The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 15, 1916, Image 4
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??OULlsRlXO COMPANY.
??MTEK. II &
Adnellisjsotsust
(State i*?t lUMTUua.?1.00
Mib?Hu?oi toasrtloa.10
fee ihr?? saontos, or
will Be aiaea at reduced rates,
kssioadous s'hJo* sub?
s' serve astvajs tatstsets wlU Bo charged
eat as edvortAassaeate.
aad tributes of
tar Wet*ib?s> was fouudv
I lad aad the Traa Southron in
Mtd. ties Watehaaen aad Southron
?aar aas las soiStaad elreulatioa and
at bota of taa old patera,
taa aast advertising*
s>eatually% the telephone and elec
trte light wires must be placed under?
ground lnNthe buslaesa section. If not,
throughout the city, and the time to [
do this work economic? 11 y |s before
permanent paving Is laid. This mat- j
ter should receive serious considers- j
t*oet la connection with the plans for
the street paving that la to bs done in
Hie near future. '
e e e
The wanton murder of Americans
By VlMa has again stirred up feeling
against Mexico and the Incident has
la It the beginning of a serious crisis.
If Garraasa has not the power to sup
Vilta^and other lawless bandit
aad guarantee a measure of
to foreignere who are traveling
la Mexico on peaceful missions, his
' right ts> recognition as the de facto
' reler of that conutry tests upon a
""Very shaky foundation. On the other !
hand, foreigners who undertake to j
travel la Mexico ere guilty of con-',
tributary negligence If they go into j
sections known to be under the con- ,
tref of bandit bands. Carransa j
cannot Justly bo held responsible for ,
outrages occurring In territories that,
he Bas not declared paotAed.
see
Oev. Manning's message to the leg?
islature Is not, a political manifesto
aad for this reason may seem strange
reading for those w no do not ex?
pect a governor to recommend con?
structive legislation. The message
o Utile as a programme for legislation
that It would be well for the general
assembly to adopt.as a whole.
m * e
A tea on th? gall >n?a mou'.h irn- (
port et ion ef ?tv?or wonui be the beet |
straw to tfcnp* who believe tu probtni
U ?e for other people only.
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The property assessment and taxa- |
tie* avoid* n< that Is worrying South
is wtii Dover he pur. ea the way
of a fair and <mtlafut tcr solution un?
til the constitutional tin* <-mill school
taa l? rei>eals l i I the ipport of tbo ,
schools placed oa same basts as the 1
other departments of the government.
If all classes of property were assess?
ed at full market value the school
taa would amount to more than the
for all purposes no?v aggregate,
this would be a burd< n too great
to bs B?rne, In addition to tbe neces
taxee for other pui poses. Any
In the tax law that does not
take Into consideration the three-mill
school tax and provide for a consti?
tutional a.nendment for Its repeal is
futile and unreasonable. The three
mill school tax Is the obstacle that!
blocks tax reform and honest as-'
seasments.
Services at Baker ftchoot.
v
Rev. Curtis, of Bishvpvlllc, will
preach at Baker school Sunday after?
noon at 3:30 o'clock.
MISNOt RIANS LH A I) HACK.
Leading CsndklatCH for Judge
tm Heat from Same State
Washington. Jan. 13.?Judge W. W.
Graves of the Missouri 8' ate Supreme
Court, and Frederick W. Lehmann, of
St. Louis, are the leading candidates*
for appointment to Justice Lamar's
it In tbe Supreme Court.
The game warden of Orangeburg
county collected $1.540 from hunt?
ers* licenses from July to December
31st.
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aX'MTEK COTTON sTARKJDT.
Dally by Basest Field, Got
taw Bayer.
o??nd Middling 13 1-8.
Strict Middling 11 7-8.
Middling 11 l-S.
Strict Low Middling 11 1-3.
Low Middling 10 5-9.
Staple cotton 13 to 16<.
WfcW YORK COTTON MARK KT.
Yost'dys
< ?l?**n I fish lrf?n Cto*e (lose
Jan. . .13.33 13.33 IS.II 13.30 12.32
Mch . .11.31 13.3t 13.4H 12 43 11.14
Mty . .11.11 11.11 12.(9 13.69 12.73
1 ,!y .11.33 12.33 12.13 11.31 12.91
Oft. ..13.70 gl.70 ll.r.O 12.30 18.63
ADMIRAL STANFORD KKICS ITS
VSK AT PRESENT.
Chief of Bureau of Docks Thinks It
sin? uhi ho Kepi as Headquarters for
Torpedo Boat Destroyers.
Washington, Jan. 1?.?Tho estab?
lishment of another largo navy dry
dock In Southern waters to relieve
the congestion which would obtain at
the existing big docks In "tlmo of
trouble," and the continued main?
tenance of the Charleston, (S. C.)>
navy yard, as well as all other exist?
ing yards, wero udvocatcd today by
Rear Admiral Stanford, chief of the
I bureau of yards and docks, at the
hearing of the house* naval committee
on the yards and dockSj section of the
annual naval appropriation bill.
Admiral Stanford told tho commit?
tee that he regarded Guantanamo,
Cuba, and Prnsacola, Fla., in the
order named att the best locations for
a dry dock south of Cape Hattcras,
sufficiently large to accommodate' the
largest dreadnought. The admiral
said that tho largest dry dock south
of Norfolk is at New Orleans and
that the basin there, is bing enough to
accommodate ships of only 16,000
tons, whereas the newest dread?
noughts are of 3 2,000-tonnage.
Representative Calloway of Texas
asked Admiral Stanford if the Char?
leston yard was necessary.
"The Charleston yard," replied the
admiral, "has been substantially de?
veloped with excellent dry docks and
with* certain water front facilities for
handling of several smaller naval ves
sels. Its use also relieves other yards
now congested."
"Do you think It should be main?
tained just for the use of smaller
craft?"
Yes, I think so. It Is the base for
torpedo boat destroyers on the At?
lantic coast. Its mechanical equip?
ment Is peculiarly fitted for the kind
of work done there. There ia un?
doubtedly an advantage In having tho
kind or work that is done there on the
smaller graft."
CAMPAIGN FOR ARMAMENT.
President to Put Question of National
Defcneo Before People.
Washington, Jan. 10.?President
Wilson possibly will put the question
of national defense before the country
In a series of speeches as one means
of r^tttnr fnO necessary leirbOstlon
l iiron .h i-'.ri.'t* ? ^
Th? president i day received sever?
al Ii vlt it ions to i >?nk at banquets or
meetings here, ir Baltimore and \<
York within the next month, and oth?
er Invitations are known to be com?
ing. As soon as the submarine con?
troversy Is entirely cleared up the
president intends to devote his whole
attention to getting the national de?
fense plans through congress.
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News mid Views of PJsgah.
Plsgah, Jan. 11.?The cold wave
struck us last Saturday with a blow
right. Such changes, so sudden,
makes sickness. Notwithstanding the
changes of weather our section is
healthy with :he exception of rheu?
matism and co ds.
The small grain crop is beginning
to grow. A large quantity of grain is
sowed and It will come' In all right.
Those that planted wheat a year ago
can now see in the high price of flour t
how wise they were, for now they
can eat their flour without feeling the J
price. /
Some cotton Is being held here for
better prices.
Rev. Mr. Roton, tho now pastor of
Pisgulv church, commenced his work
Sunday morning. He preached a very j
thoughtful sermon from tho words.
"Roll the stone away." Immediately
after the Lord's Supper was cele?
brated. Rev. J. W. Kcnpey assisted
the pastor. Mr. Roton was accom?
panied by his wife and both made
very favorable Impressions upon the ;
people here.
Charles Henry Peebles of the Egypt
section was here Sunday. It is plain
to be seen what the attraction is.
MIhs Mignon llreedlone, who si*one
of tho teachers of the Smlthvllle
School, attended church Sunday at
Pingnhi and her many friends aro al?
ways glad to ; -e her bright lace.
The New Year came in as quiet as
Christmas was. With no cusuultlc
I that 1 know of.
Work has commenced on some of
'the farm* A big effort is being made
to cut guano down) a large quantity
of home ruisVd marutre will be used
on many* farms und this will tell on
the crone, If all would do that, we
would soon get to the top, S<? much
guano Is like the pot fit' gold at the
foot of the rainbow, no! to be found.
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The legislature meets today. Now
let them cut <?ut lha mllon-a-month,
law, if they have the backbone to do
so, then we v III have a dry St;it", ac?
cording to the- wishes of the people, a ?*
expressed Inst September.
The political meeting in Went \V,i
teree on January 1st was largely at?
tended. Bleeps and McLourln Spoke.
THE C011Y IKSitittS:
OLIPUANT TOLLS OF CONDITION}
IN PKNAL ANI> CHARITABLE
ORGANIZATIONS.
State Board mi OiuiitUs und Corns -
tioiiH Makes Report to Legislature
on IiiHiKvtions of Institutions in
Twenty-seven Counties.
Columbia, Jan. 12.?The first annual
report of the* State Board of Charities
and Corrections to the general assem?
bly contains abstracts of detailed re?
ports mado to the board by its two
secretaries' on their inspections of
Jails, alms hous<"s and chaingang
camps in 27 counties. These abstracts
from the detailed reports of Inspec?
tions tell how the paupers, prisoner:
and convicts were being housed, fed,
clothed, and cared for on the daye
when the" institutions wore-'visited by
one of the board's agents. The boar l
says* that conditions in any institution
may have changed since it was in?
spected, but that the abstracts from
the detailed reports are intended to
picture conditions found on the day of
the visit.
The secretary and assistant secre?
tary of the State Board of Chanties
and* Corrections are continuing their
vlsitorial work.
The reports of the State Board of
Charities and Corrections on public
penal and charitable institutions ir
Sumter county are reprinted below:
Sumter County Jail.
Jailer, D. W. Owens, Visited August
I>1S.
The Jail 's a two-story brick build?
ing erected 18 or 20 years ago. Ther$
are 12 cells in the Jail, four for white
males and white females, four for ne?
gro males and four for negro fe
males. The average daily number of
prisoners is 21.1. The maximum
known number of prisoners in jail at
one time was 46. Only two of the
four cells for white males und females
contain sleeping equipment. In otiey
of these cells there is a cot in bad re?
pair and in the other a double bed
without springs. The cells occupied
by the male and female negro prison?
er* are equipped /With canvas ham?
mocks. Four hammocks can be slung
in each of the cells in the negro Je-/
partment. Blankets are the only bed
clothing used for negroes. Mt.i
tressea are provided for white prison?
ers. Both the wh^tc and negro quar?
ters aro very poorly ventilated, espe?
cially the fonmer.
Prisoners wear their own clothing
whllo in Jill. #hen *his rets ??too
black," the Jailer buys ovejjjjils v ? ,
ahirta for them. Slues the Ft rat of t)
year about 4s or has be . bpcmi
[or clothing tor prisoners.
When negro prisoners arc gj?k thai
are given a* cell to themselves in tin
negro department. White 'prisoners
who are ill arc put out in the corridor
between the cells in the white depart?
ment. If a city prisoner in the county
Jail becomes very 111 his sentence IB
suspended. On occasion, county pris?
oners who are very ill may be sent to
the hospital in Sumter.
The prisoners' food is prepared by a
hired negro woman cook. The dieting
fee is 40 cents a day a pr'soncr. On
the day of the visit, the prisoners'
menu was:
Breakfast: Fried bacon, hominy
and cornbread.
Dinner: Boiled bacon, Irish pota?
toes and cornbread.?
Supper: None served. "
In throe of the four cells used by
white prisoners there are sheet iron
lavatories and flush toilets. There is
an enameled bath tub in the fourth
cell. Tho enamel surface is rough
making it hard to keep clean. There
is a flush toilet and ? lavatory at the
end of the corridors between the cells
used for negro males and females. In
addition there is a shower bath par?
tially enclosed by metal sheets in the
corridor outside of the cells for ne?
gro men, and a shower bath enclosed
by metal sheets inside of one of the
four cells used for negro females.
The races are adequately separated)
and separate cells are provided for
males and females but these cells arc
in the same room. For punishment
prisoners are confined alone in cells
which deprives them of the use of
the corridors between the colls, llc
llgious services are held in the jail
every Sunday by various individuals
and the Bpworth league or the Chris?
tian Endeavor Society.
Negro women serving sentences arc
required to wash the clothing of tin
other prisoners. Negro males and fe?
males are required to clean their re?
spective cells. A young negro boy
serving a sentence runs errands for
the jailer and does odd jobs.
A new jail should be built In this
county at once.
Sumter County Cluiinyan?.
Foreman: J, H. Holland. Visited
August 4, 1015. Camp located 10
'miles from Bumter on Pocalla-Man
ning road. Convicts working Pocalln
Manning road,
Convicts sleep >n two Iron "cages,"
ihe ?maller H f?M>t long by 8 feet with
i>y ?; feet high, and the larger 18 fee
long by x feet wide and i" feel high
in the smaller "cage" the convict
I sleep <?n the floor end *?n 1 raise*
platform on both of which arc laid
pallets made of thin cotton pads and
blankets. In the larger "cage" the
convicts sleep in 18 bunks equipp?
with cotton pad KlRttrQ&lOfl
blankets. ' ^f^EeHM
Convict population day of visit: Ne?
gro men, 28.
Convicts* menu day of visit:
Breakfast: Fried bacon, hominy
and cornbread.
Dinner: Boiled bacon, beam; aal
cornbread.
Supper: Cornbread and molasses.
(During January and March, 10,15,
the county physician gave salvarsan
to several syphiletic convicts oh tho
county chaingang.)
Sumtcr County Almshouse.
Matron, Mrs. B. D. Mitchell. Visit?
ed August 4, 1915. Almshouse locat?
ed about one and a-half miles from
Sumter on the Bishopville road.
There are about 46 acres in the
almshouse farm. The white inmate I
i
live in six one-room frame cottager.
The negro inmates occupy two one
room and one two-room frame cot?
tages.
! Whites: Men, 3; boys, 0; women,
Srgirls, 1?Total 9.
Negroes: Men, 1; boys, 0; women,
2; girls, 2?Total 8.
Feeble-minded: White men, J;
r white women, 1; negro men, 1; negro
women, 2?Total 5.
Idiot or epileptic; White girls, I.
The employed force at the alms
house consists of the matron, a coo'c
and a farm laborer.
Paupers* menu day of visit:
Breakfast: Fried bacon, hominy,
biscuits, cornbread, coffee, tea, milk,
Dinner: Boiled bacon, okra, pea;,
cabbage, biscuit, coffee, tea, milk.
Supper: None served.
The almshouse grounds were well '
tended on the day of th'e visit. HlgS
board fences separate the white in?
mates quarters from those of tiie ne?
groes and afford privacy to both. V
building la set apart f<>r use as a chap- I
ei. It contains an organ and bench
cs. Religious services arc held reg- !
ularly.
Clarendon Roods t.'ootl.
The roads of the county are in bet?
ter condition now than 4hcy have
been in sometime. Supervisor Davis
has been doing excellent work ever I
since he has been in oflle'o, regardless
of a few knockers, and the fruits of
his labors are showing to great advan?
tage now.?Manning Times.
El Paso, Jan. 13.?Victoriano ilucr
ta, the former Mexican dictator, i ;
slaking rapidly tin* oiofnlnjb Attend
ing physicians, his death is oiri
matter of a Jew h? urs.
WANTED AT on CT'-?To gel
communication with party owning .
saw mill In position to cut long and :
short leaf pine, and make quick
shipments. Please state in reply
whether in position to plane same.
Address "Lumber, \ care Watchman
and Southron, Sumter, S. C.
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Geo. H. Hurst,
Undertaker ni EtUjtw.
Prompt Attention to G?t "'
Nlsht CalU
AT i. n. Cralf otd $1?mt. S. ???n
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The Peoples Bank.
4 Per C?nt. on Savings 5 Per Cent on Time Certificate
ANNOUNCEMENT
L IIMil 1 L II
Iii MM
A New Enterprise
SuGCiseot to J. R. Weatherly, "The Apple Man"
, 39 N. Main Street
Dealers In
Fruit, Vegetables, Poultry, Eggs, Butter and Coun?
try Produce of all Kinds; and Staple and Fancy
Groceries in Original Packages.
We will buy and sell Country Produce of all
descriptions in any quantity and it is our purpose
to develop a regular and reliable market for coun?
try produce, poultry, eggs, butter etc. With the
connections that we have made we have an outlet
for country produce and will ship all that the lo?
cal-market does not us \ JVe are therefore pre?
pared to buy all the produce, poultry, etc. that is
offered.
We have already built up a substantial busi?
ness in S?inter, Ee? and Ckirendcm Counties and
we wish lo th in!; all our customers for theiiberal
paironage Heretofore given us, and to inform them
that we now offer them a regular market for their
Country Produce, Poultry etc.
Yours for business.
The
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Opens Saturday, Jan. 15th, 830 A.M.
Eatire stock will be sold in 15 da vs.
The only sale ever held without reserve or
qualifications. Gail for our two page circulars.
39 S. Medr\ St.
Svimter. S. C