The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 25, 1905, Image 5
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25,1905.
The Sumter Watchman was founded in
1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The
Watchman and Southron now has the com?
bined circulation and influence of both of
the dd papers, and is manifestly the -best
advertising medium in Sumter.
Solicitor Wilson and Sheriff Gra?
tiana, ot Williamsburg: county, per?
formed their full duty tinder trying
?^rcamstances in preventing the
lynching ^ indiantown of the negroes
g|, ^suspected of killing Mr. Julian Wilson.
<?*or their action they deserve the
thanks of ail good citizens. If there
?were more men like Solicitor Wilson
^and Sheriff Graham, in office there
woaid be fewer lynchings and the law
"Would be more respected and better
enforced.
. . .
There ar? many opinions concern?
id tag the merits and demerits of "The
klansman," but the greater -publicity
these opinions are given the better
pleased will : be Mr. Thomas Dixon,
<Jr" ?nd his theatrical managers. The
?adverse criticisms are better adver?
tisements than twice the amount of
fauadatory notices, and the severest
critics are Dixon's' best friends from a
*nonetary point of view.' The more
iis play is condemned the greater will
t>e the public curiosity and the heavier
?
the box office receipts.
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/ The Southern Cotton Growers' As
iodation as at present constituted
contains the germ of a powerful or?
ganization that could do untold good
for the South, but it is scarcely more
than a germ. The association is prac?
tically little more than the officers and
executive committee, and the great
work they have accomplished speaks
wonderfuily well for their intelligence,
their energy and their devotion to the
?cause, -,Th*ey cannot go on doing this
work indefinitely, however, without
the united support of the cotton grow?
ers and the merchants and bankers of
the South. The association is well
equipped with officers, but the ground?
work, the substantial foundation of
subsidiary associations has not been
j>erfected. The foundation is abso?
lutely essential to the permanency and
success of the association and unless
local associations are organized in a
great majority of the townships in the
cotton belt, the association incertain
?to*go to pieces at no distant day. If
"Ht could be possible to have each and
"?every farmer in the South enrolled in
"rthe association as a working member
of a neighborhood association it would
be perfect and the price of cotton
.could be fixed and maintained as firm?
ly as/the gold standard. The para?
mount issue before the Southern Cot?
ton Growers' Association is the per?
fection of the organization; its success
"or failure as well as the price of cot
?ton hinges upon this.
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'When President Roosevelt visited
.. the South at the time of the Charles?
ton exposition he was bepr&ised and
. belauded by many newspapers to such
an extreme that one wouid have
imagined tliat he was the greatest
coan and most perfect character that
.America had. succeeded in producing.
Shortly afterward came the ^Crum af
3air and then the Booker Wellington
incident, for which he was assailed
and denounced in the most unmeas
" "ttred terms, the newspapers that had
well nigh exhausted the vocabulary
in praising him shortly before, leading
to the chorus of abuse.' This is all a
matter of history, and is referred to
merely to give point to the sugges?
tion that our Southern newspapers re?
strain their exuberance and temper
their praise of the preident with judg?
ment and good sense on the present
?occasion. President Roosevelt is un?
doubtedly an able man and a
^good citizen in private life, and
.Sn. public life also, when, being
igood does not interfere with his po?
etical preferment or the party wel?
fare. President Roosevelt is a suc
%sessful 'politician and he has won his
=saccess by knowing how to play the
^garne of practical politics and playing
'St better than the other fellows.. All
this being true, it is neither good sense
3*or good taste to do violence to Nthe
-English language in lauding a man as
lt -he steere a demi-god.
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In the State Fair Columbia has an
attraction that is worth tens of thous?
ands of dollars to the city annually
ax* attraction that any other wide?
awake town in the State would pay
?ttj? rooney to secure-yet the business
tuzn of Columbia do little or nothing
to make the fair a success. They are
satisfied to reap the profits, feeling
that the State Fair is a certainty each
^?ar^that it will draw the crowds and
that it will be a success, of a kind,
Without the expenditure of money or
??iffert on their part.
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Cotton sold for 10 cents in the local
market donday and the outlook is
tJtot the price will go still higher if
^the farmers continue to hold their
-cotton. The crop is short, the de?
mand is great and those who need the
saltton will need it much more sixty
<&QS.fr&m now. They will pay for it
%st proportion to their needs.
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JCr. "N. W. Booker, who once work
, ed for the Sinking Fund Commission
on a per eentage basis, and afterwards
ran for some State office, is out in a
card that is very complimentary to
the work he did when searching thc
books of various county offices. Mr.
Brooker must intend to be in the
campaign next summer.
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The Cotton Growers' Association
will have to exert all of its power and
influence next spring to keep down the
cotton acreage. The short crop this
year was due more to weather condi?
tions than to the reduction in acre?
age^ It will not do to count on the
same run of luck next year.
. . .
President Roosevelt's tactfulness in
avoiding any reference to social equal?
ity ia his Tuskegee speech waa so no?
ticeable as to be emphatic. He fol?
lowed a well beaten track in his re?
marks and while he advanced no new
ideas he stated wholesome and well
accepted truths at which neither
whites nor blacks caa take offense.
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The clubbing offer that we are
making to send the Watchman and
Southron at $1.50 a year, the Ameri?
can Monthly Review of Reviews at
$3.00 a year, the Cosmopolitan at
$1.00 a year, and the Woman's Home
Companion at $1.00 a year, to any ad?
dress for $3.50 is the biggest offer ever
made. This offer is open to paid in
advance subscribers only. Kew sub?
scribers upon payment of $3.50 will
receive for one year the. Watchman
and Southron and three of the best j
monthly magazines published in }
America. All subscribers, who are in ?
?arrears, must pay up their subscrip- j
jtions and then upon payment of $3.50 !
I i
I will participate in our clubbing of- ;
! fer. Xo one who wants to keep post- j
[ed on the news of the day and keep '??
! in touch with the affairs of the world j
can afford to neglect the opportunity j
now afforded them to obtain at the
lowest price ever offered the best
county paper, the best monthly re?
view, the best of the illustrated
monthly magazines and the best
woman's magazine. This clubbing
.offer will be open until December 1st,
only.
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Mr Joel E. Branson, than whom
there is no more consistent or earnest
prohibitionist in the State expresses
his views on the status of the liquor
question clearly and emphatically.
The so-called prohibitionists who
are enthusing over the proposition to
vote the dispensary oat of one county
at a tims, and to have prohibition hr
one county, high license in another
and the dispensary in a third, should
study Mr. Branson's words.
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President Roosevelt has been on
his good behavior dnring his trip
through the South thus far, but we
will watch with interest for some soit
of outbreak when he geis back to
Washington that will shock the sen i
bilities of those who have' been slob?
bering over him these past few days.
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Sumter needs that sewerage system
worse than ever and there is no good
reason for dilly-dallying about it
much longer. The legislature at its
next session should be asked to au
tborize a boud issue for the purpose
of paying for the sewerage system
that is a necessity.
When the High School building
was completed in February 1904 some
poeple said the city was fixed, as far
as schcol bouses were concerned, fr>r
the next ten yeats. Two years have
not yet passed and' another school
house is needed. It must be provided
without delay and the City Board of
Education should set about devising
ways and means
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The cotton receipts on the Sumter
market this week were about SOO
bales, against more than 1 6v)0 for the
same week last year. The small
receipts show that some of the farm?
ers are holding cotton, but not all of
them. The receipts are entirely too
large, and if the farmers of the South
generally* are holding any better than
those of Sumter county, there is small
chance of the complete success cf the
campaing for fair prices now being
waged by the Southern Cotton Grow?
lers' Association. The way to make
cotton prices jump is to hold every
bale of! the market.
The lumber mill of Brown Bros., at
Leo, near Lake City was destroyed by
fire Friday morning. Their loss was
$5,000.
Select Norfolk Oysters received daily
by Christoper Gazes, West Liberty
street._10-18-4t.
Santee Association.
The Sautee Association will convene
tfith the Graham church Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock, Nov. 2, and
close the following Sunday.
The introductory sermon by Rev.
J. T. Phillips and" the organization
of the body will constitute the work
of Thursday evening, the business be?
ginning Friday morning, Nov. 3.
All delegates and visitors are re?
quested tc notify either J. L Brogdon
or Howard Jones, Sumter, S. C., R.
F. D. No L, at once so that homes
may be arranged.
Those coming by railroad will be
met at Brogdon Station, provided
they give notice to the above named
brethren of the time of their expected
arrival.-J. Tolar, in Baptist Press.
Meals served at all hours, Gazes' re?
staurant and lunch counter. West
Liberty street, next to postoffice.
10-18-4*
MACHINERY ORDERED SHIPPED.
The Mutual Ice Company's Plant Will Be
in Operation March 1st.
The machinery for the Mutual Ice
Company has been ordered shipped
for delivery within ninety days, and
at a meeting of the directors held a
few days ago. President McKeiver and
Secetary Hood were appointed to act
as a building cnmmitttee to have
charge of the erection of the necessary
buildings. It is expected that the
plant will be completed and ready to
make ice hy March 1st. The company
bas sufficient money in bank or in
sight to pay spot cash for the ma?
chinery-the site and* side' *trite?r har^
ing been paid for already.
A portion of the authorized capital
stock has not yet been taken and aa it
is the wish of the directors, and of all
the stockholders who have expressed
an opinion, to begin operations ont of
debt and with a sufficient working
capital on hand to conduct the busi?
ness economically, the remainder of
*bt autorized capital will be offered
to thc psople of Sumter who want
cheap ice. The agitation that result?
ed in the organization of the Mutual
Ice Co. brought about the redaction
is the price of ice the past summer
and the only guarantee that we have
for the future is the success of the
Mutual Ice Company.
Best oysters served at Gazes' Re?
staurant, West Liberty street, next to
postoffice. 10-18-?t
Robin Hood Coming.
The Aborn Production Company,
which is under the direction of Mil?
ton and Sargent Aborn, has been in?
corporated under tte laws of the State
of New York for the purpose of mak?
ing productions of Standard Operas.
With this point in view they have
secured through M. Witmark & Sons
The Bostonians' famous success "Rob?
bin Hood" by Reginald DeKoven and
Harry B. Smftb. A number of artists
identified with The Bcstoniaus are
being placed under contract and will
take the road about the middle of
November. The demand for high
class comic opera is such that it has
encouraged the Aborn Company to
place this famous work on the road
with one of the best singing organiza?
tions that has ever presented it. The
chorus will be carefully selected, for
which a number of recruits from the
various church choirs in New York
and vicinity will be utilized. No
expense will be spared in the presen?
tation of "Robin Hood," and an en?
tire" new outfit of costumes as well as
a reproduction of the famous stage'
settings used by the Bostonians will
be made.
The Aborn Production Company
have booked this attraction in this
city for an early appearance, and
music lovers have a great treat in
store for them.
Fresh Norfolk Oysters received daily
by Christoper Gazes, W. Liberty street
next to postoffice. 10-184t
mm ... mrtmuv ^rnvmrnx i >
JUNIPER POLES WANTED-High- j
est cash prices paid on lengths 25 |
to CO feet. Contracts given for j
yearly outputs. Address Carolina j
Pole Co., Wilmington, N. C.
*10 4-4t
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A Few
Our unusually large a
in and rea?y for critici
of the various lines of
by us is the result of
reaching back to the ei
when
DRY C
Were cheaper than tods
to those who trade with
from us : Call and get p
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Dress Good
Both as to fabric and st
Taffeta Silks suggested
and entire suits. Also
and Spot-Proof Taffeta
50c. up.
Secure a Tailored Su:
Wear Department, eith(
dock design. These st]
are shown in dark grec
and black.
Not elsewhere in Sui
large variety of Coats
Children. And we say t
our Housefurnishing I
cheerfully furnished oi
Hotel equipment.
Again we say, Heed Oi
CAPTAIN' T. S. DOAK.
Lieut. Doar Promoted to the Com?
mand of the S. L. I.
? At the recent company election of
Company "L," of the Second Regi?
ment Infantry, Mr. T, S. Doar was
elected Captain. This is the second
time that he has rilled rbis office.
While he vas the incumbent on the
first occasion, circumstances caused
him to resign ; but ho enlisted in the
ranks again jost as soon as circum?
stances permitted, and has again work?
ed bis way up to the command of the
company.
. A more efficient soldier than Captain
?)oar is not to be found in the State;
he has the respect and esteem of every
member of his company, and the or?
ganization is bound to prosper under
bis leadership. Be is one of the prime
movers is the Sumter Fall Festival
and Liva Stock Show,.and is working
earnestly for its success.
Others officers ?ere elected, bat the
result of the election cannot be an?
nounced at thia writing.
Mr. R. W. simpson, Jr., editor of
the Greenville News, ha? resigned ind
will go to Raleigh as editor of The
Times, an evening newspaper.
Milton Williams, colored, waa
caught in the shafting at the Southern
cotton oil mill in Columbia on Mon?
day and bad his left arm broken.
FO?IT^KlMOXiii.
Hakes Kidneys sad Bladder Bight
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and Nervous Trou bles
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? stops tL\e ooxxs?k &ad lisslsltmgs
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STUMP PULLER
(Improved)
The strongest, the simplest and most
economical of all Stump Pullers. Try it
before you pay for it. Guaranteed to
pull your stumps or no pay asked. Be
sure you write us before you buy else?
where. Write for Free Booklet giving
terms and prices.
THE CHAMPION STUMP PULLER COMPANY,
Johnston S. C.
Mention this paper. * 10-11-x
for children; safe, euro* J?o opiates
nd varied stock is now
sm. The completeness
merchandise handled
many months' labor,
irly spring-purchased
IOODS
iy, and the benefit goes
. us. Heed this advice
osted as to the newest
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ladings. See the Plaid
L for waists, petticoats
the new black Chiffon
s, all warranted, from
Lt from our Ready-to
*r in the Eton or Pad
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m. plum, garnet, grey
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a complete House and
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UNDERWEAR FOR
W W
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m
?gsa?
The inroads we have been making into this department in
.?the past few daysjg a forcible evidence of the presence of cool
weather, We are well fortified for a continuation of the* at?
tack, as our stock in this line is probably the largest we have
ever carried.
Infants' Wrappers in all Sizes
At 10 and 15 Cents.
Infants' Wool Wrappers in all Sizes
At 50 Cents.
Misses' afid Children's
Fleece Lined Vests and Pants sizes 16 to 32 at
12% to 25 cents each.
Misses' and Children's
All-Wool Vests sizes 16 to 32 at 50 cents $1 each.
Ladies' Fleece Lined Vests and Pants in all
sizes, the best number we ever offered at 25
cents each.
Ladies' Velvet Fleece Jersey Vests and Pants,
A garment that has no superior at the price,
Only 75 cents each.
Ladies' Nonshrinkable Jersey Vests and Pants
Wool mixed, a garment that would appear cheap elsewhere for
a dollar Only 75 cents each. We have these also in extra sizes.
Our line of ladies' vests comprises everything, in flat goods,
white and red. light and medium weights up to $1.50.
Our Boys' Fleece Lined Tests and Drawers at 25 cents the
garment are excellent values.
In Men's Fleece Lined Goods we are selling an excellent
suit at 75 cents
We carry a full line of underwear for men up to $1.50, in?
cluding the celebrated Wright's.
, Zephyr Shawls and Fascinators.
This is just the season for them We have a full line in all
the evening shades, at 25 cents to $2.
O'Donnell ? Company
A NEW ENTERPRISE.
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SUMTER, S. C.
W. B. BUHNS, Pres.
T. H. SIDDALL,
Treas. & Gen. Mgr.
DISECTOBS:
W. B. Burrs, C. G. Rowland, T. H. Siddal, 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 VV. C. & A. R. R., east of passenger
depot-one block South of East Liberty Street.
TAX NOTICE.
The County Treasurer's office in
?ourt House building will be open for
he collection of taxes, without pen?
illy, from the 15th day of October to
he 31st day of December, inclusive,
905.
The levy is as follows: For State,
1-2 mills; for county, 3 1-2 mills;
institutional School, 3 mills; Polls,
1.00. Also, School District No. 1,
?pedal, 2 mills; No. 2, 2 mills; No. 2,
: mills; Nc. 4, 2 mills; No. 16, 2 mills;
Co. 17, 1 mill; No. IS, 2 mills.
50 cei.ts capitation dog tax.
A penalty of 1 per cent, added for
nonth January. 1906. Additional
?enalty of 1 per cent, for month Feb
uary, 19i>6. Additional penalty of 5
?er cent. f<>r 15 days in March, 1906.
T. W. LEE. County Treasurer.
October 5th, 1905.
R. B. BELSER. R. 0. EPPS.
9 that his wonderful
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
Phone 309. SUMTER, S. C. Harby Bldg.
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and Backache. It's Rocky Mountain Tea in tab
let form, 3? cents a box. Genuine made by
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