The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 24, 1914, Image 5
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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.
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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.
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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.
Foreign Minister Kato probably
will speak on the subject at the spe?
cial session of the Diet, which will
open tomorrow.
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And For Three Sommert Mrs. Vin?
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Pleasant Hill, N. C?"I suffered for
three summers," writes Mrs. Walter
Vincent, of this town, "and the third and
last time, was my worst.
1 had dreadful nervous headaches and
prostration, and was scarcely able to
walk about. Could not do any of my
housework.
1 also had dreadful pains in my back
and sides and when one of those weak,
sinking spells would come on me, 1
would have to give up and lie down,
until it wore off.
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."
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acting. It? ingredients have a mild, tonic
effect, on .tie womanly constitution.
Cardui makes for increased strength,
improves the appetite, tones up *he ner?
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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.
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