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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2 7 , 1906. The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the com .bined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. SOFTER AGAINST THE FIELD. The reputation of Sumter is at stake and there is no two ways ol looking at it. We must get together a winning baseball team. We now have just about as strong a team as there is in the league, and they are playing fast "ball. But that is not enough. Something just about as good as the others is,not good enough for Sumter; what Sumter wants, ought to have and must get, is something Just a good deal better than anybody else has and that is better every day fa the week and Sunday too. That is the ?ort of team Sumter must have. To get it the people must do their part and we, believe they will, when they think over the matter a little. One way to help the good work along is ' to. attend the games and swell the gafte receipts, but that is not all Sumter must give the team all the support it needs. -?---w DO IT RIGHT. Within a few weeks work, will, com? mence on ?he new Court Honse, which vrVd be one of the handsomest public buildings in the State. The plans and specifications provide for a building that will be a model of utility and convenience, and at the same time a beautiful edifice. Every? thing pertaining to it, with a single excepticxn, is to be of the most lasting and durable dtscription, the materials and the methods of construction hav? ing been selected and specified with the view of combining utility and beauty. The plans of the^ architects as orig? inally drawn, contemplated a brick and stone structure from foundation to parapet, but the county board, on the score of economy, decided to sub? stitue a copper eorsiice for the stone cornice, speed ned in the plans, at a savifeg of only $4,200. This change was d?eided upon in order that the total eost of the building might be .brought within $70,000. We are of the opinion that it will be a mistake and not true economy, to use metal cornice work on a brick and stone building. The copper cornice will probably look just as well as the st?ne while the building is new and the paint on the cornice is fresh -and bright, but within a short time the paint will peel off, and the economy *rill shine forth in all its nakedness. Then an otherwise handsome and imposing building will have a cheap and shoddy appearance. This econo? mical copper cornice will have to be painted every few years at consider? able expense, both for the sake of ap? pearances and to preserve it from the ravages of the weather, whereas on the other hand, the stone cornice once put in place as 'the crowning or? nament to the edifice is there to stay as long as the building stands. We believe in- doing a thing right, for a thing worth doing at all Ls worth do? ing well. If we are going to spend $70,000 on a pressed brick and stone building, it is hardly in keeping with tlie magnitude of the undertaking to grow economical when all is com? plete save the cornice and "then grow economical and finish ax brick and stone edifice with another material that cannot emdure as long as the re? mainder of the structure. We take rz that the county board of commissi oners must have been more than half persuaded that the view we now express was the correct one, for ' they embodied- in the contract a : proviso that they might within sixty days exercise an option to have the ? stone om ice put en ins' ead of cop- i per at no advance above the original bid of the conn-actor on tho plans as ? dra\-n_ wich the stone cornice work. ! ^ye irt?s? thc c- rnmissioners win think ! over -.he marier and wv] "ome to the ; CNi-cJusIon that th v wi;] do :he thin* right ana will exorcise the right to aiter the cm i act jn this particular. The pe?|?!c cf Sumter county, if we j ;a?3ge thom i zlv.. v11:lu much prefer a perfect and finished building that ! cost $74.100. tba: one that cost $69,- ' SOO but \va> not finished* in <?:ie par? ticular. Let us do it right while we are about ir. We ate building this Court House f-.r our grand-children and we i should give thom a complete and 1 perfect ';u;M!ng. I - The people of Sumter are interested in baseball and will give the sport an ; enthusiastic *uport so long as it is j fairly played and clean ball and no ' longer. Sumter wants elvan hall or nothing, and if the home team cannot . win by playing better ball than their : opponents it Ls far better for them to be fairly de fea tod in eve: y game. I Sumter wants the home team to win, ? of course, but if we know tho Sumter ' peopie they will not stand for the j sort of ball played in some places, j whereby the home team takes the i game by main force and the help of the umpire. That sort of ball playing will kill the sport in Sumter beyond hope of resurrection, and it should kiU it everywhere. * . ?\ J The first Jveek of. the State cam? paign was not productive of sensation or exciting developments. Ragsda'e and Lyon show a disposition to pitch their campaign on a personal plane and they will probably - supply the fireworks for the party. Mr. Man? ning is making a dignified and earne st campaign on the platform announced at the outset and is gaining strength wherever he goes. * * * Senator Tillman will be the whole show at his private campaign circus. ? ? ? We think it a good idea for Senator Tillman to speak'only where he is in? vited and thus avoid interfering in the State campaign. Those who in -vite Senator Tillman will doubtless have the fairness to invite Colonel Lumpkin also, and they can take all day to present their views on public questions. If they should follow the State campaign neither one would have the time to discuss anything with sufficient fullness to give the' public any enlightenment. * * * We anticipate that those who most strenuously objected to Senator Till? man's interference in the State cam? paign will be the greatest objectors to his plan to hold independent cam? paign meetings. * * * Mr. McMahan- has come out in fa? vor of the State going into the in-, surance business. Before we could endorse the suggestion he would have to prove that insurance is an evil that stands in need of public regulation, that it is in evil that shou?d be to? tally suppressed were it possible to do so, that it is an evil that has so strong a hold on the debased appetite of the people that they will have it regard? less of law, considerations of personal health and well-being or the public welfare. If he can denv.msttate be? yond peradventure or Question ?hst insurance stands on the same plane as liquor as an evil, then we would favor an insurance dispensary. Does it not strike you ?hat Mr. Mc Mahan's State insurance scheme is nothing more nor less than an adroit and forcible argument agata?t the State engaging in any sort of business, even in the lawful exercise of its police powers-as in the case of the State dispensary, for example? * * * \ . : i -ST--V The public building appropriation is one more substantial achievement to be credited to Congressman Lever. He is a representative who accom? plishes practical results for the bene? fit of his constituents. MEETING ON SATURDAY Of the County Executive Committee. What Was Done . The County Executive Committee met Saturday in the court house at 12 o'clock with Hon. John H. Clifton presiding. The first action taken by the com? mittee was to confirm t the elections held in the four ward clubs of the city. The assessments to be paid by the various candidates for the expenses of the election were apportioned as fol? lows: Senate, $15.00; House, $10.00; Auditor, $15.00; Judge of Probate, $10.00; Superintendent of Education, $10.00; Supervisor. $15.000; Magis? trates in the county, $2.50; Magis? trates in the city, $7.50. It was determined to hold the cam? paign meetings at the following places at the times indicated: At Privateer, July 31; at Wedgefield. August 3; at Shiloh, August 7; at Mayesville, Au? gust 10; at Dalzell. August 21; at Sumter on the Academy Green, on Friday night, August 24; at Sumter Court House, Saturd?y, August 25. < All pledges must be filed and as? sessments paid on or before noon of Ju'.y 28. If there is a deficiency of funds for campaign purposes to the successful candidates are to pro? rate the amount above the avail? able funds. 4n case of a surplus that amount will be divided equally among the unsuccessful candidates. It was agreed upon to pay the managers of the elections for their services S1.00 per day. The sarre man? agers are to .?erv- for both elections. The matter of the changing of the voting place at Providence was not ! taken vj? owing to the fact that there ? was n<. representation from that place. ? THE i sl AL RESULT Spar tanbury. June 22 -There was a ; big negro picnic palled oi? here today '< at Glendale, it heinz given hy Mrs. ] Pr?den, of Massachusetts, who is ! teaching a school for negroes at that place. The picnic was pulled off with the usual results, only this time there were no fatalities Charlie Stevens. . aliss "Foot," of Spartanbnrg, cut Roland Norris, of Glendale, in the! side of the bead, the wonnd extending ! from the temple down to the throat. ! Thc? wonnd was dressed and it is not thought that the neg.ro will die. .'Foot"1 has not been arrested yet and is ?u Spartanburg attending to his business. The picnic took all the negroes from the city, there being a scarcity of labor in all lines todav. S3B PROHIBITION A FAILURE. Tiie Conditions in Brice Law Edge ?. field Call for a Lau and Order League. To the Editor of The News and Courier: In a recent issue of your raper you republished an editorial from the Edgefield Advitiser charging me with having done this town and county a manifest injustice by herald? ing to the world the statement that prohi^tion is a failure in Edgefield. In justice to myself I beg that you publish the enclosed reply, which I have addressed to the editor of the Advertiser. To the Editor of Edgefield Adver? tiser: In your last week's issue you charge editorially that in a letter to the Charleston News and Courier I did our town and county a mani? fest injustice by heralding to the world the statement that prohibition is a failure in Edgefield," quoting me ai? saying, alluding to the recent call for the organization of a law and or? der league, "not only the action in is? suing the call but thc call itself is ? confession that the prohibition law siice its adoption in Edgefield has been a failure.' I deny your charge, and in making it respectfully submit that you have done me an injustice: Before presenting what I shall have to say allow me to remind you that I have been The News and Courier's' correspondent for . a period covering something like ten years, during which time I have said a thousand things laudatory of this people, and as many times by my humble pen, have "heralded'' to the world the virtues" and advantages of this town and county, -and yet as far as I re ca ll this is the first time you have ever co;?ied or referred to any of my writ? ings, and you now do with at least the apparent desire tf do me an injury. But as to this I trust I am mistaken, my purpose in this article being to be perfectly fair and respectful. Mind yo i, I have no protest to enter against your having copied an extract from my article, only in aU these years you might have seen some good in my writings. You only\ quoted a part of what I said. For a proper apprecia? te a of my position, and of the issue between us, it is ."manifestly" just that the entire portion of the article relative. to,, the question at hand b* given.- After quoting the call I wrote: "Law is generally enforced by its of? ficers and the individual citizens thi:> is the natural channel. Abnor? mal conditions-flagrant violations of the law-is the justification for an effort to enforce it through an in? dependent organized body. Not only the action in issuing the call, but the cali itself is a confession that the prohibition law since its adoption in Edgefield has been a failure. Nor does the law in the writer's mind, rep resents the sentiment of a majority: of our voters. Of course, no one questions the right and sincerity of the promoters of the organization and those who will join them, but there are some equally as sincere who question the wisdom or expediency of tie movement." You say that I heralded to the word the statement that prohibition has been a failure in Edgefield. In the article referred to I expressed no opinion of my own 0{L this point, I made no such statement, but the call itself and the action had thereunder was a recognition of the fact that the law had been a failure in that its provisions have been flagrantly and continuously violated. Whether or not the law has been so violated, and whether or not a recognition of this fact and a determination to stop it, and hereafter to see to the enforce me?: of the outraged law, led some of cur good people to form the League, is the sole question between us. If true, then my interpretation of the<:all is correct.* If not, than I hon? estly confess . I have unintenionally done the injury charged. Law, a vio? lation of which all good citizens, anio ig whom I modestly make bold to number .myself, deplore, is generally and almost universally enforced through well organized and estab lished channels-by its officers and the individual citizen. A stern rec? ognition of its flagrant violation that goes unwhipt of justice aral a righ? teous indignation born thereof, "an unsatisfactory state of affairs." to quote the good and abie editor of the Johnston News-Monitor, himself a member of the League. leads to tho ? organisation of independent bodies to j see to its enforcement. All over our State there has been a cry that violation -d* *.he law was tpo prevalent, j and its execution at fault, and for the j purpose of correcting this evil law j and order leagues have been formed in s< me counties; If Edgefield's pro? hibit on law has been the success ap? proximating perfection, certainly so far as human agency can make it. as you contend, why. f ask. th?* necessity of a League to see to its enforcement? Why rather not continue in the natural channels alluded to? Why tile necessity f<>r a more thorough en? forcement?*' Was it because the law was being, and had been en? forced, and was a success in their communities, that m my of our best people . left their homes and farms, ! came to Edgeneld and banded th selves together with the laudable ? pose to see that the law should be forced in the future? And was the reason that stimulated many our good townspeople to similar 1 ion? Rather was it it not the fact they recognized that conditions \ and have beer, "unsatisfactory that the law had been and was ing flagrantly violated, and. that, I concert of action must be had to i rect. such unfortunate conditions enforce the law in the future? heard an active and honored merr of the organization, speaking | erally, that if you don't think the is being violated just come down way. Evidently he knew that law was flagrantly violated and ? the necssity for organization ; concert of action.. You are unha in your illustration in the njatter the burnings in our town a few ye ago. It only .goes to establish one and only one contention in article, viz: That it is the frequ< flagrant violation of law that eau people to unite as independent boc to enforce law and suppress its vic tion. In the first place there is analogy between the prohibition 1 and the law against incendiary murder, theft, as I shall undertake show, and although it is a comrr argument to place them on a pari it is none the less fallacious. But us, as in logic you are bound to place them on the same footing, "fl it one, was.it two, was it three fi: that so aroused our people as io cai them to employ night watchmen, ( tectiv-?s and finally convict tho gui party. No it was "when buildir were- being repeatedly burned," wh there was such a continuous violati of thl law as* to arouse indignati and determined action. But, ev? in that case, to ,the extent that it c" not suppress its violation, it was failure. Once admit that a law is t ing continuously violated and not e forced, then in practical effect th law is a failure. Have We had t practical prohibition in"our town ai county to the extent you claim? so, why the necessity to send for i officer of the law to suppress its sal? Mr. Ogg, the law officer alluded t stated to me, and I have his conse to quote him, "that when I first can to Edgefield it was the rottenest toy I ever saw," having reference, course, to the sale of whiskey. Tl prohibition law had been in operatic some time before he came here, have it from the lips of citizen aft citizen thafv in their community whiskey is sold or has been sold i such quantities as even to demorali: labor. But you said to me that so f< as blind tigers were concerned coi ditions were equally as bad under tr dispensary law. Granted. If blin tigers flooded our county under tr. dispensary law, and conditions no's so far as the blind tigers are cor cerned are similar to those when tri dispensary law obtained, is not this a admission that the prohibition la' has been a failure at least in th county? Allow mt to quot?' what Editor Carson says in his last issu of his paper: "Ati organization to en force the prohibitory features of th dispensary law is an acknowledge mc nt of an unsatisfactory ?-tate c affairs." Exactly ihe same idea expressed, onry in different wordi You will hardly accuse him of tryin; to misrepresent conditions in ou county. Can any other reasonabl construction be placed on the word "unsatisfactory state of affairs" othe than that the prohibition law has no been satisfactorily enforced. Th more the violation of the law, th more the credit- for organizing. A; to your comparison of the'prohibitioi law with arson. In every civilizec country in the world the sale of spir ituous liquors has been recognized a: a legitimate subject of commerce anc trade. legalized and accepted as such Have you ever heard of a country le? galizing the crime of arson? Arstjl is malum in se. a wrong in itself, th* sale of liquor on the contrary is ma lum prohibitum, only made a wrong by virtue of a "statute. Recently wc had a vote in this county on the ques? tion of the legal or no sale of spiritu? ous liquors. Would it be possible tc have a vote on the question as tc whether or not we should repeal the law against arson, murder, theft or to legalize their commission? Our peo? ple are divided on the subject of the best policy io pursue regarding spirit? uous liquors, whether we tjhall sell them legally Or whether we shall have prohibitive laws. Are they divided ; regarding the laws against arson, j thc ft. murder? j Let me give you what that great ju? ris: und Chrisiion gentleman. Chief Justice Mciver, said in delivering Iiis opinion in Hie erase <*f McCullough vs. Brown. 41 S. C. Reports, page 239: ..Indeed the whole course of legisla? tion, both Stat.- and Federal, demon? strate that the sale <>f intoxicating liquors is a legitimate subject of <-om m. ree and trade, for otherwise it would be absolutely impossible to vin? dicate the United Stales internal rev? enue law. and the veiw numerous statutes which have been passed in tin's State ever since the foundation of tlie government, permitting the sale of intoxicating liquors, under >uoh regu? lations as the law-making power may [ have from, time to time deemed neces? sary, either to secure a revenue from such traffic or to surround it with such restrictions as have been thought necessary or expedient to prevent evils apt to grow out of such traffic. To say, therefore, that the sale of intox? icating liquors belongs to that class of wrongs denominated mala in se would be to cast a grave imputation upon the law-making department of the Government, both State and Fed? eral, and this we are very far from being willing to do. Indeed, the very highest of all authority might be cited to show that: the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquors is not malum in se. Indeed, the most ar? dent prohibitionist so far as their wishes have taken the shape of law. must be regarded as admitting the proposition for which we contend ; 'for every prohibition law which has fallen under our notice contains pro? visions recognizing this proposition by excepting from its operations sales of -.liquors for certain purposes, viz: medical, scientific, mechanical or sac? ramental purposes, thereby expressly admitting that the mere sale of intox? icating liquors is not only not wrong, but actually necessary or useful for certain purposes." . As I conceive it, I said nothing that did injustice to my county or town If I did, I certainly disclaim any inten? tion of so doing.- I am as much for the upholding of law as any man, without which our civilization would be a mockery, our flag a lie. I said nothing that in the remotest degree could be construed as a reflection up? on the League or its action. If they can succeed in t"qe future in suppress? ing the violation of law, I say God? speed them in .their worthy object. For myself, I believe the best way to suppress law violations is through the natural channels alluded to. I knowingly do no man an injustice, much less my own people. My peo? ple have been of this people since the existence of this country. They, with {thousands of others, fought .under-the Revolutionary, Mexican and Confed era te flags. I love their memory : too well, I love the proud history of this county and town too well, I love and respect their present citizenship too well, to knowingly do them an in-, justice. Very truly, S. McG. Simkins. - SENSATIONAL MURDER. - \ Millionaire Thaw Kills Stanford White, a Well Known Architect. New York, June 26.-Harry Thaw, the Pittsburg millionaire who shot Stanford White, the architect, killing i him instantly at the Madison Square Roof Garden last night, was arraign? ed in the Jefferson Maket Police court this morning. He was still wearing evening clothing. He was first taken to headquarters from the Tenderloin j station, where he spent the night. He I rode in the patrol handcuffed to Capt. Hodgins. He tried to avoid photogra? phers, placing his hand in front of the face. The reason for the crime is considered to have been White's al? leged ruin of Evelyn Nesbit, who is now Thaw's wife. She was an actress and artist's model. It is intimated that the defense will be emontional insanity. Thaw is said to have been brooding over his wife's wrong until he became unbalanced. Thaw told Policeman Debs, who arrested him, "I did it. That man ruined my wife's life. That man ruined my home. Guess he won't ruin any more homes.'' When told that White was dead he said, "I am damn glad I made a good job of it." * Later Thaw' said he dined at Mar? tin's. White and his party were near. Evelyn began shivering. Thaw ask? ed: "'What is the matter?" His wife wrote: "The dirty blackguard is here." Thaw continued: "Then I saw that fat scoundrel sitting there, big and healthy, and then I saw ho\r nervous she was." He wouldn't talk further without consulting his attorneys. None arrived daring the night. This morn .ing his freinds are trying to secure leading lawyers for the defense. Mrs. Thaw has disappeared and the police arr- hunting her. Thaw said she would appear when needed and stick by him. Tile Woman Found. New York. June 26.-Mrs. Thaw | was found at the home of friends in j the city but was not arrested. Attor- ? I nev Delfield promised the assistant , district attorney that she would go to I his office any time sh** is wanted. Hem oves black heads, drives away < I . . I i beauty iii^. Stimulates the wnoie ; nervous svstem. Greatest beautifier i . ! : known. Nothing so helps fading ; j loveliness as Hollister's Rocky Moun- , I tain Tea. 35 cents. China's Drug \ The horses of Sumter are becoming j educated and few ot" them now pay ? i any more attention ?to an automobile than to a bicycle. ] lt is wonderful what a little care? ful grooming will do for a woman, j it's insj.?ratio;, and sweetness. It's '< delightful and bewitching. The of- ! ! fects of Hollister's Rocky Mountain j ! Tesa. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. Chi- ; I na's Drug Store. 1 Weekly Weather Bulletin. For the Week Ending 8 a. m., June 25, 1906. There was ample sunshine during the week, after two days of partly cloudy weather, and the week was characterized by much higher tem? perature than the preceding one. The mean temperature was slightly above normal, and the extremes of temperature ranged from a maximum of 97 degrees at Yemassee on the 19th to a minimum of 59 degress at Green? ville on the 19th and at Walhalla on the 20th and the 21st. Maximum temperatures of 30 degrees, or above, prevailed over all but the extreme northwestern part of the State during the second half of the week. Fresh to winds moderated the heat perceptibly in many localities. Widely scattered thunderstorms prevailed on the first two and the last three days, but the precipitation was generally light, and many places had no rain during the week. The soil is well supplied with moisture over the entire State, with localities where the i surface soil is still very wet from the excessive rainfall of the preceding week. .A destructive hailstorm occurred in the upper part of Greenville county on the 18th, which is the only adverse weather condition reported during the week. . Cleanliness is the first law of beau? ty; also the second and third. No matter what your complexion ills are, Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea will cure them. 35 cents,. Tea or Tablets. China's Drug Store. CANDIDATE'S^ GARD For Congress. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for the Democratic nomination for congress from: the seventh con? gressional district, and pledge myself to abide the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. v ' A. F. Lever. For County Supt. of Education. I her?by announce myself a can? didate for reelection to the -office, tnt County Superintendent of Education, pledging myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic primary. S. D. Cain. For the Senate. I hereby announce my candidacy for State Senator for Sumter county subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary. A. '.K. Sanders. ? For Supervisor. In announcing myself a candidate for re-election to the office of county supervisor I desire to thank the citi? zens of Sumter county- for their lib? eral support in the past and pledge myself to abide the result of the pri? mary. ! W. H. Seaje., For Magistrate. The undersigned at his own urgent request has consented to become a candidate for Magistrate in the Sixth Judicial District of Sumter county and if elected will endeavor to serve the, people to the best of his ability. He pledges himself to abide by the rules and regulation of the Democratic pri? mary. H. C. Bethea, The many friends of Mr. W. R, Brown nominate him for the office of Magistrate of the Sixth District and pledge him to abide the result of the primary. I hereby announce that I am a can? didate for office of Magistrate at Sum? ter, and I need every vote I can get. I ask that you give me your votes and I pledge myself to give you my best service and abide by the results of the primary. H. L. B. Wells. ' - USE THE Sparks Distributor TO SIDE DRESS YOUR CROPS. v Try one and be convinc? ed. Guaranteed to do what is claimed. Buy from dealer or order from SPARKS MANUFACTURING CO. . Sumter, S. C. 4-lS-3m Low Excursion Bates One and One Third fares to all points South of Ohio and Potomac and East of Mississip? pi Riveis, including St. Louis Via Atlantic Coast Line Tickets on ?ale July 2nd, ord and 4th. final return limit July 8th For further information com? municate with your nearest ticket agent, or write W. J. CRAIG, Passenger Traffic Manager, Wilmington, N. C.