The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 22, 1911, Image 2
fyt aobtc^iiuui ana * outjjroR.
Published Wcdiiestla) niul Saturday.
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will be charged for.
The sumter Watchman was found
ad la 1110 and the True Southron In
1M? The Watchman and Southron
now hae the combined circulation and
taafluence cf both of the old papers,
aad la manifestly the best advertising
sasdlum in Bumter.
AX EVIDENCE OF C.KOWTH.
Reproduced herewith are some
figures that ought to serve as a
tonic for those pessimistic citizens
who go about with lonf faces ba
moaning the fact that Bumter la
either standing still or going back?
ward. The real fact that the tow i la
aot standing atlll or retrograding cuts
ao Ice with the calamity howlers?
they have Imagined that progress has
?eased and disaster Is at hand,
regardless of the growth of popula?
tion. In all ll.iea of business, an, the
tremendous advance In value of real
?atate in the city and throughout the
territory adjacent to Bumter. They
go around knocking the town and
decrying the efforta of the pro?
gressive men who are doing some?
thing to Improve Sinnt- r and develop
business. They have cold ieet, do
aothlig to help themselves or the
town and even facta and figures,
such aa are quoted below have bad
no effect on the gloom that en?
shrouds their minds. Perhaps a
course of treatment of blue pills and
red h'moiade might dlsslpute their
trouble and give them a more roaeate
view of things In general.
That Bumter Is growing steadily is
proved conclusively by the largely
Increased bank deposits and the
larger volume of bualness that the
mer ant* enjoy. Tt Is also prdved
hy th*. business " Postolhee, the
jpeafpta ing largai each ytajpl
The PoatonVe receipts for the Aa*
t\\ year ending March Vat are given
herewith, by quarters, in compari?
son with the previous year:
1909. 1910.
June 30... . $5.968.19 $6.582.76
Sept. 30. .. . 5.860.10 6.757.73
Dec. 31 . . . 7.853.77 8.623.79
Star tt.., . 7.121.78 7,937.25
T.tal. 26.803.84 29,901.53
Increase. $3,097.69.
Percentage of Increase, 11.56
The rec?lpta for the fiscal year end?
ing June no. 1901 we*e only $10,
203.21. showing that the business of
th- postofflce has Im crease I nearly 300
per cent la t n years. In 1900 the
receipts for the year were only $8,
779.57?only a few dollars more than
th-? receipts for the quarter ending
December 31, 1910.
The man who persists In saying
that Sumter la not growing, in the
fhee of these figures. Is hopeless and
should mov" t? some other town
that be thlnka will suit him beter.
WORK op RESCUE ORPHAN At; E.
Field tgenl for orphanage Now In
City Raising Funds for Institution.
The Rescue Orpha lag-- of South
Caroiiini. io. ated In Columbia, Is
showing tin* progress.
Fnder the new law passed by the
but l-eisiitur.- und signed by the
Governor. February I."., thla greatly
needed institution has Seen started by
leadl ig eltliens of the B'.ite and at
the pi pm nt time th< re are 24
rhlblr a under it' care. These chll
l not I..- received Into a.iy
ASSaaalnatlon.il orphanage and have
been neajl cted aad shaadoasd and
allowe?) to grow up In Improper nur
saens4aasjs on i v |e saeeeae immoral
and vlelouH rlthce.ie.
Tbr pbilnlv stated object of the in?
stitution Is to ear- for waifs and il?
legitimate In aTdOf tb,?t no white
child xball b* allowed to grow to ma?
turity- Without an opportunity to be*
i on i good cltlsen.
Tbl? warh I? utulenomlnatlojotl and
Btat* wld- in Its si ope It in aup
peeled wh dlv hv charity. The fu?
ture maintenance of the Institution i>
Oaf otherwise provided for. Columble
and Charleston have paid in several
thousand I dalfl a.id now In order tc'
help to am are the aeeeesayry land
and buildings, eitlsens of Sumter ar?
asked to make Immediate contribu?
tions of $1000.
Mr. it. <*. WeassjSf Mm sjrpaaaasji
field agent Is now In Sumter and will
esll o.i cltlsens for whatever sub?
scriptions they may wish to m '
Several of flumter's leading
will he directors of the Res<
Sbanasje.
FELDER AWAITS REPLY.
Asks THAT dOVI HNOIl A.NSWKH
Q| I?STIONS.
Tells Attorney General aiul tiiuirmnn
of I^hMN Ho Will Toll of All
Work.
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Columbia, April 18.?T. 1J. Felder,)
w hen asked yesterday by The Stat.' \
If he had any further statement to I
mako with reference to *.ho dlspe.n
| sary situation, replied :hat hfl had
j addressed a letter to Attorney Gener
; al Lyon and Chairman Stackhouse of
the dUpenaary commission explain?
ing; his position. Attorney General
Lyon was out of th*? city on busi?
ness, and a copy of the letter could
not be secured. James Stackhouse
of Mullins, the chairman of the com
| mission, in* conversation with a rep?
resentative of The State ov-r the
telephone, said that he had received
a letter from Mr. Felder. "The let?
ter Is a very lengthy affair," said Mr.
Stackhouse. He said that Mr. Felder
gave his views on various phases of
ehe dispensary situation and that Mr.
Felder said he would be glad to ap?
pear before tire commission and tell
what he knew of all transactions. "He
promised," said Chairman Stack
house, "to give Information as to the
work he had done."
The letter written by T. B. Folder
In which he asked some pointed
questions was in answer to the fol?
lowing: "Reported you offered Tow
Ill immunity from prosecution for
$5,000. Pleas? wire reply." He re?
plied as follows: "Statement that I
offered Towlll or anyboJy else Im?
munity from prosecution for J5,000
or any other amount, a base and un?
mitigated He."
T. B. Felder later wrot* tho letter
In which he asked several questions
and first stated that "to confirm this
answer and to say that the n^xt re
port, I take It, will be to the effect
that Towlll declined my offer 'on ad?
vice of counsel,' his advice mlng
from the general counsel of the plun
d"Tbund. Cole L. Blease."
When T. B. Felder wrote his first
letter concerning the governor of
South Carolina Ire said that if the
governor did not sign the investigat?
ing act that he wduM write a book
about him and tell some Interesting
things about th?? present chief ex?
ecutive as private citizen, State sena?
te: and govern t. g. \ ;.i ase vetoed]
the act. Th" time s?'t for the expos?
ure |s , xt Thursday Oov, Blea* ll
<o.?t ^f the city.
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woodhow Wilson wins point.
New Jersey Asscmbhly Finally Passes
Uiw Providing for ltudtcal Reform
in Flections.
Trenton, N\ J., April 19.?Gov.
Woodrow Wilson won a hard fought
victory, today, when the assembly
passed finally the law providing for
radical reform on elections in New
Jersey, known as the Geran election
bill.
Why? Why? Why?
Why does our city authorities
build clay streets and th i i as soon
as a hard surface Is formed, scrape
It off with a road plow, thus Laving
it in. condition to be more easily cut
into by wheels of vehicles and wash?
ed Into gullies; when the shaving off
process is again repeated, uitll the
clay surface that has bean put there
at much expense Is finally made so
thin that more clay Is necessary to
keep the roadway from becoming
again sandy?
j Th" United States Governnv-it has
had the matter of road building
studld by experts and has, as the
result of thorough investigation, had
printed Instructions for building and
Renntag in order after being made,
sand-clay roads. The road plow or
semper Is u*r*d In making ami shap?
ing up the road, but Is never to be
u.s. ,| afterwards, but instead, a spllt
log tlrag. Full directions, with Il?
lustrations how to make and IMS th
split-log drag, have been prl 3 ted,
This drag is to be OOtd on the r ?a?ls
after a rain when the road is soft.
It is drawn over the road-way so
that the dirt <?r mud Is moved to
the top ?r centre of the road and at
the same time filling all holes and
IgOllWs that have been cut by wheels
or washed by the ruin. The surface
of th road Is thus plastered, us It
W. re, a el left ill condition to h'
COSAS harder ami smoother after
e.o h operation. The material? the
sand and clay Is mixed and pr.-ssed
together as well as kept on the road
by IhlS treatment, instead of being
taken away and the surfuee of the
road b ft ?oft and open as our streets
are after si ry treatment they get
from the scraper.
I say. why, why, why! will our
authorities not take Advantage of the
advice of experts Instead of g dug
on In tho expensive and wasteful
management low prevailing.
f >,?.vr. ??offj,? '-'>it .h"n for
*hii s) tut * . wal b what
heed hi glvei le th* nhlm of
I I Taxpayer.
POLICEMAN WARD SUSPENDED.
Disciplined Because of Failure to Dis?
arm Dunlap Before shooting Fri?
day Night.
At a riveting of the Police Commit
t.f Council it was d< elded to SM3
i.?mi Policemen Ward from th-? po?
lios fore; for one month without
pay, the measure being taken as a
disciplinary measure because of the
(allure of Policeman Ward to disarm
Engine->r Dunlap Friday .light after
Dunlap had told Ward that he was
trying to shoot Collie Wood.
Testimony was taken beton the
committee which showd that when
Policeman Ward had arrived upon
the seen-1 of the shooting Dunlap had
told Mm that h-3 bad shot at Collie
Wood and that Wood had gone into
Mr. C. H. James* house, some dis?
tance down the street, and was still
in there. Instead of disarming Dun?
lap then Ward had gone into Mr.
James' house to look for Wood, at
which the negro had become fright?
ened and had Jumped out of the
window. He was then shot by Dun?
lap who still held the gun. It was
because of the fact that Mr. Ward
did not disarm Dunlap when he first
came upon the se?ne and Dunlap
told him that he was trying to shoot
Coljie Wood that the action of the
committee was taken.
At the Cme the testimony was
taken Policeman Ward had no ex?
cuse to offer. Hi stated in answer
to a question that it looked as if
Ihe negro had been killed by his un?
intentional error in judgment in look
In? for Collie Wood Instead of dis?
arming Dunlap. While no intention?
al fault is attributed to Policeman
Ward, who has always bean an effi?
cient officer, the measure i3 taken he?
raus? of his lack of judgment in
acting on this occasion.
TAX LISTS COMING IN.
Few Changes Made Except in City,
Whore Halse Is About $30,000.
The tax assessors are slowly re?
turning the tax lists to the auditor's
ofllc , after having been gone over
and revised by these gmtlemei. The
changes made in the returns as ma le
to the county auditor and made out
by him, have in most cases, been al?
lowed to remain as they were in the
? pn |] ?. while In the Hty
? me changes have beer. made.
The fas changes mad< In the re?
turns i ! om the rural precincts w en
in m ?st eases the adding of dogs u>
the tax lists with an occasional raise
in the assesed value of a mule or
household furniture. In town the
raiS" has amounted to about $30,
000 in all. Some of this was caused
by th-- raising of the value jf real
property from what it was returned
at and some in the value of household
furniture Th" assessors in all eases
tried to equalize th*? returns so that
the taxes would not fall on one per?
son more than another.
A peculiar thing about the returns
Is that white in the country precincts
many dogs are given in for taxation,
in town very few, comparative?
ly, were returned. In the rural pre?
cincts a nuumber of dogs were added
to the tax lists while In town the tax
assessors overlooked the unr^turned
dogs or did not know about them.
There are still two or thre? pre?
cincts where the assessors have not
gone over and returned the tax Hats.
As soon as these come back to the
auditor's office cards will be sent out
to all of those persons who have bad
property added to the lists or its
valuation increased so that they will
have a chance to come before the
county hoard of assessors and make
any protests that they pee fit. No
date can be set for the meeting of
this county board until all of the tax
lists are returned.
SON SUCCEEDS FATHER.
Hroadford Knapp to Have Charge of
Farm Denion-ttration Work.
Columbia. April 20.?Broad ford
Knapp will have charge of the Uni?
ted states farm demonstration work
i i the South, to succeed his father,
the late Dr, Seaman a. Knapp. This
announcement was made yesterday
at the state department of agricul?
ture. Tin farm demonstration work
was Inaugurated by Dr. Knapp.
Broadford Knapp was bis father's as
sit out, and during the past year had
entire control of the work.
The work In South Carolina is un
der the direc tion of Ira W. Williams.
Tbc general assembly appropriated
lio.ooo for the work In this state
and $25,000 Is given by the natlo lal
farm demonstration office. The dem?
onstration work this \ear will be ex
t? nded liit?? every county in South
I for dlna.
Thd Atlantic Coaal LI is siould
make use of th* gates at the pass?
enger station. Frequently, on Sun?
day afternoon especially, there is
? .t,..V? o .... ...-.l . f tilli.r.. /? .nt'r?i"iti'i1
In th< si itlon yard tl at if h I i ist
NO FIRE IN BI8HOPVILLE.
Report on The Street of Big Fire in
Blshopvllle Incorrect
From The Dally Item, April rj.
A most laughabre blunder was
made by someone this morning that
started a report on the streets that
the town of Blshopvllle was burning
up and that the fire chief from there
had telephomd here to have some
hose sent then' at once.
The truth of the matter seems to
be that this morning the chief of the4
Blshopvllle "re department t lephon
ed over here to Chief Wilder that the
Blshopvllle tire department wanted to
borrow several hundrd feet of hose
for a tew days, until some nure could
be secured in Blshopvllle. Mr. Wilder
promised to see about the matter and
thought no mor? about it until some
time a little later someone informed
him that the town of Bishopvllle waa
on fire and they had phoned over here
for more hose. He thought that he
must have misunderstood what Mr.
McKagen had told him over the
phone and, anxious to help out a
?nearby town In trouble, he had at
once secured permission from the
mayor to take the hos-? over to Blsh?
opvllle to assist in fighting the fire.
After the hose was ready to go Mr.
Wilder decided it was best to tele?
phone over to BishopvilV? to ask how
they wanted the hose sent, v.hich he
did and found out that, after all of
his hurry and trouble, that there was
no fire at all and that the fire depart?
ment sdmply wanted to borrow the
hose for same time. No hose was
S'nt under th-* circumstances.
TO ENFORCE PRESENT REGULA?
TIONS.
Committee from Council and Bail
road Officials Meet.
The committee from City Council
and railroad otficlals met Tuesday
afternoon to discuss the best means
of remedying the present difficulties
of crossing at the Harvin street,
Manning avenue and Sumter street
crossings. While no permanent set?
tlement was made of the trouble It
was decided that the railroad should
In the near future enforce the regu?
lations which were now on the stat?
ue? books of the city. It was also
decided that the railroad should
keep a watchman at '?ach cross
*vn* th*> ppneclnca n rr> mt
blocked loru;' i than th ? limited time |
allowed and that personc (<" hoi '
cross when there was danger from]
trains. Flagmen are to '?? Bted
on th>? rear of all backing trains who
should see that no one came in the
danger zone.
Nothing was done at all to remedy
the conditions permanently, but the
railroad officials went away to think
over th? proposition put to them by
the committee and to see if they
could not devise some permanent sys?
tem that would be to the advantage
of both the railroad and th'? persons
who use those crossings. The
committee from Council did not try
to settle the matter themselves and
mak" the railroad officials do as they
wanted them to do but simply stat?
ed what the trouble was and asked
that the railroad adjust things so that
persons passing In the future might
j not be made to do so at the risk of
their lives.
Arrested for Kidnapping.
Mr. C. L. Simpson, who returned
from Norfolk, Va., a few days ago
with his wife and children, who left
him several weeks ago In company
with one Harris, a carpenter who had
been living here for a year or more,
asks that it be stated, in way of cor?
rection, that Mrs. Simpson was never
arrested in Norfolk, there being no
charge against her, but that Harris
was arrested on the charge of kid?
napping the Simpson ch'ldren. Hav?
ing recovered his children, Mr. Slmp
pson has droppeJ the case against
I Harris.
Lame shoulder Is nearly always due
to rheumatism of the muscles. and
quickly yields to the free application
of Chamberlain's Liniment. For Sale
by all dealers.
HUNT'S
Lightning Oil
THE LINIMENT.
Sold By
vttend medical ASSOCIATION.
Doctors Attend Medlonl Convention
and Class Reunion in Charleston
This Week.
nion also attended a reunion of his
case, as did Dr. II. M. Stuckey, who
|efl for Charleston Wednesday night.
I )th ;r doctors to attend the conven
ti >n were: Drs. B. It. Wilson and S. C.
i laker.
Several of the doctors of the city
went down to Charleston this week
to att.-nd the state Medical Associa- I
tion conv< ntion which met there this
week and also t<? attend reunions of
th? ir classes. Dr. Walter Cheyn^ was
the only one of doctors from Sumter
scheduled to make an address at the ;
convention.
Dr. W. B. Mills returned from
Charleston last night after attend?
ing a reunion of his class which
graduated from the Charleston Medi?
cal College in 1901 Dr. C. J. Lem
"Our baby cries ror Chamberlain's
C .j-.h Remedy." writes Mrs. T. B.
K adrlck, Rasaca, Qa. "It is the best
COUfh remedy on the market for
coufba, colds and, croup." For sale
by all dealers.
What has become of the dog law?
"N
ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
Sumter Has to Bow to the Inevitable
?Scores of Citizens Prove It.
After reading the public statement
of this representative citizen of Sum?
ter given below, you must come to
this conclusion: A remedy which
cured years ago, which has vept the
kidneys in good health since, can be
relied upon to perform the same work
in other cases. Read this:
J. H. Grady, 16 Wright street,
Sumter, S. C, says: "I do not hesi?
tate to reeommend Doan's Kidney
Pills, having found them very bene?
ficial. My back ached nearly all the
time and 1 had acute pains through
my kidneys. I was often lame
and stiff and I noticed that the kid?
ney secretions contained sediment.
Doan's Kidney Pills, which I obtain?
ed from China's Drug Store, r amoved
these symptoms of kidney complaint
and helped me in every way. I know
that this remedy can be relied upon."
(Statement given March 16, 1908.)
A Lasting Cure.
On Janury 9, 1911, Mr. Grady said:
"I willingly confirm my former en?
dorsement of Doan's Kidney Pills and
make the fact known that they ef?
fected a permanent cure in my case.
You may continue to publiuh my en?
dorsement of this preparation."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name?Doan's?and
take no other. No. 11
PJaIK brvi1es,
AT i ow prices,
Jn season,
Ready to use,
?lX>ck BACKS,
Red backs,
use any time,
?hapes to sm,
JJair the best,
JjjASY to handle,
?afe and sound.
Sibert's Drug Store,
W. W. Sibert, Prop.
8 S. MAIN ST. PHONE 2SS.
J
You Speak With Resped: of the Man
With Money in the Bank.
T' ;s a. good thing for your sta ?i..:^ to have paon< y la the rank.
Vot ire !-.'? iter respect Ijx self and receive no ensldera*
tret r?t ft om others. When banking moneji you altos aaalj
r. s through s display of wisdom( by ability to live < I hli
i come and through a rightful desire to get ataeaa.
Why not bank hero
THE PEOPLES' PANK,
Ii! W. liberty st.
SUMTER, S. c.
Opportunity is said to
knock but once?
But you have a chance to open an account with this bank
six days out of every week. Once you have started to sav?
ing a part of your earnings, you will be prepared whenever
a. good business opportunity presents itself.
Having a bank account helps create business ability.
The Bank of Sumter
Established 1889
Banking by Mail. j
Mr. Farmer, suppose you sell ? horse, a cow, some hay or
grain, and are paid by check on a bank in some neighbor?
ing town. You are busy and can't come to town for a few
days. Do not carry that check around. You are sleeping
on your rights. Let Uncle Sam help you. Endorse the
check. Make it payable to us or order and sign your
name below. Mail it at once to our bank aud ask us to
place it to your credit.
You have thus protected yourself by using due diligence
in presenting the check for payment. If the buyer's ac?
count should be closed, from any cause, you could then
come back on him, otherwise he would escape. We will
mail a receipt for your deposit. Use the mail and the tele
photic You don't have to come to town to bauk. Mail
us your checks and save trouble. We'll be glad to accom?
modate you.
THE FARMERS' BANK & TRUST CO.
LIME, CEMENT, ^vI^"w^",ok8HI"**^
T-Toxr f^T-nir? RlCS Flour, SLlu Stuff. Uran.
Ildy, VjldlU, Mixed Oow and Chicken Psed.
Horses. Mules. SlSSi?*' tn?
No Or,Irr T.x. lj.ru,. Or Too small
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