The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 25, 1911, Image 3
WHAT KHK YOC C.OI NO TO 1K>
MMH r IT?
imtrr'4 Hotel Condition Shameful?
The Need t* t.reat ami The People
Should I nlt?* For The CUj'a Good.
Mr Editor.
Any public spirited citlien who
can look upon the present situation in
Sumter and not hang his head, docs
not deserve to be a cltlsen. The ho
tal situation Is Intolerable und a dis?
grace to this city. Some few months
ago an attempt was made to raise the
kmoney and build the hotel, but be?
cause a few of our cittaens were not
exactly satisfied as to the location se?
lected the plan fell through Sumo r
la not such a large city at preaont
that any particular location co ild
snake any material difference ao long
* aa that location Is kfU the business
canter But that la not the problem
now. Every man must face the situ?
ation for the fair name of this city Is
at atake.
This morning the writer waa call?
ed up by a traveling man and In?
formed that twenty-two traveling
men were unable to secure accommo?
dation ladt night. Thla traveling man
did not wish to make anv particular
complaint, only wished to call our
attention to the situation. Have we
not known of It? Have not aome of
?jOur cltlaana been walking theae streets
the last few days trying to devise
some way to unit** our people and
build thla hotal? Some of the busi
aeaa men have no money for thla pub?
lic enterprise but thoaa aame clttsenr
have the monty with which to run
p aatomobilea. If the preaent situation
keeps up there will be, In a few years,
little money for any automobiles In
Sum t er. Commercial travelera are
avoiding Sumter. Strangers who visit
as are turned out Into the streets at
eight. Some have had to sit up all
night. Theae men are traveling
"throughout the land spreading the
news snd telling others of our splen?
did reputation for hospitality, la
this doing Sumter snd good? Whst
are v .u. Mr. Cltlsen. going to do Sjhgaj
It? Thla m not the fault of any one
citlaen, nor of Mr. Jackaon at the
I Hotel Rumter. Sumter muat have a
new hotal and that hotel m-.si have
at least 100 rooms and ccat around
fiet.eo.) \o one man in Humter ^an
build thla hotel nor any five men. The
entire community muat build It. Wh-n
^Approached on this subject the ma
*>>rtty of our cittaens have aald: "Let
the other fellow aubacrtbe." Man
after man. who haa been iteen. has
put up the aame story. I nter la
not a large city In which a few can
accomplish an undertaking aa largo
as this one. 8ubocrlbe every dollar
that you can and the other fellow will
^do his part. It takes team work to
build a clly. If John Jones haa not
done the right thing in the paat It Is
no r#??son why you should not show
your publl' spirit now. What dif?
ference doea It make whether the ho?
lte! goes on Liberty Street or whether
It goea on Main Street? The hotel Is
the thing we want. The hotel we
must have. The reputation of Sum?
ter la hi stake.
Sumter la faat losing ber position In
the *ttat< f South Carolina for prog
reawlveneaa and for hospitality. The
'writer haa only the best Interest of
Sumter at heart. In every other line
of endeavor he has found the citizens
a unit and has found them pulling
together like men. There was no
more Inspiring sight than ?hat exhibit.
<sd when the onVr of the Seaboard Air
f Lln? was accepted at the public meet.
Ing at the Chamber of Commerce.
What waa done In that case can be
done again. Are yr?u. Mr. Cltlsen.
ready t? do your parf Again I ask.
What are you ajedng to do about it?
Respectfully yours.
I A. V. SNEIJ.
(on fere in-e of Cttarltic*.
The State Conference of Charities
and Co* a Is announced for
vo\efnN..r \ ? next The tsggesa
of the body will be held at Colum?
bia. Thli will be the third session g|
?b" r f r ? n ?? md pi mi an- being
perfected wb? r. .v ? m Sfl Interesting
programme will be offered. The pur?
pose of the conference Ii to diffuse
truatworthv inform iti-oj snd stimu?
late right nentlment on the very dlfll
cult problems of ? harlty and cor?
rection. Some of the*** proMcms are
real if n >t acute m South Carolina to?
day
There are no rest 'ions on mem
hemhlp. raj' myon i* In t
Ir the cause Is Invited to intend and
take part. There are a few charity
organisations in South Carolina tow im
but the many questions that relate to
thla Important work are not as yet
thoroughly ?nderst ?od by our paapM
generally It la hoped that all per
anna Interested In rharnv work. |n
the matter of reform or correction,
or any kind of phll i n? hr pi<- ?n?|. iv
or will mark this date In the calen?
dar and plan M attend the State Con
t ?rence at Columl-la as ann ?unced.
After expoxur? mil when you feel
a eold rotnlng on. take Foley's llon
ev and T r '?ompoutul ft Sh#ehf II I
relieves. t'?e no SUhStttUte, The
genuine tti a yellow pie kage always.
Slbert's Trug Store.
tiu: LAW AND TirE MOB,
Or Iii.? Part tin* Sheriff* Pluycd In
iliac Hour Path Lynching.
Green.ille News.
."When the law. personified by its
officer*, flees before the autdinobi'e
mob ?f 'infuriated citizens.' lynching
Is cer.aln.
"The principles of Josh Ashley and
those who think with him In regard
t-> lyr chins; for the unmentionable {
crlm? nre well known; It is useless
to argue that phase of yesterday's nf- j
fair near lionea Path. Those men 4M
Just tftsll they would have been ex- j
pr,cte<! to do, in the circumstances,
i "But what about the sheriffs of
Anderson and Oreenvllle counties?)
Having the prisoner within?the An?
derson jail, where steel cells and stout
hearts and firearms would have in?
sured sufficient protection, he was
rushed off to Oreenvllle. Then when
In reach of Greenville's fortress-jail,
he was again rushed towards Spar- 1
tanburg?but eventually 'concealed' In I
the woods. Temporarily frustrated!
I l this pitiable subterfuge, the pur- \
suers were permitted to discover the
r.utomobrie driver and force him to
te'i where the prisoner was hid.
Where was Greenville's f >rce when
that was aotng on?
"Comparisons are odious, but we
venture to suggest that had the 'Old
Baldheaded Sheriff,' or his srrltty son,
got hold of that prisoner In the official
capacity as sheriff of Greenville
County, the prisoner w ?uld have been
kept safe within Greenville Jail."?
Columbia Record. |
Qtftill facts in connection with
the C - em tile end <>f the story came
t > light yesterduy. It appears that
Sbe-liT King. In order to evade the
mol hat he knew to be approaching
And"'"s?>n. forwarded his prisoner ->n
to Greenville Jail in custody of nn An?
derson deputy. This deputy and pris?
oner were met at a point near the
city ?y the Greenville sheriff. and
start wus made for the Greenville
Jail. On arrival at the prison, the
Greenville sheriff and the Anderson
deputy were in the act of ta'<ing the
prisoner into the Jail when a tele?
phone message came from Sheriff
King, of Anderson, ordering Ihe pris?
oner to he taken to Spartanburg.
Acting on this order, the Anderson
deputy and the Greenville shcrllf
made the start on the thirty-mile trip;
to Spartanhurg In an rfutomoblle!
which broke down. The remainder
of the story 1? well known to all who
have fallowed accounts of the chase
nnd capture and final lynching of the
rapist.
The question naturally arises:
Should not the Greenville sheriff, on
his >>wn initiative, have held the
prisoner in safety while he had an
opportunity of doing so? Should he
not have Jailed him while he had the
prisoner In reach of his own county
prison?disregarding the orders of
the Anderson sheriff*
Cnder the circumstances this would
appear to have been the sens Mr plan
?especially In view of the fact that
he is not willing to admit that he
could not have held his own against
thirty, even fifty, men. He had his
deputies, the city police force nnd a
militia company, within easy call, and
it seems now. looking at the matter
in calmness, that the negro might
have been held hero in aafety till a
special term of court could have dealt
out speedy Justice.
As we understand it. Solicitor Bon
ham was quick to act In the matter.
As soon as he heard of the impend?
ing lynching he got In communica?
tion with the Governor of the Stat*
and to the mayor of Honea Path he
repeated the Governor's promise for
quick Justice. But the mob was wild
in the chas? which It had begun, and
only thr right sort of nerve could
have stayed It.
But the right sort of nerve could
havi stayed It.
I \HMlilts COMPFTF IN COHN
CONTFST.
Nearly SOO Have Filtered for Prize*,
\rrangotiicnt? for Fxhlblt at State
Fair.
Columbia, Oct. 18.?Announcement
was made from the Stato depart
Hsl( yesterday that 275 farmers nre
competing In the State corn contest
this year. The contestants ns re
oulred under the rules of the con?
test, are sending In samples of the
<-.rn produced. The samples will bf
< x unified by the food stuff* c hemist
to determine the relative value of
tu,? rorn with reference In moisture
nnd food contents.
The depnrtment of agriculture Is
planning for an exhibit at the State
fair.
The second South Atlantic States
Corn exposition wlP be held In
<'ri\en hall (luring the week of Do
COIO "? r II, This announcement has
"I. by A. D. Hudson of WOW*
herffi the president of tbe ospoal?
tion.
?' er $10 000 in prizes will be fly
St for the b ;t OOf| exhibited. The
Indications are that there will DS
Si I ml thousand exhibit**. The prize
list for the exposition N POOH to be
announced by the COUIfntaOloll III
< homo,
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL TRAINS I
Purtlul Inauguration of Winter Scr
vlco by tlie Atlantic Count Line.
Wilmington, N. C, Oct. 14.?Com
tntnring Monday, October 10. the
Palmetto Limited." which has been
perated by the Atlantic Coast Line,
uring the summer months, between
ew York and Charleston, will be
steaded to Jacksonville! and Will un
brgo a number of changes in sche?
dules North of Charleston. It will
ontinue to leave New York 3.38 P.
M. ana Washington 9.40 P. M., but
will arrive Charleston 12.55 P. M..
Savannah 3.17 P. M., and Jaekson
llle 7.45 P. If. Returning, this ad
itional train will leave Jacksonville
.30 A. M., Savannah 12.05 Noon and
Charleston 4.35 P. M. and arrive
Washington 8.00 A. M. (Instead of
8.40) and New York 2.31 P. M. Con?
nection will be (made at Jackson?
ville to and from South Florida
points.
By the extension of the "Palmetto
Limited" to Jacksonville, the Atlantic
tic Coast Line will have three high
class trains a day each way. New
York and the South and this number
will be Increased to four when the
famous "New York & Florida Special"
Is put on early In January, for the
twenty-fifth consecutive season.
Additional service will be Inaugu?
rated, on October 16, between
Fayejttevllle and Charleston by the
re-establishment of Number 79,
which will leave Fayetteville 6.30 A.
M. dally, and arrive Charleston 1.40
P. M.. and of Number 78, which will
leave Charleston 3.40 P. M. and ar?
rive Fayetteville 10.55 P. M.
The time of No. 61 at Sumter Is
changed from 11.25 A. M. to 11.10
A. M.. and of No. 36 from 6.35 P. M.
to 6.25. Both of these trains con?
nect with the Palmetto Limited at
Florence.
TEDDY TO HE HANDS OFF?
Political Altitude Indicated in Letter
to Wuterways President.
Richmond. Va., Oct. 18.?The part
which the former President, Col.
i
Theodore Roosevelt, will take in the
coming national campaign will be one
of silence. It became publicly known
today, through a letter which he
wrote to Congressman J. Hampton
Moore, president of the Atlantic
Deeper Waterways Association, de?
clining the honor of addressing the
Association at its convention.
Col. Roosevelt emphatically declar?
ed: "From now on I wish to avoid
making any speeches that I possibly
can avoid."
Concluding his letter, Mr. Roose?
velt said:
"I cannot undertake anything fur?
ther :>f any kind or sort now."
These portions of the Colonel's let?
ter were taken by the waterways dele?
gates to mean that he wished to re?
frain from giving utterance to any
opinions which possibly might be
misconstrued In connection with the
earning campaign. No other mean?
ing could be deduced from his re?
fusal to be a speaker at the water?
ways convention. It Is apparent
from the Colonel's letter that he In?
tends to remain silent throughout the
entire campaign, which already has
begun with President Tafts "swing
around the circle" through to the
West.
The letter to President Moore be?
gan with Col. Roosevelt saying:
"I wish It were possible for my
friends to realize my position, not for
my own sake, but because they would
understand why It Is that I can not
accept all the Invitations which come
to me."
While he greatly appreciated the
Invitation, he was vfry sorry he could
not accept.
BAR LIQUOR FROM DRY STATES
Methodists Vrge Congress to Prevent
Interstate Shipments.
Toronto. Oct. 16.?A resolution
was passed at the Ecumenical
Methodist conference petitioning
Congress of the T'nited States to
take steps to prevent the shipment
of liquor from one State Into the
prohibition territory of another State
In defiance of the law and "thereby
bringing the federal government In?
to complicity with the liquor traffic."
J. W. Copeland. of Dayton, Ohio,
ptirchased a bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for his boy who had
? cold, and before the bottle was all
used tho boy's cold was gone. Is
that not better Mian to pay a five
dollar doctor's bill? For sale by all
dealera.
While President Tafl li "educating
the people," LaPollette is also lav?
ing out a course of Instruction for the
benighted masses. Charleston Post.
Pn1e*y*a Rhine) Reined) ra. a Hopeless
Oase.
lion. ?\rk. J. B, Freeman says:
"i bad n severe case n| kidney trou?
ble and could not work and my eas<
seemed hopeless, One large bottle o
Poley's' Kidney Remedy cured m<
and i have never bean bothoret
- tri? e. i always r ?commend
Blbl rl '?? Dl Ug Store.
PRICE PROPOSES BRAZIL PLAN.
Suggests States Issue Bonds for Va?
lorization of Cotton Crop.
New Orleans, Oct. 19.?That the
Souhtern States issue bonds for the
valorization of cotton, in the same
manner as the Brazilian Government
has done with the coffe crop ~>f that
country, is a suggestion which Theo.
H. Tiice, the New York cotton oper?
ator, will make to the Conference of
Cotton States Governors, which will
most here October 30, to discuss a
plan to check the downward price of
the staple.
Mr. Price, in a letter to the Gover?
nors, points out that the Brazilian
committee, by the valorization plan,
had advanced the price of coffe in
two years several cents a pound and
that the country, which was rapidly
becoming impoverished, is now more
prosperous than ever before in its
history.
It is possible that it may be un?
constitutional for some of the South?
ern States to issue the necessary
bonds," writes Mr. Price, "but it
would be easy to amend the Constitu?
tion as it would be for the benefit of
all the people.
"I will guarantee that the plan will
be financed," he concluded.
Governors will Attend.
Austin, Tex., Oct. 19.?All Gover?
nors of Southern States, except
Florida, expect to attend the Cotton
Convention that has been called to
meet in New Orleans, October 30,
to consider the price of cotton and
the cotton crop interests In general.
This information today reached the
office of Governor O. B. Colqultt,
with the last of the replies to his call
for the Conference.
The Governors of Mississippi, Vir?
ginia, Alabama, Tennessee. Louisiana,
Arkansas and Oklahoma have written
that they will not only attend, hut
will bring their commissioners of ag?
riculture. They have also assured
him that they expect to be accom?
panied by bankers, cotton men and
newspaper men, and that they anti?
cipate much benefit to be derived
from the deliberations. In several
Instances the Governors have not
completed their appointments.
The Governor of Florida writes
that official duties will prevent his at?
tendance, but that he will try to ap?
point a suitable number of delegates
and that he bespeaks the heartiest of
well wishes for the movement in the
interest of the cotton industry' nf the
South.
Sick headache is caused hy a dis?
ordered stomach. Take Chamber?
lain's Tablets and correct that and
the headaches will disappear. For
sale by all dealers.
Real Kstate Transfers.
The following transfers of real
estate have been recorded during
the past week by the county clerk:
Edward S. Davis to McCallum
Realty Company, lot and premises
on Branch street, $4 75.00.
U. D. Lee. L C. Strauss and D. D.
Moise, executors, to Thomas Wilder,
36 1-10 acres in Providence town?
ship, $400.
Harriet C. Cheyne to Chas M. Beus
Lumber Company, timber rights on
95 acres, $2,500.
McCallum Realty Company to
E. D. Davis, lot on Edwards stree*.
$310 and other consideration.
W, D. Andrews to John Proeton.
lot In county, $50.
A. J. Stubbs and G. A. Lemmon to
J. W. Moultrie, lot on South Sum
ington street $1,750.
A. F. Smith to Daisy E. Smith,
130 1-2 acres in six lots in Provi?
dence township. $500 and other con?
sideration.
Mrs. M. C. stubbs to F. J. Full
wood, lot on Sumter street. $825.
Mrs. M. C. Stubbs to E. J. Ran?
dolph, lot on West street. $100.
Mrs. M. C. Stubbs to Fannie Dy?
son, lot in County. $l,0f>2,50.
j H. N. Forester to J. W. Jackson and
V. M. Fields, lot on Oakland avenue,
$250.
Joseph Me Rae to Sandy Holllday,
10 acres In county, $2?>0.
Martha Wilson to Mark Reynolds,
three lots southwest of city, $50.
Gives Aid to Strikers.
Some times liver, kidneys and
bowels seem to go on a strike and
refuse to work . Then you need
those pleasant little strike-breakers?
Dr. King's New Life Pills?to ?ive
them natural aid and gently compel
proper action. Excellent health
soon follows. Try them. 25c at
Sibert's Drug Store.
After having been a woman hater
for more than thirty years, Col,
Nicholas Williams, a wealthy resident
of West Caldwell, N. J.. f<-u In lovs
with a widow at first sight, married
her In four days and has gone away
wltb his bride for a honeymoon, far,
far away where his astonished
friendi eon'! plague him.
When you have a bad cold
want the best medicine obtainable so
ms to curs u with as Mttls dolay as
possible. Here In n druggist's opin?
ion i have ?'<! ?Jhamherlaln'i
Con !i Rented* for fifteen years,"
says Rnoa Lollar of Saratoga, Ind.,
?? nd < onalder H the hesl on * he mar?
ket." For sale by all dealero.
REPUDIATES CENTRAL BUREAU.
NATIONAL CITY MANAGEMENT
WILL HAVE NONE OF IT.
New York Institution Says Cotton
Hills Pinn Conflict! With Certain
English Laws.
NdW York, Oct. 20.?The National
City bank, which has been an import?
ant factor in foreign cotton bills, an?
nounced today its decision not to ac- |
cept bills of lading under the terms
imposed by the recently established i
central bureau or clearing house,
which was organized as a means of
preventing negotiation of fraudulent
bills. Officials of the bank, which
was prominent in the protracted ne?
gotiations with European banks
throughout the last year, declined to
state the reason for this action. It
is understood, however, that the
terms laid down by the central bu?
reau are held to conflict with certain
English laws calculated to restrict
the value of negotiability of such a
document in that it fails to fix re?
sponsibility in case of fraud.
The action of the City bank was
arrived at by advice of counsel, and
beginning next Monday the bank will
handle only "straight bills," that is.'
bills of exchange that bear no refer?
ence to any document or to the mer?
chandise they are supposed to cover.
The form of the bill acceptable to
the City bank is clearly set forth in
the formal circular to customers. It
is not known what effect this action
will have on either domestic Institu?
tions or banking houses dealing in
foreign cotton bills.
Marriage License Record.
William Rees and Anna Mickens of
Sumter and Mechanicsvllle, respec?
tively, secured a marriage license
Tuesday afternoon.
A marriage license was granted to
Mr. David L. Chapman and Miss
May C. Tisdale Wednesday.
Wesley Montgomery and Elizabeth
Flamming of Oswego, colored, were
granted a marriage license Wednes
Billy Kelly, fast driving. contin?
ued.
Irving Hardln, riding bicycle at
night without a light, $2.
T. C. Curran, discharging firearms
In the city limits, sentence suspend?
ed.
Jesse Brown, violation of the auto
ordinance by opening muffler In the
city limits, bond of $5.00 forfeited.
At the county treasurer's office it
was stated Friday morning that
taxes were coming In slowly, but at
i the same time they were coming in
j faster than they did at this time last
year.
day.
In the Police Court.
m:\v station at bishop ville.
A. C. l. Pushed on to Furnish Ac
ccommodatlons ? Santoe Associa?
tion Meets Soon.
Blshopvtlle, Oct. 21.?The rumor
of the foe's advance has enlivened
the A. C. L. sufficiently for it to
realize that Bishopville is shy on
waiting room accommodation. So
now there is in course of erection a
brick passenger waiting and baggage
room.
It is to be in like size with the one
built by the road in Dillon, however,
that fact does not dampen appre?
ciation at securing a first class pas?
senger station.
It is rumored here that Lynchburg
is considering the proposition of
building a new school house at a cost
of $10,000. The building, which is
to house our new bank, is well un?
der way and when finished it will
be quite an ornament.
I The Santee Association meets near
here, at Elliotts, on the 7th of No?
vember.
! After being closed for several sea?
sons the opera house has been
opened and troops are here once or
twice a week entertaining and in?
structing the people.
The worms have anticipated frost
and cleaned off the cotton leaves,
thus precluding the possibility of a
top crop.
Sumter is to be congratulated on
the manner the price of cotton haa
been sustained during the present
season, prices there ranging from 1-8
to 1-4 more per pound th?.n else?
where.
SPECIAL TRAINS TO COLUMBIA.
, The Atlantic Coast Line Announces
s|>ecial Trains on Wednesday and
Thursday of Fair Week.
On November 1st and 2nd, The At?
lantic Coast Line will run special
trains from Niciols, Mullins, Marion,
Florence, Timmonsvllle, Sumter and
intermediate points to Columbia and
return, on account of the State
Fair.
The trains will leave Sumter on
each day at 9:05 A. M. arriving Co?
lumbia 10:35 A. M. Returning, they
will leave Columbia at 6:50 P. M.
and run to Nichols, stopping to let off
j passengers at all points,
j The round trip from Sumter to Co
I lumbia will be $2.15 and tickets will
include coupons of admission to the
Fair and transportation from Union
Station to the Fair grounds and re?
turn. This rate will be in effect for
all trains from October 28th, to No?
vember 4 th, inclusive, except for
train No. 51 on the evening of No?
vember 4th. All tickets will be limlt
I ed returning to November 5th.
My Silverware is Purchased to Please People Who Know
Sllverwear come3 In various qualities the same as butter and shoes.
I sell only good silverware?silverware that answers the purpose for
which it is intended. My silverware is made by manufacturers who have
the reputation of making the best. The silverware I sell is guaranteed
in every particular, and costs no more than the ordinary kind.
Every family is compelled to buy silverware either for their own use
or for a present. Realizing this, I Sell my silverware at a close margin
of profit, concluding that it is better to sell a great deal of silverware at a
close n^argin rather than a little at a big profit.
I ask you to visit me the next time you are seriously thinking of sil?
verware or other articles that are to be found in a good jewelry store.
w.
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN.
SUMTER. S. C.
LIME,
Proin R** Flour. Ship S(ulT. llran.
, III dill, Mi*.>d Cow nnd Chicken Feed.
Horses. Mules. !i.urn^e,> :y"io"s
No Order Too tarier Or Too ?mall.
SUMTER. SOUTH CAROLIN A.
Live Stock
Sumter is
Come
us.
the Farmers' Bank & Trust Co