The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 11, 1901, Image 4
CJ?t Wti??^em w? Soutljron.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER li, !90!.
Tbe SunUer Watcnman was roundeo
in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866.
The Watchman and Southron now has
the combined circulation and influence
of both cf the old papers, and is mani
estly the best advertising medium io
8smter.
THE NEW COUNTY ISSUE.
The election to determine whether
the proposed new county of Lee sha!
be formed has been ordered by Gover?
nor McSweeney after a careful exami?
nation of the petition submitted to
him by the promoters of the new
county, and the election will be held
on October 22nd.
The boundary lines, as stated in the
petition, are given elsewhere in this
issue, and those interested can, from
this statement determine, without
difficulty, whether they are to be citi?
zens of Lee, in the event of the estab?
lishment of the proposed county, or
remain citizens of old Sumter.
The election will inevitably excite
intense interest and the feeling for and
against the proposition will grow in
intensity day by day from this time
until the election shall have been
held. There is a strong sentiment in
favor of the new county and a com?
pact, harmonious and intensely ener?
getic organization working to promote
this sentiment and to carry the plan
to establish Lee county at once to a
successful issue. There is an equally
strong sentiment against the new
county movement, but up to this time
there has been no organization to pro?
mote and direct this sentiment effec?
tively, consequently the new county
advocates have plain sailing and easy
sailing in the present new county
campaign by reason of the fact that
the opposition met with has be-en of
individuals only, and it has been the
old story of organization pitted
against disorganization.
% Now, however, we are informed that
the opponents of the Lee county move?
ment propose to organize and inaugu?
rate a campaign of education, the ob?
ject of which will be to place before
the citizens of the proposed new coun?
ty the disadvantages that will attend
the creation of a new county in as
strong and as forcible a manner as the
advantages have heretofore been
brought to their attention. This
is as it should be, and no fair minded
man, be he for or against the new
county, will find fault with the course
adopted by those who are working for
and against the new county. This is
a free country and every man is
entitled to have his own opinion, to
express it when he sees fit and to ad?
vocate or oppose any public measure
as his i? te rests or sentiment may
dictate.
This being the case, and as the
Watchman and Southron circulates ex
tensively in Sumter county and is
read by a large majority of those who
are most directly and vitally interest
ed in the new county question we
make this propoition to those who
have anything to say either for or
against the new county :
We will publish any article directly
bearing upon the subject that is fur?
nished us, the only conditions being
that the said articles shall be legibly
written on ooe side of the paper, shall
be couched in parliamentary language
and do not deal in personalties, shall
be signed by the author, and shall
reach this office on or before Tuesday
noon of the week it is to be published.
This offer is made because we wish
to deal justly by all parties to the con?
test that we see is at hand, and be?
cause we desire to give notice in ad?
vance that all parties will receive the
same treatment at our hands. As far j
as this paper is concerned we wish to j
do our part in disseminating all possi?
ble information that the people should
have to aid them in arriving at a cor?
rect understanding of the issues at
stake, the result that most logically
follow the formation of or the failure
to form the proposed new county.
We wish to place before the people all
arguments that can be marshalled for
and against the new county and at the
.same time to afford full and free op?
portunity to those who have some?
thing to 3ay to say it.
In our opinion new counties, and
smaller counties, in general, and Lee
'County in particular, cannot be regard
wed either as an unmixed blessing or
evil. The smaller the county the nearer
the people as a whole are to the seat
of government; and, as a rule, they
are more.hom?~2neous, their interests
?re Itsj diversified and less conflicting.
The average distance being less to the
Court House the mileage that must be
paid to jurors and witnesses is less
and court expenses are proportionately
less. The formation of a new county
brings into existence a new county
seat, a new centre of political activity
and incidentally tends to develop a
new business centre. The result is the
growth of the county seat in every?
way, the population increases, new
houses, churches, school houses and
stores are built, land values enhance
and those who own property in and
nediately around the county seat
benefitted financially either from
ased rents or by selling off build
ts or farms at higher prices than
could have been obtained previously.
On the other hand the expense of ope?
rating the govermennt of a small coun?
ty is not proportionately less than the
sum required to operate a larger
county. The same number of county
officers are required, and the salaries
! are usually but a fraction less than
j those paid in a large county The
same number of courts must be held
and the expense is, save for the less
mileage paid witnesses and the short?
er term they are in session, just the
same as in a large county, and the
saving on mileage and shorter term is
very nearly counterbalanced by the
loss of time that invariably attends
the opening of court. But without
going further into details it may be
accepted as a fact that the expense of
operating the government of two small
conny formed from one large county
is greater than the expense of opera?
ting the government of the old county
before the division This increased
cost of government may be compen?
sated by the enhancement in values
in and around the county seat, but
this enhancement in values is not
often sufficient to ease the burden of
increased taxation that falls with
equal pressure upon the property own?
ers, whether he is land owner in or
near the county seat and a recipient i
of the benefits derived from the crea?
tion of the county seat or a resident
in the remotest part of the county.
These are merely general principles
that apply with varying degrees exact?
ness to small counties according to
the conditions existing in various
counties. How they will apply in
actual experience to Lee county is
merely a matter of arithmetic, and
those interested can make the calcula?
tion for themselves. The estimated
valuation of the taxable property in?
cluded in the proposed new county is
$1,759,605, and, if it is possible to ar?
rive at an approximate estimate of the
amount that will be required to pay
the salaries of county officers, court ex?
penses, maintenance of roads, bridges
and public buildings, record books,
stationery, and supplies for the county
officers, printing, advertising, and
other incidental expenses, it will be
easy to determine the rate of taxation.
This is the gist of the whole matter
as we see it : If the people of the ter?
ritory included in the proposed new
county are convinced that it is to
their interest to form the new county
it is their right and privilege to go to
the polls and vote for the new county
and no one can gainsay them. If they
shall so decide, it is for them to assume
the responsibility for the future. If
they shall find that their brightest
anticipations are realized their judg?
ment will be vindicated, if experience
convinces them that they made a mis?
take 3nd the burden of taxation be?
comes onerous they will have to grin
and bear it for it is next to impossible
to disestablish a county once it is es?
tablished.
We are free to admit that we believe
that the establishment of Lee county
will be to some extent detrimental to
the business interests of the city of
Sumter, but we do not take so gloomy
a view of the outlook as do some of
our friends, merchants, lawyers, cot?
ton buyers, bankers and others in
various lines of industry, for we have
a better opinion of Sumter than to
imagine for a single minute that the
future of this place is dependent
upon the drawing of an imaginary line
across the county and the establish?
ment of a Court House in Bishopville.
All the farms will remain where they
are now and the farmers will keep on
farming whether they become citizens
of a new county to be known as the
county of Lee, or remain citizens of
Sumter county, and even though they
should attend court in Bishopville
when required to do so, they will trade
in Sumter just as long as it is to their
interest to do so. And we believe
that with the advantages that Sumter
possesses it will be a matter of no
serious difficutly for her business men
to make it to the interest of Lee coun?
ty people to trade in Sumter in future
as they have in the past, just as they
now attract the trade of so great a
number of Clarendon county people.
We would greatly dislike to see the
symmetry of Sumter county so griev?
ously mutilated as the Lee county sur?
veyor portrays on his maps, for Sum?
ter county is left looking like a half
gnawed ham bone, while Lee county
has the appearance of a gerrymander?
ed Congressional district in Ohio,
with a most peculiar zig zag scalloped
trimming around the upper edge.
The steady improvement in Presi?
dent McKinley's condition carries the
almost positive assurance that he will
recover rapidly, and, will, within a
few weeks, be able to resume his offi?
cial duties. This will be welcome
news to everybody, for there has been
the most general sympathy with him,
and the whole country has hoped for
his speedy restoration to health and
strength.
Would it not be a good idea for the ?
promoters of Lee county and the oppo
nents to agree to hold a series of mass
meetings in tie- new county territory ;
-say at Lynchburg, St. Charles, Bish- j
opville and H?rriots X Roads to dis?
cuss the pros and cons of the ques?
tion? The champions on cit lier side
would thus have the very best oppor?
tunity of explaining their views to the
interested voters?
THE ATTACK ON THE PRESIDENT.
Without respect to party, creed or
race all true Americans are filled with
horror and grief by the cowardly and
infamous attempt on the life of Presi?
dent McKinley in Buffalo Friday af?
ternoon by an anarchist of foreign
birth. There is but one sentiment
among all classes, sympathy for Presi?
dent McKinley and his family, hope
for his recovery and condemnation of
the cowardly wretch who deliberately
planned and remorselessly exexcuted
the attack on the president. Today ;
millions of William McKinley's fellow' i
citizens are offering up sincere pray- j
ers from pure hearts that his life be :
spared, and tomorrow when the people
of every State, city and hamlet of this
broad land gather together for the
Sabbath Day service petitions will be
made to the Giver of Live in his be?
half.
The deed of the anarchist, Louis
Czologoz, is foreign to America and
excites nothing save horror and indig?
nation in . the minds of all native
Americans and all men of foreign birth
fit to be Amercian citizens or to enjoy
the blessings of freedom and liberty
in a land of free institutions such as
the United States. Anarchists may be
deluded, but they are dangerous and
should be treated as they merit. The
man or womaan who disseminates
anarchistic doctrines is a criminal and
should be so dealt with, and if there
is no law in America to reach them,
laws should be enacted without delay.
Just a little more than a year ago
Bresci left Patterson, X. J., as the
agent of the anarchists of that city,
and, proceeding to Italy, assassinated
King Humbert. Only a few weeks
ago the Patterson anarchists celebrated
the anniversary of the assassination of
Humbert and eulogized Bresci as a
hero and a martyr. Last night the
anarchists met and toasted
the would-be assassin of
McKinley. Are such de?
graded criminals fit to be at large : are
they fit to live under the protection of
American laws; should they be per?
mitted to make this country an asylum
from which to disseminate their per?
nicious doctrine of license and murder?
America is a country of law and
order and liberty ; the anarchists are
endeavoring to make of it a place of
license and murder and to destroy law
and order.
The attack on President McKinley
will arouse the country against the
anarchists and if these pernicious
criminals are stamped out as a result of
the aroused public sentiment, Presi?
dent McKinley's sufferings will not
have been m vain. Good will result
from the evil wrought at Buffalo Fri?
day afternoon.
Patterson
Czologoz,
President
The returns received from the Con?
gressional primary up to the time of
going to press indicate that Lever,
Brantley and Howell are well up in
the lead and it is impossible to say
which two of the three will be in the
second primary, though Lever and
Brantley have the lead; Smith also
ran and Buchanan left at the post.
If Maj. Howell gets into the second
primary he will receive a big vote in
Sumter county.
Result of Congressional Primary.
The following is the Sumter County
vote in the Congressional primary, held
yesterday, as far as is obtainable at the
hour of going to press ;
V0XI3TG PLACES.
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3
a
Mayesville.?
Pleasant Grove. .
Wells X Roads...;
Spring Hill.|
Rafting Creek... j
Gaillards X R'd's;
Sumter.j
Bandana.j
Carter's X Roads.
Bossards.!
Zoar.I
Laborers & Men's ;
Rattlesnake Sp'gs
High Hills.1
Mt. Clio.j
Salem.
Hampton.j
Providence*.
Earle.j
Stateburg.I
Scarborough.j
Atkins.j
Concord .
Farmers.
Mt. Clio, No. 1...
Wedgefield.
Bishopville.
Privateer.
Magnolia.
Magnolia Dem..
Taylor.
Catchall.
Shiloh.
4'
43
26
12
3
1
3
1
13
1
1
1
20
ll
83
3
13
26
29
14
25
1
7
21
1
15
18
o
9
9
20
ll
4
3
9
17
5
14
5
19
1
7
8
4
28
2
1
1
1
12
18
13
35
3
124
7
8
3
10
2
18
ll
28
28
1
9
14
102
5
13
48
50
32
Total
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Sept 5
ELECTION IN SEVENTH DISTRICT.
The Returns Up to Midnight
Were Very incomplete.
Columbia, Sept. IL-While there
was great interest in the election in
the Seventh Congressional district yes?
terday to fill the place made vacant by
the death of Congressman Stokes,
the vote was light. The reports so
far received indicate that Lexington
polled a larger proportion of her vote
than any other county, although Col
leton has yet to be heard from. Tele?
graphic news from Walterboro is de?
pendent upon the^office at Greenpond
remaining open, and during the mala?
rial season, the operator at that point
boards a train ia the afternoon and
leaves for other pirts, hence the ab?
sence of -any information as to Colle
ton's vote.
According to the returns received by
The State, Lever of Lexington leads
with 1809, Brantley of Orangeburg
second with 1697, Howell of Colleton
962, Smith of Sumter 698 and Judge
Buchanan 36S.
Unless the remaining boxes from
Lexington hold big votes for Lever
Brantley's Orangeburg and Berkeley
majorities will put him away in the
lead. The interest then centres in
who will get second place, Lever or
Howell? With more than half of Lex?
ington's boxes to hear from Lever now
doubles Howell's vote, but the major
has a county that will be faithful to
her son to back him, and if village
and backwoods voted fully yesterday
the contest for second place will be
exceedingly close.
NO NEW DISPENSARY.
State Board of Control Rescinds
Permission to Establish lt.
Protest of City Ccuncil and City Proves
Effective.
At the August meeting the State
board of control decided to allow the
establishment of another dispensary at
Sumter. The sales in that city aggre?
gate about $60,000 annually, and the
county board resommended that an?
other dispensary would pay. Yester?
day the State ooard rescinded its
former action. This step was taken
for the reason shat nearly 200 of the
best people of Sumter sent in a peti?
tion against the establishment of an?
other dispensary; the city council
unanimously expressed its disap?
proval and even the county board
seemed to be divided on the question.
--m- -gum
Lee County Election Ordered for
the First of October.
-Columbia, Sept. 6.-The governor
has ordered the election on the ques?
tion of theestablismentof Lee County
to be held on Oct. 1 next. The pro?
clamation was issued yesterday upon
the filing of the following opinion
from the assistant ^?tto^ney general
and a careful examination of the certi?
fied papers presented by the petition?
ers.
Dear Sir: Yon. refer to this office
the petitions and other papers in refer?
ence to the formation of the new coun?
ty of Lee, and request to be advised if
the constitutional requirements have
been complied with.
Inasmuch as this involves a question
of fact solely, it is a matter for your
excellency to determine.
The legal requirements are that one
third of the quali fied voters of the sec?
tions of the old counties to be cut off
shall petition the governor to order an
election, and thai; an election shall be
ordered within 20 days thereafter.
The law provides that no new county
shall be formed containing less than
the 124th part of the whole number of
the inabitants of the State ; nor shall
it have less than one and one-half mil?
lions of assessed taxable property, as
shown by the last tax returns ; nor shall
it contain less area than 400 square
miles. It is further provided that no
old county shall be reduced to less
area than 500 square miles, to less as?
sessed property than two million dol?
lars : nor to a smaller population than
fifteen thousand, nor shall any old
county be cut within eight miles ??of
the court house ubilding.
Whether the record shows that these
requirements and prohibitions have
been complied with is a question of
fact for the governor, and not within
the province of this office.
As requested a form of an order of
election is herewith enclosed.
Yesterday the governor received a
further communication in regard to
the proposed new county of Heyward,
the previous papers for which have
been sent back to the petitioners to
be put in proper form. A copy of the
attorney general's report in the Lee
county case has been mailed the peti?
tioners. The proposed new county is
to consist of Coosawhatchie, Bluffton
and Yemassee and townships of
Beaufort county and Robert and that
part of Coosawhatchie southwest of
the road leading from Coosawhatchie
to Robertsville in Hampton county.
It is claimed that all constitutional
requirements can be complied with.
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OP SUMTER.
Hy Thos. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge.
Whereas, Mark Reynolds, Esq.. made
j suit to me grant him Letters of Adminis
! tration of the estate of and effects of Miss
Sophia M. Reynolds, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all rind singular the kindred and creditors
of the said Miss Sophia .M. Reynolds, late
of saiil County and State, deceased, that
they lie and appear before me. in the
Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter C.
H. on Sept. LSth. 1901, next, after publica?
tion thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon,
to show cause, if any they have, why tho |
said administration should not be granted.
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September, A. D. 1901.
THOS. V. WALSH.
Si-pt 4-2t Judge of Probate.
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