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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1902. The Sumter Watchman was rounder in 1850 tod (he fri* Southrcn in 1866 The VafctaMM? an? Southron now has fche combined o?roulation and influence of both of the eld papera, and is mani festly the best advertising medium is Sum ter. CoL J. Harvey Wilson is in the lead so far and he wil^fpiebably ; hold his position. In the second race his oppo nent will be Jesse T. Gantt, and it is the belief that the ??ght will oe a hard one.. If the people of the other counties knew CoL Wilson a?? well as he is known , in Sumter county they would vote for him as solidly. He is the man for the office and we believe he will win out yet, notwithstanding the organized effort that is being made by a certain coterie of office holders in Columbia to defeat him, CoL Wilson is a native South Carolinian, a man who has served the State with singleness of purpose and unselfishness from early youth wherever duty called, and his record shows that every duty has been faithfully performed and every trust honorably discharged. He is the man for Secretary of State and he should be elected. Sumter will do her full dusy in the second primary and will pile up a bigger vote for CoL Wi?son than ho received in the first. President Roosevelt is worrying the Wall street trust magnates who seem to take his anti-trust speeches serious ly, or at least fear that a sufficient number of people may take him seri ously as to crystalize into a sentiment unfavorable to the trusts. Jim Ti liman announces that he will devote his entire time and energy to the practice of law. It is to be hoped that he will be more exact in quoting the statute law than he has been heretofore in quoting parliamentary law. The investigaron now in progress in Charleston by order of the Democratic executive committee may not establish beyond doubt that fraud was commit ted in the recent primary election, for a full exposure might implicate too many men who hold high positions in Charleston politicasi circles, and big politicians have no liking for such publicity. The investigation will, no doubt, be carried through to a finish in due form, and will wind up with .all blame for the frauds committed being saddled upon the shoulders of a few obscure ward heelers who have neither political position nor good name jo lose. We have no advice to offer on the Latimer-Evans race. When it comes to taking political medicine of this sort every man must make his own choice without our help. All we ?ave to say is, choose your dose and hold your nose while swallowing it The Ohio Democrats will, it is said, reaffirm the Kansas City platform and in explicit terms declare for free silver. Tom L. Johnson has secured absolute control of the Ohio Demo cracy and dominates the State conven tion, which is in session this week. When shredded cornstalks are worth eight dollars a ton it is hard to under stand why the farmers allow so many thousand tuns to rot in the fields every year. We believe that Senator Tilhnan kept hand*? off in the first primary, so far as Jim Tillman was concern?e!, though we do not believe even Ben Tillman with all his influence could have boosted Jim into the second primary. " The tobacco business is still boom ing in every tobacco market in the State, prices are high, the crop large and of good quality, and the farmers \ 'jind warehousemen are happy, for both are making money. Sumter is the best cotton market in this section of the State, and by right should be also the beet tobacco market The Clemson College trustees seem to have made a wise selection for president of Clemson. We believe that the future of the college is hang ing in the balance, and the right man at ite head the next few years will make it a g:*eat and influential center of industrial education, while another Craighead or Hartzog will kill it dead. The Clemson students having triumphed in their insubord ination as a result of Mr. Hartzogz's weakness and unfitness for the posi tion, will more than ever require a strong hand to rule them. He mast be big and broad and honest enough to impel the respect and confidence of the students, and firm and just enough to rule wir,h a rod of iron when the neces sity arises. Mr. Hartzog leaves to his successor a heritage of unrest, insubor dination, self-sufficiency and general bumptiousness in the student body that will make the successful adminis tration of the college a most difficult one for the first few months. Vote for J., Harvey Wiiso:: for Secre tary of Stata on Tuesday. ? The election or defeat of Col. J. Harvey Wilson may hinge upon a very few votes, and a dozen of his friends in this county may canse his defeat by neglecting to vote. D. C. Heyward, of Colleton county, barring death or accident, will be the next Governor of South Carolina. The only thing left to speculation in connection with the race is the size of his majority. We are anxious to see it overwhelming; and we believe that Sumter county will do a full share to j ward making the primary on Tuesday a regular landslide for Hey ward. Jim Tillman stated time and ' again that be was going into the race for Governor with the determination to defeat Talbert if he accomplished nothing else. Yet he is now working for Talbert and, is sending circulars broadcast over the State that contain statements that he evidently thinks will injure Heyward and help Talbert. If you are a friend of Heyward or feel inclined to vote for him pay no atten tion to Jim Tillman's falsehoods, but vote ais your own- judgment dictates. The second primary on next Tuesday is more important than the first pri mary ; the first served merely to thin out the candidates, while on Tuesday next the men who are to fill the most important offices within the gift of the State are to be selected?U. S. Sena tor, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller Gene ral, Railroad Commissioner, to say nothing of the .candidates for county offices who are still in the race?are all to be nominated by the second pri mary. 'It is the duty, as well as the privil?ge, of all Democrats to take part in the primary and share the responsibility of choosing the men to fill the State offices. Every Democrat in Sumter county should take time on Tuesday to go to the polling place of his club and cast his ballot. Don't shirk a duty and neglect a privilege of citizenship because it may inconve nience you to do so. WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN. Columbia, September 2.?The week ending Monday, September 1st, was decidedly cooler than usual, with an average temperature of about 73 de grees, a maximum of 93 degrees at Greenwood on the 26th, and a mini mum of 58 degrees at Bowman on the 27th and at Darlington on the 29th. The first and last days were partly cloudy to clear, but the middle of the week was cloudy, humid and rainy. There were no destructive winds or hailstorms. On the 22d, there was a heavy rain fall in the middle coast counties, and a quite general rainfall on the 23d, while on the 26th, 27th and 28th, light, cold, at times drizzling rain cov ered the entire State, heavy at a few points where lands were washed,' but generally very gentle, so that nearly all was absorbed,* putting the soil into good condition for fall growth, and for plowing for oats, which is under way to a slight extent. Over most of the State the week was favorable f?r farm work, although the rains interfered with cotton picking, fodder pulling, rice harvest and hay ing, but turnips came up to good stands. Late corn will be greatly benefited by trie now ample supply of moisture, and looks quite promising. Some early corn has been gathered. No improvement is noteJ in any but very late cotton ; on the contrary, ' all reports continue to note'the spread of rust, that stops growth on the planes attacked, while on sandy lands the plants have reached maturity and all growth has stopped. Cotton, opened rapidly previous to the rains, which checked opening somewhat and inter fered with picking, and also' stained some cotton or beat it to the ground. In places half the crop is open, and the work of picking is being urgently pressed. This is unusually early. Yields are disappointing. Late cotton on all stiff soils is still fruiting, but the general prospect for a top crop is poor. Sea-island cotton is putting on a small top crop, and blight is less pre valent than for years. Rice harvest made satisfactory progress. Peas, sweet potatoes, cane and fall gardens improved materially. Late fruit is scarce except grapes, which are plenti ful Parsons on the Mount Mr. Editor: September 1st is at hand, and we have come to the time of harvest in this mountain country. Irish potatoes, apples and cabbages, in wagons, carts and drays, or sleds, fill the streets and the back lots to most of th i stores. The cabbages are pack ed in crates, the apples in barrels and the potatoes in bags for shipment. The apples and potatoes sell at forty cents per bushel, and the cabbages at one-half cent per pound. A Columbia friend has shipped to his home a goodly supply of potatoes and apples, paying sixty cents freight per hundred pounds. I have an idea of doing a like thing before my return. It would not inconveneince me to fill orders for a few of my Sumter constituents who feel disposed to purchase these articles. We had a gay trip up Cathey's mountain on Wednesday. Three clergy men, two ladies and two girls of four teen set out to make the toilsome ascent I had a conceit that it would add to my comfort to ride straddle of a beast, so I hired a superannuated "Kretur," or nag, as the girls called her to whose father the beast belong ed, and proudly seated upon her back, I set out in the lead. I suppose the distance to the summit was not over three miles and a-half, and the laugh ing pedestrians made sport of me for being W8ak or lazy Or too constitution - ally tired to walk in their happy com pany. I piously submitted to their raillery, and clung to my ambling steed. For two miles, the road was good enough, and jeers were multi plied upon me. By and by, we had in structions to pass through a gate, and there we were to find the domicile of a man named Robertson. To pass through the gate was an easy matter, but we found that it let us into a dense forest of chestnuts and oaks, and the road, covered with stones as big as your head, had an upward grade of about six inches to the foot, and to journey onward at all, we had to jour ney upward with a strong leaning to ward the genuinely perpendicular. We had not gone more than a half mile over the rolling rocks, before the two women, so proud and boastful hither to, fell by ?he wayside, and declared their journey over. The mountain top was set far away. I therefore faced an issue. One of tne suffering sisters mounted the nag, while I walk ed alongside, and made scattering re marks. When she came to a down grade, the gentleman's saddle failed to sustain her, and she descended with great abruptness. Some other ruse was necessary; so I remounted, and the two women clung to the Kretur's tail, and away we went up the growing height. Even then one of the females became entangled in some brush that lay in the path, and was ditched before she would loose her grip upon the horse's tail Near the summit of the mountain, having passed through an orchard of heavily laden apple and peach trees, we came to the humble home of a Mr. Robertson. The lord of the manor was out in the woods, "a snakinf bark down the mountain," the prin cess told us. Being wearied thus with our journey, we asked that dinner be prepared for us. This was quickly done, and we sat down to the oddest meal of the century, as far as I know. It consisted of oat meal, snap beans, biscuits, pickled beats, stewed corn, sorghum, milk, and five slices of white bacon fried until crigip. The dessert was peach butter, soft peaches mashed up, and mixed with cream. This dinner for seven cost one dollar. One of our clergymen, who had par taken freely of peaches before the meal, declared that he was not hun gry, and could not eat with us. Ei3^ appetite deceived him, however, and the princess of the home remarked, after he had left the table, " I'd ruther feed two men that says they's hungry than to feed one man that says he aint." This piece of female philos ophy contains a great and important truth, and should pass into history for the benefit of posterity. The descent of the mountain was next to be con sidered. The air was full of vague rumors to the effect that going down was more arduous than coming up. The women were groaning audibly, and seemed repentant that they had ever railed at me for bringing the nag aforenamed. Our host said he would bring the tourists down in a wagon for a small sum. This statement brought reviving hope. Boards were placed across the body of a ponderous wagon, and the descent began ; but before the first heavy grade had been mastered, all the occupants were seated flat opon the wagon floor?"squat like a toad," as Milton describes Satan at Eden's gate. Then came the lumbering and rolling and beating from side to side, i and when at last our castle walls rose upon their cross-eyed vision, the (mountain tourists were full of joy, and those poor souls at home who had refused to accompany them they told of the splendid time they had had. I am rapidly coming to believe that the excursionist in the mountains is close akin to the fisherman, and tells the truth with some degree of difficulty. , A goodly part of our guests have re turned to their homes. About a dozen still lingering in the skyland Home at this place. I hope to come back as soon as a cablegram brings news of the death of the Sumter mosquito and some hope is given that the backbone of summer has been completely broken. C. C. Brown. BClyde, N. C. DANGEROUS AS REAL WAR. A Member of the Coast Artillery Literally Blown to Fragments. Fort Wright, Fishers Island, N. Y., Sept. 2.?While the guns of the forts were firing on the fleet today, Edward Roy was instantly killed by the prema ture discharge of a 12-inch gun, Harry A. Davis died later at the hospital from injuries received, and a third man, Samuel Clevenger, was severely wounded. Several others suffered slight injuries. All the men were privates of the second company, coast artillery of the regular army. Roy was No. 2 man at the gun and was handling the powder. He had put a 30-pound charge into the gun, and bad just pushed the breech block into place without locking it when the explosion occurred. It is supposed that a picee of burning rag had been left in the gan. Roy was literally blown to pieces. Davis was hit in the chest by a piece of flying bone and sus tained fatal injuries. ?HE COMMERCIAL AND AGRICUL TURAL VALUE OF FERTILIZERS: What is known as the commerciai value of fertilizers as published in agricultural bulletins and similar doc uments, is a valuation made up by adding together the average value of th?", chemical ingredients which are contained in the fertilizers. Th? agricultural value of a fertili zer is variable according to the skill of the farmer and according to the crop, and according to the seasons. It crop, and the seasons. It is the practical result obtained in apply ing the fertilizers. The two values ought to be about the same, and on the average they probably are about the same, but the individual farmer who gives careful personal attention to his values will be able to make con siderable difference in his results by studying the underlying principles. The chemical ingredients which are re cognized as imparting commercial value to fertilizers are nitrogen, phos phoric acid and potash.- There is but one source of phosphoric acid which is at all practical and which is made use of in the manufacture of fertiliz ers in the South. This is acid phos phate, which is made by treating phosphate rock with sulphuric acid. The most ordinary source of potash is kainit, which is mined in Germany. The phosphoric acid and the potash, which are derived from these sources, are about the same in their results on crops as the phosphoric acid and pot ash derived from any other sources, but the sources of nitrogen are num erous. This is the most important and expensive ingredient in fertilizers." The commercial value of fertilizers, based on the analysis of the contained nitrogen, is reckoned just the same no matter from what source the nitrogen is obtained, and this fact is apt to mislead the farmer in his estimate of the kinds of fertilizer to use for cer tain crops. For example: a fertilizer containing nitrate of soda contains a splendid form of nitrogen, and one which is very soluble; therefore, it is very good for early vegetables and quick growing crops, but it is entire^ too soluble for use in the cotton crop. The cotton plant is of slow growth and needs to have its food supplied throughout a long interval. A fertili zer containing cotton seed meal, hav ing the same amount of nitrogen a3 another fertilizer made of nitrate of soda or any other source of nitrogen, is much more valuable to the cotton plant, even at the same commercial value, than any other kind of fertilizer. The nitrogen in cotton seed meal is all soluble, but it requires some time to be put into complete solution. This is ixactly what slow-growing crops like cotton and corn require, therefore, it is important for farmers in the pur chase of fertilizer to specify that this fertilizer is made with cotton seed meal, rather than other chemicals used as a source of nitrogen (or, what is the same thing, the source of ammonia.) All fertilizers containing nitrogen in any form are generally known as am moniated fertilizers. Let every farmer s*5e to it that his fertilizers are am moniated with cotton seed meal, and, as he knows he can ,not get the meal to better advantage than from any of the local mills of the Southern Cotton Oil Company of the Carolinas and Georgia, or through their headquarters at Columbia, S. C. Augusta, Ga., At lanta, Ga., Savannah, Ga., and Golds boro, N. C, or Charlotte, N. C. One of the first things the Demo cratic executive committee or the State convention should do when the opportunity offers is to change the hours of voting in the primary. The piesent hours are relics of the time w.aen political passions ran high and when country was arrayed against towns, and the time was so fixed as to cut down a considerable part of the urban vote. Such conditions have pass ed and the hours ought to be changed, so that not a single voter shall be dis criminated against or put to any in convenience in casting his ballot.? Columbia Record. WANTED 5 YOUNG MEN from Sum ter county at once to prepare for positions in the Government Service?Railway Mail Clerks, Letter Carriers, Custom House and Departmental Clerks, etc. Apply to Inter-State Corres. Inst., Cedar ?apids?, la. July 30?lm. NOT ROOM To store goods that I have coming in, and they must be sold, and will be sold at the LOWEST POSSIBLE FIGURES To make room, so come at once and take ad vantage of my helpless condition and Get Bargains Bemembering that I carry almost any goods used in the household in stock. Second-hand bedsteads at 25c, 50c., 75c. and $1 and up to $5. Second-hand dress ers from $1 to $5. No. 10 Liberty street. Next Door to Post Office. Respetfully, T. S. GREGORY, GLENN SPRINGS WATER Cures Dyspepsia. For sale by A. J. China, J. F. W. DeLorme. \ THE LAST CALL We are receiving daily the fruits of our buyers9 efforts in the New York Market* This does not signify that the summer is over. We hare on hand in our various departments, "Odd Lots of Desirable Goods" We prefer not to carry any goods over till next season, so these will have to go. "We Will Not Stand on Price." This means we intend to sacrifice them. You will find things that you can use next sea son that it will pay you to buy now. J. RYTTEBBERG k SONS. Shirts ! Shirts ! Shirts ! We are showing the greatest shirt values ever offered in Sumter. We closed out the rem nant of a manufacturer's stock, about 1 dozen, At 50 Gents on the Dollar And are selling them on that basis. Regular 75 cent goods at 38 cents. You will not find every size in all styles, but you will find all sizes in some style. Don't wait until your chance is gone. O'DONNELL & CO.