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&ATUROAY, JANUARY 8, 1910. The Sumtir Watchman was found? ed in 1850 and the True Southron In 1BIC. The Watchman and Southron low ha* the combined circulation and ta?nence of both of the old papers, la manifestly the best advertising Hum la Bumter. DO IT NOW. At a committee meeting of the Chamber of Commerce held Wednes? day night ha the office of President L. D. Jennings, the hotel question was brought up after the business for which the meeting was called had been disposed of and several of those present expressed themselves as being strongly In favor of taking Immedi? ate steps to build a hotel. They said that It la a public necessity that lack of which Is doing Sumter an In? calculable amount of Injury?an In Jury that grows greater from day to day and that directly and Indirectly Injures every property owner and business man in the city. Two of those present pledged themselves to take $5.000 stock each 1 ? a hundred thousand dollar hotel ompany, a third said he would put In $2.500 at least, snd several others said they would take a substantial amount in stock. Every man who had anything to say favored the organisation of a hotel company and every one who said he would take stock meant what he said, and Is able to do all and more than promised. This hotel talk had about It a ring of business and sincerity that impressed us with the belief that the Iron is hot and now Is the time to strike. Everybody in Bumter who is at all conversant with the situation knows that a hotel la needed and they realize also that the existing conditions are detrimen? tal to the town. The rich men of the town who have the largest buai ness interests and the heaviest In? vestments In real estate are sustain? ing tha larger share of the general^ Injury and It behooves them, as a matter of self-Interest, apart from any consideration of public spirit or duty which they owe the town In which they accumulated and are ad? ding ?o their wealth, to uh?- ? part of their means to provide a puolic ne? cessity that wttl prevent depredation of pre** nt values of real estate, stim? ulate the business life of the commu? nity and contribute In no small manner toward the future growth and development of Sumter. We are convinoed that the busi aese community ts ready to welcome the msvement and build the hotel and we feel sure that right now is the time for an energetic effort to be ma le to enlist the united and en thus4aitlc cooperation of the people of Sumter. If the people will get togther and work together, the hotel can be built and opened for the en? tertainment of the public next fall. - PK? MONEY VOH 8CIIOOL8. hy i -Up Commission Has Given Them $275,000. <<dtimbla. Jan. 6.?After three years oi hard work, the dispensary wlndlng-up commission has present? ed the State with the sum of $275, 000, Dr. W J. Murray, chairman of the commissi??n yesterday turning that g nount over to the State Treas? urer. This money belongs to the schooln <?f the State and will be dis? tributed as prescribed by law. Over $100.0)0 is held by the commission as reserve, fund to pay any of the Claims that should be lost In the courts and for future expenses. * The $275.000 is money that at one time ?eemed lost to the State and was only saved after a strong-sta 1 togi ther fight of the members of the comm sMlon and the hard work of the attorneys. With the deciding of the cases In tin- courts the old State diaper sm ry will have passed away and Iis life Wtn he on the pages of the h story of the State. Of the $100.ao.> held as a reserve by th.) commission, only $64,000 has been contested, the largest amount being the claim of the Carolina C,la*s company. A' ( ?rding t ? the last statement by the d spen-eiiN auditor. Mr West, lo has approved < lalms against 14 of the counties ragtag out the dispensa? ries to the amount of $101.446.56. As has been stated, it Is prohahh that the commission will attach the Claim?* h Id tip against the county dispensaries until tin- matter can be trashed out In the court*. A la rue sum 'vlll be secured by the commis? sion ?y overjudgments. The following are the claims agnlmt the different counties and the amounts 'hat be VS. btOfl SpproV? cd h) the dispensary auditor: Amountj Claims. approved. Alker . . . . $ lt.4m.ss t 1 4.4s:t.fcj P.amberg <tt,l7t.4l 8.360.0." Barn-veil .. im.4mt.:is 18.540. II Herkeley ... 12.723.07 d.a^.jr? ? alle m . . 11.496.13 10.789.38 Coli?" on. . . 5.463.90 3,550.71 Doi I | . 1J.959.54 6,773. II Farmers* Union News ?AND ? Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. W. I) abbs, President Farmers' Union 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 1 have been requested to conduct. It will be my aim to give the Union news and official 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 o??r 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. Mayesvllle, S. C. WOHLD RECORD FOR COHN. Iowa Edlpor Purchase Ton-Ear Ex? hibit at Rate of $2,345 per Bushel. Omaha World-Herald. Corn iold In Omaha for a time Fri? day at the rate of $2,341 and wheat at the rate of something like $800 a bushel. That sounds like an astounding statement when one considers that 75 cent corn and $1,25 wheat are sufficient to create a nation-wide commotion. 13ut believe it or not it's as true ai the Ten Command? ments or the I o'clock closing law. Hundreds of exhibits were put un" der the hammer yesterday and sold for prices ranging from the merely nominal to the figure quoted above, which was the rate paid for the grand champion 10-ear sweepstakes winner, exhibited by Joe Overstreet, of Franklin, Ind. The ten ears were purchased by E. E. Favllle, editor of Successful Farming, published at Des Moines, la. Mr. Favllle bid and paid $335 for the 10-ear exhibit and stood ready to offer as high as $500 for his purchase, had the bidding forced him up to *\hat figure. Figuring 70} ears to th' buche!, erhlol la the num-1 bcr require i for sho\> purposes, the exercise ? f ? UttV simple arithmetic xhews that at tne rate paid a bushel of the same coin wouiu have been worth the figure quoted at the first. The price paid by Mr. Favllle for the 10-ear exhibit Is the highest ever paid for ten ears of corn In the world. , ? Just how much of the amount paid may be credited up to intrinsic merit in the corn and how much to adver? tising value Is hard to tell. Mr. Fa? vllle. the purchaser, bought It to dis? tribute among subscribers to Success" ful Farming. He purchased the prize winning tea ears last year and said today that investigations of the re? sults of the distribution of that corn showed that It is paying to put out high-class seed. The wheat which sold at the rate of $800 a bushel was grown by H. E? Krucger, of Reaverdahi, Wla. Bidding on the wheat started at $3. It was rapidly run up to $20 where It stuck for a long time. Then it took a spurt and began jumping up by $5 increases until it reached $100, and Mr. Krueger took the sam? ple with the high bid of $104. The wheat graded 6 4 pounds. The sample which was exhibited had been reduced down to somewhere be? tween seven and eight pounds, mak? ing the price* paid average up close tO $600 the bushel. It was disap? pearing to fast from the pasteboard box in which It was exhibited that a long chain and padlocks were placed lipon it to prevent visitors from dip? ping in under the glass cover. AN INTERESTING CASE. Minority Stockholders Appoal to Courts to Set Aside Sale of Valua? ble Heal Estate. From the Dally Item, Jan. 4. Some of tive or six yean ago a Syndicate of negroes purchased from the estate of Mrs. O. H. Moses the lot of land and the building thereon, situated on the northwest corner Of Main Street and Hampton Avenue, and having a frontage on Main street Of about 100 feet. The purchasers Fairtleld.. . 19.&87.0S. Hampton.. . 7,660.30 MS6.11 Kershaw . . 11,410.11 s:'3.3i Uta. 10,141.61 16,236.50 U llngton . I,064.so 5,622.80 Orangeburg 61,141.66 17,750.61 Sumter .... 8,213.55 7,368.90 Wllllamsburg. 10,674.78 ^<;,s7i.36 Totals. . . $247.is I. is $101,446.56 The amount of the claims held up in tin- counties retaining the die* p.us.it I? s |h ? ild to be about $20,000. Should the state win in the contest over the o)alms,,thc counties will pay lbs sums representing the claims to the State in place of to the different whiskey houses. orga^'zed a corporation under the title of the Commercial and Real Es? tate Company, with a capital of $10, 0000, divided into 100 shares of a par ralttt of $100 per share, to hold this property. The president of the com? pany was Z. E. Walker, and all the officers and stockholders were ne? groes. The corporation was said to have been in a sound and solvant cond'tlon and owing to the rapid en? hancement of Main street, real estate this stock was worth considerably more than par. A short time ago the sale of 90 1-2 shares of stock was made by Z. E. Walker and a majority of the stock? holders to Messrs. H. D. Moise, Thos. Wilson, John Wilson, R. D. Lee and others, the only original stockhold? ers refusing to sell being W. T. An? drews, who owned 7 1-2 shares, I. D. Davis, 1 share and one other hold? ing 1 share. At a stockholders meeting duly called, the company was reorganized and new officers elected?all being white. At this m-etlng a resolution was proposed) authorizing the sale of the property to Dr. E. R. Wilson, for the sum of $18,000. W. T. Andrews objected to this resolution and proposed to amend It by substituting the name of W. T. Andrews for that of Dr. Wilson and changing the sale price to $20,000. This amendment was re jected. W. T. Andrews then propos? ed as a substitute that the property be sold at public auction to the high? est bidder. This substitute was voted down, and the original motion au thirizing the sale to Dr. E. R. Wil? son for $18,000 was adopted. Following this action W. T. An? drews, in his own behalf and in be? half of the two other minority stock? holders, through their attorney, L. D. Jennings, Esq., appealed to Judge Wilson for an injunction to restrain the majority stockholders from sell? ing the property under the terms of the resolution adopted at the stock? holders meeting*. Judge Wilson granted an order temporarily enjoin? ing the sale. R..D. Lee, Esq., representing the majority stockholders, appealed to the Supreme Court for an order set? ting aside the order of Judge Wilson, and the hearing is being had today before the Supreme Court. If the order of Judge Wilson is set aside, as asked by the majority stockhold? ers, the sale of the property to Dr. E., R. Wilson will be consummated, but it* the order is made permanent, the case will come up on Its merits at the next term of the court of Common Pleas for Sumter county. It is a very interesting case in that It involves the right of minority stockholders to block a proceeding authorized and desired by the ma? jority. From the Daily lt^m, Jan. 5. The hearing in the case of \V. T. Andrews et al., vs. The.Sumter Com? mercial and Real Estate Co.. R. D. Lee, Thomas Wilson et al, was held yesterday before Associate Justice Woods, in Chambers at Columbia The proceedings was a motion to set aside an important injunction re? straining the defendants from dis? posing of the real estate Of the com? pany in pursuance of a resolution authorising the sale, which wa adopted by a majority vote of the stockholders at a meeting recently held. L. 1). Jennings, Esq., appeare? for the plaintiff and It. 1 >. Lee, Esq represented the defendants who asked for an order letting aside the order of Judge Wilson. Judg Woods declined to set aside the ol? der of Judge Wilson, but by consent of counsel for both parties, he modi tied it to the extent of permittln the officers, of the company as now constituted to collect the renta from the property( pay taxes and Inten . and to transact other necessary bus! ness. Judge Wilson".' order remain In force and the consummation < the sale of the property Ii forbidden, and unless Ho- case ll Settled before? hand it will come up for rtlal on its merits at t An exan and other that there was a minor error in the statement of the facts in the article printed yesterday. To keep the rec? ord straight, the following statement is necessary. The resolution adopted at the stockholders meting authorized and directed the sale of the property to Dr. E. R. Wilson for the sum of SI8,000, from which the mortgage debt amounting to $4,212 was to be deducted, and the net proceeds paid over to the stockholders of record as their interest might appear. W. T. Andrews offered $20,000 for the property, he assuming the mort? gage debt of $4,212, leaving the net sum of $20,000 to be divided among the stockholders. When this propo? sition was rejected he moved that the property be sold at auction to the highest bidder. This proposition was also rejected and the original motion directing the sale to Dr. Wil? son for $18,000, from which the mortgage debt is to be deducted, was adopted. COPY SUMMONS TOR RELIEF. (Complaint Served.) State of South Carolina. County of Sumter?Court of Common Pleas. Lillie D. Knight, plaintiff, against Albert Armstrong Jacobs, Ella Stokes, Rhett Cantey, Moultrie Can tey, Matthis Cantey, William Cantey. Mark Cantey, Windham Cantey, Dol lle Cantey and an Infant commonly known as "Sis Cantey", defendants. To the Defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and re? quired to answer the Cn nplaint in this actlcn, of which a ? ??y is here? with served upon you, ai:d to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the s lbscribers at their office, 120-122 North Main Street, In the City of Sumter, S. C. within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the com? plaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff In this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded In the Complaint. Dated December 21st, A. D., 1.909. LEE & MOISE, Plaintiff's Attorneys. To the Defendant, Matthis Can? tey, Take Notice. That the Summons and Complaint in this action were filed In the office of the Clerk of said Court, on the twenty-fourth day of December, A. D. 1909. LEE & MOISE. Plaintiff's Attorneys. l-6-6t-ltaw?W&S . There are at least twenty men in Sumter who are able to subscribe for $5,000 worth of stock in the hotel company?have they the pub? lic spirit to do it? CASTOR l A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Han Always bought Bears the Signature Farm Loans. Loans negotiated upon improv? ed farms, payable in annual in? stallments. No Commission Borrowers pay actual cost of per? fecting Loan. For further infor? mation apply to JOHN B. PALMER & SON. P.O. Box 282, Phone No. 1085. Office Sylvan Bldg. COLUMBIA, S. C. 12-8-2m. TAX RETURNS FOR 1910. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR SUMTER CO., SUMTER, S. C, Dec. 3. 1909. Notice is hereby given that I will attend, in person or by deputy at the folk wing places on the days in? dicated, respectively, for the purpose of receiving returns of real estate, personal property, and poll taxes for the fiscal year commencing January 1st, 1910. Tindalls. Tuesday, Jan. 4th. Privateer, (Jenkins' store.) Wed? nesday." Jan. 5th. Manchester, Levi's, Thursday. Jan. 6th. Wedgefield, Friday, Jan. 7th. Claremont Depot, Monday Jan 10th. Jlagood, Tuesday, Jan. 11th. RembertS. Wednesday, Jan. 12th. Dalsell, Thursday, Jan 13th. W. T. Brogdon's Store, Friday, Jan. 14th. Mayeavllle, Tuesday, Jan. 18th. Shlloh, Wednesday, Jan. 19th. Norwood's N Roads, Thursday, Jan. 20th. Oswego, Friday, Jan. 21st. All pci-Mus whose duty it is to make 1 turns should be prompt to meet mo -'it these appointments. All returns musl be mad.' before Feb. 20lh, 1910. ' TN'GGS WILDER. tor for Sumter Cj. LONEY TELLS NEW STORY. Tow Says I*olicenmn Owens I>l?i Not Offer Him $2 to Arrest Jackson. John Loney, colored, who shot Jack Jackson, last Sunday, stated Tuesday to a newspaper man that he, Loney, was not authrized by Fo" lieeman Owens to try to arrest Jack? son, nor did Mr. Owens offer him, or any one else that he knew of, any reward to arrest Jackson. Loney said that he went to Jack? son to induce him to surrender and to try to settle the matter with the woman who accused Jackson of stealing her turkey, and that Jack? son cut at him with a razor, slashing his coat and vest across the front, when he Loney fired in self defense. Loney further stated that Police? man Owens was disappointed in Jackson running away before Mr. Owens could get him. and that Mr Owens said he would not have hac Jackson to escape for two dollars or some such amount, and that the re? mark of Mr. Owens could not hav? been constructed to mean that he Owens, wanted Loney, or any on? else, to attempt to arrest Jackson either without or with pay. Lone: says that he had no idea of attempt ing to arrest Jackson. Konestly now, do you think any? one will be arrested for failing to connect their premises with the sew? erage system? . ?Chamberlain'^ Cough Remedy never disappoints those who use it for obstina* coughs, colds and ir? ritations of the throat and lungs. It stands unrivalled as a remedy for all throat and lung diseases. Sold by W. W. Sibert. Here's a Good Scheme! ?Phone 85 For what you want in Fancv and Heavy Groceries. We are appealing to those who appreciate good service, liberal treatment, fresh goods and full weights and measures. THIS WEEK WE WILL SELL THE Famous Tennessee Eggs, Candled and Graded, at Red Cross Milk, 16 oz. Best Mil!.', Every Can Guaranteed 30c doz. 10c can. Ever tried Cherry Pie and Cherry Dumplings in Mid-Winter? Makes one of the finest deserts; besides you can use the straight cherries. "Our Name is a Household Word." WHERE QUALITY REIGNS" January 1,1910 WE WISH ALL OCR FRIENDS \ND PATRONS A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR AND TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY OF THANKING THEM FOR THE LIB? ERAL PATRONAGE BESTOWED UPON US DURING THE YEAR JUST CLOSED, AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE CAN' DO THAT WILL INCREASE THEIR PLEAS? URE OR BANK ACCOUNT DUR? ING 1910 THEY ARE AT LIBERTY TO CALL ON US. O'Donnell 6 Co