The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 18, 1916, Image 2
FINANCIAL ?
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JURY, H ?NRED INDKI1T
KDNIMM RPING
LIGHT,
?fary H>c?mM? mIm CouMoJMutioii of
Rural School 4 In Order Co Accum
pM. Retter H<-*ults In County In
Em????tinnt*l l.mf ? Recommends
T%X Ott Automobil???? und Trucks for
Road ParpoM*'*?r. K Jones Pro
eeaeed for Atlcmpt to llrlbe Juror?
?foduiH Plan foe County Health
Odker?Wou^l Have County Pur
ajah Ford for Superintendent of
Kd motion.
The following- report of the grund
Jury of Sumter county for the full
term of sesslonu court to HIh Honor.
Judge Qeo. C. Prince, will be read
with much Interest by cttlsena of Sum
tor county: ,s
To The Hon. Qecrge K. Prince, Preaid
Ing Judge:
Door Sir W>. the grand Jury beg
leave to submit our report for the
tall term of the court of general aes
atone for the your itII.
W? have peered upon ell bills re?
ferred to ue by tfhe solicitor end re?
turned same to the court with /our
aadlage endorsed thereon.
Tour charge t > the grand Jury was
very practical, sad we fully appre?
ciate the fact that our clttaens should
eaerclae unusual care In the selection
of their officers, snd while those In
charge of our county affairs will com?
pare favorably with any set of officers
la the State, we do not believe we
'have within our boundary lines, n
man combining the qualifications noc?
eans ry to 011 the office of supervisor
aa indicated by you.
AM the committees appointed at the
oaring term of court made their re?
peat at the summer term except the
finance committee, which was de?
layed on account of the examination
of the county offices not haying been
completed.
We submit with this presentment a
complete audit of even* office in the
county, which we wish made a part
Of this report. It shown the financial
aCaJr* of our county to be in excel?
lent condition; the bonded Indebted
Slaty thousand dollars with
ty-ftve thauaand dollars bills pay
1 Jena for mow I
iMenaa^alAfttkaj
?Wntora^
It m one Of our
banks bearing Interest at 4 per
mm.
T/he audit shov s that the county
treasurer had on deposit in the banks
of the city on June 31-th, including
the Item of twenty-five thousand
dollars above referred to $58,358.67.
The expert accountants who audit
books speak in nattering terms of
mer In which our county' officers
rp their reco.dM and the asalstancc
W?m l,y them In the work, for which
'they ere to be commend >d.
This grand Jur/ and .he previous
one gave a great ieal of thought and
consideration to < cr rural school sit?
uation. We fully agree with your
Honor's charge, ttiat It la one of the
moot Impo-tant questions with which
our people have 10 deal and one up?
on which the future cltiaenshlp of
our country largely depends. We rec?
lamed In fotmer presentments,
we emphaalse trat recommendation
now, that for the preaent at leaat, the
beat solution of tie situation la com?
bination ef dtatricts, by which we
mean combining of two or more
er boob) under one head. In order to
do this it may be necessary to change
some of the district lines, which we
think can be done without much
trouble With tl s view of carrying
out this suggestion, we recommend
the following combinations: Rembert.
Hagood. Pisgah and New Hope under
ens head; Ingram and Reid under one
head; DuRoae. Hoaeard and Frnaer
undar one head; itateburg No. 6 and
Ai?yle combined with Wedgefleld:
tttaeburg No. 10 combined with Gen.
Sumter Memorial; In Shiloh No. 13
there are four schools, three with one
teacher each, and one with two teach
era. We recommend the consolidation
of these four s hools under one
bead. The consolidation feuture ban
my advantage)*, ltetter school
building" a male principal for every
school, which wo think very neces?
sary, and m.itr aid which means
$100 00 where there are two teachers
to a building, and 1300.00 for three or
more teachers. Th a combination ma]
work a little hardrt dp on a few Isolat?
ed famlltea In the districts combined,
but with the trat sportntlon system
now In force In the districts com?
bined, we believe they can all be ac?
commodated without serious incon?
venience. Our Inlormatlon Is that
these districts thiit have combined,
could not be persiaded to return to
the old system, an I that should en?
courage the other to adopt It. Our
recommendation 1 ere refers only to
white schools, but wherever practical
wa recommend the colored nchOhll
aleo combine, belhvlng It to be bene
At-tal to them and economical In tit**
end.
We inters lewed the county Superin?
tendent of education ut length on the
rural school situation. IU> tells us
tlier are forty-seven white and sev
enty-feur colored schools in the court
t>, and that he is unal>le to visit these
dc hooh by means of a horse and bug?
gy, hi* present mode of travel, more
tbnn enco or twice a year, which we
do not think su'dVient, and we rec?
oinmci d that he be furnished with an
automobile, nothing more expensive
than a Ford, by means of which, he
thinks he can pay monthly visits,
which in our opinion should be very
helpful to the teachers.
We vould like to say something on
tho subject of public highways, but
as a change of olhcers has taken
pluce in this department, we leave the
new supervisor to the tender mercies
of our iiucce.ssors. We do wish to say,
however, that there Is a sentiment
which ?M-meates the entire county in
favor of better roads, and the people
are willl ig to ue taxed to a reasonable
amount o obtain them.
We recommend that if it i?; not the
Intention of those in charge of tho
construction of the new Jail to com?
mence the building at once, t tat im?
mediate steps be taken to make the
present one more sanitary and habi?
table.
In looking over the list of prisoners,
we find that Ranxa Terry has been in
Jail since July 8th, Isis. We are in?
formed that he Is under life sentence,
but that an appeal has been taken In
his case to the Supreme Court, and
pending that appeal he is going held
here in Jail. We think whatever ac?
tion is neeesen.ry to dispose of hiu
case shculd be taken with as little de
lay as joaslble and save cdunty the
expense of further caring for him. We
endorse the recommendation of the
County Medical Association, and the
City Board of Health for a County
Health officer, but recommend that
he be an experienced physician, anc
endorsee, by the County Medical Aa
ooation.
We recommend an unnual tax of
five dollars on automobiles and' ten
dollars on motor trucks, the money
derived ;.'rom this tax to be kept as a
separate fund and used for the up?
keep of the public highways.
The toilets in the basement of the
court house are in a very unsanitary
condition, and we recommend imme?
diate attention the ?n.
We Und that the Burns Hardware
Company, a corporation which went
Into bai
Sjjsj^jSJd
cents, an 4 w* recommend that steps
be taken to collect the same tbrough
the bankrupt court or whatever course
may be necessary. We interviewed
the aherlfl and auditor as to this case,
and they soem to be of the opinion
that they cannot act in cases of this
character, until the expiration of the
penalty period which is about March
15th. If they are correct In this, the
laws appear to us to be defective and
should bo amended.
Wo present C. E. Jones for attemp*
to bribe and name Orover A. Adams
as a material witness. ?
The gi and Jury room Is In a very
bad cone itlon. Uist night a large
block of plastering fell as a result of
leaks. The room Is dungerous fot
occupancy, and wo recommend that
the necessary repairs be made at
once.
We tha nk your Honor and court of
Iclals for courtesies extended us.
Foreman.
PROG RESSIVE REPUBLICANS.
Statement Issued by the Nominees
for Electors.
News and Courier.
L Arthur O'Neill, Sr.. W. Mart
Floyd, Frank M. Shope. C. E. Carmen.
W. W. R jssell, Alonzo Her, James F.
Jonklns, E. J. Brown and George D.
Shore, Sr., nominees for eloctors, on
the ticket of the "Progressive Repub?
lican party, State of South Carolina,''
have Issued a statement. J. D. Adams,
of Charleston, Is declared to be the
party's member of the national com?
mittee; A D. Webster, of Orangeburg,
chairman of the State executive com?
mittee; J. C. Puree!** of Newberry,
vice chal man of the committee, and
J. T. Biclinrdson of Greenville, State
secretary and treasurer. The state?
ment foil >ws:
Progressive Republican party, Stat !
of South Carolina.
The Pr>jsji ssslVs Republicans to tho
People of South Carolinaj
In pursuance of public notice, pre?
viously given, a meeting was held at
tho Jefferson Hotel, in Columbia, on
September 14, 1910, by certain citizen
of the State who organized themselves
Into what Is to he known as the Pro?
gressive Republican party of Bouth
('arolina.
The reasons and purposes actuating
those men are hereby set forth for
public consideration. This annotmoe
NlOfl will Include a discussion of the
political Issues of the hour or of th"
merit! of candidates, hut It should be
stated that we are pa it and parcel Ol
the natbu al Republican party. To It
we own allegiance and are In full ac
cord with its national organization, \*y
platform of principles, and give Mi
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There cgciats In South Carolina an
organisation or semblance of one, self
styled the Union Republican party.
We are distinct from it and wish that
distinction clearly understood.
Our invitation to men of respecta?
bility to join the Progressive Republi?
can party and vote for its electors in
November is based in part on the fact
that our counsels thus far have been
composed of men lit to give the wel?
come, and in this respect we intend
0 maintain our worthiness.
Whether the directions and the con?
trol of the governmental affairs of our
country through the agency of polit
leal parties is the best and wisest wa>
of doing things may be debatable
question, Lot all men recognize that
Is, and has always been, our way. Two
great national parties vie with each
other for control. In almost every
State it Ih the same. If not nearly
balanced in voting strength there is
invariably an opposing party organ?
ized and alert to protlt by tho mis?
deeds of the party in power. In South
Carolina, however, one party has for
many years held undisputed sway. No
impartial observer will contend that
It should be so?this is not a debata?
ble question. It is wrong and from it
the State is suffering. We will not
here recount the abuses of its power
by the Democratic party of South
Carolina, a slnnle example of the hour
will suffice; there are men standing
it this moment as the nominees for
high State offices whose personal in?
tegrity have been openly' impeached
:?y Democratic opponents in the recent
primary campaign. If a strong op?
posing party was on guard the domi?
nant party would not dare place In
nomination men who could not refute
such charges?by doing so it would
invite almost certain defeat. Yet
these men are going to be elected.
Pew men or women of South Caro?
lina have ever heard a national leader
of their own political party discuss
its principles; none have ever heard
within their own borders, a spokes?
man of authority, for the great Re*
publican party. What they do hear
biennially Ii n little about State af?
fairs and much unseemly personali?
ties. We have the anomaly of men
who believe in protective tariff and
men who believe In a tariff for rev?
enue only all voting alike in national
affaire, Men <>f nil households of faith
and with nothing in common pretend?
ing to shelter themselves under one
political roofi
To the serious judgment of the peo?
ple of South Carolina we submit that
it is not Well for >ne political party
to remain Indefinitely in unchallenged
control. If We are Mistaken In this
Ihun we frankly admit that there |g
no good reason for our political ex
If, however, we see cleanly,
hpoml^^raT^ to be truer
consider tf it is not your bounded
duty to support and uphold the move?
ment. Mr. Rosevelt said at N^w' Or?
leans in 1912, "If you have tho cour?
age of your convictions, come with
us. If you do come with us, come be?
cause you know that you are serving
the interest of the South by doing it." j
It is not our purpose to stir up
strife. Family and factional quarrels
such as have been witnessed by the
Democratic party of South Carolina
at various times since 1890 far exceed
in bitterness anything that could ever
arise. When two active parties con?
tend, issues and not personalities are
discussed, the ilrst is educational, the
latter breeds only hatred and 111 feel?
ing.
Though looking to the furtherance
and success of our political faith and
convictions wo are above all Ameri?
can citizens who love their country
and cheerfully abide by its laws.
Respectfully the electors.
D. Arthur O'Neill, Sr.
W. Mart Floyd.
Frank M. Shope.
C. E. Carmen.
W. W. Russell.
Alonzo Her.
Jas. F. Jenkins.
E. J. Rrown.
Geo. D. Shore, Sr.
Neuralgia of the face, shoulder,
hands, or feet requires a powerful
remedy that will penetrate the llesh.
Ballard's Snow Dinlment possesses
that power. Rubbed In where the
pain Is felt Is all that is necessary to
relieve suffering und restore normal
conditions. Price 25c, 50c and $1.00
per bottle. Sold by Sibert's Drug
.ttore.?Advt.
Pekin, Oct. 14.?Japan nd Rus?
sia have protested again1 railroad
and canal grants made by China to
Americans.
When the chest feels on lire and
the throat burns, you have Indigestion*,
and you need Heroine to get rid of
the disagreeable feeling, it drives out
badly digested food, strengt liens tho
stomach and purities the bowels. Price
.r?0c. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store. ?
Advt.
Berlin, Oct. 1C,.?11 was admitted
today that I he British had penetrate. 1
the German first Hue northeast of
Ccudeeourt, but the war office claims
hey were driven out.
All you who have torpid liver, weak,
digestion or constipated bowels look
out for chills, The season In here and.
the air Is full of the disease germs
The best thing to do is to get your
liver In good condition and purify the
stomach and bowels. Her bine Is the
riuht remedy, it answers the purpose
comnletely. Price 50c. Bold by
ifybert's Drug Store. ?Advt.
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DEAIOCR ATIC PROSPECTS BRIGHT
Western Lenders are Entliusiastic o(
Wilson's Prospects.
Chicago, Oct. 16.?Chairman Mc
Cormick spent today in conference
with western leaders who are enthus?
iastic over Democratic prospects. They
declared they had no doubt of Wil
son's re-election.
A child can't get strong and ro?
bust while intestinal worms eat away
its vitality. To give the child a
chance to grow these parasites must
be destroyed and expelled. White's
Cream Vermifuge is guaranteed to re
mov the worms; it also puts the vital
organs in healthy, vigorus condition.
Price 25c per bottle. Sold by Siberfs
Drug Store.?Advt.
TROOPS TO REMAIN ON RORRKR.
Crisis Still Exists, President Says, and
No More Men Will be Withdrawn.
Shadow Lawn, Oct. 14.?President
Wilson announced in a letter to Gov.
Whitman that the crisis along the
Mexican border still exists and so
more troops will be sent home. The
governor had asked that the remaind?
er of the New York troops be releas?
ed.
Tickling in the throat, hoarseness,
loss of voice, indicate the need of
Ballard's Horehound Syrup. It eases
the lungs, quiets the cough and re?
stores health in the bronchial tubes.
Price 25c, 50c and $1.00 per bottle.
Sold by Siberfs Drug Store.?Advt.
A MIGHTY FORCE
It is estimated that practically one
half of the investments made in
the business world are made on
borrowed money.
This demonstrates what a mighty
factor credit is today.
The surest way to establish a sat?
isfactory credit, to be drawn upon
when occasion demands, is to main?
tain a satisfactory bank account
with this institution. -
Commercial accounts ire invited.
The N ational Bank of
Sumter,
ON SUMTER'S BUSIEST CORNER