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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-05

market his cotton and other field
products. The city man is also i'm
portant to the farmer. One is de-
pendent upon the other, as a whole"
Mr.. Jennings corroborates my con-
tentions in his articles. as follows:
What would the city do without
the country? What would the
country do without the city? We
are inter- dependent upon each 9TH
er."
Yet he characterizes me as a strife
raiser and one who wishes to array
city against country because / prove
by reliable editors and official records
that there is an unequal burden of
taxes levied upon city property. That
the city pays over half of the county
taxes for country improvements and
| receives not cent in return for mu-
nicipal purposes.
would not honestly without first
consulting Mr.. Jennings as to his mo-
tives in saying that Sumter citizens
should repudiate my attempt to ar
ray city against country by turning
out and voting for the bond issue.
accuse Mr.. Jennings Of making use of
"cheap-skate" politics the night be-
fore the election to work upon the
feelings of or the sentiment Of Sum-
ter voters to create the impression
that votes against the bond issue
would be construed by the farmers
as an endorsement Of what he err
roneously construes as antagonistic
sentiment on my part against coun-
trymen. But l could with equal JUS
tice do so. and then after hearing his
side qualify my statement. He does
me the honor to say that was once
a leader in the Chamber of
Commerce. Yes / was one of the
leaders and wheel horses too. also
worked in the ranks as a private and
did a, lot Of work for which others
received the glory, and benefits. +
did hundreds Of days and nights
work and sacrificed my Sunday rest
working for Sumter and neither ask
ed nor received compensation there
for. No one knows this better than
Mr.. Jennings. He worked with me,
time after time. He was a leader
and wheel-horse" for Sumter as he
is now. He had money and an auto
mobile and ability in his way. / had
energy. and like him public-spirit,
love of home. l could do some things
he and others could not do. But we
did 1t. / did my share.
When the Chamber Of Commerce
treasury was empty, as it mostly was,
he and a few other men went down
in their pockets and paid the bills
t'N'0 md HrH'r naid out what lit
tle ! couio.
We worked and travail. .rr,,,-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-05

.i.- 'h" FARMERS ~ ere not asked tO
pay the bills either. They know It..
They appreciate it. But when the
Chamber Of Commerce got a few
thousand dollars they went back on
the old wheel horse" old "E. I. r."
who was willing to work for nothing
or practically nothing and hired an
outsider as secretary at monthly
salary Of $4,000. If the treasury Of
the Chamber Of Commerce went
dry tomorrow, or any time in the
near future, this outsider who has no
interest in Sumter except his salary
would sensibly and naturally desert
the old ship and pull out for another
job mighty quick. Then old "E. /.
Il. or Il. ID. j." would come in
mighty handy with their money or
energy. 1t may come to the point
yet where the home man will be
needed. when the cash runs out.
l do not believe that cities OF
towns should be taxed to defray the
expenses Of the county and yet re-
ceive no prorata share Of that taxes.
The farmers themselves don't think
II fair. l am working for Sumter
city when fight this injustice.
Taxation without representation"
caused the American colonies to fight
for and gain their independence.
Iaxation OF an Incorporated COM
munty for the benefit Of the other
portions Of the county without giving
the city its share is unjust and l can
state this fearlessly and no fairmind-
ed and intelligent farmer can con-
, cientiously say I am arraying city
agains. country. | have as much
right to express my opinion as any
rich tax dodger.
did not intend To array city
against country. | love the country
districts where | have spent weeks
and months lighting against disease
and death, and always won out.
thank God. | was always Hospitality
treated in the country districts. |
! love my country friends, and / am
proud of their friendship. would
not intentionally wrong them, and
! II I'm the heat of political discussion
cid seem to do them an injustice. the
farmers and thoir wives may God
bless them, they would forgive and
forget knowing my impulsiVc way.
! There is more religion, charity. hor
csty and hospitality in one square
mile OF the rural districts ot Sumter
county than YOU can find in the big
/ Scst city i'm the world. notwithstand-
ing there is a lot Of all four i'm cities
! and towns If some Of the religion is
/ I'm the wifcs name
As a matter Of fact 1t is immatcrial
To me whether we have good or bad
roads, or whether the bond issue il
voted for or against. l have lost all
interest i'm public affairs. | am sure
Mr.. Jennings will now do the Justice
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proportionately higher than many a
rich man, or rather rich woman's
home In Sumter. Mr.. Jennings can
! select from the tax hooks a number
! of his richer and intimate friends.
and no doubt clients, "who 10 not
pay any taxes" If having your prop
erty in your wife's name constitutes
a non-taxpaying citizen.
I There Is no way that an attorney
can point TO poor man or woman,
not engaged in mercantile life, how
to honestly avoid paying their debts.
But any merchant or farmer who has
been doing a big business may pay a
, lawyer to legally rob his creditors for
him and still retain his social, COM
. mercial and political and, religious
, equilibrium.
MIR. Jennings says that he can not
understand why n man who pays no
taxes should worry about whether
city bonds are redeemed or not Well,
contend that the city OF Sumter
should abide by the Constitution or
her bonds issued are liable TO be re-
pudiated. II. as Mr.. Jennings prac-
ticaHy contends. law amounts to
nothing in issuing bonds. then why
did not the purchasers of the Main
street bond issue accept Mr.. Jenning' S
legal opinion that IT was not neces-
sary to open the books Of regstra-
tlon for special election?
What Sumter lawyers were to
blame when the water works. sewer
axe system and Main street bond is
sues were turned down by bond our
chGscrs?
repeat that If having your prop
"r.y in your wife's name debars q
citizen Of the right to take an inter
est IN bond issue. or TO form or ex.
press an opinion on public quest ms.
then the women ought To take charge
Of the city and county government
Immediately, according to the num-
l'r Of frceholders in Sumter. There
are not sufficient number Of white
male frecholders i'm Sumter to order
an ele ton for anything. This in
cludes the rich white men. and some
influential leading and prominent
citiH'ns" who belong to the Chamber
OF Commerce. will bet that there
are more male frccholders among the
working men OF Sumter than there
are among Mr.. Jennings intimate as
sociatcs I'm the Chamber OF COM
mercc, and they did not have the AZ.
sistance of attorneys To Icaglly rob
any one for them.
I'm my article. To which ne takes
exceptions, | said that "It is true that
the city Is dependent upon the pros.
perity of the country TO a great ex-
tent But II the millions Of people
living In the cities Of the world did
not eat, and wear clothes the farmer
would not stand much OF a show To
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In my article Of Saturdays Item |
merely wanted TO show that my pre-
vious contention that the burden of
the tax for the $4,000 bond issue
| would fan upon the citizens Of sum-
ter had been proven by the state
ments of two prominent editors and
| official records. i retract nothing. as
l told the truth. l can Conscientious
ly differ with my fellow citizens as
| to the most economical and equitable
method of securing a complete sys-
tenn of highways without necessarily
being an individual who wishes to
array city against the country. Since
reading my article, and consulting
| with number of my friends / have
found out and many citizens have
told me that the way my article was
worded was calculated to convey the
impression that I was trying to ar
ray city against country. / wrote the
article very hurriedly and did not
realize at the time that the pharse-
ology was misleading. So / can not
blame Mr.. Jennings for misunder.
standing my intentions. but I do think
he might have given me opportunity
to say whether that was my intention
before he arraigned me before the
bar Of public opinion as strife
raiser and migrate. Let the farmer
pay his just proportion Of taxes. He
is no pauper.
In regard to Mr.. Jennings investi-
cation Of the tax books and his state
ment that I pay no taxes, I think /
will give him the opportunity to in
vestigate again before fully reply
To him. Let him ask City Clerk and
Treasurer Charles M. Hurst whether
pay taxes or not. and IL Mr.. Hurst
says that I do not then ] will prove
that the majority Of taxes in Sumter
is paid by the women. and that most
Of the property Is owned by the ,;o-
men.
1 gave my wife the house and lot
we are living in and i have paid
every dollar that we have paid on
the home myself. and have worked
for and paid out Of my salary every
dollar Of taxes on this little home. I
gave this home to my wife honestly,
and not as bankrupt who failed and
robbed his creditors out Of thousands
of dollars by paying off ten to twenty
cents on the dollar as many attornies'
clients have done in this city.
There are many "high rollers" In
Sumter commercial, and fashionable
society circles. and who ride in cost
iy automobiles. whom Mr.. Jennings
knows can't sign as freeholders, a
petition to order an election for a
bond issue because these bankrupts
had Co. put thcr property iu tha'r
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12
! SLIPPERY PLACES.


somewhere in the Bible something
y said about the wicked standing In
slippery places. Recognizing the fact
that jokesmiths and paragraphers OF
generations ago started using this line
as foundation for cold weather uuip
and witticism. The MisSoulian Is dar-
Ing enough to apply it to the side
walks on that south side block that
harbors the tabernacle. This is. Of
course, with the understanding that a
good share OF the fifteen thousand
people who have attended the evan
kelistic services are wicked. Some of
them-this goes for both classes-have
not stood. either The skating rink
that represents the cement walk that
gives approach to the tabernacle is a
monument to the failure Of the city
government to make its clean-the-
snow off the walk or be arrested bluff
50. The mayor and the council were
out on limb. The property -owners
had. and have. the high hand. Some
evening Evangelist Lowry will need
an Illustration and he'll mention that
walk. There will be plenty of "Amens.'
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SUBSCRIBERS, PAPERS.
THURSDAY. JANUARY IL, 1911.
DRIFTING.

And the morning and evening were
the second Gay. Likewise, there was
noon and the members 81 the legis-
lature took their first joint ballot 1t
that hour. the result marking slight
change from the totals OF the sepa-
rate ballot OF the day before. Candi-
dates Carter, Walsh, Conrad and Scat
tering showed the same relative
strength which the original ballot re-
Vealed Walsh gained one. Carter
gained three. Conrad lost two ana
Scattering showed q net loss Or three.
Il the votes In the Scattering column
ever coalesce, there will be some in
dication Of the final result OF the sena-
torial ballot. It seems certain. in the
light Of the news from the capitol.
that none Of these votes will ever &c
TO the Carter. Walsh or Conrad lists
The democratic vote will never unite
upon either Conrad or Walsh; that
seems reasonably certain. There is a
rumor. constantly reiterated, that there
viii be some means found to elect
Senator Carter to succeed himself, but
nobody is able to tell where the rumor
starts or to show what ground there
y for it. For weeks the legislature is
likely to drift along. awaiting develop
ments.
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12

FIFTEEN CENTS.

II you had but a dime and nickel
IN your pocket. you would consider
yourself in mighty hard luck, wouldn't
You? Ii you saw no way in which
you could add to the Is cents you
would regard the world as very
cold place. would you nota Yes, but
you would be Rockefeller. Croesus.
in comparison with many poor fell
low who is walking the streets today
prospects for the hours of the night
to come. Long, black, cold hours they
are. too, nowadays, each set with so
minutes of discomfort and misery
Fifteen cents-why, with Is cents you
may buy bed, for a night; you may
sleep and be warm for Is cents. With
out the Is cents-oh well. you can
tramp and tramp until your half
frozen feet almost refuse to move, you
may try to sneak past the watchman
into the near projection of livery
barns hay, or last resort, you may
apply at the police station for a
nights lodging. The respectable
tramp-for misfortune is a chuck a
luck affair. sometimes-would rather
freexe than go to Jail, If even for nc
soffense but that of being without Ii
cents. There are men in Missoula to.
daycoInparatively few. to be sure
who are in need Of help and deserve
~ There are also men here now Nhe
ned help, but do not deserve It. Ont
sprf suffers as the other; to eithe,
~ cents means heaven when the wins
sels lcy down Hell Gate canyon
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12
TAFT WOULD LESSEN
DRUGS IMPORTATION

Washington, Jan. 11.-President Taft
today sent to congress a mes sage rec
ommending amendments to the opium
exclusion act Of two years ago. His
recommendations are an approval of a
report by Secretary of State Knox.
giving reasons why the act should be
made more effective by amending to
prohibit any vessel engaged in trade
from any foreign port to any place in
the jurisdiction of this country or hc-
tween ports within this jurisdiction
from carrying opium prepared for
smoking.
It is pointed out that defect in the
present law allows some kinds of
orium to be manufactured in the Unit
ed States from domestically prepared
opium. He further urged the enact
ment of legislation to control the I'M
portation. manufacture and distliba-
tion In interstate commerce OF opium,
cocaine. morphine and other habit
forming drugs.
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12

certain. In the latter country the pe-
riodical overflow of the. Nile and the
/ subsequent exposure to an ardent sun
OF vast expanse of mud, sediment, de-
eaying vegetation, and bodies of
drowned animals was considered a
! fruitful source of the pest. The ..ten
plaques of Egypt" which Moses in
voked to cure Pharoah's hardness of
heart, were merely causal yisitations.
Marseilles lost half It's population in
/ 1920; Moscow was scourged in 1771;
| Malta In s1S13. the whole of Silesia
| in 1919; Bulgaria In 1S28-29, the Rus
sian army being practically wiped out
Since 1841, however, the mediaeval
plague has not appeared even locally
in any European land, although there
have been outbreaks of such modern
equivalents as the bubonic plague.
No city or country suffered more Sc
verely from the plague than London
and England in 1896. This visitation
is known to history and to literature
as "the great plague of London" In
the latter city its horrors have been
portrayed by suuch master writer's as
Daniel Defoe in his journal of the
Plague and by Harrison Ainsworth
in his "Old ST. PauPs' While all
England was more or less afflicted,
London felt the full force of the cpl
demic, nearly 10000 souls being swept
away. September was the most fatal
| month. Only the coming Of cold
weather and the subsequent drastic
and wholesale purifying of the city
by the great fire of 1865 finally
stamped out the scourge. There again
the plague differed from the black
death, as ordinary low temperatures
apparently failed to check the latter's
ravages.
| Medicl science has failed to exactly
identify the plague with any of the
! modern virulent epidemics, such as
| typhoid, cholera. or the bubonic
plague. ut was a most malignant con
tagious fever, its symptoms including
swelling of the lymphatic glands,
carbuncles, and skin eruptions. the
victims being liable to be attacked
again and again. The period of ncu-
bation after exposure to infection
lasted from two to seven days, marked
Dy ldSSlluue, uTOWSiUGSS ana general
debility. Then followed violent chills,
headache, vertigo, vomiting, high
fever, delirium, stupor, unconscious
ness, convulsions and death from
heart construction In rare cases there
was convalescence and recovery,
brought about through stimulation
and nutritive support. There was no
other known remedy or cure, although
quack remedies abounded by the hun
dreds.
The causes of the plague are now
thoroughly understood. It's inception is
due to filthy personal habits, unsani-
tary surroundings. such as residence
in damp or narshy soils or undrained
city quarters. It's propagation was
mainly through atmospheric infection
or personal contagion=-the latter
proved most conclusively by the fact
that the plague, like the cholera. was
invariably disseminated from city to
city by the great oriental religious or
commercial caravans. The annual pill
grimage to Mecca was almost invar-
iably followed by an outbreak of the
plague in some locality en- route. Con-
sequently. these caravans came to be
dubbed plague carriers The disease
is now limited chiefly to Syria. Egypt,
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12
PUBLIC HEALTH.

Yesterdays Washington news indi-
Gated that there is at last a probability
that the plan for a national health
service Is to be realized. RECON-
mendation has been made that the
name of the marine hospital service
be changed to the public health bureau
and that Its powers be enlarged. This
seems to us to be step in the right
direction. The magnificent service
which has been rendered. to the whole
world by the marine hospital, even
with its limited authority, has been
one of the noteworthy achievements OF
the past decade. The obliteration OF
yellow fever, the complete sanitation
81 the canal zone, the betterment Of
Cuban sanitary conditions-all these
stand as triumphs of the United States
many other credits to their account
And there are modest monuments over
graves which are the resting places Of
men who were heroes as great as any
who ever died in battle, men who gave
their lives to the cause Of medical
science, that their fellows might be
spared the dangers or pestilence and
disease. The work has been noble; it
~ well to give more power to the men
who have carried It on in the face OF
heavy handicap and unfair criticism
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12

When next you feel the weight Of
money In your pocket. when next you
hear the jingle Of coins in your
clothes. think of the sleepy eyed.
frost bitten. out man without
the Is cents that bring animal comfort.
at least, for night. It may be your
privilege to help somebody and that
sort OF thing is well worth while It's
the real religion.
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12
Anatobia, Turkey, Asiatic Russia and

Anatobla, Turkey. Asiatic Russia and
China.
That the disappearance of the plague
from Europe is chiefly due to i'm
proved sanitation and personal hy-
gene cannot be doubted. Fortunately,
there is now little prospect that the
western world will ever again be des-
olated by any such deadly visitant as
the Great Plague. But modern scien-
tific study and research concerning
plague infection prove conclusively
that all such disorders are spread by
rats. It is an accepted axiom that
where rats go, plague will 60 Mice
and ground squirrels also may be
blamed. In the case of rats especially
it is well known that ships are, and
have been from time immemorial. in
tested with these vermin. The tracks
Of all the great medieval epidemics
are known to have followed the then
existing water routes of trade and
travel. Modern experience with the bu-
bonic plague proves the same thing.
The domestic or ship rat carries the
infection in its own carcass and COM
and clothing. Further, the same fleas
which infest the rats will harbor in
human beings, and infect their host
by means of their bite. This is now
SO clearly understood that in all
plague-rdden countries, where there
is any attempt at scientific SANTA
ton or preventive measures, whether
OF quarantine or of destruction, re-
lentless war against rats and ground
squirrels is carried on. Where the
rodents are driven out the scourge dis
fact that in the sixteenth century,
when Europe was plague ridden, dogs
and cats We're also popularity recog-
nized as carriers of infection, and
dreaded accordingly.
Because America was not discovered
and settled by Europeans until later,
our western continent escaped the raw
ages Of the great mediaeyal pests and
scourges But with settlement and
commerce, particularly when our Pa
lcific coast ports began to be thronged
with shipping and sailors from the
orient-home Of the plague from time
immemoral-the United States could
not and did not escape infection from
what became popularity known as rat
plague''-the dread bubonic plague
Besides the ship rat and the domesti-
Gated variety mice and the extremely
prolific California ground squirrel We're
found to be fruitful and dangerous
sources OF contagion.
SurgeonG General Walter Wyman of
the United States public health and
marine hospital service says: Ancient
writings abound in allusions to pesti-
lence and their connection with epi-
zootics among rats and mice In the
Book of Samuel there is reference to
pestilence having relation to mice,
and that it might be stayed, the Phil
istines made offerings of golden inn
ages of the mice that marred the land.
During the centuries that have inter-
vened rats have migrated to practi-
cally every quarter of the earth, caus-
ing untold losses on account of their
depredations. They have also, in all
probability, been the primary agents
of transmission in the visitations of
plague which have visited the EARTH"
Tomorrow-"Histori Scourges.''
1.-THE Black DEATH"
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12

However, the speeches or Senator
Whiteside, made during the senatorial
ballotfng this year, do not attract the
same degree OF attention that was ac-
corded his remarks under similar CON
ditions in 1899.
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12

Walsh has enough votes If he can
control them" to swing the demo-
cratic caucus 1T caucus is held
There are two big ifs beween the
Helena man and the senate seat.
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12

The man who has experienced both
New England nor'easter and a Mon
tana blizzard laughs when he hears
easterners discuss the severity OF
western storms.
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12

Silver Bow is the scapegoat OF the
legislature. She will be blamed for all
the evil Of the present session and will
get credit for none Of the good, even
IL she lines UP right.
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12

Enlarged powers to the public health
bureau will mean increased service
and added efficiency.
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12

The Pennsylvania capitol case will
become famous through the fact that
some of the boodlers blew back. This
establishes a new precedent.
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12

II all of Montana's resources were
as we'll developed and as thoroughly
worked as the Helena hotel facilities,
this would be wealthy state, indeed.
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12

Even the state-right sentiment of
the states along the gulf Is not proof
against the splendid record made by
the federal service in the yellow fever
fight.
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12

The Red Apple banquet and the
Charter day anniversary of the uni
versity will make February memoir
able month this year.
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12

The Helena hotel men are enthusi-
astic over the prospects of pro-
tracted senatorial ballot.
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12

The name of the new California
senator is encouraging. 1t will be good
to hear Senator Works..
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12

Bozeman's boy burglar is worse
case than Missoula's Juvenile thieves:
but he has been longer at the busi-
ness.
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12

But 1t is gratifying to know that
the senatorial contest will not inter-
fere with the success Of the Red Apple
banquet
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-12

The favorite sons seem to be with
out honor save in their own coun
ties.