The watchman and southron. [volume], May 14, 1913, Image 5

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PERSONAJL.
AmoiiR tho*,,. here in attendance
iipun the funeral of the llcv. James
M l'.OA i| Thursday were Messrs.
John McSween, Timmonsvlllc; J, A.
James. Summerton; W. C. Davis and
Judge John .* Wiison, Manning.
Misses Martha and Moselle Alder?
men, of Alcolu, spent Thursday in
tne city.
Miss Dueilr Lueile Iseman. of Man
nlns. apf.i Friday in town.
Mrs Weinberg, of Manning, was in
the city Friday.
Mr. L. L. linker, of Lee County, was
? town Friday.
Mr. Ok H. Folley has Just returned
from a trip to New lork.
Mr. Benjamin lllggs, of Greenville,
was in the city Friday.
Mr. S. J. Bowman, of Manning, was
in tho city Sat unlay.
Mrs. Hood, Mrs. Tindnle and Miss
Moses have returned to the city
from Florence, where they attended
the State Federation of Women's
Cluba
Mr. Whlt?*y Thompson, of Rafting
Creek, was in the elty Saturday.
Mr. Olbbes, of Columbia, was In
the city Saturday.
Miss Katharine Burton of Balti?
more, who has been the charming and
attractive guest of Miss Eva King
man for aeteral weeks and who has
been the hom-ree of quite a number
of social affal.-s, has returned hums.
Mr. Henry Spahn Is back in the city
from Atlanta, where he have been In
attendance upon his son, Ruf us, who >
has been seriously ill at that place.
His many friends will be glad to hear
that Mr. Rufust Spann la much Im?
proved and will be able to return to
work In a few days.
Mr. Charley Boykln, of Orceleyvllle.
was In the city Monday.
Miss Gordon Field, who was
brought home from Wintrup College
Friday, where she was taken with an
attack of apendlcttls, was operated
on Monday, the operation being suc?
cessful. Miss Field is reported to be
getting on nlcelv.
Mrs B. S. Hood and Mrs. C. G.
Rowland left Monday afternoon for
Rock 11111 to attend the Winthrop
" " Pageant Tuesday.
nd Mrs. J. L. Tipton, of At?
lanta, fee ?>*"? the guests of Mr. and
L. Stubbs.
An Auction Bridge Party.
Mrs. Isaac Schwartz and Miss Em?
it Hchwarts entertained a number
of their friends Tuesday afternoon at
most enjoyable auction brldgo party.
Eight tables were prepared for the
occasion and the time quickly passed
while the guests were playing this in?
teresting game of cards. The deco?
rations for tho occasion were pink
Mi white and were most appropriate
and lovely.
Three prizes were given by the
hostess. The first, a handsome jew?
el case, was won by Mrs. J. H. Guth?
rie ,who made the largest score dur?
ing the progress of the game. The
second prise, a beautiful cut gloss
tea set. coexisting of pitcher and
bowl. waa won by Mrs. L C. Strauss.
The consolation prise a nico traveling
cane was presented to Mrs. A. M.
Hroughton.
At the close of the gume of cards a
d? lightful salad course was served,
whli h was followed by cream and
cake. The affair was one of largest
and most su< eeMsful card parties giv?
en during the season.
? >im v upon a time there was an or?
dinance on the statute book of Sum
'?r forbidding dogs running at large,
but It hau been lost in the shuffle for
so long that few people recollect it.
Rut It does seem that some effort
should be made to abate the dog nui?
sance. In view of the prevalence of
rabies among dogs in this community.
Within the past few months at least
a dosen persons have been bitten by
mad dogs, and with hundreds of dogs
running at large there is no telling
HaW many others may be bitten. The
suggestion is male that, as the first
gfgp In the direction of abating the
dog nulsare e. the city hoard of edu?
cation have a dog census taken to as?
certain how many are not returned
for taxation. The sehool trustees of
anv distre t have the authority to do
this and in every district that a
census has been taken the sehool
fund has been Urgel) Increased by
placing on the tax books many dogs
that previous^ ? ?ped taxation. The
city authorities could follow tip the
census by cna? ting an ordinance for?
bidding the running at large of all
dogs and ordering the killing of all
of thore whose ownership is not es
tabllshed by having been returned for
taxation A dog that is not on tie
tax hooks Is not pfejpffi] and should
be killed.
See the ad of I?. C, Shaw telling of
the Kord l amm? ? Ad\ t. I
ELMKR-FPPFRSOX.
Popular Deputy Sheriff Surprises His
Many Friends.
Pcputy Sheriff John A. Epperson,
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. \V. H.
Epperson of this eity, sprang a sur
?prlse on his many friends here Fri?
day morning when he cr.mc In from
Columbia on the 7..10 train bringing
his young bride with h m. Mr. Kp?
person bad not taken anyone into his
confidence save Mr. Tilts Bradford,
who had gone with him wl.en the cere?
mony was performed at Columbia
two weeks ago, even the immediate
members of his family being unaware
[of his marriage until he walked Into
the house early in the morning and
'introduced his bride to them.
The bride was Mrs. Louise Elmer of
Po Ell, Washington, and she came
from that place several weeks ago,
meeting her tlance In Columbia, where
they were married in the oflico of
probate Judge by the deputy probate
judge of Richland county. Mr. Ep?
person and Mrs. Elmer met each oth?
er in Washington several years ago,
where Mr. Epperson spent a number
of years. They have kept up a cor?
respondence since his return to Sum
ter, which culminated in their mar?
riage. It was known by Mr. Epper?
son's intimate friends and the mem?
bers of his family that he was to get
married sometime soon, but they had
expected some notltieation of the event
before it occurred?coming as it did it
took them all by surprise.
Mr. Epperson is a native of Sumter
and has lived here for a couple of
years since his return from the West.
"He has made an efficient deputy sher?
iff under his father and under Sher?
iff Bradford and has many friends
throughout the county who extend to
him their heartiest congratulations
and best wishes, and wish him and his
wife a long and happy married life. I
Marriage.
A marriage coming as a surprise to
many of their relatives, friends and
acquaintances was that of Miss Hat
tie A. Hussey and Mr. Eugene D.
Owens at the residence of the bride's
brother, Mr. T. A. Hussey, on Ken
drick street, at 10.30 Saturday morn?
ing. The marriage ceremony was per?
formed in the presence of a few rela?
tives of the bride by the Pev. J. X.
Tolar of the Washington Street Bap?
tist Church.
Mrs. Owens has been teaching at
tho Stockton School near Boykin dur?
ing the past session and left there Fri?
day, when her school closed. Mr.
Owens is a farmer of Boykin and has
many friends in that section. The
newly married couple will make their
home in this city for tho present.
Their many friends wish them a long
and happily married life.
Wcathcrs-Bostlck,
A marriage of interest to their'
many friends in the city was that
which tcok place at tho Christian
Church Friday afternoon about six
o'clock when Miss Iva H. Weathers
became the bride of Mr. Scott II.
Bostick. both of this city. The cere?
mony was performed by the Uev. J.
S. Rice, pastor of the Christian
Church, in the presence of a few
friends and relatives of tho bride and
groom.
Mrs. Bo .tick Is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A'. A. Weathers of this city
and Mr. Bostick Is the popular sta?
tion master at the A. C. L. depot. The
young couple will make their home
with Mr. and MrH. W. A. Weathers on
East Calhoun street for the present.
Marriage License Record,
Licenses to marry have been Is?
sued to Mr. Edward Nunnery of Rem
bert and Miss Christina Deas of Sum?
ter.
Also to the following colored
couples: Edward McDowell and
Amelia Massey, Sumter and Sylvester
Singleton and Alice Elerbe, Sumter.
In Tbc Magistrate's Court.
Rural Policemen Norris and New?
man made ? raid Saturday and Sun?
day on various law breakers OUtSlde
of the city. Those arrested and tried
bf Magistrate Wells Were:
Henry Shaw, carrying razor, was
found guilty and paid $15.00,
John Woods, Willie MeOhee and
Robert Evans, carrying con< ealed
weapons, were found guilty. Woods
pud 111.00, McOhee $10.00 and
Evans paid 00,
Sam Jackson, nsaaull and battery,
was found gudiy and paid $16.00.
Sam Jackson, Nero Wright, Marshal
Jackson, were tried for gambling.
Jackson was acquitted, while Wright
and Marshall Jackson paid $10 each.
?
Cfeasssnri Continue victorious,
'rim Creepers continued their vic?
torious course Thursday night, when
they defeated the Snails by 100 pin
Tim tirst two games were ?lose, hut
Mm third game ?int by ? big majority
for ihe C'reepera The Creepers have
not .et lost a match m the tourney ind
hope to go through OUt, without b?a
mir any.
mai) ihm; kii,i i i) friday,
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Dog Had Hit Several Other Dogs He
fore it Wa* Dispatched.
A mad dog was killed about six
o'clock Friday morning on E. Calhoun
Street by Policeman J. M. Barwick,
after it had bitten seven other dogs
ami after the policeman had chased
it all over town.
The dog commenced his depreda?
tions, so ftu as known, early that
morning. He. was followed out be?
yond the Northwestern Railroad, but
later came back and renewed his at?
tack on all dogs that camo across his
'path. <>n East Calhoun Street Po?
liceman Harwick came up with him
and shot him through tho body, and
then secured a shot gun to com?
plete the killing.
Two logs belonging to Mr. Hugh
HayntWorth were bitten and will be
killed. Several other dogs belonging
to negroes will also be killed. The
head has been sent to Columbia for
examination for rabies, and if the re?
port is to the effect that the dog had
rabies, an effort will be made to find
any other dogs which were bitten so
tha. they also may be despatched.
There is no knowledge of any person
being bitten by the dog.
trams preparing for prac
tice.
Changes to bo Made on Hose Wagons
?Men on Reel Team.
The teams are now preparing to
commence practice for the State Fire?
men's Tournament, which will be
held at Abbeville in June. A team
has been selected for the hand reel
and the same team which operated so
successfully on the hose wagon last
year will again be on hand to steer
it through the contests.
The practise of the hand reel sepjad
will be commenced at once. The team
is composed of Messrs. H. M. Phelps,
W. S. Jones, Jr., A Iva Keels, Harry
Weeks, Ryan White, Ormsby Haiml?
ing, J. H. Forbes, E. P. Durant, P. M.
Brown, J. P. Brunson, W. D. Shupe,
Cliff Brown.
Before practice can be commenced
on the hose wagon the seat will be
lowered and steel rims will be put on
the tires. This will be done at once.
In the meantime the horses tire being
taken out each day so that they will bo
ready when the time comes for the
men to do their parts.
Tho hand reel races will bo prac?
tised on E. Liberty street at night and
tho hose wagon races will be Prac?
tised on Washington street early in
the morning.
engines RELEASED by SHERIFF.
Four of Coast Line Engines Were Tied
To Railroad Tracks.
On receipt of a telegram from the
clerk of the State Supremo Court
Thursday evening Sheriff Bradfort at
once had the four A. C. L. engines,
?which had been attached in tho J. H.
Miller ease, released and the engines
were at once put back to work in the
yard, after two of them had been tied I
up for twenty-four hours and two
(Hhers, which had been sent from j
Florence to take their place, had been
tied up for a couple of hours.
The telegram stated that the chief
justice had ordered a stay in the rul?
ing for execution. In the afternoon
before tills telegram was received
Sheriff Bradford had attached the two
engines sent over from Florence and
there were four, standing in tho
yard, held by his orders, when the or?
der from Chief Justice was received
and tho engines were released.
It Is understood that a bond of $70,
000 is now up in the case, pending tho
result of the appeal. The effort of
the attorneys, it Is understood, was to
bring the ease to the attention of tho
Supreme Court, which seems to have
been done.
quantity of syrup seized.
Deputy l\ S. Marshall Takes Stuff
Consigned to O'DonncU & Company.
Deputy United States Marsball G.
N. Bchoenherger of Charleston was in
the city Friday morning to seize a
quantity of syrup consigned to O'Don
m il & Company by the R, D. Wilder
Manfacturlng Company of Atlanta,
Ca. The stuff is known as "Wihler's
Uniform Brand New Crop syrup" and
there are live barrels and ten half bar- i
reis Of it.
' The syrup has been advertised and
;i hearing will be had in the Federal
Court at Charleston before Judge H.
A. M Smith on May 26th.
The United states Inspector was In
the city Thursday and after an exam?
ination of the syrup found that It did
not come up to the standard requir?
ed by the pure food law, He con?
demned it Si once and the seizure fol
lorcd Fridas morning.
Another Prl/.e Awurded.
The prise for Ihe best rustic flower
stand has been won by Hugh Ryan
of (lie Argyle school, This was one
of the three prises which was not
[awarded 6n Field Day, Tho other
IWO prises have no! >et been called
1 for.
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