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mrr_ - - A MEW CtXHJEB'S VIEWS. Mr. W. D. Woods Grvee HU Candid Opsnlon on the Subject of Sumtor's fniwi Growth. Mdltor Item: As the writer has only recently be? come a resident of Humter. It may eeero a little oet of place for him to eay anything In reference to Its fu tare growth and prosperity, end how the* may be beet secured; but being e etroag Deliver In what may be ac eompllaned by persistent work and malty of action, he will make no apology for writing this article. During the time of the writer's ac? tive connection, as editor of a weekly paper, aad la all ale contributions to the newspapers since then, with the press, ft has been his ardent desire to speak the truth, and never, under any ctsotiauslsnuis. he guilty of any inten? tional safari; <? ?enteilen, snd so In this article he will speak of Sumt?r and Ms outlook for future growth em* preepeiltj. Just ss the csss ap? pears e> him; having no object In vtdw but to promote the welfare of the etty by me klag some suggestions that assy possibly be of some hetp In this direction. There ess be no quet ttea ef the feet that Sumter has the heat location, from a geographical etas ape Int. of any city or town m tats section of the State, and the ex? tremely important question for its besinne seen to consider Is the one of what advantage they propose to take ef tale location; which, while a help, will count for very little un? less ft la backed up by the active ani eeishitent works of all clsssss 3f* the pisglo? for It 'is very certain that a greener sue aad growing city will be. hi pro portion, just ae much help to tae^ peer man as It win he to his rich neighbor. One thing that a growing etty must. make provision for Is rest eeaee setae beyond Its limits, where ah cos who wish can have homes sway frees the Inevitable soles snd ?mat ef the dtp proper, and at the same time be la easy reach of the bedauern part of the etty. If he can , aot assess cheap aad rapid trsnspor mahnt estwisn bis home an a the city semper, me mast; of neeeestty. remain fa Oat etty and that as a natural eon asejaaaoa. ass km the suburb value* ta d resent- hams of the Ham there aggiani a'netted IwrWns; the sttfaens as take sseek tu a company that was to he ersjeaJsed for the development et sause enhurbea property, aad it ta of this that the writer would Iths ts> say a taw werde, It would he djatourt to susejest any enterprise the* would he of greater help la the befiel as; up of the etty, and there should he no trouble ta secuiing all tarn xeeaey ass i id for lu develop ssoat for fho mere fast that there Is a is seen t a?r a well leeated suburb ta of Itself a splendid advertisement far the etty aad tWo is an age of sd imitates. Thea, too, this property as east he utilised for residence sites without a? street oar Una. and the mote building of this win sause a great aisey people to look at Sumter as a aresassmg place for reeldeace and faissfaiist They will wish to cast their let with eeamter. and Sumter meet be prepared f< r them la the wsy ef eCering them Inducements for . them to make their permanent homes have. The development of this su? burb will neutrally bring about ths eembhehaient of ethers, all pf which, la Ike course of time, w?1l be taken to to the city limits, snd other eu bw.'bea sites built up further out The writer verily believes that If everybody wirf just take hold/ ah working in harmony and towards a common end. this end the upbuild? ing of the city, that sumter will, within the next eight or ten years, hove fully 25.000 inhabitants, with manufacturing enterprises of all kunds. well shaded streets and beau? tiful homes snd with the evidences of prosperity on every aide. Tale article.' Mr. Editor. Is already too long, but there are just a few more words the writer wci:id like to say. sad that Is In reference to s cer? tain class of men who never do any? thing to promote the growth or pros? perity of the city, while at the same time reaping the benefit of the work of others. The writer has no means of proving whether Sumter has any of this class of men or not, but If not. then It Is more fortunate than other places In this respect, Let It he supposed, for Illustration that a pro? posed suburb belongs to six different men. all of whom, with one exception, are willing to spend money for It* de? velopment snd for s car line to mske It sccesslble. They proceed, at lesst flvs of thsm. to spend the mon? ey necessary for the purpose, to which the sixth man will not contrib? ute a single dollar. Just ??? soon, however, as the car line Is bull: this -elfish Individual proceeds to put up the price of his lots and QdMrlhu them as being on s car line: furnish? ing a striking Illustration of one who reaps where he has not sown. If some sculptor wanted to csnfo a etatus repreeentlng suprems selfish? ness, hs would select this man for Ms model. In talking of the advantages and resources of your city, don*: make the mistake of abusing rlvai towns. This not only'show? a i'et?;?; t* ie spir? it, but will, at the same time, be at? tributed to Jealousy. Just let them blow their own horns while you give a blast, both long and loud, from your trumpet, that will reverberate from one end of the State to the other? Sumsr, Sumter, Sumter. W. D. Woods. DEMOCRATS CARRY CONGRESS. Republican Majority in Present Con? gress Narrow and It should Not be Hard to Turn Into a Minority Campaign Fand Available. Washington, May 19.?No doubt exists that the Democratic minority in congress Is expecting, at the No? vember elections this year, a land? slide In its direction. Democrats in congress believe firmly that here Is an even chance of carrying the house of representatives at the elections next autnmn and their belief Is based on good ground. A, study of the fig? ures of the hundreds of congressional districts in the United States Indi? cates thst there Is a possibility of a change In the control of the house. This Is the situation: *, Nine Republican members of the house hold- their seats by pluralities of less than ftvs hundred; seventeen by pluralities of less than one thou? sand; and twenty-four by pluralities of less than fifteen hundred. With a full house the Republican majority In the present congress Is fifty-four. This I? not a great mar? gin, as It would require a change of only twenty-eight votes to give the Democrats a majority. This Is re? garded as/ a pretty narrow margin 'with which to hold the house of rep? resentatives, particularly In a year when a landslide is Imminent, If not expected. 11 It Is pretty certain that the Demo? crats this year will be supplied with enough money to run their campaign In fairly good shape and the likeli? hood la that If business conditions do not Improve In the neat two pr three months ths returns on election night from the close districts will be awaited with a great weal of anxious I AJfTHRACTTE COAL PLENTIFUL. Even OinsshlilMbna at Present Gcn evatftoa Wont Saa sfcshaawttaw of Coal Deposits Dtlsnsdnosis in Near New York, May it.T-Kven the grandchildren of the present genera? tion will not witness the exhaustion of the Pennsylvania coal deposits, ac? cording to statements of the Dela? ware, Lacks wanna and Westsrn rail? road officials, with reference to the prediction of Dr. Charles Steinmitz, an electrica) engineer. In a lecture here on Sunday, that many person now alive would see the last of the nation's supply of coal, both sdft and hard. "We havs ourselves, 460.000,600 tons of anthracite," said one/official, "of the kind we are mining and there Cimmense bodies of lowsr grade 1 that are not mined at all. Wo mine at present about 1,000,000 tons a year, that the known supply of the qusllty now mined will last ' forty five years at the present rate of pro? duction. "Pennsylvania has ike only anthra? cite In the country, but there Is bitu? minous coal in practically every State In the Union. Certainly there need be no apprehension," he \ said, "such as that expressed by Dr. Steinmetz." $70.000 MORE FOR THIS STATE. Seaate Adopts Gary's Amendments to Public Buildings Bill. ?? ??? Washington, May 20.?The Senate today added $70.000 to the'public I buildings bill for South Carolina, $10.000 of this being for Abbeville, and $10.000 each for Sumter and An? derson. The bill will probably go to the conference tomorrow for a final ad? justment. While It cannot be stated with precision at this time whether the three South Carolina items will remain It is believed that those pro? viding for an Increase for Sumter and Anderson will be held In the bill. anJ it Is likely that the $50.000 for Ab? beville may go out. Should all Items remain In, it would give South Caro? lina a total nf $440,000 to be spent in the near future for new Federal buildings. Few Dog* Seen. The killing of all dogs found on the street* without muzzle* will continue for thirty days and If at the end of that time the prevalence of hyclro hpobiu has not ceased the nlaughtrr will contlue. The policemen have or? ders to kill ill unmuzzled dogs found wandering about the streets. Since the proclamation went Into rffect over one hundred dog* have been killed and others will fallow If the people owning dogs do not comply with the law.?Greenville News. Two white men in t'llnton have been convicted for shop lifting. THE WILLIAMSON PLAN. Prof. W. F# Musey's Opinions Criticis? ed by tile Editor of the Southern Cultivator. I took no stock in the Williamson method of corn growing when it was first published. No plant that 1 ever saw can be better prepared for mak? ing a crop by stunting it, and then trying to make up the loss by ex? travagant feeding. It was the peas Mr. Williamson grows and the lavish fertilization that made the corn in spite of the "humiliation" practiced. And it Is evident that in spite of South Carolina experiments the check plots with heavy fertilization did not near pay the cost of the fertilizer in the Increased yield. Piling fertilizer on poor land devoid of humus will often do more harm than good. But the experiments show well the folly of wasting money in a complete ferti? liser on the corn crop, and it is fresh evidence that what I have often found was correct, that there is no profit in commercial fertilizers on the corn crop. W. F. Massey. The above Is a clipping fom Prof. Massey's editorial In the Progressive Farmer. We do not seek any con? troversies, neither do we often criti? cise our contemoprarles. We find It best to pursue policies and definite lines that we have marked out of our own. But such a statement, coming from one of Prof. Massey's standing should not go out to our farmers un? challenged. The Cultivator has long advocated "The Williamson Plan" of Sowing corn. We did not do as Prof, assey, condemn it without due in? vestigation; but we rode juet 800 miles to see "for ourselves" its true value. When we went to see Mr. Williamson he was riot satisfied that we base, our opinion upon the merits of his plan by Seeing his crop alone, but carried us to sec some dozens of his neighbors' crops who were testing his method. Since the Cultivator has published and republished his plan hundreds of letters have been receiv? ed by us from many different States testifying that It was a success. Prof. Massey's "say9* may Carry a good deal of weight, but It cannot over-r.de the facts. What will he do with a few like these: Mr. Rodgers g.ew 117 1-2 bushels of corn on land that never yielded over 20 bushels before. The farmer in Alabama that made 01 1-2 bushels on 15 acres, where he had never made over 16 bushels before. A lady la south Georgia writes: "I have three acres of corn pleated by the Williamson plan that made me 100 bushels par acre. Never made over 26 or 10 before." we could fill several pages with such instances. Prof. Massey then falls back on the Clemson College | bulletin's report of their test last year. We cannot see why Clemson College should have sent out such a bulletin when the professors there saw and measured the yield of an adjoining farm?Mr. J. C. strlbling's, which gave a yield of 80 and 86 bushels in 1906. %re walked all through his corn ourselves^ It Is quite evident from Prof. Massey's own words, that he is not a corn grower. It Is a fact that our experi? ment stations have never made a re? cord yield of either corn or cotton. We are not making any fight upon our experiment stations, they are do? ing much good in other lines, but they are not leading our people out to larger yields as does our agricultu? ral press. The Cultivator sees the importance of more corn In the South. We are not agents for commercial fertilising plants, but we do know for ourselves t.hat there "Is Profit in us? ing Commercial Fertilizers Liberally Under Corn." Just as much so as. under cotton and for "doubting Tho? mases": we only have this to say Try it and see. If the Williamson plan Is a failure, prove It so. If a liberal use of commercial fertilizers will not pay, prove It so. Do not take any writer's word for It, however em? inent authority he may be consider? ed. We have seen 76 bushels of corn made on very poor, sandy land, by the use of commercial fertilizer and said extra corn did not cost one-half what it would have cost to buy It In other words liberal use of ferti? lizer as advocated by the Williamson plan will grow you corn at a cost of 25 cents per bushel, ^rof. Massey and others to the contrary. Try It and see.?Southern Cultivator. The hope of the nation Is in the farm and suburban home and In the country and suburban town and vil? lage. It is not In the cities that this country now needs the service of the flower of its patriotic manhood. It is in the country where the greut na? tional problem of the improvement of the rural life Is to be solved, where more beautiful towns and villages and better roads are to be built, bet? ter schools to be established, tele? phones and trolley lines constructed, and all the Influences put to work that Will Improve the country, and drive away the Isolation and hard? ships that were formerly its draw? back.?George H. Maxwell. "Bryan and Pugwley!" Sounds like a Dickens ticket.?New York Sun. Tlie Difference Between the Producer anil the Artist. THE FABLE. The hen remarked to the muley cow, As she cackled her dally lay, (That is, the hen cackled) It's funny how I'm good for an egg a day. I'm a fool to do it, for what do I get? My food and my lodging. My! But the poodle gets that?he's the household pet, And he never has laid a single egg yet? (ffot even when eggs are high." The muley cow remarked to the hen As she masticated her cud, (That is, the cow did) "Well, what then? , ; You quit, and your name is mud. I'm good for eight gallons of milk each day, ^ And I'm given my stable'and grub; But the parrot gets that much, any? way? All she can gobble?and what does she pay? Not a dribble of milk, the dub." B?f the hired man remarked to the pair, "You get all that's coming to you. The poodle does tricks, an' the par? rot kin swear, Which is better th'n you kin do. You're necessary, but what's the use O' bewailin' your daily part? fou're bourgeois?workin's your only excuse; You can't do nothln' but Jest pro? duce? What them fellers does is Art!" i ?Cleveland Leader. HAILSTORM IN SOCIETY HILL. Terrific Fall Does Great Damage to the Crops?Extraordinary Large Hailstones, Society Hill, May 21.?A terrific hailstorm swept over Society Hill just after 2 p. m. yesterday and continued nearly an Hour. The hailstones covered the ground like snow and drifted into heaps sev? eral Inches deep. It was the largest that has ever been witnessed here. Some of the stones were as large as hickory nuts. i The damage to corn, cotton, gar? dens, vines, shrubbery and trees I? great, > SIXTY PASSENGERS KILLED. Fearful Railroad Accident at Contich, Near Antwerp Bocae of Death v and Horror. Antwerp, May 2L?One of the j worst railroad accidents in Europe in j recent times occurred at Contich, a station six miles south of this city, on the main line at 8 o'clock this morning. The exact number of vic? tims had not been determined up to late tonight, owing to the difficulty of ? removing the bidies from the debris, but the latest estimate places the number at 60 killed and 100 wound? ed, i Whooping Cough. ?"In 'February our daughter had the whooping cough. Mr. Lane, of Hartland, recommended Chamber? lain's Cough Remedy and said it gave hie customers the best of satisfaction. We found it a? he said, and can re? commend it to anyone having chil? dren troubled With whooping cough," says Mrs. A. Goes, of Durand, Mich. For sale by all druggists. Several hundred bales of cotton were sold in Dillon last week. On Saturday $27,000 was deposited in the Bank of Dillon, representing in part the results of the turning loose of the cotton. Don't cough your head off when you can get a guaranteed remedy in Bees Laxative Cough Syrup. It Is especial? ly recommended for children as it's pleasant to take, is a gentle laxative thus expelling the phlegm from the system. For coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough, hoarseness and all bronchia! trouble. Guaranteed. Sold by Slberfs Drug Store. "Mr. Bryan is the candidate of the Blunderbund," says the Charleston News and Courier. Is that a confes? sion that the News and Courier has climbed on the Bryan band wagon? ?Atlanta Georgian. t_ ?Mr. E. Humphrey, who owns a large general store at Omega, O., and is president of the Adams County Tel? ephone Co., as well as of the Home Telephone Co., of Pike county, O , says of Dr. King's New Discovery: "It saved my life once. At least I think it did. It seemed to reach the .'pot? the very seat of my cough?When ev? erything else failed." Dr. King's New Discovery not only reaches the cough spot; It heals the sore spots and the weak spots In throat, lungs and chest. Sold under guarantee at Slberfs Drug Store, 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Stripes of a conspicuous character, it Is reported from the "centers of fashion," are to be the prevailing style in men's clothing for the coming season. Now here is a chance of which "malefactors of great wealth" should hasten to take advantage. The new style garment might be called "The Ror?"'velt."?New Yorlt Press. LAW OF THE. PARTY. Constitution of the Slate Democracy as Amended by State Democratic Convention? Platform of the Democratic party of the State of South Carolina in con? vention at Columbia, May 20, 1908: We, the Democratic party of South Carolina, in convention assem? bled, reaffirm our faith in the funda? mental and historic principles of the party of Thomas Jefferson, and call to the nation to put Its trust again In the party of Individual liberty and of 'equal rights to all and special privileges to none.' "We favor the exercise by the gen? eral government of all Its constitu? tional authority for the prevention of monopoly and for the regulation of Interstate commerce, and we insist that federal remedies shall be added to, and not substituted for, State remedies. We denounce as revolu? tionary the policy of the Republican party that the powers of the general government should be extended by judicial construction. "A private monopoly is indefensible and intolerable. We, therefore, favor the vigorous enforcement of the crim? inal law against trusts and trust mag? nates, and we demand the enactment of such additional legislation as may be necessary to make it impossible for a private monopoly to exist In the United States. "We favor an Immediate revision of the tariff by placing upon the free list articles entering into competition with articles controlled by trusts, and by reducing the tariff on the necessa? ries of life. We denounce as hypo? critical the promise of the Republican 1 arty to enact such legislation after tne election. "Our present financial conditions show the urgent necessity for a more elastic currency system. The Demo? cratic party of the nation should pledge the people that if placed in power it will enact prompt, but con? servative, legislation to\ relieve pres? ent/conditions. , \ "We favor the enactment of a fair and just employers' liability law. "We sympathise with the efforts put forth for the reclamation of the arid lands of the West and the use of irrigation in the development of the country, and upon the same prin? ciple we favor the reclamation of swamp lands. "We favor the preservation of the forests still remaining, and the plant? ing of the denuded districts in all our mountain ranges, as well as the for estatlon of the Western plains. \ "We urge liberal appropriations for the Improvement and develop? ment of the interior waterways, be? lieving that such expenditures will return a large dividend in lessened cost t of transportation. "We favor the election of United States senator by direct vote of the people, and regard this reform as the gateway to other national re? forms. "We favor a federal law ( impell? ing the fullest publicity in the mat? ter of contributions to the national campaign funds of all parties, and we would call the attention of the nation to the failure of the Republican par? ty to enact such legislation as proof of the correctness of the charge made on the eve of the last presidential, election by the Democratic nominee for president that the Republican party had received assistance from corporations desiring to control the policies of the national government in their own Interests. "We welcome Oklahoma to the sis? terhood of States and heartily con? gratulate her upon the auspicious be? ginning of a great carreer. "We favor separate Statehood for Arizona and New Mexico, and de? mand for the People of Porto Rico the full enjoyment of the rights and privileges of a terltorial form of gov? ernment." TICKET TAKERS NAMED. Southern Is Gradually Putting on New Agents on All Its Lines. ? N As a result of a new department recently formed on the Southern Railway ticket takens are being plac? ed on all trains. Col. R. W. Hunt has charge of the department with of? fices in Washington. The ticket takers have been placed on the main line north of Charlotte. In a few days they will be on all trains on this division. The duty of the ticket takers will be to take the tickets while the conductor will have charge of the train. This will save much time in the operating of trains and will av>id long walte. In the past it has been the custom for the flagman to assist the conductor In taking up the tickets on all the roads of the north. The Central of Georgia has had It in use for some time and It has prov? ed a great success. In the next few months summer travel will be very heavy on the roads and the trains will be run on a faster schedule.?Green? ville News. ManZan Pile Remedy, price 50c. Is guaranteed. Put up ready to use. One application prompt relief to any form of piles. Soothes and heals. Sold by Slbert's Drug Store. SHIP SUBSIDY GRAFT. AMENDMENT TO MAIL CONTRACT PROVISION AGREED TO. .Mail Ships to Japan, China, Philips pines, South America aiul AuM.ra.Lx~ sla to Receive More Coinpenwa?oii. Washington, May 21.?Congress to? day took an important step looking t> the payment of ship subsidies, the* conferees on the postoftice appropria? tion bill having agreed to accept the amendment by the senate authorizing; the postmaster general to contract with steamship lines running to ports of South \merica, the Philippines* Japan, China and Australasia for car? rying of the malis and to pay to ves? sels of the second class the same rate that is now paid on American vessels of the first class to Europe and to> vessels of the third class the rate now authorized for vessels of the se- ' cond class. There are no America lines of the* first class to the countries named and the effect of this legislation will be to encourage the establishment or passenger and mail steamship lines to ports of those countries. Although the payment to be mude for the car? rying of mail is not termed subsidy, it will amount to that nevertheless. TO SEND MISSIONARY TO CUBA. Sumter District Conftrence at Cam den Raises $1,250 for that Purpose. Camden, May 22.?The Sumter District Conference had an exceed? ingly pleasant and profitable session*, today. Some additional delegates re? ported today. Reports from the sev? eral committees were heard. Oner thing that electrified the Conference the raising of the twelve hundred and* fifty dollars in tea minutes for the support v of a missionary to Cuba. The* promptness and liberality with which, this money was subscribed was an* inspiration to the Conference. Re? solutions endorsing the eendaot of the Southern Christian Advocate were unaminously adopted. The following lay delegates to the annual Conference were clectedt L A. White, J. W. Hamel, Charlton Durant, N. S. McLeod; alternates. Cm. W. Blrchmore, J. W. Watts, i Manning was selected as the place for the holding of the next District. Conference. The work of the Con? ference will be concluded teaserxowi morning. A number of the delegates,, however, will remain in Camden foi Sunday. _ The World's Best Climate. ? If not entirely free from disease, on* the high elevations fevers prevail* while on the lower levels malaria in encountered to a greater or lees ex? tent according to altitude. Ao over jcome climate affections lassitude, ma? laria, jaundice, and general debility;, the most effective remedy ic EWta-Uc Bitter*, the great alterative and bloods, purifier; the antidote for every htmu ot bodily weakness* nervousness.-, and inscmnia. Sold tinder guarantee-1 at Si beifs Drug Store. Price 59c? The Hotel Jerome in Columbia is i to be enlarged to double. Mel presents, capacity. _L'?1 . I Personal. ~,,*v If any person suspects that their kidneys are deranged they should take Foley's Kidney Remedy at once and not risk having Bright'* disease or diabetes. Delay gives the disease a stronger foothold and you should not delay taking Foley's Kidney Remedy. Slberfs Drug Store. The Clemson matter came up at the State Democratic convention, but no action was taken. An effort was made to adopt resolutions requesting the trustees to reinstate the 300 dis? missed cadets, but this was defeated and the matter was let alone. 30 days' trial $1 is the offer on PIneules. Relieves backache, weak, back, lame back, rheumatic pains. Best on sale for kidneys, bladder and blood. Good for young and old. Sat? isfaction guaranteed or money re? funded. Sold by Slberfs Drug Store. Mrs. John Lake, wife of Rev. John Lake, formerly of Edgefield. but now a missionary to China, died at Canton, China, a few days ago. Serious Results Feared. ?You may well fear serious results* from a cough or cold, as pneumonia and consumption start wi?h a cold. Foley's Honey and Tar cures the most obstinate coughs or colds and pre? vents serious results. Refuse substi? tutes. Slberfs Drug Store. / Rev. B. L. Thomas, of Rennetts Ville, pleaded guilty to the charge of selling and exhibiting obscene plc tures and was sentenced to pay a tine of $1*00 or serve six months. Valued Same as Gokl. B. G. Stewart, a merchant of Ce? dar View, Miss. says:?"l tell my cus? tomers when they buy a box of Dr. King's Now Life Pills they get the* worth of that much gold in weight. It afflicted with consumption, malaria or biliousness." Sold under guarantor at Slberfs Drug Store. 25c. Said the governor of South Caroli? na to the governor of North Caroli? na: "Let us conserve the water sup? ply."?Springfield Republican.