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nuS St MTElt WATCHMAN, Estabi I onwollilated Aug. 2, 188 Cbf Wtattkuun n) ^outbron. Published Wednesday und Saturday ?BT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY Sl'MTKR, 8. C. Term*: SI r| p'T annum?In advance. Ad vert I tie men ta: One Square first Insertion.11.00 Ihrery subsequent Insertion.60 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub ssrve private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect* will be charged tor. n? ? i IS liv \ It Wim I K Item?* of Intercut Heard and Noted Around llrogdon. Mr Editor: This scrll>e In his ramblings has been impressed with the fact that our country Is now facing a great crisis. This generation Is confronted with problems which were only seen in hasy visions, if ever at all by the generations of the past. We now have the whiskey problem, which ?asms very hard to solve, the race problen . the economic problem, the corporation problem, the trust prob? lem ?nd a great many others. A great many people are almost fright? ened out <>f their wits by the signs of the times; but the best thing for all to od Is to face the future like true patriots, and unselflcshly guard the Interests of our fair land. Bone of life's problems can be solv? ed at the ballot box. others at the farm, and other places of business, and still others In our public assem? blies. After all we can look toward the East, and see the grey streaks of the dawn appearing which makes the heart rejoi.v In the coming day. <>ur portion of the county seems to be In a prosperous condition, every where Is to be seen the bright coun? tenance, of the farmer as he turns the soil and prepares for another har? vest. Around the fireside of this cneerful vlsaged person* can be seen the happiest moments known to man; there all wound* arr h md all problems and difficulties forgotten In famll', fellowship. The farmers In this community are getting f?dy to plant corn; though very little has been planted yet. The Graham graded gjajMOl Is pro? gressing nicely under the supervision of Misses Louise Jones and Copelnnd Smith. Hi v Mr Tolar, from SumiHtrtOsV preached an edifying sermon at Gra? ham ehup h. on Sunday 13th Inst.. having exchanged pulpits with the pastor. Kev. J. It. Funderburk. The IV Y. P. C at Graham is a very in? teresting <b ;> trtment of the church work. It Is stimulating, to an older person, to see those young people tak? ing hold of the church work, as they do at Graham. The pastor stated some time ago. that It would be hard to find a band of young people, any where, whl? h would take charge of the Sunday morning services, as they do here. They have conducted the Sjsrvi< t s h? p- on several Sunday morning*. when some of the young men. would pad the Scripture lesson, have pr.i\? r. and then a number of the young people would read, strong and h?dpful paper* on different sub? ject* Mi** Sudle Stukes has Im en the effi? cient president for the past six month*, who with Mr. Ratal Crunson. vice president. iTIngle P.runson, sec? retary, and Harry Ihivls, treasurer, have acquitted themselves nobly, and shown to tl , . .immunity what a band of con*e. rat -1 young people can do. This scribe huM been Informed that the wedding bells will soon ring In our c.immunity, and one ..t our bright young ladles will go far hence. We hope It will n.-t be a case like one In the Northwest, where the young man wss so charmed with the beauty of his bride, that Just as the minister repeated the words, "man ;md wil. ," the young man fell dead from heart failure. This scrl?.e will dose for this time; thinking at MNJM future time to gi\e V?ur p? ider* an at count of his ram? bles. AOHICOLA I i ./ Ion. S. C, March 11?. 191?. Xltcnllon \ricriiiis! The BgaiWffl Sjf i'iinip h' k \nder non nr- requested to ?*11?-ri11 the an? nual meftlnr of the i"irn|i on Satur? day April 2nd at the ?Miel of J, 1? Wilder. County Auditor. It Is earn? estly desired that we hire a full nt tendarx . . Hy ..r b r of SJfJfj R | |J< ?SKS. ('? unni.-i nder. W. F. Ithame. Adjutant. shed April, 1850. 4lie Just hi 1. SUM' CANDIDATES HOLD FORTH. LARGK CROWD \tti:m>s m.\^ MKHTTXG 13 COURT HOUSE. Candidates lor Mayor ami Alderman S|H*ak to almo-t as LftffJC Crowd as Attended the Famous I Wind Tigep The muss meeting in the eourt house Friday night for the purpose of hearing the views of the candidates j for municipal office was almost as large as the crowd that attended *he famous blind tiger cases. Quite a number could not get seats. The crowd w^is a good natured <Towd and applauded all the candi? dates. They every one came in f ?r a shar> of applause. Most of the candidates for alder? man came in the "cooter" class? they poked their heads up and pull? ed them back again. Five minutes each was allowed to them, but a'l got through with their say in about a half hour. The first speaker was Mr. J. P, Booth. If elected to the office he will use all his ability and business e< perlence and judgment in the Interest of the city. He said, "if you ire willing to try me, alright, I will ap? preciate it." Mr. Willie Bultman could not bi present owing to the Illness of h's child. Mr. D. W. Cuttino was called for next. He was not in and Mr. P. V. Finn spoke. He thanked his friends for their past support, and promised to make it his endeavor to do us well in the future as he has in hi past. Mr. Cuttino came in while Mr. Finn was speaking. He took th^ floor next. He is a candidate because he had been called upon by a number of citizens to serve. He thinks thai no man should shrink a public duty when called upon to give his services "It is left for you to say whether you honor me or not," he said. If elected I will do my best to make good. I believe in public improve? ments and think Sumter should keep abreast of the times." Stf\ James f. cT^en'n spoke n*?xt He believes in permanent public im? provements, but not in patching. II*; believes in them right now. Main street should be paved. He promised that In any matter coming before > onncil, if elected, would have his wry I.est attention, that he would put the same business judgment in the city's affairs that he put in his own peraonal affairs, will give the best that is in him. Mr. John W. McKeiver next spoke. He is a candidate because of the im? portunities of his friends. He thinks it Is the duty of every good citizen |<i respond when called upon. His on!" promise is to do as well by the cUy as he would do by his own business only a little bit better. In the city s affairs it is a matter of trust, and If there Is a loss the loss falls upon the citizenship; in his own affairs, how? ever. If theiv is bad judgment he alone Is the one to lose. If elected will do his very best. Mr. h. j. MoLaurln was out "f the city. If elected Mr. E. 11. Moses will do his best. He is in favor of public improvements. Mr \:. II. Khame said that when he earns baton the people four years ago that it was claimed that he wad mknown. Hopes they will know him *ttef this time. He cannot make any promises till he sees the financial condition of the city. He believes in oonverantlanii but trill do the best that oan be done with the means at hand. Mr. YV. T. Row land r. ad his ad? dress. He favors permanent public Improvements. Main and Liberty streets should be paved, bttultthlc seems to bo the sentiment. He fav? ors drainage of Turkey Creek, physi? cian for the poor and school Inspec? tion; he stands for a greater Sumter; he knows very little about the com? mission f?rm of government, but thinks it Is the best. If elected he goes into OfYoe without a single promise. In conclusion he sugK<st>d that there he a more equitable tax return. Mr. Irving A. Uyttenburg next spoke. He is a candidate from ? sense of duty, F.very good citizen should take a hand In the progress of Sumter. Our town has a name fof going ahead, but he is sorry to s;iv it. but the city Is at a stand-still. He compared neighboring towns with ours. It Is his opinion that Main street Is a disgrace to the name of Sumter. If elected will do nil In his power to see that the laws are en for cad. He referred to the neglect of property OWMffl In firo limits to put In sewerage by required time. He i;i vors sewerage and drainage, and id Fear not?-*Let all tlie ends Thou Aln TER. S. C, WEDNE thinks Turkey creek should he drain? ed. He believes in better equipment for the tire department. 11' elected will give the same attention to the c ity's affairs as he gives to his own bualn< ss. His watchword for Sum ter Ii ' Progress." Mr. J. I). Shirar very wittily refer? red to the fact that he had no back record to refer to. His back record is not so good. Two years ago he was a candidate, but made a "home-run." Two years ago he proved not to be a good runner. He hopes to do hei? ter this time. If elected he has but one premise, he will cast his vote at all times where he thinks it will be for the best interest of the city. Mr. U. K. Wilder said that this was his third time to appear before an aundience asking for their suffrage, and it appeared that he couid say "the pleasure is all yours." It was the duty of the voters to select the best man. Questions will come up that are least expected at this time, and men of good business judgment are needed to meet the issues. He is not familiar enough with the city's finances to say what he would do. He believes in public improvements? permanent. Thinks Main street should be paved, but If possible it should be done without bond issue. He does not believe in piling up debts upon the town. Mr. R. L. Wright is a candidate on his past record. If that was good, he wanted the votes of the people, if not, of course he did not want them. This closed the speaking for the aldermen. They consumed just one half hour. Big Gum Fire. After the candidates for aldermen had spoken the chairman introduced as the first big gun Mayor Boyle. He claims not to be a public speaker, and ?aid that if any speaking was don* that his opponent would have it to do. He is a candidate for the third time for the highest office in the gift of the people; it is a hard place to fill, but he hopes he has filled it ac? ceptably. It the voters see fit to send him back he will appreciate it. He says that council has done the best it could under the circumstances. The sewerage cost 3,000, ^:^,\0 of WhlOh is bonded indebtedness while the other $43,000 was paid out of the ordinary income. Interest on the sewerage bonds was saved for two years, bonds were not issued till the dispensary was voted out. If the dispensary had been retained the sewerage could ha\e been put In with? out a bond Issue. He voted to put the dispensary out and would do so again. He argues that sewerage and paving i ould not be put down at the same time Now the sewerage is down and we will go to work and put down the paving. Twenty cars of rock have been or? dered for macadam on Sumter street, and top dressing for Main Street. At this juncture a voice from the rear of the auditorium said, "Tell us something about that $855 fee." To this Mr. Boyle said, "Mr. Eigon can answer that better than I can. He was authorized to employ detectives to run down the blind tigers, but I do not remember whether anything was said about employing a lawyer or not. Some said the fee was too much." Just then Mr. Elgon, who was in the audience, arose and said that he bad authority in his pocket and read the following statement from the city clerk: Sumter, S. C, Jan. 7, 11J10. To Whom It May Concern: This is to certify that the City Council of Sumter has authorized Mr. .las. R. Llgon (Alderman) to take such steps as he may deem proper for the suppression of illicit liquor trade in the city, and the expendi? ture of such amount of money as may be needed for the purpose. Witness my hand and seal of the City, C. M. Hurst. I Merk and Treasurer. Mr. Rnyle continued by saying that ihe discussion had go* him completely off his subject. Present council has let the contract for about 7,000 yards of sidewalks, which will cost $0,500. Sonic <laim that Sumter is beaten by some of our sister cities, He said, ? i think Sumter Is ahead <>l any town of the else In the state." ii" stands for public Improvements, lie has been on Council for twelve years. He stated that in addition to the $43.000 paid out of the ordnary tax? es, that $'.?.000 of bondl had been retired; $.r,,0<??> paid for a school lot; "no paid out on fire station; $C, HOO on paving; $ 1,900 on tire engine; cash on hand $25,000. He gave the bonded Indebtedness as follows: Waterworks bonds. $110,000; sewerage, $60,000; city hall, $30,000; debt, $1,000. Sumter, he thinks, has more good and ! tis't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an SDAY. MARCH 23. 1 streets outside of the business section than any other town in the State. "If you think I am the proper one," he said, "and capable for another term, 1 will appreciate it; if not, j 1 will bow to your will and thank j j my friends for their loyal support. If i elected I will do all in my power for I the upbuilding of Sumter. Will do ; all for the betterment of the streets irr an economical way. Give me a good council and we will be able to do something." The Last Big Gun. Mr. L. D. Jennings prefaced his re? marks by saying that this was the first time he had ever appeared in the court house to ask for votes. The last time he spoke In this building he was behind the blind tigers and their sympathizers trying to drive them out of the town. Send the ti? gers out and their customers will go too. He said, "If anyone does not want to vote for me because of my fight on the tigers, I do not want their vote." He stated that he was a candidate for Mayor when he took tlvse cases, and it would have been an easy matter for him to have acted the part of a politician and refused to take them. If ha had wanted to cover up anything he could have sup- I pressed his account till after the I election. He is ashamed of nothing! ho has done, and will do the same thing again. He says there has been no criticism of his action except from the blind tigers and their sym? pathizers. He was there ready to answer any and all questions. He did not represent the city from a stand? point of charity, but of business. If his work had been charity he would have presented no bill at all. Sum? ter needs no charity to put down illicit sale of whiskey. If elected, will use all the power at his command to put down the illicit traffic, and make the law a fact and not a farce. He favors, not next year, nor some other year, but now, if the means will permit, of draining the city. Public health is first consideration. If means will not permit he believes in providing a way to get the means. He believes In paving our streets, Our principal thoroughfare should not be an eyesore, but one riding on it should do so with some degree of pleasure. Main street should be fixed now If it took a bond issue to do it. If elected he would manage the af? fairs of the city economically, but not foolishly economically, but with conservatism. He believes In improving all the streets in the limits of the city. He believes in a good police de? partment. The police should be paid enough to support their families upon, and they should be expected to give their very best service. The po? lice should be treated as we would like to be treated If we were in the'r place. They should drive out the loafing vpgrant crap shooters who live out of our kitchens. He thinks our fire department should have the support needed t.^ make it the be-?t In the State He will try not to spend anv more of tne people's money than they want spent. He does not believe In wash? ing money, but money put In perma? nent Improvements Is not lost, but is an investment. When some of the close-fisted peo? ple who oppose public improvements see the good work done on our streets, watch them say. "look what we arc doing!" He thinks the military boys should be encouraged. Ii the capital cannot be had here he believes it our duty to induce some one t ri on the outside to come and build us a decent hotel. In taxation he believes in a more equitable assessment of the property. He referred to a case that was brought before the Chamber of Com? merce. There is a lot in town where two-thirds of the lot was sold for $12,000 while the whole lot was re? turned for taxation at only $800. 11 given a council that will do noth? ing, if elected, he will resign, but thinks that any council elected from the candidates In the field will bo up ; nd doing. When he closed, Mr. Boyle took i w minutes in reply. Mr. It. J. Bland presided over the nieel Ing. Main street has some pretty Easter windows. The I?. J, Chandler Cloth? ing Company have a very pre tty de? sign. Tin work is really artistic and reflects credit on the one who ar? ranged it. Parrott'8 Book Store also has a pretty and tasty design. Raster Hilles, the Cross and bibles arc all suggestive of the season. Levy ?!<. Mos.s have a window displaying Sw it & Co's goods. The bunnies and E!i ster Eggs Set it off. All these windows are creditable to the firms that put them in. d Truth's." 910. S ; Ser REPUBLICANS ARE J -lY. .(ANNOX DENOUNCE INSUR? GENTS MOST BITTERLY. Members] Who Aided Democrats in Fight on Speaker Are Head Out of Party?Washington Looks for u Continuation of the Fight and Per? haps the Disruption of Republican Machine. Washington, March 20.?The Titan? ic straggle over the Speakership of the House of Representatives, which reached its climax late >esterday in the destruction of the Speaker's pow? er in the committee on rules . d the determination by the House to recon? struct that committee, yet, leaving Mr. Cannon the Speakership itself, may have marked not so much the ending of the three days' battle as the bginning of a great political war. The recognition by all factions of this possibility was the principal feature today of the political situation in Washington. Hardly anybody here thinks the condition of affairs after the momen? tous battle represents any Satisfactory conclusion. The Speaker and his friends appear to interpret the refusal of the House to depose him as justi? fying them in claiming to have wrest? ed victory from defeat, endorsement from repudiation. Not a few of the insurgents who voted for Mr. Can? non's retention are wondering today if they made a political blunder; whether their Anti-Cannon constltu tents will not, indeed, hold their re? taining him in the Speakership to have nullified their vote to eliminate him from the rules committee. The Republican regulars compla? cently claim that the insurgents who voted for the Speaker have returned to the party fold. Nobody seems en? tirely happy about the outcome. Even in the senate the regulars are appre? hensive lest the insurgent conflagra? tion may be about to spread to that house; the "insurgent" Senators are wondering whether they have made the most of their opportuaities. Speaker Cannon's defiant speech last night before the Illinois Repub? lican Association, in which he con? temptuously denounced the insurgent members of the House who stood by him in the final test as "cowardly members of Congress, without the courage of their convictions" has cut to the quick those men who respond? ed with their votes to what they say they believed to be their duty to the party and to the country, and saved him from utter humiliation. I Today the feeling among those in | surgents was one of bitterest resent ment over the attitude assumed to? wards them. "If this to be the manner of our treatment for saving the Republican party," said one of them today, who refused to allow his name to be used, "this battle just ended will be follow? ed by another beside which the first one would be but a skirmish. "I can speak for no one but myself but if this is to be our reception, I am done. We were not cowards. We, of I the insurgents, who cast our votes yesterday against unseating Cannon, were the bravest men in that House, j it took consummate courage, and it will probably cost me my seat in Con? gress. But if we are to be met with oalumny because we sacrificed our? selves to save the House of Represen? tatives from chaos and disorder and to prevent the ruin of the Republican party, then 1 am in favor of carrying this war to the finish." This member said he bad talked with one or two others of the insur | gent leaders who voted to save Can? non, and they were In a similar frame of mind. "When I read In the papers this morning the speech which Speaker Cannon delivered before the Illinois Association last night my blood boil? ed with indignation," said this insur? gent. The portion of the Speaker's speech which has thus enraged the insur? gents who saved him the Speakership is as follows: "There was a new majority made today, it consisted of the Democrats] and a 1"? per cent, slough from the Republican party. They destroyed the committee on rules. Then what did they do? A resolution was pre? sented declaring the ofilee of Speaker vacant. What did these men, who have been denouncing my personality, these simon-pure followers of Cum? mins and La Toilette, do then? Only eight of thom had the courage of their convictions. The result was that, while I was elected speaker by a majority of 2r. last March, they re? fused to turn me out bj a majority of 30. "This combination abolijhed the convnittee on rules, which has, after all, tImply the power to reptrt to the K SOUTHRON, Established June, ISM ies-Vol. XXXI. 3o. 8. GANNON STILL SPEAKER. INSURGENTS WON A VICTORY. PARTIAL Boss of House Deprived of His Arbi? trary Power But When Attempt Was Made to Kleot a New Speaker Insurgent Republicans Weakened. Washington, March 19.?Joseph Guerney Cannon, of Danville, 111., is still Speaker of the House of Repre? sentatives, but he lost today the an? cient prestige and weapon of the of? fice when the allied Republican insur? gents and Democrats took from him not only the chairmanship of, but even membership in, the all-powerful committee on rules, the chief asset in his stock of power. Amid scenes of wildest disorder, for the like of which one must go back to the exciting days just prior to the civil war?perhaps even those times might not duplicate it?the vet? eran Speaker, almost 74 years old, stood erect and defiant, his head "blooded but unbowed," And at the end, when a big Texan Democrat ac? cepted the Spearker's daring challenge and introduced a resolution to fling him out of the Speakership, the Re? publicans, regulars and insurgents, with few exceptions, rallied with al? most unbroken front, and gave him a vote which almost offset the "repudia? tion of Cannonism." This is what happened: By a vote of 191 to 155, the Repub? lican insurgents voting solidly with the Democrats, the House adopted the resolution of Representative Nor ris, (Republican, of Nebraska,) re? quiring a reorganization of the rules committee, increasing its membership from five to ten, and declaring the speaker ineligible to membership therein. By the curiously identical vote of 191 to 155?but with a decidedly dif? ferent personnel of alignment?the House defeated a resolution of Rep? resentative Burieson, of Texas, de? claring the Speakership vacant and ordering an immediate election of a successor to Mr. Canncn. Here is the Norris resolution, which was adopted: "There shall be a committee on rules, elected by the House (hitherto the committee of five, like all other House committees, has been appoint? ed by the Speaker,) consisiting of ten members, six of whom shall be mem? bers of the majority party and foui of whom shall be members of the min? ority party. The Speaker shall net be a member of the committee, a.id the committee shall elect its own shairman from -ts own members. "Resolved further, That within ten days after the adoption of this reso? lution there shall be an election of this committee, and immediately up? on its election the present committee on rules shall be dissolved." Here is the resolution of Repre? sentative Burieson, which was de? feated: "Resolved, That the office of Speak? er of the House of Representatives] Is hereby declared to be vacant and the House of Representatives shall at once proceed to the election of a Speaker." House, aUhoogh some seem to think that it is like the Biblical example of 'Let there be light, and there was light.' You in Washington know dif? ferently. But the people in the coun? try apparently believe the uplift mag? azines and the cowdarly members of Congress who wrought such ha^oc to? day. They said the Speaker should not be a member of the committee on rules, which they made over Into a committee of ten. Much depends up? on the make-up of that committee. "May God bless and keep these men. for. so far as I am concerned, He only can bless them. Many so called Republicans arc, in fact, Pop? ulists and are trying to out do l'ryan ism." The next conflict will come, if It comes, on the selection of the new rules committee provided for in the Norris resolution. rCho committee is to be elected by the House instead of being appointed by the Speaker, as hitherto. Representative Tawney, on? of the leaders of the Republican side, said to?*a> *hat no conference hit been held to date on the subject, but ur? doubtedly one would be held within ten days, for that is the time limit fix? ed by the Norris resolution for the election of the new committee. On this committee the Republicans will choose six members and the Democrats four. Whether the Insur? ants will he given representation among the six Republican members is now unknown. They say they have not asked and do not care for mem? bership on the new committee.