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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-26

week. Ii was thought she would be
discharged today, but DIR. Guerry
thinks she had better stay longer.
Mrs. Aston Stubbs and little son
nave gone to Waynesville, n. c., to
spend the remainder Of the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Rogers and
family of Florence and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Reames and family, of Bishop
viile' passed through the city this
morning on their way to Br,cktop,
n. c., to visit the family Of Mr. j.
Frank Pate.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A. Lennon and
little child have gone to. Henderson,
Vile to spend several weeks.
Mr.. w. E. Minis left Thursday
morning for Greenville.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. b. Belser left
Thursday morning for Winnipeg,
Canada, where Mr.. Belser attends the
Convention of American Real Estate
men.
Engineer Lee Sherer, wife and chill
dren have gone to spend several
weeks in Northern points Of interest.
Mrs. Leroy Camp and children, of
Alabama, have returned home after
visiting Mrs. Camps brother, Mr.. Jno.
II. Clifton.
Miss Maggie Ard left Tuesday to
spend the balance of the summer in
New York with her brother.
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The market price for oat-vctch hav
IL said To be $50 to $22 a ton and
the supply limited. This is a prof.
table crop. when the yield averages
three To five tons per acre and the
expense Of cultivation is insignificant.
Why more of IL is not .plantcd in
sumter county Is one of the uneX-
planned puzzles.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-26
Something Quite Unusual.

On Friday evening just about dark
L was coming to the house, when
something darted out of the weeds
across the path and up against q chick
EN- coop. L found it %. be a frog al
most snow white in color with a
slight dark shading. l regard it as
strange freak.
B. NJ. Stiles.
Sumter, July 81, 1913.
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CLOTHING FACTORY HORROR.
FIFTY GARMENT MAKERS PER
ISL IN FIRE TRAP.
flancs Spread SO Rapidly that Few
ESCAPED from Four Story Building
"A Majority of the Victims were
Women and Children,

Blnghamton, n. Y, July 22.-Fifty
persons were killed, according to late
estimates, and many were injured. a
dozen of them mortally, in a fire
which swept the four-storv factory
building of the Binghamton Clothing
company this afternoon. The vic
Tins were chiefly women and girls.
AT midnight 20 bodies had been
recovered. In the city hospital and
in private institutions are 80 injured.
Some two score persons are known
to have escaped as if by miracle
from the building which burst into
lame like a tinder box and became
a roaring furnace almost in no time
after the first ALARM was sounded.
About 1926 persons were in the fac
tory when the ire broke out. Those
unaccounted for, or most of them, are
believed to be still in the red hot
ruins of the structure.
Around the scene Of the catas-
trophe, the greatest this city has ever
known, thousands tonight watched
the rescuers work in the glare of
three big searchlights, many in the
great throng being restrained only by
the closely drawn police lines from
rushing into the ruins to seek the
bodies of relatives or friends.
Many streams of water are being
poured into the fiery pit, which a
few hours ago was the cellar of the
burned establishment. AS the ruins
were cooled slightly, from time to
time in a spot upc. which the
streams were centred, men went for
ward to dig as long as human endur-
ance would allow them to work. Oc-
casionally a body was found and
quickly taken away.
This work will go on all night and
perhaps all day tomorrow before the
glowing mass gives up its last dead.
authorities believe, before the cellar
can be cleared and the whole truth
can become known.
The big outstanding fact of the
catastrophe is it's suddenness. In this
the disaster bears q strong resem-
blance to the Triangle Waist company
holocaust in New York city, where 147
lives were lost when the infammable
material upon which the employees
were working and the waste littering
the floors blazed up with inconceiv-
able rapidity and SGT the imprisoned
workers jumping from the windows.
The parallel here fails only in the
lesser height. and different construc-
ton Of the building and in the length
of the list of dead and injured.
Another resemblance to The New
York disaster is that the fire today is
believed to have been Startd by the
careless throwing of a cigar butt or
match. In Efhe tragedy this after
noon the hgtst of flames followed
quickly after the alarm There was
little opportunity 20 use ordinary or
even emergency means of escape. Fire
drills had been carried on regularly,
so frequently in fact, that the en-
ployes had found them. monotonous.
The building was equipped with fire
escapes and an automatic alarm sys-
tem' %A.Ms
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T. S. Joye to X. s. Dixon, lot on
Salem avenue, $4,000.
J. Thompson Kccls to Mrs. S. T..
Kecls, lot in count containing q
acres, 800.
L. w. McCallum 10 l.. MUIR Hall,
lot on Salem avenue, $1,250.
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Death OF q Child.

John Fletcher the little mdnths
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. nd Idle
died Tuesday morning. The rerfyains
were taken to Walterboro, S. c. Where
the burial takes place.
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(Miss) Orilla Johnston, Clerk.

Biease. Grace and McLaurin make
political triumvirate hard To draw
to. and II the report be true that
they have buried the hatchct and are
now working together 10 control poll-
tics and parcel out the Offices i'm
South Carolina there will be great
doings in this State ere long.
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The nrcmvn are preparing for their
uip I" Wilmingtou on the 18th of
nest month, where they hope to have
good luck,
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Real Estate Transfers.

Sumter, July 81, 1913.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1913-08-21
School Days Near.

O. B. Drake and family arriv-
ed home from Ohio yesterday
and Mr.. Drake is much improved
in health and will spend the
next week in preparation for
school work. The term will be-
gin Tuesday, Sept. End.
Mr.. Drake as superintendent
will have the following faculty:
High school Principal-J. A.
Hogan, mathematics.
Language Miss Hall.
English and history Miss Ollie
1st Frade Miss Lawrence.
End Grade-Miss Stannard.
3rd Grade Miss Muncaster.
4th-Miss Briggs.
5th-Miss Schultz.
9th Miss Mehaffy.
7th-Miss Carne.
Sth- Miss Keener.
North school Miss Campbell.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1913-08-21
Auto Turns Turtle.

When an automobile carrying
three passengers turns turtle and
no one is hurt it is a case Of pure
luck rather than good manage
ment. Such was the experience
of Chas. Gard Of Elgin, Neb.
who with a party is touring the
country and camping. He was
coming into town from Clear
Creek and had picked up mas
tiers Ernest Persinger and Chas.
Privett to bring them home. He
attempted to pass a load of hay
at the foot of Wadsworth hill.
not realizing the narroWness Of
the grade, when the car slipped
over the edge and landed upside
down, throwing the boys out and
pinioning Gard under the car,
which was a Ford. The man on
the load of hay got down and
managed to lift the car Off 80 he
could crawl out, and others were
summoned and helped to get the
machine back onto the road.
Nothing was broken but the
wind shield, and Mr.. Gard
thought he was mighty lucky.
However, he will often think
of the narrow escape he had, and
he was not speeding either.
The Arvada baseball boys and
their friends have learned with
regret that they are going to
lose one of their best players and
at the same time an all around
good fellow. The player in ques-
toe is none other than the gen
ial f. Spencer, who has decided
to go to California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Knapp returned
Friday evening from a weeks
vacation at Idaho springs.
Miss Blanche McIadden has
returned to Los Angeles where
she has accepted a position.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1913-08-21
Arvada Stampedes
the Japanese

The baseball game between
the Nippons and the Arvada
team Sunday was noted for its
spectacular stunts on the part of
the home team which caused the
little yellow kids to stampede,
and give them the game as easy
as stealing milk from a blind
baby. The score stood II to 3
in favor of Arvada and could
easily have been more if the
bops had kept up an interest.
The little fellows are as active
as kittens and can turn hand
springs in the air and all that.
but when it comes to playing a
strong game they are not equal
to it. They imported a pitcher
in the person of Otto Thum,
son of Commissioner of property
Thum Of Denver, but he was as
bad as the Japs for losing his
mental poise and the boys batted
him all over the field.
E. Spencer created the big
noise when he began rushing"
He was on first, Jack Lercher
on second and Curlee on third.
c. Lercher was at bat. Spencer
began stealing off of first until
he induced the pitcher to throw
to first. The other boys were on
the alert and instead of going
back to first, Spencer went to
second, Lercher to third and
Curlee home. The first baseman
fumbled and finally got the ball
to home plate before Lercher got
there. He then started back tc
third and was headed off there.
He kept "stalling" until finally
he saw his chance and darted
around the catcher who was try
ing to put the ball on him and
got home safe.
The team will go to Barnum
Sunday morning and play them
on their diamond and return for
the big game with Central City
here This game will be hard
fought game and no doubt will
draw big crowd to witness it.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1913-08-21
Denver to Have
HOmeseekerS

Fifteen thousand colonists en-
route TO Pacific coast points will
stop in Denver and other Colo
RADIO points, the first vanguard of
homcscckerS arriving i'll Denver
Sept. % This is the first time
in the history of Colorado rail
roads that stopovcrs have been
granted to Denver. Denver 4 Rio
Grandc railroad representatives,
who attended the transcontinen-
tai meeting in Chicago ten days
ago, are responsible for this ar
.rangcmcnt.
For II years efforts have been
made to get stopovcr for home
seekers in Denver and the nearest
arrival for this point was Canon
city.
f. 4. Wadlcigh, passenger traf-
lic manager of the Denver 4 Rio
.Grandc and Western Pacific de-
.clarcs this will mean thousands
of visitors TO Colorado, who while
here, will investigate the CONNER
cjal, industrial and agricultural
resources of Denver and vicinity.
To see Colorado and its resources,
says Mr. Wadlcigh, the home
seeker will stay here.
1t is probable that all the com
.mcrcial organizations in Denver
It,1...... l..
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1913-08-21
National Rural
Banking System.

A national rural banking sys-
TEN was proposed by Senator
Fletcher, chairman of the Ameri-
can commission on rural credits,
and also of the federal commits
sion on rural credits, appointed
by the president.
The bill proposes system of
local national rural banks owned
and operated by farmers; state
national rural national bank in
each state to be owned and con-
trolled by the local banks as
stockholders and the National
bank rural bank of the United
States, to be located in Washing
ton, to be owned entirely by the
state rural banks.
To supervise the proposed
chain of banks there would be
created in the treasury depart
ment a division of rural banking
under the direction of rural
banking board to consist of the
secretaries of the treasury, ag-
riculture and labor. The divis-
ion would be under the immed-
late direction of director of
rural banking chosen by the
president
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1913-08-21
Train Plunges Into River.

Coroner Burton was called to
Platte Canyon Wednesday to in
vestigate the railroad accident
in which a man stealing Il ride
was drowned.
The C. & S. morning train
from Leadville to Denver struck
rock slide on a curve about n
mile below South Platte and the
engine over a six foot embank-
ment into the river. The man
drowned, whose body is still be-
ing searched for, was riding the
blind baggage, and a companion
who escaped was afterward
apprehended at Waterton and
taken into custody.
The engineer and tiromen had
a very narrow escape and had
the accident occurred 80 feet
further on the whole train would
probably have gone into the
river. AS it was the baggage
car was carried half way over
the precipice and left hanging,
and the four coaches remained
on the track.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1913-08-21
Former Arvada Girl Weds.

A quiet home wedding took
place Tuesday evening at 8 o'clo k
at the home of the brides moth
er in North Denver, when Miss
Gladys May Jarvis, formerly of
Arvada, was wed to Horatio H.
Agnew a young business man of
Manitoba.
The nuptial knot was tied by
Rev. j. F. White in the presence
Of 4 few friends.
The couple will make their
home in Manitoba. The brides
father was a shoemaker who
once had a business in Arvada
and moved near Glitch Gardens
where he died about a ear
ago.
w. G. Hobson left Tuesday
night for Seattle, Wash, where
he expects to obtain a good posi-
ton in the new navy yards, If
successful he will send for his
family.
On Wednesday night of last
week a reception was rendered
Rev. and Mrs. C. M. Benight by
the members of the Baptist
church. 1t was delightful oc-
casion and enjoyed by all. Dur
ing the evening refreshments
were served by the ladies'.
Miss Hattie Weaver returned
home last week from Idaho
Springs, where she has been
spending a week with Miss Dora
Dobbins.
Mrs. Jennie Robbins, accom-
panied by her Sunday school
class picniced at Elitch's last
Saturday afternoon and evening
and all report a fine time.
Albert Belgin received a let
ter Friday from John Schul at
San Jacinta, California, and he
reports that he is quite well and
working in a lumber yard. He
requested Mr.. Belgin to give his
regards to all Arvada friends.
R. L. Fishburn, we understand
is securing figures on So, 600
residence at 44th and Wadsworth
avenues. This is a beautiful To-
cation for a fine nome.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Muench
and their guests, Mrs. Herman
and her daughter, Magaurn of
Wisconsin, journeyed to Colorado
Springs, Shatton park and Platte
Canyon to visit friends Sunday.
They report a delightful trip,
Notwithstanding the fact that
they were caught in a heavy rain
storm.
M. p. Chinn and wife spent
Saturday and Sunday with
friends in Boulder.
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Miss Van Voorhis Injured.

''" 9 = ,''"S evening" MISS r''-
,,,,,I;,,,, I ," ,.,, "o, ,''' W." , wa"
mor home ot HrooIlynJ" colo 20.
ccivcd very severe fall which
broke and tore the Iigamcnts of
her thumb, strained her side and
''''oG"lod hor shoulder she ana
Wv, '.",,'',",'',I Ir,", ,' 80 ar.
doctor
Miss Voorhig returned to Brook.
vale with her rathcr Wednesday,
whore sh' WiII remain remain until school
,,, ,o.,. ,f,aI'| n,l''"', o. Dr,'E yer,
,.n,, ~ ,,,, , ', ",' , ~ ', @ ,",.
ones being Miss Wilson Of Den
ger aud Milton Nicholson of this
''"'|
A. j. Recht left Sunday for
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1913-08-21
Telephone Company
Soon to Begin Work

SUun u DtSW Vulh
Y. NJ. Warner, assistant rlght-of
way agent. and NJ. S. Parker, en-
gineer for the Mountain States
Telephone company, are on the
ground this week for the purpose
Of locating the permanent right-of-
way for the new telephone equip
ment, work upon which will be be-
gun just as soon as the prellm-
mary arrangements can be con-
summated.
The company, if successful in
getting the desired right-of-way,
will remove its poles from Grand
view avenue, which will help the
appearance Of that thoroughfare
materially.
There are as yet four properties
upon which rights to set the poles
have not been granted along
Grandview.
The company at present Is oc-
cupying some of the &. 4 5. right
of-way with its poles and it is
claimed will have to remove them.
The only place they can go unless
the desired ight-of-way is obtain
ed, is on the opposite side Of
Grandview and in that case the
poles, some Of them at least, would
be directly in front of some Of the
residences. Most of the property
owners have been opposed to this
and as an alternative have offered
to let the company set its poles
on the rear Of their property or
directly on the dividing line be-
tween them and their nci ghbors.
The company, Of course, has IA
Franchise which provides that it
be given a right of way in the
streets of the town, and therefore,
is averse to paying more than IA
nominal sum, if any, for the
privilege of locating the poles as
stated, so it is up to the property
owners as to whether the line goes
in the street or across their prop
erty.
The poles will be new and
will be painted, probably green.
They will be about % feet in
height and the main line poles
will have no cross arms, but will
carry single cable of lead in
which is encased the wires lead
ing from the exchange. The pro-
posed route will lead from the
office on 1st street, in the Nolan
block. to Adelaide. Here the line
run in two directions, one east to
the city limits and the other west
to William Allen s place, where it
will turn north to Ralston avenue.
The main line leading through
town will be on Wadsworth ave
nue. from 44th avenue north.
The entire Arvada and Golden
system will be rehabilitated and
this will entail the installing of
an entire new plant at the local
exchange, which will make it
strictly modern in every respect.
1t will require from fifteen to
twenty men to be working in this
immediate district for several
weeks and will cost $4,000 to
100000.
1t is hoped that there will be no
serious difficulty in securing the
right of way owing to the advan-
tage it will give to the town both
in service and in appearance.
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OH MISS heeneH.
North school Miss Campbell.
Expect a Big Game.
The baseball fans are looking
forward to a big game next Sun
day when Arvada and Central
City cross bats. A card receiv-
ed by Arthur Kaler, secretary
Of the club, states that about 80
rooters would accompany the
team, which will make things
more interesting. The game is
expected to be so good that 25
cents admission will be charged.
If you enjoy a good game don't
miss it.
j. H. Curlee, who is general
yard master for the Ell Paso &
Southwestern railroad at Doug
las, Arizona, is home visiting his
family, who have been spending
the summer here and 'vill take
them back with him in about a
week. Douglas is on the border
of Mexico and Naco is just across
the line. During the recent
revolution two battles were
fought there and one of Mr.. Cur
lees switchmen was killed in the
fight, while he had a close call
from a stray bullet which pierre
ed his coat sleeve and just graz
ed his arm. He thinks there
will be warm times down there
if war is declared between the
United States and Mexico, as
the population is about 80 per
cent Mexicans.
Miss Annie Fieriel of St. Paul,
Mimi, is visiting at the home of
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lereher. She
is neice of Mr.. Lercher and he
had not seen her for thirty years.
Miss Marie Clark has returned
to her home in Hoyt, Colo.
John Jeffreys received a letter
yesterday from his father in Cen.
trail Illinois in which he states
that the corn crop has been burn
ed out, and that a terrific storm
visited them last Sunday, the
lightning striking three silos.
Emil Nelson of Holdredge,
Nebraska, cousin of w. E. Pet
erson arrived yesterday for a
visit with him.
VIM. Boardman and family
spent Sunday at Idaho Sprin gs.
The Woman's Baptist mission
circle will meet at the home of
Mrs. C. M. Benight next Thurs
day afternoon at 8 o'clock.
The Baptist Young people will
give a lawn social at the home
of Mrs. Bruce, Thursday even
ing.
Mrs. Watson and daughter left
for Arkansas, after spending
two months visiting J. H. Wat
son and family.
Mayor McFadden left to-day
at noon for Lavita, Colo, where
he went as an apointee of the
state land department to ap-
praise some land which is in liti-
cation between the Rio Grande
railroad company and the state.
The city road grader is at work
on Valley avenue II requires six
horses to do the work, as the
ground is SO hard.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1913-08-21

Mr.. and Mrs. d. l.. Powers are
entertaining Mr.. and Mrs. Joel
Fulton Of Iowa, relatives of Mrs.
Powers.
Mrs. Harry Secrest, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gibbs West, came
out from Denver yesterday to
spend a couple Of days with her
parents.
II. Evans, the Valley Dairyman,
who purchased "A new ear las.
week, is building a garage in
which to keep it,
+. II. Hunt and his son, Ralph.
left Sunday night for Galveston,
Texas, where they went on ac-
count Of the formers health.
Arthur White left this morning
for Grand Lake and Hot Sulphur
Springs, for a couple Of weeks
vacation in the hope Of finding
relief from hay fever
Miss Margaret Frey, who has
been visiting at DR.. Fosters, left
this morning for her home in Colo
RADIO Springs accompanied by Mrs.
p Brown, Mrs. Fosters mother,
who will spend few weeks thore.
-.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1913-08-21

/. Fox of Edgewater bought
a bill of lumber from the RaIston
Lumber Co., to build barn and
Robt. B. Finch is also building a
garage for his new automobile,
purchased last week.
Walter Moreland and wife and
baby left to-day for their home
in Telluride, after a pleasant
visit with relatives here. Mr..
Moreland holds splendid posi-
ton with one of the mining com
panies.
Miss Helen Duncan is spend.
ing a week with friends at Sill.
yer Plume, having left for that
place Friday.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1913-02-12

A notable housekeeper of the past
generation. before the days OF screens.
had just announced with decision that
she never had any fiies.
But. Aunt Augusta" faltered the
timid visitor. st seems to me that I
saw few In the diEing-room."
"Oh. those" replied her aunt, with
majestic wave OF the hand, were the
neighbors' flies. They will come In
occasionally. But I was saying, we
never have any OF our own:--Youths
Companion.
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Government May Establish Station.

II Is evident that the United States
Government is considering the estab-
lishment OF a horse breeding station
In West Virginia, and further, that the
county OF Mason has been given favor
able consideration when the territory
was looked over TO decide on the most
adaptable place for the purpose The
station will be maintained for the
breeding OF horses for use In the Army
and parts OF West Virginia and Ken
lucky have been looked over for the
purpose of finding a suitable site. Con
gresham James a. Hughes Is inter
ested In the project. and through his
influence it is expected the station will
be located somewhere in Mason, the
blue grass county of the state. George
Z. Roomel, OF the department OF agri-
culture will inspect the land and make
report within a short time
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1913-02-12

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