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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-02-12
JackSOn-White.

n marriage Of interest to many
people here and in Clarendon county
was that Of Miss Mary Jennings
Jackson Of this city and Mr.. d e.
White of Foreston. The ceremony was
performed Immediately after service
at Horeb Baptist church at Providence
Sunday the Rev. Wilder officiating.
Miss Jackson is one Of the nurses
at the Sumter Hospital and has many
friends in the city and at Providence,
her former home. Mr. White is a
young business man of Foreston and
a brother of Messrs. c. B. and ]. u.
White Of this city.
After the wedding the happy
couple took dinner at the home Of the
brides mother at Providence, coming
on to Sumter in the afternoon, where
they took the $40 train for Foreston,
their future home.
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MANY HEAR ADDRESS.
Prof. :. III. Edmunds Makes Master
ful Talk to Men.

one OF the series OF addresses to be
siyen on Sunday afternoons to the
men and boys OF the city at the Y.
NJ. c. A. was made Sunday afternoon
by Prof. S. II. Edmunds. who had been
selected by the committee in charge
OF this part Of tho program.
Prof. Edmunds took for his sub
jeet What our Fathers Would Have
Us Be-" and on this subject made a
most eloquent and masterful address
TO the eighty-four men present Prof
Edmunds spoke to all. and referred
TO the fact that he meant those whose
fathers were dead IA well as those
whose fathers were still living. He
spoke on what fathers had a right to
expect OF their sons. His address was
extremely Interesting and was listen
ed 10 with the profoundest attention.
The very large attendance present
was very gratifying 20 the committee
OF laymen who have the matter of
securing the speakers and arranging
thc program for these meetings and
s"sy hope that IL will continue TO be
as large as this. the first meeting The
music was extremely good and the
committee hopes To make 1t even bet
ter at tho next meeting. which will
be held next Sunday afternoon at 6
o'clock
The committee To select the speak
ers Is composed ot Messrs. II. II.
Brown. r.. VI Hall. and W. II. An
drcws
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CRIMINAL COURT CONvESEs.
True Bills Returned-Cascs Against c.
Sadlcr Commenced. ..,.

The Court of General Sessions con-
Nened Monday morning with Judge
Ernest Gary Of Columbia presiding.
The machinery of the court was slow
in being started in motion and very
little was done during the morning
session.
Indictments were made out by the
Solicitor and handed over to the grand
jury which returned them just before
time to adjourn for dinner. The in
dictments returned were as follows:
G. W. Hayes, larceny Of live stock,
true bill.
Henry James, assault and battery
with intent to kill true bill.
Cary Mack Lowry, larceny of live
stock, true bill.
Judge Gary went over the cases on
the docket and continued a number
of those in which Senator J. II. Cliff
ton was attorney. Other cases were
put on the contingent list until such
time as the offenders should be ar
rested and brought to trial. The So
licitor reported the greater number of
cases to be tried at this term Of court.
The Judges charge to the grand
jury was somewhat lengthy and was
taken up mostly in warning them Of
their duty to the county. He stated
that it was largely through the de-
linquences Of the juries that more
criminals are not made to pay the
penalties for their crimes.
The case of the state VS.. c. Sadler
FOR assault of a high and aggravated
nature was taken up shortly before
noon and was still in progress when
court recessed for dinner. Sadler is
charged with shooting at I. d. Davis
and others when they had shut up his
hogs. The prosecution had one of its
witnesses on the stand when court re-
cessed.
There was some delay in the start
ing Of a case because of the absence
of witnesses in those the Solicitor call
ed.
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INTERESTING TEACHERS MEET
ING.
Miss Carolina l.. Dickson of Dorches-
ter and DIR. G. c. Brown Make Talks.

Two very interesting talks were
were made to the Sumter County
teachers at the meeting of their as
sociation in the Hampton school
building Saturday. Miss Caroline L.
Dickinson, rural school supervisor of
Dorchester county, made an address
on matters relating to the work of
the supervisor in that county among
the rural schools and DR.. Brown gave
some extremely good advice to teach
erS.
The meeting was we'll attended and
the talks We're listened to with the
greatest attention. Announcement
were made along lines Of interest to
the teachers, principally concerning
the School Day exercises. and prizes
of which more will be said later. The
meeting was a very interesting one
and most successful. The large at
tendance and the interest shown in
these meetings by the county teachers
has been extremely gratifying, indi-
eating the interest which they are
taking in their work and their desire
D do more for their schools.
Miss Dickinson told of her work in
Dorchester county and her reception
by the teachers in the county, which
had been in nearly every case very po-
lite. She had with their assistance
been able to do much good. DR..
Brown told the teachers that in order
for them to accomplish practical
good in their school work, they must
be sincere in their efforts. His talk
was taken up almost entirely with
advice to teachers and was cordially
received.
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Death

News was received in tho city Mon.
day afternoon or the death at her
home az Providence of Mrs. Rosa
Spann. the widow Of tho late w. 4.
Spann az that place. Mrs Spaun had
been sick f"r several months and her
death. therefore. did not come as a
surprise To her relatives and friends.
Mrs. Sponn Is survived by two
brothers, Mcssrs. w. j. and L. II.
Jennings OF This city.
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Peach Tree i'm Bloom.

Mr. II. James Winn brought to this
Office Monday morning a branch from
peach tree grown by him from an
Elberta Seeding. The tree, he states
has been in full bloom for some time
and has now practically shed all
of its blossoms. This tree has bloom
ed in January every year for the past
three years and has always borne a
full crop Of fruit, the cold following
the period during which it bloomed
apparently in no way injuring the tree
or preventing it from truiting.
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Funeral Of joel T.. Brunson.

The funeral services over the re-
mains of the late Joel T.. Brunson were
held at the cemetery Sunday afternoon
AT o'clock, there being n large num-
Der or friends and relatives OF the de-
ceased present to pay the last tribute
of respect to the dead. The services
were simple, but impressive aod
We" conducted by the Rcv. J. N
Tolar' the pastor Of tho WASHINGTON
Baptist church of which the deceased
was for many years member.
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SPECIAL DAY FOR NEGROES.
Friday, February If, Set Apart for
Colored People at National Corn
Show.

Friday, February IA, is Negro Day
at the Corn Show in Columbia. The
management has decided to set apart
this day. The Rev c. T. Walker of
Augusta, Ga, has been requested to
deliver the principal address for this
occasion. Efforts are being made
throughout the state to get all the
superintendents of cOlOred public
schools, and presidents Of colleges
and other institutions to dismiss their
schools Friday so the teachers and
pupils may have chance TO be in at
tendance at the Corn Show if they
so desire. The management Of the
Corn Show thinks this will be an ir-
centive TO the farmers and to all who
attend.
Richard Carroll will have charge Of
the management for the celebration
of the y gro Day. White people who
read this journal will render good
service if they notify the colored peo-
pie in their employ. and those who
live in their communities about the
special day. Low rates on all rail-
roads will be granted during the en-
tire week. Any information desired,
address Geo. II. Stevenson, or Rich
ard Carroll, Columb a. s. G..
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Reception at CIarcmOnt UOeI.

The Sumter County Medical Asso-
citation was most delightfully."- enter
given by the president of the associa-
ton, Dr. T.. r. Wilson, at the Clare
mont Hotel. a number Of courses
were served and proved most enjoy
able. Matters of interest to the pro-
fessiOn were discussed and the occas-
ion proved a decided success.
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Fire Alarm.

An alarm of fire was sent in iJatur-
day morning shortly before noon, the
alarm coming from Mr.. Geo. d.
Shores residence on Calhoun street
The fire was eXtinguished before the
arrival of the hose wagon although
the latter turned out promptly. The
fire caught in n basket of clothing in
the second story of the building and
these articles were considerably dam
aged
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Sccond of SiINcr Tcas.

The SECOND SILVER Tea, given by
tho civic League IN the interest OF the
civic L"aeue Library was as much Of
a success ass the first one had been and
Was most enjoyable in every way
Several hundred invitations had been
ISSUED and a large attendance upon
'h" function WAS the result Tea was
served 10y young ladies of the league
{" the guests as th,y came in and
everybody found the affair very
pleasant ono.
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THE CORN SHOW.
why Every Farmer in Sumter Coun-
ty Who Has Not Already Visited it,
Should Attend the National Corn
Exposition During This Week.

1t is probably tn biggest exposition
of its kind that has ever been held in
the South, hence the opportunity of
life time for man of limited means
to see and have explained the progress
science is making. There are about
one hundred experts in charge Of the
various exhibits, ranging from the
results of the various experiment sta
tions through all the branches Of the
Department of Agriculture designed
for the Improvement Of the farm or
living conditions on the farm. All
kinds of farm machinery from the
garden hoe on up to the traction gang
plow, which with three hands breaks
from II to 10 acres a day, are on ex-
hlbit and being demonstrated. At
intervals the sound of blasting IS
heard. Experts are demonstrating
how to break land with dynamite for
growing crops and for setting out
trees. They are also showing how
to blow up stumps, and drain land.
Cows are MIXED by machinery and
watts for dipping cattle are being
used to show how cattle may be freed
Of cattle ticks. The old time school
house stands side by side with
moderly equipped school building
with an expert to tell YOU how the
transition may be made at a mod
crate expense. \ modern equipped
money-making farm stands by an old
worn out farm, which requires a great
deal Of work and from which is OBJ
tanned very little profit A properly
terraced hill side, clad in verdant pas
tur'S. stands by a quilted red hill,
where water rushes down and over
flows the valley below. \ chart of the
United States showing the areas of
high and low pressure which deter
mines the forecast for that day is on
exhibit, with an expert in charge who
cheerfully tells how the many in
f1uences go to help in making a
weather forecast.
All kinds of fertilizer experiments
are graphically exhibited. \ study OF
which would pay many a farmer
handsomely for his time and expenses
for three or four days at the show.
Yes there is some corn on display
too. Yellow corn, white corn, red
corn, black corn, pop corn of high
and low degree. You will see where
all of the diplomas for the best show
corn are collected, nearly every sam
pl" entered from Indiana took prize.
In fact it seems that those fellows
from the Hoosicr State didn't have
much competition. If YOU take all
the number of bushels of corn grown
i'm Indiana and divide it 10y the num-
Der of acres planted TO corn the re
suit viii give moro than forty bushels
# corn per acre. Perform the same
operation in South Carolina and you
get about oightrcu bushels Vet We
have grown Pa and 22N bushels of
corn per acre. such large amounts
arr never grown in Indiana. so ON
the other hand such small amounts
as are necessarily grown to bring
down South Cardinals average arc
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67S4 Per Cent. Digested

never heard Of in Indiana.
The National Corn Exposition has
been extended to 6 o'clock Friday
evening, February IA, and hope that
every farmer in Sumter County who
has not already been will take ad-
vantage of the few remaining days
to attend the show, get some new
ideas and come back to Sumter Coun-
ty determined to put into practice
some of the Ia.ry needed leuons,ra-
tions being exhibited .. the Corn
Show.
y Frank Williams, e
Local Farm Demonstration Agent.
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Richburg-Bakcr.

Mr.. Joseph j. Baker and Miss Fan
ME Richburg OF this city were mar
ried Thursday evening at the home
OF Rev. j. Ii. Wilson in this city. Both
or the young people are of Sumter and
nave many friends here who wish
them much happiness in their mar
Ticd life
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TO INVESTIGATE
HOME.
SOLDIERS
House Agrees To Appoint Committee
To Look Into Management of Con-
fCdCratc Infirmary.

Columbia, Feb S.-The house pass
ed a concurrent resolution providing
for the appointment Of a special COM
mittee To investigate certain reports
in regard to the management of the
Confederate inhrmary. The resolution
provides for the appointment of three
senators ana three representatives.
The committee is asked To report
at this session
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Guilty Of Storing Mhi~kcy.

Hannah Baker colorcd, was foual
guilty in the Recorders Court S,tur-
day morning on the charge Of storing
whiskcy. She was sent 10 Jail for a
period of 90 days as she was unable
To- pay her fine of $50.
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PERSONAL.

Misses Louise Carson and Alice Hill
returned to the city Thursday evening
after very pleasant visit To Columbia
and Rock. Hill, where they went to
see Winthrop college friends.
The many friends of Miss Katie
Pitts. who was operated on for ap-
pendicitis at the Sumter Hospital
Thursday. will be glad To know that
she Is getting on very nicely.
Mr.. Walter Hardy. who was operat-
ed on at Richmond last week, is re-
ported Co be getting on as well as
could be expected. although IL is
probable that he will not be able TO
return home for a couple OF weeks
yet.
Misses Mamie Edmunds and L. NJ.
Davis went TO Columbia Friday morn
ing to visit the National Corn Expo
sition.
Mr.. r. NJ. Jenkins. OF st. Charles,
was In town Friday.
Messrs. L. L. Fraser, Jr., and
scott DuBose, Jr, of Mechanics
Vile. Sumter county. spent Wednesday
In Hartsville. Messenger
Mrs. Grover Mannheim and Miss
Celia Mannheim, OF Marion. are the
guests OF Mrs. Isadore Mannheim on
Hampton avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Nj. Rawlinson. of
Congaree. are visiting Mr.. and Mrs
j. ii. Johnson on Broad street
Mrs. NJ. c. Martin and little daugh-
ter. Clyde. are visiting Mrs. Martins
mother, Mrs. Charles Thomas on $.
Harvin Street
Dr. and Mrs. ID. j. Burns and
daughter. OF Newberry are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Thames on 5.
Harvin Street.
His many friends will be sorry :,
to know that Mr.. l.. b. DuRant is still
In a critical condition.
AIR. c. NJ. Hurst and daughters
went to Columbia Monday morning 10
attend the Fifth National Corn Show.
Mrs. Thomas Childs and daughters.
Misses Clara and Alice. went to CO.
lumbia Monday to see the National
Corn Show.
Mrs. r. NJ. Jenkins, OF ST. Charles,
was in town Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene sanstill spenr
sunday in Eastover. Mrs. Stansill will
attend the National Corn Show In Co
lumbia before returning.
Mrs. C. F. whitted. who has been
staying In Sumter for several days.
left Monday morning for Weldon, N
C. and Macon. Ca. where she will
visit for some time, before returning
To Sumter TO make this her home.
Mr.. T. y. Griffin, OF Lynchburg.
was In the city Monday.
Mr.. ID. l.. Wannamaker spent Sun
day and Monday in Augusta.
Mrs. j. 5. Hartsell. OF Cheraw,
spent Saturday in the city. returning
home Sunday. accompanied by Miss
jamie Miken.
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Marriage License Record.

Licenses were issued Saturday to
the following COlorcd couples:
Eugene Anthony and Silvia Peter
son, Mayesville; Lisbon Pearson and
Elizabeth Ford, PriVateer; William
w. Murray Stateburg, and Mary Can
tcy sumter
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New York Cotton Market.

New York, Feb. 10.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06
address. !tselt. II there is ISOLATION In

address itself. II there Is isolation In
country life. what about the family
buried IN the catacombs OF the urban
apartment house? Much is said about
the problem OF the country church.
but the city church situation is just
as serious. Thousands OF city dwell
ers never go to church. Then there is
much ado about cooperation? How
much real. unselfsh cooperation Is
there in the city? There is talk about
rural community centres. but arc there
any urban community centres?
What do the country people think
about Back to- the City" movement.
particularly at this season OF this year?
How abou, the amateur farmer who
has gone to tho country and made a
mess OF 1t. ana who could he a success
as bookkeeper or dry goods clerk in
the city? How can the drift from the
city 10 the country be checked?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06

''o-day that can cope With him + He e
Is tine writer, deep student and a
Lunacy Law of the World" and YOU
Viii lind him. up with every State and
i uerr,itory ar, and the great powers Of the
fects discovered By him. and acknowl-
edged by the leading attorneys OF every
man master nnI es snn6 Gomid an insane
My answer is NO: no" As already
stated, but few sane could some are
born 10 misfortune, and Chaloner has
been one OF the victims. He has been
adeait with most harshly under the New
York state laws.
that he has been deprived OF the use
OF his great wealth by some prejudiced
relative whom did not appreciate the
effort to exclude him from the use OF
IL by having him examined by experts
w tooR t TO gFasdfy disp!eassd relatives
strong Chaloner. passed on his sanity
pronounced him insane. had him i'm
ing his just part OF the estate. for
what sum the writer could not say
New York State as all are aware is
how 1t can accomplish il either. glory
IN Mr.. Chaloner's demonstrations OF his
trial ana imprisonment in New York.
they passed on his condition a fair
ana Impartial decision. Mr. Chaloner
mas always nad ample executive abil-
ny TO manage his affairs. and to-day
is one OF Nirginla's most talented. re-
searchful writer's and lawyers.
fered an opportunity OF rehear!ng.
ana sincerely hope without prejudice
or the Influences of compensation to
longer debar him of his Justly due
management OF his estate. He has
fully eNemrlihed his trustworthiness
and .capability.
John Armstrong ChaIoner has done
many valuable deeds for the people of
Virginia at his own expense He has
circulated petitions over the State on
several occasions for the citizens to
sign in order to kill obnoxious meas
ures before the Legislature. His atti-
tude on the Violations OF the law is,
backed by his purse. asking no com
pensation. always ready with free
hand and willing heart TO defend the
citlZens or the state against any act
mat may be detrimental TO their flu
ture welfare: The writer has had and
signed petitions addressed TO citizens
over the State asking them TO sign
said petitions that he might take same
before the Legislature asking a repeal
or the act al his own expense. without
any compensation whatever
Is there another John Armstrong
Chaloner in Virginia? / say no, for
] have never seen his petition or read
his offers in such cases. Let him de-
TEND his own case before the courts.
commission Of experts. for his argu-
mcnts and facts will be prima facie
the best that can be given OF his sanity,
and which would be worth thousands
Of trials of test by lunacy commits
sion. j. +. JOINER.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06
A CROP OLE pn. n.s.


A Pm. d Is a man who has found
ont nothing that nobody else knows
and who makes everybody feel how
little anybody knows. The Phi d. used
| to be a rare species but the univer-
/ stiles arc reeling off now great com
/ pan!cs OF these subl!mated scholars
each or whom. in his own particular
star has w!dened the boundaries of
human knowledge. The subjects OF
their theses are fearful and wonderful.
| Take a look at the latest output ut
Harvard. One man left n dissertation
on "Oricnted Circles IN Space" while
/ his neighbor on the roll chose Some
Derivatives of Iodanl" Comes an
! other with Tho Development of tho
! Architectural BACKGROUND In tho Paint
Ing of the Umbr!an Renaissance" a
second with tho "Psychophysics of
Handwriting" n third. whose special
field was epistomology, with The Con
oept Of Value" a Kansan handed in
one on The Development of the Cere
bral Ventricles in the Pig" A botan!-
cal highbrow selected Couture Studies
OF Fungi Producing Bub!ls and Similar
Propagat!ve Bodies" and an English
man took a 5 his theme studies OF
MyXospor!dla Found In the Gall Blad
der Of Fishes from Eastern Canada"
Another Kansan. specializing in an.
thropology freed his thoughts on The
Ruins of the Southern Part OF the
Peninsula OF Yucatan, with Special
Reference to Their Place in the Maya
Culture" and ought to start similar
Investigation ut williamsburg 4
mathematicany inclined fellow wrote a
charming essay on The Function OF Il
Complex Variable, Defined by an Ordi-
nary Differential Equation Of the Fret
Order and the First Degree" Their
modynamios is represented by one who
delivered himself OF THE Measure
ment OF the CoefHcicnt OF the Joulc-
Thomson Effect in Superhcated steam"
a graduate of the University of Vir-
The Relation of G!acomo Leopard to
Classical Anticrui;y" specialist in
gcnetics contributed n paper on Tho
Inheritance OF Recurring Somatic
Variation in variega,ed Ears OF Maize"
while scholar IN applied biology was
content to make his parting sho;
Studies of Psychological Phenomena
In Their Relation to Evolution and the
Problems OF Iered!ty."
Each of these men in his field has
told the world something II never
knew before. Each is n miner who
after years of d!fcult excavation. has
at last dug out a nugget OF learning
for the enrichmen. " mankind Each
reminds us OF the lines
Knowledge is proud that he has
learn'd so much:
Wisdom Is humble .hat he knows
no more"