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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2D, 1906. JW-"^i The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has ihe com? bined circulation and influence of both of Ahe old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. '"Says the Sumter Item : 'The sen- , sible thing to do is to put the grafters in the peni:tntiary and put honest men in change of the dispensary." But the Item does not name honest men who are willing to take char?;.- of the j dispensary. Moreover . since 183?, j ?cores of men thouglit to be honest | have been elected or appointed to high office m the dispensary, and some of them were honest and re? iz . ' ? ?..- . xnained honest. Nevertheless, the Item practically admits the corrup? tion in the dispensary. Does the Item mean to charge that the commission? ers and members of the borad of con? trol who have held office dung the last thirteen years were elected as dis? honest men?".-News and Courier. The Item is not prepared to prove "that the commissioners and members of the board of control who have held office during the last thirteen years were elected as dishonest men," and we do not believe they were se? lected, because of that characteristic; . but the News and Courier has made and reiterated the charge that the dis? pensary is corrupt, root and branch, so ^frequently that we have come to believe that it could prove that the current suspicions are founded on fact. The conditions exposed by the investigating? committee appear to in ., dicate that some dishonest men were elected, whether they were elected as dishonest men or not The members of the legislature alone know, or at . least should know, why certain men were elected. There are reasons to believe that presents of fine shot-guns, suits of clothes and similar delicate attentions had something. to do with some of the elections. The enactment ot th? Raysor-Man ning bill at the last session of the leg? islature would have afforded an op? portunity to ascertain whether or not men of unquestionable character would consent to take charge of the dispensary and conduct it under rer strictions that would have eliminated the wide-open opportunities for graft that now exist and have existed. .Such &Q. administration of dispensary af? fairs was, however, the last thing de? sired by those who advocated the Siigh license blind tiger system, for the honest management of the dispen? sary would deprive the anti-dispensa- j ry element of the only ground for op? position that they are candid enough to admit A graft infested dispensary exactly suits the purpose of those who would destroy the dispensary as the first "tep toward a return to the old ibarroom regime, via theoretical prohi? bition, blind tigerism and high license liquor shops, conducted by individuals with the avowed purpose of sellng all the liquor possible at the greatest pos? sible profit. The dispensary as it has been con? ducted has been bad-?.enough in all conscience, but it has been immeasur? ably better in practical results, despite the corrption alleged to have existed in the State dispensary and in .certain counties, than the old barroom system was, or the proposed high li cenSe-prohibit^on-blind-tiger regime would be. The dispensary law has never been respected or enforced in the very places that now most loudly cali for its repeal, and the same element that has brazenly violated this law, will, most probably, violate any other liq? uor law that may be enacted, be it high license or prohibition, and we fear that the abolition of the dispen? sary would be followed by worse con? ditions than we have yet seen in this State. * * * t Bryan is causing the Republican politicians a great deal of worry for a dead and buried presidential possi? bility. The insurance companes and j other great corporations that bought j the elections of McKinley and Roose- ? ve.lt doubtless feel that Bryan is treat- I ing them badly by refusing to remain dead politicly. They are also averse to putting up the millions necessary to defeat Bryan again. * * * The Black-Lyon affair turned out to be a farce. Governor Heyward seem* to have done the best he could in the circumstances, but it was a farce nev? ertheless. ? * * The Richland Distillery and Caroli? na Glass Company folks seem to have been remarkably reticent. They are not quoted as having told anyone how much it cost them to do business with the dispensary. And it is a matter of record that they both got big orders at high prices. * * * In default of a "Great Leader" ris? ing up to carry the banner designed by The Columbia State, the people of South Carolina may be able to rec? oncile themselves to voting for a plain, honest ^enrieman. whose ability and character guarantee an able, honest and fearless administration of the law. Summer offers the choice of two such men. Those who beleive that the pensary law, honestly administere the best and most practical solutio the liquor evil should vote for K ard I Manning, whiie ihose who fer straight prohibition, without local option, blind tiger or high cense should cast their ballot for E. Bunsor.. It is seldom that county offers two gubernasorial < didates who each stand so higl: the .estimation of their home pee Beth Manning and Brur.son are : who *have made a success of t business affairs, both possess un peachable characters and both men who merit the confidence tha reposed in them. * * * The settlement o? the dispens [question will re ,t with the legisla? j tO\ be elected this summer after and it is more important that a i of force anjd character be elected t a man who claims to hold partici views on any special question. . ? * .The Spartanburg Journal may correct in its diagnosis of public s timent respecting the dispensary vestigatkm. The people may be ti of revelation and want something n They may be satisfied that there been sufficient evidence produced make out a case bf grafting agai the management of the dispense and are now waiting for some m to be made to punish the graft? Unless the result of the long dra\ out investigation is turned to prai cal account it will have been a u less and fruitless proceeding. As see it the investigation has establisl the fact that the State dispensary 1 been delivered into the hands of gra j ers and it is for the people to ap; j the remedy by sending men to 1 [ legislature who w*tl enact amei j ments to the law that will rene grafting difficult and dangerous, not impossible, and then -elect ra who have not been affiliated with t j gang of grafters either directly as ; i taches of the graft ring or as whisk drummers. The hue and cry for t destruction of the dispensary syst* is dying out, savev fn a few quarti and the people as a whole are retur ing to a common sense view of t question-that the system itself an improvement on either high licer or theoretical prohibition and that t system has been brought into discre it by corrupt management. T strongest recommendation that t: dispensary system has to our favor ble' consideration is that the peop .can control it' absolutely by the exe eise of the authority that they po sess. If it is mismanaged they are r sponsible, and they have the power tum out the rascals and" put new m< i in charge, and this we believe the pe pie of South Carolina will determii to do this summer. * * * Mr, John J. McMahan, the late entry in the race for Governor, is s gentleman for whom we in commo with ali who know him, have tr, highest respect and in whose honesl we have the greatest confidence. H platform, in so far as he defines it i his announcement, meets with our ai proval. It is, however, identical wit the platform announced by Mr. Mar ning several weeks ago, and we ar ? somewhat at a loss to understan why Mr. McMahan gives it to th public, with a subdued flourish, as a original production. If you strip Mi McMahan's announcement of its ver biage and the personal explanations it is a fairly good paraphrase of Mi Manning's platform. He may fee lt to be his duty as a. citizen t conduct an educational campaig] with the governorship as his goal ; but unless his speeches should devel op something much more distinctiv* than is foreshadowed in his an nouncement, we do not see whereii lies the urgent need of his candidacy Mr. McMahan's candidacy will serv< to complicate the race and will streng then the position of those candidate; who represent the two extreme view; respecting the dispensary-the uncom promising opponents of the dispensary and the men who ask nothing bette] than the dispensary management a: it is and has been. Mr. McMahar has a great "nany personal friends ir al' sections of the State, and standing on the same platform as Mr. Manning the votes that he will receive will bi votes against Mr. Manning and in? directly votes for the candidates whe entertain contrary views. For this reason we regret Mr. McMahan en? tering the race at the eleventh hour, for if the vote of those citizens who believe that the dispensary properly and honestly administered is the best solution of the liquor question, is so divided, the chances of electing a man of the character and abi!i*y of Mr. Manning or Mr. McMahan is reduced tc a minimum. The out and out op? ponents of the dispensary and the friends of the present management, could not have devised a better scheme to defeat the reformers of the system than to have two such men i as Manning and McMahan in the race for Governor on the same plat? form. We have too much confidence in Mr. McMahan to entertain for a moment a suspicion that he would even consider such a scheme or be a party to it. but the resuit will be the same. As we see the situation at present. Mr. McMahan has not the ! Sl.00 Will Start aol Account With The B?crik of Sumter, s s s s s s - s I The R.es\?lt 1 The presence of the small ? safe in your home enables you 2 to apply some system to sav 9 ing. You can deposit a cer o tain amount daily or weekly J or at your convenience. You ? can save with some purpose. ? Your bank account grows 2 rapidly, because you are con ? tinually adding to it, and so 0 are we. ? Temptation 1 To Spend 0 The patent coin and cur 5 rency slot device in the safe 1 is so constructed that money ? once deposited cannot be 2 shaken out, and the bank 9 alone holds the key. Your 0 deposits earn interest from X date of deposit. 1 4 Per Cent. S Interest on Sav= I ings Deposits. SUMTER., S. C. THE HOME DEPOSIT SAFE ALWAYS OPE2sr FOE DEPOSITS The Ple.n A deposit of one dollar or more will secure for you the use of one of these Home De? posit Safes, as shown in cut. Your bank account will be opened and a passbook fur? nished, showing the deposit properly credited to you. Take the Ba.nk 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 S S s s There are 365 days in a year. Take oat 52 Sundays, and it will leave 313 working days in a year. Now, if you save you will at the end of five years have : each working day the following amounts, 5 cents per day 10 cents per day 15 cents per day 20 cents per day 25 cents per day 30 cents per day 40 cents per day for 5 years for 5 years for 5 years for 5 years for 5 years for 5 years for 5 years Amount deposited 78.25 156.50 234.75 313 00 391.25 469.50 626.00 Interest earned 7.42 14 85 22.26 29.68 37.10 44.52 59.36 Total amount 85.67 17134 257.01 342 68 4i8.35 514.02 685.36 THE ABOVE IS ON A BASIS OF 4 PER CENT PER ANNUM. 50 cent* per day for 5 years 75 cents pee dey for 5 years 1.00 cents per day for 5 years 1.25 cents per day for 5 years 1.50 cents per day foe 5 years 1.75 cents per day for 5 years 2.00 cents per day for 5 years Amount deposited 782.50 1,173.75 1,565.00 1 956.25 2,347.50 2,738.75 3,130.00 Interest earned 74.20 111 30 148.40 185.50 222.60 259.70 296.80 Total amount 856.70 1,285.05 1,713 40 2,141.75 2,570.10 2,998 45 3,426.80 CAPITAL $75,000.00 SURPLUS $39,000.00 OFFICERS Richard I. Manning, President. Marion Moise, Yice President. W. F. Rhanie, Cashier. E. C. Haynsworth, R. J. Alderman, W. S. Manning, R. L. Cooper, DIRECTORS J. A. Mood, R. F. Haynsworth, C. G. Rowland, .Richard I. Manning, Marion Moise. remotest chance of election but h may succeed in accomplishing the de feat of Mr. Manning, the best man i: the race. . * . We await with anxious interest t< see whether Jones will crowd Brun son off the prohibition platform o Br?nson will crowd Jones. There i bound to be a pushing and a shoving on this platform before the campaigi ends and we anticipate an interesting little scrap, as a side issue, to de termine which of the two is the only and original prohibition leader. * * * Manning and McMahan will alsc crowd each other on a single plat? form, but Mr. Manning can justly as? sert that he claimed it first. * ? ? Mr. Lever can remain in Washing? ton with an easy conscience and an un? troubled spirit. He has a hard and fast cinch on his seat in Congress foi another term, for it is not likely that a Republican will ever be able to oust him. * ? * The blind tigers of Charleston go merrily ahead with their violations of :he law in an open and contemptuous disregard of the police authority and against the State and none of them are ever punished except by the payment of a nominal fine once in awhile. This :.s a remarkably potent argument for :he abolition of the dispensary. * * The notoriety that the part he has laken in the dispensary investigation gained him has been too much for Mr. J. Fraser Lyon and he has jumped at what he thinks is an opportunity :o be elected attorney general. He ?as undoubtedly done a good work in the investigation of the dispensary but the work is not finished and by oecoming a candidate for office he has turned his back on the work he had undertaken and put an end to his use? fulness in that line. * ? * Col. W. W. Lumpkin, of Columbia, who says he is running against Sen? ator Tillman, will have the senatorial campaign all to himself for a few days as Senator Tillman is detained in Washington, the Senate being still in session. Cal. Lumpkin should make the most of this opportunity and get ail thc fun out of it possible. If he Ices not have some fun the campaign cvill be a failure so far as he is con? cerned for even he cannot entertain the shadow of a hope of election. * * * Hon. Thomas G. McLeod, Senator from Lee county for the past four years and sometime representative from Sumter c >unty will be the next i Lieutenant Governor of South Car. - 1 lina. He has no opposition and the campaign will ' be for him a pleasure trip. He seems to have been born to be lucky in politics. When he ran for the House in Sumter coun? ty he was nominated at the head of the ticket with the largest vote ever received by a candidate for the legis? lature. When a candidate to be the first Senator from Lee county he won with ease and now he will be elected Lieutenant Governor without opposi? tion. Watch Tom, he is a winner and will go higher. He is not the man to be shelved as Lieutenant . Governor and is too young to retire from public life while there are higher honors to which he may aspire. TILLMAN'S LEADERSHIP. The Columbia State heads a column and a half editorial, "Wanted: A Leader in a Great Cause." The gist of the whole thing is a plea for some man, pledged to destroy the dispen? sary system, to enter the race for gov? ernor. Mr. Manning is spoken of in the article as "the ablest and per? sonally most attractive announced candidate for governor," which shows that there is no objection to him personally. The article concludes with the following remarkable-for' the Columbia State-statement: "He' who rids South Carolina of the dis? pensary will rank in history as one of the three great political leaders in the State in the half century following the War Between the Sections-Wade Hampton, Ben Tillman and Who?" Did anyone expect to find the Colum? bia State mentioning Hampton and Tillman in the same paragraph as great leaders?-Sumter Daily Item. There is nothing "remarkable" in that statement by The State. "Any? one" knowing Thc State may "expect" to find it adhering pretty closely to the record; and if we know ourselves The State does not resort to cheap and Idle methods of disparaging an opponent. Xor are we at any time afraid of the truth. Whatever else it may have done, and however it may have questioned the wisdom and pa? triotism of Senator Tillman's lead- j I ership', The State has never discount? ed his ability-especially as a poli- ! tician. The man who fomented the j ? revolution of 1S90, turned the j "Farmers' Movement" to his own po- j litical advantage, sending even Wade Hampton into retirement, and carriel several ?successive legislatures and a governor or two in his breeches pock- J et, deserves to be accounted a mas- j terfui politician hy all fair critics, j Wheth?r he i- possessed of ih<>s<> qual- j ities of statesmanship that we deny | him will be proved or .jispr< Inter record.-Columbia St As usual, the Columbia State looks cross-eyed at this reference to its high mightiness. The Item has not charged The State with denying or discounting Senator Tillman's ability as a- politician, nor did we assert that it was ?remarkable that The State should conc?de his political leader? ship, since these are facts too patent and well proven for The State, or any other newspaper, tb deny. What we referred to as remarkable was the un ? expected classification-Hampton and Tillman.. That is what we said and what we meant, and if The State chooses to taite it as "cheap and idle" disparagement Yt is welcome to do so. The State's editorial, to which we made reference, struck us as remark? able-for The Columbia State-in another particular, although no com .ment was made on this phase., of the subject. We were surprised that. The State should be crying aloud for^a^ leader like, or resembling, Ben Till? man in any respect. A call by The State for another Hampton would have been the expected, but not a call for another Tillman. While on the subject of The Columbia State, we will add that the tone and temper of the paragraph quoted above cause no surprise, not being at ali unusual or 1 remarkable-for The State-it having; the unfortunate habit of- imputing : sinister or discreditable motives to all newspapers that venture to disagree with or criticise it. It ic a pity that j an influential and respectable news- i paper, such as The State, cannot di- ' vest itself of the idea that it monop? olizes all the purity of motive and hon? esty of opinion that pertains to the journalism of South Carolina. It should at least concede to others what it so persistency demands for itself public confidence in its honesty of purpose. We have never believed that The State was insincere or dishonest, although frequently being of the opin? ion that it was both mistaken in its opinions and bullheaded and illogical in its advocacy of policies that it imagined to be right. Dr. H. A. Mood was amon? the sue- j cessful applicants before the State Medical Board for a license to prac? tice medicine in this State. He is now located in Pinewood and is build? ing up a fine practice. MONEY TO LOAN. On farming lands, long time, no j commission charged. Borrower pays' actual cost c; perfecting loan. For further information address The passenger station will be light? ed with electricity before Ion*, as u?e matter is in process of of adjustms.nt between .the Sumter Ice, Light and Power Co., and the Atlantic Coast Line officials. CANDIDATE'S CARD. For County Supt. of Education. I hereby announce myself a can? didate for reelection to the office of County Superintendent of Education, pledging myself to abide by the rules of th? Democratic primary. S. D. Cain. 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. ^?nannouncing myself a candidate for rPfctection to the office of county supervisoT^Ldesire to thank the citi? zens of Summer county tor their lib? eral support in the past and pledge myself to abide the insult of the pri? mary. VF. 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 th<& 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 HFllgIljl& GO. Sumter. S. C.