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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1894. The Sunder Watchman was founded in 18^0 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani festly the best advertising medium to Sumter. At Holly's Ferry Gen. Rich bourg tendered his services to Gov. Tiiimao, should the military be needed to enforce the dispensary law. A paragraph was noticed io a paper, a few days since, which stated that, "the parents are agonizing over the conch of their dying boy." Awfnl. The papers of neighboring states speak of "Palmetto politics" as a spe cial brand. We can assure them that X Palmetto liquor is not meaner than the politics. Th? most remarkable development of the week is the stand taken by the Co lumbia Regider in direct and emphatic opposition to the re-opening of the dis pensaries by (kr. Til Iman. The-'opposition, to Salem County ap pears to be growing. Two of our cor respondents take op the cud gels against it this ' week. They both live within the territory of the proposed county and h aye a right to speak out. * B%f -Jack BIideoV the ex-dispensary constable, who figured with a horse pis tol at the Edge held meeting, will soon be looking for blind tigers to shoot. Tigers take warning as they say he shoots to kill and already has one to bis credit. The State a few days since publiai ed a rumor that the stridents have al most noaoimoas^ petitioned the Board of Trustees t* retaW Pi^deot Qraig head. It is a great pity that Clemson cannot go forward! with too work it was created to do wit ? out so many set-backs and hindrances. Got. TiUman's and John Gary Evans' remarks concerning the Judges of the Suntmt??jiurt are nqg^alcolated to inspire Ura inspect for. *be Judi ciary nor *??ri ?Lr iaw it^ftrhen it does not happen to suit the individual mind. Evans* declaration that the Judges?Met ver and McGowan?must have been drunk when they rendered their decision, was indecent ; and shows in what slight estimation he holds his own profession. RE-OPENING THE DISPEJ? SABY. The dispensaries are to be re-opened on August let, and oar people must de cide upon a course of conduct under the ' conditions that will prevail. We have Gov Tillutan's word for it that he will enforce the law more severely and rig idly than ever before. This moans that the whole machinery of the eoo s tabu- ? lary system, spy feature, house-search ing and trunk-breaking, is to be revived and re-ioforced. Many men predict strife and bloodshed as the result of Gov. TiUman's high-handed disregard of the "Supreme Court's decision, but we sincerely trust that the predictions may prove false. There has been more than enough of that already. Let us consider, for a moment, what Gov. Tili man's proclamation means. It is simply this : He has no respect what ever, for the opioion of the majority of the Supreme Court; he believes that be knows more law tbao they do, or if not that, that he is a law unto himself and to the commonwealth of South Carolina, that be has the power to carry out bis construction of the constitutionality of the dispensary law; that he is assured of a sustaining decision by the Supreme Court, when Justice-elect Gary sball have taken the place of Justice McGow an, and that he is thus made certain that he can carry out his determination to sustain the dispensary at least until the end of his term in November. Then he will step down and out lea vio g bis successor to grapple the situation as best he may. The situation is bad enough, truly, and there are good grounds for all the direful predictions, but there are some conditions just about as bad. One of those conditions we have in Sumter to day and have had for weeks. It is hardly necessary to say that we mean the promiscuous sale of liquor in con temptuous disregard of the Ordinance of the City of Suinter forbidding the traffic. Webs ve been told that there are more than twenty places in this city where liquor can be bought, and we are not ready to deny the assertion. Why this condition prevails we can not say, but we aro satisfied that muni cipal prohibition is not only impractica ble but the veriest humbug. The very ! 3ieo who bave long cried for prohibi tion bave done nothing, the city police bave made DO arreste, and ootbiog has ! been dooe by anybody excepting the liqaor sellers, of coarse, who have made bay while the sao shoo3. The experience io Samter satisfies as that until there is a vast change io the Dature aod appetites of meo, there cao be bat two solatioos of the liqaor traffic: 1. The mooopoly of the traffic by the State, as under the dispensary law. 2, The license system. The first'we cannot believe constitu tum al, eioce its necessitates the State engaging io business. Besides we can not reconcile oureelf to other features of the dispensary law, notably the spy sys tem aod tbe searcbiog of bouses with out a warrant. Tbe license system, a bigb license tbat will be a thoroughly restrictive messore, with provisions for early clos ing and to prevent aod punish sales to minors, ?9 the solutioo of tbe problem tbat would be satisfactory to as. How ever, as mach opposed to the dispensary scheme as we have always been, aod we are none tbe less opposed now, we would rather have the dispensary than the present eooditioo of affairs. Tbe one is the infringement of constitutional rights, the other is the disregard of taw aod morality. C A GAME COCK CARNIVAL. The suggestion thrown cut last week regard to a Gala Week or C.*rniya?, during the second week io October, wbeo tbe bicycle races of the League of American Wheelmen will be held here, has been taken op by everybody i and is a popolar idea. Mr. E I. Reardon, the Columbia Journal correspondent baa interviewed ?bout se veo ty-five leading business and professional men, aod they all favor the idea. ' sd? m a sis - \ ?H*l . ., The next tbiug te to develop tbe idea, decide what is to be dooe, orgaoize as a whole, appoint committees aod raise money to make the enterprise a com plete and indisputable success. Tbe money ia the most important and should be the first ooosideration. We have Kvb^-^?JHpfd wjU dVihe work, ie^ei|^ao0%ihenjlhe right ot'die sir?ck *here as' more^enthusi asm in Samter than io any two towos its sjze in the . coa try. We believe that our business meo will give liberal ly, aod that every man io the city will give iu-so-far as he is able. All that is Deeded is show tbat Sum ter will be beoefitted. There are bat two months betweeo oow aod tbe date of tbe bicycle meet aod there will be much work to be dooe. No time should be lost, for organized aod systematic work is tbe ooiy method that will insure success. A meeting should be called this week, or not later thao tbe firtt of next week aod ao or ganization formed to prosecute the work. If this is D-ot done that matter had bet ter be dropped without further ado. The benefit that would inure to S uni ter from the. fete would be .great. It would be to the first place, a great ad vertisement to the city. We want peo ple to come to Sumter aod become acquainted with our advantages and such an occasion will draw more people together thao any other one thiog that could be devised. When we get them here aod they see what sort of place we have tbey will come back. The j bicycle meet will brio g the wheelmen, ! the firemen's tournament will bring the j firemen, the drill will bring tbe mili tary, the shooting match will bring the j gunners aod each attraction will draw its particular crowd, while all together will cause the sightseers to crowd into tbe Game Cock City. Tbe way to have the Carnival is just to bave it, and that is what we mast do. SOME MOBS POINTS. We thought proper in our last issue to com ment upon tbe attempt of the Sumter Herald to belittle tbe Grand Jory for its investigation of the gouge attempted to be perpetrated opon tbe taxpayers of tbe coonty by the publishers of that paper in the matter of tbe County Treasurer's report. In making our comments we said tbat we bad taken very little part in tbe discussion of tbe matter, further than the statement of facts, because we occupied the positiou of a rival, and was not likely to get full credit for what we might say. It will therefore be seen tbat the attempt of the Herald to resort to tbat mea o aod contemp tible subterfuge for argument was anticipated. That paper has failed to recognize tbe posi tion it put itself into by ridiculing the Grand Jury for what it was pleased to term "tbat great and searching investigation," &c., and after noticing what it considered tbe only two points worthy of attention, winds up with the charge against the Watchman and Southron of jaalouely and spitefuloesf, venting of apleen| &c, which it says it can forgive. It can use its pleasure ; our notice of the matter was i made from a public standpoint, and only when it appeared that silence would be im proper, and we are not concerned about the Herald's forgiveness. The first thing the Htrald thinks worthy of ] attention is the in?fcreoce.that it admitted the I justice of the redaction ; which it denies, and I says it could not afford-to sue and wait for j the full amount. The foil amount of the bill i was $434. The public can judge as to that. I Tbe next thing worthy of attention was the i statement made in our article, that in tbe re : measurement of tbe report tbe last sheet was : not measured. Tbe Saraid asserts empbati * cal 1 y that it was measured. As before stated, i tbe re-measurement was made by Mr A. G. Flowers, of tbe W. $ 8. office. We do not j propose to bandy words with tbe Heroldon \ that matter. Our statement whs made on in I formation from Mr. Flowers himself, without j suggestion or solicitation. He saw *nd an j proved tbe statement in our last week's article, and be further authorizes ns to lunke tbe assertion again. That is all we know about it. It is a question be ween the individuals concerned. Tbe writer of this was not present and did not know that the measurement was to be made by _ Flowers, nor that it had been done until informed of it after it was over. We think these are all tbe points made by tbe Herald; but in view of tbe position in which the Herald has seen fit to put ns, we will now notice several matters that we did not choose to take up in our article last week. In the article copied by us last week, tbe Herald, referring to the re-measurement of tbe report by Mr. Flowers, said : "He found space to the amount of $25 as compared with tbe last' year's report. When it is remembered that the report this year was much larger than that of last year, tbe space can be easily accounted for. The balance $12.50 was for beads that were not in the re port of last year, but the Commissioners re fused to pay for them. Tbe space Mr. Flowers found .was between tbe headings. Tbe report was set in smaller type this year, consequently tbe body part of the report made less in pro portion." This may be good dust to throw into the eyes of people who don't know, or don't care to kubw, anything about such matters; but it is in fact the veriest nonsense, and as an explanation or argument is worth less than "the (blank) space Mr. Flowers fouod be tween tbe headings," to tbe amount of $25.00?blank space with not a word printed on it, put in io blocks of one and two inches, but charged for at 50 cents an inch. Now can anybody understand how "the space can be easily accounted for'' "when it is remembered that tbe report this year was much larger than that of last year?" That is, the $25.00 worth of blank apac? ; bow could the additional leogtb of the subject mailer account for the blank space put in to be meaao?ed at.50 conta an inch ? Can tbe intelligent reader comprehend that very lucid explanation of tbe Herald. Again, what is meant by tbe statement: "The report was set in smaUer type'this year, consequently tbe body part of tbe report made less in proportion?". If last year's report measured 550 inches and cost $275, bow is it possible that the body part of this year's report made less in proportion, when the Herald bill was for 868 inches, $434 ? Certainly Mr. Flowers could not have found all the heads and spaces. In view of tbe statement of the Heralds to small type, we would ask if the Harald will venture to make a certif?cate to back np that statement. The part of tbe report so far as we bave examined, that is set in tbe smaller type (Brevier) is double leaded (ori spaced) between the lines, which makes it just j the same os if set in tbe larger type (Long Primer.) It isa fact that the matter of this year's report is greater than that of last year's report by something over one-fifth ; but the "less in proportion" works tbe other way when you compare last year's report, 550 I inches $275, with this year's report 868 inches $434. Now in view of these facts it appears to us that tbe closing words of the article of the Herald quoted last week will not be inappro priate : "Tbe public can now judge as to who was right and who was wrong." "How much longer are the people of this j county going to 'pay tbe piper' for senseless investigations? It is a question for them to answer." POLITICAL NOTES. Gen. Ricbbourg has publicly declared himself a Reformer, much to our surprise. He says that he has always sympathized with and been inclined towards the Movement, and that bis candidacy 00 tbe Haskell ticket in 1890 was a protest against some of the methods of the Reform leaders and not op position to the purposes of tbe Mofement. Until now we have believed Gen Ricbbourg to be a true Straightout Democrat, i. e.t one who opposed Tillmao and Tillmanism from a seose of duty, believing tbe whole purpose of Ti 11 man to be to get office; and that he utterly repudiated tbe men and faction that countenanced so many wanton slanders of the men who made South Carolina what she was in tbe past. In 1890 we did not support tbe Haskell ticket, because we felt that all Democrats were bound to support the regular nominees, after tbe i Umani tes had been recognized as Democrats by tbe State Chair man and Executive Committee and we bad sat in tbe same convention with them. Then we regarded Gen. Ricbbourg aod bi3 associ ates as extremists, and inconsiderate in their eleventh hour protest against Tillmanism, but it never occurred to us that be was a Reform sympathizer. We are surprised at his recent revelation, and having said this the subject is exhausted. We hope tbe Re formers will admit bim to the benefits of their exclusive primary, and will give bim a large vote on the strength of his long delayed rev elation of sympathy. The following paragraph from the Colum bia Journal is also somewhat of a revelation of tbe methods of refawm manipulation : "It is said that General Verner will run for some office, merely to be defeated, and be appoint ed by tbe Governor to the position of Master. This cannot be substantiated, however, and is merely given as a rumor." But when we recall to mind some of the occurrences, and executive appointments, in this county, since tbe last campaign, we can easily believe it. > The manner in which Gov. Tillman was treated in Charleston was only a de gree 1?re disgraceful to the city than was Got. Tollman's conduct disgraceful to the office be holds, and the one he aspires to. He koew that there was a rowdy element present and be addressed his remarks to this element, insulting nod badgering them to retaliate in kind. Had Got. Tillman desired a decent and respectable meeting be would haTe con ducted himself decently. He attempted the same dodge bere, but, fortunately for tbe good name of Sumter, few took any notice of bis innuendoes. Cal Caughman was bowled down at VV niter boro because be alluded to John Gary Evan's remark, that tbe Register bad to be bought before it became a refawm organ. This is a day of strange happenings?Eraos was cbeered when he made tbe remark and Cat was bowled at when be alluded to tbe remark ! Tbe Register, in the discbarge of its official duty, made use of double-slotted vocabu lary in denouociog tbe Charleston crowd for bowling down Got. Tillman. The Register in its individual capacity returned thanks to the sturdy yeomanry of Colleton for howl ing down Cal Caughman. Mr. John M. Waddill seems to imagine that be has at l?st fathomed tbe depths of Tin man's infamy. He says that Ben is "stingy !" And worse still, to tell, he in sinuates that Darlington's erstwhile reform paper fell into an untimely grave been use "Stingy Ben" did not pay his subscription. John Gary Evans is still prancing around the State, squinting one eye and cursing. He said D- at Charleston. And yet be is what the book makers call a safe sbot. Uncle George Tillman's opinion concerning the indecency of one family trying to bold all the offices makes rather acrid reading for the clan of Gary and its ramifications. The much talked-of equalization of real estate, after all, amounts to almost nothing. If there was to be a raise, why not assess all property at its full vale or leave the assess ment alooe? There is just so much money to be raised each year for the support of tbe State government, and it will make no differ ence to the tax-payer whether be pays it on one-half value, seventeen per cent above half value, or full value. Gen. El 1er be, backed by the Register and daily communications from "Farmer," "Reformer," "Wool Hat Boy," "Alliance," "Sub Treasury" and other such well known characters is making a good second in tbe race. Brother G. Walt Whitman is still crying to tbe All Powerful People : "For the Lord's sake vote for me 1" Treasurer Bates bas no time to prance around the State begging votes and stirring up strife, but attends to the duties of his office. But there is no Reformer with tbe courage to demand his place, notwithstand ing there are hosts hungry for an offioe of any kind. Individually we are more gratified by tbe determination of tbe Refawm hosts to have an exclusive primary than anything they have done. We expect great things from it. Tbe reformers finding that private feuds are springing up in tbe camp of refawm, in de fault of Conservative opposition, are trying to frighten tbe kickers into submission and harmony by crying up and down tbe ?tate that tbe dreaded Conservatives bave a perfect and well-disciplined, but secret organization, ready and waiting to put out a ticket to grap ple with the refawm ticket. It is a bugaboo that won't work. NOTICE. SUMTER DEMOCRATIC CLUB. THE MEMBERS OF SUMTER DEMO cratic Club are notified that tbe club will meet in tbe Court House on Saturday, July 28th at 8 o'clock p, m , for the purpose of re-organizing and electing delegates to tbe County Convention, and tbe transaction of such other business as may properly come before tbe club. S. C. BAKER, Pres. H. G. Ostebn, Acting, Sec. Co. E, Palmetto Sharpshooters. THE ANNUAL RE-UNION of Survivors Association of CO. E, PALMETTO SHARPSHOOTERS will be held on August 3d, 1894,?tbe First Friday in the mon th at Tabernacle Camp Ground, two and a half miles from Lyncbburg. Tbe meeting will organize at 11 o'clock. A full attendance, with baskets, is requested. J. C. McKINNEY, Secretary. July 18._ RELAY BICYCLES, FIVE PATTEENS, 26 lbs. to 39 lbs. $85 to $1.35. Exclusive agencies appointed at unoccupied points. Lists and rates on application. H. B. WHILDEN, General Agent for South Carolina, West End Calboun St. June 6-3m. CHARLESTON, 8. C. POINTER PUPS. APAIR OF THOROUGHBRED POINTER PUPS, "Foster Blodgett" sire, six : weeks old. Apply at the Office of the Watchman and Southron. un Jim ITIIDI il -I A TRIP Will not be enjoyable, unless you are equipped with the following which is essential to a man's comfort. A Nice L.ot of Negligee Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Scarfs, Underwear, Handkerchiefs, a Hat,&e. -AL80 A NICE? Trunk or Leather Y alise. Any of the above goods we are selling AT LOW PRICES. BEFORE YOU PURCHASE YOUR OUTFIT SIE US. jjjrown, Ruttino j JJe Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers, S?MTER, S. C. June 6 LOW FOR GASE A CAR LOAD OF Fine Buggy Horses. A Full Line of OLD HICKORY WAGONS, BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, HARNESS, WHIPS, ETC. ALL FOR SALE LOW FOR CASH. W. Itt. GRAHAM. Jan. 11. MUD. AT OLD STAND. ON MAIN STREET. HOGAN Desires to inform his friends and the public that he has Re-opened his Business, Which was closed on account of his sickness several weeks ago, and is now better prepared than ever to handle fresh Meats of all kinds. Have put in a new and improved refrigerator, and can keep meats fresh and sweet any length of time. Call on him next to T. C. ScafFe's, Main StM Sumter, S. C. _ SOMETHING NEW. Almost incredible but warranted True ! 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