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? bt O?latcbman an^ *outbron. Pablkdicd Wednesday and Saturday. ?BY? 0S1 Et H PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTHK. 8, C. 1^ Terms: li.lt par annum?In advance. Advertisement*: One Square first Insertion.$1.00 ?very subsequent Insertion.60 Contracts for three months, or Isafer will be made at reduced ratea All communications which sub nerve private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect snil bo charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed In 1110 and the True Southron In lift. The Wstchmsn snd Southron now has the combined circulation snd Influence cf both of the old papers, and Is manifestly ths best advertising medium In Sumter. 1 i 1 ??"Bg The men-bant who expects to be benefited by the establishment of a tobacco market In Sumter should sub. ?rrtbe for a block of stock In the warehouse company, without which a tobacco market Is Impossible, o o o Mayor Grace, of Charleston, ha.* an eight column attack on Senator Tlllman In the last Issue of Common Sense. The occasion of the assault on the Senior Senator is his failure to take up the light on Congressman Whale), whose election, it is alleged by Mayfjf Ofac", was accomplished through fraud, corruption and brib ery. Mayor Grace sought to bed OOS Senator T.t'.nan to take the lead In forcing a i Investigation by congress of the coi.upt methods used in the Democratic primary by congressional candfdatee In the First district. Sen? ator Tlllman failed to force an investi? gation of the dirty mess in the Char? leston district and Mayor Grace Is exceeding wroth. There seems to be no doubt that the charges of corrup? tion In the congressional primary arc well founded, but this is not the first nor the second rotten primary eh tlon that has been pulled off in South Carolina, and It will not be the last, anlese there Is a radical change In the rules governing the primary. The point would probably be made in tin case of Mr. Whaley that there la no question of the legality of his elec? tion, for he had no opposition and received practically alt the ballots cast In tb-_ regular election, and that the primary wan strictly a party mat? ter and congress has nothing to do wr?** how lh< rty nomination was 11 lh< nf condition of! I In South Carolina ibly pass muster, an gsjf pt ople are so Indifferent or so be-mlred In political tilth that they prefer things to re? main as they arc to making mm ??? fort to purge the primary of Its cor? ruption If has been common talk that Whaley would most certalnl, have failed to win the nomination 11 the money of one of his opponents had not given out on the day of t h primary. What is needed is not so much a congressional Investigation and the unseating of Whaley, but u reformation of the primary system which puts a premium on fruud and aorrupthTi see Oov. HI ease recognises Gov. SuU er and extends sympathy?birds of a feather flock together. o a e That was a brave mob In Char? lotte Courage of a brutal sort and a hot lust f"t blood were required to storm a hospli il md drag a wounded wretch to hi < iSjglh sea Whll*? Co\ iMcasc wrangles with th* finance hoard over the trivial Is? sue as to who shall buffOli the mon? ey ami how it shall be borrowed to protect the credit of the State tin creditors of the State go unpaid and are without r? ? 11? < THI-: TOHACCO W\1U HOI n| . The ltd < ommittees mimed by President Motse of the Chamber of Commerce to solicit subscriptions to the capital sto? k of the proposed to haansj nrasotMMSM eosnfsany worked for a tew hours Tuesday morning and i.to.imed subH< riptions aggregating almost one-half of the proposed ( api tal stock of II,',,. The result oi this preliminary can VOSS was mite eneourasing. hut the amount subscrib? ed W?s not greater than antniapted for it is aiwa>s comparatively sasy to ohtam ssdascrtptloas lot the itrsi half, or even two-thir I* of the stock of any ' orporation of a quasi public nature, ami ditii* ult> is encountered In securing the last bah There should he. hoWe\?r. no great dlflh'Ult) In plaelna all th?? sto? k nl the lo? hne warebous,-, sirce it an ? w>> pi gsj that wii be of the great *t b? to tit tit the entire community e . pe?daily the merchants. en. h o| Whom will share in the increased rash i'a M that a law ?? ' o mal ket I n ates in th soniuo r befoff the fOtlon seas..-. dm if every merchant ami html* fjsssj man will *wmm ring for ntoci Is proportion to his business, the tobac? co warehouse stuck will all be plac? ed without any firm or individual having to take a large block. The big merchants should subscribe fo." proportionabiy larger blocks of etock than tie small merchants, for tin re aeon that they will naturally re? ceive greater benefits from the estab? lishment of the tobacco market, and mould bt willing to bear their just share of the initial cost of a public enterprise of this nature. THE ELECTION mi inn i The dispensary situation in Sumtcr ce.unty la all in a muddle. On the thee of the unofficial returns the pro- I hlbltknlSJtl won by a majority of twelve votes, nn the face Of the of? ficial returns as originally tabulated by the commissioners of election, al? ter certain ballots had been thrown out on account of palpable irregulari? ties, the prohibitionists won by a ma? jority of two \otes. The result, as Officially declared by the commission? ers of election, after a number of Dallots had been declared irregular and Illegal, on the Strength of affi? davit! and rulings based on tech? nicalities, gave tin- Victory to the dis I ensary by a majority of four VOtea By this process of elimination the dispensary was given possession of the tiehl of battle by a narrow mar? cin very narrow, but sufficient to | serve the purpose and re-establish j tlte dispensary, if It can be made to hohl. The prohibition forces won the; Brat skirmish in that they ladled a majority of the hallo's actually cast ' In the election, thereby demonstrat? ing that popular sentiment is an? tagonistic to the dispensary. The dklpei sary faction came out victorious 'n 'he second engagement, having, b) the adroit use of technicalities, ap? parently overcome the popular ver? dict, and holds an official title to the election. As possession is generally conceded to he nine points in law, the dispensary faction now hau a decided advantage over the prohibitionists. The claims of the dispensaryites an buttressed and bulwarked by the de? cision of the commissioners of eloc tlon and they are entrenched in a strong position, created for them by a legally constituted hoard that Is supposed to he impartial and un? I biased in Its opinions and rullnga For j the prohibitionists to overcome the advantage that the dispensaryites' now have it will be necessary for them t.. prove to the state Board of Can-1 vassers that the decision of the coun? ty commissioners of election was not in accordance with the facts nor warranted by law. For the pro? hibitionists to win the legal battle the State Hoard of Canvassers must com? pletely reverse the Unding! 0l the commissioners and by BO doing set its] stamp of disapproval on the entire proceeding! <?f the commissioners of election. The State Board must de? clare in uneQttlVOOal terms that the commissioners of election disregard* Sd fact! and misinterpreted the law in order to revise the returns of the managen of election and make pos? sible the wiping out of the prohibition majority and the creation of an ap? parent majority for the dispensary. It is needless to say that his is an achievement that is difficult of at? tainment. That tin- dispensary lead ers were cognizant of the fact that the declaration "f the election in their favor by the commissioner- of elec ? tion would be their strongest card was evident from the- very Inception of the legal battle which they waged with technicalities as their sole am munition. They won their point ami the commissioner! of election deolar ed the- election, not on the faCC ed the returns of the managers, but on the returns as revised by the com? mlssioners of election. The- dispen? sary leaders ami their attorneys won a victory but it is a technical ami tactual Victory and a great many of the- DOOple ed' Slimier COUnty, both dlspssMBwy and sntls, will be hard t<> convince that tin- ruling ol the com? misMiooers ot election is a true- and complete index of the popular senti? ment of the people. Suintcr county mnv have dispenaarte! for the neal four years, but the institution will be more unpopular with the- rank ami file ed" the people than ever before. Those who would have- gracefully and cheerfully bowed to the- will of the people, had their been a ?hau cut ami umtucsetloned majority In i t vor e?r the re-establlshmenl of th< dispensary, do not now and will not accept as Una I the verdlcl rendered by the- commissioners of eletlon. II the- state- Hoard of Canvassers refuse* to revleu and revise the- flndlni of the commissioners of election, tin courts will lie asked to pass upon the Issue :ene| de-cpie whether tin dec la ration of the elec tion was in accord are r w it h I In real will ol t he people IS expressed at the- polls ;iml UCCOI'd Ina to the i.ew or in violation ot both las aad preeedent Therefore a Ions drawn out fight In tin- courts is :n prospect the result of which, be it what it mayi cannot be productive id good. Tin method* and procedure .. tin com in Im ioneri ol enaction are op ?? to ? litt- Ism m several particular' '?Hi the net most criticised was the admission and acceptance of adi davlts in respel to how certain per? sona voted, notwithstanding that thi nun named in the affidavits swore t Imt they did not vote as the mak ers of the affidavits alleged, Ti.is was a conflict of testimony and cither wit? ness could be accepted, but the weight of evidence is In, favor of the man wlio.se vote was questioned, for it must be admitted tlu't the voter himself Is the best authority as to whether he \oted for or against tin dispensary. When testimony of this character is accepted it is possible to overthrow any election. THAW RETURNED TO JAIL. f ugitive Prom New York Scores Throe Times, staving Off Deporta? tion. Sherbrooke, Quo., Aug. 27.?Harry K. Thaw won three victories over the Xew Volk State authorities today and was locked tonight in the Sher? brooke jail, immune for the time be? ing from the Canadian immigration authorities, after having received an ovation from the townspeople of Sherbrooke that would have done honor to a prince of royal blood. So riotous was the scene In the su? perior court when at the morning ses? sion .Judge Arthur Qlobensky refused to allow counsel representing New York State to be party to the proceed? ings, that the court subsequently warned spectators that a repetition would mean jail sentences for the demonstranta The three points in Which Thaw's lawyers were successful in their lirst legal skirmish were: I 1. New York State was denied tho right to be ptfrty to the proceedings] in court 2, Counsel for the State failed in their efforts to have Thaw arraigned before 0 magistrate and th ? commit no tit on which he is heb quashed, This would have released him to the Immlgratlor officers. ::. Judge Qlobensky granted the! idea of Thaw's counsel for a discon? tinuance of the writ of habeas corpus which might have brought about his release today. This remedied a strategic blunder made last wick by Thaw s attorneys, who apparently did 1 not realize then that In seeking their client's release they were playing Into the opposition's bauds. LAD SERIOUSLY INJURED. Hugh Green Palls Thirty Peel from a Tree. Hugh Qreen, the little son of Mr. J W. A. (Ireeu, of YVisacky, who was Visiting tit the home <d" Mr. S. J. Blackwelli near Brick Church, was] seriously injured Wednesday by a fall from a tree. He fell about thirty! foet and sustained injuries of a ver> grave character about the head. The rasull Of the injuries cannot be deter? mined as yet, but it is hoped that he 1 will recover. His father was sum-1 moned Immediately and he is under the care of I >rs. X. Y. Alford and C. ES, Kitig, with a trained nurse in at? tendance. _ I I Miss Hrunson Entertains. MISS LUClle Drunson entertained yesterday afternoon at her home on Hai \ in street In honor of her friends, Misses Bdna Buyck ami Annie Prick? et! of St. Matthews. She was as- 1 I slsted by her sister, Mrs. P. Lee Peebles and Mrs. Julian Bradford. A delightful afternoon was enjoyed by the young folks. Miss Dorlta Moist, won the prise In the peanut ?ontest, a china bonbon dish, and Miss Virginia Chandler won the prise in the apple contest, a lovely box of candy. Ice cream and cake were served. Those present were: Misses fcSlisuhcth China, Virginia ''handler, Neil McKagcti, Dorlta Ddolse, Kva Chandler, Lillian Col man, Caroline Dick, and Misses Kdna lluyck and Annie I'rlckett of St. Mat! hews. NEW 1914 PRICES ON FORDS Runabouts.. $547.70 Tourings ... $597.70 Full line of Ford Parts and Casings and Tubes on [lainI. D. C. SHcAow SUM I I R, S. C. Phono M3. " Tom Jones"?Kx- JVnchor, Forty-right years old, gray, ihm, broken m purse and h 'filth, his father was one <>r the wealthy men ot Iiis day, owning a large iraci ?? i line land, where Is now one of the growing towns of the county. Like many another, "old" Mr. .Jones thought bis boy too good to work, that it was degrading. He so rear? ed him that the boy knew nothing of agriculture and war. made to fee that the farmer's life was grinding 'toll, almost abject slavery. Tom was a bright fellow und took a fine educa? tion at college. When he grad? uated he turned his lan k on the farm, selling his landed interests at u sacrifice, supposing it a good rhl dunce. Unlike some you and l know, rural life had no charms for him, too slow, too tough, .t<><> humdrum. He was going In for culture, refinement, not the necessities of life, its delicacies Ho never once suspected these were to bo had on the farm In a most substantial way. Yes, the substance and not the shadow. There are times when a fanner! must get down and "work like a nig? ger," while the salty erweut pour off. No one knew that latter, pos? sibly, than Tom Jones, but that wua inelegant ami therefore did not ap peal to him. lie had been brought up in a band box, a darling of fashion who would have bee n shocked at unkept hair 01 a sweaty appearance. Appearance was everything and he gave it much I thought. Tom embarked as a teach? er and for a time all went well, but after a time one misfortune follow? ed fast oil the' heels of another, until, broken in purse, his health gave way. fhen it was he went hack to look ;it the broad acres now owned by tin1 stranger. Our country needs educators on the farm as well as in the school room, it owes it great dcbl of grati? tude to such men as Mclver William? son, who with a diploma in his pock? et sunk to his farm ami did bring things to pass, it was only yester? day that a government agent ?ald, ' I have conducted many experiments, hut not otie begins to compare with Mr. Williamson's in fine results." lint to return to our subject, poor fellow; broken in health, he can no longer teach and, broken in purse, is quite dependent. How much bettor it might have !>een had he Invested brain, brawn and money in that farm. By vmy of parenthesis let me re-mark that nothing pays better em the farm than an Investment of brain. "Hagood." Elembert, 8. C, Aug. 25, 1913. "Walter W. Holmes, <?f Waterbury, ran for Treasurer on tin- late lament? ed Republican Stute? tiuket, but not oven that can subdue tin- buoyant optimism ed' his nature. "With Jack Johnson in France, Thaw in Canada and Itoosevclt going to South Amer? ica, this country begins te? h>ed< pretty good t<? mo," in- tells tin- Wa? terbury American.?Hartford Time s. A West Virginia man sled his wife dead ami killed himself in tin- pres? ence of four of the ir ,-;i\ children be? cause he hud heard reports against her character. Tin- people who .-pre ;..! tin- reports an- still alive.? Detroit Journal. Morphine HABIT ABSOLUTELY CURED IN SIX DAYS or Money Refunded. A New Dtscov ery. All correspondence should he aJdressed to Box 3U? stnnter, s. i .. or to Dr. G. F. Lee's Humane Sanitarium, 1 220 Broad St. Sumter, S. C. m r Teeth a nd Health A perfectly le urished body Is lm|MNudlHe , ,, mouth lull of decuyed tc ill. How Are Yours? Your health tells you ami it will not He.ISec Dr. Court? ney, and le-t him put you em the retail te? good health by Improving your teeth. Sumter Dental Parlors, Dr. C. M. Courtney. Clop Over Shaw & McCollum. A I* Questions ? ? ? There are no questions to ask about the banking way of financial dealings. Jt is unquestionably the only satisfactory way. If yon haven't a bank account, you have the chance of opening one with us today. The Peoples' Bank TOBACCO ? THE MONEY CROP. Tobacco For Sumter in 1014 We offer Cash Prizes for Best Crops of Tobacco, the crop, for the coming season. THE BANK OF SUMTER. TOBACCO ?THE MONEY CROP. M ?; ? t: 9 V >? 1 Bailey Military Institute Formerly the S. C. C. I. of Edgefield, S. C. A Christian military institution offering instruction in classical, scientific and com? mercial courses. Large new brick build ings. Modcrnly equipped. Steam heat. Electric lights. Hut and cold water in every room. If you want to place your son in a school where his health will be carefully looked after, his mind thoroughly trained and w here he will be taught habits of odedience, punctuality and industry, send him to our institution. Here each cadet is under the close per? sonal control and watchful care of the teachers from the time he reaches the school until he leaves tor his home. Tor Catalog and other information, address: Bailey Military Institute, firetwon, s. c. A STANDING INVITATION. You are always welcome at our store, either as a visitor or customer, or both. Our large and complete line of Ladies' Ready to Wear and General Outfitting will just fill your needs toa"T.M All we ask is that you come to see us often. The Ladies' Outfitting Go. J. D. Lernmon, Mgr. 17 S. Main St. Mr.. L. Atkinson, Milliner. Sumter, S, C. SHINGLES. LATHS. WOOD a,nd COAL \\.< have IImM.uckI* n km .in I'm ?< s. No Order Uk) Larirvoi loo Smalt. SUMTER RETAIL LUMBER CO., Phone 56 A. A. Howell Mgr.