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Northwest vs. the South. Mr. Henry Conner who has recently returned i rem a stay of something mere han nineteen months in Idaho and Oteeon, is in a position to give some interesting pointers to people* of this section who have Jed themselve to believe that, the north west or any other parr of the country offers so many ad van rages over this locality as is claim ed for that sectioo. Mr. Conner is a rative of York county, and was raised about two and one half miles west of Yorkville. BiF atber was the late Calvin Conner, a man who measured up to the highest .standard of good citizenship, and his mother by whom he was reared, is a most creditable representative cf the splendid womanhood that has done so jnuch for this section. Discouraged by the unpromising .condition into which the farming business in this county had fallen and tempted bj the glowing: description of opportunities offered by t e north west, in March, Iftt , Mr. Conner left a good comfortableX home and a fine farm to try bis fortuno in the new countries that are held up to present so many untold an undefinable advan tages over the long settled, staid and conservati te south. Kin a conversation with the reporter on Saturday he unhesitatingly said that he is glad to ge:- back to South Carolina, and with as little hesitation he asserrs that the mest satisfactory asset he has acquired during his ab sence is some very valuable experi ence. He is not inclined to disparage the country in which he has spent nearly two years. On tae contrary, he gives it all the credit lo which it is ?entitled ; but after all iii said and con sidered, he thinks thal; York county offers just as many opportunities for a | comfortable living and is just as de sirable from any standpoint as is any distant section- he has visited. "If you have money out in Ore gon," says Mr. Conner, "you can buy a desirable farm, or ranch as it is called, and by hustling get a good in come but you''ll earn all you'll make. If you have no money and you are able and willing to wors, you can get good pay, from 2.00 to $2.50 a day, but the work is only fo:* nine months of the year and the cost of living is just as good in proporton as it is here. A mau can hardly stive more than enough during the work season to sup port hmself during the idleness that is enforced on him during the winter. 41 Labor of. all kinds commands good prices, but my own experience was confined principally to logging and harvesting, with odd jobs in between, logging goes on during most of the winter. Men liv . in camps in the woods, work in gangs, sleep in bunks on the sides of shacks or on floors, on their own beds, which they must al ways furnish, and drive like fighting fire for ten hours a day. There.is noth ing easy aboud the work, and just anybody cannot get a job. They size a mau up as if he were a horse or a male, and work hint accordingly. If he does "not come up to physical re quirements, be is not wanted at any price, and it is rarely rhe case that a man of 45 or 30 can even get a trial. The proportion of people out of em ployment is much larger than it has ever been in this county within ny recollection. **I went from Idaoo to Oregon as the result of the seductive promises of an irrigation company, lt was re presented that arrangements were being perfected to run an irrigaion ditch into a new section just to be thrown open to settlers for the first time, and along with many others I homesteaded a quarter section on what was promised to be one of the lower levels of the proposed new sur vey. But afterward the plans of the company were changed, whether by circumstances or in accordance with a previously arranged scheme, I cannot certainly say, and my homesterd re mains without water, and consequent ly cf little value until the ditch shall be finally completed if that ever comes to pass. " There are irrigated lands in the neighborhood of Irrigon, near where I was located that are held at four and five thousand dollars an acre. They get their vame from their capacity to produce almost any kind of crop that can be grown in the United States, and especially fruits of all kinds which grow to enormous size and to perfec tion unknown, 1 suppose, anywhere else in the world. Beet crops on these lands frequently net $500 per acre without their owner having to touch them after they are made but as you will easily imagine , to g' t land up to sue!) a producing capacity is a matter of years of effort and la,.-ge sums of money. Many people necessarily fall by the wayside. "The country is filled up with all kinds of people from all over the world, Americans from what is now denominated the middle west predomi nating. These people ha ve been at tracted to Idaho and Oregon in large numbers principally by means of ju dicious advertising. Thousands have failed, some have succeeded and it is a noticeable fact that here hardly appears to be a man among them who is not willing to sell ont at a price and leave. They are all after the dol lars and it is tarley that you find a man who expects to spend his life there. Those who are making the greatest effort for permanent improve ments are among the most active in advertising f r new comers to take their holdings,and as soon as a man gets his price he is up and gone. '*Up in that country the negro seems to stand on a perfect equality with the whites. There are white peo ple there who would go further out cf their way to shake hands with a oe- j fro than with another white man. j t is a common thing to see negroes eating with whites in the restaurants and their patronage is as acceptable to the proprietors as is that of the whites. The only people who are not on an equality are the Chinese and Japanese. The Chinese are more de spised and the i Japanese come next. It is largely because of their willing ness to work cheaper than the people of other nationalities. I "Union labor controls throughout j mo9t of the country visited. Unless a man belongs to the union he cannot depend upon his ability to hold down a job any length of time. The head quarters of the labor unions are usual ly at the saloons, and the saloon ele merit seems to have the greatest in flu- ! euee with the labor element. The ' boycott is also a strong waa pon with the unions. Let a store keeper offend the union, or may be an influential walking delegate, and as apt s not there will be posted before his place a sentinel bearing a placard ''unfair," and the storskeeper mav as well go out of business. "There is one thing that can bo said to the credit of the people of th.s section and that is their la w a ii i G mg ^character. The bad elements are the cattle thieves and boo tlc-ree rs. Boot leggers are people e!i a :ed in selling whiskey to the Indians in violation of the Federal- laws. Both these classes give lots of trouble. But aside from this the people are quiet and well behaved. I have seen more mur ders recorded in a single issue of The Enquirer than would appear in the Seattle papers during months, and I remember seeing once where Chief Love made 12 or 14 arrests in a day, a reccrd that would seldom be equalled by the entire police force of Spokane, a city of more than 40.000 inhabitants. "The people up that way seem to I be afraid of ns down here. They are inclined to think that we are too wild ^and lawless and are dubious about risking themselves among os. But [ nevertheless they are beginning to lock to the southwest and south and southeast. Advertising matter is be ing circulated among them and they are being influenced by it. There was quite a party bound for southeast Georgia on the same train I came back on. An immigration agent had interested them, and they were com ing down to see whether he had tcld it to them straight. I happen to be pretty well acquainted with the sec tion to which they are going and they will find that what the agent told them was pretty nearly true. The tide of immigration, I think, is turning and it will not be a great while until it begins to flow in our direction." While Mr. Conner was on this par ticular phase of the subject, the re porter asked this quesion : "Well, Mr. Conner, you know what we have down here as compared with what you have seen in the northwest. You have observed the difference in the characteristics of these people, especially as to energy, thrift and en terprise, now suppose we had a lot of those people located within a half doz en miles of Yorkville, what would th iv do for the country?" "What would they do for the coun try? Why I think they would at once begin to send out agents to advertise it. and as soon as they cou d get a ! good price they would sell That is what they are doing up yonder and that is . what they would do down here." "And you do not think they are superior to us in thrift, energy or nterise?" "Not one bit. I have seen just as much thrift, energy and enterprise here as I ever saw there. There are as many people there who cannct or will not make a living as there are here, and one thing that was com mon there that I have never seen here, was streng, able-bodied, well dressed white men begging for quar ters with which to bay meals. This practice sometimes grows so common that the police are compelled' to put a stop to it "-Yorkville Enquirer. Pat and the Oyster. An Irishman went into a restau rant and called for a dozen Saddle Rock oysters on tho half shell. After wrestling with them about ten minutes, he called the proprietor and said,' "Do yez ate them things?" "Why, certainly." said the pro prietor. * 2555 "flow do yez do it?" s* id the son of Erin. "I'd loike yez to show me how." "The proprietor glad to teach him how to eat his goods, said. "You put a squeeze of lemon, a little salt and pepper on it, stick your fork in it, lift it up this way, and down she goes:" So suiting the action to the word he gulped down an oyster with out farther ceremony. * XT "Could yez ate them all the same way?" exclaimed the Irishman, in surprise. "Why, sure; they are delightful. I'll show you how to do it if you don't object." 'Go afce" 0," said Irish. I'd like to see yez. I don't believe yez can." It did not ake the proprietor long to dispose of the balance, and with a smack of his lips, said, "There yon are; no trouble at all." The Irishman was bewildered; as soon as he could get his breath he shouted, "Can ye kape thim down?" "Why, of course can," said tho proprietor. "Well, that beats all. I had thim damn things down me stomach six' times, and they came up ivery toime." G lis Trial Postponed. Camden, Oct. 6.-J. E. Gillis will not be tried at this term of court. Counsel for the defendant gave notice today that in ten days, the period of notice provided by statute, they would move for a change of venue. The so licitor waived the ten days notice, contending that such was his right. The defendant's counsel opposed this position, contending that the ten days' notice to the State was compul sory and could not be waived by the soliciter. Judge Purdy sustained the defendant's poistion and the motion will be heard on the loth. At the last term of court Judge Watts held that the solicitor could waive notice. Almost Annihilated. Lisbon, Oct. 5.-Tho minister of marine announced in the cnamber to day that a detachment of Portguese troops, belonging to a column operat ing/ in Portuguese West Afrrica, against the Cuanhamas, was surprised by the tribes men while crossing the Cuuene River. The detachment, which numbered - 99 officers and men, I lost 254 killed, including fifteen officers and fifty wounded. It is officially aunoucued that Ger many will put eight thousand Euro pean troops in the field again.-1 the Hereros in German Southwest Africa, who are neighbors of the Cuanhamas. Both tribes are established in the Canene district. The Cunene River forms the boundary between German and Portuguese Southwest Africa. To make yonr poorest business day tbis month as good as your best business day last uiontb, make your poorest advertisement this month as gcoa and as big as your best adver tisement la>t month. DR. SHEALEY OH TEXftS FEVER. Prevalence of the Disease is Due to Tick. How to Prevent its Spread and How to Treat Infected Cattle. Clemson College. Sept. 29. -Dr. A. S. Shealy, assistant veterinarian, for the present in charge of the veterinary division, has recently had many de mands for his services throughout the State, and bas responded to many such calls as: "Come at once: cattle are sick and dying." He has found it im possible to respond to all of the calls, as only a i mi ted appropriation for this purpose is available, and as his duties here prohibit him form being almost constantly away. With one ex ception he bas found the same disease -Texas fever, known also as South ern cattle fever. Your correspondent bas. therefore, secured from him the following inter view on Texas fever and its treatment, in the belief that it will be of great interest and benefit to cattle raisers. Dr. Shealy says that nowitbstand iug the eood work along this line by Dr. G. E. Nesom, until recently State veterinarian, there is still considera ble loss from this disease in South Carolina. Cattle raisers should bear in mind that the disease is caused by a tick, and that it does not occur where no ticks are present-except when it is produced in a mild form by inoculation, hereby rendering immune such cattle as are inoculated. A num ber of years ago, when cattle were pewnittd to-run at large, the tick W8S more or "less prevalent, and there never was a case of the disease noted. Many farms throughout tbe State have become "tick free," and so long as they remain so the disease does not occur, on them. These facts show that cattlel must be boru and raised on constantly tick-infested farms, or on constantly tick-free farms, in order to be safe from Texas fever. To take measures to produce general in fection would be a reversion to the conditions when there was no "stock law" in South Carolina. So the stock farms must be kept free of ticks. Dr. Shealy says that while it seems impossible to dc tb is, it can be done by systematic and thorough cleaning j of the cattle once every two weeks I during the summer months, and he will be glad to take the matter up with any stock men wbo wish to do so. Very little can be done, indeed, to ward preventing a - further spreading rf the disease except by thoroughly removing ticks, and placing cattle in a non-infested pasture. In this way, possibly, a number of the herd not in fected will be saved and will not con tract the disease unless the ticks gain access to them later. Medicinal treatment for animals while suffering from the fever is very unsatisfactory. Yet Dr. Shealy always advises to treat them sympathetically, and bops for good results. He has had a few caes to recover under the following treatment, which he always recommends: "When tfTe first- symp toms are noted ticks should be remov ed, and a good purgative given-ep som salts in one or two pound doses, according to size of animal. Within eight or ten hours later commence giv ing quinine sulphate in one-half ounce doses, dissolved in a half pint of whis key, three times a day ior three days. If salts have not been effective with in twenty-four hours, repeat, giving half as much as at first. The sick animals should be separated from the herd and given comfortable quar ters." Very young cattle can withstand the disease without dangerous results, and cattle owners can bring calves to tick infested farms with no danger, pro vided they become infected with ticks at once. "But I always advise in oculation for cattle not immune," Dr., Shealy added, "This inoculation can be practiced successfully only with cattle under two years, though I have successfully inoculated much older cattle." "If a cattle owner has a tick-free farm, no animal infested with ticks can be introduced without seriously endangering the lives of all his cattle. And. the life of an animal that has never carried ticks is equally endanger ed when brought to a tick-infested farm. "I hope our cattle owners will bear these facts in mind, as tbe time is near for the State Fair, and there will be sales of infected and nonrinfected cattle at that time, which if bought indiscriminately, may cause considera- j ble loss. ' ' "This will not he the case, how- j ever, if you buy intelligentlv If ani mals have carried ticks they are im mune from Texas fever, and you take no chances, so far as Texas fever is concerned. You will also be safe in buying cattle that have never had ticks, provided your farm is free from ticks, or you inoculate the cat tle before placing them on infected farms. Finally, if the farm is 'tick free' and tbe. animal purchased is in fected, the latter should be thorough ly cleansed before carrying to the farm, or the lives of your other cattle will be endangered." - itii mm Scccess appears to attend the work of the Americau engineers in the canal zone. Chief Engineer Wallace announced a couple of days ago that one of the resident engineers, Mr. George Ehle, had made an important discovery, as the result of which it will be possible to divert the Chagres river from the Caribbean slope to the Pacific side of the isthmus. This can be done at an approximate cost of 810,000,000, releasing $20,000,000 from the fund set apart for the construc tion ot locks. If this be done one of tbe most serions problems connected with the canal wilf have been solved, namely, the control of the Chagres river freshets. It is estimated by the chief engineer that of the work done by the French company from 10 to 15 per cent, may be used, the amount depending upon the plan final ly decided upon for the completion of the canal.-Bradstreet^. mi II i . - tr i Pill Pleasure If you ever look Dewitt's Litile Early Ricers for biliousness or constipation you kn- vr hat pill plea ure if-, J hese famous hoi ' }>I!N i ieanse the liver a-d rid the sys teo: of ll bil" im ut producing un plea* nf eflee s. Taey o > not gripe, Ricken or weaken tut plea<<*ijt]y give lone and sriergi h io the tissues and organs of ihe ptomitK-h liver and t owels. For sale by Cnn B. ita vi*. ARCHBISHOP BNF G NTE SERY GOBESSES EPIS Ml SS. Church Admonished *o Guard the Religion of the Home. Liquor and Lynching issues Injected Snto the Proceedings. Boston, Oct. 6.-The Archbishop of Canterbury speaking before a joint session of the house of bishops and house of deputies of the Episcopal chnrch at Emmanuel church today delivered a message to the American body in whichj he urged that the church take steps to guard the reli gious life of the home. The arch bishop's address was focibly deliver ed and easily heard in ail parts of the edifice. The archbishop said in part: "We can thank God tor strong material progress, for an often high note of moral earnstness and here in America at least, for an eager output of intellectual force. And we are prone to be pleased and even satisfied. But it would be vain to ignore the warning voices which tell ns-on either side of the sea-bf a certain decadence in the definitely religious life of the ordinary home-a falling off, that is, in the very force which gave its distinctive inspiration and its distinctive power to so much of our grandsirs's life. If that true-and in spite of all explanatory qualifica tions nobody will, I think, say it is wholly false-it surely behooves every gathering of churchmen to consider well what they can do to safeguard the men and women and above all, the children, of America and of Eng land from a peril whose gravity it is impossible to over-estimate, because it affect the very foundation of our Christian life." At today's session of the house of deputies sevrea! resolutions to make more stringent the cannon on the re marriage, of divorced persons was pre sented. One resolution was aimed to prohibit the remarriage of a divorced person during the life of the former partner. The whole question will come up later. After reporting against a change in the legal name of the chnrch at this time, the committee appointed by the last convention to consider the matter was discharged. A member of the committee, Rev. B. Talbot Rogers of Fond du Lac, Wis., attempted to have a resolution drawn by the mi nority members of the committee which dropped the words "Protestant Episcopal" from the title page of the prayer book placed on the calendar, but it was referred to the committee on prayer book and will be discussed later. An attempt was made by J. Came ron Buxton, of Winston-Salem, N. C., to present a resolution deploring the action of Bishop Potter of New York in participating at the opening of the Subway tavern in New York city, but the resolution was declared ont of order. . Gen. J. H. Stotsenbeerg of Indian apolis introduced a resolution con demning lynching./ A number of the southern delegates voted to table tae resolve, but eventually it was referred to a special committee. A memorial wa ? presented by the diocese of North Carolina in the in terest of work among the negroes. Dr. J. Houston Eccleston of Balti more, on behalf of the commission appointed to confer with the various religious bodies regarding conformity as to the marriage of divorced persons, submitted a report. The house voted to continue the commission in office. The report says it may be doubted whether the uniformity of divorce legislation can be brought about, but that success will largely depend on whether the churches shall agree on a uniform canon to apply to their church members and clergy. Lancaster, Oct. 6.-Sheriff Hunter and Solicitor Henry returned from Kershaw, where they have been try ing to find out the parties repsonsible for the lynching of Morrison. Their efforts met with little or no success. At a meeting of the town council, called to consider the matter, Solici tor Renry asked eacli councilman if he would lend his aid in identifying the guilty parties. Some expressed theirjjwillingness to do so, while oth ers positively refused. The sentiment of the community is so strongly in sympathy with the lynchers that it is extremely doubtful if tlie officers of the law will succeed in their efforts. will save the dyspeptic from many days of mrscry, and enable him to eat whatever he wishes. They prevent SSCK HEADACHE, canse thc food to assimilate and nour ten tlie body, give keen appetite, DEVELOP FLESH and solid muscle. Elegantly sugar coated. -i Take No Substitute. THE ONLUfiENTS HE COUNTY TH T WILL INSURE YOUR TENANTED COUN TRY PROPERTY. Let us protect your home for you, COTTON AND GIN INSURANCE IN THE BEST OLD LINK COM TANI ES. FIUS, LIFE, ACCIDENT 2EALTH INSURANCE. The Sumter Insurance Agency, Sumter, S. C. Ans IO-ly pj V gctable PreparationforAs | | similalmglheFoodand egula ling the Stomachs and Bowels of 8 Promotes Dig^stion.Cheerfur p.ess andRest.Contains neither Opium,Morphine nor Muerai. 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It doesen't make the affliction any easier to bear, to know that you are to blame for not consult ing a competent Optician in time. That probably the right glasses at the right time would have saved them. Don't let this be your experience. Consult us in time. Z. F. Highsmith, Graduate Optician. 21 S. Main Sc. - Sumter, S. C Why Waste Time Hunting a lot when you can find out everything for sale in half an hour by calling at my office and letting rae drive you over town and show you. It costs you nothing. The owner pays me for finding a purchaser instead of hunting one himself. Have more than 100 houses and lots for sale in all parts of the city. A few samples are given below: CITY PROPERTY. Lot 57-25 lots on Broad Street and in Broad Street section. See plat. Prices $100 to $600. Lot 51-Six-room house and lot 180x195 on Council Street, next door to Methodist Parsonage, $2,250. Lot 45 -Two lots corner Calhoun and Harvin Streets, 70x218. Prices : Corner iot $600, adjoining lot $500. Lot 36-Seven-room house and lot 66x170 on Sumter Street. $3.000. Lot 29-Three lots 80x275 on Purdy Ave., nice shade trees. Cash $300. Lot 22-Five lots on Calhoun Street 80x210. $500. Lot 14 -House and lot 82x250, corner Hampton Ave. and Sumter St. $ ,250. Lot 4-House and lot 75x300, on Church Street $1650. COUNTRY PROPERTY. Have desirable farms for sale throughout Sumter and Clarendon counties. Before buying, call and see what is on the market. JtrLm JtSm jm*iT ?f^Hi-trS. Attorney at Law. - - Real Estate Broker. mMitmtie Coast Line. , Effective Sept. ll, 1904. Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter. Train 35 Florence to Augusta Arrives 5 15 am 44 54 Columbia to Wilmington 44 8 10 am " *57 Gibson to Sumter 44 9 20 air 44 52 Charleston to Columbia and Greenville Leaves 9 21 am " 48 Orangeburg to Charleston (Tuesd'y,Trm rs d'y, Saturd'y) ". 9 25 am 44 53 Greenville and Columbi?, to Charleston 44 6 20 pm 44 32 Augusta to Florence 44 6 30 pm 44 *56 Sumter to Gibson 44 6 50 pm 44 47 Charleston to Orangeburg (Toesd'y, Tho rsd'y, Saturd'y) 44 8 15 pm " 55 Wilmington to Columbia 44 9 25 pm Freight Trains carrying Passengers. Train *24 Sumter to Hartsville Leaves 6 30 am 44 * 1 Bishopville to Sumter Arrives 9 00 am 44 * 2 Sumter to Bishopville Leaves 9 50 am 44 *19 Sumter to Robbins Leaves 10 00 am 44 *ll Florence to Sumter Arrives 1 50 pm " *12 Sumter to Florence Leaves 2 50 pm " *20 Hobbins to Sumter Arrives 7 30 pm " *25 Hurtsville to Sumter Arrives 7 40 pm Northwestern Railway. Train *70 Camdan to Sumter Arrives 9 00 BIA 44 *71 Sumter to Camden .Leaves 9 36 am 11 *68 Camden to Sumter " 5 45 pm *72 Wilson Mill to Sumter Arriv e 12 30 pm " *73 Sumter to Wilson Mil) Leaves 3 00 pm " *69 Sumter to Camden 44 6 25 pm Train marked * daily except Sunday ; all other trains daily. For further information, apply to J. T. CHINA, Ticket Agent A."C. L.