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WEDNESDAYT?CTOBER l?, !9QL Tbs Sumter Wotciiman was roandec IQ 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has .the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Sumter. The Marion county farmers are or? ganizing to fight the cotton seed oil mills and force them to pay higher prices for seed. It is a just fight and we wish them success. It is estimated by the leading road experts and economists that good roads add at least a third to the value of the farmlands of the State or -county that maintains a first class sys? tem of public highways. President Roosevelt is finding - the South Carolina Republicans and McLaurin Democrats a strenuous and persistent lot as long as a fat office is in sight. . . "The State Fair will have io be .unusually attractive this year to draw the usual crowds, for many will go to the Charleston Exposition instead of taking their annual outing at the Fair. "We have on doubt but that Col. Hollo? way who is already in Columbia will succeed in pulling off the best Fair ever held in Colombia and in drawing the crowd from ail parts of the State. Just as we anticipated, Congressman J?atimer refuses to withdraw from the Senatorial race, and consequently Col. George Johnstone's ''unanimous con? sent" arrangement is a failure. Neither Henderson, Hemphill ncr McLaurin has been heard from and we conclude that they will not fall in with CoL Jones' grand stand play. Sumter County should have as we have remarked, quite frequently a large and representative exhibit at the Charleston Exposition. The time is short and it will require hard work and a lot of hustling to collect and ar? range an exhibit, but if the right men can be* employed to do the work the task is not an impossible one, provided the necessary money is forthcoming at once. Hon. J. J. Hemphill hasn't made up his mind positively, but he doesn't think he will withdraw from the Sena? torial race. Hon. D. S. Henderson, of Aiken, like B'rer Rabbit keeps on saying nothing. Mr. C. C. ^Feather? stone, who takes occasion to announce that in compliance with the impor? tunity of many friends he has been thinking of becoming a Senatorial candidate, says he will stay out of the Tace in favor of Gen. Hampton. This is about the status of the Wilie Jones affair at present. Property owners in this county who can obtain flowing artesian wells at a ? reasonable cost should study the irrigation bulletin recently issued by the Department of Agriculture. They have an abundant and unfailing sup? ply of water within easy reach and if they will but utilize it to advantage will, we believe, be able to make farm? ing pay better than they have ' ever believed possible in South Carolina. The bulletin is full of suggestive facts, and anyone interested in the matter can obtain a copy of it by applying to the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Wheat growing in Georgia and in this State has been proved to be profit? able by hundreds of farmers "and it is said that the acreage devoted to wheat in the South is increasing each year. If the South should produce no more wheat than would be sufficient to sup? ply the home demand for flour the profit diroct and indirect would be im? mense. The money that is sent; north and West for flour amounts to mil? lions, and net a cent ever comes back : the western farmer receives his scare for the wheat, the miller his share for making the flour, the cooper is paid for making the barrels which are made ?>i northern or western timber. If 7 titft county produced sufficient wheat ' io- eupiply che home demand a large flour mill would be kept busy convert? ing it into flour and a number of men .would be needed to make the flour bar? rels. Wheat may be an uncertain crop, .bot vnot more so than cotton, and * witi? ;? System of irrigation from flow *5*g artesian wells there would be prac? tically no uncertainty. A full crop could be made every year. Admiral Schley has been vindicated by the witnesses for the prosecution, and there is already a mass of evidence pileil up against the Sampson clique that they will find great difficulty in ex? plaining away. What will be the posi? tion of the clique when Schley's wit? nesses have testified is not hard to imagine. They will stand convicted before the public of slander petty spite and conduct that was not only detri? mental to the navy but disgraceful. That men who are forever prating of their honor and claim to be officers and gentlemen should be guilty of such mean and contemptible conduct shows &ow far it is possible for men to depart ia practica from what they preach. Jf the Balgarian brigands bring their little speculation in missionaries to a successful conclusion and secure the $110,000 in cash demanded for the release of Miss Stone, other mission? aries will have to be careful how they travel around without a military escort. An unprotected missionary will prove too great a temptation to other enterprising brigands. We have read with care The State's editorial in reply to our remarks on the proposition to send Gen. Hampton to the Senate, but we find nothing therein to alter the conclusion we had previously reached. It is possible that we have underestimated Gen. Hamp? ton's physical strength, but if we are in error in that respect it is pardon? able as we have no information on that point save what has appeared in The State and' other papers from time to time during the past year or two. From these newspaper reports we could form no opinion except that Gen. Hampton was in very feeble health. The plan of State Superintendent j of Education McMahan to give syste- j matic instruction to the public school j teachers is a good one and he should have the hearty cooperation of county superintendents and teachers in the good work. The public school system cannot be improved and the best work cannot be accomplisnhed until the average efficiency of the teachers is higher than at present, and to our mind the plan proposed by Mr. McMahan promises immediate good results. Hon. R. I. Manning makes a capital suggestion in reference to": the Good Roads' train that the Southern Rail? way is sending out over its system for the purpose of arousing interest in the good roads movement by giving practi? cal demonstration of road construction The train should be brought to Sum? ter by all means and the county and city authorities should cooperate in every way possible with the Southern Railway to make the occasion of the train's visit a success. School trustees who did not get all the charts and globes they wanted when the wily school chart agent was abroad in the land should attend the "old hoss" sale at the Atlantic Coast Line depot on November 12th and seize the opportunity to lay in a full supply of these costly and invaluable educational appliances. Quite a lot of them will be knocked down to the highest bidder, but, unless some of the trustees who thought so highly of them a few years ago are on hand, we fear the $37.50 charts will go beg? ging at 37 cents. Judge Cooper, of the Memphis criminal court is making it hot for the pistol toters who are brought be? fore him. He announced recently that he would impose a fine of $50 and a sentence of sixty days in the work? house on every person convicted in his court of carrying a concealed pistol, stating that he made this announce? ment in advance so that there would be no cause for complaint that he was too severe in any particular case. Last week a negro was convicted on the strongest evidence of carrying a con? cealed pistol, and Judge Copoer sen? tenced him to $50 and sixty days. In imposing the sentence Judge Cooper said: "I have announced my attitude with regard to the pistol carriers; I shall keep true to it. Only very re? cently two killings have resulted from the pistol habit, and I have made up my mind rigidly to enforce the law against such persons. It should be understood, too, that I shall show no favoritism." Ve devote a large share of our space this week to Lee county mattel's, but, as a large majority of our readers are deeply interested in the result of the impending new county election, we have thought it but right to devote as much space to this one subject as should be asked for by the advocates or opponents of the new county. Some of the articles published in this issue,, while they have a bearing on new county issue, are the outgrowth of publications with the circulation of which this paper had no part and for which it has no responsibility, yet since those directly interested in these side issues to the main question wish to lay the facts before the public we have given them the opportunity of doing so. On next Tuesday the elec? tion will be held and we trust that whatever the result, all parties will accept it as the voice of the people. If the election is fairly carried for Lee county or goes fairly against it there should be no captious after attempt to defeat the expressed wish of the peo? ple. Both sides to the contest should guard against irregularities and should unite in the effort to make the elec? tion a fair, honest and decisive expres? sion of the wishes of the qualified elec? tors of the territory to be cut off from the old counties to form the new county of Lee. We take it that such an expression is just what both sides want and that neither side will rest content with any other result. Irregu? larities will breed not only greater antagonisms than now eixst, but will make litigation a certainty just as irregularities in the election four years ago took the new county into the courts. The County Board of Commissioners should certainly appropriate the five or six hundred dollars needed to insure a Sumter county exhibit at the Charleston Exposition. The same amount of money could not be other 1 wise expended to as good effect. The City Council should appropriate at least $300 to $500 and the balance of $1,200 to $1,500 should be raised by popular subscription. The people of this city would do their part we are confident and if the matter is properly presented to the business men and property owners in other parts of the county they would also conrtibute liberally. Sumter county needs noth? ing so badly as an influx of white peo? ple and to invite them to come and settle among us is not sufficient-they must be convinced that it is to their interest to do so. This county al? though one of the largest, most fertile, healthiest, possessing a great variety of resources, unsurpassed railroad facil? ities and a navigable river along its entire western bound ry, has less than thirteen thousand whites out of more than fifty thousand population. We have unimproved resources in the most lavish abundance and we need men to utilize them. In our own eyes Sumter county looms large and important, but millions of Americans do not know that such a county^has a place on the map, to say nothing of their total ignorance of its resources and pro? ducts. There are thousands of indus? trious and intelligent Americans in the North and West who are seeking homes in the South and they ?.viii settle where they believe the conditions are most favorable to success. Few of them will make a tour of the South to find the best place and those who do come will visit only the places of which they have heard favorable re? ports. The Charleston Exposition will be visited by thousands of these home and investment seekers and the counties and towns that are there well advertised by attractive exhibits will attract their attention, receive their consideration and invite a further and closer investigation. Xo such op? portunity for advertising our section has ever come within our reach and the counties that are wise enough and progressive enough to send to the Ex? position an attractive and representa? tive exhibit will reap a reward that will repay many fold all that it costs. Sumter county has a population of about fifty thousand and could sup? port with comfort three times that number. We want the other hundred thousand inhabitants as soon as may be and we want them to be intelligent and industrious white* people. The way to secure them is not to sit down and wait for them to come, but to con? vince them that it will be to their lasting benefit to come. An exhibit showing the products and resources of the county is the cheapest, quickest and best way of advertising our conn ty. and convincing those who are looking for homes or money mak? ing opportunities in the South that Sumter county is the ideal spot for which they are seeking. R. 0. PURDY FOR JUDGE. The announcement made by Judge O. W. Buchanan that he will not stand for re-election, relieves the third judicial district problem very much. Judge Buchanan had friends in this circuit who would have felt much em? barrassed had he continued in the race, but now since he no longer need be considered, we should like to give an expression as regards one of the an? nounced candidates. We refer to Hon. Robert O. Purdy, a young, active, con? scientious student and worker, a char? acter above reproach, and of unflinch? ing determination. Mr. Purdy pos? sesses fine judicial material. He has tne ambition to make his name second to none, the character to be studious, and his life's career has been a synonym for unswerving honesty. " The General Assembly in selecting E. O. Purdy to be one of the circuit judges of this State, would be giving to the people a man whose conduct on the bench will be characterized with a den .rm ina tion to hold the scales of jus? tice with an even hand. He will do his duty. We hope that when the legislature convenes that the members will fill this important position from the ranks of merit and not from the ranks of politicians. We have known Mr. Purdy ever since he began the practice of law and that his career was successful may be judged by the large and lucrative practice he built up. In our opinion, were Mr. Purdy to con? sult his financial interests he would not permit tho use of his name for a judgeship, for he can make at the prac? tice of his profession more than the salary of judge, but he has consented to become a candidate, and we most sincerely commend him for support to the- Representatives of the people of South Carolina.-Manning" Times. Knoxville, Tenn., Oct? ll.-A spe? cial from Bristol says 25 representa? tives of leading pulp and paper mills of the country arrived in Bristol last night in the hope, it is said, of induc? ing the Columbia Paper company, which has a plant at Bristol, to enter a combine, agreeing to close all the pulp mills simultaneously or alternate? ly until the demand for pulp is in? creased. It is stated that the produc? tion of all the mills combined is ex? ceeding the demand, hence many of the mills have too much pulp on hand. Middleburg, Cape Colony, Oct. ll. - Sentence of death has been passed upon Commandant Lotter, the Cape rebel whose commando, composed al? most wholly of rebels, was captured by Maj. Scobell, south of Petersburg, early last month. Lord Kitchener has confirmed the sentence. Five of Lot ter's comrades have been sentenced to the penitentiary for life. One, a youth, has been sentenced to 20 strokes with the rod, to be followed by, im? prisonment until the close of the'war. NEW USE FOR COTTON. The following resolutions were in? troduced by Mr. Harvie Jordan, of Georgia, and adopted at Hot Springs at the meeting of the commissioners of agriculture of the southern states : "Whereas, the production of cotton is the greatest staple crop of the south, and its marketing yields the chief source of revenue to southern planters ; and "Whereas, it is highly important that every possible market should be found^for its sale and use ; and "Whereas, it has been found prac I ticable to sack fertilizers in bags \ manufactured out of cotton, therefore be it "Resolved, That in the advocacy of home products and in the interest of . the cotton producers of the south who purchase fertiilzers, we, the Southern Commissioners of Agriculture, in pres? ent session at Hot Springs, Ark., earn? estly request all manufacturers of com? mercial fertilizers .to take steps as early as possible looking to the perma? nent adoption of and use of cotton bags in which to sack their commer? cial fertilizers, as far as it is practica? ble to do so. ' ' If any considerable number of the cotton growers should unite in this de? mand the fertilizer manufacturers might consider the matter, provided cotton bags can be shown to be as cheap and as satisfactory in other respects as the bags now generally in use; but as the farmers are not likely to unite or to stay united if they should get together for awhile, we fear Mr. Jordon's preamble and resolu? tions will fail of effect. If the farmers would lead the way in "finding every possible market for cot? ton" by creating one home market, viz: using cotton cloth of suitable weight and texture as a covering for their cotton bales, we would have more hope of the ultimate conversion of the fertilizer manufacturers to Mr. Jordan's way of thinking. The farm? ers do not use jute bagging because it is jute and not cotton, but because they believe that it pays them to do so; nor do fertilizer manufacturers use sacks made of jute or similar fiber in preference to cotton bags on account of prejudice against cotton, but be? cause they have found jute bags either cheaper or better. We agree with all that Mr. Jordan says about the importance of finding every possible market for cotton, and would be glad to see a doezn new uses found for it, but unless the farmers can unite for the purpose of making effective an agreement to cover every bale of cotton with cotton bagging and to use no commercial fertilizer that is not sacked in cotton bags, we fear that we, who depend so largely upon cotton, shall have to look forward for higher prices to the time the Chinese decide to change the style of their skirts by adding an inch to tbeir length. When this change takes place, Minister Wu assumes, a ten million bale crop will be insufficient to supply the cloth need? ed to add the extra inch to his coun? trymen's skirt-tails. Dr. Clayton, of Charleston, will probably be appointed collector of in? ternal revenue for South Carolina. CASTOR IA For Infanta and Children. Tbe Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of REPORT OF THE CONDITION OP THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, O? SUMTER, S. C., At Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, at tbe close of business, Sept. 30, 1901. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts, $294,633 74 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 12,067 23 U. S. Bonds to secure circulation, 18,750 00 Stock?, securities, etc, 15,4C0 00 Banking boase, furniture and fix? tures, 3,000 00 One from National Bunks (not Reserve Agents) 4,332 93 Dne from State Banks and Banker*, . 30,246 54 Due from approved Reserve Agents, 14.610 15 f becks and other cash items, 6,600 19 Notes of other National Banks, 5,000 00 Fractional paper currencys nick? els aod cents, 2,463 96 Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz: Specie, 12,982 00 Legal-tender notes, 8,000 00 20.982 00 redemption food with U. S. Treas'r (5 per cent of circula? tion,) 937 50 Total, $429,074 29 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid io, 75,000 00 Surplus fand, 15,000 00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid, 17,668 52 State Bank notes outstanding 18,750 00 Due to otber National Banks 129 25 Due to State Banks and Bankers, 2,909 47 Due to approved Reserve Agents, 4,501 87 Individual deposit? subject to check, 223,999 72 Notes and bills rediscounted, 71,115 46 Total, $429,074 29 State of Sooth Carolina, 1 gg County of Sumter, y I, R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear tbat tbe aboTe statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of Oct.,k1901. D. W. CUTTINO, [LS.J Notary Public for S, C. Correct-Attest : JOHN REID, ) H. D. BARNETT, f Directors. A. J. CHINA, J Oct 16, 1901. JUST ONE WORD that word ls" lt refers to Dr. Tutt's Liver Pi?ls and MEANS HEALTH. Are you constipated? Troubled with indigestion? Sick headache? Virtigo? Bilious? Insomnia? ANY of these symptoms and many others Indicate inaction or the 1 lvcp mn _You Need Tutt's Pi Take No Substitute. ~~ Soft Harness Yon can make your har? ness as soft as a glove and as tongh as wire by using EUREKA Har? ness Oil. You can lengthen Its life-make it last twice as long as lt ordinarily would. UREM Harness Oil makes a poor looking har? ri esa like new. Made of pure, heavy bodied oil, es? pecially prepared to with? stand the weather. Sold everywhere ?in cans-all sizes. Maife by STANDARO OIL CO. \\ MIS TO TAXPAYERS. OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER SUMTER CO. SUMTES, S. C.. Sept. 24, 1901. NOTICE is hereby given that I will be in my office in the County Court House at Sumter from October loth to December 31st, 1901. inclusive, for the collection of taxes for the fiscal year 1901. The levy is as follows: For State purposes, 5 mills. For County purposes, 3 mills. For School purposes, 3 mills. Total levy, ll Also the following special school levies: School District No. 1, 2 mills. School "District No. 16, 2 mills. School District No. 18. 2 mills. School District No. 20, 3 mills. Mt Clio, 2 mills.. Concord, 2 mills. Privateer, 2 mills. No. 5, 1 mill. No. 17, 1 mill. School District No. 23, 4 mills. School District No. 22, 4 mills. Commutation Road Tax for 1902 $1.00, payable from Oct. 15th, 1901, to Feb. 1st. 1902. H. L. SCARBOROUGH, sept 24 Treasurer Sumter Co. MONEY TO LEND. ON LONG TIME at 7 per cent interest. LEE & MOISE. Oct 9-3m Sumter, S. C. AN An Ai The Questioi The Answei Who have been here 1 In all these years, customers has beei We are Bett? This Fall than ever before to ss th< Staples and Novelt And every article handled by us here everything has to be as rep is the way we sell. Ifs just as i us as an older person. Our larg thing for man, wr Every Department Every day a bargain day with vince you of the money to be sa^ Yours J? Ryttenhe For a Representative in the 57th Congress of the United States. State of Sonth Carolina. County of Sumter. Notice is hereby given that an Election wiii be held at the several precincts established by law in Sum? ter County, on Tuesday, November 5th, 1901, for a Representative in the 57th Congress of the United States, Seventh Congressional District, to succeed the late J. William Stokes, deceased. Polls at each voting pre? cinct will be opened at 7 o'clock a. m., and closed at4o'clock p. m. The following named persons have been appointed M ANAGEES OF ELECTION: Sumter, Ward 1.-J. A. Renno, J. H. Darr, Geo. W. Reardon, R. W. Bradham, Clerk. Sumter, Ward 2.-J. S. Richard? son, Horace Harby, Jr., W. S. Jones, J. D. Epperson, Clerk. Sumter, Ward 3,-John Burkett, James Baker, H. M. Spann, L. M. Spann, Clerk. Sumter, Ward 4.-P. M. Pitts, H. W. Waites, G. E. Richardson, W. S. Reames, Clerk. Mayesville.-Peter Thomas, H. H. Cooper, E. L. Wingate. Stateburg-F. P. Burgess, J. T. Frierson, Jr., C. E. Sanders. Lynchburg-J. A. Rhame, H. S. Nesbitt. S. W. Frierson. Shiloh-H. H. Player, W. D. Weaver, S. W. Truluck. Coucord^W. W. Kenney* L. W. Gordon, A. W. Newman. Bloom Hill-Geo. T. Geddings, W. J. Ardis, Sam Rajrin. . Smithville-J. R. Mathis, C. T. Evans, J. L. Mathis. Wedgefield-T. L. Strange, Frean Melle?, J. B. Crouch. Providence-H. A. Raffield, J. T. Cummings, J. H. Jones. Rafting Creek-D. V. Keels, B. D. Turner, F. K. Young. Bishopville-A. B. Baskin, W. L. Parrott. W. S. James. Mannvil?e-W. J. Barrett, N. Bramlett. L. R. Dixon. Bossard-M. W. Cummings, T. D. DuBose, W. D. McLeod. Reed's Mill-J. J. Shaw. K. E. Wells, J. M. Reid. Privateer-McDonald Furman, S. D. Richardson, Ashby Bradford.. St. Charles-Edwin Wilson, R. F. Smith, Arthur Josey. The ballot boxes in the precincts must be so located as to be in view of persons outside the polling places during the time of the Elec? tion. But one voter must be allowed to enter the voting place at a time and no one except the Managers must be allowed to speak to the voter while in the voting place cast? ing his vote. One of th? Managers at each precinct named above must call upon the Board of Commission? ers for the Federal Election at the store of Knight Bros., on or before Saturday, November 2nd, 1901, to re? ceive ballot boxes, poll lists, and in? structions and to be qualified. J. P. KILGORE, W. J. DINKINS, F. D. KN7GHT, Comrs. Federal Election. Sumter, S. C., Oct. ll, 1901. ' Estate of Sam'l F, Osteen, Minor. I WILL apply to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County on November 12th, 1901, for a final Discharge as Guardian of Per? son and Estate of said Minor. Miss ESTHER OSTEEN, Oct 9, 1901-it Guardian. e?tion D iswer g ???Where to shop! [?'???WITH us_ br the past 37 years. satisfaction to our ra the watchword. er Prepared itisfy the trade. We aave all e ies of the Season, is of the best. When you buy ?resented or your money back, easy for a child to trade with e stores are filled with every? oman or child. a store in itself. us. A call on us will con red on your fall shopping. irg & Sons.