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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1906. The Sumter Watchman was founde 1650 and the True Southron in 1S66. Watchman and Southron now bas the c bined circulation and in?uence of bot the ola paper?, and is manifestly the ?advertising medium in Sumter. , The Republican majority in ?ouse seems determined that the ritories shall not be admitted to st -hood unless New Mexico and Ariz ?are made into a single state regard of the wishes of the residents of th territories. Pour new Democr; seniors is more than Uncle Joe ? Hon is willing to stand for. The Southern railway has met station agents and telegraphers 1 'way and there has been a satisfact readjustment of salaries and threatened strike has been prevent ? tChat is the proper way to settle si Espies, it is best for both pan ?rom a financial point of vi< ?prevents ill feeling between emplo and employe, and makes far m loyal and efficient service, s * * * The fact that Sumter has more '< tomobiles than any other, town in > South impresses every visitor and tl - ^ro away and talk about it. Sumtei known as the automobile town fr? one end of the country to the otl ?and it is a good advertisement * ? . The New York Herald states tl there is a remote possibility of for er Senator John L. Mclaurin bei troted to become a member of t Roosevelt cabinet as a repr?sent?t] of the South. If this should come pass what element in the Son "would Mr. Mclaurin be supposed Represent? Not1 the Democrats, i it is not to be imagined that t -Democrats would endorse him as th< representative; and scarcely the R publicans, for Edmund Deas and Jo] <G. Capers would surely rise up aj object, . President Roosevelt mig smuggle him in as the special repr tentative of the Philippines, since M ?fcX*auri$ is responsible for saddlh that burden upon this country, by d serting his party at the eleventh hoi and going over to the standard of tl "benevolent assimilators," of who: Cfen. Wood is a shining light, as he ? tully demonstrated at Mount Dajo tew days ago. ? * * ^The m'fcniat?on hy our Hagood coi ' respondent that there may be a job c something shady in conection with tb erection of the new court house, piar tor which have not yet been accept?e :-s both premature and uncalled for i 'die circumstances, and we must .be Hewe that he wrote while laboring un .'3?ra misapprehension.- /The old coui ^ouse and rot were sold for $60,00( -from which was deducted (1) $1,00 paid for a right of way to the rear o g|| "the lot which was guaranteed to th purchasers, and (2) $25.0000 paid fo the Solomons' property, the site se lected for the new court house to b erected. Tho house on the Solomons property '* was sold for $801 and several lots on the souil side o? the Solomons' lot have beer sold or are to be sold, the proceeds o "which when added to the residue o t?e $60,000, after paying for the righ *of way and Solomons' property wil bring the amount available for th< erection ?f the new court house up t( about $40,000. The architects anc others who have been called into con? sultation by the county supervisor anc ?commissioners advise that the cost o: the court house, such as the needs oi the county require, will be approxi? mately $60.000 to $70,000. As this necessary amount was not Available tor the purpose, the authority was Sough: and obtained from the legisla? ture to order au election to decide "Whether bonds to the amount of $30, "O00, ii so much should be necessary, .should be issued to provide the addi? tional money needed. Thus far there <thas been no job or crookedness and no opportunity for anything of that character hsd had there been a dispo - sitian on the part of anyone con? cerned in the matter so to do. We believe that every care and precaution ^11 be exercised by the supervisor and county commissioners in accepting the < plans, in awarding the contract, ana in supervising the work, under the advice of a reputable architect and the committee of the Sumter bar called in by them, to safeguard the interests of the county, and to obtain an honest and workmanlike job. We cannot believe it was the intention or wish of our correspondent to create a feeling of suspicion and distrust at the very inception of the undertaking, *when ccsointeh/ no ground for suspic? ion exists. o ? s Some of the numerous budding statesmen who are accumulating thunder for the purpose of annihilat? ing the senator from Belton when he ?as the temerity co offer for re-elec *"?n could get a lot of practice and -aluable experience by tackling ";ilma.n this summer. * * * *r has served the ^Sc"---r ' ... District so ac? cepta. . . many stead Hast supp?. >e at tention to the interests of his constit? uents that his re-election for another term is assured. There is no prospect of any opposition to him this year, and if there should be the man who makes the race will be doing so mere? ly for the sake of gaining experience as a campaigner and stump speaker. * * * The people of South Carolina would not drink liquor fast enough to suit the enterprising board of directors so ! they just bought as much as they thought the people ought to drink and piled it up in the dispensaries. A sal ary o' $400 a year is a great tempta- j tion f?>r a man with expensive tastes to do a littl? business on the side. j ? * * Governor Keyward takes a very ! i ' i reasonable view of the special court question. As the legislature refused to make an appropriation to pay the judges who preside ov"er these extra terms he should not incur expenses that he cannot pay. What is needed is not so many extra terms, but promptness in the dispatch of business at the regular terms. If it is not a waste of time to consume two or more days in the trial of a little damage suit, it is ai good imitation of it. * * ? The Newberry Herald and News says it is for Senator Tillman against the field this year, notwithstanding it has never supported him in the pri? mary hertofore when he has had op? position. We predict that there will be no field this year, and the Herald and News is safe in taking this posi- ; tion. * * * " The accidental meeting of David B. Hill, Alton B. Parker and Chief Justice O'Brien, the three big men in New' York State democracy, in Camden may produce results, but it will hardly make Mr. Parker a presidential candi? date again. * * If Mr. Mciver Williamson, who wih deliver an address on corn culture be? fore the Sumter County, Cotton Grow? ers' Association at its next meeting, can convince his hearers that it is more profitable to grow corn than cot I ton and tell them how to do it, he wili solve the cotton acreage problem. The farmers do not plant cotton for the pleasure there is in it, hut because they labor under the delusion thai cot? ton is the only money crop worth con? sidering. When they are convinced that they can make more clear money on some other crop, for which there is a ready market, the other crop will quickly drive cotton out. One great objection to corn as a money crop that southern farmers always advance is the absence of a market. They cannot harvest their corn and take it direct from the farm to market and convert it into cash. * * * * The Industrial School and Reforma? tory promises to be a much more im? portant institution than we understood the original plans, or Its advocates contemplated. If the plans are car? ried out it will be a most valuable in? stitution to the State afld the commu? nity in which it i" located will be for? tunate, if it should develop into an institution similar to the Tennessee school near Nashville. . * . * The State Board of Health should at least make an effort to devise some more effective system of dealing with epidemics of contagious diseases in the rural districts. An outbreak of small? pox near Heriots, in Lee county, was reported to the State Board of Health by telegraph nearly a week ago, and so far as is known, absolutely nothing has been done to suppress the disease, except what had been undertaken by resident physicians before notice was sent to the State Board of Health. A State board of health is undoubtedly an excellent and highly important body-if it does anything. We fear that our present board is rather slow going a bit unwieldly, for it takes a long time to sit up and take notice of a smallpox epidemic. * * Mr. Ansell of Greenville who, as some of our readers well recollect, made the race for governor four years ago in opposition to Governor Hey? ward and Jim Tillman, and has been a candidate to succeed Governor Hey? ward ever since, has issued a state? ment defining his present position on the liquor-dispensary issue. His plat? form is so broad and general that it ought to catch the prohibition and all complexions of anti-dispensaiy ele- ? ments both a-coming and a-going, and still leave lots of room for the high license and county dispensary fellows to get aboard in case of sudden emer? gency. It is a tolerably fair working model of a platform for use during the preliminary bouts of the campaign, and will admit of various and sundry addiations, emendations, repairs and amplifications as the progress of the campaign or the exigencies of later developments may render necessary or desirable. It is understood that all delinquent debtors will be given 60 days in which to satsify accounts due to the mem? bers of The Mutual Protective Asso? ciation, therefore it would be well for all delinquents to settle up their ac? counts before the expiration of the sixty days 2t-w,s-wlt GALLOWS FOR WHITE MAN. SUPREME COURT DECIDES THAT BOB SMALL MUST BE HANGED. Ile Was Convicted in Dallington of thc Murder of a Negro Whom He Shot Down on tile Public Road Without Provocation. Columbia, March 16.-A Supreme court decision filed today seals the fate of Bob Smalls and John Nail, the two North Carolinaians, both white men, who were convicted last spring [ in Darlington of the murder of a ne? gro named Frank Scott, whom they shot on the public road, the white men being in a drunken and rowdy condi? tion. Smalls was only 22 years old and Nail just 19 at the time of the killing. Smalls was given a death sentence and Nail, being recommended to mer? cy, got a life sentence. 'Smalls was sentenced to hang last May. The Supreme court affirms the re? sults in the lower court and Smalls is to be resentenced in the near future. McCaw. -?- . Too Many Papers. We see from the Florence Times that the Sumter Evening News has suspended publication*? We have never seen a copy of the News, after it was sold out to Knight Bros., and thought perhaps it would succeed, if it practiced economy in all branches as it did in cutting off its exchanges. Sumter has always had a good even? ing paper in the Item and if the same money, energy and patronage that was spent in starting and maintaining the News for a short period had been given to the Item, Sumter would have had an evening paper the equal of any in the Sta?. At Johnston, S. C., a newspaper also called the News was started by Mr. A. F. Perkins to'break down the Monitor, edited by Mr. C. J. Terrell. The consequence was the News erip- J pied the Monitor to such an extent that it had to sell out, and in turn was so badly crippled itself that Per? kins had to sell out first and a new man took charge of both pa pars as one. It is a very easy matter to start a paper, hut keep it going is another. Few people realize that it takes an actual cash outlay of $185 to $200 per month to run anything like a well reg? ulated weekly paper. If they did, they would not be so slow to pay their subscriptions-Bishopville Vindicator. Don't Overcrowd. The suspension of the Sumter News, a newspaper that was started in a field already ably filled, has caused the Florence Times to make some re? marks that apply with force to other lines than newspapers. The Florence paper says: "We know something about that sort of thing. People frequently crit? icise the Times for not putting up a new building, but they cannot under? stand when we tell them that the same resources that we might have used in putting up that much desired building had to be absorbed in the purchase of the paper which recently gave us a rustle for the field, small as it is here. This is just as true of mercantile enterprises as of newspa? pers or anything else. Why cannot you do something that is not being done by some one else? It would save a heap of trouble in the com? mercial world There are plenty of ave? nues for the investment of talents and money without trying to crowd any? one or two already more or less well filled. The worst element that could possibly enter into business is spite work, no matter what else you un? dertake cut the spite work, it is migthy apt to come back to you." It is a fact that in "some communi? ties, there are those who make it a business to "dabble" into everything that seems to be succeeding. If a man comes to the town and seems to be doing well, these marlpots butt in and think because he is succeeding, that they will just take a little of the same. The man who got first on j the ground, if he is conducting his business along correct lines, is not going to be run out. if the field is limited and the competition is really strong it may be a survival of the fit? test, but it rarely happens that one competitor ever runs another out of business. Generally in over-crowded lines, ali drag, while if a little judg? ment had been exercised and the nec? essary brains, energy and capital had been directed along a line not suffic? iently developed, the parties involved as well as the entire community would be benefitted. Overcrowding is not necessary. There are hundreds of openings for business ventures in every live town. The field is limitless if common sense and judgment are brought to bear. Spartanburg Journal. Have you weakness of any kind stomach, back, or any organs of the body? Don't dope yourself with ordi? nary medicine. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is the supreme curative power. 35 cents. China's Drug Store. The Pee Dee summer school foi teachers will be held in Haritsville again this year, beginning June 13. ? VICIOUS GRIMINAL. JIM DeSAUSSUKE ATTARS BISH OP VILLE JAILER WI ftg IBON ! BAR. Ile Was Overpowered After a Desper? ate Fight-The Jailer Was Unhurt, But the Negro Was Severely Han? dled in the Struggle. j From the Daily Item March 20. ! Passengers on the morning train j from Bishopville brought a report to the city that Jim DeSaussure, the ne? gro who attempted to assassinate Mr. H. R. Barnes a few weeks ago by shooting him in the back with a shot? gun loaded with buck s^ot, inflicting a Terrible wound through Lbe light lung, ? ?rom v. hich he was e ;pectod to die for days, had killed the jailer with an iron rod, but was overpowered before he could effect his escape from the jail. Later it was rumored, but whence the rumor originated could not be as? certained, that a mob had assembled; seized the jail and preparations were being made to lynch DeSaussure. A telegram to Bishopvnlle asking for particulars brought the subjoined reply, which is so lacking in details that it throws but little light on the matter. It indicates, however, that the current rumors have, as usual, exag? gerated the gravity of the situation: ? Bishopville, S. C., March 20.-Jim DeSaussure attempted to escape this morning. He fought the jailer with ^iS iron bar. The jailer, however, overpowered him without shooting. The jailer was not hurt, but prisoner was severely used. The following statement relative to the above was obtained from another source: Jim DeSaussure communi? cated with friends and late yesterday afternoon lowered a cord which he had in his cell to the ground, where some one attached a rod of iron to it, and he drew it up through the bars. When the jailer entered the cell this morning to give the prisoners break? fast ae was hit on the head and knocked to the floor by a blow with the iron rod in the hands of DeSaus? sure. The jailer recovered himself at once, snatched the rod from the ne? gro's hands and beat him with it se? verely. The jailer received no serious injury. The people of Bishopvflle are greatly aroused over the incident. THE DISPENSARY DIRECTORS VIOLATED THE LAW BY BUY? ING TOO MUCH. Colummbia, March 16.-The legis Iativev committee appointed to check up the books and accounts of the State dispensary has just completed its work, and the totals from advance sheets of the report show a stock on hand here and in the county dispensa? ries of over half a million dollars in excess of the $400,000 limitation placed by the statute. The stock on hand here amounts to $603,362.18 inclusive of $100,000 worth of real estate and supplies, the fixtures, etc., bringing the total up to $730,421.5$. The stock on hand in the eighty odd sub-dispensaries throughout the State totals $326, 72S.43. bringing the grand total up to $1.057,149.93. The figures are a surprise even to Commissioner Tatum, who has been estimating the stock on hand here at not more than $400,000. FIRE IN TIMMOXSVILLE. Timmonsville, March 15.-At 12 o'clock today the alarm of fire was sounded from the large three-story wooden tobacco stemmery belonging to John McSween. A strong wind was blowing at the time and this building, being large and in close proximity to the large tobacco warehouse of J. W. Berger & Co., and the large livery sta? bles of M. K. Purvis, in less than one i hour all three of these plants were ! burned to the ground and a total loss. The losses are as follows: John Mc- ! Sween's building, value $3.300, insur? ance. $1.700; J. W. Berger & Co., building, value $8,000, insurance $3, 500. stock tobacco $12,000. insurance, $8.000; M. H. Purvis, livery stables, value $4.000. insurance $2.500, his loss on buggies and wagons, etc., fully covered by insurance; J. E. Hughes & Co., Danville. Va., loss in leaf tobacco 31.500. don't know if any insurance. The total loss is closely estimated at $28.000. with about $16.000 insurance. The cause of the fire is supposed to be from cigarette smoking, as the graded school is very near the origin of the fire and the boys during recess have often been cautioned and ordered away when smoking in rear of this building. It pours the oil of life into your sys? tem. It warms you up and starts the life blood circulating. That's what Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea does. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. China's Drug Store. \ Library for Georgia Tech. Atlanta, Ga., March li;.-Prof. K. G. Mattbeson, acting president of the Georgia School of Technology, an? nounced today that Andrew Carnegie had screed to give tho sr-hool 820.OOO for the erection of a library buildiDg, provided the schcol will furnish the som of $2,000 annually tor the mainte? nance and support of the library. The gift will be accepted. I $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Ca? tarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal? ly, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, > thereby destroying the foundation of ; the disease, and giving the patient I strength by building up the constitu j tion and assisting nature in doing its I work. The proprietors have so much i raith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. oSend for list j of testimonials. .Address 7\ J. CHENEY, Toledo, 0. For sale *>y all Druggists, 75c. Take HaJ Cs Family Pills for Consti? pation. 3 18-lm Kingstree has voted to issue $12,000 in bonds to build an electrict light system for the town. Have you pains in the back, inflam? mation of any kind, rheumatism, fainting spells, indigestion or constipa? tion. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea makes you well, keeps you well. 35 cents. China's Drug Store. STRAYED AWAY March 4th, one black mare mule, about 9 years old, weight 1,000 lbs, scar on left shoul? der, a little mean to handle. Reward if returned to J. S. Sanders, Flor? ence, S. C. 3-13-3t* MONEY TO LOAN. On farming lands, long time, no commission charged. Borrower pays actual cost c t perfecting loan. For further information address John B. Palmer & Son, 1 3 6m Box 282, Columbia, S. C. SDP 4 MCNT 5S SIL 3? WILL 0OST YOB # ISt$a&&. ?3 S ?*? ? io vniter?OT our big FREE BICYCLE catalogue if 23 . &%. $?? x??? fa B ? ? showing the most complete line cf nigh-grade 1^ Rf? W"5CJ*"U! ? BICYCLES, TIRES and SUNDRIES at FRICES j^sW^? 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You will learn everything and get much valo? ra-'';'V'':''. &J??j& able informaron hy simply wr.wh/g us a postal. ??b' r-;? v?'-?> ':* ' steed a g-'~?-r f rvir-t In every town and can offer an opportunity - ' : ? $T io make money to suitaue y --ung men who apply ai once. per pair. .O O &?ggSaa^^8gg^^^,rgl?a:PiUB (CASH WITH OK oz a $4.53; ^ SS-F-'- -5.::-^r^?^^|^i??^^^r Result of 15 yea-r? es^errci-.ee in tire mating. No drr-rjer fforn THORNS. CAC- 8 H W " ... . nrr i? ?p?vc '^?vj *C r?n"Q ^ . -T : y Ac;c S-S?f? Notice tba thick rubber tread TVS, F.^?, ftA*L,*, kAyhJvLAto. &Jjj ?.A"8Ed pnnctllre strips ?B" Senous punctures, u.<e intecticnai knife cuts, can MT and "I>," also rim gtrip "H" be \Tulca:;iz j't like 2:17 other cir<=. ?Sg, to prevent rim cutting. This Two Hundred Thstnxni pairs POW in ac?usi m Over W ^^C^^AWIC^ Seventy??v5 ihous^nc pairs seid last >ear. ? EASY BIDING. EE30R2P'713&s Mtde in all sizer. It is-?iveiy and easy riding, very durable and lined inside with a special quality c f rubb-r, -hi>d? never becomes porous and which closes up small punctures without allowing the air to es: ipe. "7/e have hundreds of letters from satisfied customers stating that their tires have only Leen pumped uporceov ivrice in a whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puivctui* rcsbting guaiKics being jriven by several layers ot thin, specially ^ prepared fabric on the tread. That "Howling Back" sensation commonly felt when riding on asphalt J cr soft roads is overcome by the patent "I^sket Weave" tread which prevents all air from being T squeezed out between the tire and thc road thus ovcrcomiug all suction. The regular price of these tires is $S.5o per pair, but for advertising purposes we arc making a special factory price to the rider of only $4..So per pair. All orders shipped same cay letter is received. We ship CO.D. on approval. You db not pay a cent until yoi: have examined and fe-.?nd them strictly as represented. We will rd?ow a casi* <i.:scon.-.-.t. of 5 per cont (thereby making the price 84.65 per pair) if yon send F?LL CAS il WITH OIvT:r5Jt ana enclose this advertisement. We will also send one nickel plated brass hand pump and two Sampson metal puncture closers on full paid orders (these metal puncture closers to ce used iii case of intentional knife cuts or heavy gashes). Tires to be returned at OCR expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly re'dab?e and money sent to os is as safe as in a bank. Ask your Postmaster, Banker, Express or Freight Agent or the Editor of this paper about us. If you order a pair of ? these tires, you wii? find that they ./iii ride easier, run taster, wear better, last longer and look fl finer than any tire you have ever uied or seen at any price. We know that you will be so well pleased ' that when you want a bicycle von w?Z2 give us your order. We want you to send ns a small trial - order at once, hence this remarkable tire" oiler. tf5A?t*7,r^ ?"5/*? ?a wr"*$> bcilt-up-nrfaecls, ?addlee, pedals, _pa-r* and repairs, and 1 ?i?-kJLZ?:L?4S\r?<2>^ everything in the bicycle line are soldby ns at half the usual prices charged by dealers and repair men. Write for our big SUNDRY catalogue. RA ??417 ?4f/I^T, but write us a P0^1 today. DO NOT TIIJLNK OF BUYING a mJ\0 fai? 8 aw fin J bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone until yen knory ?he new and wonderful offers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. MEAS ems SSIMY, gepj. "jr CHICAGO, ILL ! ?s The Spring of 1906 is upon us and every merchant will endeavor to convince his constituents, especially the ladies, that he is better equipped to supply their needs than his competitor. We know not what ethers are doing except fro r their general reputation and past record which is very creditable, but* speaking fer ourselves hav? bositanc; in saying that our sto?k >j 0*4 . '1^ 3 s Will prove to be the best collection we have ever offered. The continual growth of our business necessitated our sending three buyers to market who worked energetically and intelligently to secure the best values obtainable in the latest novelties. Our friends may rest assured when they come tc do their Spring shop? ping that they will find everything they want and at the right prices at