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THK Y. M. C A. MOVEMENT. Great Interest I* Being Manifested Now In Regard to the Eatahliah meat of Y. M. Q A. Quartern Here. A broad and effective Interest 's arising in the Y M. C. A. movement, which ie now on foot In this city. It la hailed with the greatest delight by all of the Sumter people who are In? terested In the welfare of the young men of this pluce. The good that a Y. M C. A. will accomplish here can hardly be overestimated. Plans are now on foot to effect an organlsstlon a an early date. It la the purpose of the young men who are pushing this movement to"get the cooperation of every young man In Sumter, In Joining In the movement and helping financially and by their Influence, to eecure quarters for a gymnasium, bath rooms, assembly hall, readings and club room, etc., for the accommodation of the associa? tion. To this end a number of young men are nqw at work to get the pledgee of all she young men In the otty ef Sumter to become members of the association and to assist In ts or? ganisation at as early a date aa Is practicable. The Baraca class of the rir.U Bap? tist church has taken some s1e?e to? ward the organisation of this move? ment. . But this must not be a denom? inational affair. It must be InUr-de nomlnatlonal or entirely non-sec tartan. I: should be entirely noii-sec tarlan. The purpose of the aaiocla tlon Is th? moral uplift of young men. What should be, and Is. of vital Interest to the ladles, especially the mothers, of this city Is the fact that a Juvenil? amateur branch of the as? sociation be organised for boys under sixteen years of age. The fathera and mothers ought to consider what this department means to their boys. In afternoons when the young men will necessarily be at work, the boys will have the advantage of the gynasium reading* rc?om, etc. This will not only keep tht boys out of mischief on the streets, hat it will make them sound and strut n in body and clear of mind ?two things that every parent wants to see. The juveniles will be given advantage of the association's halls for one-half of the regular member? ship fee. This custom prevails In all of the larger associations, and has i proved to be of inaitlmable value to the young hoys. Young men. If you are Interested In the establishment of a Y. M. C. A. I her?, givs your spare moments to talking the nur Its of the association to your friends who tire not interested or who have not thought It over. There are a good many young men who do not know what It means to be a member of the Y. M. C. A. Explain It to them. A Premium on Foil]. Und? Hiram, who wears whlikers and Uvea In comic weeklies, will be delighted with the latest mws from New York. A man in the metropolis haa Invented a dsvlee which enables one to blow out the gaa without fear t of the consequences. Dy a mechan? ism too complicated to describe, the gaa. when blown out, automatically shuts Itself off. So perfect Is the con? trivance, according to the Inventor, that the gaa bill ceaia to run. Hiram, the comics tell us. haa never been able to understand why meddle? some people should Irterfere with his simple, homely diversions. Blowing out the gss, he has always maintain? ed, la one of those petmonal privilege* gusranteed us under the constitution A machine which will enable him to blow out all the gaa within reach, without need for aubiequent hospital treatment, will do much to restore Hlrsm'a faith In popu'ar government. go much for the blowing out of gas: but why can not this beneficent genius turn his attention to other needed Inventions? Where is the ma? cht! e that will make banana peels on the sidewalk a delight to pedestralu*? Isn't there some device that will make the humorist who rocks boats and pulls ehalrs from under folks a pub? lic benefactor? Can't we have an an? tidote for the revolver which no one supposed was loaded??Success Mag sslne. lite World a Magnet. The magnetic needle comes to r S< ponding north and south because the eartt arts as If It were a great mag? net. A compass needle would come to rest pointing lengthwise of a b ir magnet placed under the compa** needle, Juat as it does under the in? fluence f.f the earth. For this reason we think of the earth as a great mag? net. The North Pole and the North ?tar have no Influence over the com pass needle love's I/ogir. very Important question. Her?Why don't you? Him?I aee a negative In your eyes. Her?In both of them" Him?Y*s. Hsr?Don't you know that two negative? make an?why. Charlie! How dare you??Cleveland Leader. Cotton Producers the Wurst Bears When They Should Hull the Market We now hear of some farmers .sell? ing their cotton for future delivery in October or November. At first the buyers enter the field offering ten cents. They bought what they could at that price, then they offered 10 1-2, and bought what they could up to the present, and are now offering 12 cents for it. Why does the farm-, er do this? It is because he does not think and use good business judg? ment. He should realise at once that this Is a game of the speculator to de? feat the objects of the Farmers' Union. The farmers should realize at once that the speculator knows that cotton will be worth more in Oc? tober and November than he is pay? ing for it now. With the bright outlook for cotton the coming season to go very much higher, why should any farmer act with such little judgment? Why did cotton take a tumble on Friday last on boll weevil report? One of Price's tricks to catch the tuckers. They had been taking the bait and the boll wee? vil report was all he wanted to catch them with. Any one with common sense ought to know that when th6 weather gets so hot and dry enough to k 11 the boll weevil that it will kill cotton also. Telegraph reports on the 17th of July states that the drought stricken sections of five millions of acres in Tevaa has had practically no relief, and conditions are serious. Rain must come in the next few days or it well be too late. The world gen? erally doea not realize that this crop la getting such a backward start. Its powers of recuperat ion from this time on are very limited and we are prac? tically up to the period where the dry, hot weather o! July and August will net In and find the tiny, sappy, dwarfish plant Is in no condition to stand the trails of the heat. Brother farmers, just remember if it rains in the drought-stricken dis? tricts In Texas to irevive the cotton plant, the boll wedvil will revive in proportion to the cotton, and if the heated term still stays to 104 and up to 108 degrees of hent, cotton and boll weevil will suffer al ke. Brother farmers, no need to be alarmed. You have the best position in this fight. The man who has sold his cotton for October and November delivery will ever regret his mistake. Now let's see why he is able to sell for October and November delivery. This was never heard of before the organization of the Farmers' Educa? tional and Co-operntlve Union of America. This within Itself should stimulate every farmer to Jem this great and grand organization. What in the reason the Farmers' Union has not achieved to Its fullest extent Its alms and objects? It is because of the great ignorance of the farmers themselves. But I am proud to say that day by day the l^arawrs' Educa? tional and Co-operateve Union of America is growing stronger and stronger, and being better fortified to free themselves of the great burden of speculation. I am proud to say that the farmers are beginning to learn some valuable lessons through the teachings of the Farmers' Edu? cational and Co-operative Union of America. Its power is being felt not only in this country alone, but all over the world. I would to Qod the farmer could realize the power he has. as the world sees It for him. I am proud to say that the cloud of mbst is beeng rolled away through this great organization,, and sunshine and brightness is be? ginning to peep through. The farm? er Is beginning to see the help must come Jhrough his own personal ef? forts, and that there is help for him through organization, co-operation and diversification of crops. This Is the greatest lesson for him to learn, and when this is learned success Ivs his. I am proud to say that the farm? ers did cut acreage this year one and one-half million acres, and plant? ed an Increase of food crops. I want to tell you. brother farmers, this cut? ting of acreage is helping to make the price of cotton today more than it is getting credit for. Why will cotton producers raise thirteen million bales of cotton when they know they can get as much money for ten million bales as they can for thirteen million? It seems to me tht t no sane person would do stich business as this. If a manufac? turer, by stoppeng one-third of his looms, could make as much money as by running the whole re would stop thai one-third at once. Hrother farmers, 1 do not want you |0 forget that you have a valuable crop in your cotton seed, and Just re? collect atid keep one eye on them un? til the petOi gets, right. If you do let your seed go be sure an 1 know what >ou will have to give for your meal before letting them go. I want to call your attention that August 1809, Is the month to begin fixing a price for your 1?10 cotton crop by prepurlng to sow down ti large acreage of oats and wheat, also sow plenty of winter cover crops, and grow your nitrogen In tie soil. One dollar and fifty cents' worth of Crim? son clover seed sown on an acre of your cotton land about the 15th of September will grow into your soil thirty dollars' worth of nitrogen. Think what an investment for $1.50! Also sow one and a-half bushels of oats with 35 pounds of hairy vetch per acre, and you will raise an abun dant supply of nice hay which will be ready to cut about June the 1st. If you have never tried the above be? gin by trying a few acres this year, and you will not stop until you sow many, many acres in the future. Just remember hog and hominy is the keynote of the situation. B. HARRIS, Pres. S. C. State Farmers' Union. AN AP PARA NT FALLACY. Even the most ardent protectionists have been forced at times to acknow? ledge that the system is a close ap? proach to robbery, they defend it on the ground that revenue la needed, and that it Is merely an Indirect tax. We wish to show what an absurd indir? ect tax it is, If revenue is the thing to be considered. Suppose the Government puts a tariff of twenty-rtve per cent on all j leather goods or shoes. Aa a matter of fact, shoes can be produced in this country as cheaply aa anywhere else In the world. The fact that American shoes are noted the world over for their excellence Is not material here. Every man who buys a pair of shoes pays twenty-five per cent, more than the proper cost simply because the foreign shoes have to add that per? centage to their normal cost before they can enter. For every pair of shoes Imported there are thousands of pairs sold that are not imported. For every twenty-five cents that comes to the government In the pay? ment of duty hundreds of unearned dollars go to manufacturers of shoes. It seems absurd that for every cent In taxes which the citizen pays to the United States he should pay many cents to private citizens. That is a poor method of raising revenue. How? ever, there is no use to reason with people who are waxing fat because of the System. When men's pocket's are concerned they #o not see clear? ly. Meantime, we are trying to discov? er just when an infant industry be? comes grown up.?News and Courier. Transforming Eyesore* Into Beauty Spots. The ordinary back yard, with its high board fence and its colection of garbage boxes, barrels and odds and ends, is an eyesore. Though it is hld dn from the sight of the passershy, It, is not hidden from the dwellers In the house, and It does not add to the comforts of home. Instead of a dwelling place of dirt and a disease breeder, the back yard cam be made an attractive feature of the place. This is not a mere theory. It has been done and Is being done right in this city, and those who have "planted hedges, grass and flowers take a great pride In these secluded gardens. If a few neighbors In a single block will get together, agree to wvmove the hrgh board fences and substitute thtsnetor hedges of erergraens, they can start a movement the* is sure to spread. As soon as others see the east Improvement in appeerances and the pleasure In these gardens, they will follow the good example, and soon a whole neighborhood will be blooming out in its heefees, trees and ?owera. An excellent beginning has been made in some sections, and these will serve as models for others who wish to begin the work of Improvement, in snaking beautiful your yard you are not only adding to yonr own health, Vleajture and comfort, but you are also doing your share In a very practical way in the improvement and beautifl cation o fthe city. The present is a good time to begin. By next summer you will begin to see results.?Balti soore Sun. WORDS OF WISDOM. The most exlusive people in the world are either in society or jail. The man with an Iron will should be careful not to let it get rusty. Ma ny an otherwise good man has l>een spoiled by too many ancestors. Don't strike a man just because he insists that he Is your match. The girls with the most cheek don't do the most blushing. Hoaeety Is the filtration tha causes a clear conscience. The bibulous chap is generally more celebrating than celebrated. Second thoughts are only best when they are not more expensive. It Is Just as well to have a short acquaintance with the fellow who is always broke. A woman can always accomplish more with tears than a man can with cuss words. The Kver-Delicate Question. "How old are you, Madam?" ask? ed the cross-examining lawyer. The woman blushed deeply, and stammer Ingly blurted out: "?I' and stopped short. The attorney looked guilty. "Please, madam, quickly," he urged In a gen? tle, kindly voice; "It's getting worse every minute, you know." LYON'S OPINION SCORED. Fairfleld Chairman Will Defy De? cision as to Closing Dispensaries. . Columbia, July 26.?Boldly defying the opinion of Attorney General Lyon as to the time during which the dis? pensary shall remain closed after the election on August 17, Dr. J. J. Rob? ertson, of Blythewood, chairman of the county dispensary board of Fair field, writes Dispensary Auditor West that the Fairfleld dispensaries will be opened on August 18 whether the county goes dry or not. The opinion given by Mr. Lyon was that the dis? pensaries should remain closed until the result of the election is de? clared. Mr. West referred the matter to At? torney General Lyon, who this after? noon addressed a letter to Governor i Ansel. There is nothing to be donei in the matter unless the threat is car? ried out, and then there may be In? teresting developments. It is stated that other county boards have ex? pressed themselves likewise as to the construction of "immediately4* In the Act. If the situation should become serious, it would go to the courts for settlement. Stating that he had received Gen. Lyon's opinion In regard to opening the dispensaries after the election, or "Immediately after," Dr. Robertson says: "Gen. Lyon's opinion is not law ?and I shall pay no attention to it. I can read and understand a law as well as Gen. Lyon, and If he has no more sense than his decision indi? cates, we have an exceedingly weak man for Attorney General. Any intel? ligent school boy with common sense can read that act and understand It. I have heard the opinion of several lawyers, who are far superior to Gen. Lyon in intelligence, making sport of his opinion. In fact, it is a laughing joke with intelligent men. What dif? ference does it make whether a coun? ty goes wet or dry. The dispensaries will continue to sell the drys until the 15th of November and wets long? er. The result has nothing to do with the opening of the dispensaries. And I have legal advice to pay no at? tention to Lyon's decision, and so far as I am concerned I am going to open on the 18th of August, unless the other members of the board oppose it. It matters not with me how this coun? ty votes, but I propose to carry the law out to the letter so long as I am a member of the dispensary board of Fairfleld County. Attorney General Lyon sent the let? ter to Governor Ansel in order that the Chief Executive might be advised of the situation. Hen Moving Hayseed by Electricity. Mr. J. C. Hutchins, president of the Detroit United Railway, has written me of this great movement in Michi? gan: "The clodhopper el the old days has disappeared fram the regio? around Detroit, and, in these days, tt would be difficult, oa the streets of out cities, to 'distinguish, in as far as ap? pearance goes, between the country farmer and the city business man."" It was evident that the trolleys were ulready raising educational standards in the country. In numer? ous Instances along the Lake Shore Electric Railway the country school boards were paying the child? ren's Tares to town with the fundt that Tormerly -supported the dkstricl scbe-irA. It Is the opinion of a growing num? ber elf educators that one of Ore besl things a student can do is to live or a quiet farm and use the trolley. He has healthy surroundings, plenty oi exercise, escapes the temptations and distractions ef town life, and his studies are benefited accordingly. President Angell, of the University of Michigan, declares of the rural trolley: "I trust that it will do some? thing to turn the tide back from city life to country life, which would be most beneficial to this country/' The city theatres are prospering as never before. One evening I counted about twoh undred people who had come In on a single line to attend a single city show. And there was lit? tle, In their appearance to differ? entiate them from ordinary city folk. In fact, I fonnd the country jake, the hayseed, the genuine clodhopper of tradition, extraordinarily hard to lo? cate In Ohio. He was still flourishing in those isolated villages and hamlets without transportation facilities, hut they are growing steadily rarer in the Middle West. She Was Too Ouick. There were three at the little table In the cafe, a lady and two men. Suddenly the electric lights went out and the lady quickly and noise? lessly drew back. An Instant later there was the smack of a compound kiss. As the electric lights went up each man was seen smilllng complacently. "I thought I heard a kiss." said the lady, "but nobody kissed me." Then the men suddenly glared at each other and flushed and looked painfully sheepish.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. CHINA NOT OLD. At Least It Resents Being Thought Too Old to Learn. China is not an old country, accord? ing to opinions expressed by Woo Shine and Cheng Tau of Ying Na, China, to a Washington Herald re? porter. These two sons of the Celes? tial empire have been delegated by the Chinese central government to the information possible on the visit the United States and obtain all American railroad system, with a view to making use of their observa? tions for the improvement of the railway service in their own country. Mr. Woo Shine speaks English fairly well, having acquired a knowledge of the languague in China. Hla com? panion is a silent and close listener and observer and here and there in? terjected a word or two in Chinese. Wearing their hair short, they were askd if they were members of the re? form party in China. They replied they were not; that they wore wigs in order not to attract so much at? tention in the United States. The wigs were 111-flttlng and made from the straight, black, coarse Chinese hair, parted in the middle, and in connection with their unusally dark complexion, gave them the appear? ance of Indians. For the same rea? son the Chinese officials discarded their native garments and are wear? ing cheap store clothes, which they bought in San Francisco. They will call on Wu Tingfang, the Chinese minister, when they will appear in their Chinese apparel, sans wigs, san store clothes, pigtail, silk gown, and mandarin cap, coral button, and all. "People say China Is an old nation, that Its people are too old to learn," said Mr. Woo Shine. "That is not so at all. If we are old, we are waking up and find ourselves young, full of life, enthusiasm, and enterprise. If we were old, we would be useless; but we are not, as you will admit. Our great wealth of mineral resources, of coal, iron, gold, silver and all sorts of precious metals and stones, has hardly been touched. We have not yet begun to build railroads, and our rivers and canals do not show the ac? tivity of steamboats as they do in your waters. We want to learn from Arr?Hca, whose people we regard as our best friends, and we want them to teach us and help us. China Is a young country, like America; it is a great country like America, and is imbued with the desire to be Ameri? ca's best friend. With a strong and powerful China guarding one side of the Pacific and America the other, and the two countries good friends, no country would dare to disturb the peace of the world. No power as it even now dares to entertain aspira? tion for the political control of China."?Yorkville Enquirer. Strange. "I hear that the Whittleseys are going to move to Washington. The old man has made several million dollars in the meat and grain busi? ness lately, you know." "Yes, but I don't understand why ?I anybody wants to move away from s 11 town that has a champion ball club and go to live where the home team ) I is always a tail-ender."?Chicago 11 Record-Herald. Miss Clara Rush, of Camden, die'] of pellagra, Monday at 10 o'clock There are several other cases of pel? lagra la that County. $2.75 ?TO ? And Return. $4.05 -TO? (For Myrtle Beach.) ?VIA ffid Return Tickets for sale for all trains each Saturday and for Sunday forenoon, trains commencing Saturday, May 29th and continu? ing to Saturday, Sept. 4th, 1909, limited to return Monday follow? ing date of sale. An excellent opportunity to visit the famous Seashore Resorts of South Carolina at a minimum cost. For information, call on Ticket Agent, or write. W. J. CRAI6, T. C. WHITE, Pas. Trif. Mgr. Gen. Pis. Aft. WILMINGTON, N. C. What the Poor man Can Do. We know it is hard?nay, impossi? ble?for a man with small capital to farm as he should; but it is this man above all men, who needs to do better farming. This tnan, who has to work hard to make a scanty living, and who Is not able to get ahead, is the man of all others whom we are most eager to help. But when a man says, ?'I can't get pure bred stock, or build a silo, or buy a two-horse cultivator, and therefore all this talk about better farming does not apply to me," he takes a very wrong view of the chances he has. All these things can come only to the man who has made some prog? ress, who has some capital. The very poor farmer must begin with the lit? tle things which will add to his in? come, and gradually work into better methods. It is the man who, having two or three pigs, tries to find out the most economical way of feeding them,; who, with a small flock of poultry, will try to care for them so as to get more eggs during the win? ter; who, with two or three head of stock to feed, will try to raise a larg? er part of his feed at home; who, with a poor soil, will try to improve at least a little of it each year?this Is the type of man who will under? stand that even if he can not do the best farming, ne can do better farm? ing, and who vrlll continue to improve year by year. A man may not be able to buy a manure spreader?may not need it, in fact?but he can and does need to take care of the little manure he has. A man may have only one horse and one cow to feed, but he can at east grow pea vine hay for them and save the buying of much high-priced corn. A man may not be able to sow his whole farm to crimson clover, but he can put out one acre this very fall. He may not be able to star; all at once with the rotation his land needs, but he can be? gin by putting a few acres in legume*, instead of cotton or corn. It is the mai who is willing and' eager to improve along the lines in which improvement is possible for him who will, by this gradual im? provement, surely adds to his income and make more profitable farming possible with each new year.?Pro? gressive Farmer. Everybody Will Wear Specs Some Day. Present statistics show that there la a wonderful increase in the number of people who depend on glasses for gcod vUlon. Take enlightened Bos? ton, "The Hub," for instance. There are more people wearing specs there than in any other city of its size. Where learning and progress are, you will find the most people wearing glasses. Are you going to stay behind till you have to have them and then maybe find you have waited too long, that some small trouble has grown on till glasses won't remedy it? IF YOU DONT NEED 'EM WE TELL YOU. W. A. Thompson, ft S. Main Street - Sumtcr, S. C DO YOU WANT A PIANO for your own pleasure to pass the leisure hour in sweetest liarmony, to calm your ruffled soul, and soften your duties when tired and lonely? DO YOU WANT A PIANO to hand down to your little grand daughter as a priceless souvenir?a Piano that will stand a storm of usage ami still live. Then buy a Stein*, a long lived, sweet toned Stieff. A thing of hanatf and a joy for? ever. Chas. M. Stieff Manufacturer of Artistic Stieff, Shaw and stieff Self-Player Pianos. Southern Warcroom 5 W est Trade St. CIIAKUrTTK, . - N. C. C. II. WUmoth, Manager. (Mention this paper.)