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WtUALSDAY, APRIL 21. 190?. The -?unter Watchman was found? ed la 1160 and the Trut Southron In lit* Tha Watchman and Southron ?ow hat the combined circulation and Itifluenca of both of the old papers, and hi manifestly the best advertising Hum In Sumtor. URN. M C. IUTLF.lt. Oen. V! C. Butler, who died In Co? lumbia Wednesday night, was a lead? en* In this State frosn the close of the war until the Tlllman upheaval In 1190. but since that memorable year h? has been in eclipse politically. He 'was a man of parts, but he failed to adapt himself to the changing con? ditions of politics and society, result lag .rom the war, the spread of pop? ular education and the development ?within Democratic party of a strong StntlmMH favoring substitution of the pi Imary system for the convention. Hie long service In the Senate made of him an office-holder, whose chief Interests centered In Washington, and Tee lost that close and intimate touch and sympathy with the people whom he represented that are essen thV to continued leadership. So long as he was the exponent of the political be? llete of the dominant element In the State, he was retained In the Senate, trut when he ceased to he. he was re? tired to private life. He rendered valuable services in 187?. but not saore valuable than did scores of other men who sacrificed more than he did and neither expected nor re? ceived the high rewards of honor end place that were allotted him. We would not detract from him one atom ? of the credit and praise that are his ?due for the service he rendered; but -we. in the Interest of historical truth, do aot feel that It la proper to let the unmeasured laudation that is being bestowed upon him pass unnoted, it Oen. Butler won distinction as a isoldler, he was a lawyer of recognised ability, an orator whose gift of elo luence aloae would hsve won him 4tft*tlrction. and a politician of the old 'egtine without a peer; but he lacked '.he rle nente of simple greatness and { ?jsneelflsi patriotism, the broad charl- 1 ?*tjr and breadth of view that made 1Wa?V Iainpton the typical ?outh ?Carol In an of his day and generation, la the stirring days of '76. when the -white men of the State made the final And su reme effort for the preserva rtloa ef their civilisation, he thr?w Ihtsaselt Into the fight with his who?e ?soul. u id hla ability and prestige in ?evlha' h made h'm a leader, when JlsaMt^rs were needed, bet to do so he b;id . r p i lute his own previous "AoHcy In attempting to form an alli? ance with tne sealawu** and carpet- y haMera. Gloss It over us\ they may. | ? hla i LtlOSjWitS can never eliminate the Ijanplsa nr.t reeolTectlons of the Car p?n<or- Rjtier con MM? ticket Had %Qen 1 utter succeeded !n his effort to ?rem a fusion party, composed cf th ? ' Semi-- -n?ct.?**e i Innen?* < < ?)> ? pet- lm patty and the Democvr tl oflle-vseehcrs. Die Hamptou move mert . nd C.e tt?1 mptlon of thv Si ite ht l?7s wo-dd havs been Impossible At Vest h'? alli.ince ?Ith Carpcntei ..wee a grb ' on* n - ? ? ,t : did ume'i Kg et a burr ate the men who we.c then ?demanding a government of. for anil ty th ? native South ( art linlnns. and wht ippoeed any comprom'.ro or cembin.ttl #n. These men laid th ? foundation for the triumph of IS78 ? sjad r *n. Butler garnered the rewsrd of honor und hlsh pesUhui where he had sol sown. The New York cotton farmers who rvlways know more about the cotton sjeeS), present, past and future, than the officials of the department of A*'icultore. or the men who live In the >outh und make the cotton, are puttr.ur out their u^ual lln.? of sprlai tnlx. They say that the drought in T>x:wi will rtlmoit certainly red :DS I I reop In that State a million or more t?ale.?. that the conditions nro so un tSvotable In other cotton growing Fte?. i Ihnt a full crop Is an Impos? sibility, that the demand for cotton ftcodi la inc.- i^lo| SO rapidly that ?'.1 th?' nllls Pi Am - i? i hh! I! ?o;?,. are ta: e I t? Ml! orders, tlroj th" pro.ipcets fe h?u\y foture demand . ? b .:1m r prh ra wer? sever better, thst the vlsl htf supply tf American SOttOfl is n??t ai<: v !.-nt to supply the normal de? ST.an V that unb mm there is a crop this > .f o\ ie?iat Utilises nllltoii bales ? %? dl t... H cotton famine sjgfgj 1 ? no! th.it prh e , air sure t?? i. |0| a pew Mgfc level, aii of v.h'ch talk la ir r the purpose of Inlho .i- lir; OOt !? ?? nrowers to plant a big crop. A lorn* about September 1st the other side of th ? picture Will 1 ? presented to view and we shall b arn that there Is a glut ?tton. th.it the demand baa fallen off md that the mills are facing nn Indefinite shut down as a result of In abili t> to Mod .i!..i In lm m* t\<*> stiwk ??r ssaaafsotured produel on hand Thero Is no occasion f >r the eotton ?ruwiT? t<? wurry ovt-f Ihl pro?pe. t of a cotton famine, no need to i low up corn for the purpose of putting In a tew more aeres of cot ten. A crop of 11.500,000 or 12,000, Farmers' Union News ?AND ? Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by F. YV. Dabbs, President Furniers' Union of Sumter County.) The Watchman and Southron having decided to double its service by semi-weekly publication, would improve that service by special features. The first to be Inaugurated is this Department for the Farmers' Union and Practical Farmers which I have been requested to conduct. It will be my aim to give the Union news and ofteial calls of the Union. To that end officers, and members of the Union are requested to use these columns. Also to publish such clippings from the agricultural papers and Govern? ment Bulletins as I think will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori? ginal articles by any of our readers telling of their successes or failures will be appreciated and published. Trusting this Department will be of mutual benefit to all concerned, THE EDITOR. All communications for this Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. Mayesville. S. C. To the readers of this Department of the Watchman and Southron, should any of you be disposed to crit? ic jze the free use I make of The Pro? gressive Farmer In selecting my clip? pings each week. I have no apology to make and only wish I had space to republlsh the entire contents. It is with me a question what to leave out. not what to select But I would like to have sufficient contributions from my readers to All these columns, and that they would take the other matter at first hand by subscribing for the Progressive Farm? er. Just a little over two weeks to the ru.xt County meeetlng with Jordan Union at Mellen school house. What ire the brethren doing to give the food people who will entertain us a neetlng that will make them glad to lave us In their midst? Will not Wedgefleld. Dalzell, Oswe ro and Pocotallgo Unions revive be ore the 7th of Ma>\ and send dele rates'to this meeting? ? We are looking for calls from other neighborhoods to organize unions be? ere the May meeting and would like o see those named above come into me too. >e\eii Health Rules: How to Live One Third Longer. All America is waking up to Um mportsnce of better health condl mns. and State and National govorn ?its irg taking deeper interest in he subject than ever before. Regard gf what State or nation may do, ICWever. every Individual by follow? er I few simple rules of hygiene for ilmself may greatly Increase the smtfth and the happiness of his own lie. Reven such rules wo give here* .vith. and If they should be followed Ib.-, sea-on by the Sfi.OOu farm famb ? v. 1 ? will read these lines. the 0 v kith and efficiency of young and >bi. Rotn and women, would he ini nrasurably Increased, doctors' bill re* I ? d, and the gonc.aj tone, of life 1 wie notably brighter and. happi r . say nothing of fewer graves fa the ie*> lng-g:ou::ds and cernoterlei ;lt he ead of the year. Here a e the even tubs: t 1 I Hav< a properly planned and r. periy cooked diet. Make a study Of this qnoetiOU and have your wife ' e i ntudy of It. We cat t o much neat and too much hot, pacty food. V do not cat enough fruit, veget ?! les. e:rgs. butter, and milk. There go excuse for any farmer not hav? ing ' nongh of thexe nourishing. ing fOOda, and with them, tan s< t a table fit for a king. (?> Chaw your food three tlme.? a? long M you have Icon doing. The d*1ctcher p rfielple, "Chew your food tin u become! I] laid and practically swallowa Itself," If the only correct tilde. Mr. Plotch r guarantees that hi.* method will Increaii the average man's work in.; ell', iency jr> per cent in six months. i?) Don't ovageat Proper ehaw? in, howevefi will practically prevent ? b also. Chew your fond thorough? ly and your sense of tettc will be sat? isfied before you eat too much, it Is when you bolt your food down that you ovi reat. (i> Breathe only froth air. Let I '* Into your sleeping room, no mat? ter I OW cold the weather. The dread of "night air" Is absurd. Jr fr< sh a'.r were only to be had for a price, thou* eands of poor p< oplf would bo bog? gin; m ?tu y to buy it. while us It Is, they shui b out Ofl every provocation. la fy i>.i loll and slttln-r-rooms and sleeping rooms with all the windows down breed headaches and develop eorsumpt ion. (5) Drink twice n<\ much wabr as you haVf been drinking. The av tfl bales WOnld DO WOTth more In dollars and 000tl than a lS,e00t0O<l l lie crop, and a m it. rial i ed lOtlOII In lb<. acreage and yield would be a Oed Had to the South this year. The Vtea policy for the farmers to pur IUe Nl to reduce the acreage, Incragge tho yelld per acre and sell no COttOB for fall delivery. E. W. D. erag^pcrson drinks only half enough. Drink two glasses when you get up mornings, and as much as you can at other times?preferably not at meals, h ?wevcr, or for an hour before or af t(r. (6) Stop dosing add drugging yourself; never take a patent medi? cine. If you are not well, by all means avoid putting your health and your life in the hands of men you know nothing about, and who know nothing about your ailment. Nino times out of ten a drug taken into your system when not needed acts as a virtual poison, and unless the physi? cian knows the exact nature of your ailment, the chances are it Is not needed. (7) Let all Intoxicants alone. No man who begins drinking is sure that he can keep from drinking immod? erately; while the latest medical re? searches have proved that even the most moderate drinking injures one's nervous and mental powers, lessens one's ability to resist disease, and also aids in developing any latent disease or weakness. Surgeon-General Wy man In his recent address on South? ern health conditions sounded a spe? cial note of warning concerning the injurious effects of alcoholic drinks in v arm climates. Of cou.se there are other things not to be neglected?frequent bathlm in a ? i-?m as v/ami as the body (a bathroom just big enough to tum around in, and quickly betted by an oil stove will do the work), eight hours* s'eep, and a good supply of drinking water uneontam'nated by filth or disease?but these seven rules arc UtS things most needed by the average man. They will xdd yens t y? ur life and life to yqur years. To them.?Progressive Farmer, WHITE MAN KILLS HIS COUSIN. ? yer Asserts That He Was Protect? it g ili. tfe. Augusta. <*a.. April 1$<?W. Q, Te? xtile, a mid He-aged white man from 'o*. umhin. B. C. was arrested at tin Augusts union depot yesterday morn Ing by Patrolman Nortis and Dctee lyes Hartley and Williams, und he b u rw being held at police I arracks. The Carolina authorities charge him with murder, and an officer will conn fr< m Columbia this morning to carry him i ack, Sessile i 'mils shOottng at his oousln, Melton BassllOi on Sat? urday night, bul he rt 11*\-? thai he dl AOt know what the results of Iiis shots were until Informed by the Augusts ifflcers thnt he had killed him. The shooting occurred near Horroll mil, a imall place In Rlchland Coun? ty, about slxtsen miles from Colum? bia, The man retained here says that his cousin had been pursuing his wife end had mads persistent stt mpt i I ? ,rt on familiar terms with her, but he repulsed his proffered attentions, le rays he informed his cousin four months ago thai he would kill him if Continued to act as ho was doing regarding Mrs. Baselle, Par.ello and hie wife and children reside In Columbia, but on Saturday they went to visit '\ brother-in-law, near Horrell Rill. The man Impris? oned at the barracks says that the d< ceased followed them, s*nd on Sat* rdsy night about o oV lock wenl to ihe place where he and his wife wove stopping. "I thought that Melton Ba? ? !c WOUld come to the house thai night," said th<> slayer of his cousin, "and i walked sway from tin houae? believing thai he would :u> there, i ?' nl a few hundred yards and ro Irsced my .steps, end when i rcsched the house again, Baselle was standing nosr the front gate, with a double barrelled shotgun In his bands. 1 quickly seised it from bis grasp. When he saw thai 1 bad the gnu he r:.n. but I fired both barrels at him, i ran Into the bouse without knowing the result of my shots, and my Wife urged nie to Issvs at ones, slthough I am psrfectly wining now, and was *t et my home." then, to race trial, i f< It thai i did right in killing him In order to pro Bstelli Is a carpenter, .and he and his wile have two children. Comic Side of Crime. It is a generally accepted fact that one can see humor in most things if one looks deep enough, says the Strand. The following Is, perhaps, rather a queer story, but it is worth quoting if only to empasize the futili? ty of choosing juries in the haphazard way still followed in England: A man was tried on evidence ir? resistible "to anybody but a jury" for a most terrible murder. He had slain his father and mother on testimony so clear that there could be no shadow of doubt as to the guilt. The Jury brought in a verdict of "not guilty." It was an example of the comic Jury-yes, screamingly funny com? edians?a troupe of twelve led by a comic foreman. The judge was furious, and asked the comedians what they meant by such an outrageous verdict, "when they knew the culprit was guilty and ought to be hanged." "That's Just it, my lord," said the foreman of this distinguished body. \ i "I assure you we had no doubt about \ the prisoner's guilt, but we thought there had been deaths enough in the : family lately." -I District Attorney Jerome condemns j city magistrates as being grouchy and Unfair, The sense of humor, which I I Mr. Jerome holds essential to judicial I < i^e he thinks has been lost by the ; magistrates. Mrs. Charles P. Strong, correspond- j ing secretary of the Massachusetts j association opposed to the extension of suffrage to women, has replied to I the statement that Sweden has grant- j ed full suffrage to women by denying | the truth of the assertion. The only change in suffrage in Sweden, she says, was that all of the men are now permitted to vote for members of the upper house, whereas cnly 7 per cent were given this right before. Mrs. Strong is working diligently at the task of stemming the tide of suffra gettlsm in this country. Set your heart on a living and lose life. ' Rev. J. L. Harley. of Spartanburg, State superintendent of the Anti-Sa? loon League and the leader of the organization that is fighting the ie Kaliied sale of liquor in South Car<> . delivered an oddreai in the First Methodist church Sunday morning at the hour for the regular service. il.ee wa-i a large congregation pres ? it and the strong address delivered by Mr. Harley erat heard with#every indication of interest. Mr, Harley* argument was along the usual lines followed by those v. ho advocate pro? hibition by law as best and the lou'i al meant for the promotion of tern perance. ill IXIllXUlAlJJLXXIXXXXXXXXXXXXg Patten, a Lieutenant in the Old Guard, an exclusive or gani&ation com? posed of soldiers of distinction who fought1 in the Civil War, very poptdar in sea-et society circles, \\ recommends the j a mo u s remedy, Pe-ru-na, as a spring tOniC, Kesayu "I have used IYru na, and desire tore? ommcnd your rem? edy as an inviporat ing Spriug tonic; also one of the best remedies that I ever tried for coughs, colds and cstarrhal complaints." [aving read the above testimonial, what concla "gion must be reached by any fair minded, unprejudiced reader? there any possibility that a man of the prom ^^^mence and reputation of Col. Patten could be in *duced to say such things if be did not honestly believo Them to be true? "Remember, he says no? only that he recommends Perona aa an invig? orating spring tonic, but also as one of the best remedies that he has ever tried for coughs, colds and catarrhal complaints. What are you going to do with such evidence? Are yon going to tnrn away from it and listen only to the talk of people who probably never saw a bottle of Peruna, certainly never tried a bottle of it, who have nothing else to do but to talk about other people's affairs? Are you going to listen to such people as that, Instead of accepting the testimony of those who know? There may be a few people so constituted as to be able to perform euch a mental feat. But the sensible people, the reliable people, the brawn and brain of the world, who aro governed by principles of justice and common sense, are going to accept the clear, pointed and undoubted testimony of a man of national repu? tation who knows what he is talking about. Peruna is everything he says it is. It is an invigorating spring tonic. It lg al*o a good remedy for coughs. We have many testimonials at u-st in:: M tbisfack Peruna ll manufactured by the Peruna Drag Mfg. Co., Oolamhaa? Ohio. . G. OSTEEN, JR., Dentist. 18 West Liberty Street-Up Stairs. I ours:?8.30 to 1- P. M? 2 to 6. Office Phone?N o. 30 - - - House Phone 382 AT this season of year every house is supposed to get a complete overhauling a general cleaning up, in an? ticipation of Summer, which is fast approaching. This will necessitate the taking up of carpets and replacing them with rugs or mattings, and we wish to suggest to those who have not already invested, that it would be hard to find a more attractive stock from which to make their selections than we are offering. China Mattings. In buying these goods the most satisfactory results are obtained by selecting small fig? ures for the reason that they are more close* ly woven and will as a consequence wear better. Our offerings consist <>t a beautiful assortment of patterns in which the small green, red and brown figures predominate. Prices 35 Cents Down. Jap Mattings. We have a few rolls of these that wc will close out Very Much Under Price. RUG 3! RUGS I ! Our stock in this line is very complete. The assortment of patterns in our moquettes At $2.50 and $3.75 is very attractive. We arc selling an ex? cellent tapestry rug, nicely fringed, mad* from remnants of carpets. Size 27x54 inches at $1.00. art equare3. We have an excellent line of these and prices within reach of everybody. Our Axministers This season arc the swellest patterns we have ever handled. Prices $22.50 Down. LINOLEUM. There is nothing more sanitary or durable for a pantry or kitchen than Linoleum, and it is frequently used as a dining room cover? ing. We are selling the best grade we evtr offered in a splendid assortment of patterns At $1.00. O'DONNELL & CO., ? SUMTER. SOUTH CAROLINA.