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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1910. The Sumter Watchman was found ad In 1860 and the True Southron In lift. The Watchman and Southron Bow has the combined circulation and Influence of both of the old papers, and Is manifestly the best advertising aaadlum In Sumter. .i i*nti-:ssi\<; l\\vij-:ssnkks. The Mind tiger trials that have been m progress in the Recorder's court this week teach two lessons: First, that prohibition has not been enforced In Sumter. that the ordinary soachln^ry of the law has been utterly Inadequate and Ineffective and has faMed to cope with the Illicit sellers and their accomplices, the buyers oJ contrabrand liquor. Second. that. while there are enough people here who support the blir d tigers and aid and abet them In violating the law to make the traf? fic so profitable that fifty or more men have sold liquor, there still exists a health) public sentiment for the en? forcement of law. and that the law abiding and respectable element of the community has not surrendered to the law-breakers and their sym? pathizers. That the city and county officials have not been able, with the regular police force and constables in the em? ploy of city and county, to apprehend the blind tigers or to suppress the il? licit traffic in liquor that had attained a magnitude and a notoriety that was disgraceful and humiliating, was proven and demonstrated when it be? same necessary to employ a force of detectives. That the detectives suc? ceeded in securing evidence against a large number of liquor seiters proves ?othing that was not a matter of com? mon notoriety and general belief. The detectives were employed to collect evidence and they discharged the dutj they were paid to perform. They bought liquor and then went into court and told where and from whom they obtained it. Hundreds of cltl sens of Sumter. a majority of whom claim to be law-abiding men. have Sought gallons of liquor where the fives bought pints, but they were not hire i to tell where and from wh -ui t o . | ught it and they have kept silent. The man who patronizes a Mind tiger feels bound by an Im? plied contract to protect the seller, therefore the blind tiger flourishes here and elsewhere and will always flourish until the sentiment against the use of liquor and In favor of the eaforcement of the law is so strong that the blind tiger will have so few patrons that the business will cease to he profltab'e. in this change of senti? ment lies the only hope of the effec? tive enforcement of prohibition. It la too much to sag eel Ol human na? ture to even hope that the man to whose debased appetite the blir.d tig? er panders will Inform on the liq? uor s?ller. go Into court and then r a? tify to facts that will convict the law breaker. So long as sentiment re? mains unrevolutionlsed the detectiv.; ?t : . I |g s ? ret hftd gains the evi? dence needed to convict by posing as an toerydsy hthsd tlg*f patrMt Is Use only h< pe of br!-gin~ tht tiff** to Jus'icc. 7hg bttftd tiger will got Btll to an or eer of the law whom he knows, n ?r wIM h- -ell to any one he may smirch of acting for an officer. This gj wh] UM ? i Iin \ry muchln'-ry for the enforcement of law is ineffec? tive and incapable of coping with the coalition ,,f blind tigers and liqUOl drinkers. The regular poltet forte be? ing ineffective, what is to gg don*? fan fhe < it\ of Sumter continue to employ relays of detectives to run down the ttgerBi and if d? tectives are empl \e| in relays will those employ gi in tie- future be succssfnl in round? ing gg the tig. r-.' A burnt child drea is the flr< and hereafter the il? licit p Uerg of liqu -r will be more cau? tious and wary and will sell only to trust v.' rthv patrons. < )f course. .? HfeT Will he picked gg now and th? n in'! whea brought before ? Jury of sTst rsapmllag ettiaens win ?. > eon* riefet ant properly punished, Kut the law will got be enforce l as It should be and the buyers and sellers of liq? uor win bt giori eloooty banded to? gether t-> evade the law and defy those whu would enforce it. We heartily approve of what has j be. u doe bf ?'halrman Loom, of the j Polle* nommtttee, and he and the i it> i ithorltlet are ta i- commended I Tor the r-s ilts accomplished. The city kt the b. tt' r for it and pubib' gentl? gg t has beea aroused t ? i gtegrer and fuller lOUltggtlog of the gsggnl |g 'e f ?he avll hslraogjot of the Illicit ggh of Hggor In Sumter. and the law fOgpggfggg eh-menl. whbh the blind I tr als gSVfl demonstrated to bt ] the dominant force In the community, can be relied upon to endorse and heartily snpi?ort every legitimate ef fgft to enforce the law and suppre s blind tlg? rl?m. If the arrests that hafe been made gad the trials lent have bOgg had, had gOOOmpI lh< I nothing more than to arouse atidci s tallxe public sentiment an J show the liquor sellers how they are though' of by men whoso opinions are wjith m Mil WILT!. i i;\\k ot>o\\i:i,l CONVICTED BT JURY. Most of the Time of court IVm Token Up Thursday Afternoon in Getting iiomty t?> Dnw a Jury?Ttae Time Whs Spent WhUO Waiting in lloar mi- Pleas of Guilty. Prom Tin i tolly Item, Karen 4. About half of the cases made out have botn disposed of, and the week is almost gone. A great many more OOOts. it is rumored, have been made out. and OOUrt may fO on through I greater part Of next week unless the defendants do as they did yesterday. There was only one Jury case tried yesterday, that against Frank O'Don nell. It resulted in a conviction. A great deal of time was lost In getting ready for this case, and it was not till 5:30 that the case was called. The time could not be called lost, for dur? ing that time several came up and pleaded fOllty and took a fine. The first one to plead guilty after dinner was Ollie McKagen. who had three cases against him. He pleaded guilty in two cases and the prosecu? tion dismissed the other one. He waa fined $100 or 60 doys. He paid his fine. BOItOIHUI Glover, who testified in the Wlnn case that he had not sold a drop of whiskey since Jesus redeemed h'.s soul, came up and pleaded guilty to four cases. He got $juC or 120 days. His case was a development from the trials being held. Saturday after? noon the city had no case against him. Glover is a well-to-do negro farmer, who left the farm to come to town to make some easy money. He hasn't 1 how he likes his new job. Sup? pose he has not taken stock yet. It is certain that if he keeps up the way he has started he will have to mort? gage what he has to keep off the Rang. Rambert Britton, white, pleaded guilty to one ease and had one case njl prossed He was given a fine of tl00 or the alternative of 30 days on the gang. It was a joke with him at fust. It turned out 10 be a stern reality. C. H. Winn, who was convicted by jury s v i.il days ago and found guil? ty iu two cases, came before the Re? eorder through his attorney, Mr. QtO, D. LtTy, and asked that his fine be redoeed. Wlnn is in a bad state phy? sically, and his medicine bill, if put on the gang would amount to a great deal. The Recorder took all this In I > consideration and in one case re? duced it to $7.r> and suspended sen? tence in the other. One condition for doing this *vas that Wlnn at once leave town, should he return to Sum tor the other case will be held over him. and he will have to serve his time. Winn was with a carnival company r uuing a ball game?one of those games where the player is always rob? bed. He decided to come to Sumter when the dispensary went out and make some easy money here. He has found that Sumter is not that kind of pla. '?>. Undesirable citizens are not wanted, and no more trouble is feared from him here. The ivank O'DonneH Case. Fron the start Interest in the Prank O'Donnell oase has been great. O'Donnel is w? 11 known here, and ev? erybody wanted to know how he came at. The ease was sailed Aral thing ?t< r dinner, but it was some time be? fore Ihej ii< t to drawing the Jury. The drawing was done by Officer Owens. The following eighteen nun were call? ed: W. <. Dinklns. defense objects. II. C, PaiTOtt, defense objects. C I; ItUbbe, city objects. M J, Miehaux, defendant objects. ah.lt In sumter. they have been '??tth many times the expense ond trouble, Much has been accomplish >*r in ;i practical way, the blind tigers ' .i\e In er. taught a sev?re lesso.i and they know now that the law is not a j i.e. The moral effect will be good, ?'ii.i while we do not bellevi that the Illicit salt of liquor will be suppressed as a consequence of the trials and fictions, wa feel confident that the open mis of liquor by hip-pocket run? ners will not again bo a stench an 1 n proach to the community. W. hope there will b* no let up and that if the llgere persist In defy? ing the law they will be sent to the ehalngani instead of being let off with fine*, The Interest t lint the farmers of s<>uth Carolina are now tvlnelng In scientific corn growing and the use? ful and profitable lessons they will learn therefrom may prove the salvi lion of the farming Interest! wln n the boll Weevil gains a foothold and I make* cotton growing unprofitable, it I not lnip< isslblo, ? * ? it e ?rdei Hurst dlscharg d ? t??- dir j flcult and trying duty which Ids office j devolved upon him with absolute im? partiality, conspicuous firmness and a i wise d liieret Ion. His course has the unanimous endorsement of the law respecting Cltlsens Of Sumter, and greater praise or a higher reward a public servant could neither expect nor Hi sire. If. Levl, accepted, J. H. Levy, accepted. Geo. D, shore defense objects. Donald Auld, city objects. \\\ B. Blandlng. city objects. Qeorge Epperson, city objects. Leopold Strauss, city objects. Bam ('handler, defense objects. V. H. Phelps, accepted. Eugene Wilder, defense objects. m. Green, city objects. Todd Folsom, accepted. James Bryan accepted, but was ex? cused as be is a government employee, who was ready then to go on duty. j. R. Bracey, accepted. Mr. J. H. Levy was appointed fore? man. A. M. Bateman. detective, was the first wltnesa. He testified that he saw o'Donnell in his O'Donnell's, room between 12 and 2 o'clock Tuesday, February 15, and that he asked O'Donnell if be could get some whis? key. O'Donnell told him to go to Mr. H. J. Lawrence, who runs a boarding house and he could get some. Bate? man told him that he did not know Mr. Lawrence so O'Donnell gave him an envelope with O'Donnell's name on it. Bateman went to see Lawrence and Lawrence said that he was out. Bateman then went back and told O'Donnell that he could not get it O'Donnell said: "Have you got $1.50?" Bateman gave O'Donnell the money and he went; was gone about a half hour and returned with a quart of Monogram Rye. The whiskey was put in evidence. Bateman testified that he did not see any Whiskey in O'Donnell's room. He took several drinks with defen? dant and left some of the whiskey in a glass in defendant's room. It was testified that Bateman was seen to give some money to defendant. Bateman was recalled upon request of counsel for defendant and asked if deefndant told him that he got the whiskey from some one else. He tes? tified that he did. Mr. Clifton wanted the testimony to stop there, but Mr. Jennings got the detective to state who it was that O'Donnell accused. He said: "Lee Young." S. Lee Young was then called. He testified that he never sold defendant any whiskey on that day or any other day for that matter. Mr. Jennings spoke first. He re? viewed the testimony. A sale had been made and a charge made that it had been bought from another. The one charged with selling it by the defendant denied the allegation. Defendant was seen to receive money from the detective. Mr. Jen? nings said it was a clear case. Mr. Clifton made a strong plea for his client. He claimed that the act of buying the whiskey by O'Donnell was the act of a friend. O'Donnell had no money and had to get the change from Bateman to get the whis? key with. He argued that defendant acted not as the agent of the seller, but as the agent of the buyer. The court charged the jury as to the law and told them to retire to their room and find a verdict. The jury was out about fifteen minutes and came back with a verdict of guil? ty. Sentence was deferred till this morning. One fact that indicates the great in? terest in these cases was brought out in the O'Donnell east . it was B o'clock wh< n the Jury was drawn. The time sei for trying tin- case was 5:30. Promptly at that hour every juror wan in his place. It is a pretty healthy sign when business men win leave their work and turn out so promptly to try a case, Sumter is awake to the situation. Today's Proceedings. To the spectator, the opening of Cturt this morning was rather slow, but in reality things moved fast. Lampley Hodge come up and paid his fine of 1100, and the other case against him was abandoned. He bis abandoned bis appeal to tin- higher court. The case against .Take Robinson, colored, Nvas dismissed. The record !n the Recorder's minutes is: "in the case against H J. Lawreno and L. K. McCoy, the testimony clearly exoner? ate, i this defendant and lie was dis? charged Without trial." Carrie Richardson, through hei attorney, J. ll. Clifton, Esq., pleaded guilty and was lined f60 or given SO days. DeLeon Kennedy, colore<I, with the "trap door case" was arrested ami brought before the court, lie prompt? ly pleatb il guilty ami was lined $"?'? or given ?"?'? days on tin- chain gang. Two warrants were sworn (,>it ror Claude Hognn, in tie." Meat Market case formerly of Hogan&Son, who occupied the stoiv W'>w occupied by l?. M. Campbell, in whose place the trap door was found, lie went be? fore the Recorder and put up |100 cash bond for his nppearance, Several none cases have been ma !<? ngalnsl Lonnle Vogel, and he was re? quired to strengthen his bond. Dr. Vrchle China was added as a bonds? man, and Lounle was dismissed until his ense is called Courl will convene again at 3.30 this att moon. a. w. Ledlngham was arrested for selling whiskey, ami gave bond for his appearance, Last night after court adjourned a number of warrants wt re sworn out and two of thorn served. One was on II. J. Lawrence, who runs the Central Hotel, on 8. Harvln street, and the other was L. K. McCoy, bookkeeper for the Citizen's Meat Market, on East Liberty street. They were brought before the Recorder at once and both pleaded guilty to the charge and were given $50 or 20 days on the chain gang. They paid their fines. Ey appearing before the Recorder upon being arrested they saved being hauled before a crowded court. From the Daily Item, March 5. The "big" court is now a matter of history. Practically a whole week was spent in trying the cases made out by the detectives in the now famous whiskey cases. From the start interest has been great. It was nothing unusual for the court house to bo crowded to its ca? pacity. The* best citizens, men who rarely attend police court, quit their business and went out to hear the evi? dence against the violators of the law. and their presence did much to help crystalize public sentiment. Senti? ment in Sumter has either undergone a change, or the dormant sentiment has been brought out. At first it was nothing unsual to hear the expression that none of the defendants would be convicted. It was thought that it was impossible to get a Sumter jury that would convict. As the cases developed, however, there was a marked change in expres? sion, and from what could be learned from mixing with the people, that change extended into the country. There were expressions from every side that the work being done was the proper thing, and the expressed ap? proval of it by the country people who came to town had a great deal to do wdth the defendants pleading guilty. They seem to fear a country jury, and did not want their cases sent up. Recorder Hur^t, Chief Bradford and Officer McKagen made records for themselves. As a prosecutor L. D. Jennings, Esq., showed himself a mas? ter. Mr. Ligon deserves a great deal of credit for the part he took in run? ning the tigers to ground. Afternoon I*roccedings. The spectator yesterday afternoon thought that things were moving slowly, but as a matter of fact they were moving very fast. Most of the pleading was done through the attor? neys, and in an undertone at that, and the spectators did not get much of it. All the remaining cases disposed of pleaded guilty. The first one to come up and "own the corn" was Presley Butler, a young white man. He pleaded guilty through his attorney, Senator Clifton. There was one case against him and he got $50 or 30 days on the chain gang. He was soon followed by A. W. Led ingham, white, who pleaded guilty in one case against him and was fined $50 or 30 days. One other case against him was held over him during good behavior. Claude Hogan, who was arrested yesterday morning and gave bond was brought in and pleaded guilty to two cases and was fined $100 or 60 days. H. J. Lawrence, w ho was hauled be? fore the court during the night be? fore and pleaded guilty to one case, was brought in on three more cas' s and pleaded guilty to all. He was fined $150 or 00 days on the gang on these. Iymn'e Vogel, through his attorney, Mr. Capers Smith, entered a plea of guilty In six cases and was fined $300 or ISO days. Six other cases against him were suspended during good be? havior. He was given to understand that If he was e ver brought tip under the charge of selling whiskey that the six suspended cases would be pushed and all twelve cases would be carried to the higher court and push? ed there. Robert M. Jones. Sr., got a contin? uance of his case to go to Charleston to attend the funeral of his son-in-law who was killed there this week. James Chandler was out of town this morning. His case will come lip before the mayor on Monday morn? ing. T.eo Miller asked that his case be continued as his mother was ill in Charleston. He will be tried on two cases when he returns. The case against Jim Rose waa eus p< n led tin another party can be ar? rested, against whom Jim will testi? fy. He is in jail. The motion for a new trial in the O'Donnell case will be argued on j Monday morning. \ ItcHitmc of the Week. The following cases have been di< posed of during the week. The list is given thai all may see the> disposition of each case and sec them all togeth i i*. (>. R. Postlck.$20ti Lamplcy Hodge. 75 William R. Cost in. 100 Herbert Wilder. 100 [sham Lenolr. 100 Julius Edwards. H*'t Glen Wesl. 25 Charles Lawrence. 1<ii) I Charles Thamei. 200 John Windham. 100 Minnie Windham. 50 Prank O'Donnell. loo < tllle McKagen. 100 Are Drugs Ne< Do Drugs Ct Can Natur If people were born right and after? ward? lived right, there would be no Dse for medicine. Every doctor knows this. So do other well-informed people. One thing more. When a person lives ?vrongly, or acquires bodily weakness by heredity, med?ino can do only very little. Medicine cannot cure him. Only charlatans claim that medicines will cure disease. Medicines may palliate symptoms. Medicines may urge the powers of Nature to resist disease. Med? icines sometimes arouse the efforts of the Jmman body to right itself against de? rangements. This is the most that med? icine can do. A man accidentally pa'?s his finger in the fire. Instinctively he wets bis finger in his mouth, then blows on it for the cooling effect. This is no cure. He knows it very well. But it makes it feel better for the time being. People eat unwisely. This produces dyspepsia or indigestion. Tho only rational cure is to eat correctly. Yet if a palliative is at hand the pains of indi? gestion can be mitigated, the throes of dyspepsia assuaged. The medicino can? not be said to have cured. It simply palliates disagreeable symptoms. The oure must come through right living. Take Peruna, for instance. No one claims Peruna is a cure for dyspepsia. But Peruna will stimulate the stomach to perform its function properly. Peru? na will increase the flow of digestive fluids, without which digestion cannot be carried on at, all. It will increase the relish of food, tho appetite. It is admitted that all this can be accomplished by right living, but there are so many people who eitlicr will not or do not know how to eat correctly that a tremendous amount of good can be done by the wise uto of Peruna. A stomach that has been frequently abused performs the function of diges? tion very lazily, buch a stomach allows the food to remain undigested for some time after it is swallowed. This leads to fermentation of the food. Sour stom? ach is the result. This goes on week after week, until the blood is poisoned with the products of fermentation. This condition is very apt to produce rheum? atism. It is not claimed that Peruna will cure rheumatism. Nothing will cure rheum? atism but correct living. But it is claimed that Peruna will assist a badly "based stomach to .perform its work, I Bartemus Glover. 200 Rembert Britton. 100 Ii. K. McCoy. 50 H. J. Lawrence. 200 Carrie Richardson. 50 DeLeon Kennedy. 50 Claude Hogan. 100 Presley Butler. 50 A. W. Ledingham. 50 Lonnie Vogel. 300 W. P. Kelley. who is running -a small business just outside the city limits on the Manning road, was brought before Magistrate Harby, cessary? ire Disease? e be Assisted? ! If a person would correct his habit* jjersist in right eating and temperst ways, undoubtedly the stomach wouh right Itself, the blood would rid itself of tho poison, and everything would b< right. But as said before there are r i iultitude of people who will notorcan not adopt right methods of living. To such people Peruna is a boon. A dos? before mer.ls will assist tho stomach t< d.o its work. This prevents ferments tion of the food, brings about norms digestion, and all the train of ills tha follow indigestion di?appear. In other words, Pcruua is helpful to those who live badly, or those who have acquired some chronic weakness. Peruna does not cure, but it assists the powers of Nature to bring about scare. Tho whip does not increase the power of the horse to pull a load, but judi? ciously used it stimulates the horse to use bis powers at the right time, with* out which he could not have pulled the load. This illustrates the effect of Peruna, or any other good remedy upon the sys? tem. Taken at the right time, it calls forth the powers of the human system to meet the en. roachments of disease, and thus cuts short, if not entirely ends, the diseased action. No one should ever attempt to substi? tute medicine in the place of right liv? ing. In the end such an attempt will Throve a disaster. But an occasional use of the right medicine at the right time is a godsend, and no reasonable person will undertake to deny it. Those who know how to use Peruna find it of untold value. By and by the world will get wise enough so that through correct living no medicine at i all will be needed. But that time has not arrived. In the meantime, while the world i3 approaching that perfec? tion in which all medicine will be elim? inated, Peruna is a handy remedy to have in the honse. Slight derangements of tho stomach; slight catarrhai attacks of the liver, the throat, bronchial tubes, lungs or bow? els; these attacks are sure to lead to grave diseases, and can be averted by the Judicious use of Peruna. Wouldn't you liko to read a few un? solicited testimonials from people who have used Peruna, and who stand ready to confirm the above statements con? cerning it. If bo, address the Peruna Prug Manufacturing Co., Columbia*, I Ohio, and we will send some prepaid. charged with selling whiskey. Aloni with Kelley was brought a dray o whiskey which had been packed u In pasteboard cartoons and market "glass." There was no glass about !T It was shipped from J. H. Woolej Some pint bottles were brought i also. These were stopped with cor cob stoppers. It is said that tSS cor cob stopper gives the liquid a flavc that cannot be gotten from any othe source. Kelley, who is from Kelle; town, has been paced under $300 bon for his appearance at the comir % court. We have now on hand and ready for delivery 100 Barrels OF THE GENUINE Red Bliss and Irish Cobbler. These two brands have proven to be the best adapted to this soil and climate. Place your orders at or.ee. for it may be too late to replenish our stock when the present supply is exhausted. Rear in mind that we handle only the GENUINE ARTICLE. O'Donnell 6