The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 09, 1910, Image 4
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