The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 21, 1906, Image 4
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.
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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-.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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would seem that the investigating
- mittee got the avrong sow by the
'soo- when they repealed the graft that
?>.;*-?ains to glass bottles.
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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.
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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
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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.
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v friends, who -have been
kept fro JU comino; to market by
the excessive rains, we will of
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