The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 02, 1911, Image 8
Sonn* RMMdom Ttiought?.
Since the last letter In thevo I Ob
umni the writer has been on an or
gan last ion tour of WUllamsburg
county. Something like one hundi.d
and hfty mllea by buggy waa cover?
ed, covering a wide circle of the
county, and two or three trips lnio
tbe central parte. Some years ago.
when In Berkeley county, the re?
mark was made, "I do not see
what the I'ntted States wants with
tbe Phllllplne islands when the wilds
of Berkeley are untamed. Still
less Is there any reason for retain?
ing them when one begtna to realize
the undeveloped resources of our
alster county. In fact, the mother
of tin* Black Hlvor country, for the
first ssttlsra stopped tit the Klngstree
where the little city now stands on
the beautiful banks of tbe toruons
Wee Nee, the Indian name for Black
river, and from that point moved on
up to Bethel and Midway, Brewing
son and Concord, Salem and Mt.
Eton, as the little colony grew in
numbers snd more land was needed.
Some of tbe incidents of land trans?
fer* of ths psst thirty years sounu
like frontier tales. One tract of 3.
100 scree sold for $50 and the buyer
waii forced to take It against his will
by a friend to whom he had loaned
fit. Another of 6.000 acres sold for
$I0S, one of 11.000 seres for $3.300,
and besides several valuable farms
ths timber alone will sell for $80,
?00 This tract belongs to the Harts
vtlte pap-r mill. The Rhems sold
?0.000 seres to ths Atlsntlc Coast
Lumber Compnuy for $60.000. Hav?
ing bought it for leas thsn 10 centi
aa scrs in yesrs gone by It looked
like a good sale, but it was not loni;
before ss much more would havo
been given to cancel tbe trade.
Along the Georgetown and West?
ern Railroad thsrs srs stretches with
nothing hut atumpa and a few scat?
tering pines* no underbrush. A com
peny Is ditching it sad trying to se
cure settlers* A large part of that
county got rains ssrly in June and
?sine since had good seasons, some
places too much rsln. and the crops
are fine. But in the central and
Northwestern pert of the county
rsln Is badly needed.
Some unions were revived and
three new unions were organised
with prospects of several more In the
next few weeks. The serious con?
dition of the cotton crop with a bear
raid on prices. Is sroustng the farm?
ers snd the business mon more than
a thousand speeches could do. A
drop of three cents s pound In about
a month Is sppalllng. There are
some tew who still put their trust
In the bulls or some disaster to the
gr .wing crop, but most of them see
that It is a case of organisation at
once or financial stagnation for the
next year or two.
The suite in ion.
The meeting In Colasabta on Wed
aesdsy snd Thursday was the most
business-IIkj and harmonious In the
history of the union. There was le*s
"hot air" and more deep thinking
which found expression in sober
words that will lead to deeds, than at
any previous meeting It would be
herd t*> assemble s hundred or more
men of as much intelligence and
good looks. They were well dressed,
and prosperous looking, and what
was better still were calm and dis
psssonat < In their discussions of the
fjssjga questions that occupied their
aaladSk The setlon of the union on
a great msny matters ol public- in
?eres? was given to the press by the
proper committee. But matters of
?sore importance were sent down to
tbe county an 1 local unions wlu r<
tbe reel work nust be done.
Any farmer worth the name of
farmer, whether he makes hh thous?
and bales of cotton or more on his
own nroad acres, or makes his ten
bales on s rented farm. Is standing In
his own light not to join the union;
he Is retarding th* prosperity and
gros th of our common i ountry, and
s? aiding snd abetting the predatory
enterests in the warfare which can
only end with ua aa a land of bbBVCI
?r s Isnd of freemen. The onion Is
?ending out organisers, as fast as we
can find suitable men and we can pay
them. Mut there Is n n ?? ? I f r the
prganUt-r to come to do the nils
sggsxsry work. Rvery 'immunity
must have some . to or more pub?
lic spirited men who < .in Ml their
aetgf-ihom together so that s?>m?- mar
I .? gag . ? /. r ? ta n.I with i li.'in ami
Institute i I ?eal union. Are there
not oe h no ?
TT?e retiring presl.r nt. Mr. IVrrltt.
teavos the union In letter shape
nnar?lnll\ ind In point of members
than ever before. A nun 0i I
bershlp last year fron, June 30,
i*i" to June 30. i9it of II net asjan
In face of 1". ? . m ? >-t on allows what
Is helng don.-. And th.- um. in in
ngsment ,,f me Executive Commltee
shows a un batano< four
ct rive lime* as great n? ti year a*m.
t?ro. Padgett of ?'o|let..n, n-tln d
from thr committee f.-i 'oi-in
ISOfi*. and In hl.-? place w in
MorrHon of M, i l.-llarw lb .
takes up tie
inlsio ngs. but
upon a. safe and
w Ise Executive Committee, with
-?ich workers still in harness as the
\\ vice (?resident, H. F. Keller, and
tie- <?ld warhorse of th,? Alliance and
?he Union s.cretnry-treasui vr, J.
Whitiwr lieid, and organizer J. B, 0'*
N*. Holloway to say nothing of others
who are true and tried, he hopes to
see th? lines extended, the weak
; ia< . s strengthened and the South
Carolina Farmers' Union in the fore
front of the tight for Southern llnar
cial independence.
E. W. 1).
Do not allow your kidney and blac
der trouble to develop beyond the
reach of medicine. Take Foley Kid?
ney Pills. They give quick results
and stop irregularities with surpris?
ing promptness. Slbert's Drug Store.
News From Pisgah.
Pisgah, July 31.?We are dry here
and the t uer cotton is feeling the
Intense heat. A good rain now would
add many bales to our section.
old corn shows what it passed
through, growing curn looks prom?
ising. Peaches and watermelons are
scare with many. The writer is more
fortunate, sa he has plenty of both.
There Is a kind of lice that has
killed out to a large extent the peas
gown on stubble land. In many places
the lice destroyed all of the peas.
We are troubled with English spar
rowa. They have ran all the other
birds off, or at least the other hlrd-a
have left. The sparrows are destroy?
ing lost of things and are a great
pest. We would like to get rid of
them if we could.
We have some sickness about.
The meeting at Pisgah church
closed last Friday afternoon. Rev.
J. N. Tolar came Monday and preach?
ed twice a day during the week. He
is an able preacher and the people
enjoyed his fine discussion. Large
crowds attended all the services and
at times the church could not near
seat the people. There were several
additions to the church.
Mr. Tolar was a stranger to the
people except by reputation when he
came here but when he left Satur?
day morning all wer? his friends and
they will always be delighted to have
him come again and see them.
Miss Llszle Brltton of Sumter is
visiting Misses 11a Mae and Lena
Evans.
Mr. lAwrenee White and wife, of
Egypt. Hon. G. W. Mobley of Ker
?haw county and Capt. Alexander
Mosley and wife, of SmlthvMe. with
many others from off. attended the
-neetlng at Pisgah. Rev. T. L. Cole
Is going to North Carolina this week
to engage in religious work.
Miss Hat tie Hussey. of Sumter, is
visiting friends here.
Lee county union met with the
Cedar Creek church near MgfcOVfllJs
last Saturday. I am told It was a
very Interesting meeting.
Mr. J. M. R??ames has been sick
but is improving.
A protracted meeting is going Sgl
Sn?thville this week.
A protracted meeting will be held
t Swift Creek church about Septem
her 1st.
Many a Suffering Woman.
Drags herself painfully through he?
?i illy tasks, suffering from backache
headache, nervousness, loss of op
|i tite and poor sleep, not knowln.:
her ills are due to kidney and blad?
der troubles. Foley Kidney Pills give
quick relief from pain and misery
and a prompt return to health and
Itfongth. No woman who so suffer;;
can afford to overlook Foley Kidney
Pills. Slbert's Drug Store.
Mr. ?>. E. r.ostlek has been at it
in. This time it is a wise old
owl that he has caged and put on
?xhlbltlon In front of his store.
More people, men and worn ,?n, are
suffering from kidney and bladder
trouble ban ever before, and each
>ear more of them turn for quick re?
lief and permanent benefit to Foley's
Kidney Remedy, which has proven
it*. If t<> be one of the most effective
i?-no-dles for kidney and bladder ail?
ments, that mellcal science has de?
vised. Slbert's Drug Store.
The South Cgrollng Postmasters'
Association will meet at Olem
Springs on August 10th and 11th.
AgggSJgi of Stealing.
E. E. Chamberlain, of Clinton. Me..
boMly accuses Hucklen's Arnica
Salve of stealing?the sting from
burns or scalds?the pain from sores
of all Kinds) till flkHrsSBl from boils
? ?r piles. "It robs cuts, corns, bruls.
Sprains and injuries of their terror."
h" sa v. as .. healing rem dy It!
??'iu.:l don't exist." Only 2f?c at
MbtfVf Drug Store.
A larg- number of Ott! <?f tOWfl Clt?
w. r. lo r.- to attend the go., i
roads meeting.
ibirtv Ntiirs Together.
Thirty years of association-?think
of It. How the merit ot a good thing
Mantis out In that time?or the Worth?
I? sMtifHM of a bad one. So tin re's no
gttOSn work in this Midoncs of Thus.
Arias, Concord, Mich., who wrttea:
i have good Dr. King's New Discovery
for :;o years, and it's the best cough
tnd cold cur,- I ever used." OnCC it
iliols entlarve in a home you can'l
pry it out. Many families have used
fortj yanra, It's lh? moai Infal?
lible throat and lung modlclg ? og
? nib Unoqualod for iagrtppe, asth<
tna. hay fevofi croup, Qulnaj or tore
lungs. Price r,ft cent-. <l.'">. Trial
bottle free. Quan Ii ? ed I v Sib. i r
Drug ?tore.
HEAL JCY OF OLD AGE
TRUE FRIENDSHIP EXIST8 ONLY
IN THAT PERIOD.
Young People Are Too Changeable
and Those of Middle Age Too
Absorbed In Their Strug?
gle for Life.
Old age haa its real joys, which are
not only efforts to make the best of a
bad thing. I do not want to appear
paradoxical, but I do not think it la a
paradox when I assert that the old
man or woman, with a good disposi?
tion, la more able than anybody else
to enjoy friendship, love and?youth.
Young people know something of
friendship, middle aged ones do not,
but old people know it thoroughly.
Friendship among the young la
comradeship, companionship hastily
chosen, more warm than deep, very
capricious, very changeable and al?
ways with a vague feeling that It la
not going to last long, far less for?
ever.
Friendship between men of mature
age does not exist, or is at least a
thing so rare, that it need not be
taken into consideration at all. At
that age a person has rivals, who are
sometimes loyal, sometimes sympa?
thetic and kind; of friends he has
none, it by friends you understand
people who take pleasure in your suc?
cess as in thefr own and think of
your welfare as their own.
The struggle for life makee such a
thing Impossible, because it puts into
conflict with each other the very peo?
ple, who, because of their common
tastes and efforts, ought to be friends.
It la the age when you havo a vague
feeling of distant friends who follow
your doings with interest In whom
you take a certain amount of Interest,
but whom you really d"? not know, and
If perchance you came to know them,
you care less for them, because you
have reason to fear them, as they
have reason to fear you. They are
friends whom you ignore and whom it
la well that you should ignore, friends
to whom you say: **My friends?I
have no trienda."
Mature age knows no friendship. It
knows only patrons or clients or cus?
tomers. The man of middle age has
patrons and clients. He is protected
and protector, he may be protected
without loss of dignity and act as pro?
tector without Impudence, and if so,
be knows at least that cool and pleas?
ant shadow of friendship, but never?
theless he remains delicately protect?
ed snd protecting, while friendship Is
something far more than that
The old man knows friendship. He
knows the real, true friendship, be?
cause he receives disinterested friend?
ship and give* friendship that carries
it no material advantages. Those who
are fond of him are not courting his
protection nor gives it to those he
cares for. Old ag^ is like poverty.
Just as a rich man never knows If
he is loved for hie own sake, and as
the rich young girl never knows If
the man who tells her he loves her,
really loves her or Just her money, so
the old man and the poor man are
the only ones who may be sure that
their friends are really their friends.
Small Estates In Jamaica.
Ir Jamaica 75 per ceuL of the 155.
051 landed properties arc valued at
Icfb than $200 each. Nearly all of
these small holdings are owned by
negroes who live ehiefly on salt fish
end on fruits and vegetables, espe?
cially yams grown by themselves.
Being able to live in this manner
with little exertion these peasant pro?
prietors are averse to entering Into
contracts to labor by the year or
even by the month. Hence, In spito
of the fact that 95 per cent, of the
862.000 Inhabitants of Jamaica are
negroes (Including mulattoes), It is
necessary to employ East Indian
coolies on the larger sugar and ba?
nana plantations, on which there must
be a certain proportion of laborers
who may be relied upon for steady
work at all Umea.
A Wise Man.
Prospective Employer?Have you a
grandmother?
"Prospective Office Boy?No, Sir.
Prospective Employer?I'll hire
you, but see that you have no addi?
tions to the family during the base?
ball season.
Teaching the Boers.
Before the Uoer-British war there
was not a school outside of a town of
2,000 inhabitants, and not one Doer
boy or girl could read or write or count
up to 20. They were about as Ignorant
ss the savage tribes around them.
Now there arc schools all over the
country, and Boer chlldron eight and
nine years old have more education
than their parente.
England Copied From America.
The American system of letter?
grams is responsible for an Innova?
tion shich has been recently put into
operation In Tngland by the rostof
flce authorities by which the advant?
age of the delivery of a letter on Sun?
day is secured at the expense of a
trifling fee. It is simply necessary to
write on the envelope: "To be tele?
phoned on Sunday," and adds nn extra
half-cent of poetage for every mo words
or fraction thereof. Then the postal
clerk at the receiving offlCQ rails tip
the person addressed t-y telephone and
conveys the message without leaving
the poatofllce, if enough postage is in?
cluded, the name meeaago may bo de?
livered by telephons to ft number of
different parties in tho game city.
Bend your Job work.
PROPHESY SMOOTH THINGS
Jeremiah 26?-Aug. 6
*'Tho Lord i$ m;/ Light a\d my Saltation,
whom shall 1 feurf'?Pttalm
OUR last study related to thi
time* of King Josiob and V.'\<
reformation. At about that
time the Prophet Jeremiali be^
gan to speak in the uame of the Lord
Josiab was succeeded by bis son. whu
proved himself another bad son of i
good father; and we remark burl
that between the ages of twelve und
eighteen would appear to be the tlUd
when the majority of boys reach
some mental decision respecting the fu?
ture which has much to do with their
after lives. 8o far as we remember, the
majority of notably great men have
confessed to reaching a decision of
character during this period. Like?
wise it is said that the majority of
criminals take their start In evil-doing
at this early age.
We urge again upon parents and
guardians the importance of this peri
od iu human life and the wisdom of
giving proper care and counsel that
the blossoming manhood and woman?
hood may be directed In proper < ban
nels and be a blessing to themselves
and others.
Prophecy Against Jerusalem
Under the evil rule of King Je'aoia
kim. Jeremiah, under the Lord's guId*
ance. foretold the
coming destruc
tlou of the city
nnd temple. The
effect of such a
prophecy should
have led the peo?
ple to self-examlu
atiou, prayer and
fasting, and a full
return to loyalty
to God. Bui, ac?
cording to Jeremi?
ah's account, it The prophet ? denuncia
was u time of 1Um'
Threat moral delinquency. He pictures
a terrible condition of the people?a
prevalence of dishonesty, of slander,
of murder, adultery, false swearing
and open liceutiousuess.
. The priests led ths people In an an?
gry attack upon the Frophet. He was
arrested, charged with speaking evil
of his city and declaring Its forthcom?
ing destruction How foolish! Could
I ?merely the Prophet's declrnitiou brlnp
I the thing to pass? Ami If be were the
Lord's Prophet could their assau.t
upon him turn aside God's purpose?
i It is noteworthy that It was the
priests and the false prophets who, on
j this occasion, called for the death of a
, true Prophet. And alas! this has not
infrequently been the case. Nearly all
the persecutions of Jesus and His
Apostles and followers throughout the
j Ago have come from professed sen
ants of God. What heart searching
j this Should briug to everyone of us
I lest, peradvenrtire. we should be siml
i larly overtaken in a fault and be
I found fighting against God, and should
i bring upon ourselves severe condemna?
tion
Let Us Not Fight Against God
As Jeremiah told them of the time
of trouble bearing, so some today are
declaring that the greatest time of
trouble ever known in the world's his?
tory is probably but a few years o.T
tbat it will mean the most terrible
anarchy, the only relief from which
will be the establishment of Messiah's
Kingdom in power and great glory.
There are some today so foolish us to
?think that the trouble could be put off
or avoided altogether by silencing those
who call attention to the Word of the
j Lord (Daniel ill, 1). I^et us not bo
I found fighting against God. He is
?mighty and will prevail, and all of His
purposes. He assures us, will surely be
accomplished.
Jeremiah impressed the princes of
his people. He reaffirmed every
word he bad ut?
tered, and de
c la red himself
ready to die if
need be; btit he
urged reforma?
tion. The princes,
more Just than
the priests nnd
false prophets,
acquitted Jere?
miah although
bis words con
Jercmiah arrested, detuned them. So
It has been at various times in the
history of the truth; If It had not been
for the moderation of the ci?U power,
many a reformer would have been put
to death.
Kvery child of God, however, faith
ful to his consecration, is a servant of
righteousness and should be a foe to
sin in its every form. Such must be
prepared for the Anger of scorn and
the lip of Sarcasm and slander. Buch
may take to themselves the words of
our text and rejoice, saying. "The
Lord Is my Light and my Salvation:
whom shall I fear?"
These trials would evidence tha.
God fonnd them worthy of shaping
ami polishing for Ills service, whereas
others without such persecutions
would have every reason to doubt th
they were In preparation for the Kin.
dorn, Su< h should rejoice and be * r
glad. Thoj should realize Ihn! th ? ?
w ill be different grades of honor and
dignity In the Kingdom and that t
more they suffer f<?r righteous
sal e, the higher and greater will ?
their reward When all these nfflil iioii
are past.
Try an ad. In the Dally Item, and
w itch results;
BLIND TIGERS CAUGHT.
lin s Ji nies and Abrain <?ii- Arrest
?(i fo ? Unlawful Storing of Liquors,
Th<j i reorder had a couple of blind
tiger esses in court Monday for trial,
one of which he tried and the other
being i ostponed until tomorrow. Th ?
offende i were Abram Gilea, a new
hand St the business and Rees
James, one of the oldest whiskey of?
fenders In the ?ity, b*1 having just
been roleaeed ;i few weeks ago from
Iiis lat Mt sentence on the county
ganj? f >r selling whiskey.
Abram Giles was arrested two
Weeks igo for storing whiskey. Tho
police vere notified that he had some
whiske.' In his house and after a
diligem search in which they nearly
failed o find the looked for booze
they f< und that the negro had cut
little d tors under the windows in his
room find had stored away the whis?
key in these private lockers. The
windows had wall paper pasted over
them ? o that it was hard to distin?
guish i he place where the wall had
been cut, although after the store?
houses were found whiskey packages
to the lumber of fifty were pulled out
of t\\ 0 places, forty-three of them
being mlf pint and the other seven
j quart i ackages.
The trial was postponed until to
j day when J, H. Clifton appeared on
j behalf of the defendant and Horace
j Harby on behalf of the city. The
j jury tcok only about two minutes to
t decide upon a verdict of guilty after
j they h id retired and the recorder
gave a sentence of $100 or 30 days,
and st ited that he wished he could
make it a $1,000 or one year.
Rees James was also arrested for
storing liquor unlawfully. He plead?
ed not guilty and asked for a con?
tinuance of the case until he could
get a lawyer and make out his de?
fense. He was given until tomorrow
J to prej are himself for trial.
I Cuts and bruises may be healed In
! about < ne-thlrd the time required by
I the us lal treatment by applying
I Chamb rlain'3 Liniment. It is an an?
tiseptic and causes such injuries to
heal w thout maturation. This lini?
ment i lso relieves soreness of the
muscle; anci rheumatic pains. For
sale by all dealers.
Beware Hasty Speech.
We a *e master of the unspoken
word; the spoken word Is master of
us.?Vo taire.
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I
Seemed to Give Htm a New stomach.
"1 SUTered intensely after eating
and no medicine or treatment I tried
seemed to do any good," writes H.
. M. Touokpeters, Editor of The Sun,
Laka Mew, Ohio. '"The first few
doses o' Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tiblets gave me surprising re?
lief and the second bottle seemed to
give mc a new stomach and perfectly
good health." For sale by all dealers.
Metals In New Caledonia.
Nicke mining, Is active in New Cal?
edonia. European firms are investing
largely u it and other mining. Some
fair gob discoveries have been made
recently
Buy I now. Now is the time to
buy a 1 ottle ot* Chamberlain's floir.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, it
i*< almost certain to be needed before
the sumncr Is over. This remedy has
no superior. For sale by all deal
era.
I
I " ??????????-r??
Tbe ) roblem confronting Republi
cans of Kentucky is how a man nam?
ed O'Rcar ran be exported to finish
the Gi bematorlal rare in front.?
Memphll Commercial Appeal.
I
I Poley Kidney Pills will check the
progress of your kidney and bladder
trouble and heal by removing the
cauae. Try them. Slbert's Drug
Store.
An or<Unary rase of diarrhoea csn,
as a nil', be cured by a single dose
of i'hau berlaln's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoe i Remedy. This remedy has
no superior for bowel complaints. For
sale by ; 11 dealers.
Tho w >rk on Main street is still ?o
ing some Tho storm pipe connections
have all been put In at the corner of
Main an 1 Liberty streets and up to
that poll t the street has been turned
over to he contractors who are not
loitering on tho Job.
\ttack Like Tigers.
In fitfhtinK to keep the blood pure
the whit, corpuscles attack disease
germs li e* tigers. But often germs
multiply |0 fast the little lighters are
overcome Then see pimples, boils.
SCSema, I alt-rheum and sores multi?
ply and strength and appetite fall.
Tins eon< it ion demands Electric Hit?
ters to regulate stomach, liver and
kidneys and to expel poisons from
the blond ' They are the best blood
purifier," writes C. T. Budahn, of
Tracey, Ca!., "1 have ever found."
They mal e rieh, red blood, strong
nerves and build up your health. Try
tbem. 50 tents at Slber.'l Drug
Store.
Cia nette i?iirr Costa ss.-.n.
New O leans, July SO.?Charier
Tugenhofi t???? l< a puff at a clrgaretb
in bed last night that coat him $850.
The cigarette sei the mosquito nei
afire, resu ting In the loss of residence
.nei its contents.
\ well known Des sfoines woman
after suffering miserable for tw<
days fron bowel complaint, wa
cured by one dose of Chnmberlain'i
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoen item
ody, For sale by all dt alers.
\\ WTs TO Hl V <.\s PLANT.
Baltimore lima Engineer and Conttno
tor Anxious to Secure * ontrol of
Property In < ity.
Mr. A. V. Knell, Secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, has received
B letter from a gas engineer and con?
tractor of Baltimore asking for infor?
mation concerning the condition of
the gas plant in this city. He stated
in his letter that he would buy over
the plant provided he could Set a
convenient franchise in the city.
The writer laso asked for an
appointment with those people of the
city who were most interested in the
project in order to see what arrange?
ment he could make concerning the
franchise. He stated that he would
complete the plant if StaAtsCsVetAf/ar?
rangemenls for all parties could *>e>-"\
made.
(iood Rondo Cantptagn,
For six weeks and more Sumter
county has been hearing the discus?
sion of the proposed bond issue of
$150,000 both pro and con. Tomor?
row we vote. The committee having
this campaign in charge have work?
ed hard to secure a favorable vote
thereon. This question of good roads
is not a new one by any means. For
the last fifty years, yes, even for the
last hundred years, the people of this
county have discussed this question
and have prayed for improved high,
ways. All som of remedies have
been proposed by all sorts and con?
ditions of men. Politicians have
gone in and out of office with va?
rious proposals but with no effective
results. It is easy to propose plans
for improvement but it is something
different to place a definite and well
thought out pl\n before the people.
Some of the men in this county who
are now opposing this bond issue
have held public office. Have we
ever heard of any definite proposal
on their part to improve our high?
ways? If so, can they point 'o any
definite results? Our county officers
have done all possible in their power
with the limited means at their com?
mand.
Mr. Belser was elected to the leg?
islature under the promise to do
something. While others were talk?
ing, he worked and has submitted a
definite, practical plan by which the*"
entire road system of the county can
be completed in live years under t^e
supervision of a competent engineer.
This is the only question now befcVe
the people of this county and when
boiled down this question simply is:
Shall we build a complete system^
five years or go on under the Old
method of a few miles annually?
The entire State is watching tSiis
struggle Vor improved highways in this
county. All the commercial and geod
roads journals as well as many of ihe
large dailies, have made comment
thereon. The reputation of this
county for progressiveness is at stake.
Tt is a question that no cit:zen Who
!':is the true well are of his county at
heart can lightly put aside.
Unquestionably the bordering coun?
ties will soon be issuing bonds for im?
proved highways. Marlboro propos?
es Sib'in.noo; Florence is sigitating the
question and other bordering coun?
ties will follow suit. Should tfciese
counties improve their roads to] our
very borders, it will surely mean the
drawing of trade from our focal
towns and from Sumter. Who |s so
short-sighted as to question the in?
terest of every citizen of Sumter in
this issue? Sumter is the center of
this county and to it should come
naturally the trade of this county.
With better highways will comb in?
creased trade. Without we must
stand aside and let others take, that
which belongs to us. No maa. no
citv nor any body of citizens can long
stand In the way of progress. NO city
can stand still. It must elthr go for?
ward or backward. This is Just as
true of the county. Summer depends
for its future success ma nly on theT-"
prosperity of the county and any
attempt to injure the good relations
of town and country is a blow at
every foundaton of the well being
of both.
In voting tomorrow, we should also
remember that every dollar of this
$200,000 will he spent for labor and
that, therefore, practically every dol?
lar of this sum will be spent in this
<<.unty. This alone means increased
prosperity for our people and S large
increase in our circulating medium.
The value of the advertisement alone
that u favorable vote on this issue
will bring this county, can hot bo
- -Miniated, if carried. Sumtericouniy
will be the brsi county in the State
to Improve all Its public highways at
one time.
Every citizen. thA>r.-fore. shiuld go
I to the polN tomorrow and jote for
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fiat his, friend'
vote likewise in it< favor.j^B^
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