The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 28, 1911, Image 4
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est?! Is manifestly t|i? best advertising
m* Mum In Sumter.
PlStiAKS PIJ \.
?> < i r Plsgah correspondent ma kef I
weaa and childish defense of his ad?
vocacy of lawlessness, but this Is to be
expected when thy attempt Is made
to excuse or explain a wrong. The
man who participates in a lynching
M a law breaker and an Instigator of
en me against society and tie State.
Nothing that may be said an alter
thin fact. It Is lawful and light and
the duty of every cltlaen to do his
utmost to apprehend and bring a
rapist to Justice, hut when the crim?
inal has been captured and delivered
lato the hands of the officers of the
leer, the duty of the p,?sse oomltatus
Is at an end. Then the machinery of
the courta come* Into play and the
o limine I I? tried, convicted and put
to death In an orderly manner. There
is none of the savage and brutal in
otdents dear to the heart of the
mob. ths majesty of the law is vindi?
cated apd the criminal Is as surdy pun?
ished ss if his body were hacked!
Co pieces and distributed among the
snob. Our Plsgah correspondent ex?
pends his energy !n picturing, In aa
gruesome manner as his ability per?
mits, the enormity of the crime of
rape and in denouncing the rapist,
instead of trying to prove that it Is
right ao^J proper., to advocj.te mob
law. lyWMng an ?1 "violence. No de
sent man has ever defended the ra?
pist, or.sought to "xcuse or palliate
fhm r^r* T*?? ?v><?r who of?r?o*?*?
gewiesenem and lymhing r. . ?.iw
re?d) to go as far and risk its ir?' ' b i
to hrlng the criminal to justice as
fiese who >l?Kht in the brutal!
pastime of lynching, and more often
than otherwise the men who risk the
most In capturing a desperate crim?
inal are not the ones who hang him
to a convenient tree and mutilate his
dead body. The lynchers usually ap?
pear on the scene when the danger
la over and the rapist bound hand
and foot They risk nothing In over?
powering a complaisant sheriff or
deputy, and a lyn< hing becomes a
saturnalia of bestial lawlessness,
thstead of a vindication of law and
s defense of society. Argument is
useless with thote who will not listen
to reason, and If our Plsgah corres?
pondent prefers to cast In his lot
with those who disregard the law
and make a mock of our courts It Is
a matter between himself and his
conscience, but we will ask him one
question' Would he personally take
part In a lynching nnd then openly
acknowledge his participation there?
in, or would he do as other lynchers?
?eel' b\ til means to hide himself In
fh?> mol> and 'or-'ver remain one of
-the parties unknown to th .< Jury? *
If he believes so firmlv that lynch?
ing Is a meritorious act. why would
I >t ,?tt nl the coroner'* Inquest
and tell the truth genet It. . turning
fur RaPaonelhtllty for his *o prelfe
wor'hy deed? When th. I ts and
the rank and file of a mo), cease to
be **pa files' 'inhi/twn" f.> -he c.r
eners Jury, we shall I li. ve that
they are sincere In their gfetegtatlOBf
that |ggaining fs a proper exercise of
r|tl/?nshlp and necessary for the de
fenc?? of our woriom. So long as th^y
skulk and hi If ?md | re . ith. r afraid
or ashamed to stand up 1 .fops, all
m ? In the courts or outside, and as?
sume full responsibility for what
they have done, we shall doubt the
? ? .f th?*r oegrvtetJoM and
tl ir - pgfra to face the conse
g? R - f elf disregard of law
v i ?: M I TR M k Iii IHM.
"I be only way the Charb ston race
track promoters can put through
their m In tin. to establish a Mg gamh
ling loint." sava The Sumter Item,
"is to obtain the ajgfpfnnee 'bat Qov,
Rl ?11*0 will .?'In the a< t prohibiting
betting on nie?** that the Legislatur?,
will pass when It me,ds in .1 mn .n."
Tin Item N evhlcntlv not fin,
with the Oovernor's r. I m this
?i.i.te. t. Me declared emphatlcallv. i
few months ago. ihat he would r> .
ommend to the Ocneral \ ? ? >?
the next s*?*?lon that It ena< tc n\ i
Mon to prohibit betting on r.,< traekf
In fou'h t'urollna. tit the Stnt? I . r
as well is >t my Charb st ti ? ? i
?BY?
llahment. Moreover, when the act
chartering the South Carolina Jock?
ey Club waa passed four years ago,
the governor, then a Senator from
Newberry county, offered an amend
men! prohibiting betting at any of
the racing meets that might be he id
under the Club's auspices. The
amendment was thrown out In the
free conference which reported the
bill, but Senator Hlease is on record
as having proposed it. and his prom?
ise, as Governor, to recommend that
antl-bettlng laws he enacted is con?
sistent with this earlier attitude.?
Charleston Post. I
There fore-, if the Legislature p r
forms Its plain duty by enacting the
i.nti-rnce track law. and if Oov.
1 I. ise lives up to his rec ord Mo re
will be no race track in
Charleston. It is |0 ha h ?ped that
?he race track promoters nr. ?.'.
fri -nds of the Governor, for In thai
case he may feel that it la his Aral
dut\ to vcand >'V them, l.-gardleai Of
his record ai in opponent of race
tracks.
OOV. I'dease has thought better of it.
lb will not make war on Senator
Tlllman, although the latter Is on
record, th t. if th.? people hed con*
sldered character and ability, John G.
lilchard? would have been elected
ib.vernor last year.
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With both W. J. Bryan and W. 11.
Hearst once agnlu high In the coun?
cils of the Democratic party it will
be wonderful If the chance to elect a
Democratic president is not thrown
tWSJ next year.
The Clem.'on college exhibit! will
be the major part of the show at the
State Fair and well worth seeing.
<". mson is beginning to measure up
to its opportunity.
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Nothing has been heard of Cunsler
<>f Tlnsah recently, but it is a fore?
gone conclusion that he will be in
ihe race for railroad commissioner.
What would a campaign be without
Cansler?
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Every body was told thct Brother
''harley Taft financed Mr. Taft's
campaign for the Republican nomi?
nee, but no one has informed the
country as to who is putting up the
money for the expensive campalgna
now being conducted in the interest
of Judson Harmon and Woodrow Wil?
son, respectively. The postage bill
alone on the tons of press matter
Ke?rtp oAT>t out bv Oio Harmon and
Wilson publicity bureaus would mak<
.t eh nt *n I big bank aCCOUJgt Nelih
er Harmon nor Wilson is o very rl<"i.
man.'hence *he nuaction, v.l.. is
framing these campaigns? <
e e e
The only obstacle that now stands
in the way of the erection of a hotel
la the apparem inability ot the hotel
committee to place $60,000 of tlryt
mortgage 6 per cent hon da, to be se?
cured by entire hotel property. If
local capitalists have no money that
they care to Invest at 6 per cent a way
might be found to secure money from
outside where six per cent is not to?
yarded as low Interest. Six per cent
? n $60.000 would be only $J.60? por
year, a very low rental for the hotel
that Mr. Jackson proposes to erect.
Aa Mr. Jackson owns the lot on
which e tie hotel would be built, will
furnish the house and run it himself,
the only fixed charge that he would j
have to meet except ordinary operat?
ing expenses, would be the $3.600 in?
terest on the bonds. Owning the
hotel he would have no rent to pay
and there would be no stockholders
to expec t dividends and make trouble
if the hotel earned <>nlv e-r.ough to
pay operating expenses. If the hotel
cannot be built and successfully oper?
ated under the plan d vised by the
hotel committee and Mr. Jnkson,
there* Is no use talking of building I
hotel in Sumter. The hotel bonds
i'?pear to be a perfectly sate invest?
ment it.d it ought not tc? be Impos
slbls to tind eornebody with rooj
?Abc? wants safe- Investment
per cent.
Tbc One Bargain.
Th.?- London, < 'oniiecticut, Day, In
referring to the* constantly Increasing
net >>( publishing a newspaper says
'mote money Ii needed in putting
ut one Issue of The Day now than
necessary in getting ?>ot an entire
s ?> k's leans only a docsfl ysari ago,"
t It re-minds Its rcadcri the- price
f the papt r to iasm is no greater
? n when the- c ost of white pap. t
- kaeresssd per ce nt in ?*;\ years.
It may be added that while th.
cost oi production has become live or
six times greate r, ami the e ..st to th.
reader is nc more, in ntoei < iso* ?
roncldsrable part nf the Increased
rod has gons Into betterlni the qual?
Ity of ihe newspaper. The newspaper
is ti.ns necesslt) ..r civilisation thai
eocti the eonsumer less than in yean
;.go, whib it has increased In alH?
, I,.pey.-Th" Stll?e
The bad place on Bumter ttreol
between Oakland avenue and Dingle
street ba?? bee n pat. be d Up and i
in muck better condition nou then
it eras the 11r-?t part of this week,
SENATOR TILLMAN IS NEUTRAL
_ !
"BUT, IF TOM FELDER, OR ANV? j
BODY ELBE, PROVES?ACTUAL
LY PROVES ? BLEASE is
CROOKED] I LL FIGHT i
HIM."
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Senator Bays Blease I? Mistaken in
BOOM Tilings the Latter IIa? Said
?Ii' Judge Junes Fights Blouse,
Using Blease Tactics, and <>n
B Isaac's Record, Junes will Win.
Augusta Chronicle,
I "The statement given bj Governor
Bleaae ai Barnwsll Tuesday contains
nothlni nan to me; for it is only a
rewrite of s letter l wrote him re
i -inly, and in Which 1 wrote nothing
to lead him to believe that I had anj
intention of doing otherwise In the
approaching gubernatlonal contest,
than l stated to you when you were
hers a tsw weeks ago; that is. that 1
unend to remain strictly neutral In
the campaign," said .senator i'? ,R.
kTlllman yesterdey, at his home In
?Trenton, to a fepresentatlvs of Ths
I Chronicle.
"i could not afford to take sides i'i
the contest for both Governor Blease
and Judge Jones are p rsonal and po?
litical friends of mine, and 1 have
told Blease that 1 also told him that
I
j if I saw reason to taks sides against
J him at any time, 1 certainly would
I not knife him, but would tell him be*
I fore i told any ons else."
I Senator Tlllman smiled several
times, and winked, during the reading
of the article to him by the newspap
ST man?he somehow had missed k et
ting his paper yesterday.
"it Is going to be a close fight," he
said, " and Bleese is losing no time.
He Is campaigning now and has been
for months.
He is keeping before the people
and he is making friends, while
Judge Jones is seemingly doing noth?
ing vet. The newspapers, somehow,
alwayi have some kind of t story
about Blease, while you BSC very lit?
tle about Judge Jones.
"There are two things in Bleasv's
statement that he Is mistaken In,
though.
'one Is with regard to Richards be?
ing in a frame-up to bring Judge
Jon^s out to oppose him. Why. I
know that Richards was seriously
considering entry into the race him?
self, it has been his ambition to be
governor, and he thought that, with
my condition?supposed to be liable
to drop off at any moment?If he
rrnld beat Dlsaee and be governor,
Id be in line for promotion and
? to heat any other man: and
t one of the most surprised
n the State when Judge Jones
announced himself.
"The other error Blease makes Is
in saying that 1 was about to publish
a letter endorsing him in 191 a, but
was persuaded from it by a news?
paper.
"I did write a letter, such as ha
speaks of, but 1 did not publish it. I
changed my mind, and no newspaper,
nor man connected with a newspaper,
had anything to do with that letter
not being published after it was writ?
ten.
"However, I voted for Blease in the
second primary. I voted for Richards
In the first"
Commenting further on the sltua ?
tlon. or as he called It. "muddle,"-ths
senator said that because he had pro?
claimed neutrality, it did not follow,
that he must maintain, an armed
neutrality.
"Hut." he said. "If Tom Felder, or
any on ? ~lse, goes before the Legisla?
ture and proves?actually proves?
that l'.lea?, .s or has been, crooked,
I'll take sides quick and light him;
for South Carolina is a proud Btate
and will not stand for rottenness if
phe knows it."
"Senator, Governor Blease says in
his statement that there are no ilif
i f irences between you and him. is
that true'.'" was asked by the news?
paper man,
''There ar<- no friendly, personal
differences between us. l suppose
j that's s hat be meant,"
The senator said that he does not
know who is responsible for the can
dldacy of Judge Jones, but that he
had no idea but what Judge Jones
told the truth when Judge Jones said
in- hail been urged by letters *nd
men all over ths state to run. and that
he had B laudable ambition to be
governor and "in line of promotion"
for tin senatorial toga, "if anything
should happ m to me."
"pon't you think the attitude of
the governor toward him as chief
I Justice, and tie- clashes with him ths
governor has precipitated, had some
nhlng to do with his announce?
ment ?" was asked,
"Why if a man has any spirit and
pugnacity In him at all. I should
think he would want i" gei at the
other fellow, under such circum?
stances meet him on his own plane
and liu'ht him. Don't yOtTC 1
know i would
"And that* lusi what Jones has
?ot t' do if he expects to win fight
him, He has got to lake the stump
and fight and he's go( to us* Mease
tactics, if he does that and nnkes
I his liffht on Dlease's record, he will
I w in."
Sale oi* I iu'laiined Express Matter.
On Saturday, Nov. 11th 1911. the
Southern Express Co, will sell at
Public Auction t." the highest bidder
for cash all unclaimed Express mat?
ter that has been i,n hand .six months
or longer.
H. R, LUCAS, Agent.
Sum^i of the want advertisements
printed in daily papers about the
country tend to throw light on th"
servant problem. Ft r Instance, a
i want advertisement seeking the ser
vices of a '"cook to do general house*
Work, mind three children, k.cp the
house ( lean, answer the doorbell, and
(ho;, wood," also no doubt, t<> cook,
poinia out what a '\ook" must do
sTLLI^N?One black Jenney mule
with hoof split, fr mt foot and hind
foot, ihoes en all four feet, mulatto
man is thief. Taken from m\
house Wednesday morning n.ar
St. Charles, Liberal reward will
be: given to tinder. U. A. Tone y.
St. Charles. S. C. 10-27-It.
t<? ?.am her compensation. If this
tiling keeps up, man will oust woman
from cookery work.
WANTED?To buy at once se\ rml
carloads 4-foot pine, oak and slabs.
Apply Commander's W jod Yard,
Sumter, S. C. 10-2 4-tf.
1 OH SAXJ3?100-acre farm, nice
dwelling and >U1 I uildings; im
proved land. Near DUBoee Croae
Hoads. k\ hools and churches con?
venient, J, M. Cniser. Sumte". S.
C. 10-19-1 taw-31
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Patterns to Please You
If you go to the Fair or stay at horr.e.
vou need a new suit, so let us show >ou
thenobbv stvles of SCHLOSS BROS. &
CO. and sPERO MICHAEL & SON
Goods MUST PLEASE or back to us,
that's CONFIDENCE that the mer?
chandise is right Coats with improved
fronts, giving correct hang and fit; Trous?
ers peg top, side buckles and belt loc^s,
up to-date and nifty, and prices to meet
the low price of cotton. All we ask of
you is a look; we are sure to please you.
Prices $15, $16.50, $18 to $27.50.
Other good m<\kes of clothing at
$10, $12 i>0 to $14.
Mr.
Ask to see our line of Overcoats an
Raincoats; we have them short, medh.
and long. We can suit you, we can 1
you. Drop in and see the line at the
prices we offer; 37.50, $8.:U, $10, $12 50
to $25 00.
Boys' School or Dress Suits, all
to 17; all prices, $1.50 to $10.
We are pleased to show the g<
will cost nothing to look.
With best, wishes.
tt
Joseph M. Ch?;
15he Clothing Nan
16 S. MsJn St. :: Svimter, S. C.
BROOKS COUNTY FARMS FOR SALE.
FORM NU. i.
Fifteen ratios from Qu.iman and 3
v. .
miles from Pavo. acres of as
good pebbly clay sod la,:;d aa can bd
lound la Routh Georgia, over half of
place is under ,f^ence and most of it
good wire, 500 acres in cultivation
and nearly all of it Mumped. GooS
n.*nf, nearly ne\ k room, two-story
dw >lllcg house celled and painted.
Good barns, large frame ?moke boitSS,
syrup house and cold storage, all on
brtclc foundations, ."even good framed
tenant bouses w th 3 *. i rebms, two
of them celled and painted and most
of them with brick chimneys, barn
and smoke house with each tenant
hot sc. Right m ar a good school,
;;nd only mil es to (he Pavo High
School. Good back boxing and saw
mil! timber worth from $4,000 to
$5.?'00. Could conveniently be di
tded into small farms and each tract
have a public road front The entire
place as it stands for 125,000.
FARM X? >. 2.
Ten miles from Qultman* 5 miles
from Dixie, I indes from Phfcock, 6
miles from Boston, right near a good
school and several churches, 9S7
acres of good dark gray and pebbly
upland with solid red clay subsoil,
;'.T"> acres In high state of cultivation
and most of it stumped, most of
fence good w ire, a nice 7-room dwell?
ing 1 eiled and painted with metal
roof and brick chimneys, a large
barn and stockade smoke house all
with metal roofs. Seven good fram?
ed (but not painted) tenant houses
with ' rick chimneys, scrib and smoke
house w ith each tenant house, l never
failing spring lake on plantation and
one running stream and plenty of
deep walls. This is an ideal place
for a stock farm and can be had for
the nominal sum of 116.50 per acre,
FARM NO. ::.
Nine miles from Qultman, 7 miles
from Pavo, and 8 miles from Mor
ven, on public highway leading out
from Qultman, 690 acres red peb?
bled clay land, as good farming land
as can be found In South Georgia,
250 acres In high state of cultiva?
tion and balance In hammock wood
It ml. presumably about 100 acres
unfit for cultivation, but fine pasture
kind. One B-room dwelling house,
ceiled but not painted, lot, barn and
stock a, da. 4 good tenant houses with
brick chimneys ,one store house and
place fenced with good win-. Right
near a good school and church. Ru?
ral telephone and R. P. D. right by
place. Nothing better for the price,
only $;i6.60 per acre.
FARM NO. 4.
Fifteen mi lea from Quitman, 5
miles from Pavo. 3 miles from Rar
wiek on two public roads, 375 acres
of goad upland pebbly soil with *olid
clay subsoil 150 acres in cultivation,
wire fence around most of it, a right
new 7-room dwelling ceiled but not
painted, new framed barn and stock
ado, smoke house and all other out
houses necessary. 5 good tenant
bouses and place located in a good
neighborhood, near a good school
and not far to several churches.
Worth the price $3,600.00.
FARM NO. 5.
Fight miles fr<>m Quitman, c> miles
from Dixie, 4 miles from Berwick,
300 acres of high dry pebbly soil
with stiff clay subsoil. 100 acres in
cultivation. 3T> ready for the plow
and balance in second growth yellow
pine lumber. On? ?<>od dwelling and
1" tenant houses. Located in a go<d
community and near a good school.
N*o better land in Brooks County and
well worth the money. $7,500.00.
FARM NO. ?.
Thirteen miles from Quitman? 3 1-2
mMes from Pavo, 4 miles from Bar
wick on a public road n 8 good
Country Store, 200 acre* c"<
farm land as fine cotton p * can
be found in Proofs c lCtf
acres >n cultivation, bala in I o
ber, <>ne 5 room dwelling I n
houses, a nice framed bai and
pdnckade and wagon shell >r Darl
gray and pebbly soil with ? lay sun
eofl. One mile from a good country
school and 2 miles from church,
Dlrl 'heap at $."-.000.00.
FARM NO. 7.
Eleven miles from Quitman, 7
es from Pavo, 6 miles from Ifor
ven, on a graded public road leading
? ?in from Quitman. 220 acre* of led
pebbly clay soil. 35 or* 10 acres In
cultivation, about same amount with
timber ?ut oft' ready for cultivation,
1 fr um d dwelling atid 1 tenant
bouse Lands adjoining this tract
can not be bought for $60.00 an
acre we arc only aeklng the <mnii
?um ?-f $3,000.00 Juel as it stands.
FARM WO. 8.
- Seventeen miles from Quitman,
1 1-2 miles from city of Pavo, on a
graded public road from Pavo to i
Quitman, 41 acres of high farm land,
35 acres in high state of cultivation,
on*? 4 room tenant house with brick
chimney, wire fence around the place
and could be made an Ideal little
farm. onl> 1,640.
FARM NO. 10.
On a straight, broad, well graded
mihlic road leading from Quitman to
Thomasville. through the town of
Harwick. Ga., 352 ? res of upland
pebbly land. 115 acres in cultivation,
two good settlements on the ?place,
with plenty of out houses with each
settlement. Two miles from Far?
wick. W:thin two miles of best
hool in county and several church- (
Will sell this place for $30.00
per acre. S4.000 cash, balance in five
years.
FARM NO. 11.
Seven miles from Quitman on
'road, straight, we1! graded. hard
surface public road. two miles of
railroad station. 600 acr.^s good clay
sub-soil land. 325 acres in good wire
rente, clear of stumps and in high
mate of cultivation, divided into four
fields and each supplied with water
for stock from a never failing spring
pool: 178 acres wood'and. 200 acres
of which is good unland that could
be easily brought into cultivation,
balance good pasture land. Center
of the place is a natural water shed.
n which two never failing spring
branches have their source, one run
iur north arid the other south. On
the highest eminence in the south
> Pti half oi' the county ll ? large,
well built, commodious, I-room, two*
ory frame house painted white.
Tho premises are l eant'' ally shaded
with majeetlc oaks r.-.iar and pecan
trees. In front of the house is a
ten-acre natural park of luxuriant
first growth, uncut long leaf yellow
nine luml er. Substantial 40 x 50
foot frame h.irn. -moke house, syrup
house .cotton houae and wagon
shelter, live tenanl houeee of three
to ti\e rooms each. There wee made
on this place 'bis year loo hales of
cotton, and I Mi buehels oats. 10
..us watermelons. 20 tons hay. 1*00
bushels com, syrup, potatoes. pea?
nuts. This valuable property t<v-"
srether with i?< 1 u good farm mule i
<? head of .. 2.r.o head J
hoes ..M.i i '.i i _">o bushels ot
corn can K> bought for ?2."Oio.
MATH IS & COMPANY. QUITMAN. GA.