The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 27, 1907, Image 4
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1907.
The Sunter Watchman vas founded in
1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The
Watchman and Southron now bas the com?
bined circulation and influence of both of
the old papers, and is manifestly the best
advertising medium in Sumter.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE.
Subscribers are requested to ex
.ainine the label on their papers,
which show the date to which the
-subscription has been paid. Those
who find that they are in arrears are
requested to call and settle or remit
-st the earliest convenient date. The
amount that each subscriber owes is
?mall, but in the aggregate the
.amount due us for subscription is
??lie Iz.-Zc - a- wo Twed the mo nev.
It is common street talk that a
number of United States revenue li?
censes have been issued to citizens of
-Sumter. It is up to the sheriff and
.police to find out who hold these li?
censes and then to keep them under
close suveillance. The man who pays
.for a license does so for one purpose
-only,-and that is to sell liquor. Blind
tigers have never been given a free
iand in Sumter, and this is no time
to let up on them. Respect for and
.obedience to the law must be enforc?
ed at all times, and in all circum?
stances. We claim to be a law-abid?
ing people and if we are to make
good this claim, we must obey the
law whether it is pecuniarily profita?
ble or not We do not subscribe to
the teacliing, now popular in Charles
. ton, that we must obey the new liquor
law because it is profitable to do so.
We stand where we have always
stood, for obedience to law because
it is the law, to which all good citi
-zens owe obedience and respect.
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'Sheriff! Epperson has received or?
ders from Gov. Ansel in reference to
the strict enforcement of the dispen?
sary law under the new Carey-Coth
ran law. The city authorities have
also received similar instructions. The
Sumter police have for years done
their full duty in enforcing the law
and will continue to oischarge their
-iluty in this respect under the new
While there has always been
-and allays will contin?e to be
more or less liquor sold illicit
? ly, Sumter has never been a pro?
fitable Seid of operation for Mind ti- \
? -gers and it will not be in the future. :
This city is a law-abiding community
. "and the city authorities have never
shirked their duty in the enforcement j
of the dispensary law and have al- j
ways co-operated with the dispensary j
constabulary. In Sumter it has been j
a matter of respect for the law of the j
State and not a question of local pro- j
fit or favoritism fer the blind tiger ?
?lement, as has been the case in cer- j
tain other comunities. Therefore it
1s safe to hazard the prediction that |
the Carey-Cothran law will be better i
enforced; in Sumter than it will in j
towns that clamored for the abolition j
of the State dispensary and the enact- j
ment of the Carey-Cothran law.
mme
A movement that is meeting with j
the utmost success was started this i
morning to raise a fund by popular
subscription to er^ct a monument to
Mr. W. S. Graham, whose sad and
tragis death is recorded else?
where in this paper. Everybody
who has had an opportunity to sub?
scribe has contributed liberally, and
the fund already amounts to several
hundred dollars. The pee pie of
"Sumter.seem not only willing, but
.eager ta do something to pay a trib?
ute of respect to the memory of
Will Graham.
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When the new county board of con?
trol shall have been organized and
takes charge of the dispensary we
hope that it will adopt a rule to sell
no whiskey for less than 25 cents a
half pint. It is stated by men, who
know what whiskey is, that
pure whiskey of good quality
cannot be so! ! for a less price,
and this being true the dispen?
sary should not i '.,a.rd the dispen?
sary as a money i lng machine pri?
marily. It should be so administered
as to curtail the use of ?iquor to as
great a degree as possible and to min?
imize the evils attendant upon the use
of liquor as a beverage. This can be
accomplished we believe by selling
pure liquors. The people who con?
sume the bulk nf the cheaper grades
of whiskey buy and drink al! that
they can find the money to purchase,
and if they were forced to drink bet?
ter whiskey they would be no worse
off financially and far better of physi?
cally as a result of the curtailment oC
the amount which they would con?
sume. If'the county must sell liquor
it should at least sell pure liquor.
Wedding at Kershaw.
Kershaw. Feb. 19.-Mr. Charlie C.
.Cauthen, of Oswego, and Miss Mamie
SBstelle Kirkley, cf this place were
married at the Methodist church to?
oday at 12 O'clock by the pastor, Rev.
O. A. Jeffcoat.
COUNTY DISPENSARY BOARD.
Legislative Delegation 3iakes Recom?
mendations, But Two Decline.
j At the meeting of the legislative
delegation of Sumter county, the
names of Messrs. Neill O'Donnell,
John J. Britton, Jr., and John K.
Cresswell were selected to be recom?
mended as appointees on the new
dispensary board of control. A bet?
ter selection of men to fill the posi?
tions on the board could not have
been made, and it is regretted that
two of the gentlemen selected have
declined to serve upon this board.
On Thursday the Item man inter?
viewed each of the gentlemen recom?
mended by the delegation and their
attitude in the matter is given as fol?
lows:
Mr. John K. Crosswell said:
"I appreciate the honor bestowed
upon ?H.' ty *ito delegation : rsc- * -
mending me as a member of tho new
board of control and regret exceed?
ingly my inability to serve. I think
i the men for the position should be
men who are accessible at all times,
and my business is of such a nature
as to call me away from home a great
par;- of the time; therefore, for busi?
ness reasons, I am compelled to de?
cline the appointment."
Mr. Neill O'Donnell said:
"I am chairman of the City Euard
j of Education and have been a mom
1 ber of this body for fifteen years. I
I do not feel that I would be doing
; my duty toward the educational inter?
ests of this city to resign from this
board; and for this reason I decline
; the appointment as a member of the
new board of control." f
Mr. Britton, when interviewed said,
that he would accept the appointment
and serve as a member of the new
board. He is a good man for the po?
sition, and is familiar with the duties
having served on the county board
! of control for sometime.
The Legislative Delegation Completes
the 'County Dispensary Board.
At a meeting of the legislative del?
egation friday night the County
Board of Control was completed by
the agreement to recommend for ap?
pointment Messrs. C. W. Stansill and
Dr. B. B. Breeden. The board will
consist of J. J. Britton, C. W. Stansill
and B. B. Breeden. Mr. Stansill has
served on the board of control for
several years and is familiar with
the duties to be performed. Dr. Bree?
den has never held office in Sumter
County, but his appointment will
probably give general satisfaction,
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i COURT AT BISHOPVLLLE.
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Judge Klugh Makes an Excellent
Charge to the Grand Jury.
Bishopville, Feb. 25.-The Court
of Common Pleas and General Ses?
sions was convened at about 12 m.
today, his Honor J. C. Klugh, presid- !
ing, and the Hon. Thos. G. McLeod
acting as solicitor.
His Honor explained that he had
fully expected to be in time, but that
the irregularity of the trains com?
pelled him to lie over until this morn- ?
ing. He arrived by the 11.30 train.
The court officers were all in their
places and the Judge gave 4iis charge
to the grand jury.
His charge was full, clear and ex?
plicit. He reminded them that they
were the grand inquest of the county;
that their duty was to make investi?
gation of all of the matters, to see
that the laws were well carried out,
to examine the offices of the county
and see that the officers discharged
their duties properly. The roads,
bridges, county buildings, county dis?
pensary, all are under their supervis?
ion; everything affecting the interest
of the county was in their hands.
Upon the grand jury depends the
welfare of the county; it is the
strong arm of the court. Nothing can
be brought before the petit juries un?
til it is passed upon by that body.
He then charged them as to their
duty to consider all cases handed to
them by the solicitor without fear, fa?
vor or prejudice, and gave in detail,
but briefly, the laws of evidence, es?
pecially in cases of 'assault," "as?
sault with intent to kill," "assault and
battery." etc., explaining the differ?
ence between the offences and the
penalties tor each. He went thor?
oughly into the rules of evidence
which would offset their duties, and
said that he hoped and expected that
they would discharge those duties
faithfully arv .. partially.
He announced, that the court would
convene at 9.30 a. m.
The solicitar handed the following
bilis to the grand jury:
The State against Bessie Thomas,
murder.
The State against Charley Jennings,
assault and battery with intent to
kill.
The State against Monk McMikell,
assault and battery with intent to
kill.
The hour of adjournment having
arrived no cases were given to the
petit juries.
The Grover Mathis case, murder, is
set for Thursday.
Attorney Frank Miller, .f Hurts?
ville, is in attendance on court.
ZEMMERMAX IS OX TRIAL.
Purloining and Selling Bonds From
State Treasury-Plea of Guilty is
Made.
j Columbia, Feb. 25.-The trial of
Daniel Zimmerman and T. J. Gibson
for purloining State bonds from the
State treasury and selling the same
was begun this morning in the gener
! al sessions court.
j Attorneys for the defendant de?
mured to the indictment on the
ground that under the statute it is
no offense to commit a forgery from
the State as charged against Zim?
merman in the first indictment. The
demurrer was overruled and Zimmer?
man pleaded guilty to conspiracy
and forgery as charged.
When the court reconvened in the
afternoon Mr. Thurmond, fer the
prosecution, announced that they
"vould lake np one of the other ca^s
j in which Gibson and Zimmerman
I were charged with larceny, breach of
trust and receiving stolen goods. He
then stated that the first two charges
would be nolle prossed as to Zimmer- j
man, and they would go to trial on
the charge against Mr. Gibson of re?
ceiving stolen goods. This was the
second surprise of the da\*. The
charge of receiving stolen goods,
knowing them to be stolen, is merely
a misdemeanor, and therefore it did j
not take long to secure a jury. Mr.
Thomas S. Bryan, the head of R. L.
Bryan Company, was appointed fore?
man, and the jury is considered a
very good one.
SOX-LX-LAW SAVED OHIO.
Xicholas Longsworth Side-Tracked
the Xegrc In Ohio, But There Was
Xo One to Save Charleston From
Cram.
Washington, Feb. 25.-Representa
? tive Nick Longsworth is responsible
j for saving the people of Ohio from
I having a negro appointed by Presi?
dent Roosevelt to a Federal position,
as had been threatened, according to
gossip here. The President's son-in
law has become the official peace
maker between the President and the
Ohio senators. Longworth is given
: the credit for getting the appointment
I of Foraker's man to the Federal
I bench.
SUB-TREASURY ROBBERY.
Chicago Treasury Loses About $200,
000 in Big Bills.
Chicago, Feb.. 26.-Between $175,
000 and $200,000 was stolen from the
United States sub-treasury last week.
Chief Wilkie, of the United States se?
cret service, it is reported, left Wash?
ington yesterday to take personal
charge of the investigations.
The money was in large bills, of
the denomination of one thousand,
five thousand and ten thousand dol?
lars. It is almost certain the robbery
was committed during wo:k hours.
Employes are under close su'weilance.
The Authorities are Unable to Spot
the Thief.
Chicago,' Feb. 26.-The sub-treas?
ury robbery is yet unsolved. The au?
thorities are convinced that the rob?
bery was the work of an employe.
CHECK FOR FIREMEX.
j 3Ir. E. D. Witherspoon Sends Check
for $50 to Chief R. S. Hood.
Sumter, S. C., Feb. 28, 1907.
Mr. R. S. Hood. Chief Fire Depart?
ment, City.
Dear Sir: Enclosed please find
check for fifty ($50) dollars, which
you will kindly distribute among the
firemen, who were instrumental in
saving my property from being de?
stroyed by fire Friday, Feb. 22.
Yours very trulj*,
E. D. Witherspoon.
Check From Beck Bros. Co.
Sumter, S. C., Feb. 25, 1907.
To the Chief of the Fire Department,
Sumter, S. C,
Dear Sir: We regret exceedingly the
occurrence of a few nights since, caus?
ing the department and the commu?
nity at large such an irreparable loss.
We wish though to extend our heart?
felt thanks to the department and to
include herewith our check for the
sum of fifty dollars as a contribution.
We are sorry we cannot give more.
Yours sincerely,
Beck Bros. Co.
How's This?
We offer ?1100 reward for any case
of catarrh t iat cannot he cured by
Hall's Catari h Cure.
F. J. Cheney ?fe Co., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 year?, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations
made hy his firm.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter?
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Prie:.- T?c per
bottle. Sold hy all druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for con?
stipation. (1)
Many Orphans and Little Broad.
There are at tho Thornwell Or?
phanage, located at Clinton, S. C., 240
orphan boys and girls, in process of
securing an education. These boys
and girls are of all ages from six
years of age up to 17 or IS. The older
pupils by their zealous labors help to
support and care for the j'oung, put?
ting in each day four to six hours of
steady work in the shops and farms
and kitchen and about the same time
daily on their books. In this \v?_y the
cost of caring for the whole family is
lessened by many thousands of dol?
lars. But the great majority of the
children are very small, only a care
instead of a help and must be aided
in every way. The support of these
children rests upon good men and
women who love the orphans and
freely aid them. Just at present there
is a special need of assistance and
I every gift, oe it of previsions or of
money, will be promptly acknowledg?
ed. Every denomination in thc State
is represented among the children,
but the institution is under Presby?
terian control. All gifts should be
sent to Rev. W. P. Jacobs, Clinton, S.
C. Provisions, simply to Thornwell
Orphanage, Clinton, S. C. It is sug?
gested that in each community in the
State, some one undertake to raise
supplies for the aid of these children.
Mr. Roosevelt Stands Pat.
1. -By the needless taxes on the
necessaries of living. By the taxes
on lumber and its products, which
acts as a premium on the destruction
of the forests he is trying to save.
By the taxes on fuel, which protect
the coal mine owners in the extortion
which inspires him with the notion of
government ownership. By the taxes
on hides and on meats which boaster
up the beef trust he has so vigorous?
ly assailed.
2. -By the taxes . on the materials
of home industry, from the metal for
tools and machinery to the thread of
the sweat-shop sewing girl. By the
taxes that enable foreign capital to
fatten on the needs of American
workingmen, while domestic monop?
olies exact from American industries
prices 30 per cent, and 40 per cent
higher than they off?r to foreigners.
And he stands pat by these curi?
ously unreasonable and extortionate
exactions solely because they are not
so unpopular as the evils^-real or im?
aginary-which he prefers, to attack.
It is easier and simpler to assail
"swollen fortunes" than to attempt a
practical reform of taxation which
helps, at the expense of the common
people, to produce swollen fortunes.
We are far from accusing Mr. Roose?
velt of conscious preference for the
ways a demagogue might naturally
choose to follow. His experience, his
somewhat one-sided education, his
devotion to politics and relative un?
familiarity with practical business on
the economic side of legislation, in?
cline him to the path he pursues and
diverts him from one more difficult
and statesmanlike The real results
are a marked waste of energy on his
part and an unwholesome security
for organized and unscrupulous mo?
nopoly.-New York Times.
Self made men nearly always make
a loud noise when they talk.
THE
greatly appreciates the
hearty commendation
and the patronage of
the LADIES of
Sumter and vicinity
during their Opening
Week. -.- -.- -.
They beg to announce
that they will continue
always to make their
store attractive tc their
lady patrons, and at all
times will MODEST
PRICES be a ruling
feature 4n their busi?
ness. -:- -:- -'
Each week will add
fresh attractions to their
now well selected stock.
Their efforts will be al?
ways to please and to
protect the interest of
their customers.
A visit to The White
Goods' Store before
making your purchases
will be to your interest.
Sample orders at?
tended to promptly,
and all out-of-town or?
ders delivered Express
paid. :: -
THE
Pl
ul).
16 W. Liberty St. The Red Front.
TILLMAX MAY GET $43,000.
To Reap Rich Harvest From Tour
That Begins in Baltimore.
Washington, Feb. 25.-Senator B.
R. Tillman, of South Carolina, will
reap a rich harvest on the lecture
platform this year.
The night of March 4 he will deliv?
er a lecture in Baltimore and will
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1 then travel extensively under the di
I rection of a lyceum bureau. Eevery
j week-day, except three, from March
j 4 to November 30, has been filled
with a lecture engagement. For
1 these lectures the senator will be
paid $200 each and his earnings for
the whole period will be $43,000.
! The senator's lecture will consist of
j his T*iews on the race question.
SKINNER IRON WORKS
For Everything in the
MACHINERY LINE.
PLUMBING, STEAM-FITTING AND :-:
ALL KINDS OF MILL AND ENGINE
REPAIRING AND MILL SUPPLIES.
FOUNDRY WORK A SPECIALTY.
-CASTINGS ALL SIZES AND PATERNS.
Manufacturer of the Famous SKINNER Portable Steel
Cages for Chain Gangs.
Edgar Skinner,
PHONE (4!.
SUMTER, S. C.
GETTING READY
fl
Our buyers are now In
market, where they will be
actively engaged for the next
three or four weeks in select?
ing our
Spring and Summer Sioc
It is needless to say that the
best values money can ob?
tain from manufacturers and
importers, will be
them. We have many at?
tractive items in this line in
stock already, as there has
not been a week since the
first of January that we
have not been receiving new
goods, so that those who are
in immediate need will find
a very good line from which
to select.
HITS THE RIGHT SPOT
particularly when hungry. Our
MILK LUNCH BISCUITS.
DIGESTIBLE
PALATABLE
FINE
? rn-\ 4? * CH Ol GE
\ % ^ / fresh
ASK YO . DEALER OR WRITE
CHARLES BISCUIT WORKS,
estou, S. C.
Jan. 23, 1907-3m