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^?oifcbgAV, KbKUAKV IS, l?Q9. Sumter Watchman wax found* la 11*0 and the True Southron In The Watchman and Southron haa the oombtned circulation and aaoa af both of the old papers, la manifestly the best advertising lam la Kumt sr. reproduce today a synopsis of ?he AJdeeaean's reply to the criticism fay ?h# Richmond. Va*. Chapter of the dementer? of the Confederacy of the avmr.l ef a medal to Mies Boysen of altsuaeaota, for her eaaay on Robert ?L Lea. It states In a clear and dls saamtonate manner the grounds upon vkkh the committee acted in award ttag the medal. Dr. Alderman makes hie defence and shows that the .mead Chapter acted In a hasty I Ul-edvteed manner In adopting resolution denouncing the < om? asa which made the award. We gas* believe that ?.he Richmond would have alopted the res ejtatlea had they been possessed of ffea Information that la contained In JDs\ Aidei1 man s reply. In the light of Dr. Aider man's statemsnt of the case gt sm sears that the Richmond Daugh tara ware the victime of an aggravated attack of hysterics and Ignorance at ?ma time the resolution was adopted. It as to be hoped that no other U. D. <*. Cmapter will stumble Into the jame a e e The Ways and Means committee of House reported an appropriation carrying nearly 91 GO,000 leas ap - ration* than last year, but the teds fair to be amended from the until the total amount aproprtat wlll equal or exceed the tot il of year's appropriation. The tend * taward larger an d larger appro ejraatlone aad higher taxes each year. ? es The Hhouvt Wednesday adopted an maaendment to the appropriation bill sailjlng I6(.ooo for the purchase of ml books for public school chil The next step will be to appro mraste money to provide free lunches, ?Clothing aad shoes for public school aaudsea. ? ? ? Senator Knex would rather be Sec jretary of State than draw a big salary. ( ? ? ? The Legistature mi.y pasa a hun #T*d hah bills, hut unless effective iren for the enforcement of the are devised the fish butchers eeatlnue to olog the streama with their wire traps ar d to dynamic all the ? deep holes, The hardware men are -right aew doing a big business In > small-mesh wire fencing, a great deal ? et which Is used for Ash traps. There team probably a Hundred wire fish traps la evory stream in Sumter coun? ty, and under present conditions there svfU rontlnu" to be until there are no fish left. Toe day la past and gone >n a law is respected and obeyed ?ply because It Is the law. and spe? lt machinery in needed to enforce law that In ^ anywise conflicts the pleasure or profit of the Indl wtdaal eltlsen a, a ? There le a whole lot of buncombe l mt this prohibition fight In the Leg _Mure, Apart from the very few ahseere and sealous advocates of the CjMory that temperance and morality can ??* legislated Into a people, the aai.lre prohibition faction Is playing tbo same of politics with an eye to reaping s future reward. Prohibition 'la popular in this d? y and generation, it U therefore dear to the hearts the politicians. It Is necessary. In Intereat of the game, to blow off a 1st of hot air In the legislature ami to awaate the Illusion that a terrific bat? tle la being waged against the powers af evil and darkness, for by so doing the voters 11 home are kept Interest em and amuned; but the "leaders," the snrn who expect to ride Into office on at prohibition platform next summer, sire laughing In their sleeves all the wbhV they are beating the tom-tom* mad raising such a devil of a racket. All they are after this year Is to keep the voters interested and hold the prohibition question In the forefront ma a live baue. In other words, they Reaping the prohibition band iX'?n In racing trim and th.? voters lined to the minute until next ir's campaign opens. If, by Home arhance. their plans should mis and the prohibition Issue should tw forced to a nettlement at this ses alon the "leaders" would go home with n fiea In the ear. bitterly dlsap molMed men. They would be robbed ef un Iswne an I vlnlon* of riding Into -afflrr next year on the prohibition wagon would fade away. The task that the "leaders ' have we hand at pr?sent Is to keep "those gfj a fanatica" In check and prevent the queering of the whole game. If tbay can be kept In their proper masce?In the back ground?except m a discharge of hot air is needed ?ryfhlng la lovely for a great kill? te the o11ce-gettlng graft next a a ? s The withdrawal of Hon. John C. happard of Mdganeld. from the race for Associate Justice broke tho dead? lock Thursday and Judge D. E. Hy? drlck was elected. Judge Hydrlck as Circuit Judge has favorably Impress? ed the members of the bar and the public as a fair, able jurist and he will worthily fill the position to which he has i 'en elevated. ? at The plan to create a legislative com? mission to Investigate the county dis? pensary system is a good one from one point of view?it may serve to bring into the llme-llght another Fr?ser Lyon, who will be ripe for the next campaign. The only drawback about it is that it will be a matter of some difficulty to find another Neils Christensen. e a a Mention of Fr?ser Lyon's name sug? gests the inquiry, "How many grafters are wearing stripes?" The voters of South Carolina were solemnly promi? sed that the grafters would be put In stripes Immediately upon the election of Candidate Lyon. ? ? ? The appropriation bill as passed by the House last week carried appro? priations aggregating a larger amount of money than last year's bill. It is an easy matter for the Legislature to appropriate money, but the tax-pay ers find It hard scuffling to get the money to pay the steadily Increasing taxes. ? ? ? i Last year the Legislature appro? priated money to build a home for in? digent and homeless old soldiers. The Home has been built in Columbia and Is now ready for the reception of the destitute veterans, but the Legislature now In session refuses to appropriate any money for the mainte nance of the Home. This is fine business. SEASE TO SEEK JUDGESHIP. State That Solicitor Will Run for Cir colt Bench?Capt. Nlcholls May Run for Solicitor. Spartanburg, Feb. 11.?Following the announcement of the election of Judge Hydrlck to the supreme bench It was stated here tonight that Solici? tor T. S. Sease of this district will be a candldats for circuit Judge, succeed? ing Judgs Hydrlck. In case of So? licitor Sease's election it is said that Capt. 8. J. Nlcholls of this city will be a candidate for appointment as so? licitor, to fill out the unexplred term of Mr. Sease. THE JONES MURDER CASE. Great Interest Centres In Petition Pre? sented by Attorneys of Convicted Union Man. Union, Feb. 11.?Oreat public in? terest in this State centres around the motion for a new trial in the case of W. T. Jones, charged with the murder of his wife last July, who on last Sat? urday was found guilty of murder with recommendation to mercy, which hearing will come up before Judge It. W. Memmlnger here tomorrow. Jones Is quoted as saying that the real fight In his case has only Just begun. He has been very HI with gastritis, but Is better. WEEK'S COTTON PRICES. Various Event? Huvc Contributed to Downward Movement. New York. Feb. 11.?Events of one kind or unother have forced prices downward, but on every decline the market hus encountered buying orders which have acted as a sort of auto? matic support. These are accounted for largely by reports of dry weather west of tho Mississippi. Spinners' takings have been increased and once more visible supplies of all kinds of cotton have begun to decrease more rapidly after a brief lull than a year ago. Some of the dry goods reports, too, have been rather more cheerful. A sharp falling off In the crop move? ment Is predicted by some In the near future. At the moment, however, large receipts, the lull in the spot de? mand at the South?though liberal sales have been made at New York? dullness and depression In Liverpool and a very large stock have a more or less clogging. If not depressing, ef? fect on the market. Weather condi? tion east of the Mississippi have lat? terly been relieved In a measure at least by rains. Heavy liquidation has taken place, and spot interests have been large sellers of May and July. Liverpool, the South and Wall street have sold. Hut Texas Is dry. and the whole .South needs rain. A cold, back? ward spring that might cut down the acreage Is one of the existing bug I bears. ! Heavy selling of March and May and buying of October wore the fea? tures on Thursday. The fire department was called out Sunday afternoon by an alarm from the corner of Main and Canal streets. The fire was In a wood house In Mr. It. S. Hood's yard and It was extin? guished before any serious damage was done. Chief Hood was out pay? ing an afternoon call and when he reached home he found the firemen on the spot and tbe fire extinguished. REFORM THE FARMERS. PRESIDENT TELLS HOW TO MAKE COUNTRY LIFE OXE GRAND. SWEET SONG. Urges Congress to Pass Laws to Im? prove the Farm ami Farmers, untl Make Mini Kind to His Wife. Washington, Feb. 11.?The presi? dent sent to congress today a special message transmitting the report of his special Commission on Country Life. The president wrote, In part: "I transmit herewith the report of the Commission on Country Life. At the outset I desire to point out that not a dollar of the public money has been paid to any commissioner for his work on the commission. "The report shows the general con? dition of farming life in the open country, and points out its larger problem; it Indicates ways In which the government, national and State, may show the people how to solve some of these problems; and It sug? gests a continuance of the work which the commission began. "Judging by 30 public hearings, to which farmers and farmers' wives from 40 States and Territories came, and from 120,000 answers to printed questions sent, out by the department of agriculture, the commission finds I that the general level of country life is high compared with any preceding time or with any other land. If it has in recent years slipped down in some places, It has risen in more places. Its progress has been general, if not uni? form. "Yet farming does not yield either the profit or the satisfaction that it ought to yield and may be made to yield. There is discontent In the coun? try, and in places discouragement. Farmers as a class do not magnify their calling, and the movement to the towns, though, I am happy to say, less than formerly, Is still strong. "From all that has been dohe and learned three great general and Imme? diate needs of country life stand out: "First. Effective cooperation among farmers, to put them on a level with the organized Interests with which they do business. "Second. A new kind of schools In the country, which shall teach the children as much outdoors as Indoors and perhaps more, so that they will prepare for country life, and not as at present, mainly for life in town. "Third. Better means of communi? cation, including good roads and a parcels post, which the country peo? ple are everywhere and rightly, unani? mous in demanding. "To these may well be added better sanitation; for easily preventable dis? eases hold several million country people In the slavery of continuous ill health. "In the development of character the home should be more Important than the school, or than society at large. WThen once the basic material needs have been met. high ideals may be quite Independent of Income; but they cannot be realized without sufficient ln?ome to provide adequate foundation; and when the community at large Is not financially prosperous it Is Impossible to develop a high av? erage personal and community Ideal. In short, the fundamental facts of hu? man nature apply to men and women who live In the country just as they apply to men and women who live In the towns. Given a sufficient founda? tion of material well-being, the In? fluence of the farmers and farmers' wives on their children becomes the fnctor of first Importance In deter? mining the attitude of the next gener? ation toward farm life. The farmer should realize that the person who mo?t needs consideration on the farm Is his wife. I do not In the least mean that she should purchase eas? at the expense of duty. Neither man nor woman is really happy or really useful save on condition of doing his or her duty. If the woman shirks her duty as housewife, as home-keeper, as the mother, whose prime function it is to bear and rear a sufficient num? ber of healthy children, then she Is not entitled to our regard. But If she does her duty she is more entitled to our regard even than the man who does his duty; and the man should show special consideration for her needs. "I warn my countrymen that the great recent progress made In city life Is not a full measure of our civiliza? tion, for our civilization rests at bot? tom on the wholesomene8s, the attrac? tiveness and the completeness, as well as the prosperity, of life In the coun? try. The men and women on the farms stand for what Is fundamentally and most needed In our American life. Upon the development of country life rests ultimately our ability, by meth? ods of farming requiring the highest Intelligence, to continue to feed and clothe the hungry nations, to supply the city with fresh blood, clean bodies and clear brains that can endure the terrific strain of modern life; we need the development of men In the open country, who will be In the future, as In the past, the stay and strength of the nation In time of war and its guld ing and controling spirit in time of peace. Theodore Roosevelt. "The White House. Feb. 9, 1909." - I The report of the commission de? scribes with some fullness the existing conditions of farm life and points out the causes that may have led to its j present lack of organization. It sug- I gests methods for the redirection of . rural society, for arresting the drift to the city, for maintaining the nat? ural rights of the farmer and for the development of an organized rural life that will promote the prosperity of the whole nation. Broadly speaking, agriculture in the United States Is prosperous and the conditions in many of the great farm? ing regions are improving. Country homes generally are impovlng In comfort, attractiveness and healthful ness. Many Institutions, organizations and movements are actively contribut? ing to the increasing welfare of the open country. Rural society is lacking chiefly in a knowledge on the part of the farmers of the exact conditions and possibili? ties of their regions, resulting in the widespread depletion of soils with the fnjjurious effect on rural life; in prop? er training for country life in the schools; in good highway facilities and in organization for buying and selling. There is an absence of any adequate system of agricultural credit, a short? age of labor, often complicated by in? temperance among workingmen. a lack of institutions and incentives that tie the laboring man to the soil; the life of the farm woman is burden? some and narrow; there is need of adequate supervision of public health. The farmer is handicapped by the spculatlve holding of lands, monopo? listic control of streams and forests, waste of our natural resources and by restraint of trade. Some of the remedies for the con? ditions set forth He with the national government, some of them with the States and communities in their cor? porate capacities, some with voluntary organizations and some with individ? uals acting alone. There must be a vast enlargement of voluntary, organized effort among farmers themselves. It is indispens? able that farmers shall work together for their common interests and for the national welfare. If they do not do this, no governmental activity, no legislation, not even better schools, will greatly avail. The forces and in? stitutions that make for morality and spiritual Ideals among rural people must he energized. There must be not only a fuller scheme of public education, but a new kind of education adapted to the real needs of the farming people. The country people everywhere are asking for good roads. Everywhere, too, they want a parcels post and the extension of the rural free delivery. Each State college of agriculture should organize as soon as practica able a complete department of college extension. Local, State and even na? tional conferences on rural progress, designed to unite the Interests of edu? cation, organization and religion, should be held. TO SUPPLY COTTON' STATISTICS. Census Committee Hearts Favora bly Mr. Lever's Resolution. Washington, Feb. 12.?The census committee by a unanimous vote has reported favorably Congressman Level's joint resolution for gathering Information as to the amount of baled cotton on hand at certain inter? vals, viz: September, November, Jan? uary and March. This means that the resolution is now in shape to be considered by the House, and, of course. Representative Lever will ex? ert his efforts to induce the Speaker to permit the consideration of it at an early date. When seen in regard to the action of the committee, Mr. Lever said: "I am very much gratified with the unanimous report of the committee, although I felt all the while that the justice of the resolution was so strong that the committee could not reach any other conclusion. The entire pur? pose of the resolution is to give to the cotton world complete statistics as to the production and as to the amount of cotton on hand, held by the manufacturers In ware houses and otherwise, from time to time. I want the farmer to have as full In? formation with respect to the needs of the manufacturer as the manufac? turer now have as to the production of the farmer, and this resolution seeks to do this. Reprsentative Robinson, of Alabama, a member of the com? mittee, has been of Invaluable ser? vice to me In securing favorable ac? tion upon this resolution. In fact, the entire management of the resolution In the committee was put in his hand*, and the favorable report of the committee is due as largely to his wise management as to any other cause. "I shall press for consideration without delay." Mr. Ranson Richardson has accept? ed a position as day clerk at the Jackson Hotel. S3 u U - w Ei Pi ? SHCiES ? I REED LOW rOR LADIES JUST RIGHT LOW SHOES FOR MEN ? ? ! O'DONNELL 6 COMPANY ? M ? ? m m u m * m m m m m m m u * m m m m * m m u m m * We take pleasure in announcing the arrivals of our new Spring and Summer line of the Celebrated E. P. Reed Low Shoes for Ladies, and the Just Right Low Shoe for Men. It will be our pleasure to have you call and inspect the new styles. m ? ? ? ? Special! Special! * A complete new stock of Neck Ruchings, all the very latest styles; worth 15c a Ruch, Special 10c a Ruch. 10 Dozen New Embroidered Collars, the 15c quality. Special while they are here at 10c each. Another 1,500 yards of those O'Donnell White Mercerized Waistings, worth up to 25c. Special 15c yard. YOURS, ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? m I O'DONNELL 6 COMPANY S < ? ? ? m m m NEW EMBROIDERED COLLARS NEW NECK RUCH? INGS. m m m m m u m NIAGARA FALLS SOLID. Great Cascade in Grip off Winter King?Wall off Ice Across Chan? nel. SEVERE STORM IN MISSISSIPPI. Damage Estimated at $10,000 Wrought In Vicksburg by Rain and High Wind. Niagara Falls, X. Y., Feb. 14.? | Vicksburg, Miss., Feb. 14.?The Only a tiny rivulet, not deep nor swift ' most severe storm of rain and wind enough to carry a pulp log over the brink, is flowing over the American side of Niagara Falls. A strong north? east wind which has blown since Fri? day has held back the water and al? lowed the ice to gain a foothold. A great wall of ice runs from the head of Goat Island to the American mainland, through which only tiny streams are able to trickle. This wall ha3 even encroached on the Canadian channel, extending out some 200 feet beyond the Third Sister Island and greasy diminishing the flow over the horseshoe. Only the very apex of the Canadian fall Is left and that Is rob? bed of half Its flow. The gorge below is choked and the rapids have lost their fury, while the whirlpool is barely in motion. This is only the third time that this combination of wind and ice has thus affected the fall since the white man came here. The other occasions were March 29, 1848, and March 22, 1903. experienced here in years prevailed ( for half an hour this afternoon, caus? ing a property loss estimated at $10, 000. The office of the Vicksburg Herald wa^ unroofed and a number of business homes sustained minor damage, while in the suburban sec? tions of Vicksburg property was com- ^ pletely wrecked in sbme instances. Several negroes are reported to have been injured when their cabins were demolished. CONGRESSMAN GRANGER DIES. COW DERAILS FREIGHT TRAIN. 1 Engine on Louisiana Railway Plunges From Trestle, Dragging Cars With It?One Killed. Six Injured. Representative From First District of Rhode ltd ml Succumbs to Heart Failure. Washington, Feb. 14.?Congress? man Daniel L. D. Granger, of Provi? dence, R. I., who represented the First district of Rhode Island In con? gress during the Fifty-eighth, Fifty ninth and Sixtieth congresses, died here at 7:15 o'clock this evening of heart failure. He was 57 years old. Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 14.?One man, a negro brakeman, was killed , and six injured, at least one of them \ fatally, when a southbound freight train on the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company's lines was wrecked at Montecene bridge, four miles north of Baton Rouge, at 9:30 'clock this morning. At a point about 50 feet north of d the trestle spanning Montecene creek the tender of the engine, which was unning backwards, struck a cow. The engine plunged from the trestle, carrying with it the entire train of cars to the ground below, a distance of 35 feet. Ten freight cars and an equal number of dirt cars were piled upon each other in a mass of splintered wreckage. 52 CORPSES TAKEN FROM WRECK. Over Half Hundred Bodies Recovered From Steamer Penguin, Whhi? Struck on New Zealand Shore. Wellln;?ton, S. Z., Feb. 14.?Fifty two bodies have been recovered from the wrecked steamer Penguin of the Union Steamship Company of Well? ington, which went on the rocks Fri day night off Terawhiti. Six of those aboard the Penguin are unaccounted for. In all the passengers and crew numbered about 100. SHERMAN'S WIFE IN COLUMBIA. Wife an I Mother of Vice President Elect Visit the State House. Columbia, Feb. 15.?Among the prominent visitors In the side aisles of the house today were the wife and mother of Vice President Sherman who were here for the day from Camden where they are spending the winter. BOY ATTACKED BY MONKEY. \iiimal at Thunderbolt Lacerates Face of Little Victim. Savannah, Ga., Feb. 14.?Attacked by "Nellie," the largest of the mon? key colony at Thunderbolt, four-year old Frank Beasley was very seriously injured this afternoon, the boy being rushed to a hospital after he was freed from the animal, with his face a mass of torn flesh where the mon? key's teeth had been inserted. The monkey fought for its prey after the rescue and a half dozen men were hardly able to repel its attack. There is no suggestion that the monkey was rabid, but the wounds it left were carefully treated. Wesley Bossird, the hackman, had about $10 worth of lap robes stolen from his hack Friday night while he was In Field's Barber shop on West Liberty street. He says he left his hack standing in the street not more than ten minutes, and when he re? turned all his lap robes were gone.