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Cfet iuHiitcbnuuanJ ^outbron. Published Wcdnewda) und Sulurdttjf. ?BY? OST EE N PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTBR, 8. 0. Terms: $1.50 p?r annum?In advance. Advertisements: One Square first Insertion.11.00 Every subsequent Insertion.60 Contracts for three months, or leafsr will be made at reduced rates. All communication-* *hich sub eervs private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. _ Ituarlee and tributes of respect win be charged for. The Sumter Watchman vas found? ed la lilt and the True S uthron in III? The Watchman and Southron ?on has the combined circulation and Influence cf both of the old papers, gast i? manifestly the best advertising medluia In Sumter ? The announcement by the J. D. Cralg Furniture Company that they will fit up and maintain a comfort? able and well appointed rest room f r the use of ladies In their new quar? ters In the Masonic Temple evi? dences s commendable spirit of prog? ram The rest room will be a comfort and convenience to out-of-town la dlea who visit the city to shop, and the feet that provision will be made for caring fag children and babies by a competent woman while tin tr mothers are shopping will add great? ly to Its usefulness and popularity. With this rest room for the women gssd the Chamber of Commerce head? quarters for the men those who visit smaster on business or pleasure are assured of a place where they will be always welcome. (< n it r i*k<m i r i>i\<.>. Hat tie Howard Found not (iullty ol Arson Dun lap Case Postponed. The cass against Mattle Howard ( for arson which took up most of Thursday was completed In the af? ternoon by the Jury finding a verdict ef aot guilty. The Howard woman Was accused of setting fire to the louse she was staying In. but there was not sufficient proof of this to con? vict her. The' How- d warrm wo ropr, t.-d by Mr. L. D. Jennings and ' Mr J it Mcf?uchlln prosecuted the ease for the State. Tho case of I.leharU Ferguson, alias ^ "Kid Shine/' for shooting a negro In | the Hagood section some time last fall was taken up on Friday 'and was still In progress when court ad Jeurned at 1 o'clock. Ferguson shot aonther negro at Hagood the latter j part of November. The negro was brerght to the Sumter Hospital and j treated but died from the effects of the wounds abou? two months later, j Ferguson Is represented by Mr. L. D. ' Jennings. Tho case against Joe Dunlap for the murder ef Charley Mlddleton was oa request of Mr. Aha DePass of Co fhmbia continued tintil the next term ef court. Judge Shipp has not ap? pointed an attorney for Dunlap yet. The case against Richard Ferguson for murder was concluded Friday afternoon with a flndaig by the Jury of guilty of maaslaughter and rec? ommendation to mercy. Ferguson was given nvo years ?.? the ptnlten-' tlary. The case agalast Palmer Cante.- for grand Isrceny was continued until the nsxt term of court. The ease against ('. K. Hunter was conttnued until tho next term of court. This case called for consider? able urgument on the part of Mr. J. H. Clifton, the attonrey for Hunter. Mr. (Mtfton ssked that the case be continued and upon failure to get' i ? nttnuance. he stated that there1 had been Irregularity In the drawing of the Jury and that the Jury list had not been properly prepared last December. He put witnesses upon the stand who testified to tho fact that there had been I ax n ess in the ob? servance of the law In preparing the lists and In drawing the Jurv. After 1 his argument was heard Judge Shipp stated that he would grant a con tlnoan e of the case and that he would not make a ruling on It unJSSS one was desired. Mr Clifton stated that all tl.ut he wanted was a con? tinuance ot tho "ase and after this was grnnt* d he did not care for the court to rule ?.*> the point argued. No rullr.g was made. < lop- are t.ood. Plnewood, July 1?1 have seen the crops from Plnewood to Sumter. and they are all WSSltSi well, which Shows thit th.- f'.irnn-r- have b? en up and doing. The crops all look well, hut are very mie n In need of rain, especially com. I would like to make special men? tion of the crop at Shady Side (Mr. W. It. Du Hose) as he has the best crop the writer has seen thi* year of both corn and cotton. "Sumvall." Mr. and Mrs. k. K. Petit have gone 1.. Columbia to visit relatives for sev? eral days. ( HAMBKB OF COMMERCE XOTE8, i:\?Muii\r committee Meets and l'i'?nst(1> Important Hu?dnes-Scc rotary Knell Is Getting Affairs in SIiu|h> for ICtlU'leiit Work. Tho Executive Committee of tht Chamber of Commerce held a meet' in* Wednesday evening at the City < ouncll Chamber. They were notilled that the pro? moters of new Sumter carriage fac? tory were ready to start operations The Hoard re-afhrnie 1 their action oj a previous meeting and provided lot the collection and payment of th< $2,500 bonus for the purchase of i alte then authorized. The Sc retary announced that tht new quarters of the Chamber of Com nu r. e en tin second floor of Ott Osteen Building would soon be ready The Hoard authorized the Quarters Committee to purehase the -arv furnishings for same. A Ketall Association. Credit Pro taettVi Bureau and an Advertising Club were authorized to be formed bv the Secretary. . The Seeretary of the Y. M. V. A. was insited to use the lo w Chamlei Of Commerce quarters as his head? quarters until the Y. M. C. A. building w as completed. An Invitation will soon be sent out by the Chamber to all residents of the eounty and visitors in the city, to make use of the new quarters as a resting, reading or writing place while they are in the city. The quar? ters will be furnished with every con I ertlence for this purpose and strand era and visiting friends are invited to make themselvej at home. The Assembly (fall will seat about 75 people and all farmers' organizations, city and other associations for the proomtion of general civic Interests are Invited to use the same. The Secretary has called a meeting of all retailer* for the purpose of or? ganization, co-operation and general protection, on Wednesday, to meet at the new Chamber of Commerce quar? ters, July the 5th at 6 p. m. Every retailer is urged to attend this meet? ing. The object and workings of such an association and of the Credit Bu? reau will be explained by the Secre? tary. The Advertising Club will meet at the new quarters on Thursday, July the Ith I I p. m. BVefy rnnn in the city or count] win. is h tercet en* in hv :t,?, i i., I u-dr.e** and la adver? tising tages to the country, should Itei I 'Ms meet* In*. This Club when formed will af? filiate with the national advertising clubs of America. The Secretary ex? pects to secure Secretary McKeand of Charleston for this meeting. CONGRATULATIONS FOR SCMTKR Prof. W. K. Tatc Compliments Work of City School*. Columbia, June L's. 11*11. The Editor of Th" Sumter Item: I wish through your columns to eyelid my congratulations to the people of Sumter on the necessity which has arisen on increasing the school revenues of your city. I have noticed that as long as a school sys? tem is inefficient it can manage to prolong its existence with compar? atively small revenues, increased ef fn lency, however, means Increased at h ndanf e. | demand for additional school I ?'unties, a greater teaching force and more money for support. The exoettettri I Of the Sumter school system Is the admiration of the State. N on have solved satisfactorily some pro?.bans whh h have been the des? pair of the school superintendents of the erhole country. Among the high ichnohl "f South Carolina and of the United Slates at large, perhaps 30 per cent of the graduates are boys. 1 have thl* >ear attended many grad? uating s SO re lOQS at which the entire i lass vv is composed of gins. While we are glad to see the gir's avail thesnsehrOS of their opportunities, It is always a source of regret that a like ambition has not been Inspired in the bo) . Although Sumter is the Mxth city In the State in point of size find contains only about one-sixth the population of the largest city in the Stuto, it has produced this year the laruct high sohoi i graduating class within the limit, of South Carolina? und two-thirds of this olUM wer?' boys, Tin- mere ennot neement of this fact tells a story of school efficiency of Which any city might be proud. The schools of sumter regarded merely as an adverti--no nt for the city con? stitutes her greatest business asset. The publishing In the dally press of the account Of her school closing with the photographs of the largo class of this year has done more to advertise the city of Sumter as u de? ilrabie place of residence than an) other announcement whh h could possibly i>e made. The announcement that your school revenues are no long? er sufficient to support the IncreaseJ attendance which the efficlencj of your System has brought about should be a source of sincere pleasure to every citizen of Sumter. YV. K. T?TE, state Superintendent of Elementary Rurnl School*. AN OPEN LETTER. SVPT, l.DMl \Ds ON NEEDS or A Convincing Exposition of 11 ??? Policy ami Purpose of City school Board and The Motives Actuating The Members in Asking lor an Addition? al Special One Mill Tax for 8cllOOl Purposes, As the cltlsena of Bumter will in a few days vote upon tin- question of the levying of an additional tax of one mill for school purposes, it is be? coming that I. as the executive offi? cer of the City Board of Education, should addreas this open b iter to the citizens letting forth the policy of the Board and indicating its purposes. The policy of the Hoard has al? ways been one Of gradual development j n.. radical changes have been ab? ruptly made: put In every case there ' has been an earnest endeavor to see i the end from the beginning and to I plan deliberately and to work grad j ually with a definite object always in , lew, To give two illustrations: (About ten years ago it was thought I that a military feature In connection with our schools would be of great direct benefit and the interest thus engendered would serve to keep the ! boyi at school. A company of nine teen members was organized with a 'cadet officer, Now the school has a i attallon of four companies, w ith a I e mmandant regularly employed, t The other illustration: It required t n years to accomplish the segrega? tion of the sexes. This was done so gradually that the successive changes seamed to he perfectly natural and the result brought no shock. Doth of these features in our system of schools are unique and I think that no one who studies the conditions and who feels an interest in our schools would wish to alter these two dis? tinctive characteristics. Several years ago a beginning was made to introduce drawing and man i ual training In our schools. Those, ; w ho were present at the recent ex ( hlblt In the Hampton School for girls, were astonished and gratified at the j great progress that the girls had J made in this respe ct. The results' of . their labOri were genuinely artistic. ? This, however, is not the real pur ! pose of this course. The object is to j stimulate and deepen the interest of ' the pupils in all of their work at , -ehool, so that they may look upon school not as a burdcr to be avoided If possible; but a place where they , are privileged to bring into play many of their faculties in the pursuit of the varied activities there ! offered. This varied activity not I only stimulates and deepens the ln t- rest; but enables the pupils to dis jCOVer themselves and assist the teach I ets In discovering the particular ap? titudes of the different pupils. One result has been that when a pupil di* I coven that she can do one thing well, she is self-persuaded to try to do all things well, j The Hoard has been so well satis ? lied With the results of the ex i pertinent as to feel that its duty is to i extend this course and to give all of I the pupils this privib ge. During the past year there has be n more inter, t in penmanship and a greater progress made in this re ?pect than ever befors in the history of the BChOOlS, This has been due to three causes: 1. The medals that were offered bv the four loyal and Interested patrons; 2. The new sys? tem of writing that was Introduced; I? The stimulating efforts Ol the principal of our primary department, it is the desire of the Board to em? phasise still more this important phase of education. The quality of the work of a -ys tem of schools d< penda largely upon the excellency of its supervision. Many cities small but progressive, in addition of COUrSS tO large cities realizing the \ruth of this have se? lected for Its primary department a supervisor of pitman methods who win secure an harmonious, thorough? ly organized, and Intelligent cooper Stlion of all of the tea. hers of this important department of a system of schools, The Board's desire is that Sumter shall be al bast abreast of other towns in educational progress. The Board, following its custom of gradual development, now realises what la needed to make our schools as ellleit nt as they should be and asks the prvllege of the cltlsena of Sumter of giving to our children the best tin-re is in educational thought and surely the best is none too good for oni children, Sumter has seiend sites, buildings. and equipment to which the citi/ens may justly point With pride. These, in one Instance with the generoua co? operation of the <'it> Council, have been obtained in auch a way as to work no great hardship upon the tax payers. The Board has endeavored i" make use of the fttuda entrusted to them with wisdom and dlacretlon. Besides the funds accruing from tax? ation the money obtained from the ncldental and tuition fees during the past yesr was- sufficient to pay all of the expenses of the school for al least SCHOOLS. one month and a halt. In spit*- of tin- Increased expenses and growing demands of the Bchool it would be unnecessary now to ask for an ad ditlona] levy, if the dispensary had not been voted out. This Is not an argument for Or against the dispen-j sary; but a statement of fact in con? nection with the district's financial <.'.?- , fairs. I The levy Of this additional mill will enable the Hoard to meet Its financial obligations and to add those! features, whose addition will directly benefit every child within the dis? trict. If the result of this election is fa? vorable, a citizen who returns prop? erty to the value of $1,000 will pay one dollar per year, or eight and one third cents per month, for the ad? vantage that will accrue to him either directly or indirectly. Experience has, established the truth of the Statement thai the local tax is the most effective" Means of the maintenance of the public g< he?ols, A truth that is just as potent as thi? is. the more money a school district spends upon its schools, the more it will have to spend. There Is no in? vestment that compounds interest 30 rapidly as that which a district in? vests in its schools. Local taxation is self-help, and self help has even been, and will always be, recognized as the ideal of growth and development. Local taxation is Intended to benefit children in fur? nishing means for the matnh nance of schools, but back of this practical end, and above it, there Is an id.-al? the cultivation in the hearts of a peo? ple of the virtues of self-reliance and manly self-dependence. It seems visionary to speak of the soul culture value of the local tax; but, i..' locwl taxation means self-help and self- ! help develops a spirit of self-reliance, I and if through these virtues there arise self-knowledge, self-reverence, I self-control, which, says Tennyson, j alone lead life to sovereign power," ' what is clearer than that when a l people taxes itself for the benetit of its children, it grows by growing and I acquires strength by moving. By giving it enriches itself and t hus is' able to give more and more. I t real- 1 izes the truth of the poets' rebuke of selfishness: "All that one may hold i in his dead cold hand is what he ha*, given away." When one contemplates the possi? bilities of that system, that success? fully inaugurates, maintains, and per- 1 fec ts a common school, one's imagina? tion is staggered by the bright prom? ises of hope. That such a system in? sures; and a government that can justly claim that it has discovered such a system may with no im? modesty, but in a sincere outburst of ? victory exclaim: "I shall not wholly J die; for 1 have erected for myself a monument more enduring than I brass." A monument! Nay, rather a I countless number of monuments, for each child redeemed frc 1 the bond- ' age of ignorance becomes a living monument and each little mind ic- J leased from the thralldom of error becomes a star in its crown of re- j joicing. Call this a tax! We are con? fused in our terms. Is it a tax when the result measured solely and mater? ially yields more than an hundre 1 fold? And adding to this the blessings that accrue to the recipient in his pre? paration for citizenship and to the bonefactor by Increasing its power for good by every enligthened soul that is added to its sons, the word 'ax seems to be a misnomer and it would t?e more appropriate to speak o the looal privilege?a most precious priv? ilege indeed for a community to make annuallly an investment who'e dividends in money. light, and life Incalculable. TO HELP DEFEND M'WMMlAs. livery Member of Labor Union Will i>.' Asked to Contribute 25 Cents to rund. Indianapolls, Ind., June 30.?-Every member of a labor union in this country is to be asked to contribute \i'< cents toward the defense of John J, and James McNl rnara, charged with dynamiting outrages in Los Angeles, according to a plan adopted by Samuel Qompers, president of the American Federation <>f Labor and otiur national labor officials, made public today, it is expected In this way to raise a defense fund of $600, ooo this summer. LKilITNINCi KILLS THREE NE VIctlniH Were struck a( Different Places within a Hadlous of Five Miles. Bummorton, June :'??>. ? Three ne? groes, each a i a different place, with? in a radius of Rve miles of Bummer ton, were killed by lightning this afternoon. It is reported that a fourth was also killed, but this can not be verified. Prnsler Caldwell, living east of town, was killed while asleep on his piazza, while Manning Keels was killed in a Held while ploughing. The name of tie third patly could not be learne I. B. II. EDMUNDS. UROES. .Strien 1 JEHOVAH'S SUFFERING SERVANT Isaiah 52:13; 63:1-12?Ju?y 9 'Jthovnn hath laid on him the iniquity Of r.a Sil." IN this study we have a Divinely drawn portrait of the expert euros which God fore-ordained should come upon the One whom He has promised shi3.ll ultimately be the greal Messiah of glory who will exalt the nation of Israel aud through it pour blowings upon all the families of the earth. Tims it is written. "Tu thy Seed shall all the families of the earth, be blessed " Much ?f the proph? ecy of this study baa already been ful? filled, but not all of it?the glorious features are yet to come, aud we be lleve are nigh, even at the doof. ?theee prophecies were written nearly seven hu'r?Ared years before our Chris? tian Era. The| bad their most ftrikiug fulfilment in the personal experi? ences of Jesus. However, it should not bo for? gotten that a faith? ful handful, a ?'lit? tle flu k." the fol? lowers of Jesu*, have walked in His steps during the nineteen ecu turiea of this Age; they have follow u .. . ~_ * ' liy a Man i a me Death. ed Him through evil report and good report; they have suffered with Him. and the reproaches of those who reproached Him bare fallen upon them; and when the hour of glorious revelation, the Kingdom power, shall come, these will be with their Redeemer and share His throne aud glory, and, as His Bride, share His name. "This Is the name whereby she shall be called. Our righteousness of Jehovah."-Jer. 23:0; 8&:2& The key to the understanding of the loug delay in the establishment of Mes? siah's Kingdom is found in the fact that the Church is a very part of Him, members of His Body. Had it not been the Divine intention to gather an "elect" few from Israel and from all nations to be the Bride of Messiah, and a sharer in His Kingdom, there would have been no need of the long delay between the sufferings of Jesus and the outpouring of the :*,~-! blessings which His deatl Again it must be reme the elect Church is wb< from the nominal churc . sented in its various sy true Church of God consists only of the saintly few who may be found in? side and outside of all denominations of Christendom. "Gather My saints together unto Me, those who have made a covenant with Me by sacri? fice." (Psa. 50:5.1 There are two reasons why the world and its great ones will be as? tonished when the Mediatorial King? dom shall suddenly burst upon the world. They have heard such chimer? ical and unreasonable statements re? specting Messiah's Kingdom, even from the people of God. that they will be taken completely by surprise when they shall behold the reality. When it shall be ushered in, follow? ing a great social revolution, it will be so much more majestically grand than anything dreamed of that every mouth shall be stopped and, as the Lord through the Prophet declares, that Kingdom of Messiah shall be tho "desire of all nations."?Hag. 2:0. 7. As Seen by His Followers Chapter o3. versos 1 to 0, pictures the experiences of Jesus as viewed from the standpoint of the disciples of His day and since. Following their com? mission, they have told the wonderful Stcrj of the Sa? vior's love and sacrifice, even unto death. But how few have heard, in the true sense of hearing; how few have ap? preciated it; how few have seen in Jesus the Arm of Jehovah, stretch? ed down for the Wounded For Our relief of Adam IVeaarressiess. amJ Qtfl ?li>e from sin and death! Duly a handful, the saintly few. really and truly believe tho message, for surely every true be? liever would not only accept the prof? fered share of the Redeemer's merit, but also the proffered share of His sufferings, that tiiOV might have a share also In tho glory ;?> follow. The Scriptures explain that In the Divine arrangement our Lord buys Adam and his race, condemned through his fall. Being raised from the dead by the Heavenly Fatter. Jehovah, Je? sus is now the glorified One. merely waiting for the completion of the Church which Is His Body, that He may take t<> Himself His great power and reign, as The Messiah of Israel and of the world. During the Messianic reign, opportunity will be given to Adam and all his race to be resurrect ed or uplifted <>ut of sin and death conditions -up, up, up to full human perfection and everlasting life-to all that was lost In Adam, to all that was redeemed through the cross. This Is explained in the following verse: "Ho shall see Ills seed"?His progeny; so many of Adam's progeny as will obey Him He will adopt as His children, giving them life everlasting on the plane of hu Miss Mai friends in I ? \\ m an in i.im; < omplj 11 i? rgliuus & Moltitt Complete Contract r nr Laying of ti.-oo Eeet of Sewer "?*? .._ ... eta* The new sewer line extending from ?akland avenue to Green Swamp has i. n completed except for the flnleh . _ touches and the old line has heen \ ; off and will probably be dis?.on Inued. The pew line was laid by the tirr.i .f Rergh?ui & Moflitt of Orangeburg i. d is 6,200 feet long. The cost, of the work on the line was approxi" mately $10,000 with the work on the septic tank additional! making the tO \ i'i cost of the line somewhere in '.he ii [ghborhood of $1S,000. Thursday all of the connections v, .?. made with the pipes which have already been laid and the old twenty two inch line extending on down Oakland avenue was stopped up. The new line is made of twenty-two inch pipe of the best quality and as the wa.rk wan kept U|) With snd ho time for caving in Was allowed; it Is proba* ble that It. will prove of much better service thatl the line formerly laid. Several places in the laying of the I pipe quicksand was CoMi across, but \ the pipe was laid quickly at these i places and the earth immediately dumped over it *o that the sand had I no chance to disintegrate. The new line was begun in the first of December and was to have been completed by the last of February, but owing to delays in securing pip?a and lack of hands it *as impossible to get it through before this and at tlie same time have it properly laid. The pipe was laid under the direction of City Engineer Lee and Assistant Engineer Haynsworth. Mr. E. C. Barr was foreman of the workmen engaged for the job. CHANGE AT COLORED COLLEGE. lt. S. Wilkinson Succeeds Thos E. Miller as President. Orangeburg, June 30.?The trans fer Of the management of the State colored college took place this week. Thomas E. Miller, who has been pres? ident of this institution since its or? ganization, turned over control of the college to the newly elected president. R. S. Wilkinson. The board of trustees have made a tlioroufh pvi mirmt I <-???> of *v - bookfl and records of cue college and found everything in pood ihape. Pr< tfde i Miller's administration h is bees a l.**n ' successful one a.1 its organization tbe college property was valued at a little less than $50,000. Its value today is olaced between $200,000 and $300, ?00. Hon. T. G. McLeod. of Blshopvtlle, passed through the city Thursday af? ternoon on his way home from Co? lumbia. i WANT TO BELL?My carriage and harness. The carriage is of me? dium weight, has pole and shafts, and can be used single or double. Nelll O'Donnell. 7-ll-2t-W READ THIS It May Be What You Want Oo you ever have Fever, Chills or Fad Colds? Do you ever feel as if you were tired and worn out. with no desire to eat. with pains in your back and shoulders, a headache, and 0 bad taste in your mouth when you get up in the morning? If you do you've got MALARIA, and the small sum of 25 cents will buy you imme? diate relief. The name of this won? derful remedy is FRANKLIN'S 44 TONIC The guaranteed remedy for CHILLS, FEVER, LAGKlPPE and MALARIA. 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