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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29

that could not quite believe that SO
Seuate a citizen as the we'll known
FARMER would stoop to such a trick
and they were skeptical Of his neph-
ew's opinion. That evening, however.
at church some Of the skeptical ones
asked the well known farmer what
he had done with the beef blood and.
as ne was unable to give a plausible
answer and did not deny that he had
scattered 1T about in the bushes where
the shooting was supposed to have
taken place, they came to the conclu-
sion that they had been hoaxed.
What the neighbors Of the promi-
nent farmer said about him was a
caution and a person not knowing
his reputation would have thought
from what was said during the next
TWO days that he was something on
the order of Ananias and
that he was not the reliable man that
he had always been suspected OF be-
ing. 1t turned out or it was the con-
clusion arrived at by those who dis
cussed the matter, that the farmer
had wished to frighten off any ne
groes who had been stealing his corn
and had tried this method of doing
SO, and instead of letting his white
nelghbors on to the joke he had
hoaXed them as we'll as the negroes
upon whom he had set out to play
skin game. Most of them confessed
10 having been made to feel very
cheap, but they got it back on the
prominent farmer in saying things
about him behind his back.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29
Has Corn TassclIng.

Mr.. a. III. Weeks former police
man OF this c'ry. is perhaps the only
man In the county who can say that
ne has corn tassellng and sllklng
at this time. lie Is also the proud
owner OF n garden from which he
Is now reaping the reward OF his
labors In tho shape OF snap beans.
which he has been eating for week.
Samples OF the corn. which were
seen on the street Wednesday. looked
like some variety OF small mutton
corn The stalks were not more
than three feet tall and were fairly
we'll developed. The beans were full
grown and larger than the usual
variety.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29

Miss Margie Prmgle. OF Charleston,
Is visiting Mrs. George ID. Shore.
Mrs. II. T. Gillespie. of Rock Hill.
Is visiting Mrs. Rosa Jenkins.
Miss Lucy Williams. of WATERFORD,
who has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
I. $. Doar. left Wednesday for
Klngstree to visit friends.
Mr.. Charlie Gailiard. Of Dalzell, was
In town Wednesday.
Mrs. r.. NJ. Jenkins. of st. Charles,
spent Tuesday In town.
Mrs. B. f.. Bultman and Mrs. NJ.
X. Burghart. have returned home,
after n pleasant stay In Summerton as
the guests of Mrs. Joel Benbow.
Mr.. III. N. spann. of Rocky Bluff.
was In the city Wednesday.
Mr.. Philip Ard is taking in the
Music Festival at Atlanta.
Miss Maude Aman, OF Bishopville.
passed through the city Tuesday af-
ternoon on her way to Florence.
Mr.. j. ID. Stuckey. OF Bishopville,
was In the city Wednesday.
Dr. Joe Watson. of Columbia, after
spending Tuesday in the city, went
TO Bennetsville Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. Edward Reams OF Bishopville,
he alN
evening on his way to Florence,
wheer he was taking his wife to the
hospital for treatment.
Mr.. Jake Hill. of Bishopville, was
In town Tuesday.
M, Harry Dickson. of Bishopville,
was In the city Wednesday.
Messrs. C. X. Huff and Dave With
erspoon. Jr.. OF Camden. were in the
city Wednesday.
Mr.. John B. Miller and son, who
have been visiting the family of Mr..
Il. +. Miller. has returned to Wash
ington. ID. c.
Mrs. o. f.. Bostick and Miss Kath-
ieen Bostick have gone TO Charleston
for a two weeks stay. during which
time they will visit Magnolia Gar
Ions.
Misses Mamie Edmunds and Cor
nelia McLaurin and Francisco Teich-
er have gone to spartanburg to at
tend the Music Festival at that place.
Mr.. X. NJ. Cooper Jr.. of wisacky,
was in the city Thursday to attend the
baseball games.
Messrs. Rowland Hearon and VIII
liam Reid. OF Bishouville, were in
the city Thursday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29
THAT DALZELL HOAX.
Mr.. ;. T.. Moore Makes Statement in
Explanation of the Joke.

Editor Daily Item:
Please allow me space in your
columns to make brief reply to a
communication which appeared in
the Item on the 25th.
While there some few misstate-
ments in the article in the main the
facts are correct. The only trouble
is the writer has made a molehill
mountain and his assumptions are
preposterous and absurd as can be
easily seen by anyone who has q
minimum Of brains. No sane man
would utterly lose confidence in a
mans veracity simply because he
ran joke too far. / am the promi-
nent farmer referred to, who did the
shooting. For some time 1 have
sus"crtca tNat como ono was r'I-
rcr.rg sr.Gnd ny lot Have been
watching Tor some time. Last Sat
urday night 7 Was pn suar1 and did
considerable shooting. Sunday morn
ing quite a number of citizens came
and joined in the search. Not know
ing the outcome 1 was very reticent
in the matter. The crowd joined in
many speculations. Yesterday 1
learned that many rumors were
af1oat.
To my surprise some smart
ALEC" wrote the whole thing up as
hoax, making some gross msrepre-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29

The case OF Joe Evans. colored, VS..
w. II. Costin. white. came off in the
Magistrates court Tuesday afternoon.
with r. ID. Epps, Esq. representing
tho plaintiff and c. Capers Smith.
ESQ. the defendant.
The jury after hearing all OF the
testimony returned a verdict In IA
Vor or the plaintiff. The plaintln
sued for a horse. valued at SIS. and
for s25 damages.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29

sentatiOns. Whether it was a hoax
or a reality, l neither deny nor al
firm. Who your solon is or what he
thinks / neither know or care. When
ne says 1t was a hoax he does so
without authority from me. Had he
made true statement and STONED
there, 1 should have ignored the mat
ter. AS to the severe criticisms he
writes of, will say ] am in total ig-
horance. All communities are more
or less afflicted with a class of en-
vious backbiters. Dalzel is afflicted
to a certain extent with such an ele-
ment, hence there may be founda-
ton for this.
TO your anonymous correspondent
will say 1 have been here nearly half
century and make him this Of
fer. He may employ all the sleuths
in America in connection with his
fertile CD brain and he may search
my record from infancy and if he can
find that L ever told a falsehood or
did a dishonorable act 1 will nav
him 10000 reward. (The money is
in the bank.) Will you please publish
the above.
Yours truly,
Samuel F. Moore.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29

was so fooled by the joke, which a
stated, was the conclusion arrive
at by the citizens Of the place an
which, / will maintain that il wa,
until Mr.. Moore makes some state
ment to the contrary. AS to tn
criticisms referred to, they wer
nothing more than could be expecte
when the citizens found that a hoa
had been perpetrated and they ha
been the victims.
L. c. Bryan,
Reporter for Item.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29
kOib-Kolb.

Mr.. j. NJ. Kolb and Mrs. Ruth
Kolb. both OF Privateer. were mar
ried at the parsonage OF the Dethel
Baptist church at Privateer wednes-
day afternoon by the Rev. William
Haynsworth.
The newly married couple left
shortly after the ceremony on the 6
O'Clock train for a bridal trip.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29

when a medicine must be given t
young children 1T should be pleasan
70 take. Chamberlain's Cough Rem
eoy is made from loaf sugar, and the
roots used in its preparation give it G
IaVor similar to maple syrup, max.
ing 1T pleasant to take. 1t has nc
superior for colds. Group and whoop.
ing cough. For sale by all dealers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29
In The Police Court.

There were only three cases TO be
heard by Recorder Lee in the Police
Court Wednesday morning, when
time came for the court to meet.
The cases that were heard were:
George Elliott. riding a bicycle on
forbidden sidewalk. s1.O0.
Hattie Drayton. cursing. discharg-
ed.
Blanche Wright. assault and bat
terry. $1,000 OF 20 days.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29
Yours truly,
Samuel f. Moore.
Dalzell, S. c., April &c.

The story mentioned in the above
article was written by me with no
intention at all of rejecting upon
M. MOore's truthfulness or reliabil
ity but was written as it was consid-
cred a good joke and something that
would make a good newspaper story.
Mr.. Moore admits that most of the
statements are correct, while a few
Of the details are incorrect. Perhaps.
l may have added little to the facts
in the writing of the story, or I
may have been told little more than
bare facts when the joke was relat-
ed to me. l was first told the story
by a reliable person who stated at
first that he thought it would make
a good story-which / also thought
but later stated that it would prob
ably be best not to publish it. Later
L heard the same story from other
persons and finding that the matter
was generally known 1 decided to
write the story which was published
in Tuesdays Item.
l did not state that Mr.. Moore was
unreliable nor that he was anything
but the prominent citizen that he
has always been and is. / stated that
IL
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29

SEED CORN--A few bushels Of
Prize seed corn from Boys Cora
club (Gherrick Prolific), will lie
sold in small or large quantities.
Apply Sumter Seed Store, NJ. e.
Brown, Prop, 113 North Main
Street. 4-os-ot
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29
Ice Cream Festival.

The ladies' OF Bethesda NJ. T..
church. near Hagood. s. c.. will
have an ice cream and strawberry
festival at tho church on the after
noon OF May 5th. The public is
..sdlaity m.r.f t., .. ..,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29

AS EXPECT-To be away several
months this summer, 1 offer for
sale a fine combination horse. Can
be seen at Boyle Live Stock Co.
G. A. Ellerbe. 4-27-1tw w
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29

The position OF Charwoman has
been created at tho postonlce build
Ing at salary OF $500 per annum.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29

FOR SALE-At once, % head OF
hne mules. Sold cheap for cash.
Apply to E. p. Pitts, or phone 3S4.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29
MONEY MAKER COTTON SEED

VIII pay you, If you are raising
cotton. If you are not posted, Il
will pay you to investigate. We can
furnish limited quantity of pure
seed, raised on our farm where
there has never been any blight.
S1.O0 per bushel. Let us book your
order at once If you intend to plant
Money Maker. c. p. Osteen Co.,
Sumter, S. G. 2-1.tf
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l.. c. Bryan,
Reporter for Item.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-16
CERTAIN OF LARGE STADIUM
Chicago University Students Expe'
Two Athletic Buildings as Re-
suit Of Gift

Material athletic expansion at the
University Of Chicago may be one Of
the early results of John ID. Rockefel.
ler's gift OF 100000 to the Maroon
institution. Members of the depart.
ment of physical culture admit that
the long wished-for stadium and new
gymnasium for the women students
might follow the oil kings generosity.
The matter will be considered by the
university board of trustees
Under the terms of Mr.. Rockeiel'
ler's donation the university authori'
ties will be allowed to construct build
ings for the use of any existing depart
ment, while all new departments are
to be made possible by other gifts. Al
though the trustees assert that build
ing expansion is not probable In the
near future owing to the uniyersitys
wish to give the first installments Of
the $lOOOO,O0O for endowment pur-
poses, the ultimate erection OF the
needed buildings is assured. The olli'
cials stated that they would reach nc
decision on the building question until
later
If the members of the board decide
to take advantage Of Mr. Rockefeller's
permission, the Midway school vii.
have the costlest and most complett
department of athletics in the coun'
try. The physical culture experts be-
lieve that the additional buildings are
necessities.
President Harry Pratt Judson names
the stadium and the women's gymna-
sium as two OF the four most needed
features of the universitys material
growth, the other two being building
for the use of the department Of geol'
ogy and geography and an astronomi'
cal observatory on the campus for the
use of the students
The location of the prospective sta.
dum has not been fixed Coach Stagg
is modest IN expressing his views, but
he has stated his wish that 1t be To-
Gated on the ground owned by the uni.
yersity on the south side of ty4 Mid.
way Plaisance, between Ellis and Lex.
ington avenues. II the university
should remove one hat building from
this land block and half would be
available for the purpose
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-16

Lewis Strang was recently asked II
he ever had any narrow escapes and
smilingly answered. NO" But when
asked why he replied in that way said
he had dozens of accidents, but they
were so quickly forgotten that he
would not dignity them with the ap-
pellation of marrow escapes"
THE first accident remember" ,"
said Strang. was in 1904, when hit
an elevated post on Third avenue In
New York wrecked the car, but
escaped without injury. Two years lat
er at Elkwood Park, in a midsummer
meet, went through the fence on the
inside Of the track. ! wrecked the car
In this accident, but again escaped
without injury.
Il went through the fence at the
Parkway turn In the 1906 Brighton
Beach twenty-four hour race. This
was probably the most fatal accident
that has ever occurred in any race.
About eighteen persons were seriously
injured and five killed outright The
car was in the middle OF the track
about 3 o'clock in the morning. when
the left front wheel collapsed. Swerv.
ing around. the machine tore through
the fence breaking up the heavy bar
rier as II It were 50 much matchwood.
then charged directly through a large
crowd of spectators, repair men and
race track employees. At the cor
oner's inquest no blame was attached
tC me, as the car was beyond control
as soon as the front wheel collapsed,
and II was just luck for me that 1t did
not roll over and kill me. About two
hours after this accident the repair
crew had put the machine back In run.
ming order. replacing the broken ra-
diator, front springs and axles, and |
continued the race and finished, but
the loss OF time had been so great that
! was unable to get better than fifth
place.
I'm the next twenty-four hour race
on this same track a string OF eight or
ten kites was sent up, which carried
aloft wire cable TO which we're hung
some large advertising signs. The
wind died down about o'clock in the
afternoon and the cable looped down
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Mike Donlln is the latest to apply
for membership in the Come Backs
Fred Lake will try his hand as a
scout for the Boston National league
team.
Grover Land is being touted as the
first catcher on the Cleveland Maps
this year
Topsy Hartsel played on the 1902,
1905 and 1910 pennant winners of the
Athletics.
Charley Hall, the Boston Ameri-
cans pitcher, is playing winter ball
out in California.
Tommy Burns is training to see If
that injured knee is strong enough
for two more bouts
Politeness will be one Of the courses
taught along with track athletics at
the University Of Chicago hereafter
Jen Pfefier, the Cub pitcher, who is
wntering at Dorchester Mass, is
keeping in condition by playing golf
George Tebeau will spend $4,000
on his Kansas City ball park to in
crease its seating capacity to $4,000
Manager Hal Chase of the New
York Highlanders says he intends
working his pitchers t.. rotation in
1911
King" Cole says he has discovered
new twist to put on the horsehide
King intends retaining that windup
maneuver
Foul tips are sometimes expensive
Mrs. Jennie Fletcher of St Louis was
struck by one and has brought suit
! for $4,000.
1t seems to be all in the fitness OF
things that fighter named Wuest
should be doing his best work In
Frankfort. Ky.
Miller Huggins, turned loose by
Clarke Griffith In favor OF Dick Egan.
outplayed Egan In all departments
last season.
Cincinnati is anxious to dispose of
Lew Moren. He was offered to sew
eral teams, but all declined to take
the millionaire's son.
Henri St Yves of France defeated
John Svanberg of Sweden in fifteen.
mile race at Baltimore, winning by
half lap on thirteen lap track in
! hour 20 minutes, Al seconds.
Matty Mclntlre, who will play ball
for the White Sox in 1911, once was
refused in trade for Chief Bender Of
the Athletics Matty was sold to
Comiskey for $4,000, but It is said
$50 900 could not buy Bender
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-16
cv Younn,s Elrst Ruhdown.

Cy Young had his first rundown
last season, his twenty-first year In
the big leagues. He didn't believe In
the new tangled ways, but gave In the
night before he was to try for his
FIVE hundredth victory in Wash gton
In July.
Il thought would have to give
Young more attention than any other
player" said Doc Schneider. Nap
trainer "and was surprised when he
said he didn't care for my services.
| asked him every day for a month
before he told me he he'd never had
n rub.
doc, want to win my five hun
dredth victory tomorrow he said.
and wish you would put me in the
best possible shape never worked
harder in my life He won the game,
and after II said he never felt better
in his life. I'm going to have a rub
down every day before pitch after
this, he said He kept mo pretty
busy from then on"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-16

until II hung across the track II
caught me in the throat and ! was
thrown from the seat OF my machine.
While trying for the Vanderbilt
cup race the same year and siding
around the course with Walter Chris
tie in the Christie car, something hap
pened to the steering gear The car
sweryed in a straight stretch while go
ing about eighty-lye miles an hour,
ran full tilt into a telegraph pole,
breaking the pole and spllntering the
machine, but ! was only cut in the
calf OF the leg and my front teeth dam
aged.
In aeroplanes | have had planes
turn over with me twice Once at
height OF about $50 feet had a plane
turn over and fall. outside Of couple
of cuts from spllntered spars. escap-
ed injury. The other plane that turn
C over hit n pole In the ground while
running on the ground just prepara
tory to ascending, while going about
fifty miles an hour. The engine came
down on my back and ! was badly
burned with hot water.
while testing a racing hydroplane
with John Tyson, the owner Of the
craft, We capsized in the middle of
Long Island sound. but this plane was
so fast that we had expected an acci.
dent and had on heavy oilskins and
cork jackets, so we just climbed on
the hull and sat there until a yacht,
which had been following us a couple
Of miles behind, picked us up.
Ones feeling the second after an
accident is indescribable He almost
says, Well. you didn't get me that
time. with an inward chuckle or laugh.
You often hear the remark made that
Nothing is sport unless you take a
chance That shows the way the
sports OF the world are measured
hence the greatest sport must be that
which you play for the greatest stake.
life
Strang. who Is shown in the Illus
tration. will act as captain and man
ager Of a team which will participate
in the 5O0-mile international sweep
stake race to be run over the Indian
apolis Motor Speedway on May 80.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-16
No Need to Be Good.

A little Shaker Heights girl surpris.
ed her parents last week by refusing
to be scared into being good. IT'S
no use telling me Santa Claus won
come, or that the angels will write it
down in their book If I'm naughty,
mamma" she said. 81 might as we'll
tell you that they think up in heaven
that I'm dead"
But why should they think that.
dear?'i
Because, haven't said my prayers
for two weeks cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-16
IRA DAVENPORT IS HONORED
James E. Sullivan Picks Maroon Star
as Greatest 44o-Yard Runner
In United States.

An all-American college track team
has been selected by James f. Sulli.
van secretary and treasurer Of the
Amateur Athletic Union. Like the all.
American football teams, the selection
has no official significance and Is
merely Mr.. Sulliyan's rating of some
of the best college athletes In each OF
the ordinary track and field activities.
Ira Davenport of the University OF
Chicago Is placed In a class by him.
self in the 44O-yard run.
Fourteen men are named and It is
notable that seven of them are from
colleges on the western side OF the
Alleghenies.
The team chosen is as follows:
ll0-Yard Run-F L. Ramsdell, Uni.
yersity OF Pennsylvania.
22O-Yard Run-R. c. Craig, Uni
yersity of Michigan.
44O-Yard Run n. Davenport, Uni.
yersity Of Chicago.
SSO.Yard Run-G II. Whlteley,
Princeton.
12O-Yard Hurdle-W. A. Edwards,
University of California.
220.Yard Hurdle-C. p. Gardner,
Harvard.
One.Mile Run--A. T. Baker, Oberlln.
Two-Mile Run-T s. Berna, Cornell.
Running Broad Jump j. Wasson,
Notre Dame
Running High Jump-K w Burdick,
University OF Pennsylvania.
Pole Vault S. Scott, Leland
Stanford University.
Putting 16.Pound Shot. Horner,
Jr.. University OF Michigan
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-16
GOPHERS WILL LOSE WALKER
Minnesota Tackle Announces He viii
Leave Minnesota and Enter
Some Eastern College.

Jim Walker, star tackle Of the Uni
yersity Of Minnesota football team for
the last two years, all-western tackle
for two years and all-American for
1910. has very probably played his last
game Of football for the Gophers.
Walker, according TO the report win
leave Minnesota and enter some big
eastern university, likely Yale
Walker has made an envlable rec.
ord on the football field with the Go
piers. He was the unanimous choice
for all.western tackle in both 1909 and
1910 and his ability was further recog.
nized during the season recently
closed. Walter Camp picked him for
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-16
A coroner's Comment on Drink" Evil
dence,

In summing up case, quite recent
y, where the jury afterwards found
verdict of death from suicide after
excessive drinking" the coroner said:
Some people don't like to mention in
a verdict that death was due to exces
hve drinking. Although | am not a
teetotaler myself, think 1t advisable
that people should see the folly of
drinking. If you hush up the facts
there Is no lesson from them" We
would commend this utterance to the
attention Of coroners, and to all those
among whom there seems to be con.
spiracy Of silence and a determination
to keep the tragic facts from the pub.
lie.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-16
Football Game Nets Sal 600.

Income from football at Iowa the
past season was something like $1,000.
Expenses were $4,000, leaving net pro-
ceeds about $4,000 for the season. The
income OF one year ago was $4,000 a
larger figure due to the fact that the
schedule of that year brought more
and bigger games to Iowa field.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-16
Wants MaYhurY for Coach

At the meeting of the student board
of control at the University Of Wash
ington, Manager Zednick, through his
assistant Herbert Seeler, recommend
ed the appointment of James H. May
bury for coach of the varsity track
team.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-16
Had His Uses,

'You don't make very good music
with that instrument" said the limo
cent bystander to the man behind the
bass drum as the band ceased to
play.
NO" admitted the drum-pounder;
but drown heap of bad"