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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
COUNTY BOARD MEETING.
Want New Road i'm One Place and
Asked To Close Old Road In Anoth-
or.

The Sumter County School Trustees
ers held their regular monthly meet
ing on Tuesday with all Of the COM
missioners present. Citizens requested
that road be opened at one place and
others asked that an old road bc clos
ed and new one take it's place.
John II. Truesdale was granted his
petition for an Ex-Confcderate PEN
sion.
n petition was received from Single
ton Bradford, l.. ID. JENNINGS, G.. w.
Bradford, III. j. Hardy and others
that new road be opened between
the Stateburg road and the Wedge
ield-Sumter road. The matter was
left in the hands of the supervisor to
ascertain il the property holders
would give right of way for the road.
When this information is obtained the
matter will be acted on by the board.
Messrs. w. NJ. Graham and Archie
China requested permission to close
The Radical Road from the Mayes-
Vile road to the Plowden Mil road.
giving in its place the boulevard and
n roadway extending from the Boulc-
ward to the Plowdcn Mill road. This
petition was granted as it was DEEM
ed by the board to be advantageous
to the public.
n large number of claims were
audited and ordered paid
Supervisor Pitts was authorized to
transfer money from funds for road
building for county ordinary purposes,
the same to be returned upon the re-
ceipt of taxes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09

The fact that prisoners were able to
break out through the Jail flooring
and walls on Saturday night indicates
more thoroughly than any number of
reports Of the grand jury or requests
of the commissioners and supervisors
that the county needs a new jail The
Jail was crowded and a certain laXity
las to be allowed when so many per-
Sons are penned in one small space,
making 1T easy for the men to plot
their escape or any Other devilment
they see fit. There has been talk OF
a Lew Jail long enough, it should be-
come reality.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
HAS ARM BROKEN IN GIN.
L.. w. Brunson Suffered Painful In
jury ON Tuesday Morning.

Mr.. Il. w. Brunson OF Concord sus-
tained a very painful injury on Tues
day morning when his arm was
caught by n belt at his fathers gin
and dragged between the wheel and
belt. Both bones of the arm were
broken in two places. just above tho
wrist and below the elbow. and it
was feared for some time that he
might lose ne arm. but the fractured
bones were replaced in position at
the Tourney Hospital yesterday and
IL Is now thought that the n.nb can he
saved. No
Mr.. Brunson was ensnged in
daubing belt grease on the belt when
his hand slipped To the belt and
was caught between IL and the wheel
ON which the belt was running. He
was taken In charge by a physician.
who was summoned as speedily as
possible. and later brought to the
Tourney Hospital. where ne Is report
ed today to be getting along as well as
could be expected.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
COCKTAILS TO FIGHT SLIDES,
WITllDRAWS RESIGNATION AS
GOVERNOR OF PANAMA.
Seems Not Worried Over Situation but
Anxious to Begin His New Scifas-
signed Task.

Panama, Oct G.-Maj. Gen. George
w. Goethals has withdrawn his resig-
nation as governor of the Panama
canal zone.
This fact was announced by Gen.
Goethals tonight on his arrival from
New York after q vacation in the
United States. His action was taken.
he said, in view of recent slides which
have closed canal traffic.
Gen. Goethals said he would remain
in Panama indefinitely-until the con-
dition of the canal would permit of
his departure. He said he had ca
bled Secretary Garrison withdrawing
his resignation, which was to become
effective November 1.
Gen. Goethals did not seem worried
over the situation but was eager to
enter upon the work of combating the
slides.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
RECOMMEND NEW JAIL.
Report Of Committee on Public
Buildings TO Grand Jury.

TO the Grand Jury for Sumter County:
We, the undersigned committee
heretofore appointed to inspect the
public buildings of the county and to
report our conclusions and recommen-
dations TO your Honorable Body, beg
leave to report:
That we have found the condition
of the same satisfactory, with the ex-
ception Of the county Jail, which we
find to be unsanitary, inadequate. out
of date, and menace to the health
and welfare both of the inmtaes and
of the persons living in It's aeighbor-
hood.
We therefore suggest that it be
recommended to the Board of County
Commissioners that a new Jail be
erected as early as practicable upon
the present premises, even if it be nee
essary to ask our legislative delegation
to provide, by law, for the issuing of
bonds for the purpose Of providing
sufficient funds.
c. E. Stubbs, Chairman.
Sumter. S. c.. June 26, 1915.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09

Alfred West Gets Fingers MangIcd I'm
Bread Trough.

From The Daily Item. oct. 5.
Alfred West. thirteen year old
colored boy. had his hand so badly
mangled ut Reynolds Bakery on East
Liberty street Monday afternoon that
three fingers had TO be taken off at
the Tourney Hospital, where the hoy
was taken for treatment. The boy
had been warned by Mr.. Reynolds
and others to stop as it was dangerous
for his hand might get caught. A few
minutes after he was warned the Sec
ond timo his hand was caught and
mangled between the cogs of the tw o
wheels.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
SUSPICION ATTACHED TO DEATH.
Louisa JOHNSON Dies from Effects of
Blows Given by Willie johnson 1t is
Alleged.

Louisa Johnson, Il colored woman
living on Liberty street, near the COR
nor of Liberty and Salem Avenue, died
last night and the police have arrest
cd Willie Johnson, alias "Bossy," be-
cause of charges made by other ne
groes that Willie Johnson had struck
ana kicked Louisa Johnson several
days ago, injuring her so that death
resulted from the injuries. Johnson
had been away, but according to the
story from police headquarters, re-
turned Monday night. He and Louisa
got into quarrel and according to
Eugene Porter, Johnson knocked the
woman down and then kicked her in
the stomach. 1t was due to this fact
that Johnson was arrested, although
he was at the house when the woman
died and the police found him there
this morning when they went to arrest
him. Another story is that the wo-
man told her doctor that she had in
jured herself falling down the steps.
DR.. Burgess will perform an autopsy
and the inquest will be held this after
noon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
Real Estate Transfers,

d. p. Kelly to l.. d. Jennings, GO -
acres on Turkey Creek, 81 and other
considerations.
Julia B. Kelly to l.. ID. Jennings. lot
on corner Of Liberty street and Salem
Avenue, 81 and other considerations.
E. w. McCallum t. Laura f. Black
well, lot on Wr."nt street, IS and 9TH
er considerations.
ID. X. McCallum, ct al, as execu-
TORS, 10 Archie China, as executor,
lot on Broad street, $4,000.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
An Approaching Marriage.

Invitations have been ISSUED bv DIR.
and Mrs. Samuel Chandler Baker to
the marriage of their daughter, Emma
richardson. To- Mr.. Clarence Saxby
Anderson on Wednesday evening, Oc-
tohCr goth, 1915. at I o'clock at the
Church of the Holy Comforter. Sum
ter. :. &. Both Miss Baker and Mr..
Anderson are well known i'm Sumter
'nd the news of their approaching
Wnrriacc will he of general interest
here.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
SHOULD BEWARE OF FIRE.
Chief II. f.. Wilder Warns Citizens of
Danger of Early Season Fires.

Ihis morning during his rounds the
Item man stopped as usual at the Of
flee of Chief r. E. Wilder of the Sum-
ter Fire Department. In talking of
the absence Of fires during the past
few weeks Chief Wilder called atten-
ton to the fact that cold weather was
approaching and it was very probable
that the fire department would have
to answer calls during the next few
weeks, as there were always a number
of chimneys which needed to be burnt
out and bird nests in chimneys which
caught and caused the householders
alarm and was the reason of many
alarms for the department.
Acting on the mixim that a. stitch
in time saves nine, he suggested that
the Item call attention of housekeep-
ers to the fact that if they took a
good rainy day and burnt out their
chimneys, thus renewing any accum-
ulations of sooS birds nests or other
debris which might have accumulated.
they would relieve themselves pos
siDiy vi much anxiety and the hose
wagons of a needless run, as every
year alarms were always sent in about
this time there was only SCOT or
birds nest burning.
1t is also suggested that before fires
are built, the chimneys be examined
Tor loose or fallen brick to sec .hat
they are intact If these precautions
are observed beforehand the danger
or fire Will be lessened and much
property saved.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
JAMES MANOS FOUND GUILTY
Dispcnsary Law Violated I'm Charleston
Says Jury.

Charleston, Oct. 6.--Interest i'm the
proceedings of the court of general
sessions today was centred in the
opening of the verdict In the case of
James Manos. charged with violation
of the dispensary law and I'm the trial
~ Son Funny charged --ith murder.
The verdict Ia th5 Mauos case was
guilty Of storing liquor an3 not gul
" OF selling Il. The trial of the case
consumed practically the entire d4y
I'm court yesterday the jury retiring
about 2 o'clock In the afternoon with
orders for a sealed verdict. and dis
persed about Z o'clock yesterday even,
Ing. this indicating that they had
reached verdict. Counsel for de-
fense gave notice of motion for a new
trial and Judge Smith did not pass
sentence. The court room was crowd
ed at 10 o'clock. the hour of opening
and great interest In the verdict I'm
the Manos case was plalntly evident.
Son Funny, charged with having
chopped Susan Cunningham to death
with an axe on Johns Island last
Juno is. was found guilty of man
slaughter and was sentenced to serve
10 years. the heaviest sentence that
has been imposed at the present term
OF court. Self-defense and insanity
was the plea of the defendant. The
testimony of witnesses was Of re-
volting nature. tending to show that
Funny went into IA negro cabin and
SELLING Susan Cunningham, with
whom he lived. dragged and carried
her several hundred yards To another
house and then picked up an axe and
struck her In tho face and after she
had fallen struck her I'm tho head.
Acting Solicitor Grimball said to-
day that other liquor cases will be
taken up on Friday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
Death OF n. W. Rivers.

Il. w. Rivers. who has been living
on MIR. T.. w. a. Bultman's place just
out of town on the Broad street road.
died ON Monday evening about 1880
o'clock after an illness of about one
year. lie was siXty-thrcc years OF age
and had suffered from paralysis
The body was taken from here To-
Ecunrttsvillc on Tuesday evening. the
former home uf the deceased. where
u viii Ice buried. NIr Rivers is sur
Nived by his wife.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
WILLIE JOHNSON HELD.
COrOncr's Jury Finds That ElOfsc
johnson Suffered Fatal Injury at
Ills Hands

COrOncr's Jury Finds That Elofsc
johnson Suffered Fatal Injury at
His Hands.
Coroner w. j. Scale yesterday held
an inquest over the body of Eloise
Johnson. who died Tuesday night un-
der suspicious circumstances and as
a result Willie Johnson, who had
previously been arrested, is being held
for trial at the approaching term of
court on q charge of murder. The
Jury's verdict was in effect that Eloise
Johnson came to her death as the re-
suit of a blow received at the hands
of Willie Johnson, alias Boss Man.
Eugene Porter testified to going
home with the woman on Monday
night and finding Willie Johnson in
the house. He said that Willie struck
the woman and then kicked her in
the stomach, while she was lying on
the ground. Evelyn Johnson said
that she had helped Willie tend to
Eloise while the latter was sick and
was there when the woman died on
Tuesday night. She had not heard
about the fight, she said, until after
the woman was dead. Willie john
son in his own defense stated that
there had been no fight. He said that
he was in the house when Eloise came
home Monday night, and when She
saw him she started to run and fell
down the steps She got up and
started to run, but fen down again
anu ne helped hcr .i. the house a.lu
went to get a doctor. He afterward
tended her until her death. DR.. Bur-
CESS stated that he had performed an
autopsy on the body at the request
of the coroner and found that death
was due to peritonitis caused by n
rupture Of the intestines. He stated
that this rupture might have been
caused by fall or by a kick, as other
witnesses had described, but that
there were no external bruises to in
dicate how the blow was inflicted.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
PERSONAL MENTION.

Gov. II. 4. Manning was a visitor to
the city on Monday.
Mrs. NELL ODonnell has returned
from Ashevillc, where she spent the
summer.
Miss Theo Lopez. who has been
spending some time in Maine, and
Miss Cecile Noise and Mrs c. IL.
Noise. who have been spending several
weeks in Atlantic City. returned home
Sunday.
Mr.. L. Nj. Green left Tuesday after
noon for New York City. where he
will remain for some time.
Miss Martha Alderman, of Alcolu,
was In town Tuesday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
HORSE SHOW NOTES.
Stores Will be Asked to Close i'm After.

The Second Annual Horse Show will
open Wednesday, October 18th and
will continue for three days. The
exhibitions in the driving arena will
be held in the afternoons and as ev-
erybody will wish to attend it has been
suggested that the stores close from 3
to 6 p. M, during the show. Several
of the leading establishments have al
ready intimated a Willingness to close
If the movement is made a general
thing, and as the Horse Show is a
public institution for the benefit of the
community and not a money making
enterprise, it is almost an assured
fact that practically all places of bus
mess will be closed.
Mr.. Robert McCray, of North Mid
dletown, KY, one Of the largest exhibit
tors at the Kentucky horse shows this
season, and, also, one Of the leading
prize winners will attend the show
and will ride Mr.. A. d. Harby's horses.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09

The Item has received n bulletin of
the official premium list of the South
Carolina state Fair Poultry Associa-
tion held under the auspices of the
South Carolina Poultry Association
The list of prizes is quite large one
ana poultry raiScrs of Sumter county
who have pure bred fowls will do well
to enter. Mr. sam Il. Mitchell of sum
ter is vice president of the association
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09

Retween the first of September and
October 2nd there were 6,411 bales
OIL cotton practically all of it new cot
ton. sold in the city, or at least that
many bales were weighed by the pub
lie cotton weighers. Some cotton is;
also being put into the cotton ware
house, some four or five hundred bales
having been stored of this seasons
crop.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
Glad to Have Him.

Washington, Oct. 6.-Secretary Gar
rison has given Maj. Gen. Goethals
permission to withdraw his resigna-
ton, submitted last August, as gov
ernor of the Panama canal zone.
Gen. Goethals' resignation was to
have become effective November /.
His telegram withdrawing it reached
the war department today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
MAYOR DENIES CHARGES.
state Rests I'm Conspiracy and Mayor
Takes stand In Ills Own Defense

indianapolis. oct. The State has
rested In tho trial OF Mayor Bell for
election conspiracy. The mayor him
self was the first witness for the de-
fensc. lie denied emphatically all the
charges made against him.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
In The Police Court.

The following cases have been dis
posed Of in the police court:
Marion Brunson, cursing, disorderly
conduct and vagrancy, SIS or 80 days
on each charge.
William Des POrtes, disorderly con-
duct forfeited bond of $40.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
Marriage License Record.

Licenses to marry have been grant
eel to Major Colclough and Estelle
l'lchbourg, Sumter; Geo. White and
Hattie Toney, Mayesvllc: j. l.. Wccms,
Sumter, and Charlotte Fricrson, Clare
mont.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
Death of DIR. IIlghsmith's Mother.

From The Daily Item. oct. 8.
DIR. j. Il. IIighsmith leaves tonight
Tor Grcenvillc n. c., to attend the fu-
neral of his mother Mrs. Mahala
Highsmith, who died suddenly last
night.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09

license to marry has been granted
to Samuel Galloway, Route /, and
jamie Young, Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
Report Says That Passengers Between
Vera Cruz and Mexico City Were
Killed

Washington. oct. IA passenger
train from Vera Cruz TO Mexico City
was wrecked Tuesday near Maltrata,
according To state department advices.
One message says all passengers were
killed. another that fifty were killed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09

A license to marry has been issued
to Isaiah Gayle and Carrie Phillips
Of Wedgefeld.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
SUMTER COTTON MARKET.

Corrected Daily by Ernest Field, Got.
ton Buyer.
Good Middling IL 1-8.
Strict Middling IL.
Middling IL rs.
Strict Low Middling II 3-S. =
Low Middling 10 rs. =,
Staple cotton IL to Is.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-09
COUNCIL HAS LONG SESSION,
MANY MATTERS CONSIDERED At
MEETING ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

Tax and License Ordinance Acts for
1916 Passed and Ordered Published
Would Put Heating Pipes Under
Strcct-TO Repair Guard House
civic League Granted Funds for
Nursc-Annual Report of Clerk and
Treasurer and Other Matters.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-02-25
The American Quartet

The entertainment given at
the opera house Monday night by
the American Quartet was some
thing good. Of all kinds of
music the male quartet is the
best. They went from Way
Down on the Swannee River" to
the highest flights of modern
music. Each one was an artist
in his line, They performed
also on the violen, Piano, vioIen-
cello and piccolo that brought
down the house every time.
Mr. Conrad's cartoon pictures
were first class and something
new with a male quartet and
were very much enjoyed by all.
You will always find some
thing good at the lyceum. The
next entertainment March 9th.
Don't fail to attend.
J. M. H.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-02-25
Children's Bill Before Senate

Members of the National Labor
Committee in this vicinity who
have been cooperating with the
Committee in its publicity cam
paign for the Palmer-O Owen child
labor bill, received yesterday a
letter from Owen R. Lovejoy,
the general secretary, asking for
furthes cooperation.
The majority by which the
House of Representative passed
the bill last Monday was much
larger than we had dared to
hope it would be-" writes Mr..
Lovejoy, but this is only the
first step. The final step de-
ponds on you.
"Only one in seven of 276 Re-
representatives. voting on the bill
opposed it, and we believe that
two reasons why the bill is meet
ing with popular favor are, |,
that more than 100, 900 children
will Immediately be affected by
it; 2, that the standards which
it proposes for these children
have already been adopted by
the majority of the states.
Forty-three states have a four
teen year limit in factories and
q Of these apply it without
legal exemptions. Thirty-four
states have forbidden night work
by children under l6. Thirty
two states and the federal
government have by statue
recognized the 8-hour day as
suitable for adults, (although
only 10 have applied it to child
rem under 16). Only 16 of the
important mining states have a
16-year limit, Or higher, for
underground work in mines, but
these 16 states employ two
thirds of the workers of the
entire country.
THE bill is now before the
Interstate Commerce Committee
of the Senate from whom we ex-
pect a favorable report. The
fate of the bill before the Senate
itself is more uncertain, and all
who have not already written "a
their Senators are urged to dc
50 without delay.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-02-25
San Francisco Tour

| am working for the trip So
Sponsor, from Chickasaw county,
to the Panama Exposition and
earnestly solicit your votes and
influence. You can get votes
with cash purchases, by asking
for them, at: j. Rubel's Droke
Jewelry Co., Bearden & La
Grone's, Walter Smiths King g.
Sadler's and Okolona Messenger.
| shall thank you and appreciate
every thing you do to help me
win. Just put my name on vote
and drop in ballot box at any Of
the above named places.
adv. (Miss) Josephine Miller.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-02-25
For Circuit Clerk
JOHN E DAVIS
For Supervisor, Third District
D. MCCARTNEY. SIR,
For Justice of the Peace. Third
District
H. B. LACEY
For Constable, Third District
c. c. JOLLY
M. H. LAGRONE
John E. Davis

We present this week the
name of Mr.. John E. Davis as a
candidate for the Office of Circuit
Clerk of Chickasaw county.
Mr.. Davis is a native of the
county and a member of one of
the oldest and most highly re-
spected families Chickasaw is
pleased to honor. His education
was that acquired in field and
wood and in the schools of the
county, where he learned those
lessons from natures own
teacher that has made him
thoroughly acquainted with the
interests of his fellow men of
the fields, and given him the
qualifications to fit him to be-
come a good and efficient officer.
He has never before offered for
office and is not so lwell acquaint-
ed with the voters as is some of
the other candidates; but it is his
purpose to see a nearly all Of
those who will vote in the prim-
airy as is possible, and he hopes
to be able to convince the
whole electorate that he is fully
capable of filling the office to the
best interest of the whole
county. Give him a hearing be-
fore you make up your ticket
and remember that he will
appreciate your vote and in
fiuence.
How To Give Qulnlne To Children.
FEBRIL.INE Is the trademark name given to an
improved Qulnlne. ltis a Tasteless Syrup, pleas
ant to take and does not disturb the stomach.
Children take 1t and never know 1t Is Quinine.
Also especially adapted TO adults who cannot
take ordinary Quiniue. Does not nauseate nor
cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try
u the next time YOU need Qninine for any pur-
bose. ESE ~ -I1Ce qfieiual package. The
ie-e F---B,t-l. - blown j. bottle, % gents.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-02-25
Money to Loan

Applications received for loans
from $1,000 90 to $40, 900. 90, on
improved or unimproved town
property and farm lands. In
terest s per cent straight. In
terest payable annually or semi
annually. Time: one to ten
years. Applicants for loans will
please give description, location
and valuation of property offered
as security for loan. State i'm
prOvements and valuation of
same.
We want County representa-
tives to receive applications for
loans, appraise property, and
serve as our exclusive represen-
tative. Attorney or real estate
man preferred. Applicants for
loans, and applicants for agen-
cies positively required to furnish
at least two character references
and forward postage, five 2 cent
stamps, for application blanks,
full particulars, and prompt re-
ply. Write Southern Office,
Southwestern Mortgage Loan
Assn, Fourth Natl Bank Bldg,
At. lta, Gu.