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The Sumter Watchman was found
d In lioO and the True Southron In
lit. The Watchman and Southron
ow has the combined circulation and
nfluence cf both of the old papers.
?ad Is manifestly the best advertU-ing
nedlum In Sumter.
Mayor Jennings decided to restga
and about ten days ago wrote his
resignation and placed it hp the
\anda of City Clerk Hurst to be laid
>efore Council at Hs next regular
neetlng. Tuesday night. April 11th.
"he fact that he hsd determined to
ake this action having become
;nown. the Executive Committee of
he Chamber of Commerce adopted
v resolution requesting him to rece> wi?
lder and withdraw the letter placed
in the hands of the City Clerk, lie
was waited on by a special commit- '
tea of the Chamber of Commerce and
'ha proposed resignation was discuss-,
? 4 In Its relation to the Interests of
ite city, apart from any persor.al |
cnstderatlons. As a result of tills
conference Mayor Jennings consen'
ad to withdraw his letter of reslgnt.-.
tion and It will not/go before City j
Council. Insofar as City Council i
la officially Informed there has been
no resignation, and tho matter can
aot come up before that body, des?
pite the fact that the members of
Council, as Individuals, are fully cog?
nisant of the fact that the May >r had
decided to resign and had written his
raatsjaatlon This is as It should be.
since th* Inclden. Is closed an? any
reference to or discussion of the mat?
ter In Council can be productive |
of no good and can settle none of
the Issues that were Involved In the
original controversy. The Chamber of
Oomnrwo has us? .1 It* ?;ood oftVosi
to r* love a situation that wa* pr*S>
aaat with possibilities, of harm to
taVO elty. and nothln* should be done
er raid to undo this Sj?. 211)
Council as a K>dy, Its members as
Individuals, and every man In Sum?
ter has enough constructive work to
perform for the benefit of the com?
munity without wasting time and
treating needless friction by a fruit?
less discussion of a question that Is
no longer an Issue, having been fi?
nally settled In the !..-*t manner pos?
sible In the circumstances.
CITY OBSI KVI.S i I I \N-I P DAY.
Cart* and Men i-'.m ployed by City
All Bus) ( leaning U{> Public Placc-v
th Dally Item. April 10.
Sumter does not need its Mayor to
laaue a proclamation for Its street force
to get to work |f clean up the streets.
Every part of the city street force
was employed today In cleaning up
public places all about the city. Sever?
al extra ca.ts were employed to car?
ry off trash and the entire work force
was Instruct. 1 t.. help tn the general
movement for a cleaner and better
elty.
For th*? last week the garbage carts
have had more trash to carry off than
?ver befvire. supposedly because the
owners of property were preparing to
nave a clean yard and house when
clean-up day arnv I. The Instruct?
ion? to rl-.iii up today w? re observed
bv a large number of people all over
the . Uy and rOOt OaNftl had an
extra busy time ?urrying off gar?
bage.
iit wcv rt t -?i v Mill not be ilia niiiy
day that psopls will OS given a|
chance to give their yards a good i
aprlng cleaning up Scv ral a I
dltlot. ii carts will ??? in s >rv b e tor
the main der r?f the week and it is
i
possible for all tru.-h put out on Iha
street to ba taken oiT iiiunetli it. 1>.
Iwi-' . ? ar art attOOJIpl WM SJMlds to
rid tie- eH aasjM of the moaquttooa
and Ii es and tie efforts of city a*n d
du? in Vrore amply rovald, 'i his year
it i ? ?i i" r< d lo have ovon V i no
SJSJII ? s |hl R la t J . .r and thl* Is
p? ?si |t |f lb-- p. oplr of the city will
? b-an up ' le l \ .ir -Is in-1 . : I TV out
the instru' Uofts of tie- city of the
sta . Board of Health.
Mr II M. Meli? y. w DO has be< n
Halt iikf ni i In? A. C U railroad
passender i ittoR f Sf the last two
years, has aec.pt?..| a .position with
the Partners' Pank an I Trust ''om
: i. ? >f tb>s elty |., t,,|Nl. n,,. place
of Mr T. w w.r nn who recently
moved to Raleigh, S. <*.. Mr. Olek?
sy's place at the pa*s?>ng'-r station
Will be tilled by I ?. \' PI lyST, * bo
was sent here by the Atlantic Coast
Line from Florence for th;it p it p. h .
HKA1N EXI'OSEI), MAN STILL
LIVES.
Ratchet Wound and Bullet in Head.
Trouble Near < aiiuh n.
Camd- n, April 7.- As a result ot
family trouble and t*>??? much whisk. y.
according to Ine atorj lold. of the af?
fair. Adolphua Kelly, arho Uvea about
six aallea from Blnney, on February
If, threatened to km all tha pereona
in his house, Brooka Cornwall, an
eighteen-year ?old boy, arho la cloeely
related t<? Kelly attempted to stop
him. The story Is that Kelly resented
It and drew a pistol and tried to shoot.
Cornwall grabbed a hatchet and with
a mighty blow eut his head open, ex?
posing his brain. This blow did
not phase Kelly and he still tried to
shoot. Cornwall forced the pistol
against Kelly's head, and In the scuf?
fle it went off, the ball going through
his forehead anil lodged In the back
of his head. Kelly still showed tight
and went Into his room and secured
a shot gun, and went through the
house hunting young Cornwell. Kelly s
wife saw the condition that he was
in and begged him to lie down, which
he did. Kelly did not lose con?
sciousness and recognized all of his
farm hands that came to see him
that night. He was operated on the
same night, and has been lingering
since under the care of Drs. J. W.
Team, of Kidgeway; Grisby, of Blaney
and Watson of Columbia.
Dr. Team stated over phone this
afternoon that Kelly had been losing
ground for the past few days and
that he did not think that he could
last much longer. He said that a
piece of brain as big as a hen's egg
was protruding from the hatchet
wound and that it was Impossible to
get it back in, and that his right
side was completely paralyzed. The
side of his body opposite a brain
wound of this kind is where the
paralysis sets in according to state?
ment of physicians. ,
The wounding of Mr. Anderson, a
section master, which occurred here
last year is similar to this. Mr. An?
derson was struck with an axe expos?
ing the brain on one side of the head,
by one of his negro laborers, and he
hovered between life and death for
several months. H was operated on
at a hospital in Kock Hill, and Is now
able to walk around although partly
paralyzed on one side.
Cornwell says that Kelly has no
hard f< Hni towards htm nrd that if
he lives ?her ? will b? no pro"?acutlon?
He *<<t. a thai Kelly was drunk, and
tha.. be (Cornwell) wi?~ pr< I i thet
women of the houoo. 1
i Ol NTIES MI ST PAY CONSTA?
BLES.
Gas/, hsnwne tesMai sharp Letter to
Gr eenvuna sup?*r\Lsor.
Columbia, April 8.?Charging J. B.
Goodwin, county supervisor of Green?
ville county, with seeking to defy him,
Governor Blease has addressed a let?
ter to that official calling upon him
to pay for the work being dane in
Greenville county by one of Governor
Blease's liquor constables, or the
county of Greenville will be sued for
the constable's salary.
The Governor's letter to Supervisor
Goodwin Is as follows: The law
plainly prescribes that I shall ap?
point constables when it is deemed
necessary in counties where there are
no dispensaries. Yours Is not the tlrst
attempt to thwart me in the exercise
of the laws of the Stute. Because
SOma newspapers have been bragging
about certain officers defying the
laws, others, like yourself, who op?
posed my election, are now very
much Inclined to defy my authority,
whleh is ma unexpect-d by me. I
shall Instruct Mr. Head to proceed
with his work and bring suit against
the county of Greenville for his sal?
ary, if not paid as provided by law.
Cole L. Blease, Governor*"
This letter, as written in reply to
one from Supervisor Goodwin, stat?
ing that hs could not pay. t 'unstable
.f w I b ad. who bad presented ?
bjn for $74? The supervisor explained
that heretofore, 11,600 bad been In?
cluded In the supply bill for work of
constables, but that no provision was
made this year, Tha only way ha
said In* could pay would be to draw
i w i i m on i he treasurer.
i rne other i aplnnatlons were
made*, but Governor i;i see repllod
wt?h the letter given above, sin-wing
that the countlei have to pay the ex?
pense! of the eonatablea appointed by
the Governor to carrj on the oru
ads igalnsl the Illicit sale of whla
key.
Greenville la a county noted for
Illicit Mills and the Government men
work there constantly. A day or two
ago Governor Blease called upon the
sheriff end other officials, to aid In
the enforcement of tin liquor laws, in
iccordan* ? with provlslona of the
I'nrey-Cothran \<\.
B, E. Large, rural mall carrier ;?t
-? k ety 111!', wit tied Saturday
hji a w irraul i h irg h him with ap?
propriating to i?i i own use m >ney
?>' n him by patrons of the routo for
1 he puren 1 m of money ordere,
FIELD DAY APPROACHING.
CONTEST T<> BEGIN AT 10:.10 A.
M. o\ SATURDAY, APRIL ir>.
Some of the Prominent Gentlemen
and Ladies Who Will Attend the
l ieid Day Meet?Many Conteetnnti
lor .Many Prises. .
'I he day for the Field Day meet
Is rapidly approaching si ml the plans
of the teachers, the children and the
promoter! are rapidly being matured,
so that the effort! of each will be
BUCOeaaful and the greatest amount of
good poaaible will ba accomplished
for the schools. the teachers-", and
school children of the county.
This Field Day meet is not ex?
actly a new thing but It is a new
thing for Sumter county and much
interest has been showed in every
part of the programme by people in?
terested in the county schools and
school children. This plan, as it will
be carried out, was first mentioned
by Mrs. H. W. Ueall, at a meeting
of the County Teachers' Association,
and was taken up by Mr. W. IS,
Scott, principal of the high school
and president of the county teachers'
association, who mapped out a plan
of work to get up the Field Day
meet and made a programme for the
exercises. Three persons on the com?
mittee, Mrs. Beall, Miss Agnes Rich?
ardson and Mr. Scott, worked hard
for the meet and now they are prac?
tically assured that it will be on j of
the most successful plans to arms-}
Interest In teachers and pupils that
has ever been adopted In the county. ,
All of the teachers In the county
are expected to come, the pupils will
OOma if they are allowed to do so by
their parents,?and it is hoped that
there are no parents in the county .so
haru-hearted as to deprive their
children of this one great pleasure,?
all of the parents of school children 1
and the patrons of schools In the 1
county are Invited to come, and, I
moreover, the trustees of schools are ?
algo wanted, as their presence will
lend dignity to the occasion. Each I
and all of these are asked to be pres?
ent for the meet and they are asked
to bring along baskets or boxes of
good things to eat with them in or?
der that the crowd may be properly
fed. It Is urgently requested that
the parents and older folks who come
or send children do not forget this i
feature of the days' entertainment j'
,u> without there will be an alloy i 1
te tb. pleasure ? f the occasion, i
Thoae who aend baskets should j
have their things marked md should j
turn the eatables over to a commit?
tee which will have charge of this
feature of the program. This com?
mittee will be found on the lot to
the rear of the court house grounds
and they will not only take charge of
all dishes but will give them out to
the owners in the afternoon after the
dinner has been served. Dinner wUl
be served at 2 o'clock on specially
prepared tables erected on the lot to
the rear of the court house and
everyl)v?dy Is expected to eat at the
same table with everybody else.
The Field Day meet is to be held
on April 15, the day tirst set as tho
time for it and no one should make
the mistake of coming on the wrong
Saturday. Saturday, April 15. ts the
day and the exercises will begin
promptly at 10:30 o'clock In the court
house. No one who arrives after a
contest has begun will be allowed 1-1
enter It, so It is best for all of the
contestants to be sure to be at *ho
school house on time. The contents
for school work will come off first
and will be held in the court hous-*.
There are more than fifty contests in
all so those who expect to take part
In any of them should be ready at
any time to ^et to work so that no
delay will ba caused.
The athletic events will come off
in tin- afternoon. There are several
of them and they will be of great in
tereit to everybody, There arc a
great many conic 'slants in each event
and the winners will have- to w< rk
hard for what they Ket.
The tirst thing after the prlsea are
awarded will ba tin- taking cd* the
pictures of th" wlnnera by Mr. .T. H,
Windham, who will be on hand for
that purpose-, ii.. win take picture!
of the prlxe winner! and of any or?
ganisation which sir-1 them.
Almost every school in the county
is represented In th< <. nt< si and the
teachers and the pupil! have done
:,o..i| work preparing for the meel
li la Imposalhlc for every child who
enters a conn st t.. win a prise, al?
though there are a large numh< r of
prises, so a pupil who does not win
prise should not be d >w n< asl b< -
?aus.? (.t" thai fact. Nor should the
teacher! wine, gchool! do not win
any prise! r. ei disappointed as they
ha\?? done their part well In prepar?
ing I he ? hlldrofi for t he meet and
He v cannot d ? more than that.
Tht re will bo o nuinbc r of proml
nenl men and women from all parts
of the State at t he im et to add to
t he int. r. it of Ih.'aslon ond t<
tay a few words of commendation
and advice to the teachers and pu?
pils who nsscmhh nl the meet
Among those ore leveral who er<
very well known here, and lome who
have never been here before, butwho
will be here on this occasion f >r their
first vi>.it to Kumtcr. Prof. \V. K.
T?te, Superintendent <?f rural schools
in the State, will have a few words to
say t<> the teachers about their work.
Miss Marie Cromer, the "Tomato
Queen" of the state, will have some?
thing to say t<> the children and
teachers about the cultivation of to
matoes. Miss Hyde, director of the
model school at Winthrop college,
will make a demonstration Of tin- flre
less cooker for the benefit of the grils
and their mothers. Others to be
hero are: J. E. Swoarington, State
superintendent of education, Mr.
Dibble, who will have an exhibit of
books for the teachers, Dr. Wauchope,
of the University of South Carolina
and Mr. Scholield, physical Instructor
at. the University of South Carolina.
BealdOS there will be several others.
The people of the city are especial?
ly requested to come out as they will
he looked upon partly as the hosts
and hostesses for the occasion. It Is
true that the children of the city
schvjols will not take part in any of
the contests, hut this is no reason
why they should not show their Ui
teccst in the rural schools and help
to mak? the occasion the success that
It ought to he. Xlicy are further re?
quested to send out baskets of pro?
visions and any eatables that suit a
picnic occasion, this being a picnic
to be held in the city and not in the.
rountry as is usually the case. They
tire urged to send the things to eat
even if they do not come out them?
selves.
mr. scrantox mini: horror.
Seventy-Throe Bodiea of Vctims of
Catastrophe in Pennsylvania Coal
Fields Recovered,
Bcranton, Pa., April 8.?Seventy
three is the revised total of the toll
>f the mine fire at the Pancoast Col?
liery in Throop yesterday. A canvass
of the families of the victims shows
forty-five widows and one hundred
ind thirty-seven orphans.
Some Random Thoughts,
_
The meeting of the County Union
yesterday at Mr. W. L. Hrunson's
was in point of number and hospitable
entertainment, one of the best in the
history of the order. Every union In
the coun< bad roprosei latives pres
snt i iulte .a good many '"kufnii in
farmers, and cttj of Sumtw farmers'
wer?, present, while Concord's "fair
women and brave men" were out in
force, and the way they made the
visitors feel "at home" was char?
acteristic. I
Dr. Morgan of the United States
Department of Agriculture was the j
>nly invited speaker, and while not |
* "hot air" artist, he gave some
valuable information on stock rais?
ing to many .hat were present.
Mr. J. Frank Williams helped out I
by asking quite a number of ques?
tions and by telling of the corn club
plana.
The secretary of the union reported j
>nly one entry in the Farmers' Union
Boye* Contest, and on motion It was
decided that some of the hoys must
not have understood that the entries,
s'ere to close yesterday, and a?
months extension of time was granted.
This Is the third extension of time
md we trust before the next meeting,
?very Farmers' Union boy that in?
tends to enter will send to the Coun?
ty Secretary a certificate of his
eligibility from his local secretary.
Mr. Williams is still trying to en?
list boys In the general contest;
there are so far only 21 entries as
Igalnst some seventy odd last year,
lie is also enrolling farmers in the
".-acre contest and took down two
names yesterday.
field Day exercises on next Satur
lay at the court house wer?. h< artily
ipproved and it promises to be tin
dggesl day in tin history >f the
ounty schools.
The union by a rising vote unanl
nously adopted the resolutions ^c
ov. on the death of Dr. Knapp and
In- s i ict try was instruct* d to send
i copy to i >r. Knapp'.-' family:
The next meeting of the County
iiioM will be with Jordon union at
Join's Mill on Friday, May 5th.
I rot her Kolb, on behalf of Jor Ion
'nlon gave a cordial Invitation to
?\? r\ one to atp ad.
B. VV. D.
KFSOI.ITION <>! RMiltl-X
onrord Local I iirmcrs' I'uioii \tlo|M
Resolutions of \p|H'?*ciutioii of
Work of Dr. Una pp.
The following r< lolution vvns adopt
d ai a meeting of Hi-? Concord lo?
ll Farmers' Union which \\ i !. Id
?'rlday, April 7:
Flesoh' d Thai th 1 Suml r ('oun
y Farmers Union herebj express ii>
ilgh appreciation of the services ol
?r. s. \. Knapp to Southern iigtioul
ure, and that we hereby express nur
torrow it the groul loss which t hi
ause of igrlculture Ii is recently i u
allied in tin- (bath of Dr. Knapp.
BAKING POWDER
Absolutely Pure
MAKES HOME BAKING EASY
Light Biscuit
Delicious Cake
Dainty Pastries
Fine Puddings
Flaky Crusts
and the food Is finer,
more tasty, eleanly
and wholesome than the ready
made found at the shop or grocery.
Royal Cook Book?BOO flece/pf? #>?#.
Send Mmmo mnd Add remnt.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
FIGHT OVER SENATE ASSIGN?
MENTS NOT LIKELY.
Regular Republicans s?M'k to Keep
Progressive Democrats out off
Important Places.
Washington, April 9.?Interesting
events are looked for In the Senate
tomorrow over committee assign?
ments. Today the Washington Times
carries the following story: ,,
"Complications threaten to arise in
the senate in the making up of com?
mittees because of the disposition
of the regular Republicans to fill
the additional places on the Demo
,..,?! ^s.-? . j f ihe com"iIt??? w'*T*
. aiu jf Democrats
Senator Gallinger, chs rmi n of t e
Republican committee on eon mit?
???es. snd Senator Martin chairman
of the Democratic caucus have been
conferring over the question of in?
creased membership on the Democra?
tic side of the committees. The Dem?
ocrats in the Senate number 41 and
the Republic ms 50, and the Demo?
crats want the committee to stand
in the ratio of five Republicans to
four Democrats. This would make
ihe larger and more important com
< itrees stand rrne to seven.
Senator Martin for the Democrats
insisted on the Democrats having
seven members and on the five to
four ratio. At this the Republican
loaders?that in the regular leadere?
balked. They pointed out that
such an arrangement would enable
the progressive Republicans to hold
the balance of power on the commit?
tees and thus virtually dictate legis?
lation.,
"Rut the Republican leaders have
yielded. They have acceeded to the
demand of the Democrats, but with
a string tied to the concession. That
is .they are willing to hare the Dem?
ocratic membership On* committees
increased to seven in the case of the
larger committees, but they do not
want the radical Democrats to get
the benefit of the increase. What
th<*y are willing to do is to have the
additional Democratic places Ailed by
Democrats of the conservative type,
[the reactionaries or Bailey Demo?
crats.
j "in a pinch they think that such
Democrats could be lined up with
them and by this arrangement the
progressive Republicans, phis pro?
gressive Democrats, will not be en?
abled to control the committees.
Of course, as to many of the com?
mittees it matters little, bul it Is an
Important question which element
controls the Hnan? e romm ttee, which
has jurisdiction of tariff m iners and
of currency und financial bills, t'on
trol of the Judb lary committee, of the
committee of ihe postoffices commit?
tee of interstate commerce, of prtvil
. dges and 1 e Ions, and a few oili?
er committees i-- also Important. The
senate progressive Democrats are
not Inclini d <o humility, despite the
fael lhal they losl out in the ?? ontest
over the minority leadership,
Ii it develops that the plan of
t in-: of th - tddttlonal pi ic? ? a Ith
Ithiley no ii [?< going to l>.. nib i?.1 to
there will doubtbss be ;J row c< large
dim< nsions. ,
I Hd King Cole,
? ?M King Colo was a mcrr> "id Gov.
\ merry obi Gov. was he.
With grafters he was hnnd-ln-glove,
\inl he set .ill the prisoners free.
In The Police Court.
There were several cases tried in
the Recorder's Court Monday morn?
ing, bringing in a neat little sum to
add to the supply in the city treasury.
Willie Richardson, George Rich?
ardson, Dick Richardson, Sam Gard
n< r and Cynie Jones were arrested
about 3:30 Saturday afternoon by Po?
licemen Rarwick and Owens tor
gambling. They plead not guilty,
but as they were unable to give a
sufficiently plausible excuse for their
presence in a known garnl.?
they were fined $10 each 1
er Lee.
Henry Sumter was arres
night by Policeman Ward
porting liquor at night. He plead
guilty to the charge and was sentenc?
ed to serve 30 days or to pay $100.
PI* did not have th< monej to pay
!?.,->?i. *hc aaya
11 aeesna that ho heouj ? the Ii iu r
here from the c-auntry . ] was die
Gardner, another well known blind
tiger, when he was arrested. The
whiskey was new corn liquor and was
of a purplish color, looking more
like some kind of patent medicine
than any known kind of whiskey.
The mule and the buggy were
turned over to the sheriff for dis?
posal as is cailed for under the pres?
ent dispensary law.
Hattic Bradshaw and Mattie Ram?
sey were arrested for disorderly con?
duct. Hattie plead not guilty and
Mattie plead guilty. After hearing
all the evidence that was forthcom?
ing in the case the recorder dismissed
Hattie Rradshaw and sentenced Mat
tie Ramsey to pay a fine of $10 or
to serve 20 days in jail.
Katie Branson was charged with
malicious trespass. She plead not
guilty and w\s dismissed by the Re?
corder when he had heard the evi?
dence.
J. W. Jackson and M<?rr;s Randle
were arrested Sunday afternoon by
Policeman McKagen on the c
exceeding the automobile sp
it In their automobiles. Ro
guilty to the charge and e;
lined $3.00 for the offense.
Bis committees and OS House sine
curea abolished! * ?ne hundred and
eivhty-two thousand dollars ? year to
I be aaved! So wonder the Republl
' cans say that the D* mocrati have no
aptitude f?>r the affaire of govern?
ment.?Albany Argna
: Political chtckena are the ones that
' d<> the most living home t.? roost.?
j 1 tnttlmore Sun.
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