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E?NES9AY, FEBRUARY 21, 1906. Sumter Wtitp?ntin was founded ia ?S?i.l and the Trite Southron ia - 1?66. The ?Fti ic?man a?ii Southroii ?uw t>'as th? coin* 5ii!od circulation and influence of Sota ot ?he old p&oeis, and is manifestly the best adv ?rtising medium ui bum ter., The cartoons in the Columbia State all seem to be inspired by the yr!owing The House .should amend the Ray sor-Manning bill by adding a provis? ion that the Legislative Investigating Committee be continued until next session and that the; expenses thereof he paid out of the dispensary profits. * * * ii the United Stated should go to va.- with China because the Chinese tiiercjiants. boycot American goods in retaliation fdr ?pir ' Chinese exclusion iawi the "big stick" policy will have ix-uehed full fruition-. ? V * / * senator Tillman's testimony before the investigating committee was just abo at as definite and convincing as his insinuation of corruption against ; the State officials who held office prior to Ii JO. He made no direct*1 charges, fur? bished no proof and added nothing to the information already in the pos? session' cf the ' public,** except to con? fess that he assumed authority' when governor and manager of the Statt; dis? pensary to make a present of all the rebates due the State to Mr. Hubbell. Senator Tillman got a good advertise mer.t out of the committee by makin' himself a prominent figure in the mat? te: ehat is receiving mdst attention in Sou?? Carolina at this time. Senator Tillman is the advertiser par excel? ler*^ e of his day and generantion and fce knows how^ to get on the first page every time. JP * * E Pertaining the views that he does respecting the dispensary issue, how ?could- Senator Manning pursue any . r course in the legislature and out *>f it than he has? If his few sorrow? ing friends, who bemoan that he has . ?red his political prospects by his cou.-se, will answer this query,' the . ? : ic may learn that it is wiser for a ina,-., in public life to conceal his con? cious opinions on a matter cf vi? la.: importance than to do or say any ihiag that might "injure his pros !>ects-" Honest men can and do sup pert another man without believing ^ judgment infallible, but no honest man would endorse gp vote for anoth er who suppressed his views and kept out of a fight of principles for no bet? ted reason than that it. would injure his. political prospects if he boldly declared his position and beliefs. Pro? hibitionists, Brice law men, anti-dis P^nsary?tes and all others will be wiser te- vote for Richard I. Manning for governor, if he enters the race than tar some cautious, politic; fence strad? dler wno either has no views worthy of the term or keeps them safely con? cealed for fear that., if they got noised abroad, they might injure his politi? cal mrospects. We want an honest rr . for governor of South Carolina, want a man to worthily fill the i^ee Governor Heyward will vacate. V * * The House of Representatives . is composed of statesmen-zealous, high sainded patriots-beca-use the mem? bers thereof a.re thick and thin dvo C??t s of the Morgan high license bili; vhli* the Senate i; made up oi pride C ~--;:y dictators, hell-bent on ramming ?l? Ir detestible view's down the throats or JU unwilling people-because they efer the Raysor-Manning bill to the House- monstrosity. At least that is : -mpxession one would get if he be 2fcyed some things he reads day after day. s * *. * ie present session has tv^o good Sttt>; to its credit, if no more. First and for!, most the defeat and repudiation of Hui; Hvaris; second the establishment of reformatory for youthful crimi? nals. ?<? ?* i* * 3?:ss Alice Roosevelt is married and she has the best wishes of the entire ?xaa rican people for a happy married life A great deal of ur.necessary note? s' has been given to her courtship imf: marriage, which could not but be unpleasant to the j oung lady, and b .be hoped she will now be left in io jive her life in that happy estie privacy which is thc right very American wife. * fi ii S ?r.ator Wilhams, of Williamsburg, earful that Coca-Cola will debuach . youth ci the State, but the Raysor /.. ming bill for the reformation of dispensary did noi appeai to him. is surprising how little strenuous cn ment the revelations of the Colum Glass Company graft has brought h in the Columbia papers. If that s company had been located in ^tanburg, Greenville or Sumter t an editorial clamor would have unded from the banks of the Con eel * * ? would seem that the investigating - mittee got the avrong sow by the 'soo- when they repealed the graft that ?>.;*-?ains to glass bottles. * NATIONAL GINNERS. State Organizations of thc Association to Be Organized. .State organizations of tho National Ginners' Association .will be organized on. the following dates and at follow? ing places: Louisiana-Monroe. Tuesday, Feb? ruary i3. at 10 o'clock a. m. . Mississippi-Jackson, Wednesday, February 14, at TO O'clock a. m. Alabama-Birmingham, Thursday, February 15, at. 10 o'clock a. m. North Carolina-Charlotte, Thurs? day, March 1, at 10 a. m. South Carolina-Columbia, Friday, March 2, at 10 o'clock a. m. Georgia-Atlanta, Monday and Tuesday, March 5 and 6, / Tennessee-Jackson, Thursday, March S, at 10 o'clock a. m. Mr. Taylor^ Dr. Combest and other officials of the association will endeav? or to be^with me at all these placeo. It is ^earnestly requested that all ginners will attend and assist in mak? ing complete-organizations in all these States. The salvation of the cotton , industry is dependendent upon the correct organization and co-operation of the ginners, and this cannot be done without thorough, county, Statb and national organization. Commer? cial clubs, boards of trade or other public bodies will pVepare meeting places, secure reduced rates, etc., at all the points designated. Buy your ticket on the certificate pian and take receipt therefor, and meet us as re? quested. There is important work for every ginner, cotton grower and mer? chant in the South who is interested in honest cotton statistics^ Respectfully submitted, N. T. Blackwell, Seceretary and General Organizer Na? tional Ginners' Association. The Public's Rights. The people of the United States view with dismay, not unmixed with anger, the fact that the coal miners and operators seem to be drifting into another great strike, which would affect the industries of this section of the country, imperial domestic comfort and cause some measure of wide? spread distress, such as prevailed when the last battle was on. The fact that the trouble is slated for April 1 would mean less misery, but no ?ess nuisance and general annoyance. No matter how much coal has been ac- ? cumulated by the operators, prices will ! be affected and such a situation pre- j cipitated as will mean nothing less than a calamity. Our civilization fails when such a menace as this has to be periodically faced. The rights of the public are too little considered upon the one side and the other.-Spring? field Republican. - The Dispensary Fight. The opponents of the dispensary put their best foot foremost or played their highest card when they had Sen? ator Brice to open the debate for he was dead in earnest and made the best possible presentation of his cause. He was followed by Senator Le ~rand Walker of Georgetown. He is a ?oo? reasoner and a fine speaker. He dissected the bill and demonstrated that it was not a proper measure to vote for. He showed conclusively that the bill is Ungrammatical, - Inaccurate, Illogical, Inconsistent, Unreasonable, ? Unfair, Undemocratic, Contradictory, Unconstitutional Ke proved every statement he made and showed so many errors in the bill that it is hard to see how any man could possibly vote for the bill what? ever his views and practices aoout the use of liquor. Senator Walker said the Morgan bill is like "hotel hash" which has a lot of material ?in it but it is difficult to tell its make up. One provision of the bill was to allow county dispensa? ries but require them to pay 10 per cent, of their profit to the State. To illustrate: If Abbeville conducted a d:spehsary she would have to put up the money to bear the expenses of the establishment and pay 10 per cent, to the State for the benefit of tho.se truly good counties that will not allow dis? pensaries. So you see Abbeville might run a dispensary and be subjected to the whiskey < vii and yet have to pay ten per cent. t<? the State so that the dry county of Greenwood could get part of the "tainted money."-Gen. R. R. I Hemphnl in Abbeville Medium. A Candid Confession. "With Charleston issuing liquor li? censes and ail of the balance of U*?-' otate prohibition, so-called, the good old City by the Sea will do a huge jug business."-Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Strange to say, many per? sons and newspapers prefer a "huge jug business" be done in South Caro? lina by Atlanta and Augusta mer? chants to its being done by South Car? olina merchants. Prohibitionists can? not prevent the shipping of "jugs" from Savannah through Charleston to Marion, but they can make laws that will send the money paid for the "jugs" beyond the borders of South Carolina, and they do.-News and Courier. THE MOST STARTLING REVELATIONS TO GOME Dispensary Investigation Committee Will Pull Off ?ie Lid of Richland Distillery I LIVEST PART OF SHOW FOB FINALE -~~ _ Messrs. Christensen and~Lyon arc Still Determined to Bring Out all the Ev? idence cf Graft They Have Gathered and Cannot Bc Bluffed if Majority of Committee Will Support Them. Columbia. February ID.-An erron? eous impression prevails in many parts of the State that the dispensary investigating committee has conclud? ed its labors so far as taking testimony j is concerned. On the contrary the j most important and interesting hear ! ings are- yet to come, and the fire I works will open up from these ' in j about two weeks. The ."livest" part of the show has been reserved for the last. The Richland distillery matter is yet to be gone into and the ex members of the board of directors are to be put on the stand, and the "New? berry situation" is again to be pre? sented to the committee. Representative Lyon and Senator Christensen, who have "borne the burden and heat of day" in this com? mut?e work, and have dragged up a mass of evidence and presented with consummate skill and ability, are men of unflinching courage, physical and moral, as well as men of brains and great energy and zeal. It was not their fault that the facts were not brought out as to what material pros .peritv has blessed members of the board as reward for managing the Great Moral Institute. The threats which were made on the floor of the Supreme Court room the morning tfie Newberry witnesses were to testify on? ly sharpened their desire to do their .duty by their state. Serious results would have followed any attempt that morning to fro violence. A gi-eat trag? edy and disgrace to the State, one which would have paled the Goble affair in Kentucky, was narrowly averted. Perhaps it was the part of wisdom and patriotism on the part of the committee to temporarily call a? halt with its decision not to go into these matters. "Eut ail of these matters are com? ing out," said a member of the inves? tigating committee to The Daily Item's correspondent today, "if cer? tain members of that committee have to take the responsibility individual? ly. The findings of the sub-commit? tee will be made public whether they are allowed to come out before the committee or not if members of that committee have t# go down in their jeans and pay for the advertising space." "Space"' will be no scarce or costly article when the "copy" is ready. McCaw. Wrong Use of thc Courts. A special from Yorkville to the Xews and Courier under date of Feb. 7, says: "A special term of the court of com? mon pleas was opened here on Mon? day of this week. Judge Kl ugh presid? ing. "While the docket was a pretty heavy one, only ono case was tried that of Sam riggers, colored, against the Catawba Power Company, a suit for 52.750 damages on account of hav? ing a leg broken at the company's works on Catawba river, when the .dam was being constructed. The case took up a day and'a half and the jury after being out about an hour, ren? dered a verdict for SC59.25 in favor of the plaintiff. Eiggers. "This case had been tried .once- be? fore, resulting in a verdict of $1,000 for the plaintig. . "Judge Klugh went over the docket on Tuesday morning but there were no cases ready for trial. He an? nounced that he would give thc at? torneys until 2 p. m. to answer if not, he would discharge the juries. "At the appointed time there was "nothing doing," so the juries were discharged, and thus ends the second special court which has turned out j this way in the past year. "Your correspondents heard a num? ber of comments upon the special term matter, some saying it vms a farce, others saying it looked like a scheme to bring defendants (especial? ly railroads) to settlements in suits for damages by holding up the "scare- : crow" of special terms of court against them and bring th< m to time." . > "This, it see ms to us, ought to be j looked into, though we do not know ? whose duty it would be to make the investigation. We hope there is no truth in the statement that the lawyers have used a special term of the court as a weap? on with which to force compromises ! in civil cases. i "If this has been done the lawyers engaged in it are quite on a level with Colonel Mann, the Kew York black? mailer. If the lawyers for the plaintiffs had good cases they should have pushed j for trial. To use the court to intimi- j date a defendant in a suit is, to our j way of thinking, about as legitimate | and honest as any other form of black- j mail or highway robberry that may be j engaged in.-Anderson Mail. ?iso?ien for ?curt House Isniis. Whereas, the General Assembly, a its session of 19OG passed an Act ?which was approved on the 2nd ???.y of February. 1906, authorizing the sale of the old Court House and lot and the purchase of a nev; lot and the erection o? a new court house thereon, and Whereas, said Act further provided that if there be not sufficient funds derived from the sale of said old Court House lot and building LO pur? chase a new site and erect a Court House building with County ?nices thereon, then the said County Board Of Commissioners and their succes? sors in office are authorized to issue and sell coupon bonds of said county, not exceeding thirty thousand dol? lars, to be known as the Court House Bonds and to bear interest not ex? ceeding six per cont, per annum, said interest to be payable annually and the principal of said bonds to be pay? able not more than twenty years from ?the date of issue: to supple? ment said proceeds of sale ol" the old Court House and lot, for the pur? pose of building said Court House, and Whereas, it was provided, that be? fore any bonds should be issued un? der said act, the question of such issue should first be submitted to the qualified voters of Sumter county in an election to be held not later thc n the first day of April, 1906: Xow, therefore, we, the undersign? ed Commissioners of Election for Sumter county do hereby order an election to be held on the 13th day of March, 19CG, for the purpose of allowing the qualified voters of Sum? ter county to vote upon the question as to whether they will authorize the said County Board of Commissioners to issue said bonds, not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, as provided in said Act approved February 2nd, 1906. The election will be held at the severa! precincts established by law in Sumter county and the polls at each voting place will be opened at 7 o'clock a. m., and dosed at 4 o'clock p. ni. Sumter, Ward 1.-H. G. McKagen, J. C. Capel 1, J. S. .Richardson. Sumter, Ward 2.-W. S. DInkins, B. P. Cuttino.W. Y. L. Marshall. Sumter, Ward 3.-W. J. Jennings, J. 3. Eaker. T. M. Jones. Suinter, Ward 4.-G. E. Richardson, Charles Thames, M. C. Kavanaugh. Stateburg-W. M. Sanders, L. W. Hair. E. F. Holmes. Providence-J. M. Ross, E. H. Craw? ford. W. A. Spann. Rafting Creek-J. W. Young, J. D. McLeod. C. M. Young. Bossards-J. H. Robertson. Tom Brown, T. D. DuBose. Mayesville-W. X. McElvecn, J. C. Jones. Jr., J. H. Wilson. Shiloh-J. D. Frierson, W. F. Den? nis. S. W. Truluck. Concord-J. J. Branson, P. L. Jones. Danie! Davis. Privateer-W. S. Lynam. Manning) Hodge. R. B. Cain. Wedgefield-Thomas Troublefield, F. B. Broadford. H. D. Cain. Bloomhill-Alfred Owen, W. J. Ar? dis. S. M. Coulter. On the day of election the man? agers must organize by the election of a chairman and a clerk, if neces? sary. The chairman elected is eny powered to administer oaths. Tin. managers have the power to Si] r.ny vacancy and if none of the managers attend, the citizens can ap? point from among the qualified voters the managers who. after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election the managers and clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and c >u tinue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make, a state merit of the result. Within three days thereafter, the chairman of the board, or some one designated by the board, must de live:- to the commissioners of elec? tion the poll list, the boxes containing the ballots and written statements of Che result of the election. One of the above named managers ' for each precinct must call upon the j board of commissioners, at the office . of the Freeman Publishing Co., Xo. 105 X. Main street, on or before March 12, 1906. to receive ballot boxes, poll lists and instructions and j to qualify. W. O. GA IX. Chairman. R E. McELVEEX, E. F. MILLER. Commissioners state and County Elections. Many men gave lavishly of gold. To build bridges and castles raul tow? ers of old; If you want everlasting fame, a bene afactor 'oe. Give the poor and needy Rocky Moun? tain Tea. -China's Drug Store. . ; The law has been changed in rc- I gard to payment <>r road tax. It is j required that it be paid by March L i After this date there will be no alter-, native but to work the road six days, j Those who do not wish io work the six days must call on the treasurer and pay the tax on or by March 1/ DI PORTANT DECISION. Rcn?cee? l'y ?Judge Prince of Circuit Cour:-Lt Affects Cor.federate Ve? i crans. i j . Judge Geo. E. Prince of th circuit ! court has rendered a decision in a i I case which will be of general interest [and considerable importance. He I holds that the actfcof" the legislature I which exempts Confederate - veterans i ! from the payment of license taxes is i ; u nco nsf i t uti o nah The case came before him on an appeal from the mayor's court of the ! cay of Laurens. John Wade Anderson j was the appellant. Anderson is a Con ! federate veteran. He undertook to do business in the city of Laurens without the payment of license taxes, and the mayor imposed a fine, holding that the law exempting veterans from I the payment of the license taxes was j unconstitutional. Anderson appealed j to the circuit court and Judge Prince j has just rendered his decision, j The decision is a very lengthy one, J covering pages of legal cap paper. The review of the case, with the law bear? ing on the points at issue, are very carefully and thoroughly reviewed. The judges in this state are* not given to apologizing for their de? cisions, and Judge Prince would be the last man in the world to do a thing of that kind. However, in talking of the matter today he said he had tried very hard to keep from deciding the act unconstitutional, but had not been able to do so. 'Tn my judgment." he said, "the law is unconstitutional, and that is ail there is to it. I realize that the decision, if it stands, will work a hardship on a great many Confed? erate veterans, but the law and the constitution were before me. and I could arrive at no other decision. It is hardly necessary for me to say, I suppose, that I have as much sympa? thy for the Confederate veterans- as any man in the State,, but a judge has to do his duty as he sees it. just as other people have to do. and I have simply discharged my duty as I saw it." Judge Piince said he hoped the de? cision would be reviewed by the su preme court, so the matter would be finally settled.-Anderson Mail. The menu cards for tte Chamber of Commerce dinner have been hand painted by the artists o'' Jewish La? dies' Aid Society and are the hand? somest provided for any banquet held in this city. The up-to-date woman avoids caus? tics, drugs and powders. They are extremely harmful to the skin, while Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea makes it soft and beautiful. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. China's Drug Store. .JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE. I ?James W. Israel Shot in His Field,by j Jesse Bush Near WI lit ney in Spar <t -tanbarg County. Spartanburg, February 16.-Jesse j Hush shot and killed James W. Israel ! in a field on the lands of Mr. Berry \ Cudd about five miles beyond the city i near Whitney this morning-. It was ? the result of a serious family trouble, j Last night the daughter of Bush, I about 14 years old, gave birth to a : child. It is said that Isreal was ac : cased of being its father, j The Bushes live near Lolo. but last year they lived on the Cudd place, not far from Israel's house. Seeing Israel in a field working this morning. Bush, j armed with a shotgun and a pistol, ! approached him and fired three times. {twice with the gun and once with the I pistol. The gunshot wounds killed ? Israel. i j At the time Israel had a hoe in his j hands working but when commanded ; to throw up his hands he dropped the hoe. The coroner's inquest was held this afternoon, the verdict being that deceased came to his death from a ! gunshot wound, the gun being in the I hands of Jesse Bush. Immediately ! after the killing this morning, Bush j came to the city and delivered himself ! to the sheriff. He is in the county jail. j Israel is survived by a wife and two ; children. He was recently indicted in j the magistrate's court for hugging and j kissing the wife of his brother-in-law j against her consent. The case was ! compromised. MURDER IS LAMAR. Whiskey Supposed to bc the Cause cf the Tragedy. Darlington, February IS.-Charlie Amerson, white, was stabbed in the j heart last night at Lamar, Darlington i county, and died without speaking. It i I is not known who stabbed him. The . deceased. James Watford and Boat j man Scarborough had a difficulty in a ! store a few minutes before the killing, j After the difficulty Amerson ..walked j out into the darkness and it was then j that he met death. Two negroes, who were found near, were arrested, but it is not probable they know much about the matter. Whiskey is suppos? ed to be the cause of the difficulty. MONEY TO LOAN. On farming lands, long time, . no commission charged. Borrower pays actual cost c; perfecting loan. For further information address John B. Palmer v Ss u. 1 S 6m Box 232. C Lmbta. C. MB For the benefit of our coun= ? rv v friends, who -have been kept fro JU comino; to market by the excessive rains, we will of for /Ca f? ff \ JT? m w Mofe I If Ttl is carpet is made from " southern yarns, and will wear B better than matting. * Half our stock already sold. co