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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-01-02
ORGAN RECITAL ENJONEO.
Prof. Paul Dc Laney Entcrtains Mu.
sic Lovers at Episcopal Church.


sic Lovers at Episcopal Church.
Chapter Number Of the guild of
the Episcopal church gave the music
loving people Of Sumter a rare treat
on Monday night, December 2Sth.
The announcement had been made
that Paul de Laney. organist at Trim
ity. Columbia. would give recital at
the Episcopal church, and large
audience gathered to hear the fol-
lowing program rendered with ex-
quisite delicacy of touch and ar
tistic worth:
/. Prelude and Fugue, in B minor
j. 8. Bach.
2 (a) Communion, in E minor
Guilmant.
(b) Communion, in D-Guil-
mant.
4. Selections from "Lohengrin"-
Wagner.
5 (a)Prelude. in E minor-Chopin
(b) Nocturne, in G minor
Chopin.
lin this Nocturne, Chopin, who was
convalescent, in the Island of Ma
1orica-in one Of his menlancholy
reveries-was seized by a deceptive
vision. The middle movement de-
picts a procession Of dead monks
emerging from beneath the obscure
arches Of ruined cloister, solemnly
chanting as they pass by.)
6. (a) Romance. in E flat-Ru-
binstein.
(b) Serenade-Schuhert
2. Selections from Faust
Gounod.
\ ~ Overture.
(b) Church Scene.
g.. God be Merciful"-Miss Lu.
cile Randle.
3. Improvisation upon the theme
"Adeste Fideles"-P. da Launay.
10. Wedding Day"-Grieg.
Prof. de Launay is musician of
the highest order and gave his aud
tence delightful evening.
Miss Randle and Miss Siddall SANG
with rare sweetness and skill and
both solos were gems Of the purest
nature. 1t is a pity that Sumter has
so few opportunities of spending such
a charming evening. and the thanks
OF the audience are due the guild and
to the talented organist and to Miss
Randle and Miss Siddall.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-01-02
HERIOT.GUESS MAPiltAGr.
Popular Young Lady or Lee Count,
and Denmark Ferc,pg. ue.

Popular Young Lady ~ Lee County
and Denmark Fern,ez Teh.
Bishopville, Dec. 2e.--The marriage
OF Miss Sara Heriot and ST. Claire
Prothro Guess OF r1nmark was SOL
emnized on TIesday afternoon at old
historic Rer, eert church, near Bish-
opville, by The Rev. r. e. Sharpe of
Cokesbury, in the presence of q large
crowd of frieads and relatives. Just
before the ceremony Miss Anna Dell
Heriot, accompanied by Miss Sara
Elizabeth Heript, sang For You" and
" 'Tis All That 1 Can Say" Then to
the wedding march, rendered by Miss
Heriot, the bridal party entered in the
following order: Miss Sadie Mayes of
Mayesville with Cecil Crum of Dem
mark. Miss Sallie Rembert of Sumter
with Kennerly Mayheld of Sumter,
Miss Dora Dick with Davidson Heriot,
Miss Gertrude Dick with Malcom
Crum Of Denmark, Miss Ruby Guess
of Denmark with Joe Heriot, Miss
Nettie Mayes with Ebert Steadman OF
Denmark. Then came the pretty
maid Of honor. Miss Agnes Heriot.
The ring was brought in at the point
Of a bow and arrow, held by Stanyarne
Burrows. Next came little Marie
Green and Lou DuBose. scattering
rose petals in the path Of the bride.
who came in on the arm Of her broth
er, Robert Heriot. She was met at
the altar by the groom and his best
man, Algier Guess of Denmark The
bride was never lovelier than on this
occasion. She was gowned in a white
duches satin and lace dress, and car
ried an armful of bride roses and
fern. Her veil was caught up with
valley lilies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guess left on the even
| ing train for an extended trip. They
Will make their home in Denmark,
where Mr.. Guess is prosperous
young planter.
Among the out-of-town guests were:
DR.. and Mrs. Bethea of Darlington,
Mr.. and Mrs. Haynsworth of Pinopo-
lis, Mr.. and Mrs. James Of Denmark,
Mrs. Abbott of Sumter. Mrs. S. l..
MayeS and Mrs. Chandler OF Mayes-
vile, Mrs. Hill Of Wisacky and Miss
l.orCttO Mckoin Of Marion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-01-02
Marriage License Record.

Licenses to marry have been issued
to the following couples. White: J.
w. Griffin and Miss Josephine Ged-
dings. Tindal; A. c. Moore, Oswego.
and Miss Kate III. Bradford. Sumter;
a. j.. Hatfield and Miss Addie Cato,
Sumter. Colored: II. j. Cain and
Ruth McFaddcn. Shiloh; Geo. Gadson
nd Minnie McFarlanc, Sumter; Nose
Mcknight and tornclia Cuttino.
Providence.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-01-02

Ed Dykes. cOlOred, was arrested
several miles from town on the Gem
tral railroad track Wednesday morn
ing on the charge Of stealing IL bicycle
at Manning. The wheel was recover
ed. The arrest was made by Rural
Policeman sam Newman, who shot
Dykes in making the arrest. Dykes
having attempted to escape when he
was arrested.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-01-02
Il. @atbn1an nih Ssntbrpn
ns9sd - ~ Posso0cs q sunssr, o.
q, - Second Oass lGnseez.


Miss Theo stukes has returned at
ter spending Christmas in Manning
with her aunt, Mrs. Joe M Bradham.
Miss Louise Carson Ia spending the
week with friends at Union.
Miss Ida Bynum. Of winston-sa-
lem. N. c.. u on . visit to her broth
Or. Mr.. A. J. Bynum. on Hampton
Avenue.
Mr.. Carl Witherspoon. formerly
assistant secretary Of the Sumter Y.
n. c. A.. but now or Chicago, In
spending the Christmas holidays in
the city with relatives and friends.
hrs. A. J. Bynum, Of Rock Hill. is
visiting her son. Mr.. A. J. Bynum, on
West Hampton Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Manning
and little daughter have returned
from Baltimore. where Mr.. Manning
went to spend Christmas and where
hrsI Manning has been for several
weshs.
Mrs H. Klein and daughters. the
Masses Rose and Miriam Klein. are
visiting at the homo of Mr.. and Mrs.
n. ID. Barnett for the holidays
Mr. and Mrs. II. H. Msttetal, of
jacksonville. Fla. are spending few
days with Miss Jumelle Myers on
south Sumter Street.
Ms. J. N. Cronk, OF Salem. Va. is
spending the holidays with her daush-
ter. Mrs. w. p. Middleton. on West
Liberty Street
Misses Rebecca Furman of Green.
Vile and Mabel Muldrow of Darling
ton are visiting Mias Katherine stubbs
ON Warrington Street.
Mrs. J. A. Ruddock and little son,
Jamss. left Wednesday morning for
Charleston. after spending Christmas
With Mrs. NJ. 8. Nelson on Church
Street.
Mr.. T. 4. Le0rone. q member of
the senior 'aw class at the University
OF South Carolina. and representative
from saluda county. was In the city
Tuesday night
Mr.. Kennedy Caughman. ex-Clem-.
son football star and now at Auburn,
was,a visitor In the city Tuesday.
Miss Charlse Elias Of Columbia, Ia
The guest Of Mis Rita schwarts.
Miss Bertha Parker. Of Nicholas.
oe N Waiting her aunt. Mrs. Reid
NrO. on Magonlis street.
Mss Irma smith is spending awhile
"a partanbnrg. 4
u s. Olive Williams Is spending the
l.siiGays with her parents In Georgia.
Mrs. Minnie Hall and Mrs. Robert
+. Brown. and son. have returned
home after n visit to Camden.
Ar. and Mrs George Peery, of Vir-
Gtnt4. the parents Of DIR. Peery, are
spe1nins sometime In Sumter. on their
vAy to Florida for the winter.
Misses Beuiah and Sarah Harvey,
% Warrington. ID. c.. are spending the
Christmas holidays with their aunt
aud uncle. Mrs. and Mrs. l. M. Al
len.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-01-02
BIG COTTON GAIN.
10000 More Bales Ginned I'm 1914
Than I'm 1913.

The ginners report for Sumter
county up to December l3. 1914, show
an increase of 10000 bales Of cotton
ginned i'm the county over what it was
up To the same time last Year. The
report shows up To December 13,
1919. 4S,474 bales ginned, against SS.-
423 up to the same time In 1913.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-01-02
Funeral Of j. L. McCallum.

Inc 1uneraI services Tor JULIUS IL.
McCallum were held Tuesday after
moon at $40 o'clock at the Presby-
terian church, large number Of
friends and relatives of the deceased
and his family being present to at
tend the services. which were con-
Quoted by the Rev. ]. p. Marion, pas
tor Of the church. Mr.. McCallum
was an elder in the church and has
been a member since childhood. Az
ter the services at the church the
body was taken to the cemetery.
where 1t was laid to rest.
In the death Of Julius l.. McCallum
Sumter has lost a good citizen and
many OF It's citizens have lost a good
friend. whose place it will be hard to
MI. The sincere sympathy Of the
people Of Sumter Agoes out to the
members Of his family. who have
been 30 sadly bereaved.
Mr.. McCallum had returned from
Columbia on Sundoy night. after
spending Christmas there with his
wife and her parents. Monday he
did not come to the bank. and it was
thought that he was still In Colum.
bia. During the day his wife tele-
phoned to the bank. but 1t was not
until about two o'clock. when she
telephoned q second time that she
found that he had not been there
during the morning. She informed
the person at the bank that he had
come over the night before and Mr..
d. r.. McCallum was telephoned to at
his residence. He At once went over
TO his 3rother's home, where after
going over the house several times.
he at last discovered the body lying
on tho floor In the Kitchen.
II was learned afterwards that a
small negro girl. who worked for
Mrs. McCallum. had gone to the
house about o'clock and Mr.. Nc
Csilum had come to the door and
told her that Mrs. McCallum had not
come and she would not be needed
until the next day. This was the last
time he was seen alive The girl
stated that at this time she heard wa
ter running In the kitchen. 1t is
supposed that after diminishing her he
went into the kitchen to shut off
the water. where 1t was evident that
70 pipe had burst or water had been
running. and that he fell after shut
ting of the water. After an examina-
ton Of the body. death was pronounc-
cd due to q stroke of apoplexy.
Mrs. McCoilum. who was still in
Columbia. was at once notified by
telephone and she and her parents,
DR.. and Mrs. ]. M. Quattlebaum, and
Mrs. A. c. Carson came over from
Columbia on the afternoon train.
Other relatives out Of town were no.
tifed Of the sudden death of Mr..
McCaiium and came on for the fu-
neral tbs afternoon.
The death was a shock to the peo-
pie Of Sumter and Is one of the sad
dest which has occurred in the city
In long time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-01-02

Mr.. y. II. Pepper, one of the lcssccs
or the tobacco warehouse, was i'm the
city Wednesday looking after the
of tobacco seed and telling
the farmers how to arrange their hot
beds to plant their tobacco.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-01-02
Marriage License Record.

A license to mary has been issued
to Lawrence Rcames and 1;osa Rose
VI Mayesville.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-01-02
SUMTER COTTON MARKET.

"atIy Uy Ernost Field
Cotton Buyer.
Good Middling 7 3-8.
Strict Middling Z Ia.
Middling Z 1-S.
Strict Low Middling 6 5-s.
Low Middling is.
staple Cotton, Nominal.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-03
WILL SOON BE HERE TO
OCCUPY NEW BUNGALOW

Philip Jaqui, writing from Morris
town, n. J., November %, for change
of address of his copy of the Gazette
News to Newark, ~ j., and then to
Daytona, adds: Mrs. Cries, Mrs.
Jaqui's mother, expects to spend the
winter with us at our new bungalow,
81 South Ridgewood avenue We ex-
pect to leave Wednesday, December
s, by the Atlantic Coast Line railway
and auto goes by Clyde line to Jack
sonville, from which place we expect
to drive to your beautiful winter
city" Mr.. and Mrs. Jaqui have spent
several seasons in Daytona in past
years and last winter Mr.. Jaqui had
large and comfortable bungalow
erected on South Rfdgewood avenue.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-03
j. ]. BUTTON ILL AT
HOME IN CHICAGO. ILL.

Mrs. Stanley CARMEL was in Day
tona between trains Wednesday after
noon from Ormond for a brief visit
with friends. Mrs. Carnell has only
recently returned from a visit to her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. j. Button,
in Chicago, I'll, and stated that her
father had been very i'll for some time,
but that within the past few days she
had received word that he was some
what better. Mr. and Mrs. Button
will come South as soon as Mr. Buff
ton is able to travel and will spend
the season at Ormond as they did last
winter. Mr. and Mrs Button have
spent a number of seasons in Day
tona and at one time owned a win
ter home here. Friends in this city
and vicinity will be glad to know that
Mr. Button is improving and will hope
soon to see him.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-03
porary secretary and it was decided

porary secretary and it was decided
to hold another meeting in Dohn's
hall Monday night, December 13, and
a strong effort will be made to have
every person owning land within the
proposed district or interested in the
matter attend this meeting. At that
time a more permanent organization
will be formed and definite steps to-
ward having petitions prepared and
circulated will be taken.
In 1909 preliminary surveys of the
proposed district were made by d. -.
and C. M. Rogers, civil engineers, of
Daytona, and an estimate on the pro-
posed work was given at $4,000 for
clearing the right of way and exca-
waiting one main ditch from the vicin-
ity of the head of Turnbull creek 20
the head of the Indian river and
the other outlets and laterals.
In this preliminary survey and es-
innate it was proposed to dig one
main ditch approximately so feet wide
at the bottom, with a cutoff from
about the mouth of Cow creek to the
Indian river near Hawks Park, and
laterals every quarter mile. The ter
ritory within the proposed district COW
cred about $4,000 acres and the esti
mated cost was approximately $4.50
per acre.
| It is now proposed to use the pre-
liminary surveys made by Messrs
Rogers, perhaps enlarging them to
some extent and with the idea OF
making three outlets, one into the
head of Indian river, one into Turn
bull creek and one through cutoff
to the Indian river, using the present
south canal or digging a new outlet
further to the south.
The idea in forming the drainage
district is to have these ditch outlet,
excavated and issue bonds to pay
for the work, assessing benefits ane
damages to the various tracts of land
as provided in the new state law.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-03
Gas Mas Rather Poor.

Some men were riding in the smoke
end of Pullman car recently when
one Of them referred in rather ~
complimentary way to the gas ia "
that was dished up in his hons -, i.
Yours may be bad enough, refec-
lively commented party named
Jones, but I want TO say that we
have the worst gas Of any town in
the United States" THAT is saying a
whole lot" returned the first speaker.
Do YOU really mean ito" you Just
bet hundred that | mean it," was
the vigorous rejoinder of Jones. "Ev-
cry morning when we go to cook
breakfast We have to pour kerosene on
it to start the fire in the gas stove. -
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-03
D. HIS. RETAINED ON
LIST OF ACCREDITED
SCHOOLS IN SOUTH

Daytona people, particularly those
directly interested in the cause of pub
lie education insofar as this locality
is affected, will be highly pleased, al
though not surprised, by the an
nouncement that the Daytona high
school was lately retained on the list
of accredited Southern schools. This
information was communicated to
Principal III. c. Marks in the follow
ing letter received few days ago
from Jno. A. Thackston, of the Uni
versity of Florida, located at Gaines
Vile:
my dear Mr.. Marks: This is to
inform you that the Volusia county
high school, located at Daytona, was
retained on the Southern accredited
list. | congratulate you, your COM
munity and county, on this magnifi-
cent stand that your school is making.
want to say that Florida stands well
up among the Southern states in her
list of accredited schools. We will,
this year, have thirty odd schools on
this list. The commission congratu-
lated us on the splendid showing that
we made, and l want to extend the
congratulations on to the high schools,
who really deserve all of the credit.
''Since this list will not be published
until some time in January, and since
several high schools were unavoidably
delayed in presenting their names to
the commission, | am not making pub
lie the accredited list, since it prob
ably would not be quite fair to those
schools that have not been passed
upon for this year. The final list
will be made out December 1, and
be published, as stated above, some
time in January OF course, if you
desire to inform your people locally
about the stand that your school has
taken, you may feel free to do so.
Again, want to thank you for the
| courtesies that you have shown me,
and the Florida commission, in for
warding your report, and III helping
us in every way that you possibly
could in keeping your school on this
list
| Cordially yours,
JNO. 4. THACKSTON.'
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-03

Of 26 marks for 100 Kilograms Acorns
and horse chestnuts are being saved
as fodder. principally for pigs The
potato crop has been good, so that the
prices are expected to come down.
There is now on foot a general scheme
for the systematic supply of potatoes
TO the public so that every one viii get
an adequate amount.
The private advisers have a great
many more schemes than the public
committees. The harvest of straw has
not been so abundant as might have
been expected. owing to the dry sum
mer The public is advised to save all
old paper, which can be used instead
of straw for the making of coarse pa
per. Another adviser would have all
old tin cans. oil bottles, vaseline tubes
and cold cream jars saved because as
they are never wholly emptied by the
users the remnants could be extracted
by machinery and the fats thus OBJ
tanned used for ammunition works.
Another suggestion has been to the
effect that all the kitchen drains and
sewer traps should be cleaned, and the
extracted. The fats that are usually
wasted have for long time been saved
by the German sewage and garbage
disposal plants.
Problem of Heat Pulling.
The problem of heat and light is also
pressing. Kerosene is rare and Is re-
served for the poorer families. Those
q RI n I'd
lamps, and a new concern has been
formed that makes burners for them
that can be fitted to the ordinary kero-
sene lamps. They cost 5.25 marks and
give a fifty candle power light at the
cost of 3 pfennig, or q little over q
cent, per hour. The same kind of
/ lamps are prescribed for school and
| lecture halls.
Precautions against q shortage OF
copper and brass have been taken.
The authorities have list of the avail
| able amount of brass and copper in
every family. such as doorknobs. pots
and pans, candlesticks, etc, and should
/ they be needed the household goods
/ would simply be requisitioned. The
: newspapers have contained several
| warnings that such a procedure is i'm
minent. adding that people should get
! substitute utensils at once
! The German Association of Copper
| smiths has circulated a petition ask
/ ing that the old works of art made OF
/ copper or brass might be saved. and
/ the Society of Opticians has made q
/ similar plea for brass instruments con
/ tanning lenses. The reply has been
/ formally made that they cannot ex
pect to be heard unless they can show
that other metals will not serve a.
we'll
More patriotic and self sacrificing
have been the German dentists. The
shortage of gold. or rather, the hl-h
value of gold as means Of paying fof
war supplies abroad. has tnterfered
/ with their work in making new teeth
or mending old ones. Therefore the
/ German dentists have resolved not t
use gold in their professional work.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-03
TuRNBuLL HAMMOCK
DRAINAGE PROJECT
AGAIN Attempted

The New Smyrna News this week
says:
Believing that the draining of Turn
bull hammock is an absolute neces-
sity and that if the water can be kept
off that section during the wet sea-
sons the hammock land will be shown
to be one of the best citrus fruit and
truck growing sections OF the state of
Florida, the owners of land in the
hammock have started another effort
time the effort shows every evidence
of being successful.
An effort to form a drainage dis
trict to take in the hammock territory
west and south of New Smyrna, rum
ming from Turnbu creek to the head
of the Indian river, was made in 1909,
but the effort was dropped and the
petitions circulated and signed at
that time were never presented to
the board of county commissioners
At that time the effort was made
on the basis of majority OF the acre
age within the proposed district, and
it is stated that some OF the lana
companies owning large tracts within
the limits of the proposed district de-
clined to support the proposition ans
the effort to get a majority OF the
acreage for the district was unsuc
cessful on this account
During the legislative session OF
1915. however, the old drainage law
was amended in a number of partlc
ulars and one of the particulars, II
is stated, makes it possible to haVe
a drainage district formed on petition
of majority of the owners OF lands
within the proposed district. Undei
this provision it is now proposed c
mako strong effort to have drain
age district formed to take in the
whole of Turnbull hammock and nave
bitches and laterals of sufficient slze
and number to carry away the sur
plus water at all seasons or the year
For the purpose of discussing the
best way of going about the formins
of special drainage district and get
ting the sentiment of the persons mos
interested in the matter, a preiliil-
nary meeting was held Monday nlgh
in Dohn's hall and this gathering wa
made up of representatives from oa'
Hill. Ariel Hawks Park and New
Smyrna.
In order to get the matter in som
kind of working shape f. w. Hatci
was made temporary chairman AM
r. B. f. Roper was named as ten
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-03
Dreams.

Few people, if any, sleep without
dreaming. and even on the basis of
only one dream a night this would
mean over seventeen thousand dreams
for each person fifty years old. Yet
few of US can recall even seventeen
occasions in which a coming event has
been forecasted in a dream. The
prophecy that comes true is remem-
bered because the actual occurrence
brings to memory the concepts in the
dream: the others are forgotten.