The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 30, 1894, Image 4
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1894.
The Sumter Watchman was founded
in 18W and the True Southron in 1806.
The Watchman and Southron new has
?be combined circulation and influence
of both of the old:papers, and ia mani
. fesfcly the best advertising medium in
Samter.
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THOSE COUNTY HOADS.
Oar remonstrance of last week has
received substantial confirmation io the
communication which we publish else?
where, and which contains several
pertinent and valuable suggestions.
We have no doubt that the same
state of affairs prevails generally over
the county, and that examples may be
found in the greatest abundance of the
recklessness with which the law io
relation to the highways has been vio?
lated.
The law is that all highways leading
to or towards Charleston, Camden,
Colombia, Cberaw and Georgetown,
and. perhaps one or two other cities,
shall be thirty feet wide, and ail others
twenty feet wide. We know of very
few that are half that width for any
distance, and, on the contrary, we
know of a great many that are not
more th ao one-third of thirty, or ten
feet in width. Frequently the roads
have been encroached upon until they
contain bat a single track, and if
vehicles are obliged to pass, one or the
other most drive over the growing
crops.
The more the people acquiesce in
this state of affairs, the worse it is
going to be. Nothing but the strong
arm of the law will deter men from
continuing to do what they have been
so long doing with perfect impunity.
This is really a crying evil, and we
trust that this agitation will arouse
public sentiment to the point of action.
Let the County Commissioners act.
Let the Grand Jury take it up, and
appoint s nb-committee s of their body to
report infringements of the law all
over the county, and when this is done,
the nuisance will be abated and not be?
fore.
Another most common violation of
the law is the cutting down of shade
trees within ten feet of a road. This
too should be looked into at the same
time, and a stop put to it. We io vi te
facta and suggestions from our corres?
pondents throughout the county as to
these mattera. However politics may
gd, the people most use the roads, and
they 'should see that the law is observed. 1
THAT TOURISTS HOTEL.
Oar recent article on this subject bas
not evoked that enthusiasm which the
subject seems to deserve. Yet, to ac?
commodate the demands made opon
them the Jervey House was recently
enlarged, and now the Nixon House is
having a large addition made to it,
showing that increased hotel accommo?
dations a?e a necessity.
Why shWd. wje oofctake advantage
of the growing desire of Northern tour
ists to spend their winters at a point
like this, where- extremes of heat and
cold are equally uoknowo, and where
they are less than twenty-four hours
from home? Florida has been de?
veloped beyond all conception by these
people, and in Alkes and Summerville
large hotels have been insufficient to
meet the demands. In our neighboring
town of Camden, the tourists are begin?
ning to invest in buiidiug sites, and
there is every reason to believe that
many of them will become more or less
permanent residents of that town, going
to the North Carolina mountains during
the hot months The same effect can
be produced here by a proper concert of
action, for it has become fashionable
DOW among the rich people North and
West to come South for the winter.
They are great riders and drivers, and
the livery men flourish where tourists
abound. Besides some of them bring
horses and dogs and servants with them,
und that means trade for the venders
of com, oats, fodder and hay.
If they are properly accommodated,
tbs people we seek to bring here do not ,
object to paying a good price for it, and j
the money they put in circulation helps
muon during the dull Summer months.
Politics are very absorbing, doubt?
less, but they don't bring good money
returns, except, perhaps, to the few for?
tunate holders of fat ?nices if there be !
any such. This other is a matter which
will not only remunerate the stock?
holders of the enterprise, but aid essen?
tially in developing our country. It
might be comparatively a slow thing,
but it is sure. "Contact with ocr people
removes prejudice, and a sight of our
lands, joined with our glorious climate,
does the rest. Will Dot oar mooej
men interest themselves in this projet
Tho money now invested in bicycles
Sumter would have built such a ho
as we have in mind. Would uot SD
au investment be more conducive to t
best interest of our city ? We have
war to wage on '.bikes," but they c
tainly do not bring capital to the ton
and that's what we need. Think o\
it? _
THE GRADED SCHOOL.
We call attention to the letters pu
lisbed elsewhere in reference to t
Graded School and the issues iuvolv
io the pending election. These lette
explain themselves. They should
carefully read by those proposing
vote to-morrow.
The main question involved is n<
in our judgment, the contingent f
of $2.25 for the school year, for this
a matter of judgment, which one Boa
may decide one way and another Boa
may take the other view, it beii
simply a question of ways and mea
which each Board must decide f
itself. But if the present Board had n
levied a contingent fee and had clos*
the school on April 1st, we ventu
tho assertion that as many would ha'
found fault with that action as ha'
complained of the contingent fe
Hence this cannot justly be regarded :
the main question involved.
Nor is the discrimination in regar
to salaries the main point, for what
trae of the salaries here is more true
them elsewhere, as Mr. Moses b;
shown, especially with regard to tl
superintendent. As to this., one ms
as well claim that the General Manag*
of a railroad should not be paid mot
than conductors, because the conductoi
actually work as hard and as mao
hours as he does. The . difference is i
the responsibility involved, and iu th
present instance, the Superinteodet
teaches as well as overlooks, while th
male assistant teaches two grades, bi
does not receive double pay. Hence
while we believe and have advocate
that women should receive equal pa
with men for equal work done, this bs
not been made a prime issue in this elec
tion. If it is to be made such, our pee
pie should make a little calculation b<
fore committing themselves to all that i
involved in it. Let them act with tbei
eyes open, at least. Say, then, the
we have a Superintendent at $75.00
a male assis tao t at $50,00, sod eigb
lady teachers at $50.00 each, for th
tefl school months, the.salary list forth
white school would figure out thus :
Superintendent - - $750 Ol
Male Assistant - - 500 0>
Eight female teachers at
$500 - ... 4,000 Oi
."ii * ?. ' . ?
Total for teachers - $5,250 0*
Or reduce the Superintendent's sal
ary to the same figure, and the salarie
would still be $5,000. Janitor, coal
insurance, repairs and other incidental
would run up the total to $5,500, wbic!
is more, we believe, than the emin
income available for salaries io botl
schools. But where wi il we get i
Superintendent at that figure, who wil
be worth his salt ? Let us consider that
before we commit ourselves. But i
neither of these is the main issue, wba
is ? We are asked to make choice be?
tween certain gentlemen nominated or
two tickets, one gentleman's name be
iog on both lt must be assumed thal
all of these gentlemen are animated
with the one desire to increase the effi?
ciency of the Graded School, and de?
velop it into the best possible machin?
ery for promoting the educational
interests of the City of Sumter To
assume otherwise would be to reflect
discreditably upon honorable ^gentlemen
who have a common interest in the
cause of popular education, with all
good citizens. Their fellow-citizeus
have put them forward because they
have confidence in their ability and in?
tention to work for the best interest* of
the Graded School in a patriotic and un?
selfish spirit ; because they believe that
these gentlemen will have an eye sin?
gle to the good of the school,
and will not suffer themselves to be
swayed by any other considerations or
motives in their administration. What
remains 1 Only this-Among these
seveD gentlemen, select the four who in
our individual judgment are best fitted
to promote the interests of popular
education in the city of Sumter !
No Hope.
You may hive the stars in a nail keg,
hang the ocean on a rail fence to dry,
put the sky to soak in a gonrd, and un?
buckle the belly-band of eternity, and
let the sun and moon out, but don't
think you can escape the placs that's on
the other ?ide of purgatory if you don't
pay for your paper.-Exchange.
GRADED SCHOOL AFFAIRS.
Letter From the Chairman of the
School Board.
Messrs Editors : In the last issue of
"The Herald" appeared the following
communication :
THE SCHOOL ELECTION.
Editors Herald : On the 31st inst.,
an election for four School Commis?
sioners is to he held, and it behooves
every man to do his duty on that oc?
casion. We certainly need a change
in the management of the graded
school of our city. A goodly number
of the patrons of the school we under?
stand, have been forced to discontinue
their children on account of contin?
gent fee. If there is not a sufficient
amount of money raised by taxation
to run the school nine months, why
not cut the salary of the superintend?
ent and first assistant ? The lady
teachers, who do the bulk of the work,
receive only $35 per month, while the
superintendent and his male assistant
receive $111 and $75 respectively. Is
there any justice, in this ? This can,
should, and will be corrected if the
citizens will be true to the principles
of justice and elect men who are in
favor of the principles set forth in
this article. PAUL.
Sumter, S. C., May 24.
While not a cadidate for re-election,
I reply, as the article reflects on the
present school Board.
In regard to the salaries. The Sup?
erintendent's salary is the same as was
when the school started five years ago,
viz : $1,000 per. annum. The male as?
sistant receives not $75. but $60 per
month for nine months, or the large
salary of $540-being less than paid
for most of the clerks. One of the 1
lady teachers receive $50-and the !
balance $35 per month, not that they !
are not worth more, but that we have
not the money to pay them. The j
Board does not believe that they pay I
more salaries, than like schools in the j
State and are informed that in many j
the salaries are higher, for instance j
Darlington where the Supt. receives
$1,500 per annum, Chester, $1,200,
Winnsboro'$l,200, house rent free. As
to the contingent fee, our charge is
25 cents per month, nearly every
graded school in the State makes this
charge and it varies from 25 cents to
$2.00 per month, It is made in Union,
Rock Hill, Laurens, Orangeburg, Dar?
lington, Florence, Cheraw and most
of the other towns.
The Board is not aware of its having
kept any scholar away from school.
The teachers were instructed that if
any family could not pay to report it
and this was announced to the schol?
ars all assembled in the Assembly Hall,
as the members of the Board, several
?f the teachers, the "King's Daugh?
ters," "Daughters of Israel," and others
had offered to contribute. And in
fact several have been kept there in
this way, so that no poor child should
be deprived of going to school.
Your Board looked carefully into
the situation before charging the con?
tingent fee; and saw no other way to
make both ends meet. At the close of
the School last, year it found us over
Six Hundred Bollars in debt; so that
after examining into our finances the
question was shall we run till June, 9
months, by charging 25c. orel ose April
1st. There wa s no other alternative.
We conclird?d it waschest to charge the
fee and give school the fall term of 9
moa tba,which we have done and be?
lieve that the patrons of the school ap?
prove of pur action.
I am now retiring from the Board
where I have served from the com?
mencement of the Graded School sys?
tem. I have labored hard to build up
your school, and have had the aid of
as good and conscientious men on the
board as this or any other city possess?
es. We doubtless have made mistakes,
who does nof ? But we leave it to the
public to say how school matters were
when we took charge and how they
are now. Furthermore, of what bene?
fit the school has been to the city in
its growth, physically, mentally and
morally. Respectfully,
ALTAMONT MOSES,
Chairman.
Beplies of Candidates.
The following cards appealed in yesterday's !
Freeman, from which we copy them:
A CARD.
. I am opposed to any discrimination i
in salaries paid to teachers on account j
of sex, and I am also opposed" to the
25 cents monthly contingent fee, be?
cause I am told that some children of
poor parents are kept away from the
I school by it.
j May 28,1801. I). J. AULD.
Mr. O'Donnell's Position.
; Mr. O'Donnell tells us to say he is j
j not seeking office but if elected he will j
j consider the interest of the school and j
i tax payers, and do whatever is best to j
j keep tlie school going on an efficient j
j basis. He says he is not disposed to I
j pledge himself in any way till he
finds what is needed for the school
and that he does not know now but
'will have to learn should he be elect?
ed.
A CAKD.
_
SUMTER, S. C., May 20, 1894.
\ Messrs Editors : In reply to your
. questions contained in yours of the
j 25th inst., I will answer for myself.
; I am unalterably opposed to the pa
I trons of the /rec Graded Schools be
; ing charged any fee whatever for the j
j tuition of their children. I believe the |
; school can be run for the taxes which
i are now assessed for that purpose.
Secondly, I believe that if a woman
. can and does do her work as well as a
I man she should be paid the same and
I no difference should be made in salaries
on account of sex.
Respectfully,
P. P. GAILLARD.
A CAKD.
If elected a member of the School
Board 1 should be guided by my judg
ment in the matter of assessment of |
the contingent fee upon pupils. If
the school cannot be carried on for
the full school year without such con?
tingent fees they should be collected.
While it is eminently just that men
and women should receive the same
compensation for the same class of
work, still the Board should adminis?
ter the funds at their disposal so as to
get the best teachers obtainable for the
salaries they are able to offer.
E. C. HAYNSWORTH. 1
A CAE?.
SUMTER, S. C., May 29,1S94 j
Messrs Editors: As there is much
discussion just now as to the course to ?
be pursued* by the future members of ?
the Graded School Board in regard to j
the relative pay of male and female
teachers and the continuance of the j
monthly assessments of 25 cents each
upon the scholars, I desire to define
my position before the election upon
these matters.
I will, if elected, make no disti nction
between males and females as to
remuneration, where the work, duties,
and efficiency are about equal. I will
be in favor of the continued assess?
ment upon the scholars, provided, upon
investigation, I find the same essen?
tial to the welfare and efficiency of the
school. Respectfully,
MARION MOISE.
A CARD.
Editors Freeman: Having seen my
name announced as a candidate for
school commissioner, I hereby respect?
fully decline, and will not serve if
elected. R. P. MONAGHAN.
Communication.
Editor Watchman and Southron: I noticed
recently a report of the action of City Coun?
cil at ils meeting ou April 24th, wherein it
was stated that the Council had donated or
would donate the sum of two hundred dollars
towards the erection of a proposed school?
house that will belong to and be controlled
hythe Board of Missions of the Northern
Presbyterian Church. I wish merely to call
attention to the principle involved in this
action, viz: City aid to denominational en?
terprises. Have not other denominational
schools already established in our city, equal
if not superior claims to such a donation as
this one? With what consistency eau Coun?
cil grant this aid, and withhold it in an.v
other case that may be presented with equal
force? This thing, Mr. Editor, is wrong in
principle. It opens the way to the gravest
abuses, and raises issues more calculated to
divide and antagonize our people, one against
the other, thau any poliey that could be pur?
sued. I could give you, Mr. Editor some
very striking and startling facts on this sub?
ject, but I have no desire to excite feeling or
stir op strife. I only desire to put in my
protest against the principle here involved,
and to call the Council's attention to the true
inwardness of the tendency of ihis policy.
CITIZEN
For Sale.
Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls for sale in any
quantity by W. B. BOYLE.
Patronize Wint-uro's Gallery. His photos
are as good as you can get from any photo?
grapher in the State.
THE PEOPLE'S TICKET.
We would respectfully nominate the fol?
lowing Gentlemen as School Commis?
sioners for the School District of Sumter
City, to the Democratic voters thereof at the
Primary on the 31st Mav.
DR. J. A MOOD,
COL. D. J. AULD,
J. F. W DBLORME,
P. P. GAILLARD.
May 23-21. CITIZEN'S.
FOR SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
We beg leave to nominate the following
ticket for School Commissioners, to be voted
for at the primary on the 31st, believing that
the good work of our Schools will be onward
if they should be elected :
Ward No. 1, EDGAR C. HAYNSWORTH,
" " 2, MARION MOISE,
" * 3, DR. J. A MOOD,
" " 4, NEILL O'DONNELL.
May 23. PROGRESS.
WANTS.
WANTED A COW for its feed through
the summer. Best care will be taken
of it. Apply at this office.
May 30.
HORSE AND BUGGY wanted-For a
lady's use, a gentle horse and a buggy,
during June and July. Address, staling
price for hire of same-"S ," care Watch?
man and Southron. May 30.
WANTED-By Miss Girardeau-Pupils
for her private school to begin, Mon?
day, June 4, at old Jervey House. Pupils
reviewed or prepared for higher grades.
May 30._
TELLER'S HA YANA~CIGARS-A sup?
ply of the popular La Floride Teller
havana Cipars, made by Frank Teller & Co.,
Philadelphia, just received by Moses Green.
Try them._May 22-4t.
WANTED-Every sick person in Sumter
County to go to Glenn Springs at once
aod get cured.
WANTED-Heahh-seekers to know that
the season has opened at the famous
resort of the- Glenn Springs. For rates of
board, &c, apply to Simpson & Simpson,
Gleon Springs, S. C._
FOR RENT-A desirable residence on Re?
publican Street, containing 5 rooms
and kitchen, with good garden attached.
Apply to Chas. E. Lifrage at Epperson's
Stables. April 25.
NOTICE-All persons" having Claims
against the United States for Personal
Froperty captured or confiscated by the
Federal array during the Civil War will find
it to their interest to correspond concerning
the same with SMYTHE & LEE, Lawyers, 7?
and 9 Broad Street, Charleston, S. C
May 23-3t._
TO RENT-Mr. N. F.Brandt's late resi-j
dence on Chalbon St., next door to Mr. j
E. C. Haynsworth's. Apply to Haynsworth j
& Cooper. Mav 16. j
-?-:- i
FOR SALE-Any part of my large furm in I
the suburbs of the City of Sumter.
Situation healthy and desirable. Terms j
easy. T. D. Chandler.
April il-if. _i
WANTED-A Tenant for a new single j
story Residence on New Street, six ;
rooms. Ten dollars a month by the year, j
Apply to W. H. Ingram.
. i
WANTED, TO SELL !-The house and
lot between Mayor Pierson's and i
Graham's mill, also, several tenenent houses
well located. Bargaias will be given. Bids j
are invited. R. 0. PURDY,
Feb. 28 tf. Secretary and Treasurer. !
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HOLD YOUR SCALES TRUE, j
ANY old and worn scales-Druggists, Gro- ;
cers,Cotton handlers or of whatever char- J
noter, made practically anew. Charges for re- I
pairs and adjustment {16 ounces to the pound ) !
less than one-third, if sent to any standard
Scale Co's, repair work, say Baltimore, New
York, &c.-ask Messrs. O'Donnell & Co., aa
to this point-see my work there. Postal
card me. Be true to yourself and customers
-not sermonizing but BUSINESS / mean.
Perfect work or no pay !
R. G. PACE,
Temporarily at Bradham's Wagon Shops.
Sumter, S. C., May 29, 1894.
CANDIDATES'CARDS. =
FOR SCHOOL COMMISSIONER?
Having confidence in my ability to perform
accpptably and efficiently the doties of the
position. I announce myself as a candidate
for the office of County School Commissioner,
subject to the action of ont* democratic pri?
maries. Believing that the office of School
Commissioner is in no sense a political one,
but thar, for the best interests of the whole
people, it should be removed us far as possi?
ble from ihe strife and bitterness of party
faction, I shall solicit the votes of all of those
who feel theraselveSjjnterested in the cause of
popular education, and in the advancement
and continued improvement of our public
schools. Character, capability, and fitness
for the efficient performance of official duty,
should be the tests required, and, judged by
those standards, I .?hall hope to merit the
votes of rav fellow-citizens.
W. W. ANDERSON, Ja.
NOTICE.
THE CO-PARTNERSHIP heretofore exist?
ing between R. DOZIER C?TTINO and W.
ROBERT DELOAR, JR., trading under the name
of CDTTINO & DELGAR, has been dissolved,
and the undersigned have formed a co-part?
nership to take effect June 1, 1894, under the
name of BROWN, CUTT?NO & DELGAR,
for the purpose of carrying on a general retail
clothing business in the City of Sumter. The
business will be conducted at the corner of
Main and Libprty Streets in the building
lately used by Brown & Chandler, and per?
sons indebted to either Brown k Chandler or
ti) Cuttipo & Delgar will make payment to
the new firm of Brown, Cnttino & Delgar.
A S. BROWN,
R. DOZIER C?TTINO,
W. ROBERT DELGAR, JR.
May 30-3t._
Estate of James A. Brown, Minor,
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate
of Sumter County on June 2, 1894, for
Letters Dismissorv as Guardian in Chief of
aforesaid Minor. " JAS. H. AYCOCK,
May 2-4t. Guardian.
LOST.
ADIAMOND RING, engraved "Harvin
to Sister Ada. Aug. 26, '90," was lost
o? Monday, May 7th. A liberal reward will
be given if delivered to
MHV 16. JNO.T. GREEN, JR.
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Opposite paient O ffice. Washington, I) C
Can yo? Keep a Secret ?
We know that some of you
can and that some of you can?
not, but what we have to sav
this week is no secret, and you
can tell it to your wives, sisters,
mothers, sweethearts and cou?
sins, husbands, fathers and
brothers that we have some
extraordinary
Bargains in Fresh and
Seasonable Goods*
forget that we still have an ele?
gant line of the celebrated :
"Hermsdorf Fast Elack
Hosiery,"
And that to each purchaser of
$1.00 or more we present a
beautiful souvenir.
2 Cases lovely as?
sorted Ginghams
At 8 cents, former retail price
12? cents. Our buyer in New
York picked them up, that's
how we got them. He's on the
look-out for just these kind of
bargains, and we give you the
benefit.
Many other New
Goods
Have just been received and
you will find the prices aston
ishly low, even for these times
of Bed Rock prices. Don't
Our Clothing and Fur?
nishing Department
is the Pride of the City.
All the newest and nobbiest
styles, in Men's, Youths', Boys'
and Children's Clothing. Hats,
Shirts, Hosiery and Neckwear,
will be found there.
Get our Prices
On Groceries before buying.
If you desire quality we can
give it to you. If you desire
quantity you can get that also.
We are selling-agents for a
number of firms, and merchants
can buy certain lines of goods
from us cheaper, than else?
where. '
Remember the Place.
J,{{YTTENBERG ?
N.W. Cor. Main & Liberty Sis., Sumter, S. C.
New York Office, 84 West Broadway.
May 2
The Best Shoes
e Least Money
S3 SHOE
DOUGLAS
FOB
GENTLEMEN.
$5, $4 and $3.50 Dress Shoe.
$3.50 Police Shoe, 3 Soies.
$2.50, $2 for Workingmen.
$2 and $1.75 for Boys.
LADIES AND MISSES,
$3, $2.50 $2y $1.75
CAUTION.-If any dealer
offers you W. X,. Douglas
? hoes at a reduced pri?e,
or says be hms them with?
out the name stamped
on the bottom, pat bini
down as a fraud.
W. L. DOUGLAS Shoes are stylish, easy fitting, and give better
satisfaction at the prices advertised than any other make." Try one pair and be con?
vinced. The stamping of W. L. Douglas' name and price on the bottom, which
guarantees their value, saves thousands of dollars annually to those who wear them.
Dealers who push the sale of VV. L. Douglas Shoes gain customers, which helps to
increase the sales on their full line of goods. They can afford to sell at a less profit?
and wo believe you can save money by buying all your footwear of the dealer adver?
tised below. Catalogue tree upon application. W. JU DOUGLAS) Brockton, atasj.
J. RYTTEJSTBERG- & SONS.