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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-10-07
DEoss'ssp IN ooosAw RIVER


ooocov river aetns - Suflse f5sin
Deou1se reached Columbia late last
night. hr. Bsckham was engaged on
censsruction ON the Sesboard Air Lane
Ard was drowned Ia the coosaw river
Friday. Mr.. Beckham was 50 years
q age and was born In Lancaster.
He b survivsd by his second wife,
who was n Bessie Crawford, OF
Darlington. .-.d two small children.
anA BY . daughter ,f the srst mar
Ssass who lives at Heath SPRINGS.
Two sisters. Mrs. Douglass Lowrance
and Mre. ,. d. Moorehexd. live In
columbia; another sister. Mrs. M. p.
Hutte IN Charleston and \another Sis
Ger. Mra H. b. Collins. In Rock Hill.
surviving brothers are Paul Beckham
snd Hssvsy Beckham. both Of Ian
caster.
Relatives went from here to Beau.
fort county yesterday to search for
ths body.
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BAIL GRANTED CREswELn.
-lf~i..ff 4Nrf'efr--f
Mccormick LADS Application Is Grant
(. I'd at Abseville-Inq Over Faith.
os's Hody.

McCQrmick. Sept. 30.-Further de-
vel0pments In the shpotins of j. s.
Creswell by his son. Horace Creswell,
were brought to light after the coro-
ner's inquest,
II seems that one Of the Cre,well
boys wanted to take q bale of cotton
to Troy to have II sinned and the
father wanted 1t brought to McCor-
mick. After some words Mrs. Cres-
well. the mother. said that II would
not raake any difference where the
cotton was taken so long as they got
the money for It. This incensed the
|old map. Who struck Mrs. Creswell
with a light stick. She then walked
away from him, he following her up,
striking her with His fist again. At
this juncture Clarence Creswell inter-
|csdsd in behalf OF his mother, and
grabbed shotgun. which stood near
~ wSach later proved to be empty.
Pfks father then tsoK the gun away
rem the boy. and II was while he had
Eit - : striking pesit,on that ire
youngest SON. Horace fired tie fatal
shot. Eha shot wss ArsA fro,n the
door OF another room. q ihe,sIr pS-
has the weapon uset4 i1is, losd en-
tered the face on the slds ana ranS-
cd upward. Killing him almost In
)stantly. r} N n = lH =
Mr.. cresvsii was Aren't Sc years Of
age and lived In thu 4opngtown sec.
lion o. this county pr4cs,ps,ly Xii ot
his life. He farmeA and cohducted
a SlachsaAith shop hip wifs was
Mics Fannie Talbert OF this county.
The young man who fired the fatal
shot attended the funeral Of his
father which took place at Buffalo
naptist church this county. Tridsy.
after which he appeared before e. b.
Gary. chief justice at Abbeville, and
applied for bail. Ball was granted In
the sum Of $1,000. The trial win come
up at the first criminal court for Nc
Cormick county.
The affair has bet,n q shock to the
|citizens Of this eonimsinity and the
FssRsrsl sentiment Il chat the boy will
merely 20 through legal procee edings
a. a mere matter OF formality.
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isUPrIYING NEW STANDARD
SAMPLES.
Cotton Grading Samples Sent to
South by Agricultural Department..

Warrington. Oct. 2.-To assist
in bringing about more extensive use
Of the official cotton standards of the
United states by growers in their
safos the ofiice Of markets and rural
orsani44tfon Of the. United States De-
'paftIhsnt OF agriculture is cooperating
with the States relations service of
the department. in placing in the
hands Of county agents in the cotton
producihg sections sets Of practical
forms oY the standards. The forms form,
are furnished only after the agents
have gtven satisfactory assurances
THAT fhey win be kept in place. ac.
cessfbl4 70 cotton growers, in'fhe care
Of q acSmpetent custodian WHO does
|. not BFoht directly from trading In
Gotten. {" =
More than SO sets Of the practical
forms Of the standards already have
been shipped to county agents. It is
expected that more than 100 will
soon DN placed in this way. Each set
( OF the practical forms consists of the
nine grades Of white cotton. The
sets remain the property of the
United States government.
In arranging for the keeping of
the stHAdards in the counties the Office
Of maSksss and rural organisation
! has apnScved such agencies as banks.
chantbSrs Of commerce, boards Of
trade. 4eges whose proprietors do not
trade IL cotton, etc.
4, The Mcial cotton standards Of tho
unita4 sAftss are used by practically
every tertapt SPOT market and ex-
eAans 40 fhe South. and it Is the de-
sire "a TIE cotton specialists of the
depattptant Of agriculture that the
sales ian& purchases Of cotton from
the ttme It leaves the farmers hands
until II reaches these larger markets
also ape0 be conducted on the basis
OF the atapdards. 1t is believed. that
forms Tor sih each county wher. ,arr,
ers s. snaS 81, f examine ana become fams,,ar :
With tf5en will he . va,nah h,e adu
catiys Il tree N erad,na ora nil, -,
to bf3He about the .,b.,,,ut,on =,
mnethn1s of more exact cjs. s..,f,cst;on
lin niste of the approx,mat,on. =
grades now often emn,oved ,n ,,r
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IN HUNT FOR wEEvIL.
~ tsstfs
Connsission WIN Visit Pest at Hon.
In Fields In Louisiana Cotton.

Coanasission WIN Visit Pest at Home
In Fields In Louisiana Cotton.
Baton Rouge. La. Oct. 2.-After 9
dsv q panferances IN New Orlean,
Gov. Naknins and other members OF
M 6(h - ~ I'm +som-
misGien arrived IN Bstop Rogue to.
night ut 8 o'clock.
A conference vas held with farm
,rs and business men here tonight
Tomorrow the, commission will In.
wade the weevil fields for many miles
about The members Of the commits
Sion were given much attention in
New Orleans
A conference Of the South Caro-.
linans and Representatives of New
Orleans commercial organizations was
held early today when Gov. Manning
stated he had. just received report.
that the boil weevil was within 45
miles OF the South Carolina border.
Local speakers said Louisiana me,
the boil weevil situation principally
by the farmers planting other crops
thaa cotton and devoting more alton.
ton to raising live stock.
At noon the party visited the cot
ton exchange and later was given q
luncheon by the dock board on the
tug Sampson while inspecting New
Orleans water front and the ci.y's
warehouse and dock facilities. Late
today the visitors will go to Baton
Rouge and will visit other Louisiana
cities. plantations and stock farms
during the remainder of this week.
Gov. Pleasant and several other
Louisiana State officials assisted In
entertaining and directing the South
Carolina party on the tour Of this
State.
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DIG STILL CAPTURED.
Cherokee Officers Make Successful
Raid.


C'affney. Oct. 2.-Sheriff Thomas
accompanied by two of his deputies
II. II. Lockhart and T.. E. Watkins
captured distiliery In Cherokee coun-
ty yesterday near Skull Shoals church
In the Gowdeyville heighborhood
Two negroes were operating the
plant, one Of them being Albert Har.
ris. tho other refusing to give his
name. The still was of about SO
gallons capacity. and was In full op-
Grafton. The officers destroyed about
900 gallons Of beer and the still and
worm. The captured negroes are In
jail and will be given a preliminary
examination during the week.
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COTTON EXPORTS HEAVY.

Washington, Oct. 4.--The depart
ment OF commerce today announced
nearly fifty per cent. increase in cot
ton exports this year. Since August
|, exports have been 9O3.65S bales,
compared to s5s. 900 bales for the last
entire cotton year.
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Bayonne, N. j.. Oct. IN. r. Peck,
an expert chemist, gave his life to
science today. While superintending
test OF nitrate, watched by dozen
high officials, an explosion occurred.
killing him.
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PetrOgrad, Oct. 4.-The Russian
center. in Galicia, under Gen. Stcher-
batcheff, has crossed Zlota-Lipa riv =.
er. threatening the important railway
city. Brzezany, near Lemberg. Brze-
zany is already u"ler a heavy bonn
bardment
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Fesasr sumssr County Couple Spend
Fesy Years Of Married Afc.
Tne Following excerpt from the
Charleston Post Of saturday will be
rsao with interest By many people Of
sumter county. where Mr.. and Mrs.
A. y. Vinson made their home for
many years and have numerous
\frisnds and relatives:
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Memphis, Oct. 4.-One man was
killed and six injured when show
train leaving for Birmingham was
wrecked in the yards here.
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Monday was the big day In Record
Or Harby's ONCE. Court lasted until
q o'ciock In the afternoon. there be-
ing more cases tried than on any
ether day since he has been record
or. Nine cases were disposed of.
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SUBMARINES VERY ACTIVE.
Germans Sank Thirty-On Vessels In
Nine Days.

Berlin, Oct. 4.-German subma-
rines sank 81 hostile vessels in the
North Sea and English channel be.
tween September 20 and 20, not in
cluding eleven English fishing steam
ers and four Belgian lighters pre-
Wors!y reported.
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"'e 'ne '"fotS ura"i'
~ ;"s s..onu week Oh court:
On'oh'
l''
- 3 warren'
l. :. M'rVeh'
= = BAKER
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=. M hoio.
s a. sAsckey.
" L. Arown..
:. NJ fSevaie.
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T. y. singleton.
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Paris, Oct. 4.-The war Office an
nounces important successes north Of
Combless A German communicating
trench at Morval was taken with 200
prisoners.
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BIG FAsR AT TUREBvTLLE.
First Community Event Develops
Splendid Attractions ana Draws
Large Crowds.


Turbeville. Oct. 2.-On Thursday.
September 2S, Turbeville held its first
community fair in rurbeville hall.
The fair was promoted by the Ladies'
Home Demonstration club, assisted by
Miss Richardson, the county demon
stration agent.
The fair, although the first this town
has held and the third of its kind
to be held in the county was wen ar
renged and In many respects remind
ed one Of a regular county fair. There
were a number Of people and plenty
Of articles on exhibition. There was
net merry go round, etc, bat there
were plenty Of music ana speeches to
add to the life Of the occasion.
There was great display Of local
commodities and articles of many
kinds These were arranged accord
ing to kind in separate booths. There
were six booths In all.
The booth to be seen on first enter
Ing the han was the one for chickens.
There were Rhode Island Reds. White
Minorcas. White wyandottes and Ban
tams
A large booth contained the fancy
work and attracted attention. In this
booth were over roo beautiful articles
OF crochet. cut work. embroidery, tat
| ting and battenberg. F''A
The booth for cooking was popular.
Occupying the place Of honor was an
epormous pound cake. fanked On
either side, by large c0coanut cakes,
These were surrounded by fried chick
en-, biscuits, bread. roast beef. jelly
rolls. corn mullins. chocolate cake.
fudge and pies Of several kinds
Farm products shown were the best
Of their kind and very suitably ar
ranged. There were velvet beans,
grapes. onions. peppers, pimentos.
cotton, corn. potat0es. peas. sugar
cane pears. pomesranates. home
hu,.I,. ' ~A =
Ad,otn,n. Mi. r.. . ,.r.. 49, . =.
tractive booth oe oannea .ooas rh.v
were temrtttGn DIV ~ d,.n,avaa =, ~. go. 80
OF a pvramid Win roy,. - n,or,.-
preserves. iellies. grape Juice. chow
chow dried f1ps touoo<ooo oorr h,,<
ter beans. snap hean. ana tom.,o
catsup.
Probably the most n,,n,,.r booth ~
all was the one containing cur,ou. IN
which was an old spinning wheel. rhi.
whoel was nxsd in runl,in9 order. lint
cotton Was proviasd ana tor Tor the
.nau4 4spAant oN ,ai6 e1l3 y. Ya,,,a ..alS9S.
some of tie S]a lsaieyi spun the cotton
intot bread. There were several pieces
Of jewelry 100 aHd,20e years old. Also
one hand woven wool counterpane and
several pieces of .crockery ware that
was purchased over IS years aro.
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Toxic. Oct. 4.--Field Marshal
Terauchi, governor general of Korea
and former war minister, has been
appointed premier. succeeding Count
Okuma. The appointment Is regard.
ed as vastly Significant. as Gen. re-
rauchi Is favored by the militarists
and believes In a more aggressive pol
10y in China and In the California i'm
migration problem.
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STATEMENT
=. - rr.sa.r i
OF the Ownership, Management, Cif-
cuiatioh, Etc, Required by the Act
Of August "A, 1912.

OF Watchman and Southron, pub
lished at Sumter, s. c., semi-weekly,
for October 1, 1916.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Of Sumter.
Before me. a notary public in and
for the State and County aforesaid,
personally appeared H. G. Osteen.
who. being duly sworn according to
law. deposes and, says that he is
the manager Of the watchman and
Southron, and that the follow
ing is, to the best of his knowi-
edge and belief. true statement OF
the ownership, management, etc, OF
I the aforesaid publication for the date,
lshown in the above caption. reQuir-
ed by the Act of August "a. 1872, en-
}fboaied iii Section FIESTA fak1S
and Regulations. printed on the
reverse OF this form, to wit: IN.
i. That the names and addresses
OF the publisher, editor. managing
editor, and business managers are:
Publisher. Osteen Publishing Co.,
Sumter. S. c.
Editor. H. G. Osteen. Sumter, S. c.
Managing Editor, H. G. Osteen
Sumter. S. C..
Business Manager, H. @. Osteen.
Sumter. S. G.
| 2. That the owners are:
Osteen Publishing Company, Inc,
c. P. Osteen. N. G.. Osteen. H. g.
Osteen, n. G. Osteen. Jr.. Moneta
Osteen. Lee G. Noise. I. c. Strauss.
r. L. Wright. Levi Bros. c. M.
Hurst. Abe Ryttenberg, G. A. Lem
mon, Neill O'Donnell,' Levy & Mo-
| ses. w. B. Boyle, r. J.. Edmunds,
H. L. Scarborough. r. I. Manning.
| Booth Live Stock Co. All Of Sum-
ter, S. G.
3. That the known bondholders,
mortgages. and other security hold
ers owning or holding per cent. or
more Of total amount of bonds, mort
cages, or other securities are:
Peoples Building & Loan Associa-
tion Of Sumter. S. c.
A. That the two paragraphs next
above. giving the names Of the own
ers. stockholders, and security hold
ters. If any, contain not only the list
OF stockholders and security holders
as they appear upon the books OF the
company but also. in cases where the
stockholder or security holder appears
upon the books of the company as
trustees or in any other fiduciary re-
lation, the name Of the person or cor
| poratfon for whom such trustee is
acting, is given; also that the said
two paragraphs contain statements
embracing atlantis full knowledge and
belief as to the circumstances and
conditions under which stockholders
and security holders who do not ap-
pear upon the books of the company
as trustees hold stock and securities
In capacity other than that of a
bona fide owner; and this affiant has
no reason to believe that any other
person. association, or corporation has
any interest direct or indirect in the
said stock. bonds, or other securities
than as so stated by HIM.
b. That the average number Of
copies of each issue of this publica-
ton sold or distributed, through the
mails or otherwise. to paid subscribers
during the six months preceding the
date shown above is (This iaforma-
ton is required from daily publica-
tiOns only.)
H. G. OSTEEN.
Manager.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 5th day of October. 1916.
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CONFERENCE A FAILURE.

American and Mexican Commission
Have Dclibcratcd for MOntl,
Without Result.
Washington, Oct. 4.-High officials
predict the failure of the American
and Mexican commissioners at Allan
tic City to adjust the differences be-
tween the United States and Carranza.
A month has passed in deliberation.
but no progress has been made.
Ambassador Arredondo's visit to Car
rama brought no change in the sit
uation.
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second Week Jurors.

The following are the jurors drawn
for the second week Of court:
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Bishopytlle. Sept. 80, 1916.
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H. G. OSTEEN.

L
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 5th day of October, 1916.
G. w. HICKS,
'>:. (SeaD Notary Public, S. c.
(My commission expires at pleasure
Of the Governor.)
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-06-22

has declared q violation of said COW
enants and has elected to advertise
said premises and said eight shares
of stock for sale and demands such
sale, the undersigned is authorized
to sell said premises and stock pur-
suant of the provisions of said trust
deed.
Whereas default has been made in
the payment Of one years interest
due on March 20, 1915, and also the
principal due on March 20, 1916, and
Mary F. Fulcher the legal holder
of said note, secured by
said trust deed, has elected
to declare violation of said
covenants and has filed her notice
and demand in writing with said pub
lie trustee declaring a violation of
said covenants in said trust deed con-
tained and has elected to advertise
said premises and said eight shares
of stock for sale and has demanded
said sale, pursuant to the provisions
of said trust deed:
Now therefore, I the undersigned
public trustee in and for the county
of La Plata and State of Colorado,
hereby give four weeks public notice
that on Saturday, the 18th day of
July, 1915, at the hour of 10 o'clock
in the forenoon at the west front door
of the County Court House in Du-
range, in the County of La Plata
and State of Colorado, will offer
for sale at public auction
said described premises and
said eight shares of st ,ck
and will sell the same to the highest
and best bidder for cash for the pur-
pose of satisfying said principal note
and the said interest thereon so far
as interest may have accumulated to
the date of sale together with costs
and expenses of these foreclosure
proceedings.
Witness my hand and seal at Du-
range Colorado, this 18th day of June
A. d. 1916.
j. w. Turner (Seal)
Public Trustee in and for La Plata
County Colorado.
First Publication June Is, 1916.
Last Publication, July 13, 1916.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-06-22
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE
MENTS.

As required by an order of court
duly obtained in each of the herein
after named estates by the respective
executrix and administrative, and the
administrator therefor, l, Richard Nc
Cloud, Judge and Ex-officio clerk of
the county court of the county of
La Plata in the state of Colorado do
hereby give notice that said Execu-
trix, administrators and administra-
tor will, on Monday, July 8, A. D.
1916, present to the court their re-
spective accounts for final settlement
of administration, when and where
all persons in interest may appear
and present objections to the same,
if any they have, to wit:
Estate of George B. Connolly, de-
ceased; Mary Edwards Connolly, Ex-
ecutrix.
Estate of Manuel B. Daniel, deceas-
ed; Hulda M. Daniel, administrators.
Estate of Thomas A. Mills, deceas-
ed; Erwin A. Chubb, administrator.
Witness, Richard McCloud, Judge
and Ex-officio clerk of said court
with the seal thereof hereto affixed,
at his office in the city of Durango,
in said county of La Plata and state
of Colorado, this first day of Jpne,
A. D. 1915.
RICHARD McCLOUD,
Judge and Ex-officio clerk of the
County Court.
(SEAL)
First publication June 1, 1916.
Last Publication June go, 1916.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-06-22
FEDERAL COURT FOR DURANGO

Information has arrived from
Washington that the President signed
on the 18th. inst. the bill providing
for q federal court in Durango.
1t is understood that Congressman
Taylor, who received from the Pres
ident the pen with which he signed
the bill, will give the pen to the
Durango Exchange to be placed with
the other two pens received from him
some time ago.
The location of the federal court
at Durango for this section of the
state will mean much to our people
in the way of economy. To realize
this it is only to remember how many
attorneys and witnesses have been
taken to Denver where our federal
business has been transacted. Ger
tainly it is much easier to have the
judge come down to see US occasion
ally than it is for number of this
community to leave their business
and go to Denver once or twice a
year.
There never was any good reason
why the San Juan peaople should
transact their federal court business
in Denver some five hundred miles
away. There is no economy in 1t
and no convenience. On the othci
there has been a waste OF time and
money and plenty of inconvenience
which will hereafter be avoided.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-06-22
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
TRUSTEES SALE

Whereas, Charles F. Adamson, did
on the goth day of March, 1911, make
execute acknowledge and deliver to the
Public Trustee of La Plata County
Colorado, his certain deed of trust
duly recorded in Book 1872 at page 40,
of the records of said county, where
by he conveyed in trust to said pub
lie trustee, the south half of the
south half of the northeast quarter
(S1a Sh N EA) of Section thirty
three (33), Township thirty-six 1857,
North Range nine 10y, West Of the
New Mexico Principal Meridian; con-
tanning forty (4o) acres more or less,
excepting therefrom the right of way
owned by the Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad Company, and excepting all
existing rights of way for bitches now
constructed over and across said land; ;
together with eight shares of stock
in the Animas Consolidated Ditch
Company, representing one-half cubic
foot of water per second of time, sit
uate all in La Plata County, Colo
RADIO, for the purpose of securing the
payment of one promissory note bear
ing. even date Herewith, payable to
the order Of James W. McDermott,
on or before March 20, 1915 with in.
terest thereon at the rate Of eight
per cent per annum, from the date
thereof until paid, said interest be-
ing payable annually, and said note
SO secured has been duly assigned
to Mary F. Fulcher, who is now the
legal owner and holder thereof.
Whereas said trust deed contains
provision that in case Of default
in payment Of principal or interest
according 10 the tenor and effect Of
said note, Or the taxes due on said
premises, then in that case upon
notice and demand In writing filed
With the undersigned by the legal
As'dss q ssis ipdsAt4dpass that ~