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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-02-13
DEGRADATION OF THE COURTS
Is the Traditional Department CT JUS
tice Fading Into Memory.

Is the Traditional Department CT JlS-
tice Fading Into Memory.
Some self-respecting and indepen-
dent judge will sooner or later real
ize the indecency and scandal Of the
prevailing condition of court proceed
ure, and by his own courageous init
iative put an end to it. Day by day
the law, the court and the processes
Of the llaw are being brought into
contempt in the eyes Of the public by
the methods of edisreputable press.
Trial by jury is visibly breaking
down; the dignity of the court itself
is in derision and the traditional de-
pertinent of justice is fast fading into
memory.
The judges themselves, and not the
newspapers, are to blame. The lat
ter have only one purpose to serve,
which is to sell their wares. by con-
forming to the degraded taste Of
morbid public For them there is no
inconvenience of principle, no draw
back of decency; no obligation save
that Of revenue. TO this end al:
form and circumstances wherewith
custom and the habits of civilization
have ever hedged about the law have
been broken down. The dignity Of
our courts partakes more nearly Of
the lewd relaxation Of the stews.
The court, it's whole appanage and
personnel, is handed over, from its
opening to it's close, to a horde Of
photographers and draughtsmen. Evr
cry development Of the case is posed
for the press, precisely as if it mark
ed a stage IN a prize fight or an cpl
sode in a vaudeville show. The un-
happy talesmen are pictured in every
quality Of ridicule and degradation,
they are exhibited to the public and
to their families IN all the merciless
exposure IF alleged caricature; they
are draggel from their privacy and
their liberties and pilloried in intol-
cradle parade as if they were the
blacklist Of criminals instead Of de-
cent citizens performing public
duty. This, we submit, cannot con-
tinue indefinitely if the system Of
trial by jury is to endure.
How any self-respecting judge can
sit smiling and Indifferent and allow
the shameful and insidious farce to
demoralize his court and deprave the
public conscience is beyond our COM
prehension. Eevery judge is constl-
tuted the guardian of his own court.
There is no act of a judge that so
challenges public approval as that
by which he asserts and protects the
dignity Of his court. The public never
hears of an offender being he'd III
contempt of the court and being Wis
tied with a fine or days secluslon
that it does not heartily approve the
incident and applaud the judge who
has shown his jealousy of his own
dignity and his sens;tiveness as to the
honor of his court.
A judge who does not respect him
self and who allows the traditions
Of his court to become degraded can
not hope to hold the confidence and
the regard of the people,; and public
opinion is Of the essence Of that up
on which the courts are founded and
which is indispensable to their con-
tinued existence.-New York Sun.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-02-13
Nephew of Senator Money, of Missis-
sippo. Acquitted by the Jury.

Greenwood, Miss, Feb. 11.-James
n. Money, Jr. who ended long feud
with his neighbor, L. J. Henderson,
near Cruger, by killing the latter sew
eral months ago, was acquitted today
Of the accusation of murder, the jury
holding that the shooting was justi-
fed. Money is a nephew Of United
States Senator Money, and a cousin
of Gov. vardaman, Of Mississippi.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-02-13

A young lady was consulting an &C.
culist. .I want a pair Of glasses OF
extra magnifying power" she said.
ooh, indeed. What makes you
think you need very strong glasses
Because while I was visiting some
friends in the country the other day
made very painful blunder which
I never want to repeat"
.sI am sorry to hear that. Did you
mistake stranger for an acquaint-
ance?"
sNo, it was not exactly that" said
the young lady. "But mistook a
bumble-bee for blackberry
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-02-13
MAX.

Max, S. C., Feb. 11.-Miss Ford, of
Georgetown, is visiting her sister,
Miss Selma Ford, at Mr.. B. +. BROCK
inton's.
The little folks enjoyed the snow.
Severe colds are prevalent.
A lecture 'oy Mr.. Taylor is an
nounced to be given at Norwood
academy Tuesday night. 1t remains
to be seen how many will attend, and
TO know the worth of the lecture.
Bad roads, spoiled meat, fertilizers
are the topics for discussion with the
farmers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-02-13
Higher Railway Rates.

Mr.. Hills statement in yesterdays
Times to the effect that the railways
were considering advancing railway
rates may come to some people as a
surprise, but it should not. For some
years now the price Of the service
which the railways sell has been de-
clining, while everything else was ris-
ing. What the railways received
would purchase less Of everything
which they consumed, and other peo-
pies profits would purchase more OF
what the railways sold. The average
price Of a horse, for instance, within
few years has risen SO that it WILL
exchange for 70 per cent. more rail-
way freight. That is, It would do so
when the calculation was made, ouL
lapse of time has both added to the
price of the horse and subtracted
from what the railway charges. At
about the same time the commod1ty
index had advanced 81 per cent,
while freight rates per ton per mile
in the same period had decreased
nearly 5 per cent. With the wage
earning class it was a question whetil-
er or not the cost Of living had ad-
vanced comrensurately with the ad-
vance Of wages. There was no such
question with the railways. Their
cost cf living had advanced proper
tionately with all prices, but their
rate ct pay had decreased. 1t is true
that their total income had increased
but the service rendered had also in
| creased so that the above compar1-
sons are accurate enough to depict the
general situation.-New York Times.
Did Not Want 1t Repeated.
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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
NxwSy LETTERS FROM OUR SPE-
UAL CORRESPONDENTS.
a6ens OF Interest From all Parts OF
sumter and Adjoining Counties.

NfyT1cE TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Mail your letters so that they will
reach this Office not later than Tues
say morning. When the letters are
rene,yed Wednesday it is almost an
au,possibility to have them appear in
cha paper issued that day.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-02-13

Charles Bridges and Will Eodges
were lodged in the Pickens jail Fri
dav on the charge of bigamy. They
were married at Glenwood a few days
before and went to Tocoa, Ga. 1t
was learned that both had wives liv-
ing in Gaffney.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-02-13

Mary Mauske, 13-year-old daughter
of a Wheeler IS. D. farmer, hauls a
load of wheat daily to market and
sees to it's disposal.
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against him in this State, provided, OF
course, that the negro in Sumter is the
man we want, and / believe he is.''
The negro is said to be about 35
years Of age, though he appears old
er: he refuses to say where he was
born, though he claims to be from
Kentucky or Mississippi. He is re-
markab1y we'll posted, it is said, about
the pension department Of the govern
ment and also about the United States
army. and seems to be a man Of con-
siderable education and wide expert
ence.
1t is alleged that the negro claimed
that he was surgeon in the United
States army, sent out from the pen
sion bureau to examine pensioners,
and increase the pensions or change
them from the law Of 1890 to the gen.
eral or old law. 1t is claimed that
this alleged shark would strip and
carefully examine pensioners, and
that his usual charge was ten dollars,
but if that amount was not forthcom-
ing it is claimed that he would take
all the person being examined had.
AS the negro was intimately acquaint-
ed with the pension office methods,
and was evidently Of considerable ed
ucation, it was but natural that many
Of the unsuspecting and ignorant peo-
pie examined paid what he demanded.
and, if the charges brought against
him are true, he must indeed have
Jared very well.
Examiner Jennings is very much
! gratified at the capture Of the negro,
and believes that reports Of the ope-
rations Of a fraud pension examiner
will cease to come to the Government
officials of this section.-News and
Courier.
Arizona republican., 1907-05-16
RUEFS CONFESSION.

Abe Ruef's confession. though a de-
NAL OF the charge on which he was
put on trial is Il full exposure of the
rOttennesso OF the San Francisco gov
eminent. Though the time has not yet
come for him TO drag in those who are
guilty he could not more plainly have
indicated Mayor Schmitz The ma
chine. he said. had grown rotten and
the mayor was the head of the ma
chine, as Ruef had been the head of
the mayer. The time had come when
Ruef, a practical politician. had be-
come appalled, at the rottenness of it
forseeing the end. The mayor without
political experience and blind to the
consequence. saw no reason why it
might not go on forever or at least
indefinitely. The fiddling mayor
could not comprehend that honesty
might some time triumph over en-
trenched graft. Ruef though ought
to have known better.
1t is unimportant that the people are
not now able to prove that the former
boss was actuaily guilty of the extor-
ton Of the paltry sum of s1700 That
the lid has been liftegi off the seething
corruption which all suspected is. Of
vastly more importance TO san Fran
cisco.
Ruef was wrong when he said he had
- injured ne man. He injured every man
in san Francisco when he connived at
the beginning and the continuance of
the corruption in which his early high
POLITICAL deals had become submerged
He injured the mayor when he per-
mitted him To go on in his ruinous
folly. He injured the good name of
the town when instead Of undertaking
its Regeneration he consented to
plunge it deeper into disgrace.
Arizona republican., 1907-05-16
PHOENIX, ARR, MAY 16. 1907.
THE ELKS AND. THE BASEBALL
GAME

How far the Journal Niner is at
fected by the heat displayed by It's
baseball expert in describing the at
fair of last Sunday between the Pres
colt and Phoenix teams We do not
know, bat from the point of view Of
a sportsman it seems unnecessary 70
have dragged two lodges of Elks into
a controversy which had been institute
ed between two baseball teams.
The sporting editor OF the Journal
Minor leaves the casual reader to
understand that the game was played
on Sunday night in the B. P. O. E. lodge
room here, whereas it was really PLAY
ed in the afternoon az Eastlake park.
The game was not even conducted I'M
der the auspices of the Elks and had
not been especially sanctioned by the
grand lodge of the order. If the local
exalter ruler of Phoenix lodge B. p
o. E. was present at the park during
the tragedy. he was not there in an
official capacity nor was he distin-
guished from private citizens then and
there present by the regalia of the
order. .-.-.
The royal color was conspiciously alb
sent from the proceedings al the park.
In fact. We must say that there was
in no way any Identification of the
Elks as Elks with the oratorical pro-
ceedings at Eastlake park. There was
a reception in the lodge room of the
local Elks that night but it was utterly
and entirely ASSOCIATED from the great
national game.
The Phoenix brethren after the man.
ner Of the antIered association taking
advantage of the visit of northern
members Of the herd set our regardless
of expense to entertain them and make
them feel at home. They flattered
themselves that they had done so and
Believed that any painful recollection
OF the baseball game which the visiting
brethren might entertain had been left
outside the outer door of the ante
room to be forgotten on the departure
of the guests, and TO be swept down
stairs by the janitor and cast into the
garbage box where It belonged.
We believe that that disposition was
madeaoi these painful recolIections and
that the sporting editor of the journal
Miner in rummsging around in the
garbage box came across these pangs
and carted them back to Prescott with
him The fact that he found them in
the Elks' garbage box is the only cir
cumstance by which the Elks If Phoe-
nix can be identified with the baseball
game. But these pangs were not those
of the Phoenix Elks.
Arizona republican., 1907-05-16

A girl falling in love with 4 married
man is almost as romantic as being
enga ged to two other men at the same
time.-New York Press.
Arizona republican., 1907-05-16
The Knockout Blow.

The blow which knocked out Corbesa
! was revelation to the prize fighters.
From the earliest days OF the ring the
Knockout blow was aimed for the Jaw,
the temple or the iugular vein. Stomach
punches were thrown in to worry and
weary the fighter, but II scientific man
had told one OF the old fighters that the
most vulnerable spot was the region Of
the stomach, he'd have laughed at him
for an ignoramus. DR.. Pierce is bringing
hope to the public parallel fact; that
thd sAQmacS is the most vulnerabl BILE organ
out OF Nhe PRIZE ring as well as in IL. We
protectbur. hSaHS. threats, feet and lungs,
but theSAJMsNl\we are utterly indifer.
ent to, until diseASAfnds the solar plexus
and knocks US out. Make,your stomach
sound and strong BY do use Of Doctor
PleEee,s Golden Medical Discovery, and
You project gQnrself in Your most yulneT:
cures weak stomach" indigestion, or
dyspepsia, torpid liver, bad. thin and i'm
pure blood and other diseases Of the or
gans Of digestion and nutrition.
The "Golden Medical Discovery has q
specific curative effect upon all mucous
surfaces and hence cures catarrh. no
matter where located or what stage ID
may have reached. In Nasal Catarrh ii
is well to cleanse the passages with DIR.
Sage'S Catarrh Remedy fluid while using
the Discovery as a constitutional rem
edy. Why the Golden Medical Discov-
cry" cures catarrhal diseases. as OF the
stomach, bowels, bladder ard other pelvic
organs viii be plain to you il you will
read booklet of extracts from the writ
ings Of eminent medical authorities, en-
dorsing its ingredients and explaining
their curative properties. Ii is mailed
free on request Address DR. R.V. Pierce,
Buffalo, n. Y. This booklet gives all the
ingredients entering into DIR. Pierce's
medicines from which IL will be seen that
they contain not drop Of alcohol, pure,
Eiple-reiined glycerine being used instead.
DR.. Pierce's great thousand-page Illus
Nated Common Sense Medical Adviser
will he sent free. paper-bound, for p one
cent stamps. or cloth bound for 81 stamps
Address DIR. Pierre - above
Arizona republican., 1907-05-16
Massie'sCoods
Talk for Him

Mrs. McGin. Say Mr.. O'Brian you
was spanking of your thrip to the auld
land this summer. now let me Tell you
never to sthart with out Gittin one
of thin foine stheamer TRUNKS at
Massie's.< Mr. O'Brion: o Blither to
the Trunk at Massie's. I was in his
Place yesterday. and say the nice
goods He Has and the Low Prices on
evry thing just made me Tell Mike
that I would stay to Home with him.
SO Nike went rite up and had Massie
send down a fine side board in mis-
sion. chine Clouset and a fine set
OF chairs. And now my Dining room
,Lookes like a Qrsen's home. Get your
goods at
Arizona republican., 1907-05-16
WASHINGTON WAS "JiLTEp"
FOUR TIMES.
Immortal George Fsiise 10 Win q
Sweethears Until ~ Met shs esavsF.
full Martha custis-Ths stery Of that
Famous affair.

When Col. George Washington FIRST
met Martha GUSTS she was a dsshiRg
widow. Yet in her twenties. beautiful.
charming and wealthy. The Father "a.
his Country promptly Tell I'm love with
the lady, and as promptly laid siege to
her heart. His wooing was speedy. \
chance meeting at the house Of Major
Chamberlayne. an afternoon and an
evening with. the belle OF Virginia. and
he was almost an accepted sutton. But.
says the New Broadway Magazine for
May. the gallant colonel was rot ex-
actly an amateur at love making He
at least had the experience Of great
mistakes 10 profit by. For history re-
cords the fact that there were four
ladies who declined the golden oppor-
tunity to share the heart and the
home and he glory Of the afterward
greatest American gentleman.
Why? only the sphinx that could
answer the immortal riddle of mankind
might tell Handsome. well-dressed.
skilled in tire elegant accomplishments
Of the day. and above all a soldier. ap-
parently col. George Washington ought
to have been lover for whose only
right am woman would have huttered
TO his arms But they didn't. The la
dies who thus failed of the lustrous
niche in history that they might have
had were, in turn, a miss of two years.
whom her sutton of soulful seventeen
indited as the "Loveland Beauty" a
FontleroY. a Miss cary and a coquet-
fish Miss Mary Philipse. whose. an
cestral manor-h house ar Yonkers. y. Y.
is to this day reckoned as q sort OF
romantic shrine
But from this train Of experience the
soldier. who later was able So brilliant
~ to plan a campaign. doubtless learn
ed wisdom. He must have AZ least
found out how not. to do it. FOR when
he laid siege to the heart OF the widow
Custis It was done with a master
hand that found the right way rs easily
as If it had never failed at the trick
Arizona republican., 1907-05-16

Ruers confession nowhere sets
forth that he was misled unless by
himself for he was the leader of all.
He put himself at the head. of a gang
of naturally dishonest and inexperienc-
ed ignoramuses whose excesses he be-
came no longer able TO control.
Whatever he intended TO do in the
beginning he is more responsible than
any other man for the corruption of
which he now complains. 1t is in his
power partially to atone for the great
wrong he has done, by assisting the
district attorneys Office in the cleans
ing OF abe city.
Arizona republican., 1907-05-16

Tn. women 81 Boise. idaho. by alb
seHtin4 themselves from the Haywood
niUrter TRIAL are. betraying a COM
Characteristic. proving at the same
tispe the superiority Of the western
woman ever ,hs morbid females who
-Tt.ay. trial!
Arizona republican., 1907-05-16

Il feels within il burn and wake
The thin. deep wound that inly preys:
Oh. touch il not. or il will break
-Trasatlantic Tales.
Arizona republican., 1907-05-16

The corporations which blew in
supervisors. after the statement yes
terday by Abe Ruef must have felt
like E. T. Marks What they could
have had for the mere asking they had
been led by the newspapers TO believe
could be obtained only by bribery.
Arizona republican., 1907-05-16

sNe imagine that Mr. Ruefs discIo-
sures yesterday VIII go a great ways
toward clearing the Industrial sky
over the Golden Gate. With Mayor
seEmiss sna Chief Of Police Oman out
81 tn" way. things siil quickly right
illpfl.peiyes
Arizona republican., 1907-05-16

A woman hates to tell her husband
how much her dress costs. and her
friends how little.-New York Press.
Arizona republican., 1907-05-16

u Tee interstate commerce. commits
sion * able 10 accomplish nothing else
ii has managed L. derange the prices
ef stocks and perpetuate a financial
turmoil
Arizona republican., 1907-05-16
TIE BROKEN VASE.

The vase in which this flower died
Was cracked BY just a gentle tap
From someone's fan. who brushed be-
side:
y" scUnd betrayed ;hs slight mis-
hap.
The lit;le wound ;sR%' hope ~ cure.
Eating th. crystal DAY hy day.
Invisible AMI stin and sure.
Around the bowl has made ITS way.
And. one by nnc. to shrink and DRY. y
Th" shiiGE drops the flower Forsake:
And no one knows the reason why:
. Bnt touch IL not. az 1, will break.
Sometimes 'he hans. that most IN dear
VIII touch the hand In careless wise:
The. small wound widenS year on year
And loves rare flower droops and
dies.
Arizona republican., 1907-05-16

= group Of weather bureau and
reclamation officials are now az the
saltcn sea enseavcriag TO Induce H
TO dry SD. 4
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-15

under cultivation. 1t has only latter
~, and perhaps not even now, been
given the care 1t really needs, but
that is a matter of opinion and in
the pause came back the picture to
the writer of Mr.. CIeghorn in his
beautiful garden at Ainahau, cutting
away each yellow leaf with his own
hands. ''Of course, a park should be
different from your own garden. That
reminds me. do you know that al
most all of the banyan trees in Homo
lulu are slips from the one at Alma
hau?
TT gave me great pleasure to COL
qect the money for the two band
stands, first the one at Emma Square
and then for the one at Thomas
Square, and make Prof. Berger feel
that the citizens appreciated his happy
influence in our city. Then there is
Kawaiahao. for which, in 1898, from
the kind friends of the church. I COL
Iected the necessary funds for innprov-
ing the grounds and sinking for the
present artesian well, which has made
it possible to transform the old church
and it's spacious grounds into one of
the most attractive spots in our city.
hlEIS hdIdhdud l1IlGs L
started in to improve and enlarge the
Palace grounds. About 1875 we added
the old Sumner property, on the north
corner, and soon after the eastern Lu-
nalilo corner was thrown in. The gate
posts which I designed are still stand
ing. T hope that they will never be
taken down. OH yes, there is Kapio-
lani Park and other places, but here
kE-s n
rather talk about it, and in company
with the Advertiser reporter Governor
C1eghorn paced off the space to map
out in his mind the general plan of
court, dress circle floor. stage and the
space for the promenade.
ITO demo1ish so good piece of gov
erum emf property when we need it so
much for just the uses 1t is so beau
tifully adapted to, would be a mistake
which Honolulu would regret before
the task was finished said he. why
don't the Art League get all of the
people to come down here and look
over this place. I think that they
would be very much surprised and
pleased.
att would be shame to take down
this building, because it could be used
for so many public purposes of which
our city is in need. 1t is free from
risk of fire. 1t is convenient to two
lines of the Rapid Transit
take it away? No. 1t is here and
1T is wiser to leave it where it is.
There are good wide streets on four
sides and for this reason the location
is not bad. The Civic Federation's
recommendation of not putting it on
AaIa Park is a good one, for this
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-15

building is quite too large for Aala
Park. If the building were taken
apart the breakage and the new pill
lars required. if divided into three Sec
lions, would cost a great deal. You
must remember that this good cement
foundation cost money. 1t is worth
less except where it is and would cost
much to clear the ground.
Then the iron and glass roof would
also be much injured by taking down
This building can be used to advan-
tage in its present location.
AS soon as Pearl Harbor is open
ed, think the coal sheds will not be
required in this neighborhood. as they
will probably be located at the naval
station at Pearl Harbor.
''Ironwood trees could be planted on
the opposite sidewalks and the own
ers of the surrounding buildings be
induced to paint the walls in har-
monious colors.
"The grounds of the Sailors Home
and Seamen's Institute on the mauka
side is now planted with attractive
trees and plants. The Naval Station
will be an attractive place in the near
future, or when the sheds, are re-
moved.
where's the bad neighborhood? add
ed the Governor. ION the makai side
we have the beautiful broad Pacific, on
the Eva side the electric light company
building, which could and probably
will be improved if the proper peo-
pie are appealed to. On the mauka
side. the Seamen's Institute and Sail
ors' Home societies, whose member