The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 25, 1911, Image 4
f It K?atrtsan ait?
Ta rtomter Watchman was found
ad In litt and the True Southraa In
Uli The Watchman and Southron
now haa the combined circulation and
Influence cf hath af the old paper*,
la manifestly the beat advertising
Hum in flnmter.
The hold that Congressman Lever
m the Seventh District Is due re
hla ability and wllllngneaa to do the
things his constituents want done
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and to do it promptly. This waa never
aSace clearly demonstrated thun In the
matter of the census bureau's report
on the population of Sumter. He
want right after the census bureau,
hammer and tonga style, as aoon as
he was Informed that Sumter de?
manded an Inspection of the census
returns, and he got what he went af?
ter In spite of red-tape and autocratic
bureaucrats. It la thta sort of thing
that haa made Lever popular with the
votar* of hla diatrlct and It will keep
him In Congreaa aa long aa he pur
?uea the aame policy.
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The revocation of the commissions
af all notaries public was a summary
proceeding, and probably nc t necea
eary. but Governor Bleaae'a suggest?
ion that notaries public be hereafter
oommlaalonod for a limited term, In?
stead of for life, seems to be wlae and
well considered.
a a a
The special committee of City Coun?
cil In charge of the retaking of the
cenaua ahould lose no time In pro?
curing from the Census Bureau a list
?f the namea of the inhabitants of
the city turned In by the enumera?
tors. With thla list in hand It will
he an easy matter to check up the
apsclal cenausVto ba taken by the city
and locate the errors and omissions
In the official cenaua which placed the
population of Sumter at only 8.107.
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Col. Thomas Wilson, chairman of
the Hotel Committee of the Chamber
af Commerce, puts the hotel proposi?
tion squarely up to the business men
af Sumter. He and his fellow com
mlrteem*n and a comparatively few
ether citlaena have given aubstan
ttal proof of their wllllngneaa to do
their part, b it a majority of the bua
haaaa men of the city and also the
large property owners have done
nothing to forward the hotel move?
ment. They want a hotel, but they
want It ri"IU \*.th in' ? fv derlvd
from aourcea other hau their own
hank accuonte It Would be a Roe
thtng for the own. of oourao, if i ?>;
Wilson would <*o ahead and build tn?
total hlmaelf, but he does not aee It
that way nor do the other members of
ato committee feal called upon to put
ap all the mapey required to build
and ??iulp a modern hotel that thia
two Mlal aa badly aa Dives did a
drop of water on a certain occasion
mentioned in Luke 16: 23-24. There
la no doubt concerning the need of
? total, all are agrcd >n tti.it. but the
in la, what are the business
Of Sumter who have made their
hero and are making more
year, going to do about thla
iltlon put up to them by Col.
Wilson? All admit that the lack of
a hotal ta hurting the town, and there?
fore the bualneaa of the town, and
each bustaeaa man suffers incidental?
ly h'a share of the hurt, amounting
annually In all probability, to much
m <r- tb.m the intefsasj gaj the money
to ought to Invest in a hotel to do
hla part aa a progressive and public
spirited cttlxen. It la time to loosen
ap a little and do something to keep
the town moving and C> create pos?
sibilities for growth, development and
bualneaa.
Tlie Lady Governor of Jerm*y.
Baltimore Sun.
Our compliments to Governoresa
Ida Phillips of New Jersey. It will
be a new aeraation Sjf that old State
to have a lady governor, even If it la
for only It houra It will be some?
thing to remember
Thla event can not be counted
among the triumph'* of woman suf?
frage, for the lady waa not elected
governor, waa not a candidate
against Dr. Wood row Wilson, and has
never even voted. It la a queatlon
whether ahe aver aanta to vote. She
owe* her opportunity to become act?
ing governor to an oversight of the
men who framed the State constitu?
tion. That man-made Instrument
provldea that the term of the out?
going governor ahall end at midnight
while the term of the Incoming gov?
ernor doea not begin until he la In?
augurated at noon the following day.
Meanwhile there It no one to run the
State'a affair* ?xcept the private tec
retary to the governor, who In this
tnatance la Miss Phillips.
They my ahe la strikingly pretty,
bright aa a button, nnd knows more
about running a State than does the
overage raw recruit of a governor.
It la fortunate for New Jersey that
m thla emergency It haa a cltlaenesa
who will grace the governor's chair
for one historic day and w. I< (,M1,. It
Woodrow Wllaon to the place.
m.\< him: VOR mf.asiring mind.
System of Flash Llglitl Pig-Off the
Mentality.
Buffalo Times.
The curious character-measuring
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machine of John Gray, treasurer of
the Koyal Anthropological institute,
il> i" nils upon the persistence of vis
Ion, and the theory that persistence
of color sensation Is closely related
to a quality of mind called Persevera?
tion. The apparatus consists of a re
\oi\ UK mirror that throws into the
?ye flashes of colored light In rapid
succession.
At a certain speed the color bo
comes continuous, flicker being" no
longer seen, and for any ptfMfl the
number of revolutions at which the
flicker disappears Is remarkably con?
stant in a large number of tests. A
scale of Perseveration, as Indicates
by the revolutions of the mirror, has
been prepared. At the centre is the
average amount, corresponding to the
practical common sense of the aver?
age man; a degree below marks the
persons with active, witty. brilliant
and suggestive minds, who are ordi?
narily called geniuses and a degreo
above Includes geniuses of different
kinds fond of abstract thinking and
with an "Infinite capacity for takln?
pains."
With perserverution two degrees be?
low are frivolous people, and at two
degrees above the average are per?
sons of fixed ideas, apparently founded
on sentiment rather , than reason
Above or below these categories the
mind is unstable. Persons with V?ry
low perserveration are liable to acu.c
mania; and those at the other end ot
the scale to melancholia.
MI>VT QUITE REACH VOLK.
Peary Came Within 1.6 Miles, I>c
oldew Naval Affairs Committee.
Washington, Jan. 21.?That Capt.
Peary came within 1.6 miles of the
North Pole Is the decision of the
House committee on naval affairs,
which has been considering the bill to
retire Capt. Peary with the rank of
Hear Admiral.
The baals of the flndlng Is the chart
prepared by Hugh C. Mitchell and C.
H. Duvall, of the United States coast
and geographical survey, and based
on Peary's observations. This chart
shows that Peary went to the left on
Hearing the Pole, due to an error in
his Instruments. Later he crossed to?
ward to P</ie, his nearest point be?
ing lit r*lU
a mlnorlt Qt QIMgtl ?0
Capt. iVary e but ar
11 flu Um -.rapide 0o
kt'?'*> comnu hs oUrdim
announced Its findings after only a
cursory examination of Peary's
proof*.
"Had such a chart been worked
out," said Representative RobSTtS,
?"and given to the world by the com?
mittee of the Geographical Society,
the controversy that has raged
throughout the world would undoubt?
edly have ended then and there."
The majority report recommended
the passage of the Hale-Hates bill,
giving Peary the thanks of Confess
and creating him a rear admiral on
the retired list.
A flght is certain to develop In the
House over the proposed legislation.
Representative Macon, of Arkansas,
has indicated that he will oppose the
passage on the floor.
She Saw the Wink.
An Inspector one day visited a
country school taught by a young wo?
man, and In the course of tho lesson
said: "Now, children, I want you X-i
take notice of what 1 do and then
write an account of It."
Then he stepped to the blackboard
and wrote a sentence upon it.
All the children, except one, wrola
in effect that the Inspector came In*. >
the school and wrote on the black?
board, "I love a good school."
One little girl, however, followed
lr.structions more literally and com?
pleted the story by adding:
"And then he went to the platform,
sat do\??i, played with his watch chain,
twirled his mustache and winked at
the teacher."?New York Herald.
HHOTIIF.lt Ali A IN ST BROTHER.
Fatal Shooting Follows Feud of
Long Standing.
Houston, Miss., Jan. 23.?Reuben
Davis, aged 66, shot and almost in?
stantly killed his brother, John
aged 70. on the streets here today. A
political feud of several years* stand?
ing it Is said, led to the killing. Both
served In the Confederate army and
were prominent and wealthy.
?'..Mowing a dlfliculty. they met to?
day, and while John Davis was at?
tempting to remove his eoat, prepara?
tory to renewing the altercation. It
Is alleged, Reuben opened fire with a
revolver. Keuben Davis was arrest?
ed
There w . re onlv ''H I bales of cotton
sold on the local market last P/Mk,
there being a gradunl falling off from
tbe amounts that have been corning
In c uller In the season.
CHURCH GOT VOTE MONEY.
estimated Piirclinanble Suffrage Of
"Uncle Joo'a" Town 2,500,
Danville, 111, Jan. 81?With the
?aaalon >f tha Vermilllon county
gf nid jury adjourned to Monday the
politician* of "Uncle Joe" Cannon's
home town and county had lima to
catch their breath, nut their fear of
a complete Lnveetlgatton of alleged
vote Helling ii not allayed.
ThtTC was a new fright todaj when
it was reported that Frank Jonei,
Danville's city attorney, had made a
confession that he bought votes at
thl last flection. Jones denied the
report, but stated that he believed
there had been many votes trafficked
In. He says he favors a mass meet
ing where all the candidates may get
together and go before the grand
jury and tell all they know.
"Vote buying and selling has been
a common practice in Danville for '40
years" said Assistant State's Attor?
ney Cray ton. "In the Mayoralty
election two years ago men stood on
the streets and openly bought votes.
The estimated purchasable vote of
Danville is 2,500. At Weetvllle there
is a purchasable vote of 1,000. In
that town clubs are organized to get
money from candidates.
"A judge told me that the negroes
of Weetvllle, When he was a candi?
date, organized a club. They took
their by-laws to the judge for ap?
proval. The judge said one v>f the by?
law* provided that all money reeciv
I from candidates should be divid?
ed on the table in open meeting.
"1 understand that it costs a can?
didate an average of $8 for every vote
he gets in Weetvllle.
"The price of votes is so high in
Danville that all the officials and can?
didates would like to see the traf?
fic stopped."
A member of the Republican or?
ganization said that In the "silk
stocking precinct" of Danville, the
voting precinct of Speaker Cannon,
there were 75 purchasable votes. One
clergyman, he said, got I contribu?
tion of $100 to $150 from the politi?
cal organization every time there
was an election.
This leader said the Republicans
spent $10,000 In the last Morally
campaign to try to elect the candi?
date. The ofllce of Mayor pays $1,
500 a year. The Democrats, it is es?
timated, spent $40,000 and carried
the town bv 2.400.
"The Den ucrata ha I .o much mon
ej that we 'ouidi'i mike .? dent in
the vote with 11 $10,0( ?. Kept I ?
llco'i ? adei .aid 'As to th Sol
uiers Home, with its 1,200 votes,
that's the first place a candidate
heads for nfter he announces for of
Mce. When the home was brought
here 12 years ago we thought all the
old soldiers would vote the Republi?
can ticket. While we were asleep
the Democrats cut in on us and cap?
tured the vote of the home. Since
then the Republican! have taken
nothing for granted. We have taken
care of old Midiere."
The system was peculiar. Wh.n
a purchased voter went into the booth
he received ? ballot and he had to
return th< one given to him by the
Olerk, When that wai handed over
to the boss the selb r received a
meal or bread ticket, if it was a white
ticket he was entitled to a loaf of
Vienna bread, which, in the vernacu?
lar of the buyer, means that he was
to receive $2 for the vote. If it
was a blue ticket the seller got a loaf
of rye bread, or $5.
The negroes were paid in tickets of
various colors, which called for from
$1 to $5. Absolutely no records of
any kind were kept. When the seller
turned over his ticket he got the
money and the incident was closed.?
Baltimore Sun.
NOVELIST SHOT BY MUSICIAN.
David Graham Phillips Assassinated
by Fitzhugh Goldshorough a Crazy
Musician.
New York Jan. 23.?David Gra?
ham Phillips, aged 4 2, editor, pub?
lisher and novelist, was shot six times
today as he approached the Prince?
ton club, by Fitzhugh Coyle Golds
borough, aged 31, a Harvard man,
who Immediately afterwards com?
mitted suicide.
Tonight Phillips Is at BclleVUC hos?
pital In ar. extremely critical condi?
tion, but as relatives hopefully ex?
press It, has "a chance for life." The
body of Goldsborough, whos?? career
at Harvard was brief, lies In the mor?
gue. Apparently Insane, he had a
fancied grudge against the author
and sought his life.
"There yen go,' snapped the as
?aaelon, as he opened fire, and. "Here
I go," he echoed, as he sent B bullet
Into his own brain. Me nsed a 10
shot ,81 calibre automatic platol and
all six shot aimed at Phillips took
effect.
One of them perforated the abdo?
men, another pierced the rlghl lung
and Ohme OUl at the back, a third
shattered the left wrist and a fourth
?iniied the r|ght thigh. Two of them
(Hopped from the wounded man's
ilothlng as tie was being undressed *
at the hospital.
The most dangeroui wound is
thought to he that through the lungs,
it is saiti septicemls or pneumonia
is the secondary effect most feared. 1
The robust constitution of the patient
bore him through the loss of Mood
and shock surprisingly well, and his
first request to his physicians was
that no alarming reports he given
out I
The train from Lanes which was
due here last night at S p. m. did not
arrive until about 6:30 this morning
owing to ?i wreck on the track be- I
i
tween Florence and Lanes.
The ladies Aid Society of the First
Methodist church will give a recept?
ion at the parsonage, Tuesday even?
ing from 7 o'clock till 10. The con?
gregation is cordially invited in or?
der to become better acquainted with
the new pastor and his wife.
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Work has been commenced on tho
| concrete paving from Main street
across the lot to the Episcopal
church.
It seems that the inhabitants on the
west side of Thureh street will soon \
! have a concrete paving to walk on,
for already rock and other material '
has been piled on the ground and
the street is now being tron up prior
j to the laying of the pavement.
A party of hunters left this morn?
ing for a two weeks' deer hunt in
Berkeley coimty. Among the hunters
to go from here were: Messrs. West
and Dick .Bradford and Frank Brun
son.
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There will be a meeting of the
Woman's Missionary Union at the
First Baptist church Wednesday
January 26th at 4 P. M. All ladles of
the various churches of the city are
invited to be present.
Miss Edna Pack, of Greenville, is
the guest of Miss Grace Brogdon this
week.
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Mrs. M. E. Gregg is visiting friends
at Brogdon. i
set
Messrs. George C. Warren and Per?
ry M. Brown went to Columbia this
morning t* attend the meeting of the
National Guard at that place today.
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Mrs. J. V. Reid has returned af
tr?r 'i vfflt t > Ris^opvllle
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I Miss Hel * 1 llinghsst, of Eastovei
Mrs. B. D. Yeadon and graiuimoui- i
er left for Columbia this morning. I
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Mr. P. g. Gallagher went to Co-j
lumbia this morning to attend the
meeting of the State National Guard
at that place today.
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Mr. Hugh Reiser, of Summerton, I
was in the city for a while this morn- \
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?WH AT BECAME OF THE BOOZE j
SELLERS."
What The Liquor Cases Ha\c Done
Towards Raising Revenue for The
City.
The BQUOr cases have not added as
much funds to the city treasury as
Was expected, but it is probable that
there will be fewer blina tigers In
the city for some time to come as
many of them will be serving out
their time in the county jail or on the
public roads of t ie county.
Of the blind tigers convicted the
following disposition has been made
of them: *
Marcus Bossard, paid $75; Rees
Jamis, committed to the gang for
150 days; Laura Boyce, committed
to jail for 60 days; Henry Sumter ap?
pealed and out on bond; C. C. Moore,
appealed and out on bond; Adam
Tlrvdal, appealed and out on bond;
Maud Miller paid $100; Joe Hodge
committed to the gang for 55 days;
Bella Howard, committed to jail for
30 days; Calhoun Gardner, appealed
for a new trial; William Harrison,
committed to the gang for 30 days;
Laton Wilson, committed to the gang
for 30 days; Gus Cooper, paid $100.
NEGRO TAKES LEG RAIL.
When Time Came to Try Willie
Green He Was Nowhere to bo
Found.
Last night Willie Green, a colored
youth was arrested at the A. C. L.
freight station for loitering around
that place after having been warned
off by Mr. Scurry, the night watch?
man at that , lace. He was taken to
the guard house where he was lodged
and this morning when the time cams
to try him in the Recorder's court
win was nowhere t<> be round.
It ie< ms that after he was put in
the guard house last night he passed
a quiet, if not peaceable night of it
at that plafS, but this morning short?
ly after 10? o'clqi k he decided I hat
the best plate for him was lOIDO'
where else than where he was. So,
taking the stick that had been used
to poke the lire, he used it as a lever
and forced the door of the guard room
open and waiting a good chance slip?
ped out without anyone seeing him
and departed for safer quarter! than
thoae in which he had made his brief
stop. He is now at large, and it |g
probable that he has left town so as
to be beyond the reach of the police
authorities ,
BIG FIRE AT ORANGEBURG.
Building Belonging to Jennings and
Smoak Destroyed?Insurance $11.
0(H), hut Does Not Cover Loss.
Special to the Daily Item.
Columbia, Jan. 24.?A tire at
I Orangeburg last night and early this
morning destroyed a wholesale store
i
belonging to Jennings and Smoak.
The stock and building were com?
pletely burned. The insurance on
the building was $2,000 and on the
stock $9,000, though the insurance
does not near cover the loss.
WRECK ON SOUTHERN.
Negro Killed ami Engineer, Conduct?
or and Brakeman Injured.
! Specie! to the Daily Item.
Columl la, Jan. 24.?An unknown
negro was killed; three trainmen
I were .slightly Injured and six or
eight box cars were Btrewn along the
track as the result early today of a
collision between two south bound
I freight trains at Killians, a station
I twelve miles north ol C< lumbla. The
1 engineer, lireman and brakeman were
I injured by jumping from the train.
! The trac ks were cleared at noon to*
I day.
Mr. Arthur Wltherspoon, of At?
lanta, Ga., writes that his father, Mr.
L. A. Witherspoon of that city, was
stricken with paralysis on the 13th
inst., one whole side affected, and
j considers his father's condition very
i serious. Mr. L. A. Witherspoon is a
brother of Mr. J. A. Withersoon of
; Sumter, and uncle of Messrs. E. L.
j E. D. and H. L. Witherspoon of this
I ci^y.
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Jt is reported that smallpox is pre?
valent in all sections of Lee ecunty
> and is spreading into adjacent sec
i tions of Sumter county. The dleeaec
has been epidemic in some sections
Elliott and Wleacky I for
ma i. ??: nt I a and lit! or I bn pi
hu:- been done tt (tamp It out In
and is a menace to the people of
Sumter and other adjacent ocuuties.
The menace to Sumter is peculiarly
serious owing to the large number
of people from the infested sections
who visit this city at frequent inter?
vals. The county and city authori?
ties are powerless to do anything
toward controlling the epidemic in a
neighboring county, but steps should
be taken to vaccinate every person
living within several miles of the
county line, and the residents of this
city, white and colored as a matter
of self protection should have them?
selves vaccinated without delay.
Gov. Blease has accepted an in?
vitation to address the Negro Con
fernce which will be held In Orange?
burg.
W. K. Tavel
CIVIL ENGINEER,
and
LAND SURVEYOR
Office over Dank of Sumter.
HAS NO SUBSTITUTE
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
Tho only baking powdvr
made from Roy.if Crapo
Cream of Tartar
no alum.no lime phosphate
J. J. JOXKS' APPEAL ABANDON!.!?
Slayer of Abe PeaiNtlne to Serve
Sentence of Court.
Columbia, Jan. 23.?John J. Jones,
of Orangeburg county, is coming to
the penitentiary to serve his sentence
of ten years and one month?or that
part of it the State is permitted to
claim?for the killing of Abe Pearl
stine, at Branchville, in December.
The defence today abandoned the ap?
peal to the Supreme Court.
It was announced last week that
Jones' counsel would apply for bail
here today, pending the appeal, so
that the abandoning of the appeal
created some surprise.
Send us your Job work. ,
MONEY MAKER COTTON?Improv?
ed and selected by T. J. Kirvt i is
the best. Seed at one dollar per
bushel. T. J. Kirven, Providence,
S. C. 1-16-lmWltaw
LOST?Large white pointer dog, with
lemon colored ears. Answer to
name of "Sport." Rewart for re?
turn to R. J. Bland or A. G. Fish
burne. l-9-I-3t-W-2t.
MONEYMAKER?We can supply a
limited quantitv of selected and im
se< d, r~hi>' 1 wn car f a. ;n where
th? e ho* never been any blight*
> n 1 I tM $1 pet buel better
pi ice on large lots. Booth-Osteen
Co., Sumter. S. C. 12-18-tfW
SEED CORN?The committee for the
Boys' Corn Club has remaining on
hand about fifteen bushels of the
selected corn entered for se?ed corn
prize. Each bushel was selected
with care and is the beet seed corn
to be had in Sumter County.. It
will be sold for $2 per bushel. Ap?
ply to S. D. Cain, County Superin?
tendent of Education.
will cure and skin disease. That's
the price of Hunt's Cure, and it
is absolutely guaranteed.
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SIBERT'S DRUG STORE.
When in need of
Lumber or Builders
Supplies
Call us up. or better still come and
look over our stock.
Our idea is to give you high grades
and prompt service at a reasonable cost.
Central Lumber Co.
Foot of E. Calhoun St. Sumter, S. C.
PHONE Ml.