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. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, !906. Opie Sumtei- Watchman was founded ia 5.850 ?rici t?e True Southron in 1866. The . fFate/$i<m and Southron now bas the coni . ?ifi?d circulation aud ?u?utuce of both of the old papets, and is manifestly the Les; &dver?fin? medium in ?Sumter. jil-II i III aili ~^^--^'jr.riTra-rgjuri"vVr?r^v The Columbia Record, a newspaper that has succeeded because it com - pelled success by merit as a newspa? per, has been enlarged and is now is? sued as a seven-column six-page pa? per. This enlargement "necessitated the installation of a new'press, .and ;3the Record is .now'in a position to is? sue a still larder and better paper than over. *. it * If the- new directors of the State ; <Iisp?nsary live up to the resolutions adopted at their first meeting and en? force the law to the letter, the dispen- j sary law will at once become what it should be-a system for the _ regula-1 : tion of the whiskey business and a means by which the admitted evils of the liquor traffic may be minimized. 'These.directors can, if they are so dis? posed, accomplish what the? Legisla? ture refused to proyide for-the en? forcement of ihe. dispensary law hon? estly and fearlessly. If this is , done ; the opposition to the dispensary sys? tem and the .demand "for its abolition 5vill. die oiit, except amongst the blind tiger and high license element. * * ? - The conviction of George Hasty proves that the most adroit and re? sourceful of criminal lawyers cannot alsrays defeat the ends of justice. * * * JMr, "Harvie Jordan is a focible and -convincing - talker, but the cotton x growers seem to be hard to convince that the crux of the whole question of high?r prices for cotton is the re ??ruction of acreage. Unless the crop this year is kept within bounds, the \ 3iolding*?f t&e surplus of last year's crop will not help the situation at alL -A ten to eleven million bale crop this ' year will guarantee moderately high prices, while a thirteen or fourteen million bale crop will sell for 5 or 6 cents. "The senators have .already com? menced juggling with the -Tillman Mepburn-RoQsevelt railroad rate bill. 1 JBefore it has run the gauntlet of the I ^railroad attorneys in the Senate som ? .of the nominal supporters of the I measure are interpreting certain pro ?disions in a way 'that, if the courts ?take the' same view of it after it be ??comes & law, will be all that the rail ... roads could "wish, for such judicial construction of the meaning and in? tent of the law would permit the rail? roads to tie it up hard and fast in the courts for an indefinite period, and rn the meanwhile they could go ahead jand violate the law with impunity. . 9 ? ? Tt is -stated by a well informed au? thority that the . fear that there will be a defi?it in the Stat? treasury. this year owing to the reduction of the 2 levy for State purposes and the in? crease of the appropriation by the leg? islature in the face of this decrease in the levy, is not well founded. The r position is taken that the ordinary in crease?in the valuation "of the property returned for taxationrcoupled with the ' increase resulting from .the efforts of .Comptroller General Jones to have .?ear estate and personal property : placed on the tax books at something . like its real varue. wiH^provide ample . ' revenue for air purposes, even at. the reduced levy." It is to be "?oped thai ? this view is the - correct one. The State should be on a cash basis. It is cot good business to pay interest, and v there is no sense in the State contin ?ning to borrow money to pay ordinary running expenses. ^ The fertilizer manufacturers must make immense profits if they can af ,. ford td throw awav privilege tax tags >^s they are charged with doing. Last -season there were reports from va ..x-ious points in this State that with al? most every consignment of fertilizer there was a big overplus of privilege tax tags; an? srmilar reports are com? ing in this year. If the reports are . true the fertilizer companies are eith? er carele33.;in handling the tags or somebody is putting up the *money to payvfor those wasted, lt looks more like carelessness, however, for it would he mor** sensible to destroy the sur? plus tags. :f they are being bought for the purpose of creating a false im? pression as to the quantity of fertili? zers sold in the State. *! * * Judging from the amount of space " devoted to him ry the leading newspa? pers of the^countiy Ben Tillman is as big a figure in national affairs as he was in South Carolina in the spring of 1890. In the spring of that year ev? ery politician in this State was won? dering what he would do next and the national politicians are now in the same frame of mind. ? .-< * The South is prosperous and money has been plentiful and credit easy be . cause prosperity is in the air and ev? erybody has confidence in the business situation. . This condition has resulted 112 and IM I 7,G00 feet of floor space tc show an up-to-date lina of House-fui^siiings, at o ; ?U i WlAJi u? vy i J HO ? T MOf? ? t. -:ez that defy competition. YOU CAN You spend two-thirds of your time in bed. Why, not have the best. We sell the Burnstein 3-Piece Bed and* Fi? delity Dependable Mattress. , Our Dining RSom Sets, Pedestal Ta? bles, Box Seat Diners, China Closets ? V I ?X-X-V; ???/ l>: ; -. ? y yjfe.v;^ : ? ? - ? i - . . tBsTSt'^? IT-? ' * >?%?.' v ,7 Rockers, Rockers, 100 styles. Re- The bab>" wants a new Cart or Car ception Chairs, the latest styles, within riase thfs sPrin?. and we have a selec reach of all. tion that will please you and the baby. wup? atm Our Dining RSom Sets, Pedestal Ta- To make ? beautiful cover for your bles, Box Seat Diners, China Closjets floor, see us for Mattings, Rugs and and Sideboards are simply beautiful. Carpets. We have a plenty for all. You can't go wrong ?vhen you come to us for Lounges, Couches and odd pieces for the parlor. jg ^_^ h < '*~."v - *"'///-. ~ ? ' .- ' i-//7 I <-<r??-Jj r -- . .--V/.i i The pleasure will be yours if you use on<=: of our Desks, either gent's or lady's. Prices from $5 to $100. ^^^^^^^^^^^ A complete line of Cook Stoves and" Ranges. The remnant of our Heaters and Coal Stoves will go at cost. Wi US r::r COPYRIGHT Arn't they beauties? Boards at $10 Room" Suites from $10 to $250. You to $100. To see them is to want them, will be pleased to see them. and sold at a fair margin of profit. A slump in the price of cotton to 5 or 6 cents .would ^estroy confidence, make money scarce and credit difficult to obta?*\ and then there would he a sea? son of hard trmes. This country is not I or: a cash basis by any means, and if j the banks are forced to cease lending money and to call their loans, the j paper profits of many .who now think j the}" are or. Easy street would vanish. I Wi. h so much dependent upon the j size of thik year's cotton crop it will ? be tht ; of lom for business! men to be ?>om ,vha: conservative. .! Chaflestonians are worried over ? Goose Creek . . no one can j blame them.# Li ma: '?" chemically J pure and and good to drink; but it j don't look that wu y alons : . headwa-j ters of the stream. j It begins to look likt>Co!u: ion't 1 \ .1 want the Castle Hall of tb< Grf?nd Lodge, Knights of Pythi Sumte: does and when the Gra . meets here in a few week's Ga: Lodge and the people of t ?ter should be ready to talk business. * * * The effort to make the dispensary the sole issue iii the State campaign j this summer will fail. There are other ! issues and the men who will be in the i j campaign are to be taken into account, i * ? * President. Woodrow Wilson, of] Princeton, would undoubtedly make an ideal successor to President Roose- ! velt, but there are s^iious obstacles to his nomination and election. He is a Democrat in the first place, and in the second place he does not stand in with the crowd that attend the nomi? nating conventions. In a word, he is too good a man to suit the tastes of the practical politicians. * * * Senator R. I. Manning is getting to be a big figure in South Carolina pol? itics, when the Washington corres? pondents feel it necessary to telegraph their papers when he passes through the city and go to the troubles to sur? mise a whole lot of things about the purpose of his presence there. . THE EVENING NEWS SUSPENDS. In the Saturday afternoon issue of the livening News the suspension of that paper was announced. The News was in existence about 15 months, having been issued for about a year by the Freeman Publishing Company, with Mr. H. C. Haynsworth as editor, and subsequently by, the consolidated Freeman Publishing Company and ; Knight Pros., with Mr. John M. Knight as editor. It was stated in tin announcement that the continued ill health of Mr. Knight rendered it ad? visable to suspend the paper, and that under an agreement with The Daily Item the prepaid subscribers of the News would receive the Daily Item until trie expiration of their subscrip? tion. j Thc suspension of the News will . cause no change in the policy of The Daily Item, it having always boen our policy and endeavor to give the people of Sumter the best paper possible and The support The Daily Item has re? ceived is appreciated, and never more appreciated than during the time that there was an active competitor in the limited field. That this support was worth something a bare statement of facts will prove. When the Evening ^ws was established the total circu? lation of The Daily Item had fluctu? ated between 475 and 525 for a long time. Since the Evening News has been in the field The Item's circulation has gradually grown, every month showing, a gain, until the circulation for the past few weeks has averaged about'SOO. some weeks a few more and then a few less. The greatest gain has been in the city circulation, the aver? se paid up circulation by carrier now being more than 70 percent, greater than eighteen months ago. Hence The Daily Iter.i bas good reason to say that the support it has. received is appreciated. A TWENTY-YEAR TERM. ? Fi osboro Physician Convicted cf Murder in Second Bogree. - *o, N. C.. March 9.-After ,?:. :g for 13 hours the jury in J. E. Matthews, the Gre? ..-nan charged with the . . his vife. on December 1, 190 . verdict at 9:50 o'clock t. is . u of R?UJ - der in the se nd d gre . -ig< Fer? guson senter . the pris : to thc penitentiary . . a term of 20 years. Counsel for Matthe- mmediateiy announced that an appeal would oe taken to the supreme court. Matthews relied upon a plea of in? sanity as a defense. There was expert testimony to support the contention. The prosecution established a motive, however, by introducing evidence to show that Matthews had threatened to kill his wife on a former occasion, j when he claimed that she had been . unfaithful. The most sensational al . legation at the trial was that Mat : t'riews had injected strychnine into his i wife while she was ill and while pre j tending to be offering prayer at her j bedside. Witnesses from Richmond, Va., testified that the prisoner had made an unsuccessful attempt to com? mit suicde 14 years ago because of j the death of his sweetheart. \ i ??" _ Letter to .T. M. Brogdon. Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir: When you can buy paint for leis than Dev oe; don't; save your money. Mr. Aaron Hieeins. Plainfield, ?. J , always used 15 gallons of paint for his bon?!0; Dpv-e took ll Mr. Ezra Ratbmell. Wil?amsnort. Pa . alwajs used ll ; Devoe took fi. Mr. Burt Young, Girard, Pa., al? ways need a gallon ior certain rooms ; otok half as much Devoe. Mr. Nathaniel Barber, Canton, N. V., bought 12 Devoe; used less than (\. Von can always buy paint for less than Devoe; don't; save your money. The wearirg counts the same way and doubles the difference. The cost of painting is by the gal? lon. Weak laint costs most; most gallons. Yours truly, F. W. Devoe & Co. 17 DESTROYED AN ICE PLANT. A Serious Loss by Fire in Florence. Good Work of Firemen Prevented Great Damage. Florence, March 9.-The old plant of the Phoenix Ice Company, at this place, was completely 'destroyed by fire at 1 o'clock this morning. The plant was a ^en-ton one and had been in operation for about three years. The plant was valued at about $8,000 and was insured for $2,500 in the agency of Sanborn Chase. The old plant ad? joined the new 50-ton plant and was still being used to make ice. the new plant not being complete. By hard work the firemen saved the new plant with but little damage to the building and none to the machinery. THE ATLANTA TRAGEDY. The Murdered Girl Said to Be En gaged to Seneca Man. ? Atlanta, Ga.. March 9.-Mrs. Ed i ward M. S tan di fer, aged 25 years, to ! day shot and killed her sister. Miss ! Chappel Whisenant, aged IS. alleging pthat" she had committed thc deed be I cause of her husband's' attention to j ' her victim. The dead girl was to have bec: ma I ried next Wednesday to a y mg bus .? .. LO! . ;ii ?. i tica?ly coWpietecL Mrs. Standifer s^n? early today to the* home of her broth? er-in-law, D. P. Dunham, with whos family Miss vV ??iScnaiii mad? home and entered the sleeping room of her sister. What words passed be? tween the two were known only to the two. but soon four shots rang out and Miss Whisenant fell, wounded in the breast just above the heart, and in other vital parts. She died half an hour later without having spoken. Mrs. Standifer went to her home, and telephoned to her brother-in-law's home asking if Miss Whisenant was dead. E?mg informed that she had di#d. Mrs. Standifer expressed no re? gret for her act arid said she would follow Mr. Dunham's advice and sur? render to the police. She was arrest? ed later. During rho day she con? versed freely with the police officials, declaring that she had "avenged her outraged womanhood." I E. M. Standifer came to Atlanta about two years ago from Gadsden. Ala.'where he married his wife. His father, he says, is W. S. Standifer. United States marshal at Gadsden, and his uncle, W. H. Standifer, he asserted, j is assistant United States district at- i torney at that place. He was detained at the police station after his wife was arrested on the suspicion that he may have had some guilty knowledge of the crime. The dead girl is staid to have been engaged to be married to J. E. Sitton df Seneca, S. C. A. D. Harby announces thal he will receive a carload of Jersey milch cows With young calves on Friday, March ]t>. Grass will soon be up and the cow can be f?%d cheaper than in the winter. Levan Monument Fund. Mr. Editor: Since my last report I have received the following contributions' to the above fund: H. L. Scarborough...*.$2 00 Jno. R. '"Haynsworth. 1 00 Dr. H. M. Stuckey. 1 00 Cash.1 00 Total amount received to date, in? cluding the above. S48.00. The committee recently appointed by Camp Dick Anderson desire that this amount shall be increased to at least $75.00, and hope-ihat friends in sympathy with the movement will not delay their contributions. A small sum from each will soon make up the amount desired- and thus enab] . the committee to gee t<> work J. Diggs Wilder. STRAYED AWAY March 4 th, one black mare mule, about 9 years old, weight 1,000 lbs, scar on left shoul? der, ajittle mean to handle. Reward if returned to J. S. Sanders, Flor? ence, S. C. 3-13-3t* i3* i For the benefit of our coun= a* % irv friends, wno have been i>r' i kepi from coming-io market by i thc excessive rains, we will of One Week More at 1 m JV! m m ? eg Vet s This carpet is made from southern yarns, and will wear better than matting. Half our stock already sold. co. ra?