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Published Wcess* ?day and Saturday. ?BT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTEK. 8. a Term*: 91.lt per annum?in advance. Advertisement*: One Square first tnaertton.91.00 ?very subsequent insertion.It Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of rsspeot trill be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed In 1910 and the True Southron In 1991. The Watchman and Southron ?ow has the combined circulation and influence cf both of the old pspers. nod la manifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter. 11 i ? i 0MHM LAU MHUMIsUl The order of tJ<>v. Messel to Super? visors of KcKlstratPui to refuse reg? istration to no white man. upon pain of instant dismissal. Is m it In i more nor le<i* than a fllfOOl en-mand to violate the law. Tfcf registration law provides that certificates shall l>o is? sued onl) to men who possess cer? tain specifically enumeratec qiialiflca ttons and for the Supervisors to reg? ister any man who is rod thus nulli? fied would be a. violation of tb.- law Gov. Please may dwtn it expedient und essential to the attainment of his political ambition to violate the reg? istration law. but he seems to have lotu sight of the consequences that must Inevitably follow this brasen disregard of the biter of the law. Kor a professed negro hater, and panders to the negro haters, it is al? most inexplicable that he should thus play into the hands of the ncgroc* and nea.ro lovers wb have been de? manding manhood suffrage, irrespec? tive of qualification for the intelligent exercise of the Privileg? for year.s the negroes ba\e been trying to tad grounds for attacking the suffrage laws in the 1'nlted States courts, but ha\> never been able to make out a e that would stand tin- test of d scrutiny. Hut now OOtJM ase with his gftflOf to tfjOtmtt the in behalf of all white nun and nlshea exactly the sort of ease t the negroes have so h?ng desired the. supervisor; obey r. lease's or . If they register every white man ? applies for a certificate, regard of his quulith at ions, and enforce restlrcttv? provisions against the ; i.roes only, the ne^-i ? will have ? case against the regulation law of this State that neither a biased court run partisan election commit? tee of the Senate or House of the Vnlted ?lud disregard. If It is Blesses purpose and desire to throw down the bars ami pave tin way for every negro man lo WHt In South Carolina he has hit upon the surest and quickest possible m'-thod of attaining that end If he destroys the registration la* brazenly or? dering its vudatio?. the eeeeiecraeweet should fall upon bis head; but un? fortunately it will be the whole State and not the man who causes the trou? ble who will suffer. tfjsjty Supervisor Pitts, after h.i^ ing made a |>alnstaking lUOPOCtlOS Ol tbs die^agajgrj tttotloa petition and ha* ng ? ornpared it with the books oi registration, found that SJMSTt than the requisite one-third of the quali? fied electors of the courts bad sign? ed It He haa therefor*' i?rdered .<n election to determine whether or no the people '-f Sumter onintv desire thn eounti dlspensarj re-established. The bsjue is now bfOtSlfe squarely be? fore the individual voters Kach man must decide for himself whether he endorse* the plan for the county to engage in the sab- of liquor for the profit there is in the traffic or Is op posed t?? the liquor trattle In an f?>rm. It has been established that the ? ?nHuroptb.n of li.pior has de? creased since the dispensary was Obolr.hed, therefore there is no ex ? use for re-estatdisbing tin- dispen? sary save that of money. If a ma Jo Ity of the isolate of Sumter county w lab the eOSHKy lO *? II liquor in or r*er to make money. rOgewdtest sjf the fact that ?be consumption of liquor Will be in<f o?d and drunkenness made easier than it is. they will vote for the dispensarv If they are op? posed to drunkenness and the evils that drunkenness engenders tbev will vote against the dlspcti-'ai ) That is the w hole i ase in a nutshell, o e e Tin- Suin'cr CotMltf Farmers" I'nion will, at Its next meeting. OloCUOg I he msrketmg or farm products through the ageie y >f On- I'nion Brokerage company, or some similar orgunrxa Hon. an.i will undertake to aorer tain tb? oatSSl for the failure of the I'ninii itrokeiaye eotnoeui) te aehleve the same measure of success in the department of genffcotltjfl Ihe products of the farm as It has in selling to farmer, ifet ?hing* that Iho tOSJOtJOll mo the farm Tt SI outside. but entirely fi n ndi> shwrvtr, it appear* that llM obstacle that lies in the way of suecessful and profitable mark?-ting of farm produce is four-fold in na? ture vis; lhe lack of ? stead) and ad?quat? supply; the lach oi stand? ardisation of ins products; tin- desire of tin- producers to obtain 'he highest ret.ui price for everything the) sell, leaving no margin for ? commission tor ti?e selling agency; the desire of the producer ol an Inferior article to obtain tiic same pries thai Is paid for ? high grade article. All these obstacles and dllHcultles can be con? solidated under the single load lack of business-like co-operation, Ihn basis of which Is mutual confh denes and system. We could amplify tins idea considerably, but it Is not necessary, for we believe that thS members of I he union es ho arc in latested in the development of an efficient system of marketing will see the points we have endeavored to present for their conti dotation, see Superv isor Pitts has given notice of the dispensary election and the Cam? paign is now officially open. Let the tight be out in the open with no gum shoe methods. ? * ? The Washington correspondent of hi News and Courier reports that 'ongressman Kagsdale and Chair? man t atter Glass of the hanking and currency committee engaged in a heated altercation during the com? mittee conference with President Wil? son. Mr. Kagsdale felt, it is said, that he hail been ignored by Chairman Class ami expressed his feedings so tb- President could hear hint. The oonferenee was a stormy one and as Mr. Class was not tit all apologetic, in? and Mr Kagsdale almost earnc to blows. This is no way for Demo* crats to bei ivc It is personal rows such as this that wreck Democratic opportunity to de a real service for the country and to frame and enact needed legislation of a constructive nature. see Perhaps Gov. Please thinks no mili? tia will he needed in South Carolina when he gets through appointing dis? pensary constables in Mchland coun? ty as he will have a regular Stand? ing army utterly devoted to the com? ma nder-in-chief. A liltl T \L4l' \Tlli:it. Augusta, a(J., June ||,?.1. J. John? son .n butcher at twelfth and d'An llgnaC streets, was arrested las' night on the charge of inhuman treatment of his daughter, a girl 15 yars of age, and was arraigned in recorder's court this morning. < In motion of the defendant'! attorney, who has just been imployed in the esse, the case was continued until Friday morning. Call 1 dlicer Moore of the police i|e part men! states thai when be arriv? ed at the Johnson meat shop after a neighbor had telephoned for an offi? cer, tiic girl is said to have been hang? ing from a meal hook suspended on the wall by a Chain, which hail been ?? lapped twice around her neck and 1 .eked. Moore says that her arms and portions of her body and head showed evidences of severe beating ami blod was running 1 reedy from wounds caused by the butting of a buggy whip. He arrested Johnson, llrst drawing his revolver, as John? son had a butcher knife in his hand. He has been refused bond by the au? thorities and Chief of Police Elliott aj ihm in- win resist habeas corpus SflirSSdlSJg? If they nre? brought. The chain cut a gash in the- girls' neck and she was enhnneted. Johnson said that be whipped his daughter because he COUM not OOntrol "her. Johnson is charged with disorderly conduct, cruelty lo a child ami sssault w Ith Intent to murder. \ micmmIi Swindle. Not long ago ati "an American" sling upon a West Bnd Jeweler in London ami bought a splen lid pearl, for which in- paid <: ."<"?- -In real money. A tew dayi later hack he came. "My wife- is in ecstSSteS OVSf that pearl'' he told the Jeweler. "She Wants another just like it." "How much does site- want it'.'" Inquired the jeweler. "Pearls of that grade are very tare, hard to bnd, and, for pur? poses of matching, blooming capon she." Tiny talked priee. and "tin* American" went away, after agreeing to pay as much as $17,SOS it n prfeel match for the pearl COUld be obtain? ed. One day In drifted a str?nget with ? pearl, which !<o far as the Jeweler's memorj served him, was an exact eiu pltcats of pearl number one. The stranger dldn'l much want to anil It. but When an offer of 116,004) was made in couldn't resist So tin- Jeweler handed over the 1 ash and luclred swag the new pearl in the site, with 1 oromtsed pn.ht of <J '. 'bilging lo d. hut wiure wad the Ameri? can?" Not at the address he gave; not even anywhere in London, np I aienth. Then the truth began t?i dawn upon the |eweler Me had bought back Ho original pearl, ami gave "the American" a profit of see on the transaction The game is Ield, invented long before Amen.., was discovered New Vork Press GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT. JUDGE GAGE ADVIBEN SUPERVIS? OR TO MAKE CHANGES IN JAIL, Grand -fury < alls Attention to Needed Changes in Jail?Legislative Dele? gation Requested to Art in Regis? tration .Mattrr. The grand jury made its present? ment r?>r Ho- summer term of courl Wednesday afternoon, a number of Important matters to tiie county be? ing mentioned in the presentment ami tiie needed changes railed for. The matter of most interest is that con? cerning the county jaid. which lias on several previous occasions been the subject of comment by the grand jury. Another matter called to the atten? tion of the court was thai of the al? leged Irregularly in the issuing of reg? istration certificates, a remedy being called for in this Important matter. When the presentment was read Judge Gage made some plain state ments which should result in good to the county. In reference to the coun? ty jail be stated that the needed changes should be made at once and he issued an order requiring the su pervll ?r to show cause at the next term of court why the recommended ami badly needed changes had not been made. He urged the supervisor to have the necessary alterations and repairs in the jail building made at once and he advised that a new jail be built. Mr. Pitts, who was pres? ent, asked if the county board x id the authority tci sell the present, jail. Judge (Jage stated that he did not think that the board had this author? ity, but that it was imperative tha Changes be made now and lie advis? ed that tiie county board advise with the legislative delegation concerning th' selling of the present building and the erection of a new one. The presentment and Judge Gage's order are as follows: To the Hon. Geo. W. Gage, Presiding Judge: We, your grand jury, beg leave to submit, this, our final presentment for the summer term of the Court of General Sessions for Sumter County.' We have passed Upon all bills of IndlctmeSj! handed us by the Solici? tor, endorsing our findings on same. This being a very busy season of the year with the members of the grand Jury, Who are farmers, wc have concluded to appoint a committee of our body to examine tiie various' county offices during the recess of. court, making their report to this body at the fall session cd' court. We therefore appoint the follow? ing committee to examine county of? fnes w. i. Whltehead, J. s, Cain, ami G, (I. Tweed. Committee to vis!', the chalngang, w. s. Boykln, s. f. Moore, C, H. P.utrovvs. Your grand jury has taken note of the fact that during the argument on the postponement of the trial of a criminal case, at this term of the court, it was contended that the reg? istration board for Sumter county was illegally constituted, or that there was some serious irregularity in the for? mation of said board, thereby render? ing the registration certificates of the Voters of Sumter county illegal. Your grand jury is not versed In the law on the subject, but in order that there may be no question as to the legality of the registration certificates of the Sumter county electors, we recom? mend ami earnestly request the leg? islative delegation for Sumter county t\Ke this matter up at once, and if there be irregularities, have; them corrected, Wc deem this of such im? portance that if necessary, a n-re'g latratlon be had of all the electors In e>ur county. .\ committee of the Sumter Bar Association has appeared before our body tend called our attention to the Insecure condition of some of the rec? ord books in tiie clerk s office, in that they ale so (dd that the binding will not hold, the books referred to have a great many loose- leaves in same, and to avoid the danger of some of these leaves getting lost or misplaced, ask us to recommend that the coun? ty board with the assistance of a committee from the liar Association. have these records rccopied or re? bound when necessary. Our atten tlon was also called to the condition of an Index in the Judge of Probate's oftlCC, Which should be re-copied. Ill view ol these facts, ami in order tc secure our public records, we recom? mend that the I.ks referred to in the offices of Clerk of Courl and Judge of Probate, be ordered copied by tin- County Hoard ot Commission? ers, or rebound, it necessary, with the assistance of a committee from said Par Association, Yout grand lury llnds it almost im po slide to -et some nf the magis? trates to pa\ attention to its recom? mendations, We lltul that some of them bind over witnesses who are Im? material, and Know nothing whatever ?bout the facts Of eases in which they appe.ir a- witnesses, and again we timi that the) tail to bind over lot eoiu t witnesses who aie material. This negligence on the part nf the magistrate cause's ilclnj in our exam? ination ot the vai'lotlH bills handed fo (7/ US, BS Well BS being i Sound ''?f useless expenditure of money. We do not desire to censure all of the magistrates, for some do their duty Well. bui We hope that those who have been negligent In this matter will take due notice, and govern them selves accordingly. Your gram! jury has heretofore made various and sundry recommend? ations In reference to the county jail, none of which, we are informed) have been carried out?for what rea? son we are not Informed. Your grand jury considers it to be their duty to again call the court's attention to the condition of said jail, a committee of our body visited this institution and found that the same was as well kept as possible in view of the equipment at hand. There Is n<> provision for the prisoners to bathe, except In an ordinary wash tub, we recommend that facilities he furnished the jail for bathing purposes, if it becomes nec? essary to build an ordinary shower bath In the yard. The screens in the windows and doors of the building are broken out, thereby allowing the free distribution of Hies from this place. We recommend that new screens be placed in at once; also re? pairs to a steel plate in the floor, and replacing brick in rear. It should be unnecessary for your grand jury to call the county board's 'attention to these, what we think, are necessary repairs; for a visit to this institution by them will, at a glance, show the necessity for these repairs. And we recommend that the county hoard spend so much of the county fund for ordinary purposes, as is nec? essary to put the present institution In good repair. Our grand jury at a previous term recommended the sale of the old jail, and that a new . one be built or additions built to present building. We arc in? formell that the county board in their endeavor to carry out this re? commendation secured plans and spe? cifications for the re-modeling of the old Jail, converting the residence por? tion thereof Into cells, and the build? ing of a cottage adjoining the jail for the home of the jailor. After securing the plans and spe? cifications, they asked the county le? gislative delegation to meet with them and to devise ways and means by which our recommendation could he carried out. The cost of these repair* (according to plans and specifications was approximately twelve thousand dollars?And the heard of QOUnty com? missioners requested the legislative de? legation to have a law passed provid? ing for this expenditure. This the legislature failed to do, and the county hoard Is without au? thority to make these expensive chang? es in the jail. The supervisor assures us that all the repairs that can be made in the present condition of the jail [Will be made as soon as possible, but that the same cannot be made up to the standard as recommended by the grand Jury, until they are authorized so to do by legislative enactment. Thanking your honor^and the offi? cers of the Court for courtesies ex? tended, Respectfully submitted, b. f. est ridge, Foreman. -. State of South Carolina. County of Sumter?Court of Generals Sessions, in Re Report of Grand Jury?Order The Grand Jury having filed their report for this term of the court of General Sessions: It is ordered: That copies of said report be served upon tiie members of the Sumter County Delegation and upon the County Supervisor. it is further ordered: That the County Supervisor do show cause before this court upon : the first day of next ensuing term, why the previous recommendations of the Grand Jury have not been carried out in so far as they relate to the duties of the Coutny Hoard. Let Ji copy of this order he also served upon the Supervisor. GBO. W. GAGE, , Presiding Judge. Sumter , S. C, June 25th, 1913. H L. SCARBOROUGH, c. c. c. (ft g. r Ni;\VS PROM EGYPT. Crops show Marked Improvement in Last Two Weeks?Personal Men? tion. Egypt, June lt..?After u fine rain Monday evening the crops are doing well. Most oi the farmers are through plowing corn. The cotton ? top has come out wonderfully since the cold weather we had about two weeks ago Dr. C, 8. Hrltton, who has been ill loi so long, seems to continue in aboul the same condition. Measles have been going the rounds through this section f/oi several months, but cvorybod) seems to be getting over them Miss Lillian Hagot, of Tampa, Kla., is spending some time with bv' cot;., in. Miss Lota McLcod of this place. Miss Sadie White h.?s returned home lifter spending several weeks with relatives In Suintei und Pnxvllle. i ?-ri f ?rff -r i ' '?*"* " CLARENDON (ONVKT SHOT. Manning. June 26.?Bright Made, who was convicted <d murder ami rec? ommended to mercy at the last term of Clarendon county courl and who was sentenced t? hard labor for lit*', was shot and probably fatally wound? ed by one of the guards of the coun? ty chalngang this morning. Tin- shoot? ing occurred fh tin- Midway section, about 1- miles east of Manning. I? Is reported that the negro, while shackled started to walk off, and fad? ing to stop when ordered to halt, he Wfftfffjff ?he, btAjhj This is, the man Wh?> rut his wife's throat several months ago while she was in bei and reported to the neighbors thai she, had killed herself, but later confesses! that be bad door the deed himself. <>n the trial it appeared that he was rather weak minded and hence the jury in finding a verdict of guilty brought in a recommendation of mercy. A safe nnd sane Fourth of Julv is the next narcotic :.-heduled to make its appearance in the public print.?Greenville News. -N Take an Interest999999 Not only in whether you are going to * make more money next month or next year, but whether you are going to save more money. You "take a 4< interest" from us the day you deposit money here. Save something with us. The Peoples' Bank t?-?i THE SEASON FOR GOING AWAY. 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