUS
tice OF the peace.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-09
MANY IOWA BABIES DIE.
One-Third Of Those Under Year Ole
Passed Away This Summer.

Passed Away This Summer.
DIES MONIES, Aug. 9.-One-third Of
the babies in Iowa under one year OF
age have died this summer, according
to statistics collected by G. H. Sum-
ner, secretary OF the Iowa state board
of health.
Cholera infafntum, infantile paraly.
sis, poor milk and improper care are
given as causes.