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^"he report has gone forth thai Cole
fee, B'^ase will receive a majority of
votes in Sumter county, but this
;n rumor Is probably somewhat
?rated. The attitude of the
n voter In Sumter county is one
Indifference toward both Ansel
Ulissi and If there was a third
of character and ability
I**; the campaign on a definite
)rtn ?Ith a reasonable guarantee
tld not part company within a
taw ossatlis. Ansel nor Blease would
twcaev? sassy votes In Sumter county.
kft\ Ansel has been s candidate for
Qovsrnor three times end on a dlf
platform each time. sf r.
iss likewise changed his views
Its* and may do so again, al?
ls making considerable
ongdtal not of Mr. Ansel's proneness
%b ehaape hie views to suit popular
Mr. Blease has a number
sad aggresaive support
itsr county, aa he had two
and they are working for
Mr. Ansel's campaign is
i of Itself, hence the Blease
that Is heard la Sumter county
silence that is worrying
of the governor. Never
the votes are counted It
^Srtn probably be found that a majori
^ af the people of Sumter county
fee Aaael. The silent vote Is
that elects or defest? a can?
ts Burnt er county, and Indies
are that the silent is for An
Wstisnal Budget Is Prepared.
BWvtew of Review*
QpogTssm holding the pursestrlngs,
haa determined the national disburse?
ments for the Asral year of It0s-lt0?.
?? *S<rwrgly adjourned with a world
hwOord for voting public money, pud
the executive and administrative su
sjsaritios are dutifully certain to soore
% www world record In spending the
tofcsreoeaented total. This annual
Ohapter la budgets r-ads large In every
Stna It was ss ambitious in Hs be
Ojanrng sa It has been In Its ending,
procedure was begun last Sep
when official by official, *-u
treaa by bureau, department by de
hsttnast, contributed to building up
OJss booh of estimates, till it compns
fad TOS broad page* of federal print,
the secretary >t *Jie treasury. In
isuhor, dispatched wagou leads cf
aents to the ?Niplt ?I, they
formal and official notice
11.1 ??.000.0*0 would, he
of Congreas at that session
lists In anoe of the nations'
Probably a more val?
es* the Treasury was nev
?ejg* goods sod ugsua the national strong
%om aiullSjSlii aad were supported by
majorities. The ten
I dollar stems grew Into hun
id-gostar Items. Mil
wars piled upon millions, heed
af all watchdog- warning, until
gee towering total of ten fig
solitary and alone among the
peak? of Government expandi?
ere* reached. Treasury offi
are at a losa for descriptions
will brine the Ml I Ion-dollar term
the average mental grasp,
ssa will require every penny
customs. Internal taxes, and
sopsalis*. It will also drain
is quarter billion reservoir of
St Is almost one-third of all
?y la the land, more than half
value es* all the cargoes and car
of annual exports, and only
OS ??? set ?esa than the value of all
ftwporto. A bl'llon of money In
ity-<to)lar yellow backs woul.i
rh over seventy tons. Compactly
it not the Washington mot
it. they would make twenty-five
rale pile*. 560 feet high, reach
g from the monument's foundation
Ha T?ry top. To count a billion sll
r ewillara. the beat treasury expera'
ig eight hours every business
tould require a century and
years more. Where wir
1b\a money go^ It was* approptt
atovoagh fourteen great supply
?*Orv mors or leaa arbitrary
ifS-atioas. The disbursement*.
may be roughly grouped In
o Brand divisions, as follows:
Postal eervlr*.$226.000.000
BJIHan sjorvkse. 600.ooo.ooo
Oth?*r government service 22Ti.ooo.000
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Mr. Bryan * Prosperity.
There is a material difference be?
tween the new Bryan und the old. In
18?* Mr. Bryan went to Chicago un?
heralded and unsung, not even pro?
vided with credentials to the con?
vention which afterward nominated
him, but merely at the head of a con?
testing delegation. Many stories have
been told after the fact of carefully
laid plans for his nomination. There
were no such plans. Gov. A'tgeld.
who has been credited with arranging
the coup which resulted In the nom?
ination, was. In fact, the last of the
strong Isadora in the convention to
yield to the demand for It. But this
year the new Bryan roes to the con?
vention with two-thirds of the dele?
gates either Instructed for him or per?
sonally devoted to hi* cause.
The Bryan of 189*1 was ridiculed
very unjustly for his poverty; the
Bryan of 1908 la attacked very un?
justly for his wealth. But I remem?
ber well that In '96, when some of
the assertions that ho had been un?
able to earn a living for himself in
the practice of the law stung him
somewhat, he showed me his account
book for the first two years of his
practice as a stranger In Unco'n. The
records showed a rather singular suc?
cess for a young and almost un?
known lawyer. Mr. Bryan has al?
ways owned his own home. In 96
It was an attractive and not too small
a frame house within the town limits
of Lincoln. Some people then sneer?
ed at him because he did not live in
a style more becoming a presidential
possibility. Today they sneer because,
with advancing years and as the result
of Indomitable energy and the utili?
zation of his mental power, he has
built himself a beautiful house out?
side of the city of Lincoln. In brief,
while the first Bryan was by no means
a pauper, the new Bryan is prosper?
ous, but his prosperity has been coin?
ed from his own brain and is in no
way dependent upon speculation, In?
vestments, or legal retainers from
trusts or monopolies. Such prosperity
as he has today comes from hard
work on the lecture platform and
from a weekly newspaper which he
founded and to which he gives all the
attention which it Is possible for a
man continually traveling to devote.?
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Bryan a Much Traveled Man.
The simple but not unsuccessful
country lawyer of Lincoln has since
1898 become one of the most widely
traveled men living. But this new
strength of today?not his Intellectual
but his political?strength. Is derived
rather from his travels within his
own country thsn from those expedi?
tions which hsvs taken him to the
ends of the earth. Ever since his tirst
campaign Mr. Bryan, with the com?
mendable purpose of providing for his
family and advancing the cause which
he typifies and represents, has follow?
ed the business of a lecturer. In this
honorable calling, In which, by the
way, he was preceded by such men
as William Lloyd Garrison. Henry
Ward Beecher, James Russell Lowell,
and Ralph Waldo Emerson, and 1
joined today by such public men as
Senator Beveridge, Senator La Fol
lette. Senator Tlllman, Representative
Champ Clark, and former Senator
Dubols. he has not tn rely achieved a
competence, but has been able to visit
every nook and corner of these United
States of ours. The Bryan of 1896
knew Washington, for he had been an
efficient congressman there. He
kr.ew the Mississippi valley, for he
had early taken an active Interest In
the development of waterways?to
which, by the way, the president is
now committed?and had attended
all the conventions held to further
th t cause. But he had not traveled
from Portland, Me., to Portland, Ore.;
from Fernandlna. F'a., to Santa Bar
baru. Cal. He had not dropped into
scores of small towns in every' State
and made himself known to the mil?
lions of people who today flock to
?hSSf him whether he preaches on
IBS "Prince of Peace" or delivers n
pVdtleal speech on the principles
Democracy. The present-day Bryan
Is known to a million men where the
one who cume somewhat nervously
it first to that historic rostrum In Chi
Sag/0 In 1896 was known to scarce a
hundred. Probably no man In the
United States, not even the president
himself, has ho wide a personal ac?
quaintance and ?o many followers
who are not merely loyal, but some?
times to a degree fanatical as he.
And his following has been built up
without the aid of any patronage,
State or national; with no offices to
give, no favor to dispense. And that
It is a continuing following has been
shown by the way In which during the
last year, or more properly, during
the last four months, the prominent
politicians of the Democratic party
who are not wholly admirers of Mr.
Bryan's attitude have been com pel !? d
by their constituent* to concede |o
him delegation after delegation, until
his nomination now seem* assured.
K? view of Us visa h
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GOOD MONEY IN GROWING MINT.
Government Expert Offen Some
Yuliiuhie Slight tt lone.
Columbia. July 31.?"Do you
know I believe money could be made
in this section raising mint for the
market? The bars and hotels of the
North WOuid be glad to contract for
it at good prices, for Juleps and mint
sauce."
This somewhat unorthodox remark
may startle some good prohibitionists,
und as Frank Stanton has declared
that the South is going dry, it may
seem ur timely to advocate the organi?
zation cf the mint industry in South
Caroline., but at any rate the remark
was made by a very practical young
n;an, who knows what he is talking
about?knows from the agtlcultural
and commercial standpoint, not the
Bibulous viewpoint. The speaker
was Mr G. L. Stewart, who is now
with the department of agriculture
at Washington In the division of hor?
ticulture, but who was formerly with
the Southern Railway's industrial de?
partment and at one time, several
years ago. was stationed at Colum?
bia for several months. Mr. Stewart
Is a specialist on musk melons, and he
was talking about what could be done
in this State and section with fruit
and things of that sort when he made
the more or less startling remark
quoted above. He did not start off
with that remark, however. He had
Just sai l that there was money in
raising water cress, which is greatly
in demand as a table delicacy, and
which can be produced on the lime?
stone si.reams that are not infrequent
In this State. Then he mentioned
mint a? another possisbilltv of profit.
A third thing out of which our peo?
ple cou d make money Is early apples,
said M r. Stewart. There Is a great
demand for early apples, and he
thinks they cou'd be raised without
trouble In this section, especially
along what is known as the Ridge,
a famous fruit section, a'-i even
above Columbia, around Rldgeway,
which ;s on the same sand ridge as
Ridge Spring, between Columbia and
Augusta.
Speaking of this section, reminded
the talker that the peach industry on
the Ridge is struggling for existence
on account of the ravages of the San
Jose scale, although Mr. Stewart de?
clares that formula for a remedy Is
easily obtainable from the department
of agriculture. He thinks it is cer?
tain that the scale was introduced in
this peach section by nursey stock.
The scale is very prolific, and radical
treatment is necessary to stop its
spread, but it can be done.
Mr. Stewart, as has been stated, is
a specialist on musk mo'ons. He has
recently given most 0* his time and
attention to the marketing of the
crops, bringing the producer and buy?
er together, and iooking after the
commercial feature of melon produc?
tion as well as of the other fruit and
melon crops. He has an agricultural
education with a commercial training
in the railroad business and is, there
lore, fit :ed well for this sort of work.
Musk melons, says Mr. Stewart,
can be produced to great advantage
In this section, and the marketing is a
comparatively easy proposition, as the
demand is great. The principal mel?
on sections in Colorado and Califor?
nia have soil similar to this region,
sandy, while the temperature is much
higher and the rainfall so slight as to
require irrigation. It is the Rocky
Ford section of Colorado and the Im?
perial Valley of Southern California
which are the greatest producers of
musk melons. However, during the
last year Tennessee showed the great?
est Increase In production, and Do
than, Ala., and Huntsvllle, also had
large Increases. The market suffered
this year from overproduction appa?
rently, but as a matter of fact Im?
proper packing Is responsible for a
large amount of the loss on me'ons.
They are shipped In crates, through
which the melon partly protrudes,
causing It to speck. The California
growers first wrap their melons one
hy one and then pack them In crates,
which do not permit any portion of
the melon to protrude, and they get
the best prices for their product, it
Is estimated that there were 60,000
acres in musk melons in this county
this year.
Few persons know the difference
between the musk melon an the
cantaloupe. Mr. Stewart, when this
question was put to him, stated that
cantaloupe would probaly always be
the commercial term used to describe
both varieties, but that in reality the
proper name Is musk melon. The
cantaloupe Is the small variety, and
ribbed or gobu'ar, while the musk
melon proper is screened, so to speak.
The most important considerations
In planting and growing musk mel?
ons, says Mr. Stewart, are to secure
good seed and to plant not near other
melons. If the musk melon Is plant
near cucumbers or watermelons they
will mix, and the product will bo
the blend of the Afferent melons, as
it were. They must he kept separat
t' be kepi pure.
Mr. KteWSli knows a good deal
mors shout musk melons that it
would be profitable for the farmers of
South Carolins to know, but he could
not Impart It all to an amateur. The
farmers should take advantage of
their opportunity to hear Mr. Stewart
and his colleagues at the farmers' in?
stitutes now being held in different
sections of the State.
Jas. A. Hoyt.
TIGER ATTACKS CIRCUS ATTACHE
Romeo, a Eine Bengal, Lacerates
Both Arms of Boy.
Charlotte News.
Five bloody tiger c aw rents in his
arms, reaching from above the elbow
to the palms, was the fate of Boyleston
Mi ls, a carnival attache, at Spartan
burg late last night. Soon after his
ferocious attack the tiger was brought
to Charlotte.
Romeo did the sanguinary- work?
Romeo, caged from out of a Bengal
jungle in India. The victim is an
Abbeville, N. C, boy, who lately went
with the Johnny J. Jones Greater Ex?
position shows, which are now in this
city. Disregarding warnings which
are always given to new employes,
that It is dangerous to expose one's
self near the large cage. Mills last
night leaned his arm up against a bar
of the cage in which stood Romeo and
his mate, both beautiful specimens of
the royal Bengal breed of tiger, the
fiercest animal living.
"A lion will kill only when he is
hungry," said Keeper Wilson to a
Xews man today, "but a tiger will kill
for the pure love of killing."
Boyleston Mills was feeding the ani?
mals of the menagerie as the shows
were packing up preparatory to com?
ing to Charlotte after the exhibition
at Spartanburg. Mills carelessly, as
stated, leaned an arm against the bar
of the tiger cage.
Instantly the arm was in the grip
of the tiger Romeo. Like a flash of
lightning the spotted paw had shot
through the space between the bars,
and the arm of the unfortunate boy
was drawn Inside the cage, the tiger
rending it with his great paws, the
smell of blood making him angrier ev?
ery moment.
The boy thrust the other hand into
the cage in order to free the bleeding
arm from the grip of the furious mon?
ster of the jungle. The tiger at once
c'utched this arm also, and with his
great talons gripping tight into the
flesh, pulled the arms far into the
cage, alternately tearing long, bloody
rents in each.
The cries of the boy, and of the
other attendants who saw the plight
of the young man brought Capt Cur
ley Wilson to the spot He tells this
story of the affair:
"As soon as I heard that there was
trouble about the tigers' cage I seized
my pistol and ran to the spot. I
thought that perhaps some of the
animals had got out of the cage. As
soon as I saw what was hapepning I
ran to Romeo, pointing my pistol at
him and shouted to him. He knows
my voice, as I constantly perform
with him in the cage, and he released
his grip of the boy's arms and retired,
growling, into the cage.
"But not before he had torn five
great trenches in the flesh of each
arm of his victim, extending from
above the elbow to the fingers. The
whole bottom of the cage was flowing
with blood and the boy's clothing
was saturated with it. We at once
sent for a physician, Dr. Maddox, and
he took Mills to his house and kept
him there last night. We sent a man
back there today to see after him and
have him taken to a hospital. The
accident occurred only a few moments
before our train was to pull out for
Charlotte.
"How big are a tiger's claws? Well,
you know how a cat's claw looks?
Just imagine a cat's claw magnified
until it is as thick as a man's index
finger. Crook that finger on your
hand and then Imagine what such
claws could do for human flesh."
Romeo and his mate are now in
Charlotte, as the carnival in the open
lots back of the South graded school
opens tonight. Capt Wilson and Ro
Rieo do stunts together In the cage.
Mills' people live in Ashevll'e.
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MILL SITUATION DECIDEDLY
BLUE.
Believed Thut General Oration of
Operations to Piedmont Carolina
la AlHHit to Begin.
Charlotte. N. C, Aug. 2.?The tex?
tile manufacturing situation in this sec?
tion is decidedly blue, nor do mill met
know where and when it will end.
The big Smith-Draper mills, it is
learned today, will shut down tomor?
row. While it is given out that the
shut-down will be only for a week,
well Informed mill men understand
that It will be for a much greater oe
riod. It is believed that the cessation
of operations by this company will
mark the real commencement of a
general closing down of mills in Pied?
mont Carolina. Four big Spartanburg
mills closed down last week and only
one of the dozen mills in Charlotte op-'
eratlng full time, the others being
shut down completely or running part j
time. I
The Smith-Draper mills are five in
number, having a capital of nearly
$2,000,000 and employing several
thousand operatives. They manufac?
ture white sheetings princlpal'y. Four
months the situation in the cotton
goods market has been serious and
grows no better. Prices are low and
there Is little or no demand even at
the bottom figures and for months
the mills which have been running
have simply plied up manufactured
goods in their warehouses. While the
mills which have been on part time
it has been merely a matter of keep?
ing their otherwise idle operatives to?
gether and the operations have been
conducted at a loss.
THE COTTON CHOP'S CONDITION.
Government Reports. Note Improve?
ment. Over. Lust Mouth and Last
Year.
Washington, July 31.?The average
condition of cotton was 83 per cent,
on July 25, as against 81.2 a month
ago, and 75 a year ago, today, ac?
cording to the report of the depa*1
ment of agriculture given out today.
The condition on July 5, of previous
years was 82.9 in 1906, 74.9 in 1905,
and 81.4 for the past ten years.
The condition of cotton on July 25
and the ten year averages respectively
by States follows:
Indiana 90 and 93, North Carolina
89 and 81, South Carolina 84 and 80,
Georgia 85 and 81, Florida 85 and
84, Alabama 85 and 81, Mississippi 86
and 80. Louisiana 83 and 82. Texas 82
and 82, Arkansas 86 and 82, Tennes?
see 88 and 84, Missouri 88 and 84.
Oklahoma 66 and 65.
The residence of Mrs. C. B. Rogers
at Blngham, S. C. has been destroy?
ed by Are. The building was 102
years old.
FOR SALE?Nice second hand parlor
organ for $35; easy terms. See
Sumter Book Co. 7-6-tf
AUGUST 14th.
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Tickets limited to return on any
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CANDIDATES
FOR UNITED STATES SENATE.
I beg to announce my candidacy
for the United States Senate in the
approaching Democratic primary. a.nd
I respectfully solicit the support of
the Democratic voters of this State.
K. G. Rhett.
FOR CONGRESS.
I announce myself as a candidate
for Congress from the Seventh Dis?
trict of South Carolina, and pledge
myself to abide the rules and regula?
tions of the Democratic primary.
? A. F. Lever.
FOR SOLICITOR
I hereby announce myself a candi?
date for Solicitor of the Third Judicial
Circuit in the ensuing Democratic pri?
mary. J. B. McLaughlin.
I hereby announce myself a candi?
date for Solicitor for Third circuit,
subject to action of the Democratic
p-imary. Philip H. Stoll.
FOR THE HOUSE.
Friends of E. W. Dabbs hereby
p.ace him in nomination for the
House of Representatives, subject te
the rules of the Democratic primary.
We feel tha* the farmers for whom he
has labored, *n and out of season, are
entitled to one "".apable of represent?
ing them. His interest in all that
pertains to the welfare of the county,
eminently qualifies him for the posi?
tion.
His Neighbors and Friends.
FOR CLERK OF COURT.
I hereby announce that I am a can?
didate for re-election to the office of
Clerk of Court of Sumter county, sub?
ject to the rules of the Democratic
I party. L. L Parrott.
FOR TREASURER.
I hereby announce myself as a can?
didate for Treasurer of Sumter Coun?
ty, subject to the rules of the Demo?
cratic party, and solicit your supprrt.
B. C. Wallace.
FOR MAGISTRATE.
I hereby announce myself a candi?
date for re-election to the office of
Magistrate for the Fifth Magisterial"
District of Sumter County, subject to
the rules of the Democratic primary.
Wm. J. Rees.
The many friends of Mr. Ho.ace
Harby herebyrplace him in nomina?
tion for the omce of Magistrate for
the Third Magisterial District, located
at Sumter, subject to the rules oi the
Democratic primary. Voters.
I hereby announce that I am a can?
didate for Magistrate in the Sixth
Magisterial District of Sumter County,
subject to the rules and regulations of
the Democratic party.
I J. L. Giliis.,
! I hereby announce that I am a can ?
! didate for Magistrate from the Sixth
Judicial District of Sumter County,
subject to the action of the Demo?
cratic primary. W. R. DuBose.
i i_
' I hereby announce myself a candi?
date, subject to the result of the pri?
mary, for the office of Magistrate of
. the Sixth Judicial District of Sumter
County (Rafting Creek and Provi?
dence townships).
J. L. Jackson.
FOR CO. SUPT. OF EDUCATION.
I hereby announce myself a can?
didate for County Superintendent of
Educaton for Sumter County, subject
to the rules of the Democratic party,
and solicit the support of my fellow
citizens. H. W. Cuttino.
FOR SHERIFF.
The friends of Maj. Wm. H. Seale
hereby announce him a candidate for
the office of Sheriff of Sumter county,
subject to the result of the Democrat?
ic primary. Major Seale has served
Sumter county for years as Supervisor
to the great satisfaction of the entire
county, and in bringing him forward
as a candidate for Sheriff we feel as?
sured that his conduct of that office
will be equally satisfactory.
Many Voters.
I hereby announce that I am a
candidate for re-election to the office
of Sheriff of Sumter County, subject
to the rules of the Democratic party.
W. H. Epperson.
FOR SUPERVISOR.
I hereby declare my self a candi?
date for the office of County Super?
visor, subject to the rules of the
Democratic party. If elected, I will
honestly and impartially discharge
the duties of that office.
P. M. Pitts.
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Special care aud attention given to trust funds in oar
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r. Q. ROWLAND, President
r. r. HA YNsworth. Vice-Pres.
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