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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06
ORGAN RECITAL MUCH ENJOYED.
Many Persons Hear Prof. POtcat on
Handsome New Instrument ut Trim
fty Church.

There was q large audience at the
trinity Methodist church on Wednes-
day evening who were much pleased
at the recital given by Prof. Hubert
Poteat on the handsome new pipe Or
gan recently installed in the church.
The selections played by Prof. Po-
teat were we'll chosen and brought
out In all their beauty the full reper-
toir OF tones and harmonies which
could be produced on the instrument
which is one of the finest organs in
this section Of the State.
The program was executed as orig
inally planned and Prof. Poteat and
the ladies of the church, who secured
the organ, were the subjects of much
congratulation at it's close. The or
gan was purchased by the Church
Building Society, an organization
among the ladies of the church. and
cost $4,000. 1t is one of the hand
some instruments manufactured by
the M. p. Moller Company OF Hagers-
town, Maryland, and Is something Of
which the society and church may
well feel proud. Prof. Poteat made a
thorough examination of the instru-
ment Wednesday and pronounced all
parts accurately adjusted and the or
gan in its proper condition. This is
only one of the things which the
Church Building Society has secured,
for 1t was the society which gave
all of the furnishings to the church
Mrs. James ID. Graham is the organ
ist at the Trinity Church and will play
the organ at all services.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06
FOR THREE NEW OFFICES
Aiken Will Call up Bill Providing for
Judge, District Attorney and Mar
shal.

Washington, Feb. 3.-It was learn
ed here today that an effort will be
made when the next Suspension" day
comes in the house to get up for pas
sage the Aiken bill for the appoint
ment of judge, a district attorney
and marshal for the western district
OF South Carolina, which yesterday
received a favorable report from the
house judiciary committee.
There is much interest among the
members of the South Carolina dele
CATION here in this bill. Some years
ago bill for the same purpose pass
ed both house and senate, but was
vetoed by Mr. Roosevelt. Since that
time many efforts have been made to
get it up but without success.
Should this bill pass President Will
son will have three good positions to
award.
All the Republican members Of the
judiciary committee voted against It
yesterday and the Democrats voted
for it.
Another suspension" dav will prob
ably be reached during the next week
and the fate Of the bill for the pres
ent will then be known,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06
Sbs @attbman aih Ssutbron.
rntercd st tho PoslofYice at Sumter, q.
o., - Second Class Matter.
PERSONAL NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Haynsworth and
Mrs. M. :. Chase went to Columbia TO
spend the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sims Tolar. Fay
etteville. n bride and groom OF a
month. are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. j.
~. Tolar.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. v. Frierson left
this morning for Fountain Inn. where
they will live In the future.
Mr.. w. y. Wells. of St Charles.
spent the day In the city.
Mr.. Haseli Sanders. of Winston
salem. y. C.. was in the city today.
Mrs. Julian L. Sanders. of Hagood.
spent the day In tho city.
Mrs. Hutchinson and Mrs. Philip
Schlamp. OF Henderson. KY, are
visiting Dr. and Mrs. III. NJ. stuckey.
Col. o. C. Scarborough. OF Summer
ton. was In the city Wednesday.
Mrs. James NJ. Carson and Miss
Grace Carson who have been visiting
here. left Wednesday evening for CO.
inmbia. where they viii spend some
time with Prof. A. c. Carson.
Mrs. c. J. stimson and little daugh-
Ter. OF Savannah. Ga. are visiting
Mrs. stimson's parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Geo. r. Epperson.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j: wescoat with
their son left this evening for Balti-
more.
Mr.. w. c. Harllee. OF Rembert,
spent the day In the city.
Mr.. r. Nj. Cooper. of wisacky. was
In the cit ytoday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06

Speaking OF the exceedingly bad
weather OF the past two months ana
the inability OF the farmers to do any
work on account OF this condition. a
prominent farmer of York township.
said that there were hundreds OF
bushels of corn remaining in the fields
that were going to waste because the
fields were too wet To get into. This
particular farmer said that no had
not gathered more than one-third of
his corn crop and no knew lots OF peo-
pic who were In similar position.--
Yorkville Enquirer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06
FEW LIVES COUNT LITTLE.
German Paper Says TOrpcdOing of
Merchantmen Won't Stop for Hm-
manitarian Reasons.

Amsterdam, Feb (via London) -
Discussing the torpedoing of British
merchantmen by German submarines
the Berlin Kreuzzetung says:
England and France can not claim
from us in all circumstances and
without exception the benevolent
treatment we hitherto have accorded
merchant ships at sea- Certainly the
life of no civilian will be sacrificed
without necessity, but as no one re-
Trains from bombarding a fortress or
places on a battlefield because civilians
may thereby be killed, and as Eng
land has not hesitatcd to strew the
North sea with mines whereby the
lives of neutrals are sacrificed, so
shall we not refrain from tOrpedOing
English merchant ships simply be-
cause the lives Of few are thereby
endangered"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06
COTTON AND THE WAR.
requirements OF Great Britain IIavc
Been Safcguardcd.

London. Feb. 3.-Replying today i'm
the house of commons to Sir John ID.
Rees, Unionist member for Notts. who
urged that cotton be declared contra
band OF war, Harold j. Tennant, par
hamentary under-secretary of war.
said the requirements OF Great Brit
ain had been safeguarded so far as
the war office could see. The author
tiles. according to Mr.. Tenant. be-
lleved that Germany had a sufficient
supply of cotton for her war require
ments and that therefore 1t was not
necessary to make the staple contra
band from the bclligerent point OF
view
MIR. Tenant added that other i'm
terests were involved which IL would
not he desirable To touch at present
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06
HOSPITAL SHIP SHOT AT

London, Feb. 3.-Thomas j.. Nc
Namara, parliamentary secretary of
the admiralty, announced in the house
Of commons today that the admiralty
had received a telegram saying that
submarine fired a torpedo at the
British hospital ship Asturias on the
afternoon of February but that the
missile missed it's mark.
An alleged German attempt to de-
stroy the ship was announced by the
French ministry of marine yesterday.
"The Asturias." the secretary said,
was painted white with a green band
and red crosses, which were illumi-
mated as provided in the regulations
adopted at The Hague. Notification
also was sent to the belligerents that
the Asturias was to be used as hos
pital ship, in accordance with the
agreement adopted at The Hague, in
1907. under which hospital ships thus
designated were to be immune from
attack or capture during the course
Of hostilities."
1T is interesting to know" said the
secretary, that the first name on the
list Of those who expressed adherence
to this convention was that of the
German emperor"
The neutral powers, he added,
would be notified of the fact, but said
the civilized world needs no repre-
sentation Of ours to enhance it's sense
of horror at this wanton outrage"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06
CLARENDON DOCTORS MEET
ohicers Are Elected for County Asso-
cation--Dr. Charles Is. Gicgcr Is
President.

Manning. Jan. 2S.-Thc Clarendon
County Medical association held it's
first monthly meeting of the year here
yesterday at the office of DR.. Fl. l..
Wilson. New officers for the year
were elected as follows: DIR. Charles
B. Gieger. president; DR.. A. S. Todd,
vice president; DIR. II. e. Broadway
OF Davis Station. secretary and treas
urer; DIR. Carrigan of Summerton,
member of the committee of censors;
DR.. w. NJ. Brockinton of Manning,
delegate to the State Medical associa-
ton with DIR. Charles b. Gieger as
alternate. Owing to the bad condition
OF the roads and the unfavora BILE
weather. there was not a large at
tendance and no attempt was made TO
carry out programme of papers or
clinics.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06
". 0. B0S1|CK INJURED.
FELL FROM BICYCLE ON KEN
DRICK STREET AND HAS
HANDS AND FACE
LACERATED.
Mothcr-in-Iaw Dies from Shock Soon
After Young Man Was Brought
Homc-BOstick Getting Along Nice
ly Wednesday.
From The Daily Item, Feb. ).

From The Daily Item, Feb. ).
Willie o. Bostick had his hands and
face badly lacerated last night when
on the way homo he fell from his BIZ
cycle into an iron fence and was
knocked unconscious. He was found
stretched across the sidewalk by II.
IL. Hinson and taken home, 1OS Ken
drick street. where the shock caused
the death of his mother-in-law. Mrs.
Alice Waggoman, who was on q visit
to her daughter. Bostick recovered
consciousness a short time after his
arrival mt his home. but was unable to
give any account of how the accident
happened.
From the information obtained 1t
seems that Mr.. Bostick left O'DonnelI
IL Company store, where he is employ
ed, at about o'clock. He says that
he stopped by the postofice and then
started of briskly on his bicycle, as
he expected TO go to prayer meeting
with his wife and was somewhat late.
He remembered turning the corner
ut kendrick street and was going fast
at the time. but after that all is
blank until he recovered conscious
ness at MS home. 1t Is thought that
riding fast, he ran against something
or struck tree or fence and was
thrown from the wheel. In falling he
evidently tried to catch the fence with
his hands. for they were badly torn
by the sharp iron spikes Of the fence.
His face also was badly lacerated and
bruised. showing that this too had
come in contact with the fence. and
there was a big bruise on the side OF
his head, where 1t had struck one of
the cross pieces on the fence. This
was probably what knocked him un-
conscious. He was found stretched
across the sidewalk unconscious by
Mr.. I. e. Hinson, probably few
minutes later. Mr.. Hinson had some
trouble in arousing him and aiding
him In getting home. He was placed
in bed and a physician and his faith
er summoned. Upon his recovery to
consciousness some time later he told
what he remembered previous to the
accident. but did not know what caus-
ed IT, His injuries were dressed by DR..
Mood and this morning he wa i re-
ported to be getting along nicely.
Mrs. Waggoman assisted i'm getting
her sOn-in-law 10 bed ana let DIR.
Mood and Mr.. o. f. Bostick in the
house on their arrival. While DIR.
Mood was attending Willie Bostick
she became faint and took q seat In
chair in an adjoining room. One of
the ladies called DR.. Mood to her
and she was assisted to her room.
where she died in q few minutes, II
being probable that the shock and ex-
element had been too much for her
to stand. Death was pronounced due
TO heart trouble.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06

The 5. 10 and % cents store. OF
Manning has been chartered with n
capital OF $1,000. The officers are: s.
L. Huggins. president. secretary and
treasurer. and III. II. Higgins. vice
president.
The Mutual Insurance Agency. OF
Summerton. has been chartered with
a capital of $1,000. The officers are:
J. A. Jones. president. and Ellison Ca
pers. Jr., secretary and treasurer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06

Fireman and Baggagcmastcr Injured
When Engine, Tender and Baggage
Car Turn Over.

A wreck on the Atlantic Coast Line
Train No. SO occurred at Lanes on
Tuesday evening. the engine. tender
and basgage car turning over and de-
laying the train there for a consider
able time. The colored fireman was
badly mashed and the baggagemaster
was bruised by trunks falling On him.
but no other persons we're injured.
The fireman will recover and the
baggasemaster was able to go back
on his regular run. today.
Tho wreck, II Is stated. occurred
when switch split and the cars left
the track. turning over on the ground.
tns'neer James Johnson escaped in
.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06
Death.

From The Daily Item, Feb 3.
Mrs. Alice Waegoman. who died
suddenly last night, lived at Nevin, N.
c., and was on a visit to her daughter
at the time, having been here for
about a month. The funeral services
will be held from the residence of Mr..
w. o. Bostick, No. 108 Kendrick
street, at 11.30 o'clock tomorrow
morning and interment will follow at
the cemetery. Mrs. Waggoman is
survived by three sons, and one
daughter, Mrs. w. o. Bostick. She
also has one surviving sister and one
brother.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06
FOR RURAL CREDITS.

Warrington, Feb. 3.-The house
banking committee today adopted a
resolution for appointment of a COM
mittee of four senators and five repre-
sentatives to investigate rural credits
and report at the next session Of
congress. The investigation would
relate to personal credits and not to
land credits.
The committee voted down a reso-
luton looking to land credits.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06

Miss f.. d. French, missionary to
China, who is partly supported by
arrived i'm the city last night for a
stay of n week or ten days here. She
is now. stopping with Mrs w. J. Nc
Kay. Miss French visited Sumter
seven or eight years ago and made
many friends here at that time who
will be glad To renew acquaintance
with her.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06

eases. He says that among the de-
pendent insane are to be found rep
resentatives of all the professions,
trades and occupations. He points
out that no class Of society can claim
exemption from the disease.
The report states that the cost of
properly caring for the insane is one
of the most expensive burdens the
state has to bear. 1t is estimated,
says DR.. Herring, that the total cost
OF the care of the insane and feeble
minded in this country is over $32.-
100000 a year.
Discussing the cost of the insane to
South Carolina, DR.. Herring gives the
following figures: 1910, patients, g.
1913, appropriation S291,4O1. per
capita $144.22; 1911, patients 2,2s3,
appropriation $293,529, per capita
$132.76; 1912, patients 2,42s, ap-
preparation $31S,3S0, per capita
S16S.3S; 1913, patients 2,5O5, appro-
priation $305,247, per capita $155.S6:
1914, patients 2,73S, appropriation
S319,124, per capita $176.1S.
Dr. Herring then makes the follow
ing comment:
Two hundred dollars is the aver
age per capita in modern and well
equipped hospitals for the insane. A
per capita Of less than SITS means
custodian care, which, in the long
run, is the most expensive"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06
Married.

Married last Wednesday near Man
ming. at the home OF the brides moth
or. Mrs. Il. p. Plowden. Miss Lena
lone Plowden to Mr.. John w. Perry.
Jr. The Rev. Mr.. Burnett performed
the ceremony. Their host OF relatives
and friends wish them much joy
Manning Times.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06

The fertilizer season is slow in COM
ing in this year. Usually it begins
about the second week in January.
This year there has been practically
no fertilizer handled here or through
Indications are that there will be
very little handled.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06

Postmaster Geo. - shore has re-
ceived blanks iIom the Department
of Labor for the d5r Of applicants for
positions under the provisions of the
newly organized bureau for assisting
persons out of work to obtain Jobs.
Mr.. Shore also has on hand blanks
TO be used by farmers in applying
for farm la aborcrs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06

The Clarendon delegation was petit
toned last week to make u change in
the laws relating TO the time for hunt
ing deer In this county so as to short
en- the season by cutting out tho
month OF January.-Mannlng Times
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06
Clarendon County Notcs.

Hon. n. $. Deschamps has been
quite III at his home near Pinewood
for the past two weeks. but we learn
that he has improved sufficiently to
return to his post OF duty this week.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06

Licenses 1" marry have hecn grant
eel to Robert Grantham and Anna
Mcbride, sumter; Henry Atkinson
and Pesslc FrCyard. IIoratio: w. \.
Rice, Georgetown. and I.ula Scclcs,
Greensboro.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06

Mr. NJ. j. Moore is now Magistrate q
Moore, for on Tuesday he received his
commission from Coy. Manning and
he has since taken Ch9"ge of the mag
istrate's office for the Sumter magis-
tcrial district, succeeding Magistrate
IL. l.. u. Wells.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06

Shipments Of freight have picked
no somewhat during the past wccE.
Cotton seed and lumber have furnish
ed the chief bulk OF this traffic.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06

license TO marry has been granted
to William wcathers and Diana Read
OF clarcmont
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-06
Real Estate Transfer.

The Realty Development Compan,
TO Henrietta Johnson. lot In city.
$500.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12
NEW MILFORD HAT co. CASE UP AGAIN
Referee in Bankruptcy Trying to
 Solve Tangled Affairs

New Milford, Oct. 12.-The tangled affairs of the New Milford Hat com pany, which filed a voluntary peti- tion in bankruptcy on July 2, was again before Referee in Bankruptcy Carleton E. Hoadley of New Haven The hearing today was continual tion of that held on Sept. 2S.
 In it's bankruptcy petition the com pany stated that it's liabilities were but that it would be solvent if : it should be absolved from liability for $133,00O worth of notes which the late $. s. Green, secretary and treasurer of the company had given. The petitioner alleged that the notes had been issued for purposes of prl- vate financial operations and that it had received no benefit from them. Referee Hoadley, however, admitted all the claims as valid. There claims were in the shape of notes ranging from $5,o to $50 held by banks in Albany, N. Y, Boston, BridCtDort, New Haven and places
 Atte1nrt To Collect Notc.
 An attempt by Wallingford bank to collect one of these notes about two weeks before the death of s. $. Green, is said to hay revealed the pre- carious condition of the hat company and to have brought into the affair the name of the First National bank of New Milford, of which $. $. Green was president.
 T. c. Willard of Danbury was ap- pointed trustee of the New Milford Hat company at the previous hearing and under his direction. w. G. Green, brother of s. s. Green has continu ed in charge of the hat shop. All of the stock in company was held by the Green brothers with the exception of one share which was held by A. G. Barnes, the p->Hsident. This was brought out at the hearing on Sep tember 2S.
 No Individual Accounts.
 At that hearing it was also testi- fled that neither w. c. Green nor $. S. Green, had individual accounts at the First National bank, but used that company checks in their transactions, including the purchase of certain pieces of real estate.
 In response to a plea by counsel representing the banks concerned, Referee Hoadley last week issued a restraining order enjoining the First National bank of New Milford from selling or disposing of pledges or other securities given to the institu-
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12
Through Examination
EXCHANGE RATES DROP.
Pound Sterling Reaches Lowest Since
 September 15

New York, Oct. 12.-Foreign ex- change rates went down again yester- day in the face of the successful f1ota- tion of the $5,00O,0O0 credit loan to Great Britain and France, to their lowest point since September IS. So dlsquletlng was the situation deemed that three-hour meeting, attended by Wall street bankers and Sir Ed ward Holden, a member of the Anglo French financial com.Ilission was held in the late afternoon at the National City bank for the reported purpose of deVising some new method to bolster the value of the English pound ster- ling.
 Since the arrival of the commission here September 10, the trend of ster- ling values has been steadily, though slowly, upward. For the past week sterling has been selling at about $4.72 On one day recently it went as high as fraction above $4.73. Yesterday it sold down to $4.67 IA, although too far below par to mako continued buy ing of American exports desirable from the British point of view, in the opinion of some New York financiers.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12
ONCE STOPS STOMACH MISERY
 7 AND INDIGESTION
hnt relief from souTness, gas, heartburn, acidity, dyspepsia.
be's Diapepsin" is quickest and surest stomach relief known.

onder what upset your stomach $h portion of the food did the
 age--do you? Well, don't bother.
 our stomach is in @ revolt: if
 gassy and upset, and what you
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 Is without fear.
 < your stomach doesn't take care
 bur liberal limit without rebellion;
 bur food is a damage instead of a !, remember the quickest, surest It harmless relief is Pape's Dia- SBin which costs only fifty cents for Urge case at drug stores. It's truly Ederful-it digests food and sets ] gs straight, so gently and easily 1t is really astonishing. Please, |your sake, don't go on and on h a weak, disordered stomach; it's unnecessary.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12
City Hen1s

Marriage intentions have been filed with the town clerk by stephen T. Cosgrove and Miss Ruth Estelle An derson, both of Hartford.
 The Independent Order of Forest CTS will meet Friday evening at o'clock.
 Philip Bardeck, John Maerz. Albert Volz and J. Walsh have gone to Boa- ton to witness the world series games in that city.
 William T. Beers of Pearl street has purchased a new Minerva touring car.
 Miss Clara Larkin of Ansonia, state commander of the Maccabees, will~at- tend the meeting of Valient Hive this. evening.
 A meeting of the Young women's In- ternational Missionary society will be held at the Baptist church chapel at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening for the purpose of drafting a constitution for the new organization. The girls are urged to attend as this fin business of the utmost importance.
 Albert Grauer and wife of Santuit. Mass, are visiting his parents at 12 Cottage Place.
 Miss Fannie F.. Holmes of 27 Hart street left today for Providence where she will attend a conference of the standard bearers of the Methodfst church.
 Court Columba, No. 27, Daughters of Castile, will hold a regular meet ing this evening at o'clock in the Electric building
New Britain herald., 1915-10-12

were married by the Rev. Edward
 Grikis at St. Andrews Lithuanian
 church, large number of friends and
 relatives of the bride and groom being
 present. The bride was gowned in
 white with veil to match, and her
 attendant, Miss Anna Staigis, wore
 pink. The best man was John Pus- telnikas.
 The bride is a we'll known young woman and until St. Andrews pa
 rochial school was discontinued was a teacher in that school. It was she who found the murdered body of the late Rev. Joseph Zebris and she was one of the states most important wit nesses at the murder trial of Bernard Montvid.