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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1906. The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True Soutiiron in 1866. Tne Watchman and Southron now has the com? bined circulation and influence of both of Che old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. If it be true that the members of -the Dispensary Investigating Commit? tee drew double pay during the session of the Legislature they have placed themselves in a very awkward posi? tion. In view of the nature of the j .work in which they were engaged, they ? -sriould have been especially careful to keep their hands clean and leave no room for the faintest suspicion. To say that we are surprised that the -charge was not immediately denied in an emphatic manner by Chairman Hay j ?zt behalf of the committee expresses | .our feeling mildly. It may have been ZLO crime for the committeemen to <iraw double pay, but it was ill advised and not in good taste. This commit? tee had a profitless and thankless duty to perform, and it wes well known that the compens?t-on allowed them dil not begin to pay fer the work they were .doing, to say nothing of j the loss they havs sustained by the ? enforced neglect of their private busi? ness in consequence of their service on the committee, but they should not have accepted double pay. And by the. same token, it was geed politics .for Candidate Cole L. Blease tc refuse VJ accept double .pay. * ' ? * The Beef Trust has made millions by feeding filth to their unsuspecting patrons, but the public will get back . -at them now by refusing to purchase or eat their nauseous and disease breeding compounds. The exposure of their criminal disregard of the law of health and cleanliness will cost them millions directly and indirectly. It ?will be years before the confidence of the public can be regained, no matter how great reform they may work in their methods. * * * The proposition that the City Coun? cil borrow money for the purpose of constructing the sewerage system, without resorting to a bond issue, is, "we believe, not practicable. As we un? derstand the law the City Council has mot the legal right to expend, or au? thorize the expenditure, in any one ; year of .a greater sum than the income of the city for that year. Council has - the authority to borrow money for -.?current expenses, pledging the income of ?he city for the repayment of such loans, but when it becomes necessary ~to borrow a greater sum than the .current income a bond issue properly -authorized by a vote of the people at -an election regularly called on a pe? lion of the freeholders is necessary. For these reasons we do not think the sewerage loan, on the plan suggested, is feasible. * * * "The members of the investigating committee owe it to themselves and their frien?s that they take notice of the charge made by ? the Columbia Record that they accepted double pay for their services. They either received double pay or they did not, and they could set the matter at rest with a word. If they did accept dou? ble pay they should inform the pub? lic why they did so. They may have "warrant of law for drawing the dou? ble per diem, and if so they should make it clear to the public. * * * The withdrawal of Hon. M. L. Smith, of Camden, from the race for CrOvernor narrows the contest down to R. I. . Manning and Joel E. Brun son, of Sumter; M. F. Ansel, of Greenville; Cole L. Blease, of New? berry, and John T. Sloan, of Colum? bia. Other candidates may yet enter the race, but it is not probable, for the bushes have been pretty thor? oughly beaten already to flush the gubernatorial aspirants. The present indications are that Mr. Manning will ?certainly be in the second primary, and his chances of winning with a .safe majority are regarded as excel? lent. He is the candidate whose po? sition is known of all men ami his Tecord is a guarantee that he will give the State a clean, honest and busi? ness-like administration. If this is ?not the sort of Governor the people ?want, they should not vote for Man? ning. * * * Sumter is, at present, in the early stages of a violent attack of base bali "fever, and in about two weeks base ball will be the only thing of import? ance to a majority of the male popu? lation. Enthusiasm is an excellent thing, but we trust that the rooters will keep it within bounds during the progress of the games. When too much pure and unadulterated enthu? siasm is unbottled at once the result Is not good. Let the rooters root, but let their rooting be in moderation. * * * The statement that the Chieago packers propose to use their millions to gain control of the machinery of .one of the great political ponies and to "ase that party to defeat roosevelt and ail i ri sympathy with * ex? posure of the rottenness and "scality <3>f the Beef Trust and other corpora tions, is a warning to the people the country to be on their guard, they can gain control of the De: eratic party they will not hesitate do so and to use it as an instruir for the furtherance of their nefari policies. A Democratic victory the polls under such conditions wc be the death knell of that party, ; the Democrats, those of the South j particular, should see to it that j such unholy alliance is entered h * K * The investigating committee ls last getting into touch with the grafters. The trail is getting hot '< a few more witnesses like Mr. Par will tree the rascals. The devel ments of the past few days sh clearly that there is need for refc and that the whole trouble with dispensary system centers in grafting proclivities of the men v have been in charge of the busim Put honest men in charge and ] them a proper salary for their se ices and there will be no more gra ing. * * * The investigating committee is last bringing out the facts it was c ated to ascertain and there should no let up until all the rascality a grafting has been exposed. I * * * Attorney General Youmans* op ion in the Black-Lyon case is v< much like some decisions of the S preme Court-it goes off at a tange and decides.absolutely nothing p< taining to the real points at issue. * * * If the Hub Evans-Boykir.-Tow case ever gets into the courts th will have the opportunity to expls "where they got it." And that is wh the public wants :o know. * * * There is a disposition in sor quarters to charge up all the crim and misdemeanors committed by di pensary officials to the dispensa and to give the officials absolutio Those who take this view of the ca would doubtless be glad to put tl dispensary in the penitentiary * or < .the chain gang, while leaving tl grafters in peaceful enjoyment of tl proceeds of their wrongdoing. T? sensible thing to do is to put tl 'grafters in the penitentiary and pi honest men in charge of the di pensary. The assertion that the di pensary will corrupt even honest me is not true, for an honest man honest in all circumstances and thei are thousands of such men in tr. state. , * .* * The Chicago packers are coverin the evidences of filth with white wash, but they will find it more dil ficult to efface from the public min the impression made by the Neill Reynolds report. * * * .Clerk of Court Parrott is at las ready to do his part and the auto mobolists of Sumter should now los no time in complying with the la\ respecting registration of their ma chines. * * * The Columbia State heads a col umn and a half editorial, "Wanted A Leader in a Great Cause." The gis of the whole thing is a plea for som1 man, pledged to destroy the dispen sary sytsem, to enter the race for gov ernor. Mr. Manning is spoken of ir the article as "the ablest and per? sonally most attractive announcec candidate for governor," which show! that there is no objection to hin personally. The article concludej with the following remarkable-foi the Columbia State-statement: "He who rids South Carolina of the dispensary will rank in historj as one of the three great political leaders in the State in the half cen? tury following the War Between the Sections-Wade Hampton, Ben Till? man and who?" Did anyone expect to find the Columbia State mentioning Hampton and Tillman in the same paragraph as great leaders? * * * Although Hon. T. B. Fraser has declined to make any reference to the charge that every member of the dis? pensary committee, with the excep? tion of Senator Cole L. Blease, had accepted double per diem during the? session of the legislature, we have the j assurance on thoroughly trustworthy authority, that Mr. Fraser positively refused to accept the per diem as a j member of the committee for ses ; sions held during the sifting of the legislature. This action is so thor? oughly in keeping with Mr. Fraser's character and record that the people of Sumter are confident that he de? clined the double pay, it it was offer? ed him. When he says that he ac j cepted double pay his constituents will believe it. and not before. ? * * If the dispensary system is so cor? rupt and corrupting how can a high license system be advocated as a cure for the ills that the liquor traffic en? tails? Every licensee will derive a large profit from the extension of the traffic and no one with common sense will expect them to spare any effort to sell all the liquor they can. CJnd?r i proper regulations the dispensary j system can be made instrumental in j curtailing the u.se of liquor while a j high license system, wherever it is operated will he made the means of ; increasing and encouraging the use of I Use System in Saving Money and Your Bank Account Will Grow f $1.00 Will Start an Account With THIS B^ulSTKI OB* SUMTER SUMTER., S. C. The Plaoi A deposit of one dollor or more will secure for you the use of one these Home De? posit Safes, as shown in cut. You?r bank nccount will be opened and a passbook fur? nished, showing the deposit properly credited to you. Take the Beerik Home Place in it your surplus money and "spare change" at certain intervals and when convenient, bring the safe to the bank. The contents will be removed, counted in your presence, and your deposits earn 4 Per Cent interest on Sav= ings Deposits THE HOME. DEPOSIT SAFE The FLesvilt ALWAYS OPEX FOE DEPOSITS The presence of the small safe in your home enables you to apply some system to sav? ing. You can deposit a cer? tain amount daily or weekly or at your convenience. You can save with some purpose. Your bank account grows rapidly, because you are con? tinually adding to it. Temptation. To Spend The patent coin and cur? rency slot device in the safe is scwconstrucied that money once deposited' cannot be shaken out, and the bank alone holds the key. Your deposits earn interest? from date of deposit. COURTEOUS TREATMENT 10 PROMPT ATTENTION EXTENDED EVERYONE w s s s s s s Our representative will exhibit the Home Safes, but in event that he should miss you, call at the bank, drop a postai or telephone. We Want An Account With every person in the vicinity, ed as strictly confidential. All business treat Remember 4 Per Cent. Interest is paid on alli Savings Deposits CAPITAL $75,000.00 SURPLUS $39,000.00 DIRECTORS E. C. Haynsworth, R. J. Alderman, W. S. Manning, R. L. Cooper, J. A. Mood, OFFICERS Richard I. Manning, President. Marion Moise, Vice President. W. F. Rhame, Cashier. R. F. Haynsworth, C. G. Rowland, Richard L Manning, Marion Moise. liquor. Of the two we regard the (high license system as a greater evil :han the dispensary, hence we favor :he dispensary. * * * The former members of the dispen? sary board will probably be justified :n refusing to tell all they know about rebates and the like. They cannot be forced to incriminate themselves. * * * Senator Tillman announces that he will devote a large.part of the sum? mer to lecturing in the Northwest and ?rill not, therefore, be able to attend all of the campaign meetings. As he has no opposition there is no particu? lar reason for, his attending any of them. * * * There has been no 1er up in the ef? fort to save the neck of Small, the white man under sentence of death in Darlington county for the murder of a negro. The published accounts of the murder left no room for doubt of the justice of the verdict and sentence and it is a maudlin sentiment that is back of the movement to have the death penalty commuted. * ? ? The men in charge of the big life insurance companies were proven guilty of grafting, likewise thc big railroad officials and . coal mine of? ficials. Have the insurance compa? nies been abolished, the railroads de? stroyed or the coal mines put out of business? Not much. They have been reformed, at least an effort has been made in that direction, and stringent law* to prevent are advo? cated as the remedy for the unsatis? factory conditions. The demand is for reformation and proper and hon? est management in future. Neverthe? less a certain peculiar system of rea? soning to which several South Caro? lina newspapers are addicted would inevitably lead to the conclusion that the only proper method of dealing with t c graft infected insurance companies, railroads and coal mine corporations would be their imme? diate and total abolition. Among the Clemson Cadet appoint- ! ments for 1906-7 are the following from Sumter: E. D. McCutchen, I Capt. Co. G.; G. R. Jones. 1st lieu-i tenant Co. G.; J. D. Graham, ser? geant Co. B. The competitive company drills j were he'd yesterday. and the Hag for the }>..>: drille 1 company was award- j ed to Company D, Capt. T,. rt. Hoyt, j of Sumter, commanding. This entitles: Company ? ? to carrying the Rag dur-? ing the next session; Thc popularity j of Captain Hoyt with his men was | largely responsible for the success of j MRS. BOWMAN INJURED. Jumped From Carriage While Horses Were Running. From the Daily Item June 12. Mrs. W. A. Bowman jumped from her carriage this morning while the horses were running and sustained very painful and dangerous injuries. She had started for a drive and sent her driver in to inform Mrs. W. H. Ingram that she was ready. While the man was on the piazza the horse became frightened and started down Hampton avenue at a fast rate. Mrs. j Bowman became very much excited, ! and in attempting to jump from the I vehicle she fell heavily to the ground, ! and was painfully injured about the head. Mrs. Bowman was taken to the hospital and at the present writ? ing had not regained consciousness. A thorough examination has not yet yet been made, so it is impossible to tell the exact extent of the injuries. INSTALLATION AT MAYESVILLE. The Rev. H. A. Knox Becomes Pas? tor of the Presbyterian Church. Bishopville, Jone 5.-Ou Sunday last the Rev. H. A. Knox wa? installed as pastor of the Mayesville Presbyterian Cburch'.by a commission of Harmony Presbytery, consisting of Rev. W. J. McKay, D. D., pastor of Brick Church, Rev. Hugh R. Murchison, pastor of tho Bishopville Church, and Elder Thomas B. Fraser, of the Sum? ter Church. In spite of the inclemency of the weather the beautiful church building was well filled, almost every member of the home congregation being pres? ent, besides a number of visitors of other churches and denominations. Mr. Knox comes to the Mayesville Church under very happy anspices. He bas just graduated from the Co? lumbia Theological Seminary, and some months before his graduation received his call. He had preached here several times, and the psople were pleased with his sermons, and delighted with his per? sonality, so that they are mutually acqnainted already, and there is little doubt that the warmest feelings and most cordial sympathy will soon join pastor and congregation in perfect unity, which should characterize the Church of Christ. Good Cotton. W. J. Anderson brought some cot? ton plants t" tlie Times office yesier-! day which measured 2 feet in length. J Mr. Anderson has a very pretty j farm "f cotton five acres of which is particularly goo?l. He has it clear of grass and in a growing condition. Florence Times. Mr. S. IT. Edmunds is now occupy- i ing his new residence at the corner of ! Calhoun and Harvin streets. ? The residents on Church streec are kicking vigorously because the Dromised improvements en that street have not been undertaken and because the thoroughfare ls growing up in grass. ? Dr. Archie China, while out on a run in his new automobile Wednesday afternoon, met with a bad accident. The steering gear broke and before ? the machine could be stopped it col ! lided head-on with a big pine tree. ; The car was badly wrecked, but the occupants escaped uninjured, though they had a severe shaking up. Clerk of Court Parrott has received the blanks and books for registering automobiles and is now ready to is? sue certificates to owners of machines. The applicants for registration are required to state in their applications the name of the manufacturer of the machine, the factory number and give a brief description of the ma? chine, stating the character and style of car-whether it is a runabout or touring car, for instance. I Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury* As mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces, such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physi? cians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh ! Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, j and is taken internally, acting direct? ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the' syitem. In buying Hall's Ca? tarrh Cure, be sure you get the gen? uine. It is taken internally and made j in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold bj all Druggists. Price, 75c. perb ottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for consti? pation. 5 13-lm THE ALCOLU RAILROAD CO. I Will offer for sale every Friday, Satur? day and Monday during June, July, August and September, 1906. round trip tickets over its road at reduced ra'es. gjod to return until the follow? ing Tuesday. This notice is subject to change or withdrawal without notice. Your patronage is solicited. For fur? ther information, address P. R. Alder man, Traffic Manager. Alcolu, S. C. 6-6-4 ni ! ---.-_ j A REGARD-BIG red steer. 1 inch of; his horns sawed off. Wattle about 4 inches long under his neck, both ears marked. Possibly stolen. $5 , v iii be given for his capture. W. J. ( Andrews, Oswego. S. C. 6 6-2t I Where Go-Fly goes flies will not go. Use it on your horses and cattle. Sold by China's Drug Store, DeLorme's Pharmacy and King & Gardner, Mayesville, S. C. 5-30-8t* MONEY TO LOAN. On- farming lands, long time, no commission . charged. Borrower pays actual cost ci perfecting loan. For further information address John B, Palmer & Son, ? 1 3 6m Box 282, Columbia, S. C. CANDIDATE'S CARD. For the Senate. I hereby announce my candidacy for State Senator for Sumter county subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary. A. K. Sanders. For Supervisor. In announcing myself a candidate for re-election to the office of county supervisor I desire to thank the citi? zens of Sumter county for their lib? eral support in the past and pledge myself to abide the result of the pri? mary. ; W. H. Seale. For Magistrate. The undersigned at his own urgent request has consented to become a candidate for Magistrate in the Sixth Judicial District of Sumter county and if elected will endeavor to serve the people to the best of his ability. He pledges himself to abide by the rules and regulation of the Democratic pri? mary. H. C. Bethea. The many friends of Mr. W. R. Brown nominate him for the office of Magistrate of the Sixth District and pledge him to abide the' result of the primary. " I hereby announce that I am a can? didate for office of Magistrate at Sum? ter, and I need every vote I can get. I ask that you give me your votes and I pledge myself to give you my best service and abide by the results of the primary. H. L. B. Wells. - USE THE Sparks Distributor TO SIDE DRESS YOUR CROPS. Try one and be convinc? ed. Guaranteed to do what is claimed. Buy from dealer or order from SPARKS MANUFACTURIN6 GO. Sumter. S. C. 4-lS-3m 4