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f l)f Mlaubnu? ;u;g ^ouli iui, WfculUbQAY, JUNE 9. 1909. The .sumter Watchmun was found? ed In Isle and the True Southron In Hit. The Watchman and Houthron gaew hiu the combined circulation and Inatoenoo of both of the old papers, and Is rranlfeatly ths best advertising medium in Sumter. Comptroller General Jone? Is In a fair way to make himself quite un? popular with those who have incomes. Th? wags-earners ?nd small salaried snen. on the contrary, are of the opin? ion that he Is a useful cltisen and a patriot ess Senator B D Hmith has mad* the discovery that the Republican party as doomed. We sincerely trust the dlse>vsry la a reality and not i pipe dream, but we fear that the O. O. 1?. will keop on doing business at the ?Id stand for many lone years. It n toe useful as ths political annex to the predatory trusts for them to permit ft to languish and terminate. Politics an business In the North and the G. O. F. to operated along business lines by practical men who need It and c innot afford to do without it. especially When a tariff law is to he framed. ? s ? The correspondents of this paper nre requested to make careful Inquiry and Investigation of the crop acreage nnd condition, a* compared with last /vsr on June 10th and malf a brief statement airing result of Investiga? tion to reach this offics not Inter than 14th. The Investigation should cover C following points Acreage as i pared with laut year, tho condi? tio of crop ss regards stand, the eartfnWe or lateness and the state of Jvatioa. the amount of fertiliser J as eosnpared with Isst yaar, the pry nod efficiency of labor, any Other general remarks of Interest, re si e*lng climatic or other conditions , all. tioc*seJve rains, etc., that a had Injurious effects upon the 9* l<ot the report cover cotton, , i, tobacco and othe;* crops, es? he suggestion that itteps be taken go 4et rid ot the life term trustees of nson Coflseie, who hold office un- , the Clean on will and control the j age. la a good one and should be j pted at the earliest possible date. , .Teenaon Is to on a State lnatltu- ( It should be one In fact aa we'l as In name, and It can never be so j f as It Is eontroled by a self* per- ( jatlna board that Is responsible to , ody but themselves. gee he fact that there will be a minor- , report from xhe Asylum investi? ng committee encourages the hope ( t the investigation sdll be a value- | im *nd unless proceeding, unleas re Is something mote In the Inves itlon thsi^ has beer published in , i reports sent out by the Columbia -spacers snd correspondons. the vmltter would have saved time and nsy had they adopted a coiSpll ltary resolution endorsing ths Asy i administration s.nd adjourned hw'.th When Wsking Vp. Mere Is s bit of Information it will pay you to keep ready for reference though you will perhaps turn up your gene at it at the first reading: "Ho.v to wake up. snd wake up fully and gmlekry? Mont people prefer not to wake up In the morning?that is, they think of the pleasure there would bf )n 1unt live minutes' more of sleep If only that alarm elock had not sound ed Its WKmliiK of course you have to get up. and .f here Is really anything that will make the Job easier and new, sloai at roe win aranl to know about it Doctors have long ago agreed tl at dullnesa on first awaken? ing in the morning is due to sluggish gJrentatlon of the blood In the brain. This can be o-ilckly overcome by mas? saging the nci-k in the neighborhood of the Jagotar vein, thus stirring the blood to life and action Hub your meek well on both sides and drowsl neee will leave you you. Try It.' ? Time* ('.?. ee nut of Mgtit IIusJiich?*. It Ig worthy of note that after sev? eral years of experiment. Chester has abrn. ned its municipal elligllll light plant and h.ia granted the Southern | r < - . ;? ineuese to light the tl?y Tht franchise was granted for ton yearn. They ire to furnish arc lights ?i ' . ? "? r >. .4 saeh unto Ihe city um?? 10t arc light*, when the price will be reduced to 160. They |g ruiMlnh Incandescent lights at ! . ?*nt* >\ kllow Ht hour until in cents per lamp is consumed, whe t the |.u. will ch*oge to 7 1-2 cent* a kilowatt hour. The Southern power Company hough! the old electric light plant, e\ cept the power station, ermine, dyna n . ???Hers, belting. etc.. paying t:?Voo> to the city fo, ihiH. Thh money wilt be paid to the city upon the formal entrance of the <ompan\ which will be shortly.?-Rock Hill Re? cord. Farmers' Union News ?AND j Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. \V. Dahl?, President I'mincis' ClUoit of Suniter I Count v.) The Watchman and Soutl: ron 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 ha ve been requested to conduct. It will be my ??Im to give the Union news and official 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 article* 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 thU Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs, M ay es v Hie. S. C. The Sumter County Farmers Union held its regular monthly meeting with Trinity Union Friday. The attend? ance was good, the Interest in Union matters intense, the dinner abundant, and the hospitality whole-hearted. Commissioner E. J. Watson sent a letter of regrets at not being able to attend. But President Harris was there In fine condition and was a host In himself as he talked during the re? cession from business with one group and another of Intensely earnest far? mers about the practical problems of farm management. President Welch of Lee County Union made an earnest speech at the open air meeting on the necessity of keeping in touch with our represen? tatives in Congress. President Harris presented the three fundamentals of Steering' by Mother's Light. A very beautiful story Is related of a boat out at sea carrying in it a father and his little daughter. As they were steering for the shore they were overtaken by a violent storm, which threatened to destroy them The coast was dangerous. The moth? er lighted a lamp and started up the worn stairway to the attic Window. "It won't do any good, mother," the son called after her. But the mother went up. put the light In the window, knelt beside it, and prayed. Out in the storm the daughter saw a gllm mer of gold on the water's edge. "Steer for that," the father said. Slow? ly, but steadily, they came toward the light, and at last wtore anchored In the little sheltered harbor by the cot unionlsm. Education. Co-operation tage. and Diversification. "Thank God!" cried the mother, as Sumter County's live business agent, she heard their glad voices and came Mr. J. M. Brogdon, of Sumter, made down the stairway with a lamp In her juch a fine showing for the business hand. "How did you get here?" she ilde of the union thai Lee County representatives asked If they might participate in our business plans. \nd with any adjacent unions of oth ?r counties were accorded that prlv said. 'We steered by mother's light," an? swered the daughter, "although we did not know what it was out there.' 'Ah!" 'thought the boy, a wayward lege unanimously. And President boy, "it is time I was steering by my Harris gave him a good order for for? mers' supplies to be shipped to Pen? lleton. mother's light." And ere he slept he surrendered himself to God and asked Him to guide him over life's rough 8ome of the visitors spent a half ?ea. Months went by and disease lour, very Interestedly, looking over smote him. "He can t live long," was the up-to-date 50 bbl. flour mill that the verdict of the doctor; and one * nearing completion at Trinity, stormy night he lay dying. "Do not ?rops of 15 to 30 bushels of wheat be afraid for me." he said, as they per acre have been harvested and wept; "I shall make the harbor, for breshed by the gasolene outfit of Mr. | am steering by mother's light." Klrby. and as soon as the wheat is East and West. Jry, Trinity biscuits with home-made butter and syrup will be on the tables Curing a l>octor. In that neighborhood. An eminent physician of London. President Harris was let out of tell- who was remarkable for continuing Ing how to raise pork at 1 1-2 cents hi* visits to the rich patients after he per pound by some local brethren's had turned their disorders out of assertions that they raised pork for doors, attended a lady of some cele nothing. or for so little cost that the brity In the world of wit for three feeds had no market value. \ months after her recovery and re Some extra fine, for this season, gularly stayed with her until, in the corn, cotton and tobacco were to be English manner, he received his dls seen. And acres on acie? of oats in missing fee of 5 guineas. Weary of the shock. President Harris was taken by th< bis expensive calls and concluding that to lessen the fee would be to lose old Brick Church to board the train the visitor, she ventured to give him at Mayeavllle, and wan charmed with 4 guineas at the conelu.-lon of his next his trip through this level and fertile farming section. The next meeting of the County Upton will be with High Hills loeal at call. He looked anxiously In his hand then on the carpet and stood for some time In evident embarrassment. "Have you lost anything?" Inquired the General Sumter Memorial School the lady, on Friday. July 2nd, and the brethren 4 Why madam. I thought I had ffOm the lowlands are anticipating a dropped a guina." pleasant trip to the historic high hills >d the Santee. "It is only a mistake in the person. >ir." rejoined the fair patient. "It is Very beneficial rains have fallen. I who have dropped the guinea." :i ii? 1 we have been blessed In e?cap ing the hall storms and excessive rains | visits that have visited other localities. We are hoping for clear, dry weather that the mam f-rops may be hauled in and UM land planted to peas or OOm Some very forward corn has been i l>. hut most of the crop is just receiving the first application of fer tlllzers. E. W, D The doctor, of course, dropped his Put Your Faith In Truth. Have faith in truth, never in num I" i s. The great surge of numhers rolls up noisily and imposingly, but flattens on the shore, ind slides hack An English paper ? says that the champion ahsent-minded man lives at Palham. On one ocasion he call ed upon his old friend, the family physician. Alter a chat of a couple of hours the doctor saw him to the door and bade him good night. saying "Come again. Family all well, I sup pose?" "My heavens!" exclaimed the absent-minded beggar, "that remind' me of my errand. My wife Is In a fit." The remains. Of Rev, If, A. Con? nors were interred In Bpartanburg into the mud of oblivion. But a tin- ! T-esday afternoon. May 2?th. The "i.iiiion is tin- ocean Itself, calm in its reel eternal in its power Platt Miss Kellte Revel!, of Ohleago, has h? en He|e< ted l.j the ( Sovel nor of If ? i hlgan ni Mate pi sei ai ant. Her headquarters, will be in Detroit? and she will Write up the Stale and eoun 'lr<< as i menus of .ok hi Ing tin r< pources of II lehlgan The appeal of the State Hoard of I iiiv.i- aeri In Ins election on the an? ' ? itlon of a portion oi H< rkelej County to Charleeton ha been with drawn. This election era defeated by in iii majority and aii' i in? d<' m m hail been announced bi the coun b< ii'il .in appeal \n as taken to i statt board, footorday howcter, tie* ?tai > ofl statt- reoeh id not Ice ti> d the appeal would be withdrawn Ci noral servioei were held in the r st Baptist church and In addtlon to appreciative remarks by Dr. Rop? er., the pastor, a life-long friend of Bro, Connors, brief tribute! were spoken by Rev. If. IfoGee, of Hone t Path, and w. \v. Keys, of Greenville \ delegation of ten or twelve were pi t sent from the Honen Path church, and six of the number acted as pall I ean is. The Moral tributes were nu II < tons and very handsome, and the services al the church and the grave were deeply impressive Baptlsl i tourler, If me, Sofia Loeblnger was elected preeldenl of the new organisation of suffragetta which was formed the oth (?:? evening in New fork, it is oom posed entirely of wage-earning wo? men. BUANCHING CUT. The Farmer's Bank and Trust Co., Will Establish Brandies At Bunimor ton und Pinewood. Ths OlHcers and directors ^>f the Farmer's Hank and Trust Company have decided to establish branches of that bank at Pinewwod and Summer ton. Clarendon county and all arrange? ments have been made for opening the branch banks between this time and August 1st. The furniture and fixtures have been ordered and as soon as the outfits arrive the branch banks will be opened for business. Pinewood. which is a growing town with important and rapidly increasing business interests is without banking facilities and the branch bank wdll fill a long felt want and will do much toward the development of the place. In the case of Summerton conditions are somewhat different as that place now has a flourishing bank several years old. But there is a demand in the community for another bank and more banking capital ,and the town is grow* ing at a rate that calls for another bank and it is certain that the Farmers' Bank and Trust Company will builo*| up a large and profitable business in that town and section.. The extension of the business act? ivity and influence of the Farmer's Pank and Trust Company to include these two prosperous and growing tow..ns of Clarendon county will be a good thing not only for Pinewwod and Summerton but for Sumter also. It cannot fail to make the business rel? ations of these two towns and Sumter closer and more cordial and will un? doubtedly have the effect of bringing more business of all lines to the city from the towns and country tributary to them. The branch banks will give the people of Summerton and Pine wood every facility that the Farmer's Bank and Trust Company offers it's customers In Sumter and the deposit? ors and patrons of the branch banks will have the same security that the parent bank affords it's patrons, and to that extent they will be better pro? tected than if they had a local bank with small capital. Her Other Name. It was the first day of kindergarten, and the row of new pupils stood wait? ing to give their names. They were like Mistress Mary's flower garden, for they were eight little maidens all in a row. > There were Rose and Margaret, and so on down to three-year-old Jane, who was so shy and sweet that all eyes were upon her. "Your name is Jane, dear?" asked the teacher, as she wrote it dow?n. "No, ma'am, not Jane Dear, just Jane," lisped the baby. "Well, what is your other name, little one?" asked the teacher. "Oh, my ozzer name is muzzer's pet lamb, but we don't tell It to stwanger8." For the time being she was record? ed as just "Jane." It was too sweet to spoil. So the teacher let it remain Jane, as she had written it, and bided her time to find out "muzzer's pet lamb's'' surname.?Washington Star. "It is a wonderful story." says the publisher to the new author, whose manuscript has just been accepted, according to The Chicago Post, "but you have failed in one important f* a ture. You do not describe the way the heroine was dressed when the hero first met her. You'd better write a paragraph about her clothes, but try to avoid the conventional." The in? genious author, knowing the sameness Of costume descriptions In the best lellera, and also knowing how to make an appeal to the feminine heart wrote: "Helolse floated toward him. garbed in a $600 dress, n $260 hat. with a S9S.T3 mantilla over a $370 lace coat." "out of sight 1 ii that gown, isn't she?" observed a gentleman in the baloony, pointing to Mrs. De Koltay. who occupied a front seal in one of the lower tier of boxes, says The Bo [hemlan. "Out of sight? Well, hard? ly. It strikes in.- it is the other way about." responded his companion dry? ly. Which goes to show the elasticity ??:" the American language, which says one thing and means another, it also shows?but. upon second thoughts, we must respectfully hut firmly de? cline going into any further details. War on Hies may had to banish? ment Of the horse. ;i source of swarms of germ-laden files, and hasea of dried tilth which lly about and infect the eyes, ears, blood, breathing apparatus ami digestive organs of man. War on dies may not end until the horse is b.-mished. and then New fork may be? come the cleanest, most healthful city in the wold. Before Hie war on dogs, dogs were led. loosed and carried ev? erywhere, Science taught us thatdogs spread deadly diseases, have filthy feeding habits, ami Without warning Inflict grave, even fatal injuries. To? day the city man with his dog is shun? ned, henoe most men prefer not to be BOOH leading (logs. SUMTER WINS DOUBLE-HEADER - < *afi s? I ool Team Befeata Columbia| Hoya in Two Games Yesterday, The Sumter High School base ball term closed the season Friday af ternoon with a double victory over the Columbia High School team. The victory was particularly welcome and gratifying to the home team in view Of the overwhelming defeat that it suffered at the hands of their op? ponents in Columbia last week. Since their trimming in Columbia the lo? cal team has put in a lot of hard prac? tice and the boys were in fine trim for the game yesterday. They went in to win, they put lots of ginger into the game and they played fast ball from the first inning. The first game was the hardest fought, closest and most interesting, the second was not by any means a slow exhibition. Both teams played good ball and for ama? teurs they are above the average. There are several on each team who could give a good account of them? selves in faster company. The score by inning follows: First game: R. H. E. Sumter 000 200 12*?5 8 2 Columbia 102 000 000?3 6 4 Batteries?Green and Marshall; Duncan, Squires and Waring. Umpire Jones. Second game: R. H. E. Sumter 103 400 44* 16 16 5 Columbia 010 210 020?6 12 7 Batteries?Smith and Marshall; Duncan, Hornsby, Hardin and Wai rng. Umpire Miller. The Jealous Deaconess. Dulolna Bulltt (colored) wife of Paria Bulltt, living not a thousand miles from the County teal of Sum? ter. became jealous ? f a woman friend, so she made and baked bread plentifully mixed with pounded glass in the flour. This loaf she ?Weetly presented to her rival. She (the Rival) ate thereof. And her l!tl!e brats beside, And what they did not eat that night Dr. P- next morning tried. He found it full of bottle glass, And evil as could be; So Dulcina Bulllt just did pass, A swinging to a tree. The "Odd Boys" And "squashed To justify their They all would A character so shining bright. They could not bring to shame; Nor on her deed shed any light, To sully her fair name. So all night long they viewed tlu.t bread, Those Coons of high degree. And not a single woolly head, A piece of glass could see. So back to Paris fast, she sped, As happy as could be; With carte blanche now to make her bread, And Queen Societee. Of Foraker! O! Booker T! O! Misera! O! Misere! UNKNOWN TONGUES. It Is All Gibberish, Says a Chicago Scientist. In view of the fact that the "Gift of Tongues" movement has such strong backing in this section as that of the Rev. J. M. Pike, editor of the "Way of Faith," a religious weekly of large circulation, published in Co? lumbia, there is considerable interest for South Carolinians in the study of this peculitar manifestation which has been made from a psychological standpoint by Prof. Frederick G Hencke, who, writing in The Ameri can Journal of Theology (Chicago.) calls it "a recrudescence of psychic phenomena of a low stage of cul ture." However, the phenomena agree, ho says, both In their origin an 1 lU the experiences themselves, with the! Edmtm description given by similar mena in the New Testament gestlon, it is asserted, plays portant part; and "suggestibility is greatly increased by the formation of a psychological crowd, that is. a group of persons who through recip? rocal suggestion and imitation one of another act as if a group mind had supplanted the various individual minds.' Suggestibility and loss of rational control are sometimes ? found to be made more intense by deliberate ef? forts on the part of the subject to ex? clude every possible extraneous im? pression. For the belief of those people that "the sensory and motor automatisms which appear in connection with their revivals are the product of the Holy Spirit working within them." Dr. Hencke accounts by tracing to its origin the belief in spirit posses? sion. Precisely these beliefs were held by the Hebrews, says the writer. After investigating several hun- | dred cases, Dr. Hencke says: "I j heard no one speak in any'of the | six languages with which I am ac-1 qualnted. In its simplest form, it has been a mere babbling or screech? ing; and where it was more develop? ed there has been a constant tend? ency toward a repetition of certain syllables." The location of the encampments for the three regiments of Infantry have teen fixed. The first regiment will go into camp at Greenville be? tween July 25 and August 3, accord? ing to a letter received from Col. W. W. Lewis, who inspected the sites of? fered by Greenville and Spartanburg. Col. Lewis writes that the induce? ments offered by bcth cities are very attractive but there are better and more advantages at Greenville for In? struction work than at Spartanburg and therefore the encampment will be held at Greenville. The Second Regi? ment will be encamped at Ridgewood Park near Columbia, between June 28 and July 7 and the Third regiment will be In camp at Aiken July 12 to July 21. At Oskaloosa, Iowa, theje was un? veiled reeentlv a momnri?l to WMHttro a pioneer, i?t th- form o? Mahaaka, a great Iowa Ii Ran chief. In comment ?n the motxament O e Des Meines Register ami jueuuer ?a>s. .wanasna had many virtues. The Iowas were a great race." Somehow or other, it Is hard to think of a giraff as a wild beast.? New York Mail. WANTED?To hire three four-mule logging teams to haul by the thous? and. Wrill pay cash once a week. Address J. W. Jackson, Sumter, S. C. W&S2wks-4t Barber Shop Under New Management. D. Atkinson, Proprietor. The Best Service in the City. Your patronage solicited. NOTICE Since the dog catcher has been on the streets of Charleston this spring he has caught 182 dogs. Of this number 129 have been killed. 32 re? deemed at the pound, and 21 are on hand awaiting either release or death. The Board of County Commission? ers will hold an election for Two Cot? ton Weighers for the City of Sumter on July 1st, at which time the regular monthly meeting of the Board will also be held. P. M. PITTS. Supervisor. J. R. Sumter, Clerk. 6-2-lt-a-w-3t. **' Hog Feed Cheap CARLOAD EXTRA NICE RICE FLOUR The cheapest and best Hog Feed you can use. We will sell it cneap as long as it lasts.