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?t)f (Matcbman an} soutbnm. ^ 0 j r?blUI?,Hl Wednesday and Saturday. ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTalK. 8. C. 11.19 per annum -in advance. Adf?u>tUe*s*nats: Square first Insertion.fl.00 subsequent Insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or Isnger will be made at reducer! rates. All communications which aub sjsrve private Interests will be charged tea* as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The -umter Watchman wan found? ed is last am) the Trus Southron In IMS the Watchman and Southron ????*? h th* c ?n blned circulation and ?nauen<*?* cf both Of ti.i i pupsr* and Is 'nanlfestly the b?jit advertising sssdtum in gumter. 1 SSSSSSaSSSBM Oov. Sulser of New ^'ork is a real Democrat In theory and p-aetlec and steadily risen In spite of the wh -sr collar he has 'icvcr worn. ? ? g The anti-pistol totins league of Georgle Is making a greit ado over a proposed law fotbiddlnr the man? ufacture, sole or carrying o< any pis? tol less than sixteen Inches In length. Ths advocates of this* law claim 'li.it It will solve the pistol problem, pre? vent ths carrying of concealed weap? ons and put sr. end to the er i of blood? shed In which we are living. They Sure entirely too enthusiastic and opti? mistic, for the exp. n.-n- | of Bhwth Carolina with an almost lden' demonstrates thst the law is a failure. Pistol toting Is as prevalent as* ever and murder Just as frequent a* before the law was enscted. There Is a law forbidding the sale of pistols, but it ?? almost as easy to buy a pistol in t'outn Carolina as s drink of blind tiger whiskey, and the only result of the enactment of lans agalnat carry? ing onnoaalsd weapons has been to place law-abiding men at the mercy of the criminal classes. We do n M J*ss?i .pore law. but a healthy and courageous ?entirnent that will en? force the laws now on the statute book ? see Unless the proposed Kenyon-Shep pard law, now before Congress for consideration. prohibits the shtp Into prohibition terri tory for an rpoos whataover. Con? di kill It and be don I ti. If t right la to be reserved Ig ?.w?.ai? to Import liquor for "oersonK. use." the Kenyan law will not be a prohibition Isw and bi nd ill continue to flourish a* ?r. d now If In, the eyea of the jor U an article of commerce and !? manufacture and sale can n ? forbidden on the ground that It Is an evil that should be abso? lutely suppressed, then It Is a waste of time to talk of prohibition and sen? sible men should concern thems*dve* with devising measures to regu'.a'e and control the traffic. .New* from the l'<>iiliisulu. Christmas has passed off very ejuletly with us. no rows, no drunken? ness, t ul pb i?l> of tfood cheer. Have at' nde I two dining* with imitations to otheis. TnOOi are gre u occasions when the nclghi>oi? gut her around a great roaring tire, engsge in common place, crack Jokes and, and Court. The peninsula Is t moots t u line girls but the trouble is we don't keep many of them. ? nly one to /ate. Vis Robt Moore. Th< ? i- some he ivy hearts around her?? with more |g follow shortly. Don't you like to see cooing doves? Let them coo, and let them woo and wed, only don't bee too long. Ic strot icis of Wmns horo and Archie Shaw of oswego arc visiting in our community The New Ytnr Is upon US with a lot of fxo lb ut reso'utlon.H. I know a fellow who keens bin and Usnt has resolved to get up at peep o'day. br?akfa>t > cindlcltght, and st'.r h.?? stumps In 1911. and I mean tos?-*- bow he keeps It llow does tili.-, atr.ke ou 1 am resolved to be kind t.rybodv. especially the p*>o.. to ?? seoaUMserute and ttmusjtit? fill Of 111). In let the hollle folk-* See | am a gentleman to the manner born; to k?*? p i ?n mouth, to inul ite no hurtful rum- rs. |g discourage such, to t void bad romp uiions, to be i unotunl in ?Ii ? tik ??<? No' ,M snnont Inn much, to be ?ei .nt gfttg inv condi tlon I ha\. i.d nothing about honesty, that sat im u much ihn K hi w*nd? r bunted Ml man IS mid-day with a torch light. gttssul ?II out fanners are next \, u no i . ? belt ? i.i. i not ihont ? hal tin v hav? AOS IhlU, but ffhul the* great thing In Ufa, |fo ohangi In si nine , nfohald) lens lertllhwM Mr 0 sg ntlei m quits h MM * mm 1 ? eotroi y ?re Ihoui to be poor hi : d "llsgoo I nv ,?.,,, I tt, i"? It, Ittl m\i;ki\m LICENSE RECORD. Muin License* Have llcen Issued in Past Few I?ays. The past week was a record-break - er in the number of marriage 11 eenses issued, something over a dozen heing issued in the past three dayfl. < ?nly one license was Issued to a white couple. This was secured by John Uean Wellingham and Miss LUa Ora Powell of Dalzell. ; License! were issued to negroes as follows: Charles a. Heywarda Sumter, and Julia Ahlen. Wedgefleld; Jake i Oalllardi Barnwelli an?l Irene Grant, i Dalsell; Robert Benjamin and Lizzie ! Johnson, Mayesvllle; Hen Anderson ? and Rebecca Rowe, Bumter; Benja- i min Rlchlanffe, Horatio, and Ellen Harris, Rombert; John Colclough, and Blaster Jackson, Wedgefleld; John Dlckson, Marion, and Elizabeth' Johnson, Btateburg; William Bland- i Ing. Hnrvin. and Julia Pitts. Sumter; j Willie Wright and Kpsie Johnson, 1 Stateburg; David IfcDufAe, Mechan Ictvllle, and Rebecca Windharn, Os Wego; Allen White and Armita Gard? ner, Sumter; Hampton LeQrand and Luella Johnson, Mayesville. Mr. Wellingham and Miss Llla Powell were the fust parties to secure a license in the new year, 1913. Five lic enses were Issued on January 1, 1918. During the rear ending December i SI, 1912, there have been latud 43:; marriage licenses. Of this number 99 1 were secured by white couples and the other 334 by negro couples. Notice. The annual meeting ol the stock? holders of the Union Brokerage Com* pany, of Sumter, s. C, will be held at the Court House on Friday, January 1913 at 12 If, I*. 1. Parrotti President Bunter, 8. C, Jan. 2, 1913. J< s. IC. Chandler, the south Main Btreet clothier announce! his annual mid-winter clearance sale of cloth? ing, furnishings, etc. This is a regu? lar event and those who want bar? gains known they can find them when Jos. If. Chandler begins his < b an-up sale after the holidays.?Advt. Meet Mo at McColIura Bros. Clearance sale, where they sell boys' undershirt! and drawers at Itc each. B< ym* union suits at 40c each.?Advt. [ I T mm AY ? 1 CLEARANCE SALE COMMENCING JANUARY 1st, 1913. It's our CLEARANCE SALE time, and when we clean up on a SEASON'S STOCK we do it thoroughly. Suits, Overcoats. Hats and Furnishing Goods for Men. Boy's and Children will be sold at sacrifice prices. Suits and Overcoats. $30 Suits and Overcoats now only $20. $22.50 Suits and Over? coats now only $ 15. $15 Suits and Overcoats now only $ 10 $27.50 Suits and Over? coats now only $18.50 $20 Suits and Overcoats now only $13.50 $10 Suits and Overcoats now only $6.75 $25 Suits and Overcoats now onlv $ 16.75 $18 Suits and Overcoats now only $12 $7.50 Suits and Over? coats now only $5 Men's Trousers $8.50 Trousers, now $6. $0 Trousers, now $4 $4 Trousers, now $2.75 $7.50 Trousers, now $5 $5 Trousers, now $3.50 $6.50 Trousers now $4.50 $3 Trousers, now $2 $4.50 Trousers, now S3 12 Trousers, now $1.35 Boys' Knickerbocker Pants. $2.50 Pants, now ?1.6P $1.25 Pants, now <J0c $2 Pants, now $ t .35 $1 Pants, now 76c $1.50 Pants, now SI 75c Pants, now 58c Everything Strictly Cash The D. .1 m in&' Co 14 North Main Street S\iinter, S. C.