The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 11, 1903, Image 4
ile Matttnnira mt? ^owijrori.
WEDNESDAY, ?OYEMBER \\, 1903.
? The Sumter Watchman was founded ic
1S5? and the True Soukron in 1866, The
Watchman and Southron now bas the com?
bined circulation and influence of both of
the old papers, and is manifestly the best
advertising meditan in Sumter.
Senator Gorman will have something
to say concerning the selection of the
ocratic nominee for President
If ali the circuit Judges follow
^Fudge Purdy's example and arrest
witnesses wno swear falsely in court,
the penetenfciary will soon be over?
flowing
There is too much reckless and
brazen lying in ocr courts and it is
high time for some one to interfere
and put it down with a strong hand.
The revolution in Panama, while not
. unexpected, ts open to suspicion of
having been prompted as a commercial
enterprise in the interest of the Pana?
ma canal. It would be interesting to
know who is nxancing the undertak?
ing
fte are informed that an application
will shortly be made to ihe City Coun?
cil, for a franchise for a street rail?
way system. It is stated that the
promoters of the enterprise have
strong financial backing and are in a
position to give Sumter a thoroughly
equipped and modern street railway
system and a power station that will
he prepared to furnish power and
lights for public and private use. This
is an enterprise that the people of
Sumter will w3lcome, and if it should
' materialize fn the near future, it will
be a most influencia! factor in pro?
moting the growth and developement
of the city. . For the creation of sur
bnrban residence sections there is no
agency quite so potent as a street rail?
way system which provides rapid tran?
sit* to and from the business centre
of the city*r We are not informed
concerning the plans of the promoters
of the street railway enterprise, but
wt are confident that they will receive
evosy reasonable encouragement from'
citizens and that they will be the re?
cipients of liberal treatment from the j
??? ty Council. They will probably not j
?as?s for a wide open, indefinite or per- ?
-;pe">ua? franchise, nor should an unre
. .strioted franchise be granted, should
it be asked, inasmuch as the city
^ should always reserve a measure of
supervision or control over such pub?
lik utilities for the protection of the
^publie ?Bd to insure good service.
J&lnda county cannot rid itself of
\3ho .dispensary," although the people
a?; almost a unit in demanding that
the dispensary, to which is attributed
the greater part of the crime and
Woodshed that have cursed that sec?
tion since it was established, be dis?
continued. The State Board, in re?
sponse to a petition demanding the dis?
co otinuance of the dispensary, has in
fo;rmed the people of Saluda that they
have no authority to close a dispensary
?udess it proves unprofitable. All of
weltlich goes to show the immorality of
the great moral institution.
If the negro " hot supper sea-*
son could be extended through?
out the year, the race ques?
tion would be solved- within a fewN
years. It is true the solution would
pc.rtake of the nature of race suicide
and might cot meet with the approval
o? President Roosevelt, but it would
interfere less with the right of the
negro to freedom cf action and pursuit
ci happiness than the methods adopted
in. the Philippines.
Jadge Purdy is a live wire and no
respecter of persons in the enforce?
ment of the law. The badge-wearing
members of secret orders who try on
all occasions to work the brotherhood
dodge .or all it is worth have nothing
to hope for from him when they appear
before him as convicted criminals.
? A special dispatch to the Augusta
Chronicle states that Judge Simonton
has notified Governor Hey ward that
the bond of the constables arrested in
Charleston on the?complaint cf Wieters
was fixed at $6,000 without his know?
ledge. "The papers were filled out for
him to sign and the amount of the
bond filled in by a clerk. The Judge
signed without noticing." We have
always heard that ignorance was no
excuse in law, and it is a remarkable
thing for a distinguished jurist like
Judge Simonton to come pleading
ignorance as an excuse for his act io
fixing the bond of the constables, who
are charged with simple assault at
$6,000, a larger bond ti an is nsua? h
required of persons charged with
murder.
The effort to work up a boom foi
Cleveland for President is doomed tc
failure, and it should fail. The people
-of the country are fixed in their op?
position to a third term, and this apa ri
from CleveUind's unpopularity wit!
the rank and file of the Democrats ol
the south should render him unavail?
able as a candidate?. If the Demo
eratic party has fallen so low that ii
has only one man in it fit for th(
Presidency it should go out of busi
ness. Twenty years of Grover is
enough for the average Democrat, and
. unless the politicians are bent on de?
struction of the party they will drop
? the Cleveland boom like a hot potato
i and chain Bryan in some secluded
i back lot urit;I the campaign of 1901 is
over.
The Panama affair is not a revolu?
tion, but a conspiracy, and it is so
i apparent from the trend of affairs that
, the conspiracy was hatched in Wash
, ington or at Oyster Bay that no denial
would convince the Americans to the
contrary. The whole affair has been
conducted with a system that could
; have proceeded alone from a well
ordered plan, and as the success of the
undertaking depended entirely upon
the cooperation of the United States
Government it is clear that the con?
spirators in Panama were assured of
this cooperation before they launched
the so called revolution, and had be?
fore them the hope of sharing in the
graft that will be an important feature
of the Panama canal project.
mmui GIVES MASONIC sus
But Judge Purdy Calls Him Down
and Sternly Rebukes Him.
The Aiken correspondent of the
News and Courier in a report of the
recent term of Court in that county
has the following account of an ir cr?
esting incident that occurred :
When Benjamin Buford, the white
man found guilty of manslaughter in
killing the negro, Larry Blackmore,
was presented before Judge Purdy for
sentence, he was asked by his honor
if he had anything to say why sentence
of the Court should not be passed upon
him. Buford replied: "Nothing, your
Honor." and held up the lapel of his
coat, on which was pinned the emblem
of the Masonic Fraternity. He had
previously given a sign, which Judge
Purdy, being a Mason, did not fail to
recognize. The man's object was evi?
dent and Judge Purdy sternly said ;
! "That badge can do you no good here.
You are not fit to wear it. Throw it
away. You have violated all that is
good and noble th ai that emblem rep?
resents, and you are no brother of
mine. The sentence of tbe Court is
that you shall serve twelve years in
the State Penitentiary at hard labor.
You can thank your counsel for saving
your neck."
The Charleston Spirit.
The Dispensary constables who were
arrested under Federal process on
Saturday and who spent Saturday
night and Sunday in the Charleston
County Jail were released from custody
yesterday on giving bond in the sum
of $5,000 each for appearance for trial
in the United States Court. Three
other Dispensary constables included
in this proceeding will give bond for
their appearance, and the hunt of the
elusive tiger will goon with redoubled
energy.
The authorities are determined that
the law-the Dispensary law-shall
be enforced. It is reported that Gov?
ernor Hey ward is very indignant at
the arrest of the constables in the
Wieters case, and that it is his duty
to enforce the law, in which enforce?
ment "Charleston must be treated like
any other part of the State." The
Governor is right, Charleston ought to
be treated like any other part of the
State. 4 4 The only way to endeavor
to enforce the law in Charleston," the
Governor has said, 4 4 is to order the
Chief to raid suspected places; for the
juries refuse to find true bills."
There must be some mistake about
that. After a certain outrageous ex?
perience in Charleston some months
ago, when the private home of a gentle
woman was raided, surely the Govern-'
or could not trust the Chief to make
the sort of raids suggested. It is
doubtless true that the juries in
Charleston generally "refuse to find
true bills" in Dispensary cases. Very
few such bills have been found and
very few such convictions have been
secured on snch bills; but upon whom
does this responsibility rest-the Gov?
ernor at Columbia, the whiskey ring,
the dispensary constable or the mem?
bers of the grand juries? When juries
44refuse to find true bills" in other
cases and when petit juries refuse to
find verdicts of guilty in such cases as
the grand juries present for trial,
what would be thought if "Chief,"
or Sheriff, or constable, or other offi?
cer should be ordered to raid suspected
places and riot with the penalties of
the law ! Has it come to this that
"the Chief" of a company of whiskey
constables is bigger than ? grand jury?
We are sure that justice would be
more certainly administered, in some
cases at least, if the Governor had
authority to order the Chief to expose
the irregularities in Dispensary busi?
ness, or to order the Sheriff to put to
death persons tried for life when the
juries refuse to convict, but it would
be dangerous authority to confer upon
any officer whatever his political im?
portance or family respectability.
We are sure that the violations of
the sacred Dispensary law, wicked
though they be and deserving the se?
verest punishment, are not by any
means the most dangerous crimes com?
mitted against the State. The indict?
ment, trial, conviction and execution
of one white man for committing
murder would b9 of greater conse?
quence to the peace, good order and
prosperity of the State than the in?
dictment, trial, conviction and pun?
ishment of ninety and nine persons
caught in the act of selling bottled
beer or blind tiger whiskey in Dispen?
sary packages against the provisions
of the Dispensary law.-News and
Courier.
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Oil.
If you want good Harness Oil that
will black and soften your harnees try
ours, it is worth 50 cents per gallon,
price it other places.
China's Drug Store.
Nov. 7-tf.
The November issue of the "Purple
Folder" of the Atlantic Coast Line con?
tains an accurate map of the State of
Florida in addition to the map of the sys?
tem, which adds to the attractiveness ol
this folder. Nov 20
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
The President Transmits Special
Message to Congress Relative
to Cuban Reciprocity T aty.
Says the United States Should Keep
Faith With Cuba.
2 Washington, Nov. IO.-Today's ses?
sion was devoted exclusively to the
reading of the president's message in
support of reciprocity with Cuba and
to the routine incident to the receipt of
the message, and again, as on yester?
day, continued for only about .15
minutes.
The message received the careful
attention of the senators and when its
reading had been concluded Mr. Cul
lom (Ills) was recognized to move the
reference to the committeee on foreign
relations of the messge and the Unban
treaty, the text of which has been
transmitted with the message, and the
senate adjourned until tomorrow.
The message was as follows ;
To the Senate, and House of Repre?
sentatives:
I have convened the congress that
it may consider the, legislation neces?
sary to put into operation the commer?
cial treaty with Cuba, which was
ratified by the senate at its last ses?
sion, and subsequently by the Cuban
government I deem such legislation
demanded not only by our interest but
by our honor. We cannot with pro?
priety abandon the course upon which
we have so wisely embarked. When
the acceptance of the P1att amendment
was required from Cuba by the action
of the congress of the United States,
this government thereby definitely
committed itself to the policy of treat?
ing Cuba as occupying an unique
position as regards this country. It
was provided that when the island be?
came a free and independent republic
she should stand in such close relations
withins as in certain respects to come
within our system nf international
policy ; and it necessarily followed that
she must also to a certain degree be?
come included within the lines of our
economic policy. Situated as Cuba is}
it would not be possible for this
country to permit the strategic abuse
of the island by any foreign military
power, lt is for this reason that cer?
tain limitations have been imposed
upon her financial policy and that naval
stations have been conceded by her to
the United States. The negotiations
as to the detail of these naval stations
are on the eve of completion. They
are so situated as to prevent any idea
that there is the intention ever to use
them against Cuba, or otherwise than
for the protection of Cuba from the
assaults of foreign foes, and for the
better safeguarding of American inter?
ests in the waters south of us.
These interests have been largely
increased by the consequences of the
war with Spain, and will be still
further increased by the building of
the isthmian canal. They are both
military and economic. The granting
to us by Cuba of the naval stations
above alluded to is of the utmost im?
portance from a military standpoint,
and is proof of the good ??ith with
which Cuba is treating us. Cuba has
made great progress since her in?
dependence was-established. She has
advanced steadily in every way. She
already stands high among her sister
republics of the -new world. She is
loyally observing her obligations to us ;
and she is entitled to like treatment
by us.
The treaty submitted to you for ap?
proval secures to the United States
economic advantages as great as those
given to Cuba. Not an American in?
terest is sacrificed. By the treaty, a
large Cuban market is secured to our
producers. It is a market which lies
at our doors, which is already large,
which is capable of great expansion,
and which is especially important to
the development of our export trade.
It would be indeed short sighted for
us to refuse to take advantage of such
an opportunity, and to force Cuba into
making arrangements with other conn- j
tries to our disadvantage.
This reciprocity treaty stands by j
itself. It is demanded on considera- ;
tion of broad national policy as
well as by our economic interest, i
It will do harm to no industry. It j
will benefit many industries. It.
is in the interest of our people asa!
whole, both because of its importance
from the broad standpoint of inter-1
national policy, and because economi- j
cally it intimately concerns us to
develop and secure the rich Cuban ;
market for our farmers, artisans, mer
chants and manufacturers. Finally, it
is desirable as a guaranty of the good
faith of our natipn towards her young
sister republic to the south, whose |
welfare must ever be closely bound j
wi til ours. We gave her liberty. We !
are knit to her by the memories of the I
blood and the courage of our soldiers .
who fought for her in war ; by the I
memories of the wisdom and integrity
of our administrators who served her
in peace and who started her so well
on the difficult path of self-govern- !
ment. We must help her onward and
upward; and in helping her we shall
help ourselves.
The foregoing considerations caused
the negotiation of the treaty with Cuba
and its ratification by the senate.
? They now with equal force support the
j legislation by the congress which by
the terms of the treaty is necessary to
render it operative. A failure to enact
such legislation would come perilously
near a repudiation of the pleged faith
? the nation.
j I transmit herewith the treaty as
i amended by the senate and ratified by
I the Cuban government.
Theodore Roosevelt.
White House, NOT. ?0, 1903.
Hot Stuff at China's Drug Store.
We wish to announce that we have
I just installed the most up to date
Hygenic Hot Soda Water Apparatus
j in the State, and we will be in a posi
. tion to dispel the chilly feelings dur
! ing the winter months with the most
? invigorating hot drinks of all kinds.
Below we give you a list of some of
the good hot drinks served by us:
Hot Coffee with whipped cream, To?
mato Bouillon, Clam Bouillon, Oyster
Bouillon, Chicken Soup, Cherry Bloze
i with wine, Creame . de Mint with
Cherries, 10c; Ginger Cordial, Magic
Bulion, Cream Chocolate with Cream,
Beef Tea. We furnish the finest
crackers that can be had with each
drink free. Cold Soda is good in hot
weather and Hot Soda is fine in cold
.weather. Come in and try ours, it
can't be equaled. Everything hot and
strong.
Nov. 7-tf.
I Visitors from other counties com?
ment frequently and unfavorably upon
our antiquated and unsightly Court
House which is not in keeping with
the city and the business houses that
give our streets a progressive and
metropolitan appearance and attract
the admiring attention of visitors
from other placeas.
' WANTED TO SELL-Household
and Kitchen Furniture. Apply to J.
W. Gamble at residence, six miles
from Sumter on Wedgefield road.
Nov. ll-lt*
GOVERNESS WANTED-To teach
in family. Apply with recommenda?
tions to Mrs. N. W. H., Rural P. 0.,
S. C. Nov. ll-lt. i
WANTED-Faithful person to travel
for well established house in a few
counties, calling on retail merchants
and agents. Local territory. Salary
$20.00 per week with expenses addi?
tional, all payable in cash each week.
Money for expenses advanced. Position
permanent. Business successful and
rushing. Standard House, 330 Dear?
born street, Chicago. Nov. 13
WANTED-Purchasers for several
Berkshire Gilts. Can be mated to
thoroughbred Boar, no kin. Not
registered, but no finer stock in the
county. Too good for breeders, to
make pork of them. Prices reasonable.
Apply to Egypt Farm, E. W. Dabbs,
Manager, Goodwill, S. C.
Sept. 9-rtf.
FOR SALE-Two second-hand Pi?
anos, first class for beginners to prac?
tice on ; $25 each, your choice. Call
or address, H. L. B. Wells, Sumter C.
H., S. C. Oct7-6t
FOR SALE-Sewing Machine in
good condition. Apply at Watchman
and Southron Office. Setp. 30-2t.
EGGS-Barred Plymouth Rock
Eggs. Sitting of 23 SI. 00. For sale
by N. G. Osteen. Sept. 30-2t
DOGWOOD, Persimmon and Hickory
timber for sale by R. C. McFaddin, Sum?
ter, S. C. Oct. 21-4t*
WANTED, Persimmon, Dogwood, Hick?
ory and Holly Logs. Freight paid on car?
loads. JAMES COCKSHOTT, Charleston,
S. C. Oct 21-4m.
FOR RENT-One storehouse, with
three room dwelling attached, with
necessary out buildings, for five
months. Three and one half miles
from Sumter in the fork of Providence
and Statebnrg roads. For terms apply
to R. M. Edens, Sumter, S. C.
July 29-tf.
Estate of Wm? R. Fiad, Dee'd.
I WILL apply to the Judge cf Probate
of Sumter County on December 7th,. 1903,
for a Final Discharge as Administrator ofc
the aforesaid Estate.
AUGUSTUS & FLUD,
Nov 6-4t Administrator.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
C0TTITT? OF STJMTEB.
By Thos. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge.
Whereas, S. Lee Young made suit
to me to grant him Letters of Adminis?
tration of the Estate of and effects of
Frank K. Young, deceased.
These are therefore tc cite and admon?
ish all and singular the kindred and
creditors of the said Frank K. Young, late of
said county and State, deceased, that they
be and appear before me, in the Court of
Probate, to be held at Sumter C. H., on
I Nov. 25th, 1003, next, after publication
j thereof, at il o'clock in the forenoon, to
show cause, if any they have, why the said
I Administration should not be granted,
i Given under my Hand, this 11th day of
November A. D., 1903.
THOS. V. WTALSH,
Nov ll-2t Judge of Probate.
HORSES AND MULES.
HOB^UNDJULES.
A. O. HARBY
Wishes to call your attention to the fact
that he has just returned from the West,
where he purchased
A CHOICE LOAD.
They are nice and a well selected bunch. No trouble to
show or drive them A call from you will be appreciated.
You are sure to be pleased.
; A full line of
Buggies, Wagons and Harness always on
Hand.
Sep 23 x
No Lack of
BLANKETS!
We have just learned that a competitor acci?
dentally succeeded in getting
25 Pairs of "Tar Heel" Blankets,
And adding this to our purchase of
One Hundred Pairs
And the numerous standard brands carried by
other leading merchants, there is no reason
why the people of Sumter and vicinity should
not be
Well Blanketed For the Winter !
Our price for the "Tar Heel" is
s THE LOWEST
We have ever sold them at, and if there is any
inducement being offered in the 25 pairs above
referred to, we would advise our friends to buy
them, as they are a good purchase at anything
under our price.
We have just received
50 Pairs of Dixie Blankets
In white and gray, and they are the hand?
somest goods we ever handled under this
brand ; and the price at which we have marked
them is
Cheaper than they have ever been
legitimately sold at in Sumter.
This is fine Blanket weather, and the best
place to buy them is at
O'DONNELL k COMPANY.
Ii jjj?jjjj
s
And especially so if you delay in
getting to our store when you desire
anything we offer in a special way.
October was our banner month in
Dress Goods and Tailor=Made Suit
selling. We intend to make Novem=
ber another record=breaking month
for moving
Blankets, Cloaks and Win?
ter Underwear.
Of these three Seasonable Specials
we have a wide range in quality,
style and prices, and if your prefer?
ence is for the newest and best, then
come with your mind made up to
deal with us and enjoy that satisfied
feeling you are sure to experience.
Blankets from 75c. to $10 per pair.
Cloaks from 65c. to $20 each.
Underwear for everybody, from
10c. to $1.50 per garment.
The Sumter Dry Goods Co.