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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1905. The Sumter Watchman was founded in ?350 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Soutiiron now bas the com? bined circulation and inflnence of both of <he old pap?is, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. Booker Washington says he es? corted none of the female members ?cf the Wanamaker family to supper at Saratoga, and only dined with John Wanamaker so "as to talk over a few business matters. Explanations are in order, and it is about time Mr. Wanamaker was coming to the front. . ' ? m A Peanut Club has been organised in Ohio, the membership, We infei. feeing limited to Ohio peanut politic? ians. ? . . Is the South Carolina dispensary a good thing? Well, .ask those in charge! . * . . Senator R. I. Manning's statement vof his views on the liquor question and defining his attitude in relation to the dispensary and prohibition, is dear cut and unequivocal. He leaves BO doubt as to where he stands . on the issue now most prominent in the State. . . . If one liquor house was anxious to pay $30,000 a year for $400"000 worth ot dispensary business, how much is ft probable that other houses have Sheen paying for the two to three mil? lions that has been placed annually Ca the past several years? And where lias all this money gone? for it is not conceivable that all this rich graft lias been permitted to escape. ? . . Messrs. Gaston and Spiveys's sub? committee has unearthed a < sensa? tional chapter of ancient dispensary nistory, but what the public wants is a history of our . own times, covering, say the past three years. * # # It begins to look like President Roosevelt is being used as the cat's paw of the European powers to pull Russia's roasted chestnuts out of the Japanese fire. The anti-dispensary plan of cam? paign seems to be based on the idea of plenty of liquor for Charleston and. Columbia and an alcoholic famine in the rural districts. A pretty scheme, but it won't work, for South Carolina people are not anxious to duplicate in this State the jug trade of Georgia, j . * ? I The Florence Times is having the experience common to all news? papers. The public is made up of two classes-those who demand that 3. newspaper shall be the stern and onrelenting censor of public morals and those who expect it to he the mantle of charity that covers a multi? tude of sins when the sins are com? mitted by those who seek to preserve a. semblance of respectability, out? wardly. The first class claim to ex? pect of a newspaper the, performance cf a du-.y that they shirk themselves, while the second demand that a newspaper aid in bolstering up a rep? utation for respectability that they do not possess. If Sumter has baseball next season the thing to do is to organize a local association to finance the team at the outset. . * . The excessive rains throughout the South have a tendency to still further reduce the cotton crop, and the mills ?rill be glad to pay 12 cents before the next crop is made. * ? . The visit of the Dispensary Inves? tigation Committee to this city next week will afford Sumter p?ople an opportunity to get a close view of the system of graft in its devious wind? ings. . . . 3x Is to the credit of Sumter and not to the system that the investigation of the dispensary has revealed noth? ing particularly wrong in the adminis? tration of the dispensary in this coun? ty. So far as we have been informed there has never been barter and sale of positions in the local dispensary and the business has been honestly administered. It is true that the law nas been disregarded as far as the re? quest book provision goes, but there has been no stealing and no corrup? tion. It may be due to this that the sys? tem has won friends instead of losing them in this community since its es? tablishment. * . ? The spat between Committeemen Lyon and Blease was the out-cropping of the ill feeling that has existed be? tween the members of the investigat? ing committee for some time, and while the incident was smoothed over for the time the bad blood still exists. It is to be expected that when the committee report goes before the legislature there will be warm times in both senate and house. . . . ?? Senator Manning's statement of his position on the liquor question has caused considerable discussion, and jjcvhile his views have not been re ' ceived with approval by a majority of : the five or six newspapers that have j discussed the statement, all recognize and candidly admit the conservatism of Mr. Manning's position and the honesty and sincerity'of the man. Mr. Manning's strength in South Carolina is great and even among those who do not endorse the dispensary system, or his position relating thereto, he will find many supporters by reason of the confidence they have in him as a man. Mr. Manning's position on the dispensary issue we regard as the correct one in the present situation, and we are confident that he was influenced by no political considera? tions in arriving at and announcing his position. DOWEE'S LATEST ORDER. He Wants a Baby a Year From Each Zion Family. A new baby every year for every family in Zion's cohorts-overtime for the stork. Away with race sui? cide! That's the latest ukakse issued by Apostle John Alexander Dowie, for the ruler of the North Shore Colony wants to see the birth rate figures soaring skyward in a way that will make the statisticians sit up and sharpen their pencils. But in the same breath the Master of Zion sets forth another command that is held by many of the buxom young women in his flock to be a contradiction, for it is commanded that there shall be no kissing-no hugging-before mar? riage. Apostle Dowie always has ex? pressed great admiration for Presi? dent Roosevelt and has opposed race suicide, though he himself? has been the father of but two children. Now, however, he has taken a practical step toward putting his ideas into ef? fect, and today he issued a formal order that henceforth every couple married in his flock shall lead a little lamb to the baptismal font every twelvemonth. From now on he wants to know the size of every Zionist's family, and all that is necessary will be to know how many years the Dowieite has been married. The members of the Christian Catholic church community at Zion City, following the commands of the first apostle in all things say they will not balk. --?MM?- ^M^^ The annual influx of new families who move to this city to send their children to school, has already com? menced, and by the date the graded I schools open the population of Sumter will have been substantially increased. What the graded schools do for Sum? ter in this respect a college would do on a much larger scale. The Presby? terian College would round out the educational system of Sumter and would make this city tl?e educational center of this section of the State. The graded schools would prepare the children for the college, and prepare them well, and their education couid be completed in the college. It would pay Sumter well to out bid any and all other bidders for the Presbyterian College. ?I H . ??>- !? Dispensary No. 5 at Charleston has been closed. The dispenser, Owen F. Fortune, it is said, cannot be found. Inspector Mart Floyd says Fortune is short $2,500 to $2,700. Stingless Bees. A race of bees has been brought to this country-as an experiment by the United States government-that has been found'the gentlest in the world, says the Country Life in America. The one great draw back to bee? keeping for most people has been the fear of stings, but recent experiments at Washington, D. C., have proved the Caucasian bees to be the most re? markable bees in existence for their gentleness. We do not mean by this that the bees are stingless, for they possess this organ so necessary to their welfare, but so seldom do they resort to its use that they are for all practical purposes non-stinging. Anderson, Aug. 25.-Judge Prince was seen today by a reporter and ask ed about the statements made by Chief Constable Faut with regard to corrup? tion in the dispensary and the investi? gation by the legislature. Judge Prince stated that he did not care to make a statement until he could see exactly what Mr. Fant's testimony was. He did say to the reporter, how ever, that no paper or evidence and no specification of charges were ever filed with him by Mr. Fant or by any one else. He had nt ver heard of any be? ing fil^d with Gov. Mc?weeneyor with Senator Tillman. Judge Prince says that so far as he can remember, Mr. Faut never mentioned to him in any way the management or conduct of the constabulary force at Spartanburg but that in a casual conversation Mr. Kant did noce stste that some consta? bles, perhaps a chief constable at Greenville, whose name e.-caped the judge's memory, had bt-.-n guilty of some misconduct. Tho judge advised Mr. Fant to get up affidavits about the matter and tile them with thu govern nor. Re afterwards beard no more of the matter. The full amount of the life insur? ance cf the late R. K. Dargan was ?40, - 0)0 and not $75,000, as previously stated. EDITORS DUTY AS CENSORS. A Recent Occurrence in Florence Brings the Question Closely Before thc Public. "Found Wanting." (From the Florence Times.) It has frequently been my pleasure to read in the editorial columns of the Daily Times some opinion or declaration which indicated the edit? or's high sense of his moral obliga? tion to stand for the right and to up? hold morality. This is undoubtedly the duty of every editor. He occupies a position which as a factor in upholding moral? ity and teaching civic righteousness is second to none. The pulpit and the press are not infrequently linked together as the forces to foster and maintain a moral tone in a com? munity. You have frequently declared in your public utterances that you recog? nized this opportunity and were not unwilling to assume the obligation ns one that properly belonged to you. It was therefore with much regret and keen disappointment that I read in Saturday's issue of the Times an account of an incident in the life of our community which shows conclu? sively that for this time at least you had been "weighed and found want? ing." Under the caption "Broke Up the Game" you tell of a party of gentle? men who had been caught by the chief of police as they were engaged in a "game." You tell the public that these gentlemen were caught gambling, that they deposited $50 each for their appearance at court, that three only appeared to answer, and that they were convicted of breaking the law and fined $35 each. Why did you not, in publishing the records of the police court give all the facts in connection with this, law? lessness? Why did you publish the facts that amounted to nothing and withhold the facts that would have been a po? tent factor in prohibiting lawlessness in the community? * Had this been a crowd of crap shooting negroes their names would have been given to the public, and much they care! But because these are gentlemen, because they dress well and have money and occupy po? sitions of respectability in the com? munity, you connive at their lawless? ness, and deliberately withhold the lash of publicity, which is the true and only source of your power as an editor to deter crime, and the only means at your command to uphold the hands of those officers of the law who are seeking to drive out this lawlessness. I can well understand how strenu? ous efforts to keep things quiet would be put forth by those caught red handed, but you, sir, when out of r-*1 ?pathy for the individual allowed arself to consent to this broke your commission and violated your trust. I trust you will henceforth see this matter in another light and that you will give due notice to all offenders that henceforth an impartial record of the police courts will be published in the Times insofar as it shall be beneficial to morality. Melton Clark. (Editorial.) Rev. Melton Clark says that the Times has been weighed in the bal? ance and found wanting one time. The worst of the matter is that our own conscience tells us that he has hit a vital spot, we feel that we are due the public an apology since it has been our rule to give always the information best calculated to do the most good in the community. In withholding the names of the gentle? men referred to we felt that we were violating the rules established for this paper, but we have this to offer in mitigation, several delegations of citizens both formerly and at present high up in positions of honor in the city, used many arguments to con? vince the editor that the best inter? ests of the town would be served by even making no mention of the mat? ter. In one case the withdrawal of business from the paper was threat? ened if we so much as mentioned the matter, but that, it is unnecessary to state, was ignored and the matter was mentioned, but in response to the ap? peal of the friends whose wishes and opinions were entitled to respect, we did refrain from calling names. It is very hard at times for a newspaper to know what is really besi and hard? er sometimes to do it when you do know what ought to be done. Mr. Clark is not the only one that we have heard from in this matter, many ex? pressed themselves on the subject both on Saturday and since then. The only excuse that we have to make is the sanie that the mayor makes when ? man comes nj. before him for the first time and he says "go thy way sinner und sin no more." But What About thc Preacher? (From tho News and Courier.) Our sage contemporary, the Flor? ence Times,; is again in trouble. Else where we print the letter of the Rev. ? Melton Clark complaining- that t'.e j Times was remiss in its duty because ; it failed to emblazon in its columns j the names of prominent citizens who were arrested and punished in Flor? ence for "sitting in a quiet little game." "Why did you not in publishing thc records of the police court give all the facts in connection with this law? lessness?" inquires Mr. Clark, and he proceeds to dress down the Times in merciless fashion. The Times makes J meek reply. It tells of the pressure brought to bear by other "prominent citizens" and intimates that in sheer good nature it violated its rules and shirked its duty. Shrewdly the Times pleads guilty and promises no more "to leave undone those things that it ought to have done." This settles the matter as to the newspaper, but what about the preacher? While the newspaper is equipped to give publicity in a larger way than the pulpit and has responsi? bilities in the same measure, does it follow that the pulpit may unload the whole task of reforming by means of publicity upon a newspaper. In Martin Luther's day there were no newspaper organs and the little monk nailed hi? cneses on the cathe? dral door. Is there no cathedral door in Florence? Suppose Mr. Clark, a minister of the highest standing in his community, had discovered the names of these gentlemen gamblers and had sent them in a communica? tion over his own signature to the Florence Times and the Times had refused to print it, would he have been justified in concluding that all malefactors were immune from ex? posure in Florence? Admitting tne culpable neglect of the newspaper, would it have been for him to fold his hands? Would he not have seized the opportunity to discipline both the gamblers and the news? paper at the same time by holding them up to public condemnation? While the "police duty" of the courageous newspaper is not to be avoided, we deny that the clergy, or even the private citizen, can shift the whole burden upon its shoulders. If the protection of good morals in Florence demanded publicity as an additional penalty for these evil? doers, the preachers and private citi? zens of the town are not excused be? cause of the faithlessness of a news? paper. It frequently happens that the newspaper has far more to lose by becoming a public prosecutor than has an individual, and the popular impression that it is the exclusive and particular duty of the press to make these sacrifices is wholly groundless. The Florence Times is a newspaper of character and of more boldness than 'the average, but the people of Florence cannot expect it alone to do all of the unpleasant things that should be shared by good citizens generally. We suspect that if the Rev. Mr. Clark had sent the commun? ication that we have suggested, there? by contributing his own personality to the performance of a public duty and "holding up his own end of the log," he would have shamed the Times into coming to his assistance. But Mr. Clark, along with the editor of the Times, seems willing to loll in the luxury of silence. What we have said is not on ac? count of any special importance of the incident, but because it offered an opportunity to point out what is a frequent inconsistency on the part of the man who is running the news? paper. Senator Manning of Sumter bas been favorably spoken of as a candi? date i or governor. He bas not formal? ly announced bis candidacy but whether he does become a candidate or not he is not the man to dodge an issue, one to sit on the fence until be sees which way popular sentiment is going. He oas tine courage of his con? viction and in a card to the public he gives bis position on the all-absorb? ing question of the day in South Car? olina. He thinks the time may ernie when prohibition can be enforced in this state according to the intent of such a law, but; be does not think that time is yet here. He declares the issue will be the dispensary -not as it is, but as it ocight to be--and prohi? bition. He declares present dispen? sary conditions are intolerable, but be evidently does not believe it impossi? ble to have the law enforced according to the statute and with honesty. He evidently believes it possibile to throw around the dispensary such safeguards as will prevent graft and corruption as far as it is possible for haman agencies to do so. He says such a bill be introduced in the next legisla? ture presumably by himself. Last ses siou he had such a bill, and as we pointed ont at the time, with some amendments to it tbe bill would large? ly accomplish the purpose We sup? pose after further study of the subject and guided by what the investigation committee may develop that the bill will be amended and strengthened. Columbia Record. Robert O'Sbields, a mill operative of Belton, was run over and killed by the fast mail No. 17 just as it was leaving the station at Greenville. He lived a short while after the accident and said that be was trying to cross the track ahead of the train. An j empty bottle was found near bim and | the rariload people believe he was j somewhat under the influence of ; liquor. Others tn ink he was trying to board the train. James McKenzie, a brakeman on the Southern Railway, was killed at Williamson while coupling cars. The Season for harvesting the Fleecy Staple is now at hand, and our warehouses are full to overflowing with the necessaries for that purpose. We have actually in stock or due to arrive in a few da vs 500 Boxes Tobacco. 200 Boxes Starch. 200 Boxes Crackers. 200 Boxes Soap. 200 Bags Rice. 100 Cases Baking Powder. 100 Cases Canned Meats. 300 Cases Tomatoes. 100 Boxes Candy. 200 Boxes Cheese. 300 Bags Grits. 300 Bags Meal. 100 Barrels Sugar. 50 Bags Coffee. 50 Cases Lye. 50 Cases Soda. 25000 lbs. Bacon. 5000 lbs. Lard. 500 Barrels Flour. These and many other items too numerous to mention are what is needed for the commissary, and there is no house in this section of the State can sell them any cheaper than we can, as we buy direct from packers, manufacturers and importers, in such quantities, as to insure us the closest price at which they can be obtained. FLOUR CHEAPER. There has been a sharp decline in the flour market since our last announcement which of course we follow, and judging from the enormous wheat crop, we may expect to eat much cheaper bread than we did last year. O'Donnell ? Company A NEW ENTERPRISE. 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