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S:/ "- = WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, I9C Th? Sumter Watchman v/as tonne &850 and the True Southron in 1866. Watchman and Southron now bas th? ^ined circulation and influence of b vfee old papers, and is manifestly tb Advertising medium in Sumter. Dr, Cromer puts the dispe: |? ,%ssce in a way to Senator Til ^feat the latter will find difficul ^?de-step. He emphasizes the ^?aat the dispensary is a morai %nd not a political or factional : . . 9 /The cotton warehouse will bo I '^d in Sumter this season, and it ^>e hoped that it will be comp fex time to be of service to.the f; <15irs who must either sell their c< ^5r>store it where they can use : Collateral on which t?. >orr ?vs m ^o pay their pressing debts V ^iut cotton warehouses the fan "Cannot win the fight to control ^rice of cotton. ? . ? It is not likely that any other n< igwtpers will sell space in their colu \o the dispensary machine. M< ^ha't is raised by dispensers who ^Or their elections,and whiskey dr X?ers who profit by having a pull -\ \h& machine, is somewhat taintet ^ay the least * . * The State campaign next sum '???cis fair to be the most unsavory drears. If the dispensary mad "Undertakes to elect a man who ^tand sponser for the dispensary ! Wi as at present conducted they ^S&end a lot of money and corrupl >irill stalk abroad in South Caroli * . . There seems to be nothing new said for or against the dispens Astern, the matter having been th l3?ghry threshed out along in Haineties. The open letters of '. Cromer and Senator ?Tillman nu ^teresting reading and serve to Afresh the memory, but neither 1 Advanced any new argument for Against the system? "We believe, Ve have always believed, that t Astern is wrong in principle, that t ?State has no right to engage in bu feess on the pretext that it is doi So as a police measure, and for tl treason we have not and cannot n< "indorse the system. Nevertheless 1 ^ftSeve that the dispensary as co "ducted in this city has been an ii ^rovement on the old saloon syste ^Sss well as a decided improvement < tike condition that existed here wh< ^his city was nominally a prohibits l^va for a brief period. The chi '.^hijectioa to the dispensary as local ^?fcoadueted has been that it has so ''Soo much liquor, the effort being ! increase the sales, rather than curta *$b& consumption. If the dispensai >(3?s administered as a police measm ^he looal dispensai y would not do ?kttsiness of more than $10u,i)u0 p< %3B?um. Yet. would high license ? ^?ZSsr "beater? "Would not prohibitio ^ wfcrse? ?V * . ._ Nothing has boen published rece?? concerning the new railroad froi r3fcds city to Bethune, via Bishopvilb fc?at 3fhis does not mean that the en ^terprise has been abandoned. On th v <^*?trary the plans of those who ar t3kc*moting the enterprise are bein *i?fea&ry worked out to a successfu "*5*?.clusion. A lot for terminals ii *?xis city was recently purchased am ^fcfce large sum paid for it woul< J8Carcel3- have been invested on an un certainty. . . . - The way Mr. John L. McLaurii l5fc?w calks about Tillmanism and th< <?s.pessary system would lead one t< ?;*tfce conclusion that he did not o\v< "3feis political prominence to Tillman'^ '^^scsat tails. About twelve years ag? &<e was a mighty champion of tnt hereat moral institution and helpe? ^Stenaror Tillman defend it against all ^ssajQits. * SJohh Wanamaker is a Harry Leb; &R enlarged scale-but why should ^ man like Booker Washington con 55*r*l to play the role of the monkey7 Thf. commercial reports state that ???S? dry goods trade is facing a Sfcsx?ne in cotton goods-that the Qb?X?s are over sold for months ahead, ^faa? does not look like cotton will be 3fc drug on the market at any sort ol" <3*ica. . ? ? The new stores to be erected on the ."???-?irt house square will n<<i be com ^letcfd too soon to meet the demand. Hxexy few days we h rai- of some bus t^feess prospector looking for a place %B which to open business. ? * * The dispensaries in Columbia arc ?i$ai? to be paying no attention to the ?5 order requiring the observa nee ~*Jt tfce rule respecting request books. N-"-":?.t will the board of control do ?*iX?'Ut ?t? ? * * . Xfee chairman of the Chesterfield - na&LC? of control is about the most ?4^w3?right and practical grafter yet unearthed from the dispensary mu puddle. He appointed himself clue! clerk in the Cheraw dispensary, then raised his own salary and appro? priated the "extras" handed out by the whiskey dealers. . * * If all men who conduct legitimate business had the same appreciation of advertising that the Spartanburg dis persary gang showed themselves to have, and would pay as well for space as the Spartanburg Journal was paid, the newspaper business would be a bonanza.. . . ? An interior market that receives more than 40,000 bales of cotton ought to be a desirable location for a big cotton mill. It has been stated that more cotton is produced in the territory within a radius of forty miles of Sumter than within any sim? ilar area in the South, and we are prepared to accept the statement as approximately correct. . * . The State farms in Sumter and Kershaw counties have made a suc? cess of raising mules and there is no reason why individual farmers can? not do the same thing. They could raise at least all the mules they need for their own use. Those who have raised mules in the county say that it costs little if any more to raise a mule than a cow. At three years old a mule is worth four or five times as much as a cow of the same age. . ? ? The sewerage question will be the paramount issue in the next munici? pal campaign. If any one thinks otherwise let him ask the first ten men he meets on the street. . * . The move to submit the differences of Japan and Russia over the peace terms to The Hague arbitration looks like an effort of other nations to interfere with the Russo-Japan? ese war and to practically dic? tate terms as was done "in the China and Japanese war. The Japanese are probably too wise and too strong to submit to such dictation a second time, and they will get what they de? mand and are able to take from Rus? sia. Russia and Japan should be left to settle their 'differences themselves. Russia would not listen to sugges? tions of a peaceful adjustment of the dispute before the war began, and now that Japan has her whipped to a standstill the other powers should keep hands off as Russia demanded they should at the outset. * ? ? Everybody is having something to say about the dispensary except the candidates for governor. Why don't they say something? VETERANS ARE EXEMPT. Charleston, Aug. 19.-By an order of Judge Memminger, filed in the court of common pleas in the cases brought by city council against cer? tain green grocers, the motions and demurrers of city council attacking the constitutionality of the act ex empting Confederate veterans from the payment of license fees were overruled. It will be recalled that city council commenced several suits some months ago against a number of green grocers doing business in the city of Charleston outside of the city market. The green grocers who were sued claimed that they \vere honora? bly discharged Confederate veterans and, therefore, were exempted from payment of this license fee under the act of the general assembly, passed in 1904, which provides that all sol? diers and sailors of the Confederate States who enlisted from this State and were honorably discharged shall be exempt from paying any license for conducting any business. Clo* council raised the point that this act was unconstitutional and, therefore, void, and the question was elaborately argued before Judge Memminger at the last term of court. The defendants took the position that city council was not competent to at? tack the constitutionality of the law and tlris position Judge Memminger now sustains. The order in full is as follows: City of Charleston, plaintiff, vs. Joseph Manigault. The same vs. George S. Brown. The same vs. J. \V. Johnson. The same vs. William DeHay. The same vs. F. Horres, Sr. Order overruling the demurrer re? fusing motions t<> strike out: "The above entitled actions were instituted by the city council of Charleston against the various above named defendants for their failure : to pay the license fees charged against them under ordinance of the city of Charleston. "Answers were served in each case setting up as defense that the de? fendants are exempt from paying licenses under and by virtue of an I act of the legislature, approved Feb? ruary 25, 1904. ' - \ Statutes >.: s. C., page 44]) exempting "all soldiers an.i sailors of the Confederate States, who enlisted from this State. and who were honorably discharged from such service * * * from the charge of any license for the carrying on of any ?>usine?? or profession within the State, or any city, town, or village herein. Provided, etc' "Demurrers to the answers were served in some of the cases and in others motions to strike -put the de fense in the answers on the ground that the said act is unconstitutional in that it is in violation of section 1. article 10. and section 5. article 1, of the constitution of South Carolina of 1S95; and in violation of clause 1, section 2, article 4. and of section 1 of the fourteenth amendment of the constitution of the United States. "The question thus involved in each of the cases being the same, the cases were all heard together and it was agreed between counsel that but one order should be made entitled in and deciding each case as if sepa? rately made in each case. "Under the authority of ex parte Florence schools (43 S. C., page 16) I have reached the conclusion that the plaintiff herein, a municipal cor? poration, and not an individual, can not in law, raise the question of the constitutionality of this act here : ought to be raised, and consequently in these cases in which a demurrer has been interposed to the answer, the demurrer is overruled and in these cases in which a motion has been made to strike out the defense of the act of 1904 from the answer the motion is refused. "R. W. Memminger. "Circuit Judge. "Glenn Springs, S. C., August 18, 1905." THE CLOSEST GAME OF SEASON. From the Daily Item Aug. 19. Sumter dropped the last game that will be played with Camden this year, when she had it practically won. lt seemed as if every man on the Cam? den team had a horseshoe around his neck, for bard, long drives and fly balls that came down moistnred from their contact with the clouds found a pocket waiting to receive it. Holland, James and Martin were each robbed of probable two base hits by the Camden fielders being out of position. The official score will not give an accurate idea of the manner in which the two pitchers performed. While Dwyer yielded more hits than Flowers he kept them well scattered, and had it not been for Martin's wild throw when Weatherley was on third, Cam? den would never have crossed the rub? ber. But that was not the end of the trouble for the S amter boys ; the bases were filled when there were two op? portunities to retire Camden, and then Dwyer walked a batter, thus giving the.visitors the lead by a score of 2 to L A very close decision by Umpire 51c Kagen gave Camden another score, which proved to be the winning one. With Mabry on third, Flowers hit to righ field, Lawrence fielded the' ball like lightening throwing home to catch the runner; the tbiow ?as a little wild, and James with wonderful dis? cretion threw to second and caught Flowers, who was trying to convert his single into a two-bagger, just as Mabry was crossing the plate. The decision was extremely close, and many thought that Camden had been retired without the score, but the umpire decided to allow it, and so the game was lost. Sumter scored again in her part of the seventh, aud it looked as if the locals would win out on the home stretch, when they came to the bat in the ninth. Phelps, who had replaced Stafford in left field on account of the latter's injured knee, lead off with a hot infield ball in which he reached first: Uolland next np drove the ball hard io right field, and what seemed a certain bit was taken in by Mabry, who luckily for Camden failed to play up when a righthanded man was at the bat. Phelps was advanced to second on Durant's sacrifice hit, and, when a hit would have tied the score, Lawrence popped out to Weatherley at third, and it was allover. For Sumtsr, the work of James was particularly fine, and all of the fane are hoping that he will return to Sum? ter nest season. A more clever and more gentlemanly ball player is seldom seen. Bolland is credited with eleven put outs with no errors. It did the dopers good to see the big fellow handle himself on first yesterday. 3 Flowers pitched a great game, but it was very perceptible that he was rat tit d on several occasins, and if it bad not been for the wonderfully fast work of Trantham at short and Levai in center field, both of whom, time and a^ain, cut off teemingly certain hits, he would have had his reputation put to the bad. Mabry and Durant each got two good hits, and they played their posi? tions well. As the "Old Pal" would say, the score was "close enough." Score : Cadden-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0-S Sumter-1 0 0 o o o 0 1 0-2 LINE-UP. Camden Sumter Durant,E., c James Gunter 1st b Heiland Moseley 2nd b Knox Weatherley ::rd 1? Canrey lr ant nam ss Martin Mabry rf Lawrence Levai If Du ran r. E., Young li Stafford* Flowers p Dwyer. *Replaced by Pl.el ps in the seventh inning. Summary: Earned runs, Sumter 0; Camden 0. First on balls, ol? Dwyer 1, on? Flowers. 1. Left on ?a-es, Sumter 3, Camden 4. Hits. Sumter, 2, Cam? den 4. Errors, Sumter Camden 4. Struck out. riv Dwyer (>. by Flowers. S. iiir by pitcher, Stafford. Umpire, Mr. McKasen. Scorer, Mr. H. P. Moses. ?:If you want a smooth, clear com? plexion take Hollister's Rocky Moun? tain Tea this n:<.!?;:.. ?riuht eyes and red lips follow its use. l'.? cents, Tea or Tablets. China's Drug Store - -mn, ? ? ???> -^iii . When you want job printing done (n the best s;yie give the onie: to the Osteen Publishing Company. BISHOPVILLE MAX PROMOTED. Dr. Eldridge Baskin Elected to Pro? fessorship in Maryland Medi? cal College. Bisbopville, Aug. 17 -Mr. Eldridge Baskin, formerly of this town, lias been elected to the chair of histiology and pathology of the Marv land Medi? cal College of Baltimore., Md. Dr. Baskin is a graduate of that college of the class of 1903, and while attending lectores there, took also a course in dental surgery at the Balti? more Dental College, enabling bim to append the letters D. D. S., as well as M. D., to his signature. lt is quite a compliment to Dr. Bas? kin, that so young a man should be honored by his election to the posi? tion of instructor in his alma mater, and his many friends here predict for him a brilliant future in the noble profession he has chosen for bis life work. SEAGIRT TEAM NAMED. Includes Some of tho Best Shots in the State. Aften ten days' practice the names of those who will compose the team which will go to Seagirt were announ? ced yesterday. The team will be in charge of Major J. W. Cantey, of the 3rd regiment and will be made up of tue following men : Frank Hampton, coach; W. N. Ogilvie, C. V. Boykin, J. B. Lanneau, Danie Miller, J. R. Hanahan, W. E. Moore, Dr. W. P. Cornell, of Company A, (Sumter Guards,) G. W. Johnson, Jr., Ed? ward robertson, Company B. (Wash? ington Light Infantry,) W. J. D. Heinz, Company C, (German Fusi? liers,) George Warren and Edward McCntcben, Company L. (Sumter Light Infantry, ) 2d regiment. The members of the tesm held a meeting last night at the armory of the Snmter Guards, at which the final arrangements for the trip to Seagirt were made. The Charleson members of the team will leave here on Satur? day night by the Southern Railway. Major Cantey and Privates McCutcheu and Warren will join the team at Co? lumbia. The team will arrive at Seagirt on Monday morning at 6 o'clock. After the arrival at 'Seagirt the team will havs ample time to put in a little practice before the individ? ual contest. The individual contest will last three days and will be fol? lowed by the State team contest, which commences on August 26 and lasts for three days. The team will leave Seagirt on the return home on August 30. While most of the other teams that will compete at Sea ig rt hd^e had a great deal more practice than the team from this State, still it is ex? pected that the South Carolina boys will give a good account of themselves in the contest. It must be remembered that the members of the team from this state have had very little practice on the long ranges and therefore can? not be expected to make as good scores as those teams that have already con? tested at Seagirt. However, the team is made up of some of the best shots in the ?tate and will use every effort to make a good showing. A number of new rifles arrived from Columbia yesterday and will be used in the contest. The men will travel in citizens' dress, but on the arrival at Seagirt and upon the organization of the team there, the men will don the khaki uniforms, which will be worn until the conteat is concluded. The men will be regularly in camp during the contest and military discip? line will be maintained throughout the shoot.-News and Courier. President Lyman Hall Dead. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 17.-A special from Danville, N.' Y., announces the death at a sanitarium there early to? day of Capt Lyman Hall, president of the Georgia School of Technology at Atlanta. Capt. Hall was 45 years of age, graduated at West Point mil? itary academy in 1881, but resigned his commission in the army on ac? count of au injury received while in the military school. He had been connected with the school of techno? logy since 1888, when he accepted the chair of mathematics. His death was due to nervous prostration brought on by overwork. Mortgage Tax Law. The working of the mortgage tax law, which went into effect July 1, is thus illustratd in a communication to the Dansville Breeze, in which the writer presents a case-coming within his own experience. He says: "Within a month I sold to a me? chanic who wished to build a small factory and needed ready money for the builaing, a vacant lot for $2,000. I gave him a deed of the property, ana he executed a mortgage tor 62, - 000, payable in installments running over eight years. The assessors im- j mediately assess the property to the j purchaser at 82,000, who actually has no interest in the property except possession. The assessors also asses ? me 82,000 on the mortgage, claiming j that by reason of my having deeded j this uroperty for ?2,1.00 and taken a j mortgage in fall payment I have in creaked the value of that property tu j ?4,000 fer the purpose of taxation, j lt I should foreclose this mortgage immediately and retake possession of the propetrty it uoula bi.* taxed at only 82,000. In other words, by tort closure one half i tr- value is destroy- j ed.*'-N. V. Commercial. immigration Commis-ioner Watson I is endeavoring to establish a line of : steamers from Charleston to European ports to bring immigrants co this ?tatt-. Mr. Frank McLeod, of the Drake Inness Green Shoe Co., cf Charleston has sold one mei chant in Porto Rico 29,000 pairs of shoes, thu total bill amounting to 821,000. Ii<;w to Avoid Appendicitis. *Most victims of appendicitis are those who are habitually constipated. <'ii!i" Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic constipation by stimulating ! the liver and bowels restores the I natural action of th bowels. Orino j Laxative Fruit Syrup does not naus? eate or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take. Refuse substitutes. Du? rant's Pharmacy. The season is now fast approaching when every cotton pro? ducer will be looking around for the cheapest place in which to buy the wherewith to cover it. As usual we are well supplied in this line, having made our contracts in the early Spring and a large percentage of qjir purchase has been in our warehouse since the first of June. Our purchases are made direct from those who manufacture and produce the material, and in such quantities as entitle us to THE INSIDE JOBBING PRICES. Our Stock Consists of New Jute Bagging. Second Hand Jute Bagging. New Sugar Sack Bagging. New Arrow Ties, FLOUR, FLOUR, FLOUR. There has been a sharp decline in flour owing to the milling of new wheat, and while we have some on hand that cost us more than we can buy at today, we base our price on What We Can Buy at Not What We Have Paid. And Quote as Follows: Millbourne $6.00. Semper Idem $5.40. Devon $4.40. -0 Our Millbourne may seem hisjh even at this figure compared with other patents, but those who have tried it pronounce it THE BEST THEY EVER USED. O'Donnell 6 Company ~A~?EW~E?TERPRISE. Sumter Machinery Company (INCORPORATED) SUMTER, 5. C. W. B. BURNS, Pres. T H. SIDDALL, Treas. & Gen. Mgr. DIRECTORS: W. B. Burrs, C G. Rowland. T. H. Siddal, C harles Dewry, Richard I Manning, Neill O'Dcimel, Geo D. Shore. First Class New Equipment for all Kinds Machinery Repairs, iron and Brass Castings, Grate Bars and Building Irons a Specialty. Agents for Winship, Pratt, Smith, Munger and Eagle Cotton Gins, Ginning Machinery and Presses. Steam Engines and Boilers in Stock, Give us a call and you will be convinced that our prices are right. Shops situ^ed on W. C. ? A. K. R., east of passenger depot-one block Smith of East Liberty Street. oom Bwaqmaaai *?Tf?rrTfrT-t*nm tm ?nu aw nrr-**- ms R. B. BELSER. D. Epps.|xhe Carolina Sanitarium L. G. Corbett, M. D, Attorneys and Counsellors ai Law. Phcne'302. SUMTER. S. C. Karby Bldg. I Solely for the Treatment of Whiskey and Drug Habits and Nervous Troubles ?Detailed information upon application, i HOLLISTER S ?GCky ??oumm lea Nuggets A Basv Medicine fer Busy People. Brines Golden Health and Renewed Vigor. A. specific f Constipation. Indigestion. Live and Kirfnev Trouble?. Pimples. Eczema. Impure B Ba i Breath, SUiugish Bowels, Headache >.?..! Backa< he. it'sRocky Mountain Tea in tab ?: form. 35 cents a box. Genuine made by HOLLISTER DR?CJ COMPANY, Madison, Wis. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE 405 Perry Av* Greenville, S.v C. Wanted-To print 100.000 envelopes Cor business men. 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