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(f be ffDhtcbman ;urt *outbron. 1'ublUhcd \\cdue*d ?> und Suturda>. ?BT? OST FEN PUBLISHING COMPANY si mti:i{, s. c I rrm $1.50 per annum?In advance. \d\ .im-., in. in - One Square Mist Insertion.tl.00 ?very subsequent Insertion.50 Contracts for three months. or longer will be made at redttoed Igte?. All communications which sub? serve private interenN will l-e clunged lor as ndvertYemenis. Obituaries and tributes of rsspect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed In 1860 and the True Southron In Hit. The Wat. hin?.i and Southron oow has th* combined circulation and Influence cf both of the old papers, and Is manifestly the best advertising an?dlum In Sumter. ? A I OTTER FROM Mil IUI I IT PERSON. Editor of the Herald. Sir: Will you allow me space in your paper to correct some statements recent ly published In the "Dally Item" against the Sheriff's office. In the first i place the Item stated there was no effort made to capture Harper. This Is an error. We have made every effort to capture Mr. Harper. They also state that the Governor's pro? clamation offering a reward of 1100.00 for the capture of Mr. Harper, should have been printed la all the County papers and that this was withheld from the Item to deprive them of the amount which they would have ' received for pub? lishing the same. I had an order from the Governor to pabllsh same* In one county paper. which was ?Jone. The sheriff asked the reporter of the Item after explaining to him. to eoerect the statement. Which the >r failed to do. >ema the Item wishes the of Sumter county to believe has been no effort made to e Mr. Harp?r. 1 will state dlowlna truth*. Every one Ed. Uossard was shot at the * on Sunday night. A polt. ? svma st the depot snd Harper lad a few minutes the start of Chief Bradford and several era of the force made e%ery ef ?cato Harper, hut failed to . because tthey could not get Information as to his where t, for the fact he was shielded lends I knew nothing of the r until the next dsy. Though .llor. Mr. Owens, wss out .'II trying to locste Mr. Harper It seems from the printed mat n "The Item" they think all he riff had to do was to walk and capture Harper, whether Bf could be found or not. Mr. Harper Is not th.- first man who has escaped, nor will he be the last. If the Editor of the Item will come to the office we will show him descriptions of me.i wanted In different with rewards of? fered for them as high as $50,000 ? 0. Who have never btog captured. In regards to a warrant being sent to this omc?? on Saturday, I de? sire to say, Judge Wells has a de? puty paid by the cou.Uy to do his work snd under Section 10 15 Code of Laws of South Carolina, Vol. 1, whb h reads as follows: The Mag? tatrntes In Sumter, Carnwell, Or sngfhurg and Fairtb Id counties for whom there are constables ap? pointed, with fixed salaries, shall n ?t > . i horlsed to place their war? rants or ether criminal process In the 1. irds of the Sheriffs of suid roun <. f .r services unless, at tlu same time they make and file w?i i the said Sheriffs their tgfUTKatg. setting forth that at the time, there Is a riot or other disturbance or sufh? lent cause, stating the cause, hi the locality, whb h re.id* rs It Impos? sible ..r Inexpedient to haw the same serve I by th. r?*u.u- . .nstuhle and the account of th.- Sheriff for any euch service shall not b. gJloWOd 01 paid unless von bed bj <nd bgOOd Ml such rertlrhat? The people of Sumter county will see ? v the above tout tliat the Sheriff hnt nothing ta #0 With th serving ..f M u-ivi .f. - ?,ui wtthi. it to. |o |e r eudorst ment an Specified above end>i*?d tlol-oi. I think the Edit* r of th Item had Set* ter post himsell u little in r? gard to the l.i w I ? r..r. i rlti< l*lng the ill ties pertMlntr.K to th- Sheriff s oMIce. V.. If. El'EEItSt>.N, Sheriff. The at \' iri 1. ?ter. ... i r t In nature of Sheriff W. II. Epperson ap? peared in th Sum'- r Herald of 17th tnst. Altho ight I ?t requested to do so. It Is reproduce.) hi thi; pap.-r la order thst the publle Ht |;irK?* in iv what the Sheriff's offgot has ? . ov for it? self. The columns --f th. I?ally It-in are always open to any cltlsen or public official wh?. has a message f-.r the public or w ho .?..?di? h t,. repiv to criticisms, and the SI erlff'?* otf|.-,. ^ , nut forced to adopt the nuin I i' .nil . ;m ol a p p I > i a g ti> nnoth*if m-wspa I : to get Its reply before the ] Ubltc. Whil? the Iu-iii holds itself fro* to criticise public otllcials When circuin stancoi .?ml the public food demand criticism* it tus iH vur yet denied the u?? ol its * iUmmm to tin* ofllcla1 or in? dividual criticised when he desired lo inakr reply t?> lbs cvftlclsm or lo de? fVnd his arts or eori.Juct. The Hem charge** thnt?the prop off ?tiorts were not made to arrest J. W, Harper, und rai ts of common knowledge instantiated the correct w ss of this charge. It was known that lo- was in town and had been in consultation with attorneys who rep? resented him at the Coroner4! Inquest, l?ut If his house w as ever searched or kepi under ?urvellance that fact has never I t on reported. It has since be? come known that be was in his borne and remained there unmolested until he K"t ready to btre a buggy and drive to a nenrby railroad station and take the train for parts unknown. The near, st approach to an attempt to ar? rest him was when a policeman in? quired at the door whether Mr. liar per was at home, and when informed thr.t he wus not, although then In the house, no further effort was made to arrest him in ease he should visit his house or leave It. So much for this phase of the Sheriff's letter, which Itself confesses that the Sheriff's of? fice was relying upon the police force of the city to capture Harper?a duty that the law devolves up >n the Sher? iff. in reaped t>> the publication of the Ckirernor*! proclamation offering fl reward tor the capture of Harper, It was stated in this paper that it had been oustomary for many yean t>> publish these proclamations in all tin papers, and this is a fact. All the proclamations the writer has seen weiY sent to the Sheriff with instruc? tion to publlab In at least one county m wspaper, and heretofore the present Sheriff and his prodOOOSSOri have pub? lish. I thI pt odamatlOBI in all the papers, and the Governor has paid the hills without question. The Sher? iff was not criticised so much for not publishing the proch.mation In the Item, as he has been accustomed to do, hut for withholding publication for throe or more days until he could get It published in anoth r paper that had not criticised his oftlce. As to the matter of serving a war? rant turned over to the Sheriff's ollioe by Magistrate Wells; again the Sheriff condemns himself by his own words. Suppose the law does prescribe a whole lot of red tape respecting the pay mont of the Sheriff's fees for serving a Magistrate's warrant, Is that a valid . \. >.??? for he Sheriff to s.t placidly In his oftlcf, refusing to serve the war? rant for a desperate criminal, who shot and leriously w ound* d a man and had terrorized a crowd? Is the collection of fees more important to the Sheriff than the arrest of a would be-murderer? What if Magistrate Wells had been derelict In properly ( ertlfylng the warrant so the Sheriff could have an Iron clad cinch in the ( xtra fees'.' Is It proper for the High Sheriff and his deputies to sit tight in their office in the Court HotMH while the criminal makes good his 08? Cape I It does seem thai ? zealous and energetic sheriff who draws a Fsgulat salary of 11H ? month and vari'-us and sundry fees, could forego the certainty of a few dollars of ad? ditional fees lather than lei a crim? inal escape while he is bickering with the magist rat* who Issued the war? rant. When the magistral* negleets or refusei t<> perform hti duty, \% is ail th?> more necessary that the sher? iff, the highest peace of Hoc of the coun? ty, perform the full duty he owes the public. it Is for conduct such as this that the Sheriff's ollke has la , n and Is b. i.tg criticised, n >t inly hy Th. Dally Item, but by the publ!< generally, if th* Legislature appropriate d tore money th.in the tax levy will raise, (?overaor Imas.- was dead right in Vetoing the appropriation bill, For ye.vs th'-io has I.n talk of economy and promisee of reduction In taxea but the legislature has regularly made appropriations In exc ess of the income of the Statt This course, as unwise si it was anbtu?nees?like, has rosult e*l la a deficit '?od the State lias had to borrow large BUUM annually to liqm ?i it- its obligatio na Hinhing th*- burdi n of la ratios greater than naoeasary t?. the ? sti nt of the Intereal paid on the monej borrowed, We da not stand for niggardliness in the administration of the buslaesi of the state, for it ta let ontj v is*-, but often the truest economy to spend money liberally when necessary for Improvements or to lncr.ase the tfftcteacy of the *d? mlnlstratloa of the affairs of the State, Bui we have si nay i ooademned ? baphaaard appropriation of public money without having tirst provided Wayi and means for raising a suth ei? nt sum by taxation, or otherwise, to cover the amounts appropriated. The legislature h?s been guilty of tins i i< defensible practice in former years, It may ha\*- done th. same thing this year, and If It has. QoVCmor BIOSSC ue. ds an further Juetlflcatlou Of his set in vetoing th*- appropriation bin that ? recital of the fact. If the legislature voted away more money than the! Btate will receive from all sources dur- ; Ins the current yeari Governor Dleaee I has taught the legislators a long | n< ? ded and merited lesson. If the lite >me of the state this \ ar will eu.ua] or exceed the total aim urn appropriated by the legisla? ture, Governor Bleas was guilty of a high handed outrage In vetoing cer? tain Items In the appropriation bill, The legislature is responsible to the people for its acts; and it la the duty of the legislature to levy taxes for the ?upport of the State Government and , to make appropriations for the va rloui departmenti and for specific j purposes, and when the Governor un? dertakes tu dictate to the legislature' how and where the State's money shall be spent, he exce< ds his authority j and is meddling with a co-ordniatej department of the Government In an J unwarranted manner. Unless the leg*] islature put itself in the wrong by mak? ing appropriation! In excess of the Slate's Income, Governor Bloase can not successfully defend his act. Miss BRAND ENTERTAINS. Largo Number of Friend* Invited to Meet Mrs. Brand and Miss Hewitt. A* her home on Ilarvin street Miss Beaufort Brand <>n Thursday evening entertained a large number of her i rieiids in honor of Mrs. W. B. Brand of Augusta and Miss Jaunita Hew t Of Darlington. The residence was tastefully deco? rated With ferns and carnations tOl thi 0< ision and the hostess was kepi busy for the first part of the evening receiving the fifty guests who scmbled. Eleven tables were provided ar.d the guests wet*- seated at them nd given the dice t ups and told to pr&y hearts with dice, that being the meth? od of entertainment for the evening. The first prize, a heart shaped case of sterling bodkins, was v on by Miss Ada Mullins of Philadelphia, the guest of Mrs. Whltehead, and the booby prise, a heart-shaped i? ?x of Huyler'i candy, was won by Mrs. Andrew Jack? son. Aft? f the scores had been counted and the prizes given out the guests each presented with a carnation and later were served with a dainty salad course which was much enjoyed. A THIEF CAPPTURED. Where Some of The Stolen Bicycles a f Went Mf?.'john P. Epperson, special deputy sheriff, went to Gourdln's Sta? tion Saturday night with a warraat for the arrest of Oliver Potts, a negro Who had made a raid on the house of L. E. White and stolen a gold watch fob, a ladies coat, a tailor made skirt, a hat and other articles. Mr. Epper? son was furnished with a description cf the stolen articles, and wdthin a short time after reaching Gourdlns he was on the trail of the stolen goods and the man. He recovered the watch that night from a negro woman to whom it had b. ? n given by a man who bough' it from Potts. Sunday he captured Potts and that night he returned With his prisoner. He did n >t sucr, ed Id recovering the cloth? ing, as Potts' sister had diked up In the otfifit and gone off to attend a big church meeting. While in Clonidins Mr. Epperson was put on to the fact that Potts had sold sis bicycles In the neighborhood within the past few months. Mr. G. C. Parsons gave him his active assist? ance in working up the bicycle cases and thanks to his efforts Mr. Epper? son succeeded In locating four of the wheels and obtaining a description of them. The two other wheels he did aot find, but Mr. Parsons will keep a Watch for them and tiny will alsa be located soon, it Is thought. Mr. ?Epperson has succeeded In finding the owneri ?>f two of the wheels stolen by Potts and will probably be able to lo? cate the owneri of the others as he is being assisted by the bicycle dealers who keep a record of tin wheels they sell. PottS has been committed to jail on ihc charge of grand larceny a id will be tried at the next term of court. in The Rfaglstrate's Court. A preliminary hearing was given In the magistrate's court Saturday, some darkies being up on the charge of as I saultlng ami b? ating up another darky, one William Morrison. Mr. L. I?. Jennings and Mr. C. C. Smith ap I peered on behalf <-f the defendants, it seems from the evidence that was taken that Morrison got In tTOU bh with his brother members at a lodge meeting and was unceremon? iously put out of th.- building. He was attacked and beat up by one or two of Iiis fellow members. John Ward being the chief one in mal? treating him was held for trial at the higher court. The others were re? leased aa there was not sufficient evl denle against them t? hold them. Wien a young man tells a girl sin Is pretty she proceeds to give an imi? tation of being surprised. IN THE POLICE COURT. small Roys Conf<*gg to Strahn?, Chirk e n- and Hotel for Trial in tin* High? er Court. B ?veral cast s wen heard In tin- po llce court Thursday afternoon and Prlday morning. Roll In Richardson and Ben Mack I were up on the charge spilling] rocks on the streets. The two men ? were teamsters and had not taken hu indent precautions against dropping the rocks while carrying them from ' one place to another. Doth plead J guilty and were each Rned 13.00, D. T, Hamilton was charged with blocking the Manning avenue and1 Harvln street crossing, lie plead' guilty to the charge and was lined 1 $5.00. j. A. Troutman, the A. C. I.. night yard master was charged with block? ing a crossing on Sumter Btreet Friday morning. He staled that he had only blocked the crossing so us to let a passenger train go by and to prevent a longer blockage of other crossings. The recorder lined him $r>.00. Arthur Phillips and John Belcher, two colored hackmen, were chargi d with cursing and fighting at the pass? enger station. They plead not guilty but were found guilty by the record? er and made to pay $.".00 each. Friday afternoon a very larue and J much interested crowd congregated in the Recorder's courl room to hear the preliminary trial of three small while boys who w -ve charged with stealing chickens. The boys who wa re Robert Griffin, Norris Richard? son, aad Jack Wheeler, had already confessed, having taken the chickens and hoi told to whom thoy had Bold them. The only only evidence put up was that by 11. B. Philli es, a colored hack man and storekeeper, and a white Btoreki eper on Manning avenue, who testified to having bought the cl ick em from the boys. The recorder af? ter hearing the evl lence decided that they should be held on the charge < larceny and burglary and they were Bent Up to the higher court for trial. He was unable to fix bond for them as the offense of which they were charged was a felony and bail for such an offense must he fixed by a circuit judge. The depredations of the boys had covered a period of about ? m month and many persons had suffered at their hands. Another case that came up was that aagtnst Durham Hawkins, uran Thlgpen and Willie Rogers for break? ing into the Southern freight depot on Tuesday night and stealing the con? tents of a case of Canadian club whis? key, containing sixteen quarts, a case of Prince Albert smoking tobacco, and a large number o! other things of bsser value. After the evidence in the case had been .aken the Record? er dismissed Willie Rogers as there was nothing said against him, but held the other two hoys for trial at the next term of er minal court, bond being fixed at $400. The witnesses in the case were. H. A. Rose, agent for the Southern depot, who testified to the fact of what was taken from the building and that :t was taken Tuesday night. Mr. Q. A. Coley, special detective agent for tho Southern road, stated that he had been told by Hawkins that he had been given a drink of whiskey the night before by Thlgpen. He was brought on up to the guard house where, after Bon.c time, he was per? suaded to tell where the whiskey that he had drunk came from, chief Bradford, Mr. Coley and Hawkins then went down to the old cot! ?ri f. ctory under which the stuff had been hidden. <'hicf Bradford had v alted out In the street while the others want to tho place the good! were supposed to be concealed, Mr. Bradford had seen the Thlgpen boy come from the side of the building and had Immediately given chaso. Thigpt n ran hack under the building right into the arms of Mr. Coley who was examining the goods. .Most of the tobacco and about half of the whiskey was recovered while the other goods were not. As no evidence was given against Rogers, the statement of Thlgpen that Rogers was as much in it as the rest of them not being accepted as evidence, R?dg? en was dismissed while the other two boys were held until the next term of court. There was only one case tib i in the Recorder'! court Saturday. Frank Richardson was charged with being drunk Prlday night about 12 o'clock. He plead guilty to the charge and was fined $">.00 \>r 10 days. Cases against several of the A. ''. L. yard employers were postponed until Tuesday, These casei were for block? ing the streets at Various places and different times. Only one of the small boys who were given a preliminary In the Re e ?rder's ci urt several days ago has been released on b > d. The others are ^tiii confined in the county jail. Ma kes the most nutri? tions food and the most dainty and delicious. Absolutely Pure The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar No f ussing or f retting over the biscuit-making. Royal is the aid to many a cook's success. ' Oo? book?SOQ Receipts?Fr?. Send Name and Address. . VONG powder co., new york. The Cement Siio. Scientific Farming has brought about scientific Inventions; they go hand In hand. Jt Is easily plaip to! : anyone that a B?0 should be coa- I ?truoted of material that makes it I air light, that will not warp, shrink I or swell. The Polk system of constructing' eoment silos ?n i inovation. it Is certainly a marked Impurovement over any other system that has been de? vised. The Polk, Genung, Polk com any, Incorporated at Fort Branch. I ad., explained to us that the Cement I Silo when properly constructed under the Polk system la a silo forever. It is not an expense. The work it does makes it a saving. The first cost is the last cost. There is no paining, no adjustment of hoops, no fire risk, no setting up aft< r a wind storm, no rotting, nor shrinking or swelling In fact its life is limitless. There are vital point! if you are considering the erection of a silo. There are a great many other good points In favor of this system all of which will be carefully explained to those interested if correspondence is opened with the Polk, Genung, Polk company at Fort Branch, Ind. These people are the sole owners of the Polk system of reinforced con? crete constructions, a patented sys? tem, which has attracted wide spread ?attention and which has been passed upon by scientific experts as a most thoroughly perfect and complete .-ystem. The firm is one of the most reput- j aide and highly rated in the State of . Indiana. Their contracts w ill be I carried out absolutely according to ' agreement, and it is a pleasure on the | part of this newspaper to commend | thc.m and their system as worthy of. the consideration of those who may be interested. j C. M. Baxby west of the city built] two silos, one at his home and one in I Carroll county in the Bummer <>i' 1910 and speaks very highly Ol tin j plan.?Freeport (Ind.) Pulletin. _I \ Boy's Chances. The United states Steel Corporation recently elected a new president, it; chose for the position, which com? mands a salary of fifty thousand dol-| lars a year, a man, still comparatively young, has worked his way up from the bottom of the steel ladder, having entered the mill as a boy, at the usual boys' wages, and gone successively through every stage of work and progress since. During the sann- week in which the ate< 1 company elected its new presi? dent, ex-Governor Black, of New York addressed a gathering of the bankers of New York City, la the course of his address he said: "Twenty-five years ago tin- majority of young men were earning less mon? ey than bricklayers receive today." No one of the comi any dispul* d ' him. for the statement was true. The bankets present, almost without ex? ception, had begun work on wages of I lour dollars a week, which la th ? usual pay for a boy in a bank. The two Incidents, coming in the same week and the same city, are ebb By interesting for the light they throw on thai old, old uae.--tio.-i of the i boys' ? haue, s today. They mUSt be regarded as confirming the opinion so often expressed by Mr. Carnegie, Mr. James J. Hill, the late Mr. Hat rlman, Mr. Bdlson, and others who have attained the highest commer? cial success, that there has never been a time In the history of the world When a boy had BO good a chance as he has today. The trouble with the average boy is that he thinks too much about him? self and too little about his work. If he is constantly wondering wh< thcr there is anything ahead of him in tho office where he works, and constantly worrying because he does not see any? thing the chances arc that there is not If, on tho other hand, he forgets himself in his work, if the days go by so quickly that he has a feelinf of regret or uneasiness at not having ac? complished as much as he wished to, then he may he sure that some time he will he "boss" of the business him? self; for that is the way tho "boss" feels now.?Youths Companion. Stricken With Apoplexy. Mr. J. S. R. Brown, of OsOJCgO, who was visiting his daughter in Florence was stricken with apoplexy Sunday night and has been critically ill over since. Hope of his recovery has been almost abandoned. Better keep more to you The old-fas for red-toppod boots now has a son who is an authority on silk socks.? I >allas News. A Card of Thanks. The teacher of the Stateburg school (colored), Hattie D. Taylor, wishes to return many thanks t<? Prof. T?te. State Superintendent of tho Rural Schools, Mr. Haynsworth, County Su? perintendent of Education and Mr. W. I,. Baundera, clerk of the Board of Trustees, for their visit to the school on the 16th inst. L'-l'l-lt.-W. FOR sah:?Tools Improved cotton H* cd. $1.00 per bushel. Cash with order. J. \. W < athersbee, Norway, S. C. 2-21-41. WANTED?At once, several sjo d farm hands to work on truck farm. Wages $ 1.?0 per day. Steady time. Apply to J. W. Ives, Ojus, Hade County, Florida. 2-21-21 MONEY MAKER COTTON SEED? Will pay y )U, if you are raising cotton. If you are not posted, it w ill pay you lo investigate. We can furnish a limited quantity ol pure seed, raised on our farm wh*re there has never been any blight. $l.uo per bushel. Let us book your order at once if you intend to plant Money Maker. C. P. OstCOB Co., Sumter, S. c. 2-1-tf D t I am SO enthusiastic concerning the virtues of HUNTS LIGHTNING GIL that 1 always keep a bottle it in tho house, ami to ill) pat tit ular friends I gi\c a bottle unless they live so near (hat 1 can pour ?tut from my own sugatlj lo tide them over an> trouble. I use this lini? ment for colds, rubbing it on my throat and chest a- a counter irri? tant. ? ??? 1 won't soy any snore bui you see how enthusiastic I am.. Mr-. Ida D Judd, i West H'.iU Street, Now York City. For Sale By SIBERT8 DRUG STORE.