The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 12, 1909, Image 2
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SAIUSOAY, JUNE 12, 1909.
The Sumter Watchman was found
on" In I860 and the True Southron in
Hfit The Watchman and Southron\\
?ow ha* the combined circulation and
influence of both of the old papers.
gm<fi Is manifestly the best advertising
sneitum in Sumter.
There Is a law forbidding the s*le
of pistols and another prohibiting tlie
not* of cigarette to minors. Neither
new Is enforced and no effort is made
to punlnh those who violate them. Is
there any reason to hop.1 thai a law
prohibiting the sale of liquor would
Bis more rigidly enforced'*
N IMING TI1K GHAFTF.HS.
WliKkcy Agent Te4ls Who Got the
t OMOoIsnIoIIM.
Columbia. June 8?For the first
time alnre the beginning of the re
?ending of the scandals of the old
Slate dispensary has there been
thought to light a charge which im?
plies directly that the controlling
?genta of the State dispensary got
money for favoring certain firms.
CoL C. W. Dudley, who Is no**- very
111 st Lexington. Ky., has made an af?
fidavit, in the presence of his attor?
ney. Col. Anthony J. Carroll of Loula
ertJU. Ky.. that to secure an order for
liquor from the StateA dispensary.
Clafke Broa, Sx Co. of Peorla. III., had
to pay about 10 per cent, commissions
?r |t. 100 on an order of $60,000 de?
livered and aocepted. The original
ortkr was something like $150.000
snade in the last days of the dlspen
?ary. and a great deal of the stuff was
turn-I hack
-M-. W. K. Hull, manager of Clarke
liroi. St Co.. testified when he was
mere recently that he had paid to C.
W. Dudley $t,200 "commissions" to
neonre this business.
Dudley was known to be 111. At?
torney General Lyon and Col T. B.
Felder visited him last week in Lex?
ington, Ky., and later his attorney,
?Col. Anthony J. Carroll, a leading at
?it,, n* > of Kentucky, went to the hos?
pital and advised him to give the af?
fidavit introduced In evidence yester?
day.
Tkds uffldsvit, while not admlssaoic
In a court In which a criminal action
Is being tried. Is said to be backed up
with corroborative evidence, docu?
mentary und sworn testimony.
This Is the first time In all the
months of patient prodding that the di?
rect charge of bribery has been made.
?V.t\ Dudley was a bon vivant well
?known throughout this Stute, and his
aPidii Vit. ?ruh h follows, shows that of
-ttte $g.80C> h* kept at least $2.000 for
himself The affidavit Is:,
"mate ?f Kentucky, County of Fay
sttte
"The ifh.int. C. W. Dudley, state
that he represented several liquor
?Spaniers rn the State of South Carolina
during and for several years prior te
19nr Tor the purpose of procuring or
taVrs for liquors for the State dlspen
He states that during parts of
t me J. B. Wylle was a member
of the txiard of directors of the Sta?.e
dlspenaary.
I rhant states that about the
snonth of f>ctober, 190?. through the
efforts and by arrangements with the
?aid Wylle he procure 1 an order from
sold State dispensary for a quantity of
liquor, to be geld uad furnished hv
the Live Oak DlstllMr- r.on, any of
Cincinnati. Ohio.
"Affiant atatea that he paid to the
nald Wytftg the ?um of $1.060 as a
commission f<?r procuring the pur
ggagSS gf *ald liquors, that amount be?
ing ib man I d by said Wylle, who was
at tnUd time a member ? the hoard
of dir?-?, tors of tin- State ? iyp.n?ary.
??Affiant states that about Decem?
ber. I teg, ht p/oeggwd an ord. r fOf
Ch* purchase of certain liquors by
ttm tints dispensary from Clark
Fro- ? ? > . p. orla. Ill He stated
thn? ? ? \ paid as commission for
pr<>. ?!,] order th" sum of $6.
lec h W. B tf ill. that being the to?
tal amount or eomaelsslons paid him
or. SM S ?at of the goods so purchased,
ire M were retained by the eom
tnbon i . lie mates that lie divided
hi.* i 1 ? mmissions with the Ibras
gften ????.? of the hoard o| director, of
the State dispensary, to wit; John
ggj I J. W. ltawlniMon. and J. lb
W>i *a a consideration for Ihell
m?' k k' -a'd purcha-e. Alhant dm
SH t member the exact amount pal I
then \. ?t I'lack was paid approxl
gfjgn I] "0. nnwllnsnn $1.200, und
gyllt .: '\ 51. son.
??. il tat etat? & that while II. H.
K !? ?."ih board of
?In.f loe ale o l ?< pe?>a ! > he
amid the ggM H. H. K\mm 11,1*4. ? l
aid him In his ggggpglga fog r? ?de? ?
tkon lo suhl board of directors; this
in DM?"i, or "nrly In 1906.
?V\tn?irit states that thn was Ihe
only amount he remembers to have
pftht mid Kvana. but he might have
pel 1 him other sums.
"Afflunt states that he has be. t.
prnrtlrally confined to his bed for 1 ">
month4. h.iMMK sustained a paralytic
Stroke ^implicated with olio,
trouble*. He state* that he suffered
gSJtgStant pain and U now gQgjgng I lC
Ilia bed In Good Samaritan hOSpPsI
Farmers' Union News
AND ?
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
(Conducted by E. W. I>abbs, President Farmers' I'nion of Sumter
County*)
The Watchman and Southron having decided to double its service by
semi-weekly publication, would improve that service by special features.
The first to be inaugurated is this Department for the Farmers* Union and
Practical Farmers which I have been requested to conduct. It w ill be my
aim to give the Union news and olncial calls of the Union. To that end
officers, and members of the Union are requested to use these columns.
Also to publish such clippings from the agricultural papers and Govern?
ment Bulletins as I think will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori?
ginal articles by any of our readers telling of their successes or failures
will be appreciated and published.
Trusting this Department Will be of mutual benefit to all concerned,
THE EDITOR.
All communications for tl is Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs.
Mayesville, S. C.
Some Ramlum Thoughts.
"The Soy Bean the cheapest beef
mrker," is well worth the careful
reading of all farmers. There is one
p<dnt I failed to mention in either
suitability. It is of wash material,
and therefore as sterile as boiling and
hot irons can make it. No ruffles,
loce or embroidery bedeck It. Tho
cloth Is strong, yet thin enough for
a i tide copied: It will make a good summer wear. Its lines are straight,
crop on land too low or stiff to grow simple and becoming. The dress
cowpeas successfully. This does not could be of unbleached cotton and
mean wet land. We all know that on
the sjff. black bottom cowpeas rarely
make the seed that are planted, the
?eturn being in hay if we have it so
It can he saved. Now on such land
the Soja bean will make a fine crop,
e 0 e
For the ladles, even those who
take the best fashion magazines.
"The Clothes a Woman Wears" is
full of sensible suggestions.
? ? ?
serve the purpose just as well. It
might be of flaming red, have stripes
three inches wide or spots as big as
saucers. Instead it is neither sombre
nor too light. It makes everyone,
whether tall or short, black-haired or
goldl-locked, look her best, and
shocks the sensibilities of neither the
sick nor the well.
From the dress of the nurse to that
o? the housewife is but a short step.
The germ in the kitchen is scarcely
"The Limitations of the Warehouse ( less Important than that of the sick
Plan" contains so many warnings room. It is not only the cause ol
along the lines I have tried to im- most of our sickness but also is the
aress on our people that I trust the cause of the spoiling of our foods,
publisher will extend our space so it Therefore, where once we wore our
may go In this week. Especially do cast-off skirts and old waists now wo
[ wish to combat the Idea that cheap wash them, make them over for the
money will always prove a blessing, children, and have our garments for
[f it gives a small coterie of capital- the kitchen simple, easily laundred,
st* the control of the cotton crop, It without frills and buttoned together
will prove a greater curse to the at, the waist.
tank and file of the cotton growers
than is the present lack of organiza?
tion.
t a e
We constantly harp on how to con
A Duty to Dress Becomingly.
I do not think there is anyone so
old, so young, so pretty, so homely,
so thin, fat, disfigured or comely
that she can afford to cease striving
trol the cotton crop by borrowing for the beautiful. Every one of us
money on it. Let me repeat what I makes the world a little brighter to
have said on several occasions: There someone by looking our best, and
Is no weaker cotton ever grown, not even if there be no one at all to sec
lien, than cotton In a warehouse, up- we have the pleasure of givinc
or which 80 or 90 per cent, of its satisfaction to that most important
narket value has been borrowed by a
farmer who can not put u,p more col?
lateral.
? ? ?
Sumter County Union Is work'ng
01? plans that will make its partici?
pants in a few years to get out of
being in the world?ourself.
Fortunately there Is in us a love
for the beautiful. It is that instinct
which makes the little girl pull down
her mother's head and tuck a flower
(u the thinning locks or that causes
her to bedeck herself with daisies o:
the borrowing class; that will enable clover blossoms,
them to finance their own farms with Expense and beauty do not neces
thelr own money; and should they aarily go hand in hand. A 12-cent
want a warehouse in which to store lawn comes in as pretty colors as do
more costly materials.
Every woman longs for a really
good dress. She sees her more pros?
perous neighbor with a silken gown
and longs for the time when she ma;
their cotton for the sake of cheap
insurance, they will build it with their
own money.
ass
All this talk about cheap money in
uuantltle* Is clap-trap. When we do hove one also. It matters not that 11
not try to borrow so much, we can m not appropriate, that the children
bin a thousand dollars as cheap as will soli and rumple It and that the
the Amalgamated Warehouse of of the roads will make it dingy.
Reason tells her that it is not the
thing for her and still she wants It.
Qeergta can buy a million. By their
own reasoning a million bales of cot
should sell for a lower rate than a
thousand. All the laws of trade are
asalnst high priced cotton at whole?
sale. If money at wholesale ami fer?
tilizers at wholesale are cheaper than
in amtier quantities, why should cot
tor. be the one artide of commerce to
which this law does not apply?
? * *
It I am wrong these columns are
a to argument on the other sld<
? ? ?
'The rich ruleth ever the poor,
the borrow,!- is Servant to tin
lender." Iv \V. I >.
THE CLOTHES A WOMAN WEARS.
They Should l>o <'omi'ortnbh* And
suited to Her Work and Circuni
Stnnees as Well a- to Her l'ncc and
I 'iguic.
A woman well-dressed Is appro
pi lately dressed. A woman appro
prlately dressed is wsll?4reeeed, The
nurse's < ?turne Is a good example of
? t Lsalngton, Ky.< under the ears of
a phyeleian and nurses, He states
that he is unable to travel ami It is a
matter of Impossibility for hir* I.?
to gonth Carolina or to take >
whatever. That he w;u; nbl
greai difficulty to come t" U
from Chicago mid Is now WO
enable to leave bis bed.
"Affiant states thai he had
transactions with ths member
board of the State dispensary
is now anable to recall Ihe i
same. C, w. DU1
lubeer!bod and sworn to be
by C, W. Dudley thll Ith
June. 1109, w Worthlngton
PayettSi County. Ky."
and she should have it, too, if her
husband can afford it. Her reason
for wanting it Is beyond the compre?
hension of man's mind, just as his
reason for spending enough on tobac?
co to huy live gowns Is beyond the in?
tricacies of her mind. In buying her
that dress he purchases for her, not
so many yards of material, but peace,
latlsfactton and a sense of self -re?
spect the cause of which can be found
only In our primal natures.
The Clothes Every Woman Needs.
If it || possible, every woman
should have a few slmph housed ress
( -i (not wrappers), n few shirt waists
a skirl to wear with them, a prettj
summer dress, a good suit for street
wear and a nice Waist to wear with
It. A raincoat is an economical add!"
lion. Of course, many women do ^< I
?ilong with less, but WQ w ?men know
that we would rather st;<y at hone
than go anywhsre and not be dressed
;i i well as the rest. It is- all right to
talk about rising above clothes, The
tan who dot n it Is usually appre?
ciated neither by herself nor by her
friends, masculine or feminine. We
oon, however, be well yel simply
gowned, The trouble co .'hen we
try t?? rival or out-do ot
Buying the "Good
Nowadays dress-mak n*
ratlvsly simple affnli
ns for everything ft
? to the most eluhorat
nply a Question of
ukings. The choosli
iali Color and style i
ir.
in deciding on a suit
(1hh>i? . Sei gs catche
dhs?like broadclol
?ts. cashmere and he
ck for summer, too
? a brllllantlne for
t
v's
|s
he
ia
;if
est
? th
the
too
in
and
i cheviot for winter are perhaps as
satisfactory us anythii g.
<'?)!<?;? is a tlii 11 m to he chosen with
are. The tone that will make the
;kln look tiic cleareat can he decided
only by hohl different colored ma
t' rials to the lace and noting affects.
a a rule, grays, black* and whites
look well on the elderly, blue on the
fair, and pink on those with a hint of
cream and red in the skin. Red and
purple should he avoided by the large
or florid. Nature never made a mis?
take, and if the color of the hair or
eyes la carried out, the effect is sure
to 1 e pleasing.
lanes and general style mean much
but the effect Is lost without good,
well-made corsets. The very slight
person can seldom disregard them
because she must avoid slovenliness,
and the woman of excellent develop?
ment must certainly give them seri?
ous consideration. Have corsets com?
fortable above all things and do not
pull in the waist at the expense of the
bust or hips. A snug, well-fitted un
derwaiat is a great help. Slim people
usually err by having the clothes too
full, while stout people accentuate
their size by wearing those that lie
too flat to the skin.
If your neck is too short or fat, do
not wear a collar very high, very low
01 of any contrasting color. Keep the
waist as long as possible by wearing
a belt the color of waist. The broad
belt was never meant for the stout
woman. Any line that crosses the
body makes one appear broader and
shorter, while up-and-down lines tend
to length.
Hie Clothe* and the Woman.
Do you ever look at. a tall woman
end wonder why she had her hair
piled on top of her head and over it
a tower of a hat? Do you ever look
at a broad sister and wonder why her
hair is flat and low and the hat on it
is wide and floppy? Do you wonder
why any woman in the world wears
her hair skinned back from her face
and then tries to balance on it a
sweet-sixteen hat? If one is uncer?
tain about how to adorn herself, she
may be sure that hair a little soft
around her face and a pretty toque
will always be becoming, whatever
the prevailing style.
Summing up the whole question of
dress, clothing should first be consid?
ered with relation to health and pro
tection, then should the esthetic re
e? ive attention, but always as an at?
tribute rather than as the thing it?
self.?Mrs. W. X. H?tt in Progressiv.
Farmer.
The Limitations of the Warehouse
Sully, the erstwhile, famous cot?
ton speculator, is now forward
with a-proposition to furnish a plan,
and if need be, the money, to enable
the farmers to store and hold their
cotton until in the judgment of each
individual owner the best market
condition has been reached.
There is nothing now in the pro?
position, except that Sully says ne
cat) furnish the money to finance the
m home without asking the South for
one cent. Of course, the plan is to
btiild houses and furnish warehouse
??? rtificates on the cotton stored.
Which) owing to the guarantee of the
l large holding of warehouse company,
will be accepted as collateran fbi
collateral for loans at the banks.
Under proper restrictions and con?
trol such a warehouse system would
unquestionably aid in the better mar?
keting of cotton and the more satis?
factory transaction of the business
Of the cotton growers, but it may bo
taken for granted that philanthropy
Is not the motive actuating Sully or
tin Northern capitalists whom he
says stand ready to furnish the
money to make the plan work. To
pay interest on the investment in
warehouses, to pay the premium for
the guarantee of the cotton certifi?
cates, to pay expenses generally and
give Sully and others their "rake-off,"
there must be a chargi for the ser?
vice rentiere?!, plus the rake-oft' be?
lt re mentioned. That is, a store
charge on the cotton, This is all
right, it the charge is ri.uiit. Under
prcper restrictions and control those
charges irlll be all right, but other?
wise they will soon be exsceealve rfnd
the second condition may be worse
than the first
.\t present it is Impossible for any
one to c mtrol the ootton of this coun?
try, and that much is well and goo I,
foi no crop, the Importance of cotton
to the world, should be under the
control of any set or combination of
men comprising only a small fractln
of those dependent upon cotton.
Therefore, no rights, privileges or
franchises nhould be given to any or?
ganisation to obtain undue Influence
o* control over the marketing of the
cotton crop.
it has bei n gem rally assumed and
accepted as fad that the present
manner of marketing the cotton crop
thai Is, the throwing of the bulk of
the crop on the market during Octo?
ber, November and December de
I it ksi d the markt t unduly, It is a
feet, however, thai prices are not unl
feimly lower during the e months
than during the first three mouths of
the j, ar, (hi the other hand, the
record of prices, taken from the
Yearbook of the U, B. Department of
Plan.
CIN COUNCIL ff t?
$66.67 per annum for each light.
Auction* are to be made lor light* ?i
? I burning. Lights are to be in ter
<..\s FRANCHISE GRANTED MR.I every night, the moonlight rche
ALNUTT WHO DEPOSITS $1.000. | having proved unsatisfactory. .
electric light portion of the Ice. L
Ightlng Coiltrecl Signed and Matter! and Power Company s ,, :int is tc
is Settled ror Ten Years?Report on i exempt from license tax. a
City Books Not Reached. Ur, ? r Haynsworth, for
street committee made the usual
P* rt of work done during two we
and the cost of the same. He i
stated that the committee had un
mayor J consideration the improvement
Boyle, but all absentees came in la- |fotn stre<t
er.
The City Council met in regular
session at I p. m. Tuesday. A bar.
quorum was present when the jneet
ng was called to order by
so
) y the application o
( top dress n of crushed rock, wh
The minutes of special me<ftjngs < would restore the street to good c
held May 1? and 19 and of the regular I Mon and postpone the need of a br
meeting of May :5, were read and pavement for some years. He asl ed
"r"rr,ied- ! t],at a uniform for Street Commissi- -
Mr. Ligon called attention to fact j w White be ordere(J and thig requ
that Sumter Herald had not published | was granted.
minutes of the three meetings last
held, and that by failing to do so had
violated the contract with the city
in which it is stipulated that the of?
ficial minutes of all meetings of City
Council shall be published. On mo?
tion of Mr. Ligon a resolution was
adopted that the Herald be notified of
this violation of the contract with the
city.
Mr. Barnett reported for Finance
Committee that all bills had been ex?
amined and the report of clerk and
treasurer examined and found correct.
Mr. Ligon for Police Committee re?
ported number of arrests, convictions,
fines collected and penalties imposed.
Mr. Finn reported that he had no
report to make on the stable for the
fire department as he had been un?
able to see the Water Works Commis?
sion in reference to building the stable
on the stand pipe lot.
Mr. Barnett, chairman of Special
Committee, reported that his commit?
tee had conferred with Mr. Alnutt and
that he was willing to accept the In?
gram franchise for gas plant, with
minor amendments to prevent any
outside parties from tampering with
the mains of the plant, without per?
mission of the officers.
A telegram was read from Mr. E.
B. Wright, an associate of Mr. Alnutt,
stating that a certified check for $1,
000 had been mailed from Wilming?
ton, X. C, for deposit as a guarantee
of the good faith of the applicants for
the franchise and for the-performance
of the contract.
The ordinance was read, amended
and adopted, under a resolution dis?
pensing with the rule requiring two
tendings, and was ordered published.
Mr. Alnutt asked that no other
franchise for a gas plant be granted
until the time, eight months,
him in which to begin
have expired. He was irtt
the Council could not tak.
this request, as to do so wuula be the
e quivalent of granting him an exclu?
sive franchise, but it was evident that
his request was considered reasonable,
and he was informed that in the event
that another franchise should be de?
manded by other persons and granted
within bis time limit Council would
consider favorably a request from him
for the return of his deposit of $1,000.
Mr. Alnutt also requested that the
property of the gas company be ex?
empted from taxes for a period of five
years. This was granted.
The contract with the Sumter Ice
Light and Power Company for fur?
nishing street lights for ten years
from November 1st 19"9. was read,
and after much discussion and the
adoption of a few unimportant amend
meats, was adopted and ordered exe
euted in due form. The contract
binds the company to furnish 7a arc
lights of 6.6 amperes. 1200 nomina
. andle pow er for $70 each per annum
When the number of lights shall be
increased to 100 the city is to pa>
Agriculture for 1907, shows that the
crops <>f 1904, ltOB, and 1906. the
three last tor which We have full re?
ports at hand, commended a better
price during the months of October,
November, ami December than they
did during January. February, und
March.
Warehouses for handling the cot
ton crop are essential, but the far
men of the BOUth bad better control
these warehouses.- ?Progressive Far
mi r.
A letter from Mr. Gibbon, who se -
ed as assistant to Mr. W. W. Ly
the sewereage engineer, claiming t
the city owes him $90, and request
immediate payment, was read.
letter was referred to the meml i
oZ the late sewerage commission. I
The street committee was direc I
to have a large drain pipe put do
at the intersection of Main street <
Oakland avenue, at which point
present drainage is inadequate.
The petition of Mr. G. E. Hay . - t
worth that the city open a street
feet wide between his property s
that of Mr. H. C. Haynsworth,
Rast Calhoun street, said street to ex?
tend northward to a ditch in the r?
of their property, the land for s. <
street to be donated by G. E. and H.
C. Haynsworth was presented.
The request was discussed at lenj
and the fact that the Council seve
years ago established a rule to peri
the opening of no street of a |ei
width than fifty feet was cited as
obstacle in the way of granting the
petition. Mr. Legion moved that t
petition be granted, provided t
street is made fifty feet in width and
that the Messrs. Haynsworth be allo
ed three years in .which to remo
buildings.
Mr. R. F. Haynsworth moved th
the petition be granted?that the ci
accept the forty foot street.
Mr. Ligon moved that the forty fo
street be accepted, provided Mr.
Haynsworth pay for the work of tl
opening the street and putting In*
condition for use. Mr. Wright object
ed on tfte ground tha* permission hi
been denied him and others to opei
streets of forty feet width, when the}
were not only denoting the land, bu
doing ill the work on rbe streets.
The matter finally came a vote
which resulted in a tie ami "t was pu
up to the Mayor. i:? voted to gran
the petition and tne cay will open a
forty foot street. As soon as the de
ciding vote was cast Mr. Stubbs mov
ed that the resolution providing that
the city shall open no street of a lest
width than fifty feet be rescinded ->
and the motion was adopted. The
v. ay is now clear to open streets or al?
ley of any old width as may suit the
convenience of property owners.
On motion it was ordered that ft
sewer be laid on South Harvfn street
from Telephone street to the corner
of Bartlett street. This shoit section
Of sewer is needed to give the tele?
phone factory an opportunity to con?
nect with the sewer from the Harvin
street wing of the factory.
Three hours had now been spent in
the usual manner and every person
present was tired and ready to go
home. It was therefore decided not
to take up the report of Expert Ac?
countant Harrabon on the books
am" accounts of the city, but to hold a
special meeting on Fi Way n'ght for
the purpose of reading and discuss?
ing this report. It is said to be a very
voluminous and exhaustive report,
anci that several hours will be requir?
ed to read it.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Hog Feed Cheap
CARLOAD EXTRA Mi l.
RICE FLOUR
The cheapest and best Hog Feed you can use.
We will sell it cneap as long as it lasts.
SUMTER,