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Mim* WATCHMAN, EMU Ml ? CwHQltqiUXi Amg, 8, 188 Ifc ?Hatcbman ani) ^outbron Every Wednesday, ? ?BY? ttTCEN PUtUtMINQ COMPANY SCMTER, 8. C. Il.lt per annum?In advance. Ob* foenre tret ineertlon.$1.00 ?very anbei auent Ineertlon.SO Oonttocat far three months, or ?II he made at reduced rates. All eoenmaalcetlons which sub aeWate tatersets wSU be charged and tributes of rtspects for. ,n ib. The 91010 campaign meeting which ^ woo hold hi the court house today I woo a quiet, orderly and rather pleas? ant and enjoyable affair, as such af? faire go. All the candidate* ware ot and In good humor with and the world In general; arisen wore In a spiteful frame of mind Rand User one and all made thslr sgseents, asked for the rotes and sup 0Oft of the dear people of Sumter and retired from the scene. The meeting was called to order by A ML ganders, who , resided In of County Chairman J. Clifton, about 10.10 o'clock. The were opened with prayer by Rev J. P. Marlon. The first candidates to speak were the sspirants for the office of super ?Intend#at of education. Mr. K. C. more, of Spartanburg being the introduced. IIa, was followed by fettles TL Melllobamp* of Or urg and J. K. 8wearingen of Id. These? gentlemen discussed odocational situation In this State almost Identical lines and ad tod progress and improvement In of .oar exrunattanal as-4 tlshfoent*. the rural schools In particular. Each stated his reason* - Oer the belief that he was the man peculiarly well fitted for the office. To* sum totsl of the speeches was to lenw* the Impression that all of the ?V candidate* wont the office, th -t one will All It about as well as.mother, sad that when one comes to vote It . will be o matter of personal prefer? ence?no one of the candidates stand md out an the man preeminently fitted I by nature end education for the place, fc^ Mr. X. W. Brooker. of Rlchiand, t who I? once again a candidate for the office of comptroller general, re? viewed and rehashed Jjls old story of tsjenVlenoy and carelessness In the conduct of that ofhce under the last 1 several administrations. He also L dwelt at length up??n his services to the state as an expert anountant and Investigator In the employ of the sinking fund comrrlsslon. He said that he made no charges of corrup? tion or graft, but thst he had charged and would chaste thst the present ^ comptroller general and his prede f cessora lo office hsd refused to carry out the law as embodied In the act of It 18, which set had been passed at the speaker's urgent request. In consequence of this refusal to do as the law contemplated the State has lost targe amounts annually. Comptroller General A. W. Jones, In reply, literally riddled hla oppon? ent, not by denunciation, hut by the calm and deliberate citation of facts and figures in dUproval of the charge* and assertions ma l ? by him. iff made good his case with ?M Hrf"" '! and whoa time ws* call, l ho 1 ?1? liberally applauded. . Adjutant and Immector Oenorol .T n?t Boyri. who seeks r? - >ii. gave an account ?>f hl- stewardship, tohl s)i th* g Hid thing* he has aoconv f pliahed for the State militia and ask? ed for another terrn^ as the reward for fuithf 11 servli e. Henry T. Thompson, wh > I* almost a- 'i known t>i Bumtei as though he were a re*ld? it wu ived with sathooTLiethi applause, 11 gave sn account of hl? -??? r\ l< In th" I mxte militia and laid of the training and experience he has h i I th it tit him for the 1 office ???? n.-.k James Conster, <>t Tlrzsh, the ennbH candidate for railroad com? mlsah.ner. made hfa npeech hs usual, I and added by way <>f pur? ntto-ds th.it he was not dl-< our ig?"l th it ho had ielt from the flrtt time he made the r*ce and still feels that he Is the man for the place and thst he Is begin? ning to think the people of South 1 ?bed ApeU lft&O. 'Be Jolt ai L 8U* Carolina are coming to the ?ame con? clusion after trying a lot of other men. Mr. B, L. Caughman, the incum? bent, who la making a vigorous fight for re-election, made the usual plea that the experience of six years in officer rendered him better qualified to serve the people than when they electd him, and still better than any of his opponents. He related some of the efforts he has made, while an office? holder, to serve the people and prom? ised to do still more if given another term. Messrs. P. C. Flshbum. of Colle ton. H. W. Richardson, of Barnwell, and J. A. Summersett, of Rlchland. the other candidates for this office, made plain, practical talks in ex? planation of their qualifications for the office. All of them have had more or lern practical training and experi? ence in the railroad business and for that reason would enter upon the dis? charge of the duties of the office with a clear conception of what Is needed and knowledge of how to go about getting the better and safer service and more equitable freight and pas? senger rates to which the public Is entitled. These gentlemen all made excellent talks. Gov. Ansel was the nest speaker on the programme. He said that It gave him great pleasure to be pres? ent today, that were It possible for him to attend all of the campaign meetings without neglecting the du? ties of the office the people had 'given him, he would take pleasure In doing so, that he Intended from the outset of the campaign, and Intended now, to speak at every meeting that he could find time to attend. He then went Into a review of his administra? tion and made a vigorous and earli? est defence of the recommendation he had made to the legislature In his annual message. He defended the recommendation for an Increase :n the governor's saUry. the erection of a new mansion for the governor, the Increase of the tax levy to put the State on a cash basis, etc. He aliio defended his progressive views on tr e liquor question and wound up with a discussion of the educational sys? tem of the State. In his defense of hi* administration, Gov. Ansel wits more vigorous and his remarks were more clear cut and decided than ever noted before in a public address [by him. He came out squarely ard I decidedly In defense of h|s policies [end no doubt was left as to where he stands on these Issues. But the con? cluding portion ^pf his speVch on the publlo schools and general matters was rather rambling and not particu? larly germane to the Issues of this campaign. The govel nor was gen? erously applauded whdn he was In? troduced and at several points In hi* speech, a? well as when he conclud? ed. Hon. Cole L. Blease, of Newberry, who is opposing Gov. Ansel, Intro? duced bis if.narks with a vigorous denial of the report sent out from Co? lumbia that he had offered to let $8,000 that he would be elected gov? ernor. He characterized the report as a malicious falsehood, concocted for political effect by a man whom le had. at the last session of the legis? lature, denounced on the floor of the senate ax a malicious liar, on account of a false report then circulated by him. He referred the crowd to Lle.it. Gov. McLeod for proof as to the truth or falsity of this statement. He said further that this was the first time in his political career he had ever been accused of being a fool, tor none but a fool would have Offered to make a bet, such as he was report? ed to have offered to make, knowing, as he and every other IgpTJ If knows, that It Is unlawful, a fact that would ihave been saiga o* gpon at once by iis political ein nit. ??. He then took up tin discussion ol hi- pmform, which h?- been published heretofore quite gen rally. He said that hi* charged Ulf administration with extravaganos and he was before tin- public protest I n? again-t the rechlcm appropriation of the people's money. lb ipecided Iw* st.in ?? i thai in- oonaldered Illustrative of extravasjgjme. He >;iid that the administration seemed to he desirous of hu\ in.; a rieh and opulent govern* ment and a pool people, While his idea of the heel condition was to haes '? poor t; ?v? rninent and a rich people. Hi? pledged himself, if Sleeted gov? ernor, to veto every bill that made an extravagant appropriation ???? i 1? serve notice on the legislature thai the only a i\ la gel one of them bill: enacted into law would be to have s two-thlrdi majority hi hind it. H< made a scathing erltlelsm of Qov Ansel's many (banges <.f view In re sp?M t to the liquor <pie?tlon, Start Ing, he Hai<l, ax an advocate .?f th* State dispensary as the best posslbl solution of the whlehey question. thr governor had progressed from cam id Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Ali ITER. S. C. WEDN1 paign to campaign until he had run the complete scale of opinion on the liquor question, of which the people had grown tired. He professed him? self an advocate of local option as the best solution of the matter under ex? isting conditions, and advised the preachers to quit preaching politics and prohibition and other matters from the pulpits, suggesting that they confine their preaching to the gospel of Jesus Christ. , During the course of the speech Mr. Blease referred all who are in? terested to the people of Newberry for a statement of his standing among the people who know him best. The speech was vigorous and clear cut and It was well received by the crowd, ! the applause being more frequent and more enthusiastic than that ac? corded Oov. Ansel. Whether this In? dicates that Mr. Blease Is more pop? ular In Sumter than Mr. Ansel and will receive the majority of the votes, is for others to say. It is merely re? corded as a fact that he received greater applause from the crowd that heard them both speak. The speech-making was concluded with a few remarks by Lieut. Gov. T. G. MoLeod, who thanked the people of Sumter for the liberal support given him heretofore and for the unanimous vote they will give him in the approaching primary. He was well received, of course, for he has long been one of Sumter's favor? ite sons, even though he has taken to politics. REVOLUTIONISTS WIN. - New Government Has Been Establish? ed in Paraguay. Buenos Ayres. July 5.?Advices re? ceived here today state that the rev? olutionists have been victorious in Paraguay, and that a new ^dovern ment has been established. These idvlce? have been confirmed by a lispatch received by the minister of foreign affairs from the Argentine le? gation, at Asuncion, offiqially notify? ing the minister that the revolutlon lry party had succeeded in over? throwing the Paraguayan Govern? ment, and that several of the Para? guayan officers of State had taken ref jage in the. legation. The revolu -tlonists have appointed Us fresident Dr. Emallano Gonzales Xavetro. He bald the office of Vice President inthe Government which has just been ?usted. Unofficial dispatches state that the new cabinet includes Manul Gondra, the Paraguayan minister to Brazil; Eusebio Ayala, Dr. Alvlro Jara, Dr. Adolfo Rigulnc and Dr. Manuel Franco. These represent a combina? tion of the two most powerful par? ties In Paraguay, the Liberal and < ol orado, and it is believed that their appointment will assure early peace to the country. The members of the former gov? ernment, who included Manuel Be? nitz, minister of interior; Cecilio Baez, foreign affairs; Gen. Rios, war; Adolfo Soler, finance, and Carlos legal, minister of Justice,' It Is understood, have taken refuge In the foreign lega? tions. - Fighting has been proceeding In the streets of Asuncion for some days past, and many of the public build? ings have been seriously damaged. Previous estimates of the killed and wounded, however, have been exng^cr ated, and it Is now believed that the number will not exceed 500. It is ex? pected that telegraphic communica? tion with Asuncion will be restored to morrow. HARENS BEGINS SENTENCE. SfOtftd '?IViico" Tor Sni'cbloweis Now n Convict. Walhalla, July ?H. Rudolph Ha? bens of Charleston surrendered him self t<? Sheriff Kay of Oconee county this morning and was Immediately looked up in the county jail. He ftp? pearod in court and gnnounced that hf was ready to begin the sentence ? three years' Imprisonment Imposed upon him by Judge Gary hot year. M. T. Gregory, postofhee inspector, was present. Through efforts <>f hi* attorney, R. T, Jaynes, Habens was taken t<> th'1 count) farm for easy time Instead ?>f going t<> the State penitentiary, The $5,1.ash bond which Rabena de? posited with the clerk <?f the eou I ni the time of serving notice of appeal t?i th" supreme court has been transferred to the county as n guar? anty ? against his escaping. \ ? matter h<>w the Betsy Ross dis? pute turn- outi nobody need think the fiacr is going to be hauled down.? Philadelphia Press, Bo many queer things now happen every day thai people have lost faith in miracles, oa t at be thy Country's, Thy God's an SSDAY. JULY 8, 190) FIRM DEMONSTRATION WORK. i _ DK. SPILLMAX ANNOUNCES PLANS ! FOH EXPERIMENT WORK. Eight Stations to Be Established? The Work to Be Done Explained by the Chief of the Division of Farm Management. Columbia, July 7.?South Carolina has been paid a great compliment by the United States department of ag? riculture. Of all the States in the Union it has been chosen first for the inauguration of general demonstra? tion work along fundamental lines. Dr. W. J. Splllman, chief of the di? vision of farm management of the department of agriculture, came to Columbia yesterday and gave out a statement outlining the new work In South Carolina. Experiment or demonstaratlon sta? tions are to be located in each of the seven congressional districts, except the Seventh, which will have two: First district, Manning. Second, Barnwell. Third, Anderson. Fourth, Laurens. Fifth, Chester. Sixth, Bennettsvllle. Seventh, Columbia and Sumter. Columbia will be the general head? quarters, which will be In charge of Mr. J. R. Stiles, a graduate of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechani? cal college, who has been a practical and successful farmer In that State. Mr. Stiles will reach Columbia in a few weeks to inaugurate the new work. Dr. Splllman stated that ten pro? gressive farmers will be selected at each station who will inaugurate on their farms one or two lines of de? monstration work. Mr. Stiles will vis It each of these every few weeks dur? ing the growing season and aid them In the work. The plan as now proposed will con? sist of six different lines of demonstra? tion work, divided as follows: 1. The planting of winter legumes as cover crops, the object being to keep the fields covered In winter to pre? vent washing, and to provide a heavy rich green growth to turn under be? fore eOanting another crorj. Then wltl nV four crorfs of th# kind: Burr clover, crimson clover, red clover and vetch. Instances are known whore these have been used lands have trebled in yield in three years. The enrichment of the soil occasioned by those crops enables the farmer to dispense with the use of nitrogen entirely, thus sav? ing him the cost of the most expensive fertilizers. 2. Inoculation of lugumes. All crops of the leguminous family require certain kinds of bacteria In soil. In conjunction with the first demonstra? tion different methods of inoculating legumes will be tried. This will be done in order to give the farmers an opportunity to find what methods are most practicable and economical. 3. Deep plowing and the use of cheap fertilizers with leguminous COVf er crops for cotton. About $12.000, 000 is spent annually in South Carolina for fertilizers, possibly one-quarter of this amount being consumed in the purchase of nitrogen. Thus the use of leguminous nitrogen will eliminate the latter cost, resulting all in a saving of $3,000.000 a year, and leave thl soil improved thereby. 4. The Williamson corn plan will be tested along with other methods in order that the best results may he obtained. Crop Rotation. B, Crop rotation, for which South Carolina soil Is admirably adapted. "y pursuing this method the present cotton crop will be produced on one third of the land now use i. leaving the othej- two-thirds for grain,' hay and other valuable crops. sp. aklng of the possibilities In th growing of hay. l>r. Splllman cited the ease of a farmer who lives near Blacksburg, In Cherok.lounty, an Illustration: He had been plant? ing hay for elghl years and the rales of his crop In 1908 were sufficient to make a net profit of <;?;i the acre an land purchased for $17 the acre. This farmer had been offered 1100 nn acr< for the same land by the farmer from whom he purchased it sight years RgO, Dr. splllman stated that the best general crop rotation was cotton fol? lowed by corn, with COW peas. and winter oats, follow* d by cowpem the following summer. This is a thi >e yenr rotation plan The method per? mits of three catch crops to turn mi der, to wit: Burr clover may be sown in cotter, Just alter the first picking and turned under lust before plant? ing corn. Rye and crimson clover mxed can be sown after the cowpsa harvest and turned t'tider the follow? ing spring before planting cotton, id Truth.'*." THE TRU 3. New Seri ami cowpeas planted in corn can be turned under before planting oats. I Rotation like the above makes nl trogeous crops unnecessary and puts the soil in condition to respond to I phosphate and potash. I The general adoption of such a sys? tem would prepare the way for the introduction of live stock raising. 6. Seed selection. During the century Just past enormous improve? ment has been made in the breeding I of live stock by selecting the best breeders. Plants can be improved in the same way. Cotton and corn are specially amenable to improvement in this manner on account of the large size of the individual plants. Dr. Splllman stated that he hoped to secure 50 farmers who would en? gage in the work of selecting seed cotton and corn in the fields accord? ing to the latest scientific methods who would become centers for the distribution of high class seeds. Those who undertake such work can not only make money out of seed, but the farmers why buy them will make money by increased yields. It has been fully demonstrated, said Dr. Splllman, that seed selection is ca? pable of increasing yield 25 to 50 per cent, and It would pay any farmer to buy seed that will be selected by this method. In Addition to Other Work. When asked what effect this new work would have upon that already inaugurated by Dr. S. A. Knapp, Dr. Spillman said: "The demonstration work about to be entered upon will not take the place of Dr. Knapp's work, but will be conducted in cooperation with his men. This experimental work will/ be done only In certain centres and with comparatively few of the most pro? gressive farmers of the State. The results obtained in this new work will be given Dr. Knapp's men and they will be put into practice generally on the farms In the State. When asked why South Carolina had been selected by the agricultural department for this new work, Dr. Splllman replied that it is due to the great Interest taken by the farmers in this State in the work of the de? partment. A similar work will be inaugurated in tire State of New Yor!: in Xov< na? her ^noxt, said Dr. Spillman. He said that lands in IT counties In that State had decreased in production about $170,000,000 in the last ten years, due chiefly to the failure of the clover crop. In that State the plan of ro? tation had been poor; and the failure of the clover crop had resulted in failure in all other crops. Dr. Spillman paid a high tribute to the South Carolina delegation in con? gress, which had done much for the advancement of scientific agricul? ture. KILLED JN R ALL GAME. Promising Young Mhn Of Springfield Section Struck Over Heart by Rail Pitched by GffOvCr Cannon. Springfield. July f>.?Yesterday af? ternoon at Morgantown. ? settlement two miles east of Springfield. Paul Morgan was almost instantly killed by b baseball. The neighborhood, In accordance with a long established rule, had a Fourth of July picnic at the old home of IfaJ. Joseph H. Mor? gan. After dinner the boys of that section, with several from Springfield, arrange a game of baseball. Grover Cannon, a boy about 15 years old, was pitching and struck young Morgan, who was at the bat, just over the heart, the blow causing almost instant death. Dr. H. A. Odom and Dr. J. P. Stroman did everything In their power for *&r. Morgan but could not resuscitate him. < \PT. CAPERS TO VISIT EUROPE Detailed by Secretory of the Treasury to stud- Collection of Internal Rei enue. Washington, July 4.?Cap! John Capers, United States commissioner of internal rev< nut . has been designated by the secretary of the treasury t< go to Europe and visit England. (Jer many, France, Austria, Persia and other countrh i and to Investigate and report upon stated matters as to the taxation and collection of Internal rev? enue In those countries and he will sail the lattel part <-f July upon that mission. The designation <d* rapt. Capers for that w<>rk i^ naturally a distinct compliment t<? him, as tin- responsi? bility involved is considerable. r< fore going to n summer resorl read the chapter on what to do to re? vivo a person who has been under water too long.-?Chicago News. Sufficient unto the day are the twenty-four hours thereof. E SOCTHKOX, Established Jane, IMS es?Vol. XXVII. v?49 NEGRO'S MISTAKE FORTUNATE* Black Man Attack* Boy at Bishop \llle Tiniiking Him a Woman. Bishopville, July 5.-<-What might have proved a tragedy was averted by the coolness and good judgement of the party most interested here last week. . On Tuesday evening last at about 8.30 o clock Eldon McKagen, a bright boy of eleven years of age, was in an outhouse at the rear of his father's lot, when the door of the house was. burst open by a burly negro, 'who caught Eldon by the throat, exclaim ing: "I've got you now." After* a short tussle with the lad he discover? ed Ms mistake and broke away jump? ing into the Kendall lot adjoining. Eldon was so excited and demor? alized by the sudden attack that he could make no outcry nor call for help until his arrival at his home. His father, Mr. W. J. McKagen,, prudently kept his own. counsel, went to the- place of the attack and no? ticed particularly the shoe marks on the ground nearby. Inquiries among the neighbors, brought out the fact that a strange negro, who had worked here a fe*w years ago, had come back and was looking around generally. Mr. McKi sen, having put this mat? ter in the hands of the proper au? thorities, Sheriff Muldrow nabbedr Loggy Luckey next morning as a vagrant, but numbers of persons who heard young McKagen's description of his assailant picked him out on the street. The young man will not swear to him but says that the size and figure of the negro are similar to those of the fellow that choked him, and his shoes exa^ly fit the tracks about the scene of jjie occurrence. Loggy is now in jail. Of course, he swears that he ie not the man? but he had been repeatedly seen in that neighborhood on that and pre? vious days?and the shoe tracks are against him. Joke on The Jury. When Ella Van Dross, a young colored girl was tried before Judge Rosalsky in general sessions at Xew Yoik the rtVr day on the cbar-jjo that when J ?seph Kayatt. a white man from Yonkers, asked her in* the hall of 24 9 Second avenue whether the Joneses lived on the floor above she stealthily removed a pocketbook containing $10 from bis pocket, 1 the jury deliberated only a few min? utes and then returned with their verdict. i The girl, much disturbed, was leo\ to he bar. The foreman rose. "We fine the defendant rot guilty," he said. As the late prisoner was turn? ing to leave court Judge Rosalsk: called out: ' One moment. Ella. Be careful not to let any more suspicion fall on you, whether you are innocent this time or not . ' Oh. judge," said the girl. "Ah nevah done it befoh. an' fo* de Lurd Ah never will again.'* The jury looked amazed. ' That's one on you. gentlemen," re? marked the judge, and all the court ro^m laughed. j j DIED Ol" STRYCHNINE POISONIX? Sudden Death or Mrs. W. T. Jones Calls Forth. l implication. Union, July 6.?News has reached Union that Mrs. \Y. T. Jones, wife of an extensive planter, died at S-.intuo quite unexpectedly las-t night. The doctor who was summoned found her In convulsions when he arrived about 12 o'clock and she died ten minutes aft -r. it appears I > some that her death was caused by strychnine. An in rjuest was held this afternoon al 6 o'clock and adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. What are think upon, what w< love, are become. As we think great or noble <>r holy thought* NV?' become groat or noble oi holy.? Walter H. Bi tndley. it keeps some men <? busy being Important thai they haven't any time left to accomplish thing-.-Chicago News. He subjects bims? if to \v s- en ;is through a microscope who Is caught In ;i tit of passion.?Lavator. v girl liki s to dance so as to be to > tired next day to help b? r mother.? New York Pit b. ("irl- are partial to automobiles be? cause they have sparkers. Don't forget that a thing IsttM done because you Intend to do it.