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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-20
Oakdale School News.

Owning to the improvements, in
general, of Oakdale school 1 think it
deserves a little merit.
The attendance is still very good
and especially in the intermediate
room. as the general average attend
ance has been twenty-three every
month with only twenty-four pupils
enrolled
Those on March honor roll are:
intermediate room, sixth grade:
Irene Duke, s5 1-2; Benjamin Duke
s5 1-3; Aline Stewart 95 2-9; David
Canty, 92 1-9; Lillian Epps, 90 IA.
Fifth Grade: Eilene Harrington, 95;
Ethel Epps, "a rs; Estelle Evans,
93 l-2; Willie Evans, 90 SIS; Mar
garet Harrington, go 1-2.
Fourth Grade: j. Hugh Cantey,
81 Al; Norman Duke, SO 1-2; BERTHE
Duke, 90 2. =, Mae Epps. 90 Al; Car
rie Evans. 92 Al; Elma Harrington,
80 6-7; Jane Tomlinson, 80 2-7.
Miss Grace Etheredge spent Sunday
in Sardinia with a sick friend.
Miss Catherine Murchison attended
the teachers meeting in Manning on
Saturday.
Our Little Queen" who has been
sick for the past week was out driv-
ing Saturday afternoon, much to the
delight of her numerous friends.
dot" called at w. p. Meningitis
home Thursday night, but on finding
his home semi-hospital, made a
very short stay.
There are still few sick folks in
our community, but most Of them are
on the mend
We had quite a refreshing shower
Sunday evening.
| Hay Harrington spent Saturday
night with his mother and brother.
Interested.
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From The Daily Item. March Is.
SevcraI caaas ,.ora trtaa - tha

From The Daily Item. March Is.
Several cases were tried In the po-
lice court to-day: Robert Brown and
Junius Brown were charged with be-
ing drunk. disorderIy and oursing
while John stegmore was charged
with oursing. The two Browns were
given sentences OF $500 or 80 days
each on each charge upon a finding of
guilty by the recorder. stegmore was
dismissed.
Anderson Rowe. indecent exposure
of person. was sentenced to pay a fine
OF $40 or serve 20 days.
Joe Green and Evans Green were
charged with disorderly conduct and
n sentence of $40 OF 20 days was i'm
posed on each.
Dave Washington and Ollie White
were found guilty OF riding bicycles on
the sidewalk and SO bond was forfeit
ed I'm each case.
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NEGRO CONFESSES BURGLARY.
James Green Sent to Higher Court
Tor RobbinS House of &. w. Max. ,
well.
From The Daily Item, March 1G.

From The Daily Item, March 1G.
James Green, colored. who was ar
rested Monday morning on the charge
of breaking into the residence of DR..
{. w. Maxwell on Council street and
stealing some money and checks yes
terday confessed to the police that he
was the man who had broken into
the house and this morning he made
a statement before the magistrate adj
mitting his guilt and was sent to jail
to await trial in the circuit court on
the charge of burglary. Green ad-
mitted to the police that lie broke
into the house through a window,
using an axe in making the entrance,
between and 10 o'clock.
The man was arrested on sus-
picion Monday morning, and later
confessed. first to Policeman Chan
dler and later to Chief Sumter. He
was arrested by Policemen Barwick
and Lawrence. He stated that he
had burned the five dollar bill he had
stolen and had torn up the three
checks, telling them where he had
thrown the pieces, which were found
where he stated he had thrown them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-20
SCHOOL BOYS PLAY BALL.

The Sumter high school baseball
team will go to Florence tomorrow
morning for their first game Of the
season there tomorrow afternoon
with the Florence high school boys.
The team is being coached by J. &.
Hurst assistant secretary of the Y.
NJ. c. A., and is said to be in excellent
shape for the game. Most of last
years players are back on the team
and Coach Hurst has rounded his ma
terial into what is expected to be the
best high school baseball team in the
State. Several games have been ar
ranged for away from here against
strong teams. Games will be played
here during the latter part Of the sea-
son.
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Chicken Thieves At Work.

From The Daily Item. March Is.
Some time last night or early this
morning thief or thieves visited the
fowl yard OF Mr.. c. @. Rowland and
carried of two hens. which were COW
ering broods OF small chickens. and u
number OF setting hens. Exactly how
many chickens were stolen is not
known. Several OF the little chicks
died from cold after the hens had been
removed and the eggs were scattered
all around the nests. where the hens
were stolen. The person or persons
took fowls away from the yard where
there were no locks. but did not break
into the fowl house which was lock-
ed
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-20
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS MEETING.
District Lodge Will Meet With Game
Cock Lodge April t9th.

At a very enthusiastic meeting ot
Game Cock Lodge No. Il, Knights o.
Pythias, an invitation was unani-
mously extended to Mr. Barlow Walsh,
District Deputy Grand Chancellor
for the District Lodge to meet with
us on the third Monday night OF
April, April 10. 1915.
This invitation was accepted and
the local lodge looks forward with
pleasure to the entertainment Of their
visitors.
The District Lodge has not met in
Sumter since July Of 1910.
These meetings. bringing the rep
resentatives Of the different lodges
together, are always a most pleasan,
social occasion for the delegates and
Of untold benefit to the order.
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SERIOUS CHARGE MADE.
Young Man Supposed to BE From CO.
lumbia Alleged to Have Cocaine i'm
Possession.
From The Daily Item, March 16.

From The Daily Item. March 16.
A young white man giving his name
as Sadler Gillespie and his residence
as Columbia was arrested by the po-
lice yesterday about noon on q war
rant charging vagrancy. but later he
was released after an examination be-
fore Magistrate Moore. as there was
no evidence which the magistrate
considered sufficient to hold him.
When arrested Gillespie had on him q
small box containing small white tab
lets. which the police thought to be
cocaine and, as 1t Is against the law
FOR any person to have cocaine in his
possession. there was an effort to show
that the powder was cocaine. How
ever, there was no way to prove what
the tablets contained. The box was
taken away and some OF the contents
sent to Columbia to be analyzed. In
the meantime the young man was
released. Gillespie claimed that the
tablets contained morphine which a
doctor had given him for a disease
from which he suffered. There was no
label or prescription on the box to
show where it came from.
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SUMTER ROUTE BETTER.
Edwin &. Scibcls Makes Suggestion to
Travellers Between Atlanta and CO.
lumbia.
The state.

The state.
The travelling public who have suf-
Tered from existing schedules between
Columbia and Atlanta may be inter-
ested to know" said Edwin c.. Seibels
yesterday. that the trip may be made
with a fair degree of comfort by taxi
ing the Georgia railroad sleeper from
Atlanta to Sumter. arriving there at
us a. m, and having time to get
breakfast comfortably and get to CO.
lumbia at lilo a. m. This is not
exactly an ideal schedule, but it cer-
tainly is far superior to anything Of
fered by the socalled direct sched-
ules.
The Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce. 1 understand, is recommend
ing this route and believe it is being
used--I came over with three passen-
gers last week. 1 was advised i'm At
lanta by a representative Of the Geor-
gia railroad that they had signified
their willingness to the Southern rail-
way to put on direct sleeper, but the
Southern railway was unwilling to put
IL on"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-20

The idea that the number OF vacant
houses indicates a decrease In popu-
lation since last year this time when
there was not n vacant house for rent
I'm the city Is not correct More
houses have been built within the
year than there are now vacant
houses. The population has increased
during the year. but the number OF
houses has increased more rapidly
than the population.
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Special Court to Try Logan.

Columbia, Mrch 1S.-"I will call q
special term of court for early next
week." said Gov. Manning last night,
after he had conferred by telephone
with Solicitor r. A. Cooper, who was
at Newberry, regarding the killing of
the aged Mrs nj. E. Scott in her home
near Lowndesville Tuesday afternoon.
Charles Logan, the young negro ac-
cused of the murder, was brought to
the State penitentiary for safekeeping
last night by p. T. Sprouse, deputy
sheriff of Greenwood county. He con-
fessed to me that he did it," Mr..
Sprouse said, on arriving in Columbia.
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NO DISPENsARY FOR TIMMoNs.
WILLIE.

Florence County Board Decides to
Abolish q. NJ. I. OH March 81. Fight
Goes On.
Timmonsville, March 15.-After a
hard fought battle by the leading pro-
hibitionists of the town. the county
board today unanimously decided to
abolish the Timmonsville dispensary
March 81. The first petition was cir
culated some time ago but fearing the
ruling OF technicalities the prohibi-
tionists' decided best to get another
signed. Each petition grew stronger
as their strenuous efforts were put
forth. The prohibitionists claim that
their efforts don't stop with merely
removing the dispensary but they in
tend TO make Timmonsville a no
liquor town and blind tigers will have
"a hot time in the old town."
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CLUBS ARE ALL DRY.
Sheriff Reports That He Could Find
No Liquor in Lockers.

From The Daily Item, March 16.
Sheriff j. X. Bradford stated this
morning that on Monday he had made
thorough exapination of the clubs
in the city and county and that he
had been unable to find any liquor
anywhere in the clubs. The officers
Of the clubs willingly showed him
through the rooms and opened the
lockers for him, but there was no IL
quor.
The managers assured him that the
clubs would comply with the new law
and assured him that there would be
no liquor kept there by members.
Sheriff Bradford stated that there
seemed to be a disposition on the part
of the club officers to enforce the law,
but at the same time he would visit
all OF the clubs sufficiently often to as
sure himself that the law was not be-
ing violated.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-20

The Coast Line is preparing to grad
ually put in all Of the improvements
promised the Chamber of Commerce.
The new street and sidewalk from
Telephone street corner, at the station
to Magnolia street, running cast will
be opened up very soon. Traffic
disarranGements and shortage Of reve-
nucs have delayed the major improve
ments to the station, but Secretary
Reardon says he has grape vine"
Geographic information that the i'm
prOvcmcntS are not us far off as the
European war by any means.
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MARTIN-HANCOCK.
Beautiful Church Wedding Ceremony
Wednesday Afternoon at the Bcu.
lah Church.

Thomasville Daily Times Enterprise.
"A marriage of unusual interest was
that Of Miss Clara Mary Martin to
Mr.. Ansel Harry Hancock, which
took place at o'clock Wednesday af
ternoon, at the Beulah Methodist
church, a few miles northeast of
Thomasville.
The church had been beautifully
decorated with festoons of Southern
smilax, palms and pot plants, inter-
spersed with white cut flowers.
Just before the ceremony, Mrs J.
w. Crawford sang very beautifully,
Because" and to the soft strains of
the Wedding March, fittingly render
ed by Miss Hattie Carter, the attend
ants entered singly down both aisles
of the church, and took their places
around in the altar in the following
order: Miss Edith Rice and Mr..
Tharin Davis; Miss Helen McKinnon
and Mr.. John Hancock; Miss Lille
May Rice and Mr.. Alva Martin; Miss
Annie Davis and Mr. Boy Hancock.
Next came the ,wo little flower girls,
Misses Laura and Zadie Davis, who
scattered violets as they came down
the aisle just ahead of tho bride.
The bride entered with her maid
of honor, Miss Ruby Hancock, and
was joined at the altar by the groom
and his best man, Mr.. Media Craw-
ford.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. l.. A. Brown, of Boston, in the
presence Of a large number of rela-
tives and friends, and just at the
hour of three. the two were made
one, the beautiful ring ceremony be-
ing used.
The bride wore beautiful travel
ing dress Of blue cloth, with hat to
match, and carried a bouquet of
white carnations.
The bride is the eldest daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Martin, who
recently moved to South Georgia
from South Carolina. She has many
charms Of mind and person, and has
made scores Of friends since coming
here. BY education, environment and
Bible training, she is well-fitted to
become the wife of a minister Of
the Gospel.
The groom, who has been studying
for the ministry as his life work, and
who has only recently been ordain-
ed, is a young man of unusually
high character and ideals.
Immediatel, after thu ceremony,
Mr. and AIRS. Hancock left for Cairo
where q reception was rendered them
at the home OF the groom's mother.
They will go from there to their new
home in Florida.
The many beautiful presents re-
ceived proved the high esteem in
which they are held by their many
friends, who wish for them a long,
happy and useful life.
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Road Master Thomas l.. White, tn

Road Master Thomas +. White, the
superintendent Of the Coast Line pas
senger station and grounds, is keep
ing everything in first class condition
He is proud of the assertion made by
many that the Coast Line passenger
station grounds are the prettiest on
the entire system, and he believes that
when the grass plots are covered will,
green grass and the numerous trees
blossom out with their green foliage
that Sumter will have the pretties,
passenger station grounds in South
Carolina.
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TsTERN COACH BURNED
Unused Passenger Car Partly Destroy
ed by Fire.

ed by Fire.
From The Daily Item. March 16.
Today about 1890 an old unused
passenger coach OF the Northwestern
railroad company was practically de-
stroyed by fire. The coach was on a
siding I'm the Northwestern yard and
had been out OF use for number Of
years. 1t is supposed TO have caught
from spark from the Penn-Sumter
Lumber company. although this is not
known. When the hose wagons reach
ed the scene, the fire had already
burned one side of the car and was
burning brightly on the roof, when
the water was turned on and the
elaze was soon extinguished. The car
was insured, the loss being partly
covered
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-20
NEGRO KILLS AGED WOMAN.
MRS. NJ. f.. SCOTT DIES AT HANDS
OF CHARLES LOGAN.
citizens OF LOwndesville Much En-.
ragged at Crime and Negro is Taken
to Columbia to Escape Possible
Lynching-Said to Have Confessei.

Abbeville, March 17.-Mrs. M. f.
scott, widow so years of age. was at
tackled by negro in her home near
Lowndesville early yesterday morning.
suffering injuries from which she died
this afternoon. Charles Logan, con-
fessing TO the crime was arrested and
taken to the Jail at Abbeville, from
which he was removed to Greenwood
to be taken to the penitentiary at
Columbia for safekeeping. Logan is
young negro who has recently come
to South Carolina from Georgia.
Mrs. Scott lived alone with her
granddaughter, a girl of IA or IS
years of age. She had been accus-
toned to arise during the night to
smoke pipe and the negro is said
to have watched the house and known
of this practice.
Early yesterday morning Logan is
said to have entered the house while
Mrs. Scott was smoking her nightly
pipe and after striking her in the head
with a hammer to have attempted to
enter the room of the granddaughter.
The girl however. escaped by a win
dow and ran to a nearby house.
Logan was arrested today by Mag
istrate Mosely Huckabee, who sue
ceeded in getting his prisoner away
from a crowd of angry Lowndesville
citizens who seemed disposed to vio-
lence. With Jesse Cam and the two
Harper brothers the magistrate
brought the negro to the Abbeville
Jail.
Sheriff Lyon took no chances on a
lynching here and at once removed
Logan to the Greenwood Jail pending
his further removal to the peniten-
tiary. A negro, Tom Murray, was
convicted of manslaughter recently
and sentenced to serve five years and
as the feeling against this negro had
been high when he was tried on the
charge of murder, the sheriff decided
that it would be well to take him to
Columbia with Logan. The sheriff was
sure that if a mob succeeded in en-
tering the Jail to lynch Logan it
would lynch Murray also.
A negro named Matthews was
brought here tonight charged with be-
ing implicated in the affair at
LowndesVille. lie declares, however.
that he can prove an alibi, having
spent the night in Anderson.
Abbeville citizens have commune
Gated with Gov. Manning and urged
him to call a specia, term Of court to
try Logan.
Mrs. Scott was we'll known in
Lowndesville. She was sister Of
Singleton S. Boles, who has made the
government estimates on crops for
this section for a number of years.
Lowndesville is in the upper corner
Of Abbeville county, on the Savannah
valley line of the Charleston & West
ern Carolina railway, between McCor-
mick and Anderson. 1t is about six
miles east of the Savannah river and
is 25 miles northwest of Abbeville.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-20

The modern theory of efficient
marketing is to bring the producer
and consumer together and eliminate
unnecessary expenses that are added
when an article passes through many
hands before it reaches the consumer
This is precisely what the curb mar
ket is accomplishing for Sumter coun-
ty producers and city of Sumter con-
sumers. Anything that will have q
tendency to strengthen and insure tn,
p|rmannencc Of the curb market
should receive the careful attention
and support Of the city and county Of
ticiUlS.
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soon be covered with a composition of
gravel and crushed granite screenings
like the train yard and walks leading
up to station have been treated. The
material for the paving of the ap-
proaches to the station from Telephone
street, and including Telephone street,
is on the ground.
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Dr. Currcll I'D Sneak.

Dr. VIM. Spencer Curreii. President
Of the South Carolina University. will
address n mass meeting in Trinity
church Sunday at $50 p. m. He
speaks under the auspices of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
The public IL invited.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss Mae Reynolds. OF Sumter. was
the guest OF friends I'm the city last
week, returning home accompanied by
her friend. Miss Christine Williams
Charleston Post.
Miss Iva Belle Hughson has return
ed to the city after spending a delight
ful visit OF six weeks in Washington,
ID. c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-20

Everybody that visits the farm OF
Mr.. A. G. Davis near Davis Station,
and inspcCtS his modern tobacco cur
ing barn comes away enthusiastic over
it. The writer was questioned about
the barn in Sumter l::t Thursday and
in Columbia ON Friday.-Manning
Times.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-20

Poultry raisers who are using tho
Clemson chicken mash formula say IL
IN the most economical and surest egg
producer they have ever tried. This
formula was printed In this paper
several months ago.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-20

The bulk of the cotton seed meal
produced by the local oil mill has
been shipped To- Denmark this year.
Some people who claim To know say
that this meal has been forwarded to
Germany TO make war bread for the
German army.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-20
RIETT CHOSEN HEAD.

Washington, March 1.-THE now
executive committee of the Chamber
of Commerce Of the United States was
elected today. r. G.. Rhett of Charles
ton, s. c., is chairman; Robert Mad
dox of Atlanta. Ga, was elected Il
member of the committee.
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FIRE NEAR OLANTA.
Beautiful Country Home of Charlie
Steele Destroyed by Flames.

Olanta, March 17.-Monday night
about IL o'clock the beautiful country
home of Charlie Steele. a prominent
farmer, was totally destroyed by fire
A very small portion of the house,
hold goods was saved. There was
$4,000 insurance which only partially
covers the loss. The origin of the
fire is not certainly known. but is sup
posed to have been a defective hue.
Mr.. steele expects soon to rebuild.
Mr.. steele and family are at present
staying with his sister. Mrs Edward
Dubose.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-20

The tabernacle for the Bob Jones
evangellstic meeting will he built on
the Crossweli lot. corner of Church
and West Calhoun streets. The To-
cation OF the Chautauqua tent has not
been announced.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-20

IT is with sincere sorrow that we
armed Of the sudden illness of Rev.
w. II. Gibbons at his home, near
Turbevile. last Sunday, and We hunH
he will soon he himself again, in the
full possession of his health and
fac cultiss. ss.--Manning Times.
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Marriages.

Married by Judge of Probate j. NJ.
'windham. last Thursday. Mr.. NJ. L.
Riehbourg and Miss Mary Lee Gra-
ham. Both OF the Davis Station sec
ton.
Married last Saturday by Judge of
Probate windham. Mr.. Theodore
Brown. and Miss Lille Brooks. Both
OF the Alcolu section. The couple will
spend their honeymoon In and about
the Fork.-Manning Times.
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Newport News. March 16.-Thc
dreadnaught Pennsylvania. Americas );
greatest battleship. was successfully
launched At 10 o'clock this morning.
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Chicago. March iS.--May whea;
Si.5t i-2; corn. ~. oats. 60 ii;
pork. l7.G5. lard. 1906. ribs, 1910.
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Retains His Job.

Warrington. March 17.-wilson A.
Hughes has been reappointed post
master at Ciaremont. Sumter county.
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SUMTER COTTON MARKET.
Corrected daily by Ernest Field
Cotton Buyer.

Good Middhng 3 3-4.
Strict Middling 3 Ia.
Middling 3 Is.
Strict Low Middling j-S.
Low Middling 7 t-S.
staple Cotton. Nominal