The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 26, 1910, Image 8
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?UOItlT ami Adjoining Counties.
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Mall your letters so that they will
*soch this office not later than Mon
1*> ?rhen Intended for Wednesday's
paper and not lat??r than Thursday
lot Saturday* Issue. Thin, of courte.
applies only to regular ?orrespoiul
taoo In case of Items of unusual
m?w* ?*alus. Mod la immediately by
suau. tslepbons or telegraph. Such
s?wa stories are acceptable up to the
sour of going to press. Wednesday*
paper la printed Tuesday afteraoon
?nd Saturday's paper Friday arter
s||\|>\ SiDF.
Shady Side. Oct. 24.?Ah the past
week was so rainy that M SOtton was
gathered of ny consequence, it Is
?tow ahead of the pickers, however,
if the weather continues good this
week they will eat e h gf will K M
and the hulk of the cotton crop will
be gathered in this section.
Mrs. Gorge Stafford, of Spring Hill.
Spent last week with her parents.
Mr. snd Mr* T K Newm in.
Mrs. (i p Josey and gag* Ton
Josey. of Kocky Ml off. spent Sunday
with Mrs A. J Josey.'
Mr Clinton Jones spent Sunday
in Sumter
Mr. Albertus Baker of Lynchburg,
sp? at last Saturday night and Sund ay
with Mr. Willie Jones.
Mr. Eugene Josey spent Sunday af?
ternoon with Mr. W. J. Jones.
Mr M. 8. Josey of New Sumter
?pent Sunday with his moth
Alice Josey.
The heslth of this ? immunity Is
very n ?od.
Wlsacky. Get 31.?We are having
lovely weather after a heavy rain all
day and night Thursdsy.
Farmers are busy finishing up
wKh the short cotton crop and gath?
ering peas. Some are making ready
to plant largely of oats, although a
bountiful crop of corn has been made
by all In this section.
The health of the community is
moderately good, sore eyes being the
greatest trouble at present. The
friends snd relatives of Mrs. Shirer
of Blshopvllle are glad to know that
Der son Bernard, who has been ex?
tremely III with typhoid fever at
Wagner, is better, and Is now at
fcorae with his mother.
Miss Martin of Marlon has charge
of the Ivan hoe school.
Mr. Parker was hurled in Blshop
gSBe yesterdsy.
SMITHY II, lk
Smlthvllle, Oct. 24.?Mr. and Mrs.
V. C. Robertson and little son w? tit
to Caraden last Thursdsy.
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Dunlap spent
last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. T. S.
Ounlsp of Marshalls.
?fr. J. W. Robertson visited at
Sonny Side on laut Sunday.
Mr. T. C. Robertson, one of our
most progressive business men.
% ought a pair of fine mules recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Holloman
Otstted relatives here Saturday and
Jsanday.
Mrs. C. D. Hyatt and daughter.
Miss Msggle. spent Saturday night
and Sunday with relatives.
ai,i M.t s < KIM1NA1, \SS\n,T.
Stasaiiing White Man Charged With
Assault I'pon Young Married Wo
Mannlng. Oct 24.?Frank Prlg
gars. a young white man. was com
oalttad to jail today by Magistrate D.
f. Rradham on a charge of assault
srith Intent to ravish. The proseeu
?H* Is a young married woman, and
tt?e allegro: >ffence took place when
A* was alono at her home, three or
tetmr miles fr >m Manning last Thurs?
day
The d.?ffadant in thin rase In a son
of the Krank l>r?*gers who Is now
to the penltenti'ry for the murder of
tils slater, and th* proserutrlx In a
?est < ousln rf the defendant.
SON's A\ 1J.KTS K 11.1. FATHF.lt.
WliUk v Horms Rewporedhle for ?.
gio Tragedy Near Cheraw
Cheraa. Ort 24 ?Kmanuel Qttleo
pte. rolofgta and his 19-year-.dd son
wert? drinking heav??v and quarre
tag sll dsv yesterday, on Mr. O. A.
?h??rr H's plantation, fmir mile* north
of town Peon sjroFtsi Ihes got to
Mows. It seems, and Mall I hod
his son down and bejean to wha* k at
film with h knife The SOg WmM tog
snilck f'.-r the ftttor and shot him
threo times in the | slogsoi Ht lln
gerrd UgfOg htSJfl in I di.d
An investigation vnw. made and It Is
the general <>\>\u og Ihot the killing
was ju.Mtifi
It seems almost ineredlble, to
read ?h# New Y< rk papers. that
?ither Htirnson or I>lx will have to
lra? - tndi irrip" I Is Star.
Dl r un mi:n r i i i i < TED s\\
inc. or $i1,:.00,(m?0 LAST
\ i \n.
i:?oiiomum \v? ir Made Poenlbie De?
ggete Increase in Iflncllltles, b| Use
t>i Business Methods.
Washington, Oet 14.?Figures, the
compilation ??t' which wui completed
at the postoAce department today,
.,h?.\v that the exact reduction ?>t th.
postal deficit during th*- fiscal jtss1
ended June ;;o. last, was $11,500,000.
The deficit of the prelvoui fiscal ysar
was $17.Iff,000. to that in one yea.
the dSficll was brought down $?,100.
000.
in commenting tonight on the ia>
1 ng last \?ar. Crank II. Hltchock,
postmaster K?'n<?.4' said:
"This tremendous saving was made
without th.- curtailment of the postal
i \ue in any direction. On the con
it. iiy during the year there wer?
to.ni> important extensions ol such
ta? illtloH. In eliminating V/UStefUl <x
pendltUrSSi the department has bee It
. UStdtng I areful not to hamper In
any way the (i nstant development 01
the postal asflflcC required to meet
the Increasing business needs of the
eountry.
The tahles prepared Indicate that
in the furtherance of this policy, mon
than 1,500 new postoffices were estub
llshed durinK the last fiscal year,
t Ireat extensions were made in the
rural delivery system. Ill neu routes
with a total mileage of i-.-:;?*? mllex
being put into operation.
There were appointed from the
eligible lists of the Civil service com
mission over I.sou postotlh e clerks t
enlarge the working fortes of city
postotllces and more than 1,000 addl
tiotiai letter carriers. The railway
mails u? re strengthened by the ap?
potntmont of 750 new employes The
aggregate salar.es (.f the new em?
ployes appointed during the y.;,i
from the civil service lists exceed $2.
000.000.
Salaries of postofBoe elerki were
sdvanced. In the aggregate. $1.750.
000, while the aggregate salaries ?>r
letter carriers were inceased $1,220,
000. Hallway mall clerks received
increases of salary amounting to al?
most 1250.000.
Mr. Hltchock predicted a self-sus
tainlng postal service and one cent
letter postag?'.
NTRiMER BLUKFIELD8 FOUND.
Nor\<rc4gun Vessel. Missing for Some
Time, Discovered Ashore Neat
QggSJ San Antonio.
Mabana. Oct. 24.?The Norweigati
steamer Hlueflelds, which has heen re?
ported missing, Is ashore in the Vtctfl
Ity of Cap.- San Antonio. The Mine?
fields ran into the West Indian hurri
can on a voyage from Ceiba, Spanish
Honduras, and was driven on a ree.
October 19.
The Cuban coasting steamer Juan
Alonze brought three of the crew ? 1
the Hlueflelds to this port today. Th>
rest of the crew remained on board
The Juan Alonze is returning tonighi
with the intention of pulling off
the stranded steamer.
BFBCIAL COURT ORDERED.
tiov. Ansel on Koiiuni of Solicitor
Cobb, Order? Term to Try Hyrd.
< 'olumbia. Oct. 24.?Gov. Ans.
yesterday ordered a special term Ol
the Kichland county court of general
sessions to be held commencing Oil
November 21 to try Ed. Hyrd. th?
negro who Is being held on the charts
of criminal assault on a whlt?- womsit
on Lincoln street. near Klmwoo 1
a\ enue.
Th?> sp. . al term was ordered OH
the recommendation of Solicitor
Cobb of this circuit.
"i am of the opinion that the pub?
lic interest demands and do hereby
make request for a special term ol
court." This Is the request in part
of Solicitor Cobh for the special term,
and it Is pointed out that It will be
impossible t ? have a trial before tha
tirc.?? on account of court in Kersiv.r
county.
Since his arrest Hyrd has been 1 v
fined at the State penitentiary.
HKA GIVES IV ITS DEAD.
Corpse of Storm Victims Washed I p
on Sands of Hnnta Oorda, ITorhla.
Punte Gorda, Fla., Oct 24.?Th
bsellse of seven men. all victims ol
the resent hurriesne, were washed
up by the waves today. Six of th
SSVSU were sailors on four gpsnlsh
lishlng smacks which went to pieces
nsny Boss Grande during the height
Of the storm. It is also believed that
I Seventh Spaniard was drowned.
but nothing has been seen of bis
I?. ?dy.
The other fatality was a negro,
badly decomposed, who Is believed to
be the asms who drove hjs team Into
I he Pence river ofr ;( bridge which
washed nwsy as he got half wsy,
There are many more mi n missing
In this vicinity and it is likely thai
the toil of |he hurries ne will reach
II dros ned.
p, al A. OUTPLAYS s. li. s.
.unit i ii u in Forfeiture for Game
Cocks saul Victory for Porteiites?
Uamc Showed Lack ol' Training.
Want <>. Knowledge ol' Rules, and
Was Marred t?\ Much Wrangling.
in a game thai began with last
\\??rk by both trams ami ended by
the forfeiture of the game to the
Porter cadets, following a wrangle
as to the ruleg that applied to some
point In the game, the boyi from the
City by the Sea outplayed the Qame
<'oik h??ys and would have beaten
thorn had the game been finished.
The game was marred by much
wrang in,; <>n the part of the referee
and umpire, caused by their ignor
ance of the rulei of the game, and
by the frequent Interposition on tin
pan of spectator!,
The game started well and during
the tir^t quarter the teams showed
themselves evenly matched with a
slight advantage for the home boys,
who outweighed the visitors, but who
showed lark of tram work. The
Porter boys worked in excellent form
and showing line team work lu
Which tin Sumter '.toys were lacking,
tor while the Qame Cocki played
-food Individual ball they could nol
get tog* tin r save once <>r twice <.n
the deft US'.VS when their goal wai
threatened. In the second half the
cadeti caught on to Bumter's signals
and stopped their attempted runs
by foreknowledge of the play, on
the other hand. Bumter could not get
on to the Porterltea' signals, which
were worked throughout the game
with only one fumble, while several
were accredil i to thr Bumter team
Only once was the forward pas.i
tried, oni e I y Sumter, who lost the
!>all to the Porter hoys in the at?
tempt, and by Porter one. , who fum?
bled, but later recovered the ball
with a good Kain. Sumter showed
their Inability to kick, punting being
tried only once, when they had i.n
forced hack almost to their goal
line, which resulted in a safety for
Bumter Porter punted well, al?
though punting was resorted to very
seldom.
Both teams worked on straight
fonthall most of the time, and both
trams made their best gains through
the line Which was much weaker on
the defensive than the ends. Sum?
ter started off with an offensive
game and did well at it. their de?
fensive work being of a much infe?
rior order. The cadet team showed
uniformly good on both sides of the
game.
The scoring was one In each quar?
ter, the work being fast and the
game seesawing back and forth, now
in favor of our team and now in fa?
vor Of the other. The first tOUCh
down of the game was made after
?ne and one-half minutes of play by
McFadden for Sumter on a buck
tackle, Richardson failed to kick
goal, During the whole of this quar?
ter the Sumter boys seemed to have
the best of the affair and for a time
it looked as if they would run away
with the visitors, who bucked up,
however, about the last Ol the quar?
ter and in the first part of the sec?
ond quarter. During the second
quarter Sumter kicked off to Porter
who brought the ball back for a
good gain, then kicked and regained
the ball, and went over the line oil
the second down. Vann failed to
kick goal. The ball see-sawed back
and forth during the remainder of
the quarter until the last minute of
play when Porter made a big gain
on an end run and then steadily
pushed on through the line for the
goal, when the quarter ended the
ball was in ten feet of the goal line.
Sumter received the ball at the be?
ginning of the second half and by
two end runs netting good gains, and
bucking through the line, McFadden
again carried the ball over the gaol
line, Richardson again failing to
kick goal. After this the Porter boyi
were on to the signals and Sumter
was frequently held for downs while
Porter seemed to wax stronger as the
game went on and gained consistent?
ly. Porter carried the ball over the
goal line when there were two more
minutes to play and again failed to
kick goal, thing the score 10 to 10.
In the last quarter Porter again
kicked and regained the ball on a
fumble. The Sumter boys then
bucked up and held the Porterltea
for downs, but were forced back
with the ball in their own possession.
McFadden attempted to kick the ball
striking one of his men in the back
and rebounding, with Sumter recov?
ering the ball back Of the goal lino.
I It was at this point that the umpire
I and referee could not reach a decis?
ion as to whether it was a safety,
a touchdown (the Porter boys claim
ling that they had recovered the ball)
I or a touch back. The point was
never satisfactorily adjusted. The
game was continued, however, the
cadets receiving and bringing the ball
l?a< k straight for the goal at a rap?
id rate, After a i<mg end run the
linesmen did not bring the line up
until after two more downs, the ref
eree claiming thai ii was first down
j and the goal line to make. The ball
i was put In play and after two downs
v lb the wail in one fool of the goal
: line the question was raised that It
1 was the third down. Thr referee and
umpire failed to agree about the mat?
ter and Coach Moiae of the high
school boys, who was also umpire,
would not allow them t>? resume the
game. The matter was discussed ior
some time, the game Anally being
tailed by the referee in favor of the
Porter cadets. The referee was also
fhe coach for the Porter ca lets.
Had the game been finished there is
no doubt but that Porter would have
made another touchdown, as there
were still four more minutes to play
and they were almost running away
Vi Ith the boys from the high school
at the time.
There was little roughness in the
game itself, both the team members
j.laying and acting like gentlemen,
but at every point in the game where
there was a doubtful decision spec?
tators would crowd the field, em?
barrassing and confusing the referee
and umpire with their advice and
nuking a most unseemly exhibition.
At times the referee and umpire
would have to stop the game to re?
fer to the rule book for decisions,
showing their Ignorance of the rules.
Coach Johnson tried to give fair de?
cision! and to give both sab s satis?
faction but labored under many
difficulties, showing the Impossibility
of tlie coaches of the two opposing
teams giving satisfaction as officials
n the game.
For Sumter. DeLorme and Hayns?
worth at the ends did well, showing
much speed, but were lighter than
their opponents at those points. Mc
Padden at left half ptayed star ball
both on the offensive and defensive.
Jenkins at guard and Burns at cen?
ter did excellent work on the de?
fensive. DuRant at full played a
Bteady game. For Porter all of the
men did wei.!. there were no particu?
lar stars, the whole team doing good
work. (Ice and Boatwright at ends
did especially good work. Mayw.1
an-! Scott at the halves were good
ground gainers.
The line-up.
Porter?Right end. Gee; right
tackle. Avenger; right guard. Hart;
centre, Brogdon; L. O. Barn well; left
tackle. Qalbralth; left enJ. Boat?
wright; quarter, Hill;lheft half, May
wood; right half, Vann; fullback,
Scott.
Sumter?Right end, Haynaworth;
right tackle, Brown. Siddle; right
guard, Jenkins; centre, Burns; left
guard. Shaw; left tackle. Siddle; left
end, DeLiorme; quarter, Jones; right
half. McFaddon; left half, Richard?
son, Brown; fullback. DuRant.
Referee, Johnson; Umpire, Moise.
Halves. 20 minutes. Timekeeper,
Parrott.
MAY FORM rot NTHY CLIIB.
Prominent Citfxens Discuss Advis?
ability of Forming One Near City.
Several of the prominent citizens
of Sumter met Friday afternoon
at 6 o'clock in the First National
bank for the purpose of discussing
the advisability of forming a coun?
try club in the vicinity of the city.
Mr. Neil (VDonnell was elected tem?
porary chairman and Mr. H. A.
Moses was elected to till the position
of secretary.
While no immediate measures
were taken towards forming the club
it was deemed advisable to look in?
to the matter thoroughly and see If
one could not be built at a reason?
able distance from the city with
grounds for tennis, golf and other
games usual at sueh places. A com?
mittee was appointed to l^ok Into
the matter of grounds and find out
what grounds near the city would do
for the club and at what price they
could be secured. Already the com?
mittee hive two sites In view, one
out on Broad street and one at a
mill not far from the city. The com?
mittee consists of Messrs. G. A.
Lemmon, Geo. i>. Shore, D. D.
1 Ifoiee and H. A. Moses. who arc
ready to look into any proposition
for grounds whlcn is made to them.
Much enthusiasm was expressed at
the meeting, the proposition being
one that met with the hearty approv?
al of all of those present and a
great many others who were not
present. As the meeting was not at?
tended by all of those who had ex?
pressed an Interest In the matter no
positive steps were taken, it being
1 decided to meet again on next Wed?
nesday at tJ o'clock, when the Site
Committee will make Its report and
further steps be taken.
Change of Managers.
< ?wltitf to the death of one and the
removal of another of the managers
appointed to conduct the Federal
election a! Shlloh, it has been neces?
sary to appoint other managers and
the following have been named for
that precinct: Barnett Flayer. Silas
McElveen, W w. Green.
There are quite a number of can?
didates for the position of Auditor
made vacant by the sudden death of
Mr. .1. Dlggs Wilder. Among the
candidates already tentatively in tie
Held ate: John B. Sumter. J. Mc
Fndden Spann, T. S. Btuckey and
Eugene Wilder. There may be still
others in the running before the lists
I ( lose.
A Crumbling idol.
No man has ever had euch great
opportunities t>? *ri? ? good us The?
odore Roosevelt, for no man has
ever commanded s<> large and so en
I thusiaatic an audience. The whole
unbounded world was his. He had
but to speak and the patient wires
carried his words <?? tin- uttermost
parts. He was so universal that
? panting time toiled after him n
vain." His preachment on the cardi?
nal virtues and his aggressive war
far** for decency and civic righteous?
ness heartened tens of thousands
wh<? are fighting tin* battles of our
day. 11** appeared to the young and
aspiring heart of the country. Mul?
titudes Idolised and worshiped him,
whatever his shortcomings, as th<- on*
man who could do things and Who
meant what he said?the one strong
man In his native land:
Whatever thej call him. what care I
Aristocrat, autocrat, democrat
one
Who can rule, and dare not lie.
But a palpable change of senti?
ment is taking place. The Idol gives
signs of dissolution. The psychology
of th s may not be difficult. Popu ?
lar Idols are always In danger, par?
ticularly If they do the unexpected.
Roosevelt, Idolised as a world lead?
er, has suddenly become a very or?
dinary barn-storming political bush?
whacker in New York. It is true he
needs a sensational pt rsonal tri?
umph in his own State, if he is to
? >oss the conventions of his party;
i.ut tin- sudden transformation from
Roosevelt, LL. D., interpreting the
history of civilisation to the savants
of Europe, to Teddy befuddling a
handful of country voters with the
cheapest sort of political claptrap, is
a rdiock to his idolaters. Our ex
Presidents have usually honored ihe
Office they once held by behaving
less tumultuously. They didn't go
about the country in trains de luxe
to boom a weekly magazine, and
they didn't obscure the landscape
with oratorical fireworks and perpen?
dicular pronouns.
Then. too. there is a growing sus?
picion of Roosevelt's sincerity, as
well as of the virtues of his policies
and th*' fibre of his political courage.
It has bewildered his following in
the West to see their Mr. Faithful
suddenly become my Lord Turn?
about and Mr. Facing-both-ways.
\nd it has perplexed his Eastern ad?
mirers to figure out how an Ossa
v atomic Insurgent can father a
Saratoga standpat platform. He
has not explained his actions in these
matters to the satisfaction of either
the East or the West. Either his
sincerety or his courage failed him
at a critical juncture; and lack of
either, when it is found out. is fatal
to an idol.
A sphinx can afford a few silences,
but a political oracle and a contri?
buting editor, conducting a cam?
paign, must not be silent on too
many vital questions. Men are be?
ginning to ask why there is no word
about his intentions for 1912, or
about his relations with Wall street
In the good old days of Cortelyou, or
about his executive commandeering
of $100.000 of railway transportation,
or about his Eastern silence on the
income tax, campaign fund publicity,
etc. Why does he not face the Is?
sues of the trafllc, or of the high cost
of living, or of his own administra?
tion, which cost the country twice
as much for one term as it cost for
the fifteen entire terms from Wash?
ington to Lincoln.
People are beginning to doubt, and
doubt Is fatal to idolatry. The de?
cline and fall of Roosevelt will not
be so much because this our Caesar
has grown too big as because- he no
longer rings true. He cannot have
one set of principles here and an?
other elsewhere. The people have a
keen sense for reality and consis?
tency, and no one can fool them in?
to believing that there are two klndn
of right action any more than there
are two kinds of straight lines. They
will spurn a hero who bends too
suppliant a knee to their Idolatries
or who too palpably invites their
worship.
Roosevelt has Insisted on making
himself the issue In th*' New York
campaign, and he must win there if
he is to dominate the Republican
party. This light looks like the be?
ginning of the end of the Roosevelt
era. whether he wins or loses. He
is now uncovered as a politician,
willing to trade the Fast against the
West, to snub Lorimer and dine with
|<'ox. and to play the game. Not only
j is the public suspei ting him as a
mere self-seeking politician, but it
fears his mad lust i<>r power. In
the last analysis his pleas for a N*-w
Nationalism and his contemptuous
allusions to the Constitution and its
prevailing Interpretations by the Su?
preme Court can only be understood
by realizing that he unconsciously
conceives of the Executive function
I as bring administered by him or one
I ke him. He thinks not In t* rms
! <>r law s. but of turn Inst? ad oi a
r* public of law and order, as men
like Cli v? land or Tafl regard it, he
; would substitute bi< NVw National
Ism, "which regards ih<- Executive
power ;is the steward of the public
welfare." We believe Rooeevett at
heart to be sincere, but ba naa be?
come so obsessed with his own Im?
portance, ami his lust lor power fcl
BO strong, that ,t has carried him
fi un his moo ring's ami made him a
Isngerous obstruction in the path of
national pr egress, and a menace to
tin* orderly, peaceful administration
of business. Si?- gloria transit.?
Baltimore Sun.
Candidates' Cards. 11
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the ofloe of County
Auditor, subject to the rules of the
Democratic party. As I have ha<l
three years of experience in this of
hee under th?- direction of my late
lather. 1 teel that 1 am fully com?
pel..nt to discharge the duties of sai l
. mce,
r. BUG EKE WILDER,
Having made a set of hooks for
three successive years, made the set?
tlements with the Comptroller Gen?
eral, and performed other duties of
the Auditor's office, SS Assistant Au?
ditor, and being acquainted with
much of the property and many of
the citizens of the county, 1 an?
nounce myself a candidate for the
office of Auditor of Sumter Countv
in the ensuing Democratic primary.
T. S. STCCKEY.
i hereby annour.ee myself a can?
didate for the oilico of Auditor of
Sumter t'< unty. .subject to the rules
ate! regulations of the Democrati
party. If elected, I pledge myse'.t
to give my entire time and attention
to the office and to discharge th?*
duties there >f in an efficient, business?
like and non-partisan manner.
J. McF. Spann.
To the voters of Sumter County:
Ow ing to the fact that the office of
Auditor will be vacant and that the
citizens of this County are to name
someone to fill this position I hereby
announce my candidacy for the
same, subject to the rules of the
Democratic primary.
This is one of the most important
positions in the county and the fln
ancia) condition of our county de?
pends largely on the safe and thor?
ough manner In which this office Is
conducted.
I do not believe I exceed ?he.
modesty that becomes us all when I
say that I feel assured that I can and
will fill the office acceptably if edit?
ed.
My years of experience as an ac
?ountant will enable me to so conduct
the- office as to prove pro**.iabV to
the county and a pleasure and pride
to myself.
I am before the voters solely on
my ability to fill the position and 00
not want any man to vote for m;
unless he believes I am able to ac?
ceptably fill the place.
While 1 realize that some will vot*
against me because of the following
declarations, yet the voters have a
right to know how 1 will run the
office if elected. As to the clerical
work, 1 shall use the same care and
business method, that I have alwaye
used in other business. As to re?
turns I wish to say that I will not
rest until every particle of taxable
property and every taxable poll Is
on the tax list. There is a class of
tax dodgers that infest our country
They come into our town and coun?
ty cross roads every fall with a
stock of goods and come In compe?
tition with our merchants who are
taxed year by year and when the
money season is over these wander?
ing merchants fold their tents and
quietly steal away, leaving the bur?
dens of taxation on our land owners.
If I become Auditor these same gen?
tlemen will have to walk up to the
treasurer's Office and pay their part
of the tax. Another species of tax
dodders is the man who owns no
property but should pay his poll tax
Sumter should get five or six thous?
and dollars a year that it does not
get from this source and 1 promise
that if elected I will make it hot for
him. Another species is the negt'?
tenant who owns a cow, mule anJ
some other personal property and he
Is continually jumping from town?
ship to township and never pa>s one
penny of tax. If 1 bscOBSS Auditor
he will certainly contribute his mite
towards the government.
I can only say that if elected 1
shall use ail my brain and euergi
for the best interest of my countv
In conclusion 1 wish to say that i:
you aee tit to support me 1 will ap?
preciate the same and strive with al
my might to deserve your confidence
but your tirst duty is to your count}
and 1 only wish you to do to me as 1
always strive to do to others, that Is
study the matter well, weigh each
candidate and then \ote tor the mat.
whom you honestly believe is the
m??sl ? omp< tent.
Thanking you for whatever you
ma) St ?> tit to do for me 1 beg to he
Your fellow ?. Itlsen,
P. ?: ItOWM an
10-23-12t-l taw-W-4t.