The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 01, 1911, Image 4
The Sumu-r W alchiiuu was found*
?d In 1 s&t? und the I rue .southron In
!$$< The Watchman and Southron:
aow has the combined circulation and
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tnflupjspfl f both of the old pa,
and i? manh'estly the bent advertising
medium lr Su inter.
air. W. \. Clark, president of a
Columbia lank and cx-trustee of the
neminoi s ?curities Company, says he
had no financial Interest In the sale
of the sto? k of that matodrous swindle,
but It Is hard to reconcile this state?
ment with the sealous anil persist, nt
efforts he made, by writing letters,
sending mer.;>M?s and ttdephming, l"
Induct men In Sumt. r and else
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whero about he State, to buy the
stock. Mr. Clark acted very much
like a man who had a big interest in,
the sale of the stock.
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Mr. ahshsr led the fight In the
Ibuisd against the Ksgnhtsi inheri?
tance taa bill and made a considerable
dent in , although he failed to de?
feat it An Inheritance tax law Is
needed, and should be enacted, but
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It will be an easy matter to make
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such a law unfair, unjust and lntoler- ;
ably burdensome. We have not had ?
aa opporunlty to make a carefcl |
study of the provisions of the Rem
bert bill, but our opinion, based upon
a hurried reading of the bill, as Intro- |
dured. Is that Mr. Reiser was In the
right in making a vigorous fight
against it. The Idea of taxing so
?mall an Inheritance'from a parent as
$1,000 Is repugnant to an Idea of
what la Just and fair. The burden
will fall largely t,pon real estate for
the person who Inherits forty acres of
land worth $60 an acre will not be
able to hide it. while It Is possible for
It to be arranged so that the person
who Inherits $2.000 in cash may es?
cape paying the Inheritance tax. An?
other feature of the bill that seemed
objectionable Is the provisions that
burden inheritances with a multiplicity
of feee and costs. If thai bill be?
comes a law the lawful heirs will re?
ceive a small share of what the par?
ents acuniulated by the time the
vartou* officials and lawyers get
through taking toll. In the case of
an estate consisting of real estate, the
heirs, unleaa possessed of outside re?
sources, will have to mortgage or sell
their patrimony to raise money to pay
the taxea and fees.
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Tne grraust benefiei in-- , f th?
reciprocity snreement with Canada
'Will be tho New Englu'd and other
border - at at*?, o.oerwi'-? ?t n?. vcr
would nave been negotiated, but the
other sections will receive minor ht W
fits and for this we should be duly
thankful. The thing for which we
Sjhasdd bo most grateful, b u. wr, in
connection with the Canadian agree?
ment Is that it Is an Indication that
the days of the robber protective tar?
iff are numbered. A tariff we will
have with us always, but if the Demo?
crats remain In power. it may in
Ihne approximate a tariff for revenue
only honestly and falriy levied
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It Is mighty lucky thing for Col.
E. J. Watson that , he has that big
Job with I'ncle Sam to fall back on,
now ih.it i; ev. I'.lease has decided to
separate him from his position as
Comm'.vwloner of Agriculture, Com
nv re . Industries and .so forth.
SOS
T.-.e members of the legislature who
are also trustees ag State Institutions
do not approve of (Sow Hlease s rude
reference to their action a. a rank
violation f tie- constitution and they
may Ignore his im s.v.ig. . as they
have every previous intimation that
they were holding two pos tn-us of
honor and trust illegally und lit di?
rect violation of th ? constitution and
of the oaths of olllce, but the issm .s
now more clearly defined than ? ve.
b? f re and they cannot Ignore It in
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definitely. &.?me years ago the then
Attorney Or n - tu I of th-- stut? render?
ed an opinion that It would be illegal
for I man to hold tin positions of
school trustee and postmaster at the
same time; and, If this opinion Is
good law. we sjgsjsnat ?ind. wand how
some men nm bgalK hold the posi?
tions of college trustees and members
of the legislature or congr? Oo v.
Hbutse la on the rlitht truck in On
matter und *v trust he will heog pg
stirring it up until the lawmakers
thernsep. .-s ob?.y the law. or else
Chang** it to suit tlnlr convenience,
and tlu r , naWPfvg lad Pafal Of yb Id
Ink' r. -p. \ tr .1 < ? di n? e !,, the con?
stitution.
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The old time Republicans have
raised the crv .but the ndogtloa of
the reciprocity agreement with Can?
ada will isnll y their pnrty, This Is
still another sacallent reason fof the
l?emoera?? rallying to Its support. lr
respectiag of the great pJ M t I || b- Iie
tits the winde country *di >\. rive from
its ad sjsttosv ib ? dpi. it) pith <'an?
sda Is the next boat Ihtttg to tl. f\
pttdlatlon of the entire robbet tariff
system: and If Hl ad tptlon I Itro)
the old line Republican ma. hlne f
will kill two bandits with one h-a.
for the death of obi llro- lb p it
Ism kill? th?> protective system that
created the tribe of Carnegie, and
Roekefe*ler multimillionaire a
t.l.noMY roi: RECIPROCITY.
Not Certain I ongics* will Agree?
l' wldjcat i>? t? rmtned, However,
W. shingioti. Jan. 27.?Snags began
to. loom up in *he pathway of tin
Canadian reciprocity agreement be?
fore it was in the bands of Congress
t \\ < nty-four hours and confident pre?
dictions of success, made freely by
some. ffOre somewhat stilled. It was
stated that even if the House accepts
the terms of arrangements (which
Republican high tariff advocates did |
not for a moment concede) it would
not pass t be Senate.
Those direful prophesies ware car?
ried to the White House today by
member* who visited the President,
apparently on other business, but in?
st, ad of creating a \>- sslmlstic feeling
there, Mr. Taft, it is said, received
them with smiles which Indicated that
ore- defeat would not turn him from
his purpose. If his ow n party, before
enrrendering control of the House of
Representatives, fails to seize the op?
portunity and the credit of putting in?
to operation this reciprocal trade pact,
the President, it is believed, w ill not
hesitate to submit his programme to
the Democrats, perhaps even in an
extra session of the new Congress.
I If the attitude of the Democratic
leaders of the House proves a true
Index of the position, which minority
members v>f the ways and means com ?
mtttOi Will take, on a joint reosl^t'.on
to put the trade agreement into force,
then such a resolution can be brought
? oct of the committee. The seven Dem-v
u nits on the committee are believed
to be in sympathy with the matter,
and it is said that the Republicans
will vote to report It favorably. This
makes a clear majority of 19 mem?
bers.
Should the resolution be brought
out of the ways and means committee
within the next fortnight, a vote could
be had on It in the House during the
present session. It is in the Senate
that the barrier now looks Impreg?
nable. A Republican member of the
finance committee said today that not
one of the majority of that body fa?
vored the proposed arrangement with
Canada, some being opposed because
they believed the interests and their
States to be Jeopardized and others
basing their objections upon the
ground ol supposed menace i ? ths
J principle of protection?
I '.t is admitted th-c a male \
I the com ml lee as mode up la opp<
to the am ? si 11 an ? ? tha* it ^toi abl)
will require a majority vote of the
Senate for the disc barge of the com?
mittee !f a resolution to put the meas?
ure n farce Is brought out into the
open.
After March 4 there will be seven
vavaneles, half of the membership In
the finance committee. It Is not
doubted that the filling of these va
can ies will Increase the chances tor
favoi^ble action upon the agreement.
o. k. as to Mad Paper.
New- York, Jan. 27.?In the matter
of the print paper and wood pulp pro?
vision in the reciprocity agreement,
John Norris. chairman of the com?
mittee of the American Paper Asso?
ciation, says the proposed arrange*
mant is entirely satisfactory and pro
ld i for th' Immodlnte entry of print
and WOOd pulp from Canada, when
uvad* from wood cut from private
landa If ratified by Congress, and the
Canadian Parliament agrees, the pa?
per will be passed promptly.
Meeting of the Ait Club.
\ mOOl delightful evening was
p< rit by the members of the SumP r
\rt Club when they tmt Tuesday af
lernoon with Mrs. s. c, McKeown on
Sa!? m av< nue, as hostess.
The afternoon was spent by the
m< ml ra of the < iui? in bnally plying
their needless, all of which passed
too quickly, for the members wa re not
so busy with their needles as to for
? t their tongues which generally
went a little bit faster than the need?
les.
During the evening a salad course
which was much enjoyed was served
hf the hOgteggj who entertained the
club In her usual pleasing and taste?
ful manner.
The gu?:te; who were entertained
during the evening by Mrs. McKeown
w pre i
IfIssei Jennie Walsh. Marls Do
I ? e starts Brown, Lenora Wllll
ford, Luclle DeLorme, Hnllle Joins,
tile Norman, Mrs. c. d. IfcKnlght,
and Mra w. s Danton,
The guests of the club were Iftas
sie. p. ;ind Miss Jones,
The next meeting of the olub will
be lo hl on Tu< idnj afternoon next
w Ith Mra 11, N Korest? r.
Attention has been twice called In
council meetings by Alderman Qlenn
to the fact that portions of tin- con?
crete sidewalk on West Liberty street
at the cro* ing to the lot bach of the
Masonic ball arc being worn away by
? hb lea, but no steps have yet DO< n
token towards stopping the damage
I etng done. ?
BUILD [HE HOTEL
UTIVE CANVA8H FOR FUNDS
sTAIIII.M.
Pr< *;<] ?M L, |>, Jennings of the tiiani
11 i ol ( onimcicc Undertakes to
Raise $100,000 for Hotel and la
Making n Personal Ca it vase for
titock Subscriptions?Expects t<>
Secure at Lea si T< n $5,000 Subscrip?
tion*,
Prom the Daily Item, Jan. :;o.
it begins to look as If something
definite is to be done about building
a modern hotel, it does not mean
that the hotel Is a certainty, but the
movement set on foot today by Presi?
dent L. D, Jennings of the Chamber
of Commerce will decide whether or
nut the business men of Bumter want
a hotel <>r not, whether all this talk ;
about a hotel has been nurse talk or
something substantial. Mr. Jennings
has undertaken to make a persona] j
canvass of the city for tiv purpose
of securing subscriptions to a $10",
000 company and when ho has finish- :
ed hli a If Imposed task he will know
and the people of Bumter will know
wheth< r they are to have a hotel or
not.
Tho terms and conditions upon !
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which subscriptions are solicited are ,
set forth in the following statement,
which appears at the head of the sub?
scription list, fiveiy business man in
Sumtor should read it carefully and
make np his mind that he will say
to Mr. Jennings when he calls. He
made a start on his canvass this
morning and has already secured sev
i
oral $5,000 subscriptions and he
hopes to secure at least ten for this
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amount. The outlook for the hotel is
more encouraging than ever before
and it is to be hoped that the peo?
ple of Sumtor will rise to the occa?
sion.
STATK OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County of Sumtor.
Wfl The Undersigned, recognizing
the necessity for a modern hotel in
the City of Sumter, and recognizing
the benefits that such a hotel will be
to us and the entire city, and irg>con
Slderatlon of such benefits to us, and
in consideration of the signing of this
agreement by each other, hereby
agree to subscribe the amounts op?
posite our names to the capital stock
of a corporation, to be organized un?
der such name as the majority of the
Stockholders may determine, for the
put pose of buying a lot and building
thereon a modern hotel end furnish
Infc the sit In t it City ol Bumter,
1 at a cost not lo exceed One Hundred
\ thou r J dollars,
It im in?* Agreed, by tne subscription
hereto that if the buying of said lot
and the erecting Of said hotel and fur?
nishing of the same costs less than One
Hundred Thousand dollars, then our
Subscriptions are to be reduced in the
proportion that said total cost bears
to the said sum of One Hundred
Thousand dollars.
it Being Farther tgreed, that our
subscriptions are to be binding only
upon the condition that enough
Subscribers are secured to this agree?
ment to pay for the lot cash, erect the
building thereon, and furnish tho
same, ( ash, so that there will be no
bonds and mortgages given on the
property, The purpose being to have
everything paid for cash in order to
protect the smaller stockholders,
it is Agreed, that we will pay our
subscriptions as called for by the di?
rectors of the corporation to be or?
ganized :
Jurors For Second Week,
The drawing of .jurors for the petit
Jury for the second week of criminal
court which convenes here February
?iih, resulted In the following names
being added to the jury list:
b ma ti s. i tlchardson,
<\ R, Ardis.
O. a. Nettles,
t. J. Brown,
Henry Barkley,
a. R, Drayton,
ii. H. Blgham,
w. a. Player,
j. ii. Baker,
J. II. Myers. %
R, H. Keels,
j. s. Buck,
C, J. Dwlght,
U F. Adams,
R, F, Chandler,
R. \i. London,
J. B, Player,
11. T, Folsom,
B, Q, Spencer,
s. i >. (fain,
J, Iff. X. Wilder.
C, W. Smith,
J. P, Booth,
(leorge I toafedlcls,
J, U. McLeod, V
J. < f, Stakes,
j. i? Graham,
a. M. ?'.lot;.b.n
Janv s i icncnhaley,
J, a. Hoy kin,
i \. i. Ooodma n,
VV. i Owens,
iI'. Chandler,
<?. i. Stubbs,
.1 iseph 11. \\ hlte,
m. U Tti uluck,
Thai hide and ?se< k game after lit
North Pole Ii till open t > entries.
V'M.lilt's RRSICiN \TiOX.
I C111*1 of Retiring Prcsklciil Of N
'.?:?>> Collcgo to Governor.
To the Bdltor of The Sunday News:
Herein Is s truo copy of my i'esig
uation. The people of th< State have
s i 1ght to si (? it. Therefore I most
respectfully beg you to publish it lit
the Sunday paper.
Very respoctiully,
Thos K. Miller.
State College, Orangeburg, B. C.
.hm nary 21, 19X1.
The Hon. t ole L. Dleaae, the Gov?
ernor of South Carolina, Columbia, S.
<!.?Dear Sir: Because l opposed
your election to the chief office in the
gift of our beloved State, you have de?
manded my resignation, stating that
you will iv>t permit the State Colored
College to do any business until my
resignation Is in your hands. In an?
swer to your request, with your per?
mission, our honored trustees have
fl ! the cad .-f the fiscal year, June
3f?, as the day for my resignation to
be effective. 1 thank you over much,
dear sir, for this leniency, the mere
sc. because 1 am guilty of having beg
ged the voters not to vote for you. I
counted the cost before I opposed you.
hence l am prepared for the blow >f
your official act.
li will be fifteen years, June 10,
since I was elected i<> my present po?
sition, having been endorsed by the
Republican and Democratic organlz
at ions, the judiciary, most of the
members of the Constitutional Con-j
vention, the State Legislature, St*it ? i
officials, members of Congrcb* ?. |
two United States Senat? rs. In re?
sponse to their endorsements l have
put fifteen years of faithful service rn
this work. I now thank them foi th.
great confidence tin y r< post ?l In me
My official nets have gone Into hi;
tory; I do not fear the judgment . ?
our people, whit*.' and black, upon
them. My opposition to you was not
an official act and I alone am respon?
sible to my country and to Cod for
having opposed your election tu your
exalted position.
Honored sir, I never slandered you
f >r there was no malice In my oppo?
sition to you, I felt that your an?
nounced policy against the negro was
not founded upon justice and the best
interest of the State; for that reason
1 tried to 1'Hng about your defeat.
Wishing for you an administration
founded upon wisdom and statesman?
ship, peace, prosperity and happiness
I hereby tender you this, my r Big
nation, to go in effect June 30, 1911.
Very respectfully your obedient ser?
vant,
Thos E. Miller
President of the State Colored Col
I lege.
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Good progress is being made on the
Rowland buildings opposite the post
othYe which were so badly damaged
in the fire that destroyed the Jack?
son hotel. The finishing touches are
being put on the front and roof of
the building at present.
Some New Arrivals in Just Wright Shoes.
See our window display, then ^tep inside
and let us show you the real article.
IF IT IS A DRESS SHOE
YOU WANT
Call for Happy Jack, in Patent
Blucher or Button, one and a half ii . heel
with the snap and finish of any five dol?
lar shoe.
IS IT SOMETHING FOR
BUSINESS YOU WANT ?
Soft and comfortable, then call for our
Cushion Sole, in Rid, You will have a
feeling of rest when the days' work is
done.
NOW, DO YOU WANT
SOMETHING ?S FARM?
Call for Sioux Calf with viscolized soles,
and you will be fixed for the season.
THERE arc others, such .is Gun Metals, Velours, Russian Calf, Etc. All the
equals of any $5 Shoes on the market, but JUST WRIGHTS arc only $4