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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15
STATE or SOUTH CAROLINA.
Executive Department.

Executive Department.
Whereas, petition. signed by
more than one-third Of the qualified
electors of That portion of Lee county
proposed to be cut on and annexed to
sumter county, In this State. therein
set out. was filed i'm this Office on the
23rd day of April. 1912. which pro-
posed cut-off embraces the following
lines, To wit:
Commencing at pine tree OH the
line between Lee and Sumter coun-
ties on the West of the public road
leading from Oswego To DuBose's
Cross Roads, and at a distance of
four tenths of mile from the CEN
ter OF said public road. and extending
thence North 16 deg. 81 min. West for
distance Of one and seventy-four
hundredths miles G.74) to point in
the center OF the sad public road
leading from Oswego 10 DuBose's
Cross Roads. about opposite to the
dwelling of Mrs. Martin; thence along
the center OF the said public road for
distance of one and twenty-seven
hundredths G.2O miles to DuBose's
Cross Roads; thence North 61 deg
10 min. West along the center of a
road leading to Heriot's Cross Roads,
a distance of three tenths (3-1O) of a
mile; thence North 81 deg. 50 min.
West a distance of three and twenty
three hundredths 6 23) miles to the
bridge at the main run OF Open
Branch on the road leading to Brad
iord Springs; thence North 63 deg.
20 min. West. distance of one and
eleven hundredths Gid miles to a
point in Stanyarne Burrows field:
thence South 43 deg. so min. West to
the intersection with the line between
lie and Sumter counties thence along
said line South 81 deg. 80 min. East
n distance OF five and forty-four hun
dredths $40 miles to the intersec-
tion OF said line with the public road
from sumter to Bishopville: thence
South so deg. 10 min. East a distance
OF one and fifty-three hundredths
C53) miles. to the point of COM
mencernent-referenee being hereto
made and had to plat made by Nc
Clellan x Palmer. Civil Engineers.
dated september 22nd. 1911"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15

gret exceedingly that appearances
have created the impression that L
have been derelict in my duty.
AS to the charge that 1 have neg
iected TO properly screen the Jail, /
VIII say that j had screen doors put
in and sliding screen windows in the
prison section. / also purchased and
delivered to the Jail adjustable screen
windows for the residence portion of
the building, but why the jailer has
not used them do not know. think
that the committee should have got
ten all the facts, before presenting me
for failure to carry out their instruc-
tions.
/ have noted carefully the present
ment of the grand jury and / shall do
all within my power to better condi-
tions mentioned.
Respectfully submitted,
p. NJ. PITTS,
Supervisor Sumter County.
Sumter, Oct. 10, 1913.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15
REPLY TO GRAND JURY.
supervisor Pitts Makes Statements of
Facts Relative to PrcSentmcnt.

Mr. Editor:
| wish to be allowed to use the
columns of your paper to reply to the
recent presentment of the Grand
Jury.
| feel confident that that body did
not Intentionally do me an injustice,
but that their conclusions were based
upon an imperfect knowledge of the
conditions which control the handling
of convicts. l admit that the sani-
tary co6ition of the prisoners cage
! is not perfect nor as good as / would
have it, but the lack Of proper sani-
tation is caused by the utter indiffer-
ence shown by the convicts to their
own personal cleanliness. This is not
at all surprising as the most of them
compose the scum of our poulation.
My instructions to the Superintendent
OF the Chaingang are to have the
cage Gle aned and disinfected daily
and thoroughly secured on Saturday
afternOon, which instructions I learn
from oh servation are carried out. Is
the fact that the cage had not been
cleaned out at IL o'clock on the days
that the Grand Jury committee visit
ed the Gang, proof positive that it
was not done before the prisoners
were put in at night? 1t is not al
ways convenient to have the daily
cleanup the first part of the day. The
/ fact that we have paid only eight dol
lars for medical attention in the last
six months certainly seems to estab-
lish the fact that the health of the
conVicts, whose average number is
, thirty-fNe, has not been impaired by
the unsanitary condition of the camp.
AS to the waste of food stuffs, OBJ
served by the committee, 1 can only
say that it is not of frequent oc-
currence. / am at the camp several
times each week and have never seen
meat upon the ground. l have, upon
several occasions, seen small Quanti-
ties of meal wasted from torn sacks
and a little spilled by the cook in
getting it from the sack. 1 do not
recall ever having seen grits, rice or
other provisions scattered on the
ground. / am now feeding the pris-
oners Oh rice, cabbage, meal, grits,
butts and syrup and giving tobacco
to those who chew it, at a total cost Of
~ LIE per diem. This figure, taken
into consideration with the statement
of one Of the committee as to the
apparent good health of the convicts,
should preclude the idea of waste
fulness Of provisions.
/ have always honestly endeavored
to have the convicts properly clothed,
fed and managed humanely and 1 re-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15
DON'T MISTAKE THE CAUSE.
Many Sumter People Have Kidney
Trouble and Do Not Know II.
Sumter, Oct. 10, 1913.

DO you have backache?
Are you tired and worn out?
Feel dizzy, nervous and depressed
Are the kidney secretions irregular?
Highly colored; contain sediment?
Likely your kidneys are at fault.
Weak kidneys give warnings Of dis
tress.
Heed the warning; don't delay
Use tested kidney remedy.
Read this testimony.
Mrs. r. l.. Logan, Manning, S. C.,
says: "Doan's Kidney Pills have been
SO beneficial to me that 1 am glad to
recommend them. For a long time
L had trouble from my kidneys and 1
suffered from lame and aching back
that kept me from getting my prop
er rest at night. Doan's Kidney Pills
relieved me and now 1 am enjoying
much better health"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster -Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other. No. 3S.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15
And, Whereas, the boundaries

And, Whereas, the boundaries or
that portion of Lee county sought to
be cut off and annexed to sumter
county are fully set out i'm said peti-
tion' as we'll as the other facts
necessary To De stated urder the laws
of this State.
Ana, Whereas, the report of the
commissioners appointed to ascertain
the facts as provided for by law as II
whether the provisions of the Consti-
tuition and Laws of this state, as to
population, area. wealth, distance
from the court house, etc. have been
complied with, was filed i'm this office
on the Sth day of February, 1913,
which report states that the law has
been complied with. leaving not less
than four hrGdred square miles in
Lee county. and not less than two
million dollars of taxable property
and that the population of the said
county of Lee will not be reduced to
less than fifteen thousand inhabitants
and that the proposed line does not
run nearer than eight miles to the
court house Of said Lee county.
Now, therfore, l Cole l.. Blease,
as governor of the State of South
Carolina, by virtue of the power con-
h,,
and laws of this State, do hereby
order:
First: That an election be held in
the territory embraced within the
proposed lines aforesaid on the Ar
day of November, A. ID. 1913, upon
the question of annexing said terri
tory to the county of Sumter and that
at said election the qualified electors
within the proposed area shall be al
lowed to vote upon said question,
those favoring the proposed annex
alton to vote Yes and those op-
posing it to vote No.
Second: That the Commissioners
of Election for State and county Of
tcers for Lee county shall make all
necessary arrangements for holding
said election; shall appoint managers,
and do all other things necessary ror
the holding of said election, that the
County Supervisor of Lee county
shall have prepared printed tickets
and furnish same to the Commits
sioners of Election to be sent out to
the managers of election for the use
of the voters.
Third: That the said territory pro-
posed To be cut off from Lee county
and added to Sumter county, con-
tanning no polling or voting place,
as now prescribed by law, the office
of DIR. Henry Y. DuBose, near Du-
Bose's Cross Roads, who lives and
resides within the territory sought to
be cut off from Lee county and added
and incorporated into sumter county.
us hereby designated and named as q !
voting or polling place for the pur-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15
Women Need Health
and STRENGTH

FThe work Of a housekeeping wo-
man makes constant call on her
strength and vitality, and sickness
comes through her kidneys and blad-
der oftener than she knows. Foley
Kidney Pills will invigorate and re-
store her, and weak back, nervous
ness, aching joints and irregular blad-
der action will all disappear when
Foley Kidney Pills are uSed.-Advt
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15

"Will G. Richmond "a resident Of
lnglewood. Cal, will answer any in
quiries about Foley's Honey and Tar
compound. He says further "FOley's
Honey and Tar Compound has greatly
Denehted me for bronchial trouble
and cough, after / used other reme-
dies that failed 1t is more like a
food than medicine" Do not ac-
cept q subStitute.-Adyt
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15
Cotton Ginners' Report.

The official report on cotton ginned
In sumter county up to September
10Th, shows that 1926 bales of this
crop had been ginned on that date.
The total ginninGs to the same date
last year We're 1927. Report made
by w. ID. Mcleod.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15

proclamation Ordering Election on
Annexation OF Territory To sum
ter.

The following is the proclamation
Issued by Governor Blease ordering
the election in Lee County to decide
whether or not certain territory OF
that county shall he annexed To sum
ter county, said election to be held on
November 4th, next;
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15
n Marvellous EscaDc.

MY little boy had q marvellous es-
CAPE" writes p. +. Rastiams of Prince
Albert, Cape Of Good Hope. "It oc-
CURED IN the middle OF the night He
got very severe attack of croupe
AS luck would have it, / had a large
pottle OF Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy III the house. After following
the directions for an hour and twen-
W minutes he was through all dam
ger. Sold by ali dealers.-Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15
Quick Help to Backache and Rheu
matiSm

*The man or woman who wants
quick help from backache and rheu-
matism, will find it in Foley Kidney
Pills. They act so quickly a {. with
such good effect that weak, inactive
kidneys that do not keep the blood
clean and free of impurities, are
toned up and strengthened to healthy
vigorous action. Good results follow
their use prOmptly.-AGvt
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15

No. 5Oi-"Stuckcy Place.: $40
acres. Its five miles out and 'front.',
on two good roads. 27O acres open.
room dwelling and four tenant
dwellings. Land lies hcou,;svu,
Price $4,000. 90.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15

NO. oOO-"Tisdalc Place.; % acres.
IT'S Just two miles from Sumter. ON
radical Road. 90 acres open. Four
room dwelling. large barn, rich land
Price $i.5OO.OO
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15

No. oO2-'Lawrcnce Place; 1856
acres. This IL on the Manning Road
and only four miles from Sumter.
125 acres open and I'm high state or
cultivation. New room dwelling.
and four tenant dwellings. Price
$1f,OOO.OO.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15

No. 503.--"Lee Place" 100 acres
It's ON the Brewington Road. 8 ~
miles from sumter, ) miles from May.
csNiiie. About haIf open. One old
dwelling. neglected place but u big
bargain at S2,OOO.OO.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15

No. 512.-"CuttinO Place.: 226
acres. just two miles from Paxvillc
i'm Clarendon County. 40 acres open,
tenant dwellings,. Place just drain
cd. Fine land. Price $11,OOO.0O.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15

NO. oOl.-"Epps Place" 1872 acres
1hiS IL about > miles from Olanta i'm
inc tobacco country. Two tenant
dwellings,. About as acres open. Price
S5,76O.OO.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15

No. 51f.-"R. p. Weldon Place:
126 IL acres. 90 acres open. Large
dwelling. barn and two tenant dwell
ings. It's only one mile from Her.
RIOTS Roads. Price $4,000 per acre.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15

No. 513.-"Jane Mckinney Place.:
300 acres. This is near OswegO and
only two miles from Aman Station.
1'o acres open. With expenditure of
Il little money will make a good pro-
fit for lou. Price S12,OOO.OO.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15

No. oO1--"W. :. BOykin Place: 95
acres. This is IL very choice little
p'acc ana Is situate right at DalzcIl.
% acres open. u room DWELLING and
three tenant dwellings. It, chcaD ot
$4,000 per acre. but immediate sale
will take SS,5OO.OO.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15

No. 511.-"Dick Place.: 12O acres
right OH the road from Dalzell to
Camden. Nice location and a beauti-
full home spot. 100 acres open, 4 ten
ant dwellings and one room dwell
ing, large new barn. A fine place and
Il fine place for home. Price
$1O,OOO.OO.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15

No. 51O-"Dick Place.: 80 acres.
iCs Is right at Providence Springs.
that famous resort, and includes II
ant dwellings, about 2-S open. Bar
gain ut $3.5OO.OO.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15

No. 5O8-'McCasllill Place: 90
acres. This is right ut Pickncys "
Roads i'm tho pretty Statcburg cOun-
try. 10 acres open, nice ) room
dwelling and two tenant dwellings.
n good home. For immediate sale
will go for $3,60O.O0.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15

NO. aOo.-"Slaw Place: 500 acres.
us ABOUT three miles from Maycs..
Vile, Ola the MuldrOws Crossing Road.
.Zo acres open, room dwelling and
hVc tenant dwellings,. This Is q de-
NciOpincnt proposition that will make
Dig money for you. Price only
$l6,OOO.OO.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-15

No. 5O9.-''Dinliins Place.: 100
acres. It's on the Catchall Road
about u miles from Sumter. 30 acres
open, tenant dwellings. Good land.
Price only $l,2OO.OO.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-08-27
FAILURE IN EUGENICS
An Ideally Sound Theory But 1t Failed
to Work Out in Practice
(From the Bellman.)

(FrOm the Bellmdn.)
The result of the first eugenic ma
riage in the state of Massachusetts
does not seem altogether promising for
the success of the idea. Perhaps the
exact and proper equation of physical
fitnessw as not carefully observed be-
tween the ideal he and she. Evidently
the balance of power, instead of being
nicely adjusted to withstand the wear
and tear of domestic attrition swung
too far on the distaff side, bringing as
great disaster as if the couple, in
stead of proceeding according to the
latest and most highly approved the
DRY, had been married in the old-fash
toned take-your-chances mode.
After a very brief ana OBVIOUSLY
stormy voyage on the ocean of matrt
mony, the first couple in Massachus-
etts married according to eugenic prin-
ciples have separated. Mrs. Eugenics
applied to the police for assistance in
recovering her personal belongings
from Mr. Eugenics. When the police
asked the latter for them he gave
them up willingly and without protest,
only eXclaiming from battered face,
and loosened front teeth the sad
words, Never again!" Evidently it is
possible to overdo the physical perfec-
ton idea. In this instance, it was the
lady who was not onlybfit but too fit,
but it might just as we'll have happen
ed that the fault was on the masculine
side.
L. this instance is to be accepted as
a criterion, it follows that even eugen-
ic marriages may be failures unless
an equality of physical prowess be OBJ
served. How the exact proportions
are to be determined according to
scientific standards is not clear. Per-
haps a preliminary bout under the ac-
copied rules of the P. R. would be
sufficient; if it were declared draw
it would be safe not to forbid the
banns on the assumption that an even
ly matched pair could continue scrap
ping to the end of their days, in the ut
most comfort and happiness, without
danger that one would knock the Of
er out.
The vexatious and annoying trouble
about so many of these ideally sound
theories is that while they ought e
work out perfectly according to scien
tific precept, when actually tried they
end the wrong way, to the discomft-
ure of their sponsors.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-08-27
THE NEWSPAPER OF THE FUTURE
(From a Speech by Editor Donald, OF
The London Chronicle.)

The newspaper of the future will
use airships and aeroplanes to deliver
its product to the more distant centers
of circulation. Electric trains AMI
autoplones running on special tracks
will be pressed into the same service
Morning and evening newspapers will
be merged and editions will come Out
almost every hour day and night.
News will be collected by wireless
telephones and reporters will carry
telephones with them to communicate
to their newspapers wireless messages
which will be delivered to the editors
printed in column form.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-08-27
A SUCCESSFUL NEGRO FARMER
birmingham Age-Herald.)

birmingham Age-Herald)
The practical results that are being
obtained by the farming experts of Au
burn in their efforts to increase the
size of the crops as we'll as to diversi-
fly them are we'll illustrated in a story
that reached Birmingham yesterday
from the plantation of w. W. Thomp-
son in Macon county, close to the
school at Auburn. AS is we'll known
Mr. Thompson is Educating his ten
ants, some 300 negroes living On his
farm, in the same methods that ne
pursued.
Kelly Sparks, a negro, has come
from practical poverty and debt o.
$4,000 to comfort and an annual in
come of $4,000 for 1913 in four years
time as a result of applied methods of
modern farming. The table of what
he raised in the four years is of inter
est:
In 1909 Sparks raised on a two
horse farm, about 40 acres, only five
bushels of corn and eight bales Ct
cotton, a fifth of a bale to the acre. In
the following year he began to learn
and increased his crop to 100 bushels
of corn and 16 bales of cotton, and in
1911 his yield was 300 bushels of corn
and q bales of cotton. The next yea"
he neglected his crop, but in 1913. this
year, he came back greater than any
pitching recruit of the big league. His
crop this year will amount in none 7
ito $29SS at the lowest estimate, AMI
may run to $500. He owed $4,000 to
the banks for advance money in 1903;
he has paid it all back, and this year
will carry bank account with which
to commence buying lands for himself.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-08-27

1t was twelve years after Harvey
wrote his memorable lecture on tn 2
circulation of the blood that he ar
nounced his discovery to the world. He
seemed to realize the attitude of the
people OF his time toward any radicGl
departure from conventional thought
and opinions, and feared the results Of
his disclosures. Indeed he was burned
in effigy and it was years after his
death that his ideas were generally ac-
cepted.
Annually in the hall where this lee
ture on the circulation was delivered
April 18th, 1916, there is a lecture Civ
en- by the ablest scientist obtainable in
the world, on the subject, 1.-THE Growtn
of Truth"
In 1906 the lecture was given by
DR.. William Osler and in commenting
On the apparent inability of the aver
age human to accept any new truths,
any radical deviations from fixed ideas
and established standards, he said,
Sooner or later-insensibly, uncon-
sciously-the iron yoke of conformity
is upon our necks; and in our minds
as in our bodies, the force of habit BE-
comes irresistible. From our teachers
and associates from our reading, from
the social atmosphere about us We
catch the beliefs of the day and they
become ingrained part of our nature
For most of us this happens in the
haphazard process we call educatio :
and it goes On just as long as we re
tain our mental receptivity. 1t was
never better expressed than in the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-08-27
THE HABIT OF CONFORMITY

famous lines that occurred to Henry
Sedgwick in his sleep:
We think SO because all other people
think SO;
Or because-or because-after all we
think so;
Or because we were told so and think
we must think so.
Or because we once thought so AMI
still think we think so;
Or because, having thought SO, We
think we will think So
I'm departing from any settled opin-
ion or belief, the variation, the change,
the break with custom may come grad
ually; and the way is usually prepar-
ed. But the final break is made, as
rule, by some one individual, the mas
terless man of Kipling's splendid allie
CORY who sees with his own eyes and,
with an instinct or genius for truth,
escapes from the routine in which his
fellows live. But he often pays dearly
for his boldness. A certain psychol-
ogist tells us that the pain of new
idea is one of the greatest pains known
to human nature. 1t is, as people say,
so upsetting; it makes you think thai,
after all, your favorite notions may be
wrong, your firmest beliefs ill-founded
it is certain that till now, there was no
place allotted in your mind to the new
and startling inhabitant. Now that it
has gained an entrance, you do not at
once see which of your old ideas it
will turn out, with which it can be re-
conciled and with which it is at essen
tial enmity. 1t is on this account that
the man who expresses a new idea is
very apt to be abused and ill-treated.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-08-27
THE PRESIDENTS GROWING IN
FLUENCE
Hartford Times.l

The President has never seemed
lacking in stature, but his stature has
increased markedly since he assumed
the reins of the Chief Magistracy. Tho
defeat of the sugar amendments is
evidence of his control over his party
followers in Congress. Although cor.
stitutionally we affirm that the admin
istrative and legislative branches o.
the Government are distinctly separa
ted, in practice we hold the Chief Elk
ecutive directly responsible for the
acts of his party in the legislative
body. We have had Presidents in re-
cent time whose party leadership was
inconclusive. The results have been
disastrous for all concerned, including
a country insistent upon decisive leg
islation. DR.. Wilson has won for him
self more of confidence and more OF
authority than seemed assured him III
the early days of his Presidency.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-08-27

According to Philadelphia physic-
ian. excessive motorcycle speed numhs
. Q brain Of the rider. We are thank
T for the information, because it ex-
r'ains why SO few of them have any
sense.