The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-19

The .Sas8iiel, " FGtcaasGn was rounded II
1855 aAa the aaue SouthTon IN 1856. Ifls
5Es:sseaasGss dasa Southroas new has the corr
oinea Circulation and ias1ence of botnyoi
ehe.osd papess. and is naaifestiy the besi
adsertising medium iu Sumter.
&
Sennes, the Hampton county mur-
derer who did not know enough to keep
away from South Carolina after re-
ce;sing a conditional paardon. bat re-
turned and killed his wife, has decided
Sos abandon his appeal for new trial
and will go to the chain gang for five
ysars. We have not been able to Under
stand how the the jury happened to ind
yerdict of manslaughter in this
case. Bennett was .elther guilty of ene
OF the meanest and most cold blooeed
murders, for which he should be hanged
or he is Innocent man, IN so far as the
death Of his wife is concerned. Ii
he killed her by accident thinking
that she was burglar trying to enter
sais house, the act did not render him
guilty Of manslaughtsr;; if he shot her
Intentionally, it was as mean and COW
ardy murder as ever committed in
Soush Carolina. How did the jury
happen to compromise on nanslargh-
When ne get through with the Fall
Festival the business men of Sumter
should Try TO get together and organize
Ire up-to-date and aggressive board
o trade to continue the work that the
Fail Festival viii only ina1gucate.
The Festival will attract attention TO
Ssnis city and advertise it in general
way, and the thousands of visitors
w;:n go away and talk about Sur5ter;
and, as We are conden5 that the impres-
Sons they receive Of the city will be
afTorabls, we believe that Sumter will
receive not little advertising from
that source; bns spasmodie Advertising
does not bring results commensurate
with the expenditure, and to achieve
permanent results we must keep ever
sssngly at it. If Sumter had live
beard Of trade, With a live secretary
Who could devote all, or large part.
sof his tire 30 the work there would be,
less chance Of Sumter tagging behind
the march Of progress than if We
eonEinue to go along in the same old
sns. Right now we need some one to
take up with the Atlantic Coast Line
authorities the question of putting on
morning train from Florence to this
cissy, but it is every body S and nobody
attends to it. A morning train from
Florence would be worth a great deal
10 the business men Of Sumter and
would be still more beneficial to the
people living along the line of the
road between Florence and this city.
sEe need this train to perfect our rail-,
road facilities, which are now the
.euual of those of any other towu in the
state
IS weak point. however, and
should be remedied. IF the matter
was taken up and pressed vigorously,
we believe the train would be put on
E3s the Atlantic Coast Line authorities.
This is Just one piece OF Work that
beard Of trade could do-there are doz-
ems Of other things that could be done
sfsat would be equally as beneficial.
q board CT trade might be able to
hasten the beginning of work on the
new railroad rom Conway tc this city,
It might start movement that would
resRls IN the building 81 railroad to
Rishopyille and on to tap the Sea-
beard .air Lire.
ae Japs and Russians expect
so sperd the winter IN Manciuria and
It ssens thzs Liso Yang is coveted by
both for winter quarters, lence the
desperate struggle 10 possess it.
The State Fair VIII cp5n in jast ten
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