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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05
CIVID COURT CONVENES.
Case Of Julia v. Beck Against North.
western Railroad Commenced.

The court Of common pleas convened
Monday morning for three weeks
session. The roster is a long one and
1t Is probable that all Of the cases
cannot be completed, even within
three weeks. Judge Thomas S. Sease,
who presided at the term of the ses-
siOns court the first of the month, is
presiding.
The first case called was that of
Julia v. Beck against the Northwest
ern Railroad. This rase was tried last
year and resulted in verdict OF
$500 for the plaintiff, but this YER
dict was set aside by the court and y
new trial ordered. The suit Is for
$4,000 damages alleged to have been
suffered by the plaintiff by the re.
moval Of earth from land which both
the plaintiff and the railroad claim ii.
tie to. Crops growing on the land, II
is alleged. were damaged.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05
Death of Mrs. j. 8. Beck,

Florence Times, Oct. 81.
Mrs. Jacob S. Beck, a lady well
known in this community both for
her own sake and for the good she
has done in the community, and for
the sake Of her late husband and
fine children. died last night and is
to be buried this afternoon. Mrs
Beck had been in bad health for u
long time. and for some time lately
her children and friends have been
very much concerned about her con-
dition.
Mrs. Beck was Sarah Ransford
and she was born and raised in Sum.
ter. She was married to Capt. Beck
in 1854. and lived in Kingstree and
Timmonsville before coming to Flor
ence in 1880. and being pioneers in
the building of this city.
Mrs Beck's children are Mack H.
and Charles c.. Of Sumter, and ]. s.
and S. J. OF Wilmington, Delaware
and Mrs. Isabelle Allen Of this city
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05
GINNERY BURNED FRIDAY.
j. T. BrOgdOn Suffers 81 900 Doss by
Ffre-Ten Bales Of Long Staple Cot.
ton Lost,

Mr.. j. T. Brogdon suffered a very
severe loss by fire Friday afternoon,
when his ginnery with ten bales of
long staple cotton was destroyed by
fire. The fire occurred about 4 O'Clock
in the afternoon and is thought to
have caught from a match in the cot
ton.
All efforts to extinguish the fire were
unavailing and it soon spread over the
entire building, which included gin
house and cotton house, which was
burned to the ground. The loss was
estimated by MIR. Brogdon at $1,000.
very heavy one for him. There was
no insurance on the building or cot
ton. He had kept insurance on the
place up to last week when he re-
moved 1t.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05
OCTOBER CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.
Month of New Tariff Shows Little
Falling OF.

Washington, Nov. 1.-Aithough the
new tariff Act with it's lowered rates
OF duty has been in effect practically
q month the customs receipts so far
have shown little falling off. Accord
ing to the treasury statement today
the customs receipts amounted to
$3O,13s,000 for October. just about
$4,000 less than those Of October,
1912. The deficit for the fiscal year
to date, the statement shows, is s5,-
757.627. about s3.90O,00O more than
the deficit at the corresponding period
last year.
Pension payments under the Sher-
wood Act apparently are largely re.
sponsiblo for the larger deficit. The
payments for the period in 1912
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05
PROF. REMBERTS LECTURE.
Discusses Topics of Interest Connected
with the Y. M. G. A. and Its Work.

Prof. A. G. Rembert of Wofford
College spoke Sunday night at Pres.
byterian church under the auspices OF
the Y. M. c. A. to large audience
on topics Of interest connected with
the Young Mems Christian Association
and its work for the building up OF
the citizenship Of the State. Mr..
Rembert spoke for nearly an hour
and seemed to interest his audience
throughout.
All Of the other churches in the
city had closed their doors for the
occasion and the Presbyterian church
was packed. Prof. s. II. Edmunds
presided over the meeting and the
speaker was introduced by Mr.. r. 1.
Manning who introduced him to his
audience as a Wofford and Sumter
man. as he was a native Of Sumter
County.
Mr.. Rembert brought out many
interesting points in his talk and gave
his audience something to think
about. He paid an eloquent tribute to
the Sumter schools. saying that they
had the best method Of holding and
interesting the boys of any school he
knew Of anywhere.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05
JAIL RECORDS BROKEN.
Larger Number OF Prisoners I'm Jail
the Past Month Than Ever Before.

All Jail records were broken dur
in: the past month. More prisoners
were in Jail during the month of Oc-
tober than ever before in the history
OF the Jail. During the month ninety
three prisoners have been in the Jail
under the care Of Jailer Owens. OF
course, all of these were not in the
jail at the same time, but they have
been in there from time to time, the
majority Of them having been clear
ed out by the sessions court which
was held at the first part Of tho
month.
AT present there are only thirty
three prisoners in the Jail as the 9th
ers have been sent to the peniten-
tiary. to the chaingang, been ac-
quilted or released on bond. Several
OF those in Jail are white prisoners.
The majority Of the prisoners were
city convicts, who were in jail g. few
days from time to time as they were
sent to the gang by the recorders de-
cisions.
The greatest number before this
month Of any month on record is
seventy-one, showing by what q large
margin the record was broken.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05
Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers of real es-
tae nave been left at the court house
turing the past ten days to be record.
ed: '''' -.
w. B. Boyle to Annie p Pigford, loI
on Salem Avenue, $500.
E. C. Haynsworth to Icons
Smith and J. H. g: Smith, tract in
Privateer township. $401.
w. B. Boyle to Robert P. Yates
lot on Salem Avenue. $500.
r. d. Lee, I. G. Strauss and Davis
D. Noise, to Elijah Prince, lot on
Villa Sites. $50.
T. p. Chavis to p. ]. Chavis, tract
Of 42 acres. $500.
E. w. A. Bultman to T ,ter Ander
son acres in Sumter township, SAT.
Matte Wright to Minnie Wright, lot
on Manning Avenue. 5000.
Robert p. Yates and Annie P. Pig
ford to w. B. Boyle. lot on Salem,
Avenue. $1,000.
w. T. Andrews to Susie E. Prince,
lot on Olive Street. $400.
Samuel Lane to w. T. Andrews, lot
on Brand Street, s125.
Martha Davis to E. w. A. Bultman.
her interest in IA acres in Concord
township, $50.
Benjamin F.. James to E. w. A.
Bultman. lot containing 8 acres in
Sumter township, $168.
H. I. Dinkins. ct al to 8. r. Chan
dler. lot on Liberty street. $4,000.
S. r. Chandler to L. d. Jennings, LOT
on Washington street, $1,000.
Richard l. Manning. agent, to f. w.
McCallum. two lots ON Edwards
street. $500.
E. G. Haynsworth. master. to AL.
bert l.. Noise, trustee, one-half acre
on Calhoun street continued. $35.
Mrs. Sarah A. GULL to Richard
Jones. lot on Purdy street. $3.50.
w. G. Moses, Armida S. BrunsOn
ct al. to Emma Z. Thomas, two lots IN
city, 1925.
MOllie Whitaker to Mark Reynolds
her interest to tract Of ITO acres In
Rafting Creek township. $500.
Robert J. Geddings to Tully w
Nichols. 35 acres in Privateer town.
ship. $1,000.
Robert Ramsey to Elijah Ragin, 2T
acres In Manchester township, $500.
A. J. Coleman to Minnie O. Nc
Elveen. 81 acres in county. $1,000.
Ella ID. Murray to Edward w. Muir
ray. 65 acres in Providence township
$1,000.
w. T. Andrews to Samuel Lane, LOT
| on King street, $50.
Henry Il. Edens to John ]. Britton
l5 acres in Concord township, 500.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05

Willie Brown. colored. was cap
tured Thursday morning by negroes
who chased him from the house
where Ben Brunson. colored. re-
sides. Willie. II is alleged. broke
into Brunson's house and stole q
quantity OF stuff. The other negroes
saw him as he was coming out OF the
house with the goods and they al
once gave chase. his capture being
their reward. The sheriff was tele-
phoned for and sent Deputy Epperso,
10 the scene to brins In Brunson and
lodge him In the county Jail. The
AFFAIR occurred in the Concord section
OF the county.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05

The high school boys are taking
much interest I'm the game which they
arc to have on Thanksgiving Day
with the Charleston High School
This game promises To one OF the best
that has ever been played in this city
as the locals will be I'm better shape
when they were defeated in Charles
ton. Booth will probably be back in
the game and other members will be
back In their old places. The mex,
game Is with Darlington next Friday
The locals are scheduled for some
hard practise during the week.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05
NEW BANK BEGINS BUSINESS.
The Cmmercial and Savings Bank Has
Auspicious Opening.

The Commercial and Savings Bank
opened its doors for business Satur.
day morning and it's first day was
considered most successful by the Of
ficers OF the bank. Many of the di.
rectors and their friends Of the in.
stitution called in during the day to
wish the institution a good beginning
and see how things were running in
tho new bank.
The bank has begun operations al
Is s. Main Street. where Ghe old post.
Office was established. Mr.. r. A
Bradham Is in charge and was kept
bury Saturday receiving deposits. an
swering questions concerning the new
institution and doing the numerous
other duties attendant upon the open
ing of business and the carrying on
OF banking business The auspic.
ious opening Of the institution was
highly pleasing to those connected
with 1t and the bank bids fair to do q
fine business in future.
The officers Of the bank are: Pres
ident. A. L. Lesesne; vice-president, ].
X. Crosswell: cashier, r. A. Brad
ham: attorney. r. Dozier Lee. other
directors. II. N. Forester. P. M. Par
rott. s. NJ. Pierson, j. z. Hearon, ]. H,
Myers. T. B. Jenkins. j. Clinton Brog-
don. p. M. Brown. G. J. Lennon, and
II. p. Moses.
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PERSONAL NEWS.

Mrs. NJ. c. Martin, Of Mullins, and
daughter are visiting Mrs. Charles
Thames on Harvin street.
Messrs. Herman Myers and G. f.
Maynsworth spent Thursday in Co.
lumbia. attending the State ball thai
night.
Misses Virginia, Harriet and Fran
ces Saunders, Of Stateburg. and Miss
Bsssie Trippett. Of Boykin. are some
Of those well known In Sumter who
attended the state bali.
Miss Rose Cheyne spent the week
end at home from Winthrop College
with her father. DR.. Walter Cheyne.
Mr.. Alfred Scarborough came home
from Davidson College for O brief
visit to his parents.
Magistrate III. l.. B. Wells has re
truned from trip to Boston, Mass.
Miss Eva C. Kingman has returned
home after spending some time in
Baltimore. Mr.. and Norfolk. Va.
Mrs. J. @. r.. Wilder and Miss
Irma Smith left this morning FOR
Rockingham. N. c.. to attend the
stansill-Shannonhouss wedding on
Wednesday.
Miss Helen Beaumont left Satur-
day for Marion. where she will teach
this winter.
Mr. ID. c. Shaw has gone to ST..
Louis to buy another car load OF
horses and mules.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05
Married.

Miss Flora L. Edens and Mr.. Moses
j. Moore were married Sunday even
ing. November End, at $40 O'Clock al
the home Of Mr.. II. M. Edens. near
Oswego. the Rev. James p. Attaway
officiating.
Mrs. Moore has been teaching In the
OswegO section for several years and
has many friends there and in Sum
ter. Mr.. Moore is we'll known m
his many friends here.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05
Marriage License Record.

Licenses to marry have been is
sued to Mr.. Nj. j. Moore and Miss
Flora Edens OF Sumter; also to Mr..
A. w. Bradford and Miss Lessic Jones
OF Sumter.
The following negroes have also sc
cured licenses: John Wilson and Lu
cile Johnson of Sumter; Robert An
dersOn and Mary Jane Nelson, OF
Sumter; Roland James and Salna
Dow, OF Mayesville.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05
And For Three Summers Mrs. Vim.
cent Was Unable to Attend to
Any Of Her Homework.

Pleasant Hill, N. C.-'I suffered for
three summers" writes Mrs. Walter
Vincent. Of this town, land the third and
last time. was my worst.
] had dreadful nervous headaches and
prostration, and was scarcely able to
walk about. Could not do any Of my
housework.
! also had dreadful! pains in my back
and sides and when one of those weak,
sinking spells would come on me,
would have to give up and lie down,
until Il wore off.
] was certainly in dreadful state ol
health, when l finally decided to Try
Cardui. the wonan's tonic. and firmly
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05
Death OF Mr.. G. r. Stubbs.

Mr.. G. 4. Stubbs. who was stricken
with paralysis Friday morning. dice
Mt a IN. Monday at his home
on South Washington street. He was
unconscious from the time he wa,
stricken and no hope Of his recovery
was entertained from the first. The
funeral services were held at his
late residence at 1890 O'Clock
Tuesday monring. and the interment
was at the cemetery. The following
gentlemen served as pallbearers:
Active--H. L. Scarborough. n. d
Epps. Geo. ID. Shore. Ferd Levi. q. A.
Lennon. Dr. H. M. Stuckey, c. M
Hurst. c. M. Brand.
Honorary-Capt. e. s. Carson,
Capt r. ID. Cooper. Capt. A. w.
suder. Dr. III. J. McIaurin. Judge T.
B. Fraser. Judge r. o. Pur;y, .. ].
wi.n.. w. w. Rowland. r. @. Bowman.
Nsnl O'Donnell. w. p. Smith. w. NJ.
Mr. stubbs was born and grew to
manhood In Marlboro county. At the
outbreak Of the war In 1861 he enlist
ed In 23rd regiment and was In active
service until the surrender at Appo-
matox. His comrades spoke of hin,
IA n faithful and gallant soldier un-
der all circumstances during the try.
ing campaigns in Virginia, who bore
the hardships with patriotic fortitude
and was ever ready to do his full duty
He was a member of Camp Dick An
derson ". c. ". and was ever inter
ested In keeping green the memories
=, his comrades in arms who laid
down their lives on the field of bat
.ie In defence OF their native land.
Soon after the close Of the war Mr
stubbs located In this city and soon
became Identified with the business
interests OF the place. For many
years he was the local representative
OF Alex Sprunt q Son and was the
leading cotton buyer OF this section OF
the State. He knew everybody In this
section of the State and was widel,
popular. About ten years ago he re
tired from active business but never
lost his interest In the welfare and
development OF Sumter or In the pub.
lie AFFAIRS OF the State. He was elect,
NJ Nn hA 90 IN iv
1910 and served one term. At the
time Of his death he was a member
OF the county board OF supervisors ol
registration.
He was twice married and is sur.
vived by his second wife and two sons
Hoyt stubbs and c. Elvin Stubbs. ant
two daughters. Mrs. w. Y. spann ant
Miss Alice stubbs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05

Tho annual meeting OF the Boys
Corn Club will be held before
Thanksgiving on a date to be an
nounced by County Demonstration
Agent. J. Frank williams. at which
time the corn will be Judged and the
prizes awarded. ON the same day 1,
IN planned ID have an exhibit Of the
products OF the Girls Tomato Club,
and the trophy cup will be awarded
to the club making the best record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05
COULD SCARCELY !.
WALK ABOUT

believe would have died 81 isdn'l
taken it.
After ! began taking Cardui. I Wa
greatly helped, and all three bottles re-.
lieved me entirely.
] fattened up. and grew 50 much
stronger in three months. I felt like 10.
other person altogether" r.
Cardui is purely vegetable and gentle.
acting. Its ingredients have a mild. tonic
effect. on the womanly Constitution.
Cardui makes for increased strength.
improves the appetite. tones up the nes.
vous system. and helps to make paIe.
sallow cheeks, fresh and rosy.
Cardui has helped more than 4 million
weak women. during the past 50 years.
1t will surely do for you. what Il has
done for them. Try Cardui today.
Wrtte 70: Chattanooea Mediens Co.. Lad,e.. A.
viso'y Dept. Chattanooga. Tenn. for S0eotHi n.
ys'uctt01ts on your case and 64-pase book "Slo~e
treatment Tor women" ssat In plain wrap.,eS. J.S
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05

The past week was a good one for
cotton, despite the fact that the State
fair week is usually a poor one for cot.
ton sales During the week 5000 bales
of cotton were weighed by the cotton
weighers, about $50 Of this number
coming in Saturday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05
S. 8. WORKERS TO MEET.
Sumter County Sunday School Asso
ciatiOn to Hold Convention.

At the meeting of the officers Of the
Sumter County Sunday School Asso.
citation. Thursday night. October 3Oth,
1t was decided definitely to hold q
convention in Sumter December 5th.
Committees were appointed and ev-
cry arrangement will be made to in
sure q pleasant and profitable time
for the Sunday School workers Of the
county. Entertainment will be pro.
vided.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05

through October amounted to about
$52,5OO,O00 and for the same period
this year to nearly s57,o00,0o0.
The net balance in the general fund
of the treasury at the close of the
days business was $124,S23,123 and
:
the grand total of cash in the treas
ury was given at $2,037,s46,29S with a
total gold in the trust fund of ST.
9S,s55,169.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05

The Teachers Conference will
probably draw every teacher In the
county into Sumter on Thursday and
Friday, November 18th and 14th.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05

Clarinda. Iowa. a city OF 1000 In
habitants. recently adopted the City
Manager" plan of municipal govern
ment
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05
SUMTER COTTON MARKET.

Corrected Daily By Ernest F1e3.
Cotton Buyer.
Sumter. Nov. 3. :
Good Middling IS 5-8.
Strict Middling IS 1-2.
Middling Is 3-8.
Strict Low Middling 13 Is.
Low Middling IL 5-s.
Staple cotton II 1-2 to 16 Ia.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
OUR WEATHER
Temperatures for the past week. The max
lmum OF heat and cold is given as sh.yyn bv the
government thermometers as follows:
A. WULoTz, Observer.

the same light. The only differ
ence of opinion seems to be as to
who to get to clean up The SEN
timent seems to be unanimous that
something should be done towards
purifying the moral atmosphere of
the city and the locations especial
ly insofar as the illicit sale of
liquor is concerned. 1t is figured
that if the blind pigs" are prop
erly put out of business in a sys-
tematic manner the license LIQUOR
business will regulate itself easily.
A saloon man who pays his license
money would be somewhat of a
chump not to take advantage of
every opportunity to make dollar
in the face of the unlicensed oppo-
sition he has to contend with. The
larger part of the saloon men in
Ely have signifid their willingness
to behave providing the others are
made to behave.
1t is up to the people to pick the
man they think is the proper per-
son to handle affairs in the proper
manner and make the reforms de-
manded. This will simplify mat
tiers considerably as it is the deter
mination of the people of the city
to get cleaned up no matter who is
elected.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14

all, with a total score of 268 points
against their opponents 119.
After the Ely boys had completed
their schedule and won all games,
being acknowledged by all as the
champions of the ranges, along
comes Virginia and wants to play
for the championship already won,
making the claim that they had
bested Aurora and as Aurora was
the hardest team Ely had played
Virginia considered itself in the
championship class Notwithstanding
the fact they had no record to
speak of. Ely refused to play for
an honor already their own by
reason of superior playing. Vir-
ginia at once proclaimed itself
champion basketball players of the
ranges. AS the Mesaba range
metropolis is so accustomed to an
nexing things of some moment
their ambition to be champions of
the ranges is a laudable one.
It would seem much more equit-
able however should the Virginia
boys play game or two and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
So PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
LOCAL POLITICS
Candidates are Numerous and
VaTied---Much Interest

Local politics are all aquivver
and candidates are coming out in
the open in large numbers. This is
rather pleasing to the people of the
city who have been accustomed in
thepast few years of letting political
matters take their course. This
year there is considerable interest
being shown by the population.
The same interest is manifest in
all parts of the state where cleo
lions are being held or have been
held. The people are demanding
a change. Last fall they voiced
their desires for change in no un-
certain words and the result was
that Woodrow Wilson became
president on March 4th. The cleo
tons of last Tuesday throughout
the state have demonstrated the
fact most forcihly that a change is
wanted.
Almost every town where GER
tain interests have held sway in
the past, went back on the old
standbys Tuesday and elected new
sets of governing bodies. The
business tickets of all towns were
elected easily and the tendency of
the time is to clean up and men
were elected who were capable of
cleaning things up in proper
manner.
The proposition is up to Ely in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Ten Good Ones

Here are ten lies which are
oftenest told:
Yes, we're out, but we've just
ordered lot of it. Z"
I didn't care anything for the
money. 1t was the principle of
the thing
I'D just like to have been in his
place. I'd have showed them.
If l had that women for a little
while, I'd teach her few things
If I'd catch kid of mine at
anything like that I'd blister him. -
If 1 had just little money
know where 1 could go out and
make pile. F"
never would care to be rich,
just comfortably fixed"
My wife and I have never ex-
changed cross word.
If you don't think its a good
thing for you l don't want you to
do it."
I've never seen such weather
before. kansas City Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Sh!pIlan Hospital Notes

Ellen Poranen, a little Winton
girl was brought to the hospital
this week. An X-raN picture of
her elbow was taken showing a
facture.
Louis Kalan was brought to the
hospital with a gunshot wound of
the knee. An X-ray picture was
taken. locating the bullet and
showing the injury.
John Stara and Tony Tancek are
at the hospital.
VIM. LaBeau who was recently
operated on at the hospital has re-
covered sufficiently to return home.
Adolph zbosnik of Section 20 is
very sick at the hospital.
Emil Andilla of Section 80 is at
the hospital.
Herman Kinner is at the hospital.
Forest Link, Isaac Pelkonen,
Chas. Melton, Pat Hoey, Leo.
Doyle, Jas. Morrison and Hans
Ulberg of the St. Croix camps are
at the hospital.
Jas. Duval of the Swallow &
Hopkins camp is at the hospital.