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?NTY GOMESPONOENTS iflrmui FROM OUR su**% OORRESPOWDKNTB. all Part* of A4Jorssn? Counties. TO OORRB8PONDKNTS. roar lottara ao that they will effloe not later than Tum ?ornlng. When the letters are It to almost an to bar* them appear la that day. DAXSKLL. H. ?Vh. I.?Today has been coldest of the season so far with ?oaae as/ the thermometer at 19 '*nd some It this morn i wwr Utile farm work has been done ? *ar lOwtnw to the wet and cold When It was not too wet ?Jgrourd has been frozen so we not plow, sot we have had Ideal for howxktlltng srd we think tsqroaa looes hrs meat this year ean't save It under any clr ' ? a food deal of fertlllssrs mrnrtrnm sad bring hauled off now, tosA Iks rash to not on yet ~~ to still a little cotton to be Mr. J. M. Woodley savs he ?nee to pick, and there is yet a fralee to bo ginned end the nc still Sellin? a few seed abw haul them In sacks In their as they are going to town, they are cutting; their planting sjswi short, i ?r. J. M. Woodley was In Sumter OS) Saturday.* OaL W. D. Scarborough apeni to mmw In Sumter. ,Mr. H. F. Smith has a aiek child, Mr. John M. Parker, hut it to ving. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Cromwell yesterday and today In Bishop Ms. fhrleg to the Illness of the pastor has not bet n any service on Providence charge up to this sad d*n't know when there win MAX Feb. 1.9.?Oa the afternoon of sry Ith, Rev. B K. Velurh, V jlkvme,' Joined in wedlock , Mr MltncocK en<| Ml" f*r?af* jWtoi. Graham and brld<\ of ?elslte?! relatives In this commu wkyltsi week. mm Masoy Thomas, of Lake City, her daughter. Mr*. Ol Kef, of Florida, visited her mother and hrotaer. Mm Sue McNeil and Mr James McNeil, of Mott Bridge, la&t we*. , Vr. Bryant Smith is at home. The sandltlon of his health was Improved by his stay la Johns Hopkins' d. tip farmers are progressing with work as well ae the weather pcr A light rain la falling and freet on the trees. DARK CORNER* Dark Comer. Feb. 8?NMhllng hvrO) everything Is quiet, no *>ne We have had a pretty good for work. In fact the best we had for work >n th> farm thl* But the most of the farmers behind with their preparation for r crop. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Geddings end ttartlette, of Plnvwood. vllslted J. Ardis last Wednesday night r. T. and O. C. Kolb, of your city. through hers last Wednesday route to Pax vl lie. Mr. Oso. W. Brown, formerly of Isar, but who hss been in Geor S staee some time In the sixties, sfl at Sharon. Ol, on the 2 5th of ?nary. Will you allow me. Mr. Editor, to a word more about that Soldlera' ? I may bo unduly excited and Sad Ig us nt but I am Just Judging the a by the past. Some years ago of us went to work and got the ty to five an old soldiers' child some ratlotis, which they (the m\\%"" ' received for a few months; ftoen It was ordered if they wanted awy help from th? county and State, that they must go> to the poor house, will that not be the way with the soldiers who ars drawing a pen fro m the State? And I would Has to know who Is going to take care of the old boys when they are put tfcsre. I know ort? poor old woman who hss married three old soldiers, and tho last ono la nearly deaf, par? tially crasy. and yet she is doing all Sfee can to moke him comfortable, und aw will all the r*st of thos-- noble fcearted girls that went through the -war and know what the f oor old Rsbs went through. But I have no war to wuife on any ewe. I wus s?k ed by a gentleman whll? In your city last Wednesday. If I was afraid of be tag put In the poor house. No. friend. 1 have been In a poor home so seng (all of my life) until I have be some used to It. So suit yourselves, sssotienvcn. hat remember what svsr see you mete It wllll 1?e m to you sgsin. COUNTY FINANCES. WedgeAeld Correspondent Dl?*msse* Cost Of Court House. Present Debl of County and Proposition to Build Good I loads. Wedgefleld. S. C, Feb. 10.?When 1 had something- to say some time buck of the prospects of the county del? egation introducing a bill authorizing the county comniissoners to borrow funds from the sinking fund com? mission for road purposes, and also how the county stood financially alter the completion of the Court House, you referred mo to the quarterly re? port of the commissioners or If neces? sary to the commissioners themselves. I acted on your advice and by refer? ring to these records and from what I can gather here and there, I find that the county owes more than the average countryman would have have any Idea of. The followng, of course, Is subject to correction. I think it was generally understood that the present Court House was to be built with the proceeds of the sale of the old Court House and grounds and bonds; but. as we all know, such war. not the case, which the following will show: As I said, these figures are not absolutely correct, but are somewhere near: fj^fe of Court House and grounds. $85,000 Sals of Court House Bonds.. 30,200 Ks11 mated cost of new Court House and grounds and furnishings. 139,000 Borrowed from . Sinking Fund., 25,000 Used County Funds. 11,800 Due payable next fall for furniture.\ ... 7,000 $139,000 What does this show? First, that Sumter County owes sixty-two thousand dollars on its uourt House now. Second, if tfyere was a surplus on hand of eleven dvousand eight hundred dollars of Jothjnon county funds, the taxes of *umter County have been too high ind should have bean reduced. Now low Is this to be raised? There Js iow or will be a levy of two mills; >ne to cr**te a sinking fund to pay he issue of bonds and interest, which vlli be due at the end of fifteen years, he other to create a fund to p#y the 'Ute Sinking Fund Commission the imount already borrowed, I am as proud of the hew Coufl louse as any citizen of the proud old ?amc Cock County, and it doesn't uattcv how we feel about i the tre? mendous coi't. ]t is done rt?w and ?cin't be Undone, but I am opposed to he county borrowing flfttt-i) thou and dollars more for road purposes, cnowlng the county Is In debt to the 1 mount of sixty-two thousand . dol ars. What does an extra levy of one villi mean? It sounds small and coks small In print, but it meant >ur or five thousand dollars to the/ ?ixpayers of the county fo** at least hrce and probably four years. But I notice such a bill has b? cn ntroduccd In the Senate by ovr Scn itor and when it reaches the House I | ruess our representatives will support t there and It will became a law. I tm as anxious to sec good roaads al? <ver the county as any one and the >1U wo^ild help to^ solve the problem, f the county's finance* were In bet? ?r shape. I would like to hear from *omc of the readers of The Watch? man and Southron on this, and in the meantime if you think as I do, why ^vrite our representatlvea and senator Ln Columbia TAFT ON FIHST BALT/OT. Chairman Taggart and Secretary Woodson Make Prediction. Chicago, Feb. 4.?Secretary of War Taft as the nominee for the Presi? dency on the first ballot is the predic? tion of the managers of the cam? paign of the rival party, Chairman Thomas Taggart and Secretary Urey Woodson, who arrived today as Lid vsnco scouts of the national Demo? cratic Convention ln Denver. "I do not think the PresldentV mcifssge will have any effect upon the general political situation." said Mr. Taggart. "He had nothing in his special message that was not reitera? tion. To my mind the message was meant to help Secretary Taft's can? didacy. ?The President timed it so that it was sent to Congress the same day chosen by Governor Hughes for his Hpecch in the East. The idea was to keep the President in the center of tili stage with Tuft by his side and to compel ?Jovernor Hughes and his apcech to bo satisfied with second place to He. public attention and in the columns of the newspapers." "Yes, the Chicago convention will nominate Taft," said Mr. Woodson. "Roosevelt will see to that, If he has to come out bore and make a tpeech frcm the floor of the convention hall." "To my mind," said Mr. Taggart, "It looks as If the Republicans are to have as cut-anddrlcd a time as four years ago. Taft's choice seems to bt as much a certainty as our choice ol Mr. Bryan." DEXTER WANTS RICHARDSON. Popular South Carolina Pitchtr Is Sought by the Manager of the Tourists. Sam Richardson, the Charleston boy who pitched good ball in the South Carolina State league the past two seasons and who expected to work for Columbia the coming reason Until Secretary J. H. Farrell decided that he belonged to Sumter, received a let? ter from Charley Dexter, the Augusta manager, yesterday. The manager says: "I would like to have you now. Find out what Sumter wants for your release and let me know at once. And what salary you would expect and I hope you will be with me this season. I am sure you can make good. Will want a speedy reply." Richardson said yesterday that he would go dowu to Sumter and see what the management would do. If he secures his release ho will be with Columbia. If Sumter sets a price on him and it is not too high Dexter will likely tako Richardson on. Ho was with Camden in 1907 and led the pitchers of the league. In 1&67 he pitched for Sumter, won 10 games, lost 11, per cent. 476; bat? ted 208, fielded '&18. He went on the barnstorming trip through North Carolina and ^Virginia with the South Atlantic leaguers aft< r the close of the season last year and pitched good hall for the "Rar.sicks." Dexter was with tho bunch and no doubt took note of Sam's woik. Richardson had the honor of being with the pennant winners both seasons. He also pitch? ed a few games for Columbia.?The State. HEARING OX TILI.MAX RILL. Question of Liquor Shipments Into "Dry" Territory Considered. Washington, Feb. 8.?A sub-com? mittee of the senate committee on ju? diciary, consisting of Senators Knox of Pennsylvania, Fulton of Oregon and Bacon of Georgia, today gave an extended hearing on the Tillman bill providing that upon the arrival of hquora within a State, and before de? livery to a consignee, they shali be subject to the operation of the laws o-f this State, |n the same manner as though skch liquors had been pro? duced in the State. Mrs. L. M. X. Stevens, national president of the W. C. T. U., sale! thai 'n Maine bogus express companies operate surreptitiously through, Keen *rs Of "blind tigers." etn. fn that r. ?y, sno said, It is never possible to (roc*? It to th? consignees, as coii t-mplat'H! by th* law, as now inter? preted by the supreme court of the LTnltcd States. She wanted th* law .mended so that lkiuor might be [sited at the point of destination svithout regard to consignee. Oppon? ents of the bill appeared in the per j obj of Oeorgo W. Yost, president of ?die National Vial and Bottle Manu? facturers' association, and William Saurier, of the National Glass Elow ers' association, who claimed the pro? posed legislation threatened their business, which, they said, employs 40.000 people. Senator Bacon of Georgia suggest? ed that when prohibition laws were enacted In Georgia there was a big brewery near his home, which, every? one supposed, would bo closed down. "But," added Senator Bacon, "they began to make a beer that had no al? cohol in it. The agricultural depart? ment has pronounced it to be non? alcoholic, and now they are bottling more beer than ever before." ??It is certainly worth coming a long distance to hear that encouraging news," said one of the bottlers Who had come from Ohio to attend the hearing. MR. RHAME REAPPOINTED. Mr. B. J. Rbarue Will Continue In the Office of State Bank Examiner. Mr. B. J. Rhame, who has acopta >d the position of assistant for several years, has fted by Mr. Giles L. 16 "was recently made State liner upon the resignation illeman. Mr. Rhame has ac? te appointment and will con doing the work that has made the Office of bank examiner valuable to tne banking Interests of the State. The res-appointment of Mr. Rhame Is due in a large measure, probably, to the fact that the executive commit? tee of the State Bankers* Associatkm. upon whose recommendation Mr. Wilson was appointed, strongly urged his re-appointment. DONALDSON DEFEATS FOOTER, Don, the Swede, Was Too Hcaiy for Greenville Fireman. The Foster-Donaldson wrestling match la?t night was won by Donald? son, first fall going to Donaldson In 13 minutes, by hammer and barloek hold. The second fall after an excit? ing and fast mix-up was won by Fos? ter In 26 minutes by scissors and half Nelson hold, the third was won by Donaldson In five minutes by toe? hold. . L SENATE DISCUSSES REPEAL OF THE LIEN LAW. Night Sessions to no Hold All This Week?Most or Monday s Discus? sion Related to Special Liquor Elec? tions?Union to Have Another This Year. Columbia, Feb. 10.?The house and senate have now gotten on the final stretch of their work and pegged away today at a good pace. The sen? ate managed to dispose of most of the third reading hills, although there was some discussion on^everal of the measures. A number of special orders have been arranged and the statement was made during the day that the senate expects to hold regular night sessions during the remainder of the week, with the exception of Saturday. Most of the discussion today was on the bills relative to special liquor elections. Union county was allowed to have her new election, as it appears to have been agreed upon between those, for, as well as those against, the county dispensary system. The re? quest for a special election in Aiken county provoked debate and at the time of taking a recess no action had been taken. The statement was made that it would be very difficult to get a petition signed in Aiken county on account of the constant changing of residence on the part of many of those connected with the cotton mills In Aiken county, and the difficulty in getting the required number of names to a petition when the registration Msto are so badly mixed up and con? tain so many names of operatives who have changed their residence. A resolution was adpotod proposing a constitutional amendment making it penible in cities for city council to tax adjoining property for street im? provements. The resolution will have to go to the house and, if adopt? ed, will have to be adopted by the people before Aties can assess abut? ting property for street improve? ments. The senate held a night session notwithstanding the horrible night and downpour of 'rain. The record indicated that the Her. law had precedence, and it was taker up. Senator Crouch favored the re? peal of the law. Senator Graydon said the hue and cry advocating the repeal of the lien law came ohieily from the newspapers and a few land- ? lords. He, Jtftri, rp?ver seen, a valid rea? son in favor of the bill. The only rr Kumrnt he had ht-ard was that t ie repeal would mean the servitude of colored l ihor. He felt that ;ho negro was free, and that any such till Would prove an egregious mistake. Instead of forcing the negro Into farm servi? tude It would drive the negro to the West and public works outsdde this' State. The very men crying for the repeal of the lien law are the very men ^ho want immigrants. He would rather have the r.egro than the Southern Europeans as laborers. This bill will bring trouble to the land? lords he said. As a business propoFitlin it was better, he said, for some one other thsn the landlord to take the risk of advancing money. The white men are not going to till the lands ar wage hands, and to pass this bill will force the white people either to the cotton mills or away from the State. The tendency in the up-country now 1b for the whites to go to the mills or towns. TXhe white man is not going to ask favors; he will go to the cot? ton mills. They say the merchant charges exorbitant interest, and he asked how much more they would charge If thore were no security. He wanted the merchants to know that he for one did not brand them as usurers and men without feeling. The merchants as a class are honorable men, and he doubted if they charged | ae much as the landlord would. As | certain as this issue is put before the people correctly they will condemn this repeul. Mr. Gr.iydon has a startling array of figures from 31 out of the 41 coun- j ties, and these reports from the clerks ,tt court showed that last y. ar th*?re were 90.000 Hens given. Th* miseinp counties would run the number up to 100,000, or an average of 3,000 Hens to the county. The record showed that these 90,000 were twenty-seven millions dollars credit. He gave thefe illustrations from the record of the Hens given last year: Orangeburg, 6,600; Abbeville, 1,400; Anderson, 4, 000; Aiken, 1.920; Barnwcll. 3/53; Lexington, 1,361. Take away thh basis of credit and what is offered ".n stead as a basis of credit? The only argument advanced Is to control la? bor. Nobedf Is forced to use the lien, yet it is the basis of credit for 100.000 heads of families?the oidy basis of cre'dit they can get. He defied any one to show when ths agricultu? ral conditions were better than they are today. He did ot think it worth while to worry about the farmers' movement asking for the repeal. He said that the negro and the lien law gave South Carolina the first stand as a cotton producing Stats. It made more cotton per acre than ?ny other State. He presented a picture of the present day prosperity nf South Carolina and wanted to km nv why this law should be repealed for an untried experiment. One-third of the total population Would be dircct'y and m?*st dlsostrrnsly affected by this repeal of the lien law, and wha;'s the use of it, he asked. CM, J. H Prcoks said he pleaded for the poor white man and wanted the li*?n law repealed. He made an eloijuent plea to leave the po>?r white Joan alone and give hin: a chance. His people were almost unanimous in ask? ing: for the repeal of the law. The lien lav.' is regarded as a curse 10 th. white people. It mnde no difference to him how many liens were given in Greenwood, as it was time to stop it. A f.reat many negr.? men had banl: accounts. The lien merchants do not want to give up their handscme pay? ing liens. The time has come to re? peal this law. When the Yankees emancipated the slaves how many predicted ruin to the South, but how many so ROW.4 He then reviewed the opposition to the stock law. Mr. Laney and others joined in *he discussion. The senate adjourned without taking a vote on the lien law. The Things to Print. There is hardly a newspaper leader in any community who. in his; own estimation, could not conduct a paper belter than the local editor. And each one of these literary geniuses differ as to what a newspaper should be. Some demand that all the sport? ing news shall be published down to the most minute details, others held that the full details of the market re? port, both local and foreign, should be printed, others still wonder why some obscure quarrel which appealed late at night in the lower end of ih - city was not reported, although never reported to the police, while a few would everlastingly criticise every public official in the city every day. These different classes could be properly educated into the newspaper * business in a few years, but th* chances are that they never will be. for the reason that they are so sure they are right that nobmly by nay mance can set them right. The function of a newspaper is to print the news?all the news A lewspaptr must print the mW im? portant* htippenir.gs in all depart? ments -?f news, and this makes it impossible to go into minute detail? n any particular department. * But above all things a newspaper must not be personal. It is necessary sometimes to criticise the conduct e' incividuils end men in office, bat \vh? n this !s clone it is not becatfsa the newspaper, or some employe of the newspaper has a personal grudge :t the person thus criticised. It s because this criticism i.-5 in the heat interests of the community, and any newspaper which thus criticises mere? ly to satisfy a p< rsonal gruJge will j soon go out of business. The function ot the public press is as sacred as the functions of the courts and In most cases the managers and editor" of newspapers keep this fact in view all the time. Fairness, justice and truth are the three things which the jour? nalist strives for.?Peorla Hera'd Transcript. THICK GHOWKHS* COMPLAINT Cafe Against Coast Line Brought Be? fore Interstate Coinmeree Commis? sion. Woahirigton, Feb. 7.?A hearing of importance to the citrus fruit and vegetable growers of the South, par? ticularly of Florida, was held today by the interstate commerce commis? sion. The case was that of the Florids Fruit and Vegetable Shippers' Protec? tive ass)clation of Jacksonville, Fla , against the Atlantic Coast Line rail? road and 28 other railroads in the North and East. The complainants allege that the rates on citrus fruits and vegetables shipped from Florida points to points in the North and East are unreasonable and subject the complainant members to unjust dis? crimination. It further Is alleged that the defendants refuse to make carload rates on the shipments of the complainant, except on cabbage, po? tatoes and melons; and that the de? fendant lines do not furnish proper lefrigeraticn for vegetables and fruits in transit. No decision was rcoched, but later the commission will an? nounce the result of the hearing in a formal opinion. MIL lt. M. McKAY DEAD. Prominent and Honored Citizen of Ctsrraw. Cheraw, Feb. 10.?Mr. R. M Mc? Kay died at his home here today of pneumonia, after a week's nines.-: He was a prominent citizen in busi? ness, in society and in the church. He was married only a few months ago to Miss Matties Stevens, who, with a brother. Rev. Dr. J. Wilson McKay, of Sumter, and three sisters, survives him. He was a man of the greatest Integrity of character and honored and beloved by his com? munity. THE HEXE KIT OK WALKING. Hmv fo Get the MoM Out of the Ex? ercise in Open Air The average man does not wntt enoungh. Most every man shoul I w lilt from five to ten miles a day cut of doors, besides taking some out and Ins door exercise of other kind.', write* R. J. Robertson in the Boston Glo^*% Never ride when you can take tlnte to walk. Walking is the exercise that you should take the mott of from youth to old age. It is the outdoor ex? ercise that ycu should use as much t as possible to carry you to your busi? ness, your pleasure and vour other sports. Walkirg, to do the mm good, must not be taken by fits and starts, but in regular daily, morning, noon a*-.d even? ing periods, say somewhat after tit:* style. Alter your breakfast walk an hour or so toward your office, store or chop. After Ijneh walk for thirty minutes on the sunny side of the way when possible. After your supper walk an hour or two before bedtime. If you f dlow this oasy and simple rule you will have spent three hours* and walked live to ten miles or more, acocrding to your speed of walk? ing, in the best and largest and healthiest of all gymns?the great out-of-de?ors. o One vital rulj you must obey in 'o lng this polking exercise, as well as in all other works of life, stop sh-rt of fatigue. If you do not do so, walk? ing and other doings will do you more harm than good, and you will slowly shorten your usefulness and your life. Don't be guided in the length* of your walks by what some other seasoned or unseasoned walker may do; be guided only by your own feelings eiradually lengthen you walks week by Week as the walking muscles gain in strength. Your daily walks should better fit you to immediately take up your work of pleasure with greater zeal. Fairly fast walking in the out? door air is nature's own hygienic ? I vclimulant to better fit you to agaiiu take up the, duties of life. If you over? do ycur wafting it will act in a de? pressive wiv and weaken your po\w i rs, to never forget to obey that com? mon sense hint, stop short- of' fa, tigue." To thoroughly enjoy your walks you must dress loosely, especially around .he neek and chest and] waUt. Wear easy fitting, medium, thick Paled an 1 l??\v-heeled f.?ot dress. Have two pairs of shoes, wear one p.?ir on?; d.iy and the other the next; |J?ti will ease > our feet and your shoes will last longer. Ti?, aimies as wen r.s the wiists should be warmly dress? ed at this lime of the year. Ke?p your m-'Uth shut and carry the chest high; lern your body a little forward, bend the kneos a little, take an ea^y and not too long a stride, and move smoothly along on your way. A per? fect walk is a sort of glide along, and there is no jerky manner about it: It is a joy to do and a pleasure to look at Don't dre*s too warndv or heavily, as this will hinder the free play of your arms, body and legs, and if your .valk is long, cause a too copious per? spiration which may weaken you and so render you more llah'.e to catch disease. The more you are out of doors moving around moderately fast the less liable you will be to catch coid, for your system fa stronger to resist anything that might work it IN. The afternoon or evening walk should be the longest. a?.d d^nc vig? orously enough to cause a free sweat, after which a tepid bath and a good rubdewn. and then up, with a coarse, darkly colored turkish towel of large size. The outdoor liver Is generally the healthiest and longest iiver, and al? ways gets the most out of life, for just to be alive is a joy to him Theae is a saying that when men lived out of doors their hearts w? re as of oak, but when they lived indoors their hearts soon became as rteds. ?? Judge Klugh declined to grant new trials in the c *se of the State agalrst T. R. Lind*. ?v and Columbus Sims, convicted in Greenville, of man? slaughter. TO PROLONG LIFE Prevention of Dist?asc Much More Important Than Cure*. "An ounce of prevention i3 better than a pound of cure" Is especially true In stomach troubles. A few doses of Ml-o-na stomach tablets taken at the first warning of coated tongue, flatulence, heartburn, headaches, distress aftei eating and other symptoms of indigestion, will prevent a chronic case of stomach suffering that may last for years. These little tablets give strength and tone to the muscular walle of the stomach and Intestines, ar.d promote tue. PScrstlOP of gastric Juices so that whatever food Is taken is naturally di? gested without pain or distress?. J. F. W. DeLorme has seen so many cures made by Ml-o-na that he sells the remedy in 50-cent boxes under guarantee to refund the money in case It docs not cure. 2?12&14?W