The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 06, 1912, Image 4
Cfct^Utt^manani ^outjjron.
rahlUiicii W ?dnead*) and Saturday.
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The numter Watchman was found?
ed la 1IS0 snd the True Southron In
lilt The Wetchman snd Southron
now h??.H the combined circulation snd
Influence c/ both of the old papers,
and le manifestly ths best advertising
medium In Sumtsr.
Mate Bank Examiner B. J. Khane
appear* I > h irs made good his con?
tention that re has complied with the
law. both in the letter and spirit, In
ths Lexlngtor Savings Bank matter,
and <?o\ . Blesse will find that hi can?
not remove an officer whene' er It
suits his convenience to do so. If
Mr. Hhame has been derelict In the
performance of his duty the fact can
be established beyond doubt or question
In a court, and when this has been
done It will be right and proper to
remove him from office. But If he
has been csreful and exact In the per
forma'?r#? of his official duty as pre?
scribe*, by lsw. as appears to have
been ths case. It would be a gross In?
justice to remove him from office by
lbs wiim of a politic! in. whose only
ereed Is to stick to his friends and at?
tack those who do not vote as ho dic?
tates. If ths Bank Examiner is to be
merely a political creature of the
man who happens to hohl the office of
?overt or It will speedily become a
farce .ind undeserving of respect or
sonfldence. Mr. Hhame Is to be corn
no i i t 'i ?t mdlng up for his rights
as) sn official ana as a man. and we
trust he will be able to maintain his
position and prove to all that the at?
tempt of ctov. Blease to remove him
Is but another manifestation of a
mean spirit run mad by a little tem?
porary authority
NOT mc.ll FINANCE.
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? V.. Wo.!*- I .-..ft ......i, h-rM .],?
elsee the *umter Legislative delegu
U n t.ih%- -?ex -reiy for the part they
took In securing the enactment of tne
law authorising the County Board of
Commissioners to appropriate and
pay over to the city of Sumter the
sum of twelve thousand dollars to
supplement the appropriation of $20,
?00 mad? by the city to extend and
Improve the railroad facilities of '.he
city and count: In a matter of this
character there Is bound to be a di?
versity of opinion and It was doubt?
less forseen 1 y the members of the
ftSg'slnture thst they would be criti?
cised by some of their fellow cltl
sens. i ut they proceeded, neverthe?
less. Is dI their part In carrying
through to s successful conclusion an
undertaking that would be of great
value and hemmt to a large majority
of lite pesmll of the county. The
building of the Se:ih >itrd will n-?t
only heneflt this city by giving It
another ' riK lin?* ..f railroad,
but will giv* some sections of the
coun'o Im advantage of rallrond fa?
cilities that they now entirely lack.
The money appropriated by the city
and .i '\ 11 ro>t a gift, but an In?
vestment that will produce greater
rr'ti-ns then f?JSmf > ?? hoped for from
sny oth r Investment of a similar
amount. and It was ad\ocatt<l l>v
tmsss who took the Initiative In the
matter on the broad grounds of ssj
llg*v Bjsd sessile policy. The rall
road I ??old aSS have been secured on
Sny other irrmi than th..* ???-t forth
In it t between Mr. Bonsai
and representing the
S?lsens .if Sumter \ i/.. the right of
* ii Blshnpvtllo to a point two
nvf- ? oiith of thu . its und a lor
mlmil site In this city to be pro?
vided tree of OSSt Is th.- railroad. To
Secure th<- right of \a i\ ami terml
nsl" w im needed, since the
Ihi?iI i '1 ii"f ho required to
donate th*- land: and there was no
Way Is otttaln thi< money eSSSBg from
the < t? and county. The elty aajSjfO*
aristo.i i:n.ooo and the isejejlf $12.
?00. whleh will b" barely enough.
The county will b. repaid for Ms
appropriation within i few years.
While lb*. SSty will not fSSShrg dtreet
lv fr.on taxes on the railroad property
within the rlty a sufficient sum to
pav Interest on the $20.000 ap?
propriated. Thus It || evident that
UM ? ity ha* contributed generously to
ere*. i I urge taxable property for
th.- SemHy from which the ritv will
d? ri . only an Indlre.-t benefit, In
whh h ImilfSet benefit the cfinnlv a*
a whnb . mil certain sections par
11? ularly. will share to almost ?Sv
gr?- ?t in extent |i the ? it\ The ritv
has not imp- -od an unneceisarv bur?
den upon the county for Its own
particular benefit, but on tho con?
trary has made a large expenditure
of money from which the county will
ifftVg all the direct returns and a full
share of the indirect and incidental
benefits.. These considerations were
weighty enough to decide the legis?
lative delegation to secure the en?
actment ot the required legislation,
they also were sufficient to decide the
full grand Jury to ndopt a unanimous
resolution recommending that the
County Hoard of Commissioners pay
over the money as they were author?
ized to do, and like reasons Influenced
the Hoard of Commissioners to vote
unanimously to pay over the money
when the matter came before them
for consideration.
In reference to the sections of the
constitution that our correspondent
quotes it is only 'necessary to say
that the legal aspects we.-e fully con?
sidered und all court decisions that
have any bearing on the matter were
Investigated, not by one. but by sev?
eral lawyers, and the conclusion was
rs*a9to#4 that the appropriation was
not illegal. No tax was levied, no
bonds Issued and no debt created by
ihe appropriation, the tlnancial re?
port of the rfuj ervisor showing that
the income of the county is ample to
pay the ordinary expenses of the
SjSjfjsjty and the special appropriation
for the railroad. The money was in
the treasury and instead of the ex
i" nditure of the money in this man?
ner being a detriment to the public
it would be a benefit, therefore there
was no reason from a legal or Com?
sat I sense business point of view why
the appropriation should not be paid
as authorised. We think our cor?
respondent Is somewhat too severe on
the legislative delegation. In the first
place because they are not entirely
responsible for the legislation, in that
they were carrying out the wishes of
a considerable number of their con?
stituents; and In the second place, be?
cause they were not playing high
finance or politics, but were assist?
ing In making possible the con?
summation of a valuable and import?
ant public enterprise from which the
people of the entire county will de?
rive direct and Indirect benefits for all
time to come.
We print and develop kodak films.
McCormack J< welry Co.
Van iage License Kccord.
The following marriage licenses
were Issued WsgfjSSadyi
I Muri Bd Mr.-. Alma Rose
? <?'.>. usj both of Stunts*.
.'?< kid O, Klnson of Sutnter and
Allee C, Ivy, Bf M ming.
I . ,i. . ...... , a . Us and Dora
Casey, of Scottsvllle.
Kodaks from $1 00 (0 $35.00. Films
pnr Eastman Kjdaks. MeCormnck
Jew-dry Co.
MX A MIN ATIOM F( )R AN X APOLIS.
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Congressman Ix?ver Announces Kx
aminatton ut Columbia. April 20.
I will hold a competitive examina?
tion, at Columbia on April 20th, 1912.
In-ginning at 10 o'clock a. m. of nil
applicants' for nomination to take the
entrance examination to be held in
June for admission to the United
States Naval academy. Prof. E. S.
Dreher. Superintendent of the Colum?
bia City schools, is chairman of the
Hoard of Examiners. Two vacancies
from the Seventh Congressional Dis?
trict are to be tilled at Ar.napolis, and
bona fide residents of tue District for
i
two years prior to the examination,
betwee n the ages of sixteen and twen
i
ty years, who can meet the physical ;
requirements, are eligible. I shall be
glad to send fuller particulars and
permission thereunder to take the
competitive examination to applicants
who will write me.
A. F. Lever,
If, C. Sev. nth S. C.
COUNTY TRUSTEES MEET.
Elect Oflscen and Dlaovai Matten of
Interest.
A fairly large number of county
school trustees were present at the
meeting of their association held Wed?
nesday afternoon.
The most Important matter taken
up for discussion was the map ques?
tion but no definite decision as to
how the trustees would act on this
matter was reached.
The election of ottlcers to serve for
thy ensuing year was entered into af?
ter the dlscussions( had been
completed. The result of the election
was as follows:
President, E. F. Miller; vice-presi?
dent, S. A. Harvln; Secretary, J. H.
Haynsworth.
A Faithful Servant.
Jane Wright, colored, who died
Saturday night. March 30th. was the
faithful and trusted servant in the
family of Mr. S. F. Flowers for forty
years, having entered his employ in
1872. During all the intervening years
she rendered cheerful and faithful
service, was diligent, honest and
trustworthy, and when death claimed
her, the family she had served so long
felt a sorrow that was deep and sin?
cere. In her last illness of several
months duration she was cared for
and nothing was spared to make her
comfortable, years of faithful service
being repaid with kindly care and
consideration.
See D. C, Shaw Co., ad in this issue
about the M?lln new improved chain
less and gearless corn and cotton
planter.
IU'SINKSS COLLEGK OPENED.
Southern Commercial School is Now
Open t<> Enroll Students*
The Southern Commercial school
with branchei at Charleston ami
Greenwood in this State and branches
located in North Carolina, Tennessee.
Georgia and Alabama, opened its
doors to receive students in Bumter
Wednesday and all day until a late |
hour that night prospective students 1
were coming and going, getting Infor?
mation and enrolling in either the dav?
or night school.
The school is located over Shaw
and MeCollum's store and the
Hearon Pharmacy. The entrance Is
at 16 South Main street. The school
occupies a suit of conveniently locat?
ed, Well lighted and ventilated rooms.
As before stated in the Item, this
IS one of the largest systems of Busi?
ness Colleges in the South. Our young
people are now offered the opportuni?
ty
ties i f as thorough business training i
at bome as they can get in any city
In tha country. The school is mak?
ing a special opening rate to the first
thirty enrolled and those Who are In?
terested should lose no lime in tak?
ing advantage of the opening rates.
"oth day and night schools will be
conducted and all the business |
1'ranches will be taught. Bookkeep
ing. Ranking. Shorthand. Typewrit?
ing;, Telegraphy and Penmanship are
the specialties, while Salesmanship
and Civil Service Will also be taught.
The telegraph department is in charge
of an experienced operateor, both 'n
railroad and commercial telegraphy.
Prof. C. T,. Padgett, president of the
school, Is giving his personal atten?
tion to the new school and will re?
main with it several weeks until well
established.
Everything needed by amateur
photographers at McCormack Jewel?
ry Co. I
I Bvciitag or Mo itiiH'ut.
Trs monuirx-nt atcctod by the
vVoodmM Of ths Woriu to the late
G, It. Stone, In the com? I ry of Home
Branch church, near Papilla, s. c,
Will be unveiled by II i:>vo<d ('amp
No. 19, this city, Sund >. April 14th,
Hi 1 p. m. All Woodm ill arc inivted
'n attend th<- caramoniee, and those
who have no way of ::tt -nding, will
? ?? furnished transportation, if they
not '\ trn- undersign el prior to
Thursday, April llth. Carriages leave
Suniter it 1:30 a. m. sharp.
EL S. Hood. Clerk.
Patty Go on I Uh IYy.
A party from DalSeil passed through
I the city Monday morning on their
Iway to St. Stephens wharf they will
spend a few days on a fishing expe?
dition in the Santee River. Those In
the party S/ara: Messrs. A. F. Smith.
VY. S. Hoykin. J. A. Boykin, J. D. My
I ers. and E. P. Scarborough.
"Feed Dr. Hess Stock Tonic on Three
MonthsTe^t at Our Expense."- -Dr. Hess & Clark
This is what Dr. Hess & ( lark write us, and we stand ready t > make good that guarantee to the
letter.. If it doesn't |>ay, return to us the empty packages and we will refund your money.
Teedhig Dr. Hess Stock Tonic is just like applying fertilizer to the soil. Fertilizer makes the soil
yield] Dr. I less Stock Tonic makes the digestive organs convert more feed into growth.
Sometimes 50 per cent of the food a healthy animal eats is found undigested in .he manure. If
this wasn't true, how could we faten our hogs on Um? corn that passes through the other stock undigest?
ed? Feeding medical ingredients will reduce this waste. Every medical writer in the universe says so.
Saving a pert of the wasted nutrition by increasing digestion Is known as the Dr. Hess Ideal of
Slock feeding, (iet this idea firmly in your mind. Do not allow the system to waste half of your feed_
save a part of this waste. Every particle you save means profit to yourself.
?
^?Hundreds of Herds made Immune from the._
>o-called Hog Cholera Epidemic by Feeding Dr. Hess
Stock Tonic. ==^\
Dr. Hess & Clarke are having hundreds of letters from stockmen all over the corn belt Ciat are
saving their herds from the ravages of the Hog Cholera Epidemic by feeding Dr. Hess Stock Tonic and
disinfecting the pens and sleeping quarters with Dr. Hess Dip and disinfectant.
T>_. _ _ 1 v Dr?n r% c*c? q ls sTOaranteed to cure poultry ills and makes hens luy. It has
JL UUIll jf i a.lJ""?."the same growth and egg producing function as Dr. Hes* Stock
Tonic. One extra egg will pay for all the Pan-a-ce-a a hen eats for three months.
Instant Louse Killer Kills Lice.
A. A. STRAUSS & COMPANY,
PHONE NO. 85. StJMTER, S. C
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STER OUTFITTING!
On Easter Sunday there will b a Dress Parade of every?
body and the majority will be on view in couples.
Don't overlook the fact that every woman wants her
escort to be as attractively dressed as herself.
You will lind at this home of Good Outfitting the very style of Garment and the
very color effect that will make you look your very best.
We've many beautiful styles in new Spring Fabrics in new Colorings. The early
selector will fare best for he will get the pick of the bunch.
Suits that are in a class by Themselves,
$15, $20, $25 and $30.
Easter Hats. Ties. Gloves. Etc. All new and all differ?
ent from the ordinary sort. At your service. Sir! /
D. J. Chandler Clothing Company,
Bes^r irv Mind that we Ii?Lve moved to No. 14 N. Mean St.