Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fllKI I. B. MARTIN. Ol CltARUK OF HOYS' DEPART? MENT Or DEMONSTRATION WORK. ??mU%mr of Work for Boys Under Dl twrehui of Dr. S. A. Knapp, Whkli Hsmhv* Much for Farmers. Columbia. March I?FTlends of for? mer Stste Superintendent of Educa tlaei O. B. Martin will be pleased to lraow that he has been appointed su pervtsoc of the boys' department of the government demonstration work for the South He will he associated with Dr. Seaman A. Knapp. In the United States d< partment of agrlcu! Mr. Martin has accepted the posi? tion and entered upon its duties. He starts In Sooth Carolina, hut will leere on Mondsy for the Stste of Ala? bama. Mississippi and Arkansas, spending a few days In each. Mr. Martin will organise agricultural work among the boys and through the schools and school officers. The plan of the work is somewhat as fol? lows. Beys between the ages of 10 and 21 years will be invited and urged to Jain eorn or cotton clube in their lo? calities. Every boy who Joins will be eWptu ted to secure from his father ?ne acre of land for his own special abstention and cultivation. The names cjf Use members of these clubs will be went by the teachers to the county su? perintendent a of education, who will forward them to the United States de? partment of agriculture. The depart? ment will furnish es re gV>y with the beat seed for piloting his acre. In avddltion he v ill receive a letter of In? struction once a month, giving the jMmaestlons and Ideas of Dr. Knapp aa go the best methods of preparation, plaaamv fertilising, cultivation, etc. Tbe State and county agents of tho aWsb demenstr.ition work will also ?saeara+o, by Inspecting the boys' Parsau aad making suggestions. The Imllatia ef the department of agricul tSJrn will be aent to each boy in his amra ;same. t* ibJIc-apirited business men in ?a. \ county where the work Is un d' ?ken will be asked to make con trihu Ions, so that prises may be of- , tv I to the boys who may make the tri *?*? lent settees*. 'sea will be offered for the great Meld of corn and cotton and also lie beet ears of corn and for the stalk* of pAtton. These prizes consist not only of cash, but of useful and desirable articles of i Handles, such as farm imple r.H'Me. watches, hata. etc. it is planned to have all member* i t he local club* come together oc csasi inally In a country club. At t hese lings the farm demonstration agents, members of faculties of agri cuMoral colleges and experts from Washington will be Invited to be pressest and aid In the Instruction and we Mi. Thle will >e emphasised at a ?nee \ng In the fall, when the prises ^ he awarded. These gentlemen erth not only Judge the exhlhL.i which will be brought together at the court beau*, but they will Instruct the boys mm saed selection, corn Judging end othflr such important and Interesting jpatT.ei a Mr. Martin aald yeaterday that he ?would bops to organise only a few counties la each State this year, but thai he believed the work would be extended very rapidly next year. As Is well known. Mr. Martin has beeu iStnte superintendent of educa? tion . o South Carolina for the past ata years. He devoted himself en ?tftvtlr iiiy and enthusiastically to that w > k, giving eapeclal attention to the Improvement of the country schools, II.. effort* were unusually succeed it attracting attention not only In South Carolina but in other Blies. R was largely because of his record ??f Mt >t.- superintendent that Mr Martin v. s i| pointed to his pre? sent poeltlon. SlftO Reward, ?100. The readers of this paper will he pleased iv leirn that there is at least one di ??'?<! ilii.'i ? ?li.it HrieiK-o has been abls te cure In all Its stages, and that Is Catarrh Hall s Cat irrh Cure la the oily positive cure now known to the medical fraternity Catarrh be? sag a constitutional disease, requires a coo-iitiitional treatment. Hall's Ca? tarrh ('ore la taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous Sejrtboes S ft he system. thereby de ?trt ylna the foundation of the dis? pense, snd giving the patient strength building up the constitution m l s "t.ng natu * in doing Its work. prsprlStora have so much faith I - irstlv ? powers that they offer ? llua.lied Indlars for un/ case It falla to . ure Send for list of i? imonlals. ddress r. J I I ill N IT & 00., To ?. O. dd hy all Druggists, 75c. ake Hal I'm Family Fills for conati? on 1-4-lm. he Spa tsnhurg county supervisor srtlses for sealed bids tip to April i or tl&0.00?> 4 1-2 \> r cent bonds un 30 years. There will be no a, county or municipal taxes i . d on these bonds. It will be a t - <*able investment for men who the money. WHAT WOULD TEDDY SAY? DISTRICT ATTORNEY HEALING RESIGNS RATHER THAN PROS? ECUTE PULITZER AND SMITH. Hold* Proceeding I unjust?-Federal District Attorney Quite Service De lug* Conscientiously Opposed to Government's Prosecution. Washington, March 5.?United States District Attorney Leallng at Indianapolis has resigned rather than participate In the efforts of the de? partment of justice to bring Delavan Smith and Jos. Pulitzer to Washing? ton lo stand trial for criminal libel in connection with publications concern? ing the Panama canal and railroad. Mr. Healing In a letter to the attor? ney general says: "For almost eight years I have had the honor of representing the govern? ment of the United States as attorney. During that time I have prosecuted all alike without fear or favor, where I had an honest belief in their guilt. "I have been compelled on several occasions to prosecute personal friends but in each case I only did so after a thorough investigation had convinced me of their guilt. "In this case, as to the guilt or in? nocence of the defendants on the question of libel I do not attempt ro say. If guilty, they should be prose? cuted, but properly Indicted and pros? ecuted In the right place, viz.. at their homes. "I am not In accord with the gov? ernment intersts' attempt to put a strained construction of the law, to drag the defendants from their home-' to the seat of government to be tried and punished while there Is a g\*od and sufficient law In this jurisdiction in the Statex court. "I believe the principle Involved is a dangerous one, striking at the very foundation of our form of govern? ment. I can not, therefore, honestly and conscientiously insist to the court that such la the law. I do not reel that I can, in Justice to my office, con? tinue to hold It and decline to assist." In connection with the Elkhart bank ci.se. Mr. Healing prosecuted and convicted all, the officers of that institution, including Walter Brown, who waa his close personal friend and a member of the Republican State committee. C. W. Miller, who has twice been attorney general of Indiana, will be recommended by Senator Beverjdge for United States attorney to succeed Mr. Healing. ' Near Death In Big- Pond. ?It was a thrilling experience to Mrs. Ida Soper to face death. "For years a severe lung trouble gave me Intense suffering," she writes, 'and several times nearly caused my death. Aii remedies failed and doctors said I was Incurable. Then Dr. King's New Discovery brought quick relief and a cure so permanent that I have not been troubled in twelve years." Mrs. Soper lives In Big Pond, Pa. It works wonders in Coughs and Colds, Sore Lungs, Hemorrhages, LaGrlppe. Asthma, Croup, Whooping Cough and all Bronchial affections. 50c and $1. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Sl bert's Drug Store. The more time a man puts In try? ing to get even, the less chance he has qf doing so. A Religious Author's Statement. ?Rev. Joseph H. Fesperman, Salis? bury. Mi C. who is the author of sev? eral bopks, writes: "For several years I was afflicted with kidney trouble and last winter I was suddenly strick? en with a severe pain In my kidneys and was confined to bed eight days unable to get up without assistance. My urine contained a thick white sed? iment and I passed same frequently day and night. I commenced taking Foley's Kidney Remedy, and the pain gradually abated and finally ceased and my urine became normal. /? 1 cheerfiilly recommend Foley's Kid? ney Remedy." W. W. Slbert. The Schotchman's Test. Asa Goddrd, of the American Auto? mobil? Association, was recounting in Worcester some of his touring ad? ventures. "One summer morning," he said, "the approach of a great flock of sheep obliged me rb pull off the narrow country road. I halted my car and watched with Interest the passage of the sheep, the intelligent dogs and the shepherd. I had a short talk with the shepherd about his odd and dltllcult trade. " Look here,' I said, 'what do you do. drlvtal ahaap on a narrow road, ?rfcofl >?'U meet another Hock coming th?- ??ppM.xit?? direction?" ' ' Well.' said the shepherd, 'ye loot d I t r:? Ight on. both of ye. and one that has the best dogl irets the most sheep." "?Chicago In? ter-Ocean. He that hath a trade has an estate. Franklin. It Saved Ills Leg ?"All thought I'd lose my leg.' write* j. a. twenton. Woiortown, WK. "Ten years of eczema, that lf? dOOtOfa could not cure, had at last l ud me up. Then Huckjen s Arnica lolva cured It sound and well." In? fallible for Skin Eruptions, Eczema, Salt Rheum, Bolls, Fever Sores Burns. Scalds. Cuts and Piles. 2&c at Hlbert's Drug Store. UFT ON THE JOB. HOLDS SEVERAL CONFERENCES AND AN EAST ROOM RECEP? TION. Tariff Discusaed With Republican Members of the Ways and Means Committee?Culm's Congratulations Extended?Several Changes Made In White House Office Force. Washington, March 5.?The Taft administration took its first stride to? day. The new president named his cabinet, the senate confirmed his se? lections and its members will take the oath of ohice tomorrow morning, with the exception of George W. vVickersham, who %as sworn in as attorney general today, and of Messrs. Dickinson and MaWeagh, whose per? sonal affairs will not permit of their reaching Washington for a week or more. An impoitant conference took place between President Taft and the members of the ways and means com? mittee. The committee has framed a tariff bill, which, it is understood, contains a provision for the collection of an inheritance tax?one of the sug? gestions for raising revenue contained in *the inaugural address of President Taft. Mr. Taft told the committee there would be no delay in the official proclamation calling the extra ses? sion of Congress for March 15. His message to this session. he said, would recommend tr at it confine its work exclusively to tariff revision, that there might be no unnecessary delay in enacting this most important law. He would not, he said, discuss In his message any details of tariff revis? ion, leaving all such matters to the Judgment of Congress. The commit? tee members left the White House expressing the belief that the work of the extra session would be complet? ed before June 1. Aside from these Important accom? plishments President Taft gave him? self up heartily to the demands of his friends and thousands of inaugu? ral visitors, who wished to shake hU hand, see his smile and get a word to carry home with them. Philander C. Knox had the honor of being the first caller on President Taft, who took his scat at the desk abandoned yesterday by President Roosevelt in the White House office building at precisely 9:30 o'clock this morning. A flfteen-minute Interview, Mr. Knox sarfd, had Its Importance, but was not for publication. POLICEMAN MURDERS OFFICER. i.'apt. W. H. Mathcws of Washington Force Killed at Ills Desk Without Slightest Warning. Washington, March R.?Capt. W. H. Ufathews of the Fifth police precinct In this city was shot and killed while sitting at his desk in the station house tonight by Polfceman Collier. Without the slightest warning Collier entered the station and went immediately into the captain's office, where he jerked from his pocket a revolver and began firing bullets into Mathew*s body. The cause for the killing is a mystery, even to the associates of Collier. The lat? ter, it Is alleged, had been reprimand? ed by Capt. Mathews. Lieut. Sprinkle arrested Collier and placed him In a cell. PLEA FOR LIBERTY OR DEATH. Albert T. Patrick, Convicted Murder? er, Asks Release From Life Term Or Electric Chair. New York, March 5.?Albert T. Patrick, who was convicted of the murder of William Marsh Rice, made a sensational appeal to the appellate division in Brooklyn today to free him from imprisonment for life or send him to the electric chair. He declared that imprisonment for life was a greater punishment than the death penalty, The man who thinks he knows will not go so far as the one who knows he knows. Thero is no colt but breaks some halter.?Italian. ?This is the most dangerous time of the year to catch cold, and it i. the hardest time to cure it. If you should take a cold, a few doses of Kennedy's LiUtStlVS Cough Syrup will act very promptly. Its laxative prin? ciple cures the cold by driving it from the system by a gentle hut natural ac? tion of the bowels. Children especial? ly like Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup, as it tastes so good, nearly like maple sugar. It is sold by All Drug? gists. Hellglon has no home in the man who does not show his religion at home. SIMPLE REMEDY FOR LAGRIPPE ?I*a grippe coughs are dangerous as they frequently develop into pneu? monia. Foley s Honey and Tar not only stops the cough but heals and strengthens the lungs so that no set i ous results need be feared. The gen? uine Foley's Honey and Tar contains no harmful drugs and Is In a yellow package. Refuse substitutes. W. W. Sibert. ROOSEVELT TO SAIL MARCH 23. Definitely Announces Date of Begin? ning His African Trip?Has Re? ceived Many Letters. Osyter Bay. N. Y., March 5.?Ex President Roosevelt announced today for the first time that he would sail from New York for Africa on March 23 at noon. He will take passage on the steamer Hamburg. Mr. Roosevelt said also that he had received so many letters, telegrams and cablegrams that it would be phy? sically impossible for him fo answer one-tenth of them and that while he appreciated the sentiments expressed in the various communications and would like to answer them, it would be Impossible to do so. He added that he would have nothing to say on any subject nor would he attend any pub? lic functions before departing on h's hunting trip. TRUCK NOT MUCH HURT. Damage by Freeze in Virginia Not Considered Serious. Norfolk, Va., Maich 5.?The dam? age to trucking Interests of this vi? cinity by reason of the freeze of Thursday night is not considered seri? ous. The high wind prevailing saved all but the more delicate plants. Truckers were expecting the freeze and prepared to shelter young plants from the ice. UNUSUAL PRIVILEGE GRANT. Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs. Harrison May Mail Matter Free of Cost. Washington, March 5.?One of the last official acts of George Von L. Meyer, as postmaster general, was the issuance of an order directing that a'l mall matter sent by Frances Grover Cleveland, widow of the late Presi? dent Cleveland, and by Mary Lord Harrison, under their written auto? graph signatures, shall hereafter be conveyed free of postage, during their natural lives. The order carries into effect an Act of congress passed Feb? ruary Ir last. CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS. American Refining Company Ordered To Pay Rack Duties. New York, March 5k?A verdict awardfug the United States govern? ment 1134,166 damages in unpaid cus- I tome duties from the American Sugar Reflnilig^ Company was rendered to- I day by a Jury which heard charges of miswerghing sugar Imports. The verdict rendered was for the full afViount sued for tty the govern? ment on the contention that this sum was doe through underwelghing by the company's employee of sugar imr ports, on the company's Brooklyn docks. Motion for a new trial was denied and counsel for the defendant wras given 60 days in whbeh to prepare the case on appeal, which, It was an nouned, would be- taken. The Columbia Chamber of Com? merce will take steps to get a better cotton market la Columbia. Dr. H. N. Snyder makes a most fa? vorable report as to the work and be? havior of the students of Wofforo Col? lege this year. The boys are doing fine work and giving the teachers no trouble whatever. Such a report ought to be satisfactory to the pa? rents who have sent their boys to this Institution. A new venture in Columbia Is the proposed Ridge wood Lake, to be built out near the Ridgewood Country Club. The company to undertake this proposition was organized this week, as follows: Jno. J. Cain, W. W. Ab? bott, Robert Moorman, William El? liott, W. J. Taylor. A. Mason Glbbos and T. I. Weston. The officers are: Jno. J. Cain, president; W. W. Ab? bott, vice president; W. J. Taylor, sec? retary and treasurer; T. I. Weston. general manager. The idea Is to havo a lake with surrounding parks for pleasure during the summer months. The natural beauty of the country at the club makes the place admirably adapted for the purposes in view. After an examination lasting ten deys, L. C. Matthews, of the American Audit Company, has reported to the Lain ens city council the result of his work on the city clerk's books. The report was very favorable and indeed complimentary to Mr. W. H. Gilker son, Sr., the clerk, who resigned some works ago?the reason of which is still unknown. Mr. Matthews stated that the bookl wore correct In every detail, neatly kept and balanced; and that nil he, as an auditor, could do was to add up and approve. The city council has refused to accept Mr. Oll kerson's resignation; consequently ho will continue to serve his term of of? fice. ?We say without hesitation that DoWltt'a Kidney and Bladder nils are unequoled for weak kidneya, backache, Inflammation of the blad? der and ail urinary dleordere. They are antiseptic ami act promptly in all cases of weak back, backache, roum utism and rheumatic pains. Accept no substitute. We sell and recom? mend them. All Druggists. IHE PREMIUM LIST. -o Solicit Subscriptions for the Twice a=Week Watchman and Southron. Valuable Prizes to be Given for Work in Spare Time?Number of Prizes Unlimited. The Watchman and Southron which has been the family newspaper of sumter Cour ty since the days of your grand-parents is now published twice a week?Wedr esday and Saturdays?and is the biggest and newsiest county paper published in the State of ^outh Carolina. The price remains tho same as when it v as published once a week only?$1.50 a year. At this pr ce the Watchman and Southron is the cheapest and best family paper within tho reach of the people of Sumter and adjoining counties, it gives twice a week the local, County, State and general news in a condensed and readable shape, as well as many timely special articles on farming, household and other topics. Mr. E. W. Dahhs, President of the Sumter County Farmers' Union will have editorial direction of a special department devoted to Ff.rmers' Union News and Farming, that will be particularly interesting. The Watchman and Southron should go into every home in this section ot the State, aid those who are not nbw subscribers can easily be induced to> subscribe. i^s< As an ind icement to thdse who have spare time to solicit subscriptions for us we are offering a number of valuable premiums for lists of new subscribers and we want agents In every neighborhood in Sumter, Lee and Clarendon Counties. ALL PERSONS who desire to do so, whether they live in Sunter County or elsewhere , are cordially fcnvited to act as subscription agents. All will be entitled to participate in the competition, will je paid for their work in pre? miums, commensurate in value with the value of the work performed or in cash, as they may prefer. The price of Subscription is $1.50 a yearr or 75 cents for six naanths?and may be sent in one, two or more at a time; with or without the cash, to suit th* convenience- o? the agents but for an old name to be connted for a pre? mium the subscriber must pasy up all arreage and one year in advance. HERE ARE THE PREMIUMS. FOR THREE NAMES?A Red Midget Stylo Fountain Pen; a no Blade P?scket Knife, on an Ingersoll Watch. FOR FOUR NAMES?A Fountain Pen with 14k solid gold pea; a Three Blade Pocket Knife or one year's subscription to either of the following Maga? zines; Bohemian*. Metropolitan, Argosy, Cosmopolitan or The Delineator. FOR FIVE NAMES?A Diamond Point Fountain Pen, a year's subscrip? tion to either of the following Magazines: McClure, Munsey or Woman's Home Companil n, Saturday Evening Post, or a Stem-Winding Ntekle Watch. FOR SIX NAMES?A Waterman's Fountain Pen; Stem-Winding Nickle Watch; a year's; subscription to Ladies Home Journal or Review of Reviews; a fine Razor; Pocket Knife; Baseball Mitt; or Ball and Bat. FOR EIGHT NAMES?A Guaranteed Stem-Winding Open Face Nickle Watch; a flne> Razor; Catcher's Mitt; A Waterman's Fountain, Pen; a Teach? er's Bible. 9 FOR TEN NAMES?Single-Barrel BreeeJs-loading Columbia Shotgun; Gold! mounted Waterman's Fountain Pen; Guaranteed Stem-Winding Nickle Watch, either polished or oxydized case; a fine Catcher's Mitt, or any other article of equal value. FOR TWENTY NAMES?Ten Year Geld Case Trenton Watch; Hopkins & Allen 16-shot Repeating Rifle; Single-Barrel Special Breech-loading Shotgun; a fine Toil** or Washstaad Set. FOR THUVTY NAMES?20 Year Gold Open Case Elgin. Watch; 22-Calibre Winchester Repeating Rifle; Double-Barrel Shotgun, or any other article ot equal value. VOW FORTY NAMES?Union Arms Co., Double-Barr?$l Hammerleas Shot? gun; %%-m ibre Winchester Repeating Rifle; 20 Year Gold Case Elgin or Wal tham 1 Jewel Watch, or any other article of equal value. FOR FIFTY NAMES?Ladles Solid Gold Watch, 20 Year Gold Case Elgin or Waltham 7 Jewel Gentlemans Watch; Hopkins & Allen Double-Barrel Hammerless Shotgun. FOR SEVENTY-FIVE NAMES?$35 Ithlca Double-Barrel Hammerless Shotgun; a New Ideal Sewing Machine; a 20 Year Double Case Elgin or Wal? tham Watch. FOR ONE HUNDRED NAMES?A Smith or Fox Double-Barrel Hammer less Shotgun; a New Home Sewing Machine; a Solid Gold Waltham or Elgin Watch. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. THE CONTEST BEGINS NOW and will come to a close on June 1st. at 6 o'clock p. m, sharp. Each agent will be held individually responsible for the payment of the amount due on all names returned by him or her. Where it is desired to stop a subscription before the close of the Club contest, the Agent may do so by paying the amount due at the time of such stoppage. Where a subscription has been paid in full, it cannot be discontinued. The Agent however, may, if he sees proper, transfer the unfulfilled portion of the subscription to another subscriber, provided the person to whom the transfer is to be made was not a subsclber at the time the original name was entered on our books. No name will be counted In competition for a premium until the subscrip? tion price has been paid, nor will any premium be delivered until the Agent has either paid or made satisfactory settlement for all the names sent in by him or her. ' In cases of contention by two or more Agents over the right to a name, preference will be given to the one who pays for the name FIRST; but where both pay.we shall not attempt to decide the matter except by crediting the name for one year for each such payment. After a name has been entered c n our books, no transfer will be permitted. This is positive and emphatic, and where Agents attempt to make such trans? fers, they must concede our right to take such steps as may seem necessary to protect the fairness of this provision. The Agent who returns names aUtfl pay for them. Any and all Agents will have the right to Get Subscribers Wherever They Can. It is not necessary that all the names shall go to the same postotliee address. All subscriptions must be forwarded to ue at the expense of those sending them, and we will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when It Is sent by Draft, Registered Letter, FAptvss or Postoftice Money Order. In tending names. Always give correct name or initials, ami present post ofliee address, and if possible say whether the subscribers are NOW takinu the paper. Careful Observance Of this will be the means Of avoiding mich trouble and confusion. OSTEEN PUBLISHING CO., 18 W. Liberty St. Sumter, S. C.