The watchman and southron. [volume], October 02, 1907, Image 3

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THE 6AILURD MURDER.
BJlLATKD OTA1HMKMN FROM
KYK WITNESSES Ol CHIME.
Two Mruibm of Coir Brother** Cir
ews Crew Wrttr th.? "Billboard"
That They Hew the Shooting und
Know Who Killed Ted jUatllnrd?
Snjr SptvetM to liinocrnt.
The mystery t mt enshrouds the
murder of Ted Halliard at Manning
on the night of October 6th of last
year has never boen cleared up, the
trial of Qeorge Splvens, white, and
Jack MoCoomet. colored, having
served rather to puaale and further
mystify those wh> had sought most
earnestly and dlhVently for a clue
that would lead to apprehension snd
punishment of the man who fired the
fatal shot That the murderer was a
member of Cole Brothers* circus was
the only well established fact, but It
?was strongly suspected that the mur?
derer wss well known to other mem?
bers of the circus crew and that they
did everything within their power to
shield him. to sld him to elude arrest,
sad thus to throw the ofllcore oft the
tract!.
Sptvens snd McCoomer were arrest
sd oa suspklon, and at their trial the
evidence was circumstantial and so
conflicting In many particulars thst to
a great many It seemed ihst a case
was not msde out sgslnst either of
them?certainly not against b >th.
Nevertheless they were both found
guilty with a recommendation to mer?
cy, and sentenced to life Imprison
meat Tet It has always been felt
thai the whole truth was not brought
out at the trial and that there -were
men connected with the Cole Broth?
ers* circus who knew nil about the
murder arid that they could, were
thes/ so minded, point out the mur
derer and free Sptvens and McCoom
sr. In confirmation of this belief
oqsess the following letters to the
"Billboard.' the paper which all clr
euS people read: '
Bhelbyvllle. Ind.. Sept. Q 1907.
Dsar Sir: In a recent Issue of the
BLibosrd a qu<stlon appeared in the
Inquiry Column shout the murder of
the deputy sheriff of Sumter. S. C. I
Will say It occurred on the fifth day
ea* October. lsOl. In Manning. S. C. I
snw the shootlr. g, which was Joqe by
n negro, whose name I do not know,
pog do I knos what became of the
negro. This man Sptvens was arrest
sal the next day st Blshopvllle. S. C.
Us got a life sentence. I believe. I
don't believe I hat Sptvens even ?aar
the shooting, b it It Is s certainty that
he Is innocent I was with Cole
Brothers In list. Very respectfully.
H. Sylow,
Bn route with Forepaugh-Selts Bros.'
? Circus.
Shelbjrvllle. Ind.. Sept. t, 1S0I.
Dear 8lr: In answer to the question
In the Billboard's Inquiry Column, Is?
sue of Sept. 7. regarding the case of
Mr. Splvsns, who Is serving a life sen?
tence for the murder of a Sumter dep?
uty sheriff, would ssy that I was a
witness of the murder, and the cir?
cumstances lei.ding up to It. I can say
positively that Splvens was In no wise
connected with It The deed was
done by a negro, and as the shooting
occurred wlthng ten feet of me I am
In a position to know. The shooting
occurred In Manning. S. C, and Mr.
?preens was srrested In IMshopvtlle.
He Is Innocent
Trusting that he msy get Justice
done him, I im, Tours truly,
D. W. Wlnslow,
Care the Forepeugh-Sells Bros.
It Is ferparkable that these men
who claim to know so much about
the kitting of Ted Oalllard did not
come forward at the time Splvens and
McCoomer were arrested and give the
testimony that would have set them
free snd eni.bled the officers of the
law to pursue and capture the mur?
derer. It Is passing st ange that,
knowing as much as they claim to
know, that they have not taken some
steps to put their testimony In shape
to save Innocent men from unmerited
punishment. ?
?In most esses consumption results
from a neglected or Improperly treat?
ed cold. Foley's Honey and Tar cures
the !..om obstinate coughn and pre?
vents ?erlous results. It costs you no
more than the unknown prepara
ttona and you should Insist upon hav?
ing the genuine In the yellow package.
Slbert's Drug Store.
J. N. Livingston, of Newberry coun?
ty, shot and killed Bich K? mp. a ne?
gro, on Saturday. The case seems to
be one of self-defense.
SJgj home la so pl<-n?ant. regardless
of the comfort- that money Will buy.
ss when the entire family Is in per
feet helsth. * A bottle of Orlno laxa?
tive Fruit Syrup coats 5?? cent* If will
cure every member of Ihs family Ot
ronstlnatl< n. *h k he id ich? ?r ?I ?m
ach trouble. Blbsrt'i Drug it
Twenty-five hnlei of g rlton w re
burned at Swan*, a >o .- its- :
sej swnso mso t f snhstoixs ?. kh
*Trlrl cutarrh trentm- ? -ts ;r ? lein?
rrailed out free, on re.ju? I Dr.
Shoo p. Kaclne. Wl? ThSst Itstl p
proving t?? the pnophv- nlthosjt I pari?
n- ?. c -t the great i lue of this a -
entitle prescript I" i pown to drug?
ging! ,v r\where SS 1 >r ihoop'l Cl
Urrh itemed*.. KoM b| Ubsrt'i D n|
Store.
NEGRO'S P.ODY FOUND NEAR
C ITY THIS MORNING.
Warren Smart Went to Sleep on At?
lanta Coa?t, Lino Track and Was
Ruu Over Early This Morning.
While Commodore Council, colored,
was coming to his work early Monday
morning, walking on the Coast Line
near the Sumter Brick Works, he
came across the body of a dead ne?
gro lying at the side of the track. The
dead negro's head was cut open on
the left side and his skull was crush?
ed. Council came on to the city and
reported the matter to Coroner Flow?
ers.
Coroner Flowers Immediately went
to the scene, which was about two
miles from the city, between the Sum?
ter Brick Works and New Sumter. A
Jury was empanelled and the witness?
es summoned.
James Smart, colored, testified to
meeting the deceased last night and
talking with htm. Charles Williams,
colored, testified that he saw the de?
ceased about 9 o'clock last night
sleeping on the railway tracks and
that John English woke him up.
Commodore Council told of his finding
the body this morning about 6.30
o'clock. Dr. H. M. Stuckey testified
: that the negro's skull was crushed and
. his forehead mashed by some blunt
instrument, or similar object, and that
this caused his death.
The Jury brought In a \erdict that
the decease. Warren Smprt, came to
his doath by being struck by an At?
lantic Coast Line train.
From all appearances, It was a case
of negligence on the part of the de?
cease! In falling asleep on the rail?
way tracks. His head was very near
the tall when found. The railroad
authorities will bury the body, It Is
said.
Letten to Dr. A. ?I. China,
Sumter, 9. C.
Dear Sir: A bank messenger lost a ,
small coin. He set his bag down and
looked for It. Found it, but somebody
else had run-off with his bag.
A man who is going to paint had
better look-out for his gallons. Devoe
Is the least-gallon paint.
It's gallons that cost; it isn't the
price of a gallon. With one paint, 10
gallons Is plenty; another 11 or 12 or
13 snd so on to 22 gallons; and every
gallon has to be paid-for and painted
?St to $4 a day for painting paint
stuffed-out with some sort of white?
wash. The less the price of a gallon,
I the more the gallons.
Bank messengers better look-out
for their bags and not stop to hunt
for small coin; and property-owners
better look-out for the gallons thut
muke the expense, and not for the
price which has nothing to do with it
Yours truly
50 F. W. DEVOE & CO
P. S.?Durant Hardware* Company
sells our paint.
Quinsy. Sprains and Swellings Cured.
? #In November, 1901, I caught cold
and had quinsy. My throat was swol?
len so I could hardly breathe. I ap?
plied Chamberlain's Pain Balm and
it gave me relief In a short time. In
two days I was all right," says Mrs*.
L. Cousins, Otterburn, Mich. Cham?
berlain's Pain Balm Is a liniment and
Is especially valuable for sprains and
swellings. For sale by DeLorme's
i Pharmacy.
The Corinth school house near Sa
lu la. has been destroyed by fire, and
it is thought to have been of incen?
diary origin.
?Henry E. Jone? of Tampa, Fla.,
writes; "I can thank God for my pres?
ent health, due to Foley's Kidney
Cjre. I tried doctors and ail kinds of
kidney cures, but nothing done me
much good till I took Foley's Kidney
Cure. Four bottles cured me, and 1
have no more pain In my back and
shoulders. I am 62 years old, and
suffered long, but thanks to Foley'j
Kidney Cure I am well and can walk
and enjoy myself. It is a pleasure
to recommend It to those needing a
kidney medicine." Slbert's Drug
Store.
Harry Chernock, a tailor, stabbed
bis wife, to death and then Jumped
from a window In New York, dying
almost instalntly.
How to Cure a Cold.
?The question of how to cure a
cold without unnecessary loss of time
|| one In which we are ail more or
less Interested, for the quicker a cojd
s gotten rid of the less the danger of
pneumonia and other SSrlOUS dis?
eases. Mr. B. W. L. Hall, of Waver
ly. Va.. has used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for years and says: "I tlrm
ly believe Chamberlain's Cough Rem?
edy to be absolutely the best prepara?
tion on the market for colds. I have
recommended it to my friends and they
all agree with me." For sale by De?
Lorme's Pharmacy.
The two-year-old son of A. B, N >
v.u. of Charleston, fell from I
ond story piazza ami strangs lo sny
j wa* not killed. The Infant escaped
with u broken arm.
?II real coffee disturb* ! ?ui I >m
ach. roar heart or kidneys, th n "
this ei? rar c.rf?imltatl n IM
Bhoop'i Health Coif' e, I >r h? *v hi
oloasty matched old Jai i I M r1> ?
Coffee In Savor and laete, yel It hu
not a single graHl nf real coffee Ii
Dr. ihoop'l Health n il it n
is made from par- I I grain
cereals, with malt, nuta etc. Made
In ft minute. No t dl ?um 1 >ns if
You will tur |y hk- '? Hei i free
sample nl dj? si ?r< Levy A Moses,
HU V OVER BY BICYCLE.
Mrs. Olivia Green Seriously lujuml
by Reckless Hiiler on Last lYlday
Xljfht.
While on her way home on last Fri?
day evening, Mrs. Olivia Green was
run over by a bicycle rider on West
Calhoun stre> t. She was knocked
down and sustained a fracture of the
hip bone, which is a rather serious in?
jury for a woman of her age. Mr.
George Rlcker happened along in his
autonvoble about the time of the ac?
cident and carried Mrs. Green to her
boarding house. Dr. J. A. Mood was
called in to attend her and is still car?
ing for the unfortunate patient. He
said this morning that he could not
tell yet how serious the injury may
prove. ?
Mrs. Green said that the rider of
the bicycle had no lantern
and she did not seo him. The
police have the name of the young
man who caused the accident and
some action will be taken in the case
shortly. This Is but another instance
of the careless riding of wheels in this
city in open violation of the law and
prosecution will probably follow.
BETTER THAN MEDICINE.
Breathe Hyomei's Tonic Healing and
be Cured of Catarrh.
?Nature has a remedy for catarrh,
a treatment that Is far better than
dosing the stomach with medicine.
It Is the healing oils and'balsams
Of Hyomei which medicate the air
you breathe, reaching the most re?
mote air cells in the nose, throat and
lungs, killing all catarrhal germs, and
restoring health to the mucous mem?
brane.
In. using Hyomei you are treating
your catarrhal troubles with the only
natural remedy, for It gives a cura?
tive air bath to the air passages that
has an powerful healing and antisep?
tic effect as that found in the moun?
tains where the pine forests gite off
their fragrant and healing balsams.
Breathe the invigorating and heal?
ing Hyomei, and see how quickly you
will get relief from your catarrhal
troubles. J. F. W. DeLorme has seei^
so many cures, even of the worst
cases of catarrh, with offensive breath,
raiding of mucous, frequent sneezing,
droppings in the throat and spasmod?
ic coughing, that he feels warranted
In selling Hyomei under an absolute
guarantee to refund the money if
does not do all that is claimed for it.
He takes all the risk. 10-1&3&W
D. S. Thomas, an Anderson mill op?
erative, shot, but not seriously wound?
ed, Miss Geneva Evans, a pretty ope?
rative on last Sunday afternoon. He
is now In jail.
?A weak stomach, causing dyspep?
sia, a weak heart with palpitation or
Intermittent pulse, always means
weak stomach nerves or weak heart
nerves. Strengthen these inside or
controlling nerves with Dr. Shoop's
Restorative .and see how quickly these
ailments disappear. Dr. Shoop of Ra?
cine.Wls., will mall samples free.
Write for them. A test will tell. Your
health Is certainly worth this simple
trial. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store.
The Moneyrick Oil Mill at Pel/.er,
Saluda Oil Mill at Piedmont and the
Wllllamston Oil Mill, have ben organ?
ized under the name1 of the Wilmot
Oil Mills.
A Card.
?This Is to certify that all druggists
are authorized to refund your money
If Foley's Honey and Tar falls t? cure
your cough or cold. It stops the
cough, heals the lungs and prevents
serious results from a cold. Cures .la
grippe cough and prevents pneumonia
and consumption. Contains no opi?
ates. The genuine is in a yellow pack?
age. Refuse substitutes. Sibert's
Drug Store.
The County Messenger, of Hirts
vllle, has been bought by Messrs. T.
H. and L. W. Coker.
WHY SO WEAK?
Kidney Troubles May be Sapping
Your Life Away?Sumter People
Have Learned This Fact.
When a healthy man or woman be?
gins to run down without apparent
cause, become! weak, languid. de?
pressed, suffers backache, headache,
dizzy spells and urinary disorders,
look to the kidneys for the cause of
it all. Keep the kidneys well and they
will keep you well. Doan'i Kidney
Pills cure sick kidneys and keep them
well.
W. R. Kltlam. living In Florence.
S. C., says: "Doan's Kidney Pills did
me. more good than any other rem?
edy l tver used. They cured me of a
very lame back and a bad attack of
headache from which i suffered for a
long while, and OOUld not lind any
wny to relieve It. Several times I
could nol work ? n Recount of my
back, and the dull, heavy pain took
the strength out of me so thai I
could hardly stand up straight, much
i work. Ti. ? kidney secretions
were strong, dark, thick and contain?
ed a dlmenl it left t.. stand, l used
different remedies, but without nnj
beneficial i ff< ot at all until I u">t
Doan'K Kidney Pills, l was very much
lurprlsed ot the result obtained from
their use. My backache lefl me, Ih*1
kidney secretion* cleared up, the
?trong smell left them and my back
'.i :????? stronger than It had been for
i long lime. I give ail the credit foi
I these result* t" Doan's Kidney i'iil-."
Plenty more proof like this from
Sumter people, <';.!1 at v China's
drus stori and ask what customer!
i ? port.
I 'of |r| ? ?..v :,|t (1 il ts. Pi Ii P 50
<?? -if s. Foster- M llbUI a Buffalo
v "v Turk, v<d, agent ; f< Ihe Cnltei
? States.
Remember the nnm< Doan's -nr<
t ke no other. So, "7
RECKLESS HIDING SHOULD STOP.
Bicycle Uhler? In This City urc Often
Reckless ami tin1 Police urc Watch
lag Them.
Many of the bicycle riders of thfl
city are often very reckless in their
riding, either going two swiftly or not I
paying enough attention to their
course in paslng pedestrians, The po?
lice force are on the loon out for all
violators of the bicycle ordinance and
for reckless riding. They cannot be
everywhere at once and watch all the
streets in the city, but they are do?
ing their best to enforce the laws on
the subject and all offenders had bet?
ter be on the alert.
Sumter Is a great "wheel" town,
but there is no need of the devotees
of the bicycle trying to "hog" the
sidewalks. Several complaints have
been made of late in regard to this
matter and several accidents have oc?
curred, also. Of course, the business
man or woman and the person with
any Judgment at all will not ride in a
reckless manner, but there are many
young boys, both white and colored,
who seem to have no regord for per?
sonal rights in this matter. The po?
lice, as already mentioned, are on the
lookout and this reckless and careless
riding will be stopped after a few ex?
amples are made of some of the of?
fenders.
POSTMASTER SHORE TO GIVE
BETTER SERVICE.
Office will be Charge of Night Clerk
Soon and Patrons May Get Mall
From Boxes During: the Night.
A few days ago, there appeared in
the Item an article in regard to com?
plaints being made that the postoffice
lobby was not open at night and trav?
eling men and others could not get to
their lock boxes for their mail until
the next morning. It has been custo?
mary to close the outer doors after 9
o'clock at night and this was done
by order of the postoffice inspectors.
Postmaster Shore said this morn?
ing that no complaints had ever been
made to him in regard to the matter
and that he had been trying to rem?
edy the situation for nearly a year, as
he had told an Item representative
before. He said that he felt sure that
within a few days he could give the
pople accss to the office at night. As
soon as the holidays of the office
force expire, which will be about Oc?
tober 15, he will put on a night clerk,
who will have charge of the office and
make up the mail that Ul deposited
during the night.
Of course the general delivery win?
dow will not be open at night and the
hours will remain the same, but peo?
ple may go into the lobby to their
boxes for their mail and deposic their
outgoing mail in the letter boxes.
This will be a great Improvement over
the present situation and all patrons
of the office will welcome the news of
this change and thank Postmaster
Shore for bringing about the Improv?
ed service.
NEW USES OF COTTON OIL.
This Great Southern Product Fast
I
Becoming Household Remedy.
Nearly everybody these days knows
the usefulness of cotton oil as an edi?
ble In place of olive oil, and as a
cooking fat In the place of lards and
compounds, and as a high grade but?
ter fat but few Indeed know Its value
as a household remedy.
In a booklet recently sent out by
the Texas Seed Crushers' association
the following "home remedies" are
given, and an authority for each and
every one of them.
"Burns, scalds, cuts and wounds of
nil kinds are soothed and benefltted.
and rapid healing is induced by bind
ing with bandages soaked with cotton
oil.
"The most palful earache Is fre?
quently relieved by dropping cotton
oil in the ear, and if from cold or ca?
tarrh the nose Is raw and sore, drop
ome warm cotton oil into the nos?
trils, holding the head back to allow
it to penetrate the nasal passage.
"Delicate and sick babies and larger
Children are rapidly nourished and
fattened by frequently rubbing with
cotton oil, and a baby so thin at birth
as to be almost despaired of, will
rapidly take on flesh and health with
no other treatment than frequent cot?
ton oil massages gently administered.
"For stiff joints, either from cold,
fatigue, or strain, or incipient rheu?
matism, or for sore throat, a rubbing
with cotton oil offers a quick and
pleasant remedy and for bad colds,
coughs or soie chest, a few doses of
cotton oil will give relief, and indeed
ha^ even been recommended and
t ?und effective in tuberculosis trou
bit s.
"Nearly every on., would be bene?
fited by taking two >r ?lue., table
spoonfuls of cotton "ii a day, for it
i- not only fot?d inn medlclm. it
adds nutrition without distress ??? re?
pletion, and Is i nth and nr.it? ful
lubricant to ?.)<.? |nt< stlm -.
"!i you are troubled with constipa?
tion the juice of om orange und two
I nbi moonful - of cotton oll t tk< n jttsl
I?. fore jvth i :g \*- ill relieve any but i
very obstinate case, und :?t the same
time furnish b ilthful nutrition."
I The Stllte.
mm THE
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| Bank of Sumter.
? Capital, $75,000 -:- Surplus, $47,000
Does General Banking Business. Four Per
Cent. Interest, payable Quarterly, on Deposits
in Savings Department: -:- -:- -:- -:
PROMPT AKD COURTEOUS TREATMENT GUARANTEED.
RICHARD I. MANNING, MARION MOISE, W. F. RHAME,
President. Vice President. Cashior.
Sherwisi Williams
pa ints & va rnishes
An appeal t? the pride
of the owner of a home
Everyone who owns a home is
anxious that that home shall make
the best appearance possible. Two
things are necessary to produce satis?
factory results in painting and var?
nishing a home i / ? -
First?A satisfactory color scheme.
Second?Paints, varnishes, stains
and enamels of such good quality that
they not only give the exact color
effect required, but are sufficiently
durable to keep up the attractive ap
oearance of the house in spite of the
wear and tear of living in it.
These are offered by the Sherwin
Williams Paints and Varnishes. The
Sherwin-Williams Co. not only make
every kind of paint and varnish used
for a house and the best quality of
that kind, but they make suggestions
for the selection of colors, varnishes,
stains and enamels, so that any given
idea can be carried out, and car?
ried out with the best materials.
_ You should see to it that when you
buy paints and varnishes for yon j
house, or any part of it, or when yoct
give an order to your painter for any
painting and varnishing you want
done, that Sherwin-Williams Paints
and Varnishes are purchased. >
In large work it is always best to
have a practical painter; bit there
are many little things about the house
that you can readily finish yourself
by using Sherwin-Williams ready-to
apply paints.
Come in and have a little paint
talk with us. Now is the time to
"brighten up" your home for the
long winter months. We can tell
you the best product to use for any
purpose you may have in mind and
secure complete finishing specificai
tions for you from The SherwinV
Williams Co., if you desire them, for
special work. Our line of Sherwin
Williams Products is complete and
we are in a position to take the best
care of your paint and varnish re?
quirements,
Carolina
Hardware Company.
NOW IS THE TIME TO VISIT THE
Jamestown !
Exposition.
It is Complete in Ever) Department.
?T H E?
War Path, Air Ship, Naval Display
Will interest and instruct you.
Do not fail to go at once. For
beautifolly illu.-trated folder
containing maps, descriptive
matter, list of hotels, etc.,
?WRITE ?
W. J. CRAIG, T. C. WHITE,
Pass. Traffic Mgr. Gen. Pass. Agt.
W ILMINGTON, N. C.
Stop!
THE SHORT THROUGH CAR LINE.
A Rational Treatment*
for Catarrh
is one that soothes the inflamed and
congested membranes and heals and
clcnnsss without "drugging" the affeo
ted parts. / _0m ?
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where a tract of land can be
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Write for our list.
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