The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 30, 1913, Image 4
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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.
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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.
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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
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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,
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220 Broad St. Sumter, S. C. m
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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.
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Formerly the S. C. C. I. of Edgefield, S. C.
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Electric lights. Hut and cold water in
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If you want to place your son in a
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and w here he will be taught habits of
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Here each cadet is under the close per?
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teachers from the time he reaches the
school until he leaves tor his home.
Tor Catalog and other information,
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