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?|jr ^latcbman ani ?outjjron. Published Wednesday miu Saturday. ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING C?MPANY SI MTBR, ftO Terms: $1.50 per annum?In advance. \ d v it t b*eraenui: One Square first Insertion.$1.00 Bvery subsequent Insertion.60 Contracts for three months, ur longer will be made at reduced rate?. All communication-* which sub? serve private interests wil". be charged fee as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed In 18(0 and the True Southron In 116? 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 Sumter. FOR Till PI BLIC \\ I I.I ARM. At the Chamber of Cummer, meeting held to consider the Sea? board proposition, the question of <he county and city making an ap? propriation to c ever the necessary expenses Incident to complying with the terms of the Seaboard was brought up. No decision was arrived at. but several off-hand opinions were expressed that neither the county nor city could legally appro? priate any money for this purpose. Far be It f om us. a mere layman, to set up an opinion In direct conflict with the off-hand opinions of sever? al attorneys, but it Is a matter of some difficulty to reconcile these opinions with certain precedents that are fresh in mind. It Is a mat? ter of record that the City of Sumter made a direct appropriation of $1, #00 for the purchase of a terminal Site for the Southern Railway (then , known as the Sumter & Wateree R. R.) and the city, not then having a surplus of cash In the treasury, gave a note, payable something like a year after date, was executed In fa? vor of said railroad. A short time later, when the Northwestern Rail? road was extended to Cam Jen, the City Council made a similar appro? priation of $1.000 for the benefit of that road. If our memory is not at fault this donation was not paid in spot cash, but was paftl at a later date. S41U other appropriations that have been made by the city which we call to mind are. the annual do? nation of $750 to the Sumter Hand and the annual donations to the Sumter Light Infantry. On several occasions appropriations have been made for advertising purpose*, viz: for advertising In a special issue of the Manufacturers Record and in one or more special illustrated edit? ions of the News and Courier. An Inspection of the minutc-j of Council for the past ten years would reveal, we are satisfied, other instances of appropriation of city funds, on the scoro of the public welfare. In the aid of objects not connected with the maintenance of the elty government. If ?'it\ OesnSSfl had the authority to make these appropriations, and it had legal advice that It hud such authority on the gToum' of the gen? eral public welfare, ther. It stands to reason that It has the legal right in the present emergency to make an appropriation In aid of the Seaobard. If the Sumter A Wateree railroad was worth $1.000 to Sumter some fifteen years ago. It Is not stating it too strongly to say that the Is IBOard would be worth ten limes tbat much to Sumter today. The idea para? mount in the mnds of most people, respeetlng the appropriation of mon? ey In aid of the Seaboard project by City Council, seems to be thr the only way In which an appropriation could be made Is by and through a bond Issue. The precedent! cited above show conclusively that where there Is a will a wav can ???? found, snd while It may be Impracticable to Issue bonds to rat?.- mone\ to aid the Seaboard, as other towns have re? cently done. It Is not absolutely Im? possible for City <\,undl to make a substantial appropriation In further? ance ot' an undertaking that will oe of the most far-reaching and lasting txncM la the municipality. If there wan ever nn occasion where the cir? cumstance* lustlfled exercise of the authority vested In City Council un? der the general welfan clause, this Seaboard matter Is one. To reduce the ixMt ? to its last anal\s;M and strip It naked- of uulrks ami ? |Ulhtd'*s ?tt |? purely and dimply a SjaeSttOg of whether or not City Council desire* to do all It can to aid the citizens of Somter In carrying to success an un? dertaking that will be worth to Sum? ter many times what It Is estimated to cost. It Is reasonable to entertain the supposition that If a substantial majority of the citizens and taxpayers of the city make It known la Council that It Is their earnest desire tbat the City of Sumter. In Its corporate char? acter, aasume a part of the burden and responsibility that the accept? ance of the Seaboard's proposition entails, a way will be f? und by Conn Oil Id obmply with tho wishes of the people whom they represent and whose iiRcnts tiny are. The County Board el Commission* en, representing Sumter county, which will be benefited by the build? ing of the Beehoard through the county to the extent of approxi? mately $200.000 in taxable values, could, wo believe, pledge substantial aid to the Beehoard enterprise" with? out violating any law. This action would, of course, have to be Validat? ed by an Act Ol the Legislature, but this is a mere detail, that, with the co-operation of the county leg? islative delegation. See be arranged. County funds are now appropriated for several worthy .objects not di reetly in line with the enforcement of law or the support of the several department of the county govern? ment. If it is proper to appropriate funds derived from the tax levied for county purposes to the support of the Sumter Linht Infantry and to the aid of the sumter County Anti Tuherculoeli League, then it would be no Stretch of the general welfare eleuse to validate an appropriation thai Will be the means of creating property that will return. in the form of taxes, a sum that will repay the appropriation in a few years. if the legislature can make lege] the expenditure Of county funds in the manner ShOVt specified, then it can legalize a spec die grant in aid of an enterprise that will be of great benefit to tho citizens of the county as individuals, and to the county the source of a large and continually in sreeslng incom.. We trust the committee of AVS ap? pointed by the mass meeting of clti ?eni will look Closely into thlt aspect af the matter when they come to de? vising grays and means for providing the funds required to carry out the ontract with the Seaboard. It can? not be gainsaid that the fairest and moot equitable way which could be b > leed fOf raising the money nec sssary would be by taxation, or the Jlrect appropriation of public funds, dace in this way each person would ontrlhuti his just and proper pro? portion. Many large corporations that cannot contribute to a fund raised by popular subscription, even though they desire to do so, would In this way contribute their pre rata ihare, and there is no good reason why the banks and other corpor Itlona that would be as directly and largely benefited by the growth of the town and development of the county, as any individual or mercan- . tile establishment. should escape bearing n Just share of the burden that a compliance with the condi? tions of the Seaboard proposition en? tails. We believe that the County of Sumter should make a substantial appropriation in aid of the Seaboard undertaking and that the City of Sumter should do likewise. We also feel confident that a majority of all fair-minded citizens will, when they have given the matter mature consid? eration, take the same view of it. Fl HF. AT XKW SlMTllK. i>re?*s?T, Weretftovse end Bwpply ltoom Burned ut a Loss of $5,00O to $6.000. A fire at the Betts Lumber com? pany at New Sumter, originating shortly after eleven o'clock Monday mornlngi did damage amounting to between $5,000 and I^.OOO, with an Insurance which covers about 80 per sent, of the loss. The warehouse, dresser, the supply room, a con? siderable number of feet of skidway and about forty thousand feet of lumber wort destroyed in the fire. While it la not known positively hen the Bre caught it Is supposed that it caught from a spark from a passing locomotive, and it was not until the fire had in ob- considerable heed way the! it was discovered, it took some time to get control of the tire after work was commenced, but the men who worked at the mill eere all celled out to help and the Urs wai finally extinguished, Dur? Ing the fire the train from Florence came by and stopped long enough to run en' on a side track and haul off a nut' oer of box ears which were in dengorous proximity to the Are aad which would have been burned * at for the timely arrival of tho train. County as well as state polities are beginning to sfouse Interest) al? ? bough the primary is ? year in the f iture, The certainty of several hot reces for county ofnCei is being gen? erally discussed and the campaign next spring and summer will be one of the most Interesting of recent yeera it is stated on what is regerd? ad as reliable authority, that clerk of ? 'oiirt Perrotf Will have vigorous op? position for re-election, Mr. John ft, Sumter. being, it is Stated, an eVOWSd rendldete and | third strong can dldate Ii also spoken of as probable, Another ra<e that will be of Interest Is that for Sheriff. Mr. W. H. Beels Im already s cendldate to succeed Sheriff Epperson and there may hi other entries liefer- the lists arc ? losed, THE CONTEST CLOSES. MIns ELi.ES BEACH WINS FIRST PRIZE. The Subscription Campaign Conduct* od by the Cnitcd Conical Company Brought t<? a ( lose Saturday Night After an Interesting ami Closely Contented Race?Net Reanlt of the Contest Was the Winning of six Valuable Prises by tlie Young La? dles Who Solicited Subscriptions for tin* Dally Item and Watchman and Southron, and a Large In? crease in the Circulation of Those Newspapers, Tin? Circulation Campaign and Popularity Contest conducted during the past eight weeks by Mr. J i. McGovern, the representative of the. United Contest and Advertising Co., In behalf of the Dally item and Watchman and Southron, tame to a close at 10 o'clock Saturday night, the announcement of the final vote and the names of the winners belilg made at tin- Lyric Theatre. Where fi large crowd was assembled to hear the result. The votes wer ? counted by Mr. A. V. Snell, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and Mr. S. M Mc McLeod. cashier of the People.':' Lank, and the result announced by Mr. McOovem, the contest manager. The standing of the candidates af? ter tie- final count of the votes had been made was as follows: Miss Ellen Beach. 981 tu Miss Pauline Cummings . . 7J.i.S81 BS Annie Dollard. 032,01*1 Miss I Jessie I lodge. 51 ?1,555 Miss Anna Jennings. 30f?,0ll Miss Louise Warren. 303.525 Miss L. E. McCoy. 2M.000 Miss Hester Hodge. UO.Ol'O The prizes were awarded ?3 fol? lows according to the conditions of the contest as announced at the be? ginning: CAPITAL PRIZES. First prlSS, Player Piano, Miss El? len Leach. Becond piise, Three-piece Pallor Suite of Furniture. Miss Pauline Cummings. of DalSell, DISTRICT PHIZES. First District: The City of sumter. Solid Gold Watch. Miss Annie Dol lard, of Sumter. Second District: Outside the City of Sumter. Solid (odd Watch. Misa Bessi Hodge, of Tin dal. Solid Cold Watch. MISS Lou:--e Warren, of Goodwill. Solid Cold Watch. Miss L. F, Mc I Joy, of St. Charles. The prizes will be lelivered to the winners whenever they call for them in person or send a written order for their delivery. I The contest has been an interest? ing one In many respects and the successful contestants deserve to be congratulated, for they won the prizes by hard work and persever? ance. The net re3ult has been the addition of almost five hundred new names to our subscription list and the collection of quite a substantial sum of money from old subscribers who. to help the contestants. paid their subscriptions in advance, some of them for as much as three years. Will Stewart was shot to death in Lancaster Saturday night by AI Carton. P.oth negroes. Mr. B. A. Brown, court stenog? rapher of the L'd circuit, has an? nounced that he is a candidate for the sollcitorshlp of that circe.it. Hampton Lyh s, colored, has been arrested In Columbia for poisoning his Wife and child with rough on rats. Th ?>' Were very sick, but will t scover. The county treasurer has about finished adjusting his books with other county officials and tin- oomp' troller general is looked for some time this week, probably on Thurs? day, to l'?ok over the balance sheets Occupation for Women. Two women, maybe more, occupy Hovel positions In the business world In New York. These women are em? ployed by a number of wholesale dress goods and millinery houses to enter? tain women buyers from out of town. They entertain the visitors nt dinner, In the theater, and make the sojourn ers' stay in New York pleasant. The Sipense, of course, is charged to the bouses employing thorn. The Individ? ual rharges of these women entertain? ers usually are about one-fourth of the total cx'm use Another Man Conspiracy. A hatter says size of hat is no In Sex of brain under it Women would have all the best of it if it were._ New York Herald. World's Wealthiest Individuals. It iu quite Impossible lo bay who are the eight richest men and women in the world. Some of the Indian princes are enormously wealthy, though the extent of their fortunes is not known. There are besides many wealthy fami? lies and individuals In Europe whose names are little known In this coun? try, and about whose fortunes so lit? tle is reliably known as to make a corn pa risen impossible i.i:o\ m. (.kki:\ \<> loxgi;h i\ chargk Kilt m:\vs \\l> cou? rier. s iitcs Thai He Was Asked to Res gn (Vom the Staff of Governor Weese ?Letter Prom Mr. Lutlian. Charleston, July 24.?Leon M. Qreen, Columbia correspondent for the Newa and Courier, has refused to accede to the demandi of his news? paper that he resign an appoiutment recently received upon the staff of Gov. Blasse and says he v.*ill resign as correspondent Immediately. Hi* resignation will be handed t" the head of the .News and Courier's Co? lumbia bureau, August Kohn, upon the letter's reurn this week from a Canadian tour. "I resign und? r pressure," said Mr, Green, "i can not pomply with the demand mad* on me. When I was appointed on tin- governor's staff, I accepted because of the honor, and I know that the position was given in the right spirit. For the paper I rep? resent ?d to seek to tell me that l should resign either from the paper or from the governor's staff was. in j my opinion, an encroachment upon my personal rights, "l fell thai I could still remain on the governor's staff, as l have always sought to give unbiased reports of j official acts of the chief executive of the State. ?The position taken by the paper a pears to me, and I have no doubt w ill so appear to many others in the Stae, untenable, for the particular reason that the position occupied here for the paper was that solely of a news correspondent, I had noihing whatever to do with the ediior'il policy of the paper. What 1 have been sending to the papers I repre? sent was the news of the day here? nothing more." Mr. Qreen Joined the staff of the State In the fall of 1007. shortly after his graduation from the University of South Carolina. Since the spring of 1909 he has l.^en with the Co? lumbia bureau of the Xew\i and Cou? rier. f Mr. Green Gives Out Letter. Mr. Green last night gave out the U tt >r below which he stated had been written him by Robert Lathen, the editor of the News and Courier. Mr. Lathai said last night that he had nothing to say concerning the matter. Mr. Lathan'a letter to Mr. Green Is as follows: "Mr. Leon M. Green. Columbia. S. C. j "Dear Mr. Green: I have just re? ceived your letter of July 20 and re? gret very much to learn of your de? termination to remain on the staff of the governor rather than on that of the News and Courier. "As I wrote Mr. Kohn, I do not re? gard it as proper for a newspaper correspondent to hold two such po? sitions at the same Ime; my under? standing of the matter being that the acceptance of an appointment as one of a governor's aides entails upon the person accepting it a responsibil? ity of doing all that he can to up? hold whatever the governor may do. *I think it should bo a rule of the paper that no one of its staff should occupy any position which might ex? pose hirn to the criticism that his impartially might be affected, wheth er such criticism be well founded or not. It Is the desire of the Kewt and Courier to do every public ofllcii'l justice fairly and impartially, ind ?n order to do so I think the abovi m< . tioned rule a good one. "It is title that Mr. Kohn was at one time an aid./ to a governor but that was before 1 became editor of the paper. ' i appreciate your ?fter to look I after matters connected w ith the bu? reau until Mr. Kohn returns, but per? haps it would be better to continue the present arrangement until that time, allowing Mr. Horton to cover what? ever may happen, as be has been (hung since you have been away from ('olumbia. "Lei me repeat to you personally what 1 have already said to Mr. Kohn, as head of the bureau. that the News and Courier appreciates the general excellence of the servce you have given it during the period of your connection with tin- paper, and that l am genulnels sorry that you have chosen to take a stand in tins matter, a most Important one as 1 see it. to which this paper can not give its indorsement. "Yours truly. ??Robert Lathan." Heforc the brick paving is laid on Main street, drains for storm water should be laid, and il this is to be done the work should certainly be started at once. It will be too late to talk about putting in storm drains when t be contractor has begun work on the pavlni?, and it is difficult to understand why some move has md been made before thll to put in the drain pipes to earn off storm water from Main street. SEABOARD AIR LISI: CONNEC? TION A CERTAINTY. Surve) of Route Will Begin at Oner mid Work Will be* L'ntlcr Wax at tin Earl) Late?Nine Capitalists Accompany Mr. Bon*al. Mr. W. H. Bonsai, president of the South Carolina Weat m Railroad and promoter of the several other railroads that connect the S-ja board Air Line with a number of towns in the- eastern part ??f this. State, ac? companied by Mr. W. a. Moncure, chief engineer, and nun- capitalists, representing sonn- of the largest I anks and trust companies of Balti? more, Philadelphia and Boston, ar? rived in the city yesterday afternoon on a special train, and after a con? ference, lasting less than an hour, with Messrs R. I. Manning. Neill O'Donnell, \\\* H. Ingram and H. J. McLaurin, .1 .. of the committee rep? resenting the chamber of Commerce, left for Blahopville and Hartsville In automobilei to go over the route of the railroad that la to be built via Bishopville to this city. Mr. Bonsai confirmed the accep? tance i f h's proposition t" build the toad Into Sumter, and Informed the committee that the survey of the route of the road would Ij ? startad within ib next few d ;? and that active construction would be com* menca i as soon in the- permanent line- was located and the rights of way secured, it will be necessary to survey two or more preliminary lines before the permanent route can ba located and this will, of course, take several weeks. No time will be wasted, however, and Chief Engineer Moncure will return to this city early next week and will make his head? quarters here for several weeks lo? cating the line into and out of town and making a careful investigation as to the desirability and accessi? bility of the several available term inal sites. The last element of doubt concern? ing the coming of the Seaboard has been removed and it is needless for any interested citizen of Sumter ta continue asking, "is the Seaboard coming to Sumter?" Mr. Bonsai has deeded t<> build the road at once, and is is as certain as any human undertaking can be that the road will be in operation into thi3 city within the next six or eight months. No effort will be spared to complete the road on or liefere January 1st. The representatives of the banks and trust companies, who accompan? ied Mr. Bonsai, were here for the purpose of inspect ng the country through which the road will pas3 With a view of furnishing money re? quired to build and equip the road. The institutions whb h they repre? sent have heretofore financed the railroad enterprise? promoted by Mr. Bonsai and his associates, and it goes without saying that there will be no difficulty In obtaining all the money needed to build and equip the Sum? ter and Bishopville line. As to the extension of the road to Charleston in the immediate future no information has been obtained, but the fact that Mr. lion sal required a right of way through the city and two miles south indicates that the road will not stop here. If it does not go ^to Charleston, where will it go? Mr. D. W. Alderman, president of the AlcolU road, was in the city to meet the committee at the same time that Mr. Bonsai did, but the result of his conference was not made public, it can be asserted, however, that it is practically a cer? tainty that the Alcolu railroad will be extended Into Sumter and will be j running trains here to connect with 'be Seaboard alnmst as BO< :i ni that road reac he s this place. i_ - j The business men of Manning held j a meeting last week to organise a j campaign to secure a connection with the Seaboard Air Line, it la report? ed that tile effort will be made to induce Mr. Bonsai to extend his road into Manning, I Cnurt adjourned Thursday after? noon and Julge S. \V. Q. Bhlpp loft on tin- afternoon tram for Florence, i Tin-re will be no more court In Bum* j ter now until the regular fall term of court. Tin re will be a very important meeting of the B, L. L on Thursday night in the Armory Hall and every member of the Company is requested to be present at the* meeting. Tiie chalngang is still stationed at Mayesville, where it is working the roads out from that town in every direction, I _ Mrs. A. 11. Lanks. wife of Col. A. It. Banks, the veteran school teacher, I died at Hyatt Lark, Columbia, Sat ; urday, -. i A company has been organized in Charleston to manufacture overalls. 4 im: lwi RALLl uii i. r.i HELD IN l ( ll\ TH?RS? AI. Y?drt n?ch to Be DelKervd by Mr. < Iimm. lioyt of tin- i nited States iimkI Road* Bureau and .Mr. i.. J. W.tixm ot tin- siai( Department ?d \gi i( ult in <?. The campaign In the interest of a county*wide system of good roads a iil be con Juded with a m eUng in tiiis city on Thursday of this week, and it is hoped the attendance will i e large and that all sections of he county will be represented. Ji Is not the wish of the committee of the Chamber of Commerce, under whose direction tin- good roads meetings have been hold, that only those who i favor good roads throughout the county and who advocate the good roads bond issue will attend the nie-ling. On the contrary, it is the earnest desire of all who believe that now is the time for the people of fe uinter county to get together aii'i build a system of roads that wll en tend from end lo end and side to side of the county and give every i itisen the benefit of the best public roads that it Is possible to construct with the material available, that the opponents of the bond issue attend the meeting and heer the res sous aj that the advocates of the bond is? sue have to offer in support of th-'r assertion that the plan proposed is tha best and most economical that can be devised for securing goo^i roads in the shortest possible time. The good roads advocates are firm!;' convinced that they have a good casi and that if those Who are opposed to the bond issue will but give a careful and unprejudiced consideration to the facts and arguments in favor of the bond issue plan they will be convinced that it is the best, cheapest \ and only feasible plan by which Scm ter county can obtain good roads for all sections of the county. There? fore a special inivtatiou is extended to the opponents of the bond issue to attend the meeting Thursday. Mr. Charten Hoyt, of the United States good roads bureau, will give an llustrated lecture on good roads and good building at the Lyric the atre at 10 a. m. The manager of the Lyric has given the use of the thea? tre free of charge and all who are interested are invited to hear Mr. lioyt's lecture. The pictures that he will show will be worth seeing, apart from the very interesting b cture that he will deliver. At the conclusion of Mr. Hoyt's talk at the Lyric, Mr. E. J. Watson, State commissioner of agriculure, _ will deliver an address on good roads In the court house. He will go into subject thoroughly and will endeavor to prove that Sumter county will de? rive greater benefit from the invest? ment of $ ISO.000 in good roads thai* from any other investment that could be made. He will prove that a coun? ty-wide system is the best system, that every land owner, every farmer, and every other man, what eve cr his occupation, will be directly and im medately beneritted by the building of good roads. He will show that the tax that will be levied to pay the interest and principal of the bond issue Will not be a burden, but will be an investment that will pay the county a hundred-fold greater re? turns than any other investment that the county has ever made. He will show that by voting this bond issue and leading the movement fur coun? ty-wide systems of good roads. Sum t\ will attain at one stride the posi? tion of leadership in the march of progress in South Carolina. Every citizen who believes in prog? ress should attend the mating. Every citizen who beltovoe in Ins.? provement and development should let nothing stand in the way of turn? ing out and voting for the bond is? sue next Tuesday. Remember that only qualified electors can vote in this election and when you go to the polls carry your registration certlfl ? at ? and tax receipts, so that you w '.Il lie prepared to show that you ire qualified, if the managers should ask for proof and demand the produc? tion of registration certificates and tax receipt. Dyes Give Life to Furs. Dyed furs retain their color longer than skins which havt tnt been dv* ' Peat General Russian Fuel. Peat constitutes about one third o: the fuel used in the central Industrie districts of Russia i Worth Heeding. When blows of affliction or bereave? ment fall, the best advice for our Qeeds is that scrap of street wisdom '.hat floated to niy ears: "Keep quiet ind ?? on.*' Exchange t Canada't Mixed Races i The llihle is already sold in Canada in 90 different tongues, but 17 other races are now asking that editions he printed in their languages. The Brit* ' l.sh Foreign Hible society has publish j ed the Scriptures in 424 different ton? gues, hut it seems IT more must be I made tc meet th? needs of Cenada*i hotel itomilstion