The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 15, 1910, Image 4
O'DONNELL'S
la A Complete
DRY GOODS STORE
The Policy That Has Built This Business
O'DONNELL'S
Is A Complete
SHOE STORE
Mattings. Linoleums,
Rugs. Window Shades.
Portiers. Table Covers.
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BSOLUTE fair dealings and lowest possible prices for High Grade
Merchandise has made this. O'Donnell & Co.. the largest retail busi?
ness in this section of the State, and we are still growing.
Lace Curtains. Couch
Covers, Door Mats. Art
Squares. Oil Cloth : : : :
It Will Pay You to Read Our "Ads" in This Paper
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N these days of high cost of the necessaries of life it keeps us all on the lookout to make every penny count. We desire to impress upon
you the fact that these stores of ours are under the one cost of management, and buying in the vast quantities we buy in and at the lowest
spot cash prices, put us in a position to sell at the lowest margin of profit. Why not try us ?
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DRY GOODS.
Our Dress Goods, Silks and
Trimmings stocks complete with
all the season's latest ideas.
At this store you can find the
high class novelties at prices
within the reach of all. We cor
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our stock over, I'ts a pleasure
with us.
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SHOES.
E. P. Reed Shoes for Ladies
Just Wright Shoes for Men.
Budds' ^hoes for the Children
and Godman's Celebrated Shoes
for all.
Each line in a complete show?
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CLOTHING.
The Clothing and Men's Fur?
nishings stocks arc now full to
overflowing.
Buy a suit here and save money
Compare our prices and be con?
vinced.
When you get ready for that
Suit or Overcoat, come and let us
show you.
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GROCERIES.
Buying in our Grocery Depart?
ment means saving money.
We buy in car load lots and you
get the benefit of the low prices.
Millburn Flour, Barrington
Hall Coffee.
And all the other good things,
are here.
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Cloaks for one and ail. We carry everything from the long cloaks for the baby to the season's
novelties for the mother.
O'DONNELL'S
la A Complete
GROCERY STORE
tfi?? At O'Donnell's Only??6? Celebrated Tax Heel Blankets. ?^S(r
O'DONNELL & COMPANY
O'DONNELL'S
Is A Complete
CLOTHING STORE
Hm Iiis?! Watch amu was foeae
m4 \m ul Um Tni? Sautaroa la
Uli. Tha Waeatuaen and Seeth ron
now haa the oossk4e*4 otromlattea aad
taaaensM cf both of Um old pftHra.
and mt ruaalfertky the b?at artvortHnag
*M?Alain la Censer.
I XKI-: REPUBLICAN PARTY.
The following editorial which ap?
peared In a recent Issue of Collier's
Weekly under the caption. "A
Chance for Taft." Is peculiarly timely
la view <>f th?- meeting of. the so
ealled "Lily-white" Republicans In
Columbia to re-oi <anlze the O. O. P.
la South Carolina. This Llly-Whttc
organisation Is an office-holding and
offlce-?? ' king aggregation from top
to bottom, and if the hope of getting
an omve was not always present
there vould be so few white Repub?
lican In South Carolina that a Spe?
rmien of this political species would
-\+ as great a rarity as a wMte bus
sard, ('outer's has the Kepubl'can
party In the South and In South
Carolina, particularly, slsed up to a
nicety. Collier says:
"It Is notorious that the Republi?
can party of the Solid South is com?
posed of V ofll. ?-holders and
their handful of adherents; that they
manage the- party by offices and for
offlttr, that they do not try to win
elections or win converts, but that a
\lrtorv for the Kepubllcal party in
the Southern States would be fatal to
their plans and the last thing they
wish In that I-ondltlon It Is not re?
markable that the best of the South
Is In the I'emo. ratle p.irty, und that
the young m?*n or the South show no
tenden< y to Join a party ?t political
hangers on whl< h does not want
them. If any one doubts that we
have correctly stated the condition*
of Southern Republicanism let bun
talk with Intelligent Southerners, or
recall the steam-roller machine of
sir. Hit- law k. or better yet. let him
read th I of any Republican
state Oaaraaajgi ai in the solid south
In the last five years and see how
many of the delegates hold Federal
ofUce let him read the records of the
Arwanaas Con entlon of 1909. under
the skilful hand of Powell Clayton.
If he UM doubts, let him read the
speech ?.f President Taft at CrfttM
?arc u July 9. 1909. where he
said
"There Is a little coterie of po?
liticians who devote themselves sole?
ly to the selection of delegates to the
national conventions, who devote no
time and energy whatever to elec?
tions, and whose whole object is the
securing of the Federal patronage**
??In my Judgment, the Republican
party of North Carolina would be
much stronger if all the Federal offi?
ces were Ailed by Democrats."
That speech is notable in two
ways; it shows clear-eyed knowledge
by the President of political condi
I tlons In the South, and it shows to
him a bright opportunity to lead the
Republican party wisely. No man,
save the President of the United
States, has the power to end the un?
fortunate condition of Southern Re
1 publlcanlsm. Hy executive order it
[ la in. his power to-morrow to declare
! that no Federal officeholder In any
State of the Solid South shall par?
ticipate in any party convention or
hold any party office or serve on any
? party committee. He could find the
j wording for that order and the pre
l cedent for It in his own order to the
I census supervisors and enumerators.
Nothing would better please the
South, sick of a so-called Republican
party which exists for offices alone.
I ?f ? ourse, the principle ought to be
applied to the whole country. and
\\ e suggest putting It into the South
tirst. merely because wo have no
hope of I more radical step, and the
South Is a special sufferer from its
fake Republican party. These dis?
tinctions in locality are sometimes
mad- When Mr. Roosevelt put the
t ?urth-class DOatfttasters under the
? ivil ser\he he, for special local rea?
sons, applied it only to the North?
east."
I RI K.Ii r RATE ADJUSTMENT.
The petition, circulated In this city
an i signed by eighty merchants and
other business men, praying the state
Railroad Commission not to reduce
freight rates, but. on the contrary, if
any ? hange was made, to Increase
the rates, caused comment not only
m tbe meeting ol the commission,
but sleswhen about Ihs state. That
petition was a remarkable, unusual
and ? \. optional document, and It Is
not surprising that It excited com
Bt0n( MrhorOVOf rumor of It has
spread. The no-re Idea that wind. -
sale merchants and other large ship?
pers of ?n Interior distributing cen?
tre, whose \.ry SXlStenCS depends
npoa local freight rates that will en?
able them to compete on romothlng
like an ?qual footing with business
rivals lo ated at laaportl or Interior
towns that enjoi tin- advantage or
water rates, or competing railroad
rates, a Abling their signatures to a
I document advocating an increase in
i Intra State, short line or local freight
rates, is so unexpected and startling
as to partake of the bizarre.
It may be true, as the railway of
ilcials claim, that freight rates are
now too low to pay operating ex?
penses, provide for betterments, pay
interest on bonds and dividends on
stock, but this claim is un?
doubtedly based upon the av?
erage of all freight rates and
not upon local, short-line or in
tjm-State rates. The average of lo?
cal freight rates is exceedingly high
when comparison is made with
through rates, especially rates to com?
peting po'nts, river ports and sea- j
ports. It is a well known fact that i
certain interior points enjoy lower
freight rates from New York, Phil?
adelphia and other northern markets
than do less favored towns much
nearer New York. It Is a consequence
of the excessively low rates made to
favored ports that the local rates,
which less favored places must pay.
are excessively high. When the
railroads make a very low rate on
long hauls to favored points, they
must make a proportionably higher
rate to leas favored points on short
hauls than the mileage warrants in
order to strike an average. Therefore
those who pay local freight rates pa)
more than their just share toward
the support of the railroads.
No believer In fair. Just and honest
dealing between man and man. or
between corporations and the public,
would advocate the radical reduction
Of freight rates to a point that Would
deprive (he railroads of a just return
for the service rendered, but, at the
same time, it Is In line with absolute
fairness and justice to the railroads
and to tlie public to enact and rigidly
enforce laws and regulations that will
put it beyond the power of the rail?
roads to levy a higher, excessive and
unjust tax, In ibo form of freight
rates, upon one part of the public,
while extending favors in the shape
of excessively low and unreasonable,
and therefore unjust freight rates to
another portion of the public.
It is pure speculation, or conjec?
ture, to attempt to form a concept
of what tin- signers of the now fa?
mous Bumter petition had in mind
when they endorsed the proposition
to Increase local freight rates, in?
dependently of a general readjust?
ment of all freight rates, both
through and local, long haul and
short haul, but It serins to an un?
biased looker-on that they were en?
dorsing a plan to deal out generosity
With a lavish hand to the railroads
before taking thought of meagre Jus?
tice to themselves and the freight
paving public, who have, for 10 h'tig
paaatvely borne?because they know
not how or where to seek relief?the
burdens of high freight rates and
poor service. The rule has been, es?
pecially on short lines, the higher
the rates the poorer the service, and
here there is no relief or alternative,
since few short lines have com?
petition and dissatisfied victims of
exorbitant ra:es cannot patronize the
"other line," as do the large ship?
pers of big interior centres and sea?
ports, when freight rates become
too high.
A four-ton safe is no easy thing to
move around, as can be attested by
the men who hauled the safe for
Mr. M. B. Handle on Saturday, and
who finally left it on the sidewalk in
front of the Peoples' bank. All Wed?
nesday morning was consumed in
moving it across the sidewalk and
Thursday several men were employ?
ed in trying to replace on the safe
one of the rollers which was broken
Saturday when the safe fell from the
wagon, on which it had been hauled
to that place. About half a dozen
men are needad to prize up one side
of the sate so that blocks can be
put under it.
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Qeo. W. Hough, formerly of this
city but for the past two years con?
nected with the G. A. Qingard Brick
Works, of Columbia, has accepted a
position With a large brick plant in
Seattle, Washington, at a salary of
$2,250 a year and left <>u Wednesday
for his new home In the far North?
west.
Principal of Lincoln School.
C. R. Lawson has been elected I
principal of the Lincoln school, col?
ored, to succeed Principal C. B.
Jones who died about ten days ago.
The new principal is a native of
Sumter, a grandson of the late Rev.
Paul Grantham, and a graduate of
Lincoln school In the Claas of 1896.
He attended Benldlct College, Co?
lumbia, for two sessions, going thenco
to tiie Baltimore, Md., Polytechnic,
where he took the full scientific and
mechanical course. He was endorsed
for the position of principal of Lin?
coln school by practically all of tho
patrons of the school and represent?
ative negroes of Sumter.
There will be no more concerts on
the graded school green this year
owing to the fact that the evenings
are getting too cool for people to
go to tho concerts.
Camden business men are working
for tiie establishment of a boat line
on the Wateree river to Charleston.
CALLED TO ROANOKE.
Temple Emmanuel Congregation Vot
e<l Unanimously to Ask Rabbi M.
Settlor to Remain With Them.
At a meeting held Sunday after?
noon at three o'clock, the congrega?
tion of Temple Emmanuel voted un?
animously to extend a call to Dr. M.
Sessler to remain with them and
take charge of their synagogue. Dr.
Sessler has accepted the call and
therefore has become a permanent
resident of Koanoke. He came to
Temple Emmanuel for the New Year
holiday and the manner in which he
conducted the services and preached
won the appreciation and admiration
of all who heard him. When it be?
came a question of tendering a call
there was no hesitation. Dr. Ses?
sler was chosen.
Dr. Sessler was born and reared in
Europe, hut has been in America
thirty years. He has served as rah hi
of several synagogues and wherever
he has been has won the good will
and earnest support of his congrega?
tions. Ho comes to ltoanoke with a
splendid reputation both as a speak?
er and worker. In securing his ser?
vices, Temple Emmanuel congrega?
tion feel that they have been most
fortunate.?Koanoke. Va., Evening
News, October 10.
HANGING BETTER THAN LIFE
TERM.
Judge Make- Remarkable Charge to
Convict of Killing Woman.
Chicago, Oct, 12.?Life imprison
no nt in tiie penitentiary Is declared
by Judge Marcus Kavanaugh to he
a nmre terrible punishment than
hanging. The jurist, In a remark?
able opinion handed down in sen?
tencing Josph Welcome to life im?
prisonment for murder, contrasted
death with the tortured soul of a
life convict In his solitary cell and
told tiie prisoner that it is not cor?
rect to regard the death penalty as
the most severe punishment that can
be Inflicted.
Welcome pleaded guilty to having
murdered Mrs. Mary McLean, on
Marc h 22, 191 0 in a boarding house
she conducted. Tho prisoner chang?
ed his plea from "not guilty" after
eight jurors were chosen. It was
shown that he forced his wife to be?
come a "white slave" and shot her
for refusing to give him money. Mrs.
McLean was shot and killed while at
tempting to save Mrs. Welcome.
In sentencing Welcome Judge Kav?
anaugh said: "Welcome, you com
Imtted a terrible crime. Your pun
ishment is to be more terrible still.
The instinctive, unreasoning horror
of mankind regarding the death sen?
tence as a severe punishment. This
idea is not correct. You are now to
receive a sterner punishment. Your
victim died but once. You will die
a hundred times; you will suffer
more the day you put on your prison
clothes than she did in her death.:
After that there will be only the
hopeless, painful years from day to
day. from month to month, stretch?
ing out forever in agony.
"In four or five years the eternal
solitude and silence will begin to
crush in upon you like an iron
weight. You hear that street car
bell ringing in the street as it passes
now. You will remember it in after
years as the most exquisite music. It
will raean hurrying crowds that go
where they like and do as they
please; It will mean the greatest of
all pleasures?freedom.
' You can only dream of it by day
and by night and your dream will
be torture unspeakable.''
The City Fathers deserve great
credit fr the manner in which they
stuck to their posts Tuesday night?
even after midnight had struck and
tomorrow had come.
WANTED?1 have in charge to lea>?
to right party an eight or ten horse
farm at Summerton. Apply to VY.
D. Carson, DalseU, S. C.
10-1 l-6tW-l taw.
WANTED TO RENT?A small well
improved farm with dwellings and
out bouses. State in first letter
location, price etc., Address Farm?
er care Item, Sumter. S. C.
10-lI-W-lt
A FARM?For sale, situated in id
County, within four miles of a rail?
road station. midway between
Sur. r and Blshopvllle. Three
hunured acres, over half cleared,
balance scattering timber with
some original forest, desirable com?
munity. A good bargain for quick
sale. Write or see McLeod and
Dennis, Attorneys. Blshopvllle, S.
C. 10
W ANTED?Manager for six-h
farm. Apply P. O. Box 67.
10-10-1 lt-W-lt.
F<>K SAIiK?On^ heavy Sargeaat
saw mill, with 4 0 feet carriage,
fitted with Hancock feed and wire
rope drive, together with a 60 *r
Slmonds saw, all complete wl*J
necessary belting, and practical!!
new. For particulars apply ti
Sumter Railway and Mill Suppjl
Co., Sumter. S. C. 9-29-lJ