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Cycttdl;itcbm;m airi ?outbrcn. Pahllthed Wednesday and Saturday. ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTE R, 8. a |1.SO per annum?in advance. Advertisements: One Square first insertion.$1.00 ?very subsequent insertion.5t Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All rommuiti'-ationi ahich sub? serve prtvste interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed In IIIS an I the True Southron In IMS The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and Influence cf both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumtsr. saaaVnaaff^msss UOOD ROADS ISSUE. The opening meeting of the good roads campaign was held Thursday at Mayesv 11 le, the principal address be? ing made by prof. Colcock, of the University of South Carolina. A num? ber of good roads advocates went over from this city, and It Is hoped that the attendance from that section of the county tributary to Mayesvllie was largo. The good roads campaign In being conducted on a *afe and sane plan; there will be no politics and no nsreed enthusiasm and hurrah about it A business-like and practical pre? sentation of the need of good roads throughout the county will be made and the people will be left to declrde for thomselves whether or not they will continue to pay the burdensome tax that bad roads entail upon every eltlsen and every property owner. If a majority of the cltlsens of the coun? ty prefor bad roads to good roads. If they prefer paying ten times as much in an Indirect tax for the privilege of hauling a half load over bad roads as It will cost In direct taxes to build and maintain a county-wide system of good roads. It Is their right to so dec Is re st the ballot box, and tho*e Who believe that good roads are the pasts ef progress and prosperity for this section will bow to the will of |he> majority for the time being and toe* to the future for the realization ef their plans for the ui I ulldlng of Sum ? r ? .? jiuy. The campaign V? purely a:*d - tnpi] one of erii tloa and argument, and the argu? ments will be made by men who havo saade an exhaustive study of the road problem In all [U phases und will come before the people prepar? ed to speak authoritatively and to back up every statement with facts and figures. They will be able to tell accurately what it costs a county to have bad roads and to tell what It profits the land owners, and all oth #re who use the roads, to have good roads assay srnJsti to haul their farm greducta and merchandise to and from the market. They wllf tell hew to build good roads ritconomlcal ly and how to maintain them at a less east than it does now to maintain the bad roads. If these facts do not ap? peal to the voters, nothing will, but knowing that our people are Intelli? gent and ulway.4 seeking means to better their condition and to en? hance the value of of their property, era are confident that the bond Issue for the building of good roads will be authorized; and that within a year er a little more, the construction of a complete system of modern highways will be well underway. We trust that as msny of the voters of the county as possible will attend the meetings, for. unlesv) those who are to vote on this uiont Important question Inform themselves as to the issues to be de? rided, they cannot vote Int. Iligtntly. It mill not do ?..? decide beforehand that 11 ?S.000 Is too much money to sin nd at one time on the roads. They siu?t know why and how the expen? diture of this sum rf money tan and will be vastly more hem fli la] to the whole county. If It Is spent at once, than If It were spent In driblets, ex? tending o\, r a long period of y. ars. They must learn that by bulloing I complete system of roads it win be possible to save enough on malri'a an< f to pay, or perhaps more than pav. the Interest on the bonds, and Still have the benefit of good roodl at s<> great* r annual expenditure og iO nmiit of road< und bridges than un? der the present system. Thla Is tfes purpose of the good ro.ols campai'-m -to lay before the people the f o H Ihut prove conclusively thai it leni? ty che. p, r. immediately a- well as In in the hang run. to ha\c good road-, even though the Initial <?? t i-< seen mglv great, than to put up with SSSf roads, or to attemt to develop a system of good roads gradually, through a long term of years. We ad vise every VSjeof to attend the meet? ing* ami to go with an open mind, prepare^ to hear the arguments nn 1 S>c|d< for or against tho bond Issue on the merits of the question. For summer dlarfOftOfl in children always give Cholera and castor oil ,ar tain. For *>' t MUCH TIRK? IN COVHT. I'rU'Ntlry Hush anil Cuiollue MiOow vii Oust levtd of Living in Adultery, Isaac Sanders, son of Mr. C. W, Sanders ,,f llagood, was Tuesday acquitted of the shooting of Hannibal Gourdin, which look place un the J4th of April in Mrs. Alston's yard. The trial took up mo.it of the morn? ing, but .it that was an exceptionally short one for a murder trial. The of? fense for which young Bandars was tried was the shooting of Hannibal Oourdln, a negro who was working fof Mr. Alston. Hi made a plea of not guilty und self-defense In putting an Intruder from his premises. It was brought out in the testimony that was taken In court that morning that Sanders was overseeing for Mrs. Alston at the time and that late that afternoon Gourdin came up to the bat k steps w here Mrs. Alston and Isaac were sitting and calling Sanders aside asked him for llfty cents. Sanders told him that he did not have it to give him, whereupon Gourdin ccursed him in the presence of Mrs. Alston. Later Sanders went in the house thinking that the negro had gone, but received a message from his aunt asking him to put the negro out of the yard. He went out in the yard to do so and Gourdin began cursing him again. Finally as he got to the fence Gourdin made a motion as if to draw his gun and aaid that he would kill Sanders. Thereupon Sanders shot him. Gourdin walked off for several hundred yards and fell* He was later sent to the Sumter his pital where died about |Wf) weeks lat? er. The only evidence against the testi? mony of Sanders was that of Tom Cantey, a negro, who stated that the shooting took place in the big road, Just outside of the fence instead of in? side of it. Witnesses were introduced to show that Cantey was not a re? liable negro. It was also shown that Gourdin had cursed several other person for n cause whom he had met In the road lust previous to the time that he went to Mrs. Alston's house. The State was represented by So llctor Stoll and Mr. Sanders was rep? resented by Mr. L. D. Jennings. The case against Caroline McDow? ell and Priestley Hush for living In adultery, which was tried at the last ?-??rn of i..tin and resulted in a mit* trial, waa the first eise taken up hten.de> morning after the grand Jury had been charged. The case took up most of the day, but went to the jury sometime In the afternoon, who turned in a verdict of guilty. Judge Shlpp sentenced the prisoners to pay a fine of $100 each or to serve six months in Jail. WIUU Taylor plead guilty to grand larceny and was sentenced to two years on the county chain gang. HaSel Branson plead guilty to as? sault and battery with Intent to kill and wni sentenced to pay $00 or to serve 50 days on the county chain gang. He paid the line. Oliver Potts was arraigned on six Counts for the theft of bicycles. He plead gttllty to each charge. He waj given ten years In all with a tine of $5.00 in ?ach case. John Holland plead guilty to as? sault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and was sentenced to pay ? tine of $4 0 or to serve 80 .1 -? on the county chain Wii?e Pleasure, alias Peter Divine, plead guilty to gn.nd larceny and v..is sentenced to serve II months 09 tin- county chain gang. The following indictments which WOTSJ referred to the grand Jury have 1 sog returned! stau vs. Henry Bumter, transport? ing altohol liquors, true bill. Btati \ a Hnttli Howard, arson, true bill. Btati VSi William Vaughn, arson, true bill. state \ v.-. Frank Boykln, larceny, true bill. Stat. \s. William Bates, larceny of bicycle, trag Mil, Stat" \ . I. T. Davis, disposing of property under lien, true bill. Btats ra Palmer Cantey, grand lar? ceny, true bill. State. \ s. Jake Mac k, alias lilack, larceny of live stock, true bill. state vs. Joseph Dnnlap, murder, true MIL Mats v a Willi.? Dodgers, Oran Thlgpen, and Durham Daw kins, househreaklng ami larceny, true bill SI 10 Willie Thlgpen. Btats va Rosa Wilder, assault and battery with Intent to kill ami Car? rying concealed weepona, true bill, Tin. following bills wer?.- returned by the grand Jury Wednesday before it handed in its presentment' State \s, Q, K. H?ntel, forgery, true bill. state ra John w. Coffey, Jr., breact Of trust with fraudulent In? tent, trtle bill. State vs. I'.oozer Dozbr, Glenn w. -t, Martha West, househreaklng and larceny, true bill. State? vs. Abe Sanders, BooSOf Oo sler. ho us. breaking and larceny, true State vs. W. Singleton, selling liquor, no bill. The ras. of Hie Slate \'I. Elliott Jaokson and Boston Id own Which WUJ taken nit Tuesday morning continued until almost noon Wednsday when it wrani to tin- jury. The case resulted from the steal? ing of 21 saeks of nitrate of soda from Mr. K. \\. Belser'j place sever? al miles from town. The crime was fastened upon tile two negroes who wer. alleged to haVf done the steal? ing. The evidence showed that wagons had been tracked from Mr, Belsar's storehouse to the houses of the two negroes and seven sacks of soda Were found in one of the houses. The case of the Statt? against Wil? liam Bates for theft of a bicycle was taken up this morning and was still going on when court adjourned for dinner. Joseph Dunlap was arraigned on the charge of murder and Friday was set as the time for trial. As Dunlap ha<l no attorney to represent him Judge Shipp stated that he would pro? vide one for him this afternoon. The case of the State against Bos? ton Drown and Elliott Jackson which was started on Tuesday afternoon was continued until noon Wednesday when it was left with the jury. The jury after staying out for the greater part of the afternoon brought In u verdict of not guilty as to Brown and guilty of larceny as to Jackson. The ease resulted from the theft of twenty-seven sacks of nitrate of soda from Mr. It. B. Belser's place. Brown end Jackson being the alleged thieves. Mr. L. D. Jennings represented Brown and Mr. J. H. Clifton represented Jackson. Mr. Clifton asked for a new trial. The case of the State against Wil? liam Bates, a small negro boy who was alleged to have stolen a bicycle from II. G. Metropole, was tried Wed? nesday and resulted in a verdict of not guilty. The trial of Gran Thlgpen for house-breaking and larceny came off late Wednesday afternoon. Thlgpen was represented by C. C, Smith, Esq. The crime for which Thlgpen was tried was that of breaking into the Southern freight depot and stealing therefrom a quantity of tobacco and } Whiskey, as well as other articles. The detective sent to tr.n e up the thieves t stened the blame upon 11 htgpen and two of his associates, Iwho wer?- i Kon erat ed by the grand j rfur.\. The Jutj !:> ggjfct in a verdict of not guilty. The case of the State vs. Rattle Howard for arson vas commenced this morning and was still going on when court adjourned for dinner. Preeentnaent of Grand Jury. Summer Term, 1911. To the Hon. s. w. G. shipp, Presiding Judge: We, your Grand Jury, beg leave to submit this our second Presentment for the year 1911. We have passed upon and returned all bills of indictment handed us by the Solicitor. Having made a thorough report concerning the Aims House, Jail, Chain Hang, and various County Of? fices in our last Presentment, we do . not deem it necessary to visit them at this time. We believe the various Institutions and officers of the coun? ty to h.? conducted in a proper and business-like manner, and the coun l ty to be in a prosperous condition. ; The Grand Jury have heard Judge' Richardson, Judge ?>i Probate-, in re? gard to his efforts to enforce "An Act to Provide for the custody of destitute, abandoned, and unprotectt ed children,*' and we heartily com? mend his diligence and prudence i" tile only case that has come la-fore j him up to this time, and wish him , to enforce this Paw, tempering Jus? tice with Mercy, ' We recommend that the Board of fount1- Supervisors pay the expenses incurred in this case, and in any other cases that may arise. OUt of the ordinary court funds; for we believe that the few dollars spent now to rescue chtldr? n from Immoral sur? roundings will save thousands of dollars to the county and State in the future, to say nothing of tin- up? lift of the morals <d' the rising gen? erations. We desire to thank your Honor ami Officers of the Court for cour? tesles extended, All of which Ij respectfully submit? ted, A. P. FLOWERS, Poreina n. Happiest tilrl in Lincoln. .\ LllCOln, Neb., girl writes. ? I had been ailing for some time with chron? ic constipation end stomach trouble, i began taking chamberlain's Stom? ach and Liver Tablets and in three ?l.i\s 1 was abb- to be up and got Let? ter right along, l am ihe proudest uirl in Lincoln to find such a good Imedicine." l or sab- by ill dealera Right in your busiest season when you have the least time to spare you are most likely to t 11<? diarrhoea and lose several day's time, unless you have Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera r? i. ? ... i. i II GO?D ROADS CAMPAIGN. M\Yi:s\Tu,i: starts with a successful meeting. Prof. F. Horton Colcock Principal Speaker ? Practical Working of Donding Pinn Explained by Mr. Beleer. Special tu The Daily Item., Ifayesville, June 29.?The tirst mass meeting in tlie interest of the good roads movement in Sumter County v as held here today at noon. The meeting was held in the school auditorium and was presided ovel by Rev. H. A. Knox of the Presby? terian church. The attendance was ?mallHOIN6Nhahm hm hmm mm not very large, but might be said to have been a representative one. A? already widely advertised, the object of the meeting was for the purpose of placing before the people the need of the bond issue of $150,000 for the building of ;;<>od roads in this county. This was the first of six such meet? ings to be held In the county be? fore August 1 when the election on the subject will be held. The principal speaker of the day was Prof. F, Hurton Colcock, profes? sor of mathematics and civil engineer ing In the University of South Car? olina, at Columbia, who is an expert along the line of good road building and has traveled extensively in the in? terest of such work. The other speak? ers of the meeting were Dr. S. C. Baker of Sumter and Hon. Richard B; Belser, representative In the leg? islature from this county and who was elected on a good roads platform last summer. Dr. Baker was the first speaker and he made a brief but pointed talk along the sanitary side of good roads, showing how the bad road with its attendant mud holes and poor drain? age was inimical to the health of any community through which it might pass. This was probably a new phase of the question to most of his hear? ers and the importance of it was ver*y forcibly impressed upon them. Er. linker, also, touched on the value of good roads In the hauling of the croos to market, speaking somewhat from his own experience along this lire. His brief talk was much enjoyed and ??.. ptafn facts were undoubtedly deeply Impressed on the audlenet-. Prof, Qolcocli wai next Introduced and made a powerful argument In fa? vor of the g* od roads movement from the economic side of the question. Jte began by referring to the good roads of the. West which he had visited te cently. He referred to the automobil ist as being able to take care of him? self and said that he found that th? se people were always more than wil? ling to help the neighborhood in the matter of building good roads. le stressed tie necessity of quicker transportation from an economic and social standpoint and referred to the great improvements along this line since the days of our fathers when it took several days or weeks to go to and from market. The Immense c^st of transportation Is an Important fa< tor. the annual cost of transporta? tion by rail In this country is about $28,000,000 and by dirt road about $1,800,000,000. The building of bet? ter roads will lessen this Immense j cost to the people. The saving In repairing transportation vehicles and the wear and tear to harness, etc.. must be counted In the cost of trans? portation and better roads will les? sen theae items. This saving will pay the individual assessment imposed on account Of the extra tax. Prof. Colcock stated that it appeared from the amount of sand on the roads In this county and the clay easily avail? able, it would be much cheapei to build good roads here than In many other less favorable places. i The spe. ker stressed the fact of the Increased valuation of property on account of better roads passing auch property. He said in building good roads the people would'be lay? ing up wealth for the future gener? ations. The farm lands would easily be increased 83 per cent or more. It w ould, also, make more agreeable I bonu s for our families as tin- neigh- J borhood would be c loser bound to- j gether ami the social feature of coun? try life would be encouraged. Prof. Colcock explained very clear* iy that the Issuing of these bends Would be a purely business proposi? tion. Phe great railroad lines of the country are built with bond issues. The bond ladders and lh< people re? ceiving the momy from the .sale of these bonds are both satisfied. He said that he would like to buy Sum? ter county for $20,000,000 as hs knew he could raise the money read* ily within 19 hours-. This was to il? lustrate how business men were ever ready t<? take up such proposition as the buying of bonds on real estate of .i town or county. The speaker clos? ed by -bowing clearly that If this county wanted to keep up with other progressive sections Intellectually, commercially and socially, it must build good loads. Prof. ColCOCk Was IH?nr illv nnnlnuderi thi.s county. It Is estimated thai there are now 400 miles of roads to be im? proved and at a cost of $600 per mile, it will take B bond issue of $200, 000 but un issue of $50,000 has al? ready been authorised by the general assembly, though not yet voted up? on, and therefore the question now Is tin- issuing of $150,000, $30,000 to be available each year for five years. The rate of interest to be secured is I per cent. This gives $9,000 a year for tife interest to I e paid, and with the raising of $6,000 more, for B sink? ing fend, the bonds can 1)'- retired in s L'o years. The assessment per in? dividual would amount to about one dollar on every $1,000 of property. Mr. Belser showed that the saving in road Work and construction with the bond issue would amount to several thousand dollars to the county over the present plan of road working. The work would be under the super? vision of a competent engineer and would probably be best accomplished in sections as on the railways. The administration of the bonds had not yet been definitely worked out, how? ever, Mr. Belser explained. At the conclusion of this talk, several ques? tions were asked and answered and the meeting then adjourned. Those present were undoubtedly impressed with the facts and figures given out by the able speakers and altogether the meeting was a very profitable und pleasant one. "W. T. G." Some Random Thoughts. Hot and dry! It Is hard to pre? dict how long com can stand this hot, dry weather and then make a go ?d yield. Much depends on 'h; age of the corn and the culture, but the situation has many a farmer on the "anxious bench"?and unless rain comes soon, the brightest prospects will be blighted and 18S1 will be re? peated. Several of us who began our farming career in '81 have been re? minded of the similarity of this sea? son to that discouraging experience. Every day we hope and pray for rain to come before it is too late. ? ? ? But cotton, where there is a stand, seems to glory in the heat, and its spreading itself like a green bay tree. It will not be long before the "bears" w!!l bo fendlnflf out <>ct I m ^ * r* sl^c* I m teen million bales and maybe more. [Since the fetter of Wednesday, the J writ.-r he - talked with thoughtful . farmera wid business men rhe ail agree that we are facing a crisis, and that unless the farmers organize to meet the situation our crop will be sold for less than cost before we can recover from the panic that a sys? tematic raid by the bears will pro? duce. This may sound like unneces? sary alarm to the unthinking. And there are some who do n<-t know any better, who will say 10 cents is a pretty good pr ce for cotton, but fel? low farmers, 10 cents for this crop r f cotton w ill be but little better than 5 cents was fifteen years ago, and be? fore we can adjust ourselves to 10 cent cotton, millions of values will be wiped out. Every em; who is interest? ed in the general prosperity of our common country should urge and per? suade every farmer worth the name to join the Farmers' Union, get In touch with his fellow farmers and so strengthen his lines of defense, and cement the bonds of union so that at the first onslaught of the bears, we could shut down tight on every bale of cotton and stop the wheels of the world's commerce, unless we get a fair return for our toll. It can be done. Will it be lone? Yes, if we can bllt Convince the aver? age farmer that the tight Is before US. To do this the union is making an active campaign to reach into every neighborhood of every county in the cotton growing states. (?ur greatest difficulty lies in the disposition of the farmers to trust to luck or blind fate, or a disastrous visitation of Provi? dence In some other section?always In some other section. If we trusted to luck, fate or Providence to prepare our land, fertilize, plant and cultivate our crops we would make none, and every sane man realises this truth. Why then should we trust to luck, fate, or Providence to market our crop? One is as sensible as the oth? er. How long will it take us to learn that the business side of selling U as important as the business side of production ? ES. W. D. The Item and Watchman and South? ron Popularity Contest. following is the list of nominees; District No. I.?City of Suintcr. Miss Ellen [teach.286,3(6 MI, s Annie l tollard.271,4S5 Miss Schuyler Cooper.in,s to Miss Ann; Jennings.65,515 Miss Mil ?> i Blending.0:', v Miss Macy Smith.:.:..'.<?'> Miss Jaunlta Bradford.S&,69ti Miss Nell McKagen. 28,020 M iss Ka t ie 11 Inson.18,650 Miss Br?ne White. ir,,:.,o Miss Mary Ramsey. .... 10,795 Miss Elisabeth Hood. 10,4 ">5 M ss I.ut ile DeLorme. 4,000 Miss Arrle Btuckey. j.u Mi.-s Laurel t'arr. ;,s Miss Katie Clark. 1.7 M :ss j?-11riii? Walsh. i,b Miss Susie McKlnney. l,r. .M lei Rosle Hogan. 1,4 Miss Bonnie N'unamaker. 1,3 Miss Eda Tobin. 1,| Miss Maitis Boyle. i.j U strict So. 2.?Oatside <if Suiutet .Miss Louise Warren.190.9 Miss L. K. McCoy.173.7 Miss Pauline CttUsmingS. . ..158,3 Miss Bessie Hodge.146,9 Miss Luctle Parrott.52.6 MISS Pauline JofM s.2^,6 Miss Dora Dick.'J.".8 Miss Bessie Tallon.is,7 Miss May Weeks:.18,4 Miss Edith Wells.16.6 Miss Beulan Richardson. . . 11,2 Miss Beste P. Aycock.10,6 Miss Hester Hodge. 8,7 Miss Pearl Moore. C,5 Miss Edna Ramsey.. .. M;ss Sadie Rogers. Miss J' ie Bell Gaylord. Excursions Itates Via Railway. Account fourth of Jul I Southern Railway annot j ly reduced rates from j tickets will be on sale * ! and ?*, limited to re fran1 starting point returning than midnight July 8, 19 Rock Hill. Account Winthrop o ! mer School. Tickets \ I July 11th, 12th and 1 . July 21st, 1911. Monteagle and Scwai j Account Monteagle and Monteagle Sunday 1 stitute, tickets will be s . ? ?? j July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, A 2 1 and 18, 1911, limited to i y starting point returninj j than September 5th, 1911. Atlantic City, X. J. Account Grand Lodge, B. P. O. Tickets on sale July 7, 8 and 9t j limited to reach original start! I point returning not later than Ji ; 20th, 1911. Atlantic City, !T. J. Account International Conve tion, United Society of Christian F I deavor, tickets on sale July 3, 4 a : 5 th. limited to reach original sta - I ing point returning not later tr ( ' midnight of July 9th, l9l t. HnntsrHe, A' ? A ? <>ur t. National ColcngJl Pr! ire Baptist Convention **t u. & Tickets on ^tit ?ui> l"tti aud ii . limited to reach orU point returning not la ^ night July 26, 1911. I For information as j apply to Ticket Agents W. I E Division Pas:;eng< Cha S. t J. L. MEEK, Asst. General Pas seng Atlanta, Ga, 6-2S-8-18. The State Conventlo 1 ; ter Carriers will :neet in < ! 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