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PmMlatMMl Wcslnes?ay and Saiurdsy. ?BT? O?TKKN Pl'HLIHHlNU COMPANY. SUMTER, 8. a Terms: 11.10 per annum?In advance. advertisements: Om Square Brat Inaertton.li.OO ?very subsequent Inaertloa.50 Contraria for three months, or leagar will be made at reduced rates. ?11 communications a hieb sub? serve privat? interests will be charted lor aa advertlsemsnts. Obituaries and tributes of respect anil aa charged for. The shunter Watchman was fouud si In litt and the Trus Southron In lift. The Watchman end Southron Saw has the combined circulation and natu tare of both of ths old papers, aad Is sea a! feet ty the best advertising Basil si in Sumter. SMITH AND IIAKKKLLISM. The reports of the Haskell conven? tion held in 1890, printed in the news? papers at the time, named Iv D. Smith an one of the delegates from Sumter county. Mr. Smith stated six >ears ago that he was not a delegate to the convention, did not attend the convention c\en as a spec tutor and that, at the hour the convention was In session, was in St. George's, hav? ing psassd through Columbia |thut dsy on his way to St. Georges. This statement nhould have disposed of the matter Anally and did dispose of It Insofar as ail fair and non-partisan people were concerned; but now comes Cole I. hlease and renews the charge in the hope of reviving a long dead prejudice to the injury of Sena? tor Smith. Many of the men who attended the Haskell convention uro dead and cannot be called upon to * ?bst ".matte t'enator Smith's assertCn that he was not a memb? ?? of the convention, but, perhaps, the survivors may be able to state poa lively that Mr. Smith was not a member of the delegation from nter county. The list of delegates n Sumter Countv. which Uov. ase quotes from the tiles of the es and Courier. Columbiu Regis? ter gg*i Baggier Watchman und thron is as follows: Sumter?K. D. Smith. A. Smith. \ Singleton. A. O. Owen. W. T. on. Itenr> Spann. Knglish I ?ea mps, J. D. Hlundlng, A. F. Cau J. W. Rhame. S. W. Wilson. E. Darby. W. T. Ay cock. M. C. esh. It. W. Owens, John Singleton, M. Cool er. L C. Mills." .'hat uo th* survivors of the del tlon aay ubout it? isofar as the Watchman and thron is cum fined that paper had no representative in the Haskell convention, either as a delegate or as reporter, und the report of the ton v? nilon which Gov. niease quotes with ?o much gusto in his e.Tort to crsate the impression that Mr. Smith alien led the convention and later de? nied doing no. was reproduced from either the News and Courier or the Columbia Register. The mistake was made b\ the men who reported the convention for the Columbia und irleston newspapers, and the fact tnai the report wan reproduced In the Watchuisn and Southron adds nothing to the strength of the charge that Ilm. Hie ase makes against Senu f< - Smith, which charge Mr. Smith uays la absolutely false and that its repetition la done maliciously with a full knowledge of its falsity. Knroll In the [>emoeratlc club of your precinct. The time In short, see I Bear In mind that the rules require that each Heim.? PM write his full name In the roil book of his club J T. John T. or J Thomas Smith will not conform to the rule if yoUf name happens to be John Thomas Smith. see Remember that If yaSJf name is not correctly entered in the roll book of your pre? met ? lu'? rag cannot vote in the primary see Remember ubfi ?riat every v bite 1 M ino, r 11 vv In- In -? 0. en i i mh nt of thf> state twi. rears j??oi I he eeuaty sir months is eligible to vote in the primary No man Is debarred all thai is re.pnsite la to i nroll in tin In mo. r.itu club of the dlsiri? I in which he resides. see The first week of tbe campaign clearly developed tbe fet that Man? ning and Richards are the two lead? ing candidates for governor. with Cllnksralcs. C A Smith ami M I. Smith next In order. Rich.ids |g th. Id, . , mdid.ite ami the word has been passed to ill the fail hi ul of that fa'tlon In line up solidly in his sup? port, but there m much doubt of Ins ahilitv to poll I map.rltv of the vote that Ricas?' has heretofore received, for all the other candidates hav. ftleml sumong the I.base faction who ?dl m i vote for Richards merely bc 1 luse he has been named as the ttleaae canddlate b\ a caucus of the friends of Klcay. Klchanls max W9i itt the set inil prlHMfy because lit' in tht* labeled Please candidate and since Um others who announce that the\ aro Pleases men are not men of much force, hut there in no cer? tainty of this. The vecond race may be between any two of the live lead? ing candidates. ? * ? Kditor Grist, of the Yorkvillc Kn uuirer. well known to be a friend of ?iov. Kleugv. was In Columbia on business tin- day that the I'dea-r caucus was held and happened to go into the Supreme Court room, where the caucus was held, about the time the caucus assembled. He was seen by the newspaper reporters and his name was mentioned among others who participated in the caucus. Mr. Grist comes out in hk< paper with an emphatic denial of the statement that ho participated in the Hlease caucus. The coincidence is striking when taken in connection with the charge made by Go v. Hlease that Senator *mith was a member of the Haskell convention la lSiit). Senator Smith says that he merely happened to pass through Columbia on his way to St. George on the day of the Haskell convention and does not know how his name came to be included in the list of delegates to the convention. Mr. Gristft happened to be in Colum laa ami happened to go Into the Su? preme Court room about the time the Hlease caucus was held, but he says he had nothing to do with the cau? cus. Sem 'or Smith and Mr. Grist i are both entitled to full credit for their statements, for they know better than anybody else where they were and what they were doing on certain specified dates. i i i "Who signed the petition for the pardon of Portland Neil; who mys? teriously escaped through the side door of Gov. I 'lease's pi.'vate office while ? I'nlted St?ter* marshal wait-! ed In the front office with u. ?ar? rant for his arrest?" That is one of Iwing Jennings' questions that Gov. Hlease has not answered. It is prob? ably one of the pardons that the pen-i pie don't like and can't help, as Gov. Hlease defiantly expresses it. By Wireless. Hong before that wonderful scien? tific triumph, the transmission of messages without the use of wires, another wireless method of carrying news was recognized. Though notable chiefly for its in acuraey us contraste with the actuul method of wireless communication It has al:#o always been famous for the mysterious speed with which it trav? els. The name of this wireless messen? ger is Humor?sometimes called Gos? sip. It was even personitled by the old Kornaus many centuries ago, into a goddess, so sure were they that Humor traveled too fust for human agency. Now In the olden days there was some excuse for the blind faith that was put in rumor because it was the only way people could get news; but surely there should be no excuse for It today. The printing press, the telephone, the telegraph and the ad? vance of science even, make accu? racy and truth so easily attainable by all that no one should depend OH bile or malicious tales for their in? formation concerning anything. For instance, why should anyone believe such tales as have been circulated from time to time by the Ignorant, the malicious, the envious, or the credulous regarding the purity and wholesomeness of that delicious ? ?e . rage. ( oca-Cola. Scientillc investigation has disprov? ed these stories one by one as they have appeared; yet some persons clln? perversely, either in ignorance or from downright maliciousness, to some of the fanciful rumors The Coca-Coin Company has issued much literature, not just of unsup? ported claims but pfOYlag by the words and testimony of some of the greatest scientists in the world, that ?'o< a-Cola not only is pure ami whole? some hut that every single one Ol inane rumors to the contrary is ab? solutely false. It has been proved by scientillc test 4 i.id experiments mad* b\ such nu n as Doctors S< hinhh berg, llol llngworth, II. C. Wood Jr.. ami others ? tilt the mfteine In Coca-Cole ami In tea, coffee, cocoa, etc . instead of being harmful as claimed by "Hu? mor. " is positively henehcial It is hiuh time that we prove our advance o\ c i the old Kornaus ami the credulous Of ancient times hy eh sing our tars to rumor and boslns our Judgment on lac|M.--Ad\ t. Winthrop Daughter* (.He Concert. The Sumter < hinter of Winthrop Duughters will give ? concert at Bethel school house. Privativer? on Friday evening^ June if, at I lock. The price of gdmlafdon f??t adults Will he L'.'.e; for children lie The ladles of the Bethel School Im? provement Association Will sell ice cream. cake and lemonade before ami after the per for ma nee, 1*> m i t i t o i . i, i ?: i t (.i;m;k\I) ,iom;s. An Ollieln! WIM IIa* Administered Iiis OfftCO lllielenily ini?l IVurlcss ly Asks for Itc-olootion. - I am impelled to make the race for re-election to the office of comptroller I general because of my continued in? terest in the tight for tax reform, and honest and economical expenditures of public moneys. 1 say economical, because tho legislature must leave a great deal to the discretion of public officers, and a close scrutiny of their accounts is necessary to discover any wasteful extravagances which may creep into the handling of the public funds. In many instances, it is easier to spend money which comes from the pockets of others, than from your own individual exertions. When thej legislature has placed an expense fund at the disposal of an oflicer the expenses are apt to be larger than if they had to be paid out of his salary. For these reasons, it is necessary to have a comptroller general who will1 look into and check over or audit the' accounts of public officials, * and call attention to any expenditures which do not come within the plain mean? ing of the legislative appropriation. Of course the people could hold an OfBcef directly responsible who ex? travagantly expends the money which they place at his disposal. If they discover that it has been so expended they can show their disapproval by refusing to continue him in office, but it is like locking the stable door after | the horse is gone, for the money has been expended, and in the majority of cases, there would be no chance to get it back Into the State treasury, as it would cost almost as much as it is worth, in the expense of litigation, to i recover it. This is what I mean when I say that publie otliee is a public trust, and if trustees were never held to an ac? counting for the moneys passing through their hands, their position would certainly he delightful. It reminds me of the old story of the fathei ,?'ho, seeing death ap? proach, sent for his son and told him he had made his will, leaving him all of his estate and appointing a lawyer friend executor to manage it for him, and asking if he had any suggestions to make as to changes; the son promptly r? plied: "Only one, leave your money to your lawyer, and make me executor." If the accounts of trustees are not scrutinized and examined closely and; continuously, he moneys in their hands arc apt to be wasted, and the party in interest gets nothing but an . honorable mention. It has frequent* ly been told mo by public officials that it was unnecessary to inquire whether or not the expenditures made' by them were such as were authoriz-, ed by the legislature, as they would be accountable to the legislature when they came before it. It is certainly not a pleasure to have to criticize the accounts of brother' ofllcers, but it is a duty imposed up? on the oflice of comptroller general. , and is necessary to an economical con-; duct of public affairs, that public ac? counts be thoroughly checked and all, items unauthorized by law be point" eel out when bills are presented for payment, The publicity given public affairs by this scrutiny acts as a strong deterrent to extravagance and wasteful expenditures of public mon? eys. In this way alone, 1 am satisfied that thousands of dollars have In . n saved to the State during the time I have been entrusted with office of comptroller general. As a member of the Sinking Fund! Commlaslon, having charge of the ac < ulumutcd assets of the State and their use for the public benellt, 1 have endeavored to prevent the reck? less loaning of those assets, ;other than upon state bonds, so that the State property be cared for and pre? served in the most economical way. It was for this reason that 1 approved the policy of the State's insuring its own property and gradually accumu? lating a sufficient reserve fund to avoid the payment of future prem? iums until losses should occur rend? ering further premiums necessary. tin this item of State insurance during the time I have been comptrol? ler generali the State has saved and accumulated over 1100,000 in profits when carrying only from 10 per cent to SO per cent of the amount of insur? ance on State property. Under tin- Act of 1014, providing that the Sinking Fund insurance shall carry the entire Insurance mi State proper!) and reinsure 00 per cent thereof in responsible old line com? panies, the sinking Fund Commis? sion has lie en enabled to save more than IT.ooa mi (he Insurance now in force wlthoti any additional risk to that heretofore rallied by it The reinsurance ?f 00 per cent of the in? su ruble vaim of state property hero loforo <aiii? d by olhei companies on original polities, elft e led a saving cd' about p r renl Of the amount I aid for prci iiums on such insurance. It Is natural that a feu insurance agents, who. under the old system were recelvl is. this ;'??? per cent as I profll for themselves und their com panics, should ruiiiplulii of this policy, hut it is Inconceivable thai any well informed taxpayer, seeking the econ? omical ail ministration of public af? fairs, should object to it. If re-elected, I will continue my ef? forts for enforcement of the tax laws and the advocacy id* such re? forms its are neeesary to secure Un? equitable assessment of nil property lor taxation, and to prevent escape from taxation of the rich and well to-do. I mention this latter class, simply beeau?p it is harder for them to return tilOlr property for taxation at its true value, than for a poor man whose taxes do not amount to as many figures when it comes to pay? ment, While ji man might console himself at the size of his taxes by the thought that he has been blessed with more property on which to pay, he is apt to forget the amount of bene? fit and prosperity he has enjoyed be? cause of his objec tions to diminish? ing his accumulations in the slight? est degree. The question of tax reform is one of the most vital importance to the whole communlty( and when the peo? ple have become thoroughly awaken? ed to the Inequalities existing and the loss to the masses on account of them, they will demand that their repre? sentatives in the legislature lind a remedy for the existing evils. The failure to obtain these re? forms has been largely due to a lack of appreciation of the exemptions en? joyed by oth ts, and a false feeling that so long as the direct taxes are not increased they do not care how much more their neighbor escapes paying. We can never expect a perfect sys? tem of equality in taxation, hut the Inequalities now existing can be greatly reduced, and the public bur? dens more equitably distributed. Insofar as the voters have kept up with the conduct of public affairs of the State, as made known in the pub? lic press from time to time, they are acquainted with mv efforts along these lines, and during *he campaign I hope I shall have the opportunity of meet? ing the voters and explaining to them my views, and ascertain their's, and discussing with tin m matters relat? ing to the conduct of the comptrol? ler general's oltlce. If my efforts meet with their ap? proval ami they see tit to re-elect me to this office, I shall appreciate it; but if otherwise, I shall cheerfully sub? mit to their will and surrender the office with which 1 have been honor? ed and Which was entrusted to me. A. W. JONES. JAPAN AM) UNITED STATES. Tokio, June 21.?Japan and the United States have arranged to pub? lish simultaneously at Tokio and Washington this week the text of cor? respondence bear ng on the California Aptl-Alien Land Act, according to announcement here today. 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I was certainly in a dreadful state of health, when 1 finally decided to try Cardui, the woman's tonic, and I firmly believe I would have died if | hadn't taken it. After 1 began taking Cardui, I was greatly helped, and all three bottles re? lieved me entirely. I fattened up, and grew so much stronger in three months, I felt like an? other person altogether." Cardui is purely vegetable and gentle acting. It? ingredients have a mild, tonic effect, on .tie womanly constitution. Cardui makes for increased strength, improves the appetite, tones up *he ner? vous system, and helps to make pale, sallow cheeks, fresh and rosy. Cardui has helped more than a million weak women, during the past 50 years. It will surely do for you, what it has done for them. Try Cardui today. Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Lad??' Ad? visory Dept., Chattanoofa, Tenn., for Special Jn? structions on your case and 64-page book. "Horn? Treata>ent for Women." seat lo plain wrapper. J-tf Something; New to Be Thankful Tor. Bpartanburg Herald. There were those who sought to1 discourage entrance into the senator? ial race of other candidates than the governor and Senator Smith, but we never took that view of the situa? tion, believing the question as to who should run for office one not to he passed upon by any man or set of men, but rather left to all who might aspire. As a matter of fact, even with the little near-liar Incident thrown In, the only really interesting features of the meeting at St. Mathews yesterday were the speches made by Pollock and Jennings, ths new en? trants- into the race. They both made good in th?-ir opening speeches, saving something new to relieve the same old story of cotton by South and the same old frieed-of-the-poor man dope the governor has been handing out for years. There Is something refreshing In what these new men In the field have to say. They are showing originality and ability, and Mr. Pollock, in his center thrust at the governor's ap? pointment of Jim Bot 1111, as a member of Iiis staff, shows that he has studied the governor's own tactics to good effect. Let these new lights be thrown upon the situation. They will add to the gaiety of the campaign. PAIR WEATHER PROMISED. In Morida Thunderstorms Lxpoeted This Week. Washington, June 21.?Unsettled weather will prevail Monday over the northern districts east of the Rocky Mountains, the weather bureau pre? dicted tonight, probably continuing to Tuesday in the Middle Atlantic States and New England, with gener? ally fair weather following the re mander of the week. "Over the southern half of the country," the bulletin continued, "gen? erally fair weather will prevail throughout the week, except in Flor? ida, where occasional local thunder storms are probable. Furman Fitting School, Greenville, S. C. 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Curriculum affords s broad, llbecd and true edncat*on, imperially adapt d to the needs of cultured womanhood, t'olli'giatu Ktaoitanl; er trance upon 11 nog boots, C?b lete ol Liberal Art? and Science*, degrees at M. A , It A . It. K . It 1'id College <>l fmm Art* embraces am. Kxpresslon, Pbfuical t'uluire, business. Courses, and cue of the best Conservatory nl Mu?if in ill i i section. Twenty-two laatractarsi men and women <?f t i tmplary Christian character sp?? lat&u in their respective m Itools, I'or free copy of Catalogue un / Announcement r, i.aJret? REV. S. C. BYRD, D. D., President, GREENVILLE, S. C. oc