Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fMBWAY TO OOiAJMBlA. Illty of * direct auto iwajr from' Sumter to Co? rny majority of eho have thoug jf ths mat far al i OL but that auch a highway hi 4 aeoetaUy hi not admitted, a direct hlfjawty from manner to Columbia weald he a great oonveaience to all th*aw ?ose of the eastern and south aaeaart eoaaAee of th< atate. since It weefid eaortea the trip to Columbia or aa? etsor petat west of the Wateree ttasr Ireea tl to II mi lee, bat still Is Is at A am abealute necessity, there bahag Hhir practicable, if longer, gejfaaa Tato being the situation it esnusfi- aa a poor mvsatment for Sum? se* eaieaty to aadertake to build and Vauaaata a highway through four attto* <*? gwasmp tc Oamer's ferry. It si letliaeaei that the ooet of a road that weald he safe at all times? above saga water la time of flood? wouid not be toes than $I0,M0. and Into estimate to probably It per cent, the smariL What the annual at sea let sna ace would be no one There would ha four or more la the swamp to ha kept Id ?wanlr aad after every flood there he repairs to be made to the All of this eapeata would aaO who* Sumter county as all tha to aa tote Sumter aide of the the Bftealand aide being high trie* to the Most at the river . bank. aaa la dry weather ooutd for mi ich less than a high eater, aal even sort of read would be expensive to build and eapemu -e to maintain, and wo aid be useless when the river Was at aocd stage. bavA- toad could be h?tet at Sumter Setting* a few seifte* aarlB of Garner's isrry And thes rente to Columbia Weald he very tittle longer than the Gaoler's ferry re eta At tkts point tha Mail to ea the Snrater side of the river aad a read to the river bank lid oast Oueater county an Incon ?vnt, bat on the Rlohhtnd ntte Chare to fear miles of swamp. A battle gt this crossing would taa harden of expense upon inty and Rlchiand county to lagt aa averse to spending 110,010, ay saore, to build an auto highway as to Shatter county, consequently the Mgftraw* to Columbia hi not likely to be built la the near future. It Is a fleata highway proposition and If It to -built It mast bo undertaken and as a Mate highway. Units platform to aa .but It fetoe long. Its drawn out? i Iff dee real meat of the document is to he brought home to the average voter It seast he boiled down to a few aaa If aha Mexicans are so 111 advised ?a to make an attack on tr, e Ameri aaa troops in Mexico and along tha border there will be war and the war will not end until Mexico id pac? ified onder American* military con? trol. In the end It would tie a good thing for Mexico, but a costly and thankless task for the United States. ? ? ? The State campaign begins at Spar? tas burs next week and the opening speeches of the various candidates will show where they stand and what I they represent, for their first I speeche* usually represent the ma-1 tore s deliberate opinions of the I eaadldatea The speeches at subao-l quent meetings are either repetitions! In different words of the find, speech-1 on or unadulterated hot air. There la I no crgument. no real discussions, no I debate of Issues and questions of Im-1 ports nee. The candidates at e running I far office and about all they do at I campaign meetings is to tsll aal I] voters as they can get to listen them that they want to be elected i live a few more or less good rea? sons why they think tho people should sleet them. The campaign itlng affords the people of each inty an opportunity to see and hear the candidates, but Insofsr as furnish? ing any great amount of information or enllfhtment on public questions they are a failure. The first meeting given the candidates the chance to jtliettt? themselves and right then the news tnJue and Importance of the Httte campaign ends. Everything that happens at subsequent meetings la o* minor significance and has to do with personalities and incidents that have no real bearing upon the Issues that concern the public. The people want to see the candidates and else them up, and to thee extent only does the county-to-county campaign serve a useful purpose. As an educational Institution along political and econo? mic Unas it la worthless. The United States is facing serious trouble with Mexico. This fact may aa wall be recognised now aa later. The mllltla of all the States would not nave been called out unleee the need was great and the emergency Imme? diate. Carranxa and hie faction aesm determined to provoke the United States to war, and the patient efforts of President Wilson to avoid Interven? tion and his forbearance under con? tinued and deliberate aggravation have served only to increase the tin reasonableness and arrogance of the Mexicans. Instead of cooperating with the United States In the cam? paign to suppress the Villa bandits and other Irregular armed forcee of Mextoo thai have Invaded American UTTtmr^ mm**n* American dtixena and etaaan Axontioan property, the Carransa army has held aloof and either actively aided and encouraged the bandits or has passively given them a free hand while preparing to attack the American forcee at the first favorable opportunity. Carranxa wants war with the United States and conditions have become ap intoler? able on the border aa the result Of hut inability to establish order and con* trol the lawless element of the Mex? ican people that there la now no al? ternative but for the United Staler to lake hold of the situation and by .the exorcise of force restore peace and safety on the border. The United State? should not go to wejf with Mexico in the ordinary acceptance of that earse, but should organise an anne>exjfiMemtfy large and efficient tb orenpsnvar and overawe the Mexicans Iii the shortest possible time at the loast possible expenditure of life. IHiat Mexico needs la not war with tiie United States, but the occupa? tion of the country by a force that Is strong enough to thoroughly police that country and make the people behave themselves. And the expenses of this police force should be provid? ed for out of the revenues of Mexico, edmlnistered by the officials of the Tfntted States. In the seme manner that the finances of a bankrupt cor? poration are managed by the receiver appointed by the court To accom? plish this the United States does not want an army adequate only to meet the Mexicans on equal terms, but a force that can arrest and, figuratively ?peaking, put In the guard house the revolution-drunk people who have almost destroyed themselves and are a menace to all their neighbors. If President Wilson la convinced that there Is no escape from war with Mexico, he should not stop with call? ing out the militia?he should make all the haste possible to organise and equip an army of at least a half mil? lion man. and sand It to take posses? sion of Mexico for the good oi! the peopaa-oi that revolution-rent and blooaVesahasjehed country. Gen. Sumter's Crossing. It may be possible to build some kind of a roadway through the Wa terao swamps, but to make a road suitable for a State htgwway would cost not less than fifty thousand dol? lars. To make a weather proof road t hrough the swamps on the Sumter side would require more money than the total annual appropriation for roads in Rlchland county. Is it worth while? We believe it la Should Sumter face this cost, wtthooftaJd from the State? Certainly not Columbia and Sumter would de? rive little direct benefit from building this road. Those who would enjoy It would be the travelers crossing from one side of the State to the oth? er. It would be of no particular local advantage to Columbia or to Sumter to open a causeway through this swamp, but It would be a big thing for the city of Sumter on account of through travel. A splendid highway from Columbia to Sumter would be an asset not only for these two great countlee, but for the entire State. Garnor's Perry is the proper cross? ing, for It Is below the mouth of Col? onel's creek, which Is a considerable stream, draining 60 miles of territory and Itself an obstruction to travel. This Wateree swamp extends from Caniden to Eutawvllle and at Gar? ner's ferry Is found the narrowest passage. This ferry was opened by Gen* Sumter when he was seeking a way/.to come upon the rear of the BrttiJh. A bridge Is unnecessary, merwy a ferry and a catiseway. A temporary road may be made, and If the demand of the travel therefrom Is sufficient, It might de? velop Into a State highway In the course of a very short time.?Colum? bia Record. BEST GAME OF THE SEASON. , First Baptists Win from Presbyterians ?Score 9 to 8?Won in the Ninth. First Baptists staged a come back act this morning and won Its first game of the season. B|oth teams played good ball but the breaks were for Jennings. Dick Baker was not as strong ar> usual. Pitching two games in suc? cession seemed to have been too much for him. Norman Jennings pitched a good game, holding the heavy hitters down to eight hits and eight runs. The Baptist boys made nine hits and nine runs. The game was featured by the heavy hitting of Bartow Dabby. He made three hits out of five times up. Alderman was the next best batter for the Baptists. For the Presbyter ins Bee* and DeLorme were the best hitters. The next game will be played next Wedneeday morning on the Oakland Avenue Held between the Methodists and Grace Baptist Game called at 10 a. m. No admission charged. FIRE IN COFFIN FACTORY. Pansagi) of About $600 Done by Fire Catching in Machinery Room. A fir j Saturday night shortly after 8 o'clock did considerable damage at the Wli.herspoon Bros & Company Coffin factory. The blase caught from tome unknown cause In the ma* I chinery room, where men had been at work, earlier in the day. Although the blase Itself did nodo a great deal, of damage, the water did do consider? able dsmage, the loss being estimated between $600 and $800. General Secretary Coming. ' Mr. W. C. Owen, general secretary for Urn Sunday School work of the Methodist church in the State, is expected in the city on Wednesday to look out for details of the meeting of the Wesley Bible Class Federation, which meets here July 2nd. In The Police Court. The following cases were dlspob.c1. of in the Recorder's Court today: Marion Knox, .Lawrence DeLane, disorderly conduct, the former was nn?d I'20, and DeLane was sentenced, to $88 or 30 days. Carrie Davis,, disorderly conduct,, $85 ot 80 days. Haute Bradahaw. disorderly con? duct, $15 or 30 days. Sad e Sheridan, disorderly conduct, $80 or 30 days. ' a - Marriage JAotane Record. A license to marry has been issued to Edward James and Carrie Gadsden ot Sumter. In Apathy is Danger. The very agency that was effective in putting the State primary upon a plane of honesty may also be the cause of disaster to the forces that are struggling to get good men Into office. nl a way the greatest endorsement that could be given to Gov. Man? ning's administration is the spirit of apathy throughout South Carolina. If Gov. Manning ht.d been a vicious administrative officer, if he had been a violent partisan, the people would be heard from. There would be bit? ter complaint and threats of political uprisings. But wo hear no such thing!. We do hear criticism, but that Is to be expected. Gov. Man? ning hi in office and there are others who wish to get the office. It is easy to conjure up something for a politi? cal "Issher." Hencs and whence the knocklngs. But the very fact that Mr. Manning has made a good governor is in itself an element of danger. The people are likely to be overconfident and fail to enroll for the coming primary. It is required that every Democrat who takes part in the primary in August shall enroll his na tie upon the club rolls. The last enrollment will not do for this election. Wo have no dou >t of the result of the election if ever/ Democrat in the State enrolls and goes to the polls. The sentiment for Mr. Manning has been growing steadily for weeks, and we believe that a groundswell will set In that will sweep him back into of? fice on tho first billot, provided he makes any kind of showing at all up? on t ie stump. One danger is In not enrolling; another Is In not getting good men to offer for the legislature. Wo appeal to tho patriotic men of South Caro? lina to make tho sacrifice and offer themselves for election to the general assembly. Their services will be needed for the next few years as nev? er before. This w iole country Is In a state of change and transformation. We hear from many counties that It Is a hard matter to get good men out. ?Columbia Record. No. 666 will cure Chills and Fever. It is tho most speedy remedy we know.?Advt. ' tttttmmmfflniiuiiniiMiiiiiiiii?Miinn^ THE SUMTER SUMTER, S. C. Beg to announce they have completed the Installation of their modern 50-barrel Flour BOIL and are now prepared to grind wheat, and will guarantee the quality of their work equal to any mill in the country. We grind up each lot sep? arately and in turn, nnd guarantee to give back the' actual product from each particular lot of wheat, so you can eat your own bread. Mr. J. W. McDonald, our Superintendent, Is an experi? enced mill man, having near? ly twenty years experience in the manufacture of floor in Virginia and North Carolina. We charge only 1-8 toll and guarantee to give you A Fair Square Deal. We have special milling-in-transit rates to all points. WE WANT YOUR BUSI? NESS AND YOU NEED US. Write for Full Information. J. W. M'DONALD, Superintendent. PERRY MOSES, SR., President. Fire at Imperial Hotel. Considerable excitement was ere ated Saturday afternoon by an alarm of Are from the Imperial Hotel, where a small blaze started in one of the front rooms. The fire was ex< tingulshed by the use of the hand ex? tinguishers kept in the building and comparatively little damage was done. Rub-My-Tism?Antiseptic, Anodyne -^?Kllls pain, stops putrefaction.? E SUMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected Daily by Ernest Field, Cot? ton Buyer. f \ - Good Middling 13. Strict Middling 12 3-4. Middling 12 1-2. Strict Low Middling 12. Low Middling 11 1-2. HKW YORK COTTON MARKET. Yest'djr Ofien High Low Close Clot* Jan. . 13.12 .17 .10 .15 13.00 Mch . . 13.27 .31 .2? .30 .27 July . . 12.70 .77 .70 .76 .73 Oct . . 12.88 .93 .87 .92 .88 Dec . . 1305 .09 .01 .07 .05 No. 666 will cure Malaria or Bilious Fever. It kills the germs.?Advt. Geo Hs Hurst, ?Biirtifctf nl ErtetetT. Freest Attestles te Set et NhjMCaJhV. AT 1.0. Crali OM Stasi, a. Sale Phones 85?, SEASHORE ROUND TRIP FARES From Sumter SUNDAY Excursion Fares $1.75 to Charleston. I Tickets on sale for forenoon tralrs on each Sunday from June 11 to Sep tember 11, Inclusive, limited return lng on train No. 178 scheduled to leav Charleston 8:25 p. m., on Sunday the day of sale. WEEKEND Excursion Fares $4.60 to Wilmington. $3.30 to Isle of Palms. $3.30 to Sullivan's Island. $4.60 to Myrtle Beach. Tickets on sale for all trains on each Saturday and for forenoon trains on each Sunday from May 27 to September 11, inclusive, limited re? turning to reach original starting point prior to midnight of Tuesday next following date of sale. SUMMER Excursion Fares $7.10 to Wrlghtsville Beach. $4.66 to Isle of Palms. $4.66 to Sullivan's Island. $6.76 to Myrtle Beach. $13.70 to Norfolk. Tickets on sale from May 16 to Oc? tober 15, Inclusive, limited returning until October 31. Liberal stop-over privileges. Schedules and further particulars cheerfully furnished upon application to O. V. PLAYER, Ticket Agent, Sumter, S, C. ATLANTIC COAST LINE The Standard Railroad of the South. The National Bank of South Carolina $950,000.00 LEADERS Our steady growth and new accounts tell the story Safety and preparedness first and at all times. Your patronage solicited. C. 6. ROWLAND, Pres. H. L McCOY, Acting Ctsh'r. EVERY DAY We are adding new accounts. If we have not already succeeded in hand? ling yours, come in and let us talk it over. We might makejt to your interest. I The Finft National Bank 1 SUMTER. S. C. The Oldest Banking Institution in the County LOOKING OVER OUR BOOKS We find the people using a check? ing account to excellent advan? tage include Corporations. Farmers, Firms, Merchants, Lawyers, Doctors, . Dentists, Teachers, and Salaried People of many occupations. Have you a checking account ? If not, we invite it. The National Bank of Sumter, ESTABLISHED 1889 "SAFEST FOR YOUR SAVINGS" MM.iiiiiiiiiiiiiimi.mi I "How Much Money Must I Have? You can start an account at the People's Bank with any reasonable sum. In the experience of the officers of this Bank they have seen many very small accounts grow into thousands of dol- I lars. Beginning with a small account here?add- I ing to it from time to time you can build-up a large account. May we have your account this week ? THE PEOPLES BANK. Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. BOOTH & McLEOD, Successors to Booth!Shul?r Lumber A Supply Co. Goo. Epptnon's Old Sta.r\d Opp. Court Hoom