The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 05, 1908, Image 7
Tie let? sinmiK a
I have lone had a profound int? r
Set In the question Involving cheap
less not merely b- eau?c 1 want eh- a;
lOO myself, but also because I know
how aeeemsary It Is to a great r.umhoi
Of our people who are poor, and wh<
Will suffer much during the beatuu
?poll. If the? cannot purcha** lev ac a
pesos pot beyond the limit of their
lh ooonedjtlon with othsr gentlemen.
*<hsd gl the request or a numler of the
ttMhtoiMers, L assumed the burden
' Wmt jU>n me. and have been trying to
hstesjUt the dtlacns of Sumpr in the
?hitler Wfore us. One trouble lies in
that this question tomes up
eosn to have forgotten Liar
there "?111 ever be snot her burning sum
Mr. ?ut. in obedience to the request
$ *t the chairman of th* stockholders'
sneettnc several of us demoted.the
Hholo of >?*tcrday rooming to the
Math of visiting our citisens. end aak
! }%w9 thosa to become subscribers to the
' Stock 01 the Mutual let Co. Out
hi house pilgrimage brought
many revelations We found
a numter of men whom we
to be be doing business bf\
thousand dollars, who are on the
of bankruptcy, and w?te there?
to subscribe at all. or. If
so, only to thhe extent of five
sjr ton dollars. Others turned away
fiesa no la a tort of alee, saying they
mmi once had stick, bot had odd It,
?hi wanted no m ?ie. Others mil had
nothing to soy. ascent to render com?
plaints about poor services on the pert
Cf the delivery wagons last summer,
?lout Impndont driver* and unjust
eJalihts in the ice sold to them.
The result was that after tn honest
esJen on the part of the committee, w?.
came togxher. and discovered that wi
had secured about 111 additional
Shares, thirteen of which were paid
tot In omh. The majority of f.eopi
Sssssi* is be satisfied with having
Cheap lee already, and Indulged th*
hope that It would continue to be
aheap without their assistance. The
Initial mistake wan made when it was
two yoars ago, that Ice should
saht at IS and 91 cents to all per
Whether they were stock ftkotd
hjn or aot Having gotten It at this
Jtttoe whJssut any expenditure of
their psdsanal funds, the convletici
ahtdos that they can coasinuc to do
ns? and so no one really cares much
ha mahe any spectal effort to meet
tho ess srgessjf that has arise a Nun
tare et persona who subscribed stock
frhen the plant was set up, two years
sjss*. have never paid what thty prom?
ts**. The* work began la this crippled
?eaeftttoa, and has remained so unfii
fhhi present tfma, fly this f'hie** to4!
ShW that the money paid In was not
ssv-ogh to inaugurate the plant: It
saary to borrow three or
thousand dollars, and this amount
at ssorey remains unpaid to I his day
Sjnd to due to one of the bank a Mr.
Schwert a took the people hi good
faith, and paid In the three thousand
dkdlars ho promised, a plant costing
thai) twelve thousand dollar*
put In operation. . cheap ice
been put on the market, and the
pe??pie are satisfied.
What Is tho outcome* If the entire
anv-ont ?f stock U eSuhecrited and
paid la. the plant eon bo maintained,
?an doctor* a divljond to the steea
holders, and Ice can he furnished ct
the price which prevailed last sum?
mer la fact, If the citisens alll com
t'nr to ..uike up a subscription of
four ttmuMund uoiiurs additional, the
T snt w.i| go on Ju*t as n??w. Thn
means fbai ?r> eh-? uses 300 p ayuts
ef Ice per week will save $3 per
month, or $15 during the five heated
sonmer months. With a debt rest?
ing upon the concern. It has been pee -
sJbU to declare to dicUre no divi?
dend, nor has It been pos*thle for the
directors to give to Mr Schwerin any?
thing *J all for the use of the thirty
two hundred dollars he put Into the
bu?in***a T he i? oplo mhp? t Juntly
?xp?et to git ch*?ap Ice out ist the
porket? ?f other folks. The outcome
te soon to reveal Hm4&, The plant
must changs hands: than* who have
stork In It must lo*e th. it Imtstment
end th ?*s who wl-h tc save then . ?
mint tnUrgu their Investment. Thus
the pH*d uill pas* out of tin;
hands of the present >?lo< .-h Ider
What the new owners \^|ll to remains
to se*i? Wc ar* n. t to hope th y
will rntef Int.. the bu<>ine?s of mak
tng tot i.-r fun. tiny will m.iice he *,>r
n . ey and we who at- now ?mtisfhd
With the coolnem of things Will haw
fx se> our mom y go In l.trgir quun
I.it - I ?r Hinsller weights of lee
I h. v? n I a wi?rd of cemure for
the genttrmsn .vho put hi* more thai
three th?u^and dollars mt ? the int< r
ffoe ?nJ now want* to lecehe M rnv
cnu? from it lie Is .hum what the
kversgt mun ev? rywh? re WOttld do.
If he were sTOTth a million or more, I
should le find tc undrrtakek lo ?n
lent age him In m.iking Ice grstttit'ttf
ty, but I shall nil make the vent tie:
under esMlng ccndtllons. Tbe?only
hois I see before us i? that tbe>*s into
whoee hands the plant Will fall Will bo
humane and merciful enough to sell
lee to the pec pie at such prices na
will ensbls lh> mastos to buy II.
aim* at trir eami tinv?, a i?r ?r>. r uu'
et exorbitant revenue ah ill return t?
htm.
Let me m\f in conclusion, no ac
o*4n looking towards foreclosure nr"*.
tie of tin plant has yet been taken.
ht way is still upon for^the pcorie to
;?n tin plant. A subscription H?l
an be found at ihe Sumter Savings
i *?nk, uii.I all whe will do so can alga
h? ir names thereto, and pay 'he mo:t
y to Mr. Rlrker "?r to Mr. Lemmoj?.
vlth the understanding that the same
Mttli be refunded to thorr ?n case
nough I* n?<t ?ecured to make tip Ml*.
Jeflciorcy in stock, it 19 n? t asked
? hat any one ?hall throw uway hi.-,
ins ney. The money will be return ?d
to it* owner If the total of 7f>0 shares
is not obtained; tut '.t anything Is te
I o done. It fhould be d Use forthwith
a* the con lltior.s have become cru?
cial and critical. Fifty persons who
v 111 invest $75 each, or a hundred
i??rsons who will invest $87.50 will
snve the situation. This ?mall in
\eetir.eat will both insure a dlvidtno
on the morey an 1 Ice at the rates of
Ufft summer.
If each one of us says. "I will 'eavc
It to the other fellow to intend t>
ibis." we may boytn even now to la?
ment the heat of the summer scistlcc.
(!. C. Brown.
The Heart of Utc Home.
know a home where plenty is?
A stately palace grand;
Rich draperies and furnishing*
From many a distant strand,
\nd all that glittering gold can bur
Selected with great care,
\nd yet. 'tie not a paradise?
No heart abideth there.
So baby Angers press the cheek t
Or thumb the window pane;
Nfo childish laughs ring thiough the
halls
To break the sibsnt reign.
So fullclosa elf, with dimpled hands,
Strew* pHaythlngs everywhere,
fhls place Is not qulto a home?
There is no mother there.
\ queenly woman, proud and cold,
With matchlese form and face.
Presides within theae castle walls
With dignify and grace.
The lord and master of the home
Provide* the richtet fare,
tnd yet It la a cheerless place?
No love abideth there.
So tenderneei. no sacred ties.
No mutual Joys or pain.
One strive* for social eminence.
The other lives for gain.
So golden threads tntwsne tie hearts
Of those this grandeur share;
No mutual yearnings of Ufa soul?
No sympathy Is there.
Oh, give &e but some- humble cot
Where the patteiing baby feet
And childish laugh and mother's
amllee
My comings ever greet.
Where heart la f home and love la
life?
Though coarse and scant the fare
So loveless, childless place can
With such a cot compare.
? Rebecca W. Waltermlre.
Who Makes the Laws Here?
Prom the New York Times.
Wensl Moeth and Michael Laden.
of Newark, N. J., did not become Citi?
zen? of the United States yesterday
because they knew so much about the
country that was not so.
"Who makes the laws of this coun?
try?" Moeth woe asked.
"Roosefelty and Falrybanks," was
the answer.
Pressed further, he said that the
stnnto helped when called upon to do
#0.
Laden declared Trenton was th*
capital of the United States and that
the country was directed by Ro< seven
and Oov. "Stogie," evidently mean?
ing Stokes. Asked if he belonged to
any socletlee opposed to the United
?States government, Laden replied:
"Not yet."
?To stop that pain in the hack that
Htlffmtw of the Joints and muscles,
take Pinnies. They are guaranteed
Don't suffer from rheumatism, uack
ache, kidney trouble, when you gel
JO days* treatment for $1.00. A single
dose at bed time proves their merit,
ilet them toduy. Sold by Slbert
Drug Co. 12-1-31.1
J. L. Friend, rallrond agent at Fort
Motto, hu* disappeared.
W. H. SeartM.rc ugh was elected
mayor of Hl^hopvllle.
_ _ |
?Pinewlve OathOtsMd nets like a
poultice, draws cut Inflammation and
l">' ??n. Antheptic hei*"ng. For chap
pi d hands-, Iii *. cuts, burns. Hold by
?Hat 11 Druvf Co, 12- i-3m
I The i:-ye;ir-?d i daughter ?f BHJah
m. riitt. near Port Mill, was killed ai
the result ut hn revideri'.'o Id. w?n?
oi-wn dining thrt stOfsa on Bull lay
night.
?It will be unnecessary la g>
through ? painful, expensive opera*
tlon for pll? *i If y ?u use ManZan. Put
up In a collapsal le tube with nozzle,
ready to upply. For any form of
piles, price 50c. SI bei t Drug Co. 12
I . 1 1
SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS.
ARB S;\J1> TO HK VBIIY BADLY
DIVIDED.
Dissatisfaction Caused by Adaiinistra
lion s Method* of Distributing IM?
to Willteil Only?Some Fa *tfc.
Washington, Jan. 30.?The Po??t
Ihls morning says:
Can tne white and colored vote of
ihe South te cmtroll?d by the admin
strati m7 Was this vote favc.rablv
disposed to remove for another term7
It has teen taken for granted by most
political observers in forecasting Up)
lesult at Chicago in Juu?. that with
the immen3e patronage at its com
mand the administration will be able
to control the delegates frcm the
Southern States
This iK most emphatically denied b>
several Southerr. republicans of
prominence who have beon interview?
ed. Of them, former Congressman
Dudley Cole man, cf Louisiana, whose
knowledge of politics in the Gulf
Slates i* particularly thorough, makes
the tianling statement that the rank
and file "f the old Republicans, espe
cially in the Unit States. boch white
and colored, arc bitterly opposed to
the at" min h trat ion. In support of this
t^eerticn, this gentleman furnishes
the PvAt the following statement re
veallng a surprising stale of af
aiis In some of the Southern
-Hates. The Tost has taken pains te
verify, by former United Statej
Senator William Pilt Kellogg, of Lou?
isiana, the substantial facts contained
herein.
It is u'deged that the adminstratlon
ins ab?ndern d all pretense of recog
dslng colored voters in the South:
that the Lily White movement has
ocn supported; certain Lilly White
eaders have been enabled to conduct
heir business operations with great
uccesu en account cf the political ad?
vantages granted to them by the ad
olnisttatlon. One of the business en
crpnsce that has flourished under the
h rcfiinnn- is the lumber trust of
Louisiana end Mississippi, which Is
~ow uiic'cr legal firu in the latter
t?te. The myabrlous selection ol
?earl Wright, of Louisiana re com*
misslr.iicr cf luternul revenue and hi*
equally mysterious failure to taki
the off ct. are discussed by the phov*
mentioned congressmen. The acts
ind preset^ attitude of tho ad minis
tratlon has alienated tho schd old
?'putlican vote, white and colored,
und there Is only a reman ant of the
l?arty left In somo Mates, seid M r. Col
eman. The Republican parly in the
Gulf states especially Is demoralise*.
With the exception of a few Moral
officers holder*, there Is no special
support of ths administration. The
reason for this In that the administrat?
ion has d.me everything it could, ap?
parently, to break down the loyalty or
Southern Republicans. If the admin?
istrativ had been bent upon the .lea
truction of the party it could not ha/c
wrought greater havoc.'
Has Double Artery.
Prom the New York Tribune.
Brooklyn physicians have had their
attention called to a peculiar case.
Following the transfusion of blood
from an artery in the right wrist of
Rev. Dr. John Lewis Clark, pastor of
the Congregational church at Bush
wick avenue and Cornelia street, into
the body of a woman the doctors de?
clare Dr. Clark has a divided artery.
At the time of the transfusion the
surgeons cut what they believed was
Dr. Clark's main artery. When il
came to tying It It was discovered the
puLsc still was beating under the
wound. An examination showed that
Just above where the artery was sev?
ered It divided into two parts, coming
together again about half an inch
rrom where the incinlon was made.
The iVtiage business man hut
such o ken business .jot fe thai when
anybody do? s a two-cenr favor for
him he gives him a olgar worth a
quarter ??f a dollar.
A woman who gossips is had
enouph, but a man who listens to
Busala Ii worse.
'i he nnin who give* his wHm ?
bunch of violets on?e in a while is l
better husband than if he supplies
her with square m? als every day.
The trouble with Hm opportunl'y
that knock* at the door of everybody
ij n oaflh is 'for* the iiverairo man i>.
on < f bed la tbe morning.
If J on suffer with Indigestion, con?
stipation, feel mean and uro*?, no
stn ngth or appetite, your system Is
unhealthy Hollltter's Reeky Moun?
tain TeS makes the system strong
and healthy, iric. tea or pi biet*, si
bert'i Drug Store,
Mike M>oie. a Greenville county
convict, dropped dead at the stock?
ade in that county. He was serving
three years for manslaughter,
A handcuffed prisoner jumped from
a train near Spartanburg and essnp.jd
while It was moving at a rate of forty
miles an hour.
Entei tain mem at Plncwood.
On Friday evening. Feb. 7th, ir
K. of P. hall. beRinning at S.31
o'clock, Prof Thomas H. Linelsey, A
M., B. O., the well known entertainer,
in his latest impersonations', recita?
tions and monologues, will give p.n
entertainment under the auspices o*
the local K. of P. Lodge, No. 124.
For this occasion, the priee has boer
reduced to general admission, 2Be,
children under 10 years old, 10c.
Prof. Lindsey by his thrilling sto?
ries, humorous monologues and mo&t
laughable Impersonations will make
this the most er.jtfyablo entertain?
ment of the season and at reduced
prices. To hear him Is to enjoy a
pleasant evening cf laughter and pa?
thos. 33uster.
Pinewood, A. C, Feb. 4, 1L08.
Advice to a Young Man.
ttemembcr, my son, you have to
woik. Whi ther you handle a pick or
a pen, a wheelbarrow or a set of
books, dig ditches or edit n paper,
ring an auction bell or write funny
things, you must work. If you look
around, yoj will see the men who are
most able to live the rest of their
days without work are the men who
work hardest. Don't be afraid of
killing yourself with overwork. It Is
beyond your power to do that on the.
unny side of 30. They die sometimes
?ut it is because they qu'to work at 6
p. m. and didn't get home until 2 a
in. It's the interval that kills, my son.
The work gives you an appetite for
your meals; it lends solidity to your
slumbers, it gives you a perfect and
graceful appreciation of a holiday
There are young men who do not
vork, but the world is not proud of
them. It does not know their names
even; II simply speaks of them as"olo
'o-and-So's boys." Nobody likes
them; the great, busy world dosn't
know they are there. So find oul
out what you want to be and dc, and
take oft your coat and make a dust li
the world. The busier you are the
less harm you will apt to get Into, the
sweeter will be your sleep, the bright?
er and happier your holidays, and the
better satisfied the world will be with
you.?Bob Burdette. ,
The Greenwood police have arrest
(da man who has been operating
rr?Uy freely among th> cotton mill
people, "doing" everybody he could
m patent medicines.
Ca pi T. T. Hyde was reelected pres?
ident of the State National Guard as?
sociation.
Charleston's new police station has
been accepted.
A womfn always means what she
meant to say if she doesn't sny tt.
CASTOR IA
lor Infuite and Children.
U? Kind Yob Uavi Always Bought
Boars the
Signature of
Tax Returns For 1908.
fc OFFICE OF
COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER CO.
Sumter, S. C, Dec. 6, 1907.
Notice Is hereby given that I will
attend, in person or by deputy, at the
following places on the days indicat?
ed, respectively, for the purpose ol
neeiv'ng returns of personal proj.oi
i.) and poll taxes for the fiscal yeai
; ?mnvncing January 1st, l'JOS.
Ttndall's Store, Thursday, Jan. 2d.
Privateer, Jenkins' Score, Friday.
Jan. 3d.
Manchester, Lcvi's, Tuesday. Jan
7th.
Wodjrefleld, Thursday, Jan. Otli.
Statcburg. Friday, Jan. loth,
liagood, Tuesday, Jan. 14tli.
ltembcrts, Wednesday, Jan. 15th.
Dal/ell, Thursday, Jan. Kith.
Gordon's Mill, Friday, Jan. 17th.
MayesvHle, Tuesday, Jan. 21st.
shiioh, Wednesday, Ja?. -2d.
Norwood's X Koatls, Thursday, .fan
23d.
Oswcgo, Friday, Jan. 24th.
The law requires that all persons
wnlng property or in anywise having
harge of such property, either a:
gent, husband, guardian, trustee,
xecutor, administrator, etc., return
.he same under oath to the Auditor.
Who reque sts all poison?: to be prompt
III making their returns and save the
'?0 per cent, penalty which Will lM
tdded to the property valuation ol
ill persons who fall to make returns
within the time prescribed by law.
Taxpayers return what thoy own
on the first dt?y of January, 1908.
Assessors and taxpayers will enter
the first given n*une of the taxpayer
in full, also make- a separate return
for each t?wnship where the property
Is located and alto each and cve.-y
case the number of the school dlstrlol
must be given.
Every male citizen between tie. age
of twenty-ono and sixty years on the
first day of January, 1008, except
those incapabale of earning a support
from being maimed or from other
causes, are deemed taxable polls, and
except Confederate soldiers r>o yean
Of a*e, on January 1st, 1!?08.
All returns must be made on or be?
fore the 20th day of February next.
I cannot take returns after that date
and all returns made after the 20th
day of February, are subject to a
penalty of 60 per cent.
J. DIGGS WILDER,
. Auditor Sumter Count \
i Dec. ll|Feb. 20, '08.
AN UXSATISlACTORT POST.
iCxpensc t nd Ingratitude Co.'?11 lion*
of the Lord Lieutenancy *ti ire
land
li e Reminii-c* nc< s o? Lady Ran?
dolph Churchill in January Centurv.
Accompanying the new l<?rd lieu?
tenant, wc took part in the state en?
try into Dublin, wrrich was conducted
with the usual military display and
viceregal etiquette. The Duke In
PlilfOffm rode with a glittering staff
rb<?ut him. The rest of the family In
eairlages with postilions and outrld
ers, drove thrrMirh the crowded
: trccts t? the blaek and grimy old
castle, which for Centuries has wit?
nessed 'here pi#cerelons come and go.
tn view of the repeated attacks made
in the last hundred yeai*3 on the Irish
viceroyalty. It is ttrange that it still
exists ani is apparently flourishing.
But In the old days of slow travel and
no telegraph, when it took a week to
get to Dublin, things were vety Uf
ferent, and one can understand the
pomp and circumstance with
?vhich the representative of the
sovereign necessarily surrounded him
te!f.
In India, the eastern mind has to
be impr.-sed with the glamour of roy
ahy. In the Jlstant colonies, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand and others,
government ho us 2 is a great feature,
md the governors men of responsibili?
ty. But what excuse can be offered
Lor the Dublin court, which Is within
p few hour* of London and in direct
communication ty telegraph and tele?
phone with Downing streetV The lord
UfUtetlant, who is not in th' cabinet.
I but a ilgurchead. a purveyor ef
tmnecmenta for the Irish otfn iais and
he Dublin trades people, on whom he
is ahttged to lavish his hospitality and
bla money, with no .*eturn and no?
thanks. The wives of :he viceroys ta?
bor in good works, each in turn vying
with tne other in chariUbl* ardor.
Eut those philanthropic works could
be carr'ed on Ju.*t as well If lh?y dhl
not emanate from the castle. The in
gratitude of the 1 cople must be verg
o.ishearti nlng to each successive vlce
ioy. Howover popular tne lord lieu?
tenant and his wife may oe. however
successful their attempts to cajold?
conciliate and entertain?though out
of their privata means they may have>
spent mency like water?in a week all
is forgotten. The new reglnme If par?
amount. Le roi est inort: vlve le roL
If the lord leiuttnant carries out
with t&it and fWOOM the policy of
the govirnment, the cradit is taken
by the minister. If, on the other hand*
the policy is a failure he gits the
blame, or, worse still is repudiated,
publicly and told that the lord lieu?
tenant is of no account. I have seen a
good many viceregal courts, and it le>
b marvel to me that any jne can ho
found to accept sc ungrateful a post*
Do not be so unreasonable as to ex?
pect more from life in tho world than
lifo in the world is capable of giving
Snowdrift
HOGLESS LARD
The superlatively satis?
factory Southern standard
cooking-fat that has made
the South famous. Pure
cotton seed oil, super-re?
fined by' our exclusive
Wesson process. The
acme of purity, whole
someness, and economy.
THE ? SOUTHERN ? COTTON -OIL* CO
' Mewlbrk,5avannahMtlavta JfewOrieavs-Chicago]
Branson's Sanatorium
For the Treatment of Stock. 1
Having erected commodious quarters on my premises, No
541 North Church St., I am well prepared to treat, scientifically
and humanely, all diseases of Horses, Mules, Cows and other
animals. Sick animals boarded at reasonable charge. Write
or Phone me.
DR. JOHN I. BRUNS0N,
Veterinary Surgeon, Sumter, S. C.
Office :?314 South Sumter Street :?: :?: :?:
Oe; 28, '07?2m?Mo: day md Thursday.
Phone:-No. 4*
*mmt ?VN.**'-**'
I NHMHHi THE
?4
ank of Sumter.
X Capital, $75,000 -:- Surplus, $47,000
ft
D -
(>
Does General Banking Business. Four Per
Cert. Interest, payable Quarterly, on Deposits
in Savings Department -:- -:- -:- -:
BMPT l *? COURTEOUS TREATMENT GUARANTEED.
ICFARD I. Mr RIM, MARION MOISE, W. F. RHAME.
Prttfftit. Vice President. Cashior,
CA ?BA?G AND BEET PLANTS.
For the next tVw weeks I will fill all orders for
eablMge und h et plants at the following prices: 10:*)
tn 4 0<\ $1 15; 5000 to 9000, $1 00; 10.t>O, ?K)o.
npeoinl prices on larger lots. Cash with order or C.
). I), if preferod, We. guarantee satisfaction and
-afe delivery of plants.
I have all of the leading varieties, Tl e Early
.Terso> \>?k?. field, the most popular early variety &
rbs CharleetOn *Vak? field, a few days later bat vrry
eesirable tor garden placing iu the later kinda
I have Successto l and The Late Klare Dutch, hofh
pro? i itm .. ^nd??. Plauts now ready for shipment, u>y personal *.t
Ijntiou given to all orders.
W V. vi KR,
Meg etts, S. C.