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CIk j'?lttfbnum n? ^outbrcn. Published Wednesday and Saturday. ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTBH. S. a Ter am: $1.19 per annum?In advauce. Advertisements: One Square drat Inaertlun.$1.00 ?very aubsequent Insertion.GO Contracts for three months, or >nger will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub serve prlva.% Interaata will be charged for as advertisements Obituaries and tributes of raapcot will be charged for. Tfca Humter Watchman waa found? ed n 1110 and the True Southron In lflt. The Watchman and Southron Bow ha* *he combined circulation and Influence cf both of the old papers, and hi manifestly the beat advertlalng medium in Sumter. -__.-_v_-.-m-?______ The tr? uble wltu Japan. Mahlgfld lQ Ita last iinahsis seems to hinge <>n the fuel that Japan baa a nav > that H superior to thut of the t'nlted States and a large standing nrm\ eomposed of veterans of the v u i1>i i<>us war with Hussla. If I'ncle Sam ha<! a navy twice as strong as Japan ami | l uge and cm? lent HtumlitiK nrmv, there woidd be no talk of,war. tag Mr T H Jenkins has undertaken to have a careful and accurate In? vestigation made of the comparative amount of liquor sold in Emstal county during a stated period of the last year the county dispensary was operation and during a like period of thla year. The statistics will be com? piled from the records of the county board of c.ntrol, under which the county dispensary waa operated, and from the records of the express and freight ohVes. The statistics will be carefully compiled and every effort will be made to have them both ac? curate and complete From these Sta tlatica it will be possible to make an approximate estimate of the quantity of liquor consumed In this county tin? der the dispensary system in com? parison with the amount consumed ander the blind tiger and mail order regime of the present time. i>f couise, It is Impossible to make an absolutely exact and mdisi ut.ibb* comparison, but the approximation will be so near the truth that those who have an tgWn mind und are not prejudiced foi or sgainst one or th? other side of the question now In iMtie will be en? abled to form an opinion, based up? on facts, rather tbun sent uncut, and will be In a position to decide dis? passionately how to act In respect to algnlnic the petition for the dispen i hi t he e\ent I hat t he e|e< t ion ahall be ordered, wintb.i |g \ o t e for Of against the re-establishment of the dispensary. In tie meanwhile we ad? vise all who are Interested in the welfare of the community to keep sn open mind ami not < ommlt them? selves Irrevocably to either side of the proposition. The lnv< lion may develop fact* thut will prove be? yond a doubt thut the use of liquor has materially decreased since the abolition of the county dispensary and thut the city und county have b? en greatlv benefited thereby, despite the activities of the blind tigers and tht lawlessness and disrespect for law that l bey fiave foslei.d Tttf establishment Of Sttt'h atom would leave the dispeii aary and the legalized sale of liquor in Sumtei count without a single ad vm'ate. save thoae who want liquor for liquor's sake and the prolit that is In the sale of liquor, regardless of the evils that the intemperate use of al rohol entail upon the victims of the habit Individually und upon the com? munity US li whole We ha VI been, and still are. of the Opinion th.it the use of liquor has not greatly de? creased since the abolition of the dispensary und that the curse of blind tlgerism has more than counterbal? anced any good that mav have result" e?i from the anting ant nf Ina dienen? sa.y but this Is not an unchangeable convei. oi and we are keeping an nnnsj msnd on the nahjert. so that if iu? In are addm sd to dlspro\e the prc vioosly entertained belief, we diall oppose the re establishment of the dispensary It is not the money that Humter count) mil) obtain from the sole of liquor that is the first consider? ation, but the Well-being of the peo? ple and the good of tin- community at St luige. If the re establishment of the dispensary will not Improve con dltlons. is well as earn a large in <ome for the county and city, (Ion We do not desire it. If the .e-est.ib Itahment of the dispensary is Maaly la prove an evil mtluetu e In the com munlty?even HMSFf evil than the blind tigers?tht n it would bf dear at any pre e Uff would not favor the dist mtaiy uioler su< h conditions, SVSS tiiongh there w.m nmntaiKe that th< profits from It Would be ten times at great us in the \ \ t ? i < ure for stomach Disorders. Disorder* of the stomach may be avoided by the use of < 'haignSjftaln I Tablets. Manv \erv it markabte cures have been effected by these tablets itld b> all dealers. ? Ailv t. s\u> hi \\ \s party wanted in iiamiton county run Ml'RDEK. Negro Arrested in Ma?lag by Com ?table DfjBOM is Probably MM Klch urd Austin?Was In This ( oimty Tu<?*?luy Night Acvonling to inlor ination Hecclvcd. A mgro who gOVC his name as Aus? tin ami who stilted that he was the man Wanted in Hampton county tor attempted criminal assault ami triple murder spent Tuesday night In the Caneofd section of this county is the Information received by Rural Po? liceman Sam Newman Wednesday. The Informant stated that the negro Was armed with a shotgun and shells I and was trying to soil ? ptStOl Which he had with him in order to secure mOliey lO h ave this part Of the State. Investigation by Policeman Newman I ICertalned the fact that the negro had left the county. going toward Clarendon county. Thursday a report Horn Clarendon OOUnty stated that a negro who answered the description of Austin and who was heavily armed had hern Captured there Wednesday night. This information stirred up some little excitement .However, communication with Sheriff Gnmble by telephone from the item Office re? vealed the tact that the man attest? ed was probably not Austin. Sheriff Gamble stated over the telephone that the negro was ar? rested Wed need ay about noon by Con* stable Fleet DuBose in woods near Manning that he did mo answer the descriptions given of Austin and that he was not armed when captured, it ' tmed that he had applied early in the morning at a negro house lor sono thing to eat. Here be gave his name as Sidney Adams, but later when arrested he gave his name as Willie Johnson. The nOgTO said he was from Sumter and was well known here. He said his mother lived at 1 1 Hartlette street. leVOtal of the police Officers here were asked If they knew any Willie Johnson, but stated that they did not However, Deputy Sheriff Epperson stated that he knew a negro by that name who lived in the eastern part of town. Investigation Ol tin- direct? ory revealed tin- fact that there were no leas than three Willie Johnsons In I the city, one of whom lived 'it No. |Q Hartitt, street Whether this is the man attested In Manning could not be ascertained. In the meantime nothing more has be#n heard of the man in Concord who wanted something to eat, to soil a pistol and gave his name as Austin. ImInoM n BANK Lit MIST DIE Doctors Can Give No Hope for II. Sanders Walker of Macon. Ma. on, (la . May 20.?The attend? ing physicians when read the Asso? ciated Pre?m dispatch from Baltimore to the effect that transplating of kidneys might save the life ?>f B. ganders Walker, the banker, slowly dying from poisoning, stated that such a course in the patient's condi? tion WOUld be impossible. 'There Is not the slightest doubt but that Mr. Walker will die," said Dr M. Stapler, one of the physl I tans in charge of the case "The poison has gaas all through his sys? tem and is not confined to the kid? neys. Kven if it ware only in his kidneys he would die under anes? thetic, His pulse is lit, nearly dou? ble the normal, while respiration and temperature at :!- and i*K.r>, re? spectively, about normal. This is very unsatisfactory." Mr. Walker has been confined to Iiis bed (In- last ti hours ami has been lutlf the time in a state of coma Physll isns state that he will die while in a state of coma or under convul? sions and that the end may come any hour now. Telegrams have poured Into the home the last few hours from doc? tors all over the United States sug? gesting treatment, but the medical men in Charge have not deviated from their original campaign of treat* ment, one which ha., been approved b) the hospital staff of large Eastern institutions In hourly communication by wire, sweating processes have been in? dulged and It Is Stated have done much to prolong lift- as long as now. Most Prompt and Effectual Cure for Und (told* win n yon have ? bad cold you want a remedy that will not only give re? lief, but effect a prompt ami perma? nent cure, a remedy that is pleasant to lake, a remedy that contains noth? ing Injurious Chamberlain's Cough Remedy meets all thes i requirements it acts on nature's plan, relieves the lungs, nods es pectoral ion, opens the secretions and restores the system to a healthy condition. This remedy has a world wide Mile and use ami can always be depended upon. Sold by all dealers.?Advt The fashion pages are giving much attention ??? the new styles Nothing; however, seems lo Interfere with Hu old-fashioned senatoi w ho has a tariff i|ieeeh m his ss tew Taeoma Trlb iilte Shall the Dlspciisar) be llestoml? There are some plain tacts con? nected With the Whole matter of sell? ing ami buying whiskey which are true upon their face, ami do not now demand discussion. it has been shown, in many thous? and instances, that licensed whiskey selling, in its (dearest analysis, is a drain and not an asset in any com? munity, it cannot be defended upon any ground of morals, decency or business. Even when whiskey is sold under license, it rebels against the law that allows it, lills our juils and multiplies the cases in the courts. It corrupts our elections, debauch? es our ballot,* and often puts in of? fice friends of vice and the enemies of virtue, it besmirches our legislatures, drives mad our chief executives and a thousand times has perverted the Judiciary. It is the foe of the home and the school) and hangs as a constant men? ace over the head.:, of our children. It invades tin- domestic circle, and leaves r long trail of miseries behind It I It lias no kindly feeling for religion of any kind, no desire for heaven ami no fear of hell. The use of whiskey brings a tran? sient sense of physical elation, fol? lowed by hours of anguish and re? morse. Because of the drat fact, men drink it; because of the second, they curse themselves for drinking it. j It unfits for business, perverts all Sense of honor, blunts the keener sen? sibilities of the mind, and leaves the victim in possession of disorders be? yond his control. Still, men will drink whiskey. They love the sensation it produces, and, by and by. become slaves to the habit. ' If they cannot get the stuff from one source, they appeal to another. There? fore, if they will pay for it, and oth? ers? foreigners- at e to receive their J money, why not let us enact a law which will divert a part of this mon? ey into our pockets? That is, why not let us make barter of man's vices ? take money from his pocket when he is down?pave our streets and edu? cate our children with the price ol our fellowman's health, happiness and usefulness 7 If we can go thus far, why not go a step beyond'.' Men will always kill each other. From the day of Cain, until now. a brothers' blood has been crying from tin; ground all over tin world. Law does not slop murder any more than it Stops whiskey drink? ing. Then why not license murder .' There is money in it, ami the astute economist ought to be able to see it. So, too, there will always be some to steal. Thieves ate born as well as made. Confinement in jails and pen? itentiaries does not much abate the evil. Then why not get money out of it with which to pave our streets and maintain our schools? If we are to convert law into license because en? forcement of law is impossible, then there i.s no crime iti the catalog of crimes w hlch cannot enter its plea to be licensed, if it can ever be right to allow evil because out of it we can make money. Law is only a printed page, and has no power to enforce it? self. If we are going to license the wrong, det us be consistent, and re? open the market for 'indulgences,' and for money paid in hand, let us sell to any man the right to commit ans crime he may desire, The mom y argument for the dis? pensary is the only argument 1 have ever heard. Having no dispensary, they tell us, carries the money away from our town; to have a dispensary would allow us to keep it here. This i.s the argument, in a nutshell. It means we are willing to sell out our morals ami our domestic welfare for money. Let those who drink whiskey go to the devil; tin- rest of us are in the market lor money. If there is another argument in stock anywhere beside the money argument. 1 wish some one would al? low me to sc?> it In the open light. Because the (losing of the dispen? sary has tud suddenly brought on a grcbt reform, and blind tigers abound, some men arc disheartened, and licit and there a good man will vote to legalise the irafllc in whiskey. These men are impatient of results. If they will await twent) years, the results will come from the (dosed whiskey shop, The tdd drinkers must diu out. ami a now generation of better tuen will arise A second generation will be better still, ami sobriety will at lasl prevail. We should not worry over the fttd that the tdd topers get vshis key bv express ami otherwise, The*, must get it because Ihey must have it. ttur one aim should be to look after those who are now coming into life's iwna We cannot save the toper, but we may do something to save the youth. Therefore let us continue to make whiskey contraband I at It be published fat ami Wide I ll.it the sale ami use *d whiskey are ills countenanced b) the statt-, ami. In course ol time, we may stand b> tin urave of the last loper, ami t\i,jii a hand of welcome it! a new gjsfier atlon oi sober men. Hut the reforms lion cannot be wrought in a yiMii oi I i\\?>, ami tlx mi ii will) ??< U nothing but the money side of the whiskey ques? tion might to be willing to Wait .'it , least ten yeara, till a new genera? tion may come forth who know whis? key only as a contraband article, handled by blind tigers In back al? leys. Men cannot be legislated Into sobriety; bul it does not follow that drunkenness should therefore be legalised and countenanced. ' Hut argue as we may, the great 'truth remains, and will eventually prevail, that it is never right to sell 1 for money the privilege to do wrong and be wrong. The state ought to i>e abb* to say proudly to its citisens, "l am your protector, it you debauch yourselves, you must do so against my will ami in violation <?t the law.' To open the dispensary again will he equivalent to saying, "Go to the swill trough, go to the devil, go to the chamber of horrors, if you want to, but you must first put into my hands a pari of your passage money, and so pay me for making it easy for you to wreck and ruin yourself." That is, I dont cart- so much for men, drunk or sober, but I want money, j ('. C. Hi own. - DEMOCRATS PLAN CAMPAIGN. National and Congressional Commit? tees Frame System for Ullited Eight in 1?! I ami 1916. Washington, May 19.? Plans for active cooperation between the Demo? cratic national committee and the Democratic congressional committee in the campaigns of mil and 1916 Continued to advance today. Head? ers of both boilies prepared for a con? ference in the near future and Pres? ident Wilson told Chairman Lloyd ami Secretary Page of the congressional committee that he heartily approved the new programme. in the meantime senate Democrats authorized Senator Kern to apopint five of th. ir number to confer with the national ami congressional com? mittees about the proposed Increase of the senate's representation on the latter. It is expected Messrs. Lloyd and Page will recommend that the membership he enlarged so as to in? clude Iii? representatives and lil sen? ators. The committee membership now comprises representatives and nine senators. The Increase of \'~ senators would follow the president's original suggestion that the commit? tee should be strengthened by giving its membership one senator from every State, where there is to be an election in 1914, provided that the State now is represented in tin- sen? ate by a i democrat. The congressional committee will meet within a fortnight when, in all probability, permanent organization will be effected. Rheumatism Quickly Cured. "My sister's husband had an attack of rheumatism in his arm," writes a well known resident of Newton, Iowa. "I gave him a bottle of Chamberlain's Liniment which he applied to his arm and on the next morning the rheuma? tism was gone." For chronic muscular rheumatism you will find nothing bet? ter than Chamberlain's Liniment. Sold by all dealers.- -Advt. FOR THREE BUILDINGS. Finley Introduces Dills for Trio of Towns. Washington, May 21.?Congress? man Finley has introduced bills for the erection of federal buildings at the following places in South Caro? lina: Cheraw, Wlnnsboro and Jfork ville. He also desires the election of a monument at Cowpens battle? ground, in Cherokee County, com? memorative of <b ti. Daniel Morgan ami those who participated in the battle of Cowpens on January 1 ,', 1781. Health a Factor In Success. The largest factor contributing to a man's Buccess is undoubtedly Health. It has been observed that a man is seldom sick when bis bowels are regu? lar he is never well when they are constipated. For constipation you will lind nothing quite Bo good as Chamberlain's Tablets. They not only move the bowels Dut improve the ap? petite ami strengthen the dlgestio i They are for sale by all dealers.?Ad.t Lice Murder chicks, cticik (rowlb unit egg production K tlioui til I'UH 19 CtllCkN Wit f?2i>^ KILLER (P< w<l? rrct> 't in' regular use ol powder iiMiurc* perns1 rom furl for jour tints. WON profit for > oil " Your monev back if it i*HV' 25c, 50c 100-psgfl poultry buok KU I K Uet Trails Profit ??bsrlug Uoukl"* Brogdon, Brogtlon, s. C. Geo. H. Hurst, UNDERTAKER AND EMBAIJMI K Prompt attention to day or night calls. AT OLD J D CHAIG STAND, 101 N .Main Street. Ds> Phone ggf. Night Phone 2111. OFJgM^sallHM i>n. van Dvivi: iu ii nds sox. says [f Youth is UllAl for Mlnlstn He i* Also. Xew York. May 2d.?A stirring do? lens*- by Dr. Henry Van Dyke, clergy? man and author, of his son. who was accused of herescy, was discussed with deep Interest today in Presbyterian Church circles. The son. Tertlus, ami three other young men have been received t>y the New York Presbytery, despite charges of heresy made by a minority committee which is car? rying the tight to fhe general assem? bly of the church. Speaking at the ordination of the four in Qrace Church, Dr. Van Dyke said that if these young men were unfit for the ministry he was unfit, and that the doctrinal questions Which they could not answer wer? not essential to the Christian faith. If there must be a heresy trial he invited the Qeneral Assembly to "try it on a grown man," and not <>n "eager-hearted?sensitive hoys." He said that real orthodoxy is not to be measured by definitions, but by the spirit that is in man. "You know that a new attempt has been made lately in th?* Presbyterian ('hutch to exalt the letter above the spirit in .judging the fitness of men for the Christian pulpit Dr. Van Dyk?? said. Four true-hearted and devoted young men, among whom is my dear son. who is to !>?? ordained tonight, have offered their lives to tin- service of ("brist in the ministry. They have confessed their faith in God, the Pather as the Almighty Ruler of the universe, In the Holy Spirit speaking in the Bible as the supreme authority in matters Of re? ligion, ami in Jesus Christ us the Divine Redeemer. Um a protest has been made against their acceptance becatiae they cannot give ? literal af? firmation t ? certain test questions pro? posed by a theological inquisitor. 'I wish to take m> stand with these young men. They arc my brothers in faith. If they arc unfit f??r the ministry I am unfit. Their love, their courage, their consecration are what the church ami the s/orld need today." .1. M. RICHARDSON < fuKARKD. Magistrate Dismisses Irson Case Against Former Militia Ogseer. Alken, May 20.? The charge of ar? son against Cant. .1. M. Richardson, instituted by Deputy Wharton of the State insurance commissioner's office, was dismissed after a preliminary hearing which lasted front 10.'/I o'clock this morning until this af ten (ion. The preliminary was held before Magistrate William M. Smoak, who. after hearing the circumstantial evidence on which the charge was based, released Capt. Richardson, who gave bond several days ago after spending only one night in jail. A large crowd attended the hea/ing. FAVORS WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Bill Gmntlng Votes lor Women Goes to Second Rending; in llinois. Springfield, 111.. May 21.?The wo? man suffrage bill, granting votes to Women for all statutory oftices in Il? linois, was reported favorably to the Illinois House of Representatives to? day and advanced to second reading. The measure already has passed the senate. Its advocates believe it will have equal success in the house. AUTO REPAIRING AUTO LIVERY Sumter Garage, MIRER'S OLD STAND EAST LIBERTY STREET FULLY EQUIPPED TO DO FIRST CLASS AUTO REPAIRING Mirkolin tires and auto parts micnenn always in stock AUTO LIVERY DAY OR NIGHT. GIVE IS YOUR UI'SIXI'.SS. PHONES : ffl ?Nfcr?T H. T. EDENS, Proprietor Jusl: ? Think it Over You need the assistance of a good bank to do business wi'h. We need new depositors in order to increase our business yearly. Having dealt fairly with others for 24 years, don't you think your checking account would be safe with us. The Bank of Sumter THE RESULT 1 of being on the job and giving efficient service] We grow stronger as we tfrow older. 1%8-MAV.$575,000.00 1913 MAY.$7f>0,000.00 WHY HESITATE? THE FARMERS' BANK & TRUST CO.