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^E?NESBAY, AUGUST 29,1906. T"?ke Sumter Watchman was founded in ^550 and the True Southron in 1866. The Woi^hvian, and Southron now has the com ^olijl-circulation and influence of both of t?ss; o?a papers, and is manifestly the best .??7ectising medium in Sumter. ?nsel polled his full strength yes "-Ser?ay ?iud he will have a hard lime scacajr-'jRg together enough votes to be <32ything better than a good second -S?? Manning in the second pri ? * * ' Sumter county gave Mr. 'Manning a. substantial majoriay over all of his -.iSSiponents, despite the strong and ?^er^as?ent effort to cut down his ma ,?cj?^y in his home county. Sumter ?H? J^r duty and ir. the second pri? sas^ we hope to see his vote practi? cality ^?n?tninvaus. Tiie News and Courier is guilty to <2&y- of counting the chickens before sSfcey <are hatched, when it claims the -e&cfckm of Ansel as a certainty. Man? sies is not down and out by a whole -Sec and we are still confident that he TsrQl be the next governor of South Carolina. * ' ? * The -reports that the blind tiger el ?^sment of Charleston had lined up for Maiming were evidently published .on tie ?ve of'the election for the pur 'pese of injuring Mr. Manning. This 3say be politics, but it is not the sort . g?ter- Mr. Manning is accustomed to. * . * 2?r. "ET. M. Sanders was hard put to Ssc. something to write to the Colum >2s?a State to the discredit of Mr. R. I. -32?Cning when he hit upon the ap? pointment of Mr. Geo^D. Shore as z *3re&mber of the County Board of Con r?ro-2 in IS98. The fact that Mr. Shore 'xas and is a Republican does not (Sexract from his ability as a business ?rr,xzi nor from his well established rep? aration as a citizen of the highest in? tegrity. Mr. Shore was known to be$ -a. gXNOd man for the place and that the X^snsiative delegation; made no mis "take in recommending his appoint? ment was proven by the fact that the 9flBS$y dispensary was conducted on business basis. * ? * ""The crowd that attended the cam^ gawj, ^r.n^v<T on the Qracle(j SchOOi j n.">?.rt. Fr...'.;>- night may have b~en ; B*? r-;t'jred. but it was not r&speci- ! 35 ia its treatment o? several of :he ? ijfcaxers. especia:?:/ Mr. Dabbs and j --lr. J?c?lveea a?u*. Mr. D? . ?S both bad manners and i?a? policy to "deny a respectful fixing io any candidate for office ?t was .particularly unfortunate "th^t ?he three candidates singled for rude interruption should have "been '?hose who were compartive ^ssrasgers to a. majority of the crowd, '^feSg- residents of -the county and not tiie city. * ** ?* T&e News and Courier will please .notice that The Item has the >t respect for its friend, Mr. An- i ;se2L ?and has never questioned his < ' saasab?l?ty, respectability, sociability, j -Sfcaaasty or social standing. The ref? erences named were unnecessary, as ] *. " ve some knowledge of Mr. An- < iistory and antecedents. In fact, 1 Ar?el had not jumped his 1904 J j rm The Item would have no ob to him at all. It is not the ?crskJt object to, but his "India rub platform" that so greatly appeals 30*t?ce News and Courier, as the hope ssa 1 v?.lion of Charleston. .XEEfc NEWS AND COURIER, '<Netvs and Courier, August 25.) ic ?s generally conceded that Mr ^'sexat?. -svill ?^ad in the- first race, and, v^fe?i^re. his chances of success saeeca. brightest. The State dispensary s^SPS^ax^-without reducing the con 53C23j?ion of liquors, without conduc S??g- td .peace and better order, has oeas. -eonstant source of irritation <3?&?. tajury-^a wall about Charleston's ^r??graes. -The way of escape is plain. ^Siax way is to assist in the election ?tosel, a native of Charleston. . -sziajority of the people of South <A3&rul2rL& seem willing that Charleston ^ralc ?aa?--c control of her own affairs, tiStaat?Charleston shall have local self Sps?ERynent, that Charleston shall be SSacciSlytuSiarleston, true t>> lier p;!st ^?sessase?tioiis, ;> willing to accept free ?sSettas^sar? to &elp the rest of the State 36o "?&SX?:- >.< freedom from the tyranny ?jc?JETaSbe fv.-!,;r and corrupting State .'. ^^C'i'VVi. ?ii? Courier, August 27,) -J3iV vej?te a paragraph from the ?^QBOS^fer Item of Saturday: "TSse Charleston papers hp VP at last j QSSseStes?? .their position on the guber ^?-????-irvii race. They favor the election - vi ?BEs??, because he is the man most -. zr zt> let Charleston have her own '"sv?sy.-xifOi the liquor traffic." Tfe?2 32???s" and ?ourier disclosed ts ^O^?ocfi Oft the gubernatorial rac*' xge-ye-irs ago. The News and has always been a Democrat t^jt r>.T.r^r.?per. opposed to a State mo &0ge^ Sn any kind of merchandise 5S3B5i0L the advocate of local self-? ernment to the last degree possible in. j every community. The Sumter Item, j being an intelligent newspaper, must j have known that The News and j j Courier would support a man not at j i enmity with these views and might j I have reasoned with absolute certainty . I th?.t it would support the men j j through whom its views were most j j likely to be promoted, j The Item departs recklessly from j accuracy in imputing a cause for our ; support of Mr. Ansel, its imputation j is loaded with an unfair charge j against Mr. Ansel and the "Charleston newspapers and The Item cannot j prove what it says or offer proof, of j it. Moreover, such a charge does in- j cidental injury to The Item's candi- j date, for the Item is Mr. Manning's home newspaper. 1 We agree with the Item that "the main thing is to have a man of char? acter and ability in the office of gov? ernor-a man who will administer the law without fear or favor." In our judgment none of the seven other candidates measure more nearly in that standard than Mr. M. F. An? sel, against whose record as a lawyer, citizen and man of affairs we have yet to hear the slightest criticism ut? tered, saving the insinuation of The Sumter Item, that he is a sympathizer with the law breakers of Charleston. Mr. Ansel's record is an open book in Greenville and the old "Eighth Cir? cuit." He was the law partner of such men as the late James S. Cothran, George W. Wells and James L. Orr for many years. His associations are and always have been the best and his private life without reproach. / _ The Xews and Courier'displays ex? treme ill temper in the above quoted editorial. In reply w-e will be even briefer than -we were -when we wrote the par? agraph that aroused the ire of the "Old Lady of Broad Street." Read the above quoted paragraphs from an editorial which appeared in the News and Courier on August 25 th. It is strange that the News and fourier should have forgotten this editorial in so short a time as had elapsed between August 25th and Au? gust 27th, but if the editorial writer will refer to the files of Saturday, August 25, 1906, he will find' that he, or his understudy, really did disclose the position of the News and Courier. The effort of The News and Cou? rier to make it appear that The Item east a reflection on Mr. Ansel's hon-i esta integrity or respectability is .. | 3 }..;r wfth the rest the article,"and } eleariv shows its animus-r. desire to ! i..jU;c Mr. ..'.iw.iin??g wit?out coming into the open to do so. If the News and Courier wishes to commit a po? litical assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature on Mr. Man? ning, the candidate for governor, why does it not do so, without resort? ing to the indirect method of assaling his "home paper?" BUSINESS NOT POLITICS. A statement has appeared in some Df the daiiy papers as to an action of Senator R. I. Manning, which was calculated to prejudice voters who do j 1 lot know the men involved. * j i Mr. W. M. Sanders, a former mern- j ; 1er of the board of control of Sumter J 1 county, seems to be very much" out-.J 1 .aged that Mr. Geo. D. Shore, the present postmaster of the city of Sumter, a gentleman who moved to :his city from North Carolina fully :wrenty years ago, who was then and las always been a Republican, was n 1S9S appointed on the board of control. Mr Sanders has, however, made a .nistake in his facts. Mr. Shove did lot replace Mr. H. C. Cuttino. In a previous election Mr. W. S. James, of Bishopville, was apointed to repre? sent that part of the county in place )f Mr. Cuttino, and Mr. Shore was ap? pointed later on to fifi the place of Mr. E. T. Windham, who had just been/elected dispenser in Sumter, Mr. Windham having previously been chairman of the board of control. To those who know Mr. Shore no explanation i< necessary. He stands among the foremost citizens of Sum? ter and is as clean and upright a man as can be found. Very few enter? prises have been started in the city of Sumter within recent years but that Mr. Shore has been offered a place upon the d!r ctorate, and his name adds sirene;;:, to any organization in? to which ht g -cs. In city p? :: :e.< Mr. Shore votes the ! Democratic ticket and in is:?6 was j nominated : >r the position of alder- j man of Sun ; r in a Democratic pri? mary, dista; jlng his. next competitor. Hon. T. B. Fraser, cy some fifty voles, and the rest of the ticket by almost a hundred. In the next place, it must be re? membered that the majority ? the Sumter county delegation to the legislature must have nominated Mr. j Shore for this position. The repre- i sentatives at that time were such J tried Democrats as Altrmont Moses, , J. Harvey Wilson, W. A. Nettles, and j ?). M. Young. We have been informed that Mr. Young alone was opposed to the ap- j pointaient of Mr. Shore. ct of Mr. Manning's and the : br? other gentlemen of the delegation who approved the appointment, goes to show'that these gentlemen were wisely trying to take the dispensary out of politics and pul it solely on a business basis. Mr. Manning certainly coul l not have been trying to make political capital out of such an appointment, else he would have selected some man who could have carried a goodly number of votes. This, in bur opinion, is only anoth? er testimonial of the fitness of Mr. Manning for the high office to which he aspires, in that he uses his ap? pointive influence, not to make polit? ical capital, but to get the best busi? ness results. TO INDICT SHERIFF. Governor Directs Immediate Prosecu? tion of Dorchester Sheriff. CoTumbi?, August 26.-Sheriff Limehouse, of Dorchester, is to be in? dicted immedattely for surrendering #to a group of fifteen men or less the little negro lynched at Badham Thursday afternoon. Orders to this effect were issued by Governor Heyward today. He has addressed to Solicitor Hildebrand the following letter: Dear Sir: I am in receipt of copy of testimony taken before the coro? ner's jury in the matter cf the State vs. the dead body of William Spain, and I have carefully read same. It appears from this testimony that Sheriff Limehouse. of Dorchester county having William Spain in his custody and safely locked in a cell, acting- upon the demand of a few men, took him out of the cell and brought him into the presence of these men, giving as a reason for so doing that he supposed they wished to have an investigation. It further appears from the testi? mony that when the men attempted to take the prisoner from ,his charge Sheriff Limehouse made or attempted to :make no effective resistance, and allowing them to carry him from the jail and shooting him to death. The sheriff was bound to know that none of these men were officers of the law and could hold no legal in? vestigation, and ye: at their demand he brought the prisoner into their presence. I beg to cal! your attention to the provisions of the constitution of 1SP5, as contained in article 6, section 6, which provides as follows: ' in the ?ase of any prisoner ?aw- j cully : t the charge, custody or cori- j :: ?>: of any oS?cer, stair-, county. '*r j municipal, being seized and taken i from said omeer. :hrough his negli- ' gence, permission or connivance, by a mob, or other unlawful assemblage of persons, and at their hands suffer? ing bodily violence or death, the said officer shall" be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, npon true bill found, shall be deposed from his of? fice pending his trial, and upon con? viction shall forfeit his office, and shall, unless pardoned by the gover? nor, be ineligible to hold any office of trust or profit within this state. It ?hall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney wihin whose circuit or coun? ty the offense may be committed to forthwith institute a prosecution against said officer, who shall be tried, other than the one in which :he offense was committed, as the at? torney general may elect." See also section 142, criminal code >f South Carolina. It is apparent that the facts, estab ished before the coroner's jury, dearly bring this case within the provisions of the law as above quoted, md I wish you would immediately in? stitute the prosecution required by [aw. Very truly yours, D. C. Hey ward, Governor. RAILROAD EXTENSIONS. Information from a reliable source ?vas received by the Sumter Cham? ber of Commerce this morning :hat tbe Aicolu railroad will prob ibly be extended from its pr?s Hit terminus at Beulah to Lanes to connect with the Atlantic Coast Lumber Company's road to George? town, and that the owners of the Alcolu read have made overtures to the Betts Lumber Company people to extend the Betts railroad from its present terminus near Black River to connect with the Alecia railroad. If such an arrangement could be carried through it will mean that Georgetown ev i li gpt thousands of dollars ot tbe j pery valuable trade fi om the Shiloh i and Pudding Swamp sections that is I new anxious to come to Sumter. Manager.!. W. Allen, of tbe Betts! Lumber Company, being interviewed ! this morning said that there ^as; something in the report that the j Alcolu railroad wanted to connect! with bis road, witt; a view of extend- : ing Th'* former road to Georgetown, but that he was not inclined to con siat r any proposition which would be j detrimental to Sumter's hnsiness in- | terest. as he is somewhat of a Sumter j man himself. He will give the business men of Sumter an opportunity to make use of bis road for commercial pur? poses first, then if Sumter does not want a railroad connection with Shi? loh and her surrounding country, that other places that ao want the. trade might go after and get it. She is (he pink of prettiness. Girls, be careful of your complexi?n. Xone should believe in "make up." Take Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea; "saves making up." Tea or Tablets?, 3;"> cents. China's Drug Store. SOIL SURVEY Awarded to Sumter County By Con? gressman Lever. Through the instance of Mr. E. I. Reardon, secretary of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, the geological survey allowed Congressman Lever for the Seventh Congressional district has been awarded to Sumter county. Congressmon Lever was very active in getting this measure through the na? tional House of Representatives and as soon as its passage became known Secretary Reardon communicated with our congressman and secured for Sumter county this survey. The sewerage survey, also embodied in this bill, went to Richland county. Pursuant to the provisions of this act, geologist will be sent out by the Bureau of Soils, a sub-division of the Department of Agriculture, to an alyze the feoils in the different sections of the county, and to report thereon, stating the result of the analysis, the crop, that the soil are most adapted to the cultivation of, and the amount and nature of the fertilizers to be used in making such crops. The work will be begun this fall, and it will be of great assistance to the farmers of the county. It is well that we have so enterprising a sec? retary of our Chamber of Commerce to look out for the interest of Sumter city and county. The Chamber of Commerce has re? quested the secretary of the depart? ment of agriculture at Washington, ?through Congressman A. F. Lever, to have a soil survey made of Sumter county. Mr. Lever feels quite confident of succeeding. This survey will mean a great deal for the farmers of Sum? ter county. It will give valuable in? formation as to the various kinds of soil, the kinds and quantity of fertil? isers to be used to raise different kinds of crops on different kinds of soil and other valuable information. Anti-Lynching Devices. The Charleston News and Courier's j remedy of roving rural police cn horse j back to prevent the lynching evil-by preventing negro assaults on white women-would hardly work. Indeed. The News and Courier admits that such assaults may be committed even in the suburban parts of well-policed cities. Neither, we may safely pre? dict, will Gov. Heyward's order to prosecute the leaders of the mob he impotently harangued at Greenwood, ostensibly to save fer justice the life of the negro "Rob Dav's, roen H in any vindication of The law. The rsc* is 5 teat Gov. Hr} ward has himself been ] singularly remiss on two vital occa- j s'ons. The first occasion was when j the Sherill of the county had tele- j nr-^Lc- the Governor for help that; if .Davis was caaght he feared a lynch? ing. Here is The News and Courier's : account of the state of the Governor's 1 mental workings at that janctnre: I ''Gov. Hey ward consulted friends in j Greenwooa, and realized that first of ! all the negro might not be caught, ? and il he should that the temper of j thp people was such that armed troops ! night lead to bloodshed and useless j loss of life, fie thought over the ? whole situation. No posse could be ! assembled in the neighborhood, he ( .nought to defend the would-be rav- j ?sher should he caught. To order . Dpt the militia might lead to blood- { med.'' j i Therefore Gov. Heyward thought I ! :hat he could move the people to a j realization cf their dnty as citizens j ?nd men by a personal appeal to let ' :he law take its course. It was cer- ( ;ainly ''unusual," but hardly "pa- j rriotic, " as The News and Courier's ' ?vriter denominates it, that the Gov- fj ?rnor of a sovereign State should "get j lown on his knees and plead and beg ' iud implore" that the law be obeyed. ( A'ith the shining example before him j )f a Florida Sheriff who recently ? proved the known cowardice of the ( . verage lynching party by dispersing j i mob at the revolver's point, Gov. ? rleyward missed his second opportu- ( lity. Words but persuaded the crowd j ;o cheer him for his pains. We are J veli assured that with South Caro- ( ina mries as averse from hanging the j )rganized murderers as Gov. Heyward ? ?va* timid about shooting them the J lourse of justice in their case will be j ong and innocuous. Yet South Caro- J lina has its provision of special terms ( )f courts w hereby it can speedily try, j ionvict and punish negro assailants of ! white wemen-as good a deterrent j igency as can be humanly devised, j \s for the prevention of the lynching ' ?vii, Gov. Glenn has lately published ( che best recipe known in his directions ? io the National Guard of his State. ' [t may be summed up in the words, ] 'If necessary, shoot to kill."-New j 1'ork Times. J r--r*-J . rc] a n 3 i |H^^ n s r3 \ qwi - s ? 131111 ? -: . _TC^,I? iota? nat mm siaf &c? fe . -. ?. The Orangeijurg Collegiate institute Will begin its fall session on ! j Wednesday, Sept. 19th. We have ?J a healthful location, are well'j equipped, and have a first class : j faculty. Departments of art, mu- j : sic, elocution, cooking, sewing,)! etc. Only a few more boys andi) cri ris can be accommodated. I Send for a catalogue and appli- \ j cation biank. ? j W. S. PETERSON, jj President, : Orangeburg, SC. ? \ PUBLIC BUILDING BIDS. Ten Lots Offered to the Government at Prices Ranging From $8.000 to $20.000. The bids for sites for the proposed public buildings in Samter and other t-ou'ib Carolina towns were opened at the office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department at Wash? ington on the 23d instant. The fol? lowing were the bids from Sumter: J. A. Schwerin and W. B. Boyle, lot corner Libertv and Harvin streets, 130 by 165 feet, ?10,000; same parties another lot in same locality, $12,000. \T.< E. Whilden, lot corder Main and Caldwell streets, 1G5 by 165 feet, $20, 000. R. L Manning and others, lot cor? ner Main and Caldwell streets 100 by 140 feet, $8,000. J. H. Moses, lot corner Harvin and Hampton streets, 152 by 152 feet, $10, 000. R. B. Belser, lot corner Main and Canal streets, 114 by 130 feet, $12, 500. H. J. Harby, lot corner Sumter and West Liberty streets, 130 by 125 feet, $12,000. Frank J. Fliehe, lot corner Harvin street, ?8,000. Mrs. C. J. Reardon, lot corner Rear? don and Hampton streets, 120 by 130 feet, $8,000. R. W. 3radham, lot corner Hamp? ton sud Harvin streets, 110 by 120 feet, $8?C00. -? ? . . . ?=? A SENSATION IN GAFFNEY. Man Tides to Kill Himself at HoteL i But Fails and Locked up. Gaffney. August 26.-No. 35,. the midnight passenger train on the South ern brought to*the city a couple who \ went ito the Commercial Hotel and reg- ; istered as W. M. Wripie and wife, j Sonth Carolina. They were assigned I to a room and at about 4 o'clock the occupants of the hotel were awakened ; by the report of a revolver and the screams of a woman. Mr. Parish, the | proprietor, went to the room and j found Wripie brandishing his weapon j as if he would kill himself. He con- ? fessed to having tried to kiil himself, failing in the attempt. He was taken in charge by a police- j man and locked in the city; prison, ? where he was kept till this morning i and discharged. He came from the prison to the hctei and gut his wife ; and left. Tbe Orangeburg Collegiate Inst?- i tute offers more for the money than I any other school in the State. The j catalogue tells all about the school. I Mr. H. J. Carr, of Atlanta, repre- : souring Mr. Moise DeLeon, contracter ; for the new Court House, is now in ' the city. Mr. Carr will superintend most of the work on the building, j Ground will be broken this week, ! and already lumber and other building j supplies are r^irg hauled to the lot in ? large -^aurities. The people cf Sum? ter are anxious to see the work cern- j menc?d on what promises to be tbe j iandsomes? Court Boase in the . IMP OF INDIGESTION. Hon to Get Bel ter of This Cause of Misery* A scientific writer upon stomach troubles says: "If you have ever suf? fered from indigestion-and who has not?-your imagination has probably pictured a ferocious little imp danc? ing in the pit of your stomach, caus? ing that organ to neglect all of its duties, with a result that is not only painful, but fills you with misery from day to day." This writer cer? tainly had suffered with indigestion, for there is nc- more disagreeable, nerve racking end sick-all-over dis? ease than indigestion. A great mans' people who have been treated for years for diseases of the heart, liver or kidneys, when they used Miona stomach tablets found that not only did. Miona ' cure the stomach disorder, but it made them well all over and the other troubles were also cured. If you suffer with nervousness, sleeplessness, indigestion, sick or nervous headache, pains in the back or sides, get a 50c box of Mi-o-na from J. F. W. DeLorme and tase one of the little tablets before ??ch meal It will do you a world' of good and. you will soon be well and free from indigestion, and its symptoms. J. F. W. DeLorme has so much faith in this medicine that he gives an abso? lute guarantee with every- box. Ask him to show you this guarantee. . ; . jf.~ 2 The residence being erected at No, 30 South Sumter street by Mr. Schwartz will be occupied by Dr. Vickers and family, the latter will ar? rive from Kentucky about September 20. Dr. Vickers will move his office to the residence when completed that his wife may assist him. d& wkly Beauty Rules of the Beauties. Breakfast early, a little walk, a little talk, luncheon, an hour's rest, and at night Hollister's Rocky Mou - tain Tea. Tea or Tablets. 35 cents. China's Drug Store. A crazy negro was brought to the city from Providence Saturday " by direction of Magistrate L. R. William? son and sent to the asylum in Colum? bia. The negro looked to be not more than IS years of age. . I pays no taxes-I pays no renr; Often busted-without c. cent; But king among mer.-from disease I'm free, , . Since taking Rooky Mountain Tea. -China's Drug Store. -BiM y ' -r-"~?or^-???Jtm.i1 "ii lim? aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I Bagging'and Ties. You may not need as much bag? ging and ties this year as you did last, but you must have some. We contracted for our supplies in this line very early in the season, and at lower prices than we can duplicate them at today. It is possible that we have too many, and we will, therefore, be anxious sellers. Our stock consists of all weights in ? As well as i s S Sf sf ? m : ir. New Arrow Ties f We are not offering second? hand bagging or tie? of any kind, as we do not think it pays, par? ticularly when peoplo are dispos? ed to hold cotton. We think it will be to your interest to see us .e buying your supplies in line. m m m ?Hf Sf Sf $ sf sf m $ GI Sf aa; aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa um i MPI.