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WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1902. -? The Swnter Wozcnmar was toandec is ISod sad the TVt?e ?bw*ron ic 1866. The ?Fctfc???&a?s arci .Sot?Aro* now has ths ?onib:ceu circulation ani in?uence of both cf the old papers, and is mani -7 the bent advertising raedinm in S ana ter. WEEKLY CROP BULLETSM. Columbia, July 29. ?The temperature averaged about 3 degrees below nor mal during the week ending Monday, July 28th, with a mean of about 7S degrees. The maximum was 98 degrees at Con way on the 22d, the minimum 60 degrees at Greenville on the 22d and 26th, and at Batesburg on the 23d. The sunshine was below normal, with much threatening weather, but with little rain. The winds were generally light, and during the great er portion of the week were easterly. There were frequent local showers, copious in the southeastern counties and in a few localities elsewhere, but . generally light Some rain fell in every county, but by far the greater portion of the State had an insuffi cient amount, and in most places the prevailing drought became intensified, while at a few points it waq relieved. The greatest amount was 2,53 inches at Yemassee, but the State average was less than half of the normal amount, with a number of points that had no rain. The general crop situation is diffi cult to define accurately, because it fis so variablei being exceedingly pro '( rrising where the rains were heavy and very poor in the dry sections, with in nate gradations where the rains >re partial. The majority of the re nts indicato a general detarioration the week, in the staple as well minor crops. ly corn is being stripped of fod ir, and is no longer subject to wear h conditions, but later planiangs can ? materiaUy improved or injured, ottom land corn is very fine, while id corn is suffering for rain. In upland com is *4 firing. ' ' There is a widespread and general ?plaint that cotton is losing color, yd shedding leaves and squares as as young bolls, although the lat ter'is not so-common, with exceptions where the plants continue to grow and are heavily fruited. About all cotton has been laidby, except that some fields are receiving their last plowing. JBolI worms have appeared in Ander son. Premature opening is reported . iicm Colleion and Newberry counties. In general, the crop has deteriorated <slightly daeftg .the week, but con tinues to ? ? on fruit, although ?blooming too. much to the top. Bust %as developed in many localities. Tobacco is nearly all cured and is a Sue crop, with the leaves heavier than usual In places the crop ripened prematurely from "sunburn. " Rice improved generally, and is heading near the coast, and is "shooting in other sections. Upland rice is very poor and is rusting. Sweet potatoes look promising in places and in others are poor; they are yielding well in Charleston county. Fall truck is'grow ing nicely, but gardens are generally poor. A general rain is needed for all crops. . m mm hi World's Fair Dedication. Wovld?s Fair Grounds, St. Louis, July 28.?The act of Congress which postponed the Louisiana Purchase Ex position to 190? provided for the dedi cation of the buildings and grounds with proper ceremony April 30, 1903. This date is the 100th, anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana Ter ritory from France by the United States. The work on the Exposition even now is planned with reference to feat event. It has been decided to hold these ceremonies in the Palace of Liberal Arts which will contain a sufficient space for all purposes. The contract for this building will be iet on August 2nd, and the approxi mate cost will be a little less than a half a million dollars. The architec ture is exceedingly ornate and the pro portions imposing and stately. The dimensions are 525 by 750 feet, giving a floor space of nearly 400,000 square feet. There will thus be over nine acres under it broad rooi, abun dantly lighted by skylights. The site of the building is at the extreme eastern end of the Exposition, near one of the main entrances. The cere monies of dedication on April 30, next, will be of international import ance and interest The committee will secure the presence of President Roose velt, and cabinet, the governors of states, State Commissioners to the World's Fair as may be able to attend aid other distinguished persons. In the Palace of Liberal Arts on June 17 to 20, 1903, will also be held the Saengerfest of the North Ameri can Saengerbund. An effort will be made to have this the greatest meeting of the Saengerbund ever held. Many thousands of singers will take part in the choruses and the audiences will be imposed of members snd visitors from all parts of the United States and Canada. In the Race for Governor. The candidates for th? State offices will this week leave the Piedmont and strike into the Pee Dee section, where is the last stage of their campaign. Four weeks from tomorrow the pri mary will be held. The situation is crystalizing and we can see something of its form. Heyward has. made a remarkable showing in the Piedmont section, ! which is the most populous part of ; the State and which has practically been new terrirory for him. All re ports that come from that part agree that the CoUeton candidate has : very great strength there and that the pros pects are bright for his carrying many of the counties of the Piedmont. It is conceded that he will carry the low country and will run well in the mid dle section. What is to prevent his election as Governor being a foregone conclusion? Only one thing, B. R Tiliman. The report comes, and the indications bear it out, that Senator Tiiman'has given the word for a com bination of the old faction he headed to beat Hey ward at any cost. It has been noted from the beginning of the campaign up to the Greenville meet ing that Talbert and Jim Tiliman were particularly bitter against each other and the fight between them was watched with great satisfaction by Hey ward's supporters as [it promised to develop to his advantage in the second primary, which will probably be necessary to a choice for Govern or. In natural course it would be expected that should Heyward go into the second primary with either Tiliman or Talbert, the partisans of the other would give him some sup port.' ? This condition would have elected him almost certainly. Now it appears that Ben Tiliman has given the word that there shall be no fur ther warfare between Talbert and Jim Tiliman, which might split their nat ural following, so that any part of it would go to Heyward. He has, it is said, ordered that these two Edgef?e?d candidates must be prepared to get to gether after the first primary to elect the one who survives that trial and to beat^ Heyward. - It is very evident that Talbert and Tiliman have grown mild in their contentions. The cul mination of -their differences was reached in the mail incident at Pick ens, but at the very next meeting at Greenville, Tiliman, who at Bickens had clearly given it to ' be understood that he suspected Talbert of tamper ing with his letters, practically de clared his belief in the impossibility of Col. Talbert's being guilty of such doings. Thereafter the two were very polite to each other, and now they do not scrap at all. The situation seems to be, in these circumstances, that if Ben Tiliman can rally the old guard to him, Hey ward will go down before either his nephew Jim or Jasp Talbert. If fac tionalism is dead and the people are deaf to the crack of the boss's whip, Heyward has the best chance of all to be the next 'Governor of South Car olina.?Charleston Post. SENATOR TILLM?N ' SAYS IT IS "FOOLISH." Takes Absolutely no Hand in Gubernatorial Contest, Either . by Word or Deed. Special to The State. Trenton, July 29.?There appeared in the Atlanta Constitution yesterday a telegram from Charleston saying that in the gubernatorial race factional lines were being drawn and that Senator Tiliman was using his influence in be half of Talbert- and J. H. Tiliman, as against Heyward, ' ' whose candidacy, ' ' the dispatch said, "wasnot sanctioned by Senator Tiliman." Today your corespondent called on Senator Tiliman at his home here in regard to the story in The Constitu tion. When he read the article, the senator remared: "It is a piece of newspaper work that is made when no news can be found. It is the most absurd thing I ever heard that Hey ward should get a sanction to run for governor. Any man is free to enter the race and I have nothing to do with it. It is the biggest piece of foolishness I ever heard of." The senator went on to say that the old lines of demarkation of Tiliman and anti-Tillman had been obliter ated. Men were supporting him now, who used to be antagonistic. Continu ing he said: "I have gained more friends than I have lost and in this campaign no candidate will be voted for or against by either of the old fac tions. I am only drawing lines when I see a Republican disguised as a Democrat wbc has the impudence to enter the Democratic primary." Continuing the senator said he had nothing to say or do with any of the candidates in their respective races. This was positive and final. mu- m m <?? San Francisco, July 29.?A special from Tucson, Ariz., says: Driven to desperation by hunger and thirst, a band of 30 Yaquis, nearly half of them women, attacked the Carmen ranch neartHermoosillo Saturday and a Serco fight followed. When a patrol of Mex ican troops came to the rescue two of the women and five of the men lay dead. jIh?stIi?I?y in kewberryT _ The Home Folks of Newberry's Candidate Give Him a Royal - Welcome. Newberry, July 29.?The senatorial and congressional candidates meeting was held here today'in Jones grove in the presence of between six and seven hundred people. In many respects it was an interest ing meeting, free from the slings, stings and slanders that sometimes creep into primary campaign meet ings. Mr. La-timer was back in his old congressional district and made what may be termed a "popular speech, but no special recepci?n was extended him, certainly not more than he has received at other places. He made no reference to the charges that have been made against him nor was any reference nade to them by his competitors. It was emphatically a George Johns ton day. He was the lion of the occa sion and the reception accorded him by these people who have known him all his life was heartfelt and genuine and not tainted with hyprocrisy. Col. j Johnnstone is universally admitted as the orator of the crowd and his ring ing eloquence which has captivated and held spell bound so many audi ences in the campaign possessed a ten der pathos today as he looked in the face of his home people. His speech was not what might be termed a cam paign effort but an expression of grati tude for the confidence reposed in him. C?L George Johnstone was the last speaker. AU through the meeting the crowd had waited to hear him., When his name was announced a cheer long and loud went up, intermingled with cries of "Johnstone, Johnstone, Johnstone." CoL Johnstone stood up and as soon as silence was restored thanked them all for their cordial re ception. He said that in the life of a public man nothing gives more encour agement and is more of an incentive to strive for higher things than "the consciousness of knowing and-feeling that the people among whom he had been born and among whom he had lived all his life, in whose behalf he had devoted all the talents given him, among whom he expected to be buried, still trusted and loved him. - OoL Johnstone briefly outlined his speeches made at other meetings and added "Why tell you of these things which you already know. Let us com mune together and recount some of the scenes through which we have passed together during the last 25 years. Commencing at 1874 he told of the fight for white man's rule in New berry county and the more trying scenes to which he was subjected in 1876 when for 60 days, surrounded by true, tried associates they rode from one end of Newberry county to the other overthrowing carpet bag and negro domination. He was frequently interrupted with exclan*?tions, "That's true, George, we were with you." He spoke of the "Smyrna riot," when his life was hanging by a thread and when he was followed by a howling mob to e negro trial justice's. '* You got paid for all that, " yelled out a young chap sprawling on the grass in front of the stand. "Perhaps so," calmly replied Col. Johnstone. "1 will never put up my judgment against yours." In a few minutes af terward the young fellow gathered himself up and crawled off with the remark, "I am a Latimer man?this is no place for me. ' ' Col. Johnstone spoke of his work in the legislature and his leading the figliato cut down the fraudulent State debt from thirty millions to seven, and the funding of his county debt, every dollar of which was paid during his term of service in the general assem bly. He spoke of two years' service in congress and stated that a number of Mexican and Florida veterans, through his efforts, were placed on the pension roll, yet his time was so limited that he had made bat few acquaintances in congress, yet they all know how and why he was succeeded by Latimer. He spoke of the constitutional conven tion and his part in the work. He still had an ungratified ambition and hopes yet to be granted an opportu nity to write his name on the pages of history so that future generations will read thereon when he is gone that he had been of benefit to his fellow man. _ standard dominates oil world. Combination Efected With Ger man and Russia Oil Monoplies. a_ London, July 29.?In its issue of this morning the Daily Mail declares there is no longer any doubt that the three monster oil interests of Rocke feller, Rothschild and Nobel have en tered into a working agreement. "Thus," says the paper, "without any publicity the greatest trust the world has ever seen has sprung into being." This combination, says the paper, has been hinted at in messages from Batoum and Moscow and it has been more clearly shown in the offers made to Russian oil exporters by representa tives of the Nobel and Rothschild in terests for the absorption of the whole of ^their output. The exporters have been bidden to sell through . the i agencies of these interests at a price | arranged by them, or to fight the com- ! bined forces of the three oil giants, i This offer was made openly and with ! the idea of maintaining prices and it I has been refused, ? the Russian expor ters preferring to fight. It was doubt less this combination, continues the Daily Mail, which induced the Rus sian government to issue invitations to an anti-trust conference. The spokesmen of the great combination declares it means a fight to the death and that the independent exporters cannot hope to win. WEDGEFIELD DROUGHT STRICKEN. Wells 6oing Dry and Crops Suffering Personal and Other News items. Wedgefield, July 29.?If we do not have good rains soon wells in this community will have to be dug deep er. This has already had to be done in one i -.tance. Generally speaking we are not en vious, but we do hate to see heavy rains going around Wedgefield every day. Dr. E. P. Alford, of Sumter, spent yesterday here. We have been trying for a long time to get a dentist to make regular appointments here and the people of our town hope he will continue to make us regular visits. The A. C. L. depot here is being repainted and presents a neat appear ance. Rev. and Mrs. P. E. Hodges left for Orangebufg this morning to visit relatives. Miss Annie May Cain, of Gaston, is spending some time with relatives. Rev.' Louis J. Bristow is conducting a protracted meeting at Bethel Church, Privateer. Misses Man andf Mabel Mellett are visiting friends in the Privateer neigh borhood. MOST POPULAR FOOD STUFF fOQ, CATTLE Pointers That Are of Vital Interest to the Up-to-date Farmer. Money in Dairying. What has cotton to do with dairy ing? Cotton seed products have be come the most popular food stuff for cattle, because of the low price and the most excellent results. They are the natural cattle feed for the cotton region, on account of saving in freight and the easy and convenient access. Strange to say, the value of these pro ducts was not_first discovered in their native home, it remained for German scientists to point out their great value. German agriculturists are al ways standing ready* to make use of the discoveries of science, and so they imported vast quantities of cotton seed meal from this country and used-it fox cattle feed in their dairies years before our own people woke up to the great possibilities in cotton seed meal as a feed stuff. But }t is now very well known, that cotton seed meal, in con nection with cotton seed hulls, make the most valuable cattle foods that are available, especially that offered by the Southern Cotton Oil company of the Carolinas and Georgia, at any of their mills or at their headquarters at Columbia, S. C, .Savannah, Ga., At lanta, Ga,, or Raleigh, N. C. There is one fact in connection with cattle feeding on cotton seed products that is not generally given tha prom inence that its importance demands. This is the value of the manure. Most exhaustive experiments have been made, both in this country and in Europe, with a view to finding the relation between the feed and the re sulting excrement from cattle. A most important and far-reaching con clusion has been reached, and it is one ' which does not admit of any doubt. This is that practically all of the nitrogen that is fed to cattle re appears in the excrement: about half in the solid and half in the liquid. Nitrogen is the most expensive ingre dient in all food stuffs, and in all fer tilizers. Hence ' this discovery is a most important one, leading to the astounding fact that the present com mercial value of cotton seed meal as a feed stuff is but half its real value, when properly understood. It means that the full value of the nitrogen in the meal may be utilized in feeding, and then, if sufficient care be taken to | save solid and liquid manure the whole of the nitrogen may be collected and used again as a manure. There is a further value in this, in that the form of the nitrogen in this manure, taken with the other elements, chemical and mechanical, makes the manure a bet ter fertilizer than the original meal. The general statement that practi- j cally all of the nitrogen -fed to cattle reappears in the excrement might lead to the conclusion (which would be easily self-contradictory) that nitrogen feeds are of no value to cattle, and that it is in no way assimilated or made use of by the animal economy. Nothing is more" firmly established than that nitro genous feeds are most important, in producing both beef and butter; but it is not yet well understood how the an- . imal uses the nitrogen and then ex cretes it. It may be that the nitrogen from the air is utilized, or it may be that through some transformation in the system the nitrogen does its work, and is then rejected. There is a perfect analogy in-the use of nitrogen in making sulphuric acid. It is necessary to supply a certain amount of nitrogen to make the process operative, and yet. all of this nitrogen is either recovered or lost, none of it actually being retained in the sulphuric acid. The cotton plant requires a large amount of nitrogen, and this may be supplied'with the manure from dairy cattle, which themselves feed on cotton products, and in the interim, turn out large amounts of valuable milk cream and butter. Then dairying on the cot ton farm becomes a logical occupation, j There are now many cotton seed oil I mills of the Southern Cotton Oil Co. so widely scattered that it is easy for any 1 cotton farmer to trade his cotton seed for meal and hulls, and thus provide himself with valuable feed stuffs for dairy or beef cattle, and incidentally procure the very best fertilizer that is known?the manure from cattle main tained on nitrogenous feeds. Aside from all considerations of ma nurial value, the relative feed value of cotton seed meal and hulls is shown j below, in connection with relative value i of other feed stuffs in the following ex- I tract from a table in the book "Cotton ? and Cotton Oil" by D. A. Tompkins. Relative Nutritive Feed Value. Ratio. Cotton Seed Meal. . ? .$24.16 1 to 1.2 Linseed Meal. . c . . 21.18 1 to 1.6 ! Cow Peas.21.20 1 to 2.8 Alfalfa Hay.15.24 1 to 4.3 Oats. . ? ?.17.72 1 to 5.9 Clover Hay.12.84 1 to 6.5 Corn. . *. 22.72 1 to 9.0 I Timothy Hay. . . . . 14.12 1 to 15.7 ? Corn Stover.10.16 1 to 17.0 ? Cotton Seed Hulls. . . . 9.96 1 to 70.0 Juvenile Hose Reel Tournament. j Those who were fortunate enough to know about it enjoyed a real good tournament on upper Main Street Monday afternoon, between two teafens of small boys. It was expected that there would be several teams in the tournament, but it was held sooner than at first expect ed, consequently only two teams enter ed, viz: Jim Dandy, No. 1, of North Main Street and Red Hot, No. 2, of Church Street. There were three prizes, the first being 30 cents in cash, the second a watermelon and the third a quart of pinders. They used garden hose, rigged up on small reels, and had the usual attach ments. A pipe in front of Eppersons stables was arranged with proper coupling, and the boys were allowed the use of the pavement for a 50 yard run. j The judges were: William Graham, starter: H. W. Scarborough, hydrant ; H. H. Smith, water and time-keeper. The first and second prizes were dis posed of on the first race. Jim Dandy's time being 19 seconds and Red Hot"27 seconds. The third prize was won on the sec ond race by Jim Dandy in 16 seconds, Red Hot making it in 11% seconds. There was quite a crowd of specta tors, and the general verdict was that the boys gave lots more fun for the money than the big firemen, and all hope that they will repeat the perform ance and advertise it in advance, so that others may be able to enjoy it. The two teams were composed of the following boys?none being over 13 years old : Jim Dandy, No. 1?Alfred Scar borough, Captain ; Craig Hurst, Ry an White, James Weathers, Herman Phelps. Red Hot, N. 2.?Reb Bradford, Cap tain; Wes. Bradford, Ormsby Bland ing, Clarence Burkett, AL Keels. Augusta, July 29.?Ruby Buist, a little girl 9 years old, fell through an open bridge into the canal this after noon. A young white man, Dennis Carnhill, saw the child drowning and jumped in to save her, but the cur rent overcame him. Both were drown ed, Pittsburg, July 29.?Six firemen in jured, two eight-story buildings almost completely destroyed, a number slight ly damaged and a property loss esti mated at $300,000, is the result of a fire on Liberty street which raged fiercely for seven hours. The firemen were injured by explosion of chemicals. WANTED 5 YOUNG MEN from Sum ter county at once to prepare for positions in the Government Service?Railway Mail Clerks, Lstter Carriers, Custom House and Departmental Clerk3, etc. Apply to Inter-State Corres. Inst., Cedar Rapids, la. July 30?1m. MALE HELP WANTED.?Saw mills, Salesman drumm*.ig this and allied trades can secure a first class side line from "Belt ing," P. 0.1371, New York. July 30?It. STOLEN?An open-face, stem wind, nickle case watch, No. 1038391 works, -size 16, with L. W. Folsom, Suinter, S. C, on face, and "C. W. M." engraved on back, was stolen from my house on June 26. . A reward wiill be paid for its return, with evidence to convict the thief. C. Weaton McGrew, Sumter, S. C. GLENN SPRINGS WATER Cures Dyspepsia. For sale by A. J. China. J. F. W. DeLorme. CANDIDATES' CAEDS I - _ The cards of candidates for county and I State ornees will be inserted'in this column i continuously until the Primary Election ! for Five (f?) Dollars, payable cash in ad ! vanee. FOR THE SENATE ! I here by announce that I am a can I didate for reelection to the State Sen ! ate from Suinter county, subject to I the rules and regulations of the Dem I ocratic primary. j _Richd. I. Manning. FOR CONGRESS. I I hereby announce myself as a candidate ! for Congress from the Seventh Congres I sional District, and pledge myself to sup I port the platform and and nominees of the Democratic party. A. F. Lever. FOR COUNTY AUDITOR. The friends of J. Diggs Wilder, appre dating his past faithfulness and fidelity to duty, hereby announce him as a candidate for re-election to the office of County Audi tor, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. COUNTY SUPERVISOR. Mb. Editob:?The friends of W. E. Seale beg to present him as a candidate for re-election to the office of Supervisor. He has been faithful, diligent and eco nomical and should be rewarded with a second term. His Fbtends. The undersigned begs to announce to his friends and the voters generally of Snmter County that he is a candi date for the office of County Supervi sor, subject to the Democratic primary. He is acquainted with the duties of the office and will give the same his best attention if elected. T. N. Huggins. SUPT. OF EDUCATION. We hereby nominate Mr. W. J. Rees as a candidate for Superintendent of Educa cation of Sumter County, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. Vot?es. We present to the voters of Sumter county at the primary election the name of S. Dwight Cain for the office of County Superintendent of Education. Mr. Cain is thoroughly qualified, and has been con stantly engaged in teaching in this, his native county, and Richland, the past six years. Friends. FOR COUNTY TREASURER. The friends of Marion Dorn, having con fidence in his ability and efficiency, hereby announce him as a candidate for the office of County Treasurer, subject to the Demo cratic primary. He will abide the result of the election and support the nominees of the party. The friends of T. W. Lee have solicited him to allow his name to be used as a candidate for County Treasurer, and he has consented. His competency is without question and his Democracy unimpeach able. Mr. Lee will abide the result of the primary and support the nominees of the party._ FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE. Thankful to the citizens of Sumter County for their suffrages in the past, I most respectfully announce myself as a candidate for re-election as Judge of Pro bate at ensuing Primary. I will abide the result of the Primary and support the nominees of the Democratic party. Yours for service, THOS. V. WALSH. Furman University, GREENVILLE, S. C. Will begin the next session on WEDNES DAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1902. Location, convenient and healthful. Courses of study, elective or leading to B. A. and M. A. degrees. Full corps of instructors and ample mess accommodations for lessening cost of boarding. For details apply to the President. A. P. MONTAGUE, LL. D. July 16?2m. TYPEWRITER SUPPLIES. RIBBON'S?Copying and Record, all Colors, for ai standard machines. Quality guaranteed. ....CARBON; PAPER OF ALL COLORS.... 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