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' ? 1 - I? Cjw Maternait w? skafy WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 190 Tiie Sumter Watchman tras founde t$50 and the True Southron in 1866. Watchman and Southron nov bas the c tuned circulation and influence of bot Vie old papers, and is manifestly the f advertising medium in Sumter. Some of Senator Manning's not c %ood friends are worried lest he be <?used of hanging on to Ben Tillmi ^coat tails. Those who found it po: ^fcally profitable to be a coat ^swinger in former years prom] ^?waed loose when they, ceased ^fFofit by it, yet they continue to i **3tgine that those who happen to ag With their one time boss are seek coat tail excursion similar to tl wu. Mr. Manning's political rec< ?Uy contradicts, the conclusions g||$3tese critics. While some capth Critics may find cause for crococ Bpgfcrief in the fact that Mr. Mannin Vsews on the dispensary coincide, iseme particulars, with those of Sei tor Tillman, the people who app: "tiate an honest man in public life v ^respect him the more for a can< .^statement of his position at a tu Vhen. a time serving office seels \M>uld have remained silent or stra tiled the fence. * . * The Japanese peace envoys ma ^heir great mistake* when they fail ^to frasier the job of making peace ^3*e editors who know all about he ^o turn the trick. The heavy edite "Sals of some of our exchanges conv 'the idea that Witte would not ha <been a handful for those peace trea ^architects and indemnity compellii ^statesmen. The rich . negro of South Dako *who proposes to solve the negro que *?on by founding a negro communii that State will never solve the pr< %>lern. He states in the outset th; bourne but industrious and respectabl **tegr?es need apply; while this cia; %? negroes need no assistance, havin Already solved the problem for therr ?elves and the section in which the ?reside. If the South Dakota real es late boomer will take care ef the idl fend vicious negroes he may set him Sett up as a solver of the problem ter it is this class of negroes that con statutes the problem. No complain . ^??s ever been made by anyone in th ^sScmfch against the industrious and re "Espectable negroes. Here they hav ^^e freest and fullest opportunity t ?>Porjk for themselves or for the white "tn ail trades and callings. Not onl; *?re they permitted this opportunity ^At rio industrious and respectable tiegro has ever been denied credit an< ^he financial aid needed to carry oi *$?is -business undertakings. The Soutl ?D&kota solution of the negro problen <?s no solution at alL . ? . ^Sfctmtfer may not be able to estab? lish a boat line or obtain water rates freight, but we can worry along *K$?h vhat we have until the air ship p|%3 perfected, when the Game Cock ^5ry v. :il be the first in the ring with *tto air ship freight and passenger line all points. . . 0 ' Commissioner . Boykin probably thought that he was well within the Aguarle when he estimated that twelve ^bottles of dispensary booze would be ^OQaBxaaed by each man, woman and M?tfid in the State and that twelve 4asU2ion labels would not be an over ^supply for one year. The Spartan tatrg dispenser who got away with $50 T&rth of whiskey a month, certainly ?ornished a basis for a liberal estimate v<ia the label needs of the dispensary. .? ? * "lil fhe Treaty of Portsmouth turns """Qttt to be altogether unsatisfactory .Resident Roosevelt will be like the 4fe?gre who shot his master's colt, x&cd ?as anxious to share the responsi "?fcifity as he is now to accept all the {gary. m. m m ^Dct ?oilars and cents a college, such ;^ss the Presbyterian College will be, <*p?Ji?d be worth $100,000 to the town *5batt .gets it, to say nothing of the ??buer benefits that it will confer. ?. . . ^Sumter- has broken her own record 3c?? -a cotton market and holds the top ??? the column as the biggest interior <5Qfc2.i>n market in the State. ? * m "The Cotton Warehouse Company. *iRin3t:h was organized today, will be an ^affcaential factor in building up this <e?tton market and at the same time Assist the cotton growers to independ? ence of the manipulators of cotton Sortees. . . . C5>**rleston is in luck to have been ?te.ted as the port of the Cincinnati, ^?Esrditon & Dayton Railroad's new ?goad from the coal fields to deep "^fcaxer. The proposed railroad will be 32m&gfe more than a coal carrying road. Oar ft will be the shortest route from i 'S?ft Great Lakes to the South Atlantic and should make Charleston a -^EWOfc ?exporting and importing centre. y&fet rejoice, at Charleston's good for C9a??e-; and at the same time we are .:.'-_;vv V"- ?1.... rejoiced on our own account for we expect not inconsiderable benefits from the new trunk line, for we can? not imagine how a road could be built from Cincinnati to Charleston wthout passng through Sumter, pro vded the men building it are seeking the best route. . . . The plan of the Cincinnati, Hamil? ton and Dayton Railroad to build a through line from the West to Charleston via Chester, Camden and this city does not mean that the plan to build a road from this city to con? nect with the Seaboard Air Line will be abandoned. The promoters of this enterprise are just as confident now of its success as they have been from the first and the publication of the plans of the Zimmerman syndicate will have no effect upon their plans. The rail? road from this city, via Bishopville, to Bethune is a necessity to this section of country and there will be sufficient local business to make it a profitable investment, consequently it can be built without reference to the larger plans of the great trunk lines from the coal fields to the coast. Neverthe? less it is confidently expected that the road to Bethune will ultimately be utilized as a link in a trunk line from the West to Charleston to be operated in connection with the Seaboard or some other great system. The future of Sumter was never brighter and the coming of additional lines of railroad can only accelerate the rapid growth of the city and enhance its business prosperity. ? * . The anxiety of the cotton mill men to help the Southern Cotton Gorw ers' Association in fixing the price of cotton is the most significant tribute to the strength of the association's position that the organization has yet received. Heretofore the spinners and operators arrogated to themselves full power to fix the price of cotton from day to day and they never once per? mitted the cotton growers to enter into their considerations. The cotton growers had to accept the price they offered for their cotton or not sell lt at all. Last year this time the cotton spinners and the speculators of whom Mr. Theodore Price is a leading figure, were laughing at the farmers and their proposed association to regulate l the price of cotton. But the demon- ' strafed power of the association has brought about a wonderful change in their attitude in ^the brief space of twelve months. The farmers are in the saddle now and if they will stick together and use their power wisely they can continue to fix the price of cotton for years to come. The whole secret lies in not producing sufficient cotton to glut the market of the world and in not marketing the entire crop within ninety days to four months from the time the harvest season opens. . . . The mayor of Atlanta is a sturdy fellow. He admits that he tanked up on beer in Toledo and said things to Ma3^or Dunne, of Chicago, but denies any feeling of shame or regret for the spectacle. All of which gives the Gate City more opportunity for publicity in the newspapers of the country. There is no chance to forget that Atlanta is still on the map. ? ? * Newberry county has repudiated the dispensary, now for Hub and Cole to show that the repentance is sincere. * ? * The dispensary investigation is a slow and tedious process, viewed at close range, but out of the mass of testimony the committee is sift facts that are very damaging to the repu? tations of many men connected with the management of the system. A. lot of the graft uncovered has been very petty graft, indeed, and, save as a symptom of the corrupt condition that exists throughout the manage? ment, is of little importance and sur? prises no observant man. That there is greater graft and bigger grafters chan the hearing today disclosed no one doubts, and it is the big grafters that the public wants to see uncov? ered.. The little dispensers who grafted a few bottles of whiskey, um? bi ellas, fountain pens and trafficked in empty whiskey boxes at 25 cents each are to be condemned, of course, but no one wants the stock of cen? sure and condemnation used up on this small game. If the investigation is to accomplish any real good, the men whose pockets bulge with the spoils of the big graft they have been working, must be placed on the pil? lory. The trail seemed to be getting warm in Columbia the other day and it is to be hoped that it will not be abandoned. The bigger the game that is run to earth the better the public will be pleased. J. M. Carlisle has been elected to the State Renate from Spartanburg county, defeating Dr. O. M. Rowe land. Why suffer with headache, consti? pation, stomach, kidney and liver trou? bles, when Hollister's Rocky Moun? tain Tea will cure you? No money wanted unless you are cured. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. China's Drug Store. THE DISPENSARY INVESTIGATION. A TALE OF PETTY GRAFT TOLD TODAY. Dispenser Manheim of Marion on the Stand-No New Species of Graft Revealed-A Representative in Role of Whiskey Drummer. From the Daily Item September 5. Senators Hay, of Kershaw and Christensen, of Beaufort and Blease of Newberry, and Representatives Gaston of Chester, Lyon of Abbeville and Fraser of Sumter, comprising the legislative committee appointed to investigate the dispensary system, as? sembled in the court house at ll o'clock today to sift the system that is at present agitating so largely the public mind and which will be a po? tent factor in the politics of the State during the approaching campaign. The startling facts brought out in previous hearings revealing acts of fraud, graft, corruption and stealing, equaled only by similar acts perpe? trated during radical times, have made the meeting in Sumter today of especial interest, and members of the committee have expressed" the beb'ef that the investigation here would bring to light additional evidence of corruption no less amazing than that previously presented to the public. Ii is impossible to print in the col? umns of The Daily Item the testi? mony in detail, but the following is a synopsis of the salient points as re? vealed by the evidence adduced to? day, or what may be termed a story of the first day's session at Sumter. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Hay at 12:05 o'clock, all members being present with the ex? ception of Mr. Spivey of Conway, who has not yet arrived in the city. Mr. Lyons first stated the object of the meeting, and then called Mr. Mike | Manheim, dispenser at Marion, to the stand who was sworn and testified in substance as follows: I am the dispenser of Marion coun? ty and have held that position for three years. I remember having made statements to Mr. Lyon and Mr. Christensen, but have no recol? lection of their having been given under oath. At any rate what I then said was true. When questioned as to his knowledge of fshort measure in bottles he stated that he had no par? ticular means of ascertaining whether or not bottles containing less than one half pint were sold. He often sold liquor for "quarts" which require five quart bottles to make a gallon of liquor, and gave Hunter Rye as an example. He was questioned partic? ularly about receiving presents, and in reply stated that he had received an umbrella, a dressing case contain? ing comb, brush and mirror, three quarts of whiskey and one gallon /ug of corn whiskey. Letters taken from the possession of Mr. Manheim in his dispensary and addressed to him were then introduced in evidence and read. These letters disclosed the fact that Mr. Manheim had been the recipient of numerous small gifts in the way of liquor for his own use. and that Trolger & Co., had been es? pecially attentive, sending him re? membrances every Christmas. He stated, however, that these gifts in nowise influenced his orders. He was epecially certain of the fact that he had never ordered whiskey direct from any house, but obtained his entire supply through the State dispensary. He admitted that Stan? ley, his predecessor in office, had or? dered wine from a firm in Weldon, N. C., but cloimed that it came indi? rectly through the State dispensary, although the bill of lading from Wel? don to Marion for twelve barrels and two cases of wine was produced. Mr. Manheim testified to the fact that all breakage of case goods, which was not discovered at the time of the arrival of the same, was charged to the county's profits. A preety little illustration of how* the gag is worked was portrayed by a bit of Mr. Manheim's testimony. He was asked w.vy he kept Hostetter's Bitters, a patent medicine, in stock and said in reply that a man called for it one day and raised quite a dis? turbance about the State monopol? izing the liquor traffic, and then not keeping in its dispensary what the people wanted. An order for bitters was immediately placed. The repre? sentatives of the whiskey houses know? how to work the game. It was shown that the money Mr. Manheim derived from returning empty bottles and boxes amounted t?> more than his salary. Ile had no hesitation in saying that he consid? ered these articles to be his prop? erty. He admitted that extra bottles were found in a number of cases of whis? key; said that he either used them for his own consumption, distributed them to friends or give them in pay? ment of services around his home and the dispensary. They were never put on the shelf. Cards with the folio.v ing notices were frequently found in the boxes: "There should be in thu package 24 (or 48) bottles of whis key for the dispensary; any extra dis penser will accept with our comj-li ments." Still another read: "Special Notice." Return this case when empty. "We pay 25 cents each." (Signed) Richland Distilling Co. A lettter to Mr. Manheim from Dis? penser J. L. Bass at Dillon was read, which brought to light an attempt on the part of Bass to organize a cam? paign in that county to fight the elec? tion against the dispensary, and that pecuniary assistance was to be so? licited from the leading whisker houses with whom the dispensary deals. Mr. Manheim stated that he ignored the letter and would have nothing whatsoever to do with the undertaking. The most sensational feature of today's investigation was the intro? duction of a letter from Theodore B. Gourdin, a member of the legislature from Williamsburg county, who, in this commmunication to Dispenser Manheim, represented himself as an agent of a whiskey house and solic? ited big orders for brands that he represented, and, stating that it would be of great benefit to him and that his kindness in so doing would be remembered. A number of similar letters from other whiskey drummers were also read, but Mr. Manheim said that they were entirely without influence on his orders. Mr. J. S. Lupo, clerk in the Marion dispensary, was next examined. His testimony was not-- at variance with Mr. Manheim's with the exception of the statement that the extra bottles of whiskey found in the cases were put on the shelves and sold. Chairman Ingram, of the Chester? field board, who is said to have raised his own salary and the like, has re? fused to respond to the summons of the commission. Can't you eat, sleep or work? Bad liver? Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea makes rich, red blood, gives strength and health. Cures when all others fail. No cure no pay. 35 cents, Tea or Tablet. China's Drug Store. master's Sale. By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, in the State of South Carolina, in the case of George G. Mayes against Lau? ra McLeod, Harvey McLeod and Mar? garet Montgomery, I will sell to the highest bidder, at public auction, at the Court House in the city of Sum? ter, in the county of Sumter, in the j State of South Carolina, on saleday in October. 1905, being the second day of said month, during the usual hours of sale, the following describ? ed real estate, to wit: All that lot or parcel of land situ? ate in the town of Mavesville, in the county and State aforesaid, fronting on Sumter street in said town, meas? uring in front on said street sixty-six and two-thirds feet, and running back southeasterly the same width for two hundred and nine feet, and is bound? ed on the northwest by Sumter street, on the northeast and southeast by lands of J. E. Atkins, and on the southwest by lands of Geo. P. Ran? dolph; the said lot measuring about one acre, a little more or less. Terms of sale, cash. Purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. H. FRANK WILSON, Master for Sumter County. Sept 6-4t Master's Sale. By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter Coun? ty, in the State of South Carolina, in the case of Catherine M. Werber against W. O. Cain, in his own right and as guardian, Marion Moise, William M. Cain, S. Fi. Cain, Carrie E. George, Helen E. Ramsey, Thomas J. Jackson, B. J. Jackson and J. B. Harvin, I will sell to the highest bid? der, at public auction, at the Court House in the city of Sumter, in the county of Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, on saleday in Octo? ber, 1905, being the second day of said month, during the usual houis of sale, the following described real es:ote, to wit: All that tract of land situate in the County of Sumter, State aforesaid, containing one hundred and thirty three acres, bounded on north by lands of H. D. Cam south by lands of John J. Rowland and Isaac Bal? lard, east by estate of R. B. Cain, known as the Mill tract, and west by land of A. J. China. Second: All that tract of land sit? uate in said county ?ind State, con? taining one hundred and seventy-five acres, bounded north by lands of J. S. Richardson, south by land of J. R. Cain, east by land of F. M. Mel? le? and by the estate of R. M. Cain, and west by kind of J. T. Jackson. Terms of su le. cash. Purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. H. FRANK WILSON, Master for Sumter County. Sept 6-4t 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 days 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 6 Company A NEW ENTERPRISE. 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. Sidda'l, Charles Dewry, Richard I Manning, Neill O'Donnell, 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 situated on W. C. & A. R. R, east of passenger depot-one block South of East Liberty Street. R. B. BELSER. m i Erra, R. D. Epps. j y he Carolina Sanitarium L. G. Corbett, M. D. Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. Phone 309. SUMTER. S. C. Harby Bldg. HOLLISTER'S Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Busy Kedioine for Busy People. Brings Golden Health and Renewed Vigor. A specific for Constipation. Indigestion. Lire and Kidnev Troubles. Pimples. Eczema, Impure Blood, Bad Breath, Sluggish Bowels, Headache and Backache. It's Rooky Mountain Tea in tab let form, 3? cents a box. Genuine made by HOLLISTER DRTO COMPANY, Madison, Wis. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE Solely for the Treatment of Whiskey and Drug Habits and Nervous Troubles Detailed information upon application. 405 Perry Ave. Greenville, S. C. Wanted-To print 100,000 envelopes for business men. We buy direct from the manufacturers and are equipped Wah mooern machinery and new type to turn jut the oest work. Quality and prices. Osteen Publishing Company.